Area Obituaries

Raymond L. Akers Sr. age 91, of Pleasant City, OH passed away Monday, July 13, 2026, at his home. He was born January 27, 1935 in Oak Hill, W.V., the son of the late Raymond Willis and Edith Ann Taylor Akers. He enjoyed working outdoors, especially tending to his yard and hunting. He retired following…

Rodney Lee Butler, 75, of Woodsfield, Ohio, passed away peacefully at his home on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, surrounded by his loving children. Rodney was born on July 9, 1950, at Barnesville Hospital, the son of the late Vernon L. Butler and Cinderella Stephen Butler. A member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in…

Agatha L. Schell age 93, of Akron, Ohio, formerly of Senecaville, Ohio, passed away Thursday, July 2, 2026 at the Justin T. Rogers Hospice Care Center in Fairlawn, Ohio. She was born April 11, 1933 in Carlisle, Ohio,  daughter of the late Argyll Sr. and Ruby Shafer Leasure.   Her greatest strength was found not…

Helen M. Russell, age 89, of Belpre, Ohio, died Tuesday, July 7, 2026, at her home. She was born November 5, 1936, in Normalville, Pennsylvania, daughter of the late Charles “Chic” and Margaret Welsh Miller. Helen was a 1954 graduate of Connellsville High School. She was a homemaker and did seasonal work for Hickory Farms.…

Beverly S. Carter, age 68, of Canton, Ohio, died Tuesday, June 30, 2026, at her home. She was born January 15, 1958, in Peebles, Ohio, daughter of James R. “Jim” Carter and the late Ruth A. Knisley Kemmer. Beverly was employed as an STNA at Cambridge Health and Rehabilitation Center, and later as a machine…

Carol J. Hughey, age 77, of Lowell, Ohio, died Friday, June 26, 2026, at her home. She was born November 24, 1948, in Marietta, daughter of the late Ralph Pontius and Clarice Featherston Smith. Carol was a 1966 graduate of Skyview High School and a graduate of The Beauty Academy in Marietta. She retired from…

Lois C. Chapman, age 67, of Summerfield, Ohio, died Friday, May 29, 2026, at WVU Medicine – Barnesville Hospital in Barnesville. She was born October 24, 1958, in Akron, daughter of the late Leroy and Lois Hummel Chapman. Over the years, she worked in print shops and as a bartender. Lois was very patriotic and…

Carolyn M. Eichhorn, age 86, of Caldwell, Ohio, died Wednesday, June 17, 2026, at The Arbors at Marietta. She was born December 26, 1939, in Little Hocking, daughter of the late Floyd Webb and Sarah Blodwen Evans Bretz. Carolyn was a licensed practical nurse who retired from Summit Acres Nursing Home following thirty-eight and a…

Gwyneth E. Rouse age 24, of Caldwell, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, June 16, 2026 at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. She was born April 1, 2002, in Cambridge, Ohio, the daughter of Heather (Michael) Bettinger Bass and the late Eric Rouse.   She attended Crum Ridge Church of Christ, graduated from Ewing School in…