Kelson George Southard


Kelson George Southard, 82, of Richwood died Tuesday, Sept. 20, 1994, at
Memorial Hospital of Union County.
He was a retired investigator for the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio,
was a member of the national committee of the Republican Patty and a sustaining
member of the First United Methodist Church of Richwood.
He was bom April 16,1912, in Union County to the late Milton J. and Edna
Cox Southard. He was predeceased by a brother and two sisters.
He married Virginia Tilton on Nov. 6,1931, in Newport Ky., and she survives.
He is also survived by four daughters, Mrs. Tom (Shirley) Ketzler of Ripley
and Rebecca "Becky" Monroe, Mrs. John (Kay) Coder and Cindy Hoover,
all of Richwood; a son, Robert Southard of Marysville; 11 grandchildren; 20
great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; andasister, Nadine Downing
of Chillicothe.
Funeral services willbe held at l:30 pm. Friday at the First United Methodist
Church in Richwood. The Rev. Wilbur R. Boyer will officiate and interment
will be at York Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Ballinger
Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association

Stofcheck-Ballinger Funeral Home