All Obituaries

BAKER, Ruth Age 95, formerly of Arcanum, passed away on Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at the Brethren Retirement Community. Ruth was born to Ira and Lela Dull on June 2, 1924. She is an Arcanum High School graduated from the class of 1943. Ruth went on to marry her husband, Byron Baker, on February 8, 1950. Ruth was a longtime member of Faith United Methodist Church in Arcanum and absolutely loved to play cards with her friends and family. She will be deeply missed by all those who have...

BROWN, Beverly Age 88, of Greenville, passed away on November 11, 2019 at the State of the Heart Care Center. She is preceded in death by her parents, William & Bernice Kenworthy; sister, Betty Wombold, and brother, Bill Kenworthy. Beverly is survived by her husband of 67 years, Paul Brown; sons, Edward (Candy) Brown, Douglas Brown, Steven (Susan) Brown; grandchildren, Kyle Brown, Jared Brown, Eric (Emily) Brown, Greg Brown, Sandy (Chazz) Roger; great-grandchildren, Alena Brown,...

BAKER, Thelma “Jean” Age 90, of Arcanum, Ohio, was called home Sunday, November 10, 2019 at Versailles Health Care and Rehab following an illness of dementia and cancer. She was born August 12, 1929 in Pennington Gap, Virginia and lived in Arcanum the past 20 years (moving from the Cleveland area). Jean and her late husband, Art, were very proud to have 13 children. She worked for Bonnie Bell Products as a supervisor of housekeeping for over 20 years. She is survived by her...

LONG, Lois Age 103, of Englewood, passed away Saturday, November 9, 2019. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dwight Long; brother, WM Kimmel; step-grandsons, Andy Coleman and Curt Long; niece, Miriam (Lee) Kuns; step-daughter, Joann Colman; step-sons, Dick (Jane) Long, and Don Long, and nephew David Kimmel’s wife Lois. Survived by step-children, Peggy Corder, Anne Marie Long; 14 step-grandchildren; numerous step-great and great-great grandchildren; nieces and nephews, Paul...

BRODRICK, Marvin E. Age 83, of Greenville, passed away peacefully on November 9, 2019 in the care of State of the Heart Care Center. Marvin was born in 1935, the son of Chester & Dorothy Brodrick. Marvin married Judy McKibben on Jan. 29, 1956. They were married for 51 years. He was a retired 30 year employee of Dayton Daily News. Preceded in death by his wife, Judy; parents; sister, Barbara McCammon, Patty Sales, and brother-in-law, Homer Brewer. Marvin enjoyed family & his...

BREHM, Byron Age 86, of Arcanum, passed away peacefully in his sleep, Thursday, October 31, 2019. He was born June 11, 1933 to the late Herschel and Velna (Sensenbaugh) Brehm, graduated from Monroe High School in 1951, and married Doris (Crawford) on April 21, 1956. He worked 24 years at NCR then went onto a new career selling insurance for the next 32 years. Byron made countless friends along the way. Byron found a passion in woodworking that would continue into his retirement. He enjoyed...

ROSER, Robert “Bob” Age 76, of West Manchester passed away at his home on Wednesday, October 30, 2019. He is preceded in death by his parents, Robert & Mary Ellen Roser, and a sister, Chris Easton. Bob is survived by his wife of 54 years, Barb Roser; daughter, Jina Skiles; step-daughters, Becky Custer, Tammy (Ed) McCabe, Mickey (David) Ferguson; grandchildren, Lance (Taryn) Skiles, Lacey (Ben) Dodds; siblings, Ellen Krickenbarger, Mary Beth Lawless, Mark Roser, and...

BREHM, Carolyn Age 82, of Findlay, passed away on Sunday, October 20, 2019 in the loving care of her family and Bridge Hospice. Carolyn lost her husband while they still had young children. She worked hard to raise them and sacrificed to be sure they had what they needed. She loved Thanksgiving when she could go all out and cook for the whole family. Often, family members would ask if they could bring a friend to join the meal and the answer was always, “YES”.  Christmas...

DENLINGER, Glen D. Age 87, of Arcanum, went to be with the Lord on Wed. October 16, 2019 at the Brethren Home in Greenville following a brief illness. He was preceded in death by his companion, Irene (Cottrell) Denlinger in 2006, by a grandson, 2 great-granddaughters, 3 brothers and 1 sister. He was a member of the Painter Creek Old German Baptist Brethren Church, he was a local area farmer as well as a bus driver for Franklin-Monroe Schools for 40 years. Glen is survived by a son, Duane...

RICKER, Esther Age 91, of Castine, passed away Sunday, October 6, 2019. Esther was born May 2, 1928 to Charles and Roma Horine in Greenville, Ohio. She is a New Madison High School graduate. On December 25, 1948 Esther would go on to marry Leon Ricker. Esther was a long time member of Castine Church of the Brethren and taught Sunday school there for several years. She loved her family with all her heart and will be deeply missed by her family and friends. She is preceded in death by her...