Elsie Purcell, 91, of Hillsboro, passed away peacefully on Monday, Jan. 13, 2020 at Heartland of Hillsboro surrounded by family whom she loved dearly.

Effie Fisher, 62, of Hillsboro, passed away Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020 at Hospice of Butler and Warren Counties.

John Puckett, 77, passed away Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020.

Janet R. Surface, 81, of Wilmington, passed away Sunday,  Jan. 12, 2020 at Clinton Memorial Hospital.

Doris June Murphy Peters Boggs, 92, passed away Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020 at Mercy Hospital in Fairfield.

Marilyn Jean Townsend, 91, passed away Monday, Jan. 6, 2020 at Greenewood Manor in Xenia, where she had been a resident since 2017.

Franklin Arthur “Art” Howell Sr., 83, of Wilmington, passed away Tuesday morning, Jan. 7, 2020 at Bell Gardens Place in Hillsboro after a long three-year battle with cancer.

Linda Louise Storer, 77, of Waverly, formerly of Greenfield, passed away Monday, Jan. 6, 2020 at OSU Select Specialty Hospital in Columbus.

Robert “Ed” Siders, 79, of Winchester, passed away Monday evening, Jan. 6, 2020 at Monarch Meadows in Seaman.

Thomas H. Farrell, 79, of Sardinia, passed away peacefully at his home, with his family by his side, on Dec. 25, 2019.

David Conklin Larkin, 93, of Greenfield, passed away peacefully on Jan. 2, 2020 after a lingering illness.

Carla (Schaeffer) Holley, 49, of Jamestown, passed away peacefully Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 1, 2020 at the Hospice of Hope Ohio Valley Inpatient Center in Seaman.

Patricia Ann Yankie, 87, of Lynchburg, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020 at Salyer Adult Group Home in Hillsboro. 

Louella Mae Whiting, 85, of Martinsville, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019 at Crestwood Ridge Nursing Center in Hillsboro.  

Virginia L. “Ginny” Shoemaker, 74, of Wilmington, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020 at the Hospice of Hope Adams County Regional Medical Center in Seaman.