Obituaries

Verda Umbowers
May 15, 2013
Verda Viola Umbowers, 86, of Mt. Pleasant died Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at Autumn Health Care in Adena, Ohio. She was born March 26, 1927 in Hopedale, Ohio, a daughter of the late Willam Earl and Grace L. Hayes Nichols. She was a homemaker and a member of the Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian Church, the Mr. and Mrs. Class at the...

Anne Bryan
May 13, 2013
Anne D. Bryan, 98 of Cadiz died Monday, May 13, 2013 at Emerald Pointe in Barnesville, Ohio. She was born May 8, 1915 in Adena, Ohio a daughter of the late Samuel and Julia Dometrovich. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Church in Cadiz. She was preceded in death in addition to her...

Beverly Sall
May 7, 2013
Beverly M. Stamm Sall, 89, of Cadiz, died Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at the Harrison County Home. She was born June 24, 1923 in Canton, IL. She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry R. "Hank" Sall in 2002 and by a step-son, Bob Sall. Beverly was an Avon Representative for fifty years and loved her Boston Terriers and...

Cecil Mills
May 3, 2013
Cecil Clyde Mills, 87, of Cadiz, died Friday, May 3, 2013 at Lifeline Hospital in Wintersville. He was born February 26, 1926 in Cadiz, a son of the late Sylvester and Oma Mills. Clyde was a retired Coal Mining Manager having worked for Hanna, Consolidation, Horizon and Muskingum Coal Companies and was a member of the UMWA. He was a...
Barbara Henson
May 2, 2013
Barbara C. "Mother" Henson, 97, of Cadiz, died Thursday, May 2, 2013 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz. She was born January 19, 1916 in Toledo, a daughter of the late Paul E. and Katharine Allen Cowgill. Barbara was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Cadiz. She graduated in 1938 from The Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Science...
Michael Keadle
Apr 26, 2013
Michael Gregg Keadle, 65, of Hopedale, formerly of Cadiz and Belmont died Friday, April 26, 2013 at Lifeline Hospital in Wintersville. He was born December 3, 1947 in Belmont, OH, a son of John Keadle of Martins Ferry and the late Ruth Anne Gregg Keadle. Mike was a retired truck driver from Cassens Auto Transport in Marysville, OH. He was...

David Reynolds
Apr 22, 2013
David C. Reynolds, 58, of Cadiz, formerly of Wintersville, died Monday, April 22, 2013 at Harrison Community Hospital. He was born October 4, 1954 in Steubenville, OH, the son of Ralph and Grace Marie Wells Spencer of Wintersville and the late Charles Dean Reynolds. Dave attended Crossroads Christian Church in Wintersville and was a Driver for Harrison County Rural Transit....

Jerry Pecenka, Jr.
Apr 18, 2013
Jerry Pecenka, Jr., 73, Cadiz, died Thursday, April 18, 2013 at Valley Hospice Care Center North in Steubenville, Ohio. He was born February 10, 1940 in Kinsman, Ohio a son of the late Jerry Pecenka, Sr. and Stella Dubietis Pecenka. He was a coal miner and mechanic for Y&O Coal Company and worked at the Jefferson County Sheriff's office. He...
Ruth Willis
Apr 16, 2013
Ruth Ramsay Willis, 90, of Columbus, OH, formerly of Cadiz, died Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at Sterling House in Westerville. She was born February 11, 1923 in Amsterdam, OH, a daughter of the late John Ramsay, Sr. and Mabel Campbell Ramsay. The family moved to Cadiz in 1928 with Ruth graduating from Cadiz High School in 1941. In 1947 she...

David Banks
Apr 16, 2013
David Matthew Banks, 54, of Dover, formerly of Cadiz and Columbus, died April 16, 2013 in Dover. He was born May 1, 1958 in Martins Ferry, OH, a son of the late Edward Henry Banks, Sr. and Ora Pauline Cooper Banks. David was a youth coordinator with a group home in Martins Ferry and formerly coached basketball in Cadiz. He...

Charles Sproull
Apr 13, 2013
Charles A. Sproull, 87, of Cadiz died Saturday, April 13, 2013 at Trinity West in Steubenville, Ohio. He was born July 23, 1925 in Perrysville, Ohio a son of the late Elic and Laura Sproull. He was a former coal miner and cement mixer driver for the former Luther's Builders Supply. He proudly served his country with the U.S. Army...

Adrian Worrell
Mar 29, 2013
Adrian Worrell, 88 of Cadiz, died Friday, March 29, 2013 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz, Ohio. He was born June 8, 1924 in Barton, Ohio a son of the late Elzy and Susie Eberhart Worrell. He was a member of the Minksville Church of Christ and was a retired bus driver for Harrison Hills City School District . He was...

Sue Moore
Mar 22, 2013
Sue E. Bomboris Moore, 66 of Georgetown, Cadiz, died Friday, March 22, 2013 at the Cleveland Clinic. She was born February 15, 1947 in Wheeling, West Virginia a daughter the late George Bomboris and Catherine Holliday Bomboris of Adena She was a retired cook from Tiny's Restaurant in Harrisville and Belmont Hills Country Club, a Methodist by faith and a...
Henry Misko
Mar 20, 2013
Henry A. "Andy" Misko died Wednesday, March 20, 2013 in his Tappan Lake home following a period of declining health. Born November 8, 1930 in Martins Ferry, OH, a son of the late Sam and Tessianna Gudza Misko, he graduated from Martins Ferry High School. He worked at the Yorkville Plant of Wheeling Steel for 37 years, retiring early due...

Willis Dowdle
Mar 12, 2013
Willis R. Dowdle, 75, of Cadiz, died Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at Trinity Medical Center, West in Steubenville. He was born September 24, 1937 in Kenwood, Ohio a son of Sarah Hendershott Dowdle of Cadiz and the late Walter Dowdle. Willis was a retired employee of ODOT, a former employee of Y & O Nelms #1 Mine and attended the...

Barbara Wheeler
Mar 12, 2013
Barbara V. Wheeler, 73 of Cadiz died Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at Trinity Medical Center West in Steubenville, Ohio. She was born October 10, 1939 in Cadiz, Ohio a daughter of the late Charles Gross, II and Mary Rudolph Gross. Barbara was a member of St. James AME Church in Cadiz where she sang in the Gospel Expressions Choir and...

Floyd Mercer, Jr.
Mar 11, 2013
Floyd T. Mercer, Jr., 48 of Jewett, OH, formerly of Georgetown, OH, died Monday at Weirton Medical Center, Weirton, WV. He was born May 8, 1964 in Bellaire, OH, a son of the late Floyd T. and Elinor Maxine Stewart Mercer, Sr. Floyd was a disabled laborer, and attended the Hanover United Methodist Church. Surviving are his wife, Janette Coffield...

Carol Rogers
Mar 6, 2013
Carol J. Rogers, 68, of Cadiz, died Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at Trinity Medical Center, West in Steubenville. She was born October 17, 1944 in Wheeling, WV, a daughter of Margaretta Dunlap Ferguson of Cadiz and the late Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Ferguson. Carol was a giving and fair mother, grandmother and friend who loved to cook for her family and...

Glenn Grubb, Jr.
Mar 5, 2013
Glenn Allen Grubb Jr., 47, of Delaware passed away unexpectedly Tuesday evening March 5, 2013 at his residence. He was born September 19, 1965 in Bedford, Pennsylvania and graduated from Cadiz High School in 1983. Glenn worked as a subcontractor in the construction business and truly enjoyed his craft and worked all the time. He lived in the Columbus/Delaware area...

Rachel Skinner
Mar 5, 2013
Rachel Ann Skinner, 54, of Cadiz, died Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at Trinity Medical Center, West in Steubenville. She was born August 31, 1958 in Steubenville, Ohio a daughter of the late John and Shirley Dunlap Sterling. She was a homemaker and a member of the Harrison Hills United Pentecostal Church. She is survived by her husband Scott Skinner; a...