Obituaries

Margaret Wilson
Jul 14, 2005
Margaret E. ''Peg'' Wilson, 65, of Jewett, died Thursday, July 14, 2005 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz. She was born March 22, 1940 in Harrison County, Ohio, a daughter of the late Roy and Julia Findling Byers. She was a member of Harrison Hills United Pentecostal Church near Jewett. Surviving are her husband, Larry Wilson; two sons, Ted and Todd...

Evelyn Stewart
Jul 13, 2005
Evelyn V. Stewart, 88, of Kannapolis, NC, formerly of Jewett, Ohio, died Wednesday, July 13, 2005 in Kannapolis. She was born August 16, 1916 in Harrison County, Ohio, a daughter of the late Ira S. and Emma Snyder Arbaugh. She was a graduate of Jewett High School, worked at the Scio Pottery Co. and as a domestic worker. She was...

Joyce Bane
Jul 12, 2005
Joyce Anne Muze Bane, 67, Cadiz, died Tuesday, July 12, 2005 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz, Ohio. She was born January 2, 1938 on Deersville Ridge in Harrison County a daughter of Gertrude Snodgrass Carver of Caidz and the late Jennings Russell. She was a member of the Asbury Chapel United Methodist Church; a retired employee of Scio Pottery Company;...

Ruth Gram
Jul 7, 2005
Ruth Gram, 90, of Bellville, Ohio, formerly of Cadiz, died Thursday, July 7, 2005 in Bellville. She was born September 10, 1914 in Harrison County, Ohio, a daughter of the late Clarence William and Lydia Phillips Bargar. She was a United Methodist and a retired Teacher, having taught at Clearfork Valley and Jewett Schools. She was also a member of...

Robert Rittenhouse
Jun 20, 2005
Robert V. Rittenhouse, 75, of Tully, New York, formerly of Cadiz, Ohio, died Monday, June 20, 2005 at his home in Tully. He was born December 11, 1929 in Cadiz, Ohio, a son of the late Orville D. and Ella Mae Given Rittenhouse. The retired owner of Rittenhouse Machinery Co. in Syracuse, NY., he was a graduate of The Ohio...

Anna Sable
Jun 14, 2005
Anna Lee Sable, 76, of Cadiz, Ohio, died at her home on June 14, 2005. She was the daughter of the late Howard and Beatrice (Yates) DeVault. She was born May 13, 1929 in Mt. Pleasant, Ohio. She was a homemaker of 40 years to the late Robert L. Sable. In addition to her parents, and husband, she was preceded...

Mary Mummey
Jun 11, 2005
Mary E. Mummey, 80, Dresden, Ohio formerly of Cadiz, died Saturday June 11, 2005 in Zanesville, Ohio. She was born December 22, 1924 in Cadiz, Ohio a daughter of the late Oddra (Bob) Heavner and Freda Miller Heavner Mooney. Mary was a loving wife, mother, and friend to all. She was a former employee of both Essex Wire and Ballas...

Robert Rutledge
Jun 9, 2005
Robert Joseph Rutledge, 27, of Cadiz, formerly of Hopedale, died Thursday at UPMC, Pittsburgh, following a lengthy illness. He was born June 7, 1978 in Steubenville, Ohio, a son of Patricia A. Baus Rutledge, with whom he resided. He was a Carpenter at Ariels Oak in Sherrodsville, Ohio. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Florence and James Neer,...

Stanley Busby
Jun 2, 2005
Stanley W. (Sonny) Busby, Jr., 62, Adena, Ohio died Thursday, June 2, 2005 at East Ohio Regional Hospital, Martins Ferry, Ohio. He was born August 25, 1942 in Kenwood, Ohio a son of the late Stanley W. (Jack) and Helen J. Yeknick Busby, Sr. He was preceded in death, in addition to his parents, by a sister Virginia McGlothlin, her...

Beatrice Gibby
May 22, 2005
Beatrice Morgan Gibby, 86, of Palm Beach Gardens, FL, formerly of Cadiz, died Sunday, May 22, 2005 in Palm Beach Gardens. She was born August 12, 1918 in Jackson County, Ohio, a daughter of the late John and Etta Williams Morgan. Mrs. Gibby received her early education in Jackson County at Bloomfield School. She graduated from Ohio University in 1940,...

Stella Croak
May 19, 2005
Stella Marie Croak, 99, of North Canton, Ohio, formerly of Cadiz, died Thursday, May 19, 2005 at Roselane Health Care Center in Massillon. She was born December 10, 1905 in Barnesville, Ohio, a daughter of the late John Wesley and Ida Reeves Pickens. She was a member of the Minksville Church of Christ near Cadiz. In addition to her parents,...

Verna Bertz
May 14, 2005
Verna Bertz, 89, of Cadiz, died Saturday, May 14, 2005 at Trinity Medical Center, West, Steubenville. She was born June 27, 1915 at Hammondsville, Ohio, a daughter of the late Oscar and Elizabeth West Howes. Mrs. Bertz grew up on a farm between New Athens and Cadiz. She graduated from Franklin High School, where she played on the championship girls...

Clyde Willis
May 11, 2005
Clyde E. Willis, 47, Cadiz, died Wednesday, May 11, 2005 as the result of an industrial accident. He was born January 25, 1958 in Wheeling, West Virginia a son of Clarence Willis of Unionvale, Ohio and the late Carol Muldrew Willis. He was a member of Harrison Hills United Pentecostal Church in Jewett; a former employee of Imco Recycling in...

Mary Wood
May 2, 2005
Mary Virginia Wood, 88, of Cadiz, Ohio, died Monday, May 2, 2005 at her home on what would have been her 59th wedding anniversary with her late husband, Robert T. ''Bud'' Wood. She was born August 24, 1916 in Wheeling, WV, a daughter of the late Walton and Laura Moore Hare. She was affiliated with the Scott United Methodist Church...

Edwin Beatty
Apr 30, 2005
Edwin E. Beatty, 75, of Cadiz, formerly of Colliers, WV, died Saturday, April 30, 2005 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz. He was born August 9, 1929 in Colliers, WV, a son of the late John and Margaret Hayes (Mechling). He was a Steel Worker for Weirton Steel Corporation; an Army Veteran of the German Occupation and was a member of...

Harry Gordon
Apr 19, 2005
Harry E. Gordon, 59, Cadiz, died Tuesday, April 19, 2005 at Oakland Veterans Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennyslvania. He was born June 9, 1945 in Martins Ferry, Ohio, a son of Evelyn Henry Gordon of Cadiz and the late Ernest Gordon. He was a former employee of Consol and retired from State Park Motors in Wintersville; a veteran of the U.S....

Richard Smith
Apr 17, 2005
Richard James ''Dick'' Smith, 53, Steubenville, formerly of Cadiz, died Sunday, April 17, 2005 at his home. He was born August 1, 1951 in Martins Ferry, Ohio a son of Earl R. Smith of Hopedale and Betty Waller Smith of Cadiz, Ohio. He was Protestant by faith, a member of the 700 Club; a Coal Miner for Consolidation Coal Company...

Atlee Nation
Mar 31, 2005
Atlee O. ''Jack'' Nation, 77, of Cadiz, died Thursday, March 31, 2005 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz. He was born September 17, 1927 in Hopedale, Ohio, a son of the late Edgar Ray and Viola Kelley Nation. He was a retired Maintenance Supervisor for Consolidation Coal Co. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Cadiz, and attended the...

Carl Busby
Mar 26, 2005
Carl Edward Busby, 75, Cadiz, died Saturday, March 26, 2005 at Wheeling Hospital. He was born June 28, 1929 in Cadiz, Ohio a son of the late Samuel and Ida Polen Busby. He was a member of Scott UMC, Cadiz; a retired employee of Howard Bowers Construction and a former employee of Hillcrest Dairy; a member of Harrison Lodge #219,...

Charles Harris, Sr.
Mar 24, 2005
Charles Melvin Harris, Sr., 58, Cadiz, died Thursday March 24, 2005 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz. He was born July 18, 1946 in Dennison, Ohio a son of the late Wilford E. And Amanda Adeline LaPorte Harris. He was a member of the First Church of God in Cadiz; a veteran of the U.S. Army during the Vietnam Era; a...