Obituaries

Otis Cochran
Jul 4, 2003
Otis F. Cochran, 92, a 56 year resident of Stamford, Texas, and a retired salesman for West Texas Utilities, died July 4, 2003 after an extended illness that ravaged his body but not his mind nor his sense of humor. At his side to the end was his loving wife, Bernice, known as ''B'' to family and countless friends. Affectionately...

Elinor Mercer
Jun 27, 2003
Elinor M. Mercer, 75, of Georgetown, died Friday, June 27, 2003 at the Carriage Inn of Cadiz. She was born September 9, 1927 in Belmont Co., Ohio, a daughter of the late Charles and Laura Miller Stewart. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Floyd T. Mercer, Sr. in 1995; and by 2 brothers,...

Karen Price
Jun 23, 2003
Karen A. Price, 49, of Cadiz, Ohio, died Monday, June 23, 2003 at Trinity Medical Center, West, Steubenville, Ohio. She was born July 6, 1953 in Hopedale, a daughter of the late G. Irene Stout Shepherd. She was a former employee of Coffy's BiLo Supermarket in Cadiz. In addition to her mother, she was preceded in death by a brother,...

Paul Tarbert
Jun 22, 2003
Paul Eugene ''Gene'' Tarbert, 76, of Cadiz, formerly of Moorefield, died Sunday, June 22, 2003 at the Harrison County Home, Cadiz. He was born March 5, 1927 in Moorefield Twp., Harrison County, Ohio, a son of the late Francis Wayne and Mary Sproull Tarbert. He was a former employee of the former Hillcrest Dairy in Cadiz, the Freeport Press in...

Jean Mallernee
Jun 20, 2003
Jean Grace Giffin Mallernee, 83, of Cadiz-Dennison Road, Cadiz, Ohio died Friday, June 20, 2003 at Harrison Community Hospital after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born January 25, 1920 at Rock Hill, Belmont County, Ohio to the late Everett Giffin and Grace Coleman Giffin. She along with her late husband Eugene Goodrich Mallernee will be remembered as owners...

James Adrian
Jun 16, 2003
James C. Adrian, 67, Cadiz, died Monday, June 16, at Ocracoke, North Carolina. Jim was born February 22, 1936 in Germano, Ohio a son of the late John D. and Marguerite Campbell Adrian. Jim was a retired bank officer with the former BancOhio National Bank; an employee of the Harrison County Board of Elections; a member of Harrison Lodge #219,...

Isabel Adams
Jun 12, 2003
Isabel G. Adams, 96, of Cadiz, died Thursday, June 12, 2003 at the Harrison County Home, Cadiz. She was born September 8, 1906 in Cadiz, Ohio a daughter of the late Charles B. And Viola Mehollin Gilliland. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Cadiz, where she was active with the Women's Association and the Missionary Society. In...

Ruth Bintz
Jun 11, 2003
Ruth Alice Bintz, 80, of South Main St., New Athens and Lewisville, Ohio went home to be with her heavenly Father on Wednesday, June 11, 2003 in Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz, Ohio. Born in Marietta, Ohio on March 3, 1923, she was the daughter of the late James Sherman and Maggie Mary Wilson Phelps. Ruth Alice was a loving and...

Dessel Jackson
Jun 10, 2003
Dessel Leroy Jackson, Sr. was born April 25, 1914 in Mt. Pleasant, Ohio and was one of four children born to Edward Jackson and LaVenia Giles-Jackson. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Fannie Lucille Williams Jackson; two brothers, Arthur Ernest Jackson and Leslie Jackson; and one sister, Ola Shows. He lived in the Harrison/Jefferson County area his...

E. Beveridge
May 29, 2003
E.G. ''Eve'' Beveridge, 88, of Cadiz, Ohio, formerly of St. Albans, West Virginia, died Thursday, May 29, 2003 at her home. She was born in St. Albans, West Virginia, a daughter of the late Clarence and Lilly Adkins. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Cadiz. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her...

Darlene Miller
May 21, 2003
Darlene Mae Miller, age 61, of Jewett, Ohio, formerly of Wooster, Ohio and Fort Walton Beach, Florida, died on Wednesday, May 21, 2003 at 3:05 a.m.. at her home. She was born on October 24, 1941 to the late Forrest and Evelyn Raker Walters, in Wadsworth, Ohio. Darlene worked at Apple Creek Development Center for 24 years as a nurse...

Wilford Harris
May 19, 2003
Wilford E. Harris, 97, Cadiz, died Monday, May 19, at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz. He was born May 6, 1906 in Belmont, Ohio a son of the late John Wesley and Merinda Bonifant Harris. He was a retired employee of the Harrison County Highway Department, a farmer, a former member of the Harrison County Farm Bureau and was protestant by...

Ellen Ross
May 19, 2003
Ellen M. Ross, 75, of Flushing, Ohio, died Monday, May 19, 2003 at East Ohio Regional Hospital at Martins Ferry, Ohio. She was born March 30, 1928 in Harrison County, Ohio, a daughter of the late Carl and Mildred DeWalt Bolitho. She was a homemaker and a member of Ridge Presbyterian Church on Hanover Ridge near Scio. In addition to...

Lucas Sedgmer
May 9, 2003
Lucas David Sedgmer, 22, New Athens, Ohio died Friday, May 9, near Fairpoint, Ohio the result of a automobile accident. Lucas was born December 10, 1980 in Wheeling, West Virginia a son of William Sedgmer(Susan) of New Athens and Kay Keyser-Sedgmer(Tony) of New Athens, Ohio. Lucas was a student at West Liberty State College and worked at Strafford Springs in...

Stanley Rotkoski
May 7, 2003
Stanley Rotkoski, 85, Cadiz, died Wednesday, May 7, at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz. He was born May 27, 1917 in Adena, Ohio a son of the late John and Anna Runevitch Rotkoski. He was a retired custodian from the former Wayne Elementary School in Bloomingdale, previously attended the First Church of God in Cadiz and was a World War II...

Glenda Rusen
May 3, 2003
Glenda M. Rusen, 79, of Cadiz, died Saturday, May 3, 2003 at Trinity Medical Center, West, Steubenville, Ohio. She was born November 17, 1923 in Josephs Mills, West Virginia, a daughter of the late Clyde and Grace Binegar Ash. She was a former employee of the Scio Pottery Co., and a member of the former East Market Street Church of...

Dorothy Sinfield
May 1, 2003
Dorothy A. Sinfield, 88, of Jewett, died Thursday, May 1, 2003 at her home. She was born October 1, 1914 in Jefferson County, Ohio, a daughter of the late George and Margaret Hilder Strohmeyer. She was a member of the First Apostolic Church in Cadiz, where she was involved with the Ladies Auxiliary. In addition to her parents, she was...

Grace Cannon
Apr 30, 2003
Grace M. Cannon, 57, Mingo Junction, Ohio formerly of Cadiz, died Wednesday, April 30, at Trinity Medical Center, East in Steubenville, Ohio. Grace was born August 17, 1945 in Cadiz, a daughter of the late Roy and Bernice Mattern Bland. Grace was a housewife and a member of the First Church of Christ on North Main Street in Cadiz. She...

Abigail Dunfee
Apr 25, 2003
Abigail L. ''Abby'' Dunfee, 23, Cadiz, died Friday, April 25 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz. Abby was born November 5, 1979 in Wheeling, West Virginia a daughter of Timothy R. and Amie White Dunfee. Abby's smile brightened the Harrison Community Hospital where she enjoyed working. Her love of animals made her a natural dog handler and an honorary member of...

Paul Heist
Apr 23, 2003
Rev. Dr. Paul W. O. Heist, 98, of Cadiz, Ohio, formerly of Martins Ferry, Ohio and Quakertown, PA., died Wednesday, April 23, 2003 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz. He was born July 8, 1904, in Scranton, PA, a son of the late William S. And Carrie Ozias Heist. Rev. Heist was named the Valedictorian of the class of 1926 at...