George Beatty Syroney, 58, of Rarden, died Friday, November 8, 1996 at the Southern Ohio Medical Center, in Portsmouth, Ohio.

     Born August 19, 1938 in Rarden, Ohio, he was the son of Irene Koch Syroney and the late Rudolph Stanley Syroney.

     He was employed as a service technician with Honda of Rarden for 32 years of service. He was a former member of the Rarden Village Council, a charter member and former fire chief with the Rarden Volunteer Fire Department, a driver of Rarden Squad 4 and served with the U.S. Army. And was a Life-Time Member of the Gold Wing Riders Association.

     Surviving are his wife, Shirley Smith Syroney whome he married February 24, 1967; two sons, George Beatty Syroney II of McDermott and Gregory Barton Syroney of Rarden; a daughter, Sharon Sue Beeson of Otway; a brother, Ronald Lewis Syroney of Rarden; two sisters, Doris Lee Wilson of Portsmouth and Nancy Ann Stiles of Rarden; and four grandchildren.

     He is also preceded in death by a brother Stanley Jay Syroney, half-brother CSM Everett Robert Taylor, and grand-daughter Sarah Ann Syroney.

     Services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at Botkin Funeral Home in Otway with the Rev. Tim Throckmorton officiating, with military graveside rites being conducted by the American Legion Willaim A. Baker Post and interment in Mustard Cemetery.

     The Scioto County Storm Chaser Center has Dedicated this website to the Memory of George Beatty Syroney.

     He suffered from Throat Cancer in the mid-1980's and was treated with Chemotherapy, and Radiation treatment. Then in the early 1990's the doctor spotted a small spot in his lungs that was a size of a Dime. He was off work for about 2 years suffering from the Lung Cancer. Hospice was a great help with all that he needed, he was on oxygen, and had a nurse that would come out once or twice a week to check up on him. We had Old Log Cabin Camp Meetings just about every week with Rev. Delbert Copas, and other church members from other Churches in the Community. Then he requested to have a feeding tube put in, so we worked on getting that scheduled. He was taken to Mercy Hospital, in Portsmouth, on November 7, 1996, to have a feeding tube put in. He passed away in the middle of the night on the morning of November 8, 1996.

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month

Rarden High School - Class of 1956

U.S. Army - Company C, 4th Training Battalion Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri

1975 Members of the Rarden Volunteer Fire Department
Photographed by Shirley Sue Smith Syroney (b. April 18, 1943 - d. November 1, 2022).

●Deceased

1st Row: Gene Tunney McAllister Jr., Randy Cooper, Clayton Wade Miller. and ●Paul David Koch (b. January 14, 1911 - d. August 19, 1994).

2nd Row: ●Jeffery A. Moore (b. February 24, 1957 - d. May 5, 2023), Ronald Lewis Syroney, Donald Ray Hoffer, Edgar Vondale Adams, ●Vernon Dwain Cooper (b. March 12, 1933 - d. December 12, 1996), and Fire Chief ●George Beatty Syroney (b. August 19, 1938 - d. November 8, 1996).

3rd Row: ●Roger L. Carter (b. October 20, 1936 - d. October 4, 2001), ●Paul Sylvester Hoffer (b. July 22, 1932 - d. February 8, 1992), ●Roger McAllister (b. 8 May 8, 1952 - d. January 29, 2024), ●Carl Russell South (b. August 26, 1938 - d. September 6, 2012), ●Donald Eugene Kirker (b. October 24, 1932 - d. March 19, 1990), and ●Ronald Kenneth Moore (b. December 8, 1936 - April 5, 1979).

December 21, 1986 - Member of the Rarden Volunteer Fire Department

●Deceased

Front Row: ●Kerry Emil Perdue (b. August 17, 1962 - d. February 3, 2017), ●Bernice Penn (b. March 13, 1930 - d. August 31, 1996), Lelia Copas, Edgar Vondale Adams, Gene Tunner McAllister Jr., Jeanie Cherrholmes Syroney, ●Vernon Dwain Cooper (b. March 12, 1933 - d. December 12, 1996), ●Paul David Koch (b. January 14, 1911 - d. August 19, 1994), ●George Beatty Syroney (b. August 19, 1938 - d. November 8, 1996), Terry Lee Foster and ●Carl Russell South (b. August 26, 1938 - d. September 6, 2012).

Back Row: ●Kenny Lee Cooper (b. May 4, 1964 - d. March 24, 2019), Kevin Perdue, ●Delbert F. Copas (b. February 6, 1950 - d. March 27, 2023), ●Robert Gardner (b. December 1, 1926 - d. July 9, 2016), and Fire Chief Ronald Lewis Syroney.

     I went and planted some Day Lilies, and Marigolds on my Dad's Grave on May 24, 2015. I was trying to find the pansies that he likes, but no one had them. So I bought Marigolds instead. He really likee the Tall Marigolds, but I bought the small Marigolds. I planted six Marigold Plants in the fron of his tombstone, and planted six in the back, and six around his Military Plaque. I Love my Dad and really miss him so much.