Keith Allen Koch
Dec 20, 2022
KOCH, Keith Allen, age 89, of Kettering, passed away on Tuesday, December 20, 2022. Keith was born on March 2, 1933 in Otway, OH to the late Cecil and Mary (Hughes) Koch. He was a member of the Masonic Alfa Lodge #729 since 1968 and a member of Blessed Hope Baptist Church where he volunteered for a lot of activities....
Michael Richard Flee
Dec 20, 2022
FLEE, Michael Richard, age 64, passed on Tuesday, December 20, 2022. He was born August 28, 1958 in Santa Monica, CA. Michael had a long and difficult battle with kidney cancer and is finally at rest. He was a warrior throughout life and will be forever loved and remembered. Michael was quite outspoken and had a very dry sense of...
John Emmett Kernan
Dec 20, 2022
KERNAN, Jr., John Emmett “Jack”, age 90 of Centerville, Ohio passed away Tuesday, December 20, 2022. He was born to Catherine L. (Duffy) and John Emmett Kernan, Sr. on January 31, 1932. Jack’s hobbies included fishing, golfing and woodworking. He was a huge UD basketball and Notre Dame football fan and would make an annual pilgrimage to South Bend with...
Carl Bernard Schrand
Dec 20, 2022
SCHRAND, Carl Bernard, nine days shy his 102 birthday, of Kettering, passed away Tuesday, December 20, 2022. Carl was born in Covington, KY to William A. and Mayme (nee Feld) Schrand. Carl is preceded in death by his ex-wife, Mary Kathryn Schrand . Carl is also preceded in death by his younger Brothers, Louis Schrand and William A. Schrand and...
Elizabeth "Betty" Snyder
Dec 19, 2022
Elizabeth (Betty) Snyder, 102, passed away December 19 during a brief inpatient residence at Hospice of Dayton. The last 26 years she had lived in her hometown of Van Wert, Ohio and had just recently moved with her daughter to Centerville, Ohio, a south suburb of Dayton.
She was born November 7, 1920 in a one hundred year old farm house...
John A Striebel
Dec 18, 2022
STRIEBEL, John A. “Jack” age 92, of Washington Township, OH, passed away on Sunday, December 18, 2022, just four days short of his 93rd birthday. Jack was born to wonderful parents Arthur and Margarite (Padburg) Striebel in Saint Louis, Missouri on December 22, 1929. He attended Loyola Academy, Loyola University, and Loyola School of Dental Surgery. He was always very...
Thomas L. Hemmelgarn
Dec 17, 2022
Thomas Lee Hemmelgarn, son of Ralph Hemmelgarn and Elsie (Braun) Hemmelgarn, 82, passed away Saturday, December 17 in Cincinnati. He lived most of his life in Dayton, OH. He attended St. Anthony grade school and then graduated from Chaminade High School in 1958. He married Eloise Miller in 1961 and they had 4 children. He was very social and liked...
Margaret W. Peitz
Dec 17, 2022
PEITZ, Margaret W. (Quinn), age 100, born June 22, 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio. Passed away Saturday, December 17, 2022 at Centerville Assisted Living & Rehab. Margaret was proceeded in death by her devoted husband, Carl W. Peitz (2006) and by her beloved grandson, Michael C. Peitz (2019).
Margaret leaves to cherish her memory her sons, Robert (Linda) Peitz of Kettering and...
Ronald C. Read
Dec 16, 2022
READ Sr., Ronald C., age 80, of Sugarcreek Township, passed away on Friday, December 16, 2022. Ron was born on August 1, 1942, to the late James and Emaline (Gniech) Read, in Grosse Point, MI. He grew up in Oak Park and Bloomfield Hills, MI, where he graduated from Bloomfield Hills High School in 1961. Ron earned his Bachelors in...
Eugene Ralph Lundy
Dec 16, 2022
LUNDY, Eugene (Gene) R., a wonderful father, age 81, of Kettering, Ohio has left this world to go to paradise on Friday, December 16, 2022. He was born on August 16, 1941 in Cincinnati, Ohio to the late James Patrick and Margaret Ethel (Smith) Lundy.
Gene is preceded in death by his wife, Almeda L. Lundy and brother, James Lundy. He...
Forest Matthew Loesch
Dec 15, 2022
LOESCH, Forest Matthew, age 67, of Dayton, passed away on Thursday, December 15, 2022. Forest was born on July 12, 1955 in Dayton, OH to the late Karl and Melba (Christian) Loesch.
He loved to play guitar and ride his scooter when he wasn’t busy playing with his grandkids. Forest was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Larry and sister,...
Esther M. Haney
Dec 15, 2022
Esther Marie Kyle Haney, 87, of Centerville, OH passed away peacefully at Ohio’s Hospice of Dayton on December 15, 2022.
Born May 15, 1935 in Indianapolis IN, Esther resided in Dayton OH for the majority of her life.
Esther was preceded in death by her parents; Forrest and Lucie Miles Kyle; and her infant brother David Kyle.
She is survived by her 3...
Gael Lynne Spencer
Dec 14, 2022
SPENCER, Gael Lynne, age 68, of West Carrollton, Ohio, passed away on Wednesday, December 14, 2022. She was born on February 1, 1954 to the late Martin and Earsie Hilderbrand in Dayton, Ohio.
Gael graduated from Redford High School in Detroit, Michigan and went on to graduate from Sinclair Community College with a Nursing degree. Later in life, Gael started her...
Joseph Dick "Joe" Peterson
Dec 11, 2022
PETERSON, Joseph Dick ”Joe”, age 70, passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 11, 2022 in the Dayton, Ohio area. He was born to the late Dick and Joanna Peterson on March 28, 1952 in Pueblo, Colorado.
Joe graduated from South High School in Pueblo, Colorado in 1970. He went on to graduate from the Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa...
Rita M. Kremer
Dec 9, 2022
KREMER, Rita M., age 100, of Washington Township, OH passed away on Friday, December 9, 2022. Rita was born on September 15, 1922 in Minster, OH, to the late Joseph and Elizabeth (nee Drees) Koester. She graduated from Minster High School in 1940 and married her high school sweetheart, Walter Kremer in 1941. Rita was a dedicated mother in raising...
Judy Arlene Smith
Dec 7, 2022
Judith Arlene (Jenkins) Smith, 80 years old, a resident of Carriage Court, Washington Court House, formerly of Jeffersonville, Ohio, passed away peacefully on December 7, 2022.
Judith was born on January 8, 1942, to Guy and Zelma Jenkins in Piqua, Ohio. After Judith graduated from Graham High School, St. Paris, in 1960, she started working.
In 1961, Judith married Lawrence Richard Smith...
Drew Francisco Mata
Dec 7, 2022
MATA, Drew Francisco, age 18, of Kettering, passed away peacefully at home with his family by his side on Wednesday, December 7, 2022. He was born on January, 6, 2004 in Washington Township, OH. Drew was a Junior at Fairmont High School. Throughout his childhood Drew always looked forward to going to school and loved seeing his friends and teachers....
Ronald Riley “Shu” Shumard
Dec 7, 2022
SHUMARD, Ronald Riley “Shu”, age 87, of Miamisburg, passed away Wednesday, December 7, 2022. He was born on October 7, 1935 in Dayton, Ohio to the late Robert and Mary Shumard.
Along with his parents, he is preceded in death by his brothers, Bob, Bill, Frank, and Larry; sister, Pat Gebhart; and grandson, Zachary Crouch. Ron is survived by his children;...
Raynald "Ray" A. Lane M.D.
Dec 6, 2022
LANE, Raynald “Ray” A., M.D., age 88, of Springboro, OH, passed away on Tuesday, December 6, 2022. He was born on July 17, 1934 in Marietta, OH to the late Raymond and Pearl (Hoff) Lane.
Ray graduated Manga Cum Laude from Marietta College in 1956 and was President of the Alpha Sigma Pi Fraternity and the student body. He graduated from...
Charlotte R. Bowman
Dec 4, 2022
BOWMAN, Charlotte R., age 89, of Kettering, passed away on Sunday, December 4, 2022. Charlotte was born in May 1933 in Dayton, Ohio to the late William J. and Florence (Woolf) Roetter. Charlotte was married for 66 years to the love of her life, Bill Bowman, who she met at the family business, Roetter Music in downtown Dayton. She was...