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COLEY DIZE JR.

Coley Beachum Dize Jr., 66, of Moundsville, West Virginia, formerly of Virginia Beach, Virginia, passed away on Friday, May 12, 2023. He was born on May 3, 1957, to the late Coley Beachum Dize, Sr. and Edna Mae (Shuler) Dize. He was married 28 years to his loving wife, Sharon Bell-Dize who ...

GRACE NORTON

Grace Ann Norton, 80, of Wheeling, WV passed away Saturday May 20, 2023,at Wheeling Hospital. Grace graduated from Van Wert High School and Bowling Green State University (BGSU). At BGSU, she excelled as a student and columnist for the BG News, earning a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Science degree in Education. She continued her studies at BGSU as a Graduate Assistant, earning a Master of Arts in History, English, and American Studies. She later received a Graduate Honors Scholarship allowing her to pursue a doctorate at the University of Kansas. Throughout her academic career, ...

HELEN FOSTER

Helen Kerrill Foster, 90, of Heath, Ohio, died May 15, 2023, on her 90th birthday. A 1951 graduate of Wheeling High School. Please visit www.HoskinsonFuneral.com.

DEMA SCHAMBACH

Dema C. Schambach died May 22. Friends received from 12-8 p.m. Thursday at Wilson Funeral Home, Brookside, where services will be held on Friday at 11 a.m. Condolences, please visit www.wilsonfuneralhomes.com.

PAUL WELLS

Paul Wells, 95, of Sistersville, WV, passed away on May 18, 2023 at The Heritage in St. Marys. He was born September 18, 1927, in Sistersville, WV, a son of the late Otis Wells and Shirley Moore Wells. Paul was the youngest of 8 siblings. The family lived in Pursley and farmed as their primary income. He often recounted milking cows during his childhood. He graduated from Tyler County High School in 1946 and he was a United States Army veteran, spending a year in Japan and serving during the restitution following WWII. He married the late Vivian “Janice” Underwood Wells in ...

LAWRENCE GRIBBEN

On Saturday, the 20th of May 2023, Lawrence Joseph Gribben, 86, died sitting at the table that he had built in the home he had built with the love of his life for the past 65 years sitting across from him. It’s pretty much exactly as he would’ve wanted to go, and capped a lifetime of doing ...