Obituaries

Oct 11, 2019

Juanita Jean (Garen) Smart, age 93, of the Belfast Community, passed away late Friday afternoon, October 11th, 2019 at her home on the Highland and Adams County line surrounded by her family. She was born March 10th, 1926 in Marshall, Ohio, daughter of Leslie E. and Opal Leone (Siders) Garen. Upon the death of her father, Juanita and her...

Oct 9, 2019

Marilynn Yvonne Roberts Hauke, was born May 24, 1925 to Ferry Winifred Roberts and Gladys Beam Sauner Roberts. She departed this life October 9, 2019 at the Hospice of Hope Ohio Valley Inpatient Center in Seaman, Ohio. On August 12, 1943 she married Victor Harold Hauke in Erlanger, Kentucky and together they had five children. She is survived by...

Oct 8, 2019

Robert Nave, age 76, of Hillsboro, Ohio, passed away Tuesday morning, October 8, 2019 at University of Cincinnati Medical Center. He was born April 13, 1943 in Hillsboro, Ohio, son of the late Deforest and Carrie Opal Cline Nave. Robert was a member of Ohio Army National Guard for 6 years. He was a farmer for all his life...

Oct 4, 2019

Wynona  "Nona" J. Storer, age 84, of Wilmington, Ohio, passed away peacefully, Friday morning October 4, 2019 at the Continental Manor in Blanchester, Ohio. She was born March 19, 1935 in Locust Grove, Ohio, daughter of the late Wood Field & Nora (Michael) Lacy.  On June 16, 1951in Lawshe, Ohio, she married Howard L. Storer, who survives.  They were...

Oct 3, 2019

Gloria Jean Craig, age 72, of Encino, California, passed away presumably on Thursday, October 3, 2019 at home. She was born August 12, 1947 in Marinette, Wisconsin, daughter of the late Robert Eugene & Anna (Schithovitz) Craig. Gloria had worked for many years as an accountant for Deloitte & Touche Tax Company in California. Surviving are her brother- Richard...

Sep 29, 2019

Michael Peter Kavula III, Age 46, of Mowrystown, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly Sunday Morning,  September 29, 2019 at home.

He was born  on July 24, 1973 in Indianapolis, Indiana, son of Michael Peter & Clara (Napier) Kavula Jr., of Mowrsytown.

Michael worked as a metal fabricator.  He was a motorcyle enthusiast, who could fix anything...

Sep 27, 2019

Lowell P. McCoy, age 70, of Hillsboro, Ohio, passed away Friday morning, September 27, 2019 at his home. He was born May 28, 1949 in Columbus, Ohio, son of the late John Elbert and Laura Pauline McCoy. Lowell graduated cum laude from Franklin University with a Bachelor's of Science in Business Administration.  He retired from A.E.P in Columbus after...

Sep 19, 2019

Carol Hoffman-Orr, age 80, of Sardinia, Ohio, passed away Thursday, September 19, 2019 at her home. She was born January 3, 1939 in Cincinnati, Ohio, daughter of the late Burl Bryson Lewis and Katherine Anna Sanders Lewis. Carol was a member of Peace Lutheran Church in Arnheim and George A Lambert American Legion Auxiliary Unit 755, Sardinia. She loved to...

Sep 19, 2019

Donna (Gordon) Fisher, age 73, passed away on 09/19/19 after a long illness.  She was born in Portsmouth, Ohio to the late Robert and Goldie Gordon.   Donna is survived by husband Frederick Fisher, whom she married July 25, 1970,  brother Timothy Gordon, daughter Ami (Marcus) Benning of Dayton, daughter Valerie Fisher of Dayton and grandchildren Devin Wallace, Gwendolen Benning...

Sep 19, 2019

Helen F Foster, age 84 , of Wilmington, Ohio, passed away late Thursday morning, September 19, 2019 at the Pine Ridge Nursing Home  in Morrow, Ohio. She was born April 25, 1935 in Dante, Virginia, daughter of the late  Emory Wetzel  & Elsie Louise (Brooks) Powers.  On December 18, 1982 in Cynthiana, Kentucky, she married Johnnie N. Foster, who...

Sep 18, 2019

Walter H. Shriver, age 81, of the Sugartree Ridge Community passed away Wednesday morning, September 18, 2019 at Ohio Valley Manor in Ripley, Ohio. He was born July 14, 1938 in Highland County, Ohio, son of the late Harry Elliott Shriver and Lucy Forester Igo Shriver. Walt was a former member of the Sugartree Ridge United Methodist Church and...

Sep 18, 2019

Charles "Ron"  Hughes, age 79, of Mowrystown, Ohio, passed away Wednesday evening, September 18, 2019 at the Villa of Georgetown. He was born July 29, 1940 in Jackson, Ohio, son of the late Charles Raymond Hughes and Hannah Mae (Roberts) Hughes. Ron worked for Cincinnati Milacron for many years and attended Russellville Bible Baptist Church. Ron loved to do...

Sep 16, 2019

Arthur Kevin Peterson, age 60, of Wilmington, Ohio, passed away late Monday morning, September 16, 2019 at the Clinton Memorial Hospital in Wilmington, Ohio. He was born September 17, 1958 in Dayton, Ohio, son of  the late Arthur & Minnie (Parish) Peterson. He was a graduate of Kettering Alter High School Class of 1975; member of Wilmington Church of...

Sep 13, 2019

Bruce A. Mays, age  74, of Hillsboro, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly Friday, September 13, 2019 at his home. He was born January 14, 1945 in Clay County, WV, son of the late Curt Mays  and Sarah Arbogast Mays. He was a  former member of the Hillsboro Lions Club and owned and operated Mays Heating & Cooling in Hillsboro for...

Sep 9, 2019

David L. Harris, age 84, of Wilmington, Ohio, passed away Monday afternoon, September 9, 2019 at the Clinton Memorial Hospital in Wilmington. He was born April 27, 1935 in Wilmington, son of  the late Maynard E. & Dorothy (Oglesbee) Harris.  On April 16, 1960, he married Carol Sue Dunn Harris, who survives.  He was a life long farmer, a...

Sep 8, 2019

Norma Jean Moore, age 79, of Winchester, Ohio, passed away after a battle with cancer on Sunday afternoon September 8, 2019 at the Adams County Regional Medical Center in Seaman, Ohio. She was born May 20, 1940 in Fincastle, Ohio, daughter of the late William Jennings Bryant Badgley and Mable Clara Kenney Badgley.  On March 17, 1958 in Leesburg, Ohio, she married Richard...

Sep 4, 2019

Gladys Murphy,

age 89 of Knoxville and Blanchester, passed away Wednesday evening, September 4, 2019 at the Clinton Memorial Hospital in Wilmington, Ohio.  She was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church.  Gladys had been a nurse for 20 years.  She enjoyed helping people as well as gardening.

Gladys is preceded by parents Joe and Dicey...

Sep 1, 2019

Elena Cioca, of Wilmington, passed peacefully on Sunday, September 1, 2019 at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio surrounded by her kids and grandkids. She was a caring woman, a great wife, and loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was kind, strong, funny and simply a  fighter. Born on July 20, 1938 in Sebesu de Jos, Romania, to...

Aug 31, 2019

Cecil F. Ferguson, age 85, of Blanchester, OH, passed away Friday, August 31, 2019 at his home. He was born September 12, 1933 in Brookfield, PA, son of the late Myron Wick Ferguson  and Ellen Veronica Connely Ferguson. He was a member of the Heavy Equipment Operators Union and after retirement started his own business, Ferguson & Son Excavating....

Aug 31, 2019

Carey Martin, age 61, of Wilmington, passed away Saturday evening, August 31, 2019 at his home. He was born December 19, 1957 in Wilmington, Ohio. Carey worked as a maintenance man for Denver Parker in Wilmington. He loved collecting cars, fishing, and hunting Surviving are his girlfriend of 20 years, Carol Kirby, three step-children, Jason, Chris, and Melissa, two...