Portsmouth West High School Ohio Alumni Obituaries

Russell Lee Cox age 89 of Wellston passed away Tuesday November 18 2025 at his home. He was born December 8 1935 in Portsmouth Ohio son of the late Samuel H. Cox and Florence E. Zornes Cox. Russ graduated from Portsmouth West High School in 1953 and attended Ohio University. He was a member of the A...

Allan Anthony Lee Pfau 75 of West Portsmouth passed away Wednesday December 31 2025 at SOMC Hospice. He was born on October 9 1950 in Portsmouth to the late Jacob and Rose Martha Hammonds Pfau. Along with his parents he was preceded in death by a brother Michael Pfau and a sister Tomyia Lynn Craycra...

Jeffrey L. Evans 49 of West Portsmouth passed away Tuesday December 30 2025 at Southern Ohio Medical Center. He was born February 2 1976 in Portsmouth to the late William Blevins and Mary Evans Blevins who survives. Jeffrey was a graduate of Portsmouth West High School. He was an avid outdoorsman wh...

Gloria Jean Means 76 of Chillicothe lovingly know to her family as "Sissy" passed away Monday January 5 2026 at Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe. She was born February 22 1949 in Portsmouth Ohio to the late Oscar E. and Mary Edna Ramey Swords. Along with her parents Gloria was preceded i...

Brenda Sue Cobb 75 of Portsmouth went to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday December 30 2025 at her childhood home in West Portsmouth. She was born on February 16 1950 in Portsmouth a daughter of the late Clarence Buford and Elizabeth Betty Joy Dixon Bloomer. Brenda graduated from Portsmouth Wes...

Robert Bob Herrmann Kouns 86 of South Shore Kentucky passed away on January 31 2026 at UK Kings Daughters Medical Center in Ashland Kentucky surrounded by family. He was born on November 1 1939 to the late William Bill and Mary Alice Harr Kouns. Bob left an undeniable mark on those who knew him maki...

Christopher D. Payne 53 of Lucasville passed away February 7 2026 at Southern Ohio Medical Center after a long and hardfought battle with diabetes. He endured dialysis treatments while striving to regain the life he loved. He was born October 4 1972 in Portsmouth Ohio to Danny and Lena Payne. Along ...

Thomas G. Dixon 84 of Chillicothe passed at 908 a.m. Wednesday January 21 2026 in Ohios Hospice Wooster Ohio following an extended illness. He was born June 24 1941 in Ross County Ohio to the late Gordon and Edna Gunlock Dixon. On June 25 1961 he married the former Patricia S. Walker who passed Dece...