Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

Irene "Renie" Shuford Persons

Irene "Renie" Shuford Persons

Jul 6, 2013

AIKEN, SC - IRENE "RENIE" SHUFORD PERSONS, 90, widow of Delton C. Persons, died Saturday, July 6, 2013 at Anchor Health and Rehabilitation in Aiken. A native of Georgetown, SC, Mrs. Persons was a daughter of the late Robert Pou and Edna Butler Shuford. She was a homemaker and lived in Sandusky, OH over 50 years before moving to Albemarle,...

Charles Frank Gonshorowski

Charles Frank Gonshorowski

Jul 5, 2013

AIKEN, SC - CHARLES FRANK GONSHOROWSKI, 68, beloved husband of Rebecca Jean Gonshorowski, died Friday, July 5, 2013 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Greenbush, MN, he was the son of Peter Paul and Gladys Irene Dann Gonshorowski. He was a descendent of one of the pioneering families of Minnesota. Charles was a veteran of the U.S. Army,...

Arthur Robert Balkind

Arthur Robert Balkind

Jul 2, 2013

AIKEN, SC- Memorial Services for Mr. Arthur Robert Balkind, 75, of Aiken, SC, who died Tuesday, July 2, 2013, will be conducted 11 AM Monday, July 8, 2013 in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel with the Reverend Doctor Christopher Crotwell officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service at the historic Willcox Inn. Arthur was a native of...

Eunice Peterson Williams

Eunice Peterson Williams

Jun 30, 2013

AIKEN - Early Sunday morning on June 30, 2013 at the Azalea Woods Nursing Facility God's Death Angel came to escort Mrs. Eunice Peterson Williams Home. Eunice was born in Aiken County South Carolina to Benjamin Franklin Peterson and Amanda Adams Peterson on January 26, 1918 as their third bundle of joy. She attended the Aiken County Schools. At the...

Anthony "Tony" S. Jackson

Anthony "Tony" S. Jackson

Jun 29, 2013

AIKEN - Mr. Anthony S. "Tony" Jackson, 73, died Saturday, June 29, 2013 at his residence. A Celebration of Life will be held from 1-3PM Wednesday at the St. Bartholomews Ministry Center, 471 W. Martintown Rd., North Augusta, SC. Tony was born in Rockford, Illinois February 29, 1940 and raised in Teaneck, New Jersey. He then served in the United...

Jack Appel

Jack Appel

Jun 28, 2013

AIKEN, SC - JACK H. APPEL, 79, died peacefully Friday, June 28, 2013 at his residence. A native of Wilmington, OH, Jack was a son of the late Ralph Franklin Appel and Helen Henry Appel. He was first married to the late Barbara Martin Appel and then to the late Paula Robinson Appel . He worked for a number of...

Patricia Smith Goodyear

Patricia Smith Goodyear

Jun 27, 2013

AIKEN, SC- Patricia Smith Goodyear passed peacefully at her home on June 27, 2013. She is survived by her brother, James Smith of Buffalo, NY; her children, Cici Goodyear of Aiken, SC, Bob Goodyear of Denver, CO, Ginny Goodyear of Aiken, SC, Dodie Wilson of Corvallis, OR and Margie Goodyear of Parker, CO; grandchildren, Elijah Good-Farm, Aaron Good-Farm, Becca Goodyear,...

Carey Will Smith Herron

Carey Will Smith Herron

Jun 27, 2013

AIKEN - Mrs. Carey Will Smith Herron, 74, died Thursday, June 27, 2013 at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday at Bethel Baptist Church with the Reverend Brancie Stephens and the Mr. Carey Ready officiating. Entombment will follow in the Southlawn Cemetery Mausoleum. Pallbearers will be Rodney Ready, Jr., Todd Ready, Carey Ready, Bud Ready,...

Albert Louis Bryant

Albert Louis Bryant

Jun 23, 2013

AIKEN, SC - Mr. Albert Louis Bryant, 81, died Sunday, June 23, 2013. He passed away in the loving embrace of his wife, Mary Lou, and his family. Mr. Bryant, or "Al" as he was known to his many friends around the country and the world, was born March 20, 1932, in Bloomington, IN, the son of the late Fred...

Anna Estelle Giaffis Hanna

Anna Estelle Giaffis Hanna

Jun 19, 2013

AIKEN – Mrs. Anna Estelle GIaffis Hanna, 70, died Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at her residence. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 PM Saturday at St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church with the Reverend Grant Wiseman officiating. Inurnment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends in the Stevenson- McClelland Building following the graveside service. Mrs. Hanna...

Julius Karl Lepp

Julius Karl Lepp

Jun 18, 2013

AIKEN – Mr. Julius Karl (J.K.) Lepp, US Army Ret., 83, passed away on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC surrounded by his family. He was on vacation at the beach – a place he loved to be. Mr. Lepp was born in Pittsfield, MA, a son of the late Julius and Freida...

Alice Harnagel Faugl

Alice Harnagel Faugl

Jun 16, 2013

AIKEN - Mrs. Alice Harnagel Faugl, 87, died Sunday, June 16, 2013. The family will receive friends from 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM Monday at the funeral home, and the funeral service will be held at 3:00 PM in the Shellhouse-Rivers Funeral Home chapel with the Reverend Steve Taylor officiating. A private entombment will be held in Aiken Memorial Gardens....

Joyce Chavis

Joyce Chavis

Jun 16, 2013

AIKEN, SC - You will read in this obituary that I am dead, but don't believe it. The Bible says: To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. 2 Corinthians 5:8 JOYCE H. CHAVIS, 66, beloved wife of Ben Allen Chavis, died Sunday, June 16, 2013 at her residence following an extended illness. A native...

Leon Alexander Whewell

Leon Alexander Whewell

Jun 14, 2013

AIKEN - Mr. Leon A. Whewell, 74, died Friday, June 14, 2013. A Requiem Mass will be held Tuesday June 18th at 9:30 am at St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church with Father Max officiating. Mr. Whewell was born in Westerly, RI, a son of the late Alexander Ewing and R. Doris Kenyan Whewell. He had been a resident...

Edward Alexis "Lex" Hogle

Edward Alexis "Lex" Hogle

Jun 9, 2013

AIKEN, SC – EDWARD ALEXIS “LEX” HOGLE, 94, died Sunday, June 9, 2013 at NHC Health Care, North Augusta, SC. A native of Pittsford, NY, Lex was a son of the late Milton Ward and Jesse Montgomery Hogle. He was a pilot in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II and retired at the rank of Major....

Sylvia W. Westerdahl

Sylvia W. Westerdahl

Jun 9, 2013

AIKEN, SC - Sylvia Williamson Westerdahl, 76, died Sunday, June 9, 2013 at her residence in Aiken, SC. Mrs. Westerdahl, a resident of Aiken, SC since 1963, was a member of St. John’s United Methodist Church. She was born in Middlesboro, KY and was the daughter of Sherwood and Hilda Williamson, both deceased. Mrs. Westerdahl graduated from the University of...

Michael Burger

Michael Burger

Jun 7, 2013

AIKEN, SC- MICHAEL LEON BURGER, 61, of Aiken, SC, died Friday, June 7, 2013 at Aiken Regional Medical Center. A native of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Michael was a son of Sue and the late Clyde Burger. Michael had made Aiken his home since 1991 and had worked as a Nuclear Health Physicist at SRP/Westinghouse for fourteen years. A very Christian man,...

Barbara Clark Bellido

Barbara Clark Bellido

Jun 7, 2013

FAIRBANKS, AK - Mrs. Barbara Abbey Clark Bellido, 81, left us to go be by the side of Our Lord Friday morning, June 7, 2013. Barbara passed away peacefully at home in the arms of her grandson Edward. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, June 18, at the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel at 11:00 AM, with the Rev. Dr....

Albert Max Goggans

Albert Max Goggans

Jun 7, 2013

NEW ELLENTON, SC- ALBERT MAX GOGGANS, 83, of New Ellenton, SC, died Friday, June 7, 2013 at Aiken Regional Medical Center. A native of Fyffe, Alabama, Mr. Goggans was a son of the late Rev. Harvey Linfield Goggans and Maude Bell Rains Goggans. Mr. Goggans had made New Ellenton his home since 1955. He proudly served his country in the...

Bettie Corley Counts

Bettie Corley Counts

Jun 6, 2013

AIKEN, SC - BETTIE CORLEY COUNTS, 81, died Thursday, June 6, 2013 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Newberry, SC, Bettie was a daughter of the late James and Mozelle Bolen Corley. She was a graduate of Newberry High School and had lived most of her adult life in Aiken. She was an engineering clerk with BellSouth and...

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

Irene "Renie" Shuford Persons

Irene "Renie" Shuford Persons

Jul 6, 2013

AIKEN, SC - IRENE "RENIE" SHUFORD PERSONS, 90, widow of Delton C. Persons, died Saturday, July 6, 2013 at Anchor Health and Rehabilitation in Aiken. A native of Georgetown, SC, Mrs. Persons was a daughter of the late Robert Pou and Edna Butler Shuford. She was a homemaker and lived in Sandusky, OH over 50 years before moving to Albemarle,...

Charles Frank Gonshorowski

Charles Frank Gonshorowski

Jul 5, 2013

AIKEN, SC - CHARLES FRANK GONSHOROWSKI, 68, beloved husband of Rebecca Jean Gonshorowski, died Friday, July 5, 2013 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Greenbush, MN, he was the son of Peter Paul and Gladys Irene Dann Gonshorowski. He was a descendent of one of the pioneering families of Minnesota. Charles was a veteran of the U.S. Army,...

Arthur Robert Balkind

Arthur Robert Balkind

Jul 2, 2013

AIKEN, SC- Memorial Services for Mr. Arthur Robert Balkind, 75, of Aiken, SC, who died Tuesday, July 2, 2013, will be conducted 11 AM Monday, July 8, 2013 in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel with the Reverend Doctor Christopher Crotwell officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service at the historic Willcox Inn. Arthur was a native of...

Eunice Peterson Williams

Eunice Peterson Williams

Jun 30, 2013

AIKEN - Early Sunday morning on June 30, 2013 at the Azalea Woods Nursing Facility God's Death Angel came to escort Mrs. Eunice Peterson Williams Home. Eunice was born in Aiken County South Carolina to Benjamin Franklin Peterson and Amanda Adams Peterson on January 26, 1918 as their third bundle of joy. She attended the Aiken County Schools. At the...

Anthony "Tony" S. Jackson

Anthony "Tony" S. Jackson

Jun 29, 2013

AIKEN - Mr. Anthony S. "Tony" Jackson, 73, died Saturday, June 29, 2013 at his residence. A Celebration of Life will be held from 1-3PM Wednesday at the St. Bartholomews Ministry Center, 471 W. Martintown Rd., North Augusta, SC. Tony was born in Rockford, Illinois February 29, 1940 and raised in Teaneck, New Jersey. He then served in the United...

Jack Appel

Jack Appel

Jun 28, 2013

AIKEN, SC - JACK H. APPEL, 79, died peacefully Friday, June 28, 2013 at his residence. A native of Wilmington, OH, Jack was a son of the late Ralph Franklin Appel and Helen Henry Appel. He was first married to the late Barbara Martin Appel and then to the late Paula Robinson Appel . He worked for a number of...

Patricia Smith Goodyear

Patricia Smith Goodyear

Jun 27, 2013

AIKEN, SC- Patricia Smith Goodyear passed peacefully at her home on June 27, 2013. She is survived by her brother, James Smith of Buffalo, NY; her children, Cici Goodyear of Aiken, SC, Bob Goodyear of Denver, CO, Ginny Goodyear of Aiken, SC, Dodie Wilson of Corvallis, OR and Margie Goodyear of Parker, CO; grandchildren, Elijah Good-Farm, Aaron Good-Farm, Becca Goodyear,...

Carey Will Smith Herron

Carey Will Smith Herron

Jun 27, 2013

AIKEN - Mrs. Carey Will Smith Herron, 74, died Thursday, June 27, 2013 at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday at Bethel Baptist Church with the Reverend Brancie Stephens and the Mr. Carey Ready officiating. Entombment will follow in the Southlawn Cemetery Mausoleum. Pallbearers will be Rodney Ready, Jr., Todd Ready, Carey Ready, Bud Ready,...

Albert Louis Bryant

Albert Louis Bryant

Jun 23, 2013

AIKEN, SC - Mr. Albert Louis Bryant, 81, died Sunday, June 23, 2013. He passed away in the loving embrace of his wife, Mary Lou, and his family. Mr. Bryant, or "Al" as he was known to his many friends around the country and the world, was born March 20, 1932, in Bloomington, IN, the son of the late Fred...

Anna Estelle Giaffis Hanna

Anna Estelle Giaffis Hanna

Jun 19, 2013

AIKEN – Mrs. Anna Estelle GIaffis Hanna, 70, died Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at her residence. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 PM Saturday at St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church with the Reverend Grant Wiseman officiating. Inurnment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends in the Stevenson- McClelland Building following the graveside service. Mrs. Hanna...

Julius Karl Lepp

Julius Karl Lepp

Jun 18, 2013

AIKEN – Mr. Julius Karl (J.K.) Lepp, US Army Ret., 83, passed away on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC surrounded by his family. He was on vacation at the beach – a place he loved to be. Mr. Lepp was born in Pittsfield, MA, a son of the late Julius and Freida...

Alice Harnagel Faugl

Alice Harnagel Faugl

Jun 16, 2013

AIKEN - Mrs. Alice Harnagel Faugl, 87, died Sunday, June 16, 2013. The family will receive friends from 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM Monday at the funeral home, and the funeral service will be held at 3:00 PM in the Shellhouse-Rivers Funeral Home chapel with the Reverend Steve Taylor officiating. A private entombment will be held in Aiken Memorial Gardens....

Joyce Chavis

Joyce Chavis

Jun 16, 2013

AIKEN, SC - You will read in this obituary that I am dead, but don't believe it. The Bible says: To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. 2 Corinthians 5:8 JOYCE H. CHAVIS, 66, beloved wife of Ben Allen Chavis, died Sunday, June 16, 2013 at her residence following an extended illness. A native...

Leon Alexander Whewell

Leon Alexander Whewell

Jun 14, 2013

AIKEN - Mr. Leon A. Whewell, 74, died Friday, June 14, 2013. A Requiem Mass will be held Tuesday June 18th at 9:30 am at St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church with Father Max officiating. Mr. Whewell was born in Westerly, RI, a son of the late Alexander Ewing and R. Doris Kenyan Whewell. He had been a resident...

Edward Alexis "Lex" Hogle

Edward Alexis "Lex" Hogle

Jun 9, 2013

AIKEN, SC – EDWARD ALEXIS “LEX” HOGLE, 94, died Sunday, June 9, 2013 at NHC Health Care, North Augusta, SC. A native of Pittsford, NY, Lex was a son of the late Milton Ward and Jesse Montgomery Hogle. He was a pilot in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II and retired at the rank of Major....

Sylvia W. Westerdahl

Sylvia W. Westerdahl

Jun 9, 2013

AIKEN, SC - Sylvia Williamson Westerdahl, 76, died Sunday, June 9, 2013 at her residence in Aiken, SC. Mrs. Westerdahl, a resident of Aiken, SC since 1963, was a member of St. John’s United Methodist Church. She was born in Middlesboro, KY and was the daughter of Sherwood and Hilda Williamson, both deceased. Mrs. Westerdahl graduated from the University of...

Michael Burger

Michael Burger

Jun 7, 2013

AIKEN, SC- MICHAEL LEON BURGER, 61, of Aiken, SC, died Friday, June 7, 2013 at Aiken Regional Medical Center. A native of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Michael was a son of Sue and the late Clyde Burger. Michael had made Aiken his home since 1991 and had worked as a Nuclear Health Physicist at SRP/Westinghouse for fourteen years. A very Christian man,...

Barbara Clark Bellido

Barbara Clark Bellido

Jun 7, 2013

FAIRBANKS, AK - Mrs. Barbara Abbey Clark Bellido, 81, left us to go be by the side of Our Lord Friday morning, June 7, 2013. Barbara passed away peacefully at home in the arms of her grandson Edward. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, June 18, at the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel at 11:00 AM, with the Rev. Dr....

Albert Max Goggans

Albert Max Goggans

Jun 7, 2013

NEW ELLENTON, SC- ALBERT MAX GOGGANS, 83, of New Ellenton, SC, died Friday, June 7, 2013 at Aiken Regional Medical Center. A native of Fyffe, Alabama, Mr. Goggans was a son of the late Rev. Harvey Linfield Goggans and Maude Bell Rains Goggans. Mr. Goggans had made New Ellenton his home since 1955. He proudly served his country in the...

Bettie Corley Counts

Bettie Corley Counts

Jun 6, 2013

AIKEN, SC - BETTIE CORLEY COUNTS, 81, died Thursday, June 6, 2013 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Newberry, SC, Bettie was a daughter of the late James and Mozelle Bolen Corley. She was a graduate of Newberry High School and had lived most of her adult life in Aiken. She was an engineering clerk with BellSouth and...