Obituaries

May 28, 2011

Nellie M. Copenhaver, age 91 of Georgetown, Ohio died Saturday, May 28, 2011 at Hospice of Cincinnati - East in Anderson Township. She was a beautician and owned and operated Nellie's Beauty Shop in Georgetown, Ohio for twenty-seven years, a cosmetology instructor for fifteen years for the Southern Hills Joint Vocational School and a member of the Georgetown...

May 21, 2011

William R. Gray, age 85 of Ripley, Ohio, died Saturday, May 21 2011 at the Ohio Veterans Home in Georgetown, Ohio. He was retired from Kroger. Mr. Gray was a United States Army World War II Veteran, a member of the Centenary United Methodist Church in Ripley and a member of the Masonic Lodge in Ripley. He was...

May 18, 2011

Gladys M. Spidel, age 87 of Ripley, Ohio died Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at the Meadowwood Care Center in Georgetown, Ohio. She was born September 11, 1923 in Vincent, Alabama the daughter of the late Noble Gates and Zula Smith. She was preceded in death by her husband of thirty-six years, Robert T. Spidel, Sr. in 2008 and...

May 16, 2011

Philip Lynn Perry, age 63 of Renton, Washington and formerly of Brown County, Ohio passed away May 16, 2011 in Renton, Washington following a long and courageous battle with Multiple Myeloma and COPD, with his wife, Jeannie, by his side.

Phil was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, November 3, 1947, the son of the late...

May 15, 2011

Jean Robinson, age 74 of Georgetown, Ohio died Sunday, May 15, 2011 at her home. She was a retired counselor assistant for Brown County Counseling. Jean was born August 14, 1936 in Lockland, Ohio, the daughter of the late Benton and Alma (Rowe) Woods. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Jack Robinson in...

May 15, 2011

Jeffrey Ray Adamson, age 52 of Georgetown, Ohio died Sunday, May 15, 2011 at the University Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. He worked in the grocery business for many years. Jeff was born August 15, 1958 in Georgetown, Ohio the son of Corinne (Hanselman) Adamson of Georgetown, Ohio and the late Thomas R. Adamson.

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May 7, 2011

Colvin W. "Landy" Lawrence, age 78 of Bethel, Ohio died Saturday, May 7, 2011 at the Adams County Regional Medical Center in Seaman, Ohio. He was a machinist at the Ford Motor Company for 38 years, a United States Army Veteran, a Kentucky Colonel and a 32nd degree Mason. Colvin was born on March 28, 1933 in Mason...

May 4, 2011

Marcella "Pat" Lillian Penny, age 81 of Georgetown, Ohio died Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at her home. She was a homemaker. Pat was born August 24, 1929 in Brown County, Ohio the daughter of the late John and Edna (Wallace) Reeves. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Edward E. Penny in 1995.

May 2, 2011

Kimberly Frodge Griffith, age 51 of Manchester, Ohio died Monday, May 2, 2011 at her home. She was a homemaker. Kimberly was born September 29, 1959 in Maysville, Kentucky the daughter of Herman Frodge of Maysville, Kentucky and the late Patsy (Prather) Frodge.

In addition to her father, Mrs. Griffith is survived by her...

Apr 28, 2011

Albert "Earl" Fussnecker, age 76 of Ripley, Ohio died Thursday, April 28, 2011 at the Villa Georgetown in Georgetown, Ohio. He was a farmer, a member of St Michael Catholic Church, the Knights of Columbus #2374 and the National Farmers Organization. He was born June 30, 1934 in Brown County, Ohio, the son of the late Albert Sylvester...

Apr 24, 2011

Rufus Wilson Shaw, age 85 of Georgetown, Ohio died Sunday, April 24, 2011 at the Meadowwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Georgetown, Ohio. He was retired from the Ohio State Highway Patrol where he worked in maintenance, a United States Korean War Army Veteran and a member of the Peace Lutheran Church in Arnheim. Rufus was born November...

Apr 21, 2011

Fred Groh , age 79 of Ripley, Ohio died Thursday, April 21, 2011 at the Ohio Veterans Home in Georgetown, Ohio. He was a construction worker, a farmer and a United States Army Korean War Veteran. Mr. Groh was a member of the Courts Fussnecker American Legion Post #367 of Ripley and the St. Michael Church. He was...

Apr 9, 2011

Milford L. Fisher, age 79 of Georgetown, Ohio died Saturday, April 9, 2011 at the Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio. He was a banker, village administrator and a land developer. Mr. Fisher was a United States Army veteran stationed in Panama and a member of the Carey Bavis American Legion Post # 180 in Georgetown, Ohio....

Apr 9, 2011

Debbie Brierly, age 43 of Aberdeen, Ohio, died Saturday, April 9, 2011 at University Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was formerly a waitress at Frisch's in Maysville, Kentucky and was a member of the VFW in Maysville. She was born July 27, 1967 in Georgetown, Ohio the daughter of Doug and Betty Green of Ripley, Ohio.

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Mar 31, 2011

Mary Eleanor Hanselman, age 89 of Georgetown, Ohio formerly of Hamersville, Ohio died Thursday, March 31, 2011 at the University of Cincinnati Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was a homemaker, former Assistant Director for the Brown County Draft Board, former secretary for the Brown County Extension Office, former member of the Hamersville Village Council for 20 years, member...

Mar 31, 2011

John A. Wilson, age 63 of Aberdeen, Ohio, died Thursday, March 31, 2011 at the Drake Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. He grew up in West Chester, Ohio and was formerly from Middletown, Ohio before moving to Aberdeen. Mr. Wilson was a mechanic and had previously helped his sister run the Town Mall Marathon Station in West Chester, Ohio....

Mar 26, 2011

Eva Jean Spieckerman, age 96 of Cincinnati, Ohio and formerly of Ripley, Ohio, died Saturday, March 26, 2011 at Courtyard at the Seasons Retirement Community in Cincinnati, Ohio. She grew up in Ripley and graduated from Ripley High School in 1932. After high school, she went to college at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. She then went to...

Mar 22, 2011

Clyde Douglas "Joe" Ginn, age 75 of Aberdeen, Ohio, died Tuesday March 22, 2011 at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was formerly from Marion, Indiana, where he lived and worked for forty three years. Mr. Ginn was a farm machinery dealer for thirty years, a United States Marines Korean War Era Veteran and a member of the...

Mar 17, 2011

Martha W. "Margie" Vaughn, age 79 of Higginsport, Ohio, died Thursday, March 17, 2011 at Ohio Valley Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center near Ripley, Ohio. She was retired from the former Georgetown Nursing Home, where she worked as a head cook and dietician. Margie was born October 24, 1931 in Hamersville, Ohio the daughter of the late Charles...

Mar 17, 2011

Mary Marguerite McKinney Geeslin, age 85 of Athens, Texas and formerly of Hamersville, Ohio died Thursday, March 17, 2011 at the Park Highland Nursing Home in Athens, Texas. Mrs. Geeslin was a homemaker and a member of the Hamersville Church of Christ in Hamersville, Ohio. She was born July 18, 1925 in Poetown, Ohio, the daughter of the...