Obituaries

Rita Dr
Jun 10, 2011
Dr. Rita Kay Payne, of Morgantown, passed away unexpectedly on June 10, 2011. Dr. Payne was born Feb. 17, 1951, in Slaton, Texas, to Dr. Glen Bradley Payne and Mary Higgins Payne. She graduated from the University of Texas School of Medicine, Galveston, in 1980. For over 30 years, Dr. Payne provided dedicated, compassionate and extraordinary obstetrical and gynecological...

James Gatian
Jun 6, 2011
James Lee Gatian, 77, of Morgantown, passed away Monday, June 6, 2011, at Sundale Nursing Home. James was born in Morgantown on January 17, 1934, the son of the late James Lee and Daisy Pringle Gatian.He served in the U.S. Marine Corp. during the Korean War. He was a city inspector for the City of Morgantown. Prior to that...

Chauncey Fawley
Jun 4, 2011
Chauncey Braxton Fawley, 30, of Morgantown, passed away on Saturday, June 4, 2011.Chauncey was born in Morgantown on April 27, 1981, the son of O.B. Fawley, Jr. and Pamela (Shelton) Fawley, MD and lived most of his life on Dorseyâs Knob. He graduated from Morgantown High School in 2000 where he played football. He was a Registered Nurse, having...

Donald Hemmann
Jun 4, 2011
Donald C. âDonâ Hemmann, 91, of Morgantown, passed away Saturday, June 4, 2011, at Madison Nursing & Rehab.Friends will be received at Hastings Funeral Home, 153 Spruce St., Morgantown, from 4-8p.m. on Tuesday, June 7, and from 10-11a.m. on Wednesday, June 8. A funeral service will be held in the funeral home at 11a.m Wednesday, with Rev. Dr. John...

Aldo Rinaldi
Jun 3, 2011
Aldo J. Rinaldi, 86, of Morgantown, passed away Friday, June 3, 2011 at his residence.Aldo was born in Charleston on February 15, 1925, the son of the late Joseph Rinaldi and Adele Maracci Rinaldi.He was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church.He was a U. S. Army veteran of World War II serving in Germany. Aldo was the founder...

Kenneth Bolyard
Jun 2, 2011
Kenneth E. (Ken) Bolyard, 89, of Morgantown, passed away Thursday, June 2, 2011 at Ruby Memorial Hospital.Kenneth was born in Sinclair, WV on July 4,1921, son of the late Britton and Jennie (Wolfe) Bolyard. He was the eldest of sixteen children.He was a member of Woodland United Methodist Church which he rebuilt in 1983 after a devastating fire. He...

Delores Sweet
Jun 1, 2011
Delores Ehrich Sweet of Morgantown, WV, passed away on Wednesday, June 1, at Golden Living Nursing Home.Delores was born in Blue Earth, MN, on September 5, 1930, a daughter of Robert Ehrich and Meta (Abraham) Ehrich. Despite the challenges of living with multiple sclerosis since 1964, Delores Sweet was an attentive and loving wife, mother, and grandmother.She is preceded...

Charles Lazzell
May 30, 2011
God looked around his garden and found an empty place for Charles Thomas Lazzell. Charles lost his 13 year fight against heart and kidney disease on Monday, May 30, 2011with his family by his side.Charles, 71, was born in Morgantown, WV on October 16, 1939. He was a twin and they were the first set of twins born at...

Sarah Stuchell
May 28, 2011
Sarah Stuchell, 84, of Morgantown, passed away Saturday, May 28, 2011, at Sundale Nursing Home of Morgantown, WV.Sarah was born in Preston County on September 26, 1926, the daughter of the late Kenneth and Rosie Rager Freeland.She was a homemaker who loved to sing and was wonderful at yodeling. She is survived by her daughter Mary Jean Lyle and...

Tina Arnold
May 27, 2011
Tina Marie Arnold, 44, of Pierpont Meadows Village, Morgantown, passed away Friday, May 27, 2011, at Monongalia General Hospital after a lifetime of illness. She was born June 2, 1966, in Morgantown the daughter of the late Richard K. and Maxine S. (Tootie) Chidester. Tina was a loving wife, mother and friend to all she met. She was an...

Robert Jr
May 25, 2011
Robert James âBearâ Williams, Jr., 61, of Fairmont, passed away Friday, May 20, 2011 at Ruby Memorial Hospital.Bear was born in Monongalia County on March 25, 1950, a son of the late Robert J. Williams, Sr. and Velma Gibson McGee. He was also a step-son to the late Dora Williams.Survivors include his son, Robert James âRJâ Williams, III of...

Edith Konchesky
May 24, 2011
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our Aunt, Edith Konchesky. Edith, 82, of Jacobs Drive, Morgantown, passed away early Tuesday morning, May 24, 2011 at Windy Hill Manor in Kigwood WV. Edith was born in Morgantown on November 28, 1928, the daughter of the late Adam Konchesky and Mary Scotchell Konchesky. In addition to...

Doris Robison
May 24, 2011
Doris Mae Robison, 77, of Morgantown, WV, passed away peacefully at Mapleshire Nursing Facility, Tuesday May 24, 2011.She was born March 12, 1934 in Howesville WV, a daughter of the late Charles and Gail Craig Neville.A beloved mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, she was a homemaker and life-long resident of Morgantown who loved caring for her family.She is survived...

Mike Hudak
May 23, 2011
Mike Hudak, 84, of John Poole Rd., Morgantown, passed away Monday, May 23, 2011 at his residence.He was born on February 26, 1927, in Morgantown, the son of the late John and Helen Hritz Hudak. He was Catholic by faith. Mike was a graduate of Morgantown High School. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II...

Hazel Mcdonald
May 22, 2011
Hazel Mae McDonald, 92, of Beulah Road, Morgantown, went home to be with the Lord on May 22, 2011. Hazel was born on October 4, 1918 in Morgantown a daughter of the late Robert A. Keener and Frances Drusella Shaw Keener. Hazel was known by her family and friends as a loving Christian woman who had a strong belief...

Ruth Barker
May 21, 2011
Ruth Ann Davis Barker, 87, a lifelong resident of Morgantown and Brookhaven, passed away Sunday, May 22, 2011 at Monongalia General Hospital.Ruth was born October 12, 1923 in the home of her grandparents at âthe bridgeâ near Rock Forge, the eldest daughter of the late William John and Margaret Katherine Blakley Davis. Ruth was baptized as a child in...

Betty Defere
May 20, 2011
Betty J. DeFere, 89, of Richland Ave., Morgantown, passed away Friday, May 20, 2011, at Sundale Nursing Home.Betty was born in Morgantown on June 11, 1921, the daughter of the late Thomas and Bernadine (DeWitt) Little.She was Presbyterian by faith. She was a former president of the Ladies Golf Association of the Morgantown Golf and Country Club. She enjoyed...

Robert Hartley
May 20, 2011
Robert L. âBobâ Hartley, 91, of Morgantown, passed away Friday, May 20, 2011, at Monongalia General Hospital. Bob was born in Morgantown on July 19, 1919, the son of the late Charles H. Hartley and Ruth Miller Hartley. He graduated from the West Virginia University in 1943 with a degree in Agriculture. He retired in 1976 with over 25...

Juanita Bukrim
May 17, 2011
Juanita Viola Bukrim, 76, of Wades Road, Morgantown, passed away early Tuesday morning, May 17, 2011, at her residence surrounded by her family. Juanita was born in Dellslow on December 20, 1934, a daughter of the late Theodore and Emma (McKinney) Hilling.She loved the Lord and she loved her family. She enjoyed cooking and baking for others, crocheting lap...

Freddie Sheppard
May 16, 2011
Freddie Ronald âRonâ Sheppard, 73, of Unity Manor Apartments, Morgantown, passed away Monday, May 16, 2011 at Ruby Memorial Hospital.Ron was born in Avondale Estates, GA on March 30, 1938, a son of the late Henry and Nellie Bennett Sheppard.Survivors include his four children, Jennifer Sheppard of Morgantown, Amy Demas and husband Mark and Jessica Alaidy all of Spokane,...
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