Virginia E. (Stroop) Watters, 89, of Hillsboro, passed away Monday, Feb. 14, 2022.

James A. “Jim” Lewis, 86, of Marathon, formerly of Mowrystown, passed away Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022.

Susan Mays, 77, of Hillsboro, passed away Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022 at Oak View Retirement Home in Seaman.

Elmer L. Highley, 82, of Leesburg, passed away peacefully Feb. 10, 2022 at his home.

Janet Sue Cheek, 76, of Leesburg, passed away Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022 at her home.

Jeff Stanley Akers, 59, of Hillsboro, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday Feb. 10, 2022, as a result of an automobile accident.

Robert “Bob” Allen Kelch, 68, of Liberty Township, Ohio, formerly of Hillsboro, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022.

Patricia Ann Harp, 80, of Hillsboro, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022 at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus.

Joyce Ann May, 76, of Hillsboro, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022 at her home.

Lowell “Tom” Montgomery, 81, of Bainbridge, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022.

Joy Howard, 57, passed away unexpectedly Feb. 4, 2022 at her home in Hillsboro.

Mary L. Craig Schmid, 82, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022 at home.

Earl C. Burns, 84, of Hillsboro, passed away Feb. 8, 2022 at Heartland of Hillsboro.

Max Evans Taylor, 93, of Hillsboro, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022 at his home.

Shirley Eleanor Redkey Eyre, 85, of Sherman, Ill., formerly of the Mowrystown community, passed away peacefully Monday, Jan. 31, 2022 with her daughter by her side.