Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Athens, Coolville, Pomeroy, OH and surrounding areas.
Chad W Coler
Jul 6, 2022
Chad W.Coler, 48, of Guysville, Ohio, passed away on July 6, 2022 from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. He was born December 2, 1973 in Wooster, Ohio. He is survived by parents, Donald and Jonni Coler; daughter Sydney Coler (Michael) ; sister Jenny Church (Charles); brother Anthony Coler (Dara); sister Lisa Coler (Justin); three nephews, Walker Church, Casen Church...
Chester Harry Gorrell
Jul 3, 2022
Chester Harry Gorrell COOLVILLE—Chester Harry Gorrell, 83, of Coolville, OH, passed away Sunday, July 3, 2022, at his residence. He was born May 9, 1939, in Parkersburg, WV, son of the late Chester R. and Lorean Sams Gorrell. Harry was an Army Veteran and retired from DuPont with 36 years of service. He was also a member of Vanderhoof Baptist...
Brandon Michael Mahon
Jul 2, 2022
Brandon Michael Mahon LONG BOTTOM—Brandon Michael Mahon, 32, of Long Bottom, OH, passed went to be with the Lord on Saturday, July 2nd, 2022, due to an unexpected death at Holzer Hospital. Brandon was the son of Truly Mahon and the late Randy Mahon. He was born November 21st, 1989, in Paintsville, Kentucky. He is also the grandchild of Laura...
Virginia Justine Baer Cole
Jun 29, 2022
On the morning of June 29th at 3:15 am, Virginia Justine Baer Cole died at the age of 92, at Hickory Creek Rehabilitation Center, The Plains, OH, just 2 weeks short of turning 93. Born in Meriden, CT in 1929, to Raymond and Florida Baer. She had one sister, Flora, who passed before her and was survived by her younger...
John "Randy" Cooper
Jun 29, 2022
John “Randy” Cooper, 72, of Athens, Ohio, passed away in a motorcycle accident on Wednesday, June 29th, 2022.
Randy was born in 1950 in Redding, California, to William & Rosemary Cooper, who moved to Athens when Randy was a toddler. He graduated from Athens High School in 1968 - the last class to graduate from the “old” AHS building...
Nathan Keith Stalder
Jun 27, 2022
Nathan Keith Stalder, 43, of Athens, died Monday, June 27, 2022 at Riverside Methodist Hospital.
Born September 23, 1978 in Athens, he was the son of Diane Drescher (Dennis) Vest and Keith (Mary) Stalder.
He was a 1997 graduate of Nelsonville High School where he excelled in several sports. He enjoyed the outdoors including fishing and hunting. He was well...
Juanita Johnson
Jun 23, 2022
Juanita L. Johnson COOLVILLE—Juanita L. Johnson, 92, of Coolville, OH, passed away peacefully, Thursday, June 23, 2022, at Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital. She was born Nov. 25, 1929, in Coolville, OH, daughter of the late Corbitt and Mary Ellen Wilcox Yeater. Juanita retired from Nashua Photo after 26 years of service. She is survived by 3 sons, Ralph R. Blake, Clarence...
John W. Coen
Jun 23, 2022
John W. Coen John W. Coen, 83, of Coolville, Ohio died unexpectedly in a tractor accident on June 23, 2022. He was born February 21, 1939, son of the late James and Alice Coen. He was a 1956 graduate of Rome-Canaan High School. During his lifetime, he was employed as a lineman for the Coolville Telephone System, as a dispatcher...
Keith Allan Cline
Jun 19, 2022
Long Bottom - Keith Allan Cline, 48, of Long Bottom, died unexpectedly Sunday morning, June 19, 2022. Born July 26, 1973 in Athens, Ohio, he was the son of Jessie Lovsey Cline and the late David Leroy Cline. Keith was a 1992 graduate of Nelsonville-York High school. He was considered an outdoorsman by many who enjoyed fishing and was an...
Thomas Arthur Chiki
Jun 16, 2022
Thomas Arthur Chiki, 74, of Galloway, formerly of Athens, passed away June 16, 2022 at Crown Pointe Care Center in Columbus after suffering 53 years of pain from being severely wounded in the Vietnam War and more recently from dementia. For most of those 53 years, he never complained about his pain and tried his best to live a normal...
Nancy Sue Ruscoe
Jun 15, 2022
Our kind and beautiful mother, Nancy Sue Kirkendall Ruscoe, 82, of The Plains, went to her heavenly glory Wednesday, June 15, 2022 after a brief illness. Born November 14, 1939, she was the daughter of the late Mary Augustine Kirkendall Nichols and George Kirkendall. Having lost her biological father before birth, she always considered her stepfather, Clarence “Nick” Nichols, Dad.
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Kate A. Shaftel
Jun 13, 2022
Kate A. Shaftel, 42, of Athens, Ohio, passed away on Monday, June 13, 2022 after a long battle with metastatic ocular cancer. Born April 25, 1980 in Trenton, New Jersey, she was the daughter of L. Christine Albe and Richard Albe.
She was an award-winning fine-arts fundraiser who was essential to the ongoing transformation of the Ohio University College of...
Patricia Kay Oppermann
Jun 12, 2022
Patricia Kay Oppermann, 70 of The Plains, went to be with the Lord early Sunday morning, June 12, 2022 with family by her side. Born January 3, 1952, she was the daughter of the late Meredith Junior Booker and Dorothy Louise Mallory.
A graduate of Groveport Madison High School, Patricia went on to be a Direct Support Provider in home...
Ray Alan Young
Jun 12, 2022
Ray Alan Young REEDSVILLE—Ray Alan Young, 82, of Reedsville, OH, passed away Sunday, June 12, 2022, at Overbrook Nursing Center in Middleport, OH. He was born Nov. 5, 1939, in Reedsville, OH, son of the late Clyde Olen and Josephine Barnhart Young. Ray was an Army Veteran and retired from the City of Athens in 2002. He was a member...
William R. Nutter
Jun 11, 2022
William Nutter NEW HAVEN—William R. Nutter, 81, of New Haven, WV, passed away Saturday, June 11, 2022, at Pleasant Valley Hospital. He was born Aug. 14, 1940. William is survived by a daughter, Rebekah Nutter; brother, Bill Hammond; grandson, William Tomlinson and his partner, Kathy Sampson. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Matthew...
Jerald Keith Causey
Jun 10, 2022
Jerald Keith Causey REEDSVILLE—Jerald Keith Causey, 59, of Reedsville, OH, passed away Friday, June 10, 2022, at his residence. He was born Aug. 11, 1962, in Athens, OH, son of the late Willie and Shirley VanNess Causey. Jerald is survived by 6 brothers, James, Tony, Richard, Junior, George and Willie; 3 sisters, Vickie, Penny and Barbara; special friend and caregiver,...
David H. Mora
Jun 8, 2022
David H. Mora Pomeroy - David H. Mora, 70, a lifelong Meigs County resident passed away Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at Overbrook Rehabilitation Center in Middleport. Born June 27, 1951 in Pomeroy, Ohio, he was the son of Donald Mora and the late Mary Hayes Mora. He was a graduate of Eastern High School and Hocking College. David was a...
Janice Kay Walden
Jun 3, 2022
Janice Kay Walden Janice Kay Walden, 86, of Coolville, Ohio, passed away at her home on June 3, 2022. Kay was born in Coolville, June 12, 1935, daughter of the late John Samuel Walden, Jr. and Doris Bingman Walden Earich. She was a 1952 graduate of Carthage Troy High School in Coolville. Following high school, Kay began work in the...
Carolyn Lee
Jun 1, 2022
Carolyn Lee VIRGINIA BEACH—Carolyn Barnhart Lee passed away on Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Her last days were at her home in Virginia Beach with family. She is survived by her son, sister, two brothers-in-law and other family. She was a self-employed online businesswoman until about a year before her passing. Carolyn was born on December 6, 1937, in Guysville, Ohio,...
Maxine Driggs
May 26, 2022
Maxine Driggs, 89, of Stewart, died Thursday, May 26, 2022 at Hickory Creek Nursing Center.
Born June 16, 1932 in Broadwell, she was the daughter of the late Romanus and Irma Mayle Kennedy.
She was a member of the Lathrop Mission Church. Maxine was a homemaker who loved taking care of her children, grandchildren and many neighbor kids. She loved...
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