Obituaries

John Sr

John Sr

May 1, 2011

John âJackâ R. Hails, Sr., 85, of Collins Ferry Rd, Morgantown, and formerly of Bentleyville, PA, passed away Sunday evening, May 1, 2011, at Monongalia General Hospital.Jack was born in Trauger, PA on September 13, 1925, a son of the late Walter Muir and Gladys (Grigor) Hails.He was a long time member of Rock Forge Presbyterian Church and was...

Mark Fichtner

Mark Fichtner

Apr 27, 2011

Mark William Fichtner, 52, of Masontown formerly of Tyrone Road, passed away Wednesday, April 27, 2011, at his residence.Mark was born in Morgantown on March 25, 1959, the son of William Fichtner and the late Etta Mae Wright Fichtner.He graduated from University High School in 1977, after high school he began Charter Engineering which later became Francis Engineering. Mark...

Rose Panson

Rose Panson

Apr 27, 2011

Rose Catherine Panson, 85, of Morgantown passed away on Wednesday, April 27, 2011, at Ruby Memorial Hospital after a short illness.Rose was born in Morgantown on June 26, 1925, and was the daughter of the late Salvadore Sam) and Antionette Basile. Rose was a member of the Assumption Greek Orthodox Church and was a retired real estate agent for...

Ethel Rogers

Ethel Rogers

Apr 24, 2011

Ethel L. Rogers, 71, of Morgantown, passed away Sunday, April 24, 2011, at Madison Nursing & Rehab of Morgantown, with her family by her side.Ethel was born in Morgantown on February 26, 1940, the daughter of the late Oscar and Leo McCartney Metheny.She was Baptist by faith.She had been employed as a machine operator with the former Sterling Faucet...

Drusilla Brison

Drusilla Brison

Apr 21, 2011

Drusilla âDrewâ Brison of Morgantown, WV passed away April 21, 2011, after a three month battle with cancer. She was born Jan 15, 1920, in Baltimore, MD.She was a former member of Drummond Chapel Methodist Church, now a member of Calvary Methodist Church of Cheat Lake. She was seamstress for Virginia Chittum Dance School and Charlotte Dance Studio for...

Larry Osecky

Larry Osecky

Apr 16, 2011

Larry Allen Osecky, 58, of Cassville Mt. Morris Road, Morgantown, went to be with the Lord after a courageous battle with cancer Saturday, April 16, 2011.Larry was born in Morgantown on July 23, 1952, the son of Helen Jean Gamble Osecky of Morgantown and the late Stanley Osecky.He was employed by H. B. Arrison/Interstate Lumber for over 35 years.Larry...

Edward Horton

Edward Horton

Apr 11, 2011

Edward E. "Big E" Horton, 72, of the Old Cheat Road in Morgantown, passed away Monday, April 11, 2011, at Monongalia General Hospital, after a courageous battle with cancer surrounded by his loving family.Ed was born in Morgantown on February 28, 1939, the son of the late Robert and Mildred Boyles Horton.He was a member of the Woodland United...

Fred Bosley

Fred Bosley

Apr 10, 2011

Fred A. Bosley, 72, of Morgantown, passed away Sunday, April 10, 2011, at his residence.Fred was born in Morgantown on February 5, 1939, the son of the late James L. and Helen J. Flowers Bosley.He previously attended Hagans United Methodist Church. He was a member of the Moose Lodge of Morgantown. Fred loved taking his grandchildren hunting and fishing...

Cleatus Wilson

Cleatus Wilson

Apr 10, 2011

Cleatus E. âCleatâ Wilson, 82, Morgantown, passed away Sunday, April 10, 2011, at his residence.Cleatus was born in Waynesburg, PA on January 12, 1929, the son of the late Stanley and Mildred Wilson.He graduated from Clay Battelle High School in 1946 and served in the U.S. Air Force. He also attended The Church of Christ. He retired as an...

Edward Jr

Edward Jr

Apr 7, 2011

Edward Marvin Steel, Jr., 92, of Morgantown passed away April 7, 2011, after a short illness.Ed was born on Armistice Day, November 11, 1918, in Nashville, Tennessee, the son of the late Edward and Judith Wilkes Steel. He graduated from Harvard University in the class of '40. He served as a pilot in World War II and was a...

Margaret Hamrick

Margaret Hamrick

Apr 7, 2011

Margaret Lucille Murray Hamrick, 92, a three year resident of Fayetteville, WV, and formerly of Morgantown passed away Thursday afternoon, April 7, 2011 at her daughter's residence in Fayetteville after an extended illness.Born November 3, 1918 in Morgantown, she was a daughter of the late Sam Chapman and the late Edna Faye Murray.Survivors include her five children, Donald Siefert,...

Norma Morris

Norma Morris

Apr 3, 2011

Norma McKee Morris, 83, of Newport Street, Morgantown, passed away Sunday, April 3, 2011, at her home.Norma was born in Morgantown on March 7, 1928, the daughter of the late Willis Luther McKee and Maude Hester McKee.She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church. She was also a member of the Gamma Phi Beta Sorority and a life...

Sandra Constantine

Sandra Constantine

Mar 30, 2011

Sandra Lee Constantine, 73, of Star City passed away at her home after a brief but courageous battle with cancer on Wednesday, March 30, 2011. She was born March 9, 1938 in Zanesville, OH the daughter of William Henry and Clorine Shreve. Sandra was a member of Assumption Greek Orthodox Church. She was a graduate of Morgantown High School....

Jewel Cook

Jewel Cook

Mar 29, 2011

Jewel M. Cook, 85, of Cheat Lake, formerly of Cassville, passed away Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at her residence.Jewel was born in Arnettsville on December 12, 1925, the daughter of the late Artie Moore Cunningham and Bessie Mae Cunningham McNeill.She retired from West Virginia University after 30 years of service, with the last 15 years doing student records for...

William Prunty

William Prunty

Mar 27, 2011

William Frank âBillâ Prunty, 75, of Morgantown, WV died Sunday, March, 27, 2011.Bill was born in Oxford, WV on August 24, 1935, a son of the late C. O. Prunty and the late Gertrude Pratt Prunty.Bill previously resided in Clarksburg, WV, Bethel Park, PA and spent his winters in Lake Placid, FL.Bill graduated from Pennsboro High School and Salem...

Nancy Cramer

Nancy Cramer

Mar 26, 2011

Nancy Rowena Cramer, 79, passed away on March 26, 2011, at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, W.Va., following a short illness.She was born on July 25, 1931, on the family farm in Las Animas County, Colo., the fifth of five children born to Charles Robert Woolum and Bertha Ethel Mae Harmon. Orphaned at a young age, she lived much...

Adelaide Quaresma

Adelaide Quaresma

Mar 26, 2011

Adelaide K. Azzoli Carline Quaresma, age 105, died peacefully on March 26, 2011 at home in Morgantown, WV with her family by her side. Adie was born February 11, 1906 in Philadelphia, PA. Her parents were Francesco Azzoli and Angelina Pebrella Azzoli. For the past thirty years she has lived with her son and his wife, Dr. John L....

Eva Auber

Eva Auber

Mar 22, 2011

Eva M. Auber, 87, of Morgantown, passed awaqy Tuesday, March 22, 2011, at her home. Cremation services were provided by Hastings Funeral Home. A Memorial Mass will be held at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Star city on Tuesday, May 10 at 3:00 p.m. with Fr. John v. DiBacco as Celebrant.

Emilou Lagatta

Emilou Lagatta

Mar 20, 2011

Emilou LaGatta, 74, of Westover, passed away Sunday, March 20, 2011, at Monongalia General Hospital.Emilou was born in Good Hope, WV on January 11, 1937, the daughter of the late H. D. Smith and Emma J. Currey Smith.She was a member of St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church. Emilou managed Tri-AG Federal Credit Union for 27 years. She became...

Herman Walker

Herman Walker

Mar 19, 2011

Herman V. Walker passed away Saturday, March 19, 2011, after a courageous battle with cancer after being diagnosed on February 17, 2011.He was born February 3, 1923, at Coal Mountain, West Virginia, the son of Verlin E. Walker and Etta Mae West. When he was 5 weeks old, his mother died in a hospital in Huntington, West Virginia. He...