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Betty Hendershot Turkal

Betty Hendershot Turkal passed away October 25, 2022. She was born on December 23, 1924, to the late Herman and Bertha Marshall Hendershot in Lower Salem, OH. She was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Major General Donal L. Turkal on December 17, 2002, a brother, Warren W. ...

William Cecil Cline

William Cecil Cline, 63, of Marietta, Ohio, passed away Oct. 22, 2022, at Highland Oaks Health Center in McConnelsville, Ohio, with the compassionate care of Shriver’s Hospice. A private cremation will take place at Mid-Ohio Valley Cremation Society.

Gary W. Ginther

Gary W. Ginther, 68, of Bartlett, died on Wednesday, October 26, 2022, at his home. Visitation will be at the Barlow Chapel of Cawley & Peoples Funeral Homes on Monday, October 31, from 11-1:00pm, with the funeral service to follow at 1:00pm. Burial in Bartlett Cemetery. Cawley & Peoples ...

Margaret “Peggy” Jewel Karcher

Margaret “Peggy” Jewel Karcher, 95, of Marietta, OH, passed away on Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at Arbors of Marietta. She was born on December 12, 1926 in Marietta, OH to the late Walter and Helen Pfaff Power. Peggy was a member of the VFW #5108, American Legion #64 Ladies Auxiliary ...

Kevin L. Wears

Kevin L. Wears, 59, of Watertown, Ohio, died on Tuesday, October 25, 2022, at OSU Wexner Medical Center in Columbus. He was born on October 19, 1963, in Pomeroy, Ohio and graduated from Warren High School in 1983. He had been a truck driver for many years and had also been in the logging business. Kevin was an outdoorsman and loved riding 4 wheelers and side by sides, loved to drive trucks and enjoyed bringing firewood to the house for the winter. He also loved spending time with his friends and his family. He was married on February 18, 2005 to Bernadette Schwendeman Miller Wears who ...

Police reports

Ohio State Highway Patrol ¯ Michael L. Perry, 34, of 109 Cornerstone Dr., Marietta, driving a 2011 Nissan Maxima Oct. 20, was eastbound on Marietta Township Road 1420 when he stopped at a stop sign at the intersection of Washington County Road 20. A 2013 Ford E-450 transit bus owned by B and L Agency of Ohio 821, Marietta, and driven by Allen J. Thieman, 54, of 110 High St., Marietta, was traveling north on Washington County 20 and turned left onto Marietta Township 1420. Perry failed to yield the right of way at the stop sign and struck the bus at an angle. He was charged with failing ...