Obituary Listing

Olga Theresa Fiutem, age 82, of St. Clairsville, died Monday, Jan. 19, 2004 at Wheeling Hospital. She was born December 6, 1921 at Dunglen, Ohio, daughter of the late Vendel and Theresa Chardos. She was a member of St. Mary?s Catholic Church at St. Clairsville. In addition to her parents, Olga was preceded in death by her husband, Lawrence Fiutem...

White, Henry Jay, 80, of Flushing, died Thursday, May 13, 2010 at his home. He was born May 31, 1929 in Flushing, son of the late Paul and Margaret White. Henry J. was a retired employee of Consolidation Coal Company and was a lifelong farmer. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Lee Meyers...

Lydia R. Laisure, 65 of Provident, Ohio died Sunday, April 25, 2010 at her home. She was born October 2, 1944 in Germany, a daughter of the late Maxwell and Agnus Rinke. Lydia was a nurse?s aide at Bell Nursing Home and McGraw Nursing Home. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by sisters, Rita and Anna...

Saffell, Ida Josephine, 60 of Verona , Kentucky died Monday, December 15, 2008 at St. Elizabeth South in Edgewood , KY. A devoted Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother and friend to all whom met her. She was born February 26, 1948 in Guernsey County , Ohio a daughter of the late Martin and Gertrude Brownfield Ochsenbine. In addition to her...

Sayre, George W. Jr., 79, of St. Clairsville, Ohio died Friday, September 18, 2009 at Cumberland Pointe Nursing Home. He was born in Wheeling, West Virginia on November 5, 1929, son of the late George Walter Sayre and Ida Marie Spires Sayre. George retired from the Wheeling News Register after 42 years of service with the company. He was a...

Ernest H. "Butch" Brunner, III of Gibbon Drive, Shadyside died Sunday, August 15, 2004 at his home. He was born at Wheeling on March 16, 1949 a son of Ernest and Hazel Agin Brunner. Butch was a retired employee of the former North American Coal No. 1 mine at Powhatan Point and an avid Cleveland Indians fan. He was preceded...

Margaret Irene Hall, 87 of St. Clairsville, Ohio formerly of Beech Bottom, WV died Sunday, November 1, 2009 at her home. She was born July 2, 1922 in Beech Bottom, a daughter of the late Emanuel Sullivan and Bertha Bell Sullivan. Margaret married Raymond E. Hall on October 27, 1945. She was a homemaker and attended Calvary Presbyterian Church in...

Donald V. Ross, age 68, of Bellaire, passed away Friday, January 14, 2005 at Wheeling Hospital, Wheeling. He was born on February 28, 1936 in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, son of the late Rebecca Isenburg. Donald was a retired employee of Triangle Conduit at Glen Dale and a U. S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War. He enjoyed spending time with...

Shaffer, Betty J., 79, of St. Clairsville, Ohio, died Monday, November 24, 2008 at her home. She was born in Rayland, Ohio on August 13, 1929, daughter of the late William and Amelia Karkoska Johnston. Betty was a homemaker and member of Thoburn United Methodist Church in St. Clairsville. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...

Mildred L. "Midge" Bailey Steele of St. Clairsville formerly of Martinsburg, Ohio died Thursday, January 27, 2005 at Forest Hill Care Center in St. Clairsville. She was born in Richwood, West Virginia on September 15, 1926, a daughter of the late Perry and Pearl Bailey. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Dean W....

Regina Yanik Hajdin beloved wife and mother died Sunday Sept 28, 2008 after a long hard fought battle with breast cancer. Regina was 54 years old and is survived by her husband of 31 years, Michael J. Hajdin, daughter, Christine E. Hajdin 22; a son, Michael A. Hajdin 18, brother, Andrew (AJ) Yanik of Wheeling, WV, niece, Nicole Yanik as...

Ann L. Luginskie, age 75, Formerly of Maynard, died Saturday, January 24, 2004 at Crestview Health Care Center, St. Clairsville. She was born August 1, 1928 at Maynard, Ohio, daughter of the late Walter and Sophie Vicker Oboy. She was a retired employee of General Electric at Cleveland, Ohio and a member of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church at Maynard. In...

Russell Charles Panko Jr., 69 of Bridgeport, Ohio died Saturday, September 20, 2008 at his home. He was born in Herkimer, NY on March 8, 1939 a son of the late Russell Charles Panko, Sr. and Virginia May Beer Panko. Russ was a retired Pipeliner and a member of Pipeliner?s Local 798 at Tulsa, OK. In addition to his parents...

White, Courtney Nichole of St. Clairsville, Ohio. My girl, my angel, my life. The strongest person I know. You will be in our hearts every moment of every day. You touched so many lives. We love you and you will be missed forever. She lost her battle with cancer on Sunday, February 7, 2010 at the age of 21. Blessed...

Lavitchka, Joe "Bud", 67 of Reynoldsburg, Ohio died Saturday, May 24, 2008 at his home. He was born in Wheeling on July 10, 1940 the son of Ann Lavitchka and the late Joseph Paul Lavitchka. He was a protestant by faith. Bud is survived by his mother, Ann of Pleasant Grove; children Joseph Paul Lavitchka, Cory and Brian Ferguson all...

Kayla Kathryn Abate, 19 month old daughter of Theresa Reese and Tim Abate, died Saturday, July 23, 2005 at Monongahela Valley Hospital in Pennsylvania. She was born in Martins Ferry, Ohio on December 25, 2003. Surviving are her parents, Theresa Reese and Tim Abate; two sisters, Haily Reese and Jessie Abate; two brothers, Jerry Abate and Timmy Abate; grandparents, Kathryn...

Wayne F. Applegarth, passed away March 29, 2005, at OSU Medical Center surrounded by his family. He was born in 1937 in Maynard, Ohio, son of the late David and Beatrice Smith Applegarth. Wayne is survived by his devoted wife of 45 years, Barb; loving daughters, Marsha Hart Fuquay of Dublin, Ohio and Cheryl Ward of Hilliard, Ohio; and 3...

Loy, Rhonda Lynn, 44, of St. Clairsville, died April 3, 2008 in Wheeling Hospital. She was born July 26, 1963 in Wheeling, WVa., daughter of Frank and Delores Fulton Shunk. Rhonda was a homemaker and former employee of Ponderosa Steak House in St. Clairsville. Surviving in addition to her parents, Frank and Delores Shunk of St. Clairsville, are her husband,...

William J. "Bill" Taylor, Sr., 85 of St. Clairsville passed away peacefully at Ohio Valley Medical Center on Saturday, January 3, 2004. He was born in Armstrongs Mills, Ohio on May 6, 1918, a son of the late George and Mary McMaster Taylor. Also preceding him in his death were eight brothers and sisters. Bill married Helen Dunlap on March...

DUNFEE, Roy, 81, of Jacobsburg, Ohio died Friday, November 26, 2010 at home. He was born June 23, 1929 in Jacobsburg, Ohio, son of the late Robert James Dunfee and Lida Odessa Kanzigg Dunfee. Roy was a farmer. He was a Methodist by faith and a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. In addition to his parents, he was...