Obituaries

Donald Zitko
Nov 26, 2008
Donald R. Zitko, 57, of Archer Twp. near Cadiz, died Wednesday, November 26, 2008 at Trinity Medical Center, West, Steubenville. He was born December 22, 1950 in Wheeling, West Virginia, a son of Mildred Mattern King of Cadiz and the late Robert J. Zitko. Don was a former coal miner for 18 years and a self employed farmer for 18...

Marilyn Kellar
Nov 23, 2008
Marilyn M. Kellar, 78, of Cadiz, died Sunday at Bowerston Pointe Health Care Center, Bowerston. She was born May 16, 1930 in Martins Ferry, Ohio, a daughter of the late Clarence and Helen Wells Hursey. She was a retired employee of Coultrap�s Store, near Cadiz. She attended church at Bowerston Pointe, and enjoyed playing Bingo, crocheting, crafts and gardening. In...

Stanley Toto
Nov 14, 2008
Stanley John Toto, 82, Hopedale, died Friday, November 14, 2008 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz, Ohio. He was born April 4, 1926 in Dun Glen, Ohio a son of the late Joe and Mary Twardowski Toto. Stanley was a member of the Cadiz Congregation of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah�s Witnesses and a member of the United Mine Workers of...

Jeffrey Dowdle
Nov 3, 2008
Jeffrey L. Dowdle, 46, of Cadiz, died Monday at his home following a long illness. He was born July 22, 1962, in Bellaire, Ohio a son of the late Harold Cloyd and Fannie Harris Dowdle. He was raised in Unionvale, Ohio. Surviving are two brothers, Steve Dowdle of Carrollton and Mike Dowdle of Marion, and a sister, Becky Brown of...

Norma Raynard
Oct 23, 2008
Norma G. Raynard, 82, of Cleveland, formerly of Cadiz, died Thursday, October 23, 2008 at University Hospital in Cleveland. She was born July 14, 1926 in New Straitsville, OH, a daughter of the late Morris B. and Goldie Farms Dishon. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, George A. Raynard in 1980 and by...

Louis Matthews
Oct 16, 2008
Louis James â�œBuzzâ Matthews, 92, of Cadiz, formerly of Smithfield, died Thursday, October 16, 2008 at the Countryview Nursing Home in Sunbury, Ohio. He was born February 19, 1916 in Jefferson County, Ohio, a son of the late Maurice Cody and Stella Hardy Matthews. Buzz was a Mechanic for the Consolidation Coal Company for 36 years. He was a member...

Ruth Hendershot
Oct 14, 2008
Ruth E. Hendershot, 82, Cadiz, died Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at her home. She was born September 30, 1926 in Shortcreek, Ohio a daughter of the late Frank Earl and Beatrice Fitzgerald George. She was a retired telephone operator having worked at GTE. She was preceded in death in addition to her parents; by her husband, Foster J. Hendershot in...

Marjorie Booth
Oct 12, 2008
Marjorie A. Booth, 73, Cadiz, died Sunday, October 12, 2008 at Trinity West, Steubenville, Ohio. She was born June 26, 1935 in Wheeling, West Virginia a daughter of the late Marion and Grace McFadden Dunlap. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Cadiz and retired from the Harrison Community Hospital after 21 years. She was preceded in death...

Gary Vancamp
Sep 19, 2008
Gary VanCamp, 63, Port St. Lucie, Florida, formerly of Cadiz, died Friday, September 19, 2008 in Florida. He was born June 25, 1945 in Cadiz, Ohio a son of the late Charles Clifford and Amelia Naomi Black VanCamp. Gary was a Navy veteran having served during VietNam Era and a manager for Stuart Fine Foods in Florida. He was preceded...

Fred Ellzy
Sep 11, 2008
Fred C. ''Kit'' Ellzy, Sr., 62, Cadiz, formerly of Trevose, PA, died Thursday, September 11, 2008 at Belmont Community Hospital, Bellaire, Ohio. He was born August 7, 1946 in Pennyslvania a son of the late Ollie and Fannie Ellzy. Kit was the owner/operator of the Home & Industry Service Company in Cadiz; coached both girls softball and basketball in Cadiz;...

Eugene Rose
Sep 7, 2008
Eugene ''Gene'' Rose, 61, Cadiz, died Sunday, Sepetember 7, 2008 at his home. He was born July 1, 1947 in Wheeling, West Virginia a son of the late Delno E. ''Bill'' and Bernice L. Baltzell Rose. Gene was a former coal miner working at the Oak Park Mine, a self employed carpenter and a member of the Hopedale American Legion....

Clyde Williams
Aug 31, 2008
Clyde L. Williams, Jr., ''Cutty'', 86, of Cadiz, went home to be with the Lord Sunday, August 31, 2008 at the Carriage Inn of Cadiz. He was born June 9, 1922 in Cadiz, a son of the late Clyde and Elizabeth Davis Williams. The retired owner of Clyde Williams Hauling, Mr. Williams was a member of the Hopedale American Legion...

Elsie Bish
Aug 30, 2008
Elsie Snyder Hauber Bish, 89, passed away peacefully in her sleep at the home of her daughter, Kay Jones of Jewett on August 30, 2008. The daughter of Walter Snyder and Essie Miser Snyder, she was born in Unionvale, Ohio on September 23, 1918. Her mother died when she was sixteen years old. Elsie was the oldest of six children,...

Evelyn Reppart
Aug 29, 2008
Evelyn Reppart, 72, of Cadiz, died Friday, August 29, 2008 at Trinity Medical Center, West in Steubenville. She was born May 13, 1936 in New Athens, Ohio, a daughter of the late Chester B. and Thelma Kail Carman. Evelyn was a former waitress and barmaid at The Ranch in Cadiz for over thirty years, and was a former employee of...

William Coventry
Aug 25, 2008
William A. Coventry, 63, Dover, formerly of Scio, died Monday, August 25, 2008 at Union Hospital, Dover, Ohio. He was born May 30, 1945 in Perry Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio a son of the late Charles and Luella Miller Coventry. He was a 1963 graduate of Lakeland High School; retired equipment operator for GTE; employee of Stock Township Trustees; truck...

Frances Keesey
Aug 24, 2008
Frances C. Keesey, 90, Cadiz, died Sunday, August 24, 2008 at Trinity West, Steubenville, Ohio. She was born November 24, 1917 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania a daughter of the late George Albert and Anna Marie Dziatkowlec Pincola. She was a member of St. Teresa Catholic Church in Cadiz; a former employee in the office of Dr. Dickie, the Custer Hotel Restaurant,...

Wallace Worrell
Aug 21, 2008
Wallace E. Worrell, 86, Cadiz, died Thursday, August 21, 2008 at Trinity Medical Center West in Steubenville, Ohio He was born April 22, 1922 in Barton, Ohio a son of the late Elzy and Susie Eberhart Worrell. He was a coal miner having started working at Y&O Coal Company and retiring after many years working as a dozer operator at...

Marian Dennis
Aug 12, 2008
Marian Dennis, 81, of Cadiz, died Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz. She was born April 13, 1927 in Harrison County, Ohio, a daughter of the late Frances James (Frank) and Martha Bernice Ramsey Porter. Marian was a retired employee of the Harrison County Home, a member of the Moravian Trail Chapter of the DAR, the Ourant...

Rickey Barcus
Aug 4, 2008
Rickey Barcus, 53, Cadiz, died Monday, August 4, 2008 at Trinity Medical Center, Steubenville, Ohio following a short period of illness in the care of Charity Hospice. Rick was born December 4, 1954 to Shirley Barcus Kellaway and the late Arthur Barcus. Rick was a custodian for the Harrison Hills School District and was an avid fisherman. Rick was preceded...

Vicky Whitehead
Jul 31, 2008
Vicky L. Thomas Whitehead, 60, of Cadiz, formerly of Wintersville, died Thursday at her home. She was born July 12, 1948 in Wheeling, WV, a daughter of the late William Kimbrel and the late Evelyn Stamm Kimbrel Reams. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Jack Whitehead. Surviving are a son, Shawn Thomas of...