Obituaries
James Edwin Overberger
Jun 22, 2017
Dr. James E. Overberger, 86 of Morgantown passed away Thursday, June 22, 2017, at Ruby Memorial Hospital. Jim was born in Barnesboro, Pennsylvania. His father Charles was a dentist and his mother Beatrice was a school teacher. Jim was the youngest of three brothers, Charles and Bill Overberger. He was a member of the National Honor Society and received...
James Wiley
Jun 21, 2017
James Hugh Wiley ('Hugh' to friends and colleagues), 89, of Morgantown, departed this life on June 21, 2017 at Point Marion Manor. Hugh was born on November 29, 1927 in Logan, West Virginia at 610 Stratton Street, a son of the late Dale Oscar Wiley and Effie Dale Avis. He was a graduate of Logan High School Class of...
Victoria Jean Jenkins
Jun 21, 2017
Victoria Jean Jenkins, 80, of Bruceton Mills, WV, formerly of Waitman Street, Morgantown, arrived at her heavenly home June 21, 2017. Jeanie was born in 1937 in Fairmont, WV to the late Victor & Estella Schmidt Tatterson. She graduated from East Fairmont High School and went to work at Westinghouse until she married her sweetheart, J. Edwin Jenkins, in...
Dr. Anne Nardi
Jun 17, 2017
Dr. Anne H. Nardi, 74, of Morgantown, passed away Saturday, June 17, 2017 at Monongalia General Hospital. Anne was born in Houston, Texas, on August 17, 1942, the daughter of the late Robert E. Higginbotham and the late Alice Mowrey Higginbotham. Anne received a B.A. in French from Trinity College, now Trinity University, Washington, DC in 1964, an M.A....
Peggy Elizabeth Summers
Jun 15, 2017
Peggy E. Summers, 60, of Morgantown, passed away June 15, 2017, at Ruby Memorial Hospital. Peggy was born on February 27, 1957 in Morgantown, WV, a daughter of the late Cecil McDonald and Marie McDonald Nicholson. She loved traveling, playing bingo, and attending auctions. Peggy was very skilled at intricate crafts including floral arrangements and framing. She is survived...
Louise Frances Soccorsi Kopnski
Jun 14, 2017
Louise Frances Soccorsi Kopnski of Morgantown, WV passed away on Wednesday, June 14, 2017, in Pittsburgh, PA. She was born in August 1926, in Preston County, WV, the daughter of the late Louis and Marian (Bartoletta) Soccorsi. She was a graduate of Masontown (WV) High School and Morgantown Business College. She retired in 1982 from the U.S. Department of...
Evelyn Lucille Dunn
Jun 10, 2017
Evelyn Lucille Dunn, 97, of Morgantown, passed away Saturday, June 10, 2017 at Morgantown Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born in Morgantown on October 16, 1919, the daughter of the late Charles Ulysses Henry and the Nellie (Blosser) Henry. Evelyn was a devoted wife, great cook, and loving mother to her five children. She enjoyed singing gospel music,...
Ray Selby
Jun 9, 2017
Ray Russell Selby, Jr. passed away Friday, June 9, 2017 at his home surrounded by his four girls. He was the son of the late Ray R. Selby, Sr. and Dessie Dunn Selby. Ray was born January 22, 1928 in Morgantown. He was a retired truck driver. Our dad drove truck most of his life starting at the age...
Mary Gansor
Jun 9, 2017
Mary Gansor, 90, formerly of Westover and The Suites at Heritage Point, passed away June 9, 2017, at Madison Nursing & Rehab Center. Mary was born in Sabraton, WV on May 1, 1927, a daughter of James Medvick and Sophia Cherepany of Munkachevo, Ukrane. She was a graduate of Morgantown High School in 1944 and attended classes at West...
Shirley Ann Lawrence
Jun 5, 2017
Shirley Ann Lambert Lawrence, 87, of Morgantown, WV passed away on Monday, June 5, 2017, in Morgantown. Shirley was born in Dayton, Ohio to Edward P. and Doris M. Lambert on February 17, 1930. She is a 1948 graduate of Fairview High School. Shirley worked multiple jobs including her own ironing business and newspaper distributer. She was a teacher’s...
Vernon Phillip White
Jun 5, 2017
Vernon Phillip "Phil" White, 68 of Morgantown, passed away Monday, June 5th at Ruby Memorial Hospital. He was born November 6, 1948 in Bristol, VA, a son of the late Haskell and Margaret (Leonard) White. Phil was a 1972 graduate of Berea College in Berea, KY and retired in 2013 as an Auditor from the Dept. of the Interior-OSMRE....
Orlando Luci
Jun 5, 2017
Orlando Luci, 87, of Morgantown, passed away on June 5, 2017, at Ruby Memorial hospital. Orlando was born in Masontown, WV, on October 17, 1929, a son of the late Luigi and Concetta Lattanzi Luci. He is survived by his daughter, Tye Kramer and husband Collin; son, Phil Luci; grandchildren: P.J., Jennifer, Niki, Amber, and Zach; great-grandchildren: Shaelyn, Logan,...
Eleanor Weaver
Jun 4, 2017
Eleanor R. Weaver, 88, of Morgantown, passed away at home Sunday, June 4th surrounded by her loving family. She was born August 8, 1928, a daughter of the late Eugene and Ruth Bailey Rinehart. She attended the Cheat Lake Community Church in Morgantown and over the years in her free time she enjoyed golfing, crafts, and playing Bridge. She...
Robert William Lyons
Jun 3, 2017
Robert “Pappy Bob” Lyons, 83, of Morgantown, passed away on Saturday, June 3, 2017 at Windy Hill Village. Robert was born in Morgantown on January 12, 1934 a son of the late Claud and Irene Harper Lyons. Robert served in the United States Navy and later worked for Mon Power where he remained for 34 years until his retirement....
Dana Johnson
Jun 2, 2017
Dana Lyn Johnson, 58, of Cheat Lake, died Friday, June 2, 2017, of a major stroke following surgery. She is survived by her stepmother, Maureen (Collins) Johnson; her uncle Bobby Collins of Pittsburgh; her aunt Colleen Sheptock of Pittsburgh; best friends, Anita “Sissy” Pennington of Charleston and Terry White of Miami, FL; and the loves of her life, faithful...
Sylvia Diane Kuehn
Jun 2, 2017
Sylvia Diane Kuehn, 99 of Evergreen Assisted Living in Morgantown died on June 2, 2017. She was born in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1917, the daughter of the late Izidor and Lena Warren. Sylvia became a Registered Nurse in 1938 and married John in 1939. John went through several occupations over the following ten years until in 1950...
Bonnie Irene Kelly
May 31, 2017
Bonnie Irene McBee Kelly, 95, of Morgantown, passed away peacefully, Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at Mon Health Medical Center, surrounded by her family. She was born May 26, 1922, in Morgantown, the daughter of the late Morley Gay and Laura Kelly McBee. She was a life-long resident of the First Ward area. Bonnie was a 1940 graduate of Morgantown...
Robert Dwight Miller
May 29, 2017
Robert “Bobby /Poppy” Dwight Miller, Sr., 77, of Morgantown, WV, left his life here with us to join his “Mum” and “Yut-yuh” in love and peace on, May 29, 2017, at Mapleshire Nursing Home, Morgantown, WV. Robert, Sr. was born, March 28, 1940; he spent the majority of his childhood in Bruceton Mills WV and attended Romney School for...
Evelyn Edith Lemley
May 25, 2017
Evelyn E. Lemley, 94, of Morgantown, passed away May 25, 2017 at Pt. Manor Assisted Living in Pt. Marion, PA. She was born in, Morgantown on March 21, 1923, a daughter of the late Earl G. and Clara Fisher. Evelyn attended Sabraton Baptist Church. She was a homemaker and loved making things, especially crocheting. She is survived by her...
Craig Richard Petzold
May 22, 2017
Craig Richard Petzold, 59, of Morgantown, West Virginia, died unexpectedly on Monday, May 22nd 2017. He was born November 17th 1957 in St. Mary's PA, the son of Richard L. Petzold and Margaret R. Gapinski Petzold. In 1985, he married Terri Lee Lewis and they residing in Columbia, MD for over two decades. Craig was dedicated to higher learning,...
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