Obituaries
Betty L. Thompson
Apr 14, 2012
Betty L. Thompson, 87 of Troy, Ohio died Saturday April 14, 2012 at 11:35 AM at her residence. She was born August 19, 1924 in Meda, KY to the late Robert W. and Eunice Stratton Elswick. She is survived by her husband of 57 years Warren T. Thompson; son Gene Joins of Troy; 3 grandchildren; 8 great grandchildren and...
David J. King
Apr 14, 2012
David J. King, age 65, of Tipp City, Ohio died unexpectedly Saturday, April 14, 2012 at his residence. He was born October 27, 1946 in Pontiac, Michigan to Phyllis Kline King and the late James King. In addition to his mother David is survived by; daughters and sons-in-law, Ann Marie and Bob Chaney of Troy, Ohio; Carol L. Wheeler...
Lowell E. Wintrow
Apr 12, 2012
Lowell E. "Shorty" Wintrow Lowell E. "Shorty" Wintrow, age 83, of Troy, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, April 12, 2012 at Troy Care & Rehabilitation Center, Troy. He was born on January 29, 1929 in Troy to the late Charles W. Wintrow, Sr. and Edith R. Dixon Wintrow. His wife, Mary Ann McDaniel Wintrow, preceded him in death on...
Walter E. Westfall
Apr 12, 2012
Walter E. Westfall, age 102, of Troy, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, April 12, 2012 at his son's residence. He was born on March 31, 1910 in Conneaut, Ohio to the late Jacob and Emma Wills Westfall. He is survived by his two sons, Walter P. Westfall and J. Paul Westfall both of Troy; 10 grandchildren: Gordy Westfall, Tracy...
S. Eugene Hawkins
Apr 8, 2012
S. Eugene Hawkins S. Eugene Hawkins, age 69, of Troy, Ohio, passed away at 10:36AM on Sunday, April 8, 2012 at his residence after an extended illness. He was born on September 14, 1942 in Ramsey, West Virginia to the late Billie and Ruby Kessler Hawkins. His wife of 49 years, Gladis A. Harper Hawkins, survives. In addition to...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...

