Obituaries
Gerald A. Jelinek
Jan 3, 2013
Gerald A. Jelinek, 99, of Dillonvale, Ohio, passed Thursday January 3, 2013 . He was born in Dillonvale on June 13, 1913, the youngest child of Helen and Thomas Jelinek who were in the retail business in Dillonvale. In addition to his parents and his step-father, Andrew Vojacek, Sr., he was preceded in death by his loving wife, Elizabeth...
Frank Romanoski Sr
Jan 3, 2013
Frank Romanoski Sr., 90, of Bridgeport, Ohio, passed Thursday January 3, 2013 at the Welsh Home, Rocky River, Ohio. He was born in Wolfhurst, Ohio on January 2, 1923, a son of the late Antoni and Anna Yoka Romanoski. Frank was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Wolfhurst, Ohio where he served as usher and counter; a surveyor...
Richard R. Roth
Jan 2, 2013
Richard R. Roth, 89, of Martins Ferry, OH, died Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013 at East Ohio Regional Hospital, Martins Ferry. He was born Nov. 11, 1923, in Martins Ferry a son of the late John Roth, Sr. and Anna (Lander) Roth. Rich was a retired meat cutter for the former A & P and Super Duper Grocery stores of...
Grace Samuel
Jan 2, 2013
Grace Samuel, 80, of Barnesville, Ohio died Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at Emerald Pointe Nursing and Rehab. She was born January 19, 1932 in Wanlesswadi Maharashtra, India, daughter of the late Aaron Theodore Samuel and Rachel Manickan Samuel. Before coming to the United States in 1963, Grace was a professor at Lady Doak College, India from 1962 to 1963. From...
Ross L. Coates
Jan 2, 2013
Ross L. Coates Jr. 66, of Bridgeport, died Wednesday January 2, 2013 at Wheeling Hospital. He was born May 11, 1946 in Fairpoint, Ohio, a son of the late Ross L. Sr. and Elizabeth Mae (Mill) Coates. He was retired from Union Local School District; he was a member of the Lansing United Methodist Church, and a veteran in...
Donald Jason Devore Sr
Jan 1, 2013
Donald Jason "Chatters" Devore Sr., 79, of Mingo Junction, Ohio, passed Tuesday January 1, 2013 at Life Line Hospital, Wintersville. He was born in Mingo Junction on October 13, 1933, a son of the late James and Katherine Devore. He worked as a plasterer and was a U.S. Marine Veteran. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...
Carmen Rubeis
Jan 1, 2013
Carmen Rubeis, 86, of Wheeling, W.Va., passed Tuesday January 1, 2013 at Wheeling Hospital. He was born in New Castel, PA., on March 8, 1926, a son of the late Domenic and Pauline Persutti Rubeis. He was a retired employee of Wheeling Machine and a U.S. Army WWII Veteran. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...
Donald Perkins
Jan 1, 2013
Donald F. Perkins, 87, of Belmont, Ohio, died Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at his home. He was born June 2, 1925 in Alledonia, Ohio, son of the late Forest D. Perkins and Alice L. Church Perkins. Donald was a member of Bethesda Christian Church. He retired from Consol Energy where he had worked as an equipment operator. His passion, for...
Charles L. Heath
Jan 1, 2013
Charles L. Heath 43, of Bridgeport, died Tuesday January 1, 2013 at his home. He was born November 15, 1969 in Martins Ferry, a son of the late Charles L. and Blanche H. (Kaczor) Herman Heath. He was retired from the Belmont County Correctional Facility in St. Clairsville, and a member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Wheeling. In...
William F. Rueckle
Dec 30, 2012
TOGETHER AGAIN Rueckle William F. 95, of Bridgeport, died Sunday December 30, 2012 at East Ohio Regional Hospital Martins Ferry. He was born October 10, 1917 in Bridgeport, a son of the late Chris and Margaret (Woods) Rueckle. He was retired from United Ohio Valley Dairy in Martins Ferry, and also a retired school bus driver for the Martins...
Mike Timko
Dec 29, 2012
Timko Michael D. "Kubba" 68, of St. Clairsville formerly of Martins Ferry and Barton, died Saturday December 29, 2012 at Heartland Manor of Bridgeport. He was born June 12, 1944 in Martins Ferry, a son of the late Michael S. and Catherine (Kutchmyer) Timko. He was a retired employee of the Yorkville Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel, a US Army...
Vera Marie Smith
Dec 28, 2012
Smith, Vera M. 83 of Pittsburgh, PA, formerly of Bridgeport, OH, passed away peacefully on Friday December 28, 2012 at Allegheny General Hospital Pittsburgh, surrounded by her loving family. Vera was born February 3, 1929 in Bridgeport, to the late Bonnie Marie (Covy) and Hadress Winston Gatchell. A loving Mother, Grandmother, and Great Grandmother, Vera will missed by her...
Keli Phillips
Dec 27, 2012
Keli Rene Phillips, 40, of Martins Ferry, Ohio, died Thursday, December 27, 2012 at Eastern Ohio Regional Hospital. She was born August 18, 1972 in Wheeling, West Virginia, daughter of Glenn Phillips and Vicki Wisor Funkhouser. Keli was preceded in death by her paternal grandparents, Nyle and Lois Phillips and maternal grandparents, Milton and Edna Wisor. Keli is survived by...
Alice M. Rose
Dec 26, 2012
ROSE, Alice M., Deneski, 89, of Dillonvale, Ohio, passed Wednesday December 26, 2012 at home. She was born in Adena, Ohio on November 19, 1923, a daughter of the late Leonard and Blanche Milewski Deneski. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by brothers: Henry and John Deneski; sisters: Mildred Cornez and Sophie Anderson. Alice is...
William I. "Cooper" Kuprowicz
Dec 26, 2012
William I. "Cooper" Kuprowicz, 82, of St. Clairsville, OH died Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012 at Wheeling Hospital, Wheeling, WV. He was born Apr. 15, 1930 in Weirton, WV a son of the late Joseph, Sr. and Frances (Javorski) Kuprowicz. He was retired from the Cooper Cabinet Shop, Wheeling, WV. Surviving are a son Mark William Kuprowicz of Bridgeport, OH,...
Alvin W. Knapp
Dec 24, 2012
Alvin W. Knapp, 78, of Martins Ferry, OH died Monday, Dec. 24, 2012 at East Ohio Regional Hospital, Martins Ferry, OH. He was born Sept. 17, 1934 in Wheeling, WV a son of the late Edward and Eleanor L. (Leithe) Knapp. He was retired from the former Wheeling Stamping. He was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Brookside,...
Joan M. (Davis) Dupke
Dec 22, 2012
Joan M. (Davis) Dupke, 83, formerly of Martins Ferry, OH, died Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012, at Liza's Place, Valley Hospice South, Wheeling, WV. She was born Nov. 30, 1929 in Martins Ferry a daughter of the late Reginald and Audree M. (Walters) Davis. Joan was a retired pre-school teacher with the First Christian Church School of Martins Ferry. She...
John W. "Bill" Speece
Dec 20, 2012
John W. "Bill" Speece, 88 of St. Clairsville, died peacefully December 20, 2012 at the Forest Hills Nursing Home. Mr. Speece was born January 23, 1924 in Martins Ferry, a son of John W. and Dora Pearl Hall Speece. Bill was a 1942 graduate of Martins Ferry High School. Following graduation, he enlisted in the United States Army, serving...
Ernest W. "Bill" Dibacco
Dec 19, 2012
Ernest W. "Bill" DiBacco, 83, of Martins Ferry, OH, passed into the arms of his Lord and Savior, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012 at East Ohio Regional Hospital, Martins Ferry. He was born Sept. 19, 1929 in Wheeling, WV a son of the late Constantino and Beaulah (Jeffries) DiBacco. Bill retired after 35 years from the Martins Ferry plant of...
Dorothy A. Ritner
Dec 19, 2012
Ritner, Dorothy A. 83 of Bridgeport, died Wednesday December 19, 2012 at her residence. She was born May 27, 1929 in Wheeling, a daughter of the late Louis J. and Alice G. (Fulton) Sacher. She was a retired employee of Wheeling Hospital, and a non-denominational devout Christian, a participant of the National Nurses Health Study of Washington DC with...
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