Wendy Cooper Schurkey

Wendy Cooper Schurkey, the daughter of Mary B. Cooper of Waverly, Ohio, and Paul R. Cooper of Yellow Springs, died at home in Vancouver, Wash., on early Sunday morning, March 21, following a long illness. A memorial service will be held Sunday, March 28.

Wendy was a graduate of the Antioch School and Yellow Springs High School and attended the University of Cincinnati.

She is survived by her husband, Steven Schurkey of Vancouver, Wash.; sister, Scotte Kilby of Winthrop, Wash.; birth father, Gurdon S. Buck, and natural brothers, Richard, Andy and Michael.

The Schurkey’s mailing address is Steven Schurkey, 13219 NW 6th Avenue, Vancouver, Wash., 98685.

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Martha Ryan

Martha Walker Ryan died on Saturday, Jan. 31, in Asheville, N.C.

She graduated from Bryan High School about 1940 and served as a corpsman in the Navy during World War II. She had resided in Melbourne, Fla., for many years.

She was the widow of Col. James E. Ryan, (U.S. Air Force).

She is survived by one son, Kevin, of Florida; sister, Jeanne Walker Llana of Chapel Hill, N.C.; and two brothers, Brent (Buddy) Walker of Crossville, Tenn., and Douglas Walker of Asheville.

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Dennis Kraus memorial

A memorial service for Dennis Joseph Kraus will be held Sunday, March 28, 1 p.m., at the Glen Helen Building.

Kraus of Fairborn, formerly of Yellow Springs, died on Tuesday, Jan. 27, at Hospice of Dayton, after a year’s illness. He was 41.

At the memorial, Dennis’s father, Michael Kraus, will present the Yellow Springs Community Foundation with a check for $1,000 in his son’s name to launch the endowment fund for the Dennis Kraus Memorial Summer Soccer Camp Fund. The fund’s goal is to raise $7,000 a year to send a boy and a girl to soccer camp each summer.