Obituaries

Sep 9, 2018

Gordon Keith Neal, age 92 of Hamersville, Ohio died Sunday, September 9, 2018 at his residence. He was retired from the Hughes-Peters Electronic Company in Cincinnati, Ohio, a HAM Operator – call W8YGW, a member of the HARA- Highland Amateur Radio Association, GARC - Grant Amateur Radio Club in Georgetown, Ohio and played the Dog House Bass...

Sep 8, 2018

Betty Jean Haitz, age 54 of Ripley, Ohio died Saturday, September 8, 2018 at Hospice of Hope Ohio Valley inpatient Center in Seaman, Ohio. She was a graduate of Western Brown High School. Other than being a loving mother, Betty held many different jobs with Clyde’s Grocery, PCP, the US Shoe factory and Schwann’s. Betty was born March 31,...

Sep 6, 2018

Freda Frances (Kitz) Ward, age 92 of Georgetown, Ohio went to Heaven, Thursday, September 6, 2018.She was a resident of the Locust Ridge Nursing Home in Williamsburg, Ohio. She was a sixty-eight year member of St. George Catholic Church in Georgetown, Ohio. Freda was born December 12, 1925 in Covington, Kentucky the daughter of the late Fred and Frances...

Sep 5, 2018

Mary Margaret “Peggy” McKinzie, age 59 of Cincinnati, Ohio, died Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at her residence.  She was a registered nurse.  Ms. McKinzie was born December 10, 1958 in Maysville, Kentucky the daughter of the late William F. and Frances Grace (Parker) Goldsberry, Sr..

Ms. McKinzie is survived by four sisters – Patricia Fithen, Martha Fithen,...

Sep 5, 2018

Belva Jane Creager, age 81 of Batavia, Ohio died Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at the Venetian Garden Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Loveland, Ohio. She was a secretary for Boy Scouts of America. Belva was born September 4, 1937 in Garrard, Kentucky the daughter of the late Denis and Lillie (Chadwell) Bowling. Besides her parents, she was preceded in...

Sep 4, 2018

Phyllis Wray Day, age 83 of Mt. Orab, Ohio died Tuesday, September 4, 2018 at the Locust Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center near Mt. Orab, Ohio. She was a secretary for the Engineering Department for General Electric for 40 years, a member of the Mt. Orab United Methodist Church and loved her cats, reading, shopping, hiking her property and...

Sep 4, 2018

Annetta Jean Day, age 55 of Hamersville, Ohio died Tuesday, September 4, 2018 at the Batavia nursing Care Center in Batavia, Ohio. Annetta was born April 24, 1963 in Georgetown, Ohio the daughter of the late W. Richard and Georgene (Griffin) Day. She was also preceded in death by one sister – Andrea Adamson.

Annetta is survived...

Sep 3, 2018

Russell Allen Shaw, age 87 of Georgetown, Ohio went to be with his Lord Monday, September 2, 2018 at the Villa Georgetown in Georgetown, Ohio. Russell retired from the Georgetown Exempted Village School District where he served many years as a custodian and bus driver. He was always a quiet man with a big smile. Russell was a member...

Aug 31, 2018

Judy Carol Burson, age 74 of Ripley, Ohio, died Friday, August 31, 2018 at the Hospice of Hope Care Center at Kenton Pointe in Maysville, Kentucky.  She worked at the Fireside Restaurant and the Georgetown Country Inn, until she had her stroke in 2006 and was a member of the West Fork Baptist Church near Georgetown, Ohio.  Ms. Burson...

Aug 30, 2018

John “Roy” Smathers, age 69 of Georgetown, Ohio died Thursday, August 30, 2018 at his residence. Mr. Smathers worked in the steel mill industry and later retired from the Detroit Metropolitan Airport. He was a member of the Trenton Wyandotte Masonic Lodge # 8. Roy was born November 22, 1948 in Mt. Sterling, Kentucky the son of the late...

Aug 29, 2018

Ida Mae Williams, age 93 of Cincinnati, Ohio died Wednesday, August 29, 2018 at the Anderson Mercy Hospital in Anderson Township, Ohio. She was a homemaker and a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Ida was born April 6, 1925 in Buford, Ohio the daughter of the late Howard and Velma (McMullen) Puckett. Besides her parents, she...

Aug 28, 2018

Joan Weis of Mount Orab, OH passed away on August 28, 2018, at age 86.  She was born Emma Joan Ertel on December 31, 1931 in Culleoka, TN to the late Lee Roy Ertel and Mina (Woolery) Ertel.  She was one of six children who all predeceased her; Jean Lethgo, James Ertel, Jerry Ertel, Janet Kuehlthau, and Judith Carter. ...

Aug 28, 2018

Alma Judith Miller, age 62 of Mt. Orab, Ohio died Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at her residence. She was a bookkeeper for Jeff Wyler Automotive. Alma was born October 24, 1955 in Ohio the daughter of the late Homer Gerald and Elizabeth Jane (Prather) Neal.

Mrs. Miller is survived by two sons – Kevin Stephens and wife...

Aug 27, 2018

Michael Todd Germann, age 54 of Sardinia, Ohio died Monday, August 27, 2018 at his residence.  He was a teacher at Peebles High School and owned and operated, along with sons, his own mowing business – “Germann Lawn Care”.  Mr. Germann was involved in athletics and refereed basketball and volleyball games for many years.  He was recently baptized at...

Aug 21, 2018

Sandra Jo Whitehurst Starrett (Richardson), age 78 of Aberdeen, Ohio, went to be with the Lord Tuesday, August 21 at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio.  She was an auxiliary operator at DP&L for eighteen years and was a member of the Aberdeen United Methodist Church.  Sandra was born June 29, 1940 in Ripley, Ohio the daughter of the late...

Aug 20, 2018

C. Richard “Scratch” Edenfield, age 78 of Georgetown, Ohio died Monday, August 20, 2018 at the Villa Georgetown in Georgetown, Ohio. He was a retail clerk at Walmart and a member of St. George Catholic Church in Georgetown, Ohio. He was born June 15, 1940 in Georgetown, Ohio the son of the late Clarence V. and Mary Imogene (Ralston)...

Aug 18, 2018

Sherman Wayne Walker, age 60 of Hamersville, Ohio died Saturday, August 18, 2018 at his residence. Mr. Walker was an architectural wood worker. He was born January 29, 1958 in Hamilton County, Ohio the son of the late Lavonne Walker. He was also preceded in death by three brothers – Paul, Tony and Keith Jamison.

Sherman is...

Aug 18, 2018

Eileen J. Pursley-Kraeft (Wilson), age 94 of Mt. Orab, Ohio died Saturday, August 18, 2018 at the Ohio Valley Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center near Ripley, Ohio. She was a clerk for Long’s Grocery Store, a member of Daughters of the American Revolution, Wilson Sroufe VFW Post #9772 Ladies Auxiliary, the Order of the Eastern Star Chapter #514 in...

Aug 14, 2018

Clarann Muir, age 89 of Owensville, Ohio died Tuesday, August 14, 2018 at the Villa Georgetown in Georgetown, Ohio. She was a retired medical secretary and a member of the Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church. She was born August 24, 1928 in Bellbrook, Ohio the daughter of the late Cecil and Dorothy (Maham) Harnish.

Mrs. Muir is survived...

Aug 13, 2018

Shirley Ann Julia Cahall, age 77 of Felicity, Ohio died Monday, August 13, 2018 at Bethesda North Hospital in Montgomery, Ohio. Mrs. Cahall was a homemaker. She was born December 26, 1940 in Blue Ash, Ohio the daughter of the late William McKinley and Bertha Easter (Peace) Durham. She was also preceded in death by four brothers – Johnny,...