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Wanda Lee Ice Swecker

Wanda Lee Ice Swecker concluded her earthly sojourn on the afternoon of Jan. 26, 2024, leaving behind a legacy spanning nearly 92 years. Friends may call from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, at the Tomblyn Funeral Home of Elkins. Memorial services will begin at 6:30 p.m. by Tygart Valley Lodge No. 66 IOOF of Beverly followed by Delphia Rebekah Lodge No. 62 of Elkins. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, Feb. 2, 2024, from the funeral home chapel, with Pastor David Collins officiating. Interment will follow in the American Legion’s Little ...

Debra K. ‘Debbie’ Rowan

Debra K. “Debbie” Rowan, 67, a resident of Coalton, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024 at the Davis Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be under the direction of the Tomblyn Funeral Home of Elkins. The Tomblyn Funeral Home of Elkins is in charge of the arrangements for Debra K. “Debbie” Rowan. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.tomblynfuneralhome.com.

Raymond Vanpelt

Raymond Vanpelt, 80, a resident of Elkins, passed from this life Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, at home surrounded by family and under the care of West Virginia Caring. Raymond was born Saturday, July 24, 1943, in Elkins, a son of the late Wirt Vanpelt and Russie Taylor Vanpelt. He was married ...

Clifford Ray Wilmoth

Clifford Ray Wilmoth, 88, a resident of Elkins, West Virginia, departed this life Wednesday morning, Jan. 31, 2024, at Valentine’s Personal Care Home at Elkins, West Virginia, surrounded by his loving family and under the care of WV Caring. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and are under the direction of the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home for Clifford Ray Wilmoth. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.lohrbarbfuneralhome.com.

Sophia Jane Fenstermacher

Sophia Jane Fenstermacher, 7, gained her heavenly wings on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. Sophia was born July 12, 2016, in Morgantown, West Virginia, a daughter of Charles “Chuck” and Sarah (Abram) Fenstermacher. Sophia was the light of everyone’s world. Her smile was infectious to ...

Aaron Banks Lester

The family will receive friends at the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Parsons, West Virginia, on Thursday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. On Friday morning, Feb. 2, 2024, Mr. Lester will be moved to the Hambleton Pentecostal Church of God in Hambleton, where final rites will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Ordained Minister Joyce Minear with Rivers of Living Waters Ministries in Elkins, West Virginia, will officiate and interment will follow at the West Virginia National Cemetery at Grafton, West Virginia, where full military honors will be accorded by the U.S. Navy and the Taylor County Veterans ...