Obituaries
Harold Leonard Fizer
Jul 8, 2017
Harold Leonard Fizer, 88, of Morgantown completed his earthly journey on his birthday. He was born July 8, 1929 in Kingwood, WV to the late Robert Lincoln and Bessie Lee Adams Fizer. Harold was the last surviving member of his immediate family. Harold was an Army Air Corp veteran of WWII. He was a journeyman mould maker for 21...
Dana Loretta Nicholson
Jul 8, 2017
Dana Loretta Nicholson, 89, of Summers School Road passed away July 8, 2017. She was born March 3, 1928, a daughter of the late Henry Howard and Zella Mae Nicholson. Her grandparents were William Elza and Jane Adeline Nicholson; and Abraham and Amanda (Abe & Mandy) Murray. She attended Burns Chapel Church all of her life, where she was...
Carl Henry Cather
Jul 3, 2017
Dr. Carl H. Cather, Jr., age 88, from Morgantown, WV, has passed away on July 3, 2017, at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital after a short illness. He was born in Morgantown, WV, on September 16, 1928 to Carl H. Cather and Lucille Heltzel Cather. Carl married Glenna Grose Cather of Alderson, WV, on July 17, 1953. Carl attended Morgantown...
Duane Allen Lewis
Jul 1, 2017
Duane Allen Lewis, 66, of Morgantown, passed away Saturday, July 1st while a patient at the Select Specialty Hospital in Latrobe, PA. He was born May 1, 1951 in Elkins, WV, a son of the late Rose Marie Lewis. Duane attended Morgantown Jr. High and was a 1970 graduate of Morgantown High School where he was a member of...
Joseph Santos
Jun 27, 2017
Joseph Santos, 94, of Morgantown, died June 27, 2017, in hospice care at Sundale Nursing Home after hospitalization following a partial seizure. The eldest child of immigrants from the Azores who made Bristol, Rhode Island their new home, Joe spoke Portuguese and Italian before learning English for elementary school. The summer after graduating high school, Joe 'Speed" Santos enlisted...
Robert Earl Sausen
Jun 26, 2017
Dr. Robert E. Sausen, 90, of Morgantown, West Virginia died Monday, June 26th, 2017 at Mapleshire Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. He was born July 3, 1926 in St. Paul, Minnesota, son of the late Earl and Bernadette Sausen. He retired in 1991 as Professor Emeritus of the Department of Operative Dentistry at West Virginia University School of Dentistry. He...
Hazel Marie Kesler
Jun 26, 2017
Hazel "Marie" Kesler, 89, of Morgantown, passed away June 26, 2017 at Mon Health Medical Center. Marie was born June 14, 1928, in Morgantown, a daughter of the late George H. and Hazel Barthlow Sallows, both of Morgantown. Marie attended Morgantown High School and graduated with the class of 1946 then later attended West Virginia University. She graduated from...
Nadia Bendena
Jun 25, 2017
Nadia (Nadezda) Bendena, 99, of Morgantown, WV, formerly of Sterling Heights, MI, passed away on June 26, 2017. Nadia was born in 1918 in Hantramck, MI, daughter of the late Demian and Mary Kuzmicki. She is survived by her daughter, Dr. Marilyn Bendena. In addition to her parents, Nadia is preceded in death by her sister, Lillian Marvel, and...
Victoria Margaret Rockis
Jun 23, 2017
Victoria M Rockis passed on June 23, 2017 at the age of 88. She was preceded in death by her husband Edward W Rockis of Morgantown, WV. She was the daughter of the late Leon and Frances Holipski of Reedsville, WV. Victoria was a long time resident of the Morgantown community, and with her husband, owned and operated City...
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....
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