Obituaries

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...

William V. Polomik Sr

William V. Polomik Sr

Dec 18, 2012

William "Bill" V. Polomik Sr., 87, of Bridgeport, Ohio, passed Tuesday December 18, 2012 at Wheeling Hospital. He was born in Bridgeport on June 23, 1925, a son of the late John and Hermina Polomik. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son James Polomik and brothers: John, Albert, and Steve Polomik. He was...

Mary Virginia Derry

Mary Virginia Derry

Dec 18, 2012

DERRY, Mary Virginia, 95, of Bridgeport, Ohio, died Tuesday December 18, 2012 at Medical Park Hospital, Wheeling, WV after a brief illness. Born April 20, 1917 in Goosetown, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late James Arthur and Mary Vironica (Hora) Derry. She was a retired retail clerk and member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Wolfhurst, Bridgeport Eagles...

Arthur W. "Art" Schunn

Arthur W. "Art" Schunn

Dec 18, 2012

Arthur W. "Art" Schunn, 89, of Martins Ferry, OH, died Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012 at Trinity West Medical Center, Steubenville, OH. He was born July 25, 1923 in Martins Ferry, a son of the late Mathias and Anna (Tartler) Schunn. He was retired from the former Blaw Knox Foundry of Wheeling, WV. Art was a member of the Edgwood...

Mary Bennington

Mary Bennington

Dec 15, 2012

Mary Bennington, 86, of Barnesville, Ohio, died Saturday, December 15, 2012 at Cumberland Pointe Care Center. Mary is survived by her ResCare Family. A memorial service will be conducted at a later date. Arrangements entrusted to: Kelly Kemp Braido & Patron Funeral Home, 702 East Main Street, Barnesville, Ohio.

Paul David Zavatsky

Paul David Zavatsky

Dec 13, 2012

Zavatsky Paul David 74, of St. Clairsville, Ohio passed away Thursday December 13, 2012 at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pa. Paul was born May 27, 1938 in Barton, Ohio, the son of the late Samuel and Julia (Homza) Zavatsky. In addition to his parents Paul was preceded in death by a sister Joanne Snyder. Paul's passion was music...

Elizabeth Ann Miller

Elizabeth Ann Miller

Dec 11, 2012

MILLER, Elizabeth Ann Kinkus, 77, of Tiltonsville, Ohio, passed Tuesday December 11, 2012 at Wheeling Hospital. She was born in Rayland, Ohio on December 2, 1935, a daughter of the late William and Verda Donley Kinkus. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 49 years William F. Miller Sr., a sister Sue...

Kathryn Schau

Kathryn Schau

Dec 10, 2012

K. Darlene Schau, 76, of Barnesville, Ohio, died Monday, December 10, 2012 at Barnesville Hospital. She was born July 31, 1936 in Bridgeport, Ohio, daughter of the late Clinton Dee Goodwin and Kathryn E. Stratton Goodwin. Darlene was a devoted Christian. She loved to laugh and had a wonderful sense of humor, brightening many lives. She enjoyed all sports and...

John J. Osovich

John J. Osovich

Dec 10, 2012

Osovich, John P. 89, of Bridgeport, Ohio, died Monday December 10, 2012 at Forest Hills Retirement Center. He was born April 24, 1923 in Neff's Ohio, a son of the late Andrew and Bernice (Lopachimski) Osovich. John was Catholic and a long-term parishioner of St. Joseph Catholic Church Wolfhurst; he was retired from Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Martins Ferry. John...

James  F. Neal,  Sr.

James F. Neal, Sr.

Dec 9, 2012

James F. Neal, Sr., 89, of Martins Ferry, OH, died Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012, at his residence. He was born July 17, 1923 in Martins Ferry a son of the late James F. Neal and Margaret L. (Cox) Neal Jepson. Jim retired from R & F Coal Co. He was a lifetime member of the Veteran's of Foreign Wars...

Rosalie Marie Brindley

Rosalie Marie Brindley

Dec 8, 2012

"Together Again"Rosalie Marie Captor BRINDLEY, 81, of Tiltonsville, Ohio, passed Saturday December 8, 2012 at Rosewood Manor, Yorkville, Ohio. She was born in Martins Ferry, Ohio on March 15, 1931, a daughter of the late Joseph and Anna Koblenski Captor. She was an Executive Secretary with Laborers Local #809 Steubenville; Yorkville VFW Aux., Dillonvale American Legion Aux., and St....

Richard Howard Everson

Richard Howard Everson

Dec 7, 2012

Everson, Richard Howard, 81, of Bellaire, Ohio, passed Friday December 7, 2012 at Wheeling Hospital. He was born in Wheeling on February 5, 1931, a son of the late Guy and Edna Mae Landers Everson. He was a 35 year employee of OVMC; a U.S. Army veteran; and attended Riverview Bible Church. In addition to his parents, he was...

John Carl Kuca Jr

John Carl Kuca Jr

Dec 7, 2012

John Carl Kuca Jr., 80, of Lansing, Ohio, passed Friday December 7, 2012 at home. He was born in Wheeling, W.Va. on August 13, 1932, a son of the late John and Caroline Kucor Kuca. John was a retired employee of Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel, Beech Bottom Plant, a member of Lansing Sportsmans Club; Bridgeport Foresters; PAP; U. S. Army...

Beverly  J. (Stullenburg)  Yanczura

Beverly J. (Stullenburg) Yanczura

Dec 6, 2012

Beverly J. (Stullenburg) Yanczura, 80, of Martins Ferry, OH, died Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012 at her residence. She was born Aug. 25, 1932 in Martins Ferry a daughter of the late Lawrence Stullenburg and Bronwen (Jones) Stullenburg Segedy Bev was a pre-school teacher for 24 years at the First Christian Church Pre-School of Martins Ferry and was a member...

Ed R. Conaway

Ed R. Conaway

Dec 6, 2012

Ed R. Conaway 64 of Bridgeport, died Thursday December 6, 2012 at Wheeling Hospital. He was born February 20, 1948 in Wheeling, a son of Helen (Stanchina) Conaway, and the late Arthur R. Conaway. In addition to his father he is preceded in death by a sister Helen Marie Holdaway. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church...

Freda  L. (Walker)  Bondy

Freda L. (Walker) Bondy

Dec 6, 2012

Freda L. (Walker) Bondy, 100, formerly of S. Zane Hwy., Martins Ferry, OH died Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012 at Park Health Center, St. Clairsville, OH. She was born April 8, 1912 in Martins Ferry a daughter of the late Meshach and Hannah (Siburt) Walker. She was a member of First Baptist Church, Martins Ferry. In addition to her parents...

Dorothy L. Laipple

Dorothy L. Laipple

Dec 6, 2012

Dorothy L. Laipple 90 of Bridgeport, died Thursday December 6, 2012 at East Ohio Regional Hospital Martins Ferry. She was born March 4, 1922 in Martins Ferry, a daughter of the late John and Amelia (Zech) Laipple. She was retired from the former Wheeling Stamping Co. Wheeling, and a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church Bridgeport. In addition to...