Gretchen Elaine Orihood, age 70, died October 22, 2021, at Dickson Health and Rehab. She was born April 22, 1951, in Dayton Ohio, to Arthur and Jean (Weir) Iles.

She is survived by Steve Orihood, her husband of 31 years. Her stepchildren, Lisa (Dean) Wright and Steve (Brienne) Orihood, 4 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.

Gretchen was a former police dispatcher for the City of Union and Montgomery County Sheriff’s departments in Ohio.

She will be laid to rest in Maple Hill Cemetery, Tipp City Ohio.