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JOSEPH WILLIAMSON

Joseph Lee Williamson, 82, of Proctor, died Friday, March 3, 2023, in Cameron Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was born November 12, 1940, in Moundsville, the son of the late Arthur and Sophie Wnek Hill. He was a retired coal miner from the McElroy Mine; a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church and UMWA; loved to hunt and fish. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife Alice Barbara Conner Williamson; one daughter, Melinda Simmons; one grandson, John Peterson. Survivors include one son, Dean (Kristal) Williamson of Proctor; three daughters, ...

RONALD WALDO

Ronald C. Waldo 82, of Bridgeport passed away Wednesday March 1, 2023. Visitation will be Friday, March 10, 2023, from 4-8 p.m.; services will be Saturday at noon. Wilson Funeral Home, Brookside, is assisting the family.

CONSTANCE KURKO

Constance Lee “Connie” Kurko, 82, of Martins Ferry passed away Monday February 27, 2023. Private services and internment were held at the convivence of the family. Wilson Funeral Home Heslop Chapel assisting the family.

MARY SCHAR

Mary Lou Mikesell Schar, 98, of Sardis, OH, passed away Saturday March 4, 2023, at her home surrounded by her family. She was born January 26, 1925, in Lodi, OH, a daughter of the late Charles Wade and Mary Belle Kemery Mikesell. She graduated in 1942, from Westfield High School in LeRoy, OH. She went to Berea, OH to work and attend Baldwin Wallace College. During WWII, she married Forrest Homer Schar. When he was overseas she went to Westerville to work in a war plant and attended Otterbein College from which she graduated in 1947. She taught high school in Bloom Twp. and ...

DOLORES SCHLAG

Dolores Ritchie Schlag, 91, of Wheeling, WV, went to her little spot in Heaven March 4, 2023. She was born March 27, 1931, in Wheeling, WV, Daughter of the late Michael J. Ritchie and Helen E. Timberlake, Ritchie, Wardle. Dolores was a 1949 graduate from Mount de Chantal Academy and a former member of Edgwood Lutheran Church. Delores worked several years for the McLure Hotel and retired from Security National Bank in September 1991 after 32 years of service. Dolores sang in the church choir, helped at Faith in Action caregivers and enjoyed writing to school friends and a pen pal ...

MERCIA EARNEST

Mercia “Mercy” Lynn Earnest, 55, of Wellsburg, WV, died peacefully on Friday, March 3, 2023, at Valley Hospice North in Steubenville, OH after a fierce battle with cancer with her family by her side. Born on July 26, 1967, in Steubenville, OH, a daughter of the late Earnest Wheeler and Vivian (Eppinger) Wheeler of Wellsburg, WV. Mercy graduated from Brooke High School in 1984, then went on to Cosmetology School, and then received her RN from the Trinity School of Nursing. For over 18 years she worked as an EMT for the Brooke County Ambulance Service. After becoming a ...