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Ralph Daniel Kerns

Ralph Daniel Kerns, 83, went home to meet his Lord on Friday afternoon, Aug. 15, 2025, surrounded by his wife and family at WV Caring Hospice Center in Elkins. Friends may call from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, at the Tomblyn Funeral Home in Elkins. A funeral service will be held at 7p.m., Wednesday, from the funeral home chapel, with Pastors Gary Phillips and John Welch officiating. Interment will take place Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, at 3 p.m., at the Maplewood Cemetery in Elkins, with full military honors accorded at the gravesite by members of the West ...

Elizabeth Ann ‘Betsy’ Dean

Elizabeth Ann “Betsy” Dean, 75, a resident of Whitmer, West Virginia, passed away Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at her home. Friends may call from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, at the Tomblyn Funeral Home in Elkins. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, from the funeral home chapel, with Pastor Steve Wymer officiating. Interment will follow at the Mullennex-Armentrout Cemetery at Whitmer, West Virginia. The Tomblyn Funeral Home of Elkins is in charge of the arrangements for Elizabeth Ann “Betsy” Dean. Condolences may be expressed ...

Ellen B. (Fitzwater) Ardinger

Ellen B. (Fitzwater) Ardinger, 85, of Moorefield, West Virginia, passed away on Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Grant Rehabilitation and Care Center in Petersburg, West Virginia. Visitation will be Wednesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Schaeffer Funeral Home in Petersburg, West Virginia. Funeral services will be Thursday at 11 a.m., Aug. 21, 2025, at Schaeffer Funeral Home. Interment will be in Olivet Cemetery, Moorefield, West Virginia.

Ralph Daniel Kerns

Ralph Daniel Kerns, 83, went home to meet his Lord on Friday afternoon, Aug. 15, 2025, surrounded by his wife and family at WV Caring Hospice Center in Elkins. He was born on Jan. 6, 1942, at Sully, West Virginia, son of the late Nathaniel Wilson Kerns and Freda Marie Nelson Kerns Smith. ...

Deana Marie Poling

Deana Marie Poling, born May 18, 1961, in Elkins, West Virginia, passed away peacefully on Aug. 11, 2025, at Hospice of the Panhandle in Kearneysville, West Virginia, surrounded by love. She was born to the late Herbert M. Poling and Wilda P. (Zirkle) Poling. Besides her parents, she is ...

Elizabeth Ann ‘Betsy’ Dean

Elizabeth Ann “Betsy” Dean, 75, a resident of Whitmer, West Virginia, passed away Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at her home. She was born May 15, 1950, in Elkins. Left to cherish her memory is one sister, Amy Lou Armentrout; one sister-in-law, Portia Dean; two nieces, Mandy Phillips and ...