Klages, Roger Lee, age 68, of Sistersville, WV died Friday, December 30, 2016 at his residence. He was born in Glen Dale, WV on September 22, 1948 a son of the late Wilbert Theodore and Myrtle Chloe Sams Klages. Roger retired from Union Carbide as a Senior Lab Technician; was a Purple Heart Recipient serving in the Marines during the Vietnam War; was the Pastor at the former Faith Temple Church and recently attended the Paden City Church of the Nazarene. His main joy in life were his gran...

Gretia L Reynolds, 68 of Terra Alta passed away December 30, 2016 at Preston Memorial Hospital. She was born July 25, 1948, daughter of the late Freeman and Edna Rodeheaver Winters. She is survived by her husband Jeffrey Reynolds. She worked at Baltimore Washington Hospital for many years. She and her husband loved WV and retired to the mountains of WV a few years back. All services are private.

Debra S. Sparks, 62, resident of Wheeling, WV, died Friday, December 30, 2016 at Ruby Memorial Hospital, Morgantown, WV. She was born on March 12, 1954 in Glenville, WV, daughter of the late Otha and Mavis Langford Collins. Debra was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by 2 brothers. Surviving is a son, Ryan Sparks and his girlfriend, Stephanie; daughter, Theresa Sparks; brother, Kenneth Collins; 4 grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Kepner Funer...

Carma (Dillion) Uphold, 70, of Kingwood, WV, died on Friday, December 30, 2016, in her sleep. Carma was born March 25, 1946, in Terra Alta, a daughter of George and Effie (Wicklin) Dillion. She was a 1964 graduate of Kingwood High School. Carma attended the Albright Baptist Church. Carma was an Avon lady for 50 years; she worked as a waitress for Mary's Restaurant for 20 years, for Marrara's Restaurant and as a custodian for the Preston County Courthouse for many years. She belonged to ...

Michael B. Barnes, age 49, of Sedalia Community passed away on Friday, December 30, 2016 at his residence. He was born November 30, 1967 in Clarksburg, WV; the son of the late William Barnes and Lavina (Davis) Barnes. Michael is survived by his sister, Debra Hutson & her husband, Darrell of Salem, WV; two brothers, Robert Barnes of Salem, WV and Joe Barnes of Parkersburg, WV; sister-in-law, Vickie Perine of Berea, WV; brother-in-law, Joe Guth of Pennsboro, WV; several nieces and nephews. ...

Lona Belle Woody Demastes, age 74, of Rock Cave, died on Friday, December 30, 2016, at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. She was born on October 22, 1942, in Morgantown, WV, a daughter of the late Roy and Tessie Arbogast Woody. She was united in marriage on September 2, 1960, to Robert Darrell Demastes who preceded her in death on December 2, 2006. She was also preceded in death by three brothers and two sisters. She is survived by two daughters: Pearl Moore of French Creek and B...

Victor Weirich Rush, 84, of Wheeling, died December 29th at home with family by his side. He was born January 12, 1932, the son of the late Victor S. and Gertrude Annabelle Weirich Rush. Victor, a Fulbright scholar to the University of Singapore, was a lifelong educator and academic who taught history at Wheeling Park, Triadelphia, and Bellaire high schools, and at Lincoln Vocational Jr. High. A graduate of West Liberty State College where he was a pitcher for the baseball team, and West V...

Carol Jean (Sayres ) Sapp, age 73, of Maple Ave., Grafton, WV passed away Thursday, December 29, 2016 at the United Hospital Center in Clarksburg, WV. She was born in Pruntytown, February 11, 1943 a daughter of the late Harry Grayson Sayres and Roberta Olive (Dunham) Sayres Smith. She is survived by five children, Jessica Sapp and companion, Scott Poling of Grafton, Catherine Lou Sapp-DeLauder and husband Bryon, of Grafton, Ret. MSGT Thomas Brent of Knob Noster, Missouri , Susan Stockett ...

Helen Louise Frum (Brown), 91, of Fields Park Road, Morgantown, passed away Thursday, December 29, 2016. She was born on March 27, 1925 in Morgantown, WV. She is the daughter of the late William Carl Brown and Emma F. Brown (Getz). She is survived by her brother Gerald Brown; four children; Russell Frum and wife, Janice, Ellen Shafer, Robert Frum, and Mickey Frum, and six grandchildren, along with several great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. She enjoyed caring for her home and was alwa...

Patricia Joan Harper, 81 , of Rivesville, passed away on Thursday, December 29, 2016 at the Select Medical Hospital in Latrobe, PA. She was born August 27, 1935 in Millersville a daughter of the late Thomas M. and Hazel E. Kirby Hickman. She is survived by her husband of 59 years, Roy W. Harper. Mrs. Harper was a 1953 graduate of East Fairmont High School. She was a Methodist by faith and a homemaker in her own home. Patricia was a devoted wife and mother to her family. She was an excellent ...