Obituaries

Bessie W. Fisher

Bessie W. Fisher

Mar 7, 2005

Bessie W. Fisher, 79 years of Hillsboro, died Monday, March 7, 2005 at the Crestwood Nursing Center in Hillsboro. She was born in Hillsboro, Ohio on January 20, 1926 the daughter of the late John and Hannah Willison. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, David William Fisher, who passed away on September 16, 1987, brother,...

Ronald R. Shelton

Ronald R. Shelton

Mar 6, 2005

Ronald R. Shelton, 65 years of Leesburg, died Sunday, March 6, 2005 at the Sycamore Hospital in Miamisburg. He was born in Highland County, Ohio on May 2, 1939 the son of the late Olin H. and Eva G. Reno Shelton. He was a U.S. Army veteran. He was a member of the Hillsboro Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie #1161,...

Darlene Deardoff

Darlene Deardoff

Mar 2, 2005

Darlene Deardoff, 51 years of Newtonsville, died Wednesday, March 2, 2005 at the Batavia Nursing Care Center. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on February 26, 1954 the daughter of the late Foster R. and Donna Wass Deardoff. She is survived by her husband, Austin Ross of Newtonsville, brothers, Gary Deardoff of Blue Ash, Roger Deardoff of Texas, sister, Mary...

Marjorie E. Mccane

Marjorie E. Mccane

Feb 28, 2005

Marjorie E. McCane, 75 years of Peebles, died Monday, February 28, 2005 at the Adams County Hospital in West Union. She was born in Lansing, Michigan on July 9, 1929 the daughter of the late James and Dora Armstrong Evans. She was a member of the Scrub Ridge United Brethren Church. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by...

Jeremy Dean Stone

Jeremy Dean Stone

Feb 28, 2005

Jeremy Dean Stone, 20 years of Toledo, formerly of Peebles, died Monday, February 28, 2005 at the Flower Hospital in Sylvania, Ohio. He was born in Brown County, Ohio on November 3, 1984 the son of Dean Stone and Bonnie Hopkins Stone. He is survived by his mother, Bonnie Stone of West Union, father and step mother, Dean and Tammy...

Jack R. Garman

Jack R. Garman

Feb 25, 2005

Jack R. Garman, age 80, died at The Laurels of Hillsboro on Friday February 25, 2005. He was born May 8, 1924 in Ross County to W.C. and Cecile Garman. Preceded in death by wife, Joan Stephens Garman and daughter Jan Garman Looman. Survived by daughter, Joy Garman Remley and sons-in-law Dan Remley and John Looman all of Columbus Grandchildren...

Jesse Stephenson

Jesse Stephenson

Feb 25, 2005

Jesse Stephenson, 86 years of Seaman, died Friday, February 25, 2005 at the Holzer Medical Center in Jackson. He was born in Adams County, Ohio on January 5, 1919. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ollie Stephenson, who passed away in 2000. He is survived by his step...

Leo Hoop

Leo Hoop

Feb 25, 2005

Leo Hoop, 85 years of Peebles, died Friday February 25, 2005 at the Christ Hospital in Cincinnati. He was born at Rarden, Ohio on October 4, 1919 the son of the late Samuel and Gracie Alexander Hoop. He had worked for Adams Rural Electric as a lineman. Beside his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Annalee Johnson...

Edith Weirich

Edith Weirich

Feb 24, 2005

Edith Weirich, 94 years of Peebles, died Thursday, February 24, 2005 at her residence. She was born in Hutchinson, Kansas on October 13, 1910 the daughter of the late Enos Nisly and Delila Hostetler Nisly. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by her loving husband Jacob Weirich in 1984. She is also preceded in death by one son...

Eva Louise Taylor

Eva Louise Taylor

Feb 23, 2005

Eva Louise Taylor, 77 years of Winchester, died Wednesday, February 23, 2005 at her residence. She was born in Brown County, Ohio on August 16, 1927 the daughter of the late Coleman and Wavel Bowman Edgington. She was a member of the Winchester Presbyterian Church and the Scattered Homemakers. Beside her parents she was preceded in death by one brother,...

James Wes Fannin

James Wes Fannin

Feb 22, 2005

James Wes Fannin, 71 years of Winchester, died Tuesday, February 22, 2005 at the Adams County Hospital in West Union. He was born in Carter County, Kentucky on April 17, 1933 the son of the late Dewey and Sadie Masters Fannin. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean Conflict. He was a member of the Main Street Church...

Joanne W. Johnson

Joanne W. Johnson

Feb 20, 2005

Joanne W. Johnson, 37 years of Peebles, died Sunday, February 20, 2005 at the Ohio State Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. She was born April 29, 1967 in West Union, Ohio, the daughter of the late Charles and Dorothy Stanley Johnson. She is a member of the Peebles Church of the Nazarene. She is survived by 2 sisters, Jo Ellen...

Daisy Wigginton

Daisy Wigginton

Feb 19, 2005

Daisy E. Wigginton, 84 years of Hillsboro, died Saturday, February 19, 2005. She was born July 6, 1920 in Paris, Kentucky, the daughter of the late John W. and Lucy Linville Sapp. On January 27, 1938 she was united in marriage to Roy Kenneth Wigginton who preceded her in death on October 2, 2000. She was also preceded in death...

Robert D. Kley

Robert D. Kley

Feb 17, 2005

Robert D. Kley, 80 years of Fairborn, formerly of Hillsboro, died Thursday, February 17, 2005 at the Patriot Ridge Community Center in Fairborn. He was born in Dayton, Ohio on March 29, 1924 the son of the late Anton and Virgie Ullmer Kley. He retired from the Dayton Power and Light Company. He was a member of the Highland Lodge...

Marjorie Chestnut Yankie

Marjorie Chestnut Yankie

Feb 17, 2005

Marjorie Chestnut Yankie, 51 years of Peebles, died Thursday, February 17, 2005 at the Adams County Hospital in West Union. She was born on April 20, 1953 the daughter of Cecil and Geraldine Clark Chestnut. She was a nurses aid at Highland District Hospital. She was preceded in death by her mother, Geraldine. She is survived by her father and...

Saul Keith

Saul Keith

Feb 13, 2005

Saul Keith, 85 years of Peebles, died Sunday, February 13, 2005 at his residence. He was born in Bernice, Kentucky on November 3, 1919 the son of the late Stephen and Lucy Spurlock Keith. He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam Era. He was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church, the Peebles American Legion Thompson-Wallingford Post, past District...

Irene Best

Irene Best

Feb 10, 2005

Irene Best, 85 years of Seaman, died Thursday, February 10, 2005 at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati. She was born in Winchester, Ohio on October 30, 1919 the daughter of the late Christopher and Eva Wasson McClughen. She was a member of the Seaman United Presbyterian Church. She was a bookkeeper for Blue Flame. Beside her parents she was preceded in...

David Grayson

David Grayson

Feb 8, 2005

David Grayson, 75 years of Peebles, died Tuesday, February 8, 2005 at the Brown County Hospital in Georgetown. He was born in Nicholas County, Kentucky on November 19, 1929 the son of the late Robert Lee and Lorene Parsons Grayson. Beside his parents he was preceded in death by his fist wife, Helen Whalen Grayson, who passed away in 1983,...

Hershell L. Glenn

Hershell L. Glenn

Feb 7, 2005

Hershell L. Glenn, 72 years of Peebles, died Monday, February 7, 2005 at the Laurels of Hillsboro. He was born in Scioto County, Ohio on June 27, 1932 the son of the late Butler and Mattie Mullins Glenn. He is survived by two sisters, Thelma Wolford of Hillsboro, Norma Jean Warnock of Portsmouth, and several nieces and nephews. Graveside service...

Charley Purtee

Charley Purtee

Feb 4, 2005

Charley Purtee, 78 years of Peebles, died Friday, February 4, 2005 at his residence. He was born in Peebles, Ohio on July 30, 1926 the son of Rodney and Marjorie Wilson Purtee. He was a member of the Beech Fork Christian Baptist Church. He worked as a Technician for General Electric and was an Army Veteran of WWII. Beside his...