Category Obituaries

Arrangements were handled by Turley Funeral Home in New Cumberland.

William A. “Bill” Amos, 66 of Weirton passed at the Weirton Medical Center on Friday, January 22. 2021, following a brief illness.Bill was born in Weirton on March 18, 1954, to the late Robert F. and Bernice Leah Jackson Amos.Bill’s life was defined by his…

Ernest “Ernie” Schacht, 67, of Newell, WV, passed away January 18, 2021.Born in Sewickley, Pa. on January 24, 1953, he was the son of the late Ernest and Virginia (Smith) Schacht.Ernie was a forklift driver in the warehouse at Homer Laughlin China Company. He was…

Addilyn Ray Allen, stillborn, Wednesday, January 20, 2021, at Weirton Medical Center. She was born to Gary Michael Allen and Miranda Paige Fisher.She had beautiful greenish-blue eyes and sandy blonde hair.She was preceded in death by her maternal grandfathers, Steve Tagenhorst and Freddie Fisher.Addilyn is…

Roger Eugene Bowersox, 55, of New Cumberland, passed away January 20, 2021.Born in Mifflin, Pa. on September 1, 1965, he was the son of Shirley (Oldaker) Bowersox of Chester and the late James Bowersox.Roger was a former member of the New Cumberland Volunteer Fire Dept.Surviving…

Walter “Babe” Gibas, 84, of New Cumberland, passed away January 22, 2021.Born in East Liverpool, Ohio on May 24, 1936, he was the son of the late Walter Gibas and Mary Gibas Anderson.He worked for Globe Brick, Delivered Mail, Quaker State, and last working for…

Samuel Pruden, 79, of Newell, passed away January 17, 2021.Born in Chester, WV on September 10, 1941, he was the son of the late Charles and Virginia (Ripley) Pruden.Samuel retired after working 43 years at Homer Laughlin China Company, last working as a Kiln Placer.…

Tressie Vay Mitchell of Weirton, WV, formerly of New Manchester, WV, passed away on Saturday, January 16, 2021. She was 91.Born on October 6, 1929, in Akron, OH, Tressie was the third of six children born to Peter B. Hall and Retta Brannon Hall.Vay grew…

Flora Lee “Flo” Mitchell, 90, formally of Chester WV went to be with the Lord on January 14, 2021, following a brief illness. She passed away peacefully at her home in Ocala, Florida.Born on September 21, 1930, in Smithfield, Pa, she was the daughter of…