Obituaries

Mary Jacobs
Dec 12, 2010
Mary Elizabeth Davis Jacobs of Morgantown, aged 93 years, died Sunday afternoon, December 12, 2010, at her home. She was born January 25, 1917, the second of four daughters to Samuel Walter and Josephine Smith Davis in Jackson County, West Virginia.She graduated from Gilmore High School in Sandyville, WV in 1934, after which she came to Morgantown to attend...

Robert Swiger
Dec 12, 2010
Robert (Ken) Swiger of Morgantown passed away on Sunday, December 12, 2010 at his home after a long battle with cancer. Before retirement he worked as a Field Superintendant with Zeni Drilling Company. During this time he worked on projects in various locations such as Australia, Papua New Guinea and Nova Scotia. He was a co-owner of Century 21...

Roger Roberts
Dec 12, 2010
Roger Roberts, 65,of Morgantown, passed away Sunday, December 12, 2010 at Golden Living Center of Morgantown, WV.Roger was born in Mobile on November 27, 1945, Survived by his wife Kathleen Roberts. Interment will 12/14/2010 in Omega Crematory, Morgantown.Send condolences online at www.hastingsfuneralhome.com.

Sarah Boyers-Canby
Dec 7, 2010
Sarah (Ruth) Boyers-Canby left her earthly home and joined her loved ones Tuesday, December 7, 2010.She was the daughter of Allen and Mary Ann McBee Price. She was born in Monongalia County, Clinton District on March 16, 1913. She was a member of the First Baptist Church on High Street since 1927.She was a member of Eastern Star Chapter...

Elinor Richards
Dec 6, 2010
Elinor Anderson Richards, 91, of Kingwood Pike, Morgantown, passed away Monday, December 6, 2010, at her home.She was born September 22, 1919, in Morgantown the daughter of the late John D. and Opal Smell Anderson. Elinor received her Library of Science Degree from West Virginia University and retired from Amherst College, Amherst, MA as head of the cataloging department...

John Stevens
Dec 5, 2010
John Robert Stevens, 88, of, Morgantown, passed peacefully Sunday, December 5, 2010, at Monongalia General Hospital.John was born May 31, 1922, in Pursglove, WV, the son of the late Vincent Stevens, Sr. and Grace Rachel Stevens. He graduated from University High School in 1940, and was employed with Pursglove Coal Company as a laborer prior to enlisting in the...

Betty Brand
Dec 3, 2010
Betty Jane Adams Brand, 85, of Lakeland, FL and formerly of Morgantown, went to join our Lord on Friday, December 3, 2010 at the Hawthorne Inn & Assisted Living Center in Lakeland, FL. Betty was born in Morgantown on March 29, 1925 a daughter of the late Gilbert Carl Adams and Maria Jane Brandt Adams.Betty graduated from University High...

Floyd Wiles
Dec 3, 2010
Floyd Leslie Wiles, 86, of Morgantown, passed away Friday, December 3, 2010, at his residence. He was born January 21, 1924, in Zanesville, OH, a son of the late Edgar A. and Emma Mae Fox Wiles. He served in the U.S. Navy Air Corps during World War II He received a B.S. in Forestry from Penn State University. He...

Esther Wise
Dec 2, 2010
Esther Jane Whisler Wise, 96, of Brookhaven Road, Morgantown, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, December 2, 2010.Esther was born on October 10, 1914, on the Whisler farm positioned on the Monongalia and Wetzel County borders near Wadestown,WV. She was the youngest child and only daughter of the late Abram Kingsley Whisler and Sarah Etta Bartrug Whisler....

Thomas Elliott
Dec 1, 2010
Thomas Raymond Elliott, 42, of Morgantown, WV and formally of Cumberland, MD passed away Wednesday, December 1, 2010, at Ruby Memorial Hospital from complications associated with Peripheral T Cell Lymphoma. Mr. Elliott was born in Cumberland, MD on February 25, 1968, to R. Thomas and G. Louise Schwinabart Elliott. He was preceded in death by grandparents J. Raymond and...

Joseph Mcardle
Nov 27, 2010
Joseph Franklin McArdle, Jr., 78 of Morgantown, passed away Saturday, November 27, 2010 at his residence.Joe was born in Smithtown on February 29, 1932, a son of the late Joseph Franklin McArdle, Sr. and Hazel Marie (Trader) McArdle.Joe graduated from Morgantown High School and attended the Morgantown Business College. He was a veteran of the United States Navy during...

James Garletts
Nov 24, 2010
James Morgan Garletts, 76, of 822 Somerset Street, Morgantown, passed away Wednesday, November 24, 2010 at his residence.James was born in Morgantown on June 10, 1934, a son of the late James C. Garletts and the late Augusta (Kalons) Garletts. James graduated from Morgantown High School. Immediately after graduation, he enlisted in the United States Air Force where he...

Reuben Fazenbaker
Nov 22, 2010
Reuben Keith Fazenbaker, 58, of Gladesville Rd., Independence, passed away Monday, November 22, 2010 at his residence.Reuben was born in Morgantown on December 30, 1951, a son of the late Otha Fazenbaker and the late Eliza (Britton) Fazenbaker.Survivors include his wife, Martha Bell Haun Fazenbaker one son, Ernest Lee Fazenbaker & his wife, Kathryn and one daughter, Jessica Dawn...

Elsie Colebank
Nov 19, 2010
Elsie Marie Fasching Colebank, 85, of Ridgeley, WV formerly of Morgantown, passed away Friday, November 19, 2010 at Western Maryland Health System of Cumberland, MD.She was born in Banning, PA on September 16, 1925, the daughter of the late George Edward Fasching, Sr. and Suzanna Veronica (Haley) Fasching.Elsie was a member of the Canyon Presbyterian Church where she helped...

Crit Hall
Nov 19, 2010
Crit E. Hall, 54, of 1209 Morris St., Morgantown, passed away Friday, November 19, 2010 at his residence.He was born in Mansfield, OH on October 18, 1956, a son of the late Crit Hall and the late Patricia (Kinsley) Hall.He enjoyed watching Sunday football and loved watching his grandchildren. He enjoyed being a contractor and worked in construction all...

George Straub
Nov 17, 2010
George Lewis Straub, 92, of Morgantown, passed away Wednesday afternoon, November 17, 2010 at Ruby Memorial Hospital.He was born in Morgantown on April 11, 1918, a son of the late Bernard & Gertrude Fickey Straub.He is survived by his wife, Evelyn Caroline Wicks Straub a son, Gregory Brent Straub and his wife, Renee of Morgantown and two grandchildren, Dr....

Jessie Shaffer
Nov 15, 2010
Jessie Mae Bee Shaffer Dean, 59, of Reedsville, passed away Monday, November 15, 2010, at Ruby Memorial Hospital.Jessie was born in Wayne County, Georgia on July 26, 1951, the daughter of the late Jessie James Sharpe and Mrytle Mae (Holton) Sharpe.She was a retired custodian serving 22 years at the West Virginia University.She is survived by her husband, Joe...

Deborah Menefee
Nov 12, 2010
Deborah Lea Menefee, 50, of Morgantown passed away suddenly at home on Friday, November 12, 2010. Deborah was born on January 9, 1960, in Bellview Nebraska, at Offut Airforce Base. The daughter of Ingle and Florence(Hess)Murray of Morgantown. Deborah enjoyed spending time with her animals and also was an avid reader and wrote short children's stories in her spare...

John Rogers
Nov 9, 2010
John David Rogers, 63, of Morgantown, passed away Tuesday, November 9, 2010, in Baltimore, MD.David was born in Clarksburg, WV on July 21, 1947 the son of the late Joseph Lee Rogers and Margie King Rogers.He attended West Virginia University, and later graduated from Salem College.David served during the Vietnam War in the U. S. Army. He was a...
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