Category Obituaries

Bertha Reckner

Bertha Mae Reckner, 75, of Chester, WV, passed away June 24, 2021.Born in East Liverpool, Ohio on April 15, 1946, she was the daughter of the late Ira and Marjorie (Forman) Ring.Bertha was a member of the House of Prayer.She was preceded in death by…

Edward Loy

Edward Clyde Loy, 75, of Newell, passed away June 21, 2012.Born in East Liverpool, Ohio on June 12, 1946, he was the son of the late Delbert and Sara (Roe) Loy.After graduating from high school Mr. Loy worked for Crucible Steel. He then served with…

Rev. Ethel Dunaway

Rev. Ethel Harris Dunaway passed over to be with her Lord and Savior, Thursday, June 24, 2021, at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh. She was the youngest daughter of Okel and Zora Holley Harris, born in southern West Virginia, however, lived most of her life…

Billy Tustin

Billy ” Joe”  Tustin, 58, of Newell, passed away June 17, 2021. Born in Weirton, WV on September 7, 1962, he was the son of the late Donald and Sharon (Bartley) Tustin Sr. Joe formerly worked as a carpenter for Veto Riggi. He was a…

James Walker

James “Bill” Walker, 95, the unofficial mayor of Newell Heights, passed away June 14, 2021. Born August 7, 1925 in Middlebourne, WV, he was the son of the late James and Viola (Bellville) Walker. In addition to his parents, he was preceded by his first…

Vickie Whitehill

Vickie Wolfgang Whitehill, 63, of East Liverpool, passed, Sunday, June 20, 2021, at Trinity West Hospital in Steubenville, following a brief illness. Born, November 26, 1957, in East Liverpool, she is the oldest child of Patricia Godsey of Maryville, TN. She was preceded in death…

Shirley Beagle

Shirley M. Beagle, 85, loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend, passed away, Saturday, June 19, 2021, at Weirton Medical Center, due to ongoing health issues. Born, January 19, 1936, at home during a blizzard in Little Sancho Middlebourne, WV., she was the daughter of the…

Sue Fizer

Sue J. Fizer, 87, a lifelong resident of East Liverpool, passed at the Calcutta Health Care Center on Monday, June 21, 2021. A daughter of the late Daniel P. Wilson formerly of Hammondsville, and Helen Mautz Wilson, formerly of East Liverpool, she was born in…

Joseph W. Swan

Joseph W. “Swanee” Swan, 68, of New Cumberland, West Virginia, passed away on Monday, June 21, 2021. The youngest of five children of the late Kurt W. and Helen L. Burskey Swan, Joe was born August 29, 1952, in New Cumberland and had the distinction…