Obituaries

LULU LOPRESTE

July 19, 2025

Lulu Jean (Brown) Lopreste, 94, died 7/17/25. Born 1/21/31 to George & Mary (Courtwright) Brown of Martins Ferry, OH, Lu was the 6th of 9 kids. She was preceded in death by her brother, Charles, and sisters: Elsie Conaway, Evelyn Fishow, Dorothy Habermehl, JoAnn Nobile, and Clara Steele. Lu was married for 42 years to James Lopreste until his death in 1999. Surviving are 2 sons: Tony of Morgantown, WV, and Jim (Beverly) of Belpre, OH; 5 grandchildren: Nick, Michael, Aaron (Emily), Bethany, & Matthew; & 1 great grandchild, Cora Lynn. Also surviving are 2 sisters: Shirley Yanchek of ...

GLADYS KRINKE

July 18, 2025

Gladys Krinke, 91, went to meet her Savior and Lord on Sunday, July 13, 2025. Gladys was born on September 24, 1933, to the late Stewart and Mary Holtzinger of Red Lion, Pennsylvania. Gladys graduated from the School of Nursing Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. It was during this ...

JOHN REYNOLDS

July 17, 2025

John Joseph Reynolds, 83, of St. Clairsville, Ohio, passed away peacefully on July 16, 2025, at Forest Hill Nursing Home, St. Clairsville, Ohio. He was born August 26, 1941, in Wheeling, West Virginia, a son of the late John Randolph Reynolds and Ruth Myrtle Luyster Reynolds. John worked for ...

ARLEEN REYNOLDS

July 17, 2025

Arleen Frances Whiteside Reynolds, 84, of St. Clairsville, Ohio, passed away peacefully on July 14, 2025, at Forest Hill Nursing Home, St. Clairsville, Ohio. She was born March 8, 1941, in Glen Dale, West Virginia, a daughter of the late William Elsworth Whiteside and Edna Lucille Whiteside McCue. Arleen was a homemaker and loved spending time with her high school sweetheart and husband, John, of 67 years. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers-in-law, David Walton and Richard Griesbaum. Arleen is survived by her husband, John Reynolds of St. ...

GLADYS KRINKE

July 16, 2025

ALEXANDRIA BURDOCK

July 16, 2025

Alexandria (Burlenski) Burdock, 77, of St. Clairsville passed away Friday, July 4, 2025, at Wheeling Hospital surrounded by her family. She was born February 6, 1948, in Martins Ferry, the daughter of the late Alex and Mary (Grill) Burlenski. She retired from Woodland Acres Nursing Home ...