Obituaries
Rita Davis
Aug 11, 2011
Rita "Memaw" Davis, 86, of Warren, died Thursday, August 11, 2011 at the Community Skilled Health Care Centre in Warren. Born on September 4, 1924 in Portsmouth, she was a daughter of the late Edward and Nora Artis Martin and was a retired secretary for Alcan Aluminum in Warren. Rita was a member of the Howland United Methodist Church in...
Jane Sanford
Aug 7, 2011
Jane Sanford, 66, of Temperance, MI, passed away Sunday, August 7, 2011 in a Toledo Hospital. A daughter of Wilbur and Marjorie (Miller) Burt, she was born June 9, 1945 in Portsmouth and married Nile Sanford on August 29, 1976 at the Valley United Methodist Church in Rosemount. Jane loved kids, dogs, watching NASCAR, and was an avid reader and...
Mary Grashel
Aug 2, 2011
Mary Alice Grashel, 83, of Portsmouth, died Tuesday, August 2, 2011 at the Southern Ohio Medical Center. Born on August 25, 1927, she was a daughter of the late Fred and Agnes Turner Grashel. Mary Alice was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church and formerly employed by Dr. William Skaggs and as a secretary at The Ohio State University....
Marjorie Staten
Jul 15, 2011
Marjorie A. Staten, 75, of Rosemount, went to be her Lord on Friday, July 15, 2011 at the SOMC Hospice Center. Born January 16, 1936 in Portsmouth, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Norma Francisco Staten and was a graduate of Portsmouth High School and received her Bachelor of Science Degree from Ohio University. She was a...
Ruth Imes
Jul 13, 2011
Ruth E. Imes, 94, of Hernando, FL, formerly of Sciotoville, died Wednesday, July 13, 2011. Ruth was born on April 26, 1917 in Portsmouth, to the late Cleveland and Carrie (Weeks) Willliams. She was a homemaker and member of Berean Baptist Church and attended the Hernando Church of the Nazarene after her relocation to Florida. She enjoyed sewing and spending...
Shirley McLaughlin
Jul 12, 2011
Shirley L. McLaughlin, 76, of Dayton, formerly of Portsmouth, died Tuesday, July 12, 2011 in Dayton. A graveside service will be held on Saturday, August 27, 2011 at the Sunset Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Scioto County Humane Society.
Helen Tipton
Jul 9, 2011
Helen Louise Keibler Tipton, 82, of Portsmouth, peacefully went to be with the Lord in her home, Saturday, July 9, 2011. She was born July 16, 1928 in West Portsmouth and was preceded in death by her parents, William and Oleta Keibler, by loving husband, Theodore Tipton whom she married in 1955, a daughter, Teresa Tipton, a sister, Betty Frazier...
Dorothy Donini
Jul 3, 2011
Dorothy L. "Dottie" Donini, 50, of Fairfield, OH, formerly of Portsmouth and Albany, GA, passed away Sunday July 3, 2011 at Hospice of Hamilton after a courageous battle with cancer. Dottie was born December 24, 1960 to Miriam J Donini and the late Louis M. Donini. She graduated from Notre Dame High School in 1978 and attended Shawnee State Community...
Norma Shields
Jul 1, 2011
Norma Jane Shields, 86, of Portsmouth, died Friday, July 1, 2011, at the Southern Ohio Medical Center. Born March 11, 1925 in Columbus, she was a daughter of the late Isaiah and Mary Ellen Phillips Wakefield and a member of Central Church of Christ. Norma was a graduate of West High School, was employed in a helmet factory during World...
Reverend Kiper
Jul 1, 2011
Reverend Dennis Kiper, 92, of Portsmouth, died Friday, July 1, 2011 at the SOMC Hospice Center. Born on April 17, 1919 in Villisca, Iowa, he was a son of the late Albert and Ethel Hall Kiper. Dennis was an Army veteran of WWII and a retired Church of the Nazarene Pastor. He also was a member of the Shawnee Golden...
Herbert Marshall
Jun 29, 2011
Herbert David Marshall, 66, of Wheelersburg, passed away Wednesday, June 29, 2011 at the Heart of Florida Hospital in Davenport, FL. He was born June 4, 1945 in Pittsburgh, PA to the late Herbert Clark and Mildred Iavon (Coddington) Marshall, and has been a winter resident of Winter Haven for the past few years and attended St. Ann's Catholic Church...
Julia Newman
Jun 28, 2011
Julia A. Newman, 76, of Clarktown, died Tuesday, June 28, 2011, at her home. Born on November 8, 1934 in Portsmouth, she was a daughter of the late Clifford and Zelma Blume Curry. Julia was a 1952 graduate of Glenwood High School, a member of the Lucasville Eastern Star, and a retired supervisor for the Bureau of Employment Office. Surviving...
Elva Sowards
Jun 28, 2011
Elva Pearl Sowards, 100, formerly of New Boston, died Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at The Anderson in Bethel. Born April 5, 1911, she was a daughter of the late Peter and Mary Sissel Briggs, was a fancy stitcher at the former Selby Shoe Company, and was a member of the Church of God. Pearl was preceded in death by her...
Marguerite Beadle
Jun 28, 2011
Marguerite J. Beadle, 91, of Lucasville, a longtime resident of New Boston, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at home. She was a former longtime employee of the Shake Shoppe in New Boston and longtime member of the Church of the Nazarene. Preceding her death was her mother, Mary Harn Bailey. Surviving are...
Kimberly Gifford
Jun 17, 2011
Kimberly Ann Gifford, 52, of Wheelersburg, died suddenly on Friday, June 17, 2011 in the emergency room of the Southern Ohio Medical Center. Born on November 19, 1958 in Scioto County, she was a daughter of Jessie Louise Newsome Ruggles and the late Carl Vernon Ruggles. Also surviving are one son, Ryan Gifford, two daughters, Jamie (Xavier) Garza and Patricia...
Guy Cole
Jun 15, 2011
Guy W. Cole, 89, of Sciotoville, died Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at the Southern Ohio Medical Center. Born on March 20, 1922 in Kenova, WV, he was a son of the late Floyd and Weatha Ogden Cole. Guy was a Marine veteran of WWII and was a member of the Sciotoville Christian Church and the James Dickey Post of the...
Betty McClurg
Jun 14, 2011
Betty Louise McClurg, 95, of West Portsmouth, died Tuesday, June 14, 2011, at Hempstead Manor. Born on July 12, 1915 in Lewis County, KY, she was a daughter of the late Clarence and Anna Renchen Truesdell. Louise was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Disabled American Veterans and former member of the Garrison and Coles Boulevard United Methodist...
Julia Morris
Jun 9, 2011
Julia C. Morris, 78, of Portsmouth, died Thursday, June 09, 2011, at home. Born on October 25, 1932, in Whitethorn, VA, she was a daughter of the late Jessie and Robie Blanche Shepherd Price. Also preceding her in death were her husband, Frank E. Morris, Sr., sons Bob and Frank Morris, brothers Audrey, Dick, Marvin and Tom Price and a...
Wilma Lewis
Jun 4, 2011
Wilma Pennywitt Lewis, 88, of Portsmouth, died Saturday, June 4, 2011, at the Southern Ohio Medical Center. A funeral service will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Brant Funeral Home in Portsmouth. Interment will be in Friendship Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Brant’s in Portsmouth from Noon to 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
Robert Beinbrech
May 26, 2011
Robert D. Beinbrech, 94, of Sciotoville, died Thursday, May 26, 2011 at Hempstead Manor where he has resided for the past 8 years. Born November 4, 1916 in Bucyrus, he was a son of the late Dean and Florence Fisher Beinbrech, an Army veteran of World War II, and a member of the American Legion. Bob was a retired electrician...
