Obituaries

Aug 9, 2018

Janet A. Shetter-Grant

Age 78, formerly of Brookville (Clay Twp.), passed away Thursday, August 9, 2018, at Miami Valley Hospital. Janet was born April 8, 1940 in Paintsville, KY to the late Ingram & Hazel (Walters) Penix. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Melvin Shetter; two sons, Ingram E....

Aug 8, 2018

Mildred Louise “Lucy” Swafford

Age 86, of Troy (Monroe Twp) passed away Wednesday, August 8, 2018, at her home. Lucy was born June 15, 1932 in McMinnville, TN to the late Lonnie & Loney (Robinson) Matheney. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded by one sister, Billie Florence Ledbetter. Lucy was a long-time member of...

Aug 8, 2018

LYNCH, Dorothy Marie (Hickey)

Age 86, went home to be with her Lord on Wednesday, August 8, 2018. Dorothy was born September 21, 1931 in Rockholds, Kentucky to the late Arthur Goebel & Lola Mae (Raines) Hickey. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by three sisters, Esther (Hickey) Villandre, Ida (Hickey) Hays...

Aug 3, 2018

Rosemary G. Hastings (nee Geiger)

Age 88, (formerly of Ohio and New York), passed away on August 3, 2018 at Evergreen Health Hospice Care in Kirkland, Washington. Beloved wife and married over 60 years to the late Franklin G. Hastings. Loving Mother of Ronald (deceased), Craig, Diane Cullen (Tom) and Steven (Robbin). Affectionate Grandmother to Michelle Kaufman...

Aug 1, 2018

Joan M. Hansard, 80, of Vandalia passed away Wednesday, August 1, 2018, at Hospice of Dayton. She was born September 9, 1937, in Wapakoneta, OH, the youngest of eight children and the last surviving child of Joseph and Marie (Gehrlich) Gerstner.

She married Ray J. Hansard on April 12, 1958, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Wapakoneta....

Jul 30, 2018

VAUGHN, Margaret A., age 73 of Butler Twp., passed away Monday, July 30, 2018 at Kettering Medical Center. She was born October 21, 1944 in Pittsburgh, PA, daughter of the late William & Ruth Grohs. Margaret retired from Wright Patterson Air Force Base after 20 years of service in logistics. She was a loving wife to Ernest Vaughn Jr...

Jul 29, 2018

SNELL, Gary L., age 68 of Vandalia, passed away Sunday, July 29, 2018 at his home. Gary was born July 30, 1949 in Dayton, Ohio, son of the late Charlie and Thelma Snell. Gary was an avid golfer, trivia buff, technology guru and an acquirer of all the newest gadgets. He was always quick of wit with...

Jul 28, 2018

WHITSON, Joe Kenneth age 75 of Waynesville formerly of Vandalia, passed away Saturday July 28, 2018 at Otterbein of Lebanon after a lengthy illness. Mr Whitson was born August 10, 1942 in Pulaski County KY, son of the late John & Hazel (Stogsdill) Whitson. He was a U.S. Navy veteran and was a retired employee of Chrysler Corp with...

Jul 26, 2018

Hurst, Debra Lynn, born in 1958, in Los Angeles CA, died July 26, 2018 in Shelby County, Ohio. She spent most of her life in Butler Township. She graduated from Bisbee High School, Class of 1976.

Children were her greatest joy and this was best appreciated through her love of her sons, her volunteer work in the...

Jul 24, 2018

Mosley, Donald

Donald (Don) Mosley, 86, of Vandalia, OH, died peacefully on July 24, 2018. He remained at home and was cared for by loving family, friends and caregivers. Don retired as Operations/Parts Manager of Navistar International (formerly International Harvester) trucking company in Dayton, OH in 2003 after 42 years, but remained connected on a...

Jul 24, 2018

Larry L. Miranda

Age 79, of Vandalia, passed away Tuesday, July 24, 2018, at The Hospice of Dayton. Larry was born November 18, 1938 to the late Ned Miranda & Betty Coughlin. In addition to his parents, Larry was also preceded in death by a daughter Cindy Strader, a brother Scott Coughlin, a granddaughter Jayme...

Jul 24, 2018

BROCK, Jack W., age 84 was welcomed into the arms of Jesus Tuesday, July 24, 2018. He was born May 1, 1934 in Pleasant Hill, OH, son of the late Dean Edward & Lillian (Coate) Brock. Jack was a loving husband, father and grandfather. He was a longtime member of the North Huber Heights Baptist Church and...

Jul 18, 2018

Mildred L. Witham (Budde)

Age 89, passed away July 18, 2018 at her home. Born the youngest child of Edgar and Ethel Lamb, Mid was preceded in death by her first husband John J. Budde and their son Daniel Joseph and by her step-son, John Witham. She is survived by her loving husband, Harley “Chris”...

Jul 13, 2018

Janet Elaine Muth, age 74, of Dayton, Ohio, passed away on Friday, July 13th at Ohio Hospice of Dayton.

Janet was born in Dayton, Ohio to Conrad and Ruth McMonigle on July 11, 1944. She graduated from Northridge High School in 1962 and remained a lifelong Dayton resident. She was married to Mickey Muth on...

Jul 5, 2018

Henry Wayne Hembree

Age 62, of Vandalia, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, July 5, 2018. He was born December 16, 1955 in Amherst, Ohio to the late Henry & Betty Rose (Myrick) Hembree. Wayne was a member of the Eagles & the Moose Lodge in Celina, Ohio. Wayne was a good man who loved his...

Jul 2, 2018

Lois A. Snodgrass

Age 88, formerly of Vandalia & Bass Landing at Grand Lake St. Mary and most recently a resident of Cypress Pointe Health Center in Englewood, passed away Monday, July 2, 2018, at Good Samaritan Hospital. Lois was born May 3, 1930 in Dayton to the late Kenneth & Eleanor (Koerner) West. In...

Jul 1, 2018

Margaret Mary Locker (nee: Callahan)

Age 89, of Vandalia, passed away peacefully on Sunday, July 1, 2018, at the home she shared with her family for more than 50 years. She was born February 2, 1929 in Boston, Massachusetts to the late Cornelius and Josephine Callahan. She was married to William “Bill” Locker for 61...

Jul 1, 2018

Carol A. Katulak

Age 85, of Butler Twp., passed away Sunday, July 1, 2018, at Clinton Memorial Hospital in Wilmington, Ohio. She was born November 2, 1932 in Dayton. Carol was preceded in death by her loving husband of 60 years, Eugene A. “Kat” Katulak in 2015; and by siblings , Dolores Ruth...

Jul 1, 2018

GORDY, Phyllis J. “P.J.” (nee: Spitzig)

Age 88, passed away peacefully at home in Bainbridge, Ohio on Sunday, July 1, 2018. She had formerly lived in Huber Heights for many years. She graduated from Kiser High School in Old North Dayton and was a member of the Class of ’47 Alumni Committee. Phyllis was a...

Jun 24, 2018

Rothwell Sexton

“Stoney”

Age 90 of Vandalia passed away peacefully on Sunday morning, June 24, 2018. He was born in Domino, Kentucky on July 24, 1927 to William Riley Sexton and Elzira Combs Sexton. In addition to his parents, his sister, Wilda (Sexton) Jeffers preceded him in death. He is survived by his...