Obituaries

Edwin Barcroft, Sr.
Nov 8, 2013
Edwin E. Barcroft, Sr., 93, of Cadiz, died Friday, November 8, 2013 at the Carriage Inn of Cadiz. He was born August 21, 1920 in Freeport, Ohio, a son of the late Edward C. and Mary Bell Milliken Barcroft. Edwin was a member of the Hopedale Church of Christ and a former member and helped to build the Cadiz Church...
Mary Romshak
Oct 30, 2013
Mary Alice Romshak, 91, the oldest living resident of New Athens who was born there, died Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at Liza's Place in Wheeling, WV. She was born April 2, 1922, a daughter of the late Clyde F. and Lillie M. Henderson Secrest. Mary Alice was a former member of Council and former Mayor of the Village of New...

Mary Straight
Oct 25, 2013
Mary Lou Coffman Straight, 64, of Lodi, formerly of Cadiz, passed away Friday, October 25, 2013 at Burbank Parke Care Center in Burbank, Ohio. She was born September 25, 1949, in Wheeling, WV, a daughter of the late Ralph Coffman and the late Betty Ward Coffman Peterson. Mary Lou worked as a clerk at Mack's Food Market and Miller Brothers'...

Elsie Leeser
Oct 23, 2013
Elsie B. Leeser, 97 of Cadiz died Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at Gable Care Center, Hopedale, Ohio. She was born March 13, 1916 in Bowerston, Ohio a daughter of the late Harold Eugene and Nina McGuire Bower. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Cadiz and was the former owner/operator of Leeser's Market in Cadiz. She was an...

Lois Brown
Oct 20, 2013
Lois Jane Brown, 85, of Cadiz died Sunday, October 20, 2013 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz. She was born March 9, 1928 in Adena, Ohio a daughter of the late John Charles and Caroline Fitzgerald Sargent, Sr. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Cadiz and was the retired owner/operator and book keeper for her dress shop in...

Eva Carson
Oct 14, 2013
Eva D. Carson, 94, of Dover, Ohio, formerly of Cadiz, Ohio, died Monday, October 14, 2013 at Park Village Health Care Center, Dover. She was born October 19, 1918 in Harrison County, Ohio, a daughter of the late Floyd and Viola Moore Cramblett. Mrs. Carson was a homemaker who was known for her quilting skills. She was a founding member...
John Francis
Sep 21, 2013
John Edward Francis, 76, of Cadiz, died Saturday, September 21, 2013 at Gables Care Center in Hopedale. He was born June 14, 1937 in Martins Ferry, a son of the late Lawrence Minteer "Mike" and Grace Shaw Francis. John was the owner and operator of Francis Construction in Cadiz for 50 years. He was a member of the Cadiz Volunteer...

Deloris Pinnell
Sep 21, 2013
Deloris Schonauer Pinnell, 85 of Hopedale, died Saturday, September 21, 2013 at Gables Care Center, Hopedale, Ohio. She was born December 30, 1927. She was a retired employee of Hopedale School having worked in the Library. She was preceded in death in addition to her parents, by her first husband Harold Schonauer, her second husband Herman Pinnell, 4 brothers and...

Roger Akers
Sep 16, 2013
Roger W. Akers, 70, of Adena, died Monday, September 16, 2013 at Trinity Medical Center, West in Steubenville. He was born August 8, 1943 in Sistersville, WV, a son of the late Orville and Evelyn Kile Akers. Roger was a retired Train Master for the Newburgh and South Shore Railroad in Cleveland and a retired Carroll County Deputy Sheriff. He...

W. Fulton
Sep 15, 2013
W. Keith Fulton, 87, of Nottingham Twp., Harrison County, OH, died Sunday, September 15, 2013 at his home with his family by his side. He was born March 27, 1926 in Nottingham Twp., Harrison County, a son of the late Alexander P. and Edith Martin Fulton. Keith was a self-employed farmer and a member of Rankin United Methodist Church. He...

James Foster
Sep 11, 2013
James E. Foster, "Ed", 86, of Cadiz, died Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born January 8, 1927 in New Athens, OH, a son of the late Paul and Edna Leah Arnold Foster. Ed retired as a Lineman from Ohio Power in 1989 after 38 years. He was member of Scott United Methodist...

Jack Moore
Sep 4, 2013
Jack E. Moore, 79 of Cadiz died Wednesday, September 4, 2013 at Lifeline Hospital in Wintersville, Ohio. He was born July 22, 1934 in Belmont, Ohio a son of the late Willard and Bessie Newhart Moore. He retired after working several years at Luther's Builders Supply in Cadiz and several other places doing all types of construction work. He was...

Sheryl Wheeler
Sep 3, 2013
Sheryl Lynn Wheeler, 58, of Cadiz, died Sunday, September 1, 2013 at Trinity Medical Center, West in Steubenville. She was born July 21, 1955 in Steubenville, OH, a daughter of the late Robert William Muze and Anna Louise Handa Muze. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Lela "Peaches" Johnson. Surviving are two sons,...

Robert Mccue
Aug 23, 2013
Robert Lee McCue, 76 of Cadiz, passed peacefully Friday, August 23, 2013 at Valley Hospice Care Center North in Steubenville. He was born July 26, 1937 in Cadiz, a son of the late James T. and Elizabeth Richards McCue. Bob graduated from Cadiz High School in 1956 and was the former Chief of Police for the Village of Cadiz and...

John Rotkoski
Aug 3, 2013
John Stanley Rotkoski, 40, of New Philadelphia, formerly of Cadiz, died Saturday, August 3, 2013 at his home. He was born January 4, 1973 in Bellaire, Ohio, a son of John and Rose Marchese Rotkoski of Cadiz. John was a laborer and truck driver in the coal and auto repair industries. He enjoyed fishing with his kids and making arrowheads;...

Joseph Toole
Aug 3, 2013
Joseph Dean Toole, 72, of Tippecanoe, Ohio, died Saturday, August 3, 2013 at Select Specialty Hospital in Canton. He was born February 18, 1941, a son of the late Howard and Mary Hamilton Toole. Dean was a retired Truck Driver, known by his CB handle, "Diesel Smoke". He was also a member of the House of the Shepherd in New...

Roger Solvey
Aug 3, 2013
Roger M. Solvey, 60, of Cadiz, Ohio, died Saturday, August 3, 2013 at Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA. He was born February 19, 1953 in Canton, OH, a son of the late Mike Solvey, Jr. and Ruth Anne Huston Solvey Thompson. Roger was a Truck Driver at Apex Landfill, and was previously an Independent Owner-Operator Truck Driver. He was a...

Garland Randolph, Jr.
Jul 17, 2013
Garland Denvir (Butch) Randolph, Jr., 67, formerly of Marietta, OH and North, SC, died Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at the home of his son in Cadiz, OH. He was born July 10, 1946 in Parkersburg, WV, the son of the late Garland D. and Daisy Hunt Randolph, Sr. Mr. Randolph was a retired Dredge Operator for the Ohio Department of...

Thomas Weaver
Jul 6, 2013
Thomas E. "Tom" Weaver, 47, of Jewett, died Saturday, July 6, 2013 at his home. He was born January 12, 1966 in Dennison, Ohio, a son of the late Charles and Mildred Crall Weaver. Tom was a former employee of W.C. Cardinal Corp. in Cadiz. He was a NASCAR fan and loved playing with his grandchildren. In addition to his...

Sadie Mickalson
Jul 2, 2013
Sadie "Sandy" Mickalson passed away July 2, 2013. Beloved daughter of the late Rade and Stanna Trbovich (nee Tepovic); sister of Mildred Leigh (the late Dick) and the late Mel Trbovich (Emma) and the late Dorothy Zinko (Duke); devoted aunt to Rose Marie Trbovich, Susan Jamison (Gary), Cynthia and Douglas Leigh; great aunt to Mario Vitale; godmother to Cheryl Keller...