Obituaries

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...

Lena Robinson

Lena Robinson

Jun 6, 2022

" I'm fine, thank you. How are you ? " The famous greeting always made to all by Lena M. Robinson, 87, of Wellston, Ohio, who passed away on Monday, June 6, 2022, at Holzer Medical Center- Jackson ER. She was born in Jackson County, Ohio, March 25, 1935, to the late John R. Williams and Frances McPheters Williams....

Natalia Burton

Natalia Burton

May 4, 2022

Natalia Edwards Burton, 102, passed away peacefully on Wednesday evening, May 4, 2022, at Jenkins Care Community in Wellston, Ohio.She was born in Wellston on April 15, 1920, to the late Evie Edwards and Callie Rhodes Edwards. She was a lifelong Wellston resident, well-known and respected. She was a 1938 graduate of Wellston High School and like most young...

Kathleen Vicars

Kathleen Vicars

Apr 15, 2022

Kathleen Vicars, 62, of Wellston, Ohio, passed away on Friday, April 15, 2022 at Ohio Health Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. She was born in Gallipolis, Ohio, on February 15, 1960, to the late William J. Vicars and Frances Louise Skeens Vicars. She was a 1978 graduate of Wellston High School and received an Associate of Applied Science...

Terry Lee Stewart

Terry Lee Stewart

Jan 25, 2022

Terry Lee " Turk " Stewart, 71, of Dundas, Ohio, passed away peacefully January 25, 2022, at Grant Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. He was born in Vinton County, Ohio, on June 4, 1950, to the late Charles W. Stewart and Florence M. Nickel Stewart. He was a retired correctional officer for the Chillicothe Correctional Institution. He enjoyed boating,...

Christopher " Chris " Scarberry

Christopher " Chris " Scarberry

Jan 20, 2022

Christopher " Chris " G. Scarberry, 64, went peacefully home with his Lord at his home in McArthur, Ohio on Thursday, January 20, 2022. He was born in Columbus, Ohio on September 5, 1957, and attended Vinton County schools. He was a big rig truck driver for several years for various trucking companies. In his spare time he was...

Karen Van Bibber

Karen Van Bibber

Jan 2, 2022

" She is with her Lord and Savior now. "  Karen Sue Martin Van Bibber, 76, passed away on Sunday, January 2, 2022, at Holzer Medical Center -Jackson ER. She was most recently a resident of Holzer Assisted Living in Jackson. She was born in Gallipolis, Ohio, on June 7, 1945, to the late Donald W. Martin and Dorothy...

Daniel Walton II

Daniel Walton II

Dec 24, 2021

Daniel Eugene " Danny " Walton II, 61, of Wellston, Ohio, passed away December 24, 2021, as the result of an auto accident. He was born in Columbus, Ohio, on March 27, 1960, to the late Daniel Eugene Walton and his mother, Donna L. Arthur Matteson, of Newark, Ohio, who survives. Danny was a 1978 graduate of Wellston High...

Nancy Hougland

Nancy Hougland

Dec 24, 2021

The angels came on Friday morning, December 24, 2021, to take Nancy Sue "Susie" Hougland , 84, home for Christmas. She was born in Wellston on October 18, 1937, to the late Floyd C. and Lucy Suthers Hougland. She was a former resident of North Ohio Avenue in Wellston and enjoyed her daily walks to all the downtown stores...

Robin Mulhern

Robin Mulhern

Dec 16, 2021

Robin E. Mulhern, 68, of McArthur, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, December 16, 2021, at Holzer Medical Center- Jackson ER. She was born in McArthur on September 20, 1953, to the late Bill and Marlyn Collins West. She was a homemaker who enjoyed her family and friends. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by four daughters...

Sarah Cross

Sarah Cross

Dec 14, 2021

Sarah Alice Cross, 59, of Hilliard, Ohio, died unexpectedly at her home on December 14, 2021. She was born in Athens, Ohio on November 22, 1962, to the late Phyllis LaVelle Cross and Roy J. Cross. She was a 1980 graduate of Athens High School and a 1982 graduate of Hocking College , with an associate degree in Police...

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