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The Butler County community is mourning the loss of one of its foremost real estate business leaders. C. Edwin (Ed) Shields, 86, of Butler, died on Thursday, June 2, 2022, as a result of an automobile accident. A Pennsylvania native, he…

John G. Hondros December 11, 1943 - May 28, 2022 Columbus, Ohio - Our beloved John George Hondros passed away peacefully at his home on May 28, 2022 surrounded by his loving family and lifelong friend Dale Peel. For 78 years, John was…

Kay Parker Jex18 May 2022On May 18, 2022, loving wife, mother, grandmother and accomplished attorney, passed away peacefully at age 93 surrounded by family.Kay was born on July 27, 1928 to Frank and Edna (Madeleine) Parker in…

Roula MantonRoula Manton, 83, passed away in her home surrounded by loved ones. It was her greatest wish to remain in her home and that wish was fulfilled. She was a spitfire, a vibrant human being witha zest for life. Roula was born in…

POLAND, Ohio (MyValleyTributes) – Robert E. Israel, 86, died Monday, May 23, 2022, in the comfort of his home.  Robert, affectionately known as “Bob” and “Izzy”, was born May 16, 1936 in St. Marys, West Virginia, a son of…

Willard "Dean" Fender, 88, of Hillsboro, passed away Wednesday, May 25, 2022, at Highland District Hospital in Hillsboro, Ohio with his family by his side. He was born April 8, 1934, in Mowrystown, Ohio, son of the late George Dewey…

Dervla Murphy’s Full Tilt: Ireland to India With a Bicycle, published in 1965, is now as much a historical document of a gone world as a travel book, but its feeling of release, cycling towards a wide future while running away from a…

(Thomas) Michael DarnerPalm Springs - (Thomas) Michael Darner, aged 72, passed away on May 3, 2022 as the result of complications from open heart surgery. Born October 3, 1949, in Dayton, Ohio, he grew up on a dairy farm and learned from…

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1924, Baxter's family moved to Los Angeles in the 1920s. Shortly after graduating from Los Angeles High School in 1942, Baxter enlisted and served in the U.S. Army in WWII and was stationed in Italy from 1942…

DELAWARE -- William "Bill" Charles Gingrich, 86, was received into the arms of his Savior, Jesus Christ, on Wednesday, May 11 at Willowbrook Christian Village in Delaware, Ohio. Bill was born on April 20, 1936 in Van Wert, Ohio to…