Obituaries

Jul 31, 2005

Charles Walter Smitson, age 78, of Cincinnati, Ohio died Sunday, July 31, 2005 at his residence. Mr. Smitson was a truck driver and a World War II Army veteran. He was born in Higginsport, Ohio on August 5, 1926 the son of the late Thomas and Annie (Tucker) Smitson. He was also preceded in death by...

Jul 26, 2005

Brad Henry Peters, age 46 of Ripley, Ohio died Tuesday, July 26, 2005 at his Father's residence near Ripley, Ohio. He was a member of The First Baptist Church in Ripley, Ohio. He had worked as a meat cutter for area grocery stores for many years and also had worked as a construction worker. Brad was born on...

Jul 24, 2005

Gerald Wayne "Joe" Fowler, age 55 of Ripley, Ohio died Sunday, July 24, 2005 at his residence, after a long illness. He was a construction worker for many years. He was born on February 5, 1950 in Texas the son of the late James E. and Tolice (Kellum) Fowler. He was also preceded in death by one brother,...

Jul 22, 2005

Mr. Richard H. Wagner, age 89 of Russellville, Ohio died Friday, July 22, 2005 at The Meadowwood Care Center in Georgetown, Ohio. He was born on January 18, 1916 in Ash Ridge, Ohio the son of the late Adam and Anna (Inskeep) Wagner. He was also preceded in death by one son, Gerald Wagner; one brother, Walter Wagner;...

Jul 18, 2005

Helen K. (Kirk) Andrews Fritz, age 76, of Georgetown, Ohio died Monday, July 18, 2005 at the Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio. Mrs. Fritz was a homemaker. She was born in Brown County, Ohio on November 18, 1928 the daughter of the late Roland and Ethel (Watson) Kirk. She was also preceded in death...

Jul 15, 2005

Stanley I. Allen, age 69, of Georgetown, Ohio died Friday, July 15, 2005 at the Meadowwood Care Center in Georgetown, Ohio. Mr. Allen was born in Georgetown, Ohio on September 15, 1935 the son of the late John and Gertrude (Dart) Allen.

Mr. Allen is survived by three sisters - Clara Gipson and husband,...

Jul 14, 2005

Mrs. Margaret Ann Fite, age 74, of Cincinnati, Ohio died Thursday, July 14, 2005 at the Eastgate Healthcare Center. Mrs. Fite was a homemaker. She was born in Ripley, Ohio on February 4, 1931 the daughter of the late Carl William and Vernon Edith (Reese) DeFosse. She was also preceded in death by her husband, William...

Jul 13, 2005

Michael Wayne Herrmann, age 42 of Ripley, Ohio died Wednesday, July 13, 2005 at his residence. He was a construction worker and avid fisherman. He was born on April 26, 1963 in Georgetown, Ohio the son of Frances Christine (Perry) Herrmann of Ripley, Ohio and the late Robert Andrew Herrmann.

Besides his mother, he is survived...

Jul 13, 2005

Gladys Winters, age 107, of Georgetown, Ohio died Wednesday, July 13, 2005 at the Meadowwood Care Center in Georgetown, Ohio. Mrs. Winters was a homemaker and a 1914 graduate of Higginsport High School. She was born in Higginsport, Ohio on September 28, 1897 the daughter of the late Orlando and Harriet (Mefford) Bartlow. She was also...

Jul 12, 2005

Mrs. Marie Dorothy Mayhall, age 91, of Georgetown, Ohio died Tuesday, July 12, 2005 at her residence. Mrs. Mayhall was a homemaker. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on June 17, 1914 the daughter of the late Bernard and Frances (Bastian) Mohrhaus. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Henry Clay Mayhall, Sr.; one...

Jul 11, 2005

Mrs. Emma Isabelle Hauke, age 97, of Ripley, Ohio died Monday, July 11, 2005 at The Ohio Valley Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center near Ripley, Ohio, where she has been been a resident since May of 1999. She worked as a medical secretary for Ripley physician Dr. Prine for a number of years, and then for Dr. Lyle...

Jul 3, 2005

Kathy Ann Dyer, age 48, of Urbana, Ohio formerly of Georgetown, Ohio died Sunday, July 3, 2005 at her residence. Ms. Dyer worked for the Honda Corporation. She was born in Georgetown, Ohio on April 5, 1957 the daughter of the late Freddie D. and Juanita Katherine (Gardner) Dyer.

Ms. Dyer is survived by...

Jul 1, 2005

Mr. Robert A. Williams, age 77, of Ripley, Ohio and formerly of Youngstown, Ohio, died Friday, July 1, 2005 at Brown Co. General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio. He was a U.S. Navy World War II Veteran, an elder at The Ripley First Presbyterian Church and he retired as Senior Vice-President of Engineering and Marketing at Glowe-Smith Industrial of...

Jul 1, 2005

Mrs. Ilene Stanfield, age 78, of Georgetown, Ohio died Friday, July 1, 2005 at the Eastgate Retirement Village in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mrs. Stanfield was an admitting clerk for Brown County General Hospital, a member of the Georgetown United Methodist Church and the Order of the Eastern Star. She was born in Hamersville, Ohio on January 31, 1927 the...

Jun 29, 2005

Shelby Jean Staggs, age 66, of Georgetown, Ohio died Wednesday, June 29, 2005 at her residence. Mrs. Staggs was a retired insurance agent for Sales and Cahall Insurance Agency, was a member of the Ripley Assembly of God and was an ordained minister. She was born in Higginsport, Ohio on February 16, 1939 the daughter of...

Jun 28, 2005

Mary E. Ellis, age 89, of Georgetown, Ohio died Tuesday, June 28, 2005 at the Villa Georgetown Nursing Home in Georgetown, Ohio. Mrs. Ellis was a long time secretary for her husband, William Russell Ellis during his 30 years as Brown County Engineer. She was born in Georgetown, Ohio on February 13, 1916 the daughter of...

Jun 28, 2005

Helen Dora Lindsey, age 86 of Hamersville, Ohio died Tuesday, June 28, 2005 at the Anderson Mercy Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mrs. Lindsey was a homemaker and a member of the Bible Chapel United Church of Christ in Hamersville, Ohio. She was born in Clermont County, Ohio on March 13, 1919 the daughter of the late...

Jun 25, 2005

Loyal Stanley Williams, age 94, of Zoar, Ohio formerly of Georgetown, Ohio died Saturday, June 25, 2005 at the Aultman Hospital in Canton, Ohio. Mr. Williams was a farmer and a member of the Georgetown Church of Christ. He was born in Clermont County, Ohio on July 27, 1910 the son of the late Isaac Newton...

Jun 23, 2005

Mrs. Flossie Irene Hunley, age 85 of Amelia, Ohio died Thursday, June 23, 2005 at Vistacare Hospice in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was a retired press operator from the former Silco Laundry in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mrs. Hunley was born on September 4, 1919 in Hazard, Kentucky, the daughter of the late Russell and Elizabeth May. She was also preceded...

Jun 21, 2005

Alberta Lois Wylie, age 77 of Felicity, Ohio, formerly of Lexington, Kentucky, died Tuesday, June 21, 2005 at her residence. She was a homemaker and a member of the Lexington Bible Baptist Church. Mrs. Wylie was born on February 21, 1928 in Lexington, Kentucky, the daughter of the late Lewis and Mary (Miller) Taylor. She was...