Obituaries 23 March 2012

Violet P. (Hester) Koch Stratton

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Violet P. (Hester) Koch Stratton, 63, of Chillicothe, passed away Thursday, March 22, 2012 at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus.

 

She was born on March 20, 1949 in Ross County, the daughter of Harold Dwight and Nora Ellen (Spurgeon) Hester.

 

She was a former employee of Candle-Lite of Leesburg, Collins Meat Packing of Greenfield and VFW Ranch in Greenfield and bartender at Furman's Bar and Grill and Stewart's Bar and Grill, both of Greenfield. She was a member of F.O.E. #1325 Ladies Auxiliary and V.F.W. Post 4736 Ladies Auxiliary.

 

She is survived by her husband, James D. Stratton; two daughters, Sue (Victor) Stoll of Midland and Johnda (Greg) Koch Smith of New Martinsburg; one son, John P. (Christa) Koch of Greenfield; 11 grandchildren, Tyler Brewer, Jessica Coates, April Koch, Joe Stoll, John Koch II, Andy Winland, Courtney Koch, Darcy Binegar, Kaitlyn Binegar, Sidney Binegar and Kainan Binegar; six great-grandchildren; five sisters, Viola Cokonougher Cassidy of Washington C.H., Mary Kingery of Circleville, Elizabeth Hayden of Cincinnati, Janet Pauley Jovanovic of Greenfield and Ruth Johnson Cheatwood of Chillicothe; four brothers, Lawrence Hester of Bainbridge, Gary Hester of Greenfield, Warren Hester of Leesburg  and Bob Hester of Greenfield; numerous cousins, nieces and nephews; and also all those she took into her home and heart.

 

She was preceded in death by four sisters, Martha Hester Barnhart, Dorothy Hester Watson, Fern Hester Tapp and Barbara Hester; and three brothers, Dwight Hester and twins in infancy.

 

Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Monday, March 26, 2012 at the Murray-Fettro Funeral Home in Greenfield with Rev. Wayne Combs officiating. Burial will follow in the South Salem Cemetery.

 

Visitation will be from 1-5 p.m. Sunday with V.F.W. Post 4736 Ladies Auxiliary service to be held at 5 p.m.

 

Condolences may be sent to www.murrayfettro.com. 

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