Obituaries

George Michael Figuray Sr

George Michael Figuray Sr

Sep 29, 2010

George Michael Figuray Sr. 86 of William St. Yorkville died Thursday September 30, 2010 in Wheeling Hospital. He was born May 7, 1924 in Barton, a son of the late John G. and Anna (Palicko) Figuray. George was a retired self employed contractor, a member of St. John's Catholic Church in Bellaire, a member of the Bricklayers and Mason's...

Helen Vargo

Helen Vargo

Sep 29, 2010

Helen Vargo 89 of Barton died Wednesday September 29, 2010 at East Ohio Regional Hospital. She was born January 14, 1921 in Bridgeport, a daughter of the late John and Amelia Mruzek Melnick. She was a member of the Barton United Methodist Church. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Charles J. Vargo...

Gary Lee Ruzek

Gary Lee Ruzek

Sep 29, 2010

Gary Lee Ruzek 68 of Main St. Smithfield died Wednesday September 29, 2010 at East Ohio Regional Hospital Martins Ferry. He was born July 26, 1942 in Wheeling, WV. He was a retired employee of Warren- Swazey Co. in Cleveland. He was preceded in death by his parents. Surviving are a daughter Bonny Winland and her husband Ron of...

Andy M. Jurco

Andy M. Jurco

Sep 27, 2010

Andy M. Jurco 66 of Barton Road St. Clairsville, Ohio died Monday September 27, 2010 at Liza's Place Valley Hospice Center South. He was born November 21, 1943 in St. Clairsville a son of the late Steve and Anna Dolak Jurco. He was a Heavy Equipment Operator and Self Employed in the Beef and Deer Hide Business. In addition...

Alfred Mckinney

Alfred Mckinney

Sep 24, 2010

Alfred McKinney, 79, of Martins Ferry, OH died Friday, Sept. 24, 2010 at East Ohio Regional Hospital Long Term Care. He was born Nov. 25, 1930 in Wheeling, WV a son of the late Charles and Mary (Wagner) McKinney. He retired from Swisher International (formerly Bloch Brothers). Al was a member of the First U. Methodist Church and American...

William Patrick "Pat" Dorsey

William Patrick "Pat" Dorsey

Sep 23, 2010

William Patrick "Pat" Dorsey, 64, of Martins Ferry, OH, died Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010 at Liza's Place Valley Hospice Care Facility, Wheeling, WV. He was born July 14, 1946 in Martins Ferry a son of the late William H. and Jeanne (Gaffney) Dorsey. Pat was a retired Corrections Officer for the Florida State Dept. of Corrections and a former...

William Barker

William Barker

Sep 17, 2010

William H. "Bill" Barker 81 of Maple Street Barton died Friday September 17, 2010 at the home of his daughter. He was born July 13, 1929 in Martins Ferry a son of the late William and Thelma Tanner Barker. He was a retired carpenter with Local #212 in Cleveland, a 50 year member of the Bridgeport Eagles #995, and...

Archibald Lang Oliver Jr

Archibald Lang Oliver Jr

Sep 14, 2010

OLIVER, Archibald Lang Jr., 64, of Bridgeport, Ohio, died Tuesday September 14, 2010 at East Ohio Regional Hospital. He was born in Wheeling on July 11, 1946, a son of the late Archibald Lang Oliver Sr. and Mildred Morris Oliver. Archibald was a U.S. Army Veteran and a retired employee of Belmont Correctional. In addition to his parents, he...

Bessie Vojacek

Bessie Vojacek

Sep 13, 2010

Bessie Vojacek, 95 of Dillonvale died Monday September 13, 2010 in Autumn at the Lake Nursing Home in Thornville, Ohio. She was born May 3, 1915, in Dillonvale, a daughter of the late Adolph and Agnes (Vopicka) Klecka. She was a member of the CSA Lodge #121 and the Radio Club of Bellaire. Bessie was a Methodist In addition...

Juanita Frances Sohovich

Juanita Frances Sohovich

Sep 12, 2010

SOHOVICH, Juanita F., 92, of Brilliant, Ohio, died Sunday September 12, 2010 at Trinity Medical Center, West, after a brief illness. She was born at Mingo Junction, Ohio on November 7, 1917, a daughter of the late James and Bessie Seese McKim. Juanita is a member of St. Agnes Catholic Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...

William Whalen

William Whalen

Sep 11, 2010

William Whalen, 96, of Virginia St., Martins Ferry, OH died peacefully Sept. 11, 2010 at Belmont Manor Nursing Home, St. Clairsville, OH. He was born Apr. 3, 1914 in Turtle Creek, PA a son of the late William J. and Marie (Cooper) Whalen. He was a retired Sales Manager for Libby McNeil and Libby and worked briefly after retirement...

Edward F. Mysona

Edward F. Mysona

Sep 9, 2010

Edward F. Mysona 74 of Pleasant Grove died at his home on Thursday September 9, 2010. He was born January 8, 1936 in Adena, a son of the late Edward and Ethel Szilagyi Mysona. He was a retired employee of Consolidated Coal Co., a member of the Colerain VFW post 8848, and a veteran of the US Army. In...

Pauline (Visnic)  Slaughter

Pauline (Visnic) Slaughter

Sep 9, 2010

Pauline (Visnic) Slaughter, 93, formerly of Pearl St., Martins Ferry, OH died Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010 at Peterson Rehabilitation Hospital of Wheeling, WV. She was born Jan. 5, 1917 in Martins Ferry a daughter of the late Eli and Ilinka (Perich) Visnic. She retired from the former Scott Lumber Company. In addition to her parents she was preceded in...

Helen V. Burge

Helen V. Burge

Sep 8, 2010

BURGE, Helen V., 84, of Mingo Junction, Ohio passed away Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at Trinity Medical Center West. She was born in Mingo Junction on August 20, 1926 and was a graduate of Mingo High School. Helen was a lifelong member of St. Andrew Orthodox Church, a member of the church sisterhood, choir, parish council member and officer...

R. Richard "Rich" Jackson

R. Richard "Rich" Jackson

Sep 7, 2010

R. Richard "Rich" Jackson, 62, of Center St., Martins Ferry; OH died Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010 in East Ohio Regional Hospital, Martins Ferry, OH. He was born Jan. 25, 1948 in Wheeling,, WV a son of the late Harry S. and Sarah (Dillie) Jackson. He was a Methodist by faith, and a veteran of the U.S. Army, Vietnam. In...

Lorie O. Mcintire

Lorie O. Mcintire

Sep 7, 2010

McIntire, Lorie O. Hupp, 84, of Smithfield, Ohio, died Tuesday September 7, 2010 at East Ohio Regional Hospital. She was born at Marietta, Ohio on September 28, 1925, a daughter of the late John and Edith Clark Hupp. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Raymond McIntire, a great-grandson Matthew Wilson, and eight...

Virgil D. Matthews

Virgil D. Matthews

Sep 6, 2010

Virgil D. Matthews 91 of Commercial Drive Bridgeport formally of Tiltonsville died Monday September 6, 2010 at Heartland-Lansing Nursing Home Bridgeport. He was born July 14, 1919 in Sardis, Ohio a son of the late Calip and Annie Matthews. He was a retired employee of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Yorkville, a member of the Church of Christ in St. Clairsville, and...

Philip C. Widmor

Philip C. Widmor

Sep 5, 2010

Philip Widmor, 88, of Blaine, Ohio died suddenly at his home Sunday September 5, 2010. He was born on November 30, 1921 in Blaine, a son of the late Joseph and Rose Rutar Widmor. Phil was a member of All Saints Catholic Church in Blaine, and a self-employed coal operator. In addition to his parents he was preceded in...

John Ronald Hardy

John Ronald Hardy

Sep 3, 2010

HARDY, John Ronald, 82, of Dillonvale, Ohio, died Friday September 3, 2010 at Solon, Ohio. He was born in Dillonvale on March 16, 1928, a son of the late John and Josephine Zerla Hardy. John was a retired employee of the Cardinal Power Plant; a U.S. Army Veteran of WWII; a member of the Dillonvale American Legion McCook Post...

Eunice  M. (Sirtoli)  Papp

Eunice M. (Sirtoli) Papp

Sep 2, 2010

Eunice M. (Sirtoli) Papp, 94, of Martins Ferry, OH, went to be with the Lord Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010 at East Ohio Regional Hospital Long Term Care, Martins Ferry. She was born Dec. 22, 1915 in Martins Ferry a daughter of the late Alessandro and Louisa (Cataline) Sirtoli. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by...