Obituaries

Ralph Edsel Hoffer

Ralph Edsel Hoffer

Jun 28, 2002

Ralph Edsel Hoffer, 79 years of Peebles, died Friday, June 28, 2002 at his residences. He was born at Rarden, Ohio on August 19, 1922 the son of the late Elvie Elmer and Rosa Pearl Spears Hoffer. He was a member of the Carmel Church of God, attended the Praise & Worship Christian Center at Lawshe was a Mountain Tour...

Dorothy Fern Custer

Dorothy Fern Custer

Jun 25, 2002

Dorothy Fern Custer, 92 years of Hillsboro, Ohio, died Tuesday, June 25, 2002 at the Highland District Hospital in Hillsboro. She was born in Huntington, Indiana on June 24, 1910 the daughter of the late Walter Joseph and Jessie Loraine Berry Land. She was a member of the New Market Baptist Church. Her hobbies included sewing, reading, and gardening. Beside...

Wesley I. Mccane

Wesley I. Mccane

Jun 25, 2002

Wesley I. McCane, 80 years of the Jacktown Community, died Tuesday, June 25, 2002 at the Bethesda North Hospital in Cincinnati. He was born in Lewis County, Kentucky on September 17, 1921 the son of the late Robert and Sophia Gilbert McCane. He was a member of the Jacktown Mission Church. He was an Army veteran of World War II....

Debra D. Disher

Debra D. Disher

Jun 25, 2002

Debra D. Disher, 47 years of Peebles, died Tuesday, June 25, 2002 at the Adams County Hospital in West Union. She was born in Dayton, Ohio on September 19, 1954 the daughter of George Miller and Wavie McCurdy. She was a member of the Tranquility Full Gospel Tabernacle Church. She was preceded in death by her father, George Miller. She...

James W. Gill

James W. Gill

Jun 23, 2002

James W. Gill, 88 years of Winchester, died Sunday, June 23, 2002 at the Ohio Valley Manor in Ripley. He was born in Mason County, Kentucky on June 3, 1914 the son of the late Alex and Lou McDowell Gill. He was a member of the Adams County Republican Club. He was a farmer and a township trustee. Beside his...

Tommy J. Harrington

Tommy J. Harrington

Jun 22, 2002

Tommy J. Harrington, 17 years of Hillsboro, died Saturday, June 22, 2002 as the results of an automobile accident. He was born in Georgetown, Ohio born on April 4, 1985 the son of Tommy and Linda Brown Harrington. He was a member of the Samantha Free Will Baptist Church, Samantha Free Will Youth Group, substitute teacher for Children?s Church, Tommy...

Ruby F. Dixon

Ruby F. Dixon

Jun 20, 2002

Ruby F. Dixon, 80 years of Mt. Orab, formerly of Peebles, died Thursday, June 20, 2002 at the Clermont Mercy Hospital in Batavia. She was born in Peebles, Ohio on September 7, 1921 the daughter of the late George and Flo Burns Copeland. She was a member of the Peebles Church of Christ. Beside her parents she was preceded in...

Joan G. Rudin

Joan G. Rudin

Jun 20, 2002

Joan G. Rudin, 70 years of Seaman, died Thursday, June 20, 2002 at the Highland District Hospital in Hillsboro. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on September 28, 1931 the daughter of Arthur and Gladys Pringle Lahrman. She was preceded in death by her father, Arthur Lahrman. She is survived by her husband, Alan Rudin of Seaman, mother, Gladys Lahrman...

Orville Reffitt

Orville Reffitt

Jun 17, 2002

Orville Reffitt, 62 years of Hillsboro, died Monday, June 17, 2002 at the Fairfield Mercy Hospital. He was born in Highland County, Ohio on July 24, 1939 the son of the late Ott and Bethel Lee Willoughby Reffitt, Sr. He was a United States Marine veteran of the Cuban Missile Crisis and Viet-Nam Era. He was a member of the...

Lloyd Raymond Hilterbrandt

Lloyd Raymond Hilterbrandt

Jun 14, 2002

Lloyd R. Hilterbrandt, 87 years of Peebles, died Friday, June 14, 2002 at his residence. He was born in Pike County, Ohio on April 6, 1915 the son of the late Oscar Layton and Nora Alice Miller Hilterbrandt. Lloyd retired from the timber industry. Beside his parents he was preceded in death by two sisters. He is survived by a...

Dorothy West Hoop

Dorothy West Hoop

Jun 14, 2002

Dorothy West Hoop, 95 years of Peebles, died Friday, June 14, 2002 at the Adams County Hospital in West Union. She was born in Adams County, Ohio on February 17, 1907 the daughter of the late Thornton and Ivy Eagle West. She was a member of the Peebles Church of Christ in Christian Union. Beside her parents she was preceded...

Lucy A. Wagner

Lucy A. Wagner

Jun 11, 2002

Lucy A. Wagner, 45 years of Sabina, died Tuesday, June 11, 2002 at her residence. She was born in Ft. Meade, Maryland on November 7, 1956 the daughter of Harold Wheeling and Joyce Hosier. She was preceded in death by her father, Harold Wheeling, and one son, Bradley Wagner. She was a member of the Wilmington Y.M.C.A. She is survived...

Lelia M. Tommi Adams

Lelia M. Tommi Adams

Jun 11, 2002

Lelia M. Tommi Adams, 82 years of Highland, died Tuesday, June 11, 2002 at her residence. She was born in Highland County, Ohio on September 27, 1919 the daughter of the late Jesse G. and Besse Cameron Patton. She was the former Assistant Post Mistress at Highland. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, John M....

Collins Seth Hainline

Collins Seth Hainline

Jun 8, 2002

Collins Seth Hainline, 6 day old son of Bryan Robert and Carrie Marie Stephens Hainline of Hillsboro, died Saturday, June 8, 2002. He was born on June 3, 2002 at Wilmington, Ohio and died on June 8, 2002 at home. He is survived by his parents Bryan Robert and Carrie Marie Stephens Hainline, one sister, Olivia Grace Hainline at home,...

Dora E. Spears

Dora E. Spears

Jun 5, 2002

Dora E. Spears, 79 years of Hillsboro, died Wednesday, June 5, 2002 at the Laurels of Hillsboro. She was born in Clermont County, Ohio on September 18, 1922 the daughter of the late Herschel R. and Pearl Grosnickel Liming. She was a member of the Wilmington Baptist Temple. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Monroe...

Hazel I. Shoemaker

Hazel I. Shoemaker

Jun 1, 2002

Hazel I. Shoemaker, 91 years of Hillsboro, died Saturday, June 1, 2002 at Heartland of Hillsboro. She was born in Adams County, Ohio on October 11, 1910 the daughter of the late William A. and Louella Frump Roberds. She was a member of the Pisgah Church and Highland County Farm Bureau. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by...

Fay E. Jordan

Fay E. Jordan

Jun 1, 2002

Fay E. Jordan, 100 years of Hillsboro, died Saturday, June 1, 2002 at her residence. She was born in Scioto County, Ohio on February 19, 1902 the daughter of the late James and Sarah Ellen Covert Litteral. She attended the Hillsboro Freewill Baptist Church and retired in 1970 after 29 years of serving as clerk of Mifflin Township. Beside her...

Sue Shackelford

Sue Shackelford

May 31, 2002

Sue Shackelford, 67 years of Hillsboro, died Friday, May 31, 2002 at her residence. She was born at Harveyton, KY on January 10, 1935 the daughter of David Ralph and Dale K. Kelly Beavan. She owned and operated Now and Then Antiques. Beside her father she was preceded in death by by her husband Lawrence Larry Shackelford on March 27,...

Lois B. West

Lois B. West

May 30, 2002

Lois B. West, 84 years of Seaman, died Thursday, May 30, 2002 at the Adams County Hospital in West Union. She was born in Adams County, Ohio on January 23, 1918 the daughter of the late Gilbert and Mary Kennedy Smiley. She was a member of the Seaman Church of Christ and the Seaman Church of Christ Ladies Aid. Beside...

Lonnie L. Catron

Lonnie L. Catron

May 30, 2002

Lonnie L. Catron, 60 years of North Fort Myers, Florida, formerly of the Sugartree Ridge Community, died Thursday, May 30, 2002 at his residence. He was born in Corbin, Kentucky on May 14, 1942 the son of the late Arthur and Dora Williams Catron. Beside his parents he was preceded in death by one sister, Marie Williams, and his son-in-law,...