Dean Cory

Dean Lamar Cory, 92, of Washington Court House, died Thursday, January 30, 2025, at 6:58 a.m. at St. Catherine's Manor of Washington Court House where he had been admitted the previous day.

Dean was born July 5, 1932, in Jackson, Ohio to Ray Lamar and Alice Burgess Scott Cory. He moved to Fayette County in 1936, from Jackson and was a 1950 graduate of Bloomingburg High School.

He was a retired farmer.

Dean was a member of the Bloomingburg Presbyterian Church. He enjoyed his feeder cattle, gardening and feeding the birds. He was a faithful blood donor.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Jerold Cory.

Dean is survived by his wife, the former Phyllis Jean Simerl whom he married October 11, 1953; four children, Sharryn Webb and her husband, Graham, III, of Grove City, OH; Kevin Cory, Jill Cory and Julie Greenslade and her husband, Mark, all of Washington Court House; three grandsons, Geoff Cory and his wife, Tara, Tyler Cory and his wife, Michelle, and A.J. Greenslade; eight great grandchildren, Wyatt, Meghan, MacKenzie, Miranda, Madison, Colton, Tobin and Trenton Cory and a sister-in-law, Elizabeth Cory of Radnor, Ohio.

The funeral will be Monday, February 3, 2025, at 1 p.m. at the Bloomingburg Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Tom Knauff, pastor at the church, officiating. Burial will follow in the Bloomingburg Cemetery.

Friends may call at the church on Monday from 11 a.m. until the time of the service.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Kirkpatrick Funeral Home in Washington Court House.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Bloomingburg Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 157, Bloomingburg, Ohio 43106.

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