Gladys Faye P’Simer Maynard Gessel, 85, of Belpre, passed away Oct. 29, 2025, at the Overbrook Rehab Center in Middleport, Ohio. Visitation will be held Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025, 1-3 p.m., at the Leavitt Funeral Home Belpre. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.LeavittFuneralHome.com.

Robert R. Riski, 57, of Caldwell, died Oct. 27, 2025, at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus. Memorial visitation, 1-3 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025 at McVay-Perkins Funeral Home, 416 East St., Caldwell. Celebration of Life, 3 p.m. Inurnment will be at a later date.

Diana K. James — Graveside funeral service, 2 p.m. Saturday, at Waterford Cemetery. Michiko Ritchie — Visitation, 1-2 p.m. today, at Roberts Funeral Home, Marietta. Funeral, 2 p.m. Burial, East Lawn Memorial Park.

William Joseph Vernon III (Bill), 84, died at home on Monday, October 27, 2025, after a year-long battle with pulmonary fibrosis. Bill was born on August 3, 1941, in Charleston General Hospital (W.VA) to William J. Vernon, Jr. and Katherine Elizabeth Vickers Vernon. He lived in Glen Ferris, ...

Michiko Ritchie, 90, of Marietta, passed away Wednesday, October 29, 2025, at Waterview Pointe. Michiko was born January 10, 1935 in Kawasaki, Japan to Saburo and Eki {Matsumoto} Morita. She married Ronald Ritchie in 1958 while he was stationed in Yokohama. She was a homemaker and her ...

Jacqueline Louise Cale, 52, of Parkersburg, passed away Oct. 26, 2025, in Marietta, Ohio. Arrangements have been entrusted to Mid-Ohio Valley Cremation Society.