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Gene Weihl

Gene Weihl, 95, of Marietta, passed away on August 20, 2025, at OSU Medical Center from complications of a stroke. Gene was an Air Force veteran and the long-time owner of Weihl Furniture and Appliance. Left to cherish his memory are his wife of 76 years, Kathryn, his three children Wendy ...

Funerals

Launce Kramer — Funeral, 2 p.m. Saturday, Hadley Funeral Home Reno Chapel, 1021 Pike St., Marietta. Visitation, 4-8 p.m. today, at the funeral home. Edward A. Morbitzer Jr. — Viewing, 9-10 a.m. Monday, at Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption in Marietta with the Funeral Mass to follow. Burial, Oak Grove Cemetery, Marietta, with full military honors.

Randall Lee Bennett

Randall Lee Bennett, 76, of Vienna, passed away Sept. 30, 2025, in Parkersburg. Arrangements have been entrusted to Mid-Ohio Valley Cremation Society.

Launce Kramer

Launce Kramer, age 73, passed away in his home on Monday, October 6, 2025. Launce was born on September 9, 1952, in Dover, OH. He attended Tuscarawas Valley High School in Bolivar, OH, and thereafter served his country in the United States Navy from 1972 to 1979. Launce was a master ...

Edward A. Morbitzer Jr.

Edward A. Morbitzer Jr., a beloved father, grandfather and friend left this earth on October 1, 2025, at the age of 88. He was born October 23, 1936, in Columbus, Ohio to Edward A. Morbitzer, Sr. and Abigail Freck Morbitzer as the oldest of six kids. He was a proud graduate of St. ...

Funerals

Donald Badgley — Funeral, 11 a.m., Saturday, at McClure Schafer Lankford Funeral Home. Burial, Riverview Cemetery with full military rites. Visitation, 6-8 Friday. Timothy Patrick Beaver — Funeral Liturgy with Mass, 10 a.m. Saturday, at the Basilica of Saint Mary of the Assumption, Marietta. Burial, New Matamoras Cemetery. Travis Gregory — Funeral, 11 a.m. Saturday, McCurdy Funeral Home, Beverly. Burial, Beverly Cemetery. Visitation, 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Friday. Robert Lee Sturgeon — Gathering at 1 p.m. Saturday at Howes Grove Park. 1614 Washington Blvd., Belpre.