Toni " Faith" Dingess

Dingess, Toni “Faith” went home to be with her Savior at Hospice of Butler and Warren Co. on October 11, 2019 at 10:00 pm at the age of 63. Faith was preceded in death by her dad, John “Tony” Ratcliffe, cousin Jessica Coldiron, aunt Barbara “Jackie” Coldiron, uncle Harold Coldiron, aunt Sally Jo Sandlin, uncle William “Billy” Hopkins, sister-in-love Judy (Dingess) Egleston, grandmother Octavia Hopkins, grandfather Jerome Hopkins, grandfather Ed Ratcliffe, grandmother Minnie Ratcliffe, and cousin Charity Sandlin. Faith is survived by her loving husband of 30 years, James “Jamie” Dingess. Faith and Jamie were married September 2, 1989 at Grace Baptist Church in Middletown, Ohio. Faith is also survived by her mother, Pat (Patty) Hopkins Ratcliffe Grass Coldiron and her aunt Martha Lou Hopkins Howard. Faith is also survived by three loving children Lillian “Genae” Santmire, James “Cass” Dingess and his wife, Rebecca Lyons and John “Tony” Dingess all of Middletown. Faith is also survived by her four grandchildren, Ashlyn Faith, Christian Tyler, Elijah Shannon and Marcus Alexander. Faith is also survived by her cousins, Roz (Coldiron) Williams, Debbie (Coldiron) Purdue, Rachel (Coldiron) Routzahn, Nancy (Hopkins) Keller, Mike Hopkins, John Hopkins, Bill Hopkins, Leah (Sandlin) Griffis, Josh Sandlin, and Andy Sandlin. Faith is also survived by two lifelong friends Carla McKoy and Judy Turley, and three sisters-in-love Diana Dingess, Cathy Dingess, and Missy (Dingess) Lawill; "Bunny" and Jim Weybright; cousin, Keith Kappes, cousin, Paula (Ratcliffe) Cate, cousin, Louise (Ratcliffe) Bailey Dickson and numerous nieces and nephews. Faith enjoyed singing in the church choir, serving in the nursery, taking pictures, researching her family history and genealogy, and watching any type of British programming, and spending time with her loving husband and children. Faith was always involved in her church life and loved and lived to serve others. Faith was saved by Jesus Christ at the age of five years old and always treasured her faith and lived a life that pointed to her Savior. Visitation will be on Saturday, October 19th from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm with Celebration of Life Services to follow at 1:00 pm at the Baker-Stevens-Parramore Funeral Home 6850 Roosevelt Avenue in Middletown with Pastor Derwin Anderson officiating. The family will attend the burial following the services at Grace Memory Gardens at Grace Baptist Church with a celebration of life fellowship to follow at Baker-Stevens-Parramore Community Room for all those who loved Faith. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.bakerstevensparramore.com.