Obituaries

Bert Poff

Oct 28, 2013

Elza "Bert" Poff, age 93 of Ripley, Ohio, died Monday, October 28, 2013 at his residence. He was retired from the former U.S. Shoe Factory in Ripley, where he worked for nearly forty years. He was a United States Army Air Corp. WWII Veteran and a member of the Ripley Church of Christ. Mr. Poff was born March...

Robert Wendell Richey

Oct 27, 2013

Robert Wendell Richey, age 93 of Georgetown, Ohio died Sunday, October 27, 2013 at his residence. He was a decorated WWII Air Force veteran and worked at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. Wendell and his wife Neva, who also served in the United States Navy, owned and operated the Richey's Village Mart in Ripley for...

Betty Schmidt

Oct 26, 2013

Betty L. Schmidt, age 79 of Georgetown, Ohio died Saturday, October 26, 2013 at the Villa Nursing and Rehabilation Center in Georgetown, Ohio. She was retired from Cincinnati Bell. Betty was born August 26, 1934 in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was preceded in death by her husband Robert Schmidt, three brothers - Gerald, Ronald and Edwin Rinehart and one...

Ruth Ellen Johnson

Oct 26, 2013

Ruth Ellen Johnson, age 66 of Ripley, Ohio, died Saturday, October 26, 2013 at her daughter's residence in Maysville, Kentucky. She worked for the former U.S. Shoe factory in Ripley, Ohio for nearly twenty years. Ms. Johnson was born January 7, 1947 in Maysville, Kentucky the daughter of the late Cyril and Hilda (Germann) Brown. She was also...

Stephen Prather

Oct 26, 2013

Stephen Kyle Prather, age 44 of Higginsport, Ohio died Saturday, October 26, 2013 at the Clermont Mercy Hospital in Batavia, Ohio. He was born March 21, 1969 in Georgetown, Ohio the son of the late Roy and Joyce Lucille (Hiser) Prather, Sr.. Besides his parents, Steve was preceded in death by one sister - Cathy Prather and half-brother...

Sarah "Sally" Wardlow

Oct 26, 2013

Sarah Jane "Sally" Wardlow, age 73 of Georgetown, Ohio died Saturday, October 26, 2013 at her residence. Sarah came to Georgetown in her pre- school years and was a 1958 graduate of Georgetown High School. During this time she became known as Sally to her friends. During high school she worked at the Brown County General Hospital. She...

Kenneth Morrison

Oct 24, 2013

Kenneth B. Morrison, age 95 of Georgetown, Ohio died Thursday, October 24, 2013 at the Ohio Veterans Home in Georgetown, Ohio. He was a farmer, worked for the former Equity Dairy and was the owner of the Standard Oil gas station in Georgetown for 15 years. He later worked at Cincinnati Milacron prior to his retirement. Mr. Morrison...

Tracy Gallimore

Oct 22, 2013

Tracy Alton Gallimore, age 86 of Winchester, Ohio died Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at his residence. He was a mechanical welder and a United States WWII Navy veteran. Tracy was born September 25, 1927 in Glomar, Kentucky the son of the late William and Ada (Whitt) Gallimore. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by one son...

Mary (Jandes) Henize

Oct 21, 2013

Mary Margaret (nee Jandes) Henize, age 58 of Georgetown, Ohio died Monday, October 21, 2013 at the Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was a homemaker, worked at the US Shoes Factory and Keep Fit in Ripley, Ohio and most recently at the Wald Bicycle Shop in Maysville, Kentucky, a member of the Georgetown Baptist Church and loved...

Zachary Joseph Richards

Oct 19, 2013

Zachary Joseph Richards, age 21 of Georgetown, Ohio, died Saturday, October 19, 2013 at his residence. He was born August 16, 1992 in Macomb, Illinois.

Zachary is survived by his mother and stepfather - Marcy and James Preston of Jackson Center, Ohio; one brother - Jacob Preston; grandparents - Robert and Laura Richards of Georgetown, Ohio;...

Kenneth Edward Kirkhart

Oct 18, 2013

Kenneth Edward Kirkhart, age 72 of Mt. Orab, Ohio died October 18, 2013 at his residence. He was a retired construction worker at Sauls Construction Company and a farmer. Kenneth was born September 20, 1941 in Highland County, Ohio the son of the late Walter and Esther (Snoddy) Kirkhart. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by...

Zechariah Zophar Proffitt

Oct 18, 2013

Zechariah Zophar Proffitt, infant son of John C. and Rhonda (Carter) Proffitt of Sardinia, Ohio died Friday, October 18, 2013 at Anderson Mercy Hospital in Anderson Township, Ohio. He was born October 18, 2013. He was preceded in death by his brother a

Nicholas Sponsel

Oct 17, 2013

Nicholas John Sponsel, age 25 of Williamsburg, Ohio died Thursday, October 17, 2013. He was a 2006 graduate of the Williamsburg High School. Nick was born March 18, 1988 in Mariemont, Ohio the son of Daniel John and Brenda Joyce (Winkler) Sponsel, II of Williamsburg, Ohio. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents a

Naomi Maxine Jones

Oct 15, 2013

Naomi Maxine Jones, age 85 of Columbus, Ohio passed away Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at her daughter's home in Ripley, Ohio. She was born December 7, 1927 in Nelsonville, Ohio the daughter of the late Frank R. and Thelma M. (Ray) Cheeseman. She was also preceded in death by her husband of fifty-four years - Daril E. Jones;...

Gerald "Pete" Ring

Oct 15, 2013

Gerald Victor "Pete" Ring, age 88 of Mt.Orab, Ohio died Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at the Hospice of Cincinnati-East in Anderson Township, Ohio. He was a farmer, tractor mechanic and a United States WWII Army veteran. Pete was born October 30, 1924 in Sardinia, Ohio the son of the late Victor and Bessie (Bohl) Ring. Besides his parents,...

Earl O. Nash

Oct 13, 2013

Earl O. Nash, age 84 of Georgetown, Ohio died Sunday, October 13, 2013 at the Southwest Regional Medical Center in Georgetown, Ohio. He was retired from the Brown County Highway Department and was a special deputy of the Brown County Sheriff Department. Earl was born July 17, 1929 in Georgetown, Ohio the son of the late Herbert and...

James "Jimmy" Hardin

Oct 11, 2013

James Keith "Jimmy" Hardin, age 29 of Sierra Vista, Arizona formerly of Williamsburg, Ohio died Friday October 11, 2013 in a motorcycle accident in Cochise County, Arizona. He was a retired communications specialist for the United States Army and completed three tours in Iraq, a Global War on Terrorism Veteran and a member of the VFW Post #9972...

Angela Star Staley

Oct 11, 2013

Angela Star Staley, age 50 of Mt. Orab, Ohio died Friday, October 11, 2013 at the Hospice of Hope Ohio Valley Inpatient Center in Seaman, Ohio. She was a homemaker. She was born June 23, 1963 in Lawrenceburg, Indiana the daughter of the late Evertt and Violet (Parlier) Donley. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by...

Lillian Wardlow

Oct 9, 2013

Lillian Wardlow, age 95 of Williamsburg, Ohio died Wednesday, October 9, 2013 at the Eastgate Spring Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was retired from Acme Laundry (Cintas). Lillian was born September 20, 1918 in White Oak, Ohio the daughter of the late Robert L. and Elizabeth (Martin) Ball. In addition to her parents, Lillian was...

Juanita Haynes

Oct 6, 2013

Juanita Irene Haynes, age 85 of Williamsburg, Ohio died Sunday, October 6, 2013 at the Hospice Care Center at Kenton Pointe in Maysville, Kentucky. She was a homemaker. Juanita was born February 20, 1928 in Poplarville, Kentucky the daughter of the late Willie Z. and Ogle (Nolan) Farmer. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her...