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Lowell Clair Bonnette

Lowell Clair Bonnette, of Marietta, OH, passed away on August 19, 2025. He was born on December 3, 1942, in Parkersburg, WV, and was the son of the late Virgil Bonnette and Lorraine Bryan Bonnette. Lowell’s family lived in Elizabeth, WV until he was in second grade and then moved to Marietta. He graduated from Marietta Senior High School in 1960. He went to Olivet Nazarene College in Kankakee, IL for one semester and also worked for the railroad while there. He worked for DuPont, Mideast Color Graphics, Columbus Heating and Ventilating, and retired from the Ohio State Highway Patrol as ...

Debora K. Hemmerle

Debora K. Hemmerle (Lahmon), 61, of Quaker City, Ohio, passed away Aug. 13, 2025. Visitation, noon-3 p.m. Aug. 22, 2025, at Chandler Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Caldwell. Funeral, 3 p.m. Friday in the Chandler Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Jeff Belt officiating. Cremation will follow with inurnment at a later date.

Lisa Marie Hill

Lisa Marie Hill, 55, of Chesterhill, Ohio, passed away Aug. 16, 2025, in McConnelsville, Ohio. Arrangements have been entrusted to Mid-Ohio Valley Cremation Society.

Bruce A. Wittekind

Bruce A. Wittekind, 77, of Waterford, passed away at 9:52 pm, Monday, August 18, 2025, at home surrounded by loved ones. He was born May 27, 1948, in Marietta, a son of Donald E. Wittekind and Arlena E. Kilzer Wittekind. Bruce retired from B. F. Goodrich (RJF International), was a veteran ...

Funerals

Douglas Sinclair Bolon — Celebration of Life, 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4 at the Marietta Chapel of Cawley & Peoples Funeral Home, Marietta. Visitation, 2-3 p.m. Barbara Ann Handschumacher — Celebration of Barbara’s Life, 2:30 p.m., Sunday, at American Legion Post 64, Marietta. Carissa R. Teubert — Funeral, 1 p.m. Friday, Twin Rivers Baptist Church. Burial, Tunnel Cemetery. Visitation, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at the church.

Douglas Sinclair Bolon

Douglas Sinclair Bolon, of Beverly, Ohio, died August 16, 2025, at the age of 68. He passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by his family. Born in Syracuse, New York on December 28, 1956, he attended Miami University, receiving his undergraduate degree in Management in 1979. He then went ...