Obituaries Section

• Josephine Joanne Dunphy

  By YS News StaffMarch 6, 2026

  

  Josephine Joanne Dunphy, 91, of Yellow Springs, passed away Feb. 25, 2026. She was born in the Birch Manor Gatehouse on Jacoby Road on April 7, 1934, to Carmelo and Maria Ricciardi.

• Francis Andrew ‘Dutch’ Dannaker

  By YS News StaffFebruary 26, 2026

  

  Francis Andrew “Dutch” Dannaker passed away on Feb. 22, 2026, at the age of 101.

• Roy Franklin Cromer II

  By YS News StaffFebruary 23, 2026

  

  Roy Franklin Cromer II, 71, of Tucson, Arizona, died on Feb. 4, 2026, following a sudden illness.

• Iddi Ali Bakari

  By YS News Staff

  

  Our father, Iddi Ali Bakari, passed away peacefully at home on Pemba Island, in the same village where he was born, with his mother and several siblings and loved ones present.

• Donna Louise Lipsitt

  By YS News StaffFebruary 5, 2026

  

  Donna Louise Lipsitt, age 90, formerly of Yellow Springs, Ohio, passed away peacefully at Friendship Village of Dublin (Ohio) on January 29, 2026.

• Thomas Siebold

  By YS News Staff

  

  Thomas Siebold, age 74, of Yellow Springs, Ohio, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by family, on Jan. 25, 2026.

• Bernice A. Kirk

  By YS News StaffJanuary 29, 2026

  

  Bernice A. Kirk, age 93, of Yellow Springs, Ohio, departed this life Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026.

• Charles Alfred ‘Al’ Spencer

  By YS News Staff

  

  Al Spencer, age 83, of South Yarmouth, Massachusetts, passed away on Jan. 1, 2026, at Cape Cod Hospital with members of his family at his side.

• Marcia Lee (Nelson) Greer

  By YS News StaffJanuary 8, 2026

  

  Marcia (Nelson) Greer was born in Xenia, Ohio, on Nov. 3, 1938.

• Edmond Henry Vernot

  By YS News Staff

  

  Edmond Henry Vernot, 100, of Yellow Springs, Ohio, passed away peacefully on Jan. 4, 2026.