Obituaries

Nov 30, 2008

Dorothy Ellen Kautz Koch died in her sleep on November 30, 2008. Mrs. Koch lived in Georgetown, Ohio with her husband, Charles Koch.

In addition to her husband, Mrs. Koch is survived by her four children, Susan Koch, C. James Koch, William Koch, and Lisa Greene. She is also survived by her eleven grandchildren-Megan Popp, Charlie...

Nov 23, 2008

Dorothy Carol Smith, age 85 of Moscow, Idaho died Sunday, November 23, 2008 at the Gritman Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. Carol was born on July 5, 1923 in Ripley, Ohio, one of four children born to the late Wilbur and Carol Dorothy (Stairs) Liggett. She was a graduate of Georgetown High School and continued her education in...

Nov 22, 2008

Mrs. Nancy Carol Nash, age 69 of Georgetown, Ohio, died Saturday, November 22, 2008 at her residence. She was a homemaker and a member of The West Fork Baptist Church near Georgetown, Ohio. Mrs. Nash was born on June 9, 1939 in Newtown, Ohio the daughter of the late Jesse and Gertrude Platt. She was also preceded in...

Nov 21, 2008

Joseph Roland Hauke, age 71, previously of Congress Street in Ripley, Ohio died on Friday, November 21, 2008 at the Maysville Nursing & Rehabilitation Facility. He was a factory worker, fuel truck driver, farmer, volunteer fireman, and member of Saint Michael the Archangel Catholic Church. Joe was born on September 15, 1937, in Ripley, Ohio, son of the...

Nov 17, 2008

Ronald Nelson Duffey, age 67 of Georgetown, Ohio died Monday, November 17, 2008 at the Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio. He was a retired delivery truck driver for UPS, a United States Army Veteran and a Teamster member. Mr. Duffey was born on April 2, 1941 in Hamilton County, Ohio, the son of the late Frank...

Nov 17, 2008

Pamela Jean Crawford, age 50 of Ripley, Ohio, died Monday, November 17, 2008 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She has been a secretary for the Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington School District for over thirty years. Besides being a loyal and devoted secretary, Pam has served the R-U-L-H School District in many other athletic and leadership positions. She has been...

Nov 17, 2008

David Robert Massner, age 59 of Milford, Ohio, died Monday, November 17, 2008 from injuries sustained in a hunting accident in Felicity, Ohio. He was a salesman for Cox Tool Service in Milford, Ohio, a United States Army Veteran, a member of the Mt. Carmel American Legion Post #72 and the Fraternal Order of Eagles in Georgetown, Ohio....

Nov 17, 2008

Mary Frances Charles, age 85 of Hamersville, Ohio died Monday, November 17, 2008 at the Ohio Valley Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Ripley, Ohio. She was a homemaker, a member of the Georgetown Presbyterian Church, the Russellville Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star, the Cincinnati Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Carey...

Nov 15, 2008

Douglas Wayne Berry, age 55 of Ripley, Ohio, died Saturday, November 15, 2008 at the Adams County Hospital in Seaman, Ohio. He was a United States Army Veteran. Doug was born on June 16, 1953 in Georgetown, Ohio the son of Elizabeth (West) Berry of Ripley, Ohio and the late George Douglas Berry. He was also preceded in...

Nov 14, 2008

Troy Juanita Cavendish, age 85 of Georgetown, Ohio died Friday, November 14, 2008 at her residence. She was a retired nurses aid at the Locust Ridge Nursing Home, a member of the Ripley Assembly of God Church and the Carey Bavis American Legion Post #180 Auxiliary. Mrs. Cavendish was born on October 13, 1923 in Knoxville, Tennessee the...

Nov 12, 2008

Shirley L. Regenstein, age 72 of Ripley, Ohio died Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at her residence. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Regenstein was born on November 8, 1936 in Mason County, Kentucky the daughter of the late Benton and Ida (Swanger) Humphries. She was also preceded in death by one brother.

Mrs. Regenstein is survived by...

Nov 7, 2008

Michael Brent Kennedy, age 61, of St. Cloud, Florida, formerly of Georgetown, Ohio died Friday, November 7, 2008 at his residence. Mr. Kennedy was a construction supervisor and a United States Army veteran. He was born on April 6, 1947 in Cincinnati, Ohio the son of the late Harry Gene Kennedy and Mildred (Newman) Kennedy- Frost. Besides his...

Nov 7, 2008

Lewis Clark Cavendish, age 88 of Georgetown, Ohio died Friday, November 7, 2008 at his residence. He was a retired U.S. Army veteran, serving twenty-eight years in the military during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. He was a member of the Ripley Assembly of God Church, the Carey Bavis American Legion Post #180,...

Nov 3, 2008

Freda Lucille Ralston, age 83 of Georgetown, Ohio died Monday, November 3, 2008 at the Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio. She was a homemaker, a member of the Peace Lutheran Church in Arnheim, Ohio and the Ohio Valley Antique Machinery Association. Mrs. Ralston was born on July 13, 1925 in Brown County, Ohio the daughter of...

Nov 3, 2008

Robert William Shropshire, Jr. (also affectionately known as "Billy" and "Swap"), age 51 of Ripley, Ohio, died Monday, November 3, 2008 at Jewish Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, following a long illness. He was a lineman for Brown Co. Rural Water Association. Billy was born on September 22, 1957 in Georgetown, Ohio the son of the late Robert William...

Nov 2, 2008

Lois Jane Fouch, age 65 of Georgetown, Ohio, died Sunday, November 2, 2008 at her residence. She was a homemaker. Lois was born on September 30, 1943 in Clermont County, Ohio the daughter of the late Walter and Leona (Miller) Zieger. She was also preceded in death by her sister - Carolyn Love.

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Oct 30, 2008

Sharon Sue Merrick, age 61 of Georgetown, Ohio, died Thursday, October 30, 2008 at the Villa Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Georgetown, Ohio. Sharon was a machine operator for Video Treasure. She was born on May 5, 1947 in Coshocton, Ohio, the daughter of the late Richard and Mildred (Newell) Aitken.

Ms. Merrick is...

Oct 29, 2008

James Leland Ward, age 81 of Georgetown, Ohio, died Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at his residence. Jim was the owner of Ward's Body Shop and Bicycle Repair in Georgetown, Ohio for 35 years, was a fireman for the Georgetown Fire Department for 53 years, drove a school bus for the Georgetown School District for 39 years, was a...

Oct 28, 2008

Betty Ann Geeslin, age 80 of Georgetown, Ohio died Tuesday, October 28, 2008 from a massive stroke at the Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio. She was a homemaker, a member of the F.O.E. #2293 in Georgetown, Ohio and The Order of the Eastern Star in Hillsboro, Ohio. Betty was born on June 19, 1928 in Hamersville,...

Oct 27, 2008

Anna Louise Smith, age 65 of Hamersville, Ohio died Monday, October 27, 2008 at the Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was a homemaker,a member of the Georgetown Presbyterian Church and a member of the Hamersville Flower Club. Anna was born on February 8, 1943 in Covington, Kentucky, the daughter of the late Leo and Helen (Petty) Miller....