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Brenda Lee (Ware) Doyle

Ms. Brenda Lee (Ware) Doyle, 63, a resident of Philippi, departed this life Thursday evening May 21, 2026, at her residence. Death was following a period of declining health. She was born May 2, 1963, at West Chester, Pennsylvania, a daughter of the late Denzil Ware and the late C. ...

Joseph ‘Joe’ Manolidis

Joseph “Joe” Manolidis, 77, a resident of Norton, West Virginia, departed this life Friday, May 22, 2026, at the West Virginia Caring Hospice Center in Elkins, West Virginia, surrounded by his loving family. He was born Saturday, Oct. 2, 1948, at Elkins, West Virginia, a son of the ...

James Anthony ‘Jim’ Gongola

James Anthony “Jim” Gongola of Elkins, West Virginia, passed away surrounded by family on May 21, 2026. Friends will be received from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m., Tuesday, May 26, 2026, at the Tomblyn Funeral Home of Elkins. Jim will be moved to the Beverly Cemetery, where a graveside service will be held at 4:30 p.m. Andrew Gongola will officiate and interment will follow. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37839, Boone, IA 50037-0839. The Tomblyn Funeral Home of Elkins is in charge of the arrangements for ...

James Anthony ‘Jim’ Gongola

James Anthony “Jim” Gongola of Elkins, West Virginia, passed away surrounded by family on May 21, 2026. He was born on June 1, 1941, in Ford City, Pennsylvania, to John and Ann Gongola. Jim was married to Janice Beth Lefkowitz on Dec. 17, 1965. He is survived by his wife, ...

Sandra Kay Ball Coberly

Sandra Kay Ball Coberly, 69, a resident of Beverly, West Virginia, departed this life Tuesday morning, May 19, 2026, at the University Hospital Geauga Medical Center at Chardon, Ohio. The family will receive friends at the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Elkins from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Tuesday, May 26, 2026. Final Rites will be conducted, from the funeral home, Tuesday at 1 p.m. The Rev. Jerry L. Helmick will officiate, and interment will follow at the Mount Vernon Cemetery at Beverly, West Virginia. The Lohr & Barb Funeral Home is honored to be in charge of the ...

Ira Duane Freeman Sr.

Ira Duane Freeman Sr., affectionately known as “Pap”, passed away peacefully at United Hospital Center (UHC) on May 21, 2026 at the age of 79, going home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, following an extended illness. Most recently, he was a resident of Mountain Living ...