DOROTHY LOUISE ROBINSON, 85, of Weirton, WV, passed away peacefully on May 28, 2024. Born on February 11, 1939, in Steubenville, OH, Dorothy was a daughter of the late Kenneth S. and Victoria Marek Higgins. She graduated from Weir High School in 1957 and continued her education at the Wheeling[Read More…]
Obituaries
George Garan
GEORGE GARAN, 95, a lifelong Weirton resident passed away peacefully at Valley Hospice on Monday, May 27, 2024. George was born September 28, 1928, the youngest son of the late John Sr. and Martha (Goban) Garan. He was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy Yaskho Garan and his siblings[Read More…]
Frances Ghanem Asfour
FRANCES GHANEM ASFOUR (aka Francoise, Francesca, Francie, Mom, Teta) completed her calling of creating a beautiful family and welcoming friends and strangers to her ever-expanding table on May 27, 2024. She was born on February 19, 1930 in Haifa, Palestine, one month after her father (Francis) tragically passed. Because of[Read More…]
Nancy F. Pratt-Wise
NANCY F. PRATT-WISE, 88, of Weirton, WV, passed away at the Country Club Manor in Steubenville, Ohio, on Sunday, May 26, 2024. Born in Tyler County, WV, on July 30, 1935, Nancy was one of twelve children born to Amidy and Susan M. McGeorge Griffin. At the age of 17,[Read More…]
Donald Ray Hendrickson
DONALD RAY HENDRICKSON, 86, of Wellsburg, WV passed away May 26, 2024, at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA. He was born January 28, 1938, to the late Charles and Mary Pauline Anderson Hendrickson. He is survived by his wife, Linda Pickering Hendrickson; two daughters, Michelle Lee and Bill of Texas,[Read More…]
John Kelly Bassett, Sr.
JOHN KELLY BASSETT, SR., 55, of Wellsburg, WV passed away May 26, 2024, at home surrounded by his family. John was born June 3, 1968, in Wheeling WV, to Wyvonna Vandruff Rothwell and the late Austin Bassett. He is survived by his wife, Marsha Dight Bassett; stepfather, David Roger Rothwell;[Read More…]
Linda (Cebula) Woods
LINDA (CEBULA) WOODS, 76, of Akron, OH, formerly of Follansbee, WV, passed away on May 24, 2024. She was born on December 25, 1947, in Steubenville, Ohio. She was the daughter of the late Rudy Cebula and Virginia (DelVechio) Cebula. Linda retired from Weirton Steel Corp. as a Supervisor of[Read More…]
William “Bill” Schwertfeger
WILLIAM “BILL” SCHWERTFEGER, passed away on Sunday, May 26, 2024, at Valley Hospice Care Center North in Steubenville, OH. Bill was born on February 13, 1924, in Follansbee, WV, a son of the late Jack and Blanche (Kellar) Schwertfeger. In addition to his parents, Bill is preceded in death by[Read More…]
William David “Bill” Cross, Jr.
WILLIAM DAVID “BILL” CROSS, JR., 75, of Wellsburg, WV died peacefully on Friday, May 24, 2024, at Wellsburg Health Care in Beech Bottom, WV. Born on August 24, 1948, in Weirton, WV, a son of the late William D. and Virginia (Sacripanit) Cross, Sr. In addition to his parents, he[Read More…]
I. Leroy Anderson
I. LEROY ANDERSON, 93, of Paris, PA, passed Friday May 24, 2024 at Weirton Medical Center. He was born July 13, 1930 in New Cumberland, WV, youngest son of the late Ernest and Grace Ferrell Anderson. He is also preceded in death by his loving wife of 69 years, June[Read More…]
