Obituaries
Mattie Ruckman
Sep 10, 2018
Mattie L. Ruckman, 69, of Cadiz, died Monday, September 10, 2018 at Gables Care Center in Hopedale. Ohio. She was born May 14, 1949 in Dennison, Ohio a daughter of the late Wilber and Ruth Jean Kidd Irwin. Mattie was a jack of all trades and would help anyone out when she could from helping with the food pantry to...
Shirley Gilbert
Sep 9, 2018
Shirley Maxine (Shaw) Gilbert, age 83, of Cadiz passed in to Heaven on September 9, 2018. She was born October 13, 1934 at her home on Plum Run Road to the late Raymond and Wilma West Shaw. Shirley loved the Lord and her family dearly. She worked all her life and some of those places were the Scio Pottery, Community...
Rebecca Tweedy
Sep 6, 2018
Rebecca Harrah Tweedy, 35 of Columbus, formerly of Hopedale, died Thursday, September 6, 2018 in Columbus, Ohio. She was born February 25, 1983 in Steubenville, Ohio a daughter of W. Fred and Mary Jane Yoost Harrah of Hopedale, Ohio. She obtained her associate degree from Belmont College and was a registered nurse. She is survived in addition to her parents;...
Mabel Spragg
Aug 31, 2018
Mabel Leach Spragg, 88, of Cadiz, Ohio, died Friday, August 31, 2018 at Altercare Adena in Harrisville, Ohio. She was born April 29, 1930 in Harrisville, Ohio, a daughter of the late Archie Leo and Rachel Emma (Worthington) Lough. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Thomas P. Leach; two sisters, Margaret "Peggy" E. Davis and M. Agnes...
Norma Bateman
Aug 27, 2018
Norma K. Bateman, 88 of Cadiz, died Monday, August 27, 2018 at Valley Hospice Care Center North in Steubenville, Ohio. She was born March 4, 1930 in Mingo Junction, Ohio a daughter of the late Joseph and Addie Mae Piddock Lockhart. She will always be remembered as a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. Norma loved singing, reading, crocheting, beading, flower...
Louise Adams
Aug 22, 2018
Louise Adams, 88, of Cadiz, Ohio, died Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at the Harrison County Home, Cadiz. She was born August 19, 1930 in Duncanwood, Ohio, a daughter of the late Salvatore and Mary DeCorte Campise. Mrs. Adams retired as the Director of the Harrison County Board of Elections after over forty years of service. She was a member and...
Roger Smalley
Aug 16, 2018
Roger W. Smalley, 70, of Cadiz, Ohio, died Thursday, August 16, 2018 at Acuity Healthcare in Bellaire, Ohio. He was born May 25, 1948 in Martins Ferry, Ohio, a son of the late John and Florence Slentz Smalley. Roger was a retired Coal Miner from Y.&O. and Consolidation Coal Companies. He was an Army Veteran of the Vietnam War, and...
James Mills
Aug 6, 2018
James Richard (Dick) Mills, 84, died August 6, 2018. He was born on November 12, 1933 in Jewett, Ohio a son of the late Walter F. and Dorinda Mae Masters Mills. Delores Jean (Fuller) Mills, died March 15, 2014 at the age of 78, at Sacred Heart Memorial Hospital in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida after an extended illness. She was...
Elizabeth Karver
Aug 6, 2018
Elizabeth (Beth) Ann Cope Karver, 75, of Whitehall, Ohio, formerly of Cadiz, Ohio, died Monday, August 6, 2018 at Grant Medical Center in Columbus following a battle with cancer. She was born October 24, 1942 in Wheeling, W. Va, a daughter of the late Donovan and Virginia Maffeo Cope. Beth worked in the automotive industry most of her adult life....
Dale Rose
Aug 5, 2018
Dale E. Rose, 67, of Cadiz, died Sunday, August 5, 2018 at the Harrison Community Hospital in Cadiz, Ohio. He was born November 11, 1950 in Dennison, Ohio a son of the late Raymond D. and Dolly A. Dosson Rose. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Cadiz where he currently served as a trustee; the Harrison Lodge...
Gary Sowers
Aug 3, 2018
Gary Dean String Bean Sowers, 71, of Cadiz died Friday, August 3, 2018 at Lizas Place in Wheeling, WV. He was born December 23, 1946 in Martins Ferry, Ohio a son of the late Charles and Ina Biel Sowers. He was a veteran of the US Army having served in the VietNam Era where he received the Purple Heart with...
Betty West
Jul 26, 2018
Elizabeth Betty West 92, of Cadiz, Ohio, died peacefully on July 26, 2018 at The Harrison County Home. Born June 23 1926 in Cadiz, Ohio, she is proceeded in death by her parents, Clyde, Sr. and Elizabeth (Davis) Williams of Cadiz, Ohio, her first husband Ulysses E. Wheeler, second husband Roger E. West and siblings, Clyde Williams Jr., Charles Williams,...
Robert Walrath
Jul 23, 2018
Robert G. Walrath, 90, of Cadiz, died Monday, July 23, 2018 at Harrison Community Hospital in Cadiz. He was born July 17, 1928 in Miller's Station, Harrison County, Ohio, a son of the late Lewis E. and Iva B. Snyder Walrath. Bob was a 1946 graduate of Wayne High School in Bloomingdale and attended Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. After...
Charles Busby
Jul 10, 2018
Charles D. Busby, 66, of Cadiz, Ohio, died Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at Sienna Hills Nursing Home in Pleasant Grove following a lengthy illness. He was born September 1, 1951 in Martins Ferry, Ohio, a son of the late Clayton and Clara Melva Freeman Busby. Chuck was a former coal miner. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...
Roy Haught
Jul 9, 2018
Roy Lee Haught, 87, of Cadiz, Ohio, formerly of Bloomingdale, Ohio, died Monday, July 9, 2018 at his home. He was born September 25, 1930 in Beverly, West Virginia, a son of the late Henry and Laura Swiger Haught. Mr. Haught was a Crane Man for Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel in Mingo Jct., Ohio and was a member of the Ywhw Apostolic...
Gary Fogle
Jul 7, 2018
Gary W. Fogle, 68, of Cadiz, died Saturday, July 7, 2018 at New Dawn Retirement Community in Dover, Ohio. He was born February 13, 1950 in Martins Ferry, Ohio a son of the late Myron and Gladys Moore Fogle. Gary was self employed for many years. He was preceded in death in addition to his parents, by his brother Richard...
George Poole
Jun 29, 2018
George W. Poole, 80, of Cadiz, died Friday, June 29, 2018 at UPMC Montefiore Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. He was born October 3, 1937 in West Virginia, a son of the late Harmon "Buck" and Margaret Wilson Poole. Mr. Poole was a farmer and the former owner of George's Gulf, the Discount Warehouse, and Miles Water Service. He was a...
Martha Ferri
Jun 27, 2018
Martha Ellen Ferri, 85, of Georgetown, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at Trinity Medical Center, West, in Steubenville, Ohio. She was born March 30, 1933 at Cadiz, Ohio, a daughter of the late Monroe and Mildred Adams Blake. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her loving husband, Dominic Paul Ferri in 2010; two...
Joseph Erdos
Jun 25, 2018
Joseph "Lanny" Erdos, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend, 78, of New Athens, Ohio, died Monday, June 25, 2018 at Ohio Valley Medical Center in Wheeling, WV. He was born February 28, 1940 in Wheeling, WV, first-born son of the late Joseph and Yolanda "Tillie" Hopkins Erdos. A graduate of Franklin High School in 1958, Lanny began work as a...
Jana Ferrell
Jun 19, 2018
Jana Lee DeCorte Ferrell, 67, of Cadiz died Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at Gables Care Center in Hopedale, Ohio. She was born August 10, 1950 in Wheeling, West Virginia. Graduate of Cadiz High School Class of 1968. She was the daughter of the late Alfred DeCorte and Helen Romshak DeCorte Harris and stepfather, Harmon Harris. She is survived by her...



