Obituaries
Betty Lou Conway
Feb 1, 2016
Betty Lou Conway, 64 of Bridgeport, died Monday February 1, 2016 at East Ohio Regional Hospital Martins Ferry. She was born November 27, 1951 in Angola, New York, a daughter of the Edith (Leake) Higgins of Bridgeport and the late Charles Higgins. In addition to her father she was preceded in death by a son Todd Elliott in 1980....
Joanne Schell Modreck
Feb 1, 2016
Joanne Schell Modreck, 85, of Brookside died Monday February 1, 2016 at Peterson Rehabilitation Hospital. She was born November 9, 1930in Bridgeport, a daughter of the late Arnold W. and Anna (Pogoreski) Schell. She was a retired Registered Nurse for Wheeling Hospital, a member of St. Anthony Catholic Church Bridgeport. Joanne was a graduate of Bridgeport High School class...
John Mich Makuch
Jan 31, 2016
John M. "Jonah" Makuch, 88, of Dillonvale, OH, passed Sunday January 31, 2016 at East Ohio Regional Hospital. He was born in Dillonvale on March 11, 1927, a son of the late Mike and Helen Jackowski Makuch. He is a retired employee of National Steel Service Center; a lifelong member of St. Adalbert Catholic Church, Dillonvale American Legion, McCook...
Richard "Rick" Alan Totterdale
Jan 29, 2016
Richard "Rick" Alan Totterdale, 68, of Colerain, Ohio, passed January 29, 2016 at home. He was born in Wheeling, WV, on August 9, 1947, a son of the late Robert L. Totterdale and Mildred Sicha Totterdale. He was a retired employee of Honeywell as a Field Service Representative, a graduate of The Ohio State University and a Coast Guard...
Gail Lee Henthorn
Jan 28, 2016
Gail Lee Henthorn, 79, of Bridgeport died Thursday January 28, 2016 at her home. She was born July 3, 1936 in Wheeling, a daughter of the late Carl Ervin and Rae (Kindleberger) Coss. She was a retired Teachers Aide for the Bridgeport School System, and a member of Kirkwood United Methodist Church Bridgeport. Gail is survived by her loving...
Edward R. Polli
Jan 28, 2016
Edward R. Polli of 1143 Howard St. Bridgeport Ohio died on January 28, 2016 surrounded by his loving family. He was born on January 10, 1928 the son of the late Rudolph and Mary (Zani) Polli. Ed was preceded in death by three sisters Agnes Sanna of Fontana CA and Mary Guglielmotti of Detroit MI and Henrietta Polli of...
Lillian I. Siculan
Jan 28, 2016
Lillian I. Siculan, 86, of Bridgeport died Thursday January 28, 2016 at East Ohio Regional Hospital Martins Ferry. She was born June 29, 1929 in Bellaire, a daughter of the late Horace and Martha (Oberle) Drewett. She was a retired clerk for the former GC Murphy Co. and the custodian for Grace Presbyterian Church Martins Ferry. She was a...
Thomas L. Manion
Jan 28, 2016
Thomas L. Manion, 82 of Martins Ferry formerly of Bridgeport, died Thursday January 28, 2016 at his home. He was born February 12, 1933 in Bellaire, a son of the late Thomas J. and Geneva (Davis) Manion. He was retired from Maroon Enterprise, a veteran in the US Airforce, and a life member of the American Legion Post#1. In...
Stella "Stacy" Kogut
Jan 27, 2016
Stella L. "Stacy" Wolan Kogut, 84, of St. Clairsville formerly of Wheeling died Wednesday January 27, 2016 at Park Health Center St. Clairsville. She was born September 15, 1931 in Canonsburg, PA, a daughter of the late Stanley and Kathryn Wolan. She was a former member of St. Ladislaus, and Our Lady of Perpetual Help Ukrainian Church both of...
Dorothy J. Morelli
Jan 27, 2016
Dorothy J. Morelli, 85, of Rayland died Wednesday January 27, 2016 at East Ohio Regional Hospital Martins Ferry. She was born April 30, 1930 in Mt. Pleasant, a daughter of the late Clint and Jennie (Murie) Daugherty. She was a retired Nurse for Martins Ferry Hospital, and a member of S. Lucy's Catholic Church Yorkville. In addition to her...
Dallas Clyde Kemp
Jan 25, 2016
Dallas Clyde Kemp, 83, of Belmont, passed away January 25, 2016 at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia. He was born November 21, 1932 near Belmont, son of the late Dennis and Laura Benson Kemp. Dallas was a lifelong dairy farmer, an avid Ohio State Buckeyes fan, a member of Mt. Zion Methodist Church where he served on the...
Esther Marsili Panepucci
Jan 24, 2016
Esther Marsili Panepucci, 88 of Dillonvale, passed peacefully in her sleep on Sunday January 24, 2016 at the home of her daughter Toni in Mingo Junction. She was born February 18, 1927 in Nowrytown, PA, the daughter of the late Sesto and Emma (Vitali) Marsili. Esther was retired from the Dillonvale Postal Service, a member of the Dillonvale American...
Bettie Lou (Metcalfe) Santonas
Jan 22, 2016
Bettie Lou (Metcalfe) Santonas, 89, of Morgantown, WV, passed away peacefully on Friday, January 22, 2016. She was born August 29, 1926 in Pittsburgh, PA a daughter of the late Samuel and Margaret (Bruney) Metcalfe. Raised in Martins Ferry, OH, Bettie Lou was a devoted wife and mother with unwavering love for her family, whom she raised in Moundsville...
Rita I. (Malatesta) Roth
Jan 20, 2016
Rita I. (Malatesta) Roth, 82, of Colerain, OH died Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at home. She was born February 27, 1933 in Martins Ferry, OH a daughter of the late Flory and Emma (Uphold) Malatesta. She was retired from the Martins Ferry School District Dietary Department and a member of First Presbyterian Church in Martins Ferry. In addition to...
Nancy Hays Piersol
Jan 20, 2016
Piersol, Nancy Hays died peacefully at her residence in Miami, Florida on January 20, 2016 at the age of 89. Nancy was born August 16, 1926 in St. Clairsville, Ohio where she lived and attended St. Clairsville High School before moving to Columbus to attend Ohio State University, where she met and subsequently married William Piersol. After residing for many...
Ann M. (O'Connor) Hoffman
Jan 20, 2016
Ann M. (O'Connor) Hoffman, 86, of Colerain, OH died Wednesday, January 20, 2016, at East Ohio Regional Hospital, Martins Ferry, OH. She was born August 3, 1929 in Martins Ferry a daughter of the late James J. and Stella May (Gasaway) O'Connor. Ann was a retired office manager for Martins Ferry Kroger and a member of the First Christian...
Peter Raymond Zucco Jr
Jan 20, 2016
Peter Raymond Zucco Jr., 67, of St. Clairsville, Ohio, went to be with the Lord, "left of center" on Wednesday January 20, 2016 at Wheeling Hospital. He was born in Wheeling, WV on February 9, 1948, a son of the late Peter Raymond Zucco Sr., and Harriett Moore Zucco. He was a member of First Christian Church of Martins...
Cynthia M. (Keringer) Kurtley
Jan 19, 2016
Cynthia M. (Keringer) Kurtley, 49, died Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at her residence. She was born June 10, 1966 in Bellaire, OH a daughter of the late Joseph and Bonnie (Foster) Keringer. Surviving are her children; Brandon Kawthom of Morgantown, WV, Franklynnette Myers of Columbus, OH, Larry Kurtley and Michael Kurtley both of Martins Ferry, OH and Joshua Kurtley...
Blanche E. O'Connell
Jan 19, 2016
Blanche E.(Schrickel) O'Connell, 93, of Rayland, Ohio, died Tuesday January 19, 2016 at Arbor at Woodsfield, Nursing Home. She was born September 2, 1922 in Rayland, a daughter of the late Charles and Rosie (Burkhead) Schrickel. She was a retired head cook for Buckeye Local School System, a member of Rayland United Methodist Church, the UMC Women, and the...
Stella W. (Drop) Pempek
Jan 18, 2016
Stella W. (Drop) Pempek, 88, of Cadiz, OH, formerly of Martins Ferry, OH died Monday, January 18, 2016, at Carriage Inn of Cadiz. She was born February 4, 1927 in Wheeling, WV a daughter of the late John and Mary (Chawlecke) Drop. She retired from the Dietary Dept. of East Ohio Regional Hospital and was a member of St....
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