Obituaries

Apr 1, 2016

RALPH "MIKE" REISINGER, age 71, of Washington CH, passed away on Friday, April 1, 2016 at 2:26 p.m. at his home. He was born on May 16, 1944 in Fayette County to Lee and Ruth Yerian Reisinger. He was a 1962 graduate of Miami Trace High School. He was a lifetime farmer, loved woodworking and his family said "he was...

Mar 31, 2016

WILLIAM F. 'BILL' JONES, age 89 years, 7 months and 5 days, of Washington CH, went to be with his Lord and Savior on March 31, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. at the OSU Wexner Medical Center. He was born on August 26, 1926 in Fayette County to Grover and Sarah Hardman Jones. He was a 1944 graduate of Frankfort High...

Mar 31, 2016

MARTHA LOU "MARTY" COPELAND, age 79, of Washington CH, passed away on Thursday, March 31, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. at her home. She was born on August 12, 1936 in Fayette County to Roy and Helen Yahn. She was a 1954 graduate of Washington High School. She had worked in the office of Dr. Robert Anderson for many years. She...

Mar 28, 2016

GERALDINE L. "WOODY" SHOLLER, age 74, of Washington CH, passed away on Monday, March 28, 2016 at 8:32 a.m. at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. She was born on January 9, 1942 in Fayette County to Grover and Helen Watson. She and her husband owned and operated the Kenwood Lounge. Geraldine enjoyed sewing, crafting, fishing, camping, and karaoke....

Mar 26, 2016

NANCY LYNN LAWRENCE, age 57, of Washington CH, passed away on Saturday, March 26, 2016 at 10:30 a.m. at the Court House Manor Nursing Home. She was born on February 9, 1959 in Fayette County to James and Edna Holdren Rinehart. She was a 1974 Washington High School graduate and had previously worked at Case Convalescent Center. She attended the...

Mar 24, 2016

JOHN PAUL CODER, age 81, of Washington CH, passed away on Thursday, March 24, 2016 at 6:35 a.m. at St. Catherine's Manor of Washington CH.

He was born on October 28, 1934 in Ross County to Joshua and Katie (Rayburn) Coder. John's lifelong passion was his Holstein dairy herd.

John was preceded in death by...

Mar 23, 2016

KEHTE E. LITTLE, age 17, passed away on Wednesday, March 23, 2016 as a result of an auto accident at the Greenfield Area Medical Center. She was born on September 17, 1998 in Washington CH to Richard and Jennifer Gillenwater Little. She was a Junior at Laurel Oaks studying cosmetology. She loved swimming, hanging out with her friends and shopping....

Mar 22, 2016

Harold T. Leisure, 71, of Washington CH passed away at his residence on March 22, 2016 surrounded by his family. Harold was born in Fayette County, Ohio on April 12, 1944 the son of Harold T. and Ethel Adkins Leisure. He married Ruth Ann Sutton on August 22, 1965. Harold retired from Basic after 33 years. He attended Heritage Memorial...

Mar 22, 2016

CHARLES A. BARTON, age 83, of Washington CH, passed away on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 11:38 p.m. at the Fayette County Memorial Hospital. He was born on April 22, 1932 in Fayette County to Frank and Ada Barton. He retired from Colonial Staircase as a carpenter. He was a member of the Waterloo Church of Christ in Christian Union...

Mar 22, 2016

RICHARD DALE BILYEU, age 57, of Adams County, passed away on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 7:02 p.m. at his home. He was born on September 18, 1958 in Clark County to Bradley K. Bilyeu and Linda Keller Bowers. He had worked as a truck driver at Mid Ohio Fertilizer. Dale loved riding his Harley and truly enjoyed spending time...

Mar 22, 2016

GERALDINE 'BEANIE' EVANS, age 79, of Washington CH, passed away on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at the OSU Wexner Medical Center. She was born on March 6, 1937 in North Lewisburg, Ohio to Elmer and Marybelle Bennett Harris. She had worked for 25 years at the General Electric Lamp Plant in Circleville. After retirement, she worked at the Kroger Deli...

Mar 18, 2016

LOWELL WAYNE BARNETT JR., age 68, of Leesburg, passed away on Friday, March 18, 2016 at Grant Medical Center. He was born on June 13, 1947 in Columbus to Lowell Wayne Sr. and Dolores M. Calhoun Barnett. He had worked as an electrician where he belonged to the IBEW Local Union #683. He had attended the Leesburg and East Monroe...

Mar 17, 2016

RONALD L. ALTHOUSE, age 75, of Washington CH, passed away on Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 4:32 p.m. at the Fayette County Memorial Hospital. The viewing will be held on Wednesday, March 23, 2016 from 11-12:30 p.m. at the Summers Funeral Home with a graveside service to follow at 1:00 p.m. at the Bloomingburg Cemetery with Danny Dodds officiating. Online...

Mar 5, 2016

BETTIE KERR GRAY, was born Virginia Elizabeth Kerr in Vancouver, B.C. to the late Virginia Davenport Kerr and John Harold Kerr. Bettie lived a long life of family, dance, music and art. She passed away on May 5, 2016, in South Carolina, where she was living with her daughter and son-in-law, Heidi and James Humphries. She was the wife, for...

Mar 4, 2016

MARTHA BENNETT, age 77, of Washington CH, passed away on Friday, March 4, 2016 at 8:55 p.m. at Signature Health Care where she had resided for the past six years. She was born on February 18, 1939 in Columbus, Ohio. She had worked at Giovanni's Pizza and Auburn Manor Nursing Home. She was a member of the First Church of...

Mar 3, 2016

ANNA MARGARET HOLTON SHAW, age 77, formerly of Washington CH, peacefully entered her resting place at 10:10 p.m. on Thursday, March 3, 2016 at the Clary Grove Nursing and Rehab Center in Martinsburg, West Virginia where she had been a patient since December 15, 2015 with family at her bedside. She was born on March 17, 1938 in Greenup County,...

Feb 29, 2016

MAUDE M. HIDY, age 87, of Washington CH, passed away on Monday, February 29, 2016 at 9:11 a.m. at the Court House Manor Nursing Home. She was born on February 9, 1929 in Elliott County, Kentucky to Frank and Missouri Dickerson Harper. She was a graduate of Madison Mills School and had worked at Cudahys Packing where she met her...

Feb 25, 2016

RUTH ELLEN MCMURRAY INGRAM, age 84, of Sequin, Texas, formerly of Washington CH, passed away on Thursday, February 25, 2016. She was born on March 12, 1931 in Rainsboro, Ohio to Vollie Ray and Mary Edith (Fletcher) McMurray. Ruth was full of life; she loved her family and so many of the people who came into her life, but her...

Feb 24, 2016

BETTY L. (THOMAS) WHITTINGTON WILLIAMS, age 85, of Washington CH, passed away on Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at 11:42 a.m. at her home.

She was born on October 5, 1930 in Buffalo, West Virginia to Marion and Myrtle (Cornell) Thomas. Betty had worked at Crowne Auto and was also a greeter at Wal-Mart in Washington CH. She...

Feb 22, 2016

RITA F. KING, age 60, of New Holland, passed away on Monday, February 22, 2016 at 10:40 p.m. at the OSU Medical Center. She was born on September 4, 1955 in Chester, West Virginia to Edward and Lena Monroe Richards. She was a graduate of Wilmington High School and Southern State Community College. She had worked as a registered nurse...