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ROSEMARY GILDOW

Rosemary Gildow 87, of Martins Ferry, OH passed away Friday, February 6th, 2026. She is survived by a son, Robert L. (Judith) Gildow, Bridgeport, OH; five grandchildren; five great grandchildren; one great-great grandchild. Arrangements have been entrusted to Keller Funeral Home, 615 Hanover Street, Martins Ferry, OH where friends will be received Tuesday from 1-5pm. Funeral service will be held Wednesday, February 11, 2026 at the funeral home at 1 pm, with Pastor Chap Hobert officiating. Interment will follow in Riverview Cemetery, Martins Ferry. To share a memory go online ...

ANITA BODNAR

Anita Audrey Bodnar, 86, of Bridgeport, passed away Saturday, February 7, 2026, in Trinity Hospital, St. Clairsville. She was born on February 6, 1940, in Wheeling, a daughter of the late Eugene and Madelyn (Davis) Geimer. Anita was a member of the Bridgeport Women’s Club, the St. Clairsville Bowling Legue, the Hazelwood Hills Boat Club, and enjoyed baking, traveling, bowling, watching figure ice skating and spending time with her family and friends. She is survived by her son, Steven (Terri) Frasnelli; a granddaughter, Miranda (Brian) Miller; and many nieces and nephews. Anita ...

GEORGE LENDON

George Edward Lendon, 82, of Bethesda, was called home to his Heavenly Father, early on Wednesday morning, February 4th. George was born the youngest of thirteen siblings, in Buttermilk valley at the family farm outside Flushing in June of 1943. He graduated from Union Local High School, and ...

WILLIAM “BILL” E. MILLER

William “Bill” Elmer Miller, 86, of St. Clairsville, Ohio passed away on Thursday February 5, 2026, at Liza’s Place with his family at his bedside. He was born October 17, 1939, in Wheeling, West Virginia, son of the late Elmer F. and Ethel F. Lewis Miller. Bill was a retired research ...

HELEN BIGLER

Helen Virginia Bigler, 95, of Powhatan Point Ohio passed away peacefully on February 5, 2026, in Shadyside, Ohio. Born on January 5, 1931, in Jacobsburg, Ohio, a daughter of the late Albert F. Baker and Emma Kriechbaum Baker. Helen spent her life dedicated to her family and her faith. Helen ...

BEVERLY WATSON ”MANN” “MORGAN”

Beverly Ann Watson, 77, of Flushing, Ohio, died Thursday, February 5, 2026, in Cumberland Pointe Care Center in St. Clairsville, Ohio. She was born in Steubenville, Ohio, on May 28, 1948, a daughter of the late Naomi Virginia Knight Watson and Everett Dale Watson Jr. Beverly was a retired employee of Community Action Committee of Belmont County and former employee of the Health Plan of the Upper Ohio Valley. She was a member of the East Richland Friends Church and a member of the Flushing Senior Center. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, William ...