Obituaries Section :: Page 181

• Umoja Iddi Bakari

  By YS News StaffJuly 3, 2008

  

  Umoja Iddi Bakari died Friday, June 27, in DeKalb County, Ga. He was 28. Umoja is survived by his wife, Bekelech Asefa, and son, Elias Bakari, both of Columbus; his parents, Iddi and Maria Bakari; brother, Martin Bakari; sister, Zyna Bakari; all of Yellow Springs…

• Russel H. Miller

  By YS News StaffJune 26, 2008

  Russel H. Miller died on Saturday, June 28, in Mercy Hospital, Springfield. He was 88. He was born at home near Clifton on January 29, 1920, to Walter and Myrtle (Star) Miller.

• Douglas Scott

  By YS News Staff

  

  Douglas Scott, born on the fourth of July, 1917, in Boston, Mass., died peacefully on Monday, June 23, in his home in Yellow Springs. He was 90 years old.

• Bea Robinow memorial

  By YS News StaffJune 12, 2008

  A memorial service for Bea Robinow will be held at 1 p.m., on Sunday, June 15, at Friends Care Assisted Living Center.

• Mary Jane Van Eaton

  By YS News Staff

  Mary Jane Van Eaton, formerly of Xenia, died June 4, at Friends Care Center, in Yellow Springs. She was 85. She born in Sylvania, Ohio, on May 16, 1923, to John “Jack” and Isabel (Dean) Velzy.

• Ninabelle Upchurch

  By YS News Staff

  Ninabelle (Artis) Upchurch died on Friday, June 6, at Community Hospital in Springfield. She was 81. She was born on Oct. 14, 1926, in West Liberty, the third child born to Alvie C. and Hazel Louise (Clark) Artis.

• Beverly Bergman

  By YS News StaffJune 5, 2008

  Beverly J. Bergman of Yellow Springs died Friday, May 30. She was 64. She was born Aug. 8, 1943, in Dayton, the daughter of the late Leo and Jean (Turner) Bergman.

• Betty M. Gossett

  By YS News Staff

  Betty M. Gossett of Yellow Springs died Friday, May 30, at Miami Valley Hospital, after an unexpected illness. She was 63. She was born Dec. 31, 1944, in Hillsboro, Ohio, daughter of the late Harry Sylvester and Marie (Glasscock) Emery. Betty was employed by Eastco and also worked for St. Joseph’s Home for Children for […]

• Emily Blackwood

  By YS News StaffMay 29, 2008

  Emily K. Blackwood, a long time resident of Yellow Springs, passed away Tuesday, May 20, in Eaglewood Care Center in Springfield. She was 95. She was born in Unionville, Pa., on October 18, 1912, the daughter of David Reed and Sarah Margaret (Hall) Keatley. Emily was a homemaker and loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, and […]

• James Jackson

  By YS News Staff

  James William Jackson of Yellow Springs passed away on May 24. He was 82. James, better known to his family and friends as Jimmie, was born in Ripley, Ohio, on October 26, 1925. He was the seventh child and third son born to Samuel Robert Jackson and Lora Vaughn Parker. He attended school in Ripley […]