Obituaries

Feb 9, 2005

Mary Jane Schweickart, age 82, of Bethel, Ohio died Wednesday, February 9, 2005 at the Ohio Valley Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Ripley, Ohio. Mrs. Schweickart was a retired obstetrical nurse. Mary Jane the little red haired angel of mercy assisted with many births during her 30 years as OB Supervisor at the Brown County...

Feb 8, 2005

Edward A. Roberto, age 80 of Georgetown, Ohio died Tuesday, February 8, 2005 at the Meadowwood Care Center in Georgetown, Ohio. Mr. Roberto received his bachelor of science degree in psychology and business from Ohio University in 1949 and his masters degree in 1954 from the Ohio State University. Mr. Roberto had thirty-six years of management...

Feb 8, 2005

Daniel C. Kitz, age 81, of Georgetown, Ohio died Tuesday, February 8, 2005 at the Southern Ohio Veterans Home in Georgetown, Ohio. Mr. Kitz was retired from the Jefferson-Smurfit Company and was a World War II Army veteran, a member of St. George Catholic Church and the Carey Bavis American Legion Post #180. He was born...

Feb 8, 2005

Bernard Lee Cooper, age 76 of Ripley, Ohio died Tuesday, February 8, 2005 at the VA Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was employed by the Oak Hills Banks, was a member of the Ripley Church of Christ and was a Korean War Army veteran. Mr. Cooper was born on October 19, 1928 in Aberdeen, Ohio...

Feb 4, 2005

Helen M. Howard, age 86 of Ripley, Ohio died Friday, February 4, 2005 at The Ohio Valley Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center near Ripley, Ohio. She was retired from Keep Fit in Ripley, Ohio and was a member of The Ripley Church of Christ. Ms. Howard was born on July 6, 1918 in Fleming County, Kentucky the daughter...

Jan 28, 2005

Mrs. Mary Sturm, age 61, of Sardinia, Ohio died Friday, January 28, 2005 at her residence. Mrs. Sturm was a farmer. She was born on July 31, 1943 the daughter of the late Fred and Frances (Liming) Johnson.

Mrs. Sturm is survived by her husband, Bill Sturm, who she married on September 9, 1962;...

Jan 22, 2005

Anna Lee Williams, age 86 of Georgetown, Ohio died Saturday, January 22, 2005 at the Ohio Valley Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Ripley, Ohio. Mrs. Williams was a homemaker and a member of the Georgetown Church of Christ. She was born on September 2, 1918 in Augusta, Kentucky the daughter of the late Thomas and...

Jan 20, 2005

Lionell Clyde Davis, age 94 of Higginsport, Ohio died Thursday, January 20, 2005 at The Ohio Valley Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center near Ripley, Ohio. He was a coal miner, he worked for the railroad and owned and operated the Hiport Restaurant and Bar in Higginsport, Ohio for many years. He was also a United States Army World...

Jan 16, 2005

Dorothy Alletah Kidwell, age 85 of Georgetown, Ohio died Sunday, January 16, 2005 at the Ohio Valley Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Ripley, Ohio. Mrs. Kidwell was a homemaker and a member of the Georgetown Church of Christ. She was born on March 19, 1919 in Petersville, Kentucky the daughter of the late Isaac Randall...

Jan 15, 2005

Mrs. Dorothy Helen McKee, age 74, of Hamersville, Ohio died Saturday, January 15, 2005 at her daughter's residence in Maysville, Kentucky. Mrs. McKee was a homemaker, farmer and also worked at the Hamersville Food Mart. She was born in Brookline, Massachusetts on April 19, 1930 the daughter of the late Girvan and Helen (Connolly) Fields. She...

Jan 6, 2005

Mrs. Betty Ann Campbell, age 75, of Georgetown, Ohio died Thursday, January 6, 2005 at the Meadowwood Care Center in Georgetown, Ohio. She was a homemaker and a bus driver for 20 years for the R.U.L.H. School District. Mrs. Campbell was born April 7, 1929 in Georgetown, Ohio the daughter of the late Thomas and Anna...

Jan 6, 2005

James Richard McKinzie, age 74, of Georgetown, Ohio died Thursday, January 6, 2005 at the Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio. Mr. McKinzie was retired from Jefferson Smurfit Stone after forty-two years of service, a Korean War Army veteran and was a member of the Cpl. Herman Houghton V.F.W. Post 7496 in Felicity, Ohio. He...

Jan 3, 2005

Rhoda "Pat" Fitch, age 98 of Ripley, Ohio died Monday, January 3, 2005 at the Ohio Valley Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Ripley, Ohio. Mrs. Fitch was retired from the US Shoe Corporation and a member of the Ripley Centenary United Methodist Church. She was born on December 28, 1906 in Norwood, Ohio the daughter...

Jan 2, 2005

Sue Klump, age 62 of Ripley, Ohio died Sunday, January 2, 2005 at the Meadowview Regional Hospital in Maysville, Kentucky. Mrs. Klump was a member of St. Michael The Archangel Catholic Church in Ripley, Ohio. She had been an employee of the Ripley National Bank, but for most of her working years she was an LPN at the...

Jan 2, 2005

Gladys Lucille Reid, age 97 of Georgetown, Ohio died Sunday, January 2, 2005 at the Villa Georgetown in Georgetown, Ohio. Mrs. Reid was a homemaker. She was born on December 8, 1907 in Adams County, Ohio the daughter of the late John Wylie Sherman and Mary Etta (Malone) Morgan. She was also preceded in death by her husband,...

Dec 26, 2004

Allan James Magnusson, age 49 of Ripley, Ohio died Sunday, December 26, 2004 at his residence. He was a mechanic, a member of St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church and a member of the Knight's of Columbus. He was born on February 22, 1955 in Maryland the son of James and Marie (Wozniski) Magnusson, Sr.

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Dec 26, 2004

Tim E. Brooks, age 47 of Aberdeen, Ohio died Sunday, December 26, 2004 at the University Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was a sports writer for the Ripley Bee and News Democrat and a United States Navy Vietnam War Veteran. He was born on September 19, 1957 in Breckenridge, Texas the son of Phillip and Florence (Heatley) Brooks....

Dec 26, 2004

Laymon Royalty, age 76 of Hamersville, Ohio died Sunday, December 26, 2004 at the Anderson Mercy Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Royalty was retired from Cincinnati Milacron and was a Korean War Army veteran. He was born on August 15, 1928 in Brown County, Ohio the son of the late Prince and Lucy (Kurtz) Royalty.

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Dec 24, 2004

Mrs. Delcena Mae West, age 48 of Ripley, Ohio, died Friday, December 24, 2004 at the U.K. Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky. She was the manager at the River Crossing Marathon in Aberdeen, Ohio. She was born on September 17, 1956 in Georgetown, Ohio the daughter of the late Charles and Eva G. (Bloomhuff) Sidwell. She was also...

Dec 24, 2004

Gerald Wayne Lindsey, age 86 of Hamersville, Ohio died Friday, December 24, 2004 at the Ohio Valley Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Ripley, Ohio. Mr. Lindsey was a farmer, a former Clark Township Trustee, former Hamersville School Board member, a field reporter for the Brown County ASCS and served three terms on the ASCS Brown County board...