Obituaries

Feb 22, 2013

Gerald Wayne "Jerry" Polley, age 47 of Ripley, Ohio died Friday, February 22, 2013 near Main Street in Ripley as a result of injuries sustained from an ATV accident. He was a 1979 graduate of St. Michael School and a 1983 graduate of Ripley-Union-Lewis High School. Jerry owned his own small engine repair business and was a Mercury...

Feb 12, 2013

Maureen E. Harvey, age 62 of Ripley, Ohio, died Tuesday, February 12, 2013 in Allen Park, Michigan. She was a member of St. Michael Catholic Church in Ripley, Ohio and served as pastoral associate for ten years. She was also a member of the Rosary Altar Society. Mrs. Harvey was born April 13, 1950 in Detroit, Michigan the...

Feb 5, 2013

Dustin Glenwood Lee, age 24 of Hebron, Kentucky died Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at the Regency Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was a laborer for the TLC Company in Newport, Kentucky. Dustin was born August 4, 1988 in Dalton, Georgia the son of Tabatha K. (Lillie) Fields of Hamersville, Ohio and Richard A. Lee and wife Donna of...

Feb 4, 2013

Mary "Rachey" Crawford, age 70 of Georgetown, Ohio died Monday, February 4, 2013 at the Southwest Regional Medical Center in Georgetown, Ohio. She was retired from the Keebler Company and a member of the Georgetown Church of Christ and the Brown County Democrat Club. Rachey was born June 28, 1942 in Cincinnati, Ohio the daughter of the late...

Feb 1, 2013

Bessie Mae Smith, age 92 of Ripley, Ohio died Friday, February 1, 2013 at the Maysville Nursing & Rehabilitation Facility in Maysville, Kentucky. In her lifetime she worked for the U.S. Shoe Factory and retired from there in 1982. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was a member of the DAV, The Ripley Tobacco...

Jan 31, 2013

Howard Adams, age 88 of Ripley, Ohio, died Thursday, January 31, 2013 at Southwest Regional Medical Center in Georgetown, Ohio. He served in the United States Army during World War II and was in Company A in the 357th Infantry Division. He was awarded a Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal and European African Middle Eastern Service Medal...

Jan 27, 2013

Walter Lee "Pete" Hutton, age 84 of Georgetown, Ohio, died Sunday, January 27, 2013 at Southwest Regional Medical Center in Georgetown, Ohio. He was a farmer and worked with horses for many years. Mr. Hutton was born June 28, 1928 in Bethel, Ohio the son of the late Louise Hiler Day. He was also preceded in death by...

Jan 24, 2013

Charles Ray Spires, age 47 of Maysville, Kentucky, formerly of Ripley, Ohio, died Thursday, January 24, 2013 at Meadowview Regional Medical Center in Maysville, Kentucky. He was a laborer. Charles Ray was born April 3, 1965 in Georgetown, Ohio the son of the late Donald and Dorothy (Winters) Spires. He was also preceded in death by two brothers...

Jan 22, 2013

Lucille Michael Hart, age 81 of Georgetown, Ohio died Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at the Southwest Regional Medical Center in Georgetown, Ohio. She received her bachelor degree in Education from the University of Kansas and her masters degree from the Miami University. In 1977 she she was hired as a librarian for the Georgetown Exempted School District, she...

Jan 22, 2013

Clark Anderson Godby, age 82 of Georgetown, Ohio died Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at the Hospice Inpatient Care Center at Licking Memorial Hospital in Newark, Ohio. He was retired from Cincinnati Milacron, but had worked many other jobs. Clark was a milk truck driver, a meat cutter, life insurance agent and delivered oil. He was a Hamersville High...

Jan 19, 2013

Gerald Smitson, age 82 of Georgetown, Ohio died Saturday, January 19, 2013 at the Meadowwood Nursing and Rehabilation Center in Georgetown, Ohio. He worked at the Sullivan Shoe Factory in Georgetown, Ohio and the Shoe-Zees Shoe Factory in Higginsport, Ohio and was a United States Army Veteran. Mr. Smitson was born January 11, 1931 in Georgetown, Ohio the...

Jan 14, 2013

Bonita Leigh Steele, age 59 of Decatur, Ohio died Monday, January 14, 2013 at her residence. She was a homemaker. Bonnie was born November 12, 1953 in Cincinnati, Ohio the daughter of the late John and Betty (Becker) Steele.

Ms. Steele is survived by three children - Tina Brannock-Flinchum and husband Stanley of Alexandria,...

Jan 14, 2013

George Daniel Klump, age 83 of Ripley, Ohio, died Monday, January 14, 2013 at his residence. He was a farmer and a member of St. Michael Catholic Church in Ripley, Ohio. Mr. Klump was born September 13, 1929 in Ripley, Ohio the son of the late August and Anna (Schwallie) Klump. He was also preceded in death by...

Jan 13, 2013

Laura Ann Cooper White, age 52 of Ripley, Ohio, lost her long battle with cancer on Sunday, January 13, 2013 at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. Laura took care of her twin daughters Nicole and Sarah but also had worked for Browning Manufacturing, the American Cancer Society and Ripley Union Lewis Huntington Schools. She was a 1978 graduate...

Jan 7, 2013

Beulah Mae Slater, age 90 of Georgetown, Ohio died Monday, January 7, 2013 at the Eastgatesprings of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was a homemaker and had been employed in retail clothing sales at Woolworth Department Store and Big Wheel. Mrs. Slater was born May 3, 1922 in Falmouth, Kentucky the daughter of the late Jeremiah and Margaret...

Jan 7, 2013

Mary Louise DeVore Koerner, age 85 of Ripley, Ohio, died Monday January 7, 2013 at Hospice of Cincinnati in Blue Ash. She worked at the former U.S. Shoe factory in Ripley for many years until its closing. She then became a certified nurse aide and worked at area nursing homes, Hospice of Hope and provided home healthcare. Mrs....

Jan 6, 2013

John Martin Chambers, Sr., age 87 of Georgetown, Ohio died Sunday, January 6, 2013 at the Ohio Veterans Home in Georgetown, Ohio. He was a farmer, a retired inspector for the General Electric Company, a United States World War II Navy veteran, a member of the Carey Bavis American Legion Post #180, the Disabled American Veterans and the...

Jan 3, 2013

Beulah "Berneice" Fryer, age 86 of Georgetown, Ohio died Thursday, January 3, 2013 at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Fryer was born April 16, 1926 in Fleming County, Kentucky the daughter of the late Martin and Jewell (Mauk) Wagoner. She was also preceded in death by her husband Franklin...

Dec 31, 2012

Lawrence Daniel Decker, age 67 of Georgetown, Ohio died Monday, December 31, 2012 at the Southwest Regional Medical Center in Georgetown, Ohio. He was retired from the Ford Motor Company after forty years of service and served in the Air National Guard. Mr. Decker was born March 3, 1945 in Cincinnati, Ohio the son of the late Ambers...

Dec 30, 2012

Duane C. Neu, age 79 of Hamersville, Ohio, died Sunday, December 30, 2012 at the Ohio Veterans Home in Georgetown, Ohio. He was a retired truck driver from Cincinnati Gas and Electric, a United States Army Korean War Veteran, former mayor, police officer and clerk for the Village of Hamersville, a member of the Hamersville Bible Chapel U.C.C.,...