Obituaries

Effie Mae Harper Lambert
Feb 12, 2017
Effie Mae Harper Lambert, 80, passed away on Sunday, February 12, 2017 at Lane Purcell Hospice House in Sumterville, Florida. Effie was born on May 22, 1936 near Cheat Lake, West Virginia to George Abraham Hewitt and Grace Miller Hewitt. Prior to living in Florida, Effie spent most of her life in Morgantown, West Virginia where she held several...

Frank Gilbert Mitchell
Feb 12, 2017
Frank Gilbert Mitchell, affectionately known in the community as “Gibby,” died Sunday, February 12th at Point Manor Personal Care in Pt. Marion, PA. He was born June 23, 1929 in Morgantown, a son of the late Angelo and Pauline Miceli. Gibby was a member of St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church. He worked for over 40 years as a...

Keith Widmann
Feb 9, 2017
Keith David Widmann 53, of Morgantown, WV, passed away on February 9, 2017 at the Louis A. Johnson VA medical Center in Clarksburg, WV. He was born in Harrisburg, PA, son of the late David Francis Widmann and Margeurite (Robbins) Widmann. Keith is a proud veteran of the United States Army where he served a combined 18 years of...

Sandra Kay Lewis
Feb 7, 2017
Sandra Kay (Kiess) Lewis, age 70, of Morgantown, WV passed away unexpectedly at home Tuesday morning, February 7, 2017. Sandy was the daughter of the late Levi Clyde and Freda Fincham Kiess born September 29, 1946 in Adolph, WV. June 1, 1969, she married Paul Edward Lewis, who survives in Morgantown, WV. She is survived by one son, Chad...
James Allen Tritchler
Feb 4, 2017
James Allen Tritchler, 82, of Morgantown, passed away Saturday, February 4, 2017 at his home in Brookhaven surrounded by his loving family.
Jim was born on November 4, 1934 to the late Bernice (McCord) and Wilbur Tritchler.
A loyal employee of Sterling Faucet Company, Jim’s career spanned over forty plus years, retiring in 1996. He...

Michael Steve Lucci
Feb 4, 2017
Michael S. Lucci, 70, of Morgantown, passed away very unexpectedly on Sunday, February 5, 2017 at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown. Michael was born on January 29, 1947, in Morgantown, the son of the late Wanda (Jones) and Michael Steve Lucci. He is survived by his daughter, Angela Lucci; his granddaughter, Sienna; by his beloved German Shepherd, Zeus; a...

Sarah Gerrard
Feb 4, 2017
Sarah “Sally” Elizabeth Jamison Gerrard, 65, of Morgantown, passed away Saturday, February 4, 2017 after a long and hard fought battle with Multiple Sclerosis at Mapleshire Nursing Home in Morgantown, WV. She was born in Morgantown on February 8, 1951, the daughter of the late Donald Lee Jamison and the late Katherine Ruble Jamison. In 1969, Sally graduated from...

Sandra Lee Deprospero
Feb 2, 2017
Sandra Chivers Weimer DeProspero, 79, of Morgantown, passed away Thursday, February 2, 2017, with her family by her side. She was born in Washington, Pennsylvania on July 1, 1937, the daughter of the late Laura Jane (Lytle) and Merle Frederick Chivers. In addition to raising her four children, Sandra worked for the United Way and then began a banking...

Allene Colborn
Jan 31, 2017
Allene Helen Price Colborn, 91, of Fairmont passed away at Mon General Hospital with her beloved family by her side. She was welcomed into God’s open arms on January 31, 2017. Helen was born on January 19, 1926, the daughter of the late Paul Holland Price and Helen Tapp Price. Helen graduated from West Virginia University where she was...

Carl Eugene Eddy
Jan 30, 2017
Carl Eugene Eddy, 88, of Morgantown, passed away Monday, January 30th at Ruby Memorial Hospital. He was born March 24, 1928 in Morgantown, a son of the late Merl and Myrtle (Masters) Eddy. Mr. Eddy was a 55 year member of Star City United Methodist Church and attended Avery United Methodist Church. He retired as a supervisor with 40...

Harold Robert Scott
Jan 29, 2017
Harold Robert (Bob) Scott, 81, passed away on January 29, 2017 at the Good Samaritan of Barbour County in Belington, WV. Bob was born in Melcroft, PA on July 7, 1935, to the late Harold F. and Nellie Hagar Scott. He grew up in Bobtown, PA, where he graduated from Point Marion High School then later served in the...

Patricia Ann Obenauf
Jan 29, 2017
Patricia Obenauf, 84, passed peacefully on Sunday January 29th surrounded by friends at River Oaks in Clarksburg, WV. Pat attended Alverno College and Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI. She then began her professional career by teaching elementary and secondary math and science in schools in the Midwest and throughout the Mississippi Delta. After obtaining her ED.D in science education...

William Pailes Iv
Jan 25, 2017
William H. Pailes IV, 85, of Morgantown, WV, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017 at home. William, “Bill,” was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1931, the son of the late Mildred and William H. Pailes III. Bill served his country as a medic in the Navy during the Korean War and after receiving his master’s degree from the University...

Robert Edward O'Neil
Jan 25, 2017
Robert Edward “Buck” O’Neil, 92, passed away at Sundale Nursing Home on January 25, 2017. He was born on May 5, 1924 in Richard, WV the son of the late Edward H. and Bessie Clise O’Neil. Buck was a graduate of Morgantown High School and in 1942, he attended WVU for a year until being called to the service...

James L Konchesky
Jan 25, 2017
James Lee (Jim) Konchesky Sr., of Morgantown, passed away Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at Windy Hill Village in Kingwood, WV James was born on September 1, 1934 the son of late Adam and Mary Konchesky. From an early age, James was an altar boy at St. Mary Roman Catholic Church where he later became a lifelong member. He was...

Marie Bolyard
Jan 23, 2017
Marie Victoria Orlando Bolyard Marie Bolyard of Suncrest died Monday, January 23, 2017 at her home with family at her side. She was born April 19, 1927 in Morgantown, a daughter of the late Domenico Antony (Tony) Orlando and Renata Sampaolesi Orlando. Marie was the last remaining of the Orlando family. She spent the early years of her life...

Rose Sterling
Jan 22, 2017
Rose Marie Sellaro Sterling, 97, longtime resident of Greenmont, passed away Sunday, January 22, 2017 at her home with family by her bedside. Rose was born June 23, 1919 in Chaplin, WV to John and Angelina (Aloisio) Sellaro, and raised in Westover, WV. After losing her Mother at the age of 12, she and her siblings lived for a...

Connie Lee Dias
Jan 17, 2017
Connie (McBee) Dias, 75, of Morgantown, passed away Tuesday, January 17th at Ruby Memorial Hospital. She was born March 27, 1941 in Morgantown, a daughter of the late Wallace and Edna McBee. Mrs. Dias is survived by her children, Kathy Dixon, Nancy Dias, Richard Dias, and Jimmy Dias; grandchildren, Leighann Weir, Clayton Zopfi, and Amber Dias; two great grandchildren;...

Michael Brent Armstrong
Jan 15, 2017
Michael “Brent” Armstrong, of Morgantown, also known to family and friends as Mike or Bubs, respectively, passed away on Sunday, January 15, 2017, at the age of 67. Born on December 13, 1949, at the Bethesda Naval Hospital in Bethesda, MD, Brent had dealt with a number of different cancers since 2012. He was the son of the late...

Genevieve Paugh
Jan 14, 2017
Genevieve “Gene” Paugh, 90, of Morgantown, passed away Saturday, January 14, 2017 at her residence. She was born in Morgantown on November 23, 1926, the daughter of the late Fred B. and Katherine (Krishock) Jakeway. She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Charles, Jr., Mike (Elizabeth), Jerry (Linda) and Darren Paugh; grandchildren, Shawn Paugh and Holly Honeycutt; great-grandchildren,...
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