Obituaries

Deron E. Reed

Deron E. Reed

Apr 2, 2003

Deron E. Reed, 36 years of Peebles, died Wednesday, April 2, 2003 at his residence. He was born in West Union, Ohio on August 22, 1966 the son of Gene and Dot Cook Reed. He was a member of the Peebles Methodist Church. He was a drummer with various rock bands. He was owner of the American Star Agency. He...

Ronald Cecil Holbrook

Ronald Cecil Holbrook

Mar 31, 2003

Ronald Cecil Holbrook, 67 years of Seaman, died Monday, March 31, 2003 at the Adams County Hospital in West Union. He was born in Breathitt County, Kentucky on March 20, 1936 the son of the late Dailey M. and Florence Miller Holbrook. He was a truck driver for Cardinal Industries. Beside his parents he was preceded in death by one...

Mary M. Finnegan

Mary M. Finnegan

Mar 29, 2003

Mary M. Finnegan 81 years of Peebles, died Saturday, March 29, 2003 at the Adams County Hospital. She was born at Newburgh, N.Y. on September 18, 1921 the daughter of the late Antonio and Maria Mascioli. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Francis Finnegan Jr. on April 1, 1979. She is survived by one son...

Rae Fultz

Rae Fultz

Mar 29, 2003

Rae Fultz, 64 years of Hillsboro, formerly of Peebles, died Saturday, March 29, 2003 at the Highland District Hospital Emergency Room. She was born at Peebles, Ohio on November 21, 1937 the daughter of Coleman and Lucille Grooms Newman. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Harry Fultz on March 9, 1997 and one brother Eldon...

Clifford Smith

Clifford Smith

Mar 27, 2003

Clifford Smith, 66 years of Hillsboro, died Thursday, March 27, 2003 at the Ohio Valley Manor in Ripley. He was born in the house where he lived until his need for extended medical care on June 5, 1936 the son of the late Lawrence T. and Bessie Wilson Smith. At the age of seven, he started taking piano lessons from...

Judy Jones

Judy Jones

Mar 27, 2003

Judy Jones, 59 years of Winchester, died Thursday, March 27, 2003 at the Adams County Hospital in West Union. She was born in Norwood, Ohio on July 6, 1943 the daughter of the late William Willhoff, Jr. and Rosemary C. Parker. She attended the Winchester Church of Christ in Christian Union. She was a nurses aid at the Ohio Valley...

Amy Agnes Ward

Amy Agnes Ward

Mar 26, 2003

Amy Agnes Ward, 78 years of the Louden Community, died Wednesday, March 26, 2003 at the Adams County Hospital in West Union. She was born in West Union, Ohio on May 31, 1924 the daughter of the late Simon and Clara McCarty Fields. She was a member of the Louden Methodist Church. Beside her parents she was preceded in death...

Maxine Pearl Crabtree

Maxine Pearl Crabtree

Mar 25, 2003

Maxine Pearl Crabtree, 90 years of Dayton, died Tuesday, March 25, 2003 at the Crestview Manor in Dayton. She was born in Fairfax, Ohio on June 30, 1912 the daughter of the late Curtis and Maggie Marlatt Hoop. She was a former member of the Hillsboro F.O.E. Ladies Auxiliary Aerie #1161. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by...

Mildred Gustin

Mildred Gustin

Mar 24, 2003

Mildred Gustin, 82 years of the Louisville Community, died Monday, March 24, 2003 at Heartland of Hillsboro. She was born in Peebles, Ohio on October 12, 1920 the daughter of the late Delbert and Cora Wisecup Sterne. She was a member of the Grace Brethren Church of Sinking Spring and the Louisville Grange #2660. She is survived by her husband,...

Caryl M. Newell

Caryl M. Newell

Mar 24, 2003

Caryl M. Newell, 84 years of Hillsboro, died Monday, March 24, 2003 at the Liberty Retirement Community in Dayton. She was born in Deckerville, Michigan on May 31, 1918 the daughter of the late Charles and Vera Clancy Merriman. She was a graduate of Potsdam College of the University of New York. She taught elementary grades from 1939 to 1951...

John Leeth

John Leeth

Mar 23, 2003

John Leeth, 88 years of Hillsboro, died Sunday, March 23, 2003 at Highland District Hospital in Hillsboro. He was born in Scioto County, Ohio on March 24, 1914 the son of the late Orval and Lucy Bending Leeth. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of World War II. He was a member of the West Carrollton VFW #3438. He is...

Gloria Jean Hare

Gloria Jean Hare

Mar 20, 2003

Gloria Jean Hare, 51 years of Georgetown, died Thursday, March 20, 2003 at the Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown. She was born in Los Angeles County, California on April 18, 1951 the daughter of the late A.J. and Arlene Hazel Homo Balch. She was a systems monitor for Meijers. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by one...

Verla O. Teeters

Verla O. Teeters

Mar 19, 2003

Verla O. Teeters, 84 years of Hillsboro, died Wednesday, March 19, 2003 at the Crestwood Nursing Center in Hillsboro. She was born in Adams County, Ohio on February 2, 1919 the daughter of the late Gordon and Armelda Smith Teeters. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by two brothers, Lewis Teeters, Clyde Teeters, and three sisters, Bertha Pendry,...

Ione T. James

Ione T. James

Mar 19, 2003

Ione T. James, 78 years of Hillsboro, died Wednesday, March 19, 2003 at the Highland District Hospital in Hillsboro. She was born in Adams County, Ohio on November 23, 1924 the daughter of the late Ora and Celesta Hibbs Johnson. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Douglas James, who passed away on August 13,...

Jessie M. Stevens

Jessie M. Stevens

Mar 16, 2003

Jessie M. Stevens, 81 years of Seaman, died Sunday, March 16, 2003 at the Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown. She was born in Adams County, Ohio on January 16, 1922 the daughter of the late Harley and Stella Huff Ryan. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Willis Stevens, who passed away in 1980, one...

Betty Joyce Smith

Betty Joyce Smith

Mar 16, 2003

Betty Joyce Smith, 74 years of Hillsboro, Ohio, died Sunday, March 16, 2003 at the Highland District Hospital in Hillsboro. She was born December 23, 1928 at Lesage, West Virginia, the daughter of the late Sidney and Urna Clary Blake. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by her 1st husband Ralph E. Henderson in 1965 and her 2nd...

Grace Flora Nichols

Grace Flora Nichols

Mar 15, 2003

Grace Flora Nichols,89 years of Peebles, Mineral Spring Community died Saturday, March 15, 2003 at Hillcrest Nursing Home. She was born at Cedar Mills in Adams County on October 10, 1913 the daughter of the late Alfred and Fannie Bayes McGowan. She was a member of the Peach Mountain Community Church. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by...

Lou Belle Harmon

Lou Belle Harmon

Mar 13, 2003

Lou Belle Harmon, 85 years of Winchester, died Thursday, March 13, 2003 at the Eagle Creek Nursing Center in West Union. She was born in Adams County, Ohio on January 9, 1918 the daughter of the late Cyrus F. and Flosie May Winkle Tolle. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Carl E. Harmon, who passed...

Hannah L. Yutzy

Hannah L. Yutzy

Mar 13, 2003

Hannah L. Yutzy, 3 years of Peebles, died Thursday, March 13, 2003 at the Children?s Medical Center in Dayton. She was born in Hillsboro, Ohio on January 9, 2000 the daughter of Leon and Pauline Schmuker Yutzy. She is survived by her parents, Leon and Pauline Yutzy of Peebles, one brother, Martin Yutzy, three sisters, Diana, Sherilyn, and Jolene Yutzy,...

Ruth E. Lawson

Ruth E. Lawson

Mar 10, 2003

Ruth E. Lawson, 87 years of Peebles, died Monday, March 10, 2003 at the Adams County Hospital in West Union. She was born in Wynona, Tennessee on June 1, 1915 the daughter of the late Sylvester and Linda Dyer Jeffers. She was a ward clerk at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Dayton. She was a member of the Peebles Church...