Wilbur Sterling Deems
Feb 15, 2020
Wilbur S. Deems, 85, of Parkersburg passed away February 15, 2020 at Worthington Healthcare Center. He is now having a reunion with his daughter Pam Deems Nichols. He was born December 23, 1934 in Wood County, WV and is the son of the late Jerry Deems and Hester Deems Lucas. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and was an amazing artist. Left...
Gladys L Hale
Feb 15, 2020
Heaven gained a beautiful angel as Gladys Sloan Hale, 98, passed into the arms of her heavenly father and Savior on February 15, 2020. Gladys was born in Belleville, WV February 3, 1922, the oldest daughter of Lyndsay and Mae Monroe Sloan. She married the late Rev. Ernest C. Hale October 1, 1943. They celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary before...
Donna Jean Eaton
Feb 13, 2020
Donna Jean Eaton, 85, of Washington, WV passed away February 13, 2020 at her residence.She was born March 3, 1934 in Belleville, WV to the late Carl and Hazel McCauley Gates.She had previously worked at Universal Supply as a Secretary and was a Homemaker.She attended Lubeck United Methodist Church where she was a member of the United Methodist Women and...
Pearl L. Arthurs
Feb 12, 2020
Pearl L. Arthurs, 80, of Parkersburg, W.Va. passed away Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at her residence. Pearl was born November 28, 1939 at Watertown, Ohio, a daughter of the late Vera Rarick Vanway and Purl D. Pryor. She was retired from the Bureau of Public Debt and was an avid reader.She was a member of Jefferson Baptist Temple and the...
Gary Lyle Garretson
Feb 11, 2020
Gary L. Garretson, 72, of Little Hocking, Ohio passed away February 11, 2020 at Marietta Memorial Hospital.He was born December 2, 1947 in Parkersburg to the late Hubert and Juanita Blankenship Garretson.He worked as an Ironworker for Local Union 787 and attended WV Institute of Technology.He had previously worked at Matheny Motors and was an avid motorcycle rider enjoying riding...
Irene L. Deem
Feb 5, 2020
Irene L. Deem, 91, of Waterford, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, February 5, 2020 at her residence.She was born in Washington County, Ohio November 11, 1928, a daughter of the late John L. and Viola M. Wagner Hickman.Her husband, Alan C. Deem, preceded her in death in 1975. Mrs. Deem retired from the U.S. Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt. Survivors...
Richard Hayhurst
Feb 4, 2020
Richard S. Hayhurst, 82, of Parkersburg, passed away, Tuesday, February 4, 2020 in the Camden Clark Medical Center.He was born at Rymer, WV, a son of the late Samuel W. and Iva M. Morgan Hayhurst. Richard was a graduate of Weir High School and was an Army veteran having served during the Cuban Missile Crisis.He was a supervisor at the...
Delbert C. Beach
Feb 4, 2020
Delbert Beach, 89, of Belpre, passed away, Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at his residence.Mr. Beach was born in Parkersburg, a son of the late Cecil R. and Letha A. Flinn Beach.His wife of fifty three years, Lois Jean Newberry Beach preceded him in death on February 13, 2004. Delbert was a graduate of Parkersburg High School and proud member of...
Dennis Lee Congrove
Feb 2, 2020
Dennis Lee Congrove, 64, of Williamstown, passed away February 2, 2020 at Worthington Healthcare Center. He was born August 3, 1955 in Wood Co., WV and is the son of the late Evelyn Kinney and Ernest Congrove. He worked as a production worker at Sperry Univac, Walker Parkersburg and was also a surveyor. Left behind to cherish his memory, are...
Betty L. Deem
Jan 30, 2020
Betty L. Deem, 92, of Marietta, Ohio passed away January 30, 2020 at Marietta Memorial Hospital.Mass of Christian burial will be Saturday, February 1, 2020 at 3 p.m. at St. Margaret Mary Church. Kimes Funeral Home is assisting the family.
Joan T. Freeland
Jan 29, 2020
Joan T. Freeland, 86, of Parkersburg passed away January 29, 2020 at Camden Clark Medical Center. She was born December 11, 1933 in Baltimore, MD, she is the daughter of the late Margaret Radcliff and William Mearns. She was a homemaker, part owner of Bob’s Bicycle Shop and attended 19th Street Church of God. She enjoyed her Bible studies and...
Kathleen Mitchell
Jan 29, 2020
Kathleen Mitchell, 104, of Parkersburg, died January 29, 2020 at Wyngate Senior Living Community. She was born in St. Marys, West Virginia, a daughter of the late Reverend Benjamin M. and Elizabeth Pennell Mitchell. Ms. Mitchell graduated from Parkersburg High School in 1931 and The Ohio State University in 1945. She was employed by the Wood County Bank, Federal Housing...
Janet Sue Battin
Jan 28, 2020
Mrs. Janet Sue Battin, age 81, of Woodstock, Georgia passed away on January 28, 2020 from complications she suffered from a stroke on October 2, 2019.Janet was born in Parkersburg, West Virginia to William Clay and Martha Evelyn Lockhart.Janet graduated in 1959 from Camden Clark Memorial with her diploma in Nursing. She was dedicated to the nursing profession and later...
Gene C. Mahaney
Jan 25, 2020
Gene Carroll Mahaney of Mineral Wells, WV passed away Saturday afternoon, January 25, 2020, at Camden Clark Medical Center, Parkersburg, WV. During his lifetime, Gene was diagnosed with and survived melanoma and having his car hit by a B&O train while on his way to work one night in 1979, but in the end he was unable to beat Alzheimer’s...
Kenny Ray Barker
Jan 20, 2020
Kenny Ray Barker, 60, of Parkersburg passed away January 20, 2020 at Marietta Memorial Hospital.He was born September 25, 1959 in Parkersburg to the late Robert Brenton and Ruby Hendershot Barker.He was a construction worker and also liked working on cars and spending time with family and friends. Left to cherish his memory are his children, Kenny Ray Barker, Jr....
Kermit L. Somerville
Jan 16, 2020
Kermit L. Somerville, 101, of Parkersburg passed away January 16, 2020 at Camden Clark Medical Center. He was born May 11, 1918 in Jackson County, WV, he is the son of the late Karl Somerville and Clara Archer Somerville Balderson and step father Sylvester Balderson. He was a WWII veteran and he served in North Africa and Italy. He retired...
Robert Eugene Crigger
Jan 13, 2020
Robert Eugene Crigger, 83, of Parkersburg passed away January 13, 2020 at Worthington Healthcare Center. There will be no services at this time. Kimes Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.kimesfuneralhome.com
Cynthia K. Adkins
Jan 10, 2020
Cynthia "Cindy" Kay Adkins, 59, of Vienna, W.Va. passed away Friday, January 10, 2020 at Camden Clark Medical Center. Cindy was born February 8, 1960 at Parkersburg, W.Va., a daughter of the late Charles and Betty Lou Anderson Nuzum. She was a graduate of Fairmont State University; a homemaker; a collector of many things, including angels, carousels and especially Harry...
Robert Edward Dickel
Jan 10, 2020
Robert Edward Dickel, 84, of Parkersburg passed away January 10, 2020 at his residence surrounded by his family. He was born February 17, 1935 in Slate, WV and is the son of the late Edward and Carrie Ogden Dickel. He was in Ironworker in Local 787 in Parkersburg and a PHS graduate. Robert enjoyed collecting antiques, playing cards and spending...
Rod Mark Carmichael
Jan 10, 2020
Roderick “Rod” Mark Carmichael, 69, of Parkersburg passed away January 10, 2020 at Camden Clark Medical Center. He was born July 23, 1950 in Wood County, he is the son of the late Rita Hefling and Tom Carmichael. Rod attended church at River Hill United Methodist and worked at Lubeck PSD as an operator. He also enjoyed hunting, fishing and...
