Stephen L. Speakman, 56, of Bainbridge, died Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009 at his residence.

Dollie F. Sluss, 94, of Hillsboro (formerly of Ripley), died Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009 at Heartland of Hillsboro.

Storm Alma Ross, newborn, died Friday, August 28, 2009 at the Children's Medical Center of Dayton. 

Norman Hopkins, 89, of Hillsboro died August 29, 2009 at his residence.

John Frederick Piatt, 70, of Greenfield, died Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009 at his residence.

Doris Barrett Smith, who passed away last week, was born May 21, 1907 in Marshall, the daughter of Clyde C. and Nellie Lucas Barrett.

Dr. M. Glenn Lucas of Hillsboro, 56, died August 29, 2009, after a short, but ultimately futile, battle with cancer.

Sylversia Mildred (Hakes) Bowles, 99, of Greenfield died Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009 at Hearth & Care of Greenfield.

Ralph Theodore "Ted" Bell, 55, of Hillsboro, died Saturday, August 29, 2009 at the Batavia Nursing Care Center.

Signa L. Dixon, 95, of Ashland, Ky., formerly of Hillsboro, died Friday, August 28, 2009 at the Community Hospice in Ashland, Ky.

Roger Dale Rawlins, 61, of Greenfield, died Sunday, August 30, 2009 at Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe.

Tony Joe Purdin, 56, of South Salem, died Friday, August 28, 2009 at Greenfield Area Medical Center.

Howard "Shorty" Shuster, 80, of South Salem died Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009 at his residence.

Eloise Otey, 90, of Hillsboro, died Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009.

Donald Branscome, 67, of Greenup, Ky., died Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009 at Southern Ohio Medical Center.