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Edna Virginia Griffith Ricottilli

Mrs. Edna Virginia Griffith Ricottilli, 88, a former resident of Belington and more recently a resident of the Elkins Rehabilitation and Care Center, departed this life Thursday afternoon Jan. 30, 2025, in the care facility. Death was following a period of declining health. She was born Aug. ...

Dorothy Daley Parli

Dorothy Daley Parli, 71, entered eternal life on Jan. 21, 2025. She was born April 13, 1953 in Centralia, Illinois, to Zanelle and Dorothy Daley. She spent her early years in Columbia, South Carolina, with her two brothers, William and Clifford Daley, where she graduated from Dreher High ...

C.J. ‘Smoke’ Whetsell

On Oct. 13, 2024, Smoke, 84, departed this earth peacefully at Nella’s of Autumn Lake, where he had been a resident for two years. He was on hospice for the last three months of his life. He was preceded in death by his father, Jeff Whetsell; his mother, Natalie Whetsell; and his ...

Frances ‘Fran’ Louise Shreve Mosser

Frances “Fran” Louise Shreve Mosser, 89, a resident of Elkins, passed from this life, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, at home surrounded under the care of Mountain Hospice. Fran was born on Monday, July 1, 1935, in Elkins, a daughter of the late Fred Shreve and Bessie Vanpelt Shreve. She was ...

Elizabeth Anne ‘Betty’ DeMotto Ross

Elizabeth Anne “Betty” DeMotto Ross, 93, a resident of Elkins, West Virginia, departed this life early Thursday morning, Jan. 30, 2025 at the Elkins Rehabilitation & Care Center with her loving son by her side. She had been in declining health. The family will receive friends at the Saint Brendan Catholic Church of Elkins from 4 to 7 p.m., Sunday. On Sunday, at 6:30 p.m., a Vigil Rite will be recited. On Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, at 11 a.m., at the church the Funeral Liturgy will be celebrated. The Rev. Father Jim O’Connor will be the Presider and interment will follow at the ...

Elizabeth Anne ‘Betty’ DeMotto Ross

Elizabeth Anne “Betty” DeMotto Ross, 93, a resident of Elkins, West Virginia, departed this life early Thursday morning, Jan. 30, 2025, at the Elkins Rehabilitation & Care Center with her loving son by her side. She had been in declining health. She was born Monday, Nov. 16, 1931, at ...