Obituaries

Phyllis Zitko

Phyllis Zitko

Dec 15, 2013

Phyllis (JoAnn) Zitko, 83, of Cadiz, OH, fell asleep in the Lord on December 15, 2013 at Harrison Community Hospital. JoAnn was born October 29, 1930 in Harrison County, OH, daughter of the late Philip and Virginia Moreland Porter. She was a 1948 graduate of Scio High School. An active member of The Presbyterian Church of Cadiz, she lived her...

George Kovacik

George Kovacik

Dec 14, 2013

George Kovacik, 85 of rural Cadiz, passed peacefully on December 14, 2013 at Trinity West in Steubenville, Ohio. He was born March 24, 1928 in Adena, Ohio a son of the late Joseph and Julia Lukacena Kovacik. George was a member of the First Church of Christ in Cadiz, Local 283 of the United Mine Workers and AFSCME, having worked...

Susan Wenner

Susan Wenner

Dec 9, 2013

Susan K. Wenner, 60, of Cadiz, died Monday, December 9, 2013 at Trinity Medical Center, West in Steubenville. She was born June 13, 1953 in Martins Ferry, Ohio, a daughter of the late Louis and Amy Heskett Katona. Susan was a Legal Secretary at the John Tabacchi Law Office in Cadiz for 17 years and a member of the Word...

Tony Pietrangelo

Tony Pietrangelo

Dec 7, 2013

Tony Pietrangelo, 95, of Cadiz, died Saturday, December 07, 2013 at his home following a brief illness. He was born November 28, 1918 in Rhodesdale, Ohio, a son of the late Samuel Vincenzo and Maria Masciovecchio Pietrangelo. Tony defined the term active senior in the Cadiz area. He was a former President of the Cadiz Lions Club, a member of...

Jack Spry

Jack Spry

Dec 6, 2013

Jack Spry, 80, of Cadiz, formerly of Toronto, Ohio, died Friday, December 6, 2013 at East Ohio Regional Hospital in Martins Ferry. He was born July 28, 1933 in Memphis, Texas, a son of the late Fred Bradford and Frankie Pearl Hodge Spry. Jack was a retired Boiler Technician for Ohio Edison at the Toronto Power Plant. He was an...

Jean Quattrociocche

Jean Quattrociocche

Dec 2, 2013

Jean Quattrociocche, 87, of Cadiz, died Sunday, December 1, 2013 at Harrison Community Hospital. She was born June 20, 1926 in Amsterdam, Ohio, a daughter of the late James and Florence Beach Simpson. Jean was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Cadiz, where she served as a Stewardess and Trustee. She graduated from Cadiz High School in 1944 and...

Patricia Mcafee

Patricia Mcafee

Nov 29, 2013

Patricia K. McAfee, 64 of Cadiz, died Friday, November 29, 2013 at Trinity West in Steubenville, Ohio. She was born December 27, 1948 in Bucyrus, Ohio a daughter of the late Donald and Lena Emmel Ruckman. She was a member of Hanover United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death in addition to her parents, by her husband Terry S....

Donald Milliken

Donald Milliken

Nov 19, 2013

Donald G. Milliken, 76, of Steubenville, formerly of Cadiz and Key Largo, FL, died Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at his home. He was born October 14, 1937 in Cadiz, a son of the late Harold G. and Evelyn R. Sowers Milliken. Donald was a Crystal Technician at Harshaw in Solon, OH. He was a member of the Cadiz American Legion,...

Luther Wheeler

Luther Wheeler

Nov 18, 2013

Luther A. "Baby" Wheeler, 89 of Cadiz, died Monday, November 18, 2013 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz, Ohio. He was born March 9, 1924 in Cadiz, a son of the late Luther and Iva Walls Wheeler. He was a member of St. James A.M.E. Church in Cadiz and a retired railroad worker having worked as a Gandy Dancer for the...

William Romshak

William Romshak

Nov 13, 2013

William "Bill" Romshak, 69, of Cadiz died Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. He was born December 27, 1943 in Harlan, Kentucky a son of the late Henry and Ruby Irene Goodman Romshak. Bill was a coal miner and a mechanic. He was a member of the Cadiz Church of the Nazarene and the Cadiz...

Barbara Klinesmith

Barbara Klinesmith

Nov 10, 2013

Barbara Klinesmith, 66, of Cadiz, formerly of Bloomingdale, died Sunday, November 10, 2013 at the Carriage Inn of Cadiz. She was born March 13, 1947 in Pennsylvania, a daughter of the late Joseph and Margaret Cox Hurd. Barbara was a homemaker and a retired Nurses Aid. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Walter...

Edwin Barcroft, Sr.

Edwin Barcroft, Sr.

Nov 8, 2013

Edwin E. Barcroft, Sr., 93, of Cadiz, died Friday, November 8, 2013 at the Carriage Inn of Cadiz. He was born August 21, 1920 in Freeport, Ohio, a son of the late Edward C. and Mary Bell Milliken Barcroft. Edwin was a member of the Hopedale Church of Christ and a former member and helped to build the Cadiz Church...

Mary Romshak

Mary Romshak

Oct 30, 2013

Mary Alice Romshak, 91, the oldest living resident of New Athens who was born there, died Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at Liza's Place in Wheeling, WV. She was born April 2, 1922, a daughter of the late Clyde F. and Lillie M. Henderson Secrest. Mary Alice was a former member of Council and former Mayor of the Village of New...

Mary Straight

Mary Straight

Oct 25, 2013

Mary Lou Coffman Straight, 64, of Lodi, formerly of Cadiz, passed away Friday, October 25, 2013 at Burbank Parke Care Center in Burbank, Ohio. She was born September 25, 1949, in Wheeling, WV, a daughter of the late Ralph Coffman and the late Betty Ward Coffman Peterson. Mary Lou worked as a clerk at Mack's Food Market and Miller Brothers'...

Elsie Leeser

Elsie Leeser

Oct 23, 2013

Elsie B. Leeser, 97 of Cadiz died Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at Gable Care Center, Hopedale, Ohio. She was born March 13, 1916 in Bowerston, Ohio a daughter of the late Harold Eugene and Nina McGuire Bower. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Cadiz and was the former owner/operator of Leeser's Market in Cadiz. She was an...

Lois Brown

Lois Brown

Oct 20, 2013

Lois Jane Brown, 85, of Cadiz died Sunday, October 20, 2013 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz. She was born March 9, 1928 in Adena, Ohio a daughter of the late John Charles and Caroline Fitzgerald Sargent, Sr. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Cadiz and was the retired owner/operator and book keeper for her dress shop in...

Eva Carson

Eva Carson

Oct 14, 2013

Eva D. Carson, 94, of Dover, Ohio, formerly of Cadiz, Ohio, died Monday, October 14, 2013 at Park Village Health Care Center, Dover. She was born October 19, 1918 in Harrison County, Ohio, a daughter of the late Floyd and Viola Moore Cramblett. Mrs. Carson was a homemaker who was known for her quilting skills. She was a founding member...

John Francis

John Francis

Sep 21, 2013

John Edward Francis, 76, of Cadiz, died Saturday, September 21, 2013 at Gables Care Center in Hopedale. He was born June 14, 1937 in Martins Ferry, a son of the late Lawrence Minteer "Mike" and Grace Shaw Francis. John was the owner and operator of Francis Construction in Cadiz for 50 years. He was a member of the Cadiz Volunteer...

Deloris Pinnell

Deloris Pinnell

Sep 21, 2013

Deloris Schonauer Pinnell, 85 of Hopedale, died Saturday, September 21, 2013 at Gables Care Center, Hopedale, Ohio. She was born December 30, 1927. She was a retired employee of Hopedale School having worked in the Library. She was preceded in death in addition to her parents, by her first husband Harold Schonauer, her second husband Herman Pinnell, 4 brothers and...

Roger Akers

Roger Akers

Sep 16, 2013

Roger W. Akers, 70, of Adena, died Monday, September 16, 2013 at Trinity Medical Center, West in Steubenville. He was born August 8, 1943 in Sistersville, WV, a son of the late Orville and Evelyn Kile Akers. Roger was a retired Train Master for the Newburgh and South Shore Railroad in Cleveland and a retired Carroll County Deputy Sheriff. He...