Obituaries

Irene Porter

Irene Porter

Mar 11, 2015

Irene Porter 96, of Wheeling died Wednesday March 11, 2015 at Wheeling Hospital, Wheeling WV. She was born June 1, 1918 in Wheeling, WV, a daughter of the late Pete and Zafera (Papamichael) Bondo. She was a member of New Life United Methodist Church the former Thompson United Methodist Church Wheeling. In addition to her parents she was preceded...

Dorothy L. Papnepuci

Dorothy L. Papnepuci

Mar 9, 2015

Dorothy L. Panepucci 88 of Dillonvale died Monday March 9, 2015 at Ohio Valley Hospital Wheeling. She was born July 11, 1926 in Dillonvale, a daughter of the late Virgil and Bertha McDaniel. She was a Presbyterian by faith. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her loving husband Anthony D. Panepucci in 2001, and...

Lisa Ann Kiper

Lisa Ann Kiper

Mar 7, 2015

Lisa Ann Kiper 51, of Martins Ferry died Saturday March 7, 2015 at her home. She was born October 19, 1963 in Wheeling, WV, a daughter of Mary V. (Coulter) Whitacre of St. Clairsville and the late John F. Whitacre. In addition to her father she is preceded in death by her brother Wayne Coulter. Lisa is survived by...

Ronald E. Mcginnis

Ronald E. Mcginnis

Mar 7, 2015

Ronald E. McGinnis 66, of Mingo Junction, Ohio died Saturday March 7, 2015 at his home. He was born January 25, 1949 in Steubenville, Ohio, a son of the late Alexander Ray and Ruth Ann (Simpson) McGinnis Jr. He was a retired Service Mechanic for Staffilino Chevrolet Motor Co. in Steubenville. And a Christian by faith. In addition to...

John  R. Lamb

John R. Lamb

Mar 7, 2015

John R. Lamb, 83, of Bridgeport, OH died Saturday, Mar. 7, 2015 at Liza's Place, Wheeling, WV. He was born Dec. 16, 1931 in Clarksburg, WV a son of the late William R. and Maysel (McMorrow) Lamb. He was retired from the B & O Railroad. John was a graduate of Martins Ferry High School and West Liberty State...

Ellen "Bea" Stewart

Ellen "Bea" Stewart

Mar 6, 2015

Ellen "Bea" Stewart, 72 of Denton, TX died Friday March 6, 2015 at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Denton TX. She was born December 22, 1942 in Moundsville, WV, a daughter of the late Clyde and Beatrice (Roberts) Kimble. She was a retired laborer from the Laborers Local 809 Steubenville, OH, and a graduate of Warren Consolidated High School....

Catherine Carpenter

Catherine Carpenter

Mar 5, 2015

Catherine E. Carpenter, 85, of Barnesville, Ohio, died Thursday, March 05, 2015 at Barnesville Health Care Center. She was born March 23, 1929 in Bellaire, Ohio, daughter of the late William Nelson and Catherine Cutshaver Nelson. A loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Catherine enjoyed gardening and farming. She was retired from Barnesville Health Care Center, where she had worked...

Dorothy  E. (Vickers)  Franke

Dorothy E. (Vickers) Franke

Mar 5, 2015

Dorothy E. (Vickers) Franke, 97,of Colerain, OH, died Thursday, March 5, 2015 at Autumn Health Care of Adena. She was born May 23, 1917 in Martins Ferry, OH a daughter of the late Fred and Mae E. (Williams) Vickers. Dorothy was a member of Colerain Presbyterian Church, Colerain Senior Center and Captina Chapter #489, Order of Eastern Star, Powhatan...

Arnold  A. Makara

Arnold A. Makara

Mar 4, 2015

Arnold A. Makara, 97, of Colerain, OH, died Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at Peterson Rehabilitation Hospital, Wheeling, WV. He was born June 2, 1917 in Martins Ferry, OH a son of the late Andrew and Veronica (Aleva) Makara of Austria, Hungary. Arnold retired after 50 years from Carpenter's Local #3 of Wheeling. He was a member of the First...

Hazel Genevieve "Jackie" Chiudioni

Hazel Genevieve "Jackie" Chiudioni

Mar 3, 2015

Hazel Genevieve "Jackie" Chiudioni, 85, of Dillonvale, Ohio, passed Tuesday March 3, 2015 at Willows of Bellevue, Ohio. She was born June 24, 1929, a daughter of the late Lewis and Audrey Laxton. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband Domenic Chiudioni in 1995. Hazel is survived by sons, Thomas B. Mounts and...

Margaret Wilson

Margaret Wilson

Mar 1, 2015

Margaret I. Wilson, 65, of Bethesda, Ohio, died Sunday, March 1, 2015 at Liza's Place. She was born September 23, 1949 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, daughter of the late Jacob Scanlon and Marie Templin Scanlon. Working in the medical field as a clerk, Margaret was a loving and devoted wife, mother and grandmother. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...

Mary C. Kovack

Mary C. Kovack

Feb 27, 2015

Mary C. Kovack, 84 of Bridgeport, Ohio passed away on Friday February 28, 2015 at East Ohio Regional Hospital. Mary left her earthly life to be with our LORD and to be reunited with her husband Ken, who passed away in 2013. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Wolfhurst, Ohio. Mary was preceded in death...

Kathy Tracey Nickerson

Kathy Tracey Nickerson

Feb 27, 2015

Kathy Tracey Nickerson, 50, of Wheeling, W.Va., passed Friday February 27, 2015 at home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Martins Ferry, Ohio on June 18, 1964, a daughter of the late Robert G. Tracey Sr., and Nora Lee Smith Tracey. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother Charles Allen...

Margaret Smith

Margaret Smith

Feb 27, 2015

Margaret Smith, 100, of Barnesville, Ohio, died, Friday, February 27, 2015 at Walton Retirement Home. She was born January 8, 1915 in Barnesville, Ohio, daughter of the late Virgil VonScio and Carrie Bishop VonScio. She was a member of Main Street United Methodist Church and was blessed with the gift of 100 years. A truly special person, she had a...

Shirley  J. (Francis)  Orzolek

Shirley J. (Francis) Orzolek

Feb 27, 2015

Shirley J. Orzolek, 78, of Martins Ferry, OH, died Friday, February 27, 2015 at Ohio Valley Medical Center, Wheeling, WV. She was born June 25, 1936 in Rush Run, OH a daughter of the late Russell and Mildred (Yater) Francis. Shirley retired from the Times-Leader and Ogden Newspapers and was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church of Martins...

Lyvonne Funkhouser

Lyvonne Funkhouser

Feb 27, 2015

Lyvonne G. Funkhouser, 76, of Barnesville, Ohio, died Friday, February 27, 2015 at Ohio Valley Medical. She was born April 16, 1938 in West Virginia, daughter of the late Bernard and Lula Pugh. A loving, caring person and devoted to her faith, she was a Sunday School Teacher at First Baptist Church Barnesville. She enjoyed crafting, a way to give...

Edward  F. Ford

Edward F. Ford

Feb 26, 2015

Edward F. Ford, 55, of Martins Ferry, OH died Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015 at his residence. He was born Aug. 23, 1959 in Boston, MA a son of the late Jeremiah and Marie (Gillis) Ford. He was an employee of the County Club Retirement, Bellaire, OH and a veteran of the U.S. Army. Surviving are his brother John J....

Esther Heskett

Esther Heskett

Feb 26, 2015

Esther L. Heskett, 91, of Hemingway, South Carolina and formerly of Bethesda, Ohio, died February 26, 2015 at Tidelands Community Hospice House in Georgetown, South Carolina. She was born August 19, 1923 in Bethesda, Ohio, daughter of the late John V. Marmie and Rose Phillips Marmie. Esther was a homemaker and was a very devoted mother and grandmother. She lived...

Crystal Spence

Crystal Spence

Feb 26, 2015

Crystal Spence, 42, of Salesville, Ohio, died, Thursday, February 26, 2015 at Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center. She was born September 24, 1972 in Wheeling, West Virginia, daughter of Carl W. Pozza and Ethel J. Bailey Pozza of Salesville, Ohio. A loving and caring person, Crystal had a great passion for horses and dogs. She was preceded in death by...

Priscilla Mae Pintarich

Priscilla Mae Pintarich

Feb 25, 2015

"Together Again"Priscilla Mae (Good) Pintarich, 85, of Bellaire, Ohio, passed Wednesday February 25, 2015 at home. She was born in Bellaire on January 17, 1930, a daughter of the late Edward and Verda Mae Tharp Good. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband John P. Pintarich on October 18, 2013; sisters: Rose Thompson...