Obituaries

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Thelma M. Willett

Thelma M. Willett

Jul 12, 2001

Thelma M. Willett, age 90 died Thursday, July 12, 2001. Survived by her sons and daughter-in-law, Wilbur Roy and Joan H. Strobridge Jr; John Herman Strobridge; daughter and son-in-law, Barbara Jeanne and Richard Stoltz; sister, Betty Krull; eleven grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Wilbur Strobridge; George Mather and Henry Willett. She...

Velma O. Davis

Velma O. Davis

Jul 8, 2001

Velma O. Davis, 94 of Troy, Ohio passed away Sat. July 8, 2001 at Harborside Healthcare Center. She was born Jan. 22, 1907 in Adams Co., Indiana to the late George W. and Huldah Bender Davis. Also preceding her in death were two brothers Voyle and Harold Davis. She is survived by a brother and sister-in-law Donald A. and...

Grace Bethena Anderson

Grace Bethena Anderson

Jul 6, 2001

Grace Bethena Anderson was born April 5, 1910 in Fairview, Ohio now part of Dayton, Ohio to Rev. Allen and Laura Bowman Dunkelberger. She graduated from Steele High School in Dayton, Ohio. She received her lifetime teaching certificate from Dayton Normal School in Dayton, Ohio in 1930. She taught elementary grades at McGuffey and Drexel Schools in Dayton for...

Rosemary Jacobs

Rosemary Jacobs

Jul 5, 2001

Rosemary Jacobs, 66 of Troy Ohio passed away Thurs. July 5, 2001 at Koester Pavilion in Troy, Ohio following an extended illness. She was born April 13, 1935 to the late Clarence L. and Maude Mae Shunk Russell. She is preceded in death by her husband Thomas Jacobs in 1992. Mrs. Jacobs is survived by 3 sons and a...

Peggy Kay Casey

Peggy Kay Casey

Jul 1, 2001

Peggy Kay Casey died at her residence on Sunday, July 1, 2001. She is survived by five children: Barry Waddell, Tonya Renee Pullman, Tim Casey, Jerri Sue Casey and Michael Casey: Sisters - Barbara Green and Delores ''Dolly'' Welbaum. She was preceded in death by her parents Oscar and Mary A. Williams Elifritz and a sister, Linda Morrison. Mrs....

George A. Chapman

George A. Chapman

Jun 29, 2001

George A. Chapman, age 76 died Friday in Troy, Ohio. He was preceded in death by his parents, Charles C. and Mary M. Jenkins Chapman. He is survived by his wife, Jean Bere; daughters and their husbands, Dottie and John Davis; Cathy Chapman and Wade Dorsey and Barbara Chapman and Alan Zakin; sister and brother-in-law, Patti and Robert Frey...

Cecil L. Rees

Cecil L. Rees

Jun 29, 2001

Cecil L. Rees is survived by his wife of 57 years, Esther Alfred Rees; a son and daughter-in-law, Steve and Pam Rees; a daughter, Connie Bruce; brothers, Ralph, Bill and Delbert Rees; four grandchildren, Jason, Justin and Jarrod Rees and Jessica Larcom; great grandchildren, Justice and Cory Rees. He was preceded in death by his parents, Roscoe and Chelsea...

Mildred I. Lindsey

Mildred I. Lindsey

Jun 28, 2001

Mildred I. Lindsey was born in Piqua, Ohio on June 7, 1917 to Clyde and Anna Trost McMaken. She is survived by her husband of 60 years, Ira Oscar Lindsey;sisters, Gladys Hoke of Dayton, Ohio and Marie Smith of Ft. Worth, TX. and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents. Mrs. Lindsey was a...

Norman E. Monticue

Norman E. Monticue

Jun 24, 2001

Norman E. Monticue, 69, of Troy, Ohio died Sun. June 24, 2001 at the Upper Valley Medical Center in Troy. He was born Jan. 7, 1932 in Waynesburg, Ohio to the late Glenner and Emma English Monticue. Mr. Monticue is survived by his wife of 46 yrs. Marie Fehn Monticue; 2 sons, Glenner of Wilmington, Delaware and Norman of...

Esther L. Hamiel

Esther L. Hamiel

Jun 22, 2001

Esther L. Hamiel, 74 of Troy, died Fri. June 22, 2001 at the Upper Valley Medical Center, Troy. She was born in Dayton on July 27, 1926. She is survived by her husband of 53 years, Wallace E. Hamiel; one brother and sister-in-law, Paul and Helen Morrow of Clayton, OH. Two daughters and son-in-laws Barbara J. and Stephen Hedges...

Joseph D. ''Dan'' Johnson

Joseph D. ''Dan'' Johnson

Jun 22, 2001

Joseph D. Johnson ''Dan'', 77, of Troy died Friday, June 22. Mr. Johnson was born in Tipp City, on November 24, 1923, to the late Chauncey and Stella Jensen Johnson. He graduated from Tipp City High School in 1941. Mr. Johnson entered the United States Navy V-5 Aviation Cadet Program in 1942 and was commisioned Ensign, Naval Aviator in...

Don C. Heffelfinger

Don C. Heffelfinger

Jun 20, 2001

Don C. Heffelfinger, age 72 of Troy died Wednesday, June 20, 2001. Survived by his wife, Reva J. Wright of 52 years; son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Candace; daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Jack Stamper and son-in-law, Jerry Collett; brothers, Harold, Roger and Tommy; sisters, Delphine Newman, Ruby Taylor and Doris Brown; grandchildren, Matthew Collett, Amy Wade, Jackie Collum,...

Gladys Nelma Thompson

Gladys Nelma Thompson

Jun 18, 2001

Gladys Nelma Thompson is survived by four daughters, Sharon Thompson, Shawnee Huffman, Diana ''Twiggy'' Parrish all of Troy and Roberta Thompson of Detroit, Michigan; two sons, Richmond of Troy and Michael of Livonia, Michigan; 21 grandchildren, 7 great grandchildren; four sisters, Mildred Johnson, Liala Turley, Loraine Rock and Bernice Rock; two brothers, Roy and Rusty Kemppainen all from Baraga,...

Julia Clutter

Julia Clutter

Jun 18, 2001

Julia Clutter, formerly of Troy, died at Springmeade Retirement Community. She is survived by three sons and daughters-in-law: Robert Clutter, Jr of Troy; Raymond and Gloria Clutter of Troy; Richard and Anita Clutter of Pleasant Hill, Ohio; a sister, Virginia Oakes of Piqua; five grandchildren and five great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Oscar and...

Jack Frazier Waltz

Jack Frazier Waltz

Jun 14, 2001

Jack F. Waltz died at Mary Rutan Hospital, Bellefontaine, Ohio. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Shirley Schaffer Waltz, a son, grandson a great granddaughter and a sister, Janet Westerling. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ernest and Gladys Frazier Waltz, and two ganddaughters. Mr. Waltz was a WWII Army veteran; was a member...

Elvera R. Wolfe

Elvera R. Wolfe

Jun 14, 2001

Elvira R. Wolfe died Sunday, June 10 at Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton, Ohio. She is survived by her husband of 46 years, Wilford W. Wolfe; daughters and sons-in-law: Betty and Jack Maxwell of Winterhaven, Florida; Lydia and Richard Barrere of Atlanta, Georgia; three grandchildren and two great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Albert and Mabel...

William Joseph Buirley

William Joseph Buirley

Jun 13, 2001

William Joseph Buirley, 73 died Wednesday, June 13,2001 at his home. He is survived by his wife, Pauline C. Sotzing Buirley whom he married on August 27, 1949; two daughters and sons-in-law, Peggy and Richard Layman and Nancy ''Sam'' and David Johnson; four grandchildren: Paula Bowman, Ted and Todd Layman and Laura Johnson; six great grandchidlren, Abby, Megan, Logan...

Dale L. Vesper

Dale L. Vesper

Jun 13, 2001

Dale L. Vesper is survived by his wife of 53 years, Margaret McCurdy Vesper; daughters and son-in-law: Leslie A. Vesper of Burlington, CO and Julia and Joseph Potter of Troy; sister and brother-in-law, Imogene and Donald Johnson of Casper, WY; brother and sister-in-law, Charles N. and Jean N. Vesper of El Mirage, AZ. He was preceded in death by...

Caroline T. Gillis

Caroline T. Gillis

Jun 8, 2001

Caroline T. Gillis died unexpectedly on Friday, June 8, 2001. She is survived by a son David Paul Gillis of Dayton; a daughter, Linda Marie Gillis of Vandalia and a sister, Alice Pawlowski of Troy, Ohio. She was preceded in death by her mother, Irene Taylor nee Miller and husband, John Thomas Gillis. Mrs. Gillis was a member of...

Joshua ''Fergie'' T. Ferguson

Joshua ''Fergie'' T. Ferguson

Jun 7, 2001

Joshua T. ''Fergie'' Ferguson, 19, died on Thursday, June 7 at Good Samaritan Hospital, Dayton, Ohio from injuries received in an automobile accident six weeks ago. He is survived by his mother, Joan Lowry Lundy and his stepfather, Chris Lundy; brother, Ryan Thompson of Troy; sister, Katherine ''Cricket'' Ferguson of Troy; aunts and uncles, Thomas and Belinda Lowry of...