Current Obituaries

John M. Ptaszkiewicz
Dec 6, 2002
John M. Ptaszkiewicz, 52, of Middletown died Friday December 6, 2002 at his residence. He was born September 4, 1950 in Wilkinsburg PA to parents John S. and Hilda (Homce) Ptaszkiewicz.John was employed by Mokry-Tesmer Inc. for the last 15 years. He was also a member of the Holy Family Parish St. John's Church.He is survived by his wife Roberta...
Harold W. Noble
Nov 27, 2002
Harold W. Noble passed away Wednesday, November 27, 2002 in the residence at Kensington Place. He was born August 1, 1913 in West Liberty, Kentucky, but moved to Middletown very early in life.Harold was employed by Armco Steel Corporation and retired in 1974 after 41 years as a welder at the fabricating division. During World War II he made landing...

Maxine T. Wilson
Nov 26, 2002
Maxine T. Wilson, 81, of Middletown, died Tuesday, November 26, 2002 at Middletown Regional Hospital. She was born in Campton, Kentucky on February 7, 1921 to parents Courtney and Elizabeth (Culbertson) Tolson.Maxine was a member of Asbury Methodist Church. She was a very gifted horticulturist. As a life long student of horticulture, she knew the art of growing fruits and...

James S. Farkas
Nov 23, 2002
James S. Farkas, 77, of Monroe, died Friday, November 22, 2002 at Middletown Regional Hospital. James was born on July 5, 1925 in Middletown to John and Elizabeth (Botos) Farkas. He served in World War II with the United States Navy. Upon his discharge in 1946 he started working for Armco Steel as a Crane Operator in the BOF, and...
Grace Smith Hines
Nov 21, 2002
Grace Smith Hines, 90, of Middletown, died Thursday, November 21, 2002 at Willow Knoll Retirement Community. She was born in Barboursville, Kentucky on August 9, 1912 to parents Daniel & Margaret (Jackson) Swafford. She attended the Church of God.Grace was preceded in death by her first husband G. Harrison Smith in 1962; her second husband, James Hines in 1981; her...

Stephanie O. Wells
Nov 18, 2002
Stephanie O. Wells, 55, of Monroe, died Monday, November 18, 2002 at Middletown Regional Hospital. She was born in Middletown on January 23, 1947 to parents Kasimir & Mary (Weber) Oganowski.Mrs. Wells enjoyed traveling and spending time with her family.Stephanie is survived by her husband Howard "Jack" Wells of Monroe; three sons Kim Michael Wells of Miamisburg, Kevin Dale (Deborah...

Flore Chouinard
Nov 17, 2002
Flore Chouinard of Garden Manor Extended Care Center, died Sunday, November 17, 2002 at the age of 102. She was born in Montreal, Quebec but lived several years in Chicago, Illinois and Arlington, Virginia before moving to Middletown in 1967 following the death of her husband, Rene Chouinard. Mrs. Chouinard was a member of Holy Family Parish-St. John's Church and...
Jeannette R. Paullin Long
Nov 16, 2002
Jeanette R. (Koontz) Paullin Long, 87, of Hanover Township, died Saturday, November 16, 2002 at her residence. Jeannette was born on December 16, 1914 in Eaton, Oh., to Clem Earl and Clara (Leis) Koontz. She was a resident of Jacksonburg, Oh. until moving to Hanover Township, and she was a member of Jacksonburg United Methodist Church. Jeannette worked as a...
Homer Joseph Schrock
Nov 16, 2002
Homer Joseph Schrock, 83, of Monroe, died Saturday, November 16, 2002 at University of Cincinnati Medical Center.He was born May 19, 1919 in Michigan City, Indiana, the son of Homer Schrock and Caroline Louise Thienemann Schrock. He was co-owner of Schrock's Hardware until his retirement in 1982. Mr. Schrock was a 50 year member of Lincoln Lodge #693 F.& A.M.,...
Jessica L. Springer
Nov 15, 2002
Jessica L. Springer, 21, of Phoenix, AZ, formerly of Middletown, Ohio, died Friday, November 15, 2002. She was born in Pensacola, Florida to parents Paula Ferrall and the late Mike Springer. Jessica attended Western Hills Baptist Church.Jessica is survived by her mother; a brother Matthew D. Ferrall of Cincinnati; a sister Christina N. Ferrall of Cincinnati; grandmother Jean Seng and...
Joe Turner
Nov 14, 2002
Joe Turner, 84, of Middletown, died Thursday, November 14, 2002 at Middletown Regional Hospital. He was born in Whitesburg, Kentucky on March 6, 1918 to parents John C. and Drucilla (Combs) Turner.Joe worked as a lithographer for Diamond International for 35 years, retiring in 1980. He served his country in the Army and Air Force during World War II. He...
Jackie Collins
Nov 12, 2002
Jackie Collins, 65, of Middletown, died Tuesday, November 12, 2002 at Middletown Regional Hospital. She was born in Bulan, Kentucky on July 16, 1937 to parents Edna (Rainey) Nichols Cuddy and the late Hargis Nichols.Jackie attended Middletown High School. She retired from Dillards Department Store in 2000, after 16 years of service.Mrs. Collins is survived by her husband of 47...
Robert C. Cordray
Nov 10, 2002
Robert C. Cordray, 86, of Middletown, Ohio, died Sunday, November 10, 2002, at Middletown Regional Hospital. He was born in Canton, Ohio on March 14, 1916 to parents Robert and Hazel (Hayhurst) Cordray. Robert served his country in the United States Army during World War II, and served in Military Intelligence.Bob attended Miami University. He was in the hotel management...
Tyburtius Lerch
Nov 7, 2002
Bert Lerch, 86, of Monroe, died November 7, 2002 at Mt. Pleasant Retirement Village. He was born in Canton, Ohio on March 13, 1916 to parents Homer and Clara (Obringer) Lerch.He was an administrator for the Mt. Pleasant Retirement Village from 1968 until he retired in 1980. Mr. Lerch was a member of the Highpoint Lodge #773 F & AM,...

Mildred Armbruster
Nov 6, 2002
Mildred "Mickey" Armbruster, 78, of Nokomis, Florida, formerly of Middletown, died Wednesday, November 6, 2002 at her residence. She was born in Middletown on April 17, 1924 to parents Leonard J. and Edna C. (Martin) Strauss.Mickey graduated from Holy Trinity School and lived in Middletown for 52 years, before moving to Florida, where she has resided for the past 26...

Charles F. Roberts
Nov 1, 2002
Charles F. Roberts, 61, of Royal Oak, Maryland, died on November 1, 2002, at Memorial Hospital in Maryland. He was born in Middletown, Ohio on October 21, 1941 to parents Robert F. and Elinor (Pippert) Roberts. Educated at Middletown area schools, and later at William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri and Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, he began his career...

Hamilton B. Turner
Oct 25, 2002
Hamilton B. (Curley) Turner, age 88 of Middletown died on Friday morning at Middletown Regional Hospital. Mr. Turner retired from McGraw Construction Company in 1977 after twenty years, he was a iron worker. He was a member of Masonic Lodge # 542 in Lawrenceburg, Tn, a member of the United Methodist Church. Mr. Turner is survived by his wife Billie...
Virginia Williams
Oct 22, 2002
Virginia "Ginny" Williams, 61, of Middletown, died Tuesday, October 22, 2002 at Middletown Regional Hospital. She was born in Germantown on March 17, 1941 to parents Edwin and Anita (Turner) Long.Ginny graduated from Monroe High School in 1959, and married Bruce N. Williams February 14, 1969. She worked for Middletown Regional Hospital as a medical transcriptionist for 37 years. She...

Betty J. Lakes
Oct 19, 2002
Betty J. Lakes, 64, of Camden, died Saturday, October 19, 2002 at her residence. She was born in Trenton on February 15, 1938 to parents Joseph Chester and Anna (McGuire) Adams.Betty is survived by her husband Bennie L. Lakes of Camden; daughters Debbie (Charlie) Nichols of Orman Beach, FL., Donna (Clayton) Oaks, and Joanne Colwell both of Camden; stepdaughters Sandra...

Jalen O. Smith
Oct 17, 2002
Jalen Octavis Smith, infant son of Louis Smith and Amy Shepherd of Middletown, died Thursday, October 17, 2002 at Middletown Regional Hospital.Jalen is also survived by his brothers Louis & Devon Smith; his sister Aryn Shepherd; his grandparents Helen George, & Terri & Johnny Shepherd; his aunts Joni Smith, Martha Shepherd, Angie Shepherd, Kimberly Cooper, & Violet George; his uncles...