All Obituaries

  Garrett T. Wilson 31, of Bloomington, MD passed away on June 4, 2021 due to complications from a long term battle of kidney disease at his home in Bloomington, MD.  He was born in Cumberland, MD on May 2, 1990 and is the son of Richard (Rick) and Robin (Guthrie) Wilson of Bloomington.  He was preceded in death by his paternal grandfather, Richard C. Wilson.  He was a 2008 graduate of Southern High School and was a member of the Carpenters Local Union 1024.  He...

Joyce Helena Lyons 86 of Main St. Westernport went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, May 14, 2021.  She was born on May 1, 1935 in Piedmont, WV and was the daughter of the late Rev. Rex Coffman and Helen I. (LaRue) Coffman. She was preceded in death by two sons, Mark Lyons and Charles R. Lyons, and her son-in-law Edward Smith, and grandson, Justin Dolly Joyce was a member of the First Assembly of God Church in Lonaconing, MD. She was very active in her church, playing the Organ...

William Roberts Woy “Bill”, age 76 of Cincinnati, OH and formerly of Keyser, WV died on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. He was born in Keyser, WV on June 10, 1944 and was the son of the late William L. Woy and Anna E. Roberts. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Donna (Clark) Woy and his son, William (Billy) Woy and Jami and his daughter, Nicole Plichta and Michael. He is also survived by his grandchildren, Colin, Madison, Will, Katelyn, Parker and Asher; and his extended...

Margaret Lee (O’Brien) Hannon McCutcheon, 94, of Frostburg, MD went peacefully to meet her Lord April 13, 2021. She was born in Piedmont, WV on January 7, 1927 and was the daughter of the late John and Agnes (Curran) O’Brien. She was preceded in death by her two husbands, Joseph Andrew Hannon and James McCutcheon, Sr. and sister Joan Agnes O’Brien and three brothers Fr.John J O’Brien, Albert “Wode” O’Brien, Thomas “Tucker” O’Brien...

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...