Obituaries

James Carson
Jan 7, 2014
James H. Carson, 86, of Hopedale, died Tuesday, January 7, 2014 at Trinity Medical Center, West in Steubenville. He was born April 24, 1927 in Hopedale, Ohio, a son of the late Edwin S. and Bertha Merryman Carson. Jim was the co-owner and operator of The Carson Company in Hopedale and Cadiz. He enjoyed woodworking, farming and driving his Jeep....

Charles Manbeck
Jan 3, 2014
Charles F. Manbeck, 79, of Cadiz, formerly of Austin, TX, died Friday, January 3, 2014 at the VA Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. He was born June 23, 1934 in Martins Ferry, OH, a son of the late Charles Martin and Mary Frances McKnight Manbeck. Chuck was an employee of Sherman Eckols of Eckols Constrution Company for over forty years, where...

George Dressel
Dec 30, 2013
George Lester Dressel, 96, of Edmonds, Washington, formerly of Cadiz, Ohio, died Monday, December 30, 2013 in Seattle, Washington. He was born December 17, 1917 in Smithfield Twp., Jefferson County, Ohio, a son of the late George H. and Ada Olive Barkhurst Dressel. Mr. Dressel was a member, Elder, and former Trustee of the Presbyterian Church of Cadiz, a member...

Nancy Thompson
Dec 28, 2013
Nancy Merryman Thompson, 73, Cadiz, died Saturday, December 28, 2013 at Acuity Specialty Hospital, Steubenville, Ohio. She was born March 18, 1940 in Cadiz, a daughter of the late John Kenneth and Neva E. Milliken Cope. Nancy was a homemaker and a member of the First Church of Christ in Cadiz. She was an avid card and bingo player and...

Virginia Vasbinder
Dec 25, 2013
Virginia Vasbinder, 93 of Cadiz, died Wednesday, December 25, 2013 at Gables Care Center in Hopedale, Ohio. She was born October 10, 1920 in Deersville, Ohio a daughter of the late Raymond and Marian Mallernee Walker. She was a member of the Scott United Methodist Church in Cadiz and a homemaker. She was preceded in death in addition to her...

Gertrude Glessner
Dec 23, 2013
Gertrude Virginia Glessner, 93, of Belmont, formerly of Cadiz, died Monday, December 23, 2013 at the Carriage Inn of Cadiz. She was born March 2, 1920 in Cadiz, a daughter of the late John and Mary Campbell Neville. She was a homemaker and a 7th Day Adventist. She was preceded in death in addition to her parents, by her husband...

Karen Leach
Dec 23, 2013
Karen M. Leach, 63, of Cadiz, died Monday, December 23, 2013 at East Ohio Regional Hospital, Martins Ferry. She was born October 19, 1950 in Wheeling, WV, a daughter of Mabel Lough Leach Spragg of Cadiz and the late Thomas P. Leach. Karen was a member of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Harrisville. She was a Registered Nurse, having worked at...

Milton Christian
Dec 23, 2013
Milton F. Christian, 88, of Cadiz, died Monday, December 23, 2013 at Gables Care Center, Hopedale. He was born July 24, 1925 in Hopedale, Ohio, a son of the late Harry M. and Pearl I. Smith Christian. Milton was a retired Police Officer from the Cadiz Police Department. He also operated heavy equipment and moved mobile homes for Nemo's Hauling...

Goldie Barrett
Dec 18, 2013
Goldie M. Barrett, 84, of Cadiz, died Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz. She was born April 1, 1929 in New Straitsville, OH, a daughter of the late Morris Benjamin and Goldie Farms Dishon. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Morris William Dishong; two sisters, Betty Hopkins and Norma Raynard;...

Phyllis Zitko
Dec 15, 2013
Phyllis (JoAnn) Zitko, 83, of Cadiz, OH, fell asleep in the Lord on December 15, 2013 at Harrison Community Hospital. JoAnn was born October 29, 1930 in Harrison County, OH, daughter of the late Philip and Virginia Moreland Porter. She was a 1948 graduate of Scio High School. An active member of The Presbyterian Church of Cadiz, she lived her...

George Kovacik
Dec 14, 2013
George Kovacik, 85 of rural Cadiz, passed peacefully on December 14, 2013 at Trinity West in Steubenville, Ohio. He was born March 24, 1928 in Adena, Ohio a son of the late Joseph and Julia Lukacena Kovacik. George was a member of the First Church of Christ in Cadiz, Local 283 of the United Mine Workers and AFSCME, having worked...

Susan Wenner
Dec 9, 2013
Susan K. Wenner, 60, of Cadiz, died Monday, December 9, 2013 at Trinity Medical Center, West in Steubenville. She was born June 13, 1953 in Martins Ferry, Ohio, a daughter of the late Louis and Amy Heskett Katona. Susan was a Legal Secretary at the John Tabacchi Law Office in Cadiz for 17 years and a member of the Word...

Tony Pietrangelo
Dec 7, 2013
Tony Pietrangelo, 95, of Cadiz, died Saturday, December 07, 2013 at his home following a brief illness. He was born November 28, 1918 in Rhodesdale, Ohio, a son of the late Samuel Vincenzo and Maria Masciovecchio Pietrangelo. Tony defined the term active senior in the Cadiz area. He was a former President of the Cadiz Lions Club, a member of...

Jack Spry
Dec 6, 2013
Jack Spry, 80, of Cadiz, formerly of Toronto, Ohio, died Friday, December 6, 2013 at East Ohio Regional Hospital in Martins Ferry. He was born July 28, 1933 in Memphis, Texas, a son of the late Fred Bradford and Frankie Pearl Hodge Spry. Jack was a retired Boiler Technician for Ohio Edison at the Toronto Power Plant. He was an...

Jean Quattrociocche
Dec 2, 2013
Jean Quattrociocche, 87, of Cadiz, died Sunday, December 1, 2013 at Harrison Community Hospital. She was born June 20, 1926 in Amsterdam, Ohio, a daughter of the late James and Florence Beach Simpson. Jean was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Cadiz, where she served as a Stewardess and Trustee. She graduated from Cadiz High School in 1944 and...

Patricia Mcafee
Nov 29, 2013
Patricia K. McAfee, 64 of Cadiz, died Friday, November 29, 2013 at Trinity West in Steubenville, Ohio. She was born December 27, 1948 in Bucyrus, Ohio a daughter of the late Donald and Lena Emmel Ruckman. She was a member of Hanover United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death in addition to her parents, by her husband Terry S....

Donald Milliken
Nov 19, 2013
Donald G. Milliken, 76, of Steubenville, formerly of Cadiz and Key Largo, FL, died Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at his home. He was born October 14, 1937 in Cadiz, a son of the late Harold G. and Evelyn R. Sowers Milliken. Donald was a Crystal Technician at Harshaw in Solon, OH. He was a member of the Cadiz American Legion,...

Luther Wheeler
Nov 18, 2013
Luther A. "Baby" Wheeler, 89 of Cadiz, died Monday, November 18, 2013 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz, Ohio. He was born March 9, 1924 in Cadiz, a son of the late Luther and Iva Walls Wheeler. He was a member of St. James A.M.E. Church in Cadiz and a retired railroad worker having worked as a Gandy Dancer for the...

William Romshak
Nov 13, 2013
William "Bill" Romshak, 69, of Cadiz died Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. He was born December 27, 1943 in Harlan, Kentucky a son of the late Henry and Ruby Irene Goodman Romshak. Bill was a coal miner and a mechanic. He was a member of the Cadiz Church of the Nazarene and the Cadiz...

Barbara Klinesmith
Nov 10, 2013
Barbara Klinesmith, 66, of Cadiz, formerly of Bloomingdale, died Sunday, November 10, 2013 at the Carriage Inn of Cadiz. She was born March 13, 1947 in Pennsylvania, a daughter of the late Joseph and Margaret Cox Hurd. Barbara was a homemaker and a retired Nurses Aid. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Walter...