All Obituaries

Lelah Mae Gettles Murdoch, 97, of Wellston, Ohio, passed away peacefully on Sunday morning, January 6, 2019, at Jenkins Care Community in Wellston. She was born July 4, 1921, in Wellston to the late Homer E. and Ella Davis Gettles. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Bayard Murdoch, and three brothers: Donald E. Gettles, Francis L. Gettles, and Homer D. Gettles; Lelah was the last of her immediate family. She is survived by her two children: Mike Murdoch ( Alyce)...

Mae F. Payne Gueltig Ring, 92, of Wellston, Ohio, passed away on Friday morning, December 7, 2018, at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She was born at Glen Avenue in Sciotoville, Ohio, March 9, 1926, to the late James and Audrey Cahoon Payne. At age two, she moved to Jackson County. She worked for Western Union during WWII in Dayton, Ohio, and Chicago, Illinois. She married her first husband, Ralph Gueltig, in 1946. She attended art classes at the University of Rio Grande,...

Anthony F. " Tony " Robinson, 78, of Wellston, Ohio, went to Heaven on Thursday morning, November 22, 2018, at Ohio Health Grant Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. He will someday again meet in Heaven his wife of 53 years, Lena Williams Robinson, who survives. He is also survived by a son and daughter-in-law, John and Tracey Robinson, of Wellston; six grandchildren : McKennah, Cole, Gabby, Hunter, Brice, and Cade Robinson; two great grandchildren : Ellie and Annie Masters; a...

Dorothy Jane Sickles, 77, of Columbus, Ohio, passed away peacefully at Arlington Court Skilled Nursing and Rehab Center on Monday afternoon, September 10, 2018. She was born in Kentucky on August 16, 1941, to the late James and Etta Mae Wollett Sullivan. She was a 1959 graduate of Wellston High School and a retired nurses aid. She enjoyed reading, bingo, country music, and spending time with her grandchildren. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her loving husband of 45 years,...

Karen Lynn Christner, 62, of Columbus, following an extended illness, passed away on Monday afternoon, July 9, 2018, at OSU Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. She was born in Wellston, Ohio, August 5, 1955, and was preceded in death by her father, Oron Lee Christner, in 1963, and her mother, Elma Griffith Christner Tucker, in 2012. She was the last of her immediate family, having been preceded in death by her sister, Pamela Christner, in 1996, and her step father, Herbert R. Tucker, in...

Craig E. Midkiff, 58, of Lancaster, Ohio, passed away Friday morning, June 1, 2018, at Fairfield Medical Center ER. He was born in Columbus, Ohio, on June 14, 1959, to James E. Midkiff, who passed away in 2010, and Mary A. Saunders Midkiff of Wellston. He was a 1977 graduate of Wellston High School where he was a member of the Wellston Golden Rockets Marching Band. He attended the University of Rio Grande where he earned an Associate's Degree. He recently retired after 25 years with the...

Delbert L. Beckner, 89, of Hamden, Ohio, passed away on Wednesday May 23, 2018, surrounded by his family, at Edgewood Manor of Wellston. He was born near Petroleum in Ritchie County, West Virginia, on January 9, 1929, to the late Thomas S. Beckner and Helen Nutter Beckner. He was a veteran of the US Army Air Force and served a tour of duty in post WWII Germany during his military service. Delbert was the long time owner and operator of Beckner's TV Service in Wellston. He was an avid...

Mary Louise Rupert Perkins, 92, of Wellston, surrounded by her family, passed away peacefully on Saturday evening, May 12, 2018, at Holzer Assisted Living in Jackson, Ohio. She was born in Wellston on February 17, 1926, to the late John E. Rupert and Edith Carr Rupert. She was a 1944 graduate of Wellston High School and married her husband, Oscar Robert Perkins, who passed away on February 18, 2006. They raised four daughters: Diane Richards ( Hugh Wilson ) of Wellston; Linda Roberts ( Terry...

Mary " Bub" Mulhern, 42, of McArthur, Ohio, while surrounded by her family, went home peacefully with her Lord on Monday, April 30, 2018, at Holzer Medical Center-Jackson ER. She was born in Gallipolis, Ohio, on January 12, 1976, to William W. Mulhern and Robin West Mulhern of McArthur. She was a 1994 graduate of Vinton County High School and enjoyed her home life spent with her dog, Socks. She loved all of her Facebook friends she kept up with daily, played games on her i-Pad, and...

Robert " Bob" Wiles, 81, of Richmond Dale, Ohio, after being together with his wife, Betty Preston Wiles, for the past 64 years, passed away April 19, 2018, at Hamden Nursing and Rehabilitation. He was born in Richmond Dale , where he was raised and lived his entire life, on March 19, 1937, to the late Asa Wiles and Gertrude Benson Wiles. He was a 1954 graduate of Southeastern High School and was self employed in sales. He was a Jefferson Township trustee for twenty-two and a half...