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Libretta Leombruno Howell

Libretta Leombruno Howell, 96, a resident of Elkins, died Friday, Feb. 27, 2026, in Vandalia Health Davis Medical Center Emergency Department. Friends will be received from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday, March 7, 2026, at St. Brendan Catholic Church in Elkins. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Father Edward Tetteh, SVD, as Celebrant and the Rev. Raymond Godwin. Interment will follow in St. Brendan Cemetery in Elkins. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Brendan Catholic Church, Rt. 4, Box ...

Blaykely Michelle Cook

Blaykely Michelle Cook, a cherished and beloved infant passed away at UPMC Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on March 5, 2026. Funeral services will be on Sunday, March 8, 2026, at 2 p.m. from the chapel of Schaeffer Funeral Home in Petersburg. Family will receive friends on Sunday one hour prior to services. Interment will be in the Cook Family Cemetery, Maysville, West Virginia, 26833.

Eric Scott Pennington

Eric Scott Pennington, 42, a resident of Parsons passed from this life Sunday, March 1, 2026, at his home. He had been in his usual health and death was unexpected. Eric was born Sunday, Oct. 23, 1983, in Parsons, the son of Larry “Scott” Pennington and Kathleen Ellen Long ...

Libretta Leombruno Howell

Libretta Leombruno Howell, 96, a resident of Elkins, died Friday, Feb. 27, 2026, in Vandalia Health Davis Medical Center Emergency Department. Friends will be received from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday, March 7, 2026, at St. Brendan Catholic Church in Elkins. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Father Edward Tetteh, SVD, as Celebrant and the Rev. Raymond Godwin. Interment will follow in St. Brendan Cemetery in Elkins. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Brendan Catholic Church, Rt. 4, Box ...

Libretta Leombruno Howell

Libretta Leombruno Howell, 96, a resident of Elkins, died Friday, Feb. 27, 2026, in Vandalia Health Davis Medical Center Emergency Department. She was born May 5, 1929, in Coalton, a daughter of the late Concezio and Agata Petrella Leombruno, who immigrated to the United States from ...

Vickie Lynn Jones

Vickie Lynn Jones, born Nov. 28, 1964, in Elkins, West Virginia, passed away on Feb. 27, 2026. The family will receive friends at the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Elkins, West Virginia, on Friday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Final rites will be conducted from the funeral home on Saturday, March 7, 2026, from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. the funeral hour. The Rev. Johnny Paul Williams will officiate and interment will follow at the Mountain States Memorial Gardens at Gilman, West Virginia. The Lohr & Barb Funeral Home is honored to be in charge of the arrangements for Vickie Lynn Jones. ...