Obituaries

Sep 23, 2022

William Roy Sparrow, age 78 of Mt. Orab, Ohio died Friday, September 23, 2022 at Mercy Hospital Fairfield in Fairfield, Ohio. He was a retired lineman for Cincinnati Bell and a member of the Miami Township East veteran fire department. William was born December 9, 1943 in Cincinnati, Ohio the son of the late William W. and Mildred (Snapp)...

Sep 23, 2022

Susan Jane Wylie, age 64 of Fayetteville, Ohio died Friday, September 23, 2022 at the Mt.Orab Medical Center in Mt.Orab, Ohio. She was a homemaker and a member of the Life Change Church in Milford, Ohio. Susan was born December 4, 1957 in Wilmington, Ohio the daughter of the late Charles and Janet Elaine (Williams) Winkle, Jr. Besides her...

Sep 20, 2022

Jo Ann Freeman, 82 of Hamersville, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at Ohio Valley Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center near Ripley, Ohio.  She will be remembered as a loving wife, mother and grandmother.

Mrs. Freeman was born June 25, 1940 in Harlan County, Kentucky the daughter of the late Herman and America (Howard) Helton.  She...

Sep 19, 2022

Margaret Elizabeth Ball, age 74 of Aberdeen, Ohio died Monday, September 19, 2022 at her residence. She was a homemaker. Margaret was born February 23, 1948 in Wyandotte, Michigan the daughter of the late Nick and Elizabeth Margaret (Cole) Nicksich. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Harley J. Ball and one daughter – Sandra...

Sep 6, 2022

Susan Lee Barber, age 60 of Mt.Orab, Ohio died Tuesday, September 6, 2022 at her home on the family farm. She was a homemaker. Her favorite past time was gardening, and she never met a plant she could not grow. In 2014 she broke the State of Ohio’s largest giant watermelon record with a watermelon that weighed 296.5 lbs....

Sep 5, 2022

Beatrice May Rudd, 91 of Ripley, Ohio, passed away Monday, September 5, 2022 at her daughter and son-in-law’s home in Cincinnati, Ohio.  She was retired from the former U.S. Shoe Factory in Ripley, Ohio, after forty years of service and attended the Ripley Church of the Nazarene.  Mrs. Rudd was born November 4, 1930 in Bracken County, Kentucky the...

Sep 2, 2022

Robert Lynn West, age 63 of Mt.Orab, Ohio died Friday, September 2, 2022 at his residence. He was retired from the Ford Motor Company, a member of the UAW and an avid Ohio State football fan. Rob was born September 26, 1958 in Georgetown, Ohio the son of Shirley (Burgett) Holt of Mt.Orab, Ohio and the late Robert Larry...

Aug 31, 2022

Sherry Lee Mitchell, age 64 of Georgetown, Ohio died Wednesday, August 31, 2022 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. She grew up on a farm in Buford, Ohio and dreamed of one day writing stories like Laura Ingalls. Since then, she has published stories in Mary Janes Farm magazine, Salt Magazine, Farm & Ranch and Country Woman....

Aug 30, 2022

Paula Sue Mitchell, 65 of Aberdeen, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, August 30, 2022 at her home.  She was born June 18, 1957 in Maysville, Kentucky the daughter of Janet Wills Parker of Lewis County, Kentucky and the late Paul Lennex.  She was also preceded in death by her step-father – Donald Polley, step-son – George Mitchell, Jr. and a...

Aug 29, 2022

Nathan Andrew DeMaris, age 44 of Georgetown, Ohio died Monday, August 29, 2022 at the Mt.Orab Medical Center in Mt.Orab, Ohio. He was the zoning inspector and cemetery sexton for Pike Township in Brown County, Ohio and a member of the Masonic Lodge F&AM. Nathan was born October 4, 1977 in Cincinnati, Ohio the son of Carmela (Griffith) Baldrick...

Aug 28, 2022

Gary Lee Ayers, age 75 of Mt.Orab, Ohio died Sunday, August 28, 2022 at the VA Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was retired from Steel Craft, a United States Vietnam War Army veteran and a member of the Archie Lee Boyce American Legion Post #406 in Bethel, Ohio and the Herman Houghton VFW Post #7496 in Felicity, Ohio....

Aug 26, 2022

Thelma Hope Fain, age 98 of Williamsburg, Ohio died Friday, August 26, 2022 at home surrounded by her children. She was a cook and waitress for the former Log Cabin Restaurant in Mt. Orab, Ohio. After the restaurant closed, she was a machine operator, one of the first two women hired at Steel Craft. Hope was born July 18,...

Aug 23, 2022

Winifred Kathryn Reninger Flaugher, 100, of Nampa, Idaho, died on August 23, 2022, at Karcher Estates, Nampa, ID. Winnie was born in Oil City, PA on April 9, 1922 and will be interred in Maplewood Cemetery, Ripley, OH, next to her husband, Hayden Andrew Flaugher. Survivors include daughters Kathryn Renee Burgess, Charlotte, NC; Icy Karol (Tom) Hawksworth, Caldwell, ID;...

Aug 21, 2022

Julie Ann Pitzer, age 68 of Amelia, Ohio and formerly of Hamersville, Ohio died Sunday, August 21, 2022 at the Batavia Nursing Care Center in Batavia, Ohio. She was a homemaker, a child of God, enjoyed cross-stitch and was a proud Mamaw. Julie was born August 3, 1954 in Ft. Benning, Georgia the daughter of the late Charles and...

Aug 14, 2022

Wayne Bruce Bingaman, 60 of Ripley, Ohio, passed away Sunday, August 14, 2022 at his home.  He was retired from the Brown County Sheriff’s Department.  He also served on the Ripley Fire Department and the Ripley Life Squad and had previously served on the Ripley Police Department and the Mt. Orab Fire and EMS.  Mr. Bingaman was born July...

Aug 11, 2022

John David Lynn Vail, 57, passed away Thursday, August 11, 2022 in his hometown of Georgetown, Ohio.  He was born June 3rd, 1965 in Cincinnati, Ohio the son of Sandra Strunk of Amelia, Ohio and Claude David Vail of Cincinnati, Ohio.  In addition to his parents, John Vail is survived by his two children – Britney Vail of Georgetown,...

Aug 11, 2022

Betty Ann Vandawalker, age 82 of Mt. Orab, Ohio died Thursday, August 11, 2022 at the Ohio Valley Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Ripley, Ohio. Mrs. Vandawalker was a school teacher and taught in several Brown and Adams county and state of Florida school districts. She was born September 20, 1939 in Brown County, Ohio the daughter of...

Aug 10, 2022

Darlene Hensel, 70 of Ripley, Ohio, died August 10, 2022 at her home.  She was a security guard.  She was born January 23, 1952 in Maysville, Kentucky the daughter of the late Robert and Josie (Truitt) Hensel.

Ms. Hensel is survived by one daughter – Melissa Hill of Georgetown, Ohio; one son – Derrick Pritchett (Rebecca); one...

Aug 9, 2022

Robert Lee Cowdrey, age 81 of Georgetown, Ohio died Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at Bethesda North Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. Robert was born November 8, 1940 in Hamersville, Ohio the son of the late Bryan and Marjorie (Bingamon) Cowdrey. He was also preceded in death by one brother – Howard Cowdrey and one sister – Phyllis Young.

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Aug 4, 2022

Mark Edward Liming, Sr., age 53 of Georgetown, Ohio died Thursday, August 4, 2022 at Anderson Mercy Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mark was born November 11, 1969 in Georgetown, Ohio the son of the late Benny and Brenda (Harper) Liming. He was also preceded in death by one son – Adrian Glenn Liming.

Mr. Liming is survived...