Obituaries

Richard Shirbish

Richard Shirbish

Oct 11, 2013

Richard Lee Shirbish, 77, of Akron, Ohio died Friday, October 11, 2013 at Copley Health Care Center. He was born June 4, 1936 in Loomis, Ohio, son of the late Joseph C. Shirbish and Edna V. Arnett Shirbish. Richard had worked as a laborer in the machine industry and was a very caring person. In addition to his parents he...

Andy Pastor

Andy Pastor

Oct 11, 2013

Andy Pastor, 94, of Adena, Ohio, passed Friday October 11, 2013 at OVMC Wheeling, W.Va. He was born in Bannock, Ohio on November 11, 1918, a son of the late Joseph and Julia Kriest Pasztor. Andy enjoyed farming and raising beef cattle. He was the founder of Bonnie Lane Nursery, Pleasant Grove, a U.S. Army Veteran, and a 40...

Evelyn C. Holler

Evelyn C. Holler

Oct 9, 2013

Evelyn C. Holler, 86 of Blaine, died Wednesday October 9, 2013 at Heartland-Lansing Rehabilitation Center Bridgeport. She was born April 12, 1927 in Paris France. She was a Catholic by faith and a member of AARP. She was preceded in death by her loving husband William H. Holler. Evelyn is survived by her children Joseph (Dana) Holler of Lansing,...

Gene  R. Montgomery

Gene R. Montgomery

Oct 7, 2013

Eugene R. "Gene" Montgomery, 77, formerly of Colerain, OH, died Monday, Oct. 7, 2013 at Liza's Place Hospice Care Facility, Wheeling, WV. He was born June 9, 1936 in Proctor, WV a son of the late William and Emma (Alman) Montgomery. Gene was the owner/operator for 25 years of the former Montgomery Roofing of Martins Ferry and retired from...

German Ortiz

German Ortiz

Oct 6, 2013

Dr. German Ortiz, 90 of Colerain, died Sunday October 6, 2013 at East Ohio Regional Hospital Martins Ferry surrounded by his loving family. He was born September 10, 1923 in Mexico City, Mexico, a son of the late Luis and Evangeline (Valencia) Ortiz. He was a member of St. Francis Cabrini Catholic Church Colerain, a member of the A.M.A.,...

William Johnson

William Johnson

Oct 6, 2013

William "Bill" O. Johnson, 78, of Barnesville, Ohio, died Sunday, October 6, 2013 at Barnesville Hospital. He was born February 14, 1935 in Memphis, Tennessee, son of the late Neal R. Johnson and Altie Scroggins Johnson Cronizer. A 1952 graduate from Woodsfield High School, Bill was a retired loan officer from WesBanco. He was a member of East Main Street...

Charlotte Ann Elchuck

Charlotte Ann Elchuck

Oct 5, 2013

Charlotte Ann Elchuck'nee' Niekro, 79, of Blaine died unexpectedly Saturday October 5, 2013. She was born September 14, 1934 in Lansing, a daughter of the late Anthony I. and Anna A. (Klinkoski) Niekro. She was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church Wolfhurst, the CWC of the Church, the Bridgeport Christian Friendship Council, the PNA Lodge, and a devoted...

Edward A. Merkel

Edward A. Merkel

Oct 4, 2013

Edward A. Merkel, 96, of Columbus formerly of Dillonvale, died Friday October 4, 2013 at Mt. Carmel St. Anns Hospital Columbus. He was born September 11, 1917 in Dillonvale, a son of the late Albert and Jesse A. (Gerke) Merkel. He was a member of the Dillonvale United Methodist Church, a retired employee of the railroad, the Dillonvale American...

Charles Vansickle

Charles Vansickle

Oct 4, 2013

Charles E. VanSickle, 83, of Quaker City, Ohio, died Friday, October 4, 2013 at Emerald Pointe Nursing and Rehab. He was born January 15, 1930 in Wheeling, West Virginia, son of the late Sherman VanSickle and Cecelia Amos VanSickle. He was a member of the Eagles. He was an extraordinary pitcher in the sport of horseshoes. Charlie was a very...

Robert Stacey Horvat

Robert Stacey Horvat

Oct 2, 2013

Robert "Bob" Stacey Horvat, 47, of Dillonvale, Ohio, passed Wednesday October 2, 2013 at Weirton Medical Center. He was born in Washington, DC on June 19, 1966, a son of Dora Stinard Horvat and the late William Horvat. Bob was a member of the Dillonvale Eagles and a member of Roofers Local #188, with GPC Roofers. In addition to...

Kathleen Duvall

Kathleen Duvall

Oct 2, 2013

Kathleen M. Duvall, 80, of Belmont, Ohio, died Wednesday, October 2, 2013 at Emerald Pointe Nursing and Rehab. She was born June 19, 1933 near Belmont, Ohio, daughter of the late Pearl Gregg. She worked at RCA in Cambridge, Ohio and later owned her own beauty salon. She retired in 1996 from Sears at the Ohio Valley Mall. She was...

Nellie Mccroskey

Nellie Mccroskey

Sep 30, 2013

Nellie V. McCroskey, 91, of Belmont, Ohio, went home to be with her dear Jesus, Monday, September 30, 2013 at Belmont Manor. She was born May 20, 1922 in Saskatchewan, Canada, daughter of the late William M. Butler and Mona Belle Green Butler. She was a homemaker and a member of Belmont United Methodist Church. Nellie was very active in...

Betty  Lee (Devault)  Sidorak

Betty Lee (Devault) Sidorak

Sep 27, 2013

Betty Lee (DeVault) Sidorak, 87, of Martins Ferry, OH, died Friday, Sept. 27, 2013 at Park Health Center, St. Clairsville, OH. She was born June 24, 1926 in Martins Ferry a daughter of the late Lawrence and Verna (Sutton) DeVault. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Martins Ferry. In addition to her parents she...

Warren Lee Shriver

Warren Lee Shriver

Sep 27, 2013

Warren Lee Shriver, 92 of Bellaire, Ohio, passed Friday September 27, 2013 at East Ohio Regional Hospital. He was born in Lansing, Ohio on September 30, 1920, a son of the late John F. and Effie W. Hadsell Shriver. Warren was a retired meat cutter with A&P; a U. S. Army Air Corp. veteran of WWII; and a member...

Rose Lukich

Rose Lukich

Sep 25, 2013

Lukich (Dolence), Rose F., 85, of Morristown, Ohio died Wednesday, September 25th at the Kobacker House-Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Born September 29, 1927 in Lansing, Ohio,youngest child of the late Anton Dolence and Agnes Legan Dolence. A loving wife, mother, grandmother, and aunt, Rose was a homemaker and a retired bookkeeper from Clifford Motors in St. Clairsville,...

Juanita E. Piergallini

Juanita E. Piergallini

Sep 24, 2013

PIERGALLINI, Juanita E. (Brammer), 91, of Harrisville, Ohio, passed Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at Wheeling Hospital.She was born in Logan, Ohio on April 20, 1922, a daughter of the late George and Myrtle Petrie Brammer.In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Henry Piergallini on December 18, 2008; an infant daughter, Jane Ann Piergallini;...

George Snyder

George Snyder

Sep 23, 2013

George W. Snyder, Jr., 72 of Barnesville, Ohio, died Monday, September 23, 2013 at the home of his sister. He was born December 9, 1940 in Barnesville, Ohio, son of the late George W. Snyder, Sr. and Mildred C. Pierce Snyder. He was a member of North Main Street Church of Christ and was retired from the Oxford company, where...

Robert W. E, Snyder

Robert W. E, Snyder

Sep 22, 2013

Robert W. E. Snyder, 88, of Martins Ferry, OH, died Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013 at Ohio Valley Medical Center, Wheeling, WV. He was born July 30, 1925 in Martins Ferry a son of the late Robert L. and Margaret L. (Clemens) Snyder. He was a former Supervisor of Industrial Relations of the Upper Ohio Valley Plants for Wheeling Pittsburgh...

John L. Walford

John L. Walford

Sep 22, 2013

John L. Walford, 58, of Bridgeport died Sunday September 22, 2013 at East Ohio Regional Hospital Martins Ferry. He was born April 16, 1955 in Wheeling, a son of the late Edwin J. and Margaret G. (Dinsmore) Walford. He was a former Educator for Belmont County, and President of Kirkwood Hobbies. He was a graduate of Bridgeport High School...

Roy Young

Roy Young

Sep 21, 2013

TOGETHER AGAIN Roy "Cy" Young Sr., 84 of Bridgeport, went to be with his wife Rose on Saturday September 21, 2013 at Liza's Place Valley Hospice South Wheeling, surrounded by his loving family. He was Born October 4, 1928 in Bridgeport, a son of the late Norman J. and Hilda M. (Stillwell) Young. Cy was a retired employee of...