Obituaries

Sarah Jane Crowe

Sarah Jane Crowe

Jul 5, 2005

Sarah Jane Crowe, 85 years of Hillsboro, died Tuesday, July 5, 2005 at the Highland District Hospital in Hillsboro. She was born in Paulding, Ohio on June 17, 1920 the daughter of the late Harshel and Audra Grimes Miller. She was a member of the St. Mary?s Catholic Church. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by one sister,...

Minnie Mae Storer

Minnie Mae Storer

Jul 5, 2005

Minnie Mae Storer was born on July 16, 1916, to Albert and Minnie Morris Johnson in Highland County. She was a graduate of Hillsboro High School with the class of 1937. On May 26, 1937, she was united in marriage to Elmont Storer of the Belfast community. To this union was born two sons, who survive: Kenneth Barbara of Hillsboro,...

Mildred A. Blomer

Mildred A. Blomer

Jul 5, 2005

Mildred A. Blomer, 89 years of Hillsboro, died Tuesday, July 5, 2005 at her residence. She was born in Covington, Kentucky on May 24, 1916 the daughter of the late Henry and Clara Fink Litfin. She was a member of the St. Susanna Catholic Church in Mason, and the Sharonville Senior Citizens. She worked in the cafeteria for the Ford...

Delores C. Matheny

Delores C. Matheny

Jul 4, 2005

Delores C. Matheny, 67 years of Peebles, died Monday, July 4, 2005 at the Adams County Hospital ER. She was born at Peebles, Ohio on October 4, 1937 the daughter of Oscar and Lina Cadwallader Monroe. She was a member of the Antioch Baptist Church where she served as Church Treasurer. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by...

Minta M. Piatt

Minta M. Piatt

Jul 2, 2005

Minta M. Piatt, age 83 years of Rarden died Saturday July 2, 2005 at the Hospice of hope in Cape Coral, FL. She was born at Rarden, Ohio on November 10, 1921 the daughter of Grover and Minta Foster Mustard. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by one grandchild. She is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Tom...

Gail C. Layman

Gail C. Layman

Jun 30, 2005

Gail C. Layman, 78 years of Washington Court House, died Thursday, June 30, 2005 at the Mt. Carmel West Hospital in Columbus. He was born in Danville, Ohio on July 20, 1926 the son of the late Stanley R. and Nellie Cook Layman. He retired from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources as a maintenance foreman for state parks. He...

Ed Palmer

Ed Palmer

Jun 30, 2005

Ed Palmer, 83 years of Peebles, died Thursday, June 30, 2005 at the Adams County Hospital in West Union. He was born in Adams County, Ohio on August 20, 1921 the son of the late Ray and Nola Grooms Palmer. He was an Army Air Corp veteran of World War II. He was a member of the Peebles American Legion...

June Dixon

June Dixon

Jun 28, 2005

June Dixon, 80 years of Ripley, died Tuesday, June 28, 2005 at the Ohio Valley Manor in Ripley. She was born in Alpena, Michigan on June 2, 1925 the daughter of the late Donald John and Augusta Werner Stoner. She was on the Winchester Town Council for many years. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by her husband,...

Anna Ruth Smalley

Anna Ruth Smalley

Jun 28, 2005

Anna Ruth Smalley, 29 years of Batavia, died Tuesday, June 28, 2005. She was born in Adams County, Ohio on June 19, 1976 the daughter of Larry Smalley and Ruth Chamblin Thornberry. She is survived by her father, Larry Smalley of Peebles, mother and step father, Ruth and Roger Thornberry of Ocala, Florida, maternal grandmother, Pearl Chamblin of Peebles, brothers,...

Maple L. Mccoy

Maple L. Mccoy

Jun 23, 2005

Maple L. McCoy, 87 years of Peebles, died Thursday, June 23, 2005 at Adams County Manor in West Union. She was born in Rarden, Ohio on September 15, 1917 the daughter of the late Alua Smith and Kate Lansing Smith. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Kenneth McCoy on July 25, 2002. She is survived...

Katie D. Marshall

Katie D. Marshall

Jun 21, 2005

Kathi D. Katie Marshall, 93 years of Winchester, died Tuesday, June 21, 2004 at Ohio Valley Manor in Ripley. She was born in Salzburg, Austria on October 10, 1911 the daughter of the late Anthon and Katharina Wallsberger Doppler. Beside her parents he was preceded in death by her husband Richard D. Marshall on Nevember 7, 1998, and three brothers...

Kenneth R. Shewmaker

Kenneth R. Shewmaker

Jun 19, 2005

Kenneth R. Shewmaker, 47 years of West Union, passed away Sunday at his residence. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on December 5, 1957. He is survived by his mother Roberta De La Cruz of West Union; two sons, Michael Mendibles of California and Nick Shewmaker of California; one daughter, Christina Bodregus of California; three brothers, Leo Justice of Indiana,...

Bertha Lou Buchanan

Bertha Lou Buchanan

Jun 17, 2005

Bertha Lou Buchanan Formerly known as Bertha Lou Brown Formerly known as Bertha Lou Kidd Bertha Lou Buchanan, 86 years of Winchester, died on Thursday, June 16, 2005 at Gray Court, South Carolina. She was born at Bellfarm, Kentucky on November 14, 1918 the daughter of a coalminer, Manuel Kidd and her mother Anna Kidd. Bert her nickname by those...

William Edwin Fling

William Edwin Fling

Jun 17, 2005

William Edwin Fling, 84 years of Hillsboro, died Friday, June 17, 2005 at the Christ Hospital in Cincinnati. He was born in Washington Township in Highland County on April 24, 1921 the son of Albert Chaney and Ruby Hetherington Fling. Bill was a life long farmer and was a partner in the Fling Brothers Excavating, graduate of Hillsboro High School...

Anderson W. Andy Thackston

Anderson W. Andy Thackston

Jun 13, 2005

Anderson W. Andy Thackston, 94 years of Hillsboro, died Monday, June 13, 2005 at the Highland District Hospital. He was born May 27, 1911 at Dover, Kentucky, the son of the late Walter and Emma Deatley Thackston. Beside his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Ella Walker Thackston on October 10, 1985; two grandchildren, Donald Lee Thackston...

Susie Davis

Susie Davis

Jun 13, 2005

Susie Davis, 65 years of Piketon, died Monday, June 13, 2005 at the Laurels in Hillsboro. She was born in Idaho, Ohio on January 20, 1940 the daughter of the late R.Z. and Maudie Pendleton Litteral. She was a cook in the Western Local Schools. She was a member of the Family Life Fellowship Church. Beside her parents she was...

Russell Whitley

Russell Whitley

Jun 13, 2005

Russell Whitley, 94 years of Ramona, California, died Monday, June 13, 2005 at his residence. He was born in Adams County, Ohio on August 7, 1910 the son of the late Joseph and Nella Frost Whitley. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. Beside his parents he was preceded in death by his wife, Pauline Arney Whitley, who...

Keith Thomas

Keith Thomas

Jun 11, 2005

Keith Thomas, 54 years old of Hillsboro, died Saturday, June 11, 2005 at the Highland District Hospital. He was born March 16, 1951 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of the late James H. and Ruth Ann Painter Thomas. Keith was a graduate of Withrow High School, Southern State Community College and received his Bachelors of Art in Business Administration from...

Garry Wayne Barr

Garry Wayne Barr

Jun 11, 2005

Garry Wayne Barr passed away in Pricetown after a long illness on June 11, 2005. He was born August 29, 1954 the son of David Barr, Jr. and Mary Ruth Simmons Barr. He was baptized at the Pricetown Church of Christ. Garry is preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, David and Ethel Barr, maternal grandparents, Nobel and Ethel Simmons,...

Jesse Earl Chuck Gordley

Jesse Earl Chuck Gordley

Jun 9, 2005

Jesse Earl Chuck Gordley, 90, died at home on June 9, 2005 in Jacksonville, FL after a battle with lung cancer. He was born in Scioto County, OH on October 5, 1914 to Lucius and Safronia Williams Gordley. Chuck was married for 65 years to Mary Robertson Gordley, who died on September 1, 2002. He was a child of God...