HUDSON — Stephen J. “Steve” Bell, 75 of Hudson, passed away at 2:55 p.m. Tuesday, August 22, 2023, at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington.

Steve Bell has, since 1981, drawn the daily ‘If’ strip in the Guardian. In addition, he has produced from 1993 four large free-standing cartoons a week on the leader pages.