Obituaries

Emma  L. (Brown)  Martin

Emma L. (Brown) Martin

Aug 17, 2013

Emma L.(Brown) Martin, 94, of Colerain, OH died Saturday, August 17, 2013 at East Ohio Regional Hospital, Martins Ferry, OH She was born Dec. 25, 1918 in Martins Ferry a daughter of the late William and Justina (Kramer) Brown. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Martins Ferry. In addition to her parents she was preceded...

David  Van Horn

David Van Horn

Aug 16, 2013

DAVID M. VAN HORN David M. Van Horn, 55, of Barnesville, Ohio died Friday, August 16, 2013 at Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center in Cambridge, Ohio. He was born September 28, 1957 in Barnesville, Ohio, son of Harry W. Van Horn and the late Mary G. Anderson Van Horn. David was a great outdoors man, enjoying hunting and fishing. In...

Lucille Woodford

Lucille Woodford

Aug 15, 2013

Lucille (Williams) Woodford, 91, of St. Clairsville, Ohio, passed Thursday August 15, 2013 at Forest Hills Retirement Community. She was born in Mingo Junction, Ohio on July 19, 1922, a daughter of the late Charles and Jessie Mae Fellows Williams. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Harold Woodford in 2009; sisters Helen...

Eileen Fulton

Eileen Fulton

Aug 13, 2013

Eileen V. Fulton, 96, of Belmont, Ohio died Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at Emerald Pointe Nursing and Rehab. She was born November 11, 1916 in Centerville, Ohio, daughter of the late Brooks F. Dixon and Verna A. Jackson Dixon. She was a member of the United Methodist Church of Belmont. A devoted homemaker, Eileen was a loving wife, mother, and...

Joan Coyne

Joan Coyne

Aug 10, 2013

Coyne, Joan (Conway), 83, of St. Clairsville, Ohio formerly of Bridgeport, Ohio, died Saturday August 10, 2013 surrounded by her loving family at Ohio Valley Hospital, Wheeling. She was born in Bridgeport on January 10, 1930, a daughter of the late A. Kellie and Hannah Williams Conway. Joan was a former employee of Maroon Enterprises, a volunteer at OVMC,...

Frances A. Slivka

Frances A. Slivka

Aug 9, 2013

Slivka, Frances, A. Petras, 91, of Mingo Junction, passed away peacefully on August 9, 2013 at Gables Care Center, Hopedale, Ohio surrounded by her loving family. Frances was born March 6, 1922, in Yorkville, Ohio, a daughter of the late Steve and Emerencia (Luha) Petras. She was a homemaker, wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, and a woman of...

Betty L. Maurer

Betty L. Maurer

Aug 9, 2013

Maurer, Betty L. (Byrd), 89 of St. Clairsville formerly of Bridgeport went to be with the Lord on Friday August 9, 2013 at Cumberland Pointe Rehabilitation Center St. Clairsville surrounded by her loving family. She was born January 27, 1924 in Bridgeport, a daughter of the late Bertie E. and Alice (Sullivan) Byrd. She was a retired supervisor for...

George  A. Burwell

George A. Burwell

Aug 9, 2013

George A. Burwell, 79, of Martins Ferry, OH died Friday, Aug. 9, 2013 at his home. He was born Nov. 12, 1933 in Tiltonsville, OH a son of the late T. George and Amelia M. (Sadowski) Burwell. He was retired from Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel and a member of Rockhill United Presbyterian Church, Bellaire, OH. George was also a veteran...

Lawrence  "Carp" Carpenter

Lawrence "Carp" Carpenter

Aug 8, 2013

Larry was born to Thomas L. Carpenter and Anna Balint Carpenter on September 26, 1956 in Steubenville, Ohio. He was the youngest sibling of Shirley Ann and Wanda Carpenter Holloway. Larry grew up and went to grade school in Brilliant and later to Buckeye North High School. His love of football started during those years. According to Larry, he...

Anna  Mae (Mcandrew)  Murray

Anna Mae (Mcandrew) Murray

Aug 8, 2013

Anna M. "Anna Mae" (McAndrew) Murray, 84, of S. 5th St., Martins Ferry died Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013 at her home. She was born in July 14, 1929 in Midland, PA a daughter of the late Charles B. and Helen F. (Richards) McAndrew. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Martins Ferry and a former employee of...

Walter D. Green

Walter D. Green

Aug 8, 2013

Walter D. Green, 86 of St. Clairsville, OH died Thursday August 8, 2013 at his home. He was born August 23, 1926 in Bridgeport, OH to the late Donald and Gladys (Butler) Green. Walter was retired from Wheeling Machine Products/Joy Manufacturing. In retirement he was a school bus driver for Bridgeport School District. Walter was also an Army Veteran...

Vivian Mae Smith

Vivian Mae Smith

Aug 7, 2013

Smith, Vivian Mae, 89 of Martins Ferry, died Wednesday August 7, 2013 at East Ohio Regional Hospital Martins Ferry. She was born October 29, 1923 in Martins Ferry, a daughter of the late Albert Ross and Naomi (Dietch) Trouten. Vivian was a member of the Meadowbrook Church of God. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death...

James Moffo

James Moffo

Aug 5, 2013

Moffo, James 77, of Dillonvale, died Monday August 5, 2013 at East Ohio Regional Hospital Martins Ferry. He was born March 3, 1936 in Connersville, Ohio, a son of the late Victor Moffo and Pearl (Guzy) Merkel. He was a retired employee of the former Valley Distributing Co. Dillonvale, the Dillonvale Eagles, and an avid hunter. Jim is survived...

Ruby  L. Eason

Ruby L. Eason

Aug 2, 2013

Ruby L. Eason, 71, of Martins Ferry, OH, died Friday, Aug. 2, 2013 at East Ohio Regional Hospital, Martins Ferry. She was born Jan. 27, 1942 at Chattanooga, TN a daughter of the late Ben and Alma Ruth (Diggs) Little. She was preceded in death by her children; Joey Eason, Charlotte Ramsey and Lori Eason, a sister, Ora Mae...

Harvard David Lang

Harvard David Lang

Aug 2, 2013

Harvard David Lang, 67, of Bridgeport, Ohio, passed Friday August 2, 2013 at home. He was born October 6, 1945, a son of the late Harvard and Anna Smigle Lang.Dave was a former employee of Wheeling Brake-Block; a member of Bridgport and Wheeling Eagles; bowled with St. Clair Lanes; and a member of St. Mark Lutheran Church, Elm Grove....

Deborah Kay Farr

Deborah Kay Farr

Aug 2, 2013

FARR, Deborah Kay (Travis), 62, of St. Clairsville, Ohio, passed Friday August 2, 2013 at Wheeling Hospital. She was born in Bellaire, Ohio on July 31, 1951, a daughter of the late James S. and Virginia P. Crawford Travis. Deborah was a former member of the Bridgeport Eagles and former employee of WesBanco. In addition to her parents, she...

Homer Hoop

Homer Hoop

Jul 31, 2013

Homer Eugene Hoop, 62, of Freeport, Ohio died July 31, 2013 at his home. He was born January 30, 1951 in Cambridge, Ohio, son of the late Earl A. Hoop and Pansie R. Watkins Hoop. Homer had worked as a mason. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Bill Hoop. Homer is survived by...

Larry  D. Dennis

Larry D. Dennis

Jul 31, 2013

Larry D. Dennis, 77, of Martins Ferry, OH, died Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at home. He was born Apr. 10, 1936 in Martins Ferry a son of the late Rylie W. and Alice M. (DeVault) Dennis. Larry was retired from the Martins Ferry Plant of Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel. He was a member of the Colerain Presbyterian Church and a...

Carl John Hupp Jr

Carl John Hupp Jr

Jul 29, 2013

Carl John Hupp Jr., 64, of Rayland, Ohio, passed Monday July 29, 2013 at East Ohio Regional Hospital. He was born in Wheeling, W.Va. on March 2, 1949, a son of the late Carl John Hupp Sr. and Dorothy Hammer Hupp. Carl was a retired employee of Consol, Shoemaker Mine; a U.S. Army Veteran of the Vietnam War. He...

Lena Gaul

Lena Gaul

Jul 26, 2013

Gaul, Lena, 104, of Sunset Heights Bridgeport, died on Friday July 26, 2013 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born June 28, 1909 in Dillonvale, a daughter of the late Joseph and Mary (Ostodi) Polgar. She was retired from the former Wheeling Stamping, and a member of the ladies auxiliary of the Sunset Heights Fire...