FREDERICKTOWN -- Karen Drake, 68, of Fredericktown passed away Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 12, 2008, surrounded by her family at the Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus.

MESA, Ariz. -- Ralph Knight Jr., 76, of Mesa, Ariz., (formerly a longtime resident of Mount Vernon), died on Aug. 11, 2008, in Tempe, Ariz., with his family by his bedside.

DENTON, Texas -- Florence Elizabeth (Shaw) Kostohryz, 82, of Denton, Texas, died from cancer at her residence on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2008.

MOUNT VERNON -- Connie Jo Silliman, 61, of Mount Vernon passed away Wednesday morning, Aug. 13, 2008, at her residence surrounded by her family.

MOUNT VERNON -- A. Selmer Solie, age 86, of Pearl Avenue, Mount Vernon, and Vero Beach, Fla., passed away Monday, Aug. 11, 2008, at Knox Community Hospital in Mount Vernon.