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Prolific and insightful writer inspiring educator and visionary college president Ronald R. Thomas 74 departed this life for his next great adventure on April 17. He passed peacefully at the home he shared on Vashon Island WA with his beloved wife and partner in life Dr. Mary Domingo Thomas and thei...

Ronald Ron Leonard Finley 88 passed away peacefully on September 9 2025 at North Valley Hospital in Tonasket Washington. Ron was born on November 20 1936 to Leonard and Ethel Billups Finley at the home of a midwife in Oroville Washington. He grew up on an apple orchard north of Ellisforde and attend...

Rosemarie Leissner Gregory passed away on January 5 surrounded by her loving family and friends at the age of 93. After a short illness she went to be with her Heavenly Father her husband Kirk and all those loved ones who have gone before. Rosie was born May 18 1932 in New Braunfels Texas to Alphons...

Nancy Jane Yost age 87 of Berkeley Springs WV passed away on Friday November 2025 at the War Memorial Hospital Extended Care Facility. Born December 1 1937 in Martinsburg WV she was the daughter of the late Ward Riser and Ruth Irene French Hessler. She was a member of Union Chapel United Methodist C...

Mary Lou Carlin West CMSgt Ret. USAF age 75 unexpectedly passed in her sleep in the early morning hours of January 3 2026 in Lyndon Station Wisconsin. Mary was born on November 9 1950 in Reedsburg Wisconsin to Elliot Bud Carlin and Evelyn Peterson Carlin. She graduated from Baraboo High School in 19...

Sari Salisbury age 89 died in La Crosse WI on Monday December 22nd. She was born Sarah Jane Steele and known as Sally to many of her friends.... Cleora Elizabeth Snider Betz 98 was called home to be with her Lord and Savior on December 27 2025. Cleora was the eldest of five children born... Sharon L...

Rose A. ODonnell nee McGuinness of South Hackensack passed away peacefully on Wednesday March 26 2025 at the age of 96. Born April 6th 1928 in Manorhamilton County Leitrim Ireland she was a daughter of the late John and Elizabeth McParlin McGuinness. Rose came to America in 1950 and married her husb...

Toni Esther (Currier) Ritchie, 78, passed away on January 3, 2026, surrounded by her family. Toni was born on January 8, 1947, in Groton, Connecticut, to Harold Currier and Mary Currier. She spent her early childhood in Groton before being adopted into a loving family in Woodstock, Connecticut, wher...

South Paris - Lloyd Alex Watt passed away peacefully November 28th, 2025, at the Maine Veterans’ Home in South Paris after many years of battling Parkinson’s disease and metastatic prostate cancer-right up to the end; he was a fighter.Lloyd was born July 24, 1941, in Blanchard, Maine, to Rena Mae (F...

Francis Joseph Conklin Sr. beloved patriarch of the Conklin family of Boonton Township NJ passed away at his home surrounded by his loving family on Sunday October 19 2025. He was 93 years old. Born in May 1932 to John J. and Mary T. nee Connelly Conklin in South Amboy NJ Francis Frank grew up in Co...

Daniel A. Speights a distinguished South Carolina attorney community leader and pioneer in asbestos property damage litigation passed away at home with his family by his side. A lifelong resident of Hampton South Carolina Mr. Speights devoted more than five decades to the practice of law earning nat...

Ophelia "Phyl" Richardson Fray 87 went to her heavenly home on October 16 2025. She was a resident of Zachary and born in Springfield LA. No services will be scheduled at this time. Phyl is survived by her daughters Sharon Jenkins DeLoach David of St. Francisville and Suzanne Dave of Reno NV daught...

Funeral services will be held at 1130 a.m. on Wednesday October 15 2025 at the Edon Baptist Church in Stringer for Louis A. Danny Warren Jr. 81 of Collins who passed away on Saturday October 11 2025 at the Arrington Living Center in Collins Mississippi. Reverend Nate Blackledge will officiate at the...

Funeral services for Christian Bernard Washington will be Saturday December 13 2025 at 1100 a.m. at the Second Union Baptist Church with Rev. Christopher Ardoin officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery under the direction of Melancon Funeral Home Bunkie. The family requests that visita...

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of James (Jim) Arnold Fox, Jr. (Seymour, Tennessee), who passed away on the morning of July 20, 2025, after his fight with cancer. Jim was the oldest of 4 children of the late James A. and Louise Fox, and was 80 years old.He served the US Navy as a...

Lucette Marguerite Tamin Dessaut age 93 affectionately known as "Grandma Lu" and "Lulu" passed away peacefully surrounded by loving family on Friday January 9 2026 at Centre Care Nursing Home in Bellefonte PA where she was a resident. She was the daughter of the late Henri Dessaut and Mary Louise De...

Donald Buckman, 93, has left his earthly home on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2025.His seven children believed his passing at Christmastime felt like a final gift to his beloved wife, Ellen, who awaited him in heaven. Donald married his wife, Ellen (Dayberry) on October 28, 1954 (deceased 2024). They...

MURPHYSBORO Barbara Ann Jones 76 of Murphysboro passed away peacefully at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale Illinois at 430 pm on Saturday December 20 2025. Barbara was the daughter of Omer W. and Elizabeth Flaningam Jones. She had many talents excelling at golf playing the guitar an artist storytell...

 Remembering Kay Dillon… friend, librarian and researcherSharing sad news is not the way we hoped to start a new year… but on January 2, 2026 our good friend and SOKY teammate Kay Dillon finally lost her battle with numerous health issues.Kay was born in Lewisburg, Kentucky on December 22, 1943...

Gloria Jean Grassi Zembar went home to be with her Lord on Sunday September 14 2025 at her home and was welcomed into the arms of her mother father Joanne King and James A. Grassi Sr. who preceded her in death. Gloria was the loving wife of Edward M. Zembar whom she married on September 18 1982 at ...

Chris Connor passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family and an abundance of love, on December 17, 2025.He was born in Goffstown, New Hampshire, and raised in both Goffstown and Weare. Some of his most cherished childhood memories were spent on the family dairy farm in Weare that his father own...

Pauline Purington-Bond of Thorndike Road in Weare, died at Concord Hospital on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, from a brief illness. Beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, she is survived by her husband of 7 years, Bernard Bond of Weare; brother, Eugene Desjardins Jr. (wife Linda) of Ft. Meyer...

Brenda Platanella Owens Leone 82 of Hammonton passed away on Sunday December 7 2025 after complications from a recent emergency surgery. She was surrounded by her loving family. Born and raised in Hammonton she was a Graduate of Hammonton High School Class of 1961. Brenda graduated from Graduate Hos...

Margaret Rose DeAngelo nee Magazu 87 of Williamstown passed away on December 11 2025 in Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. Born and raised in Hammonton she lived in Williamstown for over 65 years. Before her retirement Margaret was a manager for AutoZone in Williamstown. She is s...

Mary M. Duncan age 83 of Hiawatha Kansas passed away peacefully on January 6 2026 surrounded by her loving family as she entered Gods hands. Mary was born on March 13 1942 in Moberly Missouri to William and Josephine Sumpter. She was raised on a farm where she learned the value of hard work responsi...

DURHAM Charles Martin French died at age 77 on June 11 2019 at Midcoast hospital in Brunswick Maine. He was born November 2 1941 in Newton Mass to Joann and Jay French. Chuck was active in the Maine Chapter 89 clock group the Tanzer Sailing Association Buddy to Buddy support for cancer and active s...

AUGUSTA Evelyn L. French Grondin 89 died April 13 2021 peacefully at home with her children by her side. She was born on March 16 1932 to Harry French and Tena Lunt French Wilkinson in the Windsor farmhouse of her grandparents Will and Grace French where she was raised. She held many special memori...

Brunswick Marshall A. Gott of Brunswick died on Thursday July 1 2021 at home after a long battle with cancer He was born in Brunswick Maine on October 31 1945 a son of the late Gerald Sr. and Winifred Erskine Gott. He was educated in local schools graduating from Brunswick High School in 1964. Befor...

Harpswell Cindy Lou French 62 of Harpswell passed away on January 10 2025. She was born in Lewiston ME on July 28 1962 a daughter of Gray and Mary Williams OConnell. She worked for many years as CNA. Cindy Lou enjoyed making soap working in her garden and especially caring for people and animals. S...

Joseph F. Blair Sr. 89 of Erskine Rd. died on Sunday May 2 2010 at Glendridge Nursing Home in Augusta. He was born on June 15 1920 in Boston MA the son of John and Norine Blair. Joseph moved to Maine in 1945. At the age of 21 he earned his Marine Engineering License and worked for the Department of ...