Obituaries

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Mia Michelle Burton

Mia Michelle Burton

Jul 12, 2004

Mia Michelle Burton, 21, of Troy, Ohio passed out of this life on July 12, 2004 at the Indiana University Hospital in Indiana. She was born on May 23, 1983 in Sidney, Ohio to Randy Burton and Lisa Wenrick. She is survived by her father, Randy Burton of Troy, Ohio and her mother and step father, Lisa Wenrick Allred...

Paul E. Botkin Sr.

Paul E. Botkin Sr.

Jul 12, 2004

Paul E. Botkin Sr., 86, of Vinton, Ohio and formerly of Troy, Ohio passed out of this life on Monday, July 12, 2004 at 2:45am at the Holser Medical Center, Gallipolis, Ohio. He was born on May 10, 1918 in Tipp City, Ohio to the late Charles and Estella Foster Botkin. He is survived by his wife of 65...

Dorothy O. Roush Seitz

Dorothy O. Roush Seitz

Jul 11, 2004

Dorothy O. Roush Seitz, age 82, of Troy, Ohio passed away at her son's home Sunday, July 11, 2004. She was born in Clinton County, Ohio on November 19, 1921 to Retta Mae and Eli K. Roush, Sr. Survivors include her sons and daughters-in-law, William L. Seitz, Sr.; Dave and Judy Seitz; Melvin and Susan Seitz; daughter and son-in-law,...

Edna Laura Hershey

Edna Laura Hershey

Jul 9, 2004

Edna Laura Hershey, age 90 of Troy, Ohio died Friday, July 9, 2004. She was born of the late, Charles Wilson and Nora Anna Hangen Wilson. Preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Glenn M.; daughters, Barbara Jenkins and Janice Fetters; five brothers including her twin brother and three sisters. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law,...

Ronald Ray ''Baldy'' Baldwin

Ronald Ray ''Baldy'' Baldwin

Jul 9, 2004

Ronald Ray ''Baldy'' Baldwin, age 58, of Tipp City, Ohio died Friday, July 9, 2004. He was born of the late, George and Vera Mauk Baldwin. Ron was an avid softball player, playing on various teams in Miami County over the past 36 years. Ron was a 1963 graduate of Miami East High School, he enjoyed fishing, mushroom hunting...

Dorothy E. Ross

Dorothy E. Ross

Jul 8, 2004

Dorothy E. Ross, 90, formerly of Troy died July 8, 2004 in Sandusky, Ohio. Born of the late, William Charles and Jessie Rhoden Strine in Dayton, Ohio. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Forrest; daughter, Claudia Lickfelt; brother, Robert Strine and sister, Helen Strine. She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Betty and Robert May;...

Shirley Voisard

Shirley Voisard

Jun 30, 2004

Shirley Voisard, 72, of Troy, Ohio passed out of this life on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 at the Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio. She was born on January 7, 1932 in Piqua, Ohio to the late Clarence and Edna Frye Ziegler. She is survived by her husband of 53 years, Raymond M. Voisard and their two sons and...

Miriam E. Longendelpher

Miriam E. Longendelpher

Jun 26, 2004

Miriam E. Longendelpher,devoted wife and mother, age 77, of Troy, Ohio passed out of this life on Saturday, June 26, 2004 at the Koester Pavilion Nursing Center. She was born on August 5, 1926 in Waynesville, Ohio to the late Ollis and Gladys Post St. John. She is survived by her husband of 55 years, James Longendelpher and their...

Marian Julien

Marian Julien

Jun 24, 2004

Marian Julien, 74, of Troy, Ohio passed out of this life on Thursday, June 24, 2004 at 5:35PM at her residence. She was born on April 11, 1930 in Woodsfield, Ohio to the late Frank H. and Clara Keyser Ward. She is survived by her husband of 54 years, Dennis Julien and their three children; Sons & Daughters-in-law: Rev....

Helen L. Shade

Helen L. Shade

Jun 24, 2004

Helen L. Shade, 84, of Tipp City, Ohio and formerly of Troy, Ohio passed out of this life on Thursday, June 24, 2004 at the Brethren Home in Greenville, Ohio. She was born on August 26, 1919 in Dayton, Ohio to the late Albert and Ella Marie Shade Kreitzer. She is preceded in death by her husband, Chester A....

Gloria J. Mckinney

Gloria J. Mckinney

Jun 23, 2004

In Loving Memory, Gloria J. McKinney, 58, of Troy, Ohio went home to her Kingdom, on Wednesday, June 23, 2004 at 9:00PM at the Upper Valley Medical Center, Troy, Ohio. She was born in Loveland, Ohio on July 26, 1945 to the late Donald Tirey and Thelma Bishop Plummer of Miamisburg, Ohio. She is survived by her husband, Edward...

Susan Jill Hartman

Susan Jill Hartman

Jun 22, 2004

Susan Jill Hartman, 47, of Springfield, Ohio passed out of this life on Tuesday, June 22, 2004 at the Southbrook Care Center, Springfield, Ohio. She was born on February 17, 1957 in Dayton, Ohio to the late Robert & Gene Anna Gross Hartman. She is survived by her sister and brother-in-law; Dorothy and Dusty Nichols of Griffith, Indiania and...

John S. Bird

John S. Bird

Jun 18, 2004

John S. Bird, age 78 of Troy, Ohio died Friday, June 18, 2004 at the Upper Valley Medical Center, Troy. Born of the late, John C. Bird and Mary S.Jackson Bird in Wembley, England. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Eileen F. O'Neill Bird; sons and daughter-in-law, John S. Bird Jr.; David and Jeannette Bird; daughter...

Marjorie Emma Fraley

Marjorie Emma Fraley

Jun 16, 2004

Marjorie Emma Bondurant Fraley, 45, of Troy, Ohio passed out of this life on Wednesday, June 16, 2004 at 4:08PM at the Upper Valley Medical Center in Troy, Ohio. She was born on November 8, 1958 in Troy, Ohio to Gene A. and Erna Greven Bondurant. She is survived by her mother, husband, Stanley R. Fraley; two children, Bryan...

Betty Jane Demido

Betty Jane Demido

Jun 15, 2004

Betty Jane Demido, 81, of Marietta, Georgia, formerly of Troy, Ohio passed out of this life on Tuesday, June 15, 2004 after and extended illness at the Marietta Health and Rehab Center, Marietta, Georgia. She was born on Feburary 21, 1923 in Sidney, Ohio to the late Cecil and Nona Gilmore Carey. She is survived by her husband of...

Geraldine ''Jerry'' Cromer

Geraldine ''Jerry'' Cromer

Jun 15, 2004

Geraldine Cromer, 92, of Troy, Ohio passed out of this life on Tuesday, June 15, 2004 at 8:50pm at the Brethren Retirement Home in Greenville, Ohio. She was born on March 31, 1912 in Quanah, Texas to the late J. Wallace and Zula Idela Hutchinson Bybee. She is preceded in death by her husband, Raymond O. Cromer Sr. on...

Richard P. Elliott

Richard P. Elliott

Jun 10, 2004

Richard P. Elliott, 80, of Troy, Ohio left us to go to his next assignment on Thursday, June 10, 2004. He leaves behind his son, Michael Connie Elliott of Dayton; his daughter, Mary Tom Hawkins of Troy and his son, Philip Julie Elliott and grandson, Aaron of San Antonio, Texas. His parents and his beautiful loving wife, JoRita, preceded...

Naomi V. Haaga

Naomi V. Haaga

Jun 9, 2004

Naomi V. Haaga, 93, of Troy, Ohio passed out of this life on Wednesday, June 9, 2004 at the Koester Pavilion Nursing Center in Troy, Ohio. She was born on July 5, 1910 in Troy, Ohio to the late Korah and Fannie Mae Booher Waymire. She is preceeded in death by her husband, Louis Frederick Haaga on April 19,...

Merry J. Flory

Merry J. Flory

Jun 9, 2004

Merry J. Flory, 62, of Troy, Ohio passed out of this life on Wednesday, June 9, 2004 at her residence. She was born on May 18, 1942 in Chester County, SC to the late Theodore Johnson and Phyllis McKan. She is preceeded in death by her father. Surviving are her mother, Phyllis McKan Johnson; former husband, Ronald L. Flory;...

John Thomas Haines

John Thomas Haines

Jun 8, 2004

John Thomas Haines, 70, of Troy, Ohio passed out of this life on June 8, 2004 at 5:28am at the Harborside Health Care Center, Troy, Ohio. He was born on August 11, 1933 in Cambridge, Ohio to the late Fredrick L. and Nora Weeks Haines, Sr. He is survived by four children, Stephen R. Haines of Troy, Ohio; Susan...