Obituaries

Star Yvette Griffin

Star Yvette Griffin

Dec 26, 2013

STAR Y. GRIFFIN CHURCHVILLE, VA Star Yvette Griffin, 53, of 220 Crawford Drive, died Thursday, December 26, 2013, at the University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville. She was born November 4, 1960, in Aurora, CO, a daughter of Dorothy A. (Woodward) Fitzpatrick and the late Charles E. Griffin. She had worked at Kathy's, Mrs. Rowe's, and the Holiday Inn as...

Edward Henry Latsko

Edward Henry Latsko

Dec 26, 2013

EDWARD H. LATSKO WAYNESBORO, VA Edward Henry Latsko, 74, widower of Annia Belle (Coffey) Latsko, of 230 Loudoun Avenue, died Wednesday, December 26, 2013. He was born April 12, 1939 in East Pittsburgh, PA, a son of the late Stephen Emerick and Maria (Kohut) Latsko. Mr. Latsko was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He was employed by Crompton, then...

Barbara Lou Botkin

Barbara Lou Botkin

Dec 24, 2013

BARBARA B. BOTKIN MT. SIDNEY, VA Barbara Lou (Bell) Botkin, 72, wife of Jerry Botkin, of 30 Overlook Avenue, died Tuesday, December 24, 2013, at Augusta Health, Fishersville. She was born May 21, 1941, in Staunton, a daughter of the late Morgan Howard and Ruth (Staton) Bell. Prior to retirement, Mrs. Botkin was employed as a nurse's aide by Western...

Carl Alfred Bosserman

Carl Alfred Bosserman

Dec 23, 2013

CARL A. BOSSERMAN STAUNTON, VA Carl Alfred Bosserman, 79, husband of Joyce (Vest) Bosserman, of 1627 Packard Street, died Monday, December 23, 2013, at his residence. He was born March 24, 1934, in Middlebrook, a son of the late Steve and Elizabeth Bosserman. Mr. Bosserman was a veteran of the U.S. Army. Prior to retirement, he was employed by Smith's...

Denise Faith Beeson

Denise Faith Beeson

Dec 19, 2013

DENISE H. BEESON STAUNTON, VA Denise Faith (Hodge) Beeson, 48, wife of Douglas Lee Beeson, of 302 Norwood Road, died Thursday, December 19, 2013, at her residence. She was born January 26, 1965, in Staunton, a daughter of Russell Anderson Hodge, Jr. and Carolyn Fay (Propst) Stephenson. Mrs. Beeson was employed by Wal-Mart as a department manager. She was a...

Hugh Merion Ralston

Hugh Merion Ralston

Dec 16, 2013

HUGH M. RALSTON STAUNTON, VA Hugh Merion Ralston, 80, husband of Sarah Frances (Ambler) Ralston, of Staunton, died Monday, December 16, 2013, at the University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville. He was born July 19, 1933, in Staunton, a son of the late Hugh Worthington and Catherine Eleanor (Withers) Ralston. Mr. Ralston was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. Prior...

Harold Henry Harris

Harold Henry Harris

Dec 15, 2013

HAROLD H. HARRIS STAUNTON, VA Harold Henry Harris, 87, widower of Margaret (Wade) Harris, of 906 Royal Street, died Sunday, December 15, 2013, in Augusta Health, Fishersville. He was born January 31, 1926, in Huntington, West Virginia, a son of the late Charles Henry and Hazel J. (Shaver) Harris. He was the last surviving member of his immediate family. Mr....

Robert Edward Simmons

Robert Edward Simmons

Dec 15, 2013

ROBERT E. SIMMONS STAUNTON, VA Robert Edward Simmons, 79, of 676 Buttermilk Spring Road, died Sunday, December 15, 2013, at Augusta Health, Fishersville. He was born September 26, 1934, in Staunton, a son of the late Lena B. Eavey. Mr. Simmons was a veteran of the U.S. Marines having served during Korea. Prior to his retirement in Ft. Myers Beach,...

Christine Rothwell Kehrer

Christine Rothwell Kehrer

Dec 13, 2013

CHRISTINE B. KEHRER RAPHINE, VA.. Christine Rothwell (Boyd) Kehrer, 86, widow of Theodore Rinehold Kehrer, of 470 Lofton Road, died Friday, December 13, 2013, at Augusta Health due to complications of alzheimers. She was born July 4, 1927, in Stuarts Draft a daughter of the late Herbert C. and Estie L. Boyd. Christine, along with her late husband, Theodore, operated...

Patricia Mae Hays

Patricia Mae Hays

Dec 13, 2013

PATRICIA C. HAYS RAPHINE, VA Patricia Mae "Pat" (Campbell) Hays, 72, widow of Charles Franklin Hays, of 5737 Borden Grant Trail, died Friday, December 13, 2013, in Augusta Health, Fishersville. She was born January 9, 1941, a daughter of the late Etta (Campbell) Allen. She was a member of Vesuvius Baptist Church. In addition to her husband, she was also...

Weldon Robert Sheets

Weldon Robert Sheets

Dec 12, 2013

REV. WELDON R. SHEETS STAUNTON, VA Weldon R. Sheets, 89, of 1900 Hillsmere Lane died Thursday, December 12, 2013, in Emeritus of Staunton. Weldon was born in Mt. Pisgah, VA on October 5, 1924. He was the eighth child of George Emery and Catherine (Kate) Wine Sheets. He graduated from Mt. Sidney High School in 1942, and after serving in...

Lena Frances Martin

Lena Frances Martin

Dec 12, 2013

LENA N. MARTIN VERONA, VA Lena Frances (Nazelrod) Martin, 79, of Verona, died Thursday, December 12, 2013, at her residence. She was born June 25, 1934, in Hampshire County in Romney, WV, daughter of the late Samuel Edward and Grace Alice (Kesner) Nazelrod. She was a member of Verona United Methodist Church and the Deaf Club at V.S.D.B. She was...

Owen Franklin Showalter

Owen Franklin Showalter

Dec 9, 2013

OWEN F. SHOWALTER STAUNTON, VA Owen Franklin Showalter, 93, widower of Janetta Belle (Huntley) Showalter, of New Hope Road, died Monday, December 9, 2013, in Rockingham Memorial Hospital, Harrisonburg. He was born July 1, 1920, in Rockingham County, a son of the late Brewer H. and Margaret (Maiden) Showalter. Prior to retirement, Mr. Showalter was employed by Wayne Manufacture with...

Sara Louise Monroe

Sara Louise Monroe

Dec 9, 2013

Sara Louise Nicholas Monroe STAUNTON, VA Sara (Sally) Louise Nicholas Monroe died at her residence on Monday, December 9. She was born in Portland, Maine, on October 15, 1943, with her twin sister, Susan. Her father, Commander of the USS Salmon, on wartime submarine patrol in the Pacific, learned of their birth on October 27, 1943, when he got the...

John Dudley Foster

John Dudley Foster

Dec 8, 2013

JOHN D. FOSTER, JR. STAUNTON, VA John Dudley "Butch" Foster Jr., 77, husband of Doris J. Foster of 1115 Stoneburner St., died Sunday, December 8, 2013 at his residence. He was born November 17, 1936, in Augusta County, son of the late John D. Foster Sr. and Myrtle L. Jenkins. Mr. Foster was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force....

Janet Elizabeth Clement

Janet Elizabeth Clement

Dec 7, 2013

JANET S. CLEMENT STAUNTON, VA Janet Elizabeth Sutherland Clement, 89, passed away on Wednesday afternoon, December 4, 2013, at Brightview Baldwin Park, Staunton VA. Formerly of Lynchburg VA for 51 years, she moved to Staunton following the 2011 death of her beloved husband, Robert Ray Clement, to whom she was married for 67 years. Born July 31, 1924 in Middletown,...

Bonnie Ann Garland

Bonnie Ann Garland

Dec 5, 2013

BONNIE W. GARLAND LYNDHURST, VA Bonnie Ann (Wheeler) Garland, 72, widow of Tommy Hunter Garland, of Lyndhurst, died Thursday, December 5, 2013, at her residence. She was born January 4, 1941, a daughter of the late Joe E. and Callie (Lunsford) Wheeler. Family members include two sons and daughters-in-law, Tracy and JoAnna Garland of Lyndhurst and Tommy and Dawn Garland...

Bonnie Ann Garland

Bonnie Ann Garland

Dec 5, 2013

BONNIE W. GARLAND LYNDHURST, VA Bonnie Ann (Wheeler) Garland, 72, widow of Tommy Hunter Garland of Lyndhurst, died Thursday, December 5, 2013, at her residence. Henry Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.

Adeline Fitzgerald

Adeline Fitzgerald

Dec 5, 2013

ADELINE D. FITZGERALD MOUNT SIDNEY, VA Adeline (Douglas) Fitzgerald, 91, widow of Arthur F. "Sonny" Fitzgerald of 72 Salem Church Road, died Thursday, December 5, 2013, in Shenandoah House, Fishersville. She previously lived at 110 Fayette Street in Staunton from 1966 until 2006. She was born January 16, 1922, in Rockbridge County a daughter of the late James W. Sr.,...

Julian Santana White

Julian Santana White

Dec 4, 2013

JULIAN S. WHITE CRIMORA, VA Julian Santana White, 4, of Crimora, went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, December 4, 2013, at his residence. He was born April 19, 2009, in Charlottesville, a son of Dwayne White and Kelin Pacheco. In addition to his parents, he is survived by five sisters, Kaylena White, Loundon White, Ikeyca White, Aamejsa White,...