Eugene "Hille" Sparling
Mar 30, 2017
Eugene Hill Sparling, age 87, passed away, March 30, 2017, at the Liza's Place Hospice in Wheeling, West Virginia. He lived a very active lifestyle of farming, hunting, fishing, camping, and coal mining. Known mainly as "Hille" to family and friends, he was also known as "Gene" or "Little Hocking" to many others. Hille was born on July 9, 1929...
Sarah Louise Ciarlillo
Mar 30, 2017
Sarah Louise Ciarlillo, 78 of St. Clairsville, Ohio formerly of Euclid, Ohio died Thursday, March 30, 2017 at Wheeling Hospital. She was born December 17, 1938 in St. Clairsville, a daughter of the late Bert H. Siple and Freda Belle Huntsman Siple. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her loving husband of 56 years, Floyd...
John B. Noling
Mar 27, 2017
John B. Noling, 69, of St. Clairsville, Ohio died March 27, 2017 in Wheeling Hospital. He was born May 22, 1947 in Wheeling, West Virginia, a son of the late Beryl D. and Margaret Workman Noling. John was a retired police chief for Richland Township. He was a member of the Ohio Police Chief's Association and a U.S. Army veteran...
Genevieve Strahl
Mar 26, 2017
Genevieve M. Strahl, 86 of ResCare's Pineview 1A Group Home in Belmont, Ohio died Sunday, March 26, 2017 at her home. She was born September 21, 1930 in Warnock, Ohio, a daughter of the late Charles A. Strahl and Minnie Parish Strahl. Surviving is her brother, Charles "Chuck" Strahl of Zanesville, Ohio. A private committal service is scheduled at Warnock...
Sandra E. Melchiorre
Mar 25, 2017
Sandra Elizabeth Melchiorre, 81, of St. Clairsville, Ohio died Saturday, March 25, 2017 at Wheeling Hospital, Wheeling, WV. She was born February 2, 1936 in Glen Willard, PA, a daughter of the late Sanford Elijah Boggs and Margaret Elizabeth Slingluff Boggs. She was a beloved wife, mother, grammy, sister, and aunt, and friend to all. She was a member of...
Jean "J.J." Leonard
Mar 24, 2017
Jean Joseph "J.J." Leonard, 93 of St. Clairsville, Ohio died Friday, March 24, 2017 in Girard, Pennsylvania. He was born December 20, 1923 in Tiltonsville, Ohio, a son of the late Joseph Leonard and Laura Harris Leonard. J.J was a retired employee of Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel's Yorkville Plant, a former employee of the Health Plan of the Upper Ohio Valley,...
Ella Mae Ramsay
Mar 22, 2017
Ella Mae Ramsay, 88, of St. Clairsville, Ohio died at her home on Wednesday, March 22, 2017. She was born March 30, 1928 near Clarington, Ohio, daughter of the late Ernest and Anna Bigler Brunner. Ella Mae was a loving, devoted, and hard-working mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She and Jay worked the family farm in Jacobsburg for many years. Her...
Arlene C. Garczyk
Mar 18, 2017
Arlene C. Garczyk, 72, formerly of Maynard, Ohio died March 18, 2017 in Cumberland Pointe Care Center. She was born January 27, 1945 in Wheeling, West Virginia a daughter of the late Casmer G. and Veronica Figura Garczyk. Arlene was a retired employee from Wheeling Hospital. She was a 1962 graduate of St. John's High School in Bellaire. She served...
Joseph C. Hummel Jr.
Mar 15, 2017
Joseph C. Hummel Jr., 75, of St. Clairsville, died March 15, 2017 at his home. He was born August 14, 1941 in Glen Dale, West Virginia, son of the late Joseph C. Hummel Sr. and Margaret Ryan Rine. Joe was a dedicated law enforcement officer serving the communities of Marshall County, West Virginia and Belmont County, Ohio for over fifty...
Shirley Juanita Brown
Mar 14, 2017
Shirley Juanita Brown, 80, of Maynard, Ohio, died Tuesday, March 14, 2017 in Park Health Center, St. Clairsville. She was born June 16, 1936 in Fairpoint, Ohio, daughter of the late John Thomas Huntsman and Margaret Shores Huntsman. Shirley was a member of the Buckeye Modulator CB Club and was known by the handle "Sugar Cookie". She also was a...
James "Jake" Lee Webb
Mar 14, 2017
James Lee "Jake" Webb, 68, of Jacobsburg, Ohio died Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at Wheeling Hospital. He was born December 14, 1948 in Jacobsburg, a son of the late Francis Frederick Webb and Victoria May Thornton Webb. He was a retired coal miner from North American Coal Company's Number 3 Mine, a Methodist by faith, a U.S. Army veteran of...
Richard "Whitey" Allan Swoyer
Mar 13, 2017
Richard Allan "Whitey" Swoyer, 69 of Key, Ohio died Monday, March 13, 2017 at Aspinwall VA Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. He was born January 24, 1948 in Bellaire, Ohio, a son of the late Edward Harvey Swoyer and Edna Belle Jones Swoyer. Whitey was a retired truck driver, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War, a member of...
James L. Thrash Sr.
Mar 10, 2017
James Lee Thrash Sr., 59, of Bethesda, Ohio died Friday, March 10, 2017 in Astoria Place of Barnesville. He was born February 15, 1958 in Uniontown, Ohio, a son of the late John Thrash and Mary Lou Fife Thrash. James was retired from Belco Works. He attended the St. Clairsville Church of Christ. In addition to his parents, he was...
Thomas L. Crane Sr.
Mar 3, 2017
Thomas L. Crane Sr., 81, of Bridgeport, Ohio died March 3, 2017 at his home. He was born in Moundsville, WV son of the late Herman and Garnet Johnson Crane. Tom was a retired coal miner and truck driver and was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Korean War. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...
Jerry E. Lindner
Mar 2, 2017
Jerry E. Lindner, 72, of Barnesville, Ohio died March 2, 2017 in Barnesville Hospital. He was born June 12, 1944 in Wheeling, West Virginia, son of the late Ernest A. Lindner and Betty Mae Roberts Lindner. Jerry was a retired equipment specialist for the U.S. Department of Defense and a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War, having served in...
Frank R. "Bob" Kanopsic Sr.
Feb 23, 2017
Frank Robert "Bob" Kanopsic Sr., 69 of St. Clairsville died February 23, 2017 in OVMC in Wheeling. He was born March 13, 1947 in Martins Ferry, Ohio son of G. Ada Yates Kanopsic and the late Frank Kanopsic. He was a retired certified master electrician working for Xerox, Staley Communications, Blaw-Knox and Tec No Cap over his career. He was...
John Matthew Turkal
Feb 18, 2017
John Matthew Turkal, 66, of St. Clairsville, Ohio died February 18, 2017 in Wheeling Hospital. He was born October 22, 1950 in Bellaire, Ohio son of Wilma Mae Paskel Turkal and the late Matthew James Turkal. John was a retired supervisor from Ormet Corporation and a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War. He and his wife, Catherine were...
Darla E. Wright
Feb 16, 2017
Darla E. Wright, 78, of Bethesda, Ohio died February 16, 2017 in Regency Hospital of Cleveland, Middleburg Heights, Ohio. She was born August 12, 1938 in Warnock, Ohio daughter of the late Ralph and Dorothy (Brocklehurst) Parish. Darla was a retired cook from the Oakview Juvenile Residential Center in St. Clairsville. She was a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church in...
William "Ike" Shelkey
Feb 16, 2017
William Harrison "Ike" Shelkey, 63 of Bellaire, Ohio died Thursday, February 16, 2017 at Belmont Community Hospital in Bellaire. He was born January 20, 1953 in Bellaire, a son of the late Clarence Shelkey and Marie Littleton Shelkey. Ike was a former employee of Ogden News in Wheeling, WV and Imperial Glass in Bellaire, a member of Jacobsburg Bible Church,...
Kathryn "Kay" Jordan
Feb 15, 2017
Kathryn Mary "Kay" Jordan, 90 of St. Clairsville, Ohio died Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at Wheeling Hospital. She was born October 4, 1926 in Provident, Ohio, a daughter of the late Peter Paul Ostojich and Sophia Rocker Ostojich. She was a graduate of Cadiz High School, a former employee of Hillsdale Dairy in Cadiz, and a Catholic by faith. In...
