Obituaries

Hazel Marie Plummer

Hazel Marie Plummer

Dec 30, 2003

Hazel Marie Plummer, 81 years of Winchester, died Tuesday, December 30, 2003 at the Eagle Creek Nursing Home in West Union. She was born in Adams County, Ohio on September 11, 1922 the daughter of the late Elsworth and Jessie Howland Scott. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Walter R. Plummer, who passed away in...

Agnes J. Glenn

Agnes J. Glenn

Dec 29, 2003

Agnes J. Glenn, 90 years of Peebles, died Monday, December 29, 2003 at the Adams County Hospital in West Union. She was born in New Castle, Pennsylvania on April 15, 1913 the daughter of the late Claude and Mollie Smith Patton. She was a member of the Peebles Methodist Church. She was a bank teller at Farmers Bank. Beside her...

Clarence Peace

Clarence Peace

Dec 28, 2003

Clarence Jr. Peace, 68 years of Peebles, died Sunday, December 28, 2003 at his residence. He was born in Barbourville, Kentucky on March 3, 1935 the son of the late Oscar and Retha Lee Peace. He was a member of the Goshen Masonic Lodge #119. He worked as a mechanic at Heekin Can. Beside his parents he was preceded in...

William Grooms

William Grooms

Dec 27, 2003

William "Bill" Grooms, 60 years of Hillsboro, died Saturday, December 27, 2003 at the Highland District Hospital. He was born at Mt. Orab, Ohio on February 18, 1943 the son of Mac and Hazel Smith Grooms. He was retired from Highland Stone. Beside his parents he was preceded in death by two sisters, Janice Grooms and JoAnn Whissel. He is...

Harrison D. Keplinger

Harrison D. Keplinger

Dec 23, 2003

Harrison D. Keplinger Sr., 80 years of Hillsboro, died Tuesday, December 23, 2003 at the Hospice of Dayton. He was born in Petersburg, West Virginia on March 29, 1923 the son of the late Arnold and Orrie VanMeter Keplinger. Beside his parents he was preceded in death by two brothers, Howard and Homer Keplinger, and two step daughters, Laura Stevenson,...

Pauline Seaman

Pauline Seaman

Dec 20, 2003

Pauline Seaman, 91 years of Winchester, died Saturday, December 20, 2003 at the Clermont Mercy Hospital in Batavia. She was born in Adams County, Ohio on May 24, 1912 the daughter of the late Brice and Nelle Reed Black. She was a member of the Winchester Presbyterian Church, and the Scattered Homakers Club. She was a member of the Cameron...

Marjorie E. Reno

Marjorie E. Reno

Dec 20, 2003

Marjorie E. Reno, 87 years of Hillsboro, died Saturday, December 20, 2003 at the Jewish Hospital at Kenwood. She was born in Highland County, Ohio on August 27, 1916 the daughter of Albert C. and Ruby L. Hetherington Fling. She was a member of the Folsom United Methodist Church, WCTU, Hillsboro Garden Club and the Hillsboro Women?s Club. Beside her...

Lena Smittle

Lena Smittle

Dec 20, 2003

Lena Smittle, 92 years of Seaman, died Saturday, December 20, 2003 at the Ohio Valley Manor at Ripley. She was born at Phelps, Kentucky on January 3, 1911 the daughter of King David and Elizabeth Blankenship Dotson. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Albert Smittle in 1980, one son, Ernie Smith, two brothers, John Henry...

Arnold Williams

Arnold Williams

Dec 20, 2003

Arnold Williams, 74 years of Winchester, formerly of Oregonia, Ohio, died Saturday, December 20, 2003 at his residence. He was born at Monroe, Ohio in Warren County on April 11, 1929 the son of Ballard L. and Ocie Powell Williams. He was the former owner of the Village Inn Restaurant in Winchester and worked at Millstone in Seaman. He was...

Ellis Gene Butt

Ellis Gene Butt

Dec 19, 2003

Ellis Gene Butt, 46 years of Peebles, died Friday December 19, 2003 at his residence. He was born in Adams County on December 17, 1957 the son of the late Samuel and Emma Ellis Butt. He was a 1975 graduate of Peebles High School. He was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his wife Elizabeth McCann...

Donna M. Jones

Donna M. Jones

Dec 17, 2003

Donna M. Jones, 67 years of Peebles, died Wednesday, December 17, 2003 at her residence. She was born in Urichsville, Ohio on March 30, 1936 the daughter of the late John and Florence Gosshorn Davis. She worked at the Water and Sewer Department for the City of Urichsville. She is survived by her husband, Raymond Jones of Peebles, sons and...

Roy Kenneth Chain

Roy Kenneth Chain

Dec 17, 2003

Roy Kenneth Chain, 84 years of Lawrenceburg, Indiana, died Wednesday, December 17, 2003 at the Woodland Hills Healthcare Center in Lawrenceburg. He was born in Adams County, Ohio on June 26, 1919 the son of the late John and Zella Shoemaker Chain. He was a member of the Lawshe Church of Christ. He was a farmer. Beside his parents he...

Floyd Joseph Rhoads

Floyd Joseph Rhoads

Dec 17, 2003

Floyd Joseph Rhoads, Sr., 97 years formerly of Sinking Spring, Ohio, and Batesville, Indiana, died Wednesday, December 17, 2003 at Ripley Crossing in Milan, Indiana. He was born in Highland County, Ohio on December 20, 1905. Beside his parents he was preceded in death by his wife, Viola Reed Rhoads, one son, Floyd Rhoads, Jr., one grandson, Nicholas Rhoads, and...

Raymond Mitchel Fairley

Raymond Mitchel Fairley

Dec 16, 2003

Raymond Mitchel Fairley, 71 years of Hillsboro, died Tuesday, December 16, 2003 at the VA Medical Center in Cincinnati. He was born in Highland County, Ohio on September 7, 1932 the son of the late Walter and Louise Marie Marcum Fairley. He was an Army veteran of the Korean Conflict. He was a lifelong farmer and truck driver. Beside his...

Dorothy R. Koch

Dorothy R. Koch

Dec 9, 2003

Dorothy R. Koch, 87 years of Wilmington, died Tuesday, December 9, 2003 at the Cape May Retirement Village in Wilmington. She was born in Highland County, Ohio on June 5, 1916 the daughter of the late Christian L. and Minnie May Jones Redkey. She was a member of the Hillsboro First United Methodist Church. She was a graduate of Greenfield...

Robert Kenneth Kelly

Robert Kenneth Kelly

Dec 9, 2003

Robert Kenneth Kelly, 57 years of Hillsboro, died Tuesday, December 9, 2003 at the Hillcrest Manor Care Center in Washington Court House. He was born in Natick, Massachusetts on April 27, 1946 the son of the late Robert Franklin Eli and Martha Murray Kelly. He worked at the Public Water Works for Hamilton County. He was an Army veteran of...

Hazel E. Walker

Hazel E. Walker

Dec 6, 2003

Hazel E. Walker, 94 years of Peebles, died Saturday, December 6, 2003 at the Eagle Creek Nursing Home. She was born at Blue Creek, Ohio on February 7, 1909 the daughter of the late Ernest and Lola Spires Potts. She was a member of the Peebles Lionness Club. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by her husband John...

Norma Jean Fulton

Norma Jean Fulton

Nov 25, 2003

Norma Jean Fulton, 51 years of Lynx, died Tuesday, November 25, 2003 at the Adams County Hospital in West Union. She was born in Adams County, Ohio on May 11, 1952 the daughter of George and Gertrude Rose Cooper. She was a member of the Shawnee Nation Ohio Bluecreek Band Buffalo Clan and the Campbell County Heritage Association. She was...

Hope P. Ward

Hope P. Ward

Nov 24, 2003

Hope P. Ward, 78 years of Peebles, died Monday, November 24, 2003 at the Crestwood Nursing Center in Hillsboro. She was born in Scioto County, Ohio on August 6, 1925 the daughter of the late Effie Kirk. She was a member of the Beavers Ridge Church of Christ. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Stanley...

Mary J. Mcclughen

Mary J. Mcclughen

Nov 23, 2003

Mary J. McClughen, 94 years of Seaman, died Sunday, November 23, 2003 at the Eagle Creek Nursing Home in West Union. She was born in Winchester, Ohio on July 20, 1909 the daughter of the late Christopher and Eva Wasson McClughen. She was a member of the Seaman United Presbyterian Church. She was a bookkeeper for the Mead Paper Company....