Obituaries
Sally A. (Hull) Jones
May 1, 2017
SALLY A. JONES, age 78, of Casstown, passed away on Monday, May 1, 2017 at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton. She was born in Dayton on November 7, 1938 to the late Travis and Phyllis (Hulbert) Hull.
Sally is survived by three children: Lisa (Pat) Borgerding of Dayton, Craig (Barbara) Jones of Tipp City and Michelle Mason...
Thomas B. Heckman
Apr 24, 2017
Thomas B. Heckman, 79, of Troy peacefully passed away on Tuesday, April 24, 2017 at home after a brief illness. He was born on September 20, 1937 in Coldwater, OH to Ambrose and Henrietta Heckman. He grew up in Fort Loramie, OH. He married Mary Ann Dahlinghaus his loving wife of 53 years.
He is survived by...
Loyal H. "Bud" Hild, Sr.
Apr 24, 2017
LOYAL H. "BUD" HILD, SR, age 73, of Troy, passed away on Monday, April 24, 2017 at his residence. He was born on May 10, 1943 in Dayton to the late Loyal H. and Gene Louise (Vallieu) Hild.
Bud is survived by one son: Loyal H. (Traci) Hild, Jr. of Centerville; one daughter: Kimberly (Dan) Jenkins of...
Jeffrey R. Hennessey
Apr 23, 2017
JEFFREY R. HENNESSEY, age 55, of Troy, passed away on Sunday, April 23, 2017 at Kindred Hospital in Dayton. He was born on January 27, 1962 in Troy to Richard W. Hennessey and the late Marilyn L. (Gerhard) Hennessey.
Jeff is survived by his father and stepmother: Richard W. and Alice Hennessey of Tipp City; and one...
Robert A. Ward
Apr 23, 2017
Robert A. Ward, age 75, of Troy, OH passed away on Sunday, April 23, 2017 at the Upper Valley Medical Center in Troy. He was born on March 17, 1942 in Jacksonville, IL to the late James Delmar Ward and Alberta (Wilner) Ward.
Robert is survived by his daughter: Kendra Hudgins of Troy; sister: Helen Corbin of...
Raymond Fiste
Apr 23, 2017
RAYMOND FISTE, age, 81, of Troy, passed away on Sunday, April 23, 2017 at Hospice of Miami County Inpatient Unit in Troy. He was born on December 26, 1935 in Dayton. In 1979, he married Joyce A. (Hoover) Fiste and she survives.
In addition to his wife, Raymond is survived by three children: Teresa (Jeffrey) Evans of...
Charles Burl Rowe
Apr 23, 2017
Charles Burl Rowe, age 77, of Tipp City, OH passed away on Sunday, April 23, 2017 at his residence. He was born on June 3, 1939 in Belington, WV to the late Gerald Paul Rowe and Anna (Wilson) Rowe. Burl married Linda Lee (Pugh) Rowe on December 28, 1963 and she preceded him in death on October 5, 2009. ...
Martha Louise (Purdy) Behrens
Apr 20, 2017
Martha Louise Purdy Behrens passed away on Thursday, April 20, in Dallas, TX. A nearly 40-year resident of Troy, Martha had moved to Texas five years ago to live with her daughter, Susan Cole, and to be near her son, Jay Behrens. She was well-known in Southwestern Ohio as a result of her leadership roles in state and local...
Shirley A. (Weiss) Dawson
Apr 19, 2017
Shirley A. Dawson of Troy, OH passed away Wednesday, April 19, 2017. She was preceded in death by her parents, Lorell and Sylvia (DeHart) Weiss.
Shirley was born October 5, 1934, in Chicago, Illinois. She attended Manchester College, Wright State University, and Bowling Green State University receiving Bachelor, Master, and Education Specialist degrees. She was a teacher...
Honore "Nona" (Flatley) Moore
Apr 16, 2017
Honoré (Nona) Flatley Moore bid a final farewell to this world on Easter Sunday, April 16, 2017, at SpringMeade Health Center in Tipp City, OH. She was born on October 27, 1926, to the late Margaret and Thomas Flatley. Nona's siblings, Mary F. Peterson and Col. Thomas Flatley (Ret.), predeceased her.
She was married to Edward (Eddie)...
Ann Marie Greulich
Apr 15, 2017
Ann Marie Greulich, age 67, formerly of Troy, OH and more recently of Ft. Myers, FL passed away on Saturday, April 15, 2017. Ann was born on December 31, 1949 in Troy, OH to the late William F. Greulich and Mary Lou (Helser) Greulich Arthur.
Ann is survived by her siblings: Karl W. (Deb) Greulich of Piqua;...
Debra L. Bentley
Apr 11, 2017
Debra L. Bentley, age 62, of Tipp City, OH, passed away on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at her residence. Debra was born on June 11, 1954 in Troy, OH to the late Robert Eugene and Nellie Mae (Westfall) Pike.
Debra is survived by her husband of 43 years: Benny Bentley; her children: Stephanie (Michael) Warner of Troy...
Mary A Scarborough
Apr 7, 2017
Mary A. Scarborough, age 82, of Troy, Ohio passed away Saturday, April 7, 2017 at the Koester Pavillion, Troy. She was born on August 15, 1934, in Eddystone, PA. to the late John and Gregoria (Fernandez) Sastre.
She is survived by three daughters, Mary E. Scarborough of Columbus, Ohio, Billie Jean Soldyn of Lafayette, Louisiana, and Cyndi...
Norbert Eugene "Gene" Groff
Apr 5, 2017
NORBERT EUGENE "GENE" GROFF died on Wednesday, April 5, surrounded by his family and fortified with the Sacraments of the Church, at Upper Valley Medical Center in Troy, Ohio. He was born on October 3, 1927, in Piqua, Ohio, the ninth of 11 children of Genevieve and Albert Groff. He married his "wild Irish rose" of 63 years, Rita...
Margie Caudill
Apr 5, 2017
Margie Caudill, age 86, of Troy, OH passed away on April 5, 2017 at Hospice of Miami County Inpatient Unit. She was born on January 26, 1931 in Breathitt County, KY, one of fourteen children.
Margie is survived by her best friend and husband of 66 years, Russell Caudill; daughter, Marie Caudill of Kernersville, NC; sons and...
Hazel I. (North) Pitsenbarger
Apr 3, 2017
Hazel I. Pitsenbarger, age 90, of Piqua, passed away on Monday, April 3, 2017 at Piqua Manor. She was born on March 9, 1927 in Bradford to the late Claude and Stella (Thompson) North.
Hazel is survived by her children: Joe Pitsenbarger and Cora Stump, both of Troy and Stella Guthrie and Jeanie Moyer, both of Greenville. ...
George M. Hobbs
Apr 1, 2017
George M. Hobbs, age 97, of Troy, OH passed away on Saturday, April 1, 2017 at Brookdale Piqua. He was born on December 13, 1919 in Belmont County, OH to the late George W. and Laura Mabel (Stiles) Hobbs. On November 2, 1943, George married his wife of 61 years, Norma M. (Neitzelt) Hobbs and she preceded him in...
Frances S. Shaeffer
Apr 1, 2017
Frances S. Shaeffer, age 89, formerly of Troy and more recently of Piqua, OH, passed away on Saturday, April 1, 2017 at the Piqua Manor. She was born on September 19, 1927 in Piqua to the late Pete and Grace (Geoghegan) Mikolajewski. On July 21, 1951, Frances married the late Charles R. Shaeffer.
Frances is survived by...
Larry L. Lee
Mar 28, 2017
LARRY L. LEE, age 75, of Troy, passed away on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton. He was born on August 4, 1941 in North Fairfield, OH to the late Donald Roy and Marian (Scheid) Lee. His first wife, Charlotte Ann (Horn) Lee, preceded him in death on March 25, 2008.
Larry is survived...
Michael Scott Henderson
Mar 25, 2017
MICHAEL SCOTT HENDERSON, age 44, of Piqua, passed away on March 25, 2017 at his residence. He was born in Troy on September 9, 1972 to Douglas A. Henderson of Piqua and Cindia F. (Longendelpher) Cyr of Wilmington.
In addition to his parents, Michael is survived by his former wife: Christina (Davis) Henderson of Troy; step-father: Lance...

