Obituaries

Francis Henderson
Jul 22, 2018
Francis Earl Henderson, 62, of Morgantown passed away Sunday, July 22, 2018, at his home surrounded by his loving family. Francis fought a three year hard and courageous battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) and is now at peace. Francis was born in Washington, DC, February 19, 1956, the son of the late Jack Poulter and Mary Cavallaro. Francis...

Norma Coffindaffer
Jul 22, 2018
Norma Vae Lipps Coffindaffer passed on to her eternal home on July 21, 2018. Norma was born in Lewis County WV on August 23, 1930. She was the daughter of Hugh and Merle Corathers Lipps and she was one of seven children. Norma married Billy L. Coffindaffer on March 7, 1953, and they celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary this...

Karen Paulette Haseleu
Jul 17, 2018
Karen “Paulette” Haseleu, 72, of Morgantown, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 17, 2018, with family by her side. She was born on July 28, 1945 in Anmoore, WV, daughter of the late Howard and Mary Dalton Kennedy. She was the youngest of six children, sister, Wilma “Bashe” Wilburn and husband, Sid, and brothers, Cornelius “Peewee” Kennedy and wife,...

Patricia Ross Raudenbush
Jul 16, 2018
Patricia Ross Raudenbush, 65, of Morgantown, passed away Monday, July 16, 2018 at Mon Health Medical Center. She was born April 26, 1953 in Salem, WV, a daughter of the late George and Joann (Smallwood) Ross. She was a devoted mother and grandmother always departing words of wisdom on those she loved. While you could often find her in...

Vasilios Anastasios Demanelis
Jul 11, 2018
Vasilios Anastasios “Bill” Demanelis, 90, of Morgantown, passed away surrounded by his family on Wednesday, July 11, 2018. Bill was born in Sopiki, Albania (Northern Epiros, Greece), on October 1, 1927. He was the son of Anastasios “Ernie” Demanelis and Vasiliki Veliou Demanelis. In 1947, he immigrated to America. He worked with his father and brother, Gus, at the...

George Lewis Bircher
Jul 9, 2018
George Lewis Bircher, 85, of Morgantown, WV, passed away on Monday, July 9, 2018, at Tygart Center at Fairmont Campus. He was born on November 14, 1932 in Morgantown, the son of the late George Lester Bircher and Alice LaVerne DeWitt. George retired as a custodian at WVU Health Science Center’s Dental Lab after 24 years. He is survived...

Robert William Bradley
Jul 9, 2018
Robert W. "Itchy" Bradley, Jr., of Morgantown, WV, died at home with family on Monday, July 9, 2018. He was born on September 11, 1948, in Bethesda, MD, son of the late Robert W. and Zoe Hannah "Teddy" Mooney Bradley. Itchy graduated from WVU in 1972 and made his home in Morgantown. He was a local bar owner in...

Luke Becilla
Jul 8, 2018
Luke A. Becilla, 33, of Morgantown, passed away on Sunday, July 8, 2018 at his residence. Luke was born in Morgantown, WV, on June 4, 1985, the son of Paul and Barbara (Wright) Becilla. He graduated from Morgantown High School, attended Surry Community College and Fairmont State University. His hobbies included fishing, basketball, but most of all, baseball which...

David Farley
Jul 5, 2018
David A. Farley 53, of Morgantown, passed away Thursday, July 5, 2018. He is the son of Jack R Farley of Morgantown and the late Margaret Ann Cordwell Farley. Loving brother to three brothers and two sisters along with his children Raschelle, Scott, Robert, and Grace Farley. Family and friends may call at Hastings Funeral Home on Tuesday, July...

David Joseph Riggs
Jul 3, 2018
David J. Riggs, 83, of Morgantown, and more recently of Tampa, FL, passed away July 3, 2018. He was born April 4, 1935, a son of the late Claude and Mary M. (McBee) Riggs David was a 1953 graduate of Morgantown High School. He was a proud Marine serving his country from 1953-1956 and remained active in the Morgantown...

Robert Ray Bucklew
Jul 3, 2018
Robert Ray “Buck” Bucklew, Sr., born September 21, 1932 in Tunnelton, WV to Ray and Augusta Wiles Bucklew, went home to be with the Lord in his son’s and daughter’s arms, Bobby and Dixie, on Tuesday, July 3, 2018 after suffering a long illness. He passed away at his residence in Morgantown. Robert graduated from Morgantown High School in...

Thomas Judy, Ii
Jul 1, 2018
Thomas Henry “Hank” Judy II, 33, of Morgantown, passed away on Sunday, July 1, 2018, at his residence. Hank was born in Morgantown, on December 5, 1984, the son of Thomas Henry Judy and Mary Katherine Judy. He was a graduate of University High School, MTEC and Fairmont State University. He worked as an HVAC service technician at ADI...

Ruth B. Duley
Jun 27, 2018
Ruth B. Duley, 79 of Morgantown gained her angel wings on Wednesday, June 27, 2018 while surrounded by her family. Ruth was born in Core, WV on August 2, 1938 to the late Wilbert Lee and Lilly Jones. She attended Clay Battelle High School and began her working career at G.C. Murphy in Morgantown. She also worked at Sterling...

Luke Goodwin
Jun 26, 2018
Luke was born in Morgantown in 1963. He attended local schools and completed his first years at Morgantown High School. When part of his family moved to Las Vegas in 1979, he completed his high school credits at Clark County Community College, where he excelled on the mathematics college-level exam. He then attended UNLV, a university that was in...

Betty Dumire
Jun 26, 2018
Betty Mae Dumire, 89, of Morgantown, WV passed away on June 26, 2018 She was Born May 19, 1929, in West Newton, PA., the eldest child of William and Glenna Bibby. She married Woodrow Dumire on October 8, 1949. She worked as a seamstress at the Morgan Shirt Factory until the birth of her only child, Sherry. Later on,...

Vonceil Farr
Jun 26, 2018
Valeda Vonceil McCutcheon Farr, 92, of Morgantown, passed away Tuesday, June 26, 2018, at the Madison. She was born on December 27, 1925, in Princeton, WV to Wilford and Emma Williamson McCutcheon, and spent her school-age years in Ronceverte, WV, Vonceil (“Vonnie”) was predeceased by her husband of 64 years Stanley, and sisters Bernadine Cochrane and Georgia Mae Brown....

Norma Skriner
Jun 25, 2018
Norma Jean Skriner 92, of Heritage Point Morgantown, passed away Monday, June 25, 2018, at Mon General Hospital. Norma Jean ( nee' Jones ) Skriner was born in a small town in Ohio in the midst of the Roaring Twenties into a wonderful loving family. Her parents were William Charles Jones and Mildred Garrity Jones. She had a brother...

Leonard Neal Taylor
Jun 24, 2018
Leonard N. Taylor of Morgantown passed peacefully into the presence of God, surrounded by his family, Sunday, June 24, 2018. He was born on Christmas morning in Coalton, West Virginia son of the late Sanford Edwin and Chloe Allen Taylor. In his early years, he worked at Firestone, Rock Forge coke ovens, the Rices Landing lock and dam and...

Thomas Vincent Boyd
Jun 22, 2018
Thomas Vincent Boyd,77, of Morgantown, passed away Friday, June 22, 2018 at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown. He was born February 5, 1941 to the late William Sebastian Boyd and Hazel Mae Boyd in Cumberland, Md. Tom graduated from Fort Hill High School in Cumberland and earned a degree in art at Towson State College. He served in the...

Ruth Ellen Marstiller
Jun 21, 2018
Ruth Ellen Waters Marstiller, 90, passed away Thursday, June 21, 2018, at J W Ruby Memorial Hospital. She was born in Morgantown on October 25, 1927, daughter of the late James and Nellie Waters. Ruth was married to Ralph Marstiller for 64 years, who preceded her in death in 2012. She was a graduate of Morgantown High and also...
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