Osborne Eugene Gaines
1927 - 2013 (85 years)-
Name Osborne Eugene Gaines Born 17 Apr 1927 Aberdeen, Brown County, Ohio 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Male Died 19 Jan 2013 Marshall, Highland County, Ohio [2, 3] Buried Byron Cemetery, Fairborn, Greene County, Ohio [2] Person ID I5100 Hedges Last Modified 22 Oct 2023
Father Elmer Fulton Gaines, b. 7 Mar 1886, Plummers Landing, Fleming County, Kentucky , d. 29 Oct 1939, Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia (Age 53 years) Mother Mary Jane Hedges, b. Apr 1885, Kentucky , d. 29 Apr 1948, Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia (Age 63 years) Family ID F410 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Phyllis Ruth Fiscus, b. 15 Oct 1928, Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio , d. 9 Jan 1996, Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio (Age 67 years) Children 1. Lee Wayne Gaines, b. 10 Jun 1948, Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio , d. 17 Apr 2012, Marshall, Highland County, Ohio (Age 63 years)2. Robert Herschel Gaines, b. 30 Sep 1949, Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio , d. 27 Sep 1998, Fairborn, Brown County, Ohio (Age 48 years)Last Modified 29 Dec 2021 Family ID F2213 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 17 Apr 1927 - Aberdeen, Brown County, Ohio 
Died - 19 Jan 2013 - Marshall, Highland County, Ohio 
Buried - - Byron Cemetery, Fairborn, Greene County, Ohio = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Osborne Eugene Gaines, age 85, of Hillsboro, the community of Marshall, passed away Saturday morning, January 19, 2013, at his home. He was born April 17, 1927, in Aberdeen, the son of the late Elmer and Mary (Hedges) Gaines. He was the youngest of nine children, including siblings Lorena, Ralph, Floyd, Herschel, Esther, Minnie, Olive and Harold, who all preceded him in death. He graduated from Georgetown, OH High School in 1945 and joined the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) on January 3, 1946 and retired from the United States Air Force on February 1, 1966 as a Master Sergeant. After working eighteen months at the Kennedy Space Center as an Electronic Technician and one year for the Air Force as a Radar Technician, he joined the Federal Aviation Administration as an Electronic Technician, retiring as Radar Unit Supervisor in May 1982 at the Dayton International Airport. After living in Fairborn for over thirty years, he moved to Hillsboro in September 1990 where he continued to live until his death. He is survived by three children; two daughters-in-law; thirteen grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren. In addition to his parents and siblings, he was preceded in death by his wife of forty-six years, Phyllis Ruth (Fiscus) Gaines, on January 8, 1996, and two sons, Robert Herschel Gaines in September 1998 and Lee Wayne Gaines in April 2012, and a granddaughter, Shannon Gaines. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Wednesday January 23, 2013 at the Turner & Son Funeral Home in Hillsboro. The Highland County Honor Guard will present military honors immediately following the service at the funeral home. Burial will then follow in the Byron Cemetery in Fairborn. Visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. until the time of the service at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
Highland Co. Press. January 2013
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- Osborne Eugene Gaines, age 85, of Hillsboro, the community of Marshall, passed away Saturday morning, January 19, 2013, at his home. He was born April 17, 1927, in Aberdeen, the son of the late Elmer and Mary (Hedges) Gaines. He was the youngest of nine children, including siblings Lorena, Ralph, Floyd, Herschel, Esther, Minnie, Olive and Harold, who all preceded him in death. He graduated from Georgetown, OH High School in 1945 and joined the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) on January 3, 1946 and retired from the United States Air Force on February 1, 1966 as a Master Sergeant. After working eighteen months at the Kennedy Space Center as an Electronic Technician and one year for the Air Force as a Radar Technician, he joined the Federal Aviation Administration as an Electronic Technician, retiring as Radar Unit Supervisor in May 1982 at the Dayton International Airport. After living in Fairborn for over thirty years, he moved to Hillsboro in September 1990 where he continued to live until his death. He is survived by three children; two daughters-in-law; thirteen grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren. In addition to his parents and siblings, he was preceded in death by his wife of forty-six years, Phyllis Ruth (Fiscus) Gaines, on January 8, 1996, and two sons, Robert Herschel Gaines in September 1998 and Lee Wayne Gaines in April 2012, and a granddaughter, Shannon Gaines. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Wednesday January 23, 2013 at the Turner & Son Funeral Home in Hillsboro. The Highland County Honor Guard will present military honors immediately following the service at the funeral home. Burial will then follow in the Byron Cemetery in Fairborn. Visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. until the time of the service at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
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