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Russell L. Strawder

Russell L. Strawder, 91, a resident of the Harding Community, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia. Friends may call from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023, at the Tomblyn Funeral Home in Elkins. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 16, 2023, from the funeral home chapel, with Pastor John Welch officiating. Interment will follow at Mountain State Memorial Gardens near Gilman, where Full Military Honors will be accorded by members of the West Virginia National Guard Honor Guard Program, H. W. ...

Lillian Amelia (Smith) Bertelli

Lillian Amelia (Smith) Bertelli, 88, a resident of Norton, West Virginia, flew away to Heaven on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. Lillian was born Feb. 28, 1935, in Jacksontown, New Brunswick, Canada. She was born to the late Bessie and Dibble Smith and is preceded in death by her four ...

Mary Alice Louk Howell

Mary Alice Louk Howell, 102, a resident of Elkins, West Virginia, departed this life early Thursday morning, Oct. 5, 2023 at the Elkins Rehabilitation & Care Center at Elkins, West Virginia. She was born Tuesday, June 21, 1921, at Shavers Run, Mill Creek, West Virginia, a daughter of ...

Russell L. Strawder

Russell L. Strawder, 91, a resident of the Harding Community, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia. He was born Oct. 9, 1932, at Glady, a son of the late Cecil L. and Mabel Smith Strawder. On May 9, 1960, at Oakland, Maryland, ...

Kennison Adam ‘Kenny’ Thompson Jr.

Kennison Adam “Kenny” Thompson Jr., 66, of Green Bank, West Virginia, passed away unexpectedly on Oct. 11, 2023, at home. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, at Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home in Arbovale, with Pastor Julian Rittenhouse officiating. Burial will follow in Arbovale Cemetery Annex. The family will receive friends from noon until time of service at the funeral home. Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home in Arbovale is in charge of arrangements. Please send online condolences by visiting www.WallaceandWallaceFH.com.

William Harper ‘Bill’ Collins

William Harper “Bill” Collins, 76, a resident of Elkins, West Virginia, departed this life Saturday evening, Oct. 7, 2023 at his home. He was born Friday, Oct. 3, 1947, at Elkins, West Virginia, a son of the late Ronald Lester Collins Sr., and Rachel U. Gochenour “Peg” ...