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Betty Louise Phillips Nestor

Betty Louise Phillips Nestor, 93, a resident of Hendricks, West Virginia, departed this life late Sunday evening, May 18, 2025, at Cortland Acres at Thomas, West Virginia. The family will receive friends at the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Parsons, West Virginia, on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Final rites will be conducted from the funeral home on Tuesday at 11 a.m. The Rev. Julie Davis will officiate and interment will follow at the Parsons City Cemetery at Parsons, West Virginia. The Lohr & Barb Funeral Home is honored to be in charge of the ...

Francis ‘Frank’ Schneider

Francis “Frank” Schneider, of Elkins, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024, at home, due to natural causes. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to a scholarship fund of choice. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m., Friday, June 13, 2025, at the Green-Wood Cemetery at Brooklyn, New York. Inurnment will follow. The Tomblyn Funeral Home of Elkins is in charge of the arrangements for Francis “Frank” Schneider. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.tomblynfuneralhome.com.

Kenneth Harold ‘Ken’ Elbon

Kenneth Harold “Ken” Elbon, 80, a resident of East Dailey, passed away Wednesday, May 14, 2025, in the West Virginia Caring Hospice Center at Elkins. The family will receive friends from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m., Friday, May 23, 2025, at the Tomblyn Funeral Home in Elkins. A funeral service will be held at noon Saturday, May 24, 2025, from the funeral home chapel, with Pastor John Darnell officiating. Interment will follow at Mountain State Memorial Gardens near Gilman. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Northern Appalachian Teen Challenge, Inc., ...

Curtis Elwood ‘Peanut’ Sites

Curtis Elwood “Peanut” Sites, 93, of Petersburg, West Virginia, passed away on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, at Grant Rehabilitation and Care Center in Petersburg. Peanut’s family will receive friends on Thursday May 22, 2025, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Schaeffer Funeral Home in Petersburg, West Virginia. Funeral services will be on Friday, May 23, 2025, at 11 a.m. from Schaeffer Funeral Home. Interment will be in the Ours Family Cemetery, Rough Run, West Virginia, with military honors.

Aiden Jeffrey Shaffer

Aiden Jeffrey Shaffer, 23, a resident of Elkins, passed from this life Wednesday, May 14, 2025, in Monroe, Louisiana as a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Aiden was born Monday, Aug. 27, 2001, in Elkins, son of Jeffrey Scott Shaffer and Daphne Kay Thompson, both of ...

Charles ‘Jim’ Rogers

Charles “Jim” Rogers, 79, a resident of Parsons, West Virginia, passed away from this life Friday morning, May 16, 2025, at 4:26 a.m. The family will receive friends at the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Parsons, West Virginia, on Thursday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Final rites will be conducted from the funeral home on Friday, May 23, 2025, at 11 a.m. The Rev. Julie Davis and the Rev. James Snyder will officiate and interment will follow at the Parsons City Cemetery at Parsons, West Virginia, where the WV Army Honor Guard, the Tygart Valley Post 3647 Veterans of Foreign War ...