Obituaries

Helen C. Sabat

Helen C. Sabat

Dec 20, 2011

SABAT, Helen Caroline Zeik, 89, of Lansing, Ohio, died Tuesday December 20, 2011 at Forest Hills Retirement Center, St. Clairsville, Ohio. She was born in Lansing on April 19, 1922, a daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Paul Zeik. Helen was a retired employee of Harts Family Center; a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Wolfhurst, Ohio; loved...

Guy Snyder

Guy Snyder

Dec 20, 2011

Guy Donald "Pappy" Snyder, 80, of Bethesda, Ohio passed away Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at Wheeling Hospital. He was born December 16, 1931 in Calais, Ohio, son of the late Clay Dean Snyder and Ada Oliver Snyder. Don was retired from the Ormet Corporation. He was a former Union Local School Board member, a member of the Body of Christ,...

Violet Marie Lenz

Violet Marie Lenz

Dec 19, 2011

Violet Marie (Brykalski) Lenz 82 of Bridgeport died Monday December 19, 2011 at East Ohio Regional Hospital Martins Ferry. She was born January 25, 1929 in Lansing, a daughter of the late Walter and Bella (Karwoski) Brykalski. She was a retired food service handler for Bridgeport School District a member of St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church Bridgeport, the...

Kathryn Jurovcik

Kathryn Jurovcik

Dec 19, 2011

Kathryn L. Jurovcik, 81, of Blaine, Ohio passed away Monday, December 19, 2011 at Heartland-Lansing Nursing Home. She was born January 15, 1930, in Morristown, Ohio, daughter of the late Harvey Burghy and Clara Ridgeway Burghy. Kathryn was a Catholic by faith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John Jurovcik, Sr.; sons, Tommy...

Nancy C. Spears

Nancy C. Spears

Dec 17, 2011

Nancy C. Spears passed away Saturday December 17, 2011 at OSU Medical Center Columbus. She was born October 30, 1934 in Wheeling, a daughter of the late Arthur and Louise Engelhardt Hanson. Nancy was a housewife and dedicated to her loving family and friends. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her loving husband James...

Harold R. "Bud" Knutsen

Harold R. "Bud" Knutsen

Dec 17, 2011

Harold R. "Bud" Knutsen, 93, a life long residence of Scotch Ridge, Martins Ferry, OH died Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011 at East Ohio Regional Hospital, Martins Ferry. He was born Aug. 13, 1918 in Martins Ferry a son of the late Andrew and Lucia (Finney) Knutsen. He was retired from the Yorkville Plant of Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel. Bud was...

Hollis Kemp

Hollis Kemp

Dec 17, 2011

Hollis L. Kemp, 93, of Bethesda, Ohio passed into eternity on Saturday, December 17, 2011, at his home, where he had resided his entire life. Hollis was born December 19, 1917, son of the late John W. and Clara Burns Kemp. A World War II Veteran, Hollis was a well-known farmer and carpenter. He was a member of Bethesda United...

Mike Sudvary Jr

Mike Sudvary Jr

Dec 16, 2011

Mike Sudvary Jr. 93 of Rayland died Friday December 16, 2011 at East Ohio Regional Hospital Martins Ferry. He was born July 20, 1918 in Triadelphia WV, a son of the late Mike Sr. and Sophie (Plesa) Sudvary. He was a retired employee of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Yorkville, a veteran of WWII in the US Army, a life member of...

Everett Bruce Burkhead

Everett Bruce Burkhead

Dec 15, 2011

BURKHEAD, Everett Bruce, 72, of Emerson, Ohio, died Thursday December 15, 2011 at Acuity Specialty Hospital, Bellaire, Ohio. He was born in Fernwood, Ohio on January 9, 1939, a son of the late Forest Kenneth and Ora Starcher Burkhead. He was a retired employee of Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel; a member of the Dillonvale American Legion; and a U.S. Army...

Willard Perkins

Willard Perkins

Dec 14, 2011

Willard Ray Perkins, 96, of Bethesda, Ohio died December 14, 2011 at Barnesville Health Care Center. He was born November 26, 1915 in Belmont County, Ohio, son of the late William and Emma Decker Saffell Perkins. Willard was a long time employee of Blaney Lumber in Bethesda, Ohio and had been a member of Bend Fork Christian Church, near Belmont,...

James Harland Whitlatch

James Harland Whitlatch

Dec 13, 2011

James Harland Whitlatch, 67, of Mount Pleasant, Ohio, passed away December 13, 2011, at home. He was born March 17, 1944, in Benwood, WV, the son of the late Elzie and Dessie Whitlatch. He was retired from Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel and the local police force after 30 years of service. He also served in the US Army for six...

Mary  Van Horn

Mary Van Horn

Dec 12, 2011

Mary G. Van Horn, 83, of Quaker City, Ohio passed away Monday, December 12, 2011 at Wheeling Hospital. She was born July 13, 1928 in Bethesda, Ohio, daughter of the late William J. Anderson and Edith J. Shepard Anderson. Mary was a homemaker, a long time member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary, the Eagles, and a Methodist by faith. In...

Doris Evelyn Ahrendts

Doris Evelyn Ahrendts

Dec 11, 2011

Doris Evelyn Ahrendts, 88, died Sunday, December 11, 2011, with her daughter Deb and son-in-law Joe by her side. She was born on January 10, 1923 in Mingo Junction ( Dean Dale ), Ohio to James and Maude ( Fishback ) Wedlake. Doris graduated from Mingo Jct., High School and attended Harmony Methodist Church. During WWII Doris worked at...

Gertrude C. Bowman Westfall

Gertrude C. Bowman Westfall

Dec 9, 2011

Gertrude Cecilia Beck Bowman WESTFALL, 97, departed this life on December 9, 2011, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Bridgeport, Ohio on October 29, 1914, a daughter of the late Joseph Beck and Johanna Boehm Beck. Gertrude was a member of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Brookside, Ohio. She was a retired Stone & Thomas Tea...

Betty Whitacre

Betty Whitacre

Dec 9, 2011

Betty L. Shepherd Whitace, 76, of Barnesville, Ohio died Friday, December 9, 2011 at her home. She was born December 22, 1934, in Morristown, Ohio, daughter of the late Joseph H. and Virginia Taylor Shepherd. She was a member of Morristown Christian Church, a graduate of Barnesville High School, and a long time employee of Ohio Bell. Betty was a...

Robert Stenger

Robert Stenger

Dec 9, 2011

Robert F. Stenger, 67, of Belmont, Ohio passed away Friday, December 9, 2011 at his home. He was born July 15, 1944 in Martins Ferry, Ohio, son of the late Joseph W. Stenger. Robert was the owner and operator of R.S. Stenger Trucking and was also a farmer. He attended Assumption Catholic Church and was in the National Guard for...

Anne L. Schulenberg

Anne L. Schulenberg

Dec 7, 2011

Anne L. Schulenberg 91 of Bridgeport died Wednesday December 7, 2011 at East Ohio Regional Hospital in Martins Ferry. She was born September 30, 1920 in Cadiz, Ohio, a daughter of the late Thomas McAdam and Mary Emma (Barricklow) Love. She was a retired School Teacher for the Bridgeport School System, a member of the Kirkwood Presbyterian Church where...

Steven Manteau

Steven Manteau

Dec 7, 2011

Steven Amos, Manteau, Sr., 65, of St. Clairsville, Ohio passed away December 7, 2011 at his home. He was born November 30, 1946 in Martins Ferry, Ohio, son of the late Eldred R. Manteau and Roberta O. Walter Manteau. Steven worked in the steel industry as a machine operator and also served his country in Viet Nam. In addition to...

William Nelson

William Nelson

Dec 6, 2011

William R. Nelson, 73, of Bethesda, Ohio passed away Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at Cumberland Pointe Care Center. He was born June 19, 1938, son of the late Leon Clifford Nelson and Margaret Eugen Denson Nelson. William resided in Georgia prior to relocating to the area. He was a handyman by trade and attended East Richland Friends Church. William proudly...

A. Russell

A. Russell

Dec 5, 2011

A. Alan Russell, 68, of Bethesda, Ohio passed away Monday, December 5, 2011 at his home, with his family close by. He was born August 12, 1943 in Warren, Ohio, son of the late Samuel Arthur Russell and Mildred Jeanette Travis Russell. Alan, a life resident of Bethesda, Ohio graduated from Union Local High School in 1961 and received a...