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MARY GARDNER

Mary Francine (Kennedy) Gardner, 77, of Glen Dale, WV, passed away peacefully on October 1, 2025. Born on February 22, 1948, in Center Point, WV, she was the beloved daughter of the late Vanzy Ellen Gaston and Creston H. Snodgrass. Mary dedicated her life to her family and her work as a ...

JOSEPH HAMROCK

Joseph G. Hamrock, 88, of Mingo Jct., passed away Thursday, October 2, 2025. Born in Mingo Jct. on June 5, 1937, he was the son of the late Stephen J. and Anna R. Hamrock. Joe was a lifelong Catholic and a devoted husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather whose greatest joy was ...

MARGARET SPENCE

Margaret A. “Peggy” Spence, 85, of Steubenville, passed away Wednesday, October 1, 2025 at Bolger Country Club Manor. She was born on October 24, 1939 in Steubenville. She is the daughter of the late Thomas and Anna Mae Houser Buffone. Peggy is also preceded in death by her twin sister ...

NOLEN GREENE JR.

Nolen T. Greene, Jr. whom many knew as Tom or Greenie, 87 of Wellsburg, WV died peacefully at home surrounded by his family on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. He was born on November 18, 1938, in Wheeling, WV a son of the late Nolen T. Green Sr. and Mary Ida (Givens) Colley. In addition to ...

IRENE EDGELL

Irene Edgell, 80, of New Cumberland, passed away on Thursday October 2, 2025. She was born on November 26, 1944, the daughter of the late Virgil and Elizabeth (Irwin) Pickering. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by two sons, Charles Edgell Jr and Thomas Birkhimer and a great-granddaughter Aurora Davis. She is survived by her husband, Charles Edgell Sr. at home; two sons, Terry (Crystal) Birkhimer of Calcutta and James Birkhimer of Mingo Junction; two daughters, Lisa and Holly Edgell both of New Cumberland. She is also survived by nine grandchildren, Dylan, Brandon, Dawn, ...

NILA ECHOLS

Nila June Welsh Echols passed away peacefully in Richmond, VA on Sept 1, 2025. June was born in a blizzard in Steubenville, Ohio, January 28, 1935, to William and Madaline Logue Welsh. She graduated from Steubenville High School in 1952 where she was a member of the Big Red bands and orchestra. She graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing in 1956. June was an R.N. in Charlottesville, VA; Miami, FL; and New York, NY, and she became a member of the teaching staff at Virginia Baptist School of Nursing after moving to Lynchburg, VA in ...