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Marie Faye Teter Schoonover

Marie Faye Teter Schoonover, 89, a resident of Elkins, passed away early Friday morning, Dec. 29, 2023, at Mountain Memories Assisted Living and Retirement Center in Elkins. Friends may call from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024, at the Tomblyn Funeral Home in Elkins. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 5, from the funeral home chapel, with Chaplain Robert Yothers Jr. officiating. Interment will follow in the Elkins Memorial Gardens on the Country Club Road, Elkins. The Tomblyn Funeral Home of Elkins is in charge of the arrangements for ...

Kathryn ‘Katie’ Joette Blievernicht Channell

Kathryn “Katie” Joette Blievernicht Channell, 67, a resident of Beverly, passed from this life Monday, Jan. 1, 2024, at home surrounded by family and under the care of Mountain Hospice. Katie was born June 5, 1956, in Elkins, a daughter of late Yvonne Valentine. On Oct. 7, 1970, she ...

Robert L. Harman

Robert L. Harman, 83, of Lahmansville, West Virginia, died on Monday, Jan. 1, 2024, at the Grant Rehabilitation and Care Center in Petersburg. Visitation will be Friday, Jan. 5, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Schaeffer Funeral Home in Petersburg. Funeral services will be Saturday, Jan. 6, at 10 a.m. from the Petersburg Presbyterian Church. Burial will be at the Lahmansville Cemetery.

Stephen Leon Lipscomb, PhD

On Saturday, Dec. 30 2023, Stephen Leon Lipscomb, PhD, passed away at the age of 79 due to complications of Alzheimer. He was born Jan. 31, 1944, to David and Dema (Alkire) Lipscomb in Junior, West Virginia. He graduated from Belington High School and married his high school sweetheart, ...

Pansy Hinkle

Pansy Hinkle of Buckhannon, West Virginia, died on Dec. 30, 2023, at the West Virginia Caring Hospice Facility in Elkins, West Virginia. She was one week short of being 102-years-old. Pansy was the third of four children born to Harley Van Camp Tenney and Stacie Snyder Tenney. Her ...

Catherine S. ‘Cathy’ Kalar

Catherine S. “Cathy” Kalar, 68, a resident of Elkins, passed away Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023, at Mountain Memories Assisted Living & Retirement Center under the care of West Virginia Caring Hospice after a courageous battle with cancer. Friends may call from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024, at the Tomblyn Funeral Home in Elkins. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 4, from the funeral home chapel, with Rev. Brett Rinehart and Rev. Dr. Marvin L. Parli officiating. Interment will follow in the Maplewood Cemetery in Elkins. The family ...