Current Obituaries
Betty J. Burgher
Sep 15, 2002
Betty J. Burgher, 72, of Trenton, died Sunday, September 15, 2002 at Middletown Regional Hospital. She was born in Bear Spring, Tennessee on March 30, 1930 to parents Frank and Nanny (Pully) Williams.Betty graduated from Middletown High School in 1947. She was a member of Mt. Olivet United Presbyterian Church for many years, where she served as church secretary. She...

Marjorie A. Compton
Sep 9, 2002
Marjorie A. Compton, 77, of Middletown, died Monday, September 9, 2002 at Mt. Pleasant Retirement Village in Monroe. She was born in Middletown on January 16, 1925 to the late Harry L. and Cecilia (Mulford) Compton.Ms. Compton worked as a secretary/receptionist for Armco Steel Corp. for 25 years, retiring in 1982. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church. She...

Michael L. Bruck
Sep 8, 2002
Michael L. Bruck, 51, of Trenton died Sunday September 8, 2002 at his residence. He was born October 10, 1950 in Glendale Ohio.He enjoyed building models and trains and worked in the construction business.He is survived by his wife Patricia Bruck, mother Betty Bruck, one son Michael, two daughters Heather and Laurie, and two stepsons Michael and Jonathan. He is...
Dorin D. Jensen
Aug 26, 2002
Dorin "Bill" Jensen, 87, of Middletown, died on August 26, 2002, at Willow Knoll Retirement Community. He was born in Middletown, on August 2, 1915 to parents Raymond and Katherine (Shartle) Jensen. Mr. Jensen was a machinist for General Motors for 10 years and was a U.S. Navy veteran serving during World War II. He was a member of the...

Edward L. Cape
Aug 23, 2002
Edward L. Cape, 89, of Monroe, died Friday, August 23, 2002 at Mt. Pleasant Retirement Center following an extended illness. Mr. Cape was born January 8, 1913, in Rockport, Indiana to Sidney and Rose (Wetzel Cape. Employed by Armco Steel Corp (A.K.Steel) for 42 years, he retired in 1975 as a maintenance planner. He was a World War II U.S....
Jack M. Reck
Aug 20, 2002
Jack M. Reck, 75, of Middletown, died Tuesday, August 20, 2002 at Garden Manor Retirement Village. He was born April 14, 1927 in North Star, Oh. to the late Ellsworth and Elva (Murray) Reck.Jack served in the Army during World War II as an MP for General Mark Clark and was an MP for the Nuremberg trials.Jack graduated from Middletown...

Alma J. Wolfe
Aug 18, 2002
Alma J. Wolfe, 80, of Middletown, died on August 18, 2002, at Garden Manor. She was born in Little Rock, Arkansas on December 14, 1921 to parents Gordan and Angie (Robinson) Thomas. Alma was preceded in death by her parents and husband, Harold Wolfe in 1992 and a sister, Ann Cauley.She is survived by a daughter Jacalyn (Rick) Osuna of...
Doris Jena
Aug 17, 2002
Doris Jena, 70, of Middletown, died Saturday, Aug. 17, 2002 at Middletown Regional Hospital. She was born October 26, 1931 in Mobile Alabama. Doris was a member of the Holy Family Parish Ladies Society, she was the travel planner for AARP, and a very avid Bingo player. Doris also spent 10 years working for the U.S. Government, administering military entrance...
Glenn E. Selby
Aug 17, 2002
Glenn E. Selby, 79, of Middletown died Saturday, August 17, 2002 at Middletown Regional Hospital. Glenn was born August 5, 1923 in Middletown to, Orion W. and Helen (Pennell) Selby. He graduated from Middletown High School as Co-Valedictorian in 1941 and attended the University of Cincinnati in Metallurgical Engineering. He was a Registered Professional Engineer. Post graduate education included Harvard...
Katherine A Enright
Aug 17, 2002
Katherine A. Enright, 85, of Middletown, died on August 17, 2002, at Willow Knoll Retirement Community. She was born in Middletown on March 18, 1917 to parents Ernest L. and Mae (Porter) Sherman. Mrs. Enright was a member of First Baptist Church and the Lillian Holman Sunday School Class. She was also a member of the ARMCO Women´s Softball Team....

Judy I. Jackson
Aug 13, 2002
Judy I. Jackson, 58, of Middletown died Tuesday August 13, 2002 at her residence. She was born June 26, 1944 in Carter County Kentucky to parents Leonard and Garnet (Evans) Hall.Mrs. Jackson worked at Garden Manor Retirement Village for the past 10 years.She is survived by her mother, her husband of three year Jerry Jackson, four sons; Frank (Joyce) Knott...
Howard J. Hilboldt
Aug 11, 2002
Howard J. Hilboldt, 71, of Middletown died on Sunday, August 11, 2002, at his son's residence in Lebanon. He was born in Corning, New York on February 11, 1931 to Howard and Lena (Schichtel) Hilboldt. Howard served his country in the United States Navy during the Korean Conflict..Mr. Hilboldt was in maintenance at Armco Steel where he retired in 1986...

Sarah M. Heffner
Aug 11, 2002
Sarah M. Heffner, 91, of Middletown, died on August 11, 2002, at Willow Knoll Retirement Community. She was born in Hamilton, Ohio on March 8, 1911 to parents Robert and Goldie (Wellbaum) Morton. Mrs. Heffner was a member of First Presbyterian Church. She was active in church activities, a member of Women´s Club at church and member of Phi Beta...

Laura B. Ayer
Aug 9, 2002
Laura B. Ayer, 90, of Monroe died on August 9, 2002, at Middletown Regional Hospital. She was born in Burtonsville, Maryland on February 22, 1912.Laura served her country in the United States Army where she served from July 22, 1942 to February 9, 1946. Mrs. Ayer was a captain in the Army Nurse Corps serving as a surgical nurse in...
Nancy Susan Conley
Aug 8, 2002
Nancy Susan Conley, 60, of Middletown went to be with the Lord August 8, 2002. She was born in Chester, South Carolina on March 21, 1942 to parents Fred M. and Rebecca (James) Gainey. Nancy was preceded in death by her parents, her mother-in-law, Hazel Gainey, two sisters, Jennette Gainey and Louella Waters, three brothers-in-law, John Waters, John Gheen and...
Russell E. Morgan
Aug 3, 2002
Russell E. Morgan, 71, of Franklin, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend, died Saturday, August 3, 2002 at his home, surrounded by his family.He was born in Beallsville, Ohio, on Nov. 10, 1930. The adopted son of Wesley and Nora Oneacre. Mr. Morgan served 9 years in the Army, during the occupation of Germany and the Korean Conflict, where...
Mildred K. Griffith
Jul 30, 2002
Mildred K. Griffith, 81, of Middletown, Ohio, died July 30, 2002, at Middletown Regional Hospital. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on February 20, 1921 to parents Robert and Kathryn (Mangold) Albiez. Mrs. Griffith was a Secretary for 33 years for John XXIII School until retiring in May 2001. Mrs. Griffith was a member of Holy Family Parish. She was...
Charles Lee Debord
Jul 29, 2002
Charles Lee DeBord, 87, of Middletown, died July 29, 2002, at Middletown Regional Hospital. He was born in Morgan County, Kentucky on March 18, 1915 to parents Allison and Mary Lou (Stacy) Debord. He was a roller for the Armco Steel for twenty eight and one half years, retiring in 1977. Mr. DeBord enjoyed county music and played the guitar...

Suzanne Smith
Jul 27, 2002
Suzanne Smith, 75, of Middletown died Saturday July 27, 2002 at Middletown Regional Hospital. She was born in Middletown on January 12, 1927 to the late Thomas and Ruth (Wells) McCarty.She worked as a travel agent at the Middletown office of AAA for the past several years until her retirement in 2001. She had also been a part owner of...
John C. (Jack) Quinn
Jul 22, 2002
John C. (Jack) Quinn, 57 of Lebanon, Ohio died on Monday evening at Bethesda Warren County. Jack was born in Middletown on July 15, 1945 to the late Edward Francis and Mary Margaret Harmount Quinn. He graduated from Middletown High School, Xavier University in 1967, and the UC College of Law in 1970. He began practicing law in Lebanon in...