All Obituaries

George Vernon Podelco passed away Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at his residence in Onancock, VA. His wife, Mary Lou, survives him. Born on May 14, 1932, and reared in Piedmont, WV, he was the son of the late Mary A. and Peter Podelco. Dr. Podelco graduated from Potomac State College receiving an AA, West Virginia University receiving his BA, and a PhD from the University of Maryland. His employment career consisted of serving as an Administrative Assistant to the Mayor of Nashville, TN;...

Beverly Ann (Muir) Mertz 74 went to be with her Lord on February 4, 2021 at UPMC-Western Maryland in Cumberland, MD.  She was born at home in Franklin, MD on August 22, 1946. She was the daughter of the late W. Stanley Muir and Anna F. (Gentry) Muir. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Debi (Mertz) Langan. She is survived by her loving husband James E. Mertz, whom she married in 1964; her two sons, James F. Mertz of Westernport, MD and Steven E. Mertz and Misty of Fountain, WV....

Betty L. Glass  90  of Bel-Air Drive, Cresaptown, MD  passed away at UPMC-Western Maryland on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. She was  born in Keyser, WV on  February  9, 1930 and was the daughter of the late James Jones and Evelyn (Doman) Jones. She was preceded in death by her husband Homer Glass. Betty was Lutheran by faith. She worked as an RN at Cuppett-Weeks Nursing Home in Oakland for many years and retired from HRDC in Cumberland, MD with 20 years of...

Charles J. King Jr. “Bub” 92 of Keyser, WV and formerly of Westernport, MD died on Friday, December 25, 2020 at the Egle Nursing Home in Lonaconing, MD. He was born on March 19, 1928 in Ridgeley, WV and was the son of the late Charles J. King Sr. and Catherine (Blizzard) King. He was preceded in death by his wife of 70 years, Laura J. (Kalbaugh) King who died in 2018 and his sister, Reva Shirley and brother, Bernard King. Charles was a member of the U.S. Marine Corp from 1945...

Hazel Regina (Trenum) Coleman, 97, went home to be with her Lord on December 24, 2020 surrounded by the wonderfully caring staff at Stonerise of Keyser. Born March 14, 1923 in Westernport, MD, she is the daughter of the late Wallace Benjamin Trenum and Annie Jeanette Myers Trenum.   While working in her brother’s restaurant as a young woman, Hazel caught the eye of the late Rev. Marvin Harold Coleman, whom she married on November 15, 1941. They settled in Piedmont, WV and later...

Ruth E. Shaw, 95 of Westernport, MD passed away on December, 10, 2020 at Piney Valley Nursing Home in Keyser, WV. She was born on April 6, 1925 at Swanton, MD and was the daughter of the late John W and Caroline (Davis) Tasker She was preceded in death by her husband Robert L. (Les) Shaw who passed away on Feb. 2, 1996. She was also preceded in death by two brothers, Clarence A. (Buck) Tasker and Foster E.(Pete) Tasker and her sister, Helen I. Burrell. She is the last of her immediate...

Mary Elizabeth Bush 94, wento be with the Lord and Savior on December 6, 2020 at Piney Valley Nursing Home in Keyser, WV. She was born on October 16, 1926 and was the daughter of the late Daniel F. Ross and Sarah V. Washington. She was the last of her immediate family. She was preceded in death by her husband, Eugene Thomas Bush and son Richard “Boog” Ross, also four brothers; Ronald, Daniel, John and Kenneth Ross and her sister, Delores Waiters. Mary was a life member of the...

Doris L. Shultz, 83 of Keyser died at Piney Valley Nursing Home December 6, 2020 in Keyser, WV. She was born in Piedmont, WV on April 2, 1937 and was the daughter of the late Kenneth Shultz and Bessie (Cross) Shultz Metcalfe. Doris was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church for many years. She is survived by her sisters Katherine Martin of Romney, WV and Betty Jean Grant of Baden, PA. She also leaves behind her many nieces and nephews. Due to current health care concerns they will be...

   Toby M. Preston 60 of Piedmont, WV went to be with his Lord on Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020 at UPMC­ Western Maryland in Cumberland, MD after a long fight with Cancer. He was born on October 14, 1960 in Arlington, VA and was the son of the late Melvin Preston and Evelyn (Paugh) Preston. He was preceded in death by one brother, Ronnie Lee Preston and nephew Wayde Preston and his brothers-in - law Jim Lepley and John "Mouse" Thomas and sister-in-law Linda...

Larry L. Haines 70 of Bloomington, MD died at his residence on Nov. 25, 2020. He was born in Cumberland, MD on Jan. 10, 1950 and was the son of the late Paul B. Haines and Doris Mae (Stair) Haines. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Lauren Haines and two sisters, Ellen Haines and Brenda Jamison. He was a Navy veteran who retired with 22 years of service. He also worked as an LPN in the Frostburg area for a number of years. Larry is survived by his wife, Leda I. Haines and two...