Obituaries

Jul 26, 2014

Rebecca Jane Leininger, 59

Rebecca Jane Mosley Leininger, 59 of West Portsmouth died Saturday July 26, 2014 at her home. She was born on June 18, 1955 in Portsmouth to the late Harvey and Julia Litteral Mosley. She was a homemaker and loved rescuing animals. She worked with P.A.W.S. and Animal Welfare League. Along with her parents...

Jul 26, 2014

Norma Katherine Euton, 75

Norma Katherine Euton, 75 of McDermott died Saturday July 26, 2014 at Southern Ohio Medical Center. She was born September 1, 1938 in Portsmouth to the late John Lawrence and Mary Katherine Jacobs Essman. She was the Co-Owner of Euton TV in West Portsmouth for 45 years and worked at H&R Block for...

Jul 24, 2014

Helen Summers, 82

Helen Mae Summers, 82 of West Portsmouth died Thursday July 24, 2014 at Grant Medical Center in Columbus. She was born July 25, 1931 to the late Shirley and Helena Swords Mershon. She was retired from Mitchellace . Along with her parents Helen is preceded in death by her husband Leonard Summers, 2 brothers;...

Jul 24, 2014

Mary Alice Hall, 83

Mary Alice Hall, 83 of West Portsmouth died Thursday July 24, 2014 at Hempstead Manor. She was born March 8, 1931 in Portsmouth to the late Orville and Nervie Lands Traylor. She was retired from US Laundry and a member of 7th Street Christian Baptist Church. Along with her parents Mary was preceded...

Jul 22, 2014

Reverend Addison Keaton, 91

Reverend Addison Keaton, 91 of Georgetown, KY died Tuesday July 22, 2014 at Hospice Care of Lexington, in Lexington, KY. He was born January 22, 1923 in Ashland, KY to the late Lonnie and Leona O'Neal Keaton. He was a WWII US Army veteran and a former employee of Good Year Atomic Corporation...

Jul 20, 2014

Mary Lou Wedebrook, 80

Mary Lou (nee Gee) Wedebrook, 80 of Portsmouth, died Sunday July 20, 2014 at Crystal Care Nursing Home in Portsmouth. She was born November 6, 1933 in Portsmouth, a daughter of the late John Lytton Gee and Cena Irene Counts Gee. She was also preceded in death by brothers; Macager "Cager" W. Gee...

Jul 12, 2014

Betty Rapp, 83

Betty Imogene Rapp, 83 of McDermott, died Saturday July 12, 2014 at Hill View Retirement Center. She was born February 1, 1931 in Mt. Vernon, Illinois to the late James Clarence and Myrtle Gowler Greer. Betty retired from Washington-Nile Local Schools after 34 years as a teacher. She was also a member of Nauvoo...

Jul 11, 2014

Shannon K. Boren, 64

Shannon K. Boren, 64 of Dayton, died Friday July 11, 2014 at Day Spring of Miami Valley in Dayton. She was born November 29, 1949 in Portsmouth to the late Millard and Betty Curnutte Butler. Shannon is survived by her husband Dennis W. Boren who she married in February 14, 1966 in Tazwell,...

Jul 11, 2014

Rebecca Kay Carver, 54

Rebecca Kay Carver, 54, of West Portsmouth, passed away Friday, July 11, 2014 at her residence. Born September 19, 1959 in Portsmouth, a daughter of the late Don Elliott and Barbara Jean Bolton Kelley, she was a homemaker. She is survived by one daughter, Patricia Lynn Carver; three brothers, Donnie Elliott, Ronnie Elliott...

Jul 4, 2014

Virginia "Ginny" Bond, 80 , of Sciotoville, passed away Friday, July 4, 2014 at Cabell Huntington Hospital in West Virginia. Born October 2, 1933 in Wakefield, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late William Zimmerman and Gladys Adkins Long, she was a homemaker. She is survived by one son, Joseph (Twila) Bond; four grandchildren, Paul (Kim) Fitzpatrick,...

Jun 28, 2014

Delphia Louise Evans 84,

Delphia Louise Evans 84, of West Portsmouth died Saturday June 28, 2014 at Southern Ohio Medical Center. She was born August 1, 1929 to the late Edward Charles and Delphia Louise Farmer Distel. She was retired from Southern Ohio Medical Center Physical Therapy Department as...

Jun 27, 2014

Brian Lee George, 55 Brian Lee George, 55 of West Portsmouth died Friday June 27, 2014. He was born October 27, 1958 in Scioto County to the late Carl George and Georgia Tagg George of Melborne, FL. He was a United States Army veteran of the Vietnam War and was a former Police officer in Lebanon, Ohio. He was a...

Jun 24, 2014

William Hall, 83

William Hall, 83 of West Portsmouth died Tuesday June 24, 2014 at Southern Ohio Medical Center. He was born July 7, 1930 in West Portsmouth to the late Kelly and Jane Austin Hall. He was a retired Laborer and a member of Laborers Local 83. He was a United States Army veteran and a...

Jun 22, 2014

Jerry Lee Adkins Sr., 69

Jerry Lee Adkins Sr., 69 of West Portsmouth died Sunday, June 22, 2014 at SOMC Hospice. He was born August 7, 1944 in Scioto County to the late George and Irene Frances Stevens Adkins. He was retired from Mitchellace and was a member of the Coles Boulevard First Church of God. He...

Jun 22, 2014

Franklin Edward Thacker, 72

Franklin Edward Thacker, 72 of West Portsmouth died Sunday June 22, 2014 at his home. He was born February 27, 1942 in West Portsmouth to the late Oscar and Helen Robbins Thacker. He was a retired from Ferrell Gas Company and was a United States Army veteran of the Vietnam War. He was...

Jun 20, 2014

Carl Louis Shaffer, 77

Carl Louis Shaffer, 77 of West Portsmouth, died Friday June 20, 2014 at SOMC Hospice Center. He was born February 11, 1937 in Portsmouth to the late Clyde and Audrey Shaffer.

A lifetime farmer, he also worked at General...

Jun 17, 2014

Cora Ruth Hawkins, 78

Cora Ruth Hawkins, 78 of West Portsmouth died Tuesday June 17, 2014 at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus. She was born February 18, 1936 in Portsmouth to the late Vernon C. and Della Adams McCall. She was a retired secretary from Howell Construction Company and was a member of Dry Run Church of...

Jun 14, 2014

Claire Louise Lewis, 87

Claire Louise Lewis, 87 of Lucasville, Ohio, formerly of Mt Vernon, IL died Saturday June 14, 2014at Edgewood Manor in Lucasville, Ohio. She was born March 3, 1927 in Mt Vernon, IL to the late George and Gladys Clark McCoy. Along with her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Robert...

Jun 13, 2014

John Russell Askew, 69 John Russell Askew, 69 of Portsmouth, died Friday June 13, 2014 at Southern Ohio Medical Center. He was born July 7, 1944 in Portsmouth to the late Ray and Anna Marie Heath Askew. He was retired from Dayton Walther Corporation and worked for Dr. Bill Eshman. He was a proud veteran of the United States Army....

Jun 5, 2014

Jerry Herbst, 62

Jerry Herbst, 62, of Stout died Thursday June 5, 2014 at his home. He was born August 7, 1951 in Dayton , Ohio to the late Albert Henry and Laura Kinkaide Herbst. He was a former General Motors employee. He was an artist, he loved painting,...