Obituary Listing

Rayner, Virginia F., 74, of St. Clairsville, died October 4, 2010 at home. She was born June 29, 1936 in Cameron, West Virginia, daughter of the late Cecil and Clara Chambers. Virginia was a retired nurses aide working in nursing homes and in home health for many years. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her...

French, William "Bill", age 74, of St. Clairsville, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family on Saturday, May 10, 2008. He was born June 6, 1933 in Yorkville, Ohio, son of the late Glenn and Jesse Frye French. Bill was a retired ironworker with 35 years of service with Local # 549. He was a U.S. Army veteran...

Collige, Katherine L. "Kay", 86, of St. Clairsville, Ohio, died August 24, 2010 in Park Health Center. She was born November 9, 1923 in Martins Ferry, Ohio, daughter of the late Raymond Meeker and Ora Stead Webb. Kay was a retired Secretary. She was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church in St. Clairsville; a Past Matron of the former Emera...

Nester, Penny G., 57 of St. Clairsville, Ohio died Monday, March 16, 2009 at Wheeling Hospital. She was born at Martins Ferry, Ohio on April 27, 1951 a daughter of the late Elmer and Pat Peterson. Penny was a former supervisor in the CAT Scan / X-Ray department at Wheeling Hospital. She is survived by her husband, Gary G. Nester...

Cropp, Stanley W., 78 of St. Clairsville, Ohio died Thursday, March 19, 2009 at Forest Hill Nursing Home, St. Clairsville. He was born at Holloway, Ohio on April 4, 1930 a son of the late Everett and Viola Barth Cropp. Stanley was a retired machinist with the former Blaw-Knox Corp. of Wheeling, a member of Thoburn United Methodist Church, St....

Robert Patrick McDonnell, 55 of Maynard died Saturday, June 24, 2006 at Wheeling Hospital. He was born November 22, 1950 in Wellsburg, West Virginia. A son of the late Charles M. McDonnell and Josephine Nepa McDonnell. He was a coal miner for Consolidation Coal Company?s Shoemaker and Franklin Mines. A member of Maynard Methodist Church, Maynard Sportsman?s Club, PNA Lodge...

Dixon, Olive Marie, 93 of Shadyside, Ohio died Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at Shadyside Care Center. She was born at Echo, Ohio on September 3, 1915 a daughter of the late Chalmer and Edna Gatten Hendershot. Olive was a retired LPN from Bellaire City Hospital and a member of the Jacobsburg Church of Christ. In addition to her parents she...

Ramsay, James S. "Tiny", 65 of Key, Ohio died Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at Ohio Valley Medical Center, Wheeling. He was born at Canton, Ohio on December 4, 1944 a son of the late Samuel and Olive Fern Doyle Ramsay. Jim was a retired employee of Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel?s Steubenville North and South Plants, a member of Bethel Presbyterian Church...

Kopyar, Edward L., 82, of Glencoe Rd., Belmont, Ohio, died Monday, Jan. 4, 2009 at Cumberland Pointe Health Care Center in St. Clairsville. He was born Oct. 8, 1927 in Bellaire, Ohio, son of the late Florian J. and Elizabeth Rabulsky Kopyar. Edward retired from Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel?s Martins Ferry Plant after 35 years of service. He served two years...

Mary I. Meske, 88 of Hutchinson Drive, St. Clairsville died Monday, May 31, 2004 at Forest Hill Nursing Home, St. Clairsville. Mary was born at Key, Ohio May 21, 1916 a daughter of the late Chalmer Raymond Luyster and Etta May Stonebraker Luyster. She was a retired office clerk for the CAC of Belmont County and a former secretary in...

Helen M. Parsons, 83 of St. Clairsville, Ohio died Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at East Ohio Regional Hospital in Martins Ferry. She was born April 28, 1924 in Union Township, Ohio, a daughter of the late Paul Brown and Mary Lovy Brown. Helen was a former employee of Elby?s Restaurant in St. Clairsville and JC Penney in St. Clairsville, and...

Taylor, H. Dwight "Ozzie", 87 of Reservoir Hill Rd., Flushing, Ohio died Thursday, April 2, 2009 at East Ohio Regional Hospital in Martins Ferry. He was born in Wheeling Township on February 21, 1922 a son of the late Harold and Emma Eisanboth Taylor. Dwight was a retired employee of Consol Energy, a member of the United Mine Workers, American...

Ann Kathleen (Janoski) Hobson, 90, of Bannock, Ohio died peacefully in St. Clairsville on July 3, 2011. She was a loving daughter, cherished sister, beloved aunt, devoted friend, accomplished artist, a respected retiree of Nationwide Insurance, and a trained pilot. Her love of family, art, travel, adventure, and fun will always be remembered and emulated, but family dinners will not...

Foy, James Y., 91, of St. Clairsville, Ohio died Thursday, August 26, 2010 at Forest Hill Nursing Home. He was born February 17, 1919 in Alabama, son of the late Oscar and Gertrude Baker Foy. Jim was a retired Stock Broker with Prudential Bache. He was an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II and a member of the...

DAVIS, Robert E. Bob, 63, of Newark, Ohio, formerly of Neffs, Ohio, died Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at Licking Memorial Hospital in Newark, Ohio. He was born December 15, 1947 in Bellaire, Ohio, son of the late, Russell and Jane Kirby Davis. Bob was a retired employee from Quarto Mine and former employee of Columbia Gas Company. He was a...

Kowalski, Mary, 84, of Wheeling, West Virginia, died Saturday, August 23, 2008 at Wheeling Hospital. She was born at Lafferty, Ohio on March 26, 1924, a daughter of the late Anthony Burlovich and Mary McGary Burlovich Corbo. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Kowalski; a brother, John Burlovich; and a sister, Margaret...

Wurster, Charles A. "Charlie", 84 of St. Clairsville, Ohio died Sunday, August 9, 2009 at Belmont Manor, St. Clairsville. He was born at Chillicothe, Ohio on May 14, 1925, the son of Charles P. and Alice Anderson Wurster. Charlie was a retired Colonel from the U. S. Air Force. He was a fighter pilot, and flew combat missions in F-80s...

Webster W. Wilson, age 66, of St. Clairsville, Ohio died Friday, June 30, 2006 at Wheeling Hospital. He was born at Moundsville, West Virginia on September 21, 1939 a son of the late Wiley Webster Wilson and Austia Palmer Wilson. Webster was a former employee of Scott Lumber Company at Lansing. He was past president of the Moundsville Jaycees and...

Terry S. Easterwood, 64 of Morristown, Ohio died Monday, December 19, 2005 at the Cleveland Clinic Hospital. He was born at Washington, DC on October 7, 1941 a son of the late Oliver Perry and Emma Scott Proctor Easterwood. Terry was a retired attorney and partner in the former Basnett and Easterwood law firm in St. Clairsville. He was also...

Robert Ronald Wagner, 63 of Martha Dr., St.Clairsville, died Sunday, April 13, 2003 at his home. He was born October 26, 1939 in Canton, Ohio. A son of Elizabeth Painter Wagner Cash and the late Clyde Wagner. Bob was a retired U.S. Navy Damage Control Chief Petty Officer with 26 years of service, a veteran of Vietnam and Desert Storm...