Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

Lawrence Andrew Morris

Lawrence Andrew Morris

Oct 21, 2009

AIKEN - Mr. Lawrence Andrew Morris, 48, died Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Friday at Millbrook Baptist Church with Reverend Dr. Gary Powell officiating. Interment will be held privately. Mr. Morris was born in Aiken, a son of Wilburn Whitlock Morris and the late Anne Brown Morris. He was an...

Henry Mercer Simmons

Henry Mercer Simmons

Oct 21, 2009

AIKEN, SC – HENRY MERCER SIMMONS, 88, beloved husband of Wilma Jean Nave Simmons, died Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers.

A native of Lakeland, FL, Mr. Simmons was the son of the late Theo and Virginia Agnes Sellers Simmons. He was a Pearl Harbor Veteran, serving in the Army Air Force at Hickman Field during World War...

David Kouichi Tarasawa

David Kouichi Tarasawa

Oct 19, 2009

AIKEN - Mr. David Kouichi Tarasawa, 73, died Monday, October 19, 2009. A memorial service will be held at 10:00 AM Saturday at First Baptist Church with the Reverend Dr. Fred Andrea III officiating. The family will receive friends following the service in the church parlor. Mr. Tarasawa was born in Honolulu, HI., a son of the late Take and...

Avalda Deland Foster

Avalda Deland Foster

Oct 17, 2009

AIKEN, SC – AVALDA DELAND FOSTER, 93, widow of Clinton Richard Foster, died Saturday, October 17, 2009 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Born in Valentine, NE, Mrs. Foster was a daughter of the late Orin Greene and Carrie Mae Wilson Deland. She grew up in Chadron, NE and graduated from Chadron State Teachers College, and received her Masters Degree from...

Wayne Snitker

Wayne Snitker

Oct 16, 2009

TRENTON, SC – ORLAN WAYNE SNITKER, 65, died Friday October 16, 2009 at his residence. A native of Houston, TX, Wayne was a son of the late Orlan George and Roselene Hayes Snitker. He had been a resident of the area since he was 7 years old. Wayne was a veteran of the United States Navy and was retired from...

Marie D. Priester

Marie D. Priester

Oct 14, 2009

AIKEN, SC- MRS. MARIE D. PRIESTER, 91, of Aiken, died Wednesday, October 14, 2009. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM at St. Johns United Methodist Church with the Reverends Dr. George K. Howle and Keith Stewart officiating. Internment will follow in Aiken Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be Frank Riechart, H.A. Barrow, Herbie Barrow, Vernon Derrick, Steve Piper,...

Suzanne Joyce Broderick

Suzanne Joyce Broderick

Oct 13, 2009

AIKEN - Suzanne Joyce Broderick entered perpetual rest on October 13, 2009. She was born on April 20, 1936 the daughter of Francis Joyce and Florence Halverson Joyce of Rochester, NY. She attended the University of Rochester majoring in Mathematics and pursued an advance degree in Textiles at the School for American Craftsman, a division of the Rochester Institute of...

Eloise McNeely Howard

Eloise McNeely Howard

Oct 8, 2009

AIKEN, SC – ELOISE McNEELY HOWARD, 88, widow of William Franklin Howard, died Thursday, October 8, 2009 at Eden Gardens. A native of East Spencer, NC, Mrs. Howard was a daughter of the late Egbert Samuel and Nelly Mae Maxwell McNeely. Eloise attended Mitchell College in Statesville N. C. She moved to Aiken in 1947 with her family and became...

Marie Evans Warren

Marie Evans Warren

Oct 7, 2009

AIKEN, SC – MARIE EVANS WARREN, 74, beloved wife of James C. Warren, Jr., died Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Millinocket, ME, Mrs. Warren was a daughter of the late Peter and Marguerite McGinn Evans. She moved to Aiken from Summerville, SC in 1973, and was a homemaker and a member of the...

Louis F Troendle

Louis F Troendle

Oct 6, 2009

AUGUSTA - Mr. Louis F. Troendle, 53, died Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at the Medical College of Georgia. A memorial service will be held at 10:00 AM Saturday in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends following the service. An additional service will be held Tuesday Oct. 13 at 10 AM at Our Lady of the Assumption...

Vann Douglas Shirley

Vann Douglas Shirley

Oct 6, 2009

SPRINGFIELD, SC - VANN DOUGLAS SHIRLEY, 46, beloved husband of Mara Jeanne Shirley, died October 6, 2009. Born December 4, 1962 at Fort Oglethrope, GA, Vann was a registered nurse who worked for Barnwell County Hospital. He served our country from 1979 to 1983 as a United States Marine, received an honorable discharge, and was a member of the Marine...

Don L. Passage, Jr.

Don L. Passage, Jr.

Oct 4, 2009

AIKEN, SC – DON L. PASSAGE, JR., 85, husband of Janet Grentzinger Passage, died Sunday, October 4, 2009 at his residence in Kalmia Landing. A native of New York State, Mr. Passage was a son of the late Don L. and Luella Glor Passage, Sr.,. He was born in Bennington, NY on July 27, 1924 and graduated from Batavia High...

Deborah L. Cansler

Deborah L. Cansler

Oct 4, 2009

AIKEN, SC – DEBORAH LYNN WILLIAMS CANSLER, 52, widow of Jon David Cansler, died Sunday, October 4, 2009 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Norfolk, VA, Deborah was a daughter of Betty Ann Joyner Weiand and Jimmy Ray Williams. She had lived in Aiken for 28 years and was a customer service representative with Verizion Wireless Communications at...

Karen Caughron Wienke

Karen Caughron Wienke

Oct 1, 2009

AIKEN, SC – KAREN SUE CAUGHRON WIENKE, 65, beloved wife of Theodore A. Wienke, died Thursday, October 1, 2009 at her residence. A native of Gary, IN, Mrs. Wienke was a daughter of Naomi Zoller Caughron and the late James Leonard Caughron. She was a homemaker for most of her life and had lived in Aiken since 1986. Karen was...

Priscilla Moulton Murray

Priscilla Moulton Murray

Sep 29, 2009

AIKEN, SC – PRISCILLA MOULTON MURRAY, 70, widow of Robert Edward Murray, died Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at her residence. A native of Dover, NH, Mrs. Murray was a daughter of Gillman W. and Pauline Garland Moulton. After retiring as a registered nurse in the 1990's, she returned to her lifelong love of the arts. Most notably, Mrs. Murray developed...

John Harold Erickson

John Harold Erickson

Sep 29, 2009

Arrangements will be announced by Shellhouse Funeral Home, Inc., 924 Hayne Ave.

Esther Adams Matthews

Esther Adams Matthews

Sep 28, 2009

AIKEN - Mrs. Esther Adams Matthews, 86, died Monday, September 28, 2009. A service will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, October 3 in the St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church Chapel with the Reverend Joseph Whitehurst officiating. The family will receive friends following the service. Mrs. Matthews was born in Sardinia, NY, a daughter of the late Edwin C. and Edith...

Ruth Crook Johnson

Ruth Crook Johnson

Sep 24, 2009

Windsor-Ruth Crook Johnson, 86, died Sept. 24 at home. The graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM Sunday, September 27 in the First Baptist Church of Windsor Cemetery. A funeral service will follow in the First Baptist Church of Windsor with Frank Mizell officiating. The family will receive friends following the church service. She was born in Lincolnton, GA...

Essie Geddings Osteen

Essie Geddings Osteen

Sep 24, 2009

AIKEN, SC – ESSIE GEDDINGS OSTEEN, 76, beloved wife of John William Osteen, Jr., died Thursday, September 24, 2009 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Sumter County, SC, Mrs. Osteen was a daughter of the late Maggie Viola “Ola” and Ollie Vernon Geddings. She had lived in Aiken for 51 years where she operated a custom drapery shop...

Leslie Herman Boland, Jr.

Leslie Herman Boland, Jr.

Sep 23, 2009

Aiken-Mr. Leslie Herman Boland, Jr. died Sept. 23, 2009. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 Am Saturday in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jim Kirk and Rev. Steve Gillette officiating. Interment will follow in Aiken Memorial Gardens with US Marine Corps Honors and Sons of Confederate Re-enactors Color Guard. Pallbearers will be Eddie Raines, Mike Ridgeway,...

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

Lawrence Andrew Morris

Lawrence Andrew Morris

Oct 21, 2009

AIKEN - Mr. Lawrence Andrew Morris, 48, died Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Friday at Millbrook Baptist Church with Reverend Dr. Gary Powell officiating. Interment will be held privately. Mr. Morris was born in Aiken, a son of Wilburn Whitlock Morris and the late Anne Brown Morris. He was an...

Henry Mercer Simmons

Henry Mercer Simmons

Oct 21, 2009

AIKEN, SC – HENRY MERCER SIMMONS, 88, beloved husband of Wilma Jean Nave Simmons, died Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers.

A native of Lakeland, FL, Mr. Simmons was the son of the late Theo and Virginia Agnes Sellers Simmons. He was a Pearl Harbor Veteran, serving in the Army Air Force at Hickman Field during World War...

David Kouichi Tarasawa

David Kouichi Tarasawa

Oct 19, 2009

AIKEN - Mr. David Kouichi Tarasawa, 73, died Monday, October 19, 2009. A memorial service will be held at 10:00 AM Saturday at First Baptist Church with the Reverend Dr. Fred Andrea III officiating. The family will receive friends following the service in the church parlor. Mr. Tarasawa was born in Honolulu, HI., a son of the late Take and...

Avalda Deland Foster

Avalda Deland Foster

Oct 17, 2009

AIKEN, SC – AVALDA DELAND FOSTER, 93, widow of Clinton Richard Foster, died Saturday, October 17, 2009 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Born in Valentine, NE, Mrs. Foster was a daughter of the late Orin Greene and Carrie Mae Wilson Deland. She grew up in Chadron, NE and graduated from Chadron State Teachers College, and received her Masters Degree from...

Wayne Snitker

Wayne Snitker

Oct 16, 2009

TRENTON, SC – ORLAN WAYNE SNITKER, 65, died Friday October 16, 2009 at his residence. A native of Houston, TX, Wayne was a son of the late Orlan George and Roselene Hayes Snitker. He had been a resident of the area since he was 7 years old. Wayne was a veteran of the United States Navy and was retired from...

Marie D. Priester

Marie D. Priester

Oct 14, 2009

AIKEN, SC- MRS. MARIE D. PRIESTER, 91, of Aiken, died Wednesday, October 14, 2009. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM at St. Johns United Methodist Church with the Reverends Dr. George K. Howle and Keith Stewart officiating. Internment will follow in Aiken Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be Frank Riechart, H.A. Barrow, Herbie Barrow, Vernon Derrick, Steve Piper,...

Suzanne Joyce Broderick

Suzanne Joyce Broderick

Oct 13, 2009

AIKEN - Suzanne Joyce Broderick entered perpetual rest on October 13, 2009. She was born on April 20, 1936 the daughter of Francis Joyce and Florence Halverson Joyce of Rochester, NY. She attended the University of Rochester majoring in Mathematics and pursued an advance degree in Textiles at the School for American Craftsman, a division of the Rochester Institute of...

Eloise McNeely Howard

Eloise McNeely Howard

Oct 8, 2009

AIKEN, SC – ELOISE McNEELY HOWARD, 88, widow of William Franklin Howard, died Thursday, October 8, 2009 at Eden Gardens. A native of East Spencer, NC, Mrs. Howard was a daughter of the late Egbert Samuel and Nelly Mae Maxwell McNeely. Eloise attended Mitchell College in Statesville N. C. She moved to Aiken in 1947 with her family and became...

Marie Evans Warren

Marie Evans Warren

Oct 7, 2009

AIKEN, SC – MARIE EVANS WARREN, 74, beloved wife of James C. Warren, Jr., died Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Millinocket, ME, Mrs. Warren was a daughter of the late Peter and Marguerite McGinn Evans. She moved to Aiken from Summerville, SC in 1973, and was a homemaker and a member of the...

Louis F Troendle

Louis F Troendle

Oct 6, 2009

AUGUSTA - Mr. Louis F. Troendle, 53, died Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at the Medical College of Georgia. A memorial service will be held at 10:00 AM Saturday in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends following the service. An additional service will be held Tuesday Oct. 13 at 10 AM at Our Lady of the Assumption...

Vann Douglas Shirley

Vann Douglas Shirley

Oct 6, 2009

SPRINGFIELD, SC - VANN DOUGLAS SHIRLEY, 46, beloved husband of Mara Jeanne Shirley, died October 6, 2009. Born December 4, 1962 at Fort Oglethrope, GA, Vann was a registered nurse who worked for Barnwell County Hospital. He served our country from 1979 to 1983 as a United States Marine, received an honorable discharge, and was a member of the Marine...

Don L. Passage, Jr.

Don L. Passage, Jr.

Oct 4, 2009

AIKEN, SC – DON L. PASSAGE, JR., 85, husband of Janet Grentzinger Passage, died Sunday, October 4, 2009 at his residence in Kalmia Landing. A native of New York State, Mr. Passage was a son of the late Don L. and Luella Glor Passage, Sr.,. He was born in Bennington, NY on July 27, 1924 and graduated from Batavia High...

Deborah L. Cansler

Deborah L. Cansler

Oct 4, 2009

AIKEN, SC – DEBORAH LYNN WILLIAMS CANSLER, 52, widow of Jon David Cansler, died Sunday, October 4, 2009 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Norfolk, VA, Deborah was a daughter of Betty Ann Joyner Weiand and Jimmy Ray Williams. She had lived in Aiken for 28 years and was a customer service representative with Verizion Wireless Communications at...

Karen Caughron Wienke

Karen Caughron Wienke

Oct 1, 2009

AIKEN, SC – KAREN SUE CAUGHRON WIENKE, 65, beloved wife of Theodore A. Wienke, died Thursday, October 1, 2009 at her residence. A native of Gary, IN, Mrs. Wienke was a daughter of Naomi Zoller Caughron and the late James Leonard Caughron. She was a homemaker for most of her life and had lived in Aiken since 1986. Karen was...

Priscilla Moulton Murray

Priscilla Moulton Murray

Sep 29, 2009

AIKEN, SC – PRISCILLA MOULTON MURRAY, 70, widow of Robert Edward Murray, died Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at her residence. A native of Dover, NH, Mrs. Murray was a daughter of Gillman W. and Pauline Garland Moulton. After retiring as a registered nurse in the 1990's, she returned to her lifelong love of the arts. Most notably, Mrs. Murray developed...

John Harold Erickson

John Harold Erickson

Sep 29, 2009

Arrangements will be announced by Shellhouse Funeral Home, Inc., 924 Hayne Ave.

Esther Adams Matthews

Esther Adams Matthews

Sep 28, 2009

AIKEN - Mrs. Esther Adams Matthews, 86, died Monday, September 28, 2009. A service will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, October 3 in the St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church Chapel with the Reverend Joseph Whitehurst officiating. The family will receive friends following the service. Mrs. Matthews was born in Sardinia, NY, a daughter of the late Edwin C. and Edith...

Ruth Crook Johnson

Ruth Crook Johnson

Sep 24, 2009

Windsor-Ruth Crook Johnson, 86, died Sept. 24 at home. The graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM Sunday, September 27 in the First Baptist Church of Windsor Cemetery. A funeral service will follow in the First Baptist Church of Windsor with Frank Mizell officiating. The family will receive friends following the church service. She was born in Lincolnton, GA...

Essie Geddings Osteen

Essie Geddings Osteen

Sep 24, 2009

AIKEN, SC – ESSIE GEDDINGS OSTEEN, 76, beloved wife of John William Osteen, Jr., died Thursday, September 24, 2009 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Sumter County, SC, Mrs. Osteen was a daughter of the late Maggie Viola “Ola” and Ollie Vernon Geddings. She had lived in Aiken for 51 years where she operated a custom drapery shop...

Leslie Herman Boland, Jr.

Leslie Herman Boland, Jr.

Sep 23, 2009

Aiken-Mr. Leslie Herman Boland, Jr. died Sept. 23, 2009. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 Am Saturday in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jim Kirk and Rev. Steve Gillette officiating. Interment will follow in Aiken Memorial Gardens with US Marine Corps Honors and Sons of Confederate Re-enactors Color Guard. Pallbearers will be Eddie Raines, Mike Ridgeway,...