Obituaries

Gerald A. Jelinek

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...