All Obituaries

Kenneth Dean McCleary, age 50, of Deersville was pronounced dead at the scene of a motor vehicle accident on Sunday, May 15, 2022 at 12:28 a.m. at the intersection of State Route 22 and State Route 519 in Harrison County. He was born August 24, 1971 in Barnesville, Ohio; a son of the late James Leroy McCleary and Ruth Mae Carter McCleary. Kenneth graduated in 1989 from Union Local High School, Morristown. He graduated from Commonwealth Truck Driving School in Georgetown, Kentucky in...

Timothy Eugene Stine Jr., age 39, of 28890 Alexander Ridge Road, Freeport passed away peacefully at home with family by his side on Saturday, May 14, 2022. He was born March 27, 1983 in Union Hospital, Dover, Tuscarawas County; a son of Timothy (Dianne) Eugene Stine Sr. of Freeport and Christina Dominique Pflugh (Donald) Horstman of New Athens. Tim graduated from Harrison Central High School in 2002. He went to work driving truck and working on the farm for Red Hill Farms in Antrim, drove...

Ralph Russell Brill, age 83 of 107 North High Street, Freeport died peacefully at 9:45 a.m. Sunday, May 8, 2022 in his home surrounded by family. Born July 27, 1938 in Barnesville, Belmont County, Ohio to the late Charles Edward Brill and Mildred Ann Bailey Brill. Ralph attended school at Leatherwood in Barnesville until it closed, then attended Barnesville School. He grew up on a two-hundred-acre dairy farm outside of Boston and at the age of 17 started driving truck for Barrett’s...

Robert Junior Werker, age 74, of Millersburg died peacefully on his birthday at 12:03 a.m. Wednesday, May 4, 2022 in the Community Hospice Truman House in New Philadelphia. He was born in 1948 on May 4th in Timken Mercy Hospital in Canton, Ohio; a son of the late Robert Werker and Margaret Evelyn Yackey. Bob was a 1966 graduate of Garaway High School in Sugarcreek. He retired after 53 and a half years driving bulk truck for Gerber & Sons in Baltic delivering feed. He enjoyed traveling,...

Shirley Ann Dunlap, age 87, of 78621 Hamilton Ridge Road, Freeport, Ohio died peacefully at 3:33 a.m. Tuesday, May 3, 2022 in Trinity West Hospital, Hospice Unit, Steubenville, Ohio. Born February 20, 1935 in Morristown, Belmont County, Ohio; a daughter of the late Charles Herman Tucker and Lucille B. Gilham Tucker. Shirley was a 1952 graduate from Flushing High School where she was involved with school plays and the girls group called TAG. She attended Columbus Office Training School and...

Alma Faye Luyster Brill, age 83, of 78700 Riggs Hollow Road, Tippecanoe and 107 North High Street, Freeport died at home at 7:10 p.m. Thursday, April 7, 2022.             Born October 19, 1938 at her Riggs Hollow Road, Tippecanoe residence, she was a daughter of the late James Earl Smith and Clara Madge Hunt Smith.             Alma was a 1957 graduate of Freeport High School. She...

Mary E. “Libby”  Howes, age 82, of 33007 West Main Street, Piedmont, Ohio 43983 died in her home on Saturday, March 26, 2022. She was born November 9, 1939 in Parkersburg, West Virginia; the daughter of the late William Theodore Legg and Waneta Mae Lee. Libby was a Tallmadge High School graduate and worked as a secretary for Brunswick Recreation Centers for seventeen years. She was preceded in death by her husband of 39 years, James. She is survived by her daughter and...

Linda Sue Ackerman, age 76, of Tallmadge, Ohio, formerly of Davenport, Florida and Uhrichsville, Ohio, passed away peacefully Saturday, January 29, 2022.   Linda was born November 6, 1945 in Dennison, Ohio.  She was the daughter of the late Delbert R. Overholt and Ada Merle Watson Overholt. Her husband of 54 years, David Walter Ackerman, Jr., died November 14, 2016. They were married December 27, 1961. Linda is survived by her three children: Scott (Rhonda) Ackerman of...

Lainey Rae Downie, age 20, of Grove City suffered traumatic brain injuries due to an automobile accident on Wednesday, January 19, 2022. Her soul went to the heavens at 1:59 p.m. Saturday, January 22, 2022 in Grant Hospital, Columbus. Her body remained on a vent in Grant Hospital until January 24, 2022 so she could donate her organs. Her generous gifts saved four lives and gave sight to two people.    She was born...

Jeannette Donnabelle Bunfill Shepherd, age 80, of Freeport died in the home of her daughter-in-law at 6:25 a.m. Friday, January 21, 2022. She was born November 28, 1941 in Sewellsville, Ohio, a daughter of the late Margie Viola Hunt Bunfill and Donald Willis Bunfill. Jeannette graduated in 1958 from Barnesville High School, Barnesville, Ohio, worked at the Freeport Press for several years and retired in 2004 from the Ohio Department of Transportation where she was a supervisor for...