Obituaries

Orlan Richard Phillips II

September 19, 2026

Orlan Richard Phillips II, 69, a resident of Smokey Hollow, Parsons, West Virginia, departed this life Thursday evening, Sept. 10, 2026, at the WV Caring Hospice Center at Elkins, West Virginia. He had been in declining health. The family will receive friends at the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Parsons, West Virginia, on Monday, Sept. 21, 2026, from noon until 2 p.m. Final rites will be conducted at the funeral home on Monday, Sept. 21, 2026, at 2 p.m. Pastor Adam Snyder will officiate, and interment will follow at the Parsons City Cemetery at Parsons, West Virginia. The Lohr & ...

Linda Sue Pellen Robey

September 19, 2026

Linda Sue Pellen Robey, 76, a resident of Elkins, West Virginia, departed this life Friday morning, Sept 18, 2026, at her home with her family by her side and under the care of West Virginia Caring. She was born Wednesday, Jan. 11, 1950, at West Liberty, West Virginia, a daughter of the late ...

Kathryn (Turner) VanMeter

September 19, 2026

Ola Kathryn (Turner) VanMeter, 90, of Petersburg, West Virginia, passed away on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026 at her home. Kathryn’s family will receive friends Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Schaeffer Funeral Home, Petersburg, West Virginia. Funeral Service will be on Monday, Sept. 21, at 11 a.m. Interment will follow in the Maple Hill Cemetery, Petersburg, West Virginia.

Harold ‘Shep’ Hartman

September 18, 2026

On Sept 16, 2016 Harold "Shep" Hartman, 89, of Seneca Rocks, West Virginia, passed away peacefully at Pendleton Manor in Franklin, West Virginia. Harold’s family will receive friends on Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, from 6-8 p.m. at Schaeffer Funeral Home in Petersburg, West Virginia. Funeral service will be on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026, at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Schaeffer Funeral Home. Interment will be in North Fork Memorial Cemetery in Riverton, West Virginia.

Orlan Richard Phillips II

September 18, 2026

Gail Elaine Pingley

September 18, 2026

Gail Elaine Pingley, 89, a resident of Elkins, passed away Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026, in the Elkins Rehabilitation & Care Center. Friends may call from 5 until 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, at the Tomblyn Funeral Home in Elkins. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026, from the funeral home chapel with Pastor Tim Turner officiating. Interment will follow in the Mountain State Memorial Gardens near Gilman. In lieu of flowers, the family request memorial contributions be made to the Mountain View Church of the Nazarene, RR 250, Huttonsville, WV 26273 ...