Obituaries Section

• Joy Christine Bartenstein

  By YS News StaffAugust 14, 2025

  

  Joy Christine Bartenstein, of Yellow Springs, Ohio, passed away Aug. 8, 2025, surrounded by four generations.

• Stephen Richeson

  By YS News Staff

  

  Stephen Taylor Richeson passed away July 31, 2025, after a brief battle with cancer. Born on July 30, 1954, he made it one day past his 71st birthday.

• Meaghan Lenke

  By YS News StaffAugust 8, 2025

  

  Beloved mother, daughter, sister and friend, Meaghan Alice Lenke, 46, of Rochelle, Illinois, passed away suddenly July 23, 2025.

• John Joseph Staggs

  By YS News StaffJuly 30, 2025

  

  John Joseph Staggs, affectionately known as Joe, passed away peacefully on July 27, 2025, at the Ohio Masonic Home in Springfield, Ohio.

• Elsie Juanita Hull Richardson

  By YS News Staff

  

  Elsie Juanita Hull Richardson departed this life on Friday, July 11, 2025.

• Max Laverne Lake

  By YS News StaffJuly 14, 2025

  

  Max Laverne Lake, 77, passed away peacefully on March 12, 2025 in the arms of the love of his life, Ingeborg Brigitte Lake (Wüstendörfer).

• Mary Barbara Berthiaume

  By YS News StaffJune 20, 2025

  

  Mary Barbara Berthiaume, née Kraus, was born in Baltimore on Sept. 4, 1935, the first child of second-generation German immigrants.

• Teresa Anne Staigers

  By YS News Staff

  

  Teresa Anne Staigers, of Fountain Hills, Arizona, passed away June 7, 2025, from a stroke, at the age of 63.

• Betty Lou Burton

  By YS News StaffJune 12, 2025

  

  With love and gratitude, we honor the beautiful life of Betty Lou (Givens) Burton, who passed away at 89 on Feb. 3, 2025.

• June Thiessen Allison

  By YS News Staff

  

  June Thiessen was born June 2, 1938, in Hepburn, Saskatchewan, to parents Peter and Eva.