Martinsburg High School Alumni Obituaries

Nancy Lou Harder was born to Joe and Mildred Bauman Harder onApril 29 1943 at Ponca Nebraska. She was baptizedMay 16 1943 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Martinsburg Nebraska and confirmedJune 1 1958 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Ponca Nebraska by Pastor Oscar Marquardt. Nancy graduated from Ponca Hi...

Dr. Robert Bob Bruce LaCount age 90 of Waynesburg passed away peacefully with family by his side on December 27 2025. Beloved husband for 61 years to Virginia W. LaCount loving father of Victoria Christopher Basar and Robert Melanie LaCount cherished grandfather of Zachary Jessica Basar Jackson Basa...

Jan Marie Blankenship 72 of Camden passed away Tuesday January 27 2026 at North Care Hospice House in North Kansas City. Jan was born on July 7 1953 in Carrollton the daughter of Donald W. and Viola Vi Maxine Halterman Heil. She was united in marriage to Brian Dean Blankenship of Carrollton on Augus...

Gerald Steve Stephen Miller 64 of East Freedom passed away on Saturday January 31 2026 at home. He was born on July 17 1961 in Roaring Spring son of the late Gerald and Helen Harr Miller. He was engaged to Deborah Heeter and she passed away on November 8 2014. Surviving are his children Jessica Swin...

Erdene Hoover 91 of Roaring Spring passed away Wednesday January 21 2026 at Homewood at Martinsburg. She was born April 18 1934 in Mckee daughter of the late Samuel and Edith Caswell Wilt. On October 4 1958 she married Donald W. Hoover. He preceded her in death on June 24 2014. Surviving is a daught...

Diane Marie Claar 77 a resident of Homewood at Martinsburg passed away Tuesday January 20 2026 at the home. She was born December 29 1948 in Altoona daughter of the late Jay and Mary Rowles Harding and was 1 of 12 children. She was twice married first to Harry T. Graham and then to Samuel Wade Claar...

Karen Printz Turner10/17/1963 - 01/25/2026Karen Printz Turner, 62, went to be with our Lord and Savior on January 25, 2026, after a brief illness, leaving behind a legacy of kindness, strength, and quiet grace. Born on October 17, 1963, in Richmond, Virginia, Karen spent her childhood in Martinsburg...

James K. Jim Lane 85 of Altoona died Monday morning January 5 2026 at Homewood at Martinsburg. He was born March 20 1940 in Altoona a son of the late Kermit G. and Anne L. Ashburn Lane. He married Norma Jean Provosnick on June 19 1965 in Springdale PA. She preceded him in death on February 4 2021. S...

Connie L. Shultz 93 a resident of Homewood in Martinsburg previously of Altoona Pennsylvania went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday August 21 2025. Connie was born in Altoona PA. on June 4 1932 the daughterof the lateAdam and Ima Earnest Gonter. She was first married to the late Lyle N...

Susan K. Showalter 70 of Altoona Pennsylvania entered into eternal rest on Tuesday May 27 2025 in Altoona. Susan was born in Altoona PA. on October 11954 to the late Josephine Gutshall and the late Robert Patterson. In addition to her parents Susan is preceded in death by her loving son Justin Showa...

Carolyn CeCe Rachelle ChristianDonaldson age 45 of Rome Georgia transitioned from labor to reward on Saturday December 20 2025 at the Medical Center in Rome Georgia. Carolyn was born on July 25 1980 in Winchester Virginia to the late Kelvin Christian Sr. and Mable Haines Christian. From an early age...

Bonnie King McKee, 73, of Wardensville, WV, died on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, at the E.A. Hawse Nursing & Rehab in Baker, WV.Bonnie was born on February 5, 1952, in Martinsburg, WV, the daughter of the late Betty Jo King Funkhouser. Bonnie was a 1970 graduate of James Wood High School, then made a c...

Richard Owen Sine, 76, of Bunker Hill, WV, died on Thursday, March 6, 2025 at his home.Richard was born on October 7, 1948 in Winchester, VA, the son of the late Leonard P. Sine and Grace Deitz Sine Armour. He was a 1967 graduate of Wardensville High School, a veteran in the United States Army, 101s...

James G. Jack Leslie 90 of Charles Town WV passed away on Monday January 26 2026 at home under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Jack was born on September 26 1935 in Frederick MD the son of James Erroll Leslie and Helen Elizabeth Jennings Leslie. He is survived by his son James Gary Leslie Jr. ...

Richard W. Kesner Sr. 75 of Paw Paw West Virginia passed away Monday November 10 2025 at the Martinsburg V.A. Medical Center. He was born April 17 1950 in Cumberland Maryland and was the son of the late Eston Grant Kesner and Lydia Alice Helmick Kesner. He was a 1968 graduate of Paw Paw High School ...

Walter Floyd Ours Jr. 96 of Keyser West Virginia passed away on January 25 2026 at WVU Medicine Potomac Valley Hospital. He was born February 5 1929 in Cross WV the son of the late Walter Floyd Ours Sr. and Mildred J. Kight Ours of Cross WV. He was a graduate of Piedmont High School and attended Po...

Beverly Lance Yost age 78 went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday December 24 2025 at St. Marys Hospital in Huntington WV following a long illness. Born in Bishop VA on October 19 1947 Lance was the son of the late Beverly Bruce and Wanda Ruth Pruett Yost. He was a proud graduate of Tazewell High...

Carol Ann Marshall age 75 of Berkeley Springs WV passed away Friday January 23 2026 at Winchester Medical Center. Born April 19 1950 in Berkeley Springs WV she was the daughter of the late Sylvester Thurman Bud and Mabel Regina Flowers Waugh. She was a graduate of Berkeley Springs High School. Carol...

Marilyn Mitchell Tercero age 95 of Martinsburg PA formerly of Dagsboro DE and Silver Spring MD passed away peacefully on Friday December 5 2025. Marilyn also known as Meesie Mom and Dabba was the daughter of the late William Lloyd and Jessie Henderson Mitchell. Born in Atlanta GA on St. Patricks Day...

Benny Lee Bennett age 90 went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday December 31 2025 at WVU MedicineBerkeley Medical Center in Martinsburg WV. Born June 17 1935 in Berkeley Springs WV he was the son of the late William Homer and Metha Bohrer Bennett. He was a member of Grace United Methodist Church....

Beloved mother Nana sister and aunt Ellen Hughes 81 passed away on June 18 2025. She was the oldest of three daughters born in Hollidaysburg PA to Victor Leroy and Mary Kathryn Kate Mulch Swenson. Ellen graduated from Marywood College in 1966 and taught high school French before her sons Brian and K...