Local obituaries for Cardaras Funeral Homes

Feb 11, 2015

Don Carlos Nye, age 66, died at home in Millfield on February 11th. He succumbed to depression, after bravely fighting this physically invisible and insidious illness for decades. Born in 1948, Don graduated from Chauncey-Dover High School in 1966 and was inducted into the Athens Hall of Fame in 2008. Don is well known as a gentle, kind soul...

Feb 7, 2015

William Lloyd “Whitey” White, 71, of Chillicothe, passed away Saturday, February 7, 2015 at Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe. He was born February 19, 1943 in Bessemer, Alabama, son of the late Buford and Virginia Wilson White. Whitey was married to the late Mary Lou Coleman White. He was a retired Teachers Aid from Pickaway Ross Vocational School...

Feb 3, 2015

Donna Jean Baggs, 81, of Chauncey, passed away Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus. She was born July 23, 1933 in Chauncey, the daughter of the late Ethel Smith and Earl Morgan. She was the widow of the late Thomas Baggs Sr., who passed away in 2004, for 53 years. Donna attended The First Baptist...

Jan 30, 2015

Brenda E. Pyle, 66, of Lancaster, passed away Friday, January 30, 2015 at Fairfield Medical Center in Lancaster. She was born October 21, 1948 in Columbus, the daughter of the late Willard D. Pyle and Mary E. Mitchell (Pyle) Wright. Brenda is survived by her sisters, Diana (Neil) Handa of Westerville, Pamela (Ed) Mesaros of Glouster and Terri (Donnie)...

Jan 24, 2015

William E. Wachenschwanz, age 88 of Doanville, passed away Saturday, January 24, 2015 at his residence.  He was born March 23, 1926 in Doanville, son of the late Gus Wachenschwanz and Bertha Mae Tolliver Wachenschwanz Johnson.

He was a retired painter.  He was also a US Navy veteran of...

Jan 22, 2015

Joanne Ziegler, age 64 of Logan, passed away Thursday, January 22, 2015 at Hocking Valley Community Hospital.  She was born October 29, 1950 in Columbus, Ohio, daughter of the late Joe E. and Madelyn C. Hottman Ziegler.

She is survived by her sister, Patti Terry, of Columbus; friend Kim Butts, of Logan.

She is preceded...

Jan 22, 2015

Sam Harold R. Roush, 88, of McArthur, passed away Thursday, January 22, 2015 at his residence. He was born October 13, 1926 in Mason, West Virginia, son of the late Loral D. Roush and Katie Roy Adams. Sam was married to the late Mary K. Zwilling Roush. He was a retired auto mechanic for Whitelaw Auto in Columbus, a...

Jan 20, 2015

Devon Edmond Wanat, 60, of McArthur, passed away Tuesday, January 20, 2014 at Maple Hills Nursing Home in McArthur. He was born April 13, 1954 in West Virginia, son of the late Hank J. Wanat and Alice C. Hodrus Johnson. Devon retired from CSX Railroad and was a Navy Veteran. He is survived by his daughter, Kelci Wanat of...

Jan 20, 2015

Susan Marie Steele, 45, of Ray, passed away Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at her residence. She was born December 12, 1969 in Athens, daughter of Eva Monn Steele of New Marshfield and the late Harry Steele. Susan is survived by her companion of 13 years, Phil Graves of Ray. In addition to her mother and companion, she is survived...

Jan 14, 2015

Patricia Jane Howdyshell, 82, of Logan, passed away Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at her residence. She was born June 2, 1932 in Bremen, OH, daughter of the late Henry and Irene Wolford McCandlish. She was the widow of the late Joe Howdyshell, who passed away in 2012. Patricia was a member of the Logan Women of the Moose Chapter...

Jan 14, 2015

David Allen Rose, 55, of Shade, OH, passed away Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at his residence. He was born June 8, 1959, in Pikeville, KY, son of the late Bennie and Corinne Anderson Rose. He was married to JoAnn Hickman Rose, who survives, for 38 years. In addition to his wife, he is survived by his two daughters, Marjorie...

Jan 14, 2015

Jerrold M. Winchell Sr., 61, of Murray City, passed away Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at Doctors West Hospital in Columbus. He was born March 7, 1953, in Nelsonville, son of the late Sylvester and Thelma Hughes Winchell. He was married to Katrina Martin Winchell, who survives. In addition to his wife, he is survived by his son, Jerrold “Bub”...

Jan 13, 2015

Ashley Brooke Mercer, 18, of McArthur, passed away Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at her residence. She was born April 30, 1996 in Chillicothe, daughter of David and Theresa Saunders Mercer of McArthur. Ashley was a freshman at Ohio University in Athens in the Scripps School of Journalism and attended the McArthur United Methodist Church. She was a member of...

Jan 12, 2015

Sharon M. “Sherry” Nott, 63, of Glouster, passed away Monday, January 12, 2015 at her residence. She was born October 8, 1951 in Glouster, daughter of the late Crawford Morgan and Maxine Wade Morgan Hardy. She was married to Roger Nott, who survives, for 46 years. Sherry retired from the Trimble Local School. She was a member of the...

Jan 12, 2015

Margaret Jane Hemsworth, 92, of Lancaster, formerly of Logan, passed away Monday, January 12, 2015 at Lanfair Nursing Home in Lancaster. She was born April 30, 1922 in Hocking County, daughter of the late Herbert and Hilda Wolfe Marshall. Jane was the widow of the late Merlin Hemsworth. She is survived by her sons, Brian Hemsworth of Lancaster and...

Jan 11, 2015

Kurt J. Lindinger, age 54 of Columbus, passed away Sunday, January 11, 2015 at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus.  He was born March 31, 1960 in New Plymouth, OH, son of the late Fredrick A. Lindinger and Edeltraut Margaret Hofke Jordan.

Kurt was an Agricultural Relocation Engineer, employed by Mike’s Trucking and a US Navy veteran; he...

Jan 11, 2015

Gladys Jean Skivers, 71, of Nelsonville, passed away Sunday, January 11, 2015 at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus. She was born February 2, 1943 in Nelsonville, the daughter of the late Ray Moore and Bertha Moore Danko. She was the widow of the late Clarence Skivers. Jean retired from the job she loved as a...

Jan 9, 2015

Judy Catherine Dodrill, 71, of McArthur, passed away Friday, January 9, 2015 at her residence. She was born March 7, 1943 in Columbus, daughter of the late Garfield Albert and Bonnilyn Juanita Peck Dodrill. She was a retired nurse and minister through Laurelville Tabernacle and the First Christian Church. Judy is survived by her daughters, Bonnie Sue Campbell and...

Jan 8, 2015

Larry Eugene Brown, age 66 of South Sslem, passed away Thursday, January 8, 2015 at O.S.U. Hospital in Columbus.  He was born April 9, 1948 in Logan, son of the late Richard Brown and Dorothy L. Griffith Brown, of New Plymouth.

He was a US Army veteran and had been self-employed as a painter for many years....

Jan 6, 2015

Erma Mae Good, 88, of Logan, passed away Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at her home. She was born December 15, 1926 in Lima, Ohio, daughter of the late Carl and Irene Ruble Sibold. Erma was the widow of the late Marion E. Good. She was a member of Hocking Hills Mennonite Church. Erma is survived by her sons, Paul...