Obituaries

Ruth  E. (Burns)  Williams

Ruth E. (Burns) Williams

Mar 31, 2008

Ruth E. (Burns) Williams, 78, of N. 9th St., Martins Ferry, OH died Monday, Mar. 31, 2008 at East Ohio Regional Hospital, Martins Ferry. She was born Feb. 4, 1930 in Martins Ferry a daughter of the late Robert and Lottie (Burch) Burns. She was an employee of the former John Gross Grocery Store, Martins Ferry. In addition to...

Theresa  L. (Konyha)  Perez

Theresa L. (Konyha) Perez

Mar 30, 2008

Theresa L. (Konyha) Perez, 74, of Glenhurst Terrace, Martins Ferry, OH died Sunday, Mar. 30, 2008 at East Ohio Regional Hospital, Martins Ferry. She was born Apr. 20, 1933 in Gaylord, OH a daughter of the late Leslie and Minnie (Allen) Konyha. She was retired from the Belmont Community Hospital, Bellaire, OH. Theresa was a member of St. Mary's...

Audrey Miller

Audrey Miller

Mar 29, 2008

Audrey Miller, 83 of Mingo Junction, died, Saturday March 29, 2008 at 8:10 p.m. at Trinity Medical Center West. She was born June 17, 1924 in Mingo Junction a daughter of the late Revina Snyder Means who passed away on December 12, 1963. Audrey was a member of the Harmony United Methodist Church. In addition to her parents she...

Mary Farbarik

Mary Farbarik

Mar 29, 2008

Mary Farbarik, 99, formerly of Mingo Junction died Saturday March 29, 2008 at Trinity Medical Center West. Mary was a member of St. Agnes Catholic Church and was one of the first cooks at Paddy's Diner. She was born April 19, 1908 in Jamison, PA, a daughter of the late John and Mary Yurco Farbarik. In addition to her...

Matthew  R. Hammerquist

Matthew R. Hammerquist

Mar 28, 2008

Matthew R. Hammerquist, 61, of N. 9th St., Martins Ferry, OH died Friday, Mar. 28, 2008 at Ohio Valley Medical Center, Wheeling, WV. He was born Nov. 14, 1946 in Chicago, IL a son of the late Elmer and Edna (Zierk) Hammerquist. He was an employee of the Rent-A-Center, Steubenville, OH, and also a member of the St. John's...

Margaret Eleanor Schuster

Margaret Eleanor Schuster

Mar 26, 2008

Margaret Eleanor Schuster, 73 of Wheeling WV, died Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at her home. Margaret was a member of the Harbor of Hope Assembly of God Church in St. Clairsville. She was born July 25, 1934 in New Castle, Pennsylvania, a daughter of the late Paul Edgerton and Eleanor Edgerton Thomas. In addition to her parents she was...

Lola J. Burch

Lola J. Burch

Mar 26, 2008

LOLA J. BURCH, 72, of Martins Ferry, died Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at Cumberland Pointe Nursing Home in St. Clairsville. She was born March 6, 1936 in Martins Ferry, Ohio, the daughter of the late Phillip and Mabel Summers Deaton. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Junior Leroy Burch, Sr.; a brother...

Julia Louise Pittner

Julia Louise Pittner

Mar 26, 2008

Julia Louise Pittner, 91 of Bellaire, Ohio, died Wednesday March 26, 2008 at Belmont Community Hospital surrounded by her family. She was a member of St. John's Catholic Church, Bellaire. Julia was born December 8, 1916 in Crescent, Ohio, a daughter of the late Frank J. and Julia Stetchina Sulek. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...

Arthur Spoon

Arthur Spoon

Mar 25, 2008

Arthur Louis "Louie" Spoon Sr., 64, formerly of Wheeling, died Tuesday March, 25, 2008 at the Villa Angela Care Center in Columbus, OH. He was born on September 29, 1944 in Barton, a son of the late Floyd and Thelma Smith Spoon. He was a warehouse worker for Stone & Thomas in Wheeling. In addition to his parents he...

Greta (Mccartney)  Smith

Greta (Mccartney) Smith

Mar 25, 2008

Greta (McCartney) Smith, 76, of Colerain, OH died Tuesday, Mar. 25, 2008 at East Ohio Regional Hospital, Martins Ferry, OH. She was born Sept. 12, 1931 in Morgantown, WV a daughter of the late Herldon and Edith (Ferrell) McCartney. She was a Licensed Real Estate Agent working with her husband for the Bob Smith Realty Company of Colerain. Greta...

Catherine M. Mountain

Catherine M. Mountain

Mar 24, 2008

CATHERINE M. MOUNTAIN, 91, of Bridgeport, died Monday, March 24, 2008 at East Ohio Regional Hospital, Martins Ferry. She was born October 20, 1916 in Bridgeport, the daughter of the late Thomas and Mareia Kamm Lavelle. Catherine was a retired bookkeeper for the Village of Bridgeport Water Department and was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Bridgeport....

Helen Hodgekiss

Helen Hodgekiss

Mar 24, 2008

Helen Hodgekiss, 76, of Shadyside, Ohio, died Monday March 24, 2008 at the Wheeling Hospital, Wheeling WV. Helen was a member of the Shadyside Catholic Church. She was born November 18, 1931 a daughter of the late Louis and Eva Fourment Baudaillier. In addition to her parents, Helen was preceded in death by a son, Patrick A. Hodgekiss; and...

Delores  H. (Fry)  Calloway

Delores H. (Fry) Calloway

Mar 23, 2008

Delores H. (Fry) Calloway, 62, of Cromwell St., Wheeling, WV, formerly of Martins Ferry, OH died Sunday, Mar. 23, 2008 at Heartland Lansing Nursing Home, Bridgeport, OH. She was born July 17, 1945 in Martins Ferry a daughter of the late William A. and Helen (Bruzda) Fry. Delores was a member of the Apostolic Faith Temple of Martins Ferry....

Sophia E. Kroflich

Sophia E. Kroflich

Mar 21, 2008

SOPHIA E. KROFLICH, 93, of Wolfhurst, died Friday, March 21, 2008 at her home. She was born April 16, 1914 in Boydsville, the daughter of the late John and Eva Malek Prorok. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband August Kroflich; three sisters Josephine Silon, Ann Stortz and Nellie Charne; two brothers William...

Rosemary Fillon

Rosemary Fillon

Mar 20, 2008

ROSEMARY FILLON, 79, of St. Clairsville, died Thursday, March 20, 2008 at Wheeling Hospital. She was born September 21, 1928 in Wolfhurst, the daughter of the late John and Christine Marcinko Perko, Sr. Rosemary was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church in St. Clairsville and was a former employee of Lerners in Wheeling where she was a sales...

Frank J. Blazeski Jr

Frank J. Blazeski Jr

Mar 20, 2008

FRANK J. BLAZESKI, JR., 88, died Thursday, March 20, 2008 at his home. He was born December 9, 1919 in Dillonvale, the son of the late Frank and Laura Klepadlo Blazeski, Sr. Frank was a member of St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church in Colerain and the Dillonvale American Legion Post 529. He retired from Norfolk & Western Railroad. In...

Ceceilia Tomaszewski Wojtowicz

Ceceilia Tomaszewski Wojtowicz

Mar 19, 2008

Cecelia Tomaszewski Wojtowicz, 82, of Lansing, died Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at Peterson Rehabilitation Center in Wheeling. She was born September 30, 1925 in Bellaire, Ohio, the daughter of the late Bolastaw and Catherine Kozlowski Tomaszewski. Cecelia was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Wolfhurst. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her...

Robert Elwood Pyle

Robert Elwood Pyle

Mar 19, 2008

ROBERT ELWOOD PYLE, 71, of Lansing, died Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at Heartland Lansing Care Center. He was born November 13, 1936 in Lansing, the son of Mary Krekel Pyle of Lansing and the late John "Jack" Pyle. Robert was a member of the Lansing United Methodist Church and was a packer and shipper of ceramics at Belco Crafts,...

Ann Louise Dinapoli

Ann Louise Dinapoli

Mar 19, 2008

Ann Louise DiNapoli of Tiltonsville, Ohio died at home on March 19th, 2008 at the age of 91. Ann was born in Adena, Ohio, on October 14, 1916, the daughter of Anne and John Bozick. She graduated from Adena High School. She met and married Ralph DiNapoli while working at the Yorkville Mill. Together they owned and operated DiNapoli...

Carl Criss

Carl Criss

Mar 18, 2008

CARL "GUIDO" CRISS, 70, Bridgeport, died Tuesday, at Wheeling Hospital. Guido was preceded in death by his parents William and Mary Evans Criss; three brothers George, Harry and Everett Criss and a sister Olive Marie Criss. Surviving are a son William of Flushing; a daughter Kimberly of Fairpoint; a brother John of Tampa, FL; four sisters Mary Hanlin of...