Obituaries

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Bernice Snyder Burnside

Bernice Snyder Burnside

Dec 16, 2006

Bernice Snyder Burnside, age 94, of Troy, Ohio died Saturday, December 16, 2006. She was born of the late Sabin Snyder and Urdie Drake Snyder. She was married to Joseph Burnside who preceded her in death on January 6, 2001. She is survived by her daughter, Phyllis Meek, two grandchildren, Cindy and Scott Marr. She was preceded in death...

Juanita Francis Russell

Juanita Francis Russell

Dec 15, 2006

Juanita "Nita" Francis Russell, age 82, of Troy, Ohio died Friday, December 15, 2006 at her residence. She was born of the late Seymore T. Bradley and Nellie S. Shepherd Bradley. She is survived by her husband of 35 years, James R. Russell; daughters and sons-in-law, Karen and Jim Bowling and Pam and Joe Klatte; stepdaughters and son-in-law, Donna...

Thomas W. Wilgus

Thomas W. Wilgus

Dec 13, 2006

Thomas W. Wilgus, 74, of Cabot, Arkansas died on Wednesday, December 13, 2006 at the Arkansas Hospice, Ft. Roots, N. Little Rock, Arkansas. He was born on July 31, 1932 in Springfield, Ohio to the late Elwood and Lucille Taylor Wilgus. He married Sybil M. Brumlow Wilgus, and she survives, his wife of 24 years, they married July 16,...

Louise Marie Jackson

Louise Marie Jackson

Dec 12, 2006

Louise Marie Jackson, 92, passed away very peacefully on Dec.12, 2006 at SpringMeade HealthCenter in Tipp City, Ohio. She was a resident of Troy, Ohio for more than 50 years. She was born Louise Marie Nuessgen on Sept. 21, 1914 in Rockdale, Texas. Her parents, Henry Otto and Marie Frederick Nuessgen, had emigrated in 1906 from Bremen, Germany to...

Mary Beth Schumm

Mary Beth Schumm

Dec 8, 2006

Mary Beth Wagler Schumm, age 52, formerly of Archbold, Ohio and Lena, Ohio and more recently of Troy, Ohio died on Friday, December 8, 2006 at Hospice of Dayton. She was born of Earles and Myrtie Lugbill Wagler. She is survived by her mother of Pettisville, Ohio, husband, Philip John Schumm of Lena, Ohio; Former Husband, Rick Allbee; daughter,...

James G. Bergman

James G. Bergman

Dec 7, 2006

James G. Bergman, Sr., age 68 of Piqua, Ohio died Thursday, December 7, 2006 at the Upper Valley Medical Center. He was born of the late, Albert C. and Margaret Rose Schub Bergman. He was married to Helen E. Huff on December 22, 1956 and she preceded him in death on March 8 of this year. He is survived...

Beatrice H. Scalf

Beatrice H. Scalf

Dec 4, 2006

Beatrice H. "Bea" Lewis Scalf, age 87, passed away on Monday, December 4, 2006 at Livingston Care Center, Dayton, Ohio. Bea was born on October 28, 1919 in Eastern Kentucky, to Joseph and Nannie Lewis. She came to Dayton in 1954. Bea loved playing bingo, doing arts and crafts, singing hymns and attending church services. She was preceded in...

Catherine Eva Arnold

Catherine Eva Arnold

Dec 3, 2006

Catherine Eva Arnold, age 94, died Sunday, December 3, 2006 at Harborside Healthcare Center, Troy, Ohio. She was born February 10, 1912 at home in Casstown, Ohio to Lucy Burton and Ralph E. Woodrow. She was married to Norman C. Arnold on June 21, 1934 in Pitsburg, Ohio. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and...

Anita R. Gawronski

Anita R. Gawronski

Dec 3, 2006

Anita R. Adelman Gawronski, 74, of Troy, Ohio, died December 3, 2006 at Riverside Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. She was born on January 11, 1932 in Sandusky, Ohio to the late Max and Rose Adelman. She married James Edward Gawronski, and he precedes her in death, August 11, 1991. She is survived by daughter & son-in-law; Darlene Rose Gawronski of...

Elijah Gabriel Lloyd

Elijah Gabriel Lloyd

Dec 2, 2006

Elijah Gabriel Lloyd will be spending his first Christmas with Jesus. Elijah went to heaven Saturday morning December 2, 2006 after blessing his family for 17 days. Elijah will be missed and remembered by: his parents Christopher and Brandis Lloyd of DeGraff; big brothers Toby and Isaiah; grandparents Marilyn and Richard Lloyd of Boston, MA., Mark and Vicki English...

Robyn A. Reymiller

Robyn A. Reymiller

Dec 2, 2006

Robyn A. Reymiller, 49, of Troy, Ohio, died on Saturday, December 02, 2006 at the Harborside Healthcare Center, Troy, Ohio following an extended illness. She was born on May 14, 1957 in Sidney, Ohio to the late William and Sue Belt Reymiller. She is survived by her two children, Erica and her husband Chad Brogan and William Reymiller, both...

Susan B. Morrison

Susan B. Morrison

Nov 28, 2006

Susan Bruno Morrison, 84, of Troy, Ohio, died at the Spring Meade Healthcare Center, Troy, Ohio on Tuesday, November 28, 2006. She was born on July 31, 1922 in East Palestine, OH to the late James and Raffela Bozzo Bruno. She married Jerome R. Morrison, and he precedes her in death, January 10, 2006. She is survived by daughters,...

Florence L. Rose

Florence L. Rose

Nov 26, 2006

Florence L. Hirt, 89, of Troy, Ohio and formerly Piqua, Ohio, died on Sunday, November 26, 2006 at the University Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio. She was born on February 18, 1917 in Piqua, Ohio to the late Paul and Erma Tipple Hirt. She married Willard "Rosie" Rose and he precedes her in death, September 24, 2000. She is survived by...

Robert E. Lykes

Robert E. Lykes

Nov 25, 2006

Robert E. Lykes, age 71, of Troy, Ohio died Saturday, November 25, 2006 at the Hospice of Dayton after a 3

Evelyn Marie Hoisington

Evelyn Marie Hoisington

Nov 24, 2006

Evelyn Marie Hoisington, age 90, of Troy, Ohio died Friday, Nov. 24, 2006 at Harborside Healthcare Center, Troy, Ohio. Born of the late Leslie and Jessie Allen McGrath. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Ralph M. Hoisington, three brothers and three sisters. She is survived by her sister, Betty White, niece, Cheryl Bob Drees, and...

Mary Isabel Hawkins

Mary Isabel Hawkins

Nov 23, 2006

Mary Isabel Hawkins, 80, of Troy, Ohio died on Thursday, November 23, 2006 at the Koester Pavilion, Troy, Ohio. She was born on October 23, 1926 in Troy, Ohio to the late Louis John and Mary Ries Sundrup. She married Willard R. Hawkins and he preceded her in death on April 7, 2004, they were married on September 1,...

James E. Grove

James E. Grove

Nov 22, 2006

James E. Grove, 79, of Troy, Ohio died on Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at the Sterling House, Greenville, Ohio. He was born on January 20, 1927 in Troy, Ohio to the late William and Bessie Favorite Grove. He married Carol Ann Lamme and she precedes him in death in 2003. He is survived by a son, Mike Grove of...

Goldie A. Studebaker

Goldie A. Studebaker

Nov 21, 2006

Goldie A. Studebaker, 86, of Troy, OH died on Tuesday, November 21, 2006 at the Upper Valley Medical Center, Troy, Ohio. She was born on February 20, 1920 in Troy, Ohio to the late Lester Leroy and Stella Mae Childress Woods. She married Cornelius Edward Studebaker and he precedes her in death in 1953. She is survived by Sons...

Sherman S. Bair

Sherman S. Bair

Nov 20, 2006

Sherman S. Bair, 89, of Troy, Ohio died on Monday, November 20, 2006 at his residence. He was born on April 11, 1917 in Jackson Township, Ohio to the late Ephraim and Grace May Henning Bair. He married Mary Evelyn Sargent Bair, and she passed on December 5, 2003. He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law; Susan E....

Betty L. Murphy

Betty L. Murphy

Nov 20, 2006

Betty L. Murphy, 68, of Casstown, Ohio and formerly of Springfield, OH died on Monday, November 20, 2006 at the Upper Valley Medical Center, Troy, Ohio. She was born on April 28, 1938 in Lee County, Kentucky to the late Stanley and Virginia Pelfrey Couch. She is survived by her husband of 50 years, Charles R. Murphy; they married...