Helen M Figgins
May 29, 2020
Helen Morris Figgins,92, stepped foot into Glory Friday, May 29, 2020. She was the last surviving child of Clarence and Eunie Estelle Morris . In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Charles Figgins and daughter Susan Frazier, sisters Julia Clyde Morris Bramlett , Mildred Morris O’Neal and a brother Clarence Andrew (Sonny) Morris. She...
Jim Staker
May 29, 2020
Obituary for James Walter Staker James “Jim” Walter Staker died Friday, May 29, 2020 at the SOMC Hospice House at the age of 86. Born November 6, 1933, the second of three sons, to Willard A. and Edith (McCarty) Staker in Portsmouth, Ohio where he lived his whole life as a son, husband, father, community servant and prominent businessman. Jim...
Freddie Dale Sturgill
May 24, 2020
Freddie Dale Sturgill, 73, of Portsmouth, passed away Sunday, May 24, 2020 at SOMC Hospice. Dale is predeceased by his father, Fred Sturgill, mother, Helen Williams and brother Mick Sturgill. Dale is survived by his loving wife of 44 years, Jan Sturgill. He is lovingly remembered by his two daughters, Amy (Jeff) Adkins and Jackie (Russ) Oglesby, his six granddaughters...
Judith A Bernthold
May 24, 2020
Judith A. Bernthold, 81, of Sciotoville, passed away Sunday, May 24, 2020, at Bristol Village in Waverly. She was born June 5, 1938, in Portsmouth, a daughter of the late Luther and Rachael Heston Hamblin. She graduated from Clay High School in 1956, and graduated from Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in 1959. She retired from USEC as a Registered...
Darlene M Goad
May 18, 2020
Darlene Mae Goad, 94, of Portsmouth, died Monday, May 18, 2020, at Southern Ohio Medical Center. She was born May 6, 1926, in Portsmouth, a daughter of the late Warren and Jessie Wiget Schuler. She was a lifelong member of Evangelical United Church of Christ, the EUCC Woman's Guild, Rosemount Homemakers, and several volunteer organizations. She was preceded in death...
Robert P Gullett
May 9, 2020
Robert P. Gullett, 69, of Portsmouth, passed away peacefully with the love of his life by his side on May 9, 2020 after a lengthy illness. He was born in Portsmouth, Ohio on August 29, 1950 to Paris and Jean (Ruggles) Gullett. Bob was employed as a supervisor at AK Steel Corporation for over 32 years before retiring due to...
Nell Bender Newman
May 9, 2020
Nell Bender Newman, 99, of Minford, died Saturday, May 9, 2020, at Minford Retirement Center. She was born April 16, 1921, in Sciotoville, to the late Thomas Bender and Mayme Adkins Bender. She was a member of First Christian Church in Portsmouth and was an avid golfer. She is survived by a brother, Stanley Bender, of Minford and numerous nieces...
George L Tsoukalis
May 7, 2020
George L. Tsoukalis, 42, of Portsmouth, passed away Thursday, May 7, 2020, at Southern Ohio Medical Center. He was born October 5, 1977, in Columbus, a son of the late Louie Tsoukalis and Anna Tsoukalis, of Columbus. He graduated from the Ohio State School for the Blind in 1999. George was a man that had numerous interests, those being history,...
Virginia Summerlin Chapman
Apr 25, 2020
Virginia Summerlin Chapman, 98, of Portsmouth, passed away Saturday, April 25, 2020, from natural causes at Bridgeport Nursing Home. She was born October 18, 1921, in Goldsboro, North Carolina and was the daughter of the late Lamuel and Lucy Butts Summerlin. She graduated from Goldsboro High School in 1938. In 1943 she married Lou Chapman of Portsmouth at First Baptist...
Dean nelson Johnson
Apr 24, 2020
Dean Nelson Johnson, 56, of Portsmouth, died Friday, April 24, 2020, at home. He was born May 21, 1963, in Portsmouth, a son of the late Ralph S. Johnson and Evelyn E. Ratlicff Johnson. He is survived by one brother, Thomas Johnson, of Portsmouth; a sister and brother in law, Patty Miller (Danny), of Portsmouth and many nieces and nephews....
Ralph L Phillips
Apr 22, 2020
Ralph "Chip" Phillips, 78, of Stout, died Wednesday, April 22, 2020, at SOMC Hospice. He was born May 20, 1941, in Columbus, a son of the late Ralph Phillips and Alice Brobst Phillips. He was married September 25, 1959, in Greenup, to Lelia Lytten Phillips, who survives. Also surviving are two sons, Rick Phillips and wife Sonya, of Kansas City,...
Margaret Francis Mohr
Mar 25, 2020
Margaret Francis Mohr, 90, of Portsmouth, died peacefully in her sleep on Wednesday, March 25, 2020, at Hillview Retirement Center. She was born October 4, 1929, in Portsmouth, a daughter of the late Lawrence Joseph Wagner and Clara Marie Chinn Wagner. She was married May 8, 1954, at Holy Redeemer Church to Julian Adam Mohr, who preceded her in death...
Norma Jean Grey
Mar 20, 2020
It is with great sadness that the family of Norma Jean Gray announces her passing after a long illness on March 20th at the age of 89 years. Born in Portsmouth, Ohio she was the daughter of the late Harvey Jacob and Mary Louise (McGlothlin) Kuhn. She is predeceased by her husband of 63 years, David Lewis Gray, and her...
Martha L Goodballet
Feb 28, 2020
Martha L. Goodballet, 77, of Portsmouth, died Friday, February 28, 2020, at SOMC Hospice. She was born March 21, 1942, in McKeesport, PA, the daughter of the late Clifford Troup and Enid Morris Troup. She attended Valley United Methodist Church, and was a member of Scioto Christian Ministry, and was retired from the Boy Scouts of America. She is survived...
Robert Dwight Wetzel
Feb 28, 2020
Robert Dwight Wetzel, 50, of Portsmouth, born August 29, 1969 in Ironton and died February 28, 2020, at SOMC. He was a 1988 graduate of Portsmouth High School and was a veteran of the United States Navy. He is survived by his mother, Helen Kyle, of Portsmouth, and his father, Phillip Berger, Sr., of Spring Hill, Fla. He is also...
Wanda Ruth Ratcliff
Feb 22, 2020
Wanda Ruth Ratcliff, 89, of Portsmouth, passed away Saturday, February 22, 2020, at SOMC Hospice. She was born April 12, 1930, in Portsmouth, a daughter of the late Clyde Ingles and Dorothy Cantrell Ingles. She was married to Donald Earl Ratcliff, Sr., who preceded her in death July 15, 1992. Surviving are three sons, Donald Earl Ratcliff, Jr (Fernande), of...
William Frances Lee Apel
Feb 20, 2020
With the final notes of Louie Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald’s version of “Stars Fell on Alabama” playing in the background, William Francis Lee (Bill) Apel died on December 9, 2019 at the SOMC Hospice Center. Bill was born on October 4, 1930, in Portsmouth, and was the last surviving child of the late Otto F. Apel Sr. and Claudia McCurdy...
Joseph Warren Hubbard
Feb 19, 2020
Joseph Warren Hubbard, 98, of Rancho Palos Verdes, California, died December 25, 2019 in Torrence, California. He was born March 2, 1921, in Portsmouth, a son of the late Alva Warren Hubbard and Augusta Kegley Hubbard. He was a Nuclear Physicist, a graduate of Portsmouth High School and John Carrol University in Cleveland, and served in the US Army Air...
Charles E Evans
Feb 18, 2020
Charles E. Evans, 65, of Wheelersburg, died Tuesday, February 18, 2020, at Southern Ohio Medical Center. He was born June 20, 1954, in Portsmouth, a son of the late James E. Evans and Madeline Whitt Evans. He was a former Track Foreman with NS Railroad and a member of Western Sun Masonic Lodge in Wheelersburg. Survivors include his son, James...
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