Obituaries

Thelma Ann Brummage Mcginnis

Thelma Ann Brummage Mcginnis

May 28, 2020

Thelma Ann Brummage McGinnis, 80 of Morgantown went home to her Lord & Savior on Thursday, May 28, 2020 after a battle with cancer. Thelma was the foster daughter of the late Sophie West and raised in a good Christian home. She was a home-maker and held several retail jobs, a nanny for Pediatrician Dr. Luna Iskander, cared for...

Carrie May Johnson Wallace

Carrie May Johnson Wallace

May 26, 2020

Carrie Wallace, 94, of Morgantown, died Tuesday, May 26th at Ruby Memorial Hospital. She was born January 3, 1926 in Charleston, WV, a daughter of Elsie Jackson. Mrs. Wallace formerly worked as a clerk in the retail industry and in her free time, enjoyed fishing. She is survived by her son, Cary Johnson of Morgantown; a niece and nephew,...

Brian William Thomas

Brian William Thomas

May 25, 2020

Brian William Thomas, 33, of Morgantown, passed away at Mon Health Medical Center on Monday, May 25, 2020. He was born on January 1, 1987, a son of John Thomas and Ann Coleman. Brian was a 2005 graduate of Morgantown High School where he was a member of the marching band. He worked as an auto mechanic in the...

Ravi Shibley

Ravi Shibley

May 25, 2020

Ravi Shibley, 49, of Morgantown, passed away of natural causes on Monday, May 25, 2020. He was born on July 17, 1970, son of John and Gail Shibley.

Ravi was a 1988 graduate of Morgantown High School and attended college at West Virginia University. Ravi attended WVU on an athletic scholarship and played college baseball...

Isolina Hazel Gasper

Isolina Hazel Gasper

May 25, 2020

Isolina Hazel Gasper, 99, of Morgantown, passed away at Point Manor Personal Care Home on Monday, May 25, 2020. She was born August 6, 1920, in Harding, West Virginia, daughter of the late Domenick DeProspero and Josephine Mastrogiuseppe. Hazel was employed for a total of 30 years with Charlotte’s Dance Studio. She married Charles Peter Gasper on April 15,...

Russell Scott Paptick

Russell Scott Paptick

May 24, 2020

Russell Scott Paptick, 59, of Cheat Lake, passed away on Sunday, May 24, 2020, at J W Ruby Memorial hospital of medical complications. He was born on August 11, 1960, son of the late Russell and Patricia M. Paptick. Scott was a retired coal miner. He loved playing softball and was an avid Pittsburgh Pirates and Steelers fan. He...

Tonya Anne Trader

Tonya Anne Trader

May 21, 2020

Tonya Anne Trader, 45, of Independence, WV passed away at Ruby Memorial Hospital May 21, 2020 from a brief illness. She was born July 25, 1974 a daughter of Kim Anne Hickman and the late David Leroy Trader. Tonya is survived by her mother Kim; brother, Tim Trader; two stepbrothers, Eric Hickman & Jeff Hickman Jr.; and many aunts,...

Nicole Victoria Markusic

Nicole Victoria Markusic

May 19, 2020

Nicole Victoria Markusic, 48, of Nashua, New Hampshire, formerly of Morgantown, West Virginia, passed away suddenly on May 19, 2020. She graduated from St. Francis High School in 1990 and attended Potomac State College and Fairmont State College. In the 1990s, she was an on-air personality for WMQC (Magic 101) in Morgantown. She began her career in the travel...

Frances Jean (Davis) Hagedorn

Frances Jean (Davis) Hagedorn

May 18, 2020

Frances Jean (Davis) Hagedorn, 93, of Morgantown, died Monday, May 18, 2020 at her home. She was born February 5, 1927 in Morgantown, a daughter of the late William Arlington and Sarah Myrtle (Johnson) Davis. Mrs. Hagedorn attended Nicholson Chapel Church for many years and retired from West Virginia University with several years of service. She is survived by...

Guy Douglas Furman

Guy Douglas Furman

May 17, 2020

Guy Douglas Furman, 79, of Cheat Lake, passed away Sunday, May 17, at his home. Guy was born on February 19, 1941, the son of the late Harry and June Furman. Guy graduated from University High School in 1958. He went on to be a member of Local 15 Bricklayers Union for 60 years and was self-employed. He was...

Rose Ann Gillespie

Rose Ann Gillespie

May 15, 2020

Rose Ann "Judie" Gillespie, 77, of Cassville, passed away on May 15 at the Mon Health Medical Center after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born on June 21, 1942, the daughter of the late Peter and Irene (Brooks) Gillespie. She is survived by her daughter, Melissa Dean and husband, Doug; and her granddaughter Malexi "Lexi" Dean and...

Douglas Leon Gill

Douglas Leon Gill

May 14, 2020

Douglas Leon Gill, 94, of Morgantown, passed away on Thursday, May 14, 2020, at Sundale Nursing Home. He was born in Tazewell County, VA, on July 6, 1925, a son of the late Howard Hounshell Gill and Virginia Irene Crocket. Doug served in the US Navy during WW II and went on to graduate at WVU’s School of Pharmacy...

Charles Robert Owen

Charles Robert Owen

May 12, 2020

Charles Robert "Bob" Owen, 83, of Pentress, passed away on Tuesday, May 12, at his home. Bob was born in Blacksville, WV on November 14, 1936, the son of the late Raymond and Marguerite Kelley Owen. Bob was a retired licensed Funeral Director. After serving his apprenticeship and getting licensed at Hastings Funeral Home, Bob went on to own...

Franklin Dewight Feathers

Franklin Dewight Feathers

May 11, 2020

Franklin Dewight Feathers, 70, of Westover, passed away Monday, May 11, 2020 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born May 20, 1949 in Kingwood, WV, a son of Donald Franklin Feathers and Mary Ellen (Smith) Feathers Deaton. He was a graduate of University High School, Class of 1967, where he was the quarterback of the football...

Robert Ira Feathers

Robert Ira Feathers

May 8, 2020

Robert "Bob" Ira Feathers, 77, of Morgantown, passed away on Friday, May 8, 2020 at United Hospital Center. He was born on December 9, 1942, a son of the late Ira and Helen Hoskins Feathers. Bob was employed at NASA Space Center in Florida and served as pastor of five churches. He was a member of Hope Church in...

Pamela Sue Lose

Pamela Sue Lose

May 2, 2020

Pamela Sue Lose, 58, of Morgantown passed away peacefully, May 2, 2020, at Morgantown Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born June 13, 1961, in Morgantown WV the daughter of Emma Lose and the late Robert Lose. Pamela was a devoted member of the Morgantown Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses and loved sharing Bible truths with others. She especially enjoyed...

Helen Thorne Shaffer

Helen Thorne Shaffer

May 1, 2020

Helen Thorne Shaffer, age 89, passed away peacefully in Sugar Land, Texas on Friday, May 1, 2020, surrounded by her family. She was born November 11, 1930, in Fairmont, West Virginia to Ralph and Goldie (Yost) Eddy. She married Horace Riley Thorne on June 18, 1948, who preceded her in death in 1974. Together they had two children, Alan...

Eleanor Lou Mcdonald

Eleanor Lou Mcdonald

Apr 29, 2020

Miss Eleanor Lou McDonald, affectionately known as "Louie", 81, of Morgantown, passed away on Wednesday, April 29, 2020 at J W Ruby Memorial Hospital. She was born in Morgantown on October 20, 1938, a daughter of the late Harmon Marion McDonald and Inez Lorraine Berry. Lou was a 1956 graduate of Morgantown High School. She went on to attend...

Deloris Jane Kennedy

Deloris Jane Kennedy

Apr 27, 2020

Deloris Jean Kennedy, 92, passed peacefully April 27, 2020 at Sundale, due to Alzheimer's Disease. She was born December 16, 1927, in Preston county, to Dewey and Inez Dalton. Mrs. Kennedy, formally of the Kingwood Pike, was married to the late Melford F. Kennedy. She is survived by one son, Gary (Linda) Kennedy of Wana, a son-in-law, Eugene Henry...

Judith Frances Culberson

Judith Frances Culberson

Apr 21, 2020

Judith Frances DeMoulin Culberson passed away Tuesday, April 21, 2020 in Morgantown, WV, her beloved husband Jim at her side. Judy was born to Frank and Wilma DeMoulin on October 2, 1941 in Litchfield, IL, the first of five children. Judy married her cherished companion, Jim Culberson, in Litchfield on April 8, 1962. Jim and Judy's family includes daughters...