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Clotean Copper

Clotean Copper

Sep 20, 2014

Clotean Copper, 81, of Chillicothe died on Saturday, September 20, 2014 at 9:45 a.m. in Traditions of Chillicothe. She was born on June 22, 1933 in Lewis County, KY, the daughter of the late King C. and Lucinda Ginn Horsley. On December 15, 1951 she married Richard Copper and he preceded her in death on June 13, 1987. She is...

Ralph Campbell

Ralph Campbell

Sep 20, 2014

Ralph Campbell 93, of Bainbridge died 5:40 am Saturday, September 20, 2014. He was born November 28, 1920 in Ross County the son of the late Thomas and Christena Rhoads Campbell. On April 23, 1948 he married Mary Martha "Toot" Herdman who died December 3, 1994. Ralph later married Helen "Butler" Rhodes, who survives. He is also survived by a...

Sarina Paige "Ree" Knisley

Sarina Paige "Ree" Knisley

Sep 18, 2014

Sarina Paige "Ree" Knisley, 13 of Columbus passed away Thursday, September 18, 2014. She is survived by her father, Daniel Wayne Knisley of Michigan; mother, Veronica Snell of Columbus; sisters, Andrea Knisley and Liberty Snell; brothers, Tyler and Spencer Silverthorn and Elijah Knisley; grandparents, Daniel and Macie Knisley, Arthur "Buck" McWhorter, Otis and Candace Coldren III; great-grandparents, Janet Cole and...

Jo Ann Hawkins

Jo Ann Hawkins

Sep 14, 2014

Jo Ann Hawkins, 80, of Chillicothe, died at 9:40 p.m. on Sunday, September 14, 2014 at Traditions of Chillicothe. She was born on November 7, 1933 in Ross County the daughter of the late Homer and Mary Ann Willis Bowdle, Sr.. On December 16, 1950 she married George H. Hawkins and he preceded her in death on January 5, 1994....

Barbara Lee Sutherland

Barbara Lee Sutherland

Sep 7, 2014

Barbara Lee Sutherland (Hardgrow), 79, departed this life surrounded by loving family on Sunday, September 7, 2014, at Cooley-Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, MA. Her death was of natural causes. She was born on January 8, 1935, in Cincinnati, Ohio to Harold Davis, Sr., and Mabel E. Byrd Hardgrow. She was preceded in death by her parents, her beloved husband Sylvester...

Theresa Kay "Tuss" Compher

Theresa Kay "Tuss" Compher

Sep 2, 2014

Theresa K. "Tuss" Compher 67 of Frankfort died 11:22 am Tuesday, September 2, 2014 at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus. She was born March 6, 1947 in Bainbridge the daughter of the late Thomas "Bull" and Dolly Marie Tackett Wurzbach. On September 14, 1964 she married Ronald Roy Compher, who survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Rene...

Bessie Mae Clements

Bessie Mae Clements

Aug 31, 2014

Bessie Mae Clements 96, of Bainbridge died 5:50 pm Sunday, August 31, 2014 at Traditions of Chillicothe. She was born May 28, 1918 in Greenup, KY the daughter of the late Oscar Adkins and Ellen (Griffith) Adkins Evans Holbert. On March 26, 1936 she married Clyde W. Clements who died September 5, 1986. She was also preceded in death by...

Andrew B. "Andy" Hurley

Andrew B. "Andy" Hurley

Aug 29, 2014

Andrew B. "Andy" Hurley, 53, of Greenfield, died at 5:25 p.m. on Friday, August 29, 2014 at his home following a lingering illness. He was born on June 28, 1961 in Knockemstiff, the son of the late Charles W. and Ruth I. Johnson Hurley. On April 15, 1987, he married the former Loretta Beatty who survives. Also surviving are two...

Loren K. Goen

Loren K. Goen

Aug 26, 2014

Loren K. Goen, 92, of Columbus, formerly of Frankfort, died at 6:35 p.m. on Tuesday, August 26, 2014 at the Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus. He was born on March 31, 1922 in Frankfort the son of the late Charles and Sadie Loel Goen. On November 2, 1948 he married the former Daphness I. Whitt and she preceded him in death...

Ruby Evelyn Merrick

Ruby Evelyn Merrick

Aug 21, 2014

Ruby E. Merrick, 94, of Clarksburg, died at 10:33 p.m. on Thursday, August 21, 2014 at the Adena Regional Medical Center, Chillicothe. She was born on February 26, 1920 in Wayne County, West Virginia, the daughter of the late Thomas and Minnie Jarrels Harmon. On July 6, 1937 she married Doffie "D.C." Merrick and he preceded her in death on...

Bennie Ray Mason

Bennie Ray Mason

Aug 20, 2014

Bennie Ray Mason 59 of Bainbridge, OH passed away August 20, 2014 after a brief illness. He was born October 20, 1954 in Greenfield, OH to Dale and Anna Mae (Knapp) Mason. On September 12, 2013 he married Kathy (Stanley) Mason, who survives. He is also survived by his son Jeremy (Beth) Mason; two granddaughters, Ashtin and Sasha Mason (whom...

Lena Mary Todd

Lena Mary Todd

Aug 19, 2014

Lena Mary (Miller) Todd, 97, passed away gently on Tuesday evening, 19 of August 2014 at The Cypress Point nursing home in Englewood Ohio where she had resided for the past 5 years. She was born on 9th of March, 1917 in Wilder Tennessee to Dillard and Cora Phelps Miller. She was preceded in death by Ernest, her loving husband...

Betty Jane Baker

Betty Jane Baker

Aug 18, 2014

Betty Jane Baker 79 of Bainbridge died 10:07 am Monday, August 18, 2014 at her home. She was born August 12, 1935 in Pickaway County the daughter of the late Lester and Opal F. Griffith Brady. She is survived by her husband of 59 yrs Harold Baker; children, Scott (Teri Williamson) Baker and Jodi (Dale) Jones; grandkids, Taylor and Austin...

Bertha Ellen Alexander

Bertha Ellen Alexander

Aug 14, 2014

Bertha E. Alexander, 79, of Chillicothe died at 5:55 a.m. Thursday, August 14, 2014 at Adena Regional Medical Center, Chillicothe with her daughter Patty by her side. She was born on September 8, 1934 in Chillicothe, the daughter of the late William H. and Hazel M. Colburn Lowry. She married Earl W. Alexander on December 23, 1959 and he preceded...

Charles "Rusty" Russell Cowman

Charles "Rusty" Russell Cowman

Aug 14, 2014

Charles Russell "Rusty" Cowman, 70, of Bainbridge, OH passed away Thursday, August 14, 2014 at his residence. He was born October 11, 1943 in Hillsboro, OH to the late James Russell Cowman and Millie Mershon Cartwright. Charlie was a member of the Bainbridge Church of Christ. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy where he served from 1961 to...

Phyllis Jane Eusey

Phyllis Jane Eusey

Aug 12, 2014

Phyllis J. Ebright Eusey, 75, of Columbus, was found dead in her home on Tuesday, August 12, 2014. She was born on June 6, 1939 in Buckskin Township, Ross County, Ohio, the daughter of the late Ernest E. and Mildred E. McMullen Ebright. On July 1, 1961 she married G. Stephen Eusey who preceded her in death on August 13,...

Virginia Francis Crago

Virginia Francis Crago

Aug 12, 2014

Virginia F. Crago, 86, of Frankfort, died at 6:28 a.m. Tuesday, August 12, 2014 at the Vineyards at Concord, Frankfort. She was born on September 19, 1927 in Pike County, Ohio, the daughter of the late Purl and Amanda Claytor Brown. On December 25, 1946 she married her husband of 67 years, Kenneth N. Crago, who survives her. She is...

Lucy E. Cameron

Lucy E. Cameron

Aug 12, 2014

Lucy E. Cameron 93, of Hillsboro, Ohio died in her sleep 12:31 am August 12, 2014 at her home in Hillsboro. She was born March 26, 1921 in Highland County to the late Salmon and Ruby Pearl Shelton. On June 10, 1939 she married John W. Cameron, who passed March 10, 1993. Surviving are two daughters, Judy Wick (Don) of...

Ralph D. Junk

Ralph D. Junk

Aug 11, 2014

Ralph D. Junk, 92, of Frankfort, died at 8:45 a.m. Monday, August 11, 2014 at the Adena Regional Medical Center, Chillicothe. He was born on December 21, 1921 at Austin, Ohio, the son of the late Fay and Blanche Dick Junk. On September 15, 1944 he married Betty Godden Queen and she preceded him in death on September 4, 1991....

Rodney William "Pudge" Reisinger

Rodney William "Pudge" Reisinger

Aug 10, 2014

Rodney William. "Pudge". Reisinger, 49, of Clarksburg, died unexpectedly Sunday morning, August 10, 2014 at his home. He was born on March 14, 1965 in Washington C.H., OH, the son of the late Rodney Dean and Lucille Katherine Rosenberger Reisinger. He is survived by four sisters; Connie (Bill) Hedges of Frankfort, Ronnette (Ernest) Lindsey of Clarksburg, Dena (Ray) Drake of...

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