Obituaries

John Swihart

John Swihart

Dec 19, 2010

John Franklin Swihart, 68, passed away December 19, 2010. John was born November 17, 1942 in Nineveh, PA. John was the son of the late Joseph Charles Swihart Sr. and Loverna Madge Dunn Swihart. He was a member Park Baptist Church in McKeesport.He is survived by three sisters and one brother. Loverna Gilbert and Richard Swihart of McKeesport, PA.,...

Katherine Lee

Katherine Lee

Dec 19, 2010

Katherine Englehart Lee, 79, of Morgantown, passed away at her residence peacefully in her sleep on Sunday, December 19, 2010.Katherine âKayâ was born in Morgantown on October 27, 1931, the daughter of the late John Charles and Belvia Virginia Palmer Englehart. She was a 1949 graduate of Morgantown High School and a graduate of Wheeling Barber College. She worked...

Kathryn Fortney

Kathryn Fortney

Dec 19, 2010

Kathryn Ruth McGinnis Fortney, 73, of Woodland Terrace, Morgantown, passed away Sunday, December 19, 2010 at Monongalia General Hospital.She was born in National, WV on April 25, 1937, a daughter of the late Clarence McGinnis and the late Nina (Rowe) McGinnis. Survivors include her husband, James Albert Fortney, Jr. five children, Debbie Brown and husband Michael of Soddy Daisy,...

Betty Beaumont

Betty Beaumont

Dec 16, 2010

Betty Beaumont of Huntington passed away peacefully in Morgantown on Wednesday, December 16, 2009. Betty was born in Caerphilly, Wales, the daughter of the late Winifred Hughes Broughton and Fred Broughton. Betty was preceded in death by Arthur John Beaumont of Huntington her husband of fifty-seven years. She is survived by a son Arthur John Beaumont, Jr. and daughter-in-law...

Matsu Hardman

Matsu Hardman

Dec 14, 2010

Matsu Saito Hardman, 61, of Brockway Ave., Morgantown, passed away Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at Ruby Memorial Hospital after a sudden illness.Matsu was born in Naganuma, Yubari County, Hokkaido, Japan on April 15, 1949, a daughter of Miyo Yamada Saito of Japan and the late Isamu Saito.She will be sadly missed by her son, her many friends in the...

Mary Jacobs

Mary Jacobs

Dec 12, 2010

Mary Elizabeth Davis Jacobs of Morgantown, aged 93 years, died Sunday afternoon, December 12, 2010, at her home. She was born January 25, 1917, the second of four daughters to Samuel Walter and Josephine Smith Davis in Jackson County, West Virginia.She graduated from Gilmore High School in Sandyville, WV in 1934, after which she came to Morgantown to attend...

Robert Swiger

Robert Swiger

Dec 12, 2010

Robert (Ken) Swiger of Morgantown passed away on Sunday, December 12, 2010 at his home after a long battle with cancer. Before retirement he worked as a Field Superintendant with Zeni Drilling Company. During this time he worked on projects in various locations such as Australia, Papua New Guinea and Nova Scotia. He was a co-owner of Century 21...

Roger Roberts

Roger Roberts

Dec 12, 2010

Roger Roberts, 65,of Morgantown, passed away Sunday, December 12, 2010 at Golden Living Center of Morgantown, WV.Roger was born in Mobile on November 27, 1945, Survived by his wife Kathleen Roberts. Interment will 12/14/2010 in Omega Crematory, Morgantown.Send condolences online at www.hastingsfuneralhome.com.

Sarah Boyers-Canby

Sarah Boyers-Canby

Dec 7, 2010

Sarah (Ruth) Boyers-Canby left her earthly home and joined her loved ones Tuesday, December 7, 2010.She was the daughter of Allen and Mary Ann McBee Price. She was born in Monongalia County, Clinton District on March 16, 1913. She was a member of the First Baptist Church on High Street since 1927.She was a member of Eastern Star Chapter...

Elinor Richards

Elinor Richards

Dec 6, 2010

Elinor Anderson Richards, 91, of Kingwood Pike, Morgantown, passed away Monday, December 6, 2010, at her home.She was born September 22, 1919, in Morgantown the daughter of the late John D. and Opal Smell Anderson. Elinor received her Library of Science Degree from West Virginia University and retired from Amherst College, Amherst, MA as head of the cataloging department...

John Stevens

John Stevens

Dec 5, 2010

John Robert Stevens, 88, of, Morgantown, passed peacefully Sunday, December 5, 2010, at Monongalia General Hospital.John was born May 31, 1922, in Pursglove, WV, the son of the late Vincent Stevens, Sr. and Grace Rachel Stevens. He graduated from University High School in 1940, and was employed with Pursglove Coal Company as a laborer prior to enlisting in the...

Betty Brand

Betty Brand

Dec 3, 2010

Betty Jane Adams Brand, 85, of Lakeland, FL and formerly of Morgantown, went to join our Lord on Friday, December 3, 2010 at the Hawthorne Inn & Assisted Living Center in Lakeland, FL. Betty was born in Morgantown on March 29, 1925 a daughter of the late Gilbert Carl Adams and Maria Jane Brandt Adams.Betty graduated from University High...

Floyd Wiles

Floyd Wiles

Dec 3, 2010

Floyd Leslie Wiles, 86, of Morgantown, passed away Friday, December 3, 2010, at his residence. He was born January 21, 1924, in Zanesville, OH, a son of the late Edgar A. and Emma Mae Fox Wiles. He served in the U.S. Navy Air Corps during World War II He received a B.S. in Forestry from Penn State University. He...

Esther Wise

Esther Wise

Dec 2, 2010

Esther Jane Whisler Wise, 96, of Brookhaven Road, Morgantown, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, December 2, 2010.Esther was born on October 10, 1914, on the Whisler farm positioned on the Monongalia and Wetzel County borders near Wadestown,WV. She was the youngest child and only daughter of the late Abram Kingsley Whisler and Sarah Etta Bartrug Whisler....

Thomas Elliott

Thomas Elliott

Dec 1, 2010

Thomas Raymond Elliott, 42, of Morgantown, WV and formally of Cumberland, MD passed away Wednesday, December 1, 2010, at Ruby Memorial Hospital from complications associated with Peripheral T Cell Lymphoma. Mr. Elliott was born in Cumberland, MD on February 25, 1968, to R. Thomas and G. Louise Schwinabart Elliott. He was preceded in death by grandparents J. Raymond and...

Joseph Mcardle

Joseph Mcardle

Nov 27, 2010

Joseph Franklin McArdle, Jr., 78 of Morgantown, passed away Saturday, November 27, 2010 at his residence.Joe was born in Smithtown on February 29, 1932, a son of the late Joseph Franklin McArdle, Sr. and Hazel Marie (Trader) McArdle.Joe graduated from Morgantown High School and attended the Morgantown Business College. He was a veteran of the United States Navy during...

James Garletts

James Garletts

Nov 24, 2010

James Morgan Garletts, 76, of 822 Somerset Street, Morgantown, passed away Wednesday, November 24, 2010 at his residence.James was born in Morgantown on June 10, 1934, a son of the late James C. Garletts and the late Augusta (Kalons) Garletts. James graduated from Morgantown High School. Immediately after graduation, he enlisted in the United States Air Force where he...

Reuben Fazenbaker

Reuben Fazenbaker

Nov 22, 2010

Reuben Keith Fazenbaker, 58, of Gladesville Rd., Independence, passed away Monday, November 22, 2010 at his residence.Reuben was born in Morgantown on December 30, 1951, a son of the late Otha Fazenbaker and the late Eliza (Britton) Fazenbaker.Survivors include his wife, Martha Bell Haun Fazenbaker one son, Ernest Lee Fazenbaker & his wife, Kathryn and one daughter, Jessica Dawn...

Elsie Colebank

Elsie Colebank

Nov 19, 2010

Elsie Marie Fasching Colebank, 85, of Ridgeley, WV formerly of Morgantown, passed away Friday, November 19, 2010 at Western Maryland Health System of Cumberland, MD.She was born in Banning, PA on September 16, 1925, the daughter of the late George Edward Fasching, Sr. and Suzanna Veronica (Haley) Fasching.Elsie was a member of the Canyon Presbyterian Church where she helped...