Obituaries – Thursday, March 5th 2026

Funeral Services for Dormalee Watson, age 98, of Salem will be today at 12:00, noon in the Salem Chapel of the James & Gahr Mortuary. Visitation will be held from 10:00 in the morning until service time in the chapel. Memorials are suggested to the LovePacks Backpack program.

Funeral Services for Albert James Mitchell of Salem, age 65, will be this afternoon at 1:00 in the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Visitation will be from 11:00 until service time. Memorial contributions may be made to Wilson Mortuary to help with final expenses.

Funeral Services for Daniel Leo Curtis of Plato, age 69, will be Saturday at 12:00 at the Fox Funeral Home in Licking. Visitation will be from 11:00 until service time. Memorial contributions may be made to the family of Daniel.

Funeral services for Gary Morris Lay of Salem, age 68, will be held at 12:00 noon Friday, March 20th, in the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Visitation will be held from 10:00 until noon Friday, March 20th in the chapel. Burial will be in the Cedar Grove Cemetery.

Memorial services for Richard LaBrash of Salem, age 75, will be held at 12:00 noon Thursday, March 26th, in the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Visitation will be held from 10:00 until in the morning until 12:00 noon Thursday, March 26th in the chapel. Graveside Services with full military honors will be in the Cedar Grove Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to a local veterans’ organization in your area.