Obituaries

Reverend Petso

Reverend Petso

Dec 22, 2013

Reverend Violet L. Petso, 93, of Morgantown, a well known Methodist Minister in this area for many years, passed away Sunday evening, December 22, 2013 at Conchetta's Personal Care Home of Fairmont, WV. Rev. Petso was born in Ashe County, NC on September 19, 1920, a daughter of the late John Gaither Parsons and the late Jettia Anna (Pearson)...

Jeannette Gaspar

Jeannette Gaspar

Dec 22, 2013

Jeannette Price Gaspar, 98, formerly of Macomb Street, Morgantown, passed away Sunday, December 22, 2013 at Evergreen Assisted Living of Morgantown, WV, where she had been a resident for the past three years. Jeannette was born in Morgantown on May 2, 1915, a daughter of the late James Getting Price and the late Elizabeth Blanche (Henry) Price. Survivors include...

William Van Voorhis

William Van Voorhis

Dec 19, 2013

William Holbert Van Voorhis, 88, of Morgantown, passed away Thursday, December 19, 2013 at Ruby Memorial Hospital. He was born September 5, 1925, son of the late John R. and Mabel Holbert Van Voorhis. Bill grew up in Fort Martin and attended the one-room school located in that community. He was a 1943 graduate of Morgantown High School and...

Hayden Ward

Hayden Ward

Dec 19, 2013

Hayden W. Ward, Jr., 74, of Morgantown, WV, died Thursday, December 19, in Morgantown's Sundale Nursing Home where he had resided but a short time. Hayden was born to the late Hayden Wightman, Sr. and Jeanne Hansley Ward March 15, 1939, in New York, NY. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature from Columbia University in...

Matayah Patrick

Matayah Patrick

Dec 19, 2013

Matayah Lyric Patrick, infant daughter of Devan Patrick and Courtney Lewis of Fairmont, was made an angel shortly after birth on Thursday, December 19, 2013 at Ruby Memorial Hospital. In addition to her parents, survivors include her half siblings, Jasean A. Echols and Braelinn R. Lewis; maternal grandfather, Dwain R. Lewis of Morgantown;paternal great-grandmother, Diana Williams of Fairmont; maternal...

Virginia Haden

Virginia Haden

Dec 14, 2013

Virginia M. "Tillie" Haden of Morgantown, passed away Saturday, December 14, 2013 in the Hospice Care Unit of Sundale Nursing Home in Morgantown. She was born in Williamson, WV on June 18, 1918, and was the daughter of the late Anthony and Louisa Zavidic Cikovic. She was preceded in death by husband Samuel Haden; two sisters, Mary Cronin of...

Daniel Crawford

Daniel Crawford

Dec 12, 2013

Daniel James Crawford, 60, of Morgantown, passed away Thursday, December 12, 2013 at Ruby Memorial Hospital of Morgantown, WV. Daniel was born in Apollo, PA on January 25, 1953, the son of the late Arthur Glenn Crawford, Jr. and Mary Arlowyn (Gosnell) Crawford. Daniel was a manager at the Auto Zone in Sabraton and had previously worked at various...

Lester Miller

Lester Miller

Dec 12, 2013

Lester F. "Buster" Miller, 73, of Morgantown, passed away Thursday, December 12, 2013 at Monongalia General Hospital after a long battle with cancer. He was born November 22, 1940 in Morgantown, a son of the late Jesse French Miller and Vivian Clara Hooton Miller. He was a Methodist by faith. Buster was a retired coal miner at the Peabody...

Roland Guthrie Phd

Roland Guthrie Phd

Dec 11, 2013

Roland Lee Guthrie, PhD, 85 of Morgantown, passed away during the early morning hours of Wednesday, December 11, 2013, at Monongalia General Hospital. He was born April 5, 1928, in Charleston, WV, son of the late J Hawthaway and Erma Helen Stadler Guthrie. After growing up in Huntington, WV, and graduating from Huntington High School, Roland enlisted into the...

Doris Kelly

Doris Kelly

Dec 10, 2013

Doris Eleanor Dye Kelly, 90, of Morgantown, WV, passed away Tuesday, December 10, 2013, at Monongalia General Hospital. She was born in Elkins, WV, on June 24, 1923, to the late Percival Lowell Dye and Lena Margaret Wolfe Dye. She was a graduate of Elkins High School and attended Davis and Elkins College before transferring to West Virginia University...

Angelina Tomei Farrell

Angelina Tomei Farrell

Dec 10, 2013

Angelina A. Tomei Farrell, 95, of Morgantown, passed away Tuesday morning, December 10, 2013. She was born in Morgantown on July 25, 1918, the daughter of the late Joseph Tomei and the late Sarah (Girimonti) Tomei. Survivors three daughters, Sarah Courtney, Mark Park and Josephine Burnett and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...

Lois Wiles

Lois Wiles

Dec 8, 2013

Lois Irene Mowery Wiles, 87, of, Morgantown, passed away Sunday, December 8, 2013, at her residence. She was born in Antes Fort, PA on November 8, 1926; the daughter of the late Carl Stover Mowery and Lila Taylor Mowery Layfield. She was a longtime employee for the WV Bureau of Employment Security Office in the Unemployment Department. She was...

Travis Cupp

Travis Cupp

Dec 7, 2013

Travis James Cupp passed away at his home the morning of Saturday, December 7, 2013 with his daughter by his side. Travis will be dearly missed by his family and friends but will be welcomed into heaven as he is reunited with his wife and loved ones. Travis was born in the tiny town of Earth, Texas on April...

Kenneth Pierce

Kenneth Pierce

Dec 1, 2013

Kenneth Wayne Pierce, Jr., infant son of Kenneth Wayne Pierce and November Rain Hershman, passed away Friday, November 29, 2013 at his home. He was born October 8, 2013 in Morgantown and he will be sadly gone, but never forgotten by his parents. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his sister, Odessa Dawn Pierce; grandparents, Arlene...

Rudolph Gorda

Rudolph Gorda

Dec 1, 2013

Rudolph D. "Rudy" Gorda, 85, formerly of Grand Street, Morgantown, passed away Sunday, December 1, 2013, at his home in Westover surrounded by his five children. He was born in Morgantown, WV on August 16, 1928; son of the late James and Anna Gorda. Rudy was a lifelong member of St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church. Rudy graduated from...

Harold Crowe

Harold Crowe

Dec 1, 2013

Harold D. Crowe passed away December 1, 2013 at Sundale Nursing Home after a long battle with a heart condition and several other ailments. He was born September 23, 1927, a son of Norval D. Crowe and Draxie Baker Crowe of Little Falls, WV. He attended schools in Morgantown and worked several places including dairy farming and the railroad,...

Donald Wald

Donald Wald

Nov 29, 2013

Donald Marvin Wald, 91, of, Morgantown, passed away Friday, November 29, 2013 in Elkins, WV. He was born in Arkansas City, KS on December 21, 1921, the son of the late Bernhardt and Lois (Scott) Wald. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Marjorie Wald of Morgantown. Cremation services have been entrusted to the Hastings Funeral Home...

Allen Huffman

Allen Huffman

Nov 28, 2013

Allen Millard Huffman, 84, of Morgantown, passed away Thursday, November 28, 2013. He was born September 28, 1929 in Morgantown, a son of the late Walter and Ruth Johnson Huffman. He is survived by his wife, Marilyn Huffman of Morgantown and his sisters, Kay Wolford of Morgantown and Martha Faron of Virginia. In addition to his parents, he is...