Obituaries

Jacquelyn Busby
Feb 16, 2006
Jacquelyn Ann Banks Busby, 56, of Cadiz, died Thursday, January 16, 2006 at home following a lengthy illness. She was born August 17, 1949 in Cadiz. She was a member of the First Apostolic Church of Cadiz. She was preceded in death by her mother and step-father, Helen Banks Freeman and David Freeman, and by a brother David Michael Freeman....

Robert Worrell
Feb 14, 2006
Robert Lee ''Birdie'' Worrell, 54, Cadiz, died Tuesday, February 14, 2006 at his home. He was born January 2, 1952 in Wheeling, West Virginia a son of Adrian Worrell of Cadiz and the late Mildred Harris Worrell. He attended the Minksville Church of Christ, was a member of the Jefferson County Coonhunters Club, and a veteran of the U.S. Army...

Elizabeth Lee
Feb 13, 2006
Elizabeth Louise Lee, 92, died Sunday, February 12, 2006 at her home in Cadiz. She was born Luisa Giangiacomo on June 17, 1913 at Plum Run (Rhodesdale), Jefferson County, Ohio, the daughter of Abramo and Rosina Pezzopane Giangiacomo, both natives of Onna, Italy. She was a gradutate of St. Clairsville High School, a housewife by occupation, and a member of...

Earle Kimmel
Feb 4, 2006
Earle L. Kimmel, 90, of Jewett, died Saturday, February 4, 2006 at the Harrison County Home, Cadiz. He was born September 22, 1915 in Archer Twp., Harrison County, Ohio, a son of the late Rupert R. and Anna P. Chalfant Kimmel. He was a member of St. James Lutheran Church in Jewett; a graduate of Jewett High School; a member...

Karen Reed
Feb 2, 2006
Karen L. Reed, 55, of Cadiz, died Thursday, February 2, 2006 at Trinity Medical Center, West, Steubenville, Ohio. She was born January 6, 1951 in Steubenville, a daughter of Donald and Mary Paulin White of Hopedale, Ohio. She was a Corrections Officer at the Belmont Correction Institution in St. Clairsville, Ohio. She was preceded in death by her husband, James...

Pauline Arbaugh
Jan 31, 2006
Pauline Arbaugh, 89, of Jewett, died Tuesday, January 31, 2006 at Trinity Medical Center, West in Steubenville. She was born August 20, 1916 in Port Homer, Ohio, a daughter of the late Samuel and Annie Knox Mercer. She was a member of St. James Lutheran Church in Jewett and the Jewett Grange. She was a retired employee of the Scio...

James Reed, Sr.
Jan 30, 2006
James Frederick Reed, Sr., 62, of Cadiz, died Monday, January 30, 2006 at Trinity Medical Center, West, Steubenville, Ohio. He was born July 31, 1943 in Barnesville, Ohio, a son of the late Donald and Louise Drake Reed. He was a disabled Coal Miner, having worked at Consolidation Coal Company's Franklin Number 25 Mine, and he was an avid fan...

Lee Butler
Jan 25, 2006
Lee Butler, 61, Cadiz, died Wednesday, January 25, 2006 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz, Ohio. He was born July 19, 1944 in Blacksburg, Virginia a son of the late Wesley D. And Cynthia Mills Butler. Lee was a member of Scott United Methodist Church in Cadiz; the former owner and operator of Butler's Sunoco in Cadiz and was a employee...

Fremo Ross
Jan 15, 2006
Fremo Ross, 80, Cadiz, died Sunday, January 16, 2006 at the Carriage Inn of Cadiz. He was born January 28, 1925 in Piney Fork, Ohio a son of the late Michael and Laura Ross. He was a member of the Scott United Methodist Church in Cadiz; a retired coach and school teacher having taught in Lafferty for two years, Mt....

Ruth Reed
Jan 12, 2006
Ruth Lucille Reed, 90, Reynoldsburg, formerly of Cadiz, died Thursday, January 12, 2006 at Wesley Ridge in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. She was born September 5, 1915 in Tippecanoe, Ohio a daughter of the late Henry Lake and Mary Elizabeth Irwin Groves. She was a member of the Scott United Methodist Church in Cadiz where she was a member of the United...

Martha Krankovich
Dec 27, 2005
Martha E. ''Betty'' Krankovich, 82, of Cadiz, died Tuesday, December 27, 2005 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz. She was born October 15, 1923 in East Cadiz, Ohio, a daughter of the late Jess and Anna Baker Manbeck. A Protestant by faith, Betty was a ''Rosie the Riveter'' at an aircraft factory in Indiana during WW II. In addition to her...

John Kerwood
Dec 19, 2005
John ''J.B.'' Kerwood, 53, of Bowerston, formerly of Jewett, died Monday, December 19, 2005 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz. He was born April 4, 1952 in Zanesville, Ohio a son of Beatrice Raber Kerwood of Jewett, and the late Ross Kerwood, Sr. J.B. was a disabled construction worker, and was a former employee of Harmony Industries of Mingo Jct., OH...

Ruth Johnson
Dec 19, 2005
Ruth Anna Johnson, 79, of Bowerston, formerly of Scio, died Monday, Dec. 19, 2005 at Bowerston Pointe Health Care Center. She was born November 15, 1926 in Germano, Ohio, a daughter of the late Ernest A. And Nannie Polen Johnson. She was a member of the Scio United Methodist Church. She taught Sunday School at the Germano Presbyterian Church, and...

Tom Kanopsic
Dec 15, 2005
Tom Kanopsic, 65, of New Athens, Ohio, died Thursday, December 15, 2005 at his home. He was born February 10, 1940 in Martins Ferry, Ohio, a son of Madeline Kanciler Ballog of Maynard and the late Albert Kanopsic. He attended St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Maynard, and was a full time farmer at the Breezy Acres Angus Farm, which he...

Robert Dewalt
Dec 14, 2005
Robert L. DeWalt, 73, of Hanover Ridge, Jewett, died Wednesday, December 14, 2005 at his home. He was born October 17, 1932 in Harrison County, Ohio, a son of the late Victor and Edith Carrothers DeWalt. He was a member of Ridge Presbyterian Church; a retired coal miner having worked at Consol Franklin Mine #125; an Archer Township Trustee; sexton...

Lucy Roberts
Dec 13, 2005
Lucy B. Roberts, 80, of St. Clairsville formerly of Cadiz, died Tuesday, December 13, 2005 at Forrest Hills Nursing Home, St. Clairsville, Ohio. She was born January 12, 1925 in Bridgeport, W. Va. A daughter of the late Arlis Earl and Verchie Childers McIntyre. She was a member of the First Apostolic Church in Cadiz and a housewife. She was...

Harry Taylor
Nov 30, 2005
Harry B. Taylor, 83, of Cadiz, formerly of Canton, died Wednesday, November 30, 2005 at Trinity Medical Center, West in Steubenville. He was born September 9, , 1922 in McMechen, WV, a son of the late Robert and Minnie Pastorius Taylor. He was a retired Inspector at the Timken Co. in Canton and was a member of the Deersville United...

Hilda Hirt
Nov 28, 2005
Hilda Hirt, 74, Georgetown, Ohio died Monday, November 28, 2005 at the Harrison Community Hospital. She was born February 14, 1931 in Georgetown a daughter of the late Clifford ''Red'' and Ethel Davies Robinson. She was a Korean Veteran having served in the United States Navy, attended the Georgetown Friends Church, and was a member of the Adena American Legion....

Thomas Cameron
Nov 24, 2005
Thomas ''Bing'' Cameron, 63, of Canton, formerly of Cadiz, OH, died Thusday, November 24, 2005 at his home. He was born Nov.1, 1942 in Wheeling, WV, a son of the late Victor and Doris Pitner Cameron. He was a disabled Coal Miner from Consolidation Coal Company, and worked in and was an operator of the Custom Body Shop in Illinois...

Virginia Culbertson
Nov 12, 2005
Virginia Strahl Culbertson God saw she was getting tired And a cure was not to be, So he put his arms around her And whispered, ''Come with me.'' With tearful eyes we watched Her suffer and saw her pass away. And though we love her dearly, We could not make her stay. A golden heart stopped beating, Hard working hands...