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Mary Ellen Hinchman

Mary Ellen Hinchman, 92, a resident of Elkins, passed away Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025 in the Davis Medical Center. She was born April 8, 1932, in Elkins, a daughter of the late Edgar Wilson Taylor and the late Lillie Rhodes Taylor. On June 2, 1950, at Oakland, Maryland, she was married to ...

Edra ‘Ed’ Bowers

Edra “Ed” Bowers, 85, transitioned to his Heavenly home on Jan. 21, 2025. He always half-jokingly told people that his mother didn’t give him a middle name because “his first name was bad enough.” His young grandson decided to share his middle name as a Christmas gift one year, so ...

Mary Ellen Hinchman

Mary Ellen Hinchman, 92, a resident of Elkins, passed away Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in the Davis Medical Center. She was born April 8, 1932, in Elkins, a daughter of the late Edgar and Lillie Rhodes Taylor. On June 2, 1950, at Oakland, Marland, she was married to George Dale Hinchman, who ...

Marvin J. Mauz

Marvin Justin Mauzy, 92, formerly of Petersburg, West Virginia, passed away on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. Mr. Mauzy’s family will receive friends on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Schaeffer Funeral Home in Petersburg. Funeral service will begin at 1 p.m. in the chapel of Schaeffer Funeral Home. Interment will be in the Maple Hill Cemetery, Petersburg, West Virginia, with military honors.

Ruth Rosella Pifer Long

Ruth Rosella Pifer Long, 80, a resident of Nella’s at Autumn Lake, passed from this life Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, at Davis Medical Center in Elkins. She had been in declining health. Ruth was born on Tuesday, May 30, 1944, in Tucker County, a daughter of the late Herman Pifer and Minnie ...

Edna Virginia Griffith Ricottilli

Mrs. Edna Virginia Griffith Ricottilli, 88, a former resident of Belington and more recently a resident of the Elkins Rehabilitation and Care Center, departed this life Thursday afternoon Jan. 30, 2025, in the care facility. Death was following a period of declining health. She was born Aug. ...