Ronald R. “Ray” Applegate, 45, of Hillsboro, passed away Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023 at the Adams County Regional Medical

Elmina S. “Susie” House, 85, of Lynchburg, passed away Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023 at The Laurels of Hillsboro.  

Charles (Chuck) F. Elking, 91, of Hillsboro, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023 at his home.  

Barbara Atkins, 67, passed away Dec. 28, 2023 in her home in Hillsboro.

Woodrow E. "Eddie" Reno, 87, a former member of Hillsboro community, passed away Dec. 25, 2023 in Port Orange, Fla.

David Leon Simmons, 58, of Hillsboro, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023 at his home. 

John Edward Oyer, 74, of Greenfield, passed away Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023 at home.

Robert L. Wysong, 70, of Clarksville, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023 at the Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, after suffering a heart attack following a fire call on Christmas Eve.  

Helen Roberta Semler, 105, of Wilmington, passed away peacefully with her loved ones Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023 at Ohio Living Cape May in Wilmington.  

Janet Sue Glenn, 76, of Hillsboro, passed away Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023 at home.

Ronald K. Jandes, 91, of Hillsboro passed away peacefully Friday, Dec. 16, 2023.

Donald Allen Lewis, 62, of Lynchburg passed away Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023 at the VITAS In-Patient Hospice Center in Cincinnati. 

Charles M. Purdin, 83, of Hillsboro, passed away Dec. 21, 2023. 

Norma J. Maher, 82, of Wilmington, passed away Friday, Dec. 22, 2023 at Wilmington Nursing and Rehab Center in Wilmington.

Michael Kirk Richards, 76, of Greenfield, and formerly of Manassas, Va., passed away Friday, Dec. 22, 2023 at Edgewood Manor of Greenfield.