Registered: Dec 2014
Location: Greenwich, Ohio
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Obituary for Berton Oney

Berton Oney, age 91, life long resident of Greenwich, passed away on September 17, 2017 at home surrounded by family. He was born April 8, 1926 in Floyd County, Kentucky, the son of Jim and Jane (Shepherd) Oney.

As a young man, Berton worked on the family farm and was employed at Westinghouse and the Akron Standard Mold. His true passion was raising and hunting coon hounds. After winning the World Championship Coon Hunt in West Point Mississippi in 1967 with U.S. Champion, Grand Nite Champion Vanzant’s Sam, Berton became a full time promoter, breeder and hunter of English Coonhounds.

Berton is survived by his wife of 67 years Claris (Whitaker) Oney; daughters, Julia Jane (Mitchel) Hicks of Greenwich, Janet (Joe) Ward of North Fairfield, and Paula (Ed) Fife of Greenwich, along with many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his son, Charles “Randy” Oney; sister, Ella Sutton Hafer and brothers, Willard, Fred, John, Joe, Henry, Charles, and Virgil.

Friends and family may call Friday, September 22, 2017 from 4-8 pm at Eastman Funeral Home, 49 West Main Street, Greenwich. A service will be held at the Coon Hunters Club, 3221 Plymouth East Road, Greenwich on Saturday at 11 am with Pastor Gary Adkins officiating. Burial will follow at Greenwich Greenlawn Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Heartland Hospice, 907 West State Street, Fremont, Ohio, 43420 or St. Jude Children’s Hospital at www.stjude.org.




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Registered: Aug 2016
Location: s. e. pa .
Posts: 58

English man all these years . I have a January 1968 American Cooner with a picture of him and his 1967 World Champion Vanzants Sam dog . A six foot tall trophy in the back ground . Sam looked like a leggy 65 - 70 pound dog .. black and white dog . Ad says in the 4 nites of the hunt .... he accumulated 2237 1/2 + points . .. 312 1/2 points more than the rest of the good dogs of the hunt . Sams stud fee was 100 dollars and his pups were 75 dollars . Mr . Oney was a lifetime hunter and a gentleman I am sure . We drove to Ohio back around 1989 to coon hunt and almost went to see him .... but we were tired and a long way from home and deceided to see him next time .. but never went back . My sincere condolences to his family .

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Registered: Jan 2008
Location: MINFORD OHIO
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Its a lose to the coonhunting world he was a great dog man and would help you if he could as a kid I use to hang around his house and pet his wonderful hounds one time he asked me if I would like to have a hound of my own I told him yes he let me pick the best dog of my life I will never forget Bert or the dog tree time jack the dog my heart gos out to his family a truly great man keep them fine dogs up there for the rest of use

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Registered: May 2013
Location: lawrence, michigan
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I remember Bert coming to my home at the time in Paw Paw Michigan.. We sat and talked dogs and drank coffee for along while before he purchased the Ballie hound...I had many long talks with Bert after that...Larry

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