Freda Pearl (Quine) Fleck passed away Friday, Oct. 15, 2021 at the age of 96 years, 7 months and 29 days. She had suffered for over 40 years with crippling rheumatoid arthritis.

Thomas M. "Topper" Tepe, Sr. passed away Saturday, October 16, 2021 at his home in Cincinnati with his family by his side.

Leo Arden Haycook, 87, of Leesburg, passed away Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021 at the Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe.

Billie Rae Flint, 65, of Wilmington, passed away unexpectedly Sept. 25, 2021 at home.

Kathy Sue Free, 58, of Greenfield, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021 at OSU Medical Center in Columbus.

Catherine T. Mortimer, 67, of Cincinnati, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, at Highland District Hospital.

Maralyn L. Thompson, 96, of Hillsboro, passed away Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, at The Laurels Skilled Nursing Center with her family by her side.

Donald Gene Baldridge, 77, of Hillsboro, passed away Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021, at his home with his family by his side.

Ina R. Howard, 92, of Hillsboro, passed away peacefully Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, at her home with her family by her side.

Jerren (Jed) Blaine Swayne, 74, of Peebles, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021 at the Bethesda North Hospital in Cincinnati.

Patricia L. Smith, 58, of New Vienna, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021 at the Clinton Memorial Hospital in Wilmington due to COVID-19.

Barbara Jo Smith, 77, of Martinsville, passed away Monday, Oct. 4, 2021 at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.

Gene Frank Beckman, 90, of Hillsboro, passed away Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021 at his home.

John Stephen “Steve” Kratzer, 70, of Midland, passed away Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021 at the Clinton Memorial Hospital.

Kenneth M. Snyder, 92, of Wilmington, passed away Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021 at his home in Wilmington.