Obituaries

Aug 23, 2005

Mrs. Lena LaViolette, age 84, of Georgetown, Ohio, formerly of Youngstown, Ohio died Tuesday, August 23, 2005 at the Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio. Mrs. LaViolette was a homemaker and a member of the Russellville Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses. She was born on June 30, 1921 the daughter of the late Frank and...

Aug 22, 2005

Vernon Leon Gregory, Jr., age 78 of Feesburg, Ohio died Monday, August 22, 2005 at the Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Gregory was retired from the Ohio Department of Transportation. He was born on February 5, 1927 in Scioto County, Ohio the son of the late Vernon Leon and Verda (Fultz) Gregory. He was also...

Aug 20, 2005

Allen (Butch) Richey, age 60 of Feesburg, Ohio died Saturday, August 20, 2005 at the Anderson Mercy Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Richey was a water field technician for the Brown County Rural Water Association and was a member of the Georgetown Masonic Lodge F&AM #72. He was born on May 3, 1945 in Feesburg, Ohio...

Aug 15, 2005

James Elton Slack, age 68, of Bethel, Ohio died Monday, August 15, 2005 at the Vista Care Hospice in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Slack was retired from the Ford Motor Co. He was born in Georgetown, Ohio on November 26, 1936 the son of the late James William and Emma Louise (Hauck) Slack. He was also preceded...

Aug 14, 2005

Beulah Christine Toller, age 84 of Ripley, Ohio died Sunday, August 14, 2005 at her residence. She had worked at US Shoe, the Ripley National Bank for eighteen years and Milligan Parts Co. for eighteen years. Mrs. Toller was a member of the Ripley Centenary United Methodist Church, a life member of the Ripley Museum and...

Aug 5, 2005

Elizabeth Irene McKee, age 59 of New Hope, Ohio died Friday, August 5, 2005 at her residence. She was a factory worker for many years with Wells Manufacturing in New Vienna, Ohio. She was born on April 17, 1946 in Sabina, Ohio the daughter of Dorothy (Morris) Reed of Leesburg, Ohio and the late Floyd Drake....

Jul 31, 2005

Charles Walter Smitson, age 78, of Cincinnati, Ohio died Sunday, July 31, 2005 at his residence. Mr. Smitson was a truck driver and a World War II Army veteran. He was born in Higginsport, Ohio on August 5, 1926 the son of the late Thomas and Annie (Tucker) Smitson. He was also preceded in death by...

Jul 26, 2005

Brad Henry Peters, age 46 of Ripley, Ohio died Tuesday, July 26, 2005 at his Father's residence near Ripley, Ohio. He was a member of The First Baptist Church in Ripley, Ohio. He had worked as a meat cutter for area grocery stores for many years and also had worked as a construction worker. Brad was born on...

Jul 24, 2005

Gerald Wayne "Joe" Fowler, age 55 of Ripley, Ohio died Sunday, July 24, 2005 at his residence, after a long illness. He was a construction worker for many years. He was born on February 5, 1950 in Texas the son of the late James E. and Tolice (Kellum) Fowler. He was also preceded in death by one brother,...

Jul 22, 2005

Mr. Richard H. Wagner, age 89 of Russellville, Ohio died Friday, July 22, 2005 at The Meadowwood Care Center in Georgetown, Ohio. He was born on January 18, 1916 in Ash Ridge, Ohio the son of the late Adam and Anna (Inskeep) Wagner. He was also preceded in death by one son, Gerald Wagner; one brother, Walter Wagner;...

Jul 18, 2005

Helen K. (Kirk) Andrews Fritz, age 76, of Georgetown, Ohio died Monday, July 18, 2005 at the Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio. Mrs. Fritz was a homemaker. She was born in Brown County, Ohio on November 18, 1928 the daughter of the late Roland and Ethel (Watson) Kirk. She was also preceded in death...

Jul 15, 2005

Stanley I. Allen, age 69, of Georgetown, Ohio died Friday, July 15, 2005 at the Meadowwood Care Center in Georgetown, Ohio. Mr. Allen was born in Georgetown, Ohio on September 15, 1935 the son of the late John and Gertrude (Dart) Allen.

Mr. Allen is survived by three sisters - Clara Gipson and husband,...

Jul 14, 2005

Mrs. Margaret Ann Fite, age 74, of Cincinnati, Ohio died Thursday, July 14, 2005 at the Eastgate Healthcare Center. Mrs. Fite was a homemaker. She was born in Ripley, Ohio on February 4, 1931 the daughter of the late Carl William and Vernon Edith (Reese) DeFosse. She was also preceded in death by her husband, William...

Jul 13, 2005

Michael Wayne Herrmann, age 42 of Ripley, Ohio died Wednesday, July 13, 2005 at his residence. He was a construction worker and avid fisherman. He was born on April 26, 1963 in Georgetown, Ohio the son of Frances Christine (Perry) Herrmann of Ripley, Ohio and the late Robert Andrew Herrmann.

Besides his mother, he is survived...

Jul 13, 2005

Gladys Winters, age 107, of Georgetown, Ohio died Wednesday, July 13, 2005 at the Meadowwood Care Center in Georgetown, Ohio. Mrs. Winters was a homemaker and a 1914 graduate of Higginsport High School. She was born in Higginsport, Ohio on September 28, 1897 the daughter of the late Orlando and Harriet (Mefford) Bartlow. She was also...

Jul 12, 2005

Mrs. Marie Dorothy Mayhall, age 91, of Georgetown, Ohio died Tuesday, July 12, 2005 at her residence. Mrs. Mayhall was a homemaker. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on June 17, 1914 the daughter of the late Bernard and Frances (Bastian) Mohrhaus. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Henry Clay Mayhall, Sr.; one...

Jul 11, 2005

Mrs. Emma Isabelle Hauke, age 97, of Ripley, Ohio died Monday, July 11, 2005 at The Ohio Valley Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center near Ripley, Ohio, where she has been been a resident since May of 1999. She worked as a medical secretary for Ripley physician Dr. Prine for a number of years, and then for Dr. Lyle...

Jul 3, 2005

Kathy Ann Dyer, age 48, of Urbana, Ohio formerly of Georgetown, Ohio died Sunday, July 3, 2005 at her residence. Ms. Dyer worked for the Honda Corporation. She was born in Georgetown, Ohio on April 5, 1957 the daughter of the late Freddie D. and Juanita Katherine (Gardner) Dyer.

Ms. Dyer is survived by...

Jul 1, 2005

Mr. Robert A. Williams, age 77, of Ripley, Ohio and formerly of Youngstown, Ohio, died Friday, July 1, 2005 at Brown Co. General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio. He was a U.S. Navy World War II Veteran, an elder at The Ripley First Presbyterian Church and he retired as Senior Vice-President of Engineering and Marketing at Glowe-Smith Industrial of...

Jul 1, 2005

Mrs. Ilene Stanfield, age 78, of Georgetown, Ohio died Friday, July 1, 2005 at the Eastgate Retirement Village in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mrs. Stanfield was an admitting clerk for Brown County General Hospital, a member of the Georgetown United Methodist Church and the Order of the Eastern Star. She was born in Hamersville, Ohio on January 31, 1927 the...