Obituaries

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...

Dr. Pugh
Jul 24, 2008
Dr. Lewis G. Pugh, formerly of Cadiz, Ohio died early Thursday morning at the age of 88. Dr. Pugh had been living with his son and daughter-in-law in the Antrim area since 2006. He was born to William and Ophelia Plummer Pugh in Roanoke County, Virginia. Dr. Pugh was a retired optometrist who practiced and retired in the Cadiz community....

Ellen Lucas
Jul 22, 2008
Ellen R. Lucas, 57, Cadiz, died Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at Gables Care Center, Hopedale, Ohio. She was born July 6, 1951 in Steubenville, Ohio a daughter of the late Paul Lucas and Wanda E. Enright. She was a member of Scott United Methodist Church in Cadiz and was a former emplyee of GTE having worked in California. She is...

Thomas Frew
Jul 22, 2008
Thomas Frew, 88, of Cadiz, died Tuesday, July 22, 2008, at Trinity Medical Center, West in Steubenville, Ohio. He was born September 10, 1919 in Parlett, Ohio, a son of the late Thomas and Edith Whittekin Frew. Mr. Frew was the retired Operator of the Mountaineer Shovel for Consolidation Coal Company. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church of...

James Bigger
Jul 21, 2008
James A. Bigger, 82, Cadiz, died Monday, July 21, 2008 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz, Ohio. He was born November 14, 1925 in Cadiz, a son of the late Clarence and Nellie Carson Bigger. Jim was a retired employee of the Ohio Department of Transportation and a veteran having served in the Army Air Corps during WW II. In addition...

Irene Frashure
Jul 9, 2008
Irene Frashure, 98, of Cadiz, died Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at the Gables Care Center, Hopedale. She was born May 16, 1910 in Oxford, West Virginia, a daughter of the late Walter M. And Lelia D. Bee Jett. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Carson P. ''Pinky'' Frashure in 1986; a daughter Shirley...

Evelyn Dowdle
Jul 7, 2008
Evelyn Lucinda Dowdle, 85, of Cadiz, died Monday, July 7, 2008, at the Carriage Inn of Cadiz. She was born January 10, 1923 in McKeefree, West Virginia, a daughter of the late Harry Dean and Elsie Willison Brown. Mrs. Dowdle was a member of Scott United Methodist Church and was active as a Lioness for the Cadiz Lions Club, the...

Larry Simms
Jun 30, 2008
Larry Leroy ''Lippy'' Simms, 51, Cadiz, formerly of West Frankfort, Illinois, died Monday, June 30, 2008 at his home. He was born September 1, 1956 in Martins Ferry, Ohio a son of Charles L. Simms of Scio and the late Mabel Barnhart Simms Richards. Larry was a former coal miner, mine electrician, a member of the UMWA and an avid...

Jack Hamilton
Jun 28, 2008
Jack A. Hamilton, 60, of Piedmont, Ohio, died Saturday, June 28, 2008 at his home. He was born August 3, 1947 in Washington, PA, a son of the late Rev. Paul and Wanda Cook Hamilton. Mr. Hamilton was the founder and President of Jack A. Hamilton and Associates, Inc. in Flushing, Ohio. He was a Navy Veteran of the Viet...

Rose Krankovich
Jun 27, 2008
Rose Krankovich, 61, Cadiz, died Friday, June 27, 2008 at Harrison Community Hospital. Cadiz, Ohio. Rosie was born December 8, 1946 in Martins Ferry, Ohio a daughter of the late Daniel and Martha Manbeck Krankovich. Rosie worked at the Harrison Industries in Cadiz and was a member of the First Church of Christ in Cadiz. Rosie worked at the former...

Marshal Smith
Jun 26, 2008
Marshal Denver Smith, 76, of Cadiz, died Thursday, June 26, 2008 at the Valley Hospice Palliative Care Unit in Steubenville. He was born October 30, 1931 in West Union, WV, the youngest child of the late Moses D. (Dink) and Pearl Mason Smith. A 1950 graduate of Cadiz High School, Marshal was an employee of The Ohio Power Co. for...

Phillip Vancamp
Jun 20, 2008
Phillip L. VanCamp, 69, of Cadiz, died Friday, June 20, 2008 at the Carriage Inn of Cadiz. He was born September 6, 1938 in Ravenna, Ohio a son of the late Clifford and Amelia Black VanCamp. Phill was a member of Scott United Methodist Church in Cadiz, a retired electrician with Bryan Electric in St. Clairsville, Ohio, a member of...

Henry Romshak
Jun 17, 2008
Henry Romshak, 90, of Cadiz, died Tuesday, June 17, 2008 at the Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz. He was born June 30, 1917 in Maynard, Ohio, a son of the late John and Anna Cermak Romshak. He was a retired mechanic, having worked over 35 years at the Y. & O. Coal Co. Nelms # 1 Mine. He was a life...