Obituaries

Jaimi Smith
Sep 1, 2008
Jaimi Linn Smith, 31, of West Mansfield, Ohio, died Monday, September 1, 2008, as a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. She was born in Marion on March 19, 1977, a daughter of Daniel and Jacalyn Gardner Smith, who survive in West Liberty, Ohio. Survivors include a brother, Jeremy (Amber) Smith of Xenia, Ohio; paternal grandmother, Eileen Smith...

Alice Conklin
Aug 31, 2008
Alice A. Conklin, 88, formerly of Belle Center, Ohio, passed away Sunday, August 31, 2008, at the Green Hills Retirement Community in West Liberty, Ohio. She was born in Covington on September 18, 1919, a daughter of the late Richard F. and Margaret L. Crook Albery. On March 26, 1949, she married James William Conklin in Miami County and he...

Patricia Barber
Aug 31, 2008
Patricia Ann Barber, 60, formerly of Bellefontaine, passed away Sunday, August 31, 2008, at her residence in Bluefield, West Virginia, after a long courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Jenkins, Kentucky, on November 8, 1947, a daughter of the late Hubert Edward and Dorothy Lee LeMaster Ferry. Survivors include her husband of 37 years, Bobby B. Barber; sons,...

Russell Berry
Aug 30, 2008
Russell E. “Gene” Berry, 89, of West Liberty, Ohio, and formerly of the Bell Addition in Huntsville, Ohio, died Saturday, August 30, 2008, in the emergency room at Mary Rutan Hospital. He was born in Madison County on January 6, 1919, a son of the late Sam and Ola Emrich Berry. He also was preceded in death by brothers, Joe...

Anita Hooper
Aug 30, 2008
Anita J. “Butchie” Hooper, 66, of East Liberty, Ohio, passed away Saturday, August 30, 2008, at The Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus. She was born in Bellefontaine, Ohio September 16, 1941, a daughter of the late James E. and Ruth Irene Herford Houchin. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Fredrick P. Houchin and James L. Houchin....

Evelyn Altick
Aug 28, 2008
Evelyn M. Altick, 86, of Russells Point, passed away on Thursday, August 28, 2008, at the Green Hills Retirement Community in West Liberty, Ohio. She was born in Marion on August 26, 1922, a daughter of the late Cloyd and Ola Miller Byrd. On December 18, 1944, she married Richard D. Altick in Quincy and he died February 17, 1978....

Emma Greenwood
Aug 27, 2008
Emma W. Greenwood of Lakeview, Ohio passed away Wednesday, August 27, 2008, at Heartland of Indian Lake. She was born in Brasher Falls, New York September 2, 1915, a daughter of the late Charles H. and Mary A. LaShomb Wolcott. She was married to Clarence A. Greenwood, who preceded her in death in 1975. A son, Bruce A. Greenwood; two...

Dorothy Phillips
Aug 27, 2008
Dorothy E. Phillips, 83, of Kenton, died Wednesday, August 27, 2008, at Kenton Nursing & Rehab in Kenton, Ohio . She was born in Kenton on June 18, 1925, a daughter of the late Willis and Anna Hayes Klingler. On October 22, 1944, she married Richard Phillips in Belle Center and he died April 12, 1990. She also was preceded...

Patricia Tevis
Aug 27, 2008
Patricia Ann Tevis Patricia Ann Tevis, 49, of Pickrelltown, Ohio, went to be with her Lord on Wednesday, August 27, 2008. She was born December 12, 1958, the loving daughter of Edward David and Anna Gertrude Wilds Gompf of Marion. Survivors include her devoted husband of 25 years, Daniel Harold Tevis, whom she married on June 27, 1983; one hardworking...

Homer Arnett Jr
Aug 25, 2008
Homer Arnett Jr. Homer Arnett Jr., 77, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Monday, August 25, 2008, at the Veteran’s Administration Medical Center in Dayton, Ohio. He was born April 18, 1931, a son of the late Homer Arnett, former superintendent of parks for the City of Bellefontaine from 1951 to 1971, and Jesse Arnett. He also was preceded in death...

Evelyn Martin
Aug 25, 2008
Evelyn “Jeannie” Jean Martin, 57, of Anderson, Indiana, died Monday, August 25, 2008, at St. John’s Hospital, Anderson, Indiana. She was born in Bellefontaine on August 15, 1951, a daughter of Geraldine Foulk Cost, who survives in Bellefontaine, and the late Howard E. Cost. She also was preceded in death by a brother, James Richard Cost. Survivors include her companion...

Regina King
Aug 25, 2008
Regina Lynn King, 52, of West Liberty, died Monday, August 25, 2008, at Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, after a brief illness. She was born in Portsmouth on January 28, 1956, a daughter of the late John and B. Eileen Crabtree Nicely. She also was preceded in death by a sister, Teresa Nicely. On. October 1, 1994, she married Alan King...
Ada May Phelps
Aug 5, 2003
Russells Point resident Ada May Phelps, 47, died at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2003, in Bellefontaine.
She was born April 14, 1956, in Bellefontaine, a daughter of the late Merlin David and Monna Zoe Moffitt Henry.
She worked for AVI; a vending machine company at Honda of America. The...

Beatrice Wirick
Dec 10, 2001
Beatrice M. Woodruff Wirick, 85 of West Liberty, Ohio, passed away on Friday, February 27, 2009, at the Green Hills Center in West Liberty. She was born on May 9, 1923, in Oakes, North Dakota, to the late Lawrence and Dorcas(Farrington ) Davidson. She is also preceded in death by husbands Richard H. Woodruff whom she married on July 13,...

Mary Slonecker
Dec 5, 2001
Mary Alice Slonecker, 74, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, graduated life Sunday, October 19, 2008, at the Green Hills Retirement Community in West Liberty, Ohio. She was born in Bloom Center, Ohio, on July 11, 1934, a daughter of the late Fred J. and Lylah Rostofer Smith. On March 22, 1953, she married Max Slonecker at Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, California, and he...

Anita Wilson
Mar 16, 1994
Anita B. Wilson Anita B. Wilson, 73, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Sunday, December 19, 2010, in Spring Meadows Care Center in Woodstock, Ohio. She was born in Battle Creek, Michigan December 15, 1937, a daughter of the late Floyd and Flandia Fleck Casterline. On December 30, 1955, she married Harold E. Wilson in Battle Creek and he died March...
Vernon Kauffman
Sep 22, 1990
Vernon L. Kauffman, 85, of DeGraff, Ohio, passed away Sunday, February 14, 2010, at 8:30 A.M. at his home. He was born in West Liberty, Ohio March 11, 1924, a son of the late Ottis and Martha A. Yoder Kauffman. He also was preceded in death by a daughter, Kathy Smith; brothers, Wayne and John Kauffman and a sister, Rosella...
Col. David Zook Jr
Oct 4, 1967
Col. David H. Zook Jr. Col. David H. Zook, passed away in Vietnam on October 4, 1967, while serving in the United States Air Force. He is survived by his wife, Pat; and their children, David H. III; Alice Ann Garett; and Lydia. Pastor Howard Schmitt will conduct a graveside service in conjunction with full military services, in the South...
John Rutherford, Jr
Dec 17, 1951
John S. “Butch” Rutherford, Jr., 59, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away at his residence. He was born December 17, 1951, to the late John S. Rutherford Sr. and Mayme Joan (Oglesbee) Neer. Surviving are two brothers, Arden (Suzie) Neer Jr. and Andy Neer, both of Bellefontaine, Ohio; Tammi Rutherford Sigman of Mason, Ohio, and Susan Melissa (Lee) Rutherford Alexander of...
John Russell
Sep 30, 1950
John Richard “Dick” Russell 84, and Gladis Levone (McColloch) Russell, 85, of rural Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly. Dick and Gladis were married in West Mansfield, Ohio September 30, 1950, by Rev. Frank Roberts and started their life together in Logan County. Mr. Russell was born June 22, 1926, to the late Jesse & Emma Russell near Belle Center, Ohio....
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