Wilford Earls, 85, of New Boston, Ohio passed away Saturday, January 3, 2026 at the VA Medical Center in Chillicothe, Ohio. He was born May 23, 1940 in Morehead, Kentucky to the late Clyde and Geneva Epperhart Earls. Surviving are his wife, Deloris Current Earls; a daughter, Shelly Fisher and husband Michael of McMinnville, Tennessee; a grandson, Tristin Fisher; brothers, Paul Earls and Avery Earls and a sister, Jeanie Ridner; and many nephews and nieces. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by siblings, Phillip Earls, Odes Earls, Wanda Liming and Joyce Hoffer.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, January 8, 2026 at Botkin Hornback Funeral Home in Otway with Danny Hoffer officiating. Burial will follow in Hoffer Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 11:00 a.m. until the time of the service at the funeral home.
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