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Ashville, Ohio Obituaries
Joseph D Dunham
Dec 18, 2015
Joseph D. Dunham (81) of Ashville passed away Friday, December 18, 2015. He was born on August 10, 1934 in Scioto County, Ohio to the late James and Pearl (Gilbert) Brantley Dunham. Joseph was a farmer, had been a barber for a number of years in Columbus, and retired from Brown Implement in Ashville. He was a veteran of...
Betty Jeane (Devors) Havens
Dec 16, 2015
Betty Jeane (Devors) Havens (82) of Ashville passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at her home. She was born on May 17, 1933 in Pickaway County, Ohio to the late Milbern P. DeVors and Rosetta (Barker) DeVors. Betty attended Ashville Schools for her first 10 years of school but graduated from Huntington High School in 1950. She worked for...
Fannie M (Akers) Casebolt
Dec 15, 2015
Fannie M. Casebolt (78) of Ashville went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, December 15, 2015. She was born on April 17, 1937 in Pikeville, Kentucky to the late Duran and Patty (Ellet) Akers. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Fannie was a Christian for over seventy years and a member of Lockbourne Freewill Baptist...
Douglas Wayne Buckler
Dec 11, 2015
Douglas Wayne Buckler 58 of Mt. Sterling, passed away at home surrounded by his family after a brief illness. He was born on May 1, 1957 in Loraine, Ohio to the late Leslie N. and Joyce Ann (Curtis) Buckler. Doug worked for Morgan’s Appliance and Repair in Circleville. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army for 10 years...
Billy E Lockard
Dec 10, 2015
Billy E. Lockard, age 81, of Ashville, OH passed away Thursday, December 10, 2015 at his home. He was born in in Circleville to the late Harold R. and Myrtle (Schlegler) Lockard. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather. Billy started his career in telephone work with Ohio Consolidated and retired after 42 plus years from...
Suan (Coontz) Woodrow
Dec 6, 2015
Suan Woodrow 66 of Orient passed away Sunday Dec. 6, 2015
at Circleville Care and Rehabilitation Center. She was born on July 9, 1949 in Circleville, Ohio to the late Walter W. and Margaret Marie (Malone) Coontz. A graduate of Teays Valley H.S. and a loving mother and grandmother. Preceded in death by her husband James R....
Brenda Sue (Hoover) Groves
Dec 4, 2015
Brenda Sue (Hoover) Groves 60 of Ashville passed away on Friday, Dec. 4, 2015 at home. She was born April 28, 1955 in Circleville to the late Richard and Maxine I. (Young) Hoover. Brenda had worked at VFW Post 7941 So. Bloomfield and more resent at the Eagle’s #685 in Circleville as a waitress. She was a member of...
James Thomas Ward
Dec 1, 2015
James T. Ward 83 of Ashville went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Tues. Dec. 1, 2015 at Mt. Carmel Medical Center, Columbus. He was born in Inez, KY on Aug. 26, 1932 to the late Joe and Lucy (Copley) Ward. James retired from Teays Valley School District in maintenance after 16 years and also had...
Dixie L. (Zwayer) Cummins
Nov 18, 2015
Dixie L. (Zwayer) Cummins 85 of Ashville, passed away Wed. Nov. 18, 2015 at her home. She was born on January 30, 1930 in Pickerington to the late Leo and Eveline (Wood) Zwayer. She was a member of First English Lutheran Church and a graduate of Ashville-Harrison H.S. in 1947. Dixie had worked for Grange Insurance, the former IMC...
Lewis Jeffrey Welsh
Nov 17, 2015
Lewis Jeffrey Welsh, 56, of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, died Tuesday, November 17, 2015. Lewis was born October 5, 1959 in Columbus, Ohio, son of the late Lewis Garnet Massie and Louise Runkle Massie. He was the National Sales Representative for Prospec Electronics. He is survived by four sisters, Jodi Welsh of Ashville, OH, Barbara Leopold and her husband,...
Nancy R Costlow Schweitzer
Nov 14, 2015
Nancy R. Costlow Schweitzer 75 of Circleville passed away Saturday, November 16th, 2015 at Mount Carmel Hospital. She was born June 29th, 1940 in Tacoma, Washington to the late Isac Fritz and Evelyn (Thomas) McGaffin. Nancy worked at Columbus Industries in Ashville for a number of years.
Nancy is survived by sons Dale (Treva) Costlow...
Albert R Logan
Nov 8, 2015
Albert R. Logan of Circleville passed away on Sunday, November 8th 2015 at Mount Carmel West Hospital. He was born to the late Homer and Virginia (Mayes) Logan. Albert retired from the former American Aggregates where he worked as a heavy equipment operator. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Circleville.
Survivors include...
Bonita J (Cavinee) Greenlee
Oct 31, 2015
Bonita J. Greenlee 73 of Ashville passed away Saturday, October 31, 2015 in her home. She was born May 19, 1943 in Logan, Ohio to the late Kenneth and Mildred Cavinee. Bonita was a devoted wife, mother, and homemaker. Her life’s passion was taking care of her horses, trail riding, and camping. Preceded in death by her...
Edith Frances Smith
Oct 26, 2015
Edith Frances Smith of Circleville passed away Monday, October 26, 2015 in Naples, Florida. She was born March 31, 1940 in Circleville, Ohio. A memorial service for Edith will be held at Oliver-Cheek Funeral Home on Saturday, November 7th, 2015 at 11:00am, Ted Tener officiating. The family will receive friends from 10:00-11:00am before the service.
Marjorie C. (Crites) Lewis
Oct 25, 2015
MARJORIE C. LEWIS passed away on Sunday, October 25. She was preceded in death by her husband Jim Lewis, and her brother Harold Crites. Marjorie was born June 4, 1922 to Wendell and Olive Crites of Wilmington, Ohio.
While teaching at Jefferson township she met James Lewis in August 1941, at the Clinton County Fair....
John E. Leach
Oct 11, 2015
John E. Leach 50 of Circleville, passed away unexpectedly at home on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015. He was born on April 3, 1965 to the late Thomas Lee Leach and Josephine White Leach who survives. He was a graduate of Logan Elm High School.
John is survived by his wife of 11 years, Billie J. (Dowell) Leach;...
Emery Fannin
Oct 10, 2015
Emery Fannin age 87 of Orient, OH went to be with the Lord on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015 at Riverside Hospital, Columbus.
He was born on Aug. 27, 1928 in Sandy Hook, KY to the late Frances and Goldie (Cox) Fannin. Emery was a lifetime Farmer who loved the land. He was a 1947 Graduate of Scioto...
Gary Joe Young
Sep 24, 2015
Gary Joe Young went to be with the Lord on Thursday, September 24, 2015, at Mount Carmel East Hospital in Columbus, OH. He was born October 13, 1941 son of the late Mabel (Amon) and Ezra Young. He graduated from Peebles High School (1959) and was a 9 year veteran of the United States Air Force. Gary retired from...
Brenda Kay (Banks) Herrick
Sep 13, 2015
Brenda Kay (Banks) Herrick, of Reynoldsburg, OH passed on September 13, 2015, at OSU Ross Heart Hospital. She was born March 11, 1953, in Clinton, IN to the late Robert H. Banks and Phyllis R. (Brown) Banks. Brenda worked as a LPN in Home Health Care. She had her nursing degree from Lakeview School of Nursing, Danville Community College...
Douglas E Clem
Sep 9, 2015
Douglas E. Clem 65 of Ashville, OH passed away Wed. Sept. 9, 2015 at Mt. Carmel West Hospital Columbus. He was born on Dec. 13, 1949 in Logansport, Indiana to the late Gerald F. and Wanda M. (Nogle) Clem.
He retired from Wasserstrom in Columbus after 30 plus years. Doug enjoyed remodeling and building as...
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