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Kenneth Lee Cymbola, 70, passed away on May 3, 2023, at Defiance Inpatient Hospice with family by his side.
Kenny was raised in Liberty Center, where he resided there until he met his beloved, Laura (Gilgenbach) Ziegler, and moved to Defiance in 2002 and they were married in 2018.
Ken graduated from Liberty Center High School in 1970 and started working at McCully Egg Co. in Liberty Center until going to Jeep Chrysler, Toledo, Ohio, in 1976. He retired in 2008 with 32 years of seniority. Ken enjoyed the outdoors hunting for arrowheads, mushrooms in the spring and trapping in the fall and winter and you could always find him on the mower keeping his and the neighbors yard looking well-manicured. When his health started failing, Laurie and their beloved canine companion, Maxine, would go for many car rides and for walks in the park.
Kenny is survived by his wife, Laurie; step son, Nathan Ziegler; brother, Larry (Karen) Cymbola; sisters, Julie Slagle and Lori (Bob) Bevehlymer; Uncle Kenny to nieces Shelley Straub, Amy Hawk, and Jackie Crandall and nephews Trevor Reed and Casten Reed; Great-Uncle Kenny has 15 nieces and nephews; sisters-in-law Ruth Harris, Janet (Richard) Dandy; brother-in-law Denny (Debbie) Gilgenbach; and niece, Theresa Dandy and her fiancé Craig Musch.
Ken was preceded in death by his parents, John and Iva Cymbola; sister, Jana Lynn Cymbola; nephew, John Cymbola; brothers-in-law, Terry Slagle, James Harris and Fred Gilgenbach; and in-laws, Clarence and Madonna Gilgenbach.
His body has been donated to the UT College of Medicine. The family will have a celebration honoring his life at a later date.
Schaffer Funeral Home was honored to assist the family with arrangements.
If you would like to honor Ken with a memorial offering the family suggests memorials be made to: Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice Center, 6817 N State Route 66, Defiance, OH 43512, or Fresenius Kidney Care, Defiance Dialysis Center, 1850 E. 2nd St., Defiance, OH 43512.
Online condolences can be given at www.Schafferfh.com.
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