Obituaries

Sep 19, 2004

Donald McKenzie, age 77, of Georgetown, Ohio died Sunday, September 19, 2004 at the Ohio Valley Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Ripley, Ohio. Mr. McKenzie was retired from Ford Motor Company and was a World War II Army Veteran. He was born May 10, 1927, the son of the late Charles and Josephine (Piatt) McKenzie. He was...

Sep 16, 2004

Clarence Russell Bohl, age 93, of Georgetown, Ohio died Thursday, September 16, 2004 at his residence. Mr. Bohl was a life long farmer. He was born near Georgetown, Ohio on June 30, 1911 the son of the late Albert and Minnie (Hanselman) Bohl. He was also preceded in death by his four brothers - Harley, Charles,...

Sep 16, 2004

Rev. James Otis Johnson, age 86, of Georgetown, Ohio died Thursday, September 16, 2004 at the University Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. Rev. Johnson was a pastor in the Southern Baptist Churches for 43 years. He was faithful to God and helped others find Jesus. He was born in Estill County, Kentucky on August 27, 1918 the...

Sep 15, 2004

Leslie E. McKibben, age 37, of Georgetown, Ohio died Wednesday, September 15, 2004 near Sardinia, Ohio. Mr. McKibben worked in construction. He was born in Springfield, Ohio on August 1, 1967 the son of Leslie and Anna (Herrin) McKibben.

Mr. McKibben is survived by his parents, Leslie and Anna McKibben of Arnheim, Ohio; his...

Sep 14, 2004

Mrs. Margaret Roush, age 87 of Manchester, Ohio died Tuesday, September 14, 2004 at the Adams County Hospital in West Union, Ohio. She was a homemaker and a farmer. Mrs. Roush was born October 24, 1916, the daughter of the late William Nelson and Bertha Rossman. She was also preceded in death by her husband Elwood Fulton Roush....

Sep 7, 2004

Mrs. Mary Irene Houston, age 94, of Georgetown, Ohio died Tuesday, September 7, 2004 at her residence. Mrs. Houston donated her body to medical science to repay for a gift of corneas which enabled her to see. She was born in Mowrystown, Ohio on July 19, 1910 the daughter of the late Ed C. and Josie...

Sep 5, 2004

Mary Margaret Smith, age 73, of Georgetown, Ohio died Sunday, September 5, 2004 at her residence. Mrs. Smith was a homemaker, a member of the Georgetown Church of Christ and a life member of the American Legion Auxiliary. She was born on May 4, 1931 in Manchester, Ohio the daughter of the late Jesse L. and Rosetta (Pollitt)...

Sep 4, 2004

Jackie (Updike) Gabb, age 36 of Ripley, Ohio died Saturday, September 4, 2004 in a motorcycle accident on US 68 near Ripley, Ohio. Mrs. Gabb was a payroll clerk for API Construction Company, a member of the Ripley Church of Christ and a volunteer for the Hospice of Hope. She was born on October 8, 1967 in Brown...

Sep 1, 2004

Mrs. Viola Marie Smith, age 90, of Georgetown, Ohio formerly of Mt. Carmel, Ohio died Wednesday, September 1, 2004 at the Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio. Mrs. Smith was a beautician, owning and operating the Viola Smith Beauty Shop. She was also a member of the Georgetown Presbyterian Church and the Order of the...

Aug 28, 2004

Dorothy Charlotte Ida McElroy, age 87, of Georgetown, Ohio died Saturday, August 28, 2004 at the Clermont Mercy Hospital in Batavia, Ohio. Mrs. McElroy was the owner and operator of McElroy Shoe Store for over 40 years. She was also a member of the St. George Catholic Church, the St. George Alter Society, was the first...

Aug 27, 2004

Grace Imogene Fithen, age 82, of Georgetown, Ohio died Friday, August 27, 2004 at the Meadowwood Care Center in Georgetown, Ohio. Mrs. Fithen was a homemaker and formerly a sales clerk and manager. She was also a former president of the Georgetown Fire Department Auxiliary. She was born in Georgetown, Ohio on June 9, 1922 the...

Aug 25, 2004

Wylie C. Evans, age 89 of Georgetown, Ohio died Wednesday, August 25, 2004 at the Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio. Mr. Evans worked in the grocery business for over 40 years, owning and operating Dot Food Stores and later Super Value Food Store for 22 years. He was a World War II Army veteran,...

Aug 24, 2004

Mrs. Eloise Lucile Throckmorton, age 88, of Georgetown, Ohio died Tuesday, August 24, 2004 at the Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio. Mrs. Throckmorton was the owner of Throckmorton Motel for 35 years and was a member of the Georgetown Presbyterian Church. She was born in Rudolph, Ohio on April 26, 1916 the daughter of...

Aug 19, 2004

J.W. West, age 82 of Russellville, Ohio died Thursday, August 19, 2004 at his residence. Mr. West operated the West Trucking Company for many years. He was a farmer, a World War II Navy Veteran, a marketing recorder for the Ripley tobacco market for the ASCS, a member of the Brown County Board of Elections for thirty years,...

Aug 18, 2004

William Calvin Donald, age 80, of Ripley, Ohio died Wednesday, August 18, 2004 at the Meadowview Regional Hospital in Maysville, Kentucky. Mr. Donald was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Ripley, Ohio and has attended the Brown County Habilitation Center since 1989. He was born on July 4, 1924 the son of the late Carl F....

Aug 16, 2004

Stephen Carl Wilson, 55, of Ripley, Ohio died Monday, August 16, 2004 at Deaconess Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was a farmer and a member of the Ripley Church of Christ. Mr. Wilson was born August 12, 1949 in Covington, Kentucky, the son of Doris Peterson Wilson and the late Russell Earl Wilson.

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Aug 15, 2004

Mrs. Ruth H. Kirschner, age 85, of Higginsport, Ohio died Sunday, August 15, 2004 at her residence. She was a 1937 graduate of Ripley High School and married Charles (Steve) Kirschner in 1939. They have resided in Higginsport for the past fifty-one years where she was a homemaker. Mrs. Kirschner was born July 17, 1919 in Ripley, Ohio,...

Aug 11, 2004

Louise Marie Grant, age 85 of Ripley, Ohio died Wednesday, August 11, 2004 at the Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio. Mrs. Grant was a retied cook for the Ripley school system in the old elementary school and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Ripley, Ohio. She was born on June 10, 1919 in...

Aug 6, 2004

Patricia Ann Zimmerer, age 70 of Bethel, Ohio died Friday, August 6, 2004 at the Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio. Mrs.Zimmerer was a nurse aid and ward clerk at the Brown County General Hospital for twenty-five years. She was born April 27, 1934 in Woodford County, Kentucky, the daughter of the late Robert and Virginia (Biddle)...

Aug 4, 2004

Mr. C. D. Ring, age 84 of Ripley, Ohio died Wednesday, August 4, 2004 at the Ohio Valley Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Ripley, Ohio. He was a World War II U. S. Army Air Force Veteran and was a retired timekeeper for the Stone and Webster Construction Company. Mr. Ring was born on September 12, 1919...