Obituaries

Oleta I. Evans

Oleta I. Evans

Oct 3, 2006

Oleta I. Evans, 85 years of Troy, formerly of Rainsboro, died Tuesday, October 3, 2006 at the Pickaway Manor Care Center in Circleville. She was born in Highland County, Ohio on November 1, 1920 the daughter of the late Clifton and Anna Steele Murphy. She was a member of the Hillsboro First United Methodist Church. She retired from the Postal...

Harry Van Buren Barrett

Harry Van Buren Barrett

Oct 1, 2006

Harry Van Buren Barrett, 93 years of Dayton, died Sunday, October 1, 2006 at the Otterbein Retirement Center at Lebanon. He was born at Marshall, Ohio on June 4, 1913 the son of Jacob H. and Callie Eakins Barrett. Harry was the great-great grandson of Jonathan Barrett who came to Highland County from Virginia in 1805. His early life was...

Larry D Disher

Larry D Disher

Sep 30, 2006

Larry D. Disher, 53 years of Peebles, died Saturday, September 30, 2006 at the Christ Hospital in Cincinnati. He was born in Franklin, Ohio on January 3, 1953 the son of Glendon L. and Goldie Glenn Disher. He was a member of the Tranquility Full Gospel Tabernacle. He was preceded in death by his 1st wife Debbie Disher. He is...

Matt E. Murphy

Matt E. Murphy

Sep 28, 2006

Matt E. Murphy, 66 years of Hillsboro, died Thursday, September 28, 2006 at Hospice of Cincinnati. He was born on February 7, 1940 at Clover Bottom, Kentucky, the son of the late William and Edna Jones Murphy. Beside his parents, he was preceded in death by seven brothers and sisters. Matt owned and operated the West Main Auto Repair in...

Everett F. Glaze

Everett F. Glaze

Sep 26, 2006

Everett F. "Bud" Glaze, 85 years of Hillsboro, died Tuesday, September 26, 2006 at the Highland District Hospital in Hillsboro. He was born in Highland County, Ohio on September 4, 1921 the son of the late Harry and Ella Stethem Glaze. He retired from Milacron in Wilmington after 28 ½ years of service. He was a lifelong farmer. Beside his...

Agnes L. Easter

Agnes L. Easter

Sep 24, 2006

Agnes L. Easter, 89 years of West Union, died Sunday, September 24, 2006 at the Adams County Manor in West Union. She was born in Adams County, Ohio on January 20, 1917 the daughter of the late George and Jessie Reed Brooks. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, William A. Easter, who passed away on...

Maunia L. Hare

Maunia L. Hare

Sep 24, 2006

Maunia L. Hare, 96 years of Portsmouth, died Sunday, September 24, 2006 at the Hill View Retirement Center in Portsmouth. She was born in Adams County, Ohio on May 8, 1910 the daughter of the late Lester and Grace Foster Jandes. She was a member of the Seaman United Methodist Church, American Legion Auxiliary Post #633, and the Manchester Order...

Sona Gaye Moore

Sona Gaye Moore

Sep 24, 2006

Sona Gaye Moore, 60 years of Kettering, died Sunday, September 24, 2006 at her residence. She was born in Fletcher County, Kentucky on April 22, 1946 the daughter of the late Walter and Lula Wilder Sandlin. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Roger Moore, who passed away in 1987, one daughter, Kathy Lynn Hood, and...

Ada E. Henry

Ada E. Henry

Sep 22, 2006

Ada E. Henry, 88 years of Hillsboro, died Friday, September 22, 2006 at the Hospice of Dayton. She was born in Highland County, Ohio on August 8, 1918, the daughter of the late William and Ann Mae Setty Gillespie. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Clarence E. Henry on September 26, 1961, four sisters and...

Walter E. Cooper

Walter E. Cooper

Sep 21, 2006

Walter E. Cooper, 76 years of Peebles, died Thursday, September 21, 2006 at the Eagle Creek Nursing Center in West Union. He was born in South Portsmouth, Kentucky on December 28, 1929 the son of the late James and Goldie Jewett Cooper. He was a U.S. Marine veteran of the Korean Conflict. He was a member of the Mayhill Church...

Olive Pearl Walker

Olive Pearl Walker

Sep 21, 2006

Olive Pearl Walker, 82 years of Hillsboro, died Thursday, September 21, 2006 at the Laurels of Hillsboro. She was born in New Vienna, Ohio on March 27, 1924 the daughter of the late John and Bertha Smith Rhoades. She retired from Robertshaw Controls after twenty-seven years, and from the Washington Elementary after ten years of service. Beside her parents she...

Harvey B. Royster

Harvey B. Royster

Sep 20, 2006

Harvey B. Royster, 62 years formerly of Latham, Ohio, died Wednesday, September 20, 2006 at the Henderson County Hospital in Lexington, Tennessee. He was born in Greenup, Kentucky on January 13, 1944 the son of the late Edward and Edith White Royster. Beside his parents he was preceded in death by his wife, Anna Rister Royster, four brothers, and four...

Shirley A. Rhoads

Shirley A. Rhoads

Sep 19, 2006

Shirley A. Rhoads, 67 years of Peebles, died Tuesday, September 19, 2006 at the Southern Ohio Medical Center in Portsmouth. She was born in Adams County, Ohio on November 21, 1938 the daughter of John and Pauline Bays Hayslip. She was preceded in death by her father, John Hayslip. She was united in marriage on January 11, 1987 to John...

Joyce F. Hall

Joyce F. Hall

Sep 18, 2006

Joyce F. Hall, 62 years of Winchester, died Monday, September 18, 2006 at her residence. She was born in Breathitt County, Kentucky on March 20, 1944 the daughter of the late Herb and Martha Trent Combs. She was a member of the McCombs Chapel Church. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by seven brothers and sisters. She is...

Thelma L. Walsh

Thelma L. Walsh

Sep 18, 2006

Thelma L. Walsh, 79 years of Winchester, died Monday, September 18, 2006 at the Meadow Wood Care Center in Georgetown, Ohio. She was born in Madison County, Ohio on December 21, 1926 the daughter of the late John L. and Sylvia L. Fraley Hastings. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Walsh, who passed away...

Ricky Lee Rhoads

Ricky Lee Rhoads

Sep 17, 2006

Ricky Lee Rhoads, Sr., 53 years of Hillsboro, died Sunday, September 17, 2006 at his residence. He was born in Fremont, Ohio on May 21, 1953 the son of the late Chester and Martha Barney Rhoads. He was a member of the Hillsboro Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie #1161. Beside his parents he was preceded in death by his wife,...

Dorothy I. Peggy Maxwell

Dorothy I. Peggy Maxwell

Sep 9, 2006

Dorothy I. Peggy Maxwell, died at her residence September 9, 2006 with her husband C.T. of 62 years and her children at her side. She was born March 14, 1926 at Deadfall Road, Hillsboro to Elva and Katie Payton Robbins. She was a lifetime homemaker, worked on family farm, was employed by Belfast School District as bus driver and worked...

Harley Young

Harley Young

Sep 9, 2006

Harley Young, Jr. 64 years of Peebles, died Saturday, September 9, 2006 at his residence. He was born in West Union on October 15, 1941 the son of the late Harley and Mary Davis Young, Sr. He was a member of the United Auto Workers. He is survived by his wife Lillian Shoemaker Young whom he married on September 29,...

Leon Dunseith

Leon Dunseith

Sep 3, 2006

Leon Dunseith, 54 years old of Lynchburg, died Sunday, September 3, 2006 at the Pike Community Hospital in Waverly. Leon was born February 24, 1952 in Mariemont, Ohio, the son of Harry Russell and Mary Fields Dunseith. Leon was a member of the F.O.E. Aerie # 1161, AMVET Post #061, VFW Post #9094 all of Hillsboro and worked for many...

Geneva Barnett

Geneva Barnett

Sep 3, 2006

Geneva Lorene Blair Barnett, 86, of Highland, Ohio died at Hospice of Cincinnati Blue Ash in Cincinnati, Ohio, September 3, 2006. She was born August 9, 1920 in Staunton, Ohio. She leaves behind her children, Earl Lee Barnett of Highland, Edith Marie Roger Grimsley, Gary Wayne Diana Barnett and Carol Ann Dan Ridgeway, all of Leesburg. Eight grandchildren: Brad Theresa...