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OBITUARIES Dennis Joseph Kraus Dennis was born in Ithaca, N.Y., on March 28, 1962, when his parents were working at Cornell University. The next academic year he went with them to Paris, where he developed a taste for camembert and climbing; French acquaintances called him le petit montagnard (“The little mountain climber”). Dennis returned to the U.S. and came to Yellow Springs in the summer of 1963 and remained there for most of his life. He attended the Yellow Springs public schools, studied for two years at Ohio Wesleyan University and worked subsequently building, restoring, remodeling, roofing and painting dozens of houses in Yellow Springs. A gifted athlete, Dennis taught himself to ride a unicycle, spear line drives, hit home runs and thread a soccer ball between defenders onto the toe of a teammate. He played three years on the Yellow Springs High School varsity soccer squad, and was proudest of its 19–3 record in 1978, his junior year. He was co-captain his senior year and as a midfielder scored 16 goals, including hat tricks at Greeneview and Westerville North, and one goal (at Cincinnati Country Day), which only the referee thought he had missed. He was a team player, but among his trophies, he liked best the MVP award he won his first year in Little League. In later years Dennis continued playing softball in the Yellow Springs evening league, after his daily work building. He came by his carpentry skills honestly: a great-grandfather and a great-uncle were builders by trade, an uncle is a recreational cabinetmaker and a cousin built from scratch a house in which Dennis laid down most of the hardwood floors. There was no new skill he was reluctant to learn and none that he practiced shoddily. Many Yellow Springs homeowners will miss his skilled hand and his ready smile. Two grandfathers and an aunt preceded Dennis in death. He is survived by his parents; two grandmothers, Anele Diliauskas and Madeline Buschman Kraus, both of Maryland; two brothers, Jerome and his wife, Alice, and their daughter Elizabeth Ann, and Peter and his wife, Erin and their son, Leonardo, all of Seattle; two aunts, two uncles and 10 cousins, living here and there. An occasion for friends and family to remember Dennis
is planned for early spring, when a scholarship fund for Yellow Springs
children to attend summer soccer camp will be established. In the meantime,
and in lieu of flowers, friends may make memorial contributions to Hospice
of Dayton. Dale Borton He was a 1961 graduate of Bryan High School. He received a bachelor’s degree in landscape horticulture from Ohio State University in 1971. He was employed as a superintendent by Demmy Construction in Springfield. He served from 1964 to 1966 as a Green Beret and in the 101st Airborne Division of the U.S. Army in the Vietnam War. Mr. Borton was an avid sportsman and animal advocate. He attended the Methodist Church in Morrow. He was preceded in death by a niece, Carla Mathes Pigatti. He is survived by his wife, DeAnna Borton of Morrow; his parents; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Sherry and Jerry Mathes of Bluffton, S.C., and Pamela and Timothy Botkin of Reynoldsburg; niece and nephews, Erin Botkin Moehl of Pataskala, Ohio, Christopher Mathes of Harrisburg, N.C., and Ryan Botkin of Reynoldsburg; and two stepsons, Earl Poff of Cincinnati and Brian Poff of West Salem. Services were held on Wednesday, Jan. 28, in the Jackson
Lytle & Williams Funeral Home, with interment following in Calvary
Cemetery in Kettering. In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that donations
be made to ODNR Wildlife Wetlands, 1840 Belcher Drive, Columbus, Ohio
43224. Wilma Miller Born in Springfield on March 17, 1913, she was the daughter of John and Bessie (Kiser) Davis. She received an honorary culinary degree from Miami University. She also was a graduate of Springfield South High School. She retired as head cook for Possum School after 30 years of service. She was also employed at Bosco Reed Leather for 10 years and owned and operated Campus Beauty Salon for 10 years. She was a member of Emery Chapel United Methodist Church. She was a past president of the American Business Women’s Association, the founder and past president of Ye Olde Friendship Club and a member of Rebecca Lodge No. 873, Yellow Springs. She was preceded in death by her husband, Howard E. Miller, in September 2003; two sons, Dale and Kenneth Miller; grandson, David Miller; three sisters, Hazel Cook, Ruth Barry and Marjorie Pearson; and a brother, Ralph Davis. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Clark Griffith of Yellow Springs; daughter-in-law, Wilene Miller of Springfield; nine grandchildren, Michael Miller, Lisa Miller, Leah Lind, Rob Lind, Mary Oakley, Diane Long, Jay Lynn Harmount, Kelli Griffith and Melissa Weaver; nine great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. A celebration of life was held on Wednesday, Jan. 28, in the Conroy Funeral Home in Springfield, with burial following in Glen Haven Memorial Gardens. Memorial donations may be made to Hospice of Dayton. He was the proprietor of Friendship Furniture Repair & Consultation, and served as the assistant coach of the Yellow Springs High School football team. He was preceded in death by his father. He is survived by his mother; sisters and brother-in-law, Hattie F. and Victor Baxter and Shonda Sneed; brother and sister-in-law, William and Janet Gay; and a host of aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. Services were held Wednesday, Jan. 28, in the First Baptist Church of Yellow Springs. Interment followed in Glen Forest Cemetery.
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He
was the son of Irene Diliauskas Kraus of Fairborn and Michael J. Kraus
of Yellow Springs.
Born
on Dec. 30, 1942, he was the son of Lewis and Florence Borton of Yellow
Springs.
Born
on March 19, 1957, in Dayton, he was the son of Richard Sneed Sr. and
Dorothy Elmeta (Gay) Sneed.