Obituaries

Donald Edward West
Feb 18, 2018
Donald Edward West, 70, of Morgantown, WV, passed away Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018 at J. W. Ruby Memorial Hospital after a 3 year courageous battle with cancer. Don was born in Morgantown, June 14, 1947, the son of the late John and Frances West. He was also preceded in death by his sister, Margaret Collins. Don was a graduate...

Ann Marie Sausen
Feb 17, 2018
Ann M. (Kubik) Sausen, 89, of Morgantown, West Virginia died Saturday, February 17th, 2018 at Ruby Memorial Hospital. She was born April 13, 1928 in St. Paul, Minnesota, daughter of the Frank Kubik and Anna Marie (Schejbal) Kubik. Both parents were born in Czechoslovakia. She was a 1946 graduate of Monroe High School in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She was...

Ervin Hall Musgrave
Feb 16, 2018
Ervin Hall Musgrave, age 61, of Morgantown, passed away on February 16, 2018, at J. W. Ruby Hospital. Ervin was born in Morgantown, WV on April 12, 1956, a son of the late Harold Hall Musgrave and Catherine Eakin Musgrave Kuzniar. Ervin was a 1974 graduate of Morgantown High School. He served his country in the Air Force as...

Jefferson Lorenza Mayle
Feb 15, 2018
Jefferson Lorenzo Mayle, age 24, of Westover, departed his life on February 11, 2018. Jeff was born in Morgantown, West Virginia, on November 27, 1993, a son of the late Carl Junior Mayle and Michelle Phillips Mayle of Morgantown. Jeff was self-employed. He loved to help people in any way he could and made sure they were happy. Jeff...

Annamae Fisher O'Neal
Feb 15, 2018
Mrs. Annamae Fisher O’Neal of Frederick MD entered eternal rest peaceably on February 15, 2018 at Vindobona Nursing Home. The daughter of the late Coral Victoria Fisher and Edgar Maxwell Fisher of Morgantown, WV, she was the devoted wife of the late Kenneth B. O’Neal for over 50 years, who preceded her in death in 1999. Annamae worked for...

James Joseph Stevens
Feb 13, 2018
James “Jim” Joseph Stevens, 84, of Morgantown, passed away on February 13, 2018, at Mon Health Center. Jim was born in National, West Virginia, on January 22, 1934, the son of the late Clarence and Elizabeth (Miker) Stevens. Jim was a member of St. John University Parish in which he served as Eucharistic Minister. He was a foreman at...

Eva George
Feb 13, 2018
Eva George, 94, of Star City, passed away on February 13, 2018 at her residence. Eva was born in New York, on August 30, 1923. Eva had a beautiful childhood being raised in Ithaca, New York. Her parents graciously allowed Eva to be reared by her Uncle Joseph and Aunt Mary (Kalta) who couldn’t bear children. Eva was proud...

Sandra Kay Lohr
Feb 9, 2018
Sandra Kay Lohr, 74, Morgantown passed away Friday, February 9, 2018, at her residence. Sandra Kay was born in Kitzmiller, MD on April 24, 1943, daughter of the late Fredrick and Mildred (Harvey) Costello. Sandra was a wonderful mother, grandmother, and homemaker. She enjoyed knitting, painting, decorating, and camping at Big Bear. She is survived by 4 children: Virginia...

Floyd Pancoast
Feb 9, 2018
Floyd Raymond “Buzz” Pancoast, III, 76 of Pursglove, passed away Friday, February 9, 2018 at Ruby Memorial Hospital of Morgantown, WV. Floyd was born on May 3, 1941, the son of the late Floyd Raymond Pancoast, Jr. and the late Mildred Lucille Pancoast. He is survived by his wife Mary (Wolfe) Pancoast; children: Sharon Gray and husband Robert, Paula...

Debra Hose
Feb 7, 2018
Debra Kay “Debbie” Hose, 64, of Morgantown, passed away Wednesday, February 7, 2018, at her residence. Debbie was born in Morgantown on November 30, 1953, the daughter of the late William Ezekiel Jenkins and Lillian Virginia (Hertzog) Jenkins. Debbie is survived by her husband, Sam Hose, two children, Jennifer Gabbert and Husband Rodney and Sam Hose II; 7 siblings:...

Nora Althea Powell
Feb 6, 2018
Nora Althea (Piper) White Powell, 89, of Morgantown, passed away Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at Mapleshire Nursing Home & Rehabilitation Center of Morgantown, WV. Nora was born in Morgantown on June 12, 1928, the daughter of the late Marshall Forman Piper and the late Martha Gladys (Taylor) Piper. Nora was a graduate of Morgantown High School and attended Marshall...

Jack Preston Held
Feb 5, 2018
Jack Preston Held passed from this life on February 5, 2018. He was born on May 3, 1926 to parents Preston and Mary-Agnes Held in Cleveland, OH. As a child and teen, he took classes and acted at the Cleveland Playhouse, the oldest community theater in North America, where he earned his Actors Equity card. After graduating from High...

Gary Lester Goodwin
Feb 3, 2018
Gary L. Goodwin, 52, of Morgantown, passed away Saturday, February 3rd at his residence. He was born November 13, 1965 in Morgantown, a son of Betty (Sherman) Goodwin and the late Richard Goodwin. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his children, Kaylin E. Goodwin and Allysin J. Goodwin; and siblings, Holly Williams, Lee Goodwin, and Scott...

Shirley Hott
Feb 1, 2018
Shirley Jo (Keener) Hott, 78, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, passed away in the early morning hours of Thursday, February 1, 2018, at the home of Keith Carr and his wife, Carolyn in Morgantown. Jo was born in Braxton County, West Virginia, on February 12, 1939, the ninth child of the late Terry Blaine Keener and Susie (Kyer) Keener. Jo is...

John Benjamin Crist
Feb 1, 2018
John Benjamin “Doc” Crist, 77, of Morgantown, WV, passed away on Feb. 1, 2018, at Ruby Memorial Hospital due to complications of heart surgery. John was born on Jan. 16, 1941, in Washington, DC, to Jacob William Crist and Dorothy Lucille Yates Crist. He grew up in Arlington, VA, and graduated from Washington-Lee High School in 1958. He briefly...

Morley James Mcbee
Jan 29, 2018
Morley James McBee, 85, of Morgantown passed away on Monday, January 29, 2018, following a brief illness. Born on June 6, 1932, Jim was a lifelong resident of Morgantown's First Ward neighborhood. He was the son of Morley G. and Laura K. McBee. An avid outdoorsman, Jim's perfect day was on a trout stream no matter the weather conditions....

Aaron Dean Haines
Jan 25, 2018
Aaron Dean Haines, 68, of Morgantown, passed away Thursday, January 25th at Ruby Memorial Hospital. He was born September 13, 1949, in Fairmont, WV, a son of the late Guild Dean and Wilda Eileen (George) Haines. Aaron was a graduate of River High School in Hannibal, OH, and West Virginia University. He served his country in the US Army...

Virginia Sikora
Jan 25, 2018
Virginia Sikora, 99, of Morgantown, passed away Thursday, January 25th at her residence. She was born October 3, 1918 in Preston County, a daughter of the late John and Mary Alice (Smith) Kapaldo. Mrs. Sikora retired from the Monongalia County School System and was formerly active with the Ladies Auxiliary at the VFW. In her free time, she loved...

Eric Kenneth Johnson
Jan 20, 2018
Dr. Eric Kenneth Johnson, 87, of Morgantown, Professor Emeritus of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering from West Virginia University, passed away Saturday, January 20, 2018. He was born November 28, 1930 in Chicago, IL, the only son of the late Eric Gustav and Edith (Brikell) Johnson. Dr. Johnson was an active member of the St. Paul Lutheran Church and worked...

Jamie Blon
Jan 19, 2018
Jamie Lee Blon, 58, of Morgantown passed away Friday, January 19, 2018 at her residence. She was born in Morgantown on February 18, 1959, the daughter of the late James Leroy Cordwell and Dora Taylor. Jamie was Apostolic by faith. She is survived by her husband of 30 years, Glen Blon, a daughter, Jennifer Walls, and two sons, Glen...
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