Obituaries

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Virgil Delmon Stapleton

Virgil Delmon Stapleton

Mar 21, 2012

Virgil Delmon Stapleton Virgil Delmon Stapleton, age 67, of St. Paris, Ohio, passed away at 3:00PM on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at Upper Valley Medical Center, Troy. He was born on September 6, 1944 in Redbush, Kentucky to the late Sonny C. and Icie May Burchett Stapleton. He is survived by his wife, Alice F. McDaniel Stapleton; daughter, Brandi...

Murrel Jean Williams

Murrel Jean Williams

Mar 21, 2012

Murrel Jean Williams Murrel Jean Williams, age 84, of Covington, Ohio, passed away at 11:19PM on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at her residence. She was born on July 2, 1927 in Ashland, Kentucky to the late Walter and Alice Tuffs Kirk. Her husband, Glenn J. Williams, preceded her in death on December 16, 2000. She is survived by two...

Mary Lucille Brown

Mary Lucille Brown

Mar 12, 2012

Mary Lucille Brown Mary Lucille Brown, age 92, of Troy, Ohio passed away at 6:30PM on Monday, March 12, 2012 surrounded by her family at Koester Pavilion, Troy after a long illness. She was born on December 27, 1919 in Pontiac, Michigan to the late Arthur W. and Dorothy Short Burns. Her husband, Roy E. Brown, preceded her in...

Pauline Z. Kimmel

Pauline Z. Kimmel

Mar 8, 2012

Pauline Z. Kimmel Pauline Z. Kimmel, age 98, of Troy, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, March 8, 2012 at Clare Bridge Assisted Living at Sterling House, Troy, Ohio. She was born on January 28, 1914 in Troy to the late Frank and Alda McGalliard Deaton. In addition to her parents, Ms. Kimmel was preceded in death by one sister,...

Jacquelynn Dierks

Jacquelynn Dierks

Mar 1, 2012

Jacquelynn "Jackie" Dierks Jacquelynn "Jackie" Dierks, 83, of Mason, Ohio passed away Thursday March 1, 2012 after a brief illness at Hospice of Cincinnati Blue Ash. She was born in Battle Creek, Michigan to the late Orval K. and Josephine Boak Ovenshire. She was a graduate of Troy High School and The Ohio State University, where she earned her...

Johanna Schenk

Johanna Schenk

Feb 25, 2012

Johanna Schenk, age 91, of Troy, Ohio; formerly of Lima, Ohio died February 25, 2012 at the Koester Pavilion, Troy, Ohio. She was born February 24, 1921 in Rotterdam, Holland to the late Petrus and Dyna Snikkers DeRaad. Johanna married Martinus Schenk on September 12, 1941. She and her husband as well as his five siblings immigrated to the...

Genevieve Joan Weikert

Genevieve Joan Weikert

Feb 23, 2012

Genevieve Joan Weikert Genevieve Joan Weikert, age 87, of Troy, Ohio died on Thursday, February 23, 2012 at Upper Valley Medical Center, Troy. She was born on October 2, 1924 in Troy to the late Ercey and Clara Mary Brinkman Kessler. Her husband, Harold L. Weikert, preceded her in death in 1992. She is survived by three sons and...

Dorothy Adel Welch

Dorothy Adel Welch

Feb 21, 2012

Dorothy Adel Welch Dorothy Adel Welch, age 78, of Troy, Ohio, passed away at 8:10PM on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at Koester Pavilion, Troy. She was born on September 21, 1933 in Mason City, Iowa to the late William Franklin and Lila M. Holt Harrington. Her husband, Virgil Welch, preceded her in death. Mrs. Welch was survived by her...

Roger L. Sentman

Roger L. Sentman

Feb 20, 2012

Roger L. Sentman Roger L. Sentman, age 68, of Troy, Ohio, passed away at 7:00AM on Monday, February 20, 2012 at his residence. He was born on June 3, 1943 in Piqua, Ohio to the late James M. and Luellen Agne Sentman. His wife, Nancy Ann Laughman Sentman, preceded him in death on July 13, 2004. He is survived...

Raymond E. Green

Raymond E. Green

Feb 20, 2012

Raymond E. Green Raymond E. Green, age 72, of Troy, Ohio, passed away on Monday, February 20, 2012 as a result of a battle with pancreatic cancer. He had been diagnosed in October of 2011 and had undergone treatments for the past three months prior to this difficult battle. He spent his final days with his loved ones. He...

Margaret Lou Strawser

Margaret Lou Strawser

Feb 16, 2012

Margaret "Maggi" Lou Strawser Margaret "Maggi" Lou Strawser, age 66, of Troy, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday morning, February 16, 2012 at her residence. She was born on August 26, 1945 in Troy to the late Ezra Boyd and Louise Perry Ferguson. She is survived by her husband of 20 years, Robert E. "Skip" Strawser; her "girls" Kassi...

Charles E. Wise

Charles E. Wise

Feb 9, 2012

Charles E. Wise Charles E. Wise, 76, of Troy, Ohio, passed away peacefully Thursday, February 9, 2012, surrounded by his family after a brief illness. He was born June 10, 1935 in Columbus, Ohio to the late Ralph L. and Juanita Black Wise. He is survived by his loving wife of 52 years, Janet Lee Flaker Wise, son and...

Mary Ann Huffaker

Mary Ann Huffaker

Feb 9, 2012

Mary Ann Huffaker Yount, 72, passed away in her home in Burbank, CA on Thursday, February 9, 2012 in the presence of loved ones. She fought ocular melanoma cancer 13 years ago, but it returned. For this she wants everyone to be reminded to wear sunglasses. Survivors include her daughter Susanne Meza and her husband, Aaron of Burbank, CA,...

Ricky A. Sirch

Ricky A. Sirch

Feb 8, 2012

Ricky A. Sirch Ricky A. Sirch, age 59, of Troy, Ohio, passed away at 12:54PM on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at Upper Valley Medical Center, Troy. He was born on February 19, 1952 in Piqua, Ohio to the late Harley A. and Margaret Miller Sirch. He is survived by three sisters: Joyce Folkerth of Greenbelt, Missouri, Deborah L. Minnich...

Joyce Kessler Stone

Joyce Kessler Stone

Feb 6, 2012

Joyce Kessler Stone Joyce Kessler Stone, age 88, of Troy, Ohio passed away Monday, February 6, 2012 in Kentucky. She was born August 14, 1923 the daughter of the late Michael and Nellie Geisman. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbands, Robert Lee Kessler and Leeroy Stone; two sisters, Mary Slifer and Norma...

Cynthia L. Loughman

Cynthia L. Loughman

Feb 5, 2012

Cynthia L. Loughman Cynthia L. Loughman, age 64, of Casstown, Ohio passed away at 10:45AM on Sunday, February 5, 2012 at her residence. She was born on May 8, 1947 in Troy, Ohio to Betty Gray Etherington of Troy and the late William Etherington. Her husband of 38 years, Ronald Loughman, survives. In addition to her husband and her...

Lillie M. Pitts

Lillie M. Pitts

Feb 4, 2012

Lillie M. Pitts Lillie M. Pitts, age 81, of Troy, Ohio, passed away at 1:04PM on Saturday, February 4, 2012 at Upper Valley Medical Center, Troy. She was born on May 7, 1930 in Neon, Kentucky, to the late Bea and Mossie Cheeks Quillen. Her husband of 65 years, Rex Pitts, survives. She is also survived by her son,...

Beverly Jean Yantis Wert

Beverly Jean Yantis Wert

Feb 3, 2012

Beverly Jean Yantis Wert, 75, of Troy, Ohio passed away Friday February 3, 2012 at the Upper Valley Medical Center, Troy. She was born August 27, 1936 in Troy, Ohio to the late Loran L. and Mary S. Obenchain Yantis. She is survived by her husband of 55 years, James Douglas Wert; son and daughter in law: Matthew Wallace...

Mary Virginia Stang

Mary Virginia Stang

Feb 1, 2012

Mary Virginia Stang Mary Virginia Stang, loving wife and mother, passed away on Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at Koester Pavilion, Troy. She was born on October 28, 1923 in Troy to the late Alfred Charles and Lena Berchtold Bretland. She is survived by her son, David Stang of Columbus, Ohio. She was a 1941 graduate of Troy High School....

Mary W. Cleveland

Mary W. Cleveland

Jan 31, 2012

Mary W. Cleveland Mary W. Cleveland, 88, of Troy, Ohio passed away on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton, Ohio. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest E. Cleveland in February of 1991, and her brother William H. Weaver in June of 1998. She is survived by one son, Kenneth W. Cleveland of Springboro,...