Obituaries for Wellman Funeral Home Inc.

Feb 7, 2014

Walter Roy Palmer, 83, of Circleville, died February 7, 2014 at Berger Hospital. He was born September 22, 1930 in Adelphi the son of Walter and Mabel (Huffman) Palmer. He was a U.S. Army veteran, owned and operated BP Oil and recently had worked at Wal Mart. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife Doris Mae (Moats) Palmer,...

Feb 5, 2014

Trudel “Trudy” Garner, 71, of Circleville, died February 5, 2014 at her residence. She was born June 3, 1942 in Stutgard, Germany, the daughter of Carl and Margaret Wagner. She was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Brigitte Evans and brother, Richard Wagner. She is survived by her husband, Fred Garner; daughter, Sylvia (Tom) Binkley; grandson, Mike Binkley; great...

Feb 1, 2014

Eldon Karshner 76, of Laurelville, died on Saturday, February 1, 2014. He was born on October 17, 1937 in Hocking County to Merrill and Anna (Hatmaker) Karshner. He was a truck driver for Elsea’s and retired from Lease Way Trucking Company. He was preceded in death by his parents and daughter-in-law Priscilla Jones. Eldon is survived by his wife, Rose...

Jan 31, 2014

George Craig Woods, 61, of Circleville, died January 31, 2014 at Mt. Carmel West. He was born on April 5, 1952 the son of Norman and Virginia (Criner) Woods. He was a supervisor for Continental, Routte, and Interstate Construction Companies and an avid antique car collector. He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Norma Jean and brother-in-law, Clark...

Jan 29, 2014

Dorothy Hanlon, 92, of Circleville passed away on Wednesday, January 29, 2014. She was born on February 14, 1921 in Newark, New Jersey to Frank and Anne (Lichtenberger) Haynes. She was a member of St. Joseph Church and was a volunteer for Berger Hospital. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert J. Hanlon...

Jan 25, 2014

Harriet Kaylor, 87, passed away on Saturday, January 25, 2014 peacefully surrounded by her favorite cats. She was born on October 5, 1926 in Nashville, Tennessee to James and Eunice (Ward) Beard. She was a graduate of Spring Hill High School, Columbia College of business, attended the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois. Harriet loved all animals...

Jan 21, 2014

Isabell Dixon, 89, of Circleville died on Tuesday, January 21, 2014. She was born on November 21, 1924 in Williamsport to Homer and Ferbie (Steel) Wood. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by two sons, Eugene and Larry Bailey, one granddaughter Michele Detty and by two sisters Gertrude Smith and Edna McLaughlin. Isabell is survived by...

Jan 19, 2014

Gertrude P. Arledge, 83, of Circleville, died on Sunday, January 19, 2014. She was born February 15, 1930 in Franklin County, the daughter of Joseph and Edna (Haines). Trudy was a housewife and was retired from Georgia Pacific. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Glenn Arledge; sister Elise Ross; brothers, Bart, Joe, Lester and Charles Johnson; daughter-in-law,...

Jan 19, 2014

Sharon Remley, 67, of Circleville died on Sunday, January 19, 2014 after a short illness. She was born on July 26, 1946 in Circleville to Ralph and Lottie (Skaggs) Boyer. She was a 1964 Circleville High School graduate, whose favorite joys were music, reading, traveling and spending time with her grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents. Sharon...

Jan 18, 2014

Carla Withers, 51, of Circleville died on Saturday, January 18, 2014. She was born on October 12, 1962 to Enoch and Clara (Hedges) Toops. She was an RN for Berger Health Systems, member of Crossroads Church, Circleville EMS and was an avid reader. She was preceded in death by her parents. On January 26, 1985 she married the love of...

Jan 17, 2014

Linda Goodman, 73, of Adelphi died on Friday, January 17, 2014. She was born on April 15, 1940 in Laurelville to Ray and Audaleen (Ross) Poling. She was preceded in death by her parents, brother, Hugh and sister, Mary Frances. She graduated from Laurelville High School, previously worked at DuPont, and retired from Zane Trace Schools. She was also a...

Jan 15, 2014

Jan 11, 2014

Jerry Spangler, 73, of Circleville passed away on Saturday, January 11, 2014. He was born on July 20, 1941 in Circleville to Charles and Lucia (Kreider) Spangler. He was a 1961 graduate of Logan Elm High School and a salesman for Handi-clean. Jerry was a member of the Eagles and enjoyed bowling and spending time visiting friends. In addition to...

Jan 11, 2014

Jan 10, 2014

Robert Lee Herron, 73, died on Friday, January 10, 2014 and had fought a long and courageous battle with Parkinson Disease. He was born on September 17, 1940 in Kingston, Ohio to Wallace and Grace (Creachbaum) Herron. Bob enjoyed WWE wrestling, gospel music and eating pizza. He graduated from Centralia High School in 1959. Bob served in Ohio National Guard,...

Jan 10, 2014

Russell Swackhammer, 69, of Laurelville died on Friday, January 10, 2014. He was born on October 5, 1944 in Hocking County to Rolly (Rockford) and Lena (Bainter) Swackhammer. He was a worker for the village of Laurelville. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his brothers, Weldon, Donald, Pearl, Gene, Paul and Darl Swackhammer. He is...

Jan 9, 2014

Mabel Cox, 93, of Circleville died peacefully on Thursday, January 9, 2014 surrounded by family at Pickaway Manor. She was born on October 1, 1920 in Franklin County to Howard and Florence (Noe) Dye. She retired in 1977 from Nationwide Insurance after 36 years. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Norton Cox, brother,...

Jan 8, 2014

Pamela Newman, 59, of Amanda died on Wednesday, January 08, 2014 in Columbus. She was born on July 4, 1954 in Stoutsville, Ohio to Edgar and Patricia (Thompson) Danner. She is survived by her husband, Dale Newman, her children Bobby Newman, Tracy (James) McLaughlin, Kelly (Jeremy) Hartranft, 6 grandchildren, Cody, Riley, Race, Brayden, Halie and Harlie, 3 sisters, Linda (Albert)...

Jan 7, 2014

Dorothy Katherine “Katie” Wamsley, 76, of Circleville died January 7, 2014 at Genesis Health Care. She was born June 19, 1937 in Portsmouth, the daughter of the late Robert and Dorothy (Rowley) Davis. She received her PHD in English from OSU and was a college professor at Bethany College, WV. She was a member of New Life Church, former scout...

Jan 6, 2014

Joan McElhinny, 71, of Circleville passed away on Monday, January 6, 2014. She was born on February 24, 1942 in Greensburg, PA to Joseph and Catherine (McQuillis) Finan. She was a loving wife of 53 years to John McElhinny and a loving mother and grandmother. She worked at Wittichs for 18 years. In addition to her parents she is preceded...