Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Athens, Coolville, Pomeroy, OH and surrounding areas.

Pearl Witte

Pearl Witte

Jul 11, 2010

Pearl Witte Pearl Lenore Scott Witte, 86, of Belpre, OH passed away Sunday, July 11, 2010 at her residence. She was born June 27, 1924 in Coolville, OH daughter of the late Thomas and Lona McDonald Scott. She was a homemaker and retired from St. Joseph's Hospital on July 1, 1989. She was also a 1942 graduate of Carthage-Troy High...

Betty Shirk

Betty Shirk

Jul 10, 2010

Betty Jean Davis Shirk, 90, a long time resident of Athens, died Saturday the 10th of July at the Carriage Hill Rehabilitation Center in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Betty Jean Davis was born to Virginia H. and Ross M. Davis in 1920 in Clarksburg, West Virginia, the oldest of four children. Betty graduated in 1936 from high school in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. She...

Harry Luman

Harry Luman

Jul 9, 2010

ATHENS - Harry Winston Luman, 79, of Athens, died Friday, July 9, 2010 at Riverside Methodist Hospital. Born Oct. 6, 1930 in Athens, he was the son of the late John Wesley and Hazel Virginia Stahl Luman, Sr. He had worked for various steel construction companies building bridges and airport runways. He was a US Air Force Veteran of the...

Carl McPherson Sr.

Carl McPherson Sr.

Jul 8, 2010

Carl McPherson Sr. Carl E. McPherson, 67, of Stewart, OH passed away Thursday, July 8, 2010 at Marietta Memorial Hospital. He was born Feb. 12, 1943 in Guysville, OH son of the late Frank and Grace Wright McPherson. He was an Army National Guard veteran. He is survived by 3 sons, David, Carl Jr. Shannon and Mike Tiffany; 5 grandchildren,...

Frances Ervin

Frances Ervin

Jul 7, 2010

ATHENS - Frances A. Baker Ervin, 91, of Athens, died Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at Arcadia Nursing Home. Born April 3, 1919 in Canaanville, she was the daughter of the late Peter and Estella Buck Van Dyke. She is survived by two sons, Ray (Liz) Baker of Athens, Leon (Shirley) Baker of Hobe Sound, Florida; two daughters-in-law, Sandy Baker of...

Harold Goff Dunfee

Harold Goff Dunfee

Jul 6, 2010

Harold Dunfee Harold Goff Dunfee, 81, of Little Hocking, OH passed away Tuesday, July 6, 2010 at Arbors At Marietta. He was born Aug. 19, 1928 in Frost, OH son of the late Herman B. and Lela Brandeberry Dunfee. He was a 1945 graduate of Belpre High School, a 58 year member of the Coolville Masonic Lodge 337 F&AM, a...

Raymond Maxson

Raymond Maxson

Jul 6, 2010

Raymond Maxson Raymond Edwin Maxson born November 18, 1930 went to meet his Lord and Savior on July 6, 2010. He was a member of the Reedsville Fellowship Church of the Nazarene and was an Electrical Technician at Dupont for 33 1/2 years. Mr. Maxson was an avid roller hockey player, western square dancer, farmer and most of all he...

Winifred Marcinko

Winifred Marcinko

Jul 3, 2010

Winifred "Winnie" Marcinko Winifred "Winnie" Marcinko, 85, of Reedsville, OH passed away Friday, July 2, 2010 at Arcadia Nursing Center, Coolville, OH. She was born June 13, 1925 in Alma, WV daugter of the late Gilbert and Bessie Brown Baker. She was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church and a retired nurse at Veterans Memorial Hospital. She is...

Ila Williams

Ila Williams

Jul 1, 2010

THE PLAINS - Ila M. Williams, 86, of The Plains, went to be with the Lord Thursday, July 1, 2010 at The Pickering House in Lancaster. Born Oct. 3, 1923 in Athens, she was the daughter of the late Evert and Golda Lones Jones. She was a graduate of Albany High School and was an active member of the Nazarene...

Dorothy Leach

Dorothy Leach

Jun 27, 2010

ATHENS - Dorothy A. Leach, 76, of Lancaster, formerly of Athens, died Sunday, June 27, 2010 at Riverside Methodist Hospital. Born August 23, 1933 in Athens, she was the daughter of the late Edson and Ida Grubb Kelley. She attended Mechanicsburg School and graduated from ATHENS High School. She retired from JC Penney in Lancaster after 20 years of service....

Frederick Rente

Frederick Rente

Jun 25, 2010

ATHENS - Dr. Frederick W. "Ted& Rente, III, born May 12, 1932 in Buffalo, New York, passed June 25, 2010 at Kimes Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Dr. Rente was preceded in death by his parents, Sidney Raymond Rente and Susan Joyce Rente. He is survived by his wife of 35 years, Martha (Prox) Rente; daughters, Susan Lorraine Rente and Lynn...

William Smith

William Smith

Jun 22, 2010

William T. Smith, 72, died at 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 22, 2010, at Kobacker Hospice House in Columbus, Ohio. He was born on July 15, 1937, in Junction City, Oregon, to Helma Helen and Andrew Armintis Smith. He married Mary Leona Houser on Sept. 2, 1961 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Smith earned a bachelor's degree in biology from the...

Evelyn Russell

Evelyn Russell

Jun 19, 2010

MILLFIELD - Evelyn L. Russell, 65, of Millfield, died Saturday afternoon, June 19, 2010 at Grant Medical Center in Columbus. Born Nov. 4, 1944 in The Plains, she was the daughter of Pauline C. Tinkham Carr of Millfield and the late William F. Carr. She was a 1962 graduate of Chauncey-Dover High School and helped start and operate Sweat Hollow...

Morris Wayne Dunlap

Morris Wayne Dunlap

Jun 17, 2010

Morris Dunlap Morris Wayne Dunlap, 55, of Clearwater, Florida, formerly of Coolville, OH passed from this life on Thursday, June 17, 2010. Morris was born in Parkersburg, WV on Sept. 7, 1954 to Edwin and Viola Dunlap. He attended Federal Hocking Schools and served in the United States Army. He is survived by a sister, Carmen Dunlap; nieces, Carla Michelle...

Margaret Long

Margaret Long

Jun 14, 2010

Margaret Long Margaret Long, 75, of Coolville, OH passed away Monday, June 14, 2010 at Arcadia Nursing Center, Coolville, OH. She was born March 5, 1935 in Boone County, WV, daughter of the late Okey and Ruth Miller Jackson. She was a homemaker. She is survived by a son, Jim Long; a daughter, Belinda Gail Marlowe; 11 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren;...

Martha Bailey

Martha Bailey

Jun 7, 2010

Martha Bailey Martha Ann Bailey, 67, of Hockingport, OH left this life to join her Lord and loved ones in Heaven on Sunday, June 6, 2010 at Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital. She was born in Belpre, OH on Mon Feb. 26, 1943 to Louise Cantwell Posey of Arcadia Nursing Home and the late William Samuel Posey. Besides her mother, she is...

John Rose

John Rose

Jun 4, 2010

John "Doc" Rose John "Doc" Rose, 84, of Bashan, OH died Friday, June 4, 2010 at his residence. He was born Aug. 22, 1925 son of the late John C. and Dora Bookman Rose. He married Mary K. Tuttle Rose on May 18, 1948. He was an Army Veteran of World War II European Theatre Heavy Artillery, a life member...

Wilbur Colburn

Wilbur Colburn

Jun 1, 2010

LANCASTER - Wilbur Colburn, 99, of Lancaster, passed away Tuesday morning, June 1, 2010 at Crestview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Lancaster. Born Sept. 6, 1910 in Pratts Fork, he was the son of the late Clyde and Amanda Staneart Colburn. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. Retired operating engineer after 30 years and was...

Claudia Young

Claudia Young

Jun 1, 2010

Claudia R. Young Claudia R. Young, 83, of Stewart, OH formerly of #1 Kanawha Terr., St. Albans, WV went home to be with her Lord on June 1, 2010 at Hickory Creek Nursing Center, The Plains, OH. She was born March 10, 1927 in Salisbury, NC, daughter of the late Claude and Eula Latham McLemore. She was a member of...

Frances Grim

Frances Grim

May 25, 2010

Frances L. Grim Frances L. Grim, 85, of Stewart, OH passed away Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital, Athens, OH. She was born July 22, 1924 in Tuppers Plains, OH daughter of the late Henry and Ethel Mae Bowles Linthicum. She was a homemaker and a member of the Kilvert Community Church and the Kilvert Community Center. She...