Obituaries

Janice Mosier

Janice Mosier

Aug 22, 2005

Janice Mosier, age 54, formerly of Richmond, died unexpectedly on Monday (August 22, 2005) in Warren, Michigan. She was born in Belton, Texas on May 4, 1951 to Eldon and Anne Thornburg Bryant and had lived in Richmond most of her life before moving to Michigan in 1992. She was a graduate of Richmond High School and she was a...

Esther Elizabeth Debus

Esther Elizabeth Debus

Aug 19, 2005

Esther Elizabeth DeBus, age 98, formerly of Richmond, died Friday (August 19, 2005) in West View Manor Nursing Home in Wooster, Ohio. She was born in Richmond on April 6, 1907 to James L. and Mary Frances Mitchell DeBus and had lived here all of her life until moving to Wooster about 9 years ago. She attended the Saint Louis...

Genevieve A. "Jenny" Dishner

Genevieve A. "Jenny" Dishner

Aug 13, 2005

Genevieve A. "Jenny" Dishner, age 82, of Richmond, died Saturday morning (August 13, 2005) at Reid Hospital. She was born in Richmond on January 16, 1923 to Joseph F. and Dessie Irvine Hoch and had lived here all of her life. She was a graduate of Richmond High School and had owned and operated Curt's Work Clothing, the Tot Shop...

Carl Evan Smith

Carl Evan Smith

Aug 3, 2005

Carl Evan Smith, age 87, of Richmond, died Wednesday evening (August 3, 2005) at Reid Hospital. He was born on July 15, 1918 on Snail Creek Road in Brookville, Indiana to Alexander Martin and Carrie Etta Lacy Smith and he attended Brookville schools. He married Catherine B. Halstead in September 1939 and together they had eight children. Carl owned and...

Howard Edwin Cohee

Howard Edwin Cohee

Aug 1, 2005

Howard Edwin Cohee, age 64, of Richmond, went home to be with the Lord on Monday morning (August 1, 2005). He was born in Richmond on September 30, 1940 to Howard and Verna Dowell Cohee and had lived in Tampa Florida from 1968 to 1992 where he owned and operated Northgate Shoe Repair before returning to Richmond. In Richmond, he...

Robert E. "Gene" Nicholson

Robert E. "Gene" Nicholson

Jul 30, 2005

Robert E. "Gene" Nicholson, age 73, of Richmond, died Saturday evening (July 30, 2005) at Reid Hospital. He was born in Richmond on October 10, 1931 to Ralph and Nora Osborn Nicholson and had lived here all of his life. He was a retired employee of Kemper Brothers. He is survived by - Wife - Mary Nicholson (to whom he...

Kathryn M. Hunt

Kathryn M. Hunt

Jul 26, 2005

Kathryn M. Hunt, age 90, formerly of Richmond, died Tuesday (July 26, 2005) at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. She was born in Richmond on October 29, 1914 to Herbert and Marie Rosa Schuerman and had lived here most of her life before moving to Westerville, Ohio in 1998 and then to South Carolina in 2001. She was a graduate...

Lucille Koorsen

Lucille Koorsen

Jul 18, 2005

Lucille Koorsen, age 92, of Richmond, died Monday morning (July 18, 2005) at Golden Rule - Beverly Healthcare. She was born in Richmond on February 9, 1913 to Henry and Emma Snoeing Koorsen and had lived here all of her life. She was a graduate of the American Floral Art School of Chicago and had worked in the floral business...

Mary V. Henry

Mary V. Henry

Jul 16, 2005

Mary V. Henry, age 66, of Richmond, died Saturday (July 16, 2005) at her residence. She was born in Richmond on August 18, 1938 to Ralph and Julia Hughes Klingman and had lived here all of her life. She had worked as a nursing home laundry aid and nursing assistant. Her husband, Joseph Henry, died in 1997. Survivors include -...

Donald B. Martin

Donald B. Martin

Jul 15, 2005

Donald B. Martin, age 72, of Richmond, died Friday evening (July 15, 2005) at Rose Gate Village. He was born in Lynn, Indiana on April 29, 1933 to Paul F. and Mildred K. Hinshaw Martin and had lived in this area most of his life. He was a graduate of Lynn High School and was a veteran of the US...

William C. Mullins

William C. Mullins

Jul 15, 2005

William C. Mullin, age 70, of Richmond, died Friday morning (July 15, 2005) at Reid Hospital. He was born in Livingston, Kentucky on July 2, 1935 to Edward and Helen Saylor Mullins and had lived in this area most of his life where he was raised by his mother and his step-father, Clyde Elliott, Sr. Survivors include - Daughters -...

Florence M. Talbot

Florence M. Talbot

Jul 14, 2005

Florence M. Talbot, age 86, of Richmond, died Thursday (July 14, 2005) at her home. She was born in Manhattan, Kansas on August 14, 1918, the daughter of Edgar and Eva Barnes Hammett, she was a graduate of Kansas State College and had taught home economics in Horton, Kansas and in Springfield, Ohio. Florence retired in 1983 after being a...

Robert A Osborn

Robert A Osborn

Jul 8, 2005

Robert A. Osborn, of Richmond, died unexpectedly on Friday morning (July 8, 2005) shortly after arrival at Reid Hospital. He was born in Richmond on March 15, 1929 and had lived here all of his life and was a graduate of Richmond High School. He was a US Army veteran of the Korean War and had worked as a tool...

Vera C. Randall

Vera C. Randall

Jul 3, 2005

July 4, 2005 Vera C. Randall, age 92, of Richmond, died Sunday (July 3, 2005) at Golden Rule Nursing Center. She had been a resident of Alterra Sterling House for the past four years. Vera was born in Modoc, Indiana on January 9, 1913, the youngest of seven children born to Samuel L. and Laura H. Fouts. She graduated from...

Clayton Lee Blanchard

Clayton Lee Blanchard

Jul 1, 2005

Clayton Lee Blanchard, age 62, of Richmond, died Friday morning (July 1, 2005) at his residence. He was born on August 29, 1942 in Elyria, Ohio to Harold and Marilyn Blanchard and had lived in Richmond for the past 11 years. He had worked for Lawson Consolidated Foundry. Survivors include - Brother - Herbert Blanchard of Dayton, Ohio Sister -...

Bobby Ray Phillips

Bobby Ray Phillips

Jun 26, 2005

Bobby Ray Phillips, age 62, formerly of Richmond, died Sunday evening (June 26, 2005) at his residence in New Castle. He was born in Jackson County, Kentucky on October 21, 1942 to Roscoe and Ruby Hurst Phillips and had lived in Richmond most of his life before moving to New Castle several years ago. He had worked at the former...

Mary A. Blemke

Mary A. Blemke

Jun 17, 2005

Mary A. Blemke, age 104, of Richmond, died Friday evening (June 17, 2005) at Rose Gate Village. She was born in New Paris, Ohio on January 3, 1901 to Frederick and Catherine Horrigan Blemke and had lived in this area all of her life. She was a retired employee of the former Atlas Underwear Company and then she retired as...

Ruth E. Kutter

Ruth E. Kutter

Jun 15, 2005

Ruth E. Kutter, age 79, formerly of Richmond, died Wednesday (June 15, 2005) at Life Care at Sycamore Hospital near Miamisburg, Ohio. She was born in Richmond on July 14, 1926 to Allison and Floretta Edsall Stinetorf and had lived here before moving to Dayton in 1965. She was a 1944 graduate of Richmond High School and a 1948 graduate...

William M. "Bill" Markley

William M. "Bill" Markley

Jun 6, 2005

William M. "Bill" Markley, 78 of Richmond, died Sunday (June 5, 2005) in Reid Hospital following a short illness. He was born on March 21, 1927, the son of Keith and Elizabeth (Shutz) Markley and was a lifelong resident of Richmond. Bill graduated from Richmond High School in June 1945. During his junior and senior years, he worked half days...

George P. Altizer

George P. Altizer

Jun 3, 2005

George P. Altizer, age 63, of Richmond, died Friday (June 3, 2005) at the Dayton Veterans Administration Medical Center. He was born on May 16, 1942 in Slagle, West Virginia to Bovy and Flossie Roberts Altizer and had lived in this area most of his life. He was a retired machinist for Hoffco and he was a US Army veteran...