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Patricia Sharon “Pat” Wheeler

Patricia Sharon “Pat” Wheeler, 81, of Marietta, passed away at 6:07 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026. Funeral, 11 a.m. Monday at McClure-Schafer-Lankford Funeral Home. Burial following in Lynch Cemetery. Visitation, 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Sunday. Messages of sympathy may be sent at www.Lankfordfh.com.

Funeral Services

Theodore Charles Bauer - Funeral Liturgy with Mass, 10:30 a.m. Monday Oct. 26, 2026, at The Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption. Burial, New St. Mary's Cemetery, with full military honors. Visitation, 5-7 p.m. Sunday, Marietta Chapel of Cawley & Peoples Funeral Home. Julia A. Coleman-Garvin - Celebration of Life, 5-7 p.m. Monday at the Marietta Chapel of Cawley & Peoples Funeral Home. Lester L. Freeland - Funeral, 11 a.m. Saturday. Veteran’s graveside service, Barry’s Ridge Cemetery. Paul "Pete" Hoffman Jr. - Memorial service, 1 p.m. Sunday, at Christ United Methodist Church, ...

Julia A. Coleman-Garvin

Julia A. Coleman-Garvin, 73, of Marietta, passed away Oct. 21, 2026. Celebration of Life, 5-7 p.m. Oct. 26 at the Marietta Chapel of Cawley & Peoples Funeral Home, 408 Front St., Marietta, OH 45750. www.CawleyandPeoples.com.

Theodore Charles Bauer

Theodore Charles Bauer, 104, of Marietta, passed away October 21, 2026, at Marietta Heights Post Acute Nursing and Rehabilitation. He was born December 30, 1921, in Morgan County on the family farm on Poplar Ridge in Malta Township. He was the son of the late John G. and Mary (Heintz) ...

Lester L. Freeland

Lester L. Freeland, 74, of Caldwell, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026, at Marietta Memorial Hospital. Visitation, 3-7 p.m. today at McVay-Perkins Funeral Home. Funeral, 11 a.m. Saturday. Veteran’s graveside service, Barry’s Ridge Cemetery.

Paul “Pete” Hoffman Jr.

Paul "Pete" Hoffman Jr., died October 20, 2026. He was born in a farm house in Richwood, Ohio, on January 7, 1941, in the same room where his father was born. After high school, he went on to OSU, earning a BS in civil engineering and eventually an MBA from Ohio University. He was a Vietnam ...