THE LEDGER INDEPENDENT | SATURDAY, 05.5.2012 SATURDAY,SATURDAOBITUY, 05.5.201205.5ARIE.2012S | A5 DEATHS LOCALLY FUNERAL MRS. STAPLETON husband, Leonard Staple- Scott and wife, Kara, Lau- mouth, Ohio; brother Frazier officiating. SERVICES WEST UNION, Ohio ton of West Union. ren Hoskins, Matthew and and sister in-law, Cecil Burial will follow in SATURDAY | Nancy Lee Stapleton, Other survivors include wife, Nicole Scott, David Stapleton and wife, Joyce the Linwood Cemetery in 76, of West Union, died two daughters, Teresa Hoskins and wife, Erin, of West Union, Ohio; and Russellville, Ohio. Emerson Zeigler Thursday, May 3, 2012, at Hoskins and husband, Benjamin Scott, Abigail a brother-in-law, Don Visitation will be held — 3 p.m., Knox and Anderson Mercy Hospital. Mike of Russellville, Ohio, Stapleton and Wyatt Sta- Donridge of Minford, Sunday, May 6, 2012, from Brothers Funeral Home, She was born Aug. 28, and Sherry Scott and hus- pleton; one great-grand- Ohio. 5-7 p.m., at the funeral Maysville. 1935, the daughter of the band, Drew of Greenville, son, Christina Hoskins; Services are 1 p.m., home. Martha Zeigler late Walter and Margaret Ohio; one son, Shawn one sister, Audrey McGin- Monday, May 7, 2012, Friends and family — 3 p.m., Knox and Byers Irvin in New Boston, Stapleton and wife, Tina nis of Mansfield,Ohio; at Thompson-Meeker may sign the guestbook Brothers Funeral Home, Ohio. of Warsaw, Ind.; seven one brother, Walter Irvin Funeral Home in West at www.meekerfuneral- Maysville. She is survived by her grandchildren, Andrew and wife, Faye of Ports- Union, Ohio with Luther homes.com. Brenda Kay High- field — 11 a.m., Barbour and Son, Tollesboro. Harley Dennis Rein — 1 p.m., Lafferty Fu- DEATHS ELSEWHERE neral Home, West Union, Ohio. 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