Obituaries Section :: Page 30

• Viola Elaine Nutt

  By YS News StaffMarch 9, 2022

  

  Viola Elaine Nutt, who answered to “Elaine Nutt,” transitioned peacefully in her home on March 2, 2022, in Ann Arbor, Mich. She was 90 years old.

• Joel Renner Williams

  By YS News StaffMarch 2, 2022

  

  Joel Renner Williams was born Sept. 12, 1939, in Dayton, Ohio, and died Feb. 21, 2022, aged 82 years, at Mt. Carmel Grove City Hospital in Grove City, Ohio, from complications due to pancreatic cancer.

• Sharon L. Hatfield

  By YS News Staff

  

  Sharon L. Hatfield, beloved twin sister of Shirley Hatfield, transitioned peacefully on Feb. 21, 2022. Sharon was 81, born in Dayton, Ohio, on Jan. 5, 1941.

• Donald Lewis

  By YS News Staff

  

  Donald E. Lewis passed away on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022, at the Springfield Masonic Community. He was born at home in Yellow Springs, Ohio, on Sept. 14, 1943, to the late R.H. (Red) Lewis and Claris (Alspaugh) Lewis.

• Keith Greiffenhagen

  By YS News Staff

  

  Keith Robert Greiffenhagen, a longtime resident of Yellow Springs, was born on Nov. 17, 1964, and passed away on Feb. 21, 2022, after a tragic accident.

• Judy Peck

  By YS News Staff

  

  Judy Peck was born on Sept. 1, 1941, in Akron, Ohio, to Jacob and Evelyn Reiter. On Jan. 5, 2022, she passed away fighting a short battle with cancer.

• Ruddnette Jefferson

  By YS News StaffFebruary 24, 2022

  

  Ruddnette Jefferson, one of the last surviving African American women of her generation born and raised in Yellow Springs, passed away on Feb. 14, 2022.

• Mary Sylvia Ware

  By YS News StaffFebruary 16, 2022

  

  Mary Sylvia Ware was born in Tuscaloosa, Ala., to William and Harriet Gooden on Aug. 11, 1922. Mary passed away into the Lord’s care at the age of 99 on Feb. 7, 2022, at Friends Care Community in Yellow Springs.

• Jim Prether

  By YS News StaffFebruary 9, 2022

  

  James Melvin Prether died Sunday evening in the warmth and comfort of his home.

• Mary Alice Wilson

  By YS News Staff

  

  Mary Alice Wilson, 89, passed away peacefully on Jan. 31, 2022, at Glen Forest Health Campus in Springfield, Ohio.