Obituaries

Earl Hoop

Earl Hoop

Nov 11, 2013

Mr. Earl F. Hoop Jr. passed away on November 11, 2013 at Ocala Regional Medical Center. Earl was born to parents, Earl F Hoop Sr. and Dorothy West Hoop on Monday, May 18, 1931 in West Union, OH. He left High School to join the military and served during WWII. He retired from the US Air Force as a Sr....

Gordon Bruce Arnott

Gordon Bruce Arnott

Nov 11, 2013

Gordon Bruce Arnott, 80 years of Hillsboro, passed away Monday, November 11, 2013 at The Chapel Grove Inn in Heath, Ohio. He was born January 14, 1933 at Greenfield, Ohio, the son of the late Homer Bruce and Edna Marie Karnes Arnott. Beside his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife Mary Eleanor Harris Arnott on October 30,...

Robin Fisher

Robin Fisher

Nov 11, 2013

Robin Scott Fisher, age 61 of Los Angeles, California, passed away November 11, 2013. He was born in Peebles, Ohio on Arpil 22, 1952 the son of the late Donald and Billy Jo Keplinger Fisher. Robin was a professor of Neuroanatomy at UCLA Medical School and a visiting professor at the University of Pennsylvania and received an award for his...

Archie Lowell Johnson

Archie Lowell Johnson

Nov 9, 2013

Archie Lowell Johnson, 78 years of Hillsboro, passed away on Saturday November 9, 2013 at his residence. He was born in Brown County, Ohio on July 4, 1935, son of the late Ora and Celesta Hibbs Johnson. Besides his parents he was also preceded by two brothers, Richard and Robert Johnson and three sisters, Ione James, Alma Hoover and Bonnie...

Virgie Prater

Virgie Prater

Nov 6, 2013

Virgie Prater, age 89 of Peebles, passed away Wednesday, November 6, 2013 at Hospice of Hope Ohio Valley Inpatient Center. She was born in Insko, Kentucky on April 18, 1924 the daughter of the late John and Oma Lacy Nickell. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Herman Prater who passed away in 2001. Virgie was...

Jeane Thompson

Jeane Thompson

Nov 5, 2013

Jeane Thompson, age 83 of Peebles, passed away Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at Adams County Regional Medical Center. She was born in Du Bois, Pennsylvania on August 7, 1930 the daughter of the late Lydia Logan. She is survived by three sons, Brian Keffer of Columbus, Kerry Keffer of Peebles, and Robert Thompson of Hilliard, Ohio; one daughter, Linda Davis...

Bob Johnson

Bob Johnson

Nov 5, 2013

Bob Johnson, Sr., age 66 of Peebles, passed away Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at Hospice of Hope Ohio Valley Inpatient Center. He was born in Peebles, Ohio on November 20, 1946 the son of the late George and Francis Lambert Johnson. Bob attended Peebles Church of God. He is survived by his wife whom he married on June 13, 1967,...

Robert A. Burkard

Robert A. Burkard

Oct 27, 2013

Robert A. "Bob" Burkard, 71 years of Hillsboro, passed away on Sunday October 27, 2013. He was born in Wooster, Ohio on May 6, 1942, son of the late John C. and Helen H. Schlotterbeck Burkard. Besides his parents he was also preceded by three brothers, Gary, Karl and Neal Burkard. Robert retired from the Mead Company in Washington Court...

Audrey L. Rhoads

Audrey L. Rhoads

Oct 27, 2013

Audrey L. Rhoads McElwee, 85 years of Batesville, IN, passed away on Sunday October 27, 2013 at the St. Andrews Health Campus. She was born in Hillsboro, Ohio on November 25, 1927, the daughter of the late John L. and Mary E. Simmons McElwee. Besides her parents she was also preceded in death by her husband, Floyd Rhoads Jr., grandson...

Shirley Mae Riley

Shirley Mae Riley

Oct 27, 2013

Shirley Mae Riley, age 73 of Peebles, passed away Sunday, October 27, 2013 at Hillside Nursing Home. She was born in Manchester, Ohio on August 25, 1940 the daughter of the late Virgil and Bertha Barnes Hayslip. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Johnny Riley, who passed away on September 15, 2013; daughter, Deborah Riley;...

John Robert Evans

John Robert Evans

Oct 23, 2013

John R. Evans, 98 years of Hillsboro, passed away on Tuesday October 22, 2013 at the Highland District Hospital. He was born in Highland County on August 19, 1915, the son of the late Samuel and Nina Blanche Hiestand Evans. John was also preceded in death by his wife Roma Jane Hull Evans in 1993, one Sister, Marjorie K. Evans,...

Alvena Dunkin

Alvena Dunkin

Oct 21, 2013

Alvena Dunkin, age 84 of Peebles, passed away Monday, October 21, 2013 at Hillside Nursing Home. She was born in Blue Creek, Ohio on September 15, 1929 the daughter of the late Loren and Ethel Bennington Elschlager. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Leon Dunkin who passed away on May 30, 1972. Alvena attended Peebles...

Doris Murfin

Doris Murfin

Oct 21, 2013

Doris Murfin, 83 of Piketon, died October 21at Pleasant Hill Manor. Born in Peebles, April 12, 1930. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert. Survived by brother, Jerry Myers of Peebles; sisters, Janet Berry of Columbus, Sharon Short of Alabama, Martha Crothers of Peebles, Bonnie Cline of Peebles, and Connie Jamison of Peebles. Wallace-Thompson Funeral...

Forrest R. Carroll

Forrest R. Carroll

Oct 19, 2013

Forest R. "Zeke" Carroll, 71 years of the Sinking Spring Community passed away Saturday, October 19, 2013. He was born in Brush Creek Township on August 9, 1942, the son of the late Robert T. "Speed" Carroll and Delberta Orene "Tootie" Carroll of Sinking Spring. Zeke had retired from Baker Concrete after 25 years of service and was a lifelong...

Katharn Katie Blanche Fender

Katharn Katie Blanche Fender

Oct 16, 2013

Katharn Blanche "Katie" Fender, 87 years of Goshen, passed away Wednesday October 16, 2013 at the Venetian Gardens. She was born in Fayette County on March 22, 1926, the daughter of the late James and Lydia Riley Ogden. Besides her parents she was also preceded in death by her husband Claude "Tad" Fender, daughter Sharon Wilkin, son Darrell Fender and...

J Lee Kaufman

J Lee Kaufman

Oct 16, 2013

J Lee Kaufman, son of Eva DePew and Henry Kaufman, passed away on October 16, 2013 at Hospice of Hope, Seaman, OH, after a long struggle with emphysema. He is survived by his companion, Katy Warren, and two children, Bill and Hamidah Susan. His third child, Danielle Kaufman, preceded him in death by only two weeks. He is also survived...

Robert Bob A. Curtis

Robert Bob A. Curtis

Oct 15, 2013

Robert Bob A. Curtis, 88 of Hillsboro, passed away on October 15, 2013, surrounded by family at the VA Medical Center in Chillicothe. He was born August 23, 1925 in Highland County, son of the late Harry H. and Louise Johnson Curtis. On July 19, 2003, he married his loving wife Luise Runyon Curtis. He served in the U.S. Navy...

Bryan Garrison

Bryan Garrison

Oct 13, 2013

Bryan Garrison, age 49 of LaGrange, Indiana died October 13, 2013 at Indiana University Health Goshen Hospital. He was born in Middleton, Ohio on November 19, 1963. He had served in the Ohio National Guard and was an iron worker. He is survived by three children, Bryan Justin Garrison of Orange Park, Florida, Amanda and Crystal; a grandchild; his mother,...

Ron Porter

Ron Porter

Oct 12, 2013

Ron Porter, age 63 of Peebles, passed away Saturday, October 12, 2013 at Hospice of Hope Ohio Valley Inpatient Center. He was born in Highland County, Ohio on March 28, 1950. He was preceded in death by his father, Pete Porter. Ron attended Locust Grove Faith Community Church and was a member of the Ohio National Guard. He is survived...

Sue Alexander

Sue Alexander

Oct 11, 2013

Sue Alexander, age 87 of Cincinnati, passed away Friday, October 11, 2013 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was born in Arkansas on November 16, 1925 the daughter of the late William L. and Helen McGinnis Alexander. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by three brothers, Edward Mutt, Roy, and Raymond Red Alexander. Sue attended St....

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