Joseph A. Smithson, 91, of Clarksville, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023 at his home. 

Esther Cathryn (Aber) Chapman, 94, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023, at Salyer Adult Group Home in Hillsboro. 

Gary L. Hester, 72, of Hillsboro, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023 at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus.

James Allen Kimball, 42, passed away Friday, Dec. 15, 2023 at the Greenfield Skilled Nursing Facility. 

Alfred "Al" Lee Martellotti, 86, of Sardinia, passed away Monday, Dec. 18, 2023 at Monarch Meadows Nursing Home in Seaman.

Sandra K. "Sandy" Waddell, 57, of Hillsboro, passed away Saturday Dec. 16, 2023. 

James William Wagner, 69, of Greenfield, passed away Friday, Dec. 8, 2023 at home.

John Scott Grimsley, 58, of Columbus, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023.  

Randy L. Shoemaker, 67, of South Salem, passed away Friday, Dec. 15, 2023 comfortably at home.

Fred Allan Dumford, 67, of Mt. Orab, passed away unexpectedly Dec. 12, 2023.

Debbie Truman, 62, of Hillsboro, passed away peacefully Dec. 12, 2023.

Kenneth E. Spencer, 75, of Hillsboro, formerly of the Monongahela, Pa. area, passed away peacefully Monday, Dec. 11, 2023 at Hospice of Dayton.

Robert Wade Murray of Hillsboro passed away Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023 at his home, after battling illness most of his adult life.

Nancy Kay Thompson, 65, of Greenfield, passed away Friday, Dec. 8, 2023 at home.

Ellie Fay Lee (Brown), 82, of Hardeeville, S.C., and formerly of Leesburg and the Rocky Fork Community, passed away Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023.