James Philip Habel
Dec 26, 2017
James Philip Habel, 73, of Marietta, Ohio, died Tuesday, December 26, 2017 at his home in Marietta. He was born on October 7, 1944 in Urbana, Ohio, to John James and Lucille Ryder Habel. Phil was a graduate of DeVry University with a degree in electrical engineering. He served his country in the U.S. Navy during Vietnam. Phil worked for...
Mary La Rae Hill
Dec 17, 2017
Mary La Rae Hill, 88, of Williamstown, WV, died Sunday, December 17, 2017, at Brookdale of Marietta. She was born on April 6, 1929 in Hollidays Cove, WV, to Harry Jay and Irene Cooper Oden. Mary was a 1947 graduate of Williamstown High School. She worked for Ohio Bell Telephone Company for almost 35 years, retiring in 1981. Mary was...
Betty Lorraine Leonard
Dec 14, 2017
Betty Lorraine Gatten Leonard, 86, of Marietta, Ohio, died Thursday, December 14, 217 at Harmar Place in Marietta. She was born November 19, 1931 in Monroe County, Ohio to Charles and Edna Briggs Barnard. Betty was a 1949 graduate of Woodsfield High School and received her Bachelor's in Education from Ohio University. She was a teacher for 30 years for...
Marjorie Rech Hamperian
Dec 7, 2017
Marjorie Rech Hamperian, 88, of Williamstown, WV, died Thursday, December 7, 2017 at Marietta Memorial Hospital. She was born in Waterford, Ohio on June 23, 1929 to Harold and Dorothy Gray Rech, both of whom preceded her in death. Marjorie was descended from two pioneer families, the Watermans and the Grays. Her ancestor, Capt. William Gray, was a member of...
Wilma Lee Burke
Dec 4, 2017
Wilma Lee "Tina" Burke, 69, of Marietta, Ohio, died Monday, December 4, 2017, at Heartland. She was born on January 7, 1948 to Robert Sr. and Ila Armstrong Burke. Wilma was a 1965 graduate of Marietta High School. She was a pipefitter for many years, working through Plumbers and Pipefitters, Local #168. Wilma was a member of the American Legion...
Opal Fouss
Dec 4, 2017
Opal Forshey Fouss, 78, of Whipple, Ohio, died Monday, December 4, 2017 in Marietta, Ohio, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on February 10, 1939 in Lower Salem, Ohio to Ralph P. and Caroline A. Theiss Forshey. Opal was a 1956 graduate of Salem Liberty High School. She and her husband were instrumental in the forming of Salem...
Geraldine Helen Beach
Dec 3, 2017
Geraldine "Gerry" Helen Beach of Lowell, Ohio, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by family on December 3, 2017after a short battle with cancer. She was born December 18, 1934 to Gerald Floyd and Ruth Ellen Brelsford Beach. Gerry was a 1952 graduate of Lowell High School and received her degree in Business Education from Ohio University in 1956. She...
Craig Butler
Dec 3, 2017
The Reverend James Craig Butler, 67, of Marietta, died Sunday, December 3, 2017 at Marietta Memorial Hospital. He was born December 18, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois, to John Edward and Patricia Ann Okell Butler. He earned a BA degree in religion from Wofford College, and completed a Master of Divinity at Louisville Theological Seminary (Kentucky). He served churches in Monroe...
Frederick L O'Neill
Dec 1, 2017
"To sleep, perchance to dream - ay, there's the rub, For in that sleep of death what dreams may come. When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause." - Shakespeare's "Hamlet" Frederick L. O'Neill, 72, of Marietta, passed away Dec. 1 after a long battle with rheumatoid arthritis, brain cancer, heart failure, COPD and stroke. To...
Twilla Delores Hetrick
Nov 30, 2017
Twilla Delores Hetrick, 89, of Macksburg, Ohio, died Thursday, November 30, 2017 in Marietta, Ohio, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on July 11, 1928 in Lower Salem, Ohio to Fred and Ethel Lamp Doan. Twilla worked at Deano's Pizzeria in Lowell for many years. Her grandchildren loved visiting her for lunch on their way to the pool...
James Paul Bauerbach
Nov 24, 2017
James Paul Bauerbach, 79, of Lowell, Ohio, died Friday, November 24, 2017, in Marietta. He was born on February 4, 1938, in Lowell, Ohio, to John and Marie Offenberger Bauerbach. Jim was a 1956 graduate of Lowell High School, and was a retiree of Globe Metallurgical. He was a member of Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church in Lowell. Jim...
Marie Georgette Devol
Nov 14, 2017
Marie Georgette Devol, 86, of Marietta, Ohio, died Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at Marietta Memorial Hospital, surrounded by her family and friends. She was born on February 13, 1931, in Liege, Belgium, to George and Julienne Werk. Marie met her husband, Jerry Barker Devol, in Belgium, while he was serving post-WWII. They married there on August 25, 1956, and then...
Jayne Louise Harris
Nov 11, 2017
Jayne Louise Harris, 60, of Rainbow Road, Lowell, Ohio, passed away Saturday, November 11, 2017 at Genesis Hospital in Zanesville, Ohio. She was born on September 12, 1957 in Marietta, Ohio, to Chester and Shirley Mugrage Anthony. Jayne enjoyed her work as the manager of Appletree assisted living, in Beverly and Barlow, for nearly 20 years. She also enjoyed traveling,...
Hester Christina Offenberger
Nov 5, 2017
Hester Christina Offenberger, 87, of Marietta, Ohio, died Sunday, November 5, 2017 at Marietta Memorial Hospital. She was born on January 9, 1930 to Walter Blaine and Anna Ruth Holiday Oliver. Hester was a member of The Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption, the CWC, and the O'Neill Senior Center. She loved playing bingo, quilting and sewing. She is...
Larry Vernon Coe
Nov 5, 2017
Larry Vernon Coe, 79, of Vincent, Ohio, died Sunday, November 5, 2017. He was born on September 15, 1938 in Parkersburg, WV, to Herman and Gladys Dowler Coe. Larry retired from Century Well Services as a well tender. He enjoyed NASCAR and fishing. He is survived by his wife, Christine Fairbanks Coe, whom he married on September 5, 1958; four...
Robert Duane Ritchie
Nov 1, 2017
Robert Duane Ritchie, 83, of Marietta, Ohio, died Wednesday, November 1, 2017, at the Arbors in hospice care. He was born on February 25, 1934 in Marietta, to Wade and Ethel Parks Ritchie. Robert was an Air Force Veteran and was retired from Ohio Power. In his retirement he enjoyed driving bus for the O'Neill Center. He married Betty Roberts...
Lea Alice Webb
Oct 19, 2017
Lea Alice Webb, 70, of Marietta, Ohio, died Thursday, October 19, 2017, in Marietta. She was born on September 26, 1947 in Marietta, to George W. and Janet Fleming Rumbold. Lea was a 1965 graduate of Marietta High School and received her LPN in 1976 from Washington Technical College. She was a nurse for many places over the years but...
Ruth Naomi Dake
Oct 15, 2017
Ruth Naomi Cogswell Dake, 93, passed away peacefully on Sunday, October 15, 2017, at Green Acres Assisted Living in Lowell, Michigan. Ruth was born March 3, 1924 and raised in Marietta, Ohio on the Cogswell family dairy farm on Newport Pike. She graduated from Marietta High School and attended Marietta College in the fall of 1942. There she met Jack...
Tammy Tilton
Oct 1, 2017
Tammy Tilton, 57, of Lowell, Ohio, died Sunday, October 1, 2017 at her residence. She was born on March 26, 1960 in Parkersburg, WV, to Howard and Alice Ann Burchard. Tammy was a graduate of Parkersburg South High School and had been employed by Nelson Drug and Coldwater Creek. She loved to garden and take care of the yard, and...
Evelyn G Obbard
Sep 22, 2017
Evelyn G. Obbard, 85, of Marietta, Ohio, formerly of Sewickley, died Friday, September 22, 2017, at Brookdale Senior Living. Born July 10, 1932, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Trofim and Mary Potopas Gordeychuk. She graduated from Finch Junior College and took extensive coursework at Katharine Gibbs College in Boston. She worked at Cambridge Trust in Cambridge, MA, and met and married...
