Geraldine L. Board, 85, of Clayton, died Jan. 5, 2012 at Stone Springs of Vandalia.

William T. Prater, 68, of Hillsboro, died Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011 at the Halifax Health Hospice Center in Orange City, Fla.

Steven Earl Irvin, 51, of Waverly, died Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012 at the Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe.

Gertrude Douglas Countryman, 96, of Peebles, died Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012 at the Highland District Hospital.

Ella Mae Karnes, 86, of Greenfield, died Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012 at the Highland District Hospital.

Hobert A. Blevins, Sr., 78, of Hillsboro, died Monday, Jan. 2, 2012.

Irma M. Ingles, 78, of Wilmington , formerly of the Highland County area, died Saturday evening, Dec. 31, 2011 at the Hospice of Butler and Warren County in Franklin.

Dean Messick Waddell, 90, of Mount Dora, Fla., passed away Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012 at his home.

Steven B. Meyers, 54, of Greenfield, died Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012 at Adena Greenfield Medical Center.

James Vernon Huffman, 71, of Florence, Miss., died Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011 at his residence.

Nellie E. McClain, 97, of Bainbridge, died Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012, at Hearth and Care, Greenfield.

Joan M. Adkins, 79, of Leesburg, passed away Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012 at Edgewood Manor of Greenfield.

James Edwin Walker, 71, of Hillsboro, died Friday, Dec. 30, 2011 at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Chillicothe.

Betty R. Craft, 91, of Hillsboro, died Friday, Dec. 30, 2011 at Heartland of Hillsboro.

Shaynea Elaine Wise, 44, of Hillsboro, died Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011 at Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton.