Category Obituaries

OBITUARY: TIMMY HUGHES

Timmy Hughes, 19, of Chester, WV, passed away October 6, 2022. Born February 5, 2003 in Weirton, WV, he was the son of Amanda Lowther of Chester and Billy Hughes of Florida. Timmy graduated in 2021 from Oak Glen High School. He attended The Everyday…

OBITUARY: HESS

 Dorothy Hess,93, of New Cumberland, WV went home to be with her Lord on September 30,2022. Born February 25, 1929, in Salem, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late the  Merle and Eula (Bonsell) DeRhodes. She was a member of the Christian Church. She was…

OBITUARY: JAMES DOAK

James D. “Jim” Doak, 87, of New Cumberland, WV passed away Friday, September 30, 2022 at home.  e was born February 24, 1935 in New Cumberland, WV a son of the late James W. Doak & Mildred Myrtle (Glover) (Doak) Huffman.    Jim is also preceded in…

OBITUARY: ELIZABETH LANEVE

.Elizabeth A. Laneve of Newell passed at The Orchards of East Liverpool on Thursday, September 29, 2022, following a two-month illness.Elizabeth was born in East Liverpool on October 8, 1950, to the late Anthony F. and Nancy Musuraca Laneve. She was 71 years old.Elizabeth retired…

OBITUARY: JUDITH BRYAN

Judith Mary Bryan of Chester, WV., passed away at her daughter’s home on Saturday, October 1, 2022. She was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer less than a month ago.Judy was born on March 17, 1947, in East Liverpool Ohio to the late Blondena Hogue…

OBITUARY: DENZIL “BUCK” OWENS

    Denzel “Buck” Owen, 78, of New Cumberland, WV passed away Sunday, September 25, 2022 at Wyngate in Weirton, WV.     He was born December 19, 1943 in Doddridge County, WV a son of the late Cecil & Hazel (Greathouse) Owens.     Denzel is also…

OBITUARY: ORPHA SWAIN

 Orpha J. Swain, 97, passed away on September 13, 2022, at home in Doswell, VA. Born November 16, 1924, in Chester WV. Living most of her life in New Cumberland, then spent the latter years of her life in Doswell, VA. Orpha graduated from Chester…

OBITUARY: RONALD BONDO

AMRonald Bondo, 86, of New Cumberland, passed, Saturday, September 17, 2022, at East Liverpool City Hospital, following a lengthy illness.Born, November 20, 1935, in Weirton, he was the son of the late Steven and Jeanette Bainbridge Bondo.Ron was also preceded in death by his twin…

OBITUARY: GEORGE MERKICH

George W. Merkich, 85, of Weirton, passed, Thursday, September 15, 2022, at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh. Born, July 7 1937, in New Cumberland, he was the son of the late George and Sarah Ella Robinson Merkich. He was preceded in death by 6 of his…