Obituaries

Joan Vanvoorhis
May 2, 2012
Joan Parsons VanVoorhis, 83, of Morgantown, passed away Wednesday, May 2, 2012, at Golden Living Center.Joan was born in Punxsutawney, PA on February 27, 1929, the daughter of the late Charles Parsons and Myrtle Reid Parsons.She graduated from Morgantown High and attended Chatham College in Pittsburgh. Joan married Morton Edgar VanVoorhis August 31, 1949, and worked for WVU as...

Martha Manning
May 2, 2012
Martha Lewis Manning, 101, of Morgantown passed away Wednesday, May 2, 2012, at Ruby Memorial Hospital surrounded by her family. Martha was born November 14, 1910 in Morgantown, daughter of Arthur and Lizette Lewis.She graduated from Morgantown High School and earned a degree in music from West Virginia University. After a career as pianist and teacher, Martha turned her...

Ryan Cranford
Apr 30, 2012
Ryan Alexander Cranford, 17, of East Gate Dr., Morgantown, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, April 30, 2012.Ryan was born in Ft. Walton Beach, FL on June 9, 1994, the son of Andrew Scott Cranford and Marianne (Hyatt) Cranford who survive him at home.Ryan is survived by four brothers, Jacob Allen Cranford, Darren Bryce Cranford, Mason Brent Cranford and Caleb...

Donald Boyce
Apr 27, 2012
Donald Frederick Boyce, 83, of Morgantown, passed away Friday, April 27, 2012 at home with his family at his side.Don was born in Morgantown on August 8, 1928, a son of the late Fred Boyce and the late Thelma Greathouse Boyce.He was a veteran of the Korean conflict, where he served as an Army Medic. Later, he worked for...

Ralph Fike
Apr 25, 2012
Ralph Fike, 93, of Morgantown, passed away Wednesday, April 25, 2012, at his residence.Ralph was born in on December 19, 1918, the son of the late Henry and Lena Fike.Ralph was a Veteran of WWII where he received a Purple Heart He also graduated from West Virginia University with Masters Degree and was employed as a Agricultural Agent for...

Margie Templeton
Apr 25, 2012
Margie Lee Templeton, 85, of Morgantown, WV passed away late Wednesday evening, April 25, 2012 at Lehigh Commons Assisted Living in Macungie, PA. Margie was born on Irish Ridge in Preston County on November 3, 1926, a daughter of the late Lawrence and Edith Salisbury.Survivors include four of her children, Lawrence Templeton and his wife Sharon of Morgantown, WV,...

Mary Randolph
Apr 24, 2012
Mary Katheryn Weese Randolph, 90, of Summers School Road, Morgantown, passed away early Tuesday morning, April 24, 2012, at her residence with her family by her side.She was born in Morgantown on October 21, 1921, a daughter of the late Owen Elmer Zinn and the late Eudora Grace Davis Zinn.Survivors include her three children, Raymond Weese and his wife...

Virginia Jones
Apr 22, 2012
Virginia Tait Jones, 84, of Morgantown, passed away Sunday, April 22, 2012, at Monongalia General Hospital. She was born on May 19, 1927, in Morgantown, the daughter of the late John F. and Adaline Virginia Wilson Tait. Virginia was a homemaker who also was an active volunteer for Monongalia General Hospital. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother,...

Robert Wade
Apr 20, 2012
Robert Clarence Wade, 90, of River Road passed away at home on Friday, April 20, 2012.He was born September 4, 1921 in Morgantown, a son of the late Lexie Anna Bell Wade and Alvin Clarence Wade.He graduated from Morgantown, High School where he was involved in the thespian where he performed live on stage with Don Knotts and a...

Perry Anderson
Apr 19, 2012
Perry Ray Anderson, 53, of Morgantown, WV, passed away Thursday, April 19, 2012, at Ruby Memorial Hospital, with family and friends by his side.Perry was born May 12, 1958, in Morgantown, a son of the late Ernest M. and Rose M. Bickle Anderson.He was a laborer and volunteer Fireman. He attended Riverside Apostolic Church in Morgantown. Perry enjoyed fishing,...

Herman Liddle
Apr 14, 2012
Herman W. Liddle, 89, of Lehigh Acres, FL, formerly of Hickory Street, Morgantown, passed away Saturday April 14, 2012 at Hope Hospice Care in Lehigh Acres, FL.He was born February 22, 1923, in Worth, WV, a son of the late John and Thelma Harman Liddle. He was a veteran of World War II, having served in the U.S. Army...

Robert Martin
Apr 11, 2012
Robert Earl âBackwaterâ Martin, 66, of Morgan Hill Road, Cheat Lake, passed away Wednesday, April 11, 2012, at home.Robert was born in Oak Ridge, TN on September 21, 1945, the son of the late Robert Henry and Ernestine Crow Martin.He attended Covenant Baptist Church in Uniontown, PA. He retired as a pipefitter/welder for Local 152 of the Plumbers and...

Stephen Tanner
Apr 10, 2012
Stephen DeVries Tanner, who lived his entire life in Morgantown and was dedicated to the community and West Virginia, died Tuesday, April 10, 2012, at Ruby Memorial Hospital surrounded by his entire family.He graduated from Morgantown High School in 1942. He was an officer in the U.S. Navy, and graduated from West Virginia University in 1947. He attended the...

Bonnie Rockis
Apr 9, 2012
Bonnie Lou Wion Rockis, 86, of Callen Ave., Morgantown, passed away Monday, April 9, 2012 at her home.She was born February 19, 1926 in Shadyside, OH, to the late John and Mildred (Bryan) Wion, formerly of Mt. Morris, PA. Bonnie was a graduate of Mt. Morris High School, the Heiskell Memorial Hospital School of Nursing and the Fairmont General...

Virginia Dinardi
Apr 7, 2012
Virginia Gentile Dinardi, 86, of Morgantown, passed away on Saturday, April 7, 2012, at her residence.Virginia was born on February 25, 1926, in Morgantown, the daughter of the late Peter and Anna Esposito Gentile. She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church. She graduated in 1943, from Morgantown High School. She was part owner of Fashionable Shoe Store...

Katherine Grimes
Apr 6, 2012
Katherine Ball Grimes, 65, of Morgantown, passed away Friday, April 6, 2012 at her residence.Katherine was born in Morgantown on December 31, 1946, the daughter of the late Franklin R. Grimes and the late Genevev Marsheck Grimes.She is survived by her daughters Misty Casteel of Altoona, PA and Susan Boggs and her husband Kevin of Booth, WV one brother...

Carl Jr
Apr 5, 2012
Carl Donald Massullo, Jr., 63, of Morgantown, passed away Thursday, April 5, 2012 at Monongalia General Hospital of Morgantown, W.V.Carl was born in Morgantown on October 23, 1948, the son of Carl Donald Massullo Sr. And the late Alice (Nimcheck) Massullo, and Virginia Massullo of Morgantown W.V.Carl was a former member of St. Theresaâs Catholic Church now the St....

Harold Boyles
Apr 4, 2012
Harold R. Boyles, 82, Morgantown, passed away Saturday, April 14, 2012, at Monongalia General Hospital.Harold was born in Morgantown on September 16, 1929, the son of the late John Joseph and Sarah E. Snider Boyles.He had been employed for 25years at General Electric. He was a former chief of the Clinton District Fire Department having served for 41 years,...

Dagmar Martin
Mar 31, 2012
Dagmar Anita St. Martin, 76, most recently of Morgantown, WV and formerly of Sharon, CT passed away Saturday, March 31, 2012 at the Madison Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.Mrs. St. Martin was born in Canaan, CT on April 10, 1935, a daughter of the late Willard Palmer and the late Svanhild (Ness) Palmer.Survivors include her husband, Joseph Pierre St. Martin...

Rose Mcdonald
Mar 30, 2012
Rose Marie McDonald, 87, of Beulah Road, Morgantown, passed away Friday, March 30, 2012 at Monongalia General Hospital.She was born Feb. 21, 1925, in Schultzville, PA and later moved to Newburgh, NY. She was the daughter of the late William Walls Decker, Sr. and Sarah Ellen Howey Decker. She moved to Morgantown, WV after her husband completed his time...
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