John Francis Tanczyn
May 9, 2011
John Francis Tanczyn, 60, of Sistersville, passed away May 9, 2011 at home. He was born September 26, 1950, a son of the late Harry Tanczyn and Alice Tanczyn. John lived in WV for the last 26 years and was a correctional officer at the former State Penitentiary in Moundsville. He provided social work services for children and adults. He...
Joyce Ann Mars
May 9, 2011
Joyce Ann Fisher Mars, 56, of The Plains, OH, formerly of Sistersville passed away, May 9, 2011 at O'Bleness Hospital, Athens, OH. She was born on April 30, 1955 in Sistersville and she was raised by the late Kenneth and Lucille Raper. She is survived by one son, Steve (Joyce) Raper of Clarington, OH, one daughter, Charlena (Jesse) Lemasters of...
Verna "Margie" Stead
May 7, 2011
Verna Isabell “Margie” Stead, 89, of Limestone, W.Va., formerly of Sistersville, W.Va. passed away May 7, 2011 at home. She was born February 4, 1922 in Sistersville, W.Va., a daughter of the late Ove and Bertha Lorena Curry Grimm. She was a member of the Sistersville Church of the Nazarene and she was a loving mother and grandmother. She is...
Sue Pancake
May 3, 2011
Sharon Sue Pancake, 62, of Sistersville, WV, passed away May 3, 2011 at home. She was born December 16, 1948, in New Martinsville, WV, a daughter of the late John Powell and Sarah Anderson Powell. She was a homemaker and a loving and devoted mother and grandmother. She attended the First United Methodist Church of Sistersville. Sue is survived by...
Goldie Weekley
May 3, 2011
Goldie L. Weekley, 82, of Sistersville, WV, passed away May 3, 2011 at Sistersville General Hospital. She was born August 8, 1928, in Sistersville, WV, a daughter of the late Ernie Forester and Helen Selmon Forester. She was a homemaker and a member of the Sistersville First Baptist Church. She was a former member of the Martha Washington Chapter OES...
Roma Ash
May 1, 2011
Roma D. Folger Ash, 74, of Ash Lane, Sistersville passed away Sunday, May 1, 2011 at Harmar Place Rehabilitation Center, Marietta, OH. She was born July 22, 1936 in Middlebourne, WV a daughter of the late Fred and Virginia Woodburn Folger. She was a 1954 graduate of Tyler County High School and was a loving mother, grandmother, aunt and sister....
Dennis Wilkinson
Apr 27, 2011
Dennis Ray “Tinker” Wilkinson, 54, of Clarington, OH passed away April 27, 2011 in Tyler County, WV as a result of a timber accident. He was born, January 20, 1957 in Sistersville, WV a son of the late George and Hattie Dalrymple Wilkinson. In his spare time he enjoyed hunting and fishing. He is survived by two daughters, Heather (Randy)...
Victor Eugene "Gene" Hisam
Apr 19, 2011
Victor Eugene “Gene” Hisam, 74, of Friendly, passed away April 19, 2011 at Marietta Memorial Hospital. He was born March 25, 1937, a son of the late Lawrence Gayle Hisam and Evelyn Mae Wells Hisam. Gene was a retired chemical worker of 33 years at Union Carbide and was a member of the Chemical Workers Union Local 698. He was...
Irene Marie Stewart
Apr 19, 2011
Irene Stewart, of Sistersville, WV, passed away April 19, 2011 at home. She was born September 5, 1945 in Columbus, GA, a daughter of the late Joe Alvizo and Maria Garcia Alvizo. She was a homemaker and a Catholic by faith. Irene is survived by her husband, Calvin Stewart of Sistersville; son, Charles Stewart of Charleston, WV and daughter, Beth...
Margaret L. Mercer Bard
Apr 18, 2011
Margaret Lucille Mercer Bard Margaret L. Bard passed away April 18, 2011 in Methodist hospital in Houston Texas at eight fifty AM. She had moved to Houston about 5 years ago to live close to her daughter, Margaret A. Bard Johnson, because her health had deteriorated beyond her ability to care for herself. Margaret was superseded in death by her...
Mary Evelyn Bickle Koerber
Apr 15, 2011
Mary Evelyn Bickle Koerber, 82, of Sistersville, WV, passed away April 15, 2011 at OVMC. She was born August 16, 1928, in Sistersville, WV, a daughter of the late John Bickle and Amy Hickman Bickle Fox. She was a homemaker and a Baptist by faith. Mary Evelyn enjoyed gardening, animals and going to the movies. Mary Evelyn is survived by...
Ernest Virgil Matthews
Apr 4, 2011
Ernest Virgil Matthews, 84, of Middlebourne, WV, passed away April 4, 2011 at OVMC. Virgil was born May 15, 1926, a son of the late James Matthews and Goldie Leasure Matthews. He was a retired Produce Manager from A & P Tea Company, a WWII Army veteran in the Pacific Theater Operations, he was a member of the Elk Fork...
Cathy Lynn Moffitt
Mar 29, 2011
Cathy Lynn Moffitt, 53, of Sistersville, WV, passed away March 29, 2011 at St. Joseph’s Hospital. She was born June 6, 1957, a daughter of the late George R. Moffitt and Geraldine White Moffitt. Cathy took care of her father and her siblings after her mother passed away. She enjoyed spending time with her grandkids. She is survived by her...
Kathleen Louise Shirer
Mar 29, 2011
Kathleen Louise Mitchell Shirer, 56, of 810 Wells Street, Sistersville, WV, passed to her eternal reward from Sistersville General Hospital on Tuesday, March 29, 2011. Kathy was born March 19, 1955, in Follansbee, WV, to George and Pauline Mitchell. She graduated from Brooke High School in 1972 and attended the Weirton Campus of West Liberty State College. Kathy was married...
Patricia Ann "Patty" Snodgrass
Mar 29, 2011
Patricia Ann “Patty” Snodgrass, 52, of New Martinsville, WV, passed away March 29, 2011 at Wetzel County Hospital. She was born September 3, 1958, a daughter of the late Carl Nice and Bessie Postlethwait Nice. Patty was a nurse at Sistersville General Hospital and Wetzel County Hospital. Patty is survived by her husband, Robert Snodgrass; daughters, Jessi (Tom) Lemons of...
Ronald A. Reed
Mar 27, 2011
Ronald A. Reed, 67, of Sistersville, WV, passed away March 27, 2011 at his residence. He was born June 1, 1943, a son of the late Ross and Ruth Hissom Reed. He was a 1961 graduate of Sistersville High School, a U.S. Navy veteran, and he attended the Pursley Church of Christ. He was retired from the American Cyanamid/Cytec plant...
B. Adams
Mar 26, 2011
Gene B. Adams, 83, of Middlebourne, WV, passed away March 26, 2011 at the New Martinsville Care and Rehabilitation Center. He was born January 26, 1928, a son of the late George and Blanche Smith Adams. He worked in the construction industry as a heavy equipment operator. He is survived by two sons, Rodney (Cindy) Adams of Middlebourne, WV, Randy...
Edward "Bud" William Kehrer
Mar 15, 2011
Edward William “Bud” Kehrer, 89, of Sistersville, WV, passed away March 15, 2011 at Sistersville General Hospital. Bud was born April 1, 1921, a son of the late William and Helen Good Kehrer. Bud was a 1939 graduate of Sistersville High School, a member of Elks Lodge BPOE #333 and VFW Post #6327, a 70 year member of IBEW Local...
Lillian Elnore
Feb 26, 2011
Lillian Elnore Fox, 91, of Sistersville, WV, passed away February 26, 2011 at the Sistersville Center Nursing Home. She was born May 12, 1919, in Ritchie County, WV, a daughter of the late Lester G. and Clara L. Prunty Buzzard. She was an LPN and former administrator at Worthington Care Center in Parkersburg, WV and she was a 27 year...
Patricia "Patty" Ann Jordan
Feb 24, 2011
Patricia Ann “Patty” Jordan, 53, of New Martinsville, WV, formerly of Sistersville, passed away February 24, 2011 at Sistersville General Hospital. She was born March 20, 1957, a daughter of the late Paul J. "Dinky" Shreves and Laura Ethel Quinn Shreves. She was a homemaker and she enjoyed playing bingo. Patricia is survived by her sons, Glen Jordan, Jr. and...
