Friday, October 29, 2010

Mrs. Mary Howell Obituary

Mary Howell
Weirton Daily Times
Tues., 11/7/1950

Miss Mary Howell, 70, resident of Wheeling for the past 40 years, died yesterday at 3:45 p.m. in Wheeling hospital where she had been a patient for eight days.
Born in Steubenville, December 28, 1879, a daughter of the late Eli and Sarah Baker Howell, she spent her early life in Colliers. She resided at 1228 National road.
Miss Howell was a member of the Colliers Christian church and had attended Vance Memorial Presbyterian church while living in Wheeling. She was a charter member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen at Steubenville.
Surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Jennie Mackey, of Steubenville, Miss Julietta Howell and Miss Mabel Howell, both of Colliers, two brothers, Ross of Akron, O., and Howard Howell of Colliers.
Friends will be received at the James funeral home, 1245 Main street, Follansbe after 5 p.m. today. Services will be conducted at the funeral home Thursday at 2 p.m. The Rev. Allen S. Fields of New Cumberland will officiate. Interment will follow in St. John’s cemetery.

Willis Derby Obituary

Willis Derby
Weirton Daily Times
Sat., 4/22/1978

JACKSONBURG –Willis M. Derby, 83, Jacksonburg, W. VA., died Thursday in Reynold Memorial Hospital in Glen Dale.
He was a retired power foreman for Consolidated gas Supply Corp. and a veteran of World War I. His wife, Addie B. Derby, died in 1975.
He is survived by two sons; Three daughters; three brothers, including Allen of Weirton; two sisters, 22 grandchildren and 34 great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the Palmer Funeral Home, Pine Grove, after 2 p.m. today. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in Pine Grove Church of God. Interment in Glen Haven memory Gardens, Paden City.

Deveda Grimes Obituary

Miss Deveda Grimes
Weirton Daily Times
Sat. 4/22/1978

STEUBENVILLE – Miss Deveda Jane Grimes, 59, of 158 N. Fourth Street, Steubenville was dead on arrival at Ohio Valley Hospital on Friday.
She was a waitress at the Green Mill and Diamond Dinor.
Survivors include one sister and one brother.
Friends will be received at McClave-Chandler-Mills Funeral Home, Steubenville, Sunday 2-4 and 7-9, where services will be held Monday at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Robert E. Reed officiating. Burial in Union Cemetery.

Mrs. Lanell McBurney Obituary

Mrs. Lanell McBurney
Weirton Daily Times
Mon., 10/2/1978

WEIRTON – Mrs. Lanell McBurney, 66, 1216 Euclid Ave., died this morning in Royal Pavilion Extended Care Facility, Steubenville.
Born June 13, 1912, in Sullivan, Ind., she was the daughter of the late James Harve and Maude Daly Conner.
She belonged to the Cove United Presbyterian Church, Wellsburg Eastern Star and the Woman’s Association of the church.
Surviving are a son, Lee of Weirton; a daughter, Miss Deborah McBurney at home; a sister, Lilleen Cox, Atlanta; two grandchildren.
Her husband G. Donal McBurney, died in June, 1978. Two brothers L. D. Bill and Leland Conner, preceded her in death.
Friends may call 2-4 and 7-9 Tuesday and Wednesday at the Greco-Hertnick Funeral Home, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday with Dr. G. Ousley Brown officiating. Burial in Mt. Prospect Cemetery, Hickory, Pa. Her favorite charities were the Hancock County Unit of the American Cancer Society and the Cove United Presbyterian Church.

Florence Baker Obituary

Florence Baker
Weirton Daily Times
Mon., 10/2/1978

WEIRTON – Florence Baker of 221 Sycamore ST., died this morning at Weirton Medical Center.
Arrangements are incomplete at Presley Funeral Home.

Robert I. Morrow Obituary

Robert Morrow
Weirton Daily Times
Mon., 10/2, 1978

PITTSBURGH – Robert I. Morrow, 71, of Library Road, Pittsburgh, died Saturday in Pittsburgh.
He was born Nov. 19, 1906 in Weirton, son of the late James Irvin and Belle Morrow.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Pulver Morrow; one son, Paul Morrow, Pittsburgh; two daughters, Mrs. Vera Scullon, Pittsburgh, and Mrs. Roberta McCoerlary, West Virginia.
Friends will be received 2-4 and 7-9 today at the John F. Slater Funeral Home in Pittsburgh. Burial at noon Tuesday in Three Springs Drive Cemetery, Weirton

Thomas L. Cawthon Obituary

Thomas L. Cawthon
Weirton Daily Times
Mon., 10/2/1978

WELLSBURG – Thomas L. Cawthon, 52, 2222 Marianna ST., Wellsburg, died in the Weirton Medical Center Sunday.
Born Oct. 17, 1926, in Follansbee, he was the son of the late Stephen and Hazel Bucy Cawthon.
He was an employee of Weirton /Steel Division, a Navy veteran and a member of the Wellsburg Masonic Lodge.
Surviving are his wife, Eleanora Forsbach Cawthon; a daughter, Mrs. Vicky Miller, Clarkston, Wash.; three sons, Tim of Helleronton, Pa., Phillip of Wellsburg, and Tommy of N. Hollywood, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Wilma McDonald, Pine Bluff, Ark., and Mrs. Roy Smith, Wellsburg; a brother, Stephen Fr. Of Follansbee; seven grandchildren.
Friends may call 7-9 Tuesday and 2-4 and 7-9 Wednesday at the Chambers Funeral Home, Wellsburg, where services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday with the Rev. S. William Shannon officiating. Burial Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens with Masonic graveside services.