Obituaries Section :: Page 2

• William ‘Bill’ Rue Evans

  By YS News StaffJune 9, 2025

  

  On Tuesday, May 27, 2025, William “Bill” Rue Evans passed away at the age of 95.

• Barry Dillon

  By YS News StaffMay 30, 2025

  

  It is with a wounded heart I write of my brother, Barry Dillon’s passing.

• Ryan T. Botkin

  By YS News StaffMay 8, 2025

  

  Ryan T. Botkin, 44, of Yellow Springs, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly on April 25, 2024, as the result of a tragic automobile accident involving a drunk driver.

• Melanie Rose (Bauer) Acton

  By YS News Staff

  

  Melanie Rose (Bauer) Acton, 83, of Yellow Springs, passed away peacefully at Friends Care Community on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, at 7:10 p.m., after a courageous battle with a malignant brain tumor. Melanie lived a life centered on love, family and community.

• Denny M. Powell II

  By YS News Staff

  

  Miami Township Fire-Rescue Chief Denny M. Powell II passed away at Greene Memorial Hospital on April 15, 2025, after suffering a cardiac arrest due to a brief illness.

• John Fiske Wing

  By YS News StaffApril 25, 2025

  

  John Fiske Wing, 93, passed away on April 17, 2025, in Dayton, Ohio.

• Samuel J. Longo Jr.

  By YS News StaffApril 10, 2025

  

  Samuel J. Longo Jr., age 76, of Kettering, passed away on Wednesday, April 2, 2025.

• Betty Jane Pettiford

  By YS News Staff

  

  Betty Jane (Frierson) Pettiford, 89 of Yellow Springs, Ohio, passed away April 4, 2025, at Hospice of Dayton.

• Eugenia Hughes Lawson Bautista

  By YS News Staff

  

  Eugenia Hughes Lawson Bautista, of Eugene, Oregon, passed away at 102 years old on Feb. 7, 2025.

• Elizabeth Paciorek

  By YS News Staff

  

  Elizabeth Helen Kozlowski Paciorek was 75 years old when she died, much too young, on April 4, 2025.