Obituaries

Leota Aileen (Miller) Bauer

May 29, 2020

Leota Aileen Bauer, age 95 of Ripley, Ohio passed away peacefully Friday, May 29, 2020 at the Ohio Valley Manor Nursing and Rehabilation Center near Ripley, Ohio. She was a caregiver for several years, enjoyed watching birds, planting flowers, shopping, going on trips with family and friends and collecting teddy bears which she had many. Leota loved playing Santa...

Deborah Lynn (Mingua) Harbottle

May 28, 2020

Deborah Lynn (Mingua) Harbottle, age 50 of Georgetown, Ohio died Thursday, May 28, 2020 in Mt. Orab, Ohio. She was born March 1, 1970 in Georgetown, Ohio the daughter of Andrew and Pauline (Unger) Mingua. Debbie was a 1988 graduate of the Georgetown High School and currently worked part-time at Brown County Storage-U-Haul for Bill and Maggie Womacks where...

Joanne C. (Wilson) Wagner

May 28, 2020

Joanne Carol Wagner, age 58 of Ripley, Ohio died Thursday May 28, 2020 at the UC Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. She worked for the RULH School District in Ripley, Ohio as an administrative assistant at the elementary school. Joanne was born October 11, 1961 in Georgetown, Ohio the daughter of late Donald and Dorothy Marie (Schumacher) Wilson. Besides...

Amanda Sue Mason

May 28, 2020

Amanda Sue Mason, age 44 of Cincinnati, Ohio died Thursday, May 28, 2020 at her residence. She was an Amazon ambassador and trainer. Amanda loved the outdoors, especially the ocean, being with family and traveling. She had a fabulous green thumb and a wonderful smile. Amanda was born May 22, 1976 in Maysville, Kentucky the daughter of Martha (Wahl)...

Darlene Horn

May 28, 2020

Frances Darlene Horn, age 60 of Georgetown, Ohio, died Thursday, May 28, 2020 at her home.  She worked at the former U.S. Shoe Factory in Ripley for many years.  Mrs. Horn was born January 21, 1960 in Maysville, Kentucky the daughter of the Elwood “Woody” Pollitt of Ripley, Ohio and the late Frances Jean (Dunham) Pollitt.  She was also...

Harold Clark

May 25, 2020

Harold Clark, age 95 of Ripley, Ohio, died Monday, May 25, 2020 at the VITAS Hospice inpatient unit at the Drake Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.  He was a farmer and was retired from Cincinnati Waterworks.  He was also a member of the First Baptist Church in Ripley, Ohio.  Mr. Clark was born May 2, 1925 in Carlisle, Kentucky the...

Brenda Lee (Vest) Clifton

May 23, 2020

Brenda Lee Clifton, age 61 of Sardinia, Ohio, died Saturday, May 23, 2020 at Anderson Mercy Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio.  She was a caretaker for her mother the past eight years and was a member of Stonelick Baptist Church in Owensville, Ohio.  Mrs. Clifton was born December 23, 1958 in Cincinnati, Ohio the daughter of the late Arville and...

Tracy Lee Reynolds

May 22, 2020

Tracy Lee Reynolds, age 48 of Georgetown, Ohio died Friday, May 22, 2020 at the Ohio State University Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Tracy was born February 27, 1972 in Georgetown, Ohio the son of the late Johnny Lee Reynolds and the late Pam Chinn. He was also preceded in death by one sister, Amber Reynolds.

Tracy is...

Ralph Leroy Egbert

May 21, 2020

Ralph Leroy Egbert, age 78 of Mt.Orab, Ohio died Thursday, May 21, 2020 at the Hospice of Cincinnati-East in Anderson Township, Ohio. He was a graduate of the Stockdale High School in Scioto County where he was a member of the Stockdale FFA Chapter, a volunteer fireman for the Stockdale Fire Department, a lifelong farmer, a carpenter for Egbert...

Yvonne Marie Karapondo-Elam

May 16, 2020

Yvonne Marie Karapondo-Elam, age 56 of Russellville, Ohio died Saturday, May 16, 2020 at her residence. She was a homemaker. Yvonne was born July 24, 1963 in Cincinnati, Ohio the daughter of the late Lennie and Edna (Conner) Karapondo. She was also preceded in death by one daughter – Karen Kesse; one brother – Joseph Bolender and one sister...

Rodney Earl Gray

May 13, 2020

Rodney Earl Gray, age 91 of Felicity, Ohio died Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at the Anderson Mercy Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Gray was an electrical engineer and retired in 1992 from the American Tool and Mazak Company. He was a  member of the Brown County Church of Christ, the Lakeside Christian Church in Lakeside Park, Kentucky and the...

Patsy Bernice (Florence) Goodman

May 13, 2020

Patsy Bernice Goodman, age 71 of Georgetown, Ohio died Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at her residence. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Goodman was born March 27, 1949 in Maysville, Kentucky the daughter of the late Leelen and Amy (Conley) Florence.

She is survived by her husband of thirty-eight years – Charles Goodman whom she married August 7,...

Thomas Louis Gaunce

May 8, 2020

Thomas Louis Gaunce, age 72 of Newtonsville, Ohio, died Friday, May 8, 2020 at his home.  He was a United States Army Vietnam War Veteran and was a Direct Care Aide for ResCare in Williamsburg, Ohio.  Mr. Gaunce was born November 11, 1947 in Maysville, Kentucky the son of the late Ray V. and Martha Jewell (Long) Gaunce.  He...

Geri (Mcmillion) Cracraft

May 8, 2020

Geraldine “Geri” Cracraft, age 66 of Mt. Orab, Ohio died Friday, May 08, 2020 at her residence. She was retired from the Brown County Municipal Court. Geri was born March 18, 1954 in Cincinnati, Ohio the daughter of the late Gerald L. McMillion and Jeannette (Rankin) Ogden. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by one sister –...

Edward Laws

May 4, 2020

Edward Laws - devoted husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather was born February 19, 1945 and passed away May 4, 2020 at his home.

Following cremation, a private interment will take place at Confidence Cemetery in Georgetown, Ohio.

Ruth C. (Barr) Frye

Apr 29, 2020

Ruth C. Frye, age 97 of Georgetown, Ohio died Wednesday, April 29, 2020 at her residence. She was a homemaker, babysitter and member of the Georgetown Methodist Church in Georgetown, Ohio. Ruth was born April 3, 1923 in Ripley, Ohio the daughter of the late Rufus and Minnie (Smalley) Barr. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by...

Ronald Kortier

Apr 28, 2020

Ronald K. Kortier, age 77 of Mt.Orab, Ohio passed away at home surrounded by the love of his life, wife Carolyn Kortier and his loving family Tuesday, April 28, 2020. He retired from the Sears and Roebuck, Co. in Livonia, Michigan, enjoyed classic cars, motorcycles and spending time with family, friends and his “car buddies.”  One of his proudest...

Robert Lee Gray

Apr 27, 2020

Robert L. Gray, age 53 of Georgetown, Ohio passed away unexpectedly at his home Monday, April 27, 2020. He was a graduate of Western Brown High School in Mt.Orab, Ohio, a United States Army Veteran, a member of the Georgetown Masonic Lodge F&AM #72 and employed by ITW Fiberglass Evercoat for 32 years. Rob loved being outdoors and spending...

Betty (Hanks) Rowlands

Apr 25, 2020

Elizabeth F. “Betty” Rowlands, age 87 of Fayetteville, Ohio died Saturday, April 25, 2020 at the Hospice of Cincinnati East in Anderson Township, Ohio. Betty was retired from the Fayetteville Perry School District in Fayetteville, Ohio where she was the Board of Education Treasurer, a School Bus Driver and a School Board Member. She was a Brown County Senior...

Leroy Ridner

Apr 24, 2020

Leroy Ridner, age 68 of Georgetown, Ohio died Friday, April 24, 2020 at Anderson Mercy Hospital in Anderson Township, Ohio. He was retired from Autozone in Georgetown and he had a passion for cars and was an avid mechanic. Leroy was born January 3, 1952 in Cincinnati, Ohio the son of the late Daniel M. and Mary Lena (Goff)...