Obituaries

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Marylin L. Cramer

Marylin L. Cramer

Apr 5, 2012

Marilyn L. Cramer Marilyn L. Cramer, age 74, of Troy, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, April 5, 2012 at Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton, Ohio. She was born on November 1, 1937 in Eaton, Ohio to the late LeRoy and Evelyn Hughes Button. Her husband, Fred Lawrence Cramer, preceded her in death on August 6, 1996. She is survived by...

Ronnie Smallwood

Ronnie Smallwood

Apr 2, 2012

Ronnie Smallwood Ronnie Smallwood, age 55, of Troy, Ohio, passed away at 7:31AM on Monday, April 2, 2012 at Upper Valley Medical Center, Troy. He was born on December 4, 1956 in Dayton, Ohio to the late Jessie and Janice Heizer Smallwood. Ronnie is survived by two brothers and a sister-in-law, Rick and Beth Smallwood of Conover, Ohio and...

Ruth S. Mccool

Ruth S. Mccool

Apr 2, 2012

Ruth S. McCool Ruth S. McCool, age 94, formerly of Troy, more recently of Lebanon, Ohio, passed away on Monday, April 2, 2012 at the Otterbein Retirement Community, Lebanon, Ohio. She was born on October 25, 1917 in Sweetwater, Tennessee to the late Ralph Waldo and Margaret Jerrine Marsh Scott. She married Robert S. McCool in 1939 and he...

Dorothy W. O'Keefe

Dorothy W. O'Keefe

Mar 30, 2012

Dorothy W. O'Keefe Dorothy W. O'Keefe, age 84, of Troy, Ohio, passed away at 9:58AM on Friday, March 30, 2012 at Upper Valley Medical Center, ICU, Troy after an extended illness. She was born on September 11, 1927 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to the late Joseph and Marie Goebel Weber. Her husband of 63 years, William L. O'Keefe, survives. Also...

Howard F. Valentine

Howard F. Valentine

Mar 27, 2012

Howard F. Valentine Howard F. Valentine, age 93, passed away on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at the Alterra Sterling House, Piqua, Ohio. He was born on November 3, 1918 in Piqua, Ohio the son of Vernie and Gertrude Dill Valentine. He is survived by his wife of 69 years, Margaret Valentine; two brothers-in-law, James Darlene Johnston of The Villages,...

Ruth M. Snider

Ruth M. Snider

Mar 26, 2012

Ruth M. Snider Ruth M. Snider, age 96, of Troy, Ohio passed away at 9:48AM on Monday, March 26, 2012 at her residence. She was born on January 8, 1916 in Christiansburg, Ohio to the late Bert and Bessie Hudson Ross. She was married to Ralph L. "Longie" Snider and he preceded her in death on April 18, 1998....

Charles Cornelius Dankworth

Charles Cornelius Dankworth

Mar 26, 2012

Charles Cornelius Dankworth Charles Cornelius Dankworth, age 60, of Troy, Ohio, passed away at 10:30PM on Monday, March 26, 2012 at his residence. He was born on July 30, 1951 in Troy to Norma Jean Griffieth Davis of Troy and the late Robert Louis Dankworth. He is survived by his mother; daughter, Treva E. Eley of Greenville; sister, Patty...

Constantine Pereyma

Constantine Pereyma

Mar 21, 2012

Dr. Constantine Pereyma Dr. Constantine Pereyma, 92, of Troy, Ohio, passed away at 12:45 a.m. Wednesday, March 21, 2012, at Upper Valley Medical Center, Troy. He was born on July 14, 1919, to the late Timothy and Sophia Kobanyi Pereyma, in his parents' home in the small village of Ropicia Ruska, now Ropicia Polska in the Carpathian Mountains of...

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...