Recent Obituaries

Barbara Lee (Oliver) Fugate, 65, passed away on Thursday, March 21, 2019 at Wilson Memorial Hospital, Sidney, Ohio.   She was born on January 27, 1954 in Hazard, Kentucky, the daughter of Dan and Donna Jean (Kelly) Oliver.  Her mother survives in Sidney.   Barbara was retired, but had worked as a teacher's aide and at Kroger's before retiring due to health reasons.   She was a loving mother and grandmother, and enjoyed time with her family.  In...

Jerri Ann (Moon -Taylor) Van Horn, 70, 15225 Meranda Rd., Anna, Ohio, passed away on Friday, February 8, 2019 at 1:10 PM at Wilson Memorial Hospital, Sidney, Ohio.   She was born August 26, 1948 in Sidney, Ohio, the daughter of Gerald Emanuel Moon and Anne Louise Spoltman and they are deceased.   She is married to Ralph Emerson Van Horn and he survives along with a daughter, Tambra Brown and husband Tony of Sidney, Ohio; son, Chad Edmund Taylor of Sidney, Ohio;...

Wayne A. Hanson, 87, of Sidney and formerly of San Antonio Tx, passed away on January 24, 2019 at 3:10am, at Dorothy Love Retirement Community in Sidney. He was born on February 28,1931, in Cincinnati, the son of Andrew and Ruby (Bennett) Hanson. On December 23,1950, he married the love of his life, Betty Ann Bush, and she preceded him in death. Wayne graduated from Miami University, with a Bachelors in Business and Economics, and was a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity on campus....

Dr. David G. Siehl, long-time resident of Sidney, Ohio and Phoenix, Arizona, passed away on January 13, 2019.   David George Siehl was born on September 8, 1918 to Dr. Walter H. Siehl and Flora (Sontag) Siehl.   David was the second of the famous "Siehl Boys" who grew up playing baseball and rooting for the Reds in the Western Hills area of Cincinnati.   He graduated from Western Hills High School in 1936 and Miami University in Oxford, Ohio in...

Irene E. Freisthler, 90, 107 W. Main St., Anna, Ohio, passed away at the Versailles Health Care Center, Versailles, Ohio on Tuesday, December 18, 2018 at 2:38 AM.   She was born on April 21, 1928 in St. Henry, Ohio the daughter of George and Amelia (Reier) Hein and they are deceased.   She was married to Thomas Freisthler on May 1, 1948 and he is deceased.   Surviving are two daughters, Mary Bensman and husband Larry of New Bremen, Ohio and Karen Luthman and...

Beverly Joan Slonkosky, 90, Dorothy Love Retirement Community, Sidney, Ohio, passed away at Dorothy Love Retirement Community, Sidney, Ohio on Thursday, December 13, 2018 at 7:47 AM.   She was born November 10, 1928 in Portland, Indiana, the daughter of Henry George and Harriett Evalene (Trout) Slonkosky and they are deceased.   She was a 1946 graduate of Sidney High School and also attended Miami Jacobs Business College in Dayton, Ohio.   She had worked at...

Martha E. Brown, 89,  308 Highland Ave., Sidney, Ohio, passed away at Wilson Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at 12:59 PM.   She had been a resident at Fair Haven Shelby County Home, Sidney, Ohio.   She was born January 25, 1929 in Piqua, Ohio, the daughter of Ulysses and Anna Lou (Routt) Robinson and they are deceased.   She was married to Thomas C. Brown and he is deceased.   Surviving are three sons, Clark Scott Brown and wife...

Mary E. Schmidt, 72, Sidney, Ohio, passed away at Fair Haven Shelby County Home, Sidney, Ohio on Friday, November 16, 2018 at 12:20 AM.   She was born June 22, 1946 in Santa Cruz, California, the daughter of Alfred and Eleanor (Zamzow) Beireis and they are deceased.   She was married to Richard Schmidt, Sidney, Ohio on December 6, 1969 and he survives along with two daughters, Kristina Proffit and husband Christopher of West Milton, Ohio and Julie Schmidt of Enon, Ohio...

Zenona Lee Grose, 85, Landings of Sidney, Sidney, Ohio, passed away at the Landings of Sidney on Thursday, November 1, 2018 at 10:25 AM.   She was born August 13, 1933 in Roanoke, Texas to the  late George and Louise (Lee) Atteberry.   She was married on June 9, 2007 to Billy Joe Grose of Troy, Ohio who survives along with four daughters, Linda Whittington and husband Owen; Cindy McGill, Pam Meyer and Debbie Harlow and husband Clyde and fourteen grandchildren and...

William Rinehart, 83, 622 Fielding Rd., Sidney, Ohio, passed away at the Pavilion Nursing Home in Sidney, Ohio on Wednesday, October 17, 2018.   Graveside services will be held at a later date.   Salm-McGill and Tangeman Funeral Home in Sidney is handling the funeral arrangements.   Condolences may be expressed to the Rinehart family on Salm-McGill and Tangeman Funeral Home's web site at:   www.salm-mcgillandtangemanfh.com