Obituaries

Victor Neilson

Victor Neilson

Apr 24, 2012

Victor J. Neilson, 57, of Barnesville, Ohio passed away Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at Ohio State University Medical Center. He was born December 11, 1954 in Wheeling, West Virginia, son of the late Robert W. Neilson and Goldie Blake Neilson. He enjoyed watching his sons, Josef in the band and Erik playing football. He was an avid NASCAR fan. Victor...

Darlene  J. (Morgan)  Dagan

Darlene J. (Morgan) Dagan

Apr 23, 2012

Darlene J. (Morgan) Dagan, 64, of Adena, OH, died Monday, Apr. 23, 2012, at East Ohio Regional Hospital, Martins Ferry, OH. She was born Nov. 3, 1947 in Smithfield, OH a daughter of the late Edward and Mae (Martin) Morgan. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by two brothers Edward and James Morgan. Surviving are...

Charles F. Oberdick Sr

Charles F. Oberdick Sr

Apr 23, 2012

OBERDICK, Charles F., Sr., 59, of Barton, Ohio, formerly of West Wheeling, Ohio, passed Monday, April 23, 2012 at Valley Hospice South, Liza's Place, Wheeling, W.Va. He was born in Martins Ferry, Ohio on November 20, 1952, a son of Mildred Conaway Oberdick and the late John F. Oberdick. In addition to his father, he is preceded in death...

Phyllis Henry

Phyllis Henry

Apr 22, 2012

Phyllis J. Henry, 87, of Bethesda, Ohio passed away Sunday, April 22, 2012 at Barnesville Hospital. She was born March 26, 1925 in Michigan, daughter of the late George V. Jordan and Mary H. Major Jordan. She worked as an aide at Bell Nursing home. Phyllis was a devoted and loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She was a down-to-earth person...

Robert Lawrence Tracy

Robert Lawrence Tracy

Apr 22, 2012

Tracy, Robert "Bobby" Lawrence, 40, of Bellaire, Ohio, died April 22, 2012 at home. He was born in Bellaire on August 7, 1971, a son of Robert Allen Tracy and Barbara Seacrest Schlag. In addition to his parents, he is survived by four sons: Robert L., Michael A., Alex and Andrew all of Stockport, Ohio, and a brother Ted...

Bradford Dowdle

Bradford Dowdle

Apr 22, 2012

Bradford E. "Brad" Dowdle, 67, of Bethesda, Ohio passed away Sunday, April 22, 2012 at his home. He was born October 24, 1944 in Wheeling, West Virginia, son of the late Kenneth Dowdle and Mary Cecil Dowdle. Brad was a very talented man, a gifted mechanic, and a retired school bus driver for Union Local Schools. Early in his career,...

Paulette Gray

Paulette Gray

Apr 19, 2012

Paulette Agin Gray, 59, of Barnesville, Ohio passed away Thursday, April 19, 2012 at her home. She was born January 14, 1953 in Barnesville, Ohio, daughter of the late Virgil F. Agin and Emma Lucille Yerian Agin. She was a Pharmacy Technician at Ryman-Terrett Pharmacy for many years. Paulette had a deep love of family. In addition to her parents,...

Mary Kinney

Mary Kinney

Apr 19, 2012

Mary E. Kinney, 92, of Hannibal, Ohio passed away Thursday, April 19, 2012 at Barnesville Hospital. She was born December 17,1919 in Morristown, Ohio, daughter of the late Ray Harley Barr and Dorothy Jane Moore Barr. Born and raised in Morristown, Ohio, Mary wed the late Walter Kinney of Flushing, Ohio then moved to Liberia, West Africa, where they lived...

Betty E. Johnson

Betty E. Johnson

Apr 19, 2012

Betty E. Johnson 84 of West Wheeling, Ohio died Thursday April 19, 2012 at Heartland Lansing Nursing Home. She was born June 25, 1927 in Moundsville, WV, a daughter of the late Elmer and Leota Darrah Crane. She was a member of the Riverview Bible Church in West Wheeling, the Eagles Aux. and the American Legion Aux. In addition...

Sylvester Wilkejr.

Sylvester Wilkejr.

Apr 18, 2012

Wilkes, Sylvester E. "Eddie" Jr. 60 of Wheeling WV died Wednesday April 18, 2012 at his home. He was born July 17, 1951 in Wheeling, a son the late Mary Jane (Ridgeway) Wilkes Galloway. He was a member of Wayman AME Church Wheeling, and the Army Reserve 25th Army Division in Wheeling, and a Sanitary Engineer for Jochum Sanitation....

Margaret Smith

Margaret Smith

Apr 18, 2012

Smith, Margaret Marie "Maggie" Martinez, 83, of Mingo Junction, Ohio, died, Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at home with her family. She was born October 12, 1928 in Mingo Junction, a daughter of the late Frank and Eloise (Fernandez) Martinez. Maggie was retired from Ohio Valley Hospital, Steubenville, after working there for 38 years; She was preceded in death by...

Margaret Hunsicker

Margaret Hunsicker

Apr 17, 2012

Margaret L. Hunsicker, 60. of Barnesville, Ohio passed away April 17, 2012 at Barnesville Hospital. She was born February 4, 1952, daughter of the late William G. Hayes and Kathryn Mike Hayes. Margaret worked with the Parks and Recreation system. She is survived by her husband of 40 years, Randy E. Hunsicker; daughter, Channon Hunsicker; sons, William and Frederick Hunsicker;...

William  F. Williams

William F. Williams

Apr 16, 2012

William F. Williams, 91, of Martins Ferry, OH, died Monday, Apr. 16, 2012. He was born Jan. 23, 1921 in Martins Ferry a son of the late William D. and Gladys (Johnson) Williams. Bill was a graduate of Ohio University and a former management employee of the Benwood Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel and Wheeling Machine Products Co. of Wheeling....

Shirley Shumaker

Shirley Shumaker

Apr 15, 2012

Shirley Marie Milhoan Shumaker, 57, of Belmont, Ohio passed away Sunday, April 15, 2012 at home, surrounded by her family. She was born May 7, 1954 in Cambridge, Ohio, daughter of Ruth Watson Milhoan and the late Wayne Milhoan. Shirley worked with the Belmont County Health Department and formerly worked in banking for several years. Shirley was currently Belmont County...

Timothy Spencer

Timothy Spencer

Apr 15, 2012

Timothy A. Spencer, 65, of Barnesville, Ohio, formerly of New Windsor, Maryland passed away April 15, 2012 at his home. He was born November 15, 1946 in Summit, New Jersey, son of the late Tom Spencer and Mary Marino Spencer. Tim was a test engineer in the neo-natal field. He was published and held several patents. He enjoyed fishing, writing,...

Betty Jean Rehm

Betty Jean Rehm

Apr 14, 2012

REHM, Betty Jean Gossett, 85, of Bridgeport, Ohio, passed Saturday April 14, 2012 at East Ohio Regional Hospital. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio on August 2, 1926, a daughter of the late Jay W. Gossett and Albertha Huffman Holbert. Betty taught school for 34 years, 32 in the Bridgeport School District, ending her career as a Guidance Counselor....

Lisa Marie Milonovich

Lisa Marie Milonovich

Apr 13, 2012

Lisa Marie Milonovich was an award-winning nurse practitioner at Children's Medical Center in Dallas where she cared for sick children and mentored countless colleagues. When she wasn't caring for ill children, Lisa lectured at conferences across the country, taught future medical professionals, and was an accomplished writer.Lisa died from breast cancer after an 18-month battle on Friday, April 13...

Samuel L. Hoskins

Samuel L. Hoskins

Apr 12, 2012

HOSKINS, Samuel L., 63, of Colerain, Ohio, passed Thursday April 12, 2012 at Wheeling Hospital. He was born in Wheeling, W. Va. on March 4, 1949, a son of the late Ralph and Catherine Donahue Hoskins. Sam was an employee of Martins Ferry City Schools; a former coal miner with Y&O coal mining; a musician with various groups; and...

Cecelia Slivinski

Cecelia Slivinski

Apr 11, 2012

Slivinski, Cecelia "Sadie", 88 of Dillonvale, Ohio gentle child of God, transitioned to her Heavenly home on April 11, 2012. She was born November 23, 1923 in Glen Robbins, Ohio to the late, Walter and Genevieve (Streja) Slivinski. She was preceded in death by four brothers, Frank, William, Joseph and Stanley Slivinski, and one sister Jennie Moffo. Sadie is...

Lawrence Lucas

Lawrence Lucas

Apr 8, 2012

Lawrence Delbert "Bub" Lucas, 85, of Bethesda, Ohio passed away Sunday, April 8, 2012 at Wheeling Hospital. He was born May 1, 1926 in Bethesda, Ohio, son of the late Delbert V. Lucas and Edna Travis Lucas. "Bub" retired from Consol Mining and was a member of Bethesda United Methodist Church. He served his country in the U.S. Navy during...