Obituaries
Ernest William Mruzek Jr
Feb 6, 2009
MRUZEK, Ernest William Jr., 82, of Rayland, Ohio, died Friday February 6, 2009 at home. He was born in Lansing, Ohio on February 3, 1927, a son of the late Ernest William Mruzek Sr. and Elsie Mae Morgan Mruzek. Ernest was a retired employee of Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corp.; a U.S. Army Veteran and a Catholic by faith. In...
Michael J. Bishop, Sr.
Feb 5, 2009
Michael J. Bishop, Sr., 65, of Main St., Tiltonsville, OH, died Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009 at East Ohio Regional Hospital, Martins Ferry, OH. He was born Dec. 11, 1943 in Wheeling, WV a son of the late John Bishop, Sr. and Roberta (Fisher) Bishop. He was a former employee of the Pittsburgh International Airport, a member of St. Matthew's...
William Murray
Feb 3, 2009
WILLIAM "Bill" MURRAY, 84, of Dillonvale, died Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at Ohio Valley Medical Center in Wheeling. Bill retired as an engineer from Norfolk & Southern Railroad, formerly known as the Nickel Plate Railroad, and was a member of the Locomotive Engineers Club. He was a lifelong member of the Dillonvale United Methodist Church. He was a veteran...
Joan Elizabeth Zigaceek
Feb 2, 2009
JOAN ELIZABETH (CHINI) ZIGACEEK, 66, of Bridgeport, died Monday, February 2, 2009 at Heartland Lansing Care Center. She was born February 11, 1943 in St. Clairsville, the daughter of Lora May (Moodispam) Chini of Elyria, OH and the late George Chini. Joan was a retired employee at Uwanta Linen Supply in Wheeling. In addition to her father, she was...
Dorothy Early
Jan 28, 2009
DOROTHY "JEANNE" EARLY, 61, of Bridgeport; formerly of Indiana and Illinois, died Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at East Ohio Regional Hospital, Martins Ferry. She was born January 4, 1948 in Effingham, IL, the daughter of the late Anthony and Dorothy Rife Haarman. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Lester Early. Jeanne is...
Ronald Swallie
Jan 27, 2009
RONALD SWALLIE, 79, of Bridgeport, died Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at East Ohio Regional Hospital, Martins Ferry. He was born June 7, 1929 in Barnesville, the son of the late Leroy and Goldie Swallie. Ronald was a retired steelworker at Abe Sebulsky Steel, Inc. in St. Clairsville. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his...
Howard T. Wolford
Jan 26, 2009
Howard T. Wolford, Jr. 78, of Commercial Dr., Bridgeport, OH died Monday, Jan. 26, 2009 at Heartland-Lansing Nursing Home, Bridgeport. He was born Apr. 30, 1930 in Pittsburgh, PA a son of the late Howard T., Sr., and Dorothia (Petterson) Wolford. He was retired for the Schleehle Produce of Martins Ferry, OH and a veteran of the U.S. Army...
Ray T Schrickel
Jan 25, 2009
Ray T. Schrickel, 85, of Mt. Pleasant died Sunday January 25, 2009 at Sunset Health Care in Harrisville. He was born November 27, 1923 in Dillonvale, the son of the late Albert and Emma Zoeckler Schrickel. Ray was a Locomotive Car Foreman for the Norfolk Southern Railroad, a WW II Army veteran, a member of the Mt. Pleasant United...
Zana Vlcek Merkel
Jan 22, 2009
Zana Vlcek Merkel, 87, lifelong resident of Dillonvale, Ohio, recently of Worthington Christian Village in Columbus, Ohio, died January 22, 2009. Zana was born in Dillonvale on September 12, 1921, a daughter of the late Rudolph and Barbara Kerner Vlcek. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Albert Vlcek; and sisters: Mary Vomocil,...
Margaret Patrone
Jan 20, 2009
Margaret Patrone, 84, of Bellaire, died Tuesday January 20, 2009 at East Ohio Regional Hospital. She was born March 11, 1924 at Bellaire, the daughter of the late James and Sara Williams Talkington. Margaret is survived by a son Richard (Rosemary) Patrone, a daughter Rose Marie (Steven) Patrone, a sister Shirley Corvi, three grandchildren; Richard (Brandy) Patrone DeGenova, Thomas...
June M. Still
Jan 15, 2009
STILL, June M. Andress, 53, of Steubenville, Ohio, died Thursday January 15, 2009 at home. She was born in Steubenville on July 9, 1955, a daughter of Dorothy Plotts Andress and the late Robert Andress. In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by her husband James Still Sr. and a sister Susan Douglas. In addition to...
Frank Jasper
Jan 14, 2009
Frank ""Vic"" Jasper, 82, of Dillonvale, died Wednesday January 14, 2009 at East Ohio Regional Hospital. He was born January 12, 1927 the son of the late Frank and Bessie Daugherty Jasper. He was a retired coal miner, a Veteran of the US Army during the Korean Conflict, a member of the UMWA, Friends Church of Mt. Pleasant, American...
Robert L. Westfall Sr
Jan 13, 2009
ROBERT L. WESTFALL, SR., 86, of Bridgeport, formerly of Wheeling, died Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at Heartland Lansing Care Center. He was born April 19, 1922 in Wheeling, the son of the late George and Mildred Westfall. Robert was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Brookside. He was a retired sheet metal worker with Local #33 and...
Joyce A. Asbury
Jan 12, 2009
JOYCE A. ASBURY, 56, of Wheeling, died Monday January 12, 2009 at OVMC, Wheeling. She was born October 30, 1952 in Martins Ferry, the daughter of the late James and Eunice (Holmes) Asbury. She was a member of Wayman A.M.E. Church in Wheeling. Joyce is survived by a son Robert of Wheeling; a brother James of Bridgeport; her step-father...
Ola (Ferrell) Delbrugge
Jan 10, 2009
Ola (Ferrell) Delbrugge, 91, daughter of the late Mert Ferrell and Loretta (Molitor) Thorngate, died at the Home of the Good Shepherd, Wheeling, WV on Jan. 10, 2009, following a four year residency at the Welty Home of Wheeling. Ola was a life-long resident of Martins Ferry, a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church of Martins Ferry, and worked...
Virginia Hall
Jan 10, 2009
VIRGINIA (TYGART) HALL, 86, of Blaine, died Saturday, January 10, 2009 at East Ohio Regional Hospital, Martins Ferry. She was born February 1, 1922 in Vulcan, WV, the daughter of the late William and Earcel (Stevens) Tygart. Virginia retired from the X-Ray department at Children's Medical Center in Dayton, OH. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...
Dorothy F. (Eiler) Mingo
Jan 10, 2009
Dorothy F. (Eiler) West Horcher Mingo, 85, formerly of N. Zane Hwy., Martins Ferry, OH died Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009 at East Ohio Regional Hospital Long Term Care, Martins Ferry. She was born Sept. 27, 1923 in Chester, WV a daughter of the late William and Gertrude (Hess) Eiler. She was a member of the First U. Methodist Church...
John M. Coulson
Jan 8, 2009
John M. Coulson, 58, of Vine St., Martins Ferry, OH died Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009 at East Ohio Regional Hospital, Martins Ferry. He was born April 10, 1950 in Martins Ferry a son of Charles Coulson, Sr. and the late Elizabeth (Patterson) Baker. In addition to his mother he was preceded in death by his grandparents, several aunts and...
E. Raymond Mitchell
Jan 8, 2009
E. Raymond Mitchell, 94, of Colerain, died January 8, 2009 while visiting in Cincinnati. He was born November 19, 1914 in Farmington, OH, the son of the late Ray and Julia Cope Mitchell. Ray is survived by his wife of 69 years, Roberta Lee (Stobbs) Mitchell; two sons, Raymond Bruce and wife Jill, of Cincinnati, and Mark and wife...
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