Orin Douglas Wheeler
Jan 25, 2016
Orin Douglas Wheeler, 59, of Gallipolis, passed away on Monday, January 25, 2016 at Holzer Medical Center Emergency Room. He was born November 28, 1957 in Boyd County, Kentucky, son of Melvin and Linda Meeks Wheeler, who survive him. He was a 1975 Kyger Creek High School graduate, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and was previously employed by...
Patricia Suver
Jan 22, 2016
Patricia Gay “Trish” Suver, 55, of Gallipolis, passed away on Friday, January 22, 2016 at Holzer Medical Center. She was born November 14, 1960 in Gallia County, daughter of the late Paul and Ima Wolford Phillips. Trish married Steven Suver and he survives her. She retired from Gallipolis Developmental Center after 36 years of service as a TPW. She loved...
Pearlie Raymond Mannon
Jan 21, 2016
Pearlie Raymond Mannon, 73, of Bidwell, passed away on Thursday, January 21, 2016 at St. Mary’s Medical Center, Huntington, West Virginia. He was born February 20, 1942 in Lawrence County, Ohio, son of the late Pearl R. and Augusta Massie Mannon. He was a heavy equipment operator. Pearlie loved tinkering on race cars. Surviving are his wife, Karen Wilson Mannon...
Carl R. "Bob" Veith
Jan 20, 2016
Carl R. “Bob” Veith, 76, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at Holzer Senior Care. He was born on August 22, 1939 in Cheshire, son of the late John and Dorothy (Fife) Veith. Carl was a member of the Addison Freewill Baptist Church. He graduated from Kyger Creek High School in 1957 and served in U.S....
Patricia Cochran
Jan 19, 2016
Patricia Cochran, 59, of Gallipolis, passed away on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at Holzer Medical Center. She was born June 13, 1956 in Gallipolis, daughter of the late Raymond E. and Edna Mae Clary Cochran. Surviving are two sons, Eric Cochran and Ronny Evans Jr, both of Patriot; one daughter, Jennifer (Tony) Stout of Bidwell; special friend of 16 years,...
Diana Jane Hersman
Jan 16, 2016
Diana Jane Russell Hersman, 69, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, January 16, 2016 at the Holzer Medical Center. Diana was born on April 9, 1946 in Gallia County, Morgan Township, daughter of the late Charles Dale and Phyllis P. Ruchel Russell. She was a homemaker and a member of the Trinity Gospel Mission where she taught...
Kate Elberfeld Blosser
Jan 14, 2016
Kate Elberfeld Blosser, 44, of Bidwell, passed away on Thursday, January 14, 2016 at Holzer Medical Center. She was born February 24, 1971 in Gallipolis, daughter of the late Stephan R. and Beverly Vandale Elberfeld. Kate was a nurses aid at Holzer Clinic. Surviving are her husband, Lenny Blosser, of Bidwell, whom she married on September 1, 2007; a son,...
Jeremy S Davis
Jan 11, 2016
Jeremy S. Davis, 35, of Crown City, Ohio passed away on Monday, January 11, 2016 at his residence. Jeremy was born on December 24, 1980 in Gallipolis, Ohio, son of Donna and Gary Michael. He was a 1999 graduate of South Gallia High School and a member of IBEW Local #70 where he was a lineman. Jeremy was a sports...
Lenville Len Engle
Jan 10, 2016
Lenville S. “Len” Engle, 74, of Gallipolis, passed away on Sunday, January 10, 2016 at Holzer Medical Center after an extended illness. Len was born on November 5, 1941 in Yocum, KY, son of the late C B and Oleta D. Engle. He was also preceded in death by a brother Keith Engle and a sister-in-law Gwen Engle. Len is...
Frances Steger Vanpelt
Jan 9, 2016
Frances Steger Vanpelt Frances Rozetta Fillinger Steger Vanpelt, 92 went to be with the Lord Saturday morning, January 9, 2016. She was born December 12, 1923, to Ferry Fillinger and Emily Sanders Fillinger. She married Harold Steger December 5, 1945, and they had two children: Judy (Tom) Walters and Ralph (Lucy) Steger. She was the proud grandmother of Wayne (Julie)...
John E. White
Jan 7, 2016
John E. White, 73, of Gallipolis, passed away on Thursday, January 7, 2016 at the Arbors at Gallipolis. John was born on May 13, 1942 in Ironton, Ohio, son of the late Lura White and Margaret Lewis White Kimball. He is survived by two daughters, Angela Caldwell (Lee Cordell) of Gallipolis, and Kelli (Roy) Vance of Newton, NC, five grandchildren...
Joan Unroe
Jan 1, 2016
Joan Unroe, 76, Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Friday, January 1, 2016, at her residence. Joan was born on September 4, 1939 in Miller, Ohio daughter of the late James M. and Edna Darling Miller. She was married to Jack Unroe and he survives her. Joan was a member of the Church of Christ in Miller, Ohio. She enjoyed playing...
Carol Jane Spears
Dec 30, 2015
Carol Jane Spears, 78, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at the home of her daughter Carol Sue Gibson. Carol Jane born on August 19, 1937 in Spencer, West Virginia; the daughter of the Late Charles Burroughs and Bessie McCawley. She was a homemaker. She is survived by her daughters Carol Sue (Jerry) Gibson and Kathy...
Nellie R. Shank
Dec 30, 2015
Nellie R. Shank, 83, of Gallipolis, Ohio went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at the Holzer Medical Center. She was born and raised Flowery Branch, Georgia, daughter of the late John Henry Clayton and Ethel Herrington Overby. Nellie moved to Ohio when she was 17 years old. She was a secretary for Gene Plants...
George "Ray" Mckinniss
Dec 29, 2015
George “Ray” McKinniss, 61, of Rio Grande, passed away on Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at his residence, surrounded by his loving family after a long battle with cancer. Ray was born May 25, 1954 in Athens, Ohio, son of the late George Bernard McKinniss and Barbara Lee McHenry McKinniss, who survives him. He married Teri Hilyard on December 19, 1976...
Ruth Ann White
Dec 27, 2015
RUTH ANN DILLON WHITE Ruth Ann White, 80, Ellenton FL, (formerly from Gallipolis OH and Montgomery AL) passed away on December 27, 2015 in Palmetto Fl. She was born on September 2, 1935 in Miller OH to Jyles William and Mabel Wright Dillon. She was a loving mother / homemaker, Postal Worker in Gallipolis; and, Library Clerk at Faulkner University...
Robert "Bob" France
Dec 27, 2015
Robert E. “Bob” France, 88, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Sunday, December 27, 2015 at the Holzer Senior Care. He was born on October 5, 1927 in Gallipolis, son of the late Albert Paul France and Iva Brothers France. Bob had been an x-ray technician for Holzer Clinic and retired as the manager of the Bob Evans Reduction Plant....
Gayland Bush
Dec 25, 2015
Gayland Bush, 84, of Gallipolis, passed away on Friday, December 25, 2015 at Overbrook Center, Middleport, Ohio. He was born on April 7, 1931 in West Virginia, son of the late William Everett and Maggie Virginia Black Bush. Gayland was married to Helen L. Bush on February 23, 1964 and she preceded him in death on December 20, 2015. Gayland...
Lona "Tunnie" Clary
Dec 22, 2015
Lona “Tunnie” Clary, 95 of the Mercerville Community died on Tuesday, December 22, 2015 at her residence surrounded by her family. She was born August 18, 1920 in Kentuck, WV the daughter of the late Peter and Margie Hunt Parsons. Tunnie married Floyd F. Clary on November 18, 1939 and he preceded her in death on May 18, 1999. She...
Helen L. Bush
Dec 20, 2015
Helen L. Bush, 82, of Gallipolis, passed away on Sunday, December 20, 2015 at Overbrook Center, Middleport, Ohio. She was born May 22, 1933 in Gallipolis, daughter of the late Stanley B. and Elta Hall Folden. Helen was married to Gayland Bush on February 23, 1964 and he survives her. She was a 1951 graduate of GAHS and was the...
