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Shirley F. Wolfe

Shirley Frances (Mitchell) Wolfe, 84 of Petersburg passed away on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. Shirley’s family will receive friends on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, from 4-6 p.m. at Schaeffer Funeral Home in Petersburg. Funeral service will be on Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the chapel of Schaeffer Funeral Home with Pastor Craig Howard officiating. Interment will follow in Olivet Cemetery in Moorefield, West Virginia.

Harold J. Gainer

Harold J. Gainer, 87, a resident of Kerens, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025 at Davis Medical Center in Elkins. Friends may call from 3 p.m. until 5 p.m. Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, at the Tomblyn Funeral Home in Elkins. A funeral service will be held at 5 p,m, Monday from the funeral home chapel with Pastor Kevin Gainer officiating. Cremation will follow. The Tomblyn Funeral Home of Elkins is in charge of the arrangements for Harold J. Gainer. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.tomblynfuneralhome.com.

Paul ‘Donnie’ Forrester Ends

Paul “Donnie” Forrester Ends, 84, a resident of Parsons, passed from this life Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025, at his home surrounded by his family and under the care of West Virginia Caring. He had been in declining health. Donnie was born Thursday, March 20, 1941, in Parsons, a son of the ...

Rodney Lee Ward

Rodney Lee Ward, 68, a resident of Norton, passed from this life Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, at home. He had been in his usual health and death was unexpected. Rodney was born Thursday, April 18, 1957, in Elkins, a son of the late John Ward and Clara Elizabeth Pastine Ward. On Oct. 16, 2021, ...

Harold J. Gainer

Harold J. Gainer, 87, a resident of Kerens, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, at Davis Medical Center in Elkins. He was born June 23, 1938, at Kerens, a son of the late John H. Gainer and Ethel Harsh Gainer. On April 26, 1963 at Mountain Lake Park, Maryland, he was married to Delores ...

Jonathan W. Senic

Jonathan W. Senic, 76, of Alpena, West Virginia, passed away at his home on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. Friends may call from 5–7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, at the Tomblyn Funeral Home in Elkins. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, in the funeral home chapel with Pastor Leon Brown officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Randolph County Homeless Shelter, 938 South Davis Avenue, Elkins, WV 26241, in Jon’s memory. The Tomblyn Funeral Home of Elkins is entrusted with the arrangements for Jonathan W. Senic. ...