Obituaries

Apr 2, 2013

Henry M. Shelton, age 73 of Georgetown, Ohio died Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at the Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was a meat cutter for Germann's Grocery Store in Georgetown, Ohio for 23 years and worked for the Brown County General Hospital for 18 years as a house attendant. Henry was born July 25, 1939 in Aberdeen,...

Apr 1, 2013

John Thomas Quinlan, age 78 of Georgetown, Ohio, died Monday, April 1, 2013 at the Southwest Regional Medical Center in Georgetown. He was a United States Navy Korean War Veteran and a retired salesman. He was also an avid sportsman and loved hunting and fishing. Mr. Quinlan was born April 12, 1934 in Georgetown, Ohio the son of...

Mar 31, 2013

Floyd L. Duff, age 80 of Winchester, Ohio died Sunday, March 31, 2013 at the Clermont Mercy Hospital in Batavia, Ohio. He was a United States Korean War and Vietnam War Air Force veteran and retired after twenty-six years of service as a Senior Master Sargeant and retired from the United States Postal Service after eleven years of...

Mar 24, 2013

Shirley Ann Black, age 70 of Ripley, Ohio, died Sunday, March 24, 2013 at her residence. She was retired from the Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington School District, where she taught second grade for thirty three years. She was a member of the Ripley First Presbyterian Church and the Brown County Retired Teachers Association. Mrs. Black was born August 23, 1942 in...

Mar 21, 2013

Debbie Sue Rollins Griffey, age 56 of Ripley, Ohio, died Thursday, March 21, 2013. She was a LPN for twenty five years. Ms. Griffey was born February 24, 1957 in Maysville, Kentucky the daughter of Ada (Jenkins) Rollins and the late Eddie Rollins, Sr..

Ms. Griffey is survived by her mother - Ada Rollins of Ripley,...

Mar 20, 2013

Wanda Louise Davis, age 74 of Georgetown, Ohio died Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at the Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was a homemaker. Wanda was born September 9, 1938 in Manchester, Ohio the daughter of the late Roy Alden and Naomi Lenna (Hackathorn) Wisecup. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Ronald B....

Mar 15, 2013

Barbara Jean Wilson, age 89 of Vero Beach, Florida and formerly of Georgetown, Ohio died Friday, March 15, 2013 at the VNA Hospice House in Vero Beach, Florida. She was a legal secretary. Mrs. Wilson was born September 19, 1923 in West Union, Ohio the daughter of the late James T. and Birma Jean (Sparks) Armstrong. She was...

Mar 14, 2013

Mary Ruth Leasoure, age 83 of Ripley, Ohio passed away Thursday, March 14, 2013 at Southwest Regional Medical Center in Georgetown, Ohio. She worked at the former U.S. Shoe Factory in Ripley, Ohio for over fifteen years and later worked at Shillito's in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was a lifetime member and Past State Commander of the DAV and...

Mar 14, 2013

Edna K. Wylie, age 84 of Georgetown, Ohio died Thursday, March 14, 2013 at the Villa Georgetown in Georgetown, Ohio. She was a homemaker and a member of the Georgetown Church of Christ. Mrs. Wylie was born September 17, 1928 in Nicholasville, Kentucky the daughter of the late Stephen Douglas and Edna Olive (Cassity) Sponcil. She was also...

Mar 13, 2013

James Alan Walker, age 56 of Hamersville, Ohio died Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at the Clermont Mercy Hospital in Batavia, Ohio. Mr. Walker worked for thirty-four years at Milacron and was a member of the Bible Chapel Church in Hamersville, Ohio. He was born March 26, 1956 in Cincinnati, Ohio the son of Helen (Bloom) Walker of Hamersville,...

Mar 10, 2013

Dale Lee Delaney, age 63 of Georgetown, Ohio died Sunday, March 10, 2013 at his residence. He was a healthcare clerical worker and an Army Viet Nam veteran. He was born April 30, 1949 in Ripley, Ohio the son of the late Elwood and Gladys Grant. He was also preceded in death by three nephews - Lamar Commodore,...

Mar 9, 2013

David L. Himmelblau, age 88 of Georgetown, Ohio, died Saturday, March 9, 2013 at Southwest Regional Medical Center in Georgetown, Ohio. He was a property manager. Mr. Himmelblau was born June 8, 1924 in Antwerp, Belgium the son of the late Samual and Fannie (Friedman) Himmelblau.

Mr. Himmelblau is survived by his wife of forty years...

Mar 8, 2013

Donald Ray Layman II, age 48 of Hamersville, Ohio died Friday, March 8, 2013 at the Southwest Regional Medical Center in Georgetown, Ohio. He was truck driver for McIntosh Trucking. He was born May 31, 1964 in Cincinnati, Ohio the son of Donald Layman of Cincinnati, Ohio and the late Dorinda (Lay) Layman. He was also preceded in...

Mar 6, 2013

James William Smitson, age 85 of Higginsport, Ohio died Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at the University of Cincinnati Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was retired shoe cutter from the US Shoe Factory in Ripley, Ohio, a United State Army Veteran and a devoted Christian. Jim was born August 28, 1927 in Glendale, Ohio the son of the late...

Mar 5, 2013

Christine Pearl Littleton Griffith, age 81 of Georgetown, Ohio died Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at the Ohio Valley Manor Nursing and Rehabilation Center near Ripley, Ohio. She was retired from Kmart in Anderson Township, was a crossing guard for the Georgetown Exempted School District and worked at the Brown County General Hospital. Christine was born June 22, 1931...

Mar 4, 2013

Emma Jean "Chick" Fultz, age 79 of Ripley, Ohio, died Monday, March 4, 2013 at her residence. She was a homemaker and a babysitter and caretaker of many of her grandchildren and great grandchildren over the years. Mrs. Fultz was born September 8, 1933 in Brown County, Ohio the daughter of the late Howard Lee and Edna Evelyn...

Mar 4, 2013

Kevin C. McGann, M.D., age 88 of Georgetown, Ohio passed away Monday, March 4, 2013, one day prior to his 89th birthday, at the Southwest Regional Medical Center in Georgetown, Ohio. He was a graduate of Elder High School, Xavier University and St. Louis University from which he received his medical degree. He practiced medicine for thirty-eight years,...

Mar 2, 2013

Louis S. Adkins, age 91 of Georgetown, Ohio died Saturday, March 02, 2013 at the Ohio Veterans Home in Georgetown, Ohio. He was a retired Deputy Superintendent for the Massachusetts Correctional Institution and a United States World War II Coast Guard Veteran. Louis was born January 5, 1922 in Hamlin, West Virginia the son of the late Millard...

Mar 2, 2013

Elizabeth Lou "Bette" Marchese, age 81 of Ripley, Ohio, died Saturday, March 2, 2013 at her residence. She worked as a receptionist at a doctor's office for many years and was a member of St. Michael Catholic Church in Ripley, Ohio. Mrs. Marchese was born July 1, 1931 in Ripley, Ohio the daughter of the late Michael George...

Feb 27, 2013

Harold E. Frye, age 94 of Georgetown, Ohio died Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at the Southwest Regional Medical Center in Georgetown, Ohio. Mr. Frye was retired from GTE as a cable splicer and part time supervisor and was a member and former trustee of the Georgetown United Methodist Church. He was born May 26, 1918 in Mt. Orab,...