Obituaries

Aug 3, 2020

Robert Leo Ellison JR, Age 73, of Martinsville, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly on Monday afternoon, August 3, 2020 at home. He was born August 12, 1946 in Corbin, KY, son of  Mr. & Mrs. Robert Leo Ellison SR. Leo was a  US Vietnam War Era Army Veteran, had been a construction worker, and loved to play poker. Surviving are...

Aug 1, 2020

Eugene "Bud" Stethem, age 89, of Wilmington, Ohio, passed away Saturday, August 1, 2020 at The Dayton VA Medical Center in Dayton, OH. He was born September 25, 1930 in Cynthiana, OH, son of the late Lester Lee Stethem  and Sarah Ann Cloud Stethem. Bud was a member of the New Vienna Community Church; Lifetime member of the VFW;...

Jul 25, 2020

Albert "Abbey" Roades, age 69, of Mowrystown, Ohio, died Saturday, July 25, 2020 at Anderson Mercy Hospital. He was born December 28, 1950 at home in Sugartree Ridge, OH, son of the late Lawson Albert Roades  and Rosemary (Poole) Roades. Albert was Baptized on July 28, 1965 at the Sugartree Ridge Church of Christ.

Abbey was a...

Jul 25, 2020

Roberta "Bert" Tucker, age 78, of Wilmington, Ohio, passed away Saturday morning, July 25, 2020 at Clinton Memorial Hospital in Wilmington. She was born July 1, 1942 in Brown County, Ohio, daughter of the late Robert Cordy and Mary Rita Maher Cordy. Roberta worked at Wilmington News Journal for 21 years and had also worked at Wilmington Nursing and...

Jul 23, 2020

Kevin M. Sullivan, age 56, of Sardinia, Ohio, passed away peacefully Thursday afternoon, July 23, 2020 at University of Cincinnati Medical Center with his loving wife and daughter by his side, after battling with cancer. He was born March 16, 1964 in Georgetown, Ohio, son of Richard Leroy Sullivan and Margaret Ann Hensley Taulbe. Kevin loved to fish, camp,...

Jul 21, 2020

Donald  McKeever Jr, age 36, of Wilmington, Ohio, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at home. He was born February 29, 1984 in Wilmington, Ohio, son of Donald McKeever SR  and Evelyn Charlotte Francis . A Hillsboro High School graduate in Hillsboro, Ohio, Don had worked in a variety of retail establishments and restaurants providing...

Jul 20, 2020

Shelvie J. (Stillwell) Tanner, 82, of Port William, Ohio, passed away Monday, July 20, 2020 at the Autumn Years Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Sabina, OH. She was born December 18, 1937 daughter of the late Delbert Larkin Stillwell  and Eva Addalea Lyle Stillwell. She was a member of the Port William Church and the Port William - Lumberton...

Jul 19, 2020

Doug Russell, age 65, of Alliance, Ohio formerly of Mowrystown, passed away Sunday, July 19, 2020 at the Alliance Community Hospital. He was born June 16, 1955 in Georgetown, Ohio, son of Ray Russell and Nellie Elizabeth Russell . Surviving are his mother, Elizabeth Russell, two brothers, Danny Russell and Duane Russell, three nieces, Wendy Campbell, Angie Edmonds, and Heather...

Jul 17, 2020

Jean LeForge, age 84, of Clarksville, Ohio, passed away peacefully Friday, July 17, 2020 at her home in Clarksville, OH. She was born February 5, 1936 in Lebanon, OH, daughter of the late Roy Herman Russell  and Goldie Ellen Wooddell Russell. She was a member of Daystar 1st Church of God in Blanchester. Surviving are daughter, Debbie (Burton) Bowen of...

Jul 16, 2020

Robert  Hampton SR age 91, of Wilmington, Ohio, passed away, Thursday morning, July 16, 2020  at the Heartland of Hillsboro. He was born August 8, 1928 in Hamilton, Ohio, son of the late Moses & Carrie (Carr) Hampton.  On December 24, 1973 in Newport, Kentucky, Bob married Ellen Jane Cole Hampton, who survives. He had worked at Irwin-Auger Bit...

Jul 15, 2020

Della Lou  Trimble, age 87, of Lynchburg, Ohio passed away Wednesday evening, July15, 2020 at the Fayette County Memorial Hospital in Washington Courthouse, Ohio. She was born February 1, 1933 in Lenox, Kentucky, daughter of the late Ira Arthur & Rissie (Keeton) Barker, the sixth of 12 children.  On March 1, 1950 in Lenox, Kentucky, she married Ray Trimble,...

Jul 12, 2020

Jerry DeGarmo, age 67, of Wilmington, Ohio, passed away late Sunday night, July 12, 2020 at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati. He was born March 16, 1953 in Wheeling, West Virginia, son of the late Kenneth Robert DeGarmo and Ruth Summerville DeGarmo. Jerry was a member of the Sportsman Club, N.R.A., Falcon Club of America, and Goodguys Car Club. He...

Jul 11, 2020

W. Howard Bryan, Age 89, of Wilmington, Ohio, passed away Saturday morning, July 11, 2020 at the Laurels of Blanchester. He was born August 28, 1930 in Cuba, Ohio son of the late Herman M & Lucy Belle (Goodwin) Bryan.  On May 6, 1950 in Harveysburg, Ohio, he married his wife of 64 years, R Grayce Hazelbaker Bryan, who...

Jun 30, 2020

Janet L. Rankin, 93 years old of Wilmington, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday Afternoon, June 30, 2020 at the Wilmington Nursing and Rehab Center. She was born Thursday, September 9, 1926 in Salem, Ohio, Daughter of the late Clarence & Olive (Bernard) Taylor.  She married Wells Wilson Rankin on August 23, 1958 in New Castle, PA. Mr. Rankin passed...

Jun 26, 2020

Sarah Jean Brunton, age 79, of Clarksville, Ohio, passed away Friday, June 26, 2020 at her home. She was born February 21, 1941 in Dayton, OH, daughter of the late Marvin Christian Kilheffer  and Mildred Elizabeth Baker Kilheffer. She was a member of Sligo Baptist Church where she was Treasurer. Surviving are her husband, Alex Eugene Brunton whom she...

Jun 23, 2020

Allen  M. Buseman, Age 87, of Wilmington, Ohio, passed away peacefully early Tuesday morning, June 23, 2020 at the Wilmington Nursing & Rehab Center. He was born March 7, 1933 in Gillett, Wisconsin to dairy farmers, the son of the late Herbert & Selma (Hanson) Buseman.  He worked on the family farm until joining the Army when he was...

Jun 19, 2020

Ernest Leon "Jack"  Wilson, age 95, of Sardinia, Ohio, passed away Friday morning, June 19, 2020 at Hospice of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was born July 4, 1924 in Sardinia, son of the late Alpheus Earl  & Mollie D (DeVore) Wilson. Jack was a member of Teamsters Union, V.F.W. #9772, Mt. Orab, F & AM #254, 70 year...

Jun 18, 2020

Virginia Jones Kelley, age 83, of Wilmington, Ohio, passed away Thursday evening, June 18, 2020 at the Laurels of Hillsboro in Hillsboro, Ohio. She was born October 2, 1936 in Wilmington, Ohio, daughter of the late Ray Virgil & Martha Jane (Clemmer) Jones.  On May 20, 2006 in Wilmington, she married Robert Lee Kelley, who survives. A 1954 Wilmington...

Jun 15, 2020

Jannette Margaret (Jones) Waller, age 72, of Hillsboro, Ohio, passed away Monday morning, June 15, 2020 at her home. She was born August 10, 1947 in Gordon, Nebraska, daughter of the late David Lloyd Jones and Marjorie Ethel Jobst Jones. On August 31, 1968 in Martin, South Dakota she married Dave Waller. Janette was a member of Russellville Church...

Jun 11, 2020

Eugenia "Ginger" Veronica LaDuke, age78, of Wilmington, Ohio, passed away peacefully Thursday morning June 11, 2020 at home surrounded by her family. She was born July 20, 1941 in Au Sable Forks, New York, daughter of the late Eugene Alfred & Valda Rachel (Booth) Sheffield. Eugenia "Ginger" was a member of St. Columbkille Catholic Church, Wilmington, and had been...