Rev. Charles H. Mullen, age 85, of Harrisville, WV went to his heavenly home on December 30, 2016 at his residence. He was born April 1, 1931 near Fall Run, Wood County, WV a son of the late Charles and Margaret Mullen. Charles is survived by his wife of 62 years, Marie Mullen; son, Bruce Mullen (Darlene); daughter, Rebecca Griffith (Roy) both of Harrisville, WV and son, Doug Mullen (Vickie), Cantonment, FL; grandchildren, Craig Mullen (Jenny), Harrisville, Jill Bumgarner (Jake), Elizabeth, ...

Frank Puzella, Sr. age 88, formerly of Granville and Detroit, MI, passed away Friday, December 30, 2016 at Hopemont State Hospital in Terra Alta. He was born July 21, 1928 in Morgantown, a son of the late Antonio and Anna Pellegrin Puzella. Survivors include his children, Frank Puzella, Jr., Rose Marie Puzella, and Carter Crowe; sisters Sabella Gallon and Anna Marie Oliverio; as well as many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, he was preceded...

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...

Cora Mae Sigley Poling Snyder, 77 , of Grafton passed away, Friday, December 30, 2016 at Grafton City Hospital. She was born in Philippi, July 27, 1939, a daughter of the late Roy Thomas and Bessie Wilmouth Sigley. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles B. Snyder. Cora Mae loved to be with her family, they were her life . she liked plant flowers and work in her garden. And loved her dogs and cats. She is survived by one son; Mark Poling and Fiancé Brenda Newbraugh, Grafton, two d...

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...

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 ...

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...

Howard, Edward Lee, 87, of Wheeling, WV died on Thursday, December 29, 2016 in Liza?s Place, Wheeling, WV. He was born December 4, 1929 in Morgantown, WV the son of the late Carson Edison Howard and Frances Sprigg Howard. He received his undergraduate degree from West Virginia University in Morgantown, WV and went to Dental School at the University of Maryland and Baltimore. Ed was a retired self employed Dentist in Point Pleasant, WV and a US Air Force Veteran and was a Protestant faith. ...

Joyce "Eileen" Van Fosson, 73, of Fairmont, formerly of No. 9, Farmington, died Thursday, December 29, 2016 at the Fairmont Regional Medical Center.  She was born May 9, 1943 in Fairmont, a daughter of the late Lee and Nola Toothman Metz. Eileen was a homemaker who enjoyed playing BINGO, reading and loved Elvis. Survivors include her 6 children: Marvin Lee Van Fosson, Fairmont, Harvey Van Fosson, Fairmont, Renee (Ronald) Carpenter, Fairmont, Mark Van Fosson, Farmington, Tonya (Mark) Osb...