Obituaries

Joseph Leo Morris
May 10, 2014
Joseph Leo Morris of 501 Dutchman’s Lane, Easton, MD (formerly of 901 Fairfax Drive, Morgantown, WV) died May 10, 2014, at The Memorial Hospital at Easton. He was 98 years old. He was the son of John and Rosey Sydelko Morris. He graduated from Sharples High School in Sharples, WV in 1935 and graduated from Berea College, KY with...

Jayden Michael Mccoy
May 8, 2014
Jayden Michael McCoy, 22 day old son of Christopher and Felicia Wilburn McCoy of Morgantown, passed away unexpectedly Thursday morning, May 8, 2014 at his residence. He was born April 16, 2014 in Morgantown. In addition to his parents, survivors include his brother, Christian Lee McCoy; his sister, Alissa Marie McCoy; paternal grandparents, Terry Daniel McCoy and his wife...

Patsy Ann Hall
May 6, 2014
Patsy Ann Hall, 68, of Morgantown, passed away Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at Ruby Memorial Hospital. She was born in Philippi, WV on November 29, 1945, the daughter of the late George Rodney Lipscomb and Beulah Isabelle Elsey Lipscomb. Patsy was a 1963 graduate of Aurora High School. She was a member of the Aurora Marching Band where she...

Roger Stuart Wetzel
May 5, 2014
Roger Stuart Wetzel, 66, of Morgantown, passed away Monday, May 5, 2014, at Ruby Memorial Hospital. He was born in Waynesboro, VA on November 24, 1947, the son of Raymond Karl Sebastian Wetzel and Sara Clark (Poole) Wetzel. He was a member of the Wesley United Methodist Church. Roger was a graduate of Wilson Memorial High School and went...

Clarence Lloyd Tennant
May 2, 2014
Clarence Lloyd Tennant, Sr. age 81 went to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, May 2, 2014. He peacefully left this world with his loving wife Betty by his side holding his hand, surrounded by his children and grandchildren. He was born in Blacksville, WV, the son of the late Florence and Dana Tennant. He was preceded...

Doris Yvonne Scotchel
Apr 29, 2014
Doris Yvonne Scotchel of Delaware Ave., Westover, passed away Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at her residence after an extended illness. She was born in Morgantown, a daughter of the late Louis Ray Shaffer and the late Jessie (Nelson) Shaffer. Survivors include her daughter, Patricia Mitchell, with whom she made her home; two grandchildren, Scott D. Mitchell and his wife...

Ethel Eileen Ward
Apr 28, 2014
Ethel Eileen Ward, 93, of 121 Woodland Ave., Morgantown, passed away Monday, April 28, 2014 at Rosewood Center of Grafton, WV. She was born in Worcester, Mass. on September 30, 1920, a daughter of the late Waldo V. Taillon and the late Mildred (Lawson) Taillon. Survivors include her son, Jeff Ward and his wife Terri Bellman Ward of Morgantown;...

Peter Francis Iyire
Apr 26, 2014
Peter Francis Iyire, 58, of Morgantown passed away April 26, 2014, at Monongalia General Hospital. Born August 26, 1955 in Akwa Ibom, Nigeria, Peter came to Morgantown in the late 1970's where he attended West Virginia University, graduating in 1983. Peter was recognizable by many in Morgantown for his long dread locked hair and distinctive colorful dress. Friends knew...

Elaine Hutchison
Apr 26, 2014
Elaine S. Hutchison, 88, of Morgantown, passed away Saturday, April 26, 2014 at Mapleshire Nursing Home & Rehabilitation Center. She was born in Philippi on July 26, 1925, the daughter of the late Herbert and Ruth (Squires) Smith. She is survived by one daughter, Ruth Ann King and her husband, Rick, of Hurricane, WV; three grandchildren , Ethan (Heather),...

Wilma Loretta Lipscomb
Apr 26, 2014
Wilma (Loretta) Lipscomb of Louise Avenue in Morgantown passed away Saturday, April 26th at Mon General Hospital following complications from a short illness. Loretta was born November 15, 1928 in Auvil, WV. She was the daughter of the late Hobert & Grace P. Boyles and was the youngest of 5 children. Loretta met the love of her life Harold...
Tomiko Gillespie
Apr 24, 2014
Tomiko Gillespie, 65, of Morgantown, passed away Thursday, April 24, 2014 at Ruby Memorial Hospital of Morgantown, WV.
She was born in Nagasaki, Japan on May 2, 1948, a daughter of the late Taziko and Yoshiko.
Survivors include her husband, Tom; and her siblings, Takeshi of Nagasaki, Japan, Kaoru of Tokyo,...

William Ray "Billy" Park
Apr 24, 2014
William Ray "Billy" Park, 54, of River Road, Morgantown, passed away Thursday, April 24, 2014 at Ruby Memorial Hospital. Bill went home to be with our Lord after a long illness. He was born in Morgantown on July 17, 1959, the son of Mary Louise (Farrell) Park of Jacksonville, FL and the late William Ray Park. He was a...

Rita Jo Solomon
Apr 24, 2014
Rita Jo Solomon, 80, of Morgantown, passed away early Thursday morning, April 24, 2014 at Sundale Nursing Home. She was born in Morgantown on November 20, 1933, a daughter of the late Michael Romano and the late Santina Scudiere Romano. Survivors include her three children, Michael L. Solomon and his wife Sheri, Alex Solomon and his wife Kelley and...

Patricia Allen
Apr 21, 2014
Patricia Darlene Allen, 74, of Unity Manor, Morgantown, passed away Monday, April 21, 2014 at Monongalia General Hospital. She was born in Morgantown on May 24, 1939, the daughter of the late George Lantz and the late Mabel (Karlen) Lantz. Survivors include her siblings, Gail Lantz and his wife Carol of Morgantown, and Judy Daft of Masontown; and many...

Wilma Harvey
Apr 20, 2014
Wilma Harvey, 86, of Morgantown, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, April 20, 2014 at Monongalia General Hospital surrounded by her loving family. She was born September 4, 1927 in Core, WV, a daughter of the late Foster Eamon Smith and Susanna Beatrice Fetty Easterday. She is survived by her husband of 66 years,...

William Lough
Apr 20, 2014
William Earl Lough, 91, of Northfield, MN formerly of Stewart Place Morgantown, passed away Sunday, April 20, 2014, at Three Links Care Center. He was born on August 4, 1922 in Morgantown, the youngest son of the late Herman Lester Lough and Alberta Herod Lough. William graduated from Morgantown High School in 1940. He graduated with honors from West...

William Lough
Apr 20, 2014
William E. Lough, formerly of Morgantown, passed away April 20, 2014, in Northfield, Minnesota. He was 91 years old. On Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015 his ashes will be buried at Beverly Hills Memorial Gardens in Morgantown next to Jeanne Lough, his wife for 65 years who predeceased him in 2009. At 10 o'clock AM a remembrance gathering will be...

Sarah Faleschini
Apr 18, 2014
Sarah Romano Faleschini, 87, lifelong resident of Westover and formerly of Madison Nursing and Rehab passed away Friday, April 18, 2014 at Monongalia General Hospital. She was born in Morgantown on October 2, 1926, the daughter of the late Joseph Romano and Josephine (Larato) Romano. Sarah was the office manager for G. C. Murphy, High Street, Morgantown and retired...

Linda Grimes
Apr 17, 2014
Heaven has gained another Angel. Linda L. Grimes, 68, of Morgantown, went to be with her beloved husband & son, Larry Sr. & Larry Jr., on Thursday, April 17, 2014 Linda was born in Morgantown on January 25, 1946, the daughter of the late Theodore & Garnet Austin. She lived in Paulsboro, NJ for 40 years, where she made...

Anthony Donaldson Tall
Apr 17, 2014
Anthony Donaldson Tall, age 87, of Morgantown, West Virginia, passed away of congestive heart failure on April 17, 2014 surrounded by his family. Don, as he was known, was born in Baltimore, Maryland on March 7, 1927, the only child of Webster Carleton Tall and Adele Donaldson Tall. He graduated high school from Baltimore City College, joined the Merchant...
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