Obituaries

Jan 31, 2008

Robert T. Spidel, age 67 of Abedeen, Ohio, died Thursday, January 31, 2008 at his residence. He was born on December 6, 1940 in Westerville, Alabama the son of the late Janie Spidel.

Mr. Spidel is survived by his wife Gladys M. (Smith) Spidel of Aberdeen, Ohio and one son, Robert T. Spidel, Jr. of Georgia....

Jan 29, 2008

Edna Mae Parr, age 89 of Georgetown, Ohio died Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at the Villa Georgetown in Georgetown, Ohio. She was a homemaker. During World War II she worked for a company in Akron, Ohio that made parachutes and in later years she worked as a dietician at the Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown,...

Jan 27, 2008

Bridget Lee Pryor, age 46 of Hillsboro, Ohio died Sunday, January 27, 2008 at the Highland District Hospital in Hillsboro, Ohio. She was born on May 20, 1961 in Cincinnati, Ohio the daughter of Janice (Giesel) Pryor of Georgetown, Ohio and the late Henry Pryor, Sr.. She was also preceded in death by one sister, Linda...

Jan 22, 2008

Geneva DeMaris, age 69 of Georgetown, Ohio died Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at the Meadowwood Nursing Home in Georgetown, Ohio. She had been a spot welder for Mac Tool. She was born on May 7, 1938 in Cincinnati, Ohio the daughter of the late Joel and Fannie (Chandler) King. She was also preceded in death by...

Jan 18, 2008

Joe William Hiatt, age 76 of Ripley, Ohio died Friday, January 18, 2008 at the Meadowview Regional Hospital in Maysville, Kentucky. Mr. Hiatt was an entrepreneuer, a member of the Ripley Lions Club, a former president of the economic development and save our buildings committees in Ripley. He was born on September 13, 1931 in Miamisburg,...

Jan 14, 2008

Charles Lee Vaughn, age 63 of West Union, Ohio, died Monday, January 14, 2008 at the Adams County Hospital in Seaman, Ohio. He worked for the Brewer Company in Milford, Ohio. Charlie was born on April 5, 1944 in Ripley, Ohio the son of the late Charles L. "Speed" and Myrtie (Miller) Vaughn. He was preceded in death...

Jan 13, 2008

Marjorie May Sparks, age 80 of Ripley, Ohio, died Sunday, January 13, 2008 at Ohio Valley Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center near Ripley, Ohio. She was a member of St. Michael Catholic Church in Ripley, Ohio. Ms. Sparks was born on September 6, 1927 in Ripley, Ohio the daughter of the late Leslie Albert and Helen Defosse Poe....

Jan 12, 2008

Charles "Steve" Kirschner, age 91 of Higginsport, Ohio died Saturday, January 12, 2008 at the Meadowview Regional Hospital in Maysville, Kentucky. He retired from General Motors in 1978, was a member of the St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church in Ripley, Ohio and enjoyed gardening and fishing on the Ohio River. Mr. Kirshner was born on November 27,...

Jan 11, 2008

Geneva Merrill Baird, age 96 of Ripley, Ohio died Friday, January 11, 2008 at the Ohio Valley Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Ripley, Ohio. Mrs. Baird was a homemaker and a member of the Ripley Church of Christ. She was born on April 30, 1911 in Eckmansville, Ohio the daughter of the late Raymond and...

Jan 6, 2008

Marjorie Faye Kunkel, age 62 of Hamersville, Ohio died Sunday, January 6, 2008 at her residence. She was a retired nursing assistant and a attended the Feesburg Chapel in Feesburg, Ohio. She was born on September 18, 1945 in Brown County, Ohio the daughter of the late John and Mary Belle (Honaker) McKinzie. She was also...

Jan 3, 2008

John Raymond Koewler, age 85 of Ripley, Ohio, died Thursday, January 3, 2008 at The Ohio Valley Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center near Ripley, Ohio. He was a United States Navy WW II Veteran and a member of The Courts Fussnecker American Legion Post #367 of Ripley, Ohio. He was also a member of St. Michael Catholic Church...

Jan 1, 2008

Ronald K. (Bud) Day, age 75 of Ripley, Ohio, died Tuesday, January 1, 2008 at The Ohio Veteran's Home in Georgetown, Ohio. He was a United States Navy Korean War Veteran and a member of American Legion Post # 72 in Mt. Carmel, Ohio. He was also a retired boilermaker. Mr. Day was born on July 4, 1932...

Dec 31, 2007

Ethel Myrl Roehm, age 87 of Georgetown, Ohio died Monday, December 31, 2007 at the Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio. Mrs. Roehm was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Georgetown, Ohio. She was born on August 25, 1920 in Georgetown, Ohio the daughter of...

Dec 29, 2007

Lee Robert Eubanks, age 81 of Peebles, Ohio, formerly of Ripley, Ohio died Saturday, December 29, 2007 at the Veterans Hospital in Chillicothe, Ohio. He worked at Proctor and Gamble for eighteen years, was the owner of the Ripley Parkview Markets (aka the "Locker" ) in Ripley, Ohio for fifteen years, was a general contractor, a WW II...

Dec 25, 2007

Mary Dessel Young, age 89 of Georgetown, Ohio died Tuesday, December 25, 2007 at the Atrium Medical Center in Middletown, Ohio. Mrs. Young was a housewife. She was born on January 22, 1918 in Flemingsburg, Kentucky the daughter of the late Floyd and Rosie (Earls) Stamper. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Dallas...

Dec 24, 2007

Richard Patrick, age 81 of Ripley, Ohio, died Monday, December 24, 2007 at Meadowwood Nursing Home in Georgetown, Ohio. He was a farmer. He was born on May 7, 1926 in Ripley, Ohio.

Mr. Patrick was preceded in death by his wife, Cora Mae Patrick.

Following cremation, a memorial service will be held at...

Dec 24, 2007

James Richard Staggs, age 72 of Georgetown, Ohio died Monday, December 24, 2007 at the Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio. Mr. Staggs was a retired custodian for twenty-six years for the Georgetown Exempted Village School District. He was also an Army Korean War veteran, a member of the Ripley Assembly of God Church and...

Dec 22, 2007

Joseph "Joe" Martin, Jr. , age 91 of Felicity, Ohio, died Saturday, December 22, 2007 at the Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio. He was a farmer, a director for the Higginsport Bank for 43 years and attended the Georgetown Church of Christ. Joe was born on May 20, 1916 on the family farm in Brown County,...

Dec 21, 2007

Mrs. Loretta Fay Yeager, age 76 of Aberdeen, Ohio, died Friday, December 21, 2007 at Meadowview Regional Hospital in Maysville, KY. She was a homemaker, a member of St. Michael Catholic Church in Ripley, Ohio and a member of the Knight's of Columbus Auxiliary. Mrs. Yeager was born on July 11, 1931 in Cincinnati, Ohio the daughter of...

Dec 19, 2007

Cathy Lois Skidmore McCollum, age 58 of Bethel, Ohio, died Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at the Hospice of Hope East in Anderson Township. She was an interior decorator. Cathy was born on April 22, 1949 in Fayetteville, Ohio the daughter of the late Andrew J. Kirk and Rachel Mary (Back) Collins.

Mrs. McCollum is survived by...