Obituaries

Ross Wells

Ross Wells

May 7, 2016

Ross B. Wells, 80, of Cadiz, died Saturday, May 7, 2016 at his home, surrounded by his family. He was born April 16, 1936 near Cadiz, a son of the late Glenn Fletcher and Beulah Birney Wells. Mr. Wells attended Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church. He was a farmer and a retired coal miner, having worked at Kimble and Cravat...

Jane Shuss

Jane Shuss

May 2, 2016

Jane E. Shuss, 56, of Gables Care Center, Hopedale, formerly of Scio, died Monday, May 2, 2016 at Trinity Medical Center, West in Steubenville. She was born September 17, 1959 in Uhrichsville, Ohio, a daughter of the late Wilbur and Nina Fulton Schuss. Jane was an employee of the Harrison Industries Sheltered Workshop in Cadiz. She enjoyed country music and...

Wayne Ferrell

Wayne Ferrell

Apr 30, 2016

Wayne O. Ferrell, 68, of Cadiz, died Saturday, April 30, 2016 at Wheeling Hospital. Arrangements are pending. A memorial service will be held on a future date to be announced.

Wayne Ferrell, Jr.

Wayne Ferrell, Jr.

Apr 30, 2016

Wayne O. Ferrell, Jr., 68, of Cadiz, died Saturday, April 30, 2016 at Wheeling Hospital in Wheeling. He was born April 20, 1948, a son of the late Wayne O. Ferrell, Sr. and Doris Barnhart Ferrell. Wayne was an employee of the Harrison County Highway Dept. He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam Era. In addition to his parents,...

Carolyn Karver

Carolyn Karver

Apr 27, 2016

Carolyn "Kay" (Easthom) Karver passed away the 27th of April 2016 in Gold Canyon, AZ. Mrs. Karver, a licensed cosmetologist, but her chosen profession was homemaker, was born April 3, 1941 in Steubenville, OH. , a daughter of the late Carroll Howard and Mary Marshall Easthom. She leaves behind her husband Wayne Karver, daughter Melissa Karver Komen, and two grandchildren...

John Ramsey

John Ramsey

Apr 26, 2016

John R. Ramsey, 87 of New Athens, died Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at the home of his daughter Lindy in New Athens after a lengthy illness with his family by his side. He was born September 8, 1928 in Dennison, Ohio a son of the late Wilbur and Merle Lafferty Ramsey. He loved to rebuild antique John Deere tractors. If...

Nancy Voitko

Nancy Voitko

Apr 22, 2016

Nancy DiBerardino Voitko, of Cadiz, Ohio, formerly of Mingo Junction, Ohio, passed on April 22, 2016. She was born in Mingo Junction, Ohio on January 27, 1928, the daughter of Natale and Giovanna Pancotti DiBerardino. Nancy was a member of St. Agnes Catholic Church in Mingo Jct., Ohio and the St. Agnes Catholic Women. In addition to her parents, she...

Rupert Beetham

Rupert Beetham

Apr 17, 2016

Rupert Nelms Beetham, 68, of Cadiz, died Sunday, April 17, 2016 at Liza's Place in Wheeling. He was born October 12, 1947 in Columbus, Ohio, a son of the late Thomas and Anna Nelms Beetham. Mr. Beetham was an Attorney-at-Law in Cadiz since 1972. He is the oldest practicing Attorney in Harrison County and the oldest member of the Harrison...

Mary Whitecotton

Mary Whitecotton

Apr 14, 2016

Mary L. (Terry) Whitecotton, 66 of Cadiz, died Thursday, April 14, 2016 at OVMC in Wheeling, WV. She was born November 28, 1949 in Martins Ferry, Ohio a daughter of the late Melvin A. and Mary Louise Wheeler Terry. Mary was an Income Maintenance Supervisor for the Department of Jobs and Family Services in Jefferson County for 31 years; a...

Walter Snyder

Walter Snyder

Apr 12, 2016

Walter "Ray" Snyder, 84, residing in Sandusky, passed away Saturday evening, April 9, 2016 at Firelands Regional Medical Center after a brief illness. Ray was born on December 17, 1931 in East Cadiz, OH to the late Walter C. and Essie (Miser) Snyder. Ray graduated from Hopedale High School in Hopedale, OH and attended the College of Steubenville in Steubenville,...

Dorothy Goggins

Dorothy Goggins

Apr 6, 2016

Dorothy Goggins, 89, of Columbus, Ohio, formerly of Cadiz, Ohio, died Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at The Woodlands of East Broad Street in Columbus. She was born August 15, 1926 in Cadiz, Ohio, a daughter of the late George U. and LaVerna Olmstead Miller. Mrs. Goggins was a member of Union Grove Baptist Church in Columbus, where she was a...

Jeffrey Smith

Jeffrey Smith

Apr 5, 2016

Jeffrey Lee Smith, 58, of Newcomerstown, died Tuesday at his home. He was born June 14, 1957 in Wheeling, WV, a son of Willard L. and Helen G. Persons Smith of Moorefield. Jeff was a retired construction worker from US Lindsay in Dallas, Texas and a Methodist by faith. He enjoyed fishing, the outdoors, and his construction work, which he...

Belinda Coffman

Belinda Coffman

Mar 31, 2016

Belinda Marie Coffman, 65, of Cadiz, died Thursday, March 31, 2016 at Trinity Medical Center, West in Steubenville. She was born May 23, 1950 in Wheeling, WV, a daughter of the late William Stephens and the late Hannah Louise Sponhaltz Stephens Carpenter. Belinda retired after 25 years as a teacher at the MRDD centers in Cadiz and Lodi, Ohio. She...

Raymond Delloma

Raymond Delloma

Mar 25, 2016

Raymond Delloma, 76, of Jewett, died peacefully at his home on Friday, March 25, 2016. He was born May 18, 1939 in Bloomingdale, Ohio, the youngest son of the twelve children of the late Marion and Sallie Vaughn Delloma. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Arvella Hoobler Maffitt Delloma in 2008; a son-in-law,...

James Bethel

James Bethel

Mar 17, 2016

James Bethel, 55, of Cadiz, died Thursday at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz. He was born November 29, 1960, a son of the late Kenneth Bethel and the late Emma Virginia McIntyre Bethel Flaherty. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Joseph Bethel and his step-father, James Flaherty. Surviving are three brothers, Robert Flaherty of...

David Baker

David Baker

Mar 17, 2016

David William Baker, 65 of Cadiz, died Thursday, March 17, 2016 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Dave was born June 1, 1950 in Wheeling, WV a son of Virginia M. Slates Baker of Cadiz and the late John J. Baker. Dave was a member of the UMWA having worked for Consol, was a member of the Cadiz...

Evelyn Bryan

Evelyn Bryan

Mar 15, 2016

Evelyn Bryan, 97 of Cadiz passed away Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz, Ohio. She was born October 16, 1918 in Jewett, Ohio a daughter of the late Walter and Mildred Brennan Jones. She was a former time keeper for the former Y&O Coal Company and owned the J&E Laundromat in Cadiz. She was a member of...

Eugene Smith

Eugene Smith

Mar 14, 2016

Eugene "Gene" Smith, 84 of New Athens went to his final rest Monday, March 14, 2016 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz, Ohio. He was born May 18, 1931 in Georgetown, Ohio a son of the late Cora Smith. Gene was retired from Consol, a member of United Mine Workers of America, former Boy Scout Leader, lifetime member of New Athens...

Belinda Edwards

Belinda Edwards

Mar 6, 2016

Belinda "Linda" L. Edwards, 68, of Cadiz, died Sunday, March 6, 2016 at Harrison Community Hospital in Cadiz. She was born September 20, 1947 in Wheeling, WV, a daughter of the late Dale Otto and Mary Bailey Kellar. Linda loved to cook. She was a cook for thirty years, having worked for Piergallini Catering, the Tappan Marina and the Harrison...

Anna Neff

Anna Neff

Mar 1, 2016

Anna Jean Neff, 77, of Cadiz, Ohio, formerly of Colliers, WV, died Monday at Trinity Medical Center, West in Steubenville. She was born April 25, 1938 near Cadiz in Harrison County, Ohio, a daughter of the late Dale Otto and Mary Bailey Kellar. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death her husband, Dana Robert Neff in 2015...