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Mary T. ‘Molly’ Busch

Mary T. "Molly" Busch, 88, a resident of Elkins, passed away Saturday, April 18, 2026, in United Hospital Center at Bridgeport, West Virginia. A Service of Remembrance will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 16, 2026, at the Grace Episcopal Church in Elkins. Rev. David C. Parker will officiate. Following the service, a gathering of family and friends will be held from 2 until 5 p.m. Saturday at the Randolph Room at the Wingate by Wyndham, 830 Harrison Ave., Elkins. The family request contributions be made to the Tygart Valley United Way, 10 Eleventh St. Suite D, Elkins, WV 26241 in ...

Edwin ‘Eddie’ Lewis Ellington

Edwin 'Eddie' Lewis Ellington, 75, a resident of Mill Creek passed from this life Friday, May 8, 2026, at Vandalia Health Davis Medical Center in Elkins. Eddie was born Monday, Sept. 18, 1950, in Nueremberg, Germany, a son of the late Earl Fitzhugh Ellington Sr. and Eleanor Virginia Berry ...

Charles Harold Pingley

Charles Harold Pingley, 82,, a resident of Crestview Manor at Jane Lew, West Virginia, passed away at 5:40 p.m. Monday May 11, 2026. at the Manor. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. The Tomblyn Funeral Home of Elkins is in charge of the arrangements for Charles Harold Pingley. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.tomblynfuneralhome.com.

Richard E. Varner

Richard E. Varner, 65, a resident of Elkins, passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2026, in the Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, with his family by his side, following a three-year battle with cancer. Friends may call from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m., Monday, May 11, 2026, at the Tomblyn Funeral Home in Elkins. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 12, from the funeral home chapel, with Pastor Jay Ketterman officiating. Interment will follow in the Mt. State Memorial Gardens near Gilman. The family request contributions be made to the Harman Volunteer Fire Department, ...

Estil Leo Heavener

Estil Leo Heavener, 81, of Petersburg, West Virginia, departed this life on Friday, May 8, 2026, at his home. Estil’s family will receive friends on Wednesday, May 13, from the Schaeffer Funeral Home in Petersburg from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Funeral services will begin at 1 p.m. Interment will be in the Flanagan Memorial Cemetery, Dry Fork, West Virginia.

Cathy Dianna (Swick) Kemp

Cathy Dianna (Swick) Kemp, 70, of Petersburg, West Virginia, passed away at her residence on Sunday, May 10, 2026. Cathy’s family will receive friends on Thursday, May 14, 2026, from noon till 2 p.m. at the Schaeffer Funeral Home in Petersburg. Funeral services will begin at 2 p.m. Interment will be in Maple Hill Cemetery in Petersburg, West Virginia.