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LOIS KONKOLESKI

Lois died on March 19, 2025. She was born on March 25, 1937 in a house on Miric’s Ridge Road in Adena, Ohio. She is preceded in death by her husband, Ray “Ert” Konkoleski, her brother Gerald Raymer, and her parents, Albina (Bonk) and Louis Raymer. She is survived by her son R.J., his wife, Laura (Glenn), and her two grandchildren, Catherine and Ray, whom she adored. Lois was a 1954 graduate of Adena High School. She worked at the Bellaire Clinic, the Harrisville Clinic, the St. Clairsville Clinic, and retired from the Wheeling Jesuit University Office of Admissions. She ...

PENELOPE FOX

Penelope (Penny) Jean Fox, 69, of Columbus, Oh, passed away on March, 25th, 2025 after a long chronic illness. Penny was born on July 7th, 1955, to Fred Robert and Dorothy Marie Jumps at Fort Bragg (Fort Freedom), NC. Penny attended St. Clairsville High School before joining the United States Air Force. She went on to study Arts & Humanities at Ohio University Eastern, graduating in 1985. Penny was predeceased in death by her father, mother, siblings Robert, Fred, Elizabeth, Johnathan, and Kimberly. Penny is survived by Son (Tim), four grandchildren (Mackenzie, Emma, James, ...

C. ROGER LUCAS

Charles Roger “Luke” Lucas, 83, of Jacobsburg, OH, died Sunday, March 23, 2025, at Liza’s Place. He was born in Bellaire, OH on July 28, 1941, a son of the late Georgia Lucas Myers. He worked as a farmer and ran equipment for the Belmont County Engineers for 33 years. Roger is survived by his loving wife of 60 years, Judith “Judy” Caldwell Lucas; his children, Lori Lucas, Stacey (Mitchell) Royer, and Roger P. (Cara Burdine) Lucas; his grandchildren, Jason Michael (Brittany) Dunn, Roger Paul (Haley) Lucas, Morgan Conway, and Mason Conway; his great grandchildren, Gemma Dunn, ...

AMANDA “MANDY” FAHEY

Amanda Dawn “Mandy” Fahey, 39, of Shadyside, Ohio, passed away peacefully on March 24, 2025, at WVU Wheeling Hospital in Wheeling, West Virginia. Born on May 28, 1985, in Wheeling, West Virginia, Mandy brought a bright and joyful spirit into every life she touched. Mandy dedicated her ...

JOANN LAVITCHKA

Joann Lavitchka, 87, of Adena, Ohio, died March 24, 2025, at Harrison Community Hospital in Cadiz, Ohio. She was born on September 13, 1937, in Martins Ferry, Ohio to the late Joseph and Ann Wojnicki Lavitchka. Joann was the previous owner of Willow Apartments and retired from Ameritech, the former Ohio Bell phone company. Joann also resided on the boards for Olive Branch Cemetery in Harrisville, Ohio and the Tri County Water Authority. She was very generous to various organizations. Joann loved to shop and travel and spend time with her many friends. She “never met a ...

MARY COWEN

Mary Louise Cowen, 102, of Bellaire passed away on March 22, 2025 at her home in Bellaire, Ohio. Born on October 3, 1922, in Bellaire, Ohio, a daughter of the late Martin Wilbur and Mary Olive Coleman Giffin. Mary graduated from Bellaire High School in 1940 and went on to attend Ohio State ...