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Candace ‘Candy’ Beltz Sommerville

The family will receive friends at the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Parsons, West Virginia, on Thursday, July 2, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Final rites will be conducted from the funeral home at 1 p.m. The Rev. Steve Morrow will officiate and interment will follow at the Pifer Mountain Cemetery at St. George, West Virginia. The Lohr & Barb Funeral Home is honored to be in charge of the arrangements for Candace Beltz Sommerville. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.lohrbarbfuneralhome.com.

Christopher Delano See

Christopher Delano See, 65, a resident of Valley Bend, passed from this life Sunday, June 28, 2026, at WV Caring Hospice Inpatient Center in Elkins following a brief illness. Chris was born Monday, April 24, 1961, in Elkins, a son of late Franklin Delano See and Jo Ellen Hewitt. On ...

Helen Yvonne Sturms Bibey

Mrs. Helen Yvonne Sturms Bibey, 92, a resident of the Teter Creek Lake Community, departed life Friday evening, June 26, 2026, at her home. Death was following a period of declining health. She was born June 16, 1934, at Brownton West Virginia, a daughter of the late Ralph and Elvia ...

Shelby (Mongold) Ratcliff Bensenhaver

Shelby (Mongold) Ratcliff Bensenhaver, 87, of Petersburg, West Virginia, passed away on Saturday, June 27, 2026. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, July 1, 2026, at 1 p.m. at Schaeffer Funeral Home in Petersburg . Shelby’s family will receive friends from noon till time of service. Interment will be in Maple Hill Cemetery, Petersburg, West Virginia.

Frederick Yonley Fisher

Frederick Yonley Fisher departed this life on Saturday, June 27, 2026, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Martinsburg, West Virginia. The service will be conducted on Friday, July 3, 2026 at 2 p.m. at the Rig Assembly of God Church. Fred’s family will receive friends and family members from noon till time of the service. Interment will follow at the Lahmansville Cemetery in Lahmansville, West Virginia.

Candace Beltz Sommerville

Born on Sept. 2, 1953, in Wadsworth, Ohio, Candy was the beloved daughter of the late John Richard Beltz and Roberta Jean Adams Beltz. On Feb. 15, 1986, she married the love of her life, Harry Sommerville, in Rittman, Ohio. Together they built a life filled with love, faith and countless ...