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Obituaries
Celebrate and remember the lives of late newspaper colleagues.
Kramer Media co-founder Ruth Kramer dies
Jun 1, 2025
Ruth A. Kramer, longtime president of Kramer Media who founded the company with her late husband, died at home on May 7, 2025, at age 102 after a period of declining health.
Helen T. Buffington, 1927-2025
May 1, 2025
An icon among newspaper women in Georgia, she worked as a reporter, editor and newspaper co-owner for over 70 years at newspapers in both northwest and northeast Georgia.
Former News publisher Sandra Hurley passes away at 65
Apr 1, 2025
Sandra Hurley, longtime Mount Airy (North Carolina) News publisher and life-long community journalist, has died. She was 65 and serving as director of APG Integrated Services/Graphic Design Center in Mount ...
Jay Prauner: A man guided by family, faith and sports
Mar 1, 2025
Daily News managing editor Jay Prauner, who started working at the Daily News in 1986, died on Jan. 25.
Former Taos News business manager, New Mexico newspaper publisher remembered for dedication
Nov 1, 2024
Sammy Lopez, former business manager at the Taos News and a longtime New Mexico media leader, died Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024, of a stroke. He was 69.
William F. "Bill" Tubbs, 1948–2024
Nov 1, 2024
Bill Tubbs, 75, former publisher, philanthropist and longtime supporter of the North Scott community, passed away on Friday, Sept. 20, at University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison surrounded by loved ...
George J. Measer Jr., 1925–2024
Jun 1, 2024
George J. Measer Jr., 98, known for his bow ties and his community involvement as the former publisher of the Bee Newspapers of Williamsville, New York, died April 16, 2024.
DEATH NOTICE: Terry Anderson
May 1, 2024
Terry Anderson — chief Middle East correspondent for the Associated Press who in the 1980s was abducted and held hostage in Lebanon — died at home in Greenwood Lake, New York, on April 21 at ...
Major General Donald Forrest Ferrell, 1929-2024
May 1, 2024
Major General Donald Forrest Ferrell, USAF, Retired, was born January 6, 1929, to Forrest Shea Ferrell and Theresa Cooper Ferrell in Oklahoma City. He died at his home in Chandler, Oklahoma, on March 15, ...
