Obituaries

Feb 25, 2009

HAMILTON JOURNAL NEWS THURSDAY EDITION SCHUTTE, Rita Elaine , 81, of Hamilton passed away, Wednesday, February 25, 2009. She was born in Hamilton on April 11, 1927, the daughter of Andrew M. and Anna (Bacon) Kammerer. Rita attended the Hamilton Parochial Schools and graduated from Notre Dame High School. She was united in marriage to Arthur L. Schutte and he...

Feb 19, 2009

Feb 17, 2009

BUELTER, Patricia A., age 80, of Hamilton, passed away 11:45 AM Tuesday, February 17, 2009, at her home.She was born in Hamilton on September 20, 1928, the daughter of Peter P. and Marie (Schnapp) Gardner. Pat received her education in St. Veronica Grade School and was a graduate of Notre Dame High School. On July 10,1954, she was united in...

Feb 3, 2009

BROWN, John R., 72, of Hamilton, passed away Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at Hospice of Hamilton. John was a graduate of Norwood High School. T Sgt. Brown retired from the US Air Force after 25 years of service.Survivors include his wife, Marlene A. (Ketterer) Brown; three children, Theresa Halsey, John Brown Jr., and Cheryl Hughes; grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral...

Jan 22, 2009

ST.JOHN, Mildred A.”Sweets”age 93, a resident of Hamilton, passed away Thursday, January 22, 2009 at Hospice of Hamilton. She was born in Hamilton on May 12, 1915, the daughter of Jacob and Mathilda (Suerman) Westrick. Sweets was a graduate of St. Stephen Grade School and Notre Dame Academy. On July 29, 1950, in St. Stephen Church, she was united in...

Jan 21, 2009

FETZER, Henrietta E., age 90, of Fairfield , passed away Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at University Hospital. She was a graduate of Notre Dame Academy. At the age of 37, she enrolled at Miami University of Oxford and went on to graduate with a Master’s Degree in Education. For many years she taught in the parochical schools of Hamilton and...

Jan 12, 2009

HUME, Joseph Earl, age 62, of Hamilton, Ohio, passed away Monday, January 12, 2009 at Fort Hamilton Hospital. He was born may 2, 1946 to Donald and Estella Hume. He was a graduate of Garfield High School. Joe served in the U S Army from 1964-1967, during the Vietnam Era. He retired from OGARA. He served his community by helping...

Jan 11, 2009

GRAY, Fred E., age 85, of Fairfield, another American hero, passed away Sunday, January 11, 2009. He was born in Middletown, Ohio on October 14, 1923, the son of Charles E. and Frieda (Eichler) Gray. A graduate of Hamilton High School, he later attended Purdue University. He enlisted in the U S Army Air Corps. on May 2,1942. Fred was...

Jan 4, 2009

DEMONGE, Annetta, age 73, of Fairfield, passed away Sunday January 4, 2009. Annetta was born in Fariston , Kentucky, the daughter of Beve and Ida Mae (Walden) Phelps. For a number of years she was secretary at Buchanan School and later she was an assistant to the school nurses. Survivors include her husband, Donald F. DeMonge ; two sons, Ronald...

Jan 1, 2009

SCIUTTI, Stella M., age 82, of Fairfield, passed away, Thursday, January 1, 2009, at Mercy Hospital of Fairfield. She was born January 17, 1926, in Hamilton, the daughter of Elisha Wolfe and Cecille (Setser) Wolfe Strunk. Stella was a 1944 graduate of Hamilton High School. On September 22,1945 in St. John’s Church of Hamilton, she was united in marriage to...

Nov 28, 2008

Hudson, Mary Sheila, age 84, passed away Friday, November 28,2008. Mary was born on April 18,1924 in Ireland. At the age of 18, she moved to London, England where she met her future husband, I.F. Hudson in Trafalger Square. They were married in 1944. Later the couple moved to Ohio where she forgot she was a world traveler. In the...

Nov 7, 2008

FIELDS, Samuel L., age 84, son of Ralph and Lily (Rose) Fields, passed away Friday, November 7, 2008 at his home. He was born in Berea, Kentucky where he spent his childhood. After high school in Monroe, Ohio, he joined the Navy at age 17, while his brother, Russell, joined the Army right after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He...

Oct 3, 2008

Petrey, Lavone T., of Largo FL., passed away October 3, 2008 in Hamilton, OH. She was born in Indianapolis, IN to Martin and Gladys (Volk) Heichelbech. She graduated from Notre Dame High School and retired from Fischer Body after many dedicated years of hard work. Survivors include her son, Michael (Jamie) Bruewer, a daughter Bonnie (Rick) Lowe, 5 grandchildren, 2...

Sep 26, 2008

REYNOLDS, LaRue C., age 82, of Hamilton, passed away Friday, September 26,2008. The son of Elihu and Dora (Bowling) Reynolds, he was born in Buckhorn, Ky., on August 4,1926. He was a graduate of Buckhorn High School and attended Eastern Kentucky College. For forty years he had been a valued employee of Beckett Paper Company. He served his country with...

Sep 25, 2008

MORYL, Stephen John, born December 13,1925, after living through the Great Depression, the Second World War, marriage to a beautiful wife, raising five difficult sons, countless adventures, trials and four years struggling with Alzheimer’s Disease, went home Thursday afternoon, September 25,2008. He served God, Country, family and all strangers. Stephen John Moryl left this earth having done God’s will at...

Sep 20, 2008

Childers, Michael Allen, age 53, of Hamilton, was called home to be with the Lord on Sept. 20, 2008. Michael worked for Mosler Safe Company for 25 years. He enjoyed traveling, gardening, fishing, the outdoors and sports. Mike knew no stranger and was always helping others. He was involved with AA as a counselor and served in the U.S. Marine...

Sep 16, 2008

Clark, Richard L., age 65, of Hamilton passed away Tuesday, September 16, 2008. He was born in Hamilton to the late John & Ellen (Branson) Clark. He graduated from Hamilton Schools and retired from Coca Cola in 1984. He is survived by two sisters: Elizabeth Brewer, and Mary (Robert) Duerr; a brother Albert(Marge) Clark of NV. and many nieces and...

Sep 15, 2008

Davis, James C., age 71, of Hamilton, OH. Went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, September 15, 2008. He was born in Hamilton, OH to Wiley and Mildred (Castator) Davis. Jim was very active and involved in the Lindenwald Baptist Church. He sang and helped with multimedia , was the assistant teacher of the Soul Winning...

Sep 12, 2008

GUASTAFERRO, Jane Ellen, 88, of Hamilton, passed away Friday, September 12, 2008. She was born in Delaware, OH on November 2, 1919. She was a long time employee of Elder Beerman. Jane was united in marriage to the late Joseph Guastaferro on Feb. 16, 1946. Survivors include her children: Denny Guastaferro, Mary Ann (Pete) Fischer, Nancy (Larry) Gersbach, and Tony...

Sep 12, 2008

COMBS, Mildred “Mickie”, 81, of Hamilton, passed away Friday, September 12, 2008. She was born in Hamilton, on Oct. 18, 1926, the daughter of Rookie and Carrie (Schubert) Elkins. She had many jobs around town (ice cream shop, Ft. Hamilton Hospital etc) she had a gift of remembering peoples names and loved to talk with people. Survivors include her husband...