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Verla Jean Usenick
Oct 4, 2017
Verla Jean Usenick, 81, of Glencoe, Ohio, died on her wedding anniversary, Wednesday, October 4, 2017 in Wheeling Hospital. She was born December 30, 1935 in Armstrongs Mills, Ohio, daughter of the late Harold and Dorothy Hicks Boston. Jean was retired co- owner of Jean's Carry-Out in Glencoe and a member of Glencoe Volunteer Fire Dept. Auxiliary. In addition to...
Andrew Kurucz
Oct 1, 2017
Andrew Peter Kurucz, 90, of St. Clairsville, died Sunday, October 1, 2017 in East Ohio Regional Hospital, Martins Ferry. He was born November 22, 1926 in Adena, Ohio a son of the late John and Mary Patsey Kurucz. Andy was retired from Y. & O. Coal # 1 Mine in Cadiz. He was a U.S. Army Paratrooper and Navy veteran...
Mary Elizabeth Ries
Oct 1, 2017
Mary Elizabeth Ries, 86, of St. Clairsville, Ohio died Sunday, October 1, 2017 in Wheeling Hospital. She was born February 9, 1931 in Wheeling, West Virginia a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Burger. Mary was a retired clerk from the Belmont County Western Division Court. She was an Air Force veteran of the Korean War and member of the...
Ernest H. Brunner Jr.
Sep 29, 2017
Ernest H. "Shood" "Fred" Brunner Jr., 94, of Shadyside died Friday, September 29, 2017 at Belmont Community Hospital in Bellaire. He was born near Clarington, Ohio on December 8, 1922 a son of Ernest H. Brunner and Anna Bigler Brunner. Ernest was a retired foreman of the former North American Coal No. 1 mine at Powhatan Point and a U.S....
Janet E. Mcgee
Sep 27, 2017
Janet E. McGee, 89, of Shadyside, Ohio died Wednesday, September 27, 2017 in Shadyside Care Center. She was born January 19, 1928 in Ellsworth, Pennsylvania, daughter of the late Clarence V. Evans and Gertrude Morgan Evans. Janet was a loving mother and grandmother that loved to spend time with her family. She enjoyed trips to the flea markets and antique...
Joanne Theresa Heil
Sep 25, 2017
Joanne Theresa Watson Heil, 85, of Shadyside, Ohio died Monday, September 25, 2017 in Park Health Center. She was born April 25, 1932 in Martins Ferry, Ohio, daughter of the late Robert "Bob" Watson and Amneris "Annis" Filipponi Watson. Joanne was a retired employee of Imperial Clevite Inc. and Electro-Voice and A.E. Pistons. She was a loving mother and grandmother...
Nola Shaulis
Sep 23, 2017
Nola Virginia Pethel Shaulis, 90, of St. Clairsville, OH passed away, Saturday, September 23, 2017. She was born August 6, 1927 in Catawba, WV, a daughter of the late Albert and Pearl Towns Pethtel. She loved God and remained faithful to God throughout her life. She enjoyed spending time with her family. She loved to quilt and garden and camp....
Elena Blake
Sep 22, 2017
Elena Nicola Giacoma Maria Caputi Blake, 94 of St. Clairsville, Ohio died Friday, September 22, 2017 at Adena Health and Rehabilition Center. She was born April 30, 1923 in Bari (Puglia) Italy, a daughter of the late Nicola Maria Caputi and Angela Fortunate (Milella) Caputi. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Orval Blake,...
Gary "Bub" Brunner
Sep 21, 2017
Gary Ray "Bub" Brunner, 63, of Clarington, Ohio died September 21, 2017. He was born December 14, 1953 in Bellaire, Ohio son of the late Emerson Melvin Brunner and Leona Loretta Palmer Brunner. Bub was a retired coal miner from Powhatan # 6 Mine. He was a member of the True Sportsman's Club in Jacobsburg; the American Legion and VFW...
Charlie Kidder
Sep 21, 2017
Charles Gilbert "Charlie" Kidder, 90, of Jacobsburg, Ohio died September 21, 2017 in Barnesville. He was born November 7, 1929 in Elizabeth, WV, a son of the late Walter and Lula Mae Bell Kidder. Charlie was a retired coal miner. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and member of the VFW post in Bellaire. In addition...
Katherine W. Bosold
Sep 19, 2017
Katherine Wilma Bosold, 87, of Bellaire, Ohio died Tuesday September 19, 2017 in OVMC. She was born March 7, 1930 in Wheeling, WVa. a daughter of the late Frederick and Matilda (Helmbright) Roberts. She was a Catholic by faith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by husband, John Bosold; a daughter, Deborah Alderman; a brother, William...
Kenneth R. Huntsman Sr.
Sep 15, 2017
Kenneth R. Huntsman Sr., 85, of Lloydsville, Ohio passed peacefully surrounded by his loving family on September 15, 2017 in East Ohio Regional Hospital, Martins Ferry. He was born in Shepherdstown, Ohio on May 17, 1932, a son of the late Clyde C. and Grace E. Weir Huntsman. Ken was a retired heavy equipment operator from United Mine Workers Construction...
Richard "Dick" Mcleish
Sep 10, 2017
Richard Lee "Dick" McLeish, 79 of Belmont, Ohio, formerly of St. Clairsville, Ohio, died Sunday, September 10, 2017 at Wheeling Hospital. He was born April 25, 1938 in Steubenville, Ohio, a son of the late Earl Richard McLeish and Viola Thomas McLeish. Dick was a retired heavy equipment operator, working at Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel, then later McLeish Excavating, Neighborhood Development...
Francisco Perez
Sep 10, 2017
Francisco "Frank" Perez, 96, of Martins Ferry, Ohio, formerly of Pittsburgh, PA died September 10, 2017 in Liza's Place, Wheeling, WV. He was born in Canton, Ohio, but was raised in France having returned to the US when he was 18 years old. Frank retired from Park Schenley Restaurant after a lifelong career in the restaurant business. He actually coined...
William "Bill" Bell
Sep 8, 2017
William T. "Bill" Bell, 57, of Neffs, Ohio died September 8, 2017 in Ohio Valley Medical Center, Wheeling, WV. He was born October 7, 1959 in Bellaire, Ohio, son of the late Clarence and Anna Marie Shunk Bell. Bill was an assistant longwall coordinator for American Energy Corporation's Century Mine. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather. In addition...
Gladys Marie Baker
Sep 5, 2017
Gladys Marie Baker, peacefully entered Heavens gates Tuesday, September 5, 2017 from her home in Powhatan Point, Ohio. She was 77 years old and born March 29, 1940 in Middleport, Ohio. She is survived by her loving husband of 61 years, Kennard Baker Sr.; her children, Andrew (Robin) Baker, Cindy Adams, Kennard Baker Jr., Elizabeth (Becky) Helmsing, Sherry McMasters and...
James R. Jeffries
Aug 18, 2017
James Robert "Jim" Jeffries, 87, of St. Clairsville, Ohio died August 18, 2017 in Forest Hill Care Center. He was born September 15, 1929 in St. Clairsville, Ohio a son of the late Walter Ray Jeffries and Martha Elizabeth Hardesty Jeffries. Jim was a 1947 graduate of St. Clairsville High School and 1951 graduate of Ohio Northern with a BS...
Mike Bailey
Aug 18, 2017
Michael T. "Mike" Bailey, 69, of St. Clairsville, Ohio died August 18, 2017 in Wheeling Hospital. He was born in Martins Ferry on July 3, 1948, a son of the late Virginia Sykes Bailey. Mike was retired from Shelly and Sands and from Saginaw Mining. He was a member of the St. Clairsville Eagles Aerie 2541, a member of the...
Lois Poindexter
Aug 17, 2017
Lois Anne Poindexter, 86, of St. Clairsville, Ohio passed away Thursday, August 17, 2017 in Forest Hill Care Center. She was born in Martins Ferry, Ohio on May 29, 1931, a daughter of the late Harold Edward Wright and Julia Lado Wright. Lois owned and operated a beauty shop for many years and retired as a cosmetology instructor from the...
Emma Pickenpaugh
Aug 17, 2017
Emma E. Ramsay Pickenpaugh, 88, formerly of St. Clairsville, Ohio died Thursday, August 17, 2017 at her home in Dublin, Ohio. She was born December 13, 1928 in St. Clairsville, a daughter of the late Paul and Edna Carle Ramsay. Emma was a retired secretary from Consolidation Coal Co. and she was a member of Thoburn United Methodist Church for...
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