Obituaries

Richard Solvey
Nov 21, 2012
Richard "Rick" J. Solvey COTTAGEVILLE, SC - Richard "Rick" Julius Solvey, 54, of Cottageville, SC, husband of Rhonda Dudley Solvey, passed away Wednesday, November 21, 2012. Rick was born November 19, 1958 in Canton, OH, the son of the late Michael Solvey Jr., and Ruth Anne Thompson. Richard was a retired Navy Veteran, a Mason, and a Shriner. He was...

Joseph Kovacik
Nov 7, 2012
Joseph Kovacik, 89, of Cadiz, died Wednesday, November 07, 2012 at his home. He was born November 3, 1923 in Bannock, OH, a son of the late Joseph and Julia Lukacena Kovacik. Joe was a member of the First Church of Christ of Cadiz and often attended the Hopedale Church of Christ. He was a retired Coal Miner at the...

Burns Stringer
Oct 31, 2012
Burns Malcolm Stringer, 87, of Peninsula, Ohio, formerly of Harrison County, died Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at Wayside Farms in Peninsula, Ohio. He was born February 4, 1925 in Bloomingdale, Ohio a son of the late George F. and Virginia Oliver Stringer. Burns was a graduate of Kent State University. He was a former accountant with the Goodyear Tire and...

Mary Campbell
Oct 30, 2012
Mary K. Campbell, 61, of Cadiz, died Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at her home. She was born June 16, 1951 in Jewett, OH, a daughter of the late John and Clara Constance Engler Gamble. Mary was a caregiver for elderly people in the community and a member of the Cadiz Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses. In addition to her parents, she...

Grayce Mckibben
Oct 24, 2012
Grayce O. McKibben, 93, of Cadiz, died Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at the Harrison County Home, Cadiz. She was born September 5, 1919 in Holloway, Ohio, a daughter of the late Edward Jacob and Ella VanFossen Kappel. Grayce was a member of Rankin United Methodist Church and served as the Secretary for Asbury Greater Parish for many years. While attending...
Judith Busby
Oct 20, 2012
Judith Kay Busby age 70 or Barnesville, Ohio passed away Saturday morning October 20, 2012 at East Ohio Regional Hospital. Judy was born March 20, 1942 a daughter to the late Harry Oscar Busby and Marguerite Morgan Busby. Judy was preceded in death by her beloved Aunt Lucy in August of 2009 and her sister, Grace (Jenny) Brendel in 2007....

Malaura O'Brien
Oct 20, 2012
MaLaura O'Brien, 48, of Wellston, OH, formerly of Hopedale, died Saturday at Valley Hospice Care Center North in Steubenville. She was born August 23, 1964 in Steubenville, Ohio, a daughter of the late Robert Samuel Gardner and the late Arbutus Willis Reiss. MaLaura worked for a company specializing in auto interior fitting in Bellevue, Ohio. Surviving are three sons, Lance...

John Ash
Oct 8, 2012
John Michael Ash, 72 of Cadiz, died Monday, October 8, 2012 at his home. He was born November 5, 1939 in East Canton, Ohio a son of the late Charles and Lillian Schimmel Ash. John attended Bethel United Methodist Church near Jewett, a member of the Hopedale American Legion and he umpired local ball games for a number of years....

Kenneth Ray
Oct 4, 2012
Kenneth Ray, 90, of Cadiz, died Thursday, October 4, 2012 at his home. He was born December 22, 1921 in Moundsville, WV a son of the late Friend and Gertrude Hill. Mr. Ray was a member of the Cadiz Church of God, the Hopedale VFW and the UMWA. He was a retired coal miner having worked at the Rose Valley...

Jeannie Wurschum
Sep 24, 2012
Jeannie Wurschum, 74 of Cadiz, died Monday, September 24, 2012 at Trinity Medical Center West in Steubenville, Ohio. She was born March 19, 1938 in Adena, Ohio a daughter of the late Earl and Hazel Cox Souders. She was a wonderful, dedicated homemaker, mother and grandmother who was always there to support her family. She specialized in creating memories that...

William Krankovich
Sep 24, 2012
William David Krankovich, 58 of Cadiz died Monday, September 24, 2012 at his home. He was born April 1, 1954 in Martins Ferry, Ohio a son of the late Daniel and Martha E. "Betty" Krankovich. Bill was a retired coal miner having worked at McElroy Mine, Moundsville, WV where he was a member of the UMWA. He was a member...

Nately Ronsheim
Sep 21, 2012
Nately Ronsheim, who spent her life sharing her time and talents, died Friday, September 21 at Gables Care Center in Hopedale, Ohio. She was 88. Born December 12, 1923 in Island Falls, Maine, her parents were the late Edythe (Curry) Ramsay and the Reverend Thomas M. Ramsay. She graduated from Cadiz High School in 1941. On October 4, 1942 she...

Elda Taylor
Sep 16, 2012
Elda M. Taylor, 93, of Cadiz, died Sunday, September 16, 2012 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz. She was born June 8, 1919 in Deersville, Ohio, a daughter of the late Bryce and Doris Dickey Smith. Mrs. Taylor was a member of the Deersville United Methodist Church and was a retired Nurses Aid from Harrison Community Hospital. She was a former...

Mark Stevens
Sep 15, 2012
Mark R. Stevens, 60, Cadiz, formerly of Marion, died Saturday, September 15. 2012 at his home. He was born May 3, 1952 in Marietta, Ohio a son of Carl (Linda) Stevens of Atlanta, Georgia and the late Jeannette White. He was a retired Lieutenant with the Department of Corrections having worked in Marion, Ohio. He attended the Seventh Day Adventist...

Ronald Huffman
Sep 15, 2012
Ronald Dean Huffman, 75, of New Athens, died Saturday, September 15, 2012 at Cumberland Pointe Care Center in St. Clairsville. He was born February 10, 1937 in Flushing, Ohio, a son of the late Clarence and Hazel Minerva Laizure Huffman. Ron was a member of the New Athens United Methodist Church. He was a former shift foreman at Y&O Coal...

Jeff Kelley
Sep 15, 2012
Jeff Kelley, 48, of Cadiz, died Saturday, September 15, 2012 in the Emergency Room at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz, Ohio. He was born February 2, 1964 in Bellaire, Ohio a son of the late Shirley Kelley. Jeff is a former custodian at Harrison Central High School and was a graduate of Cadiz High School. Jeff was preceded in death in...

William Bacon
Sep 15, 2012
William Arthur Bacon, infant son of Alexander Scott Bacon and Jessica Lynn Yoho of Cadiz, died September 15, 2012 at Trinity Medical Center, West in Steubenville. He was preceded in death by a grandfather, Jeffery Arthur Bacon and a great great grandfather, Leander Brooks, Jr. Surviving, in addition to his parents, are a sister, Nevaeh Lynn Bacon of the home;...

Rose Wheeler
Sep 13, 2012
Rose Wheeler, 87, of Cadiz, died Thursday, September 13, 2012 at Carriage Inn of Cadiz. She was born May 29, 1925 in Hopedale, Ohio a daughter of the late Charles Nelson and Lillian Doubt Christian. Mrs. Wheeler was a member of St. James A.M.E. Church in Cadiz where she was a member of the Zella Strother Missionary Society. In addition...

Donald Ashcraft
Aug 31, 2012
Donald N. Ashcraft, 76, of Cadiz, died Friday, August 31, 2012 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz. He was born October 20, 1935 in Wyatt, WV, a son of the late Paul and Mamie Nay Ashcraft. Mr. Ashcraft was a retired Coal Miner from Y. & O. Coal Company and a lifelong member of the Cadiz American Legion. In addition to...

Wilma East
Aug 27, 2012
Wilma M. East, 89, of Cleveland, died Monday, August 27, 2012 at Fairview Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio. She was born July 14, 1923 in Cassville, Ohio a daughter of the late Samuel P. and Pearl McFadden Dunlap. She was preceded in death in addition to her parents, by her husband Harrison Kline East, Jr. and 5 brothers: Wayne, Hank, Shorty, Dean...