Obituaries

Edwin Paul Webster

Edwin Paul Webster

Aug 22, 2008

Edwin Paul Webster, 64 years of Hillsboro, died Friday, August 22, 2008 at Highland District Hospital. He was born in Winchester, Kentucky on August 12, 1944 the son of the late Carl and Nora White Webster. Edwin was member of the Hillsboro Bible Baptist Church, and was a wonderful salesman for Webster's Hardwood Flooring. Besides his parents he was preceded...

Sheila L. Strain

Sheila L. Strain

Aug 22, 2008

Sheila L. Strain, 48 years of Hillsboro, died Friday, August 22, 2008. She was born in Hillsboro, Ohio on January 5, 1960 the daughter of John Robert and Juanita L. Osborne Strain. She was preceded in death by maternal Grandmother Beatrice Nellie Osborne, maternal grandfather George Herbert Osborne, paternal grandmother Louanna Brandenburg, paternal grandfather John Wesley Strain, and life partner...

Elwood Wilkin

Elwood Wilkin

Aug 20, 2008

Elwood Wilkin, 89 years of Hillsboro, died Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at Heartland of Hillsboro. He was born in Highland County, Ohio on February 3, 1919 the son of the late Orlo and Minnie Pence Wilkin. He was a member of the Hillsboro Church of Christ, Volunteer Fireman, Highland County Senior Citizens, and loved caring for other people. Besides his...

Harry M. Gray

Harry M. Gray

Aug 17, 2008

Harry M. Gray, 74 years of New Vienna, died Sunday, August 17, 2008 at his residence. He was born in Jodie, West Virginia on February 7, 1934 the son of the late Lemon and Georgie Morris Gray. He was a U.S. Marines Veteran of the Korean Conflict. He was a member of the Hillsboro Church of God. Besides his parents...

Pee Wee Estep

Pee Wee Estep

Aug 16, 2008

Pee Wee Estep, 52 years of Peebles, passed away Saturday, August 16, 2008 at Adams County Regional Medical Center. He was born in Adams County, Ohio on October 1, 1955 the son of the late James and Virginia Mae Grooms Estep. He is survived by his brother and sister-in-law Mike and Renee Estep of Peebles, sisters Karen McCoy of Dayton...

Janice Adams

Janice Adams

Aug 15, 2008

Janice Adams, 71 years of Peebles, passed away Friday, August 15, 2008 at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati. She was born in Peebles, Ohio on October 17, 1936 the daughter of the late Jesse Thompson. She was a longtime member of the Louden Church. She is survived by mother Thelma Thompson of Peebles, husband Wayne Adams of Peebles, sons and daughters-in-law...

Charles Shields

Charles Shields

Aug 13, 2008

Charles E. Shields, 77 years of Peebles, passed away Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at Highland District Hospital. He was born in Adams County, Ohio on March 21, 1931 the son of the late Robert and Lillie Houser Shields. Besides his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Pauline Shields, who passed away on December 30, 2003 and one...

Sandra Lynn Artigas

Sandra Lynn Artigas

Aug 12, 2008

Sandra Lynn Artigas, 62 years of Peebles, passed away Tuesday, August 12, 2008. She was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota on August 30, 1945 the daughter of the late Walter and Caroline Boss Slatter. She was a kindergarten teacher at North Adams Elementary School. She is survived by her husband Victor Artigas of Peebles, whom she married August 24, 1972,...

Dorothy M. Waldron

Dorothy M. Waldron

Aug 10, 2008

Dorothy M. Waldron, 86 years of Seaman, passed away Sunday, August 10, 2008 at Adams County Regional Medical Center. She was born in Adams County, Ohio on January 9, 1922 the daughter of the late John and Nona Setty Boldman. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by two sons Robert and Harry Waldron. She is survived by her...

Ralph F. Huck

Ralph F. Huck

Aug 8, 2008

Ralph Huck, 89 years of Winchester, passed away Friday, August 8, 2008 at Ohio Valley Manor. He was born in Eagle Township, Ohio on July 12, 1919 the son of the late Anthoney and Anna Louise Kelch Huck. He was a longtime member of the First Church of Christ in Winchester. Besides his parents he was preceded in death by...

Naomi Shoemaker

Naomi Shoemaker

Aug 7, 2008

Naomi Shoemaker, 93 years of the Sinking Spring Community, died Thursday, August 7, 2008 at Adams County Regional Hospital in Seaman. She was born in Adams County, Ohio on April 6, 1915 the daughter of the late George Mahlon and Mary Elizabeth Robinson Ryan. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Edwin William "Jake" Shoemaker on...

Bernice O. Raines

Bernice O. Raines

Aug 6, 2008

Bernice Raines, 82 years of Seaman, passed away Wednesday, August 6, 2008 at Adams County Manor. She was born in Rowan County, Kentucky on July 14, 1926 the daughter of the late Phillip and Nellie Little Earls. She was a member of the Countryside Church of Christ, a member of the Seaman American Legion Auxiliary for fifty eight years, and...

Richard C. Behymer

Richard C. Behymer

Aug 3, 2008

Richard C. Behymer was born January 28, 1926 in Cincinnati, Ohio to parents Harris and Ethel Behymer. He graduated from Hillsboro High School in 1944 and was drafted into the service spending two years in the Army Air Force. After discharge in 1946 he enrolled in The Ohio State University from which he graduated in 1951 with a BS in...

Beatrice Margene Runyon Castle

Beatrice Margene Runyon Castle

Aug 1, 2008

Beatrice Margene Runyon Castle, 79 years of Hillsboro, died Friday, August 1, 2008 at the Heartland of Hillsboro. She was born in Highland County, Ohio on October 9, 1928 the daughter of the late George A. and Bessie L. Haines Runyon. She was a member of the Samantha Baptist Church. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by three...

Mary Thompson

Mary Thompson

Aug 1, 2008

Mary Thompson, 93 years of Peebles, passed away Friday, August 1, 2008 at Edgewood Manor in Lucasville. She was born in Otway, Ohio on April 3, 1915 the daughter of the late Truman and Dessie Moore Thompson. She is survived by her brother and sister-in-law Poodle and Alice Newman of Rarden, sisters and brother-in-law Jackie and Bucky Johnson of Peebles,...

Neal L. Burkard

Neal L. Burkard

Aug 1, 2008

Neal L. Burkard, 64 years of Hillsboro, died Friday, August 1, 2008 at the Heartland of Hillsboro. He was born in Wooster, Ohio on April 4, 1944 the son of the late John C. and Helen H. Schlotterbeck Burkard. Besides his parents he was preceded in death by two brothers, Gary and Karl Burkard. He is survived by three brothers...

Grace Louise Kuhn Grant

Grace Louise Kuhn Grant

Jul 30, 2008

We little knew that morning that God was going to call your name. In life we loved you dearly, in death we do the same. It broke our hearts to lose you, you did not go alone; for part of us went with you, the day God called you home. You left us peaceful memories, your love is still our...

Bertha Sears

Bertha Sears

Jul 27, 2008

Bertha Sears, 82 years of Peebles, passed away Sunday, July 27, 2008 at Adams County Regional Medical Center. She was born in Peebles, Ohio on March 15, 1926 the daughter of the late Fred and Freda Wallace Miller. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Ed Sears, who passed away in 1975. She is survived by...

Joseph Edwards

Joseph Edwards

Jul 26, 2008

Joseph Edwards, 54 years of Winchester, passed away Saturday, July 26, 2008 at his residence. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on May 29, 1954 the son of the late Elmer and Alice Bowen Edwards. He was a U.S. Army Veteran. He is survived by four brothers, six sisters, and several nieces and nephews. Memorial services will be held at...

Christopher Hall

Christopher Hall

Jul 23, 2008

Christopher Wayne Hall, 46 years of Stafford, Virginia passed away Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at his residence. He retired from the U.S. Army in 2001 after twenty three years of service, serving in the 82nd Airborne at Fort Bragg, North Carolina and 5th Group Special Forces 2nd Batallion A. Company, Fort Campbell, Kentucky. After retirement he was employed with the...