Obituaries

Marian Edgar
Nov 15, 2009
Marian L. Edgar, 80, of Cadiz, died Sunday, November 16, 2009 at Mercy Medical Center in Canton. She was born November 24, 1928 in Cadiz, a daughter of the late John and Myrtle McCleary DeCorte. Mrs. Edgar was the retired Clerk-Treasurer of the Village of Cadiz and was a retired employee of Kaufman's in St. Clairsville. A Methodist by faith,...

Charles Mellinger
Nov 13, 2009
Charles W. Mellinger, 75, Cadiz, died Friday, November 13, 2009 at the Cleveland Clinic. He was born October 21, 1934 in Dunglen, Ohio a son of the late Mahlon and Ida Mellinger. He was a member of the Adena Sportsmans Club, he loved playing music on Friday nights at the Harrison County Senior Center. He is survived by 2 sons:...
Burde Culbertson
Nov 12, 2009
Burde Ma Culbertson, 56, New Athens, Ohio died Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at East Ohio Regional Hospital, Martins Ferry, Ohio. She was born November 7, 1953 in Wheeling, West Va., a daughter of the late Roy M. and Pearl K. Glover Culbertson. She was a member of the New Athens Presbyterian Church. She was preceded in death in addition to...

Harold Wickliff
Nov 7, 2009
Harold E. Wickliff, 69, of Jewett, went to be with the Lord at his residence on Saturday night, following an extended illness from Scleroderma. He was born July 17, 1940 in Granville, Ohio, a son of the late Wayne and Carol Baughman Wickliff. He was raised by his grandparents, Mary and Perry Bush. Harold served in the United States Air...

Clarence Whitlatch
Nov 6, 2009
Clarence H. â�œJackâ Whitlatch, 83, of Cadiz, passed away Friday, November 06, 2009 at the Carriage Inn of Cadiz after a brief illness. Born to the late Merle Whitlatch-Whitehair in Jacksonville, Ohio on August 1, 1926, Jack went on to be a bread truck driver, master mechanic and coal miner at R. & F. Coal Company. He enjoyed golfing, bowling...

Doris Reed
Nov 6, 2009
Doris Anna Reed, 69, of Jewett, died Friday, November 6, 2009 at the Valley Hospice Care Center North in Steubenville. She was born February 12, 1940 in Mutual, PA, a daughter of the late John H. and Anna Klementic Ward. She was a member of the Wintersville Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. She was...

Anna Bumgardner
Nov 3, 2009
Anna Bumgardner, 90, of Cadiz, died Tuesday, November 03, 2009 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz. She was born October 8, 1919 in Harrison County, Ohio, a daughter of the late William J. and Mary Margaret Rogers Cope. Mrs. Bumgardner was a homemaker and a member of the East Warren St. Church of Christ in Cadiz. In addition to her parents,...

William Wilson
Nov 2, 2009
William L. Wilson, 64, of Jewett, died Monday, November 02, 2009 at Aultman Hospital in Canton. He was born February 1, 1945 in Steubenville, Ohio, a son of the late Jesse and Florence Irene Snyder Wilson. He was a dairy farmer and a former employee of Weirton Steel and Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel. He served in the U.S. Army Reserve. Surviving are...

Daniel Marker
Oct 21, 2009
Daniel A. Marker, 22, of Hopedale, Ohio died Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at Ohio Valley Medical Center, Wheeling. He was born June 5, 1987 in Steubenville, a son of Regina Marker, with whom he resided and Larry Kelley of Scio. Danny was a Laborer with Mail America in Bethlehem, WV. He was an avid fan of college and professional sports,...

George Kelley
Oct 10, 2009
George Martin Kelley, 73, of Cadiz, died Saturday, October 10, 2009 at his home, surrounded by his loving family. He was born January 31, 1936 in Cadiz, a son of the late Martin Alonzo and Ruth McCloy Kelley. George was an Electrician for IBEW 246. He attended the U.S. Naval Academy and was a Naval Veteran of the Korean Conflict....

Louise Leffler
Oct 10, 2009
Louise Leffler, 82, of Hopedale, formerly of Scio, died Saturday, October 10, 2009 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz. She was born January 6, 1927 in Hazard, KY, a daughter of the late Clifton and Marrie Davis Fugate. Louise was a member of the Cadiz Congregation of Jehovah�s Witnesses. She was a former restaurant owner in Steubenville and was a former...

Steven Barnhart
Oct 3, 2009
Steven Barnhart, 53, Cadiz, died Saturday, October 3, 2009 near Cadiz, the result of a motorcycle accident. Steve was born June 8, 1956 in Martins Ferry, Ohio a son of Betty Sowers Barnhart of Cadiz and the late Donald W. Barnhart. Barney, as he was called by his friends, was a member of the Sons of the Legion at the...

Margaret Tabacchi
Sep 18, 2009
Margaret Tabacchi, 91, Cadiz, died Friday, September 19, 2009. She was born November 10, 1917, the first child born in Duncanwood, Ohio to the late Michael and Elizabeth Torok Bertz. Mrs. Tabacchi was a member of Scott United Methodist Church and various Women's Church Circles in Cadiz, Ohio. Mrs. Tabacchi was preceded in death in addition to her parents; by...

Susan Benton
Sep 15, 2009
Susan Wood Campbell Benton, 73, of Columbus, formerly of Cleveland and Cadiz, died September 15, 2009 in Columbus. She was the daughter of the late John S. and Margaret (McCool) Campbell. A graduate of Cadiz High School and The Ohio State University, Sue taught in the Berea, Rocky River and Fairview Park school systems. She married the late Charles K....

Ray Sickle
Sep 5, 2009
Ray E. Sickle, 77, Cadiz, died Saturday, September 5, 2009 at Trinity Medical Center West, Steubenville, Ohio. Ray was born January 7, 1932 in Akron, Ohio a son of the late A.R. â�œPopâ and Mable Gosnell Sickle. Ray was a member of Scott United Methodist Church; Harrison Lodge #219, F. Scottish Rite, Valley of Steubenville; honorary member of Cadiz V.F.D.;...

Lance Smith
Sep 2, 2009
Lance Smith, 55, Cadiz, died Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz, Ohio. Lance was born February 6, 1954 in Alliance, Ohio a son of the late Homer Guy smith and Lydia West Smith Mallory. Lance was a coal miner and a member of St. James A.M.E. Church, Cadiz, Ohio. Lance was preceded in death in addition to...

Gary Gaines
Sep 1, 2009
Gary Richard Gaines, 70, Adena, Ohio passed away Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at Cumberland Pointe Care Center. He was born February 12, 1939 in Coshocton, Ohio a son of the late Ralph Gaines and Mary Elizabeth Gaines. Gary retired as a surface mine inspector form the Mine Safety and Health Administration in St. Clairsville, Oho, a former mine engineer of...

Treva Harrah
Aug 26, 2009
Treva C. Harrah, 95, of Cadiz, died Wednesday at the Carriage Inn of Steubenville. She was born June 17, 1914 in Ashtabula, Ohio, a daughter of the late Earl and Mabel Moats Chapin. Mrs. Harrah taught in the Cadiz Public Schools for over thirty five years. A devoted teacher, she began her career in Ashtabula, and was the only surviving...

Frank Ballog, Jr.
Aug 24, 2009
Frank H. Ballog, Jr., 82, New Athens, Ohio died Monday, August 24, 2009 at his home. He was born February 27, 1927 in St. Louis, Missouri a son of the late Frank H. Sr. and Alma Wagner Ballog. Frank was a member of the New Athens United Methodist Church; a retired employee of Consol having operated the 46B shovel and...

Lucille Pratt
Aug 21, 2009
Lucille Louise (Cline) Pratt, 88, Jewett, Ohio died Friday, August 21, 2009 at Acuity Specialty Hospital, Steubenville, Ohio. She was born September 24, 1920 in Bloomingdale, Ohio one of twelve children of the late James A. and Clara B. Harris Cline. She was a longtime member of the Hopedale Church of Christ. She was preceded in death in addition to...