Obituary Listing

FRAZIER, Jean Alderman, 87, of Bannock, Ohio died Tuesday, October 26, 2010 in Park Health Center. She was born in Sago, West Virginia on March 21, 1923, daughter of the late Clarence Alderman and Anna Amelia Zoeffel Alderman. Jean was a retired nurses aide from the Habilitation Center in St. Clairsville. Out of high school she moved to Detroit, where...

Stewart, Thomas Ray, 89 of St. Clairsville, Ohio and Bradenton, Florida died Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at Wheeling Hospital. He was born September 14, 1920 in St. Clairsville, a son of the late Thoburn R. Stewart and Beulah Stoffel Stewart. Tom was owner of Stewarts Mobile Home R.V. and Farm Supply Inc. in St. Clairsville, he was a businessman who...

Ruth C. Saffell, age 85, of Armstrongs Mills, Ohio, died Monday, November 1, 2004 at East Ohio Regional Hospital, Martins Ferry, Ohio. She was born May 28, 1919 at Armstrongs Mills, daughter of the late Charles E. Jackson and Ila Leona Landers Jackson. Ruth was a homemaker and a member of Armstrongs Mills United Methodist Church. In addition to her...

Porterfield, Larry Rankin, 58, of Kansas City, Missouri, died Tuesday, July 28, 2009. He was born in Wheeling, West Virginia on February 21, 1951, son of the late Robert G. and Sara Lee Walker Porterfield. Larry was the owner of Willow Creek Group, a successful business which he formed and bears the family dairy farm name. He was a former...

Elva L. Monroe, age 82, of Jacobsburg, Ohio, died Saturday, February 5, 2005 at Barnesville Hospital, Barnesville, Ohio. She was born on July 20, 1922 at Huntington, West Virginia, daughter of the late Stanton and Neva Adkins Miller. Elva was a mother, grandmother and homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Melvin Leroy...

Guy Vincent McDonnell, Jr., age 31 died January 6, 2003 at his home in New Braunfels, Texas. He was born March 22, 1971 in Cincinnati son of Barbara Elizabeth Douglas and the late Guy Vincent McDonnell, Sr. Beloved brother of Kenneth Charles McDonnell and loving uncle of Michael Vincent McDonnell of New Braunfels, Texas.; gandson of the late Charles and...

Vivian May Hayes, 87, of St. Clairsville, formerly of Merrillville, Ind., died Wednesday, May 11, 2005, at Reynolds Memorial Hospital in Glen Dale, W.Va. She was born May 21, 1917, in Clinton, Ind., a daughter of Joseph Watson & Carrie Viola Wells Foncannon. On August 15, 1939, she was married to William E. Hayes, who preceded her in death. In...

Otto, Thomas B., 76 of Bellaire, died Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at Wheeling Hospital. He was born January 5, 1932 son of the late William Edward Otto and Wilma E. Brooks Otto. Tom was a retired electrical lineman from IBEW Local 141 in Wheeling. He was a protestant; a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Korean War; a member of...

Walter, Helen Mae, 83, of Clover Ridge, Powhatan Point, Ohio, died Monday, April 27, 2009, at Belmont Community Hospital in Bellaire. She was born in Powhatan Point on March 2, 1926, daughter of the late Grover C. and Stella Thomas Richardson. Helen was married to Wayne T. Walter, who preceded her in death, and spent most of her life as...

Mamie Leona McGary, age 89, of Lafferty, died Wednesday, July 7, 2004 at Wheeling Hospital, Wheeling, WV. She was born April 9, 1915 at Lonaconing, Maryland, daughter of the late Thomas and Sarah McIntire Pritts. Mamie was a member of the Flushing Alliance Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Andrew J. McGary;...

Martha Jean Vannest, 76 of St. Clairsville, Ohio died Thursday, October 26, 2006 at East Ohio Regional Hospital. She was born at Woodsfield, Ohio on March 15, 1930 a daughter of the late James and Mary Taylor Wilson. Martha Jean was a homemaker and a member of Calvary Presbyterian Church at St. Clairsville. She is survived by her husband James...

Trixie Faye "Chick" Frye, 62 of Key Ridge, Bellaire died Sunday, February 23, 2003 at Ohio Valley Medical Center in Wheeling. She was born September 23, 1940 in Limestone, WV., a daughter of the late Don F. Burkey and Rosa Hill Burkey. She was a member of Church Alive at Key Ridge. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...

Mildred Virginia Stack, 92, of St. Clairsville, Ohio died Friday, September 30, 2005 in Park Health Center, St. Clairsville. She was born June16, 1913 in Maynard, Ohio, daughter of the late Otto and Mabel Findley Kasik. Mildred was a retired head waitress from Belmont Hills Country Club in St. Clairsville and former employee from Belmont Press in St. Clairsville. She...

Phyllis Kay Luyster, 65, of Flushing, Ohio died Friday, April 13, 2007 at Wheeling Hospital. She was born in Flushing on August 2, 1941, a daughter of the late Harold and Wilma VanCuren Pickering. Phyllis was a retired employee from the Consolidation Coal Company. She was proud to be one of the first women miners in the area. She was...

Snyder, Cloyd C., 56 of Bethesda, Ohio died Wednesday, January 31, 2008 at Wheeling Hospital. He was born April 29, 1952 in Martins Ferry, Ohio, a son of the late Francis Snyder and Alberta Perzanowski Snyder. He was a coal miner employed at the Hopedale Mine. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Janice...

Joseph "Jose" Ornouski, age 63, of Fairpoint, died Monday, April 5, 2004 at his home. He was born July 15, 1940 at Fairpoint, son of the late Bolick and Leona Mellot Ornouski. He was a former employee from Fairpoint Coal Co.; a Catholic by faith and a member of the Fairpoint Polish Club. Surviving are four brothers, John of Pine...

William H. Kirkland, 90, of St. Clairsville, formerly of Shadyside, died Sunday, November 19, 2006 at Belmont Community Hospital in Bellaire. He was born December 13, 1915 in Shadyside, Ohio, son of the late J. Walter and Edna M. White Kirkland. Bill was retired from Bank One and the former First National Bank in Bellaire. He was a U. S....

Ruth L. Soles, 82, of Burwood Drive, St. Clairsville, died Friday, Oct. 31, 2003, at Park Health Care Center in St. Clairsville. She was born Oct. 24, 1921, in Woodsfield. A daughter of the late Wilbur Rothacher and Martha Hamilton Rothacher. She was a member of the Church of Christ in St. Clairsville. In addition to her parents, she was...

PONZANI, Dorothy, 81, formerly of Neffs, died Sunday, October 24, 2010 in Wheeling Hospital. Dorothy was born in Neffs, Ohio on September 13, 1929, daughter of the late August and Anna Paboucek Ehlert. She was retired from Imperial Glass. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Ponzani in 2001; and two sisters, Irene...

James A. Loccisano, 73 of St. Clairsville, Ohio died Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at his home. He was born January 22, 1936 in Martins Ferry, a son of the late Domenic and Catherine Loccisano. He was a retired employee of Nickles Bakery and a U.S. Army veteran and member of St. Clairsville Eagles Aerie 2541. Jim was the former president...