Obituaries

Anna Reed
Jun 13, 2017
Anna Louise Reed, 78 of Cadiz, died Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at Valley Hospice Care Center North in Steubenville, Ohio. She was born December 7, 1938 in Cadiz, Ohio, a daughter of the late Frank Edgar and Rosetta Hython Strother. She was a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness in Cadiz. She worked at several companies in Cadiz...

Mitch Tucker
Jun 6, 2017
Mitch Tucker, 43, of Bridgeport, formerly of Hopedale, died Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at East Ohio Regional Hospital in Martins Ferry. He was born April 6, 1974 in Wheeling, WV, the son of Sharon Hoobler Tucker of Bridgeport. Mitch was a Landscaper with Dirt Designs in Morristown. He graduated in 1992 from Cadiz High School. He enjoyed coaching Biddy Football...

Sarah Beckett
May 29, 2017
Sarah Elizabeth Beckett, infant daughter of David Aaron Beckett and Carissa Lynn Mulinix passed away on Monday, May 29, 2017 after 1 hour and 21 minutes of life. Our beautiful angel was here for such a brief time, but will eternally live in our hearts. Sarah was preceded in death by her grandfather Matthew Robinson; Great Great Grandmother, Madeline Stuart...

Letha Fulton
May 28, 2017
Letha I. Fulton, 91, of Cadiz died Sunday, May 28, 2017 at her home. She was born April 25, 1926 in Holloway, Ohio a daughter of Denzil and Katherine Wilson Jones. She was a homemaker and a member of the Cadiz Eagles Aerie #2162 Auxiliary. She was preceded in death in addition to her parents; by her husband, C. Howard...
Rita Erdos
May 28, 2017
Rita Meredith Erdos, 75, of New Athens, died Sunday, May 28, 2017 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born January 7, 1942 in Daybrook, WV a daughter of the late Harold "Buck" Ammons and Martha Tennant Yost. She was a member of the New Athens VFD Auxiliary, Flushing American Legion Auxiliary and a member of the Fairpoint...
Edna Liszeski
May 18, 2017
Edna Taggart Liszeski, 94, of Cadiz, died Thursday, May 18, 2017 at the Harrison County Home. She was born August 19, 1922 in Athens Township, Harrison County, Ohio, a daughter of the late Graydon and Lucy Nora Lafferty Fulton. She was a member of Rankin United Methodist Church and retired from the Scio Pottery after 19 years of service. She...

Paula Ramsey
May 1, 2017
Paula R. Ramsey, 58, of Cadiz, died Monday, May 1, 2017 at Wheeling Hospital. She was born April 23, 1959 in Wheeling, WV a daughter of the late Benjamin and Ruth A. Brooks Ramsey. Paula was a member of St. James AME Church in Cadiz and worked in housekeeping at the Carriage Inn and the Microtel in Cadiz. She is...

Eleanor Savage
Apr 30, 2017
Eleanor K. Savage, 71, of Cadiz, OH formerly of Cleveland, OH, died Sunday, April 30, 2017 at Trinity Medical Center, West in Steubenville, OH. She was born February 21, 1946 in Cleveland, OH, a daughter of the late James Barton, Sr. and Mary Valach Barton. Mrs. Savage is a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Cleveland. Surviving...

John Milliken
Apr 30, 2017
John Wesley Milliken, 81, of Cadiz, died Sunday, April 30, 2017 at Lifeline Hospital, Wintersville, Ohio. He was born February 5, 1936 in Cadiz, Ohio a son of the late Joe and Isabel Snodgrass Milliken. John was a coal miner having worked at Hannah, Consol, Bedway and R&F Coal Companies as a dozer operator. He was a member of the...

Randy Moon
Apr 29, 2017
Randolph Scott "Randy" Moon, 33, of Cadiz, died Saturday at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz. He was born March 31, 1984 in Bellaire, Ohio, a son of Lisa Bryan Tuchek of Cadiz and Charles Moon of Smithfield. Randy was an Army Veteran of the Iraq War, having served two tours of duty there. He loved his kids and music, especially playing...

Charles Murray
Apr 24, 2017
Charles R. Murray, 68, of Georgetown, Ohio, died Monday, April 24, 2017, at the Adena Health and Rehabilitation Center in Harrisville. He was born October 10, 1948 in Wheeling, WV, a son of the late Charles A. and Mary Murray. Charles was a retired Coal Miner from Consolidation Coal Company. He was an avid fisherman anywhere there were Crappies. He...
A. Meadows
Apr 16, 2017
A. Rose Meadows, 106, of Mulberry, FL, formerly of Cadiz, OH and Elkins, WV, died Sunday, April 16, 2017 in Mulberry. She was born March 11, 1911 in Elkins, WV, a daughter of the late James G. and Inez Duckworth Stalnaker. Mrs. Meadows was the retired Cafeteria Supervisor for Cadiz Exempted Village Schools. She was raised Presbyterian and was a...

Elaine Young
Apr 14, 2017
Elaine Wood Kelley Young, 79, passed away Friday, April 14 surrounded by her family. She was born in Warnock, Ohio on December 18, 1937 and was a lifelong resident of Harrison County. She was the daughter of Charles "Chick" Norris and Cora Belle Lemaster Norris. She was preceded in death by her parents and brothers Moonie, Homer; and sisters Josephine...

Dr. Waller
Apr 10, 2017
Dr. Harvey W. Waller, 77, of Bloomingdale, died Monday, April 10, 2017 at Gables Care Center in Hopedale. He was born December 27, 1939 in Wheeling, WV, a son of the late Raymond E. and Edna Coffman Waller. Dr. Waller was a retired Chiropractor in Harrison, Jefferson, and Belmont Counties. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...
Mary Burgess
Apr 6, 2017
Mary Jane Burgess, 79, of New Athens, Ohio, formerly of Las Vegas, Nevada, died Thursday, April 6, 2017 at Acuity Hospital in Bellaire, Ohio. She was born June 29, 1937 in Portland, Oregon, a daughter of the late Reynold and Florence Forker Aust. Mrs. Burgess worked in retail sales at The Army/Air Force Exchange in Germany. She enjoyed playing Bingo...

Maurine Huntsman
Mar 30, 2017
Maurine Ann Leeser Huntsman, 73, of Cadiz, died Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at her home. She was born March 20, 1944 in Wheeling, WV the daughter of the late Maurice and Elsie Bower Leeser. Maurine was a member and Elder of the Presbyterian Church of Cadiz and was a retired clerk for the Harrison News Herald. In addition to her...
Marcia Bedway
Mar 25, 2017
Marcia Elizabeth Bedway, a renowned businesswoman and civic leader whose intellect, creativity, wit and warmth made her a favorite of relatives, friends, business associates and pets alike, died March 25, 2017 from surgical complications. Born on February 9, 1950 to the late John and Janet Bedway, Marcia was a 1967 graduate of Mount De Chantal Visitation Academy in Wheeling and...

Dorothy Bargar
Mar 24, 2017
Dorothy B. Bargar, 92, of Cadiz, died Friday, March 24, 2017 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz. She was born June 6, 1924 in Nottingham Twp., Harrison County, Ohio, a daughter of the late Gordon and Hazel Goodrich Brewer. A lifelong resident of Harrison County, Mrs. Bargar owned and operated Bargar's Florist and Greenhouse in Cadiz for many years. She was...

Howard Horton
Mar 21, 2017
Howard D. "Jack" Horton, 92, of Cadiz, died Tuesday, March 21 at his home. He was born July 27, 1924 in Belpre, Ohio, a son of the late Clark B. and Lulu L. Matheny Horton. Jack was an avid member of Masonic bodies in eastern Ohio. He was the Past Master of Harrison Lodge 219 F. & A.M., a member...

Richard Carson
Mar 10, 2017
Richard E. "Dick" Carson, 86, of Hopedale, Ohio, passed away March 10th at Gables Care Center following a brief illness. He was born February 3, 1931, a son of the late Dick North and Rena Sagrilla Carson. Dick was a graduate of Hopedale High School. He served his country in the US Army stationed in Korea. He grew up working...