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Clifford Eugene Osborne
Sep 5, 2015
Clifford Eugene Osborne, 90, of Chillicothe passed from this life on Saturday morning, September 5, 2015 in Westmoreland Place following an extended illness. He was born October 5, 1924 in Chillicothe, the son of the late Clifford Elgin and Betty (Sommers) Osborne. He was married October 3, 1952 to Helen Smith who preceded him in death February 9, 1990. On...
Michael Lee Pence
Aug 29, 2015
Michael Lee Pence, 51, of Chillicothe, died early Saturday morning August 29, 2015 at Adena Regional Medical Center following an extended illness. He was born December 12, 1963 in Chillicothe, the son of Dwight Pence and Marjorie Umphries. He was married to Carla Elliott Pence who survives. Surviving are his wife Carla Pence, Chillicothe, father and mother-in-law Dwight and Phyllis...
Esther Margaret (Smolder) Davis
Aug 21, 2015
Esther Margaret Davis, 95, of Laurelville passed from this life on Friday, August 21, 2015 in Logan Elm Health Care Center, Circleville following an extended illness. She was born May 4, 1920 in Kanawha County, West Virginia, the daughter of John E. and Sophia A. (Haid) Smolder. On November 3, 1952 she married Charles J. Davis who preceded her in...
Wendal L. Farrar
Aug 19, 2015
Wendal Lee Farrar, 75, of Chillicothe passed from this life on Wednesday evening, August 19, 2015 in Adena Regional Medical Center. He was born January 1, 1940 in McArthur, Ohio, the son of Robert and Olive B. (Mount) Farrar. On June 21, 1974 he married Shirley A. Hupp who survives. Surviving are his step-daughter, Candace Zellers, of Chillicothe; 2 step-grandchildren;...
Connie L. Prickett
Aug 17, 2015
Connie L. O’Day Prickett, 72, of Chillicothe passed from this life on Monday evening, August 17, 2015, surrounded by her family in Adena Regional Medical Center. She was born September 24, 1942 in Ross County, the daughter of Charles and Elnora (Aldenderfer) O’Day. On May 3, 1959 she married Lloyd V. Prickett who preceded her in death May 5, 2012....
Lenore Houck Lawson
Jul 28, 2015
Lenore Houck Lawson, 90, of Bristol Village in Waverly, Ohio passed away on July 28, 2015 in Adena Hospital, Chillicothe, Ohio following a brief illness. She was born on March 4, 1925 in Jackson, Ohio to Charles N. and Ruby Welker Houck. After living in Gallipolis and Ironton, Ohio, she moved to Chillicothe where she graduated in 1943 from Chillicothe...
Margaret (Salsgiver) Goodwin
Jul 20, 2015
Margaret “Buba” Salsgiver Goodwin, 88, formerly of Chillicothe, passed from this life on Monday afternoon, July 20, 2015 in the Otterbein Senior Living Center, New Albany, OH. She was born October 25, 1926 in Ebensburg, PA, the daughter of the late Joseph C. and Margaret (Jones) Salsgiver and step-father, Clarence Shaw. On July 26, 1946 she married Eugene “Benny” Goodwin...
Grace Louise (Edmonds) Sharp
Jul 17, 2015
Grace Louise “Edmonds” Sharp, 94, of Chillicothe, passed peacefully 5:55 am, Friday July 17, 2015, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law. She was born December 12, 1920, in Huntington, WV, the third of five daughters born to Owen and Elizabeth Curry Edmonds. September 27, 1936 she married the love of her life, Ivan W. Sharp. They moved to...
Helen Frances Smith
Jul 5, 2015
Helen Frances Smith, 89, of Chillicothe, passed from this life on Sunday, July 5, 2015 in Adena Regional Medical Center following a brief illness. She was born March 19, 1926 in Chillicothe, the daughter of Fred B. and Goldie (Nourse) Earl. In 1945 she married Franklin C. Smith who preceded her in death in 1988. Surviving is a daughter, Sharon...
Mildred O. Dearth
Jul 3, 2015
Mildred Opal Dearth, 79, of Chillicothe, passed from this life on Friday morning, July 3, 2015 in Westmoreland Place following an extended illness. She was born May 11, 1936 in Kingston, Ohio, the daughter of Richard and Mary (Young) Chaffin. She was married in 1979 to Charles A. Dearth who preceded her in death in 1998. Her parents, her former...
Ralph E. Penisten
Jun 20, 2015
Ralph Emerson Penisten, 95, of Chillicothe passed from this life on Saturday, June 20, 2015 in Westmoreland Place. He was born December 1, 1919 in Ross County, the son of Alva and Bessie (Riehle) Penisten. He was married to Arthella Shewalter who preceded him in death in 1995. He later married Norma V. (Minney) Carver who survives. Also surviving are...
Donald E. Bartlett
Jun 15, 2015
Donald E. Bartlett, 89, of Chillicothe, died 9:25 PM, Monday, June 15, 2015 in the Westmoreland Place Nursing Facility, following an extended illness. He was born September 4, 1925 in Chillicothe, the son of the late Harold Bartlett and the late Gertrude Walton Lehman. On March 18, 1950, he married the former Geraldine Strausbaugh who survives. Also surviving are a...
Nancy E. Frey
Jun 14, 2015
Nancy Elaine Frey, 48, of Chillicothe unexpectedly passed from this life on Sunday, June 14, 2015. She was born July 13, 1966 in Chillicothe, the daughter of Glenn A. and Penny S. (Jamison) Fink. Surviving are her mother, Penny Fink, Florida; her father, Glenn Fink, Chillicothe; daughters, Ashley (Nathan) Cash, Lancaster and Christina Blazer, Chillicothe; grandchildren, Nakayla Cash and Nick...
Phillip David Wolfe
Jun 10, 2015
Phillip David Wolfe, 44, of Canal Winchester, formerly of Chillicothe unexpectedly passed from this life on Wednesday, June 10, 2015 in Chattanooga, TN. He was born July 30, 1970 in Chillicothe, the son of David L. and Joy L. (Harper) Wolfe. Surviving are his parents of Canal Winchester; grandmother, Mildred Wolfe, Chillicothe; daughters, Tiffany Clary, Sierra Wolfe and McKenzie Wolfe,...
Freda P. Martindale
Jun 6, 2015
Freda Pauline Martindale, 96, of Chillicothe, passed from this life on Saturday, June 6, 2015 in Adena Regional Medical Center. She was born June 3, 1919 in Washington Court House, Ohio, the daughter of Wilbur and Alma (Hooker) Thornton. On July 17, 1949 she married Willard W. Martindale who preceded her in death on February 7, 1979. Surviving are her...
Joseph W. Mcqueary
Jun 3, 2015
Joseph W. McQueary, 55, of Chillicothe, died 6:15 PM, Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at his residence following an extended illness. He was born December 9, 1959 in Columbus, the son of Ralph W. and Rose Souders McQueary. September 15, 1989 he married Yvonne Hatfield McQueary who survives. Also surviving are three sons Joshua Hatfield, Pataskala, Anthony (fiancé Tiffany Compher) McQueary...
David F. Ramsey
May 23, 2015
David F. Ramsey, 93, of Chillicothe, passed from this life 5:25 am, Saturday, May 23, 2015 in the Heartland of Chillicothe Nursing Facility following an extended illness. He was born January 17, 1922, in Chillicothe, the son of Oren Alvin and Blanch Schofield Ramsey. November 30, 1944 he married Ella Louise Cox who preceded him in death September 10, 1998....
Gary D. Ramsey
May 20, 2015
Gary Deane Ramsey, 67 of Chillicothe, passed from this life 3:15 am, Wednesday, May 20, 2015, at his residence following an ongoing illness. He was born March 29, 1948, in Chillicothe the son of David F. and Ella Louise Cox Ramsey. June 6, 1980, he married Vickey Carroll who survives. Also surviving are a sister, Cheryl L. Ramsey, Chillicothe a...
Nancy Jean (Kuntz) Bogan
May 16, 2015
Nancy Jean Bogan, 80, a lifelong resident of Chillicothe before moving to Clarkston, Michigan to live with her daughter, passed from this life on Saturday evening, May 16, 2015 in Pontiac, Michigan. She was born February 13, 1935 in Chillicothe, the daughter of Clarence and Emma Jean (Griesheimer) Kuntz. On February 27, 1955 she married William J. Bogan who preceded...
Wilma Josephine (Bentley) Knight
May 13, 2015
Wilma Josephine Knight, 86, of Chillicothe passed from this life on Wednesday evening, May 13, 2015 in Adena Regional Medical Center following an extended illness. She was born March 14, 1929 in Gaston County, NC, the daughter of Edgar D. and Lucille (Pruitt) Bentley. On June 14, 1947 she married Henry S. Knight, Sr. who preceded her in death on...
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