Obituaries

Michael Slaga
May 30, 2009
Michael W. Slaga, 62, Harrisville, Ohio died Saturday, May 30, 2009 at Sienna Point Nursing Home, Adena, Ohio. He was born January 10, 1947 in Martins Ferry, Ohio a son of the late Walter and Mary Zurek Slaga. He was a former employee of Saginaw Mine for 29 years, Four Seasons Garden Center for 14 years, a member of the...

Marilyn Maroni
May 24, 2009
Marilyn Marie Maroni, 73, Cadiz, died Sunday, May 24, 2009 at her home. She was born June 4, 1935 in Scio, Ohio a daughter of the late Charles and Edna Twigg McDevitt. Marilyn was a member of Scott United Methodist Church in Cadiz; a retired employee of National City Bank; a past member of the Methodist Women, Harrison County Democratic...

Ruth Richards
May 23, 2009
Ruth May Richards, 87, of Niceville, FL, formerly of Cadiz, died May 23, 2009 at her home. She was born April 24, 1922 in Bannock, Ohio, a daughter of the late Charles and Margaret McKnight. Ruth was a Christian of the Methodist faith and was an industrious homemaker. She enjoyed crocheting, the stock market, crossword puzzles, and was a doll...

Elmer Carson
May 16, 2009
Elmer L. Carson, 95, of Dover, Ohio, formerly of Cadiz, Ohio, died Saturday, May 16, 2009 at Country Club Manor Nursing Home, Dover. He was born June 19, 1913 in Harrison County, Ohio, a son of the late William and Anna Belle Hamill Carson. Mr. Carson was a member of the New Philadelphia Church of Christ, and a founding member...

William Taggart
May 10, 2009
William Frank Taggart, 93, of Deersville, died Sunday, May 10, 2009 at his home. He was born May 8, 1916 in Nottingham Twp., Harrison Co., Ohio, a son of the late William Russell and Harriet Edna Dunlap Taggart. He was an Army Veteran of WW II and was a retired farmer, construction worker and coal mine laborer. In addition to...

Minnie Barr
May 9, 2009
Minnie Ann Barr, 71, Cadiz, died Saturday, May 9, 2009 at her home. She was born October 13, 1937 in Nottingham Township, Harrison County, Ohio a daughter of the late Clarence and Amanda Nichols Sterling. Minnie Ann was a former waitress having worked at several local restaurants. She was the first woman coal miner to work in the field for...

Stanley Ludwig
May 8, 2009
Stanley Ludwig, 80, of Cadiz, died Friday at his home. He was born December 8, 1928 in Martins Ferry, Ohio , a son of the late Joe and Rose Sikora Ludwig. Stanley was the retired Farm Project Manager for Hanna Coal Co., and was the retired owner and operator of Ludwig�s Caged Eggs and Ludwig�s Mobile Home Park in Cadiz....

Mary Burdett
May 2, 2009
Mary �Mickey� Maxine Jacobs Burdett , 78 of Cadiz, Ohio died Saturday, May 2, 2009 at Valley Hospice Center North, Steubenville, Ohio. She was born November 22, 1930 in Charleston, West Virginia a daughter of the late E. G. Beveridge and Albert Kyle. Mary was a retired nurse in private care, emergency room and nursing home care for over 30...

Mary Smith
May 2, 2009
Mary Margaret McFarlan Smith, 79, of Cadiz, died Saturday, May 2, 2009 at Wheeling Hospital. She was born June 27, 1929 in Cadiz, a daughter of the late Alonzo Oliver and Margaret Lemmon McFarlan. Mrs. Smith was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Cadiz and served as an Elder and a Deacon there. She was a volunteer at Harrison...

Ruth Straub
Apr 26, 2009
Ruth Straub, 82, Cadiz, died Sunday April 26, 2009 at UPMC in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She was born June 8, 1926 in Wheeling, West Virginia a daughter of the late Phillip and Sarah Schrumpf Fuller. Ruth was the owner/operator of the Meadowlark Inn, Cadiz; a member of the Cadiz Aerie #2162 Auxiliary; and the Hopedale American Legion Auxiliary. Ruth was preceded...

Edith Ledger
Apr 25, 2009
Edith Maxine Mills Ledger, 90, of Cadiz, died Saturday, April 25, 2009 at her home. She was born March 23, 1919 in Cadiz, Ohio, a daughter of the late George J. Mills and Mildred Long Mills White. She graduated from Cadiz High School in 1938, and was a member of St. Teresa�s Catholic Church in Cadiz. In addition to her...

Howard Harkins
Apr 19, 2009
Howard F. Harkins, 80, of Jewett, Ohio, died Sunday at his home. He was born Sept. 22, 1928 in Bradley, Ohio, a son of the late Pearl Hugh and Mildred Riley Harkins. He was a member of Bethel United Methodist Church near Jewett and was a retired Welder from Consolidation Coal Co. He was a member of the UMWA, the...

Ruth Enoch
Apr 15, 2009
Ruth K. Ford Johnson Enoch, 83, Cadiz, died Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at Trinity West, Steubenville, Ohio. She was born August 26, 1925 in Steubenville, Ohio a daughter of the late George Tyler and Iona Miller Tyler Stephenson. She was a member of the First Church of Christ in Cadiz; a Past Matron, Unionport Chapter 346, Order of the Eastern...

Martha Wood
Apr 12, 2009
Martha Diane Barnhart Wood, 58, Hopedale, Ohio died Sunday, April 12, 2009 in the Emergency Room at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz, Ohio. Diane was born January 2, 1951 in Martins Ferry, Ohio a daughter of the late Louis and Ada Eileen Hutton Barnhart. Diane was a member of the Hopedale Church of Christ; a cook and housekeeper and a former...

Betty Sanders
Apr 7, 2009
Betty J. Sanders, 81, of Cadiz, died Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz. She was born February 16, 1928 in Robeyville, OH, a daughter of the late Anthony and Retta Moore Celestino. Mrs. Sanders was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Cadiz where she served on the Board of Deacons, and was a retired Record Keeper...

Ralph Barnhart
Apr 6, 2009
Ralph Barnhart, 64, of Cadiz, died Monday, April 6, 2009 at his home. He was born October 3, 1944 in Martins Ferry, a son of the late William Amos and Anna Bailey Barnhart. Ralph was a coal miner retired from Consolidation Coal Company; attended Bethel United Methodist Church; a member of the Sons of the American Legion; a former little...

Jane Coffield
Mar 30, 2009
Jane B. Coffield, 69, of Rockmart, Georgia, formerly of Jewett and Cadiz, died Monday, March 30, 2009 at the home of her daughter in Rockmart, Georgia. She was born December 4, 1939 in Harrison County, Ohio a daughter of the late Carl R. and Mildred DeWalt Bolitho. She was a member of the Hanover United Methodist Church and in intake...

Eleanor Schmitt
Mar 30, 2009
Eleanor M. Schmitt, 93, Cadiz, died Monday, March 30, 2009 at the Carriage Inn of Cadiz. She was born July 20, 1915 in Jewett, Ohio a daughter of the late Elmer and Mary Margaret Cox Finnicum. She was retired from Decorating Department of the Scio Pottery Company in Scio, Ohio also a nurses aid at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz and...

John Christy
Mar 27, 2009
John O. Christy, 81, Hopedale, Ohio passed away Friday, March 27, 2009 at the Gables Care Center of Hopedale following an extended illness. He was born December 17, 1927 at Barton, Ohio a son of the late Joseph and Margaret Morgan Christy. After his high school graduation he was drafted into the Army during the Korean Conflict. He was a...

Randall Myers
Mar 25, 2009
Randall Scott Myers, 61, of Bloomingdale, formerly of Weirton and Cadiz, died Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at Trinity Medical Center, West in Steubenville. He was born September 25, 1947 in Steubenville, Ohio, a son of the late Page and Sally Findling Myers. Randy was worked in Electrical Maintenance at Severstal Steel in Yorkville and was a member of the United...