Obituaries in Wellston, OH

Arthur M. Archie Dummitt age 81 of McArthur passed away Tuesday January 6 2026 at his home. He was born October 29 1944 in Lewis County Kentucky son of the late Samuel L. Dummitt and Mildred P. Lambert Dummitt. Archie graduated from Lewis County High School in Kentucky with the class of 1962. He was...

Michael Joseph Mike Hoctor age 67 of Wilkesville passed away Thursday January 1 2026 at his home. He was born August 19 1958 in Columbus Ohio to Joseph J. Hoctor and Wanda L. Haywood Six. Mike graduated from Grove City High School with the class of 1976. He was a retired selfemployed truck driver wh...

Melanie M. Stanley age 58 of Wellston passed away Tuesday December 30 2025 at her home. She was born October 9 1967 in Gallipolis Ohio to Perry Edward Cardwell and Gladys Ann Lenegar Cardwell. Melanie was valedictorian of the Wellston High School class of 1985. She received both a bachelors degree a...

Dean Arthur Pittenger age 74 of Wellston passed away unexpectedly Saturday December 27 2025 at his home. He was born March 8 1951 in Portsmouth Ohio to the late Arden Pittenger and Elizabeth Rickabaugh Pittenger. Dean was a 1969 graduate of Wellston High School and went on to graduate from Hocking C...

Jennifer Patricia Patty Vickers age 79 of Wellston passed away Thursday December 25 2025 at the Holzer Medical Center in Jackson Ohio. She was born May 23 1946 in West Virginia daughter of the late Homer and Nellie Knotts. Patty was a former home health caregiver for many years. She is survived by h...

Paul Douglas Doug Ousley age 66 of Vinton passed away Tuesday January 13 2026 at his home surrounded by loved ones following a long battle with Huntingtons Disease. He was born April 11 1959 in Wellston Ohio son of the late Leonard Tim Ousley and Mary Agnes Snyder Ousley. Doug graduated from Wellsto...

Wayne Allen Pete Henry age 69 of Wellston passed away unexpectedly Tuesday January 6 2026 at his home. He was born August 29 1956 in Wellston Ohio to William Dwayne Wayne Henry and Mary Marguerite Margie Whiting Henry. Pete as he was known by all was a 1974 graduate of Wellston High School. He was a...

Dorothy G. Hagerty age 95 of Chillicothe passed away Wednesday January 7 2026 at her home. She was born December 14 1930 in Wellston Ohio to the late Cora Keck Jolly. Dorothys mother passed away when Dorothy was 1 month old and she was raised by her grandparents Sam and Lettie Keck. Dorothy graduate...

Barbara Sue Kincaid age 84 of Wellston passed away Thursday January 1 2026 at Edgewood Manor of Wellston. She was born November 18 1941 in Orton Ohio daughter of the late Walter Raymond Roof and Nellie M. Thomason Roof. For several years Barb was a dietician at Jenkins Care Community in Wellston. Sh...

Robert Matthews Bob Dixon age 77 of Pittsburg Pennsylvania passed away unexpectedly Sunday January 4 2026 at his home. He was born June 22 1948 in Columbus Ohio son of the late Roy E. Dixon and Glenna J. Matthews Dixon. Bob graduated in 1967 from Bellville West High School in Bellview Illinois and l...

Lynne Thompson Darnell age 62 of Wellston passed away Friday December 26 2025 at her home. She was born November 11 1963 in Newark Ohio daughter of the late Larry E. Potter and Barbara C. Brown Potter. Lynne graduated from Wellston High School with the class of 1982 and received a nursing degree fro...

Michael Allen Workman Sr. age 75 of Wellston passed away unexpectedly Saturday December 27 2025 at his home. He was born September 7 1950 in Gauley Bridge West Virginia son of the late Francis Workman and Opal Truman Workman. Mike was a veteran of the United States Army who served during the Vietnam...