Washington County

Gene Geno VanOrsdall age 87 of Bellevue died Wednesday October 15 2025 in Stein Hospice Care Center following a brief illness. Gene was born on October 16 1937 in New Washington Ohio to parents George and Ruth High VanOrsdall. Gene graduated in 1955 from New Washington High School where he was Presi...

Scott Dale Abbott age 72 of Castalia peacefully passed away Monday October 20 2025 at Firelands Regional Medical Center Sandusky following a brief illness. He was born December 26 1952 in Fremont to the late Dale and Sylvia Hendricks Abbott. He attended Margaretta High School. Scott always had a str...

DURHAM– Virginia “Ginny” Pence, 71, passed away on Saturday, December, 27 at TransitionsLifeCare in Raleigh, North Carolina. She was born in Washington, DC to the late Jacob David Penceand Beatrice Fernsner Pence.As Sergeant First Class Virginia Lee Pence, she was stationed out of Fort Bragg in Faye...

Margaret M. Lloyd, age 93, widow of Rev. James R. Lloyd, died on December 20, 2025. She grew up in Durham, NC, but had lived in Jacksonville, FL since 1965.The summer before entering Duke University Margaret was the teletype operator at a stock brokerage firm. What she learned there led to a subsequ...

Mr. Cole L. Coleman Sr. 74 of Shelby NC passed away on Thursday October 16 2025 at Atrium Health Cleveland. He was born April 19 1951 in Cleveland County NC to Virginia Whitworth Black and the late Cole B. Coleman. Funeral services will be held on Saturday November 1 2025 at Shiloh Baptist Church in...

Naomi Jean Marmie 93 of Woodsfield Ohio formerly of Ozark Ohio died New Years Day 2026. She was born on Christmas Day1932 at home in Washington Township Belmont County Ohio a daughter of the late Harry and Eva Perkins Poulson. Naomi was known for her cooking gardening and her infectious smile. Famil...

Carol Ann Lee Jenswold age 82 of Mayville passed away on Monday November 10 2025 at Hospice Home of Hope in Fond du Lac after a complication from surgery. A memorial gathering for Carol will take place on Friday November 28 2025 at Cornerstone Funeral Cremation Services 135 Keller Blvd. Beaver Dam ...

Linda Elaine Plant Benedict age 70 passed away on Friday January 9 2026 at St. Marys Hospital in Madison. Linda was born on March 26 1955 in Browns Valley Minnesota the daughter of Gerald and Elaine Pistorius Plant. She was a graduate of Hanover Central Jr. Sr. High School in Cedar Lake Indiana whe...

It is with sadness that we announce the passing of our brother and friend Timothy Patrick Beaver 65, of Marietta, OH., on October 2, 2025. Tim grew up in the New Matamoras area and graduated from Frontier High School and the Washington County Career Center. The son of the late Norman K. and Eileen C...

Roy "Chip" E. Wetz 83, of Marietta, OH., passed away Thursday evening August 21, 2025 at his residence surrounded by his family. He was born June 23, 1942 in Marietta to the late Roy Orland and Ernestine Pauline Dobbins Wetz. Chip graduated from Marietta High School in 1960 where he met the love of ...

Henry G. “Hank” Goehring 91, of Marietta, OH passed away Monday,September 15, 2025, at home. Hank was born on September 18, 1934, inPennsylvania, to the late Henry G. Goehring Sr. and Stella S. Blank. He was amember of the First Presbyterian Church in Marietta. He worked in a variety ofpositions for...

Kristine Ann Lee Goodman of Marietta, OH., passed away Tuesday, October 7, 2025. She was born to the late Carl and Sonja Lee of Marietta. She went to Marietta High School and the Washington County Career Center and graduated in 1983. She met and married George Goodman in December 1988 and moved to N...

Betty Sue Vadakin passed away on Monday, December 22, 2025, she was the daughter of the late William W. and Ora E. Vadakin. Born on October 16, 1936 in Marietta, Ohio, she was a 1954 graduate of Marietta High School and a 1962 graduate from Marietta College, with a BS Degree in Home Economics and a...

Garen Lynn Griffin, age 76, passed away peacefully on July 5, 2025 at MMH.He was the son of Howard and Donnalene Holland Griffin, born November 3, 1948 in Marietta, Ohio.Garen graduated from Matamoras High School and served his country in South Korea during the Vietnam War as a Microwave Tech in the...

Darrell Roger Cline, 86, of New Matamoras, passed away Friday, September 12, 2025 at home after an extended illness.He was born April 24th, 1939, in Bloomfield, Ohio to Myrtle Rinard and James Cline.He was raised in the Ludlow community by his maternal grandparents, Warren and Sylvia Rinard. Growing...

Marianne Miller, born in March 1943 in Manhattan, New York, passed away peacefully on November 24, 2025, surrounded by the love she spent her life giving so freely. For the past 35 years, Marianne made her home in Monticello, Florida with the love of her life and devoted husband of 61 years, John M...

William Charles Murr 69 of Terra Alta passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday January 10 2026 surrounded by his family. William was born on April 9 1956 in Washington D.C. a son of the late Joseph John Murr Sr. and Emma Marie Tate Murr. William is survived by his beloved wife Melody Carper Mu...

Judith "Judy" M. Zegers 85 of Elgin NE passed away peacefully on Thursday January 8 2026 at Alpine Village in Verdigre NE. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 1030 a.m. Wednesday January 14 2026 at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Elgin NE with Rev. Frank Baumert officiating. Interment will take place...

Inez Mary Gray age 94 resident of New Washington Ohio passed away on Wednesday January 7 2026 at the Willows at Willard. She was born on November 24 1931 in Cranberry Township Crawford County Ohio to the late Otto and Josephine Durnwald Heydinger. Inez is a 1949 New Washington High School graduate a...

On Tuesday December 16 2025 Hattie Millner 93 of Danville VA peacefully transitioned from this life at Cardinal Senior Living Facility Danville VA. Hattie Gravely Millner the seventh of eight children was born September 28 1932 to the late Julia Morrison Gravely and Robert Gravely in Henry County VA...

For I am now Im ready to be offered and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight I have finished my course I have kept the faith On Tuesday January 13 2026 our beloved Loretta Tinsley 76 of E. Church St. Martinsville peacefully transitioned from this life at her residence. She...

Out of the silence there tenderly falls the sound of Gods voice He lovingly calls this is my will come home weary one a trusting voice answers Lord thy will be done. On Monday November 3 2025 this Godfearing man was called home. He passed peacefully and quietly in his home 2914 Chatham Rd. Martinsvi...

On Wednesday December 17 2025 John B. Oliver 85 of John Baker Rd. Fieldale VA peacefully transitioned from this earthly life. He was born in Henry County VA on May 13 1940 to the late Jessie Mack Oliver and Betty Hairston Oliver. In addition to his parents John was preceded in death by his wife Aman...

Kimberly Ann Miller 71 of Leeper PA passed away on Sunday July 27 2025 at UPMC Hamot in Erie PA following a brief illness She was born on September 27 1953 in Oil City PA to Vaughn Cook and Louise JoAnn Walker Miller who preceded her in death. Kim graduated from North Clarion High School. After high...

Lois Jane Smith Rust 97 of Jacksonville Illinois died Wednesday December 17 2025 at The Pointe in Jacksonville. She was born July 6 1928 to LeRoy Thomas and Hattie Belle Scott Smith in Jacksonville. Lois married Paul Oliver Rust on July 24 1949 at Central Christian Church in Jacksonville they were m...

Esther Imogene Jean Briggs 93 of Springfield Illinois died Friday December 5 2025. She was born August 3 1932 in Benville Illinois to Markie Glen and Mabel Alice Davis Newton. She married Robert Lyle Briggs on March 1 1953 who preceded her in death. Jean is survived by her sons Rick Briggs Sharon of...

Linda Murl Maiden Johnson, age 84, of Carterville, Illinois, passed away on Sunday, December 21, 2025 at Memory Care-Manor in Carbondale, Illinois. Born September 10, 1941 in Carrollton, Kentucky, she was the daughter of Harlan and Violet (Brophy) Maiden.Mrs. Johnson was a 1959 graduate of Carroll ...

Naomi Jean Marmie 93 of Woodsfield Ohio formerly of Ozark Ohio died New Years Day 2026. She was born on Christmas Day1932 at home in Washington Township Belmont County Ohio a daughter of the late Harry and Eva Perkins Poulson. Naomi was known for her cooking gardening and her infectious smile. Famil...

Raymond Pete White was born in Ravenna Texas on September 24 1942 to Roy and Velma White. He graduated from Booker T. Washington in Bonham Texas in May of 1961. He continued his education at Grayson County College. Pete served in the US Army from July 1967 to July 1969. While in the Army he served a...

Harvey E. McClary 86 of Diamond Ohio passed at 710 p.m. Sunday January 4 2026 at his residence following an extended illness. He was born June 10 1939 in Madison County Ohio to the late Audist and Gladys Shell McClary. On March 15 1968 he married the former Jacqueline Stranahan who passed December 2...