Obituaries

Virginia Bell
Jan 9, 2008
Virginia Elizabeth Bell, of Cadiz, Ohio passed away Wednesday, January 9, 2008 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz, Ohio. She was born November 16, 1952 in Wheeling, West Virginia a daughter of Virginia Isabelle Thompson Ramsey of Cadiz and the late Alfred McKinley Johnson, Sr. She was manager of the KFC/Taco Bell in Cadiz; a member of St. James A.M.E. Church...

Dean Dvm
Jan 8, 2008
Dean Scott Hall â�œScottyâ Baker, DVM, age 79, of Upper Arlington. Surrounded by his family, he went home to his Lord and Savior on Tuesday January 8, 2008 at Riverside Methodist Hospital following a brief illness. He is survived by his daughter Elizabeth Jane Baker of Upper Arlington, OH, son, Robert Dean Baker of Powell, OH; granddaughters Amanda Lee Baker...

James Bland
Jan 7, 2008
James B. Bland, 72, of Cadiz, died Monday, January 7, 2008 at Trinity Medical Center, West in Steubenville. He was born August 1, 1935 in Cherry Valley, Ohio, a son of the late George Bland and Bernice Neff Mattern Bland. James retired from the US Army after twenty three years of service. He drove construction vehicles, was an avid woodworker...

Jeremy Rose
Jan 4, 2008
Jeremy D. Rose, 35, Cadiz, died Friday, January 4, 2008 at his home. He was born December 1, 1972 in Dennison, Ohio a son of James E. Rose of Cadiz and Delane Dennis Gallion of Bidwell, Ohio. He was a member of Cadiz Sons of the American Legion where he had served as commander; Harrison Lodge #219, F. Osiris Shrine...

Virginia Cope
Jan 4, 2008
Virginia R. Cope of Cadiz, died Friday January 4th , 2008 at the Arbors of Hilliard in Hilliard, Ohio. She was born in Cadiz on August 16th 1922, the daughter and youngest child of Frank J. and Marianina Schirippa Maffeo. Virginia Maffeo graduated from Cadiz High School in 1940 and in 1941 married Donovan D. Cope then of Scio. Don...

Donald Rapavi
Jan 3, 2008
Donald Andrew Rapavi, 32, Cadiz formerly of North Carolina, died Thursday, Janaury 3, 2008 at Harrison Community Hosptial, Cadiz, Ohio. He was born September 11, 1975 in Bellaire, Ohio a son of and Bernard Rapavi of Adena and the late Sandra McIntyre Rapavi. He was preceded in death in addition to his mother, by his grandfathers John Ludwig and Mike...

Neil Porter
Dec 30, 2007
Neil D. Porter, 79, of Cadiz, died Sunday, December 30, 2007 at the Carriage Inn of Cadiz. He was born October 11, 1928 in Cadiz, a son of the late Adam Craig and Grace Dunlap Porter. In 1950, Mr. Porter began a career as the first employee of the R. & F. Coal Company in Cadiz, where he eventually retired...

Homer Plymire
Dec 27, 2007
Homer J. Plymire, 53, Jewett, Ohio, formerly of Akron, died Thursday, December 27, 2007 at his home. He was born January 7, 1954 in Wilmington, Ohio a son of the late Clayton and Esther Freeman. He was a disabled truck driver and welder, and an Army Veteran of the Vietnam Era. He coached softball for the FPGSSA for nine years,...

Irene Wilson
Dec 25, 2007
Irene Wilson, 88, of Jewett, Ohio, died Tuesday, December 25, 2007 at Trinity Medical Cener, West in Steubenville. She was born October 24, 1919 in Hopedale, Ohio, a daughter of the late William Snyder and Eva Fox Snyder Sizemore. She was a member of Bethel United Methodist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her...

Charles Vernon
Dec 15, 2007
Shane Vernon was born September 20, 1982. He grew up in Adena, Ohio where he attended Buckeye Local West Elementary School and Buckeye Local High School, from which he graduated in 2001. As a child Shane enjoyed playing baseball and wrestled three years in high school. Shane was blessed to become a father in 2005 to his son De Shaun....

Delno Rose
Dec 13, 2007
Delno E. ''Bill'' Rose, 82, of Cadiz, died Thursday, December 13, 2007 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz. He was born November 7, 1925 in Cadiz Twp., Harrison Co., Ohio, a son of the late Fred A. and Corna Adams Rose. Bill was the owner and operator of B. and B. Sales and Service at Tappan Lake, and was a member...

Deborah Ward
Dec 11, 2007
Deborah K. Ward, 53, Cadiz, formerly of Akron, died Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz, Ohio. She was born May 2, 1954 in Akron, Ohio daughter of James McMillen of Summerfield, Florida and the late Mary Wiles McMillen. She was a member of Springdale Friends Church in Kenwood and the former owner/operator of the Little People Preschool....

Butch Heavilin
Dec 5, 2007
Butch Heavilin (Harry A.), 57, of the Atwood area was killed in a tractor accident on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 on his farm. He was the only son of Harry R. and Helen Poulson Heavilin of Cadiz, born on November 5, 1950. He was raised on the family farm where horses were his interest. He graduated from Cadiz High School...

Jaxon Marshall
Nov 29, 2007
Jaxon Wayne Marshall, infant son of Clinton and Julie Wackerly Marshall, died Thursday, November 29, 2007 at Trinity Medical Center, West in Steubenville. He was preceded in death by grandfather, Paul Wackerly. Surviving, in addition to his parents, are three brothers, Luke, Nicolas and Mackinley Marshall; two sisters, Georgia and Cara Marshall, all of Cadiz; grandparents, Georgia Wackerly of Dalton,...

Wayne Dunlap
Nov 28, 2007
Wayne Dunlap, 81, of Cadiz, formerly of Freeport, died Wednesday, November 28, 2007 at Trinity Medical Center in Steubenville, Ohio. He was born October 11, 1926 in Cadiz, a son of the late Samuel and Pearl McFadden Dunlap. Wayne was a bus driver for 30 years in the Lakeland area, a farmer, and a veteran having served in Vietnam with...

Newell Trotter
Nov 23, 2007
Newell B. Trotter, 89, of Cadiz, passed away Friday, November 23, 2007 at Gables Care Center, Hopedale, Ohio. He was born February 25, 1918 in Jewett, Ohio a son of the late Saunders W. and Ethel Aken Trotter. He was retired from Consol where he worked as a loading shovel operator for 43 years without a lost-time accident. He served...

Sally Perry
Nov 16, 2007
Sally Stevenson Perry, 89, Cadiz, died Friday, November 16, 2007 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz, Ohio. She was born November 21, 1917 in Barton, Ohio, a daughter of the late Joseph and Blanche Paulhamus Charlton. Sally was a member of Scott United Methodist Church in Cadiz and the OES, Unionport Chapter 360. She retired as the Manager of the United...

Jean Grove
Nov 16, 2007
Jean Rusk Grove, 91, of Cadiz, Ohio, died Friday, November 16, 2007 at Trinity Medical Center, West, Steubenville, Ohio. She was born July 25, 1916 in Cadiz, Ohio, a daughter of the late Dr. Ross Philip and Beulah VanZandt Schenck Rusk. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Cadiz and the Moravian Trail Chapter of the Daughters of...

Beverly Kibble
Nov 13, 2007
Beverly Kibble, 83, of Cadiz, Ohio, died Tuesday, November 13, 2007 at the home of her daughter in Pataskala, Ohio. She was born February 5, 1924 in Bellaire, Ohio to the late George M. And Mary S. (Culver) McCloy. She is survived by two sons, Jack (Carolyn) of Cadiz and Ted (Mary) of Pataskala, a daughter, Michelle (Randy) Curry, also...

Alma Kirkland
Nov 7, 2007
Alma McCoy Kirkland, 78, of Cadiz, Ohio, died Wednesday, November 7, 2007 at Sunnyslope Retirement Center, Bowerston, Ohio. She was born August 7, 1929 in Youngstown, Ohio, a daughter of the late Wilson W. and Katherine V. Lamb McCoy. Raised in Freeport, Ohio, she was graduated from Freeport High School. As a young adult she lived in Columbus, Ohio, where...