Obituaries

Apr 10, 2018

Lakes, Carolyn Maxine, age 82 of Germantown passed away April 10, 2018. Maxine was born in Miamisburg, OH to the late Carl and Lucille (Wolf) Curtner. Maxine was a member of First Baptist Church of Germantown for many years, loved to entertain and bake, as well as shop with her girls. At one time she owned and operated Maxine's Dress...

Apr 10, 2018

Dilley, William J., age 93 of Germantown passed away April 10, 2018 at Spring Hills Assisted Living. He was born in Gilead, NE to the late Joseph and Olive Dilley and was a WWII Veteran of the U.S. Army. Bill was a member of Farmersville United Church of Christ and enjoyed traveling, fishing, bowling and archery.  Along with his parents he...

Apr 3, 2018

Blair, H. Donald, of Germantown Ohio, passed away peacefully on April 3, 2018. Don was born in Toledo, Ohio on September 24, 1921 to the late Horace and Ethel (Overly) Blair. He was the oldest of three children: Norman (deceased) and Betsy Shewmon living in Columbus Ohio. He graduated from Bellefontaine High School in 1939 and attended Ohio University...

Mar 30, 2018

Cline, Edward Wayne, age 78 of West Alexandria, passed away unexpectedly on March 30, 2018. He was born in Farmersville, OH to the late Forrest and Lula (Damrell) Cline, graduated from Farmersville High School, and retired from Chrysler. Ed enjoyed collecting coins, arrowheads, crossword and sudoku puzzles, and farming to de-stress. Ed was a lover of baseball and enjoyed going...

Mar 28, 2018

Setser, Franklin, age 76 of Germantown, OH passed away March 28, 2018 at Miami Valley Hospital. He was born in Kentucky to the late James and Erma (Aldridge) Setser, was a veteran of the U.S. Army and retired from the Dayton Press. He loved spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren. Frank had a passion for food, gardening,...

Mar 21, 2018

DeGroat, William "Bill", age 92 of Germantown passed away March 21, 2018. He was born in Brookville, OH to the late Robert and Edna (Crout) DeGroat and attended Carlisle High School. Bill was a US Navy WWII Veteran, a member of Germantown United Methodist Church, and a lifetime member of the D.A.V.A. Along with his parents he was preceded...

Mar 18, 2018

Lewis, Sue Ellen, age 71 of Germantown passed away March 18, 2018. She was born November 14, 1946 to the late Clayton and Irene (Barker) Garner and graduated from Germantown High School. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her brother Joe Garner. Sue is survived by her 2 sons Chris and Patrick (Debbie) Lewis,...

Mar 10, 2018

Kesling, Wayne E., age 78 of New Lebanon passed away March 10, 2018 at Miami Valley Hospital. He was born in Germantown, OH to the late Russel and Nola (Baker) Kesling. After graduating from Germantown High School in 1957 where he received the Kindig Award, he served his country in the US Air Force. Wayne was a self-taught Electrical...

Mar 6, 2018

Adams, David "Grizzly", age 66 of Middletown passed away March 6, 2018 at the Atrium Medical Center. He was born in Middletown, OH to the late Tandy and Dollie (Mays) Adams, attended Stratford Heights Church of God in Middletown and retired from Mid-Ohio. Along with his parents he is preceded in death by his granddaughter Erica Sloan Forkner. He...

Mar 3, 2018

Wilson, Samuel E, age 67 of Brookville, IN passed away Saturday, March 3, 2018.  He was born in Mt. Auburn, OH to the late Cecil and Rosella (Wyatt) Wilson, was a member of Chappelow Ridge Pentecostal Church in West Harrison, IN, and retired from Hill Rom.  Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by his two brothers...

Feb 17, 2018

Richey, Betty, "Gunner" age 92 of Germantown passed away Saturday, February 17, 2018 at Hillspring of Springboro surrounded by family.  She was born in Germantown, OH to the late Ervin and Lottie May (Schaeffer) Bailey.  During WWII she worked for Harris Seabold, she also worked for Dr. Berger’s office in 1946 and later worked as a waitress at the Downtowner...

Feb 15, 2018

Nollie Mae Combs, 85 formerly of Farmersville passed away February 15, 2018 at Wood Glen Nursing Home.  She was born on May 31, 1932 to the late Challie and Mintie j(Bayes) Long in Paintsville, KY.  Nollie was a member of Community Harvest Church and retired from General Motors.  Along with her parents she was preceded in death by her...

Feb 9, 2018

King, Melody A., age 62 of Germantown, OH  passed away Friday, February 9, 2018 at Kettering Medical Center.  She was born September 25, 1955 to the late Ralph and Lena (Swartzel) Bender.  She was part of the Germantown Cardinal class of 1973 and a proud member of the Germantown Eagles Ladies Auxiliary.  She also proudly served as a secretary...

Jan 19, 2018

Immel, Hattie (Garner), age 107 of Germantown, OH passed away January 19, 2018 at Astoria Health and Rehab. She was born July 24, 1910 to the late Edward and Mary Garner, graduated from Reily School of Butler County, and from Miami University of Oxford in 1932 with a degree in Home Economics. Hattie retired from Germantown Schools, was an...

Jan 12, 2018

John Terry Baker, age 70 of White Oak Township, Highland County, Ohio and formerly of Germantown, Ohio died Friday, January 12, 2018 at the Hospice of Hope Inpatient Care Center at Adams County Regional Medical Center in Seaman, Ohio. Mr. Baker was a member and past treasurer at the Peace Lutheran Church in Arnheim, Ohio where he was currently...

Jan 8, 2018

Hauschild, Walter E., age 69 formerly of Piqua, OH passed away January 8, 2018 at the Dayton VA Medical Center.  Funeral services will be held on Monday, January 29, 2018 at 10:30am at the Dayton National Cemetery.

Dec 25, 2017

Johnson, Michelle Lee, age 27 passed away on Christmas Day, December 25, 2017. She was born January 30, 1990 in Dayton, OH to Scott Johnson and Penny (Sams) Johnson. Michelle was creative and enjoyed art, drawing, doing crafts with her mother and going places with her grandparents. Along with her parents she is also survived by her 3 children,...

Dec 15, 2017

Muncy, Bonnie age 83 of Middletown passed away December 15, 2017.  She was a member of the Crestview Church of God in Germantown.  Bonnie was preceded in death by her husband Jim Muncy, her parents Rollie and Mary Chaney and brother Paul Chaney.   She is survived by her son Greg (Kim) Muncy of Germantown and daughter Sabrina Spence of...

Dec 15, 2017

Dec 5, 2017

Dorothy Elaine Queen (known to all as Elaine) was born on April 4, 1947 in Portsmouth, Ohio.  She was the second of eleven children born to Henry and Dorothy Clausing.  Elaine was a 1965 graduate of Clay High School.  She was married at the age of 19 in 1966 to Richard Queen.  She attended Ohio University before joining Richard...