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Helen Louise (Groves) Hedrick

Helen Louise (Groves) Hedrick, 81 of Petersburg, West Virginia, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, at her home. Helen’s family will receive friends Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Schaeffer Funeral Home in Petersburg. Funeral services will be Sunday at 1 p.m. from the chapel of Schaeffer Funeral Home. Interment will be in Lahmansville Cemetery.

Ronald David ‘Buster’ Schoonover Sr.

Ronald David “Buster” Schoonover Sr., 95, a lifelong resident of Chenoweth Creek Road in Elkins, passed peacefully from this life on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. Born Sept. 24, 1928, in Elkins, he was the eldest of 11 children of the late Ernest Robert and Dorothy Triplett Schoonover. On ...

Janet ‘Jane’ Leigh Roy Fox

Janet “Jane” Leigh Roy Fox went home to spend Eternity with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Oct. 11. 2023, after a brief illness. Jane was an incredible wife, mother and friend. She was born and raised in Harding, West Virginia, to the late Danny and Mary Teresa Roy, moving to ...

Gracie ‘Grace’ F. Collins

Gracie “Grace” F. Collins, 98, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, at her home with her family by her side. She was born in Wildell, West Virginia, on Sept. 23, 1925, and was a daughter of the late Walter and Jessie Sheets Shiflett. She is preceded in death by her ...

Bernard Eugene Heitz

Mr. Bernard Eugene Heitz, 86, a resident of Nella’s at Autumn Lake Healthcare, Elkins, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023, in the facility. He was born Dec. 31, 1936, at Clarksburg, West Virginia, a son of the late Wynn and Lotta Heitz. Mr. Heitz was a Veteran of the United States Air Force and had been employed as a glass cutter. A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m., Monday, Oct. 23, 2023, at the American Legion’s Little Arlington Cemetery near Cravensdale, with Rev. Brian L. Seders officiating. Interment will follow. The Tomblyn Funeral Home of Elkins is in ...

Louise Teresa Girard

The family will receive friends at the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Elkins on Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. On Sunday at 5:45 p.m. from the funeral home, a Vigil Rite will be recited. On Monday morning, Oct. 23, 2023, Ms. Girard will be moved to the Saint Patrick’s Catholic Church at Coalton, where the Funeral Liturgy will be celebrated at 11 a.m. The Rev. Father John Tran, SVD, will be the Presider and interment will follow at the Saint Vincent Cemetery at Kingsville, West Virginia. The Lohr & Barb Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements for ...