Obituaries

James L. Remy

James L. Remy

Aug 25, 2023

James L. Remy, 77, passed away with his family by his side at his home in McArthur, Ohio, on Friday afternoon, August 25, 2023. He was born in Ray, Ohio, on November 3, 1945, to the late Clarence H. Remy and Garnet Reynolds Remy. He was employed by Buckeye Automatic for 42 years. He enjoyed going to the Easy Rider...

James "Jimmy" Ervin

James "Jimmy" Ervin

Aug 3, 2023

James " Jimmy " Ervin, 70, of Wellston, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, August 3,2023, at Four Winds Community following an extended illness. The beloved son of the late Bundy E. Ervin and Anna Belle Loudermilk Ervin, he was born in Wellston, Ohio, on February 1, 1953. His journey began on a small family farm where he learned the values...

Harry L. Steel Jr.

Harry L. Steel Jr.

Jul 12, 2023

Harry L. Steel Jr., 85, of Wellston, Ohio, passed away peacefully on Wednesday morning, July 12, 2023, at OSU Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. He was born in Marietta, Ohio, March 11, 1938, to the late Harry Steel Sr. and Mildred M. McCall Steel. He was a 1956 graduate of Wellston High School and a veteran of the U.S....

Mary A. Midkiff

Mary A. Midkiff

May 28, 2023

Mary A. Midkiff, 87, formerly of Wellston, Ohio, and most recently of Batavia, Ohio, passed peacefully away on Sunday morning, May 28, 2023, at Provision Living at West Clermont. She was born in Vinton County, Ohio, on January 1, 1936, to the late George " Bill" K. Saunders and Dorothy Emily Steele Saunders. She was Valedictorian of the Wilkesville High...

Mary Lou Lenegar

Mary Lou Lenegar

May 11, 2023

Mary Lou Lenegar, 83, of Wellston, Ohio, passed away peacefully on Thursday evening, May 11, 2023, at Holzer Assisted Living, Jackson, Ohio. She was born to the late Floyd Albert Murray Sr. and Cora Mae Bishop Murray on May 28, 1939, at home in Richland Township, Vinton County, Ohio near Log Pile. She was a graduate of Wellston High School,...

William Wayne Mulhern

William Wayne Mulhern

Mar 24, 2023

William Wayne Mulhern, 74, of McArthur, Ohio, passed away on Friday morning, March 24, 2023, at Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe. He was born in Wellston, Ohio, on November 7, 1948 to the late Joseph and Beatrice Mulhern. He was a truck driver for Huntley Trucking of New Plymouth, Ohio. In his spare time, he loved working on and...

Martha Newman Graves

Martha Newman Graves

Mar 22, 2023

Martha Newman Graves , 91, of McArthur, Ohio, passed away on Wednesday morning, March 22, 2023, at Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe. She was born in Wellston, Ohio, on April 16, 1931, to the late George Newman and Dorothy Norris Newman. She graduated from Wellston High School as Salutatorian of her class. She was a former employee of the...

Mary Helen Jones

Mary Helen Jones

Jan 19, 2023

On Thursday, January 19, 2023, Mary Helen Jones passed away at the age of 93. Mary Helen was born on September 24, 1929, the eldest daughter of Corliss ( Pete ) and Mary (Gladys ) Jacobs. She was born in Jackson County, in the Welsh community of Soar. She graduated as valedictorian from Bloomfield High School in 1947, and attended...

Dewey Canada

Dewey Canada

Dec 27, 2022

Dewey Lee Canada, 80, of Wellston, Ohio, went home with his Lord, while surrounded by his family, on Tuesday morning, December 27, 2022, at Holzer Medical Center-Jackson where he was a patient. He was born in Vinton County, Ohio, on February 28, 1942, to the late Golden Dewey Canada and Daisy Mae Farmer Boyer. He retired from Luiginos where...

Richard Emmert

Richard Emmert

Dec 3, 2022

Richard Eugene Emmert, 76, of Wellston, Ohio, passed away peacefully on Saturday morning , December 3, 2022, while surrounded by his family, at Edgewood Manor of Wellston. He was the first of four boys born to Eugene J. Emmert and Dorothy Poling Emmert in Dayton, Ohio, on February 3, 1946. He was a 1964 graduate of Wellston High School...

Hazel Ghearing

Hazel Ghearing

Dec 2, 2022

Hazel Eunice Ghearing, age 103, entered into her heavenly home on December 2, 2022, following many years of declining health. Hazel was born on August 28, 1919, in Dundas , Ohio, and graduated from McArthur High School in the class of 1936. Mrs. Ghearing married the late Harold Joseph Ghearing and this union lasted for 52 years until Mr. Ghearing's...

David Edwards

David Edwards

Nov 28, 2022

David Garland Edwards, 77, passed away peacefully at his home in Wellston, Ohio on Monday morning, November 28, 2022. He was born in Ft. Sumner, New Mexico, May 21, 1945, to the late Roy Garland Edwards and Maribell Savage Edwards. He was a U.S. Army veteran, having served in Vietnam. He attended Hillsborough Community College in Florida while also...

John Thomas Rader

John Thomas Rader

Oct 31, 2022

John Thomas Rader, 73, passed away at his home in Saginaw, Minnesota, on October 31, 2022. He was born at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey on January 18, 1949, to the late Col. Thomas Owen Rader, USAF, RET. and M.Donise Stroth Rader. He graduated from Bellevue High School in 1967 and Bellevue University, both in Bellvue, Nebraska. He was a US...

Ethel Welch

Ethel Welch

Oct 30, 2022

Ethel M. Pittenger Welch, 72, of Circleville, Ohio, went home to forever be with the Lord on Sunday, October 30, 2022, at Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe, Ohio. She was born in Gallipolis, Ohio, June 20, 1950, to the late William L. Pittenger and Eloise M. Chamberlain Pittenger. She was a 1969 graduate of Wellston High School and...

Charles Rife Sr.

Charles Rife Sr.

Oct 8, 2022

Charles Wayne Rife Sr., age 73 of Wellston, Ohio, and better known as " Pokey" to all, passed away peacefully while surrounded by his family on Saturday, October 8, 2022, at Holzer Medical Center-Jackson ER. He was born in Rutland, Ohio on February 4, 1949 to the late Hurley Wayne Rife and Mildred L. Cleland Rife. He was a...

Dotty Hambrick

Dotty Hambrick

Sep 19, 2022

Dotty Haynes Hambrick, 89, of Columbus, Ohio, passed away peacefully, while surrounded by her family, on Monday, September 19, 2022, at Mount Carmel East Hospital in Columbus. She was born in Glenroy, Ohio on February 4, 1933, daughter of the late Clifford Haynes and Hazel Shook Haynes. She was a 1951 graduate of Wellston High School and a graduate...

Martha Wilt

Martha Wilt

Sep 8, 2022

Martha K. Taborn Wilt, 83, of Richwood, Ohio, passed away Thursday evening, September 8, 2022, at Urbana Health and Rehab Center in Urbana, Ohio. She was born in Flint, Michigan on May 17, 1939, to the late Theodore Taborn and Audrey Newman Taborn. In her younger years she attended Hamden High School and the Hamden United Methodist Church. She...

Gladys Ankrom

Gladys Ankrom

Jul 30, 2022

You may have seen this lovely lady sitting on her front porch at her well manicured home in Wellston, Ohio, or dining out with her friends, or attending a softball game at Rio Grande University, or at a football game in the Horseshoe at Ohio State, or at her great grandchildren's school events, or sitting in the congregation of...

Allen Graves

Allen Graves

Jul 24, 2022

Allen L. Graves, 74, of Powell, Ohio, passed away Sunday, July 24, 2022, at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. He was born in Columbus, Ohio, April 13, 1948, to the late Roy C. Graves and Eleanor Bell Graves. He was a graduate of Dublin High School in 1967. He was a U.S. Army veteran, having served his country...

Donna Gray

Donna Gray

Jun 26, 2022

Donna K. O'Leary Gray, a proud member of the O'Leary family and a very proud mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, passed peacefully away at Jenkins Care Community in Wellston, Ohio, on Sunday, June 26, 2022, at the age of 74, surrounded by her family and caregivers. She was born in Wellston on January 22, 1948, to the late Charles...

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