obituaries

Apr 29, 2015

Curtis E. Rainer, 74, of Stockport, died on Weds. April 29, 2015 at his residence. He was born on July 25, 1940 in Stockport to the late Gerald and Avis Sheets Rainer. He served his country in the U.S. Air Force for 12 years during the Vietnam War. He worked for Ace Truck Body in Grove City for over...

Apr 24, 2015

Margaret L. Valentine, 89 of McConnelsville, died on Friday, April 24, 2015 at her home. She was born on January 7, 1926 in Welch, West Virginia to the late Gale J. and Dorothy Morris Graham. She worked for many years as a school teacher for the Morgan County School District and attended both the Trinity United Methodist Church in...

Apr 23, 2015

Opal Lucille Riley, 83 of McConnelsville, died on Thursday, April 23, 2015 at the Riverside Country Care Center in McConnelsville. She was born on November 28, 1931 in McConnelsville to the late John and Lucille Hill Marshall. She was a homemaker and a member of the Meigs Church of Christ. She is survived by 2 sons, Tony A. Riley...

Apr 21, 2015

Nancy Anne Marie Grandy, 90 of Stockport, died on Tues., April 21, 2015 at the Riverside Landing Nursing Home in McConnelsville. She was born on March 12, 1925 in Minneapolis, MN to the late John A. and Donna LaCras Smith. She was a graduate of Marietta High School and the Ohio State University. She was a veteran of WWII...

Apr 18, 2015

Helen Irene Desaavedra, 90, of Stockport, died on Saturday, April 18, 2015 at her residence. She was born on November 12, 1924 in Grove City, Ohio to the late Michael and Irene DiFrancisco. She was a homemaker and loved taking care of her family. She is survived by her husband, John Pierre Desaavedra of the home, 4 sons, John...

Apr 17, 2015

Wendell F. Duncan, 54, of Chesterhill, died on Friday, April 17, 2015 at his home. He was born on August 29, 1960 in Chesterhill to the late Chester E. and Waunita Duncan. He was the owner and operator of his own small engine repair shop in Chesterhill and also worked for the Gilchrest family in Sharpsburg. He was a...

Apr 16, 2015

Betty L. Jadwin 80, of Chesterhill passed away at 7 :05 p.m. April 16, 2015 at Heartland of Marietta. She was born Feb. 7, 1935 in Washington County the daughter of the late Raymond Roberts and Ethel Shuster Roberts. She was a housewife. Surviving are a daughter Lena (Larry) Sherman of Stockport and a son Samuel Jadwin Jr. of...

Apr 14, 2015

William C. "Bill" Harman, 78, 0f McConnelsville passed away at 7:55 p.m. Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at the Marietta Memorial Hospital in Marietta. He was born July 14,1936 in Morgan County to the late Herbert Harman and Beulah Taylor Harman. Bill was a farmer and a welder. He worked for A.E.P. at the Muskingum River Plant in Beverly for...

Apr 12, 2015

Patricia A. Ferrier, 68, 0f McConnelsville passed away Sunday, April 12,2015 at her home. She was born September 28,1946 in Huntington, W.V. to the late Kenneth Ray and Erma Christopher Ray. Patricia was the former owner of River Valley Lanes Bowling Alley of McConnelsville for many years. She is survived by a daughter Tricia Ferrier, three grandchildren Zachary Ferrier...

Apr 12, 2015

Robert G. Fisher, 65 of Malta, died on Sunday, April 12, 2015 at his residence. He was born on August 6, 1949 in Hackney, Ohio to the late Floyd L. and Lena M. Quimby Fisher. He retired from Malta Manufacturing in Malta where he worked as the Transportation and Shipping Supervisor. He is survived by his wife Jackie A....

Apr 10, 2015

John Galen Nelson 77, of McConnelsville, was born July 29, 1937, to James and Maggie Gorrell Nelson. He married Wanda Sue Foraker on June 9, 1956. He passed away, suddenly, on Friday, April 10, 2015 at his home. John and Wanda moved to Neelysville in 1959 where he worked in his family cabinet shop, from 1965 to 1975 he...

Apr 7, 2015

Frieda Juanita Lawrence, 88 of Belpre, died on Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at the Marietta Memorial Hospital. She was born on November 13, 1926 in Amesville, Ohio to the late Archie and Nellie Fawcett McCune. She worked as a clerk for Stiffler Shoes and Morris Hardware in McConnelsville. She is survived by her son Kevin G. Lawrence of Belpre,...

Apr 6, 2015

Lois Genevieve Burkheimer Wolfe, 81, of McConnelsville, passed away at 1:10 p.m. Monday, April 6, 2015, at the Highland Oaks Health Center in McConnelsville.

"Jennie," as she was known to her family, was born November 10, 1933, in Meigs Township, Morgan County, the fourth child of W. M. "Barky" Burkheimer and Glenna Morrison Burkheimer.

She...

Apr 2, 2015

Wilmadean Reed 87, of Cumberland passed away at 12:10 a.m. April 2, 2015 at Summit Acres Care Center in Caldwell. She was born July 26, 1927 in Noble County the daughter of the late Homer Yoho and Alberta George Yoho. She was a past member of Neelysville Grange and a member of the Ebenezer United Methodist Church, OCCL and...

Mar 30, 2015

Dale W. Rollison, 90 of Zanesville, formerly of McConnelsville, died on Monday, March 30, 2015 at the Morrison House Hospice in Zanesville. He was born on November 13, 1924 in Stockport, Ohio to the late Raymond and Elizabeth Breeze Rollison. He worked for the Wagner Oil Company for 23 years until it was bought out by Neff Oil Company...

Mar 27, 2015

Mary A. Hook McGee, 63 of Chesterhill, died on Friday, March 27, 2015 at the Riverside Landing Nursing Home in McConnelsville. She was born on January 7, 1952 in Corning, Ohio to the late Barney and Helen VanPerson Hook. She was a homemaker who loved caring for her children. She is survived by her husband, Leonard McGee of Chesterhill,...

Mar 24, 2015

Crystal E. Clarke Murnahan, 56, of Springfield formerly of Malta died on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at the Springfield Regional Medical Center. She was born on July 14, 1958 in Columbus, Ohio to the late Ralph and Lena Forester Clarke. She spent her life as a homemaker taking care of her children and family. She is survived by her...

Mar 15, 2015

Elmer H. Riffle, 78, of Stockport, passed away at 3:50 p.m. Sunday, March 15, 2015, at the Genesis Morrison House in Zanesville.

He was born December 17, 1936, in York Township, Morgan County, a son of the late Gilbert Riffle and Hazel Adkin.

Mr. Riffle worked at Rockwell International for 24 years and was an...

Mar 13, 2015

Kate Lewis Harrison age 84 of E. McConnel Ave., McConnelsville, O. passed away Friday March 13, 2015 at 2:19 a.m. at Hospice/Morrison House Zanesville, O. She was a wonderful wife, mother, mamaw and will be dearly missed by her family and friends. Kate was born Feb. 5, 1931 In Riffle, W. Va. The daughter of the late Paul and...

Mar 11, 2015

Dorsey R. Adkins, 86, of Beverly, passed away at 10:10 p.m. Wednesday, March 11, 2015, at Highland Oaks Health Center in McConnelsville.

He was born October 27, 1928, in Summers Co., West Virginia, a son of the late Seldon Adkins and Maude Wiseman.

He retired in 1995 from Adkins Logging where he was the former...