Obituaries

John Muze
Jun 26, 2010
John "Ed" Edward Muze, 80, Cadiz died Saturday, June 26, 2010 at his home. Ed was born March 9, 1930 in Piney Fork, Ohio a son of the late William Joseph and Florence Mercer Muze. Ed was a veteran having served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War where he received 5 Bronze Stars. After his military service, he...

Richard Hreha
Jun 24, 2010
Richard Andrew �Ricky� Hreha, 55, of Hanover Ridge, Jewett, died Thursday, June 24, 2010 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz. He was born November 14, 1954 in Martins Ferry, OH, a son of Edward R. and Virginia McCoy Hreha of Germano. Ricky was a truck driver for Apex Landfill in Amsterdam, a Marine Corps Veteran of the Viet Nam Era, and...

David Downs
Jun 23, 2010
David W. Downs, 69, of Cadiz, died Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at Trinity Medical Center, West in Steubenville. He was born September 15, 1940 in Scott, Arkansas, a son of the late Paul and Mary Hester Tomkins. Dave was a retired truck driver and a Navy Veteran participating in Operation Hardtack, a nuclear testing operation. In addition to his parents,...

John Walker
Jun 14, 2010
John William "Bill" Walker, 60, Cadiz, died Monday, June 14, 2010 at Harrison Community Hospital emergency room. Bill was born December 2, 1949 in Clarion, Penn. a son of the late Paul R. and Margaret Pascorell Walker. Bill was a member of St. Marks Church in Clarion County, Pennsylvania and a veteran having served in the U.S. Army. Bill was...

Ann Young
Jun 12, 2010
Ann Mattern Young, 81, of Painesville, Ohio, formerly of Cadiz, died Saturday, June 12, 2010 at Tri Point Medical Center in Concord, OH. She was born February 11, 1929 in Adena, Ohio, a daughter of the late Albert H. Mattern and Mary Anna Dziatkowicz Mattern. Mrs. Young was a waitress and clerk, having worked at Bertschi's Restaurant in Cadiz and...

Jean Henderson
Jun 7, 2010
(Thelma) Jean Henderson passed away in her home and surrounded by her loving family on Monday, June 07, 2010. She was strong and brave through a long struggle with pancreatic cancer. Jean was born March 16, 1939 in Georgetown, Ohio. She was the daughter of the late Charles William Stewart and Mary Emma Moore Stewart. She married Stuart Henderson, Jr....

William Kuhn, Sr.
May 28, 2010
William Eugene Kuhn, Sr., 70, Hopedale, died Friday, May 28, 2010 at Weirton Medical Center. He was born July 27, 1939 in Steubenville, Ohio a son of the late William and Beulah Bryan Kuhn. He was employed by Steuben Coal and attended Springdale Friends Church in Kenwood, Ohio. He was preceded in death in addition to his parents, by an...

Clyde Harding
May 23, 2010
Clyde R. Harding, 70, Cadiz died Sunday May 23, 2010, at Trinity Medical Center West in Steubenville, Ohio. He was born October 13, 1939 in Perry County, Indiana, a son of the late Cecil and Savonia Corley Harding. Clyde attended the First Church of Christ in Cadiz. He was an employee of Truss and Panel and Wilgus and Company and...

Carl Goodrich
May 22, 2010
Carl V. Goodrich, 85, of Bowerston, formerly of Cadiz and Jewett, died Saturday at Dover Union Hospital. He was born September 2, 1924 in St. Clairsville, Ohio, a son of the late Benjamin Carl and Anna Irene Keyser Goodrich. Mr. Goodrich was a retired Coal Miner from Consolidation Coal Company. He was an Army Air Corp Veteran of WW II...

Sonja Waller
May 3, 2010
Sonja L. Waller, 68, Cadiz, died Monday, May 3, 2010 at Trinity Medical Center West, Steubenville, Ohio. She was born July 23, 1941 in Bellaire, Ohio a daughter of the late Charles and Cora LeMasters Norris. Sonja was a member of the North Main Street Church of Christ in Cadiz. She was preceded in death in addition to her parents,...

Keith Jones
May 1, 2010
Our beloved Father, Brother, Uncle and Friend, Keith Allen Jones, 70, of Adena, left us to go to his eternal rest Saturday, May 1, 2010 surrounded by his loving family at his home of Foxes Bottom Road, Adena, Ohio on his "blue couch". He was born November 9, 1939 in Wheeling, West Virginia, a son of the late Bruce and...

William Applegarth
Apr 23, 2010
William J. "Bill" Applegarth, 52, of New Athens, Ohio, died Friday, April 23, 2010 at Wheeling Hospital following a lengthy illness. He was born August 16, 1957 in Wheeling, a son of the late Harold P. (Bud) and Ruth L. Kelley Applegarth. Bill was a truck driver for Jack Matusek Trucking. He was an honorary member of the New Athens...

Robert Morgan
Apr 19, 2010
Robert Paul Morgan, 60, of Deersville, died Monday, April 19, 2010 at his home. He was born January 26, 1950 in Akron, Ohio, a son of the late Paul Francis and Janet Morrison Morgan. Paul was a self employed upholsterer in Deersville for many years. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Timothy Morgan....

William Davia
Apr 16, 2010
William Junior DaVia, 81, Cadiz, died Friday, April 16, 2010 at Harrison Community Hospital in the emergency room. Junior was born August 14, 1928 in Amsterdam, Ohio a son of the late Pete and Blanche Tolbert DaVia. Junior was a member of Springdale Friends Church in Kenwood was a coal miner having worked in the Nelms #1 Mine for the...

Dollie Keener
Apr 9, 2010
Dollie L. Keener, 73, Cadiz, died Friday, April 9, 2010 at Carriage Inn of Cadiz, Ohio. She was born October 8, 1936 in Nashville, Tenn., a daughter of the late John and Florence Heckerson. She was preceded in death in addition to her parents, by both of her husbands: Kenneth Keener and James Gorby; a brother, Russell and 2 sisters:...

Nancy Mickey
Apr 9, 2010
Nancy Kelly Heil Mickey, 54, of Hopedale, OH, formerly of Weirton, WV and Roanoke, VA, died Friday at her home. She was born November 24, 1955 in Weirton, a daughter of the late Bernard V. Kelly, Sr. and Eleanor Marie Baier Kelly. Nancy was a former Director for Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Jefferson Co., a fundraiser at the...

Florence Smalley
Apr 7, 2010
Florence Smalley, 94, of Cadiz, died Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz. She was born August 3, 1915 in Jewett, Ohio, a daughter of the late William and Estella Gutherie Slentz. Mrs. Smalley was a member of the First Church of God in Cadiz. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband,...

James Edwards
Apr 3, 2010
James A. Edwards, 88, New Athens, died Saturday, April 3, 2010 at his home. He was born November 20, 1921 in New Athens, Ohio a son of the late Norval and Beatrice Swindell Edwards. Jim served in the United States Army Air Corp during World War II and flew many missions to rescue crew from planes that had been shot...

Roy Manbeck
Apr 2, 2010
Roy W. "Bill" Manbeck, 76, Cadiz, died suddenly Friday, April 2, 2010 at Trinity Medical Center, West, Steubenville, Ohio. Bill was born November 21, 1933 in New Rumley, Ohio a son of the late Roy Manbeck and Nora Mattern Manbeck DeWalt. Bill was a member of the Jewett United Methodist Church; a retired employee of Alliance Steel Products; currently worked...

Leonard Davis
Apr 1, 2010
Leonard L. Davis, 59, of Cadiz, died Thursday, April 1, 2010 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz. He was born August 26, 1950 in Martins Ferry, Ohio, a son of Viola Mills Davis of Cadiz and the late Raymond M. Davis, Sr. Leonard ran a lawn service in the Cadiz area. He enjoyed walking and listening to his radio, and was...