William Junior Dean, age 81, of Hawkins Drive, Buckhannon, died Thursday, March 9, 2017, at the United Hospital Center in Bridgeport. He was born on December 6, 1935, in Upshur County, a son of the late Aaron Bencil and Lillian Virginia Mouser Dean. On February 28, 1959, he was united in marriage to Carol Jo Hollen Dean, who preceded him in death on October 23, 2014. In addition to his parents and wife, he was also preceded in death by one infant daughter Deborah J. Dean and one son-in-law Mi...

Mary Jane Knopf, 79, of St. Albans passed away Thursday, March 9, 2017 at her home. She was born March 25, 1937 in Richwood, WV a daughter of the late Howard and Elenora Gregory Kuhl. She was also preceded in death by her stepmother, Tressie Kuhl and her first husband, David Dorsey. Mary Jane attended Glenville State College and was a graduate of Morris Harvey College, now known as the University of Charleston. She began her teaching career in Richwood, taught at Cane Fork Elementary b...

John C. Pritchett, 75, Newport, OH, passed away Thursday, March 9, 2017, at Marietta Memorial Hospital. Born on January 8, 1942, in Newport, OH, he was the son of the late Floyd Pritchett and Dorothy Robinson Hall. He was raised by his grandparents on the family farm. He was a 1960 graduate of Newport High School and a 1964 graduate of Salem College, Salem, WV. He was a standout basketball player in both high school and college. John taught at Wellington High School, Shenandoah High School, a...

Janet Danona Hill, 62, of Clarksburg passed away Thursday, March 9, 2017 at her residence. She was born April 3, 1954 in Ft. Mill, SC; daughter of Betty J. Bayne Reynolds and the late Jack Reynolds. No visitation or services were held. Online condolences may be sent to DavisFuneralHomeWV.com. Davis Funeral Home is honored to assist the Hill family.

Katherine Ann Rowh, 53, of Bridgeport, passed away on Thursday, March 9, 2017 at her residence following an extended illness. She was born in Clarksburg on July 3, 1963, a daughter of the late Michael DiMaria, and Sharon Gordon DiMaria who survives in Nutter Fort. She is survived by her husband, Michael Rowh, whom she married on November 20, 1981; two sons, Jonathan Rowh and his companion Katie of Nutter Fort, and Adam Rowh and his companion Anna of Clarksburg; one granddaughter, Harper ...

Charles Duran, Jr., of Franklin, WV, formerly of Macon, GA, passed away on Thursday, March 9, 2017 at Lewis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg, WV. He was born on March 11, 1929 in Walsenburg, CO, the son of the late Delfina (Valdez) and Charles Duran, Sr. On May 25, 1973, Charles married Jo Ann (Bennett) Duran, who survives in Franklin. Mr. Duran attended Walsenburg High School in Colorado and was a member of the First Christian Church in Perry, GA. He owned and operated (along with...

Mr. Bernard Herron, age 81, a former resident of Belington and for many years Beech Drive in Akron, Ohio, departed this life Thursday afternoon March 9, 2017 in the comfort of his home. Death was following a period of declining health. He was born December 21, 1935 at Belington, WV, A son of the late Benjamin Charles and Rosetta Yeager Herron. On January 21, 1956 he was united in marriage to the former Betty Jean Hall, who survives at their residence in Akron. He is survived by five chi...

John Hans Gerlach, age 77, of Lost Creek, WV, lost his brief but courageous battle with Leukemia and Diabetes with his family by his side while at UHC. A German immigrant Christened Joachim Hans Gerlach and the eldest of two sons, John was born in West Berlin in 1939, months before the start of WWII. Son of the late Hans Friederich and Charlotte Roesler Gerlach, his father was taken captive during the war, held in a Siberian prison camp and only one of a handful of survivors to be liberat...

On March 9, 2017 Vada Evelyn "Peggy" Shimer Bowman went home to her Lord and Savior. Evelyn was well known in Fairmont, Marion County and environs as "The Stanley Lady." Evelyn was born on August 30, 1919 in Calhoun Co. to the late Sherman Smith Shimer and his wife Mary Catherine "Kate" Hayes. Her older sister, Ethel, named her Vada after a pleasant area in Calhoun Co., but her family called her Evelyn. The youngest of nine children, teenaged Evelyn was nicknamed "Peg," by her older brother...

Mary Ann "Mitzi" Adams, 91, of Shinnston passed away on March 8, 2017 at home surrounded by her loved ones. Mitzi was born on January 17, 1926 in Dawson Mines to the late Joseph and Mary Tomlanovic Tomlanovich. She was survived by her children, Diana Lynn Critchfield and her husband Clark of Clarksburg; Deborah Harbert and her husband David of Shinnston, with whom she made her home; Mike Adams and his wife Beth of Clarksburg; and Scott Adams and Janice of San Bernardino, CA; grandchildren...