Obituaries

Jan 4, 2017

Tammy Lou Connor, age 55 of Sardinia, Ohio died Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at Clermont Mercy Hospital in Batavia, Ohio. Tammy was born February 10, 1961 in Georgetown, Ohio the daughter of the late Russell L. and Marie E. (Burnett) Connor. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by one brother – John H. Connor and one sister...

Jan 4, 2017

Carl Eldin Lindsey, age 95 of Mt. Orab, Ohio died Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at the Eastgate Springs Nursing Home in Cincinnati, Ohio. Carl was a cherished husband and a loving father.  He was a longtime member of the Mt. Orab United Methodist Church. Carl was also a retired factory worker/electrician from General Motors Fairfield and a member of...

Jan 3, 2017

Ethel Evelyn Long, age 92 of Mt. Orab, Ohio died Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at the Villa Georgetown in Georgetown, Ohio. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Long was born November 7, 1924 in Cincinnati, Ohio the daughter of the late Samuel and Freida (Allman) Pels. She was also preceded in death by her husband –...

Jan 2, 2017

Avery W. McCleese born on July 17, 1929 the son of the late Thomas A. and Nancy E. (Smith) McCleese in Lewis County, Kentucky. Avery married Charlotte M. (Stewart) on December 13, 1952. To this union was born four children – Richard Wayne, Sherry Lee, Brenda Sue and Sheila Lynn. Avery was a retiree of the Ford Motor Company,...

Dec 29, 2016

Roy Stewart, age 84 of Georgetown, Ohio died Thursday, December 29, 2016 at Clermont Mercy Hospital in Batavia, Ohio. Mr. Stewart was a retired press brake operator for The Diebolt Company in Hamilton, Ohio and a longtime member of the Hamilton Highway of Holiness Church. He was born June 14, 1932 in Clay County, Kentucky the son...

Dec 27, 2016

Jerri Kristin McKenzie, age 51 of Ripley, Ohio, died Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at the Hospice Care Center at Kenton Pointe in Maysville, Kentucky.  She was an accountant for Park National Bank and attended the Centenary United Methodist Church in Ripley, Ohio.  Kristi was born November 5, 1965 in Mason County, Kentucky the daughter of the late Jerry L....

Dec 27, 2016

Randy Dale Vaughn, age 51 of Georgetown, died December 27, 2016 in Georgetown, Ohio. He was a farmer. Randy was born November 23, 1965 in Georgetown, Ohio the son of the late James and Barbara (Carter) Vaughn.

Randy is survived by his wife – Teresa (Scheadler) Vaughn; two sons – Anthony Vaughn and...

Dec 27, 2016

Dennis Ray Sissel, age 65 of Mt. Orab, Ohio died Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at the Clermont Mercy Hospital in Batavia, Ohio. He was a retired driver and heavy equipment operator and a United States Vietnam War Army veteran. Dennis was born October 5, 1951 in Georgetown, Ohio the son of Daphene (Hampton) Srofe of Mt. Orab, Ohio and...

Dec 24, 2016

Albert Franklin Schmidt, age 79 of Mt.Orab, Ohio died Saturday, December 24, 2016 at his residence. He was born August 4, 1937 in Cincinnati, Ohio the son of the late William George and Anna (Winkelbach) Schmidt.

Following cremation, a memorial service will be held at 1:00 P.M. Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at the Cahall Funeral Home in...

Dec 21, 2016

Lorena B. Winkle, age 89 of Sardinia, Ohio died Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at the Heartland of Hillsboro in Hillsboro, Ohio. She was a farmer and a member of the Sardinia Church of the Nazarene. Lorena was born March 18, 1927 in Lawrence County, Ohio the daughter of the late Samuel B. and Mabel A. Carrington. Besides her parents,...

Dec 18, 2016

Patricia Catheryn Powell (Pitzer), age 75 of Fayetteville, Ohio died Saturday, December 18, 2016 at her residence. She was a homemaker. Patricia was born November 24, 1941 in Bethel, Ohio the daughter of the late Milton and Beatrice Pitzer. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband – Herbert Powell.

Mrs. Powell...

Dec 16, 2016

William Dale Cornetet, age 72 of Georgetown, Ohio died Friday, December 16, 2016 at the Mt. Orab Medical Center in Mt. Orab, Ohio. He had been the advertising manager for the News Democrat. Prior to that job Bill had been a broadcaster on radio stations WAXZ in Georgetown, Ohio and WSRW in Hillsboro, Ohio; a...

Dec 14, 2016

Audrey Fern Maher (Pursley), age 83 of Mt. Orab, Ohio died Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at her residence. She was a press operator for Aratex. Audrey was born December 21, 1930 in Clermont County, Ohio the daughter of the late Roy and Carrie (Snider) Pursley. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one sister –...

Dec 12, 2016

Blake C. Roush, age 30 of Georgetown, Ohio died Monday, December 12, 2016 in Union Township, Clermont County, Ohio. He was a field service engineer for ABX Air, Inc. in Wilmington, Ohio. Blake was born August 11, 1986 in Georgetown, Ohio the son of Steven C. and Gale Jean (McKinney) Roush of Georgetown, Ohio. He...

Dec 11, 2016

Roy Lynn Bruce, age 66 of Georgetown, Ohio died Sunday, December 11, 2016 at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was a retired assembler for General Motors for 32 years, a lifelong farmer and a member of the Shinkles Ridge Church near Georgetown, Ohio. He loved being a Pappy to his grandchildren and spending time...

Dec 10, 2016

Aria Charlotte Lawrence, infant daughter of Canaan S. and Jaycee M. (Pownall) Lawrence died December 10, 2016 at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. Aria was born December 9, 2016 in Batavia, Ohio. She was preceded in death by her great grandparents – Carl Rudd and Robert Pownall.

In addition to her parents, she is...

Dec 8, 2016

Thelma "Becky" Lucille Ernst, age 96 of Georgetown, Ohio died Thursday, December 8, 2016 at the Villa Georgetown in Georgetown, Ohio. Mrs. Ernst was a homemaker, a member of the Georgetown Church of Christ and the F.O.E. Lodge #2293 auxiliary. Mrs. Ernst was born August 25, 1920 in Russellville, Ohio the daughter of the late...

Dec 7, 2016

Judy Marilyn Smith Jodrey-Thomas, age 58 of Georgetown, Ohio died December 7, 2016 at the Clermont Mercy Hospital in Batavia, Ohio. She was a 1975 graduate of Georgetown High School, a former employee of Williamsburg Electronics in 1977, Queen City Packing, Arco, Nutone for eighteen years, Fidelity from 2005 – 2015 and Hahms Automotive part...

Dec 5, 2016

Mary Jo Fitzgerald (Keller), age 78 of Palmetto, Florida, Ohio died Monday, December 5, 2016 at the Hospice of Hope Ohio Valley Inpatient Center in Seaman, Ohio. She was a retired jobs placement and employment for the State of Ohio and a member of the Red Hats Club. Mary Jo was born April 30, 1938 in Brown County, Ohio...

Dec 4, 2016

Dennis P. Burdsal, Sr., age 66 of Ripley, Ohio, died Sunday, December 4, 2016 at his residence.  He was a metallurgist/engineer and did nondestructive testing at various places throughout the United States. He had a love for music and it was always a big part of his life.  Mr. Burdsal was born December 6, 1949 in Cincinnati, Ohio the...