Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Athens, Coolville, Pomeroy, OH and surrounding areas.
Robert Davis
Nov 6, 2010
Robert Whitney Davis, age 83, of Houston, Texas passed away November 6, 2010. He was born July 14, 1927 in Westerville, Ohio. He graduated from Morgantown High School, Morgantown, West Virginia. He served in the Navy aboard the USS Bon Homme Richard during World War II. He continued his education at Ohio University and graduated from West Virginia University in...
Ronald Marcum
Nov 5, 2010
Ronald Marcum Ronald Marcum, 64, of Belpre, OH passed away Friday, Nov. 5, 2010 at Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital, Parkersburg, WV after a long illness. He was born June 29, 1946 in Logan, WV son of the late Bill and Ruth Corns Marcum. He was a Navy Veteran of the Vietnam War and a Maintenance Foreman at Kaiser Aluminum. He is...
Clyde Corbin
Oct 31, 2010
NEW MARSHFIELD - Clyde F. Corbin, 62, of New Marshfield, died Sunday morning, October 31, 2010 in New Marshfield. Born September 16, 1948 in McArthur, he was the son of the late Harley and Rosie Marie Wigal Corbin. He retired from Brooks Shoe Factory after 20 years of service and was a US Army Veteran of the Vietnam War. He...
Barbara Stauffer
Oct 30, 2010
<span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt">ATHENS - Barbara Ellen Stauffer went home to be with the Lord, Saturday morning at 3:15. She died in the home she was born in almost a full 81 years earlier. She suffered a brief illness in which time she was surrounded by her loved ones. <span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt">Barbara was preceded in death by...
Herman Smith
Oct 29, 2010
GLOUSTER - Herman "Smitty& Smith, 76, of Glouster, died Friday afternoon, October 29, 2010 at his home. Born December 21, 1933 in Chauncey, he was the son of the late Carl and Dorothy Stowers Smith. He retired from Janitrol Aircraft in Columbus with 20 years of service and had owned and operated Overhead Garage Door Company in Glouster for over...
Dain Baker
Oct 25, 2010
Dain Baker Dain K. Baker, 86 of Middleport, OH passed away Monday, Oct. 25, 2010 at Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis, OH. He was born June 3, 1924 in Franklin County, OH son of the late Jessie and Virginia Tribbit Baker. He is survived by his wife, Margaret Baker; 2 sons, George "Kenny" Baker of Coolville and Richard Baker of The...
Mary Vineyard
Oct 25, 2010
Mary Vineyard Mary Frances Vineyard born April 19, 1937 in Meigs County, OH and residing in the Tuppers Plains area since 1978 went to be with her Lord on Monday, Oct. 25, 2010. She is the daughter of the late Hobart and Mae Osborne Vineyard. She graduated from Olive-Orange H.S. in 1956 and worked in the nursing profession for 40...
Charles Chen
Oct 22, 2010
Charles C. Chen, professor emeritus of physics at Ohio University, died Oct. 22 at Hickory Creek Nursing Center, The Plains, of acute respiratory failure. He was 81. Dr. Chen specialized in solid state, quantum and statistical physics, teaching both graduate and undergraduate courses from 1963 until full retirement at age 70 in 1999. He collaborated on research grants, including one...
Jack Gardner
Oct 20, 2010
Jack Gardner Jack Gardner, 79, of Somerset, OH passed away Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010 at New Lexington Care & Rehab. He was born Aug. 4, 1931 in Columbus, OH son of the late John Edwin and Gladys Rose Cochran Gardner. He is survived by a special friend, Margaret Washburn of Columbus; a brother, Russell Gardner of Columbus; 2 half brothers,...
Beverly Connolly
Oct 17, 2010
Beverly Connolly NEWARK, OHIO: Beverly Ann Sams Connolly, age 68, of Newark, passed away on Sunday, October 17, 2010 in the Hospice Unit at the Licking Memorial Hospital, Newark Ohio following a courageous battle with Post-Polio Syndrome with complications from pneumonia, and advanced Lewy Body disease. Beverly was born on November 21, 1941 in Parkersburg, West Virginia the daughter of...
Doris Blake
Oct 15, 2010
Doris Blake Doris Blake, 70, of Belpre, OH passed away Friday, Oct. 15, 2010 at Marietta Care & Rehab. She was born Oct. 1, 1940 in Coolville, OH daughter of the late Harold Duton and Helen M. Barringer Cowdery. She is survived by 2 daughters, Lora DeMent and Tami Rhodes; a brother, Gary Cowdery and 4 grandchildren. In addition to...
Dick Byrd
Oct 11, 2010
Dick Byrd ATHENS - J.M. "Dick& Byrd died on Monday, Oct, 11, 2010. He is survived by two daughters, Margaret Hoffman, and Patricia Rinella, four grandchildren and two great-grandsons. He was a World War II veteran, serving in the European theater 1942-1945. He was a graduate of the University of Michigan, School of Conservation and Environment. He was employed for...
Edward Vires Jr.
Oct 11, 2010
Edward Vires Jr. Edward Vires Jr., 34, of Coolville, OH passed away Friday, Oct. 8, 2010 at his residence. He was born March 27, 1976 in Dayton, OH son of Pamela Creech Hicks and Edward Vires Sr. In additon to his parents, he is survived by his wife, Rubyanne Bledsoe Vires; 2 daughters, Destiny and Desiree Vires; his step-mother, Amber...
John Edward Lodwick
Oct 11, 2010
John Lodwick John Edward Lodwick age 87 born on April 22, 1923 in Cincinnati, Ohio to father, Harry Wrigley Lodwick and mother, Lulu Clara Becker, passed doing what he loved, working in his yard, on Monday, October 11, 2010 at his home in West Jefferson, Ohio. His enduring love and support will be dearly missed. He was preceded in death...
Mary Stephenson
Oct 10, 2010
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">THE PLAINS - Mary K. Horn-Stephenson, 93, of The Plains, died early Sunday morning, October 10, 2010 at Kimes Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born September 9, 1917 in Stewart, she was the daughter of the late William Arthur and Ora Inez Ogg Copeland. She was a retired cook from The Plains School District and was...
Phillip Nichols
Oct 6, 2010
ATHENS - Phillip E. Nichols, 59, of Athens, died Wednesday, October 06, 2010 at his home. Born September 1, 1951 in Athens, he was the son of the late Clarence and Mary Augustine Nichols. He was a 1969 graduate of ATHENS High School and a graduate of Ohio University and was employed with Southeast Ohio Coal Company as a draftsman....
Michael Brozak
Oct 5, 2010
STEWART - Michael Anthony Brozak, 24, of Hammond, Indiana, formerly of Stewart, died Tuesday, October 5, 2010 in Hammond, Indiana. Born September 22, 1986 in Marietta, he was the son of Michael G. Brozak of ATHENS and Kimberly Price Brozak of Zaleski. He attended Federal Hocking School District and graduated from Alexander High School in 2005. He attended Hocking College...
Sharlen Kay Lipps
Oct 5, 2010
Sharlen Lipps Sharlen Kay Lipps, 67, of Coolville, OH passed away Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010 at St. Joseph's Hospital, Parkersburg, WV. She was born Jan. 27, 1943 in Athens County, OH daughter of the late Charles and Edith Blake Shields. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Rusty and Anita Lipps; a daughter and son-in-law, Mindy and Doug Nutter;...
Virginia Browning
Oct 4, 2010
ATHENS - Virginia Browning, 82, of Athens, died Monday, October 4, 2010 at her home. Born May 18, 1928 in Henry County, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Dawson A. and Lillie Fay Thompson Brown. Virginia was strong, devout, full of valor and was a loving mother and devoted wife. She is survived by her children, Nancy (LeRoy)...
Joann Moody
Oct 3, 2010
CHAUNCEY - Joann Moody, 76, of Chauncey, died Sunday morning, October 3, 2010 at Hickory Creek Nursing Center. Born July 4, 1934 in Fort Gay, WV, she was the daughter of the John Logan and Dollie Stepp Copley. She is survived by her son, Carl Hayden Moody of Chauncey. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband,...