Obituaries

Sep 8, 2019

Eleanor Lawrence, age 85 of Bethel, Ohio died Sunday, September 8, 2019 at her residence. She was a homemaker and a member of the Church of God. She was born October 27, 1933 in Vanceburg, Kentucky the daughter of the late Thomas Albert and Nancy Ethel (Smith) McCleese. She was also preceded in death by her husband – Colvin...

Sep 5, 2019

James Frederick Goodrich, Sr., age 83 of Dayton, Ohio died Thursday, September 5, 2019 at the Ohio Veterans Home in Georgetown, Ohio. He was a retired United States Air Force veteran having served in the Korean and Viet Nam Wars. He was born July 30, 1936 in Whiteoak, Ohio the son of the late Glenn Frederick and Adriene Eileen...

Sep 5, 2019

Marie J. Schardine, age 98 of Mt.Orab, Ohio died Thursday, September 5, 2019 at the Ohio Valley Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center near Ripley, Ohio. She was retired from the Mosler Lock Company and a member of the St. Ann Catholic Church in Williamsburg, Ohio. Marie was born August 29, 1921 in Bracken County, Kentucky the daughter of the...

Sep 3, 2019

Rose Mary Spilker, age 87 of Kettering, Ohio died Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at the Carlyle House in Dayton, Ohio. She was a graduate of Fayetteville High School in Fayetteville, Ohio and moved to Dayton, Ohio soon after graduation. Rose Mary retired in the 1980’s from the Defense Electronics Supply Center, a division of the United States Army and...

Aug 30, 2019

Patricia S Smithson, age 96, of Montgomery, AL passed away on Friday August 30, 2019. She was born on May 30, 1923 in Ripley, Ohio and graduated from Ripley High School where she met and married her husband of 55 years Arch (Art) Smithson of Higginsport, Ohio.

She was a devoted mother and grandmother and loved the...

Aug 30, 2019

Terry L. Porter, age 64 of Winchester, Ohio, died Friday, August 30, 2019 at his residence.  He was born May 29, 1955 in Vanceburg, Kentucky the son of the late Carl and Ruth (Lewis) Porter.  He was also preceded in death by a son-in-law – John Swartz and a nephew – Barry Porter.

Mr. Porter is survived...

Aug 27, 2019

William Edward Murray, age 81 0f Ripley, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at Meadowview Regional Medical Center in Maysville, Kentucky.  He was a shop foreman for International Harvester for many years and worked for Auxier Gas for the past twenty years.  Mr. Murray was born March 27, 1938 in Cincinnati, Ohio the son of the late James...

Aug 25, 2019

Linda Kay Blevins, age 70 of Manchester, Ohio, died Sunday, August 25, 2019 at her residence.  She worked many jobs during her life but the one she was most fond of was being a wife, mother and grandmother.    Mrs. Blevins was born May 29, 1949 in Ripley, Ohio the daughter of the late Junior and Agnes (Vaughn) Truitt.  She...

Aug 25, 2019

Ira Dallas Day, age 73 of Georgetown, Ohio died Sunday, August 25, 2019 at the Hopsice of Cincinnati – East in Anderson Township, Ohio. He was retired from General Motors and a United States Vietnam War Army veteran. Dallas was born October 28, 1945 in Georgetown, Ohio the son of the late Ira Thomas and Annabelle (Jones) Day. Besides...

Aug 24, 2019

Alva Marshall Taylor, age 68 of Sardinia, Ohio died Saturday, August 24, 2019 at the Villa Georgetown Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Georgetown, Ohio. Mr. Taylor was a truck driver for JB Hunt Company and a United States Army Viet Nam War veteran serving in the 585 th Engineer Company. He was born December 13, 1950 in Felicity,...

Aug 23, 2019

Robert Louis Shinkle, age 74 of Mt.Orab, Ohio died Friday, August 23, 2019 at the Mt. Orab Medical Center in Mt. Orab, Ohio. He was a retired machinist for Comco, a United States Marine Corps. Vietnam War veteran and a member of the VFW Post #9630. Robert was born May 10, 1945 in Cincinnati, Ohio the son of the...

Aug 23, 2019

Harry Tudor, Jr., age 91 of Georgetown, Ohio died Friday, August 23, 2019 at his residence. He was retired from Ford and a member of the Georgetown Church of Christ in Georgetown, Ohio. Harry was born July 14, 1928 in Richmond, Kentucky the son of the late Harry and Stella (Herring) Tudor, Sr. Besides his parents, he was preceded...

Aug 20, 2019

Theresa T. Stephen, age 97 of Georgetown, Ohio died Tuesday, August 20, 2019 at the Villa Georgetown Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Georgetown, Ohio. Mrs. Stephen was a graduate of Ripley High School and the College of Mount St. Joseph. She taught the 4 th grade at the Alverda Reed Elementary School in Georgetown, Ohio for twenty- three...

Aug 12, 2019

Mable Rose Domino, age 86 of Georgetown, Ohio died Monday, August 12, 2019 at the Ohio Valley Manor Nursing and Rehabilation Center near Ripley, Ohio. She was a homemaker and a member of the Georgetown Church of the Nazarene in Georgetown, Ohio. Mable was born October 19, 1932 in Cincinnati, Ohio the daughter of the late Clyde E. and...

Aug 10, 2019

Mary Helen Kabler, age 97 of Ripley, Ohio, died Saturday, August 10, 2019 at her residence.  She was retired from the former U.S. Shoe Factory in Ripley.  She was a lifelong member of St. Michael Catholic Church, a member of the Knight’s of Columbus Auxiliary, a member of the Rosary Altar Society, a lifelong member of the DAV Auxiliary...

Aug 8, 2019

Pauline Jean Scaggs, age 86 of Georgetown, Ohio died Thursday, August 8, 2019 at her residence. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Scaggs was born February 21, 1933 in Georgetown, Ohio the daughter of the late William Isaac and Ethel Mae (Adams) Truitt. She was also preceded in death by her husband – Ivan Scaggs in 2001, one son –...

Aug 5, 2019

Joseph Michael Torok, Sr., age 83 of Georgetown, Ohio died Monday, August 5, 2019 at the Bethesda North Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was born May 10, 1936 in Veszprem, Hungary. Joe is the beloved husband of Najia Torok; father of Mary Pope (Harold), J. Michael Torok (Lisa), Steve Torok (Kim), John Torok (Cami), Danni Cheng (Matthew) and Beini...

Aug 3, 2019

Evelyn Jean Parker, age 79 of Georgetown, Ohio died Saturday, August 3, 2019 at the Clermont Mercy Hospital in Batavia, Ohio. She was a homemaker, a member of the Georgetown Church of Christ and the F.O.E. #2293 Auxiliary. Mrs. Parker was born October 7, 1939 in Russellville, Ohio the daughter of the late Preston and Josephine (Kennedy) Doyle. She...

Aug 3, 2019

James Riley Poole, age 74 of Mt.Orab, Ohio died Saturday, August 3, 2019 at the Vitas Hospice Inpatient Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was a retired electrician for the Local 212 IBEW. Jim was born November 14, 1944 in Cincinnati, Ohio the son of the late Herbert Poole and Mary (Fist) Frost. Besides his parents, he was preceded in...

Aug 3, 2019

Raymond R. Curfman, age 93, of New Richmond, Ohio died Saturday, August 3, 2019 at the Ohio Veterans Home in Georgetown, Ohio. He was a carpenter, a member of the Highway 32 Church of Christ in Williamsburg, Ohio and was a United States Navy World War II veteran. Mr. Curfman was born July 31, 1926 in Parkersburg, West Virginia...