Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Athens, Coolville, Pomeroy, OH and surrounding areas.
John Bridge
Feb 3, 2011
ATHENS - John D. Bridge, 81, of Athens, died Thursday, February 3, 2011 at his home. Born November 30, 1929 in New Marshfield, he was the son of the late Floyd L. and Gertrude Brewer Bridge. He was a 1947 graduate of Waterloo High School and joined the US Navy in 1948 serving as a medic on the USS Consolation....
Beatrice Hawk
Feb 2, 2011
ATHENS - Beatrice Hawk, 92, of Athens, died Wednesday afternoon, February 2, 2011 at Arcadia Nursing Home. Born January 12, 1919 on West State Street in Athens, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Della Coen Lonas. She was a 1937 graduate of Rome-Canaan High School. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Hanes...
Danny Schultz
Jan 31, 2011
Danny Schultz Danny E. Schultz, 55, of Reedsville, OH passed away Monday, Jan. 31, 2011 at Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital, Parkersburg, WV. He was born June 12, 1955 in Reedsville, OH son of the late Everett Lee and Beulah Beatrice Griffin Schultz. He is survived by a son, Nicholas Schultz and Kayla; his sisters, Marjorie and Ted Connolly; Dolores and Rod...
Thomas Lewis Taylor
Jan 30, 2011
Thomas Lewis Taylor Thomas Lewis Taylor 73 went to be with the Lord, Sunday, January 30th, 2011 at his residence in Belpre, Ohio surrounded by his family. Thomas was born March 2, 1937 at Brock Ridge, WV to Blaine and Gladys Taylor. He is survived by his wife, Shirley Ann Taylor of Belpre, Ohio. Thomas and Shirley had four children,...
Karen Armstrong
Jan 25, 2011
ATHENS - Karen Sue Armstrong, 67, nee Embrey, beloved wife of Kenneth, mother of Dylan Elspeth and Heather, grandmother of Andrea and Hannah, passed from this earthly existence Tuesday, January 25, 2011. She was preceded in death by her mother and father, Irene and Reginald "Red& Embrey. She is survived by her immediate family, her brother Gary (Nancy) Embrey, and...
Loree Barnes
Jan 19, 2011
Mrs. D. Loree Barnes, 95, of Athens, Ohio died Wednesday, January 19, 2011 in McAllen, Texas following a brief illness. She was born March 3, 1915 in Ross County near Londonderry, Ohio to Newton E. Ice and Bessie M. (Fry) Ice. A retiree of the U.S. Postal Service, Mrs. Barnes lived most of her life in Albany, Ohio where she...
Judith Washburn
Jan 19, 2011
Judith Washburn Judith Ellen Washburn, 63, of Coolville, OH passed away Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011 at her residence after a brief battle with cancer. She was born March 18, 1947 in Tanner, WV daughter of the late Eustace Sam and Ploma Dale Grogg Frymier. She is survived by her husband, David Washburn; a son David II Barb Reeder; daughters, Ellen...
Jim Prouty
Jan 15, 2011
ATHENS - Jim Prouty passed away unexpectedly in his sleep Friday night. He was 64. Born in Zanesville, OH, December 4, 1946, Jim was the son of Ray and Jean Prouty. Jim graduated from Zanesville High School and attended Ohio University. He was a founding member of the New Vinton County Frogwhompers and A Touch of Grass new grass bands....
Rose Follrod
Jan 12, 2011
ATHENS - Rose Howard Follrod, 83, of Athens, died unexpectedly, January 12, 2011 at Ochr(39)Bleness Memorial Hospital after being transported there from Hickory Creek Nursing Center. Born June 10, 1927 in Lodi Township in ATHENS county, she was the daughter of the late Ernest and Emma Klingenberg Howard. She was a graduate of Shade High School and retired from Columbus...
Maxine Thomas
Jan 10, 2011
CHAUNCEY - Maxine Thomas, 64, of Chauncey, died Monday afternoon, January 10, 2011 at her home. Born on November 30, 1946 in Athens, she was the daughter of the late George and Patricia Blackford Bateman. She was a graduate of Chauncey Dover High School and retired from Ohio University in mail services. She is survived by two sons, Danny Thomas...
Neoma Maxine Morris Beisner
Jan 8, 2011
Neoma Beisner Neoma Maxine Morris Beisner, 91, of 3449 Glazier Inn Road, Guysville, Ohio, died unexpectedly Saturday morning, January 8, 2011 as she was being transported to the hospital. Born October 22, 1919, in Marion, Indiana, she was the daughter of Edna Neoma Serring and Dwight Fredice Morris. After a brief period with her family in Florida, she was raised...
Eloise Lodwick
Jan 7, 2011
Eloise Lodwick Eloise Mae Lodwick, age 87, of West Jefferson, Ohio passed away on Friday, January 7, 2011 at her grandson's home in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. She was born March 13, 1923 in East Liverpool, Ohio daughter of the late Benjamin Franklin and Hazel Leola Buckley. She married her husband, John, on November 21, 1943 and built a wonderful life...
Mary Buyers
Jan 6, 2011
Mary E. Buyers Mary E. Buyers, 67, daughter of Herve A. Ritchie and Marigole White Ritchie Wilson and step-daughter of Reed Wilson, passed away the morning of Thursday, January 6, 2011 at home in Frederick, MD. She is survived by brother, Donald Ritchie and wife, Marsha of Marion, Ohio, brother, Ronald Ritchie and wife, Hazel of Zanesville, OH and brother,...
Beulah Mae Zumbach
Jan 4, 2011
Beulah Mae Zumbach Beulah Mae Zumbach, 80, of Tuppers Plains, OH went home to be with her Lord Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011, surrounded by her family and friends. She was born May 11, 1930 in Ashtabula County, daughter of the late Jacob F. Zumbach and Gertrude G. Monroe Zumbach. She was retired from Columbia Gas Transmission Corp. and was a...
Leta Fields
Dec 29, 2010
ALBANY - Leta "Lori& Fields, 37, of Albany, died early Wednesday morning, December 29, 2010 at Ochr(39)Bleness Memorial Hospital. Born August 9, 1973 in Athens, she was the daughter of Lester E. Fields, Sr. of Albany and the late Norma Jean Perry Fields. She was a graduate of Alexander High School, Tri County and Beacon School where she was a...
Rex Rigsby
Dec 29, 2010
Rex Rigsby Rex Rigsby, 65, of Pomeroy, OH formerly of Jeffersonville, IN, passed away Wednesday, December 29, 2010 at Ruby Memorial Hospital, Morgantown, WV. He was born on August 17, 1945 in New Albany, IN son of the late Sherman and Carolyn Rigsby. He is survived by his wife, Judy Rigsby of Pomeroy; two sons, Todd Rigsby of Tallmadge, OH,...
William Wilcox
Dec 26, 2010
ATHENS - William C. Wilcox, 66, of Athens, died Sunday morning, December 26, 2010 at Riverside Methodist Hospital. Born August 26, 1944 in The Plains, he was the son of the late Bettie Finnearty Cohen. He was a graduate of ATHENS High School and a US Air Force Veteran. He moved to North Dakota where he raised his children and...
Greta Suttle Brown
Dec 22, 2010
Greta Suttle Brown Greta Suttle Brown, 86, of Long Bottom, OH passed away Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010 at Rocksprings Rehab Center, Pomeroy, OH. She was born Jan. 9, 1924 in Minora, WV daughter of the late Lester W. and Maude Knotts Bailey. She was a member of the Fellowship Church of the Nazarene, a retired school teacher and a retired...
Charles Hauber
Dec 20, 2010
Charles Hauber Charles Dewey Hauber, 82, of Reedsville, Ohio passed away Monday, Dec. 20, 2010 at his residence. He was born Nov. 11, 1928 in Belpre, Ohio son of the late Paul Hauber Sr. and Martha Kibble Hauber. He was a Army Veteran of the Korean War, a lifetime member of the DAV, where he was a DAV Commander and...
James Ed Pennington
Dec 14, 2010
ATHENS - James E. Pennington, "Ed,& passed away Dec. 14 in the presence of his loving family. He was born March 17, 1946 in Pennington Gap, Virginia. H e met his wife, Alice, at Berea College, Kentucky and came to Ohio University in 1968 following their wedding to attend graduate school. Ed received a full tuition scholarship that enabled him...