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MARY DURBIN

Mary Antoinette Durbin, 64, of Bellaire, OH passed away on Thursday, October 24, 2024, at her home. She was born January 5, 1960, in Wheeling, West Virginia, a daughter of Elizabeth Lojas Sall and the late Joseph Sall Sr. Mary was a homemaker. God and her family were very important to Mary. ...

JEAN ANN BENNETT

Jean Ann (Heslop) Bennett, 92 of Martins Ferry passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Wednesday, October 23, 2024, at WVU Medicine – Wheeling Hospital. She was born on December 24, 1931, in Martins Ferry, the daughter of the late Wilbur B. and Louise (Saunders) Heslop. She was ...

GEORGE SELMON

George Thomas “Tom” Selmon, 75, of Shadyside, Ohio passed away on Monday, October 21, 2024 at Trinity Medical Center West, Steubenville, Ohio. He was born November 22, 1948 in Bellaire, Ohio, a son of the late George Junior and Virginia Mae Tyler- Selmon. Tom was retired from the former North American Coal Company #6 mine which he started at in 1973 until retirement in 2009. and was well respected member of the UMWA, a Protestant by faith. Tom proudly served in the U.S. Air Force stationed in Da Nang from 1968-69 during the Vietnam Conflict. He loved watching his children and ...

FRANCES CONAWAY

Frances Hazel Conaway, 90, Shadyside, passed away Oct. 21, 2024, at Shadyside Health Care Center. She was born Oct. 26, 1933, in West Wheeling, the daughter of the late George and Rebecca (Meeker) Rhodes. Frances was a member of the Riverview Bible Church, and a homemaker, her love for her family was matched only by her love for the Lord. She will be missed by all who know and love her. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her loving husband, Franklin “Sonny” O. Conaway in 2019, daugh- ter, Stacy Benda, great-grandson, Keshawn, her brothers, Wilbur, ...

ROBERT DeVAUL

Robert “Fats” DeVaul, 79, of Tiltonsville, OH, passed away, Monday, October 21, 2024, at his home, with his family by his side. He was born on August 11, 1945, in Wheeling, WV. Fats loved to golf, play pool and vacation in Las Vegas. He was employed at Ohio Ferlo Alloy in Brilliant, OH, until the plant closed. Fats then was employed with Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel, Yorkville Plant, as a Millwright. He was preceded in death by his mother, Carol (Greenwood) Bilica and his stepfather, Steve Bilica. Fats is survived by his loving wife of 58 years, Leota (Lowery) DeVaul; two sons, ...

DON PEDELOSE

Donald Franklin Pedelose, 89, of Bellaire, Ohio passed away on Sunday, October 20, 2024 at Park Health Center, St. Clairsville, Ohio. As per Don’s wishes, no visitation or services are planned. Arrangements by Toothman Funeral Home, St. Clairsville.