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Martha Louise Clark Farson

Martha Louise Clark Farson departed from us on Sunday March 9, 2025 at Charter Senior Living of Godfrey, Illinois. She was born May 9, 1927 in Ava, Noble County, Ohio, the second of Helen and Paul Clark’s three children. She graduated from the Caldwell, Ohio high school in 1945, and from Ohio State University in 1949 with a degree in Home Economics. She worked as a County Extension Agent in Brown County, Ohio. Martha married Robert F. Farson on September 13, 1953 in Caldwell, Ohio. They settled in Lowell, Ohio where they were members of the United Methodist church, and raised four ...

Lowell E. ‘Buster’ Foreman

Lowell Foreman, 84, of Vincent, Ohio, died Monday morning, March 10, 2025, at Marietta Memorial Hospital following a brief illness. He was born June 18, 1940, in Barlow, to Clarence William and Mary Alice Hayes Foreman. He graduated from Vincent High School in 1958. He served many years on ...

Robert “Bob” Allen Henthorne

Robert “Bob” Allen Henthorne departed this life on Saturday, March 8, 2025, at the age of 87. He was born on September 29, 1937, in Marietta, Ohio to Harold Emerson Henthorne and Virginia Mae Roush Henthorne. A lifelong resident of Marietta, Bob was a graduate of Marietta High School, ...

Ava Perdue

Ava Perdue, 67, of Vienna, passed away March 8, 2025, in Parkersburg. Arrangements have been entrusted to Mid-Ohio Valley Cremation Society.

Shirley Marie Catherine Roddy

Shirley Marie Catherine Roddy of Marietta, Ohio, died on Sunday, March 9, 2025, at Marietta Memorial Hospital. She was born on April 21, 1937, in Marietta to Benedict A. and Mary Eileen Hayes Roddy. She was a member of the Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption in Marietta. She was a ...

Barbara J. Sayre

Barbara J. Sayre, 74, of Marietta, passed away at 12:33 am, Saturday, March 8, 2025, at her home. She was born on July 17, 1949, in Marietta, a daughter of Bill and Betty Huff Williamson. Barbara had been employed in the office of The Tally-Ho and Pastime Complex. She was a member of St. Paul’s Evangelical Church. Barbara is survived by her daughters, Melissa J. Parsons of Portland, OH and Michelle Davis of Whipple; 4 grandchildren, 2 great grandchildren and her brother Berry Williamson of Chicago. She is preceded in death by her parents, brother Brady Williamson and son-in-law ...