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Robert “Bob” William Schmitt

Robert “Bob” William Schmitt, 82, of Reno, passed away peacefully at his home at 8:11pm, Friday, April 4, 2025. He was born on October 13, 1942, in Newark, Ohio, a son of Robert Schmitt and Beulah Armstrong Schmitt. He was a 1960 graduate of Windsor High School. Bob was a veteran of the Ohio Army National Guard and a member of the Waterford Church of the Nazarene. He was a lineman for United Telephone Company and later as a truck driver and a volunteer at Strecker Cancer Center. On August 4, 1962, he married the love of his life, Linda Treadway who preceded him in death on ...

Funerals

Judy Gorman — Memorial Mass, 11 a.m. Monday, Apri 4, 2025, at St. John Catholic Church, 43 Monroe St., Westminster, Md. Inurnment, Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Athens, Ohio. Patty Jo Martin — Visitation, 4-7 p.m. Tuesday, Chandler Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Caldwell. Inurnment, at a later date in Bates Hill Cemetery near Mt. Ephraim, Ohio.

Mervin G. Devers

Mervin G. Devers, 85, Cumberland, passed away Friday, April 4, 2025, at his residence. Visitation is from 11-2 p.m. today at the Chandler Funeral Home, 609 West St., Caldwell, where funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today. Burial will follow in the Hiramsburg Cemetery in Hiramsburg, Ohio.

Judy Ann Gorman

Judy Ann Gorman, 76, of Athens, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, April 1, 2025. Born May 9, 1948 in Ohio, she was the daughter of Wilbert and Elizabeth (Morrison) Franks. She was the cherished wife of James Gorman, her devoted husband of 52 years. Judy was a graduate of Ohio University, ...

Peggy Joan Hoover

Peggy Joan Hoover, 91, of Belpre, passed away Saturday, March 29, 2025 at Rockland Ridge Nursing Home. Peggy was born January 9, 1934 in Parkersburg to Fred and Gladys Caplinger. She attended Parkersburg High School, where she played the piano and sang in the A Capella Choir. Peggy attended and played the piano at Hills United Methodist Church. Peggy will be deeply missed by her daughters Brenda Cobb and Rhonda (Charles) Callahan and Joyce (Bob) Jones; sons Raymond Cobb and Fred (Sharon) Hoover; many grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great-great grandchildren; and her ...

Connie Ann Lisiecki

Connie Ann Lisiecki, 75, of Charlotte, Mich., died unexpectedly at her home on Thursday, April 3, 2025. Connie was born July 25, 1949, in Marietta, OH, the daughter of Philip Richard and Hilda Laverne (Eller) McNabb. She graduated from Marietta High School in 1967 before attending Ohio ...