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Ralph W. Thorne

Ralph W. Thorne of Groveland, Florida, passed away on June 20, 2026, after an extended illness. He was born at Clendenin District (Henderson) in Mason County West Virginia on January 24, 1947, to Roscoe Clarence Thorne and Dorothy Frances Jeffers Thorne. Ralph was a Viet Nam veteran having served in the US Army. He received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of South Carolina, Columbia, in June 1969. He was an industrial electrician by trade who moved to Marietta with Remington Rand in the 1960s/early 1970s. He stayed with the company that was ...

Funeral Services

Steven B. Johnson - Service, 11 a.m. Monday, Leavitt Funeral Home, Belpre. Visitation, 3-5 p.m. Sunday and one hour before the service. Judith Ann Williams - Celebration of Life, Wednesday, July 22 on The Valley Gem Sternwheeler in Marietta, boarding at 4 p.m. All friends and family are invited. Light refreshments will be served.

Jonathan Andrew Arnold

Jonathan Andrew Arnold, 49, of Little Hocking, passed away June 24, 2026, at his residence. Arrangements are pending at Leavitt Funeral Home, Belpre.

Steven B. Johnson

Steven B. Johnson, 71, of Marietta, Ohio, died at the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, June 22, 2026. Services, 11 a.m. Monday, Leavitt Funeral Home, Belpre. Visitation, 3-5 p.m. Sunday one hour prior to services. Condolences may be sent at www.LeavittFuneralHome.com.

Judith Ann Williams

1946-2026 Judy Williams, lovingly known as Jude to her family, passed away June 1, 2026, in Cincinnati, Ohio, with her son by her side. She was born on August 15, 1946, in Akron, Ohio, to Phyllis and Dick Hill Judy lived a life of kindness, creativity and a genuine love of people. After graduating Marietta High School in 1964, she had a successful career working for The Ohio State Highway Department, Central Trust Bank and Theisen and Associates law firm, from which she retired. Judy devoted her life to others. She was a wonderful mother to her son Jeffrey who was the center of her ...

Funeral Services

James A. Irvine - Funeral, 11 a.m. today at McClure-Schafer-Lankford Funeral Home. Visitation, 10-11 a.m.