State Representative Haraz Ghanbari of Perrysburg issued a proclamation from the Ohio House of Representatives in memory of Paul Eckel, 93, who died April 27.

Mr. Eckel represented the last of the charter members of the fire department which formed in 1961.

At the May 19 meeting, Perrysburg Township Fire Chief Tom Brice read the proclamation to the Eckel family. “It is a great honor to stand before …