Obituaries

Maxine Luyster
Jan 12, 2002
Maxine J. Luyster, 75, Cadiz, died Saturday January 12 at her home as the result of a homicide. She was born June 4, 1923 in Wheeling, West Virginia a daughter of the late Henry and Helen Wolfe Brinkman. She was a retired secretary at Cadiz Insurance Agency, former employee of the Harrison County Welfare Department, and the Harrison County Farm...

Mary Atkins
Jan 12, 2002
Grandma Mary J. Atkins, 89, of Hopedale, OH, died Saturday, January 12, 2002 at Trinity Medical Center, West, Steubenville, OH. She was born July 27, 1912 near Cadiz, Ohio, the eldest of the fifteen children of Clyde and Helen Greer Dunlap. She was a retired cook and baker at the Blue Star Restaurant in Cadiz and at Cadiz Country Club;...

William Holmes
Dec 28, 2001
William Paul Holmes, 76, Jewett, formerly of Cadiz, died Friday December 28 at his home. He was born September 17, 1925 in Fairplay, Ohio a son of the late Eugene Paul and Mary Truex Holmes. He was a retired custodian for the Jefferson County JVS and a member of Cadiz F.O.E. #2162. He is survived by his wife Johan Fittro...

David Birney
Dec 25, 2001
David V. Birney, 48, Scio, died Tuesday at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz. He was born August 21, 1953 in Dennison, Ohio a son of David L. Birney and wife Judy of Cadiz and Shelva Davis Birney Palmer and husband Robert of Tappan Lake, Ohio. He attended Roxford United Methodist Church and was a self employed contractor. He was preceded in...

Nan Finnical
Dec 13, 2001
Nan M. Finnical, 90, of Cadiz, Ohio, died Thursday, December 13, 2001 at Harrison Community Hosptial, Cadiz. She was born November 27, 2001 in Bedford, Virginia, a daughter of the late George Edward and Cline Dennis MacGillivray. She was a member of the Scott United Methodist Church in Cadiz, and a former member of the Ladies' Rifle Team; Ladies' Golf...

James Clark
Dec 6, 2001
James E. Clark, 90, Deersville Ridge Road, Cadiz, died Thursday, December 6, at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz. Jim was born May 18, 1911 in Deersville, Ohio a son of the late Robert Clark and Clara Lukens Clark. He was retired from General Electric in 1973 and was a member of Minksville Church of Christ. He was preceded in death in...

Louise Fitch
Nov 29, 2001
Louise Wheeler Fitch, 90, of Lorain, Ohio, formerly of Cadiz and Parlett, Ohio, died Thursday, November 29, 2001 at the New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain. She was born November 25, 1911 in Jamestown, Tennessee, a daughter of the late John T. and Margaret Smith Wheeler. She was a former member of the Hopedale United Methodist Church...

Mabel Matthews
Nov 24, 2001
Mabel Carson Matthews, 82, Cadiz, died Satruday, November 24, at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz. She was born October 9, 1919, in Jefferson County, Ohio a daughter of the late Joseph and Ora Murray Carson. She was a homemaker and a member of the Scott United Methodist Church, Cadiz. She is survived by her husband, Louis James ''Buzz'' Matthews; 2 sons:...

Mildred Johnston
Nov 23, 2001
Mildred I. Johnston, 69, Cadiz, died Friday, November 23 at Carriage Inn of Cadiz. She was born March 30, 1932 in Harrison County a daughter of the late Norris and Clara White Freeman. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Aposotolic Church of Cadiz. She was prededed in death by her husband, Charles Johnston; parents; 5 brothers:...

Jean Fisher
Nov 14, 2001
Jean Fisher, 71, of Cadiz, died Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2001 at Trinity Medical Center, West, Steubenville, Ohio. She was born July 19, 1930 in Bellaire, Ohio a daughter of the late John F. and Edna L. Davis VanCamp. She was a member of the First Church of Christ of Cadiz; a former member of the Cadiz American Legion Auxillary; Cadiz...

Albert Wright, Iii
Nov 9, 2001
Albert William Wright, III, 29, of Freeport, Ohio, formerly of Cadiz, died Friday, Nov. 9, 2001 at the AEP, Ohio Coal Company Mine, Cadiz, Ohio, the result of an accident. He was born December 2, 1971 at Canton, Ohio, a son of Albert W. Wright of Cadiz, and the late Jeri Crafton Wright. He was a Coal Miner with AEP,...

Beverly Atkins
Nov 7, 2001
Beverly J. Atkins, 64, of Hopedale, Ohio, died Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2001 at Trinity Medical Center, West, Steubenville, Ohio. She was born June 18, 1937 in Harrison County, Ohio, a daughter of the late James Franklin and Iva Beaver Thompson. She was a Protestant by faith and a member of the Hopedale Firemen's Auxillary and the Hopedale American Legion Auxillary....

Robert Mattern
Nov 5, 2001
Robert H. ''Murphy'' Mattern, 64, Uhrichsville, Ohio died Monday, November 5, at Oakland VA Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was born May 16, 1937 in Scio, Ohio a son of the late LeRoy and Grace Mattern DeWalt. He was a member of Feed Springs Church, a retired Teamster, a union Steward for Local 407 in Cleveland, and a Boy Scout. He...

John Bozicevic
Nov 4, 2001
John ''Fred'' Bozicevic, 59, Hopedale, died Sunday, November 4, at Trinity Medical Center, West in Steubenville, Ohio. Fred was born April 2, 1942 in Wheeling, West Virginia to the late John T. and Roberta N. Morris Bozicevic. He was a member of St. Teresa Catholic Church, Cadiz; Hopedale Legion Post #682; Harrison Co. 40 and 8; Cadiz Eagles, Aerie #2162;...

Harry Bailey
Oct 29, 2001
Harry Wilson Bailey, 80, of Oak Park, Cadiz, died Monday, October 29, at Trinity Medical Center West, Steubenville, Ohio. He was born August 2, 1921 in Harrison County, a son of the late Oscar Price Bailey and Mary Martha Thompson Bailey. He was the former Sheriff of Harrison County and a retired Assistant County Superintendent of ODOT in Harrison County...

John Mcgill
Oct 27, 2001
John Alexander McGill, 85, of Cadiz, Ohio, formerly of Youngstown, Ohio, died October 27, 2001 at the Carriage Inn of Cadiz. He was born May 11, 1916 in Youngstown, Ohio, a son of the late John A. McGill, Sr. and Laura Miller McGill. He was a member of the First Church of Christ of Cadiz. In addition to his parents,...

Julia Mcconnell
Oct 26, 2001
Julia Soloninka McConnell died Friday, October 26, 2001 at the age of 83 at her home in Cadiz. She was a resident of Harrison County since 1929, and loved her hometown of Cadiz, Ohio. She was born February 28, 1918 at Stewartsville, Ohio, a daughter of the late Frank Theodore and Catherine Gulick Soloninka, the last of the family. Julia...

Estelle Richards
Oct 21, 2001
Estelle K. Richards, 90, Cadiz died Sunday, October 24, at the Harrison County Home. She was born August 23, 1911 in Adena, Ohio a daughter of the late Adam and Julia Stankiewicz Mazeroski. She was a housewife, a member of Scott United Methodist Church, Cadiz F.O.E. #2162 Auxillary, and Cadiz Women's Civic Club. She was preceded in death by her...

Lucille Lee
Oct 20, 2001
Lucille Dreyer Lee, 87, Palmetto, Fla., formerly of Cadiz, died Saturday, October 20, at IHS of Bradenton, Florida. She was born May 26, 1914 in Flushing, Ohio a daughter of the late Charles and Olive Parks Bendure. She was a retired Ward Clerk for Harrison Community Hosptial, Cadiz and a 50 year member and Past Matron of the Unionport Chapter,...

Virginia Tippie
Oct 18, 2001
Virginia O. Tippie, 80, of Cadiz, died Thursday, October 18, 2001 at Sunnyslope Retirement Center, Bowerston, Ohio. She was born May 8, 2001 at Hopedale, Ohio, a daughter of the late Earl Ong and Ruth Carson Phillips Ong. She was a member of the First Church of Christ Scientists in Steubenville, Ohio and a member of the Harry K. Filler's...