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William Ronald ‘Bill’ Schoonover Sr.

William Ronald “Bill” Schoonover Sr., 76, a resident of Elkins, West Virginia, departed this life Friday afternoon, Dec. 5, 2025, at the Ruby Memorial Hospital at Morgantown, West Virginia. Bill’s request for cremation was honored. The family will receive friends at the First Baptist Church of Elkins from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., Saturday, June 20, 2026. A Memorial Service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at the Church. The Rev. Brett Rinehart will officiate and inurnment will follow at the Parsons City Cemetery at Parsons, West Virginia. The Lohr & Barb Funeral Home ...

Eugene William Moreland

Eugene William Moreland, 101, of Hampton, Virginia, and formerly of Mt. Storm, West Virginia, died Friday, June 12, 2026. Funeral services will be Friday, June 19, 2026, at 11 a.m. at Mt Storm United Methodist Church. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. till time of service. Interment will be in Mt Storm Cemetery, Mt Storm, West Virginia. Arrangements by Schaeffer Funeral Home in Petersburg, West Virginia.

Anna Christina Ware Yanosik

Anna Christina Ware Yanosik, 95, a resident of Valley Head, passed from this life on Friday, June 12, 2026, at WV Caring Hospice Inpatient Center in Elkins with her daughter by her side. Anna was born Thursday, Dec. 4, 1930, in Valley Head a daughter of the late Bishop Ware and Opal Pritt Ware. On Jan. 26, 1956, in Maryland, she married Walter Thomas Yanosik, who preceded her in death in 2003. Left to cherish Anna’s memory is her daughter, Christina Yanosik of Valley Head; two nieces, Bobbi Curtis of Highland Park and husband, Brad, and Garilee Mallow and husband, Billy, of ...

Rita Postlethwait

Rita L. Postlethwait 61, of Ivydale, West Virginia, passed away unexpectedly on June 9, 2026. She had a long-felt battle with cancer and congestive heart failure. Rita was born on March 25,1965 in Oahu, Hawaii. Rita is the daughter of the late Joseph Anderson and Diana Anderson of ...

Paul V. Iman Jr.

Paul Vernon "Sonny" Iman Jr. age 81 of Petersburg, West Virginia, passed away on Thursday, June 11, 2026 at his home. Family will receive friends on Monday, June 15, 2026, from noon till 2 p.m. at Schaeffer Funeral Home in Petersburg. Funeral service will begin at 2 p.m. Interment will be in North Mill Creek Cemetery, Petersburg, West Virginia.

Kenneth Harold Kepner

Kenneth Harold Kepner, 83, a resident of Elkins, passed away Monday, June 8, 2026, in the J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown. He was born Aug. 15, 1942, in Elkins a son of the late Fred Kepner and the late Avis Fisher Kepner. On March 6, 1963, he married Rosa Lee Mullenax, who ...