Obituaries Section :: Page 165

• Betty Rickenbach

  By YS News StaffJuly 9, 2009

  Elizabeth “Betty” Rickenbach died June 26. She was 91. She was born Elizabeth Florence Wood on Nov. 30, 1917, to parents David C. Wood and Florence Erdelle (Dell) (Gurling) Wood.

• Edith King

  By YS News Staff

  

  Edith Elinor King died on June 29. She was 95. Edith was born in Charleston, S.C., daughter of Harold Davis King and Edith Etta Thompson King.

• David Landes memorial celebration planned

  By YS News StaffJuly 2, 2009

  Family and friends of David Landes will host a potluck celebration in his memory at the Glen Helen Building, Saturday, July 11, from 3 to 8 p.m. There will be music, stories, good food and good friends. All are welcome.

• Thurlow Jefferson

  By YS News StaffJune 25, 2009

  

  Thurlow Jefferson Sr. passed away on Father’s Day, June 21, surrounded by family. Thurlow was born in 1928 in Yellow Springs to Nathan and Lillian (Thompson) Jefferson.

• Sagha Skinner

  By YS News Staff

  

  Sagha Skinner of Yellow Springs died Tuesday, June 9, at his residence. He was 49. He was born March 25, 1960, to Thelma and Elliot Skinner in Brooklyn, N.Y. He moved to Ohio in 1983 to attend Central State University.

• David Landes memorial celebration planned

  By YS News Staff

  Family and friends of David Landes will host a potluck celebration in his memory at the Glen Helen Building, Saturday, July 11, from 3 to 8 p.m. There will be music, stories, good food and good friends. All are welcome.

• Mass for Umoja Bakari

  By YS News Staff

  A mass will be held at St. Paul’s Catholic Church on Saturday, June 27, at 5 p.m., to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the passing of Umoja Iddi Bakari. All are welcome to join Umoja’s family in this memorial occasion, as well as for the reception to follow.

• Richard Miller

  By YS News Staff

  Richard (Dick) Miller died at Community Hospital in Springfield on Thursday, June 18. He had turned 94 on March 31 and celebrated the event with a gathering of friends. He was born in Spencerville, Ohio, to the late Elizabeth and John Miller.

• Rose Chernick

  By YS News StaffJune 18, 2009

  Rose Elizabeth Chernick passed away on Sunday, June 7. She was 92. She was a resident of Friends Care Assisted Living and was previously a resident for many years of Waukegan, Ill., North Chicago, Ill. and Oconomowoc, Wisc.

• Martha Givens

  By YS News Staff

  Martha “Marty” J. Givens of Enon died on June 10. She was 65. She was born on Oct. 24, 1943, in Bellefontaine, the daughter of Mary (Johnston) Corry and the late Eugene Corry.