Obituaries

Jun 30, 2013

William L. Taft, age 66 of Georgetown, Ohio died Sunday, June 30, 2013 at the Southwest Regional Medical Center in Georgetown, Ohio. He was a retired security guard. Mr. Taft was born June 20, 1947 in Cincinnati, Ohio the son of the late Robert Forbes and Margaret Mary (McCready) Taft.

Mr. Taft is survived by two...

Jun 28, 2013

Laura S. Moffett, age 48 of Ripley, Ohio, died Friday, June 28, 2013 at Clermont Mercy Hospital in Batavia, Ohio. She was born April 30, 1965 in Georgetown, Ohio the daughter of Marianne (Trapp) Speed of Ripley and the late Richard Blackburn. She was also preceded in death by her son, Anthony Lewis Yockey.

Laura is...

Jun 28, 2013

Lowell D. Reid, age 61 of Sardinia, Ohio died Friday, June 28, 2013 at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was a former Brown County Sheriff Deputy, a former Georgetown Police Officer, an Army Viet Nam Veteran, a welder for the Trinity Company for over twenty years and was employed by the 3M Company. He was born September...

Jun 26, 2013

Edward (Ed) Fath, age 76 of rural Ripley, Ohio passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at the Ohio Valley Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center near Ripley. He was preceded in death by his wife of over fifty years, Edith and his brother Jim Fath. He is survived by four sisters - JoAnn Fath, Janie Thompson, Shirley...

Jun 24, 2013

Ronald Matthew Kinnett, age 35 of Sardinia, Ohio died Monday, June 24, 2013 at his residence. He was a welder for PJ Trailers. Matthew was born August 23, 1977 in Cincinnati, Ohio the son of Donna M. (Waits) Kinnett of Sardinia, Ohio and the late Ronald R. Kinnett.

In addition to his mother, Mr....

Jun 23, 2013

James David Girton, age 67 of Williamsburg, Ohio died Sunday, June 23, 2013 as a result from an automobile accident in Mt.Orab, Ohio. He was a retired engineer for the General Electric Company. James was born March 6, 1946 in Green Hills, Ohio the son of the late Clinton W. and Edna H. (DeJournette) Girton, Sr.. Besides his...

Jun 22, 2013

Edward Louis Goecke, age 68 of Georgetown, Ohio died June 22, 2013 at his residence. He was retired from Cincinnati Milacron, Mt. Orab Plant after 43 years of service and a member of the St. Mary's Catholic Church in Arnheim, Ohio and the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Chapter #2293 of Georgetown, Ohio. Edward was born October 28, 1944...

Jun 22, 2013

William David Reynolds, age 75 of Georgetown, Ohio died Saturday, June 22, 2013 at the Hospice of Hope Ohio Valley Inpatient Center in Seaman, Ohio. He worked in Electronics for the Paul Smith Company and was a United States Air Force Veteran. William was born December 2, 1937 in Orrville, Ohio the son of the late Edward N....

Jun 22, 2013

Eugene H. Talley, age 83 of Port Charlotte, Florida and formerly of Ripley, Ohio, died Saturday, June 22, 2013 at Fawcett Memorial Hospital in Port Charlotte, Florida. He worked at Cincinnati Milacron for forty years, was a part-time farmer and a member of the Ripley Church of Christ. Mr. Talley was born January 30, 1930 in Cincinnati, Ohio...

Jun 20, 2013

Phyllis Jean Corrill, age 80 of Mt. Orab, Ohio died Thursday, June 20, 2013 at Clermont Mercy Hospital in Batavia, Ohio. She was a homemaker. She was born February 21, 1933 in Sardinia, Ohio the daughter of the late James and Esther Bills. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Joseph Corrill, one brother...

Jun 19, 2013

John Keyes Wilson, age 62 of Ripley, Ohio, died Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at the Ohio Valley Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center near Ripley. Mr. Wilson was born April 24, 1951 in Maysville, Kentucky to Doris Peterson Wilson and the late Russell Earl Wilson. Mr. Wilson was a 1970 graduate of Ripley Union Lewis High School where he...

Jun 18, 2013

James Adam Bruehl, age 62 of Mason, Ohio died Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at the West Chester Hospital in West Chester, Ohio. He was born June 19, 1950 in Lansing, Michigan the son of the late Eugene and Betty Bruehl.

Mr.Bruehl is survived by three sisters - Teresa Ballinger, Sandy Doyle and Beverly Kassner and several...

Jun 18, 2013

Louis William "Bill" Sroufe, age 72 of Ripley, Ohio, died Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at the Batavia Nursing Care Center in Batavia, Ohio. He was a farmer, a United States Army Veteran and a member of the Beebe Chapel in Ripley. Mr. Sroufe was born March 9, 1941 in Ripley, Ohio the son of the late Stanley Alexander...

Jun 17, 2013

Thomas "High Pockets" Turner, age 97 of Georgetown, Ohio died Monday, June 17, 2013 at the Villa Georgetown Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Georgetown, Ohio. He was born June 22, 1915 in Olive Branch, Tennessee, the ninth of thirteen children born to Samuel and Ada (Wilson) Turner. When Thomas was 10 years old, his family moved to Glendale,...

Jun 13, 2013

Twilla Dawn Hauke, age 66 of Ripley, Ohio, died Thursday, June 13, 2013 at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was a former employee of Lazarus and prior to that, a former employee of U.S. Shoe in Ripley. She was also a member of St. Michael Catholic Church in Ripley, a former member of...

Jun 12, 2013

Jean V. Connors, age 96 of Georgetown, Ohio died Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at the Anderson Mercy Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mrs. Connors was a homemaker. She was born May 21, 1917 in Germany. She was preceded in death by her husband James Connors in 1975.

Mrs. Connors is survived by five sons - Alfred Connors...

Jun 10, 2013

Veronica Lynn Hensley, age 45 of Amelia, Ohio departed from this life on June 10, 2013 at her residence in Amelia, Ohio. She was the customer service manager for the home heating department for the Lykins Oil Company. She was born March 11, 1968 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the daughter of Ronald Owens and wife Beth of Hamilton, Ohio...

Jun 8, 2013

Bill Gene Fults, age 64 of Mt. Orab, Ohio died Saturday, June 8, 2013 at University Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. We was a machinist and a Viet Nam War Army veteran. He was born July 29, 1948 in Gruetli, Tennessee the son of the late Lawrence and Emma (McHone) Fults.

Mr. Fults is survived...

Jun 8, 2013

Ruby Eleanor Minnick, age 85 of Batavia, Ohio died Saturday, June 8, 2013 at the Anderson Mercy Hospital in Anderson Township, Ohio. She was a homemaker, a lifetime member of the Order of the Eastern Star Linden Chapter #348 for 58 years and the Owensville United Methodist Church in Owensville, Ohio and an avid Cincinnati Reds fan. She...

Jun 7, 2013

James Andrew "Himes" Mootispaw, age 27 of Hamilton, Ohio, died Friday, June 7, 2013 in Mt. Orab, Ohio. He was a landscaper. James was born August 27, 1985 in Georgetown, Ohio the son of Cindy (Cantrell) Gaffin and the late Darrell Mootispaw. He was also preceded in death by his grandfather, James Anderson and great grandparents, Charles and...