Portage in Wood County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

State of Ohio

Department of Transportation Memorial

Photographed by Craig Doda, October 26, 2019

1. State of Ohio Marker

Inscription.

State of Ohio. Department of Transportation Memorial. , Dedicated to the men and women of the Ohio Department of Transportation who gave their lives to provide a safe and transportation system for Ohio travelers., Thomas Sanford . Charles Chaney . John Gallier . Austin Straub . Jesse Mulford . Newell Hayes . Raymond Knight . Emmett Ater . Gemerro Vescara . John Stejskat . Jean Brett . Charles Kissel Jr. . Ervic Demint . Carl Pfeffer . Amos Clifford . August Karl . Creaton Lindsey . Howard Keller . Emmet Leonard . Baxter Johnson . Charles Everhart . Arthur Aldenderfer . John Labow . Donald Struble . Parie Douglas . John Hall Jr. . Charles Rudy Cummings . James Link . Eston Loveless . Walter Genres . Joshua Naus . William Vargo . Mike Smith . Maxwell Case . John Hathaway . Esten Grooms . Frank Foster . Stanley Walker . Walter Christiansen . Charles Pierce . Russell Cunningham . Ray Thatcher . Harry Russell . Harry Anнony . Jacob Kliper . Lewis Dauber, Dale Hall . Philip Brunswick . Ralph Zellers . Fraok Calljoy . Herman Higgins . Alexander Maclean . Lawrence Sullivan . Edgar Kinsey . Andrew Stanforth . Andrew Wotring . Henry Mover . Owen Sprthelf . Vivian Greene . John Archer . Howard Sharp . George Petrie . Edsel Clark . Eugene Caltier . Thomas Jones . Everett Kiser . Albert Gordon . Emanuel Brickner . Fred Vance . Joseph Bomholt . Russell Kard . Julian Koprinski . Willie Bradford . Charles Alexander . Otto Keyes . Joe Ernst . Michrel Sawiczak . George Dysinger . Andrew Denman . Cecil McLead . Lloyd West . Kenneth Novick . John Hanley . Dale Perol . Gary Wyckoff . Alberta Curry . Ratio Martin . John Lowry . Darrell McKinniss . Marcellus Wienken . James Dean . Charles McIntyre . Robert Standen . Carl Mover . Francis Straits . Aubrey Snapp . James Overholz . Ralph Brickey . Acy McCafferty . Theodore Shindeldecker . Charles Dulmer . Edwin Lunsekek . Max Padlow . Russel Thomas . Robert Mcpherson . Homer Hall . Rollin Scott . Thomas Leonard, Claude Glowe . William Sovacool . Robert Whitaker . Joe Delliman . Thomas Riffle . Richard Bay . Homer Lightle . George Lindsay . Charles Staten . Harry Kemp . William Jenkins . Berdard Sherard Jr. . Philip Heilman . Lester Davis . Wilbur Canfield . Robert Lewis, Jr. . James Hough . Patrick Lagambina . Matthew Bowen . Homer Van Kirk . Vernon Raypole . Paul Cox . Thomas Dennison . Robert Campbell . James Conley . Christian Kelleher . Raymond Felter . Johaita Freeman . Franklin Ditto . Harold Cackler . James Bryant . David Steinke . Tom Halley . Gerald Slusher . Raymond Rinehart . Miles Joyce III . Sam Knisley . Glen Switzer . Alfredo Lebron . David Davies IV . John Hibler Jr. . Joseph Hribar . Jobe Pratt . Roderick Kemp . Isaac Starky . Edwin Luschek . Mark Kiper . John Webb Jr. . Allen Cappel . Samuel T. Smith . Daniel B. Gembicki . Ronald J. Leto . Steven W. Wright . Shawn J. Blubaugh . Lee M. Rizor, John Pasko . Marvin "Marty" Crane Jr.

Dedicated to the men and women of the Ohio Department of Transportation who gave their lives to provide a safe and transportation system for Ohio travelers.

Thomas Sanford • Charles Chaney • John Gallier • Austin Straub • Jesse Mulford • Newell Hayes • Raymond Knight • Emmett Ater • Gemerro Vescara • John Stejskat • Jean Brett • Charles Kissel Jr. • Ervic Demint • Carl Pfeffer • Amos Clifford • August Karl • Creaton Lindsey • Howard Keller • Emmet Leonard • Baxter Johnson • Charles Everhart • Arthur Aldenderfer • John Labow • Donald Struble • Parie Douglas • John Hall Jr. • Charles Rudy Cummings • James Link • Eston Loveless • Walter Genres • Joshua Naus • William Vargo • Mike Smith • Maxwell Case • John Hathaway • Esten Grooms • Frank Foster • Stanley Walker • Walter Christiansen • Charles Pierce • Russell Cunningham • Ray Thatcher • Harry Russell • Harry Anнony • Jacob Kliper • Lewis Dauber

Dale Hall • Philip Brunswick • Ralph Zellers • Fraok Calljoy • Herman Higgins • Alexander Maclean • Lawrence Sullivan • Edgar Kinsey • Andrew Stanforth • Andrew Wotring • Henry Mover • Owen Sprthelf • Vivian Greene • John Archer • Howard Sharp • George Petrie • Edsel Clark • Eugene Caltier • Thomas Jones • Everett Kiser • Albert Gordon • Emanuel Brickner • Fred Vance • Joseph Bomholt • Russell Kard • Julian Koprinski •

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Willie Bradford • Charles Alexander • Otto Keyes • Joe Ernst • Michrel Sawiczak • George Dysinger • Andrew Denman • Cecil McLead • Lloyd West • Kenneth Novick • John Hanley • Dale Perol • Gary Wyckoff • Alberta Curry • Ratio Martin • John Lowry • Darrell McKinniss • Marcellus Wienken • James Dean • Charles McIntyre • Robert Standen • Carl Mover • Francis Straits • Aubrey Snapp • James Overholz • Ralph Brickey • Acy McCafferty • Theodore Shindeldecker • Charles Dulmer • Edwin Lunsekek • Max Padlow • Russel Thomas • Robert Mcpherson • Homer Hall • Rollin Scott • Thomas Leonard

Claude Glowe • William Sovacool • Robert Whitaker • Joe Delliman • Thomas Riffle • Richard Bay • Homer Lightle • George Lindsay • Charles Staten • Harry Kemp • William Jenkins • Berdard Sherard Jr. • Philip Heilman • Lester Davis • Wilbur Canfield • Robert Lewis, Jr. • James Hough • Patrick Lagambina • Matthew Bowen • Homer Van Kirk • Vernon Raypole • Paul Cox • Thomas Dennison • Robert Campbell • James Conley • Christian Kelleher • Raymond Felter • Johaita Freeman • Franklin Ditto • Harold Cackler • James Bryant • David Steinke • Tom Halley • Gerald Slusher • Raymond Rinehart • Miles Joyce III • Sam Knisley • Glen Switzer • Alfredo Lebron • David Davies IV • John Hibler Jr. • Joseph Hribar • Jobe Pratt • Roderick Kemp • Isaac Starky • Edwin Luschek • Mark Kiper • John Webb Jr. • Allen Cappel • Samuel

Photographed by Craig Doda, April 12, 2025

2. State of Ohio Marker

T. Smith • Daniel B. Gembicki • Ronald J. Leto • Steven W. Wright • Shawn J. Blubaugh • Lee M. Rizor

John Pasko • Marvin "Marty" Crane Jr.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Disasters • Roads & Vehicles.

Location. 41° 20.117′ N, 83° 37.617′ W. Marker is in Portage, Ohio, in Wood County. It can be reached from Interstate 75 2 miles south of Grand Army of the Republic Highway (U.S. 6), on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 12729 I-75, Bowling Green OH 43402, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s Black Swamp,

in the Till Plains,

and in the Toledo Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Midwest,

on the Great Lakes,

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Ohio Buckeye Tree (within shouting distance of this marker); Portage Cemetery Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away); Wood County Home Cemetery (approx. 1.1 miles away); Cattle Barn, 1892 (approx. 1.1 miles away); Corn Crib & Tool Shed, 1872 (approx. 1.1 miles away); Cisterns, Ponds, and Privies (approx. 1.2 miles away); Chicken Coop, Wash House, and Wood Shed, 1873 (approx. 1.2 miles away); Ice House, 1905 (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Portage.

Photographed by Craig Doda, April 12, 2025

3. State of Ohio Marker

Photographed by Craig Doda, April 12, 2025

4. State of Ohio Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 11, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 2, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 94 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 2, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.