Obituaries

Richard C. Johnson, 83, was born May 4, 1943 at LeRoy to Georgia Viesta Cottingham and Theodore Thomas Johnson. He died July 16, 2026. He attended LeRoy schools for all twelve years, graduating in 1961. His...

Russell Arden Duer passed away on June 18, 2026, at the age of 100. Born in Alton, on Nov. 5, 1925, he was the son of Leslie Owen Duer and Nellie Grimes Duer. He began his...

F.L. “Von” Miller was born on June 21, 1936, and passed away on July 18, 2026 at Ashland Health Center. He was born at Richards, Colo., to Raymond and Dorothy “Arndt” Miller. He married the former...

Trisa Gayle Roth (Patrick), of Coldwater, left this earth to be with her heavenly father on Sunday morning July 19, 2026. She passed away peacefully at the Via Christi Hospital, in Wichita, after suffering from a...

Norman Duane Schnittker was born in the elevator of a hospital in Enid, Okla., on June 8, 1949. Because his mother Virginia did not make it to the delivery room in time, his father Norman refused...

Michael “Mike” J. Seipel, affectionately known to family as “Uncle Mikey” and to friends as “Lefty” passed away on July 15, 2026.  He will be remembered for his generous heart, steadfast faith, relentless work ethic, and...

Barbara Jean (Adams) Campbell was born on July 12, 1933, when the stork made another stop at the farm of J.Q. and Marietta Adams just west of Jefferson. This time the stork left a baby girl,...

Joe A. Icenhower, COL, US Army (Retired) 92, of Boise, Idaho, passed away on May 21, 2026. Joe was born in Tulsa on June 5, 1933 to E.A. “Dutch’’ Icenhower and Velma LoDell Unbehauen Icenhower. He...

Retired First Sergeant John Neil Ballard, Sr. passed away peacefully on July 16, 2026 at the age of 91. He was born on September 15, 1934, in Jefferson and raised in Medford. He was active in...

Margaret Jo (Frazier) Patee, 89, passed away Monday, July 6, 2026 at Beaver County Nursing Home in Beaver, Okla.   Born Nov. 27, 1936, in Coldwater, she was the daughter of Carlyle and Lucille (Fish) Frazier....