John O. Costine was born October 16, 1924 to John E. Costine and Jesse Oliver Costine in St. Clairsville, Ohio. John died peacefully at home surrounded by family on March 6, 2025. John, an icon of St. Clairsville, Ohio, lived his entire 100 years in St. Clairsville, in fact, in three houses ...
Elsa Carolyn Albright left this earthly life on March 6, 2025, rejoining her husband and life partner, David. Elsa was born June 16, 1930 to Martha and Leroy Leasure in Shadyside, Ohio. She graduated from Shadyside High School and took a position as a bank teller at The Half Dollar Bank in ...
Anthony R. Cheslock Jr. (Tony), 77, of Clearwater, FL, passed away peacefully at his home on February 25, 2025. Tony was born on July 15, 1947, to Anthony Cheslock Sr. and Anna Mary Janoski in Martins Ferry, OH. After Tony graduated from Seton Central High School in 1965, he went on to ...
Nancy Ann Solar, 79, of St. Clairsville, Ohio, died Wednesday, March 5, 2025, in Wheeling Hospital, Wheeling, West Virginia. She was born March 11, 1945, in Flushing, Ohio, a daughter of the late Moses Gillam and Mitzi Mistovich Gillam. Nancy was owner and operator of Americana Beauty Salon. She was a member of the former St. Cyril Methodius Orthodox Church in Bellaire and current member of St. John the Divine Greek Orthodox Church in Wheeling, West Virginia. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert J. “Bob” Solar; and a brother, Mitch ...
Shirley Ann Brown, 89, of Powhatan Point, OH, died Friday, March 7, 2025, at Stellar Care Center, Woodsfield, OH. She was born May 3, 1935, in Bellaire, OH, a daughter of the late Charles T. Hollingshead and Sarah Josephine Heath Hollingshead. Shirley was a retired pharmacy assistant at the Powhatan Pharmacy. She was a member of the Powhatan Women’s Club. She enjoyed playing bingo, bunco and bowling with her friends. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her brothers and sisters. Shirley is survived by her three daughters, Penny Dierkes, Lori (Mark) Lucas, Dawn ...
William ‘Bill’ Columbo Amici, beloved husband of Denise, passed away peacefully with his family around him on Friday, February 7, 2025. Bill was the loving dad to two daughters, an amazing grandpa or ‘Gpa’ to three wonderful grandsons and one lovely granddaughter, and the fun and cherished ‘Papap’ to five great- grandchildren. Bill was born on April 7, 1937, the baby of eight children born to Basilio and Antonia Amici of Glencoe, Ohio. As high school sweethearts, Bill Amici and Denise Sadowski (of Bellaire, Ohio) were married at 19 years of age at St. John’s Catholic ...
