Pomeroy, Alice Jean, age 78 of Dayton passed away Friday, October 21,
 
 2022. Alice was an Accounts Receivable Clerk at Apex Tool Group for
 
 over 30 years and authored over 30 books of poetry known as “The
 
 Encouraging Word”, spreading the good news and her love for life to
 
 many. She was a member of Southern Hills United Methodist Church.
 
 She was preceded in death by her husband, Dale Pomeroy, a sister,
 
 Joyce (Bill) Krumm; a brother, Thomas Hoover; and a sister, Marilyn
 
 Hoover, her parents Gene and Jane Hoover, and her great
 
 granddaughter, Elizabeth Brawley. She is survived by a daughter,
 
 Bonnie Scott Marcum (Bobby); a son, Scott Oberle; six grandchildren,
 
 Heather Oberle, Rachael (Joshua) Lawson, Sarah Scott, John Scott, Cody
 
 Rodriguez, Dusty Marcum; nine great grandchildren, Morgan Oberle,
 
 Brayden, Olivia, and Gwenith Lawson, Aliyah and Jaysen Scott, Paisley
 
 Rodriguez, Oliver Marcum, and Leonard Scott. Many beloved friends,
 
 nieces and nephews. Services will be held 12:00 noon Friday, October
 
 28 at the Westbrock Funeral Home, 1712 Wayne Ave., Rev. Joe Getts
 
 officiating. The family will receive friends Friday from 11:00-12:00 PM
 
 at the funeral home. There will be a private burial for the family at
 
 Woodland Cemetery at a later date.