Obituaries

Joann  L. (Yeager)  Williams

Joann L. (Yeager) Williams

Sep 2, 2013

Joann L. (Yeager) Williams, 78, of Martins Ferry, OH formerly of Yorkville died Monday, Sept. 2, 2013 at East Ohio Regional Hospital of Martins Ferry. She was born Nov. 28, 1934 in Martins Ferry a daughter of the late Dewey and Mable E. (Brown) Yeager. She was retired from the Yorkville Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel. Joann was a member...

George  P. Burns

George P. Burns

Aug 31, 2013

George P. Burns, 53, of Martins Ferry, OH, died Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013.. He was born January 27, 1960 in Bath, Maine a son of Barbara (Vigue) Burns and the late George H. Burns. He worked for Ohio Valley Coal Co. and was a member of U.M.W. Local #1810. George was a catholic by faith. In addition to his...

Nell Naylor Liston

Nell Naylor Liston

Aug 31, 2013

Nell Naylor Prager, Friedrichs, Liston, 94, of Martins Ferry, Ohio passed away peacefully at Liza's Place on August 31, 2013. She was born on July 30, 1919 in Wheeling W. Va., a daughter of the late Blanche N. Haller Prager and James H. Prager Jr. Nell was a Lutheran by faith and a member at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church,...

Dorothy M Thompson

Dorothy M Thompson

Aug 29, 2013

Dorothy M. (Hastings) Thompson, 96, of Bridgeport, Ohio, passed Thursday August 29, 2013 at Park Health, St. Clairsville, Ohio. She was born in Martins Ferry, Ohio on March 12, 1917, a daughter of the late Harry W. and Kate Stroble Hastings. Dorothy was a member of the Lansing Methodist Church. She enjoyed crafts, ceramics, camping, cake decorating and helped...

Harry T. Orth

Harry T. Orth

Aug 28, 2013

TOGETHER AGAIN Orth, Harry T. 81 of Wolfhurst died Wednesday August 28, 2013 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born November 19, 1931 in Wheeling, a son of the late Harry J. and Alberta (Foxe) Orth. He was a retired member of IBEW Local 141 of Wheeling, a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church Wolfhurst,...

Jerry Leroy Ruckman Sr

Jerry Leroy Ruckman Sr

Aug 28, 2013

Jerry Leroy Ruckman Sr., 69, of Bridgeport, Ohio, passed on his birthday August 28, 2013. He was born August 28, 1944, a son of the late Wilford and Lena Emmal Ruckman. He was a retired employee of Y&O Coal Company. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his step-father Don Ruckman and brothers: John and...

Edward F. "Eddie" Litten

Edward F. "Eddie" Litten

Aug 27, 2013

Edward F. "Eddie" Litten, 80, of Martins Ferry, OH, died Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013 at East Ohio Regional Hospital, Martins Ferry. He was born July 2, 1933 in Martins Ferry, a son of the late H. Frank Litten, Jr. and Bernice I. (Workman) Litten. He was retired from Hughes Xerographic Equipment, Bellaire, OH and was a member of the...

Patricia Joann Marx

Patricia Joann Marx

Aug 27, 2013

MARX, Patricia Joann Beckner, 80, of St. Clairsville, Ohio, passed Tuesday August 27, 2013 at Valley Hospice South, Liza's Place, Wheeling, W.Va. She was born April 2, 1933, a daughter of the late George Preston Beckner and Lily Ellen Lewis Beckner. Patricia was a current employee of Macy's Department Store; a member of Thoburn United Methodist Church, St. Clairsville;...

Charles Duvall

Charles Duvall

Aug 24, 2013

Charles Walter Duvall, Jr., 82, of Belmont, Ohio died Saturday, August 24, 2013 at Wheeling Hospital. He was born March 14, 1931 in Bannock, Ohio, son of the late Walter Duvall and Bertha Morland Duvall. He was a 1950 graduate of Belmont High School. A devoted Christian, he was a member of Belmont Church of Christ. Charles was a member...

Jennie Antoinettee Martinkosky

Jennie Antoinettee Martinkosky

Aug 20, 2013

Martinkosky, Jennie Antoinettee, 96, of Lansing, Ohio, went home to be with her Lord on Tuesday August 20, 2013 peacefully at home. She was born in Adena, Ohio on June 23, 1917, a daughter of the late Stanley and Frances Tybushaski Mayeski. Jennie was a retired cook from St. Joseph Catholic School and an very active member of the...

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...