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Avis Ione Raines Avis - Marysville Journal-Tribune
AVIS IONE RAINES
Avis Ione Raines, 88, of Marysville died peacefully Sunday, Dec. 15,
2002, at her home surrounded by her family following a brief illness.
A graduate of Cottageville High School in Cottageville, W.Va., she
received her teaching certificate from Salem College in Salem, W.Va.,
where she taught school in a one-room schoolhouse before moving to Ohio.
She took a job as a matron at the Ohio Reformatory for Women in 1964 and
retired as a corrections supervisor in 1976 but continued with special
duty assignments for many years.
She was an avid reader, worked countless crossword puzzles and enjoyed
writing letters, working in the yard and cooking. She and her husband
were well-known for the love and compassion given to all those who lived
in and passed through their Mulberry Street neighborhood. She devoted
her entire life to her husband and to raising her children, later
enjoying time spent with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Her
creed was that example is not the main thing in influencing others, it
is the only thing.
She was a member of the Marysville United Methodist Church since 1947, a
member of the Puritan Circle of Kings Daughters and Sons and American
Legion Post 79 Auxiliary.
She was born May 12, 1914, at home in Jackson County, W.Va., to the late
Russell and Clara Sayre Baker and was predeceased by her first husband,
Sam Balch who was killed in World War II; a grandson, Jason Lusson; two
brothers, Hal and Chester Baker; and a sister, Iris Baker.
She is survived by her husband, Lawrence Raines whom she married Jan.
10, 1947, at the Marysville First United Methodist Church; a son, Max
Raines of Lancaster; a daughter, Marilyn Raines of Marysville; three
grandchildren, Charity (Chad) Ritchey and Hesper (Brett) Stover of
Lancaster and Nick Lusson of California; five great-grandchildren,
Cameron, Dominic, Paige, Max and Emma Iris; two sisters, Lila Casto and
Ann (Raymond) Skeen; and many special friends whose lives she touched.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at the Ingram Funeral
Home where friends may call from noon until the time of the service. The
Rev. Dick Tuller will officiate.
Memorial contributions may be made to Loving Care Hospice, 113 S. Main
St., Marysville, or in care of the funeral home.
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