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Sandra (Sandee) Pawelczyk

Sandra (Sandee) Pawelczyk, who lived in Elkins for many years, passed away on May 11, 2026, at her home in Tallahassee, Florida, surrounded by family. Sandee was born on Oct. 3, 1945, daughter to Andrew and Lottie Wolak. She grew up in Cicero, Illinois, where she met the love of her ...

Jessie A. Colehower Somers

Jessie A. Colehower Somers, 100, a resident of Elkins and in the care of the Elkins Rehabilitation & Care Center, passed away Saturday, May 16, 2026. She was born Feb. 28, 2026, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of the late C. Harris Colehower and Florence Sweeney Colehower. On Aug. 3, 1968, in Radnor, Pennsylvania, she was married to Oscar C. Somers Jr., who preceded her death in December of 1972. Jessie is survived by one daughter, Katherine “Kate” Somers and husband, Todd Miller, of Elkins; a niece, Virginia Hodges and husband, Dick, and nephew, John ...

Thurman R. ‘Bud’ Vannoy

Thurman R. “Bud” Vannoy, 85, of Collegeville, Pennsylvania, passed away Monday, May 18, 2026. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 30, 2026, at the Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home in Arbovale, with Pastor David Rittenhouse officiating. Burial with military rites conducted by the Pocahontas County Veterans Honor Corps will follow at the Arbovale Cemetery. Visitation will be from noon until time of service from the funeral home. Please send online condolences by visiting www.WallaceandWallaceFH.com.

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. She was born Sunday, Nov. 25, 1956, at Parsons, West Virginia, a daughter of the late W. Gay Ball and ...

Grace Marie Johnson

Grace Marie Johnson, 86, of Troy, Virginia, passed away Monday, May 18, 2026. A graveside service will be held Friday, May 22, 2026, at 1 p.m. at Kline Cemetery in Upper Tract, West Virginia. Arrangements by Schaeffer Funeral Home, Petersburg, West Virginia.

Robert ‘Bob’ Lloyd Barkley

Robert “Bob” Lloyd Barkley, 68, a resident of Elkins passed from this life Monday, May 18, 2026, at Vandalia Health Davis Medical Center in Elkins. Bob was born Sunday, March 2, 1958, a son of the late Robert Oscar Barkley and Geraldine May Johnson Barkley. On April 25, 1981, in ...