Obituaries Section :: Page 125

• Glenn Robert Owen

  By YS News StaffDecember 12, 2013

  

  Glenn Robert Owen died peacefully and unexpectedly in his studio “sanctuary” on Tuesday, Dec 3. He had finished his last painting that previous Sunday.

• Millicent Danita Walker-Jones

  By YS News StaffDecember 5, 2013

  

  Millicent Danita Walker-Jones died November 25. She was 51.

• Taylor Rhone

  By YS News StaffNovember 27, 2013

  

  Taylor R. Rhone, 57, of Yellow Springs, passed away on Nov. 18 at Greene Memorial Hospital. He was born on Feb. 7, 1956 to Elmore and Mamie (Butler) Rhone in Oklahoma City, Okla. He was preceded in death by his father, Elmore Rhone. Taylor worked as an account executive for WKEF Channel 22. Taylor is […]

• Bill Lorenz

  By YS News StaffNovember 21, 2013

  

  Bill Lorenz died peacefully of kidney disease at his home in St. Louis, Mo. on Nov. 13. He was 86 years old.

• Gladys Chaney Wessels

  By YS News StaffNovember 14, 2013

  

  Gladys Chaney Wessels of Yellow Springs died at home on Aug. 24. She would have celebrated her 92nd birthday on Sept. 13.

• Recent Antioch student dies

  By Megan Bachman

  

  The Antioch College campus was a scene of grieving on Sunday evening as students mourned the passing of former Antioch student Meredith Martin, 21, who died on Friday in Vandalia.

• James Smartt

  By YS News StaffNovember 7, 2013

  

  James Franklin Smartt passed away on Friday, Oct. 18. He was 86. James was born on Dec. 19, 1926, to the late James Floyd Smartt and the late Sylenna Marie Thompson in Big Springs, Tennessee. James, who was referred to as “Tug,” was educated in the Bradley County school system. Upon graduation, he attended Tuskegee […]

• Irmgard Bletzinger

  By YS News StaffOctober 31, 2013

  

  Irmgard Bletzinger of Fairborn passed away Monday, Oct. 21 at the Hospice of Dayton. She was 83. Irmgard was born to the late Hans and Margarete Heckmann in Düsseldorf, Germany. She arrived in the United States on a scholarship. She moved to Mexico City, where she taught German and Spanish at a private school. She […]

• James Smartt

  By YS News Staff

  

  James Franklin Smartt passed away on Friday, Oct. 18. He was 86. James was born on Dec. 19, 1926, to the late James Floyd Smartt and the late Sylenna Marie Thompson in Big Springs, Tennessee. James, who was referred to as “Tug,” was educated in the Bradley County school system. Upon graduation, he attended Tuskegee […]

• Hardy Zobel Trolander

  By YS News Staff

  

  Hardy Zobel Trolander grew up on the south side of Chicago during prohibition. His father, Elmer, was a chemist and his mother, Freda, was a former office manager. He was born to them relatively late in their lives, as was his little sister, Fay. His earliest memories included Buster Keaton in “The General” and his […]