Francis “Jake” Elwood Wells, a beloved father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed away peacefully on November 3, 2025, in Bellaire, Ohio, at the age of 93. Born on January 15, 1932, in Belmont County, Ohio, he lived a life marked by dedication to his family and service to his ...

Msgr. John C. Kolesar, a Diocese of Steubenville priest retired from active parish ministry, died Oct. 28 at the age of 86. He was born April 13, 1939, in Unionport, Ohio, a son of the late John Charles and Mary Helen Skolosh Kolesar. Msgr. Kolesar began his education at Anderson Elementary ...

Carl Joseph Pierce, 78, of Belmont, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, at Wheeling Hospital. He was born October 4, 1947, at home in Glencoe, Ohio a son of the late Joseph Robert Pierce and Elizabeth Ann Seevers Pierce. He was a retired coal miner for the Saginaw Mining Company. ...

Kenneth Louis DelVecchio, 85, of Rayland, OH, passed away, Tuesday, October 21, 2025, at New Life Hospice Center, in Lorain, OH. Ken was born on August 5, 1940, in Martins Ferry, OH, to the late Anthony and Alma (Deluca) DelVecchio. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by ...

Annabelle G. Nester Brokaw, 85, of Flushing, died October 27.2025, in Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz. She was born on April 1,1940, outside of Holloway, Ohio, to the late Charles and Frances (Gibbs) Nester. She was preceded in death by her husband Kenneth W. Brokaw, Sr., her son Kevin, ...

James “Stoney” Stonebreaker, 79, of Beallsville, Ohio passed away peacefully in the home that he loved on Monday, October 27, 2025. He was born July 31, 1946 in Preston County, West Virginia, a son of the late James H. “Bud” Stonebreaker and Mary Lewis McNear. Stoney was a proud ...