Obituaries

Viola Conter
Jul 1, 2013
Viola May Conter, 94, of Marietta, OH, formerly of Flushing, Ohio, died Monday, July 1, 2013 at Heartland Nursing Home in Marietta. She was born April 16, 1919 in Flushing Twp., Belmont Co., Ohio, a daughter of the late Charles and Lillian Covert. Mrs. Conter was a member of Harrison Hills United Pentecostal Church near Jewett and also attended the...

David Merryman
Jun 29, 2013
DAVID A. MERRYMAN, 54, of Cleveland, formerly of Cadiz, passed away on June 29, 2013. Beloved partner to Magaly Ramirez, loving son of Nancy A. Cope Thompson and the late Arnold 'Louie' Merryman, dear father to Latonya (David) and Eric Merryman, brother of Daniel L. Merryman (Roberta) and Leonard Merryman, grandfather of Serena, Silvia, Destiney, David, Izayah Ramos, Jordi and...

Dave Dunlap, Sr.
Jun 28, 2013
Dave Dunlap, Sr., 80, of Hopedale died Friday, June 28, 2013 at Gables Care Center in Hopedale. He was born September 30, 1932 in Cadiz, Ohio a son of the late Clyde B. and Helen Greer Dunlap. Dave was a member of the Harrison Hills United Pentecostal Church, a retired coal miner for Y & O Coal Company and an...

Mark Langoehr
Jun 22, 2013
Mark Langoehr, 32, of Hopedale, formerly of Galion, OH, died Saturday, June 22, 2013 at his home following a battle with cancer. He was born August 26, 1980 in Galion, a son of the late Carolyn Langoehr. Mark was a member of the Hopedale Church of Christ. He was an avid hunter and cat fisherman and enjoyed the outdoors in...

Terrance Macelwinn
Jun 14, 2013
Terrance D. "Terry" MacElwinn, 49, of Cadiz died Friday, June 14, 2013 at his home. He was born March 3, 1964 in Cleveland, OH, a son of the late Davis and Gina Dowdle MacElwinn. Terry was a disabled electronics repair technician, was an avid fan of Science Fiction and was a HAM radio operator. In addition to his parents, he...

Sarah Dowdle
Jun 2, 2013
Sarah L. Dowdle, 95 of Cadiz, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, June 2, 2013 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz, Ohio. She was born January 14, 1918 in Kenwood, Ohio a daughter of the late Clyde and Icie Thompson Hendershott. She was a homemaker, a member of Scott United Methodist Church and a former member of Springdale Friends...

Herbert Moreland
Jun 2, 2013
Herbert Moreland, 85, of Cadiz, died Sunday, June, 2, 2013 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz. He was born March 13, 1928 in Somerton, Belmont, Co., Ohio, a son of the late Homer and Hazel Conard Moreland. Herb was a retired employee of R. & F. Coal Company and a member of the House of the Shepherd in New Athens. In...

Yvonne Mcleod
May 28, 2013
Yvonne J. McLeod, 65, of Cadiz, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, May 27, 2013. She was born April 25, 1948 in Toledo, OH, a daughter of the late Charles H. and Virginia L. Ramsey Mason. Yvonne was a member of St. James AME Church in Cadiz, where she sang in the choir. She worked in sales...

Clyde Wright
May 15, 2013
Clyde "Everett" Wright, 59, of Cadiz, died Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at his home following a lengthy illness. He was born August 30, 1953 in Barberton, OH, a son of the late Clyde Junior Wright and Thelma Marie Gibbons Wright. Everett was an employee of Surefast Food Mart and a former employee of Colfor Manufacturing in Minerva, OH and Nelson...

Verda Umbowers
May 15, 2013
Verda Viola Umbowers, 86, of Mt. Pleasant died Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at Autumn Health Care in Adena, Ohio. She was born March 26, 1927 in Hopedale, Ohio, a daughter of the late Willam Earl and Grace L. Hayes Nichols. She was a homemaker and a member of the Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian Church, the Mr. and Mrs. Class at the...

Anne Bryan
May 13, 2013
Anne D. Bryan, 98 of Cadiz died Monday, May 13, 2013 at Emerald Pointe in Barnesville, Ohio. She was born May 8, 1915 in Adena, Ohio a daughter of the late Samuel and Julia Dometrovich. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Church in Cadiz. She was preceded in death in addition to her...

Beverly Sall
May 7, 2013
Beverly M. Stamm Sall, 89, of Cadiz, died Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at the Harrison County Home. She was born June 24, 1923 in Canton, IL. She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry R. "Hank" Sall in 2002 and by a step-son, Bob Sall. Beverly was an Avon Representative for fifty years and loved her Boston Terriers and...

Cecil Mills
May 3, 2013
Cecil Clyde Mills, 87, of Cadiz, died Friday, May 3, 2013 at Lifeline Hospital in Wintersville. He was born February 26, 1926 in Cadiz, a son of the late Sylvester and Oma Mills. Clyde was a retired Coal Mining Manager having worked for Hanna, Consolidation, Horizon and Muskingum Coal Companies and was a member of the UMWA. He was a...
Barbara Henson
May 2, 2013
Barbara C. "Mother" Henson, 97, of Cadiz, died Thursday, May 2, 2013 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz. She was born January 19, 1916 in Toledo, a daughter of the late Paul E. and Katharine Allen Cowgill. Barbara was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Cadiz. She graduated in 1938 from The Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Science...
Michael Keadle
Apr 26, 2013
Michael Gregg Keadle, 65, of Hopedale, formerly of Cadiz and Belmont died Friday, April 26, 2013 at Lifeline Hospital in Wintersville. He was born December 3, 1947 in Belmont, OH, a son of John Keadle of Martins Ferry and the late Ruth Anne Gregg Keadle. Mike was a retired truck driver from Cassens Auto Transport in Marysville, OH. He was...

David Reynolds
Apr 22, 2013
David C. Reynolds, 58, of Cadiz, formerly of Wintersville, died Monday, April 22, 2013 at Harrison Community Hospital. He was born October 4, 1954 in Steubenville, OH, the son of Ralph and Grace Marie Wells Spencer of Wintersville and the late Charles Dean Reynolds. Dave attended Crossroads Christian Church in Wintersville and was a Driver for Harrison County Rural Transit....

Jerry Pecenka, Jr.
Apr 18, 2013
Jerry Pecenka, Jr., 73, Cadiz, died Thursday, April 18, 2013 at Valley Hospice Care Center North in Steubenville, Ohio. He was born February 10, 1940 in Kinsman, Ohio a son of the late Jerry Pecenka, Sr. and Stella Dubietis Pecenka. He was a coal miner and mechanic for Y&O Coal Company and worked at the Jefferson County Sheriff's office. He...
Ruth Willis
Apr 16, 2013
Ruth Ramsay Willis, 90, of Columbus, OH, formerly of Cadiz, died Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at Sterling House in Westerville. She was born February 11, 1923 in Amsterdam, OH, a daughter of the late John Ramsay, Sr. and Mabel Campbell Ramsay. The family moved to Cadiz in 1928 with Ruth graduating from Cadiz High School in 1941. In 1947 she...

David Banks
Apr 16, 2013
David Matthew Banks, 54, of Dover, formerly of Cadiz and Columbus, died April 16, 2013 in Dover. He was born May 1, 1958 in Martins Ferry, OH, a son of the late Edward Henry Banks, Sr. and Ora Pauline Cooper Banks. David was a youth coordinator with a group home in Martins Ferry and formerly coached basketball in Cadiz. He...

Charles Sproull
Apr 13, 2013
Charles A. Sproull, 87, of Cadiz died Saturday, April 13, 2013 at Trinity West in Steubenville, Ohio. He was born July 23, 1925 in Perrysville, Ohio a son of the late Elic and Laura Sproull. He was a former coal miner and cement mixer driver for the former Luther's Builders Supply. He proudly served his country with the U.S. Army...