Obituaries
Bradley Izor
Jan 26, 2020
Izor, Bradley S., age 65 of Brookville, OH passed away January 26, 2020 at Grandview Hospital. Brad was born in Dayton OH to the late Herbert and Mary (Boyer) Izor, graduated from Valley View High School class of 1972 and retired from Genuine Auto Parts in Dayton, OH. After retiring, Brad continued working part time at Genuine Auto Parts...
Farrel Thomas
Jan 23, 2020
Thomas, Farrel E., age 89 of New Lebanon passed away peacefully on January 23, 2020. He was born in New Lebanon, OH to the late Ray and Greta (Phillips) Thomas and graduated from West Alexandria High School in 1948. Thomas worked in many different areas of sales including real estate, auto sales at Carter Motors and Slemker Automotive, and...
Karen Jirka
Jan 21, 2020
Jirka, Karen M., age 60 of Germantown, OH, formerly of New Windsor, MD passed away peacefully on January 21, 2020 at home, surrounded by her loving family. Karen was born in Baltimore, Maryland to the late Elmer and Cordelia (Snyder) Goldhammer. She enjoyed bike riding, shopping, cruising around in here jeep, she loved her dogs and especially her family....
Douglas Combs
Jan 12, 2020
Combs, Douglas H., age 68 of Franklin, OH passed away unexpectedly on January 12th, 2020. He was born in Hazard, KY to the late Tom and Willa Mae (Fugate) Combs, attended Franklin High School, was a U.S. Army veteran and worked for many years doing automobile body and repair work. Doug was a generous and kind person who was...
Elizabeth Burns
Jan 10, 2020
Burns, Elizabeth Jean, age 97 of Kettering passed away January 9, 2020 at Oak Creek Terrace. She was born in Westerville, OH to the late Charles and Inez (Drum) Bowman and graduated from Otterbein College. Jean was a music teacher for 23 years at Franklin City Schools where she was also inducted into their Hall of Fame, and also...
Wilma Belbeck
Jan 1, 2020
Wilma F. Belbeck, age 87 of Germantown, formerly of Lansing, MI passed away on Wednesday, January 1, 2020. She was born in Michigan to the late Albert and Clara (Thoreson) Egler and retired from GM. Along with her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Timothy Belbeck and her son Ricky T. Belbeck. She is survived by...
Marilyn Ballinger
Dec 30, 2019
Ballinger, Marilyn, age 86 of Germantown passed away December 30, 2019 at Hospice of Butler and Warren Counties. She was born in Miamisburg, OH to the late Charles and Opal (Vorhis) Schoonover. Marilyn enjoyed spending time taking trips with her friends from the Germantown Senior Center. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husaband Elmer...
Victoria Wyatt
Dec 28, 2019
Wyatt, Victoria Jean, age 49 of Germantown passed away on December 28, 2019 at Heartland of Miamisburg after a brief illness. She was born in Martins Ferry, OH to Robert Kraft and the late Sharon Easterday. Vicky was a devoted wife and caregiver to her late husband Richard Thomas Wyatt and her two sons Eric and Kyle Wyatt. Along...
Dale Hawvermale
Dec 17, 2019
Dale Hawvermale, age 77 of Germantown passed away at his residence on Tuesday, December 17, 2019. He was born February 18, 1942 to the late Everette & Louetta (Buser) Hawvermale. Dale was a long time dairy and grain farmer. He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother Frank. He is survived by his wife Janet (Hunn) of...
Thomas Sowders, Jr.
Dec 15, 2019
Sowders, Thomas L., Jr., age 70 of Middletown passed away on December 15, 2019 at the Atrium Medical Center. He was born in Dayton, OH to the late Thomas Sowders, Sr., and Wanda (Brown) Sowders. Thomas previously owned Romar Skating Rink in Germantown, and retired from Baxter. He was a member of the Eagles, was an avid fisherman, loved...
Betty Hurst
Dec 14, 2019
Hurst, Betty Lou (Roberts), age 93 of Franklin went home to heaven on Saturday, December 14, 2019. She was born at Middletown Hospital, Middletown, OH on June 4, 1926. Betty enjoyed being a homemaker. As a church pianist and organist for over 40 years in the Church of the Nazarene, Betty loved Jesus. She was a “soul winner". Many...
John Fidler
Dec 8, 2019
John Steven Fidler "Steve", age 63 of Kettering passed away unexpectedly on December 8, 2019. He was born in Dayton, OH to the late John V. Fidler and Betty L. Fidler (Myers) and worked at Metropolitan Dry Cleaners in Kettering for over 30 years. Steve loved motorcycles and anything to do with cars like Nascar, antique cars, hot rods,...
Shane Velte
Nov 24, 2019
Shane Andrew Velte, age 28 of Germantown passed away unexpectedly on November 24, 2019. He was born in Dayton, OH to Todd and Melanie (Gillespie) Velte, graduated from Valley View High School in 2010 and was an HVAC technician for Airtron Heating & Air. Shane was a member of The Jordan Church and was a tenderhearted person with an...
Levi Roberts
Nov 2, 2019
Roberts, Levi Allen, age 28 of Brookville, formerly of Germantown passed away November 2, 2019. He was born in Kettering, OH to Tim Roberts and Dawn (Moseman) Roberts, graduated from Valley View High School and the CTC in 2009. Levi worked as a mechanic at Smedley's Chevrolet but in his free time he loved to kayak, fish, hunt and...
Hazel Dennison
Oct 28, 2019
Dennison, Hazel T., age 87 of Middletown, OH passed away peacefully on October 28, 2019 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born in West Carrollton, OH to the late Robert and Esther (Wilcher) Taylor. Hazel graduated from Franklin High School Class of 1950, and worked at Aeronca Corp, was a member of Eastern Star and Kentucky...
Hannah and Joshua Heistand
Oct 15, 2019
Hannah Grace Heistand and Joshua Isaac Heistand of Germantown, Ohio, infants, passed away Tuesday the 15th of October, 2019 in the loving arms of their parents, shortly after being born. Even in their short lives they made such an amazing impact on so many lives around them. They are survived by their parents William and Taylor (Donson) Heistand, paternal...
Joann Caplinger
Oct 10, 2019
Joann Caplinger, age 69 of Miamisburg, formerly of Germantown passed away unexpectedly after a brief illness at Kettering Medical Center on October 10, 2019. She was born to the late John G. and Matilda L. (Coovert) Honeyman and graduated from Fairview High School in Dayton. Joann loved to sew, cook and was an excellent gardener, she especially loved her...
Harry Gisewite
Sep 30, 2019
Gisewite, Harry Eugene, age 88 of Farmersville passed away peacefully in his favorite spot, the front porch of his home. He was born in Farmersville, OH to the late Burley and Ruth (Johnson) Gisewite and attended Farmersville School before working on the farm with his father, then joining the U.S. Army. After serving his country, Harry spent about 20...
Shirley Burkholder
Sep 30, 2019
Burkholder, Shirley J., age 88 of Germantown passed away peacefully on September 30, 2019 at Brookdale Oakwood. She was born in Franklin, PA and retired from the Dupps Company after 28 years. Shirley enjoyed crossword puzzles, reading spy novels, music and dancing. Along with her parents she was preceded in death by her grandson Aaron Lakes, 2 brothers and...
Burton Beaman
Sep 28, 2019
Beaman, Burton C. Jr, age 70 of Middletown, OH passed away at his home on September 28, 2019. He was born in Rochester, NY and was a U.S. Navy veteran. He is preceded in death by his wife Fredette "Freddie" Beaman, his father Burton C. Beaman, Sr, his brother Frederick Lee Beaman, step father Arthur M. Brown and step brother...