Obituaries

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Claude B.  Rice

Claude B. Rice

Dec 10, 2008

Claude B. Rice Claude B. Rice, age 88 of Troy, Ohio passed away at 10:45PM Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at his residence. He was born on June 17, 1920 in Ashland, Kentucky to the late Burris Rice and Clara Woods Rice. He married Gladys Caudill Rice on June 4, 1945 and she survives. Other survivors include two sons and...

Rollis O.  St. John

Rollis O. St. John

Dec 9, 2008

Rollis O. St. John Rollis O. St. John, age 77, of Casstown, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, December 9, 2008 at Upper Valley Medical Center, Troy, Ohio. He was born February 23, 1931 in Warren County, Ohio to the late Ollis A. and Gladys Post St. John. His wife of 50 years, Goldie Martin St. John, survives. Other survivors include...

Wanda  M.  Moats

Wanda M. Moats

Dec 8, 2008

Wanda M. Moats Wanda M. Moats, 87, of Troy, Ohio died Monday, December 8, 2008 at 5:15AM at Harborside Health Care Center in Troy, Ohio. She was born July 30, 1921 in Washington Court House, Ohio to the late Wiley and Lora Johnson Arnott. She was preceded in death by her husband Robert Moats in 1986; a sister, Wilma...

Betty  May Glazier

Betty May Glazier

Dec 8, 2008

Betty May Glazier Betty May Glazier, 91, formerly of Troy, Ohio, more recently of St. Marys, Ohio, passed away at 7:40PM on Monday, December 8, 2008 at the Otterbein Retirement Community, St. Marys, Ohio. She was born on July 19, 1917, in Piqua, Ohio to the late Stanley Nelson and Emma Norene Roeser Touchman. She was married to Ronald...

Harold F. Gheen

Harold F. Gheen

Dec 5, 2008

Harold F. Gheen, 83 of Troy, OH died Fri. December 5, 2008 at 9:58 PM at the Upper Valley Medical Center in Troy, OH following a brief illness the past 3-4 months. He was born November 16, 1925 at home in Miami Co. to the late Frank Gheen and Esther Oswalt Gheen. He is survived by his wife of...

Rita N.  Rogers

Rita N. Rogers

Dec 3, 2008

Rita N. Rogers Rita N. Rogers, age 82, of Troy, Ohio, passed away at 1:00PM on Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at Brighton Gardens, Centerville, Ohio. She was born on December 11, 1925 in Troy, to the late Clarence and Mabel Kelly Nash. She was married to James Paul Rogers who preceded her in death on January 3, 2004. She...

Howard C. Storer

Howard C. Storer

Nov 30, 2008

Howard C. Storer Howard C. Storer, age 89, of Troy, Ohio, formerly of St. Paris, Ohio, passed away at 11:17AM on Sunday, November 30, 2008 at Upper Valley Medical Center, Troy. He was born September 16, 1919 in Fithian, Illinois to the late John and Golda Stultz Storer. He married Katherine Lyons Storer on January 31, 1942. In addition...

Steve  Blackmore

Steve Blackmore

Nov 30, 2008

Steve Blackmore Steve Blackmore, 58, of Troy, Ohio, passed away Sunday, November 30, 2008 at his residence. He was born on October 22, 1950 in Lima, Ohio, to Robert E. Blackmore of Troy and the late Jean T. Tecklenburg Blackmore. In addition to his father, Steve is survived by brothers and sisters-in-law: Larry and Sharon Blackmore and David and...

Whitford H.  Fisher

Whitford H. Fisher

Nov 26, 2008

Whitford H. Fisher, age 83, formerly of Troy, Ohio died Wednesday, November 26, 2008 at the Heartland of Piqua, Piqua, Ohio. He was born December 8, 1924 in Clayton, Ohio to the late Cassius and Emma Fisher. He was married to Alice I. Hatton Fisher who preceded him in death on September 26, 2006. He is survived by his...

Roscoe  Emerson Mckinney, Jr.

Roscoe Emerson Mckinney, Jr.

Nov 23, 2008

Roscoe Emerson McKinney, Jr. Roscoe Emerson McKinney, Jr., age 80, of Troy, Ohio, died Sunday, November 23, 2008 at his residence. He was born April 14, 1928 in Miami County, Ohio, to the late Roscoe Emerson McKinney, Sr. and Florence Jeannette LaChat McKinney. He married Patricia Lou Ryan McKinney and she preceded him in death in June of 1994....

Thomas L. Hale

Thomas L. Hale

Nov 21, 2008

Thomas L. "Rico" Hale, age 72, of Troy, OH died Friday, November 21, 2008 at the Harborside Healthcare Center, Troy, OH. He was born May 19, 1936 in Troy, OH to the late Jess C. Hale and Sara Lacey Hale. He is survived by his daughters and son-in-law, Tammy and Michael Rohrbach of Troy, OH and Sara Hale of...

Charles  Richard "Dick" Bayman

Charles Richard "Dick" Bayman

Nov 15, 2008

BAYMAN, Charles "Dick" Richard Age 82, Carrollton, Georgia, formerly of Piqua, Ohio, and Sebring, Florida, passed away Saturday November 15th after a long battle with cancer. Dick was born June 30, 1926 in Piqua, Ohio to the late George and Lucille Dorsten Bayman. He met his love of a lifetime, Gloria Stanton Bayman while attending Miami Jacobs Junior College...

Victor  Crawford  Steele

Victor Crawford Steele

Nov 15, 2008

Victor Crawford Steele II Victor Crawford Steele II, age 18, of Covington, Ohio, died on Saturday, November 15, 2008, as a result of a car accident on St. Rt. 41, Concord Twp. He was born July 3, 1990 in Jacksonville, Florida to Vick Crawford Steele of Collierville, Tennessee and Diane Mauldin Steele Stephens of Clayton, Ohio. Other survivors include...

Kenneth  Rubin  Davis

Kenneth Rubin Davis

Nov 8, 2008

Kenneth Rubin Davis Kenneth Rubin Davis, age 71 of Troy, OH died Saturday, November 8, 2008 at Harborside Healthcare Center, Troy, Ohio. He was born October 25, 1937 in Dayton, Ohio to the late James Earl Davis and Margaret Virginia Booher Davis. He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Doug and Cindy Davis of Piqua, Ohio; Daughter, Frances...

Jennie Lou Mceowen

Jennie Lou Mceowen

Nov 7, 2008

Jennie Lou McEowen, age 82, of Troy, Ohio died Friday, November 7, 2008 at SpringMeade Health Care Center, Tipp City, Ohio. She was born March 24, 1926 in Sadieville, Kentucky to the late Stamper Johnson and Gertrude White Johnson. She was married to John W. McEowen, her husband of 56 years who preceded her in death on April 1,...

Dorothy  Mae Plank

Dorothy Mae Plank

Nov 6, 2008

Dorothy Mae Brinkley Plank Dorothy Mae Brinkley Plank, age 69, of Greenville, Ohio passed away on Thursday, November 6, 2008, at Rest Haven Nursing Home, Greenville, Ohio. She was born on August 2, 1939 in Decherd, Tennessee, to the late James and Hazel Scott Brinkley. Her husband, John D. Plank preceded her in death on January 30, 2001. She...

Beverly  S.  Griffieth

Beverly S. Griffieth

Nov 3, 2008

Beverly S. Griffieth Beverly S. Griffieth, age 44, of Troy, Ohio died at 5:00AM on Monday, November 3, 2008 at Harborside Health Care Center, Troy. She was born on February 6, 1964 in Troy to the late Ernest and Norma Jean Sexauer Crabtree. Her husband of 26 years, Elgar "Jake" McKinnley Griffieth Jr., survives. In addition to her husband...

Gregory  James Baldschun

Gregory James Baldschun

Oct 29, 2008

Gregory James "Greg" Baldschun Gregory James "Greg" Baldschun, age 51, of Troy, Ohio, died at 10:26AM on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at Upper Valley Medical Center, ER, Troy, Ohio. He was born on April 10, 1957 in Greenville, Ohio to James and Mary Ann Cunningham Baldschun of Troy. In addition to his parents, Greg is survived by a sister...

Jean  Evelyn Knoch

Jean Evelyn Knoch

Oct 28, 2008

Jean Evelyn Hawes Knoch Jean Evelyn Hawes Knoch, age 69, of Casstown, Ohio, went to be with her Lord on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at SpringMeade, Tipp City, Ohio. She was born on July 17, 1939 in Ada, Ohio, to the late Homer Hawes and Juanita Sanders Hawes Dearwester of Kenton, Ohio. In addition to her mother, Jean is...

Barbara  Ann Christy

Barbara Ann Christy

Oct 28, 2008

Barbara Ann Christy Barbara Ann Christy, age 68, of Troy, Ohio, died at 8:46AM on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at her residence. She was born on September 5, 1940 in Troy, to the late Fred Leroy Gearheardt Sr. and Virginia May Avey Gearheardt. Her husband, William Henry Christy preceded her in death. She is survived by three children: Michelle...