Obituaries

Ryan Lacross
Sep 17, 2015
Ryan J. LaCross, 35 of Cadiz, died Thursday, September 17, 2015 at Trinity Medical Center West in Steubenville, Ohio. He was born November 22, 1979 in Steubenville, Ohio a son of George (Debbie Barnhart) LaCross of Cadiz and Karen Stamm (Duane) Ross of Hopedale, Ohio. He worked as a driller for Precision Drilling. He is survived in addition to his...

Floyd Culbertson
Sep 17, 2015
Floyd H. "Snook" Culbertson, 68 of New Athens, died Thursday, September 17, 2015 at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was born July 30, 1947 in Martins Ferry, Ohio a son of the late Floyd D. and Ola Howfield Culbertson. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy serving on the USS Independence during the Vietnam War, member of the...
Barbara Shannon
Sep 14, 2015
Barbara Shannon, 68 of Cadiz, died Monday, September 14, 2015 at her home. She was born August 23, 1947 in Dennison, Ohio a daughter of the late Paul Camden Blankenship and Nora Kathleen Lucas Blankenship. Barb was a member of the Hopedale Church of Christ and a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her...

Michelene Hauber
Sep 13, 2015
Michelene "Mickey" Hauber, 75 of Cadiz, died Sunday, September 13, 2015 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz, Ohio. She was born February 11, 1940 in Bergholz, Ohio a daughter of the late Michael E. and Jennie Skolnik Budinsky. She was a member of St. Teresa Catholic Church in Cadiz and a retired ward secretary at Carriage Inn. She was preceded in...
Ralph Hilligas
Sep 12, 2015
Ralph Eugene Hilligas, 52 of Cadiz, Ohio passed Saturday, September 12, 2015 at Trinity West. He was born September 17, 1962, a son of Wilma Hutton HIlligas Matusik of Cadiz and the late Ralph Paul Hilligas. He was preceded in death by his grandparent: Mr. and Mrs. George Hilligas and Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Hutton; nephew, Tommy (Tank) Hilligas; step-dad,...
David Barker
Sep 11, 2015
David L. Barker, 76, of Cadiz, died Friday, September 11, 2015 at Union Hospital in Dover. He was born August 26, 1939 in Wheeling, WV, a son of the late Archie John and Isabelle Laughrige Barker. Dave was a member of Scott United Methodist Church. He worked at many jobs in his lifetime before retiring, including working at Sickle's Garage,...

James Mcfarlan
Sep 3, 2015
James Sheridan McFarlan, 92, of Cadiz, joined his Savior and heavenly family on September 3, 2015. James was born and raised on the family farm near Cadiz, the son of the late William E. and Margaret Elizabeth (Morgan) McFarlan. He was a Christian by faith and an active member of the Cadiz Presbyterian Church and the former Grace United Presbyterian...

Larry Williams
Sep 3, 2015
Laurence C. "Larry" Williams, Sr., 65, of Cadiz died Thursday, September 3, 2015 at the Carriage Inn of Cadiz. He was born July 24, 1950 in Wheeling, WV, a son of the late Clyde Leroy Williams, Jr. and the late Frieda May Williams Walker. He retired from ODOT as a Certified State Inspector. He was also a former heavy equipment...

Gloria Richards
Sep 2, 2015
On Wednesday morning September 2, 2015 Gloria Jean George Richards took the hand of her savior when he called her home with her husband Bob and granddaughter Kelley by her side. Born March 10, 1938 she was the only child of the late Harry and Eleanor George of Georgetown, Ohio. She married the love of her life Robert "Bob" Richards...

William Culbertson
Aug 20, 2015
William R. Culbertson, 77, of Flushing, formerly of New Athens, passed away peacefully at his home on the beloved family farm on Thursday, August 20, 2015. He now walks with the Lord and his mother, father, sister and brother-in-law. He was born April 18, 1938 in New Athens, a son of the late Robert W. and Margaret Elizabeth White Culbertson....
Johnny Sterling, Jr.
Aug 7, 2015
Johnny Hayward Sterling, Jr., 61 of Hopedale, died Friday August 7, 2015 at Trinity Medical Center, West in Steubenville. He was born in Steubenville, Ohio on October 1, 1953 to the late John H. and Shirley Dunlap Sterling, Sr. He was a Marine Veteran having served during the VietNam Era, was a cook onboard the Delta Queen and he loved...
John Vich
Aug 1, 2015
John Vich, 81, of Cadiz, died Saturday, August 1, 2015 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz. He was born September 8, 1933 in Unionvale, Ohio, a son of the late George Veselinovich (Vich) and the late Julia Licina Vich Miller. John graduated from Cadiz High School and was a lifelong resident of Harrison County. He served as an Airborne Paratrooper in...
Sandra Warrington
Jul 26, 2015
Sandra S. Warrington, 65 of Cadiz, died Sunday, July 26, 2015 at the Carriage Inn of Cadiz. She was born August 31, 1949 in Martins Ferry, Ohio a daughter of the late Harry B. "Doc" and Doris Mitchell Cochran. She was retired from housekeeping at Harrison Community Hospital, a member of the Presbyterian Church of Cadiz and enjoyed watching horse...

Anna Wheeler
Jul 24, 2015
Anna Yvonne Wheeler, 69 of Columbus, formerly of Cadiz, died Friday, July 24, 2015 at the Kobacker House in Columbus, Ohio. She was born March 3, 1946 in Martins Ferry, Ohio a daughter of the late Lawrence A. and Laura K. Miller Wheeler. She was a member of St. James A.M.E. Church in Cadiz and St. Paul A.M.E. Church in...

Rev. Hudson
Jul 20, 2015
William H. Hudson, Hermitage, formerly of Cadiz, Oh, passed away following an extended illness at 1:25 p.m. Monday (7-20-15) in the Hospital of Sharon Regional Health System after a battle with Dementia and ALS. He was 75. William was born October 10, 1939 in Sharon the son of William Albert and Margaret Barron Hudson. He was raised in the Patagonia...

Sharon Dowdle
Jul 17, 2015
Sharon Elaine Pettay Dowdle, 66, of Cadiz, died July 17, 2015 at the Carriage Inn of Cadiz. She was born May 5, 1949 in Wheeling, WV, a daughter of the late Kenneth and Ruby Ash Pettay. Sharon was a food service worker at the Carriage Inn of Cadiz and enjoyed playing card and dice games; music and dancing; and having...

Jimmie Arnold
Jul 10, 2015
Jimmie Burgess "J.B." Arnold, 89, of Hopedale, died Friday, July 10, 2015 at Gables Care Center, Hopedale. He was born January 4, 1926 in Fairview, Ohio, a son of the late Ray Bevin and Elsie Frances Baker Arnold. Mr. Arnold was a member of the Hopedale Church of Christ. He was the retired owner and operator of J.B Arnold Trucking,...

Craig Kerwood
Jun 24, 2015
Craig Allen Kerwood, 61, of Cadiz, formerly of Jewett and Scio, died Wednesday, June 24, 2015 at the Carriage Inn of Cadiz. He was born January 5, 1954 in Zanesville, Ohio, a son of the late Ross Kerwood, Sr. and Beatrice Raber Kerwood. Craig was a people person with an outgoing personality and a great sense of humor. As a...

Thomas Perry
Jun 20, 2015
Thomas E. Perry, 65, of St. Clairsville, formerly of Cadiz, died Saturday, June 20, 2015 at Wheeling Hospital. He was born July 24, 1949 in Cadiz, a son of the late James and Wilma Thompson Perry. Tom was a retired coal miner and was the owner and operator of Perry's Tree Service in Cadiz. He was a Methodist by faith...

Bonnie Post
Jun 10, 2015
Bonnie J. Post, 68, of Jewett, died Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at her home in Jewett, Ohio. She was born September 28, 1946 in Lodi, Ohio a daughter of the late Forrest and Evelyn Raker Walters. She was a veteran having served in the Army National Guard, worked as a security guard and a department store clerk. She was preceded...