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Gregory Lantz

Gregory Lantz, 62, of Coolville, Ohio and formerly of Circleville, West Virginia, passed away Sunday, May 31, 2026, at Warren Health and Rehab Center in Warren, Ohio. The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., Saturday, June 6, at Kimble Funeral Home in Franklin, where a funeral service will follow at 11 a.m. from the funeral home chapel. Interment will be at North Fork Memorial Cemetery at Riverton. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made toward his final expenses, c/o Mary Ruth Raines, 5883 Snowy Mountain Road, Circleville, WV 26804. Online condolences and ...

Ronald Wayne Barr

Ronald Wayne Barr, 82, of Bowie, Maryland, passed away on Sunday, May 31, 2026. A Military Graveside Service will be on Friday, June 5, 2026, at 2:30 p.m. at Newhouse Cemetery, 3545 Rig Road, Moorefield, WV 26836. Arrangements by Schaeffer Funeral Home in Petersburg, West Virginia.

Cheryl Ann Fowler Canfield

Cheryl Ann Fowler Canfield, 57, a former resident of the Sugarlands Community, Parsons, West Virginia, and more recently a resident of Elkins, West Virginia, departed this life Saturday, May 30, 2026, at her home. Death was unexpected. She was born March 29, 1969, in Baltimore, Maryland, ...

John Thayer

John Thayer, 89, a resident of Mountain Memories Assisted Living & Retirement Center in Elkins, passed away Sunday evening, May 31, 2026, at the facility under the care of West Virginia Caring Hospice. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be under the direction of the Tomblyn Funeral Home of Elkins for John Thayer. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.tomblynfuneralhome.com.

Deborah Elaine Kittle White

Mrs. Deborah Elaine Kittle White, 69, a former resident of Belington and more recently of Oakland, Maryland, departed this life Saturday evening May 30, 2026, in the comforts of her daughter’s home in Oakland. Death was following a period of declining health. She was born April 23, 1957, ...

Jessie Elizabeth Warner Sponaugle

Jessie Elizabeth Warner Sponaugle, 101, a resident of Valley Bend, West Virginia, passed away Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in the West Virginia Caring Hospice Facility in Elkins. Friends may call from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m., Monday, June 1, 2026, at the Tomblyn Funeral Home in Elkins. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, from the funeral home chapel, with Jeremie Sponaugle officiating. Interment will follow in the Mountain State Memorial Gardens near Gilman. The family request memorial contributions be made to the Vision Worship Center, 1612 Lavalette Ave., ...