Obituaries
Rhonda Sue Caudill
Feb 8, 2024
Rhonda Sue Caudill, 63, passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 8, 2024, at her home in Hamden, Ohio, while surrounded by her family. She was born at Hurlburt Field AFB in Okaloosa County, Florida on September 22, 1960, to the late James L. Davis and Agnes V. Johnson Davis. She was a graduate of Martin County High School in Stuart,...
Mary Louise Herres
Jan 27, 2024
Mary Louise Herres, 79, of McArthur, Ohio. passed away peacefully while surrounded by her family, on Saturday, January 27, 2024, at Maple Hills Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation in McArthur. She was born in Jackson Township/ Vinton County, Ohio on March 21, 1944, to the late Winnie Marvin Stewart and Mildred Irene Hill Stewart. She was a high school graduate and...
Jerrod Elden Rogers
Dec 7, 2023
Jerrod Elden Rogers, 36, of Wellston, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday evening, December 7, 2023, while helping others in his line of duty. He was born in Athens, Ohio, on March 17, 1987, to his surviving parents of Wellston, James and Betty Eberts Rogers.He was a 2005 graduate of Vinton County Consolidated High School and studied EMT-B at Pickaway-Ross...
Charlotte R. Patrick
Dec 7, 2023
Charlotte R. Patrick, 83, of Wellston, Ohio, while surrounded by her family, went Home with her Lord on Thursday morning, December 7, 2023, at her residence. She was born on April 13, 1940, at Berlin Crossroads in Milton Township. She was the eldest of 10 daughters born to the late Charles Earl Coon and Nellie Elizabeth Perkins Coon. She began...
Myrna Jean Lenegar
Sep 6, 2023
Myrna Jean Lenegar, 92, of Wellston, Ohio, passed away peacefully on Wednesday morning, September 6, 2023, at Four Winds Community. She was born in Wellston on February 17, 1931, to the late Raymond and Georgia M. Arthur Henry. She retired after 35 years employment by the Kuppenheimer Manufacturing Co. in Wellston where she was a seamstress and supervisor. She continued...
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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...