Obituaries

Faye King

Oct 19, 2012

Faye R. King, 83, of Oakland died on Friday, October 19, 2012 at home surrounded by her family. Born on February 7, 1929 in Keyser, WV, she was the daughter of the late David and Lucinda (Wilson) Johnson. She enjoyed flower gardening and time with her family. She is survived by two children, Harry Ernest King and wife Melody...

Dorothy Moon

Oct 18, 2012

Dorothy J.(Kirksey) Moon, 85, of Oakland died on Thursday, October 18, 2012 at her home. Born on January 13, 1927 in Memphis, TN, she was the daughter of the late William J., Sr. and Mary Elizabeth (Crisp) Kirksey. She was a member of the BPOE Elks Lodge #2481 in Oakland. She is survived by her brother, William J. Kirksey,...

Harry Gaither

Oct 17, 2012

Harry E. Gaither, 81, of Bayard, WV died on Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at home surrounded by his loving family. Born on March 15, 1931 in Bayard, he was the son of the late Edwin and Pauline (Miller) Gaither. He was a veteran of the US Army having served in the Airborne Division during the Korean War. He retired...

Juanita Kitzmiller

Oct 16, 2012

Juanita Sue Kitzmiller, 63, of Mt. Storm, WV died on Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at her residence. Born on October 14, 1949 in Petersburg, WV, she was the daughter of the late Robert W. Aronhalt and Delores (Chapman) Aronhalt of Mt. Storm. Juanita was a homemaker and a loving personal caregiver for several years of her life. She had...

Olive Martin

Oct 8, 2012

Olive Blanche (Blamble) Martin, 89, of Oakland, died on October 8, 2012 at Dennett Road Manor. She was born on March 26, 1923 in Gorman, the daughter of the late Charles and Esther (Liller) Blamble. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family. Fuzz and Barbara were always there for her and Junior and helped work the...

Edwin Brown

Oct 3, 2012

Edwin T. Brown, 93, of Oakland died on Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at his son's home. Born on December 24, 1918 in Wallman, he was the son of the late Frederick Fulton and Mary (Rumors) Brown. He was a foreman for DelSignore Lumber Company and had also served in the US Army during WWII. He was a member of...

Gertrue Rexrode

Oct 1, 2012

Gertrue Gladys (Landis) Rexrode, 91, of Mt. Lake Park died on Monday, October 1, 2012 at home. Born on January 23, 1921 in Swanton, she was the daughter of the late Clyde and Anna Mae (Friend) Landis. She was a nurse for 36 years at the former Cuppett & Weeks Nursing Home from which she retired at the age...

Jackie Simmons

Sep 30, 2012

Jackie Lee Simmons, 73, of Oakland passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by his wife and children on Sunday, September 30, 2012, after a seven month battle with cancer. Born on October 2, 1938 in Canaan Valley, WV, he was the son the late Harry and Mary (Bonner) Simmons. In 1957, Jack moved to Washington DC and, after...

Earl Foltz

Sep 24, 2012

Earl Austin Foltz, 84, of Bayard, WV, died on September 24, 2012 at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, WV. Born on October 25, 1927 in Gormania, WV, he was the son of the late Alva and Loretta (Aronhalt) Foltz. He was a veteran of the US Army having served in the Korean War and worked in the lumber business...

Glenda Weicht

Sep 22, 2012

Glenda Faye Weicht, 60, of Owings Mills, MD, passed away September 22, 2012 at home. Born on March 6, 1952 in Oakland, she was the daughter of the late Joseph & Bernice Faye (Hershberger) Weicht. She is survived by two sisters, Sharen Virginia Wehr and JoAnn Hellmann and numerous nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was...

Nadiene Durst

Sep 21, 2012

Nadiene E. (Green) Durst, 98, of Swanton, passed away peacefully on Friday, September 21, 2012. Born on August 9, 1914 in Swanton, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Fannie Green. She was a former member of the Living Stone Church of the Brethren in Cumberland. She is survived by three sons, Craig Durst, Ivan Terry Durst,...

Martha Jachowski

Sep 21, 2012

Martha (Uhland) Jachowski, 86, of Swanton, passed from this life on September 21, 2012. She was born May 17, 1926 in Columbia, Missouri to the late Russel Edward and Sarah Elizabeth (Linger) Uhland. Martha attended Coolidge High School in Chevy Chase, MD and continued her education at the University of Maryland, College Park. She graduated with a Bachelor's Degree...

Audrey Feld

Sep 18, 2012

Audrey (Sperry) Feld, 87, of Oakland died on Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at the Goodwill Retirement Community in Grantsville. Born on July 5, 1925 in Meyersdale, PA, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Elizabeth Sperry. She graduated from Meyersdale High School and earned her RN at Memorial Hospital in Cumberland in 1946. In 1947, she met...

Timothy Tasker

Sep 15, 2012

Timothy Andrew Tasker, 52, of Oakland died on Saturday, September 15, 2012 at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, WV. Born on March 13, 1960 in Oakland, he was the son of Robert A. Tasker of Oakland and the late Maxine L. (Cooper) Tasker. He was a graduate of Southern High School class of 1978. Tim was a truck driver...

Pamela Gregory

Sep 15, 2012

Pamela Kaye (Sines) Gregory, 38, of Kirby, WV died on Saturday, September 15, 2012 at Winchester Regional Medical Center in Virginia. Born on January 13, 1974 in Cumberland, she was the daughter of Paul and Charlotte (Hauser) Sines of Oakland. Pamela dearly loved spending time with her grandson, Brayden. In addition to her parents, she is survived by her...

Rachel Wolf

Sep 14, 2012

Rachel Lenora Wolf, 87, of Oakland died on Friday, September 14, 2012 at Garrett Memorial Hospital. She was born on March 1, 1925 in Bolts, PA the daughter of the late Ralph J. Gettings and Josephine (Collins) Wickham. Rachel enjoyed being active with the Mary Browning Senior Center, bingo and social gatherings at her apartment complex. In addition to...

Harold Bachtel

Sep 13, 2012

Harold Van "Buzz" Bachtel, 82, of Oakland died on Thursday, September 13, 2012 at this home. Born on December 19, 1929 at Gnegy Church Road in Oakland, he was the son of the late John Lee and Lena Catherine (Shaffer) Bachtel. He worked in construction as a self-employed builder and was a Christmas tree farmer. He was a member...

Curtis Bonner

Sep 13, 2012

Curtis Maxwell Bonner, 78, of Canaan Valley, WV passed away September 13, 2012 at Garret County Memorial Hospital.

He was born June 15, 1934 a son of the late  Solomon Victor and Oda Kate Teter Bonner. Mr. Bonner was preceded in death by 1 son, Eric Bonner, 2 brothers, Hobert, Howard, 5 sisters Maysel, Alta, Pauline, Opal...

Roberta Rhodes

Sep 10, 2012

Roberta Lynne (Vieweg) Rhodes, 50, of Swanton went to be with the Lord on September 10, 2012, after a long battle with leukemia. Mrs. Rhodes (known to her family and friends as Bobbie) was born on March 4, 1962, in Morgantown, WV.

Bobbie is well known in Garrett County as a substitute teacher with a...

Melvin Pennington

Sep 10, 2012

Melvin M. Pennington, 78 Bayard, WV, passed away September 10, 2012 at home.

Born September 3, 1934 in Mt. Storm, WV, he was the son of the late Terry William and Ethel Virginia (Hanlin) Pennington Sr. A memorial service will be held at a later date.

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