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BOND, Earl M. – Thursday 4 p.m., McVay-Perkins Funeral Home, Caldwell. Visitation is 1-4 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Inurnment at a later time at Hoskinsville Cemetery. HENDRICKSON, George A. – Thursday 11 a.m., McClure-Schafer-Lankford Funeral Home, Marietta. Burial following in Gravel Bank Cemetery. Visitation 9-11 a.m. Thursday.

Joseph Allen Bailey

Joseph Allen Bailey, 61, of Marietta passed away Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, at Marietta Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at McClure-Schafer-Lankford Funeral Home, Marietta, with burial following in Tunnel Cemetery. Family will greet friends before the service from 9-11 a.m. Friday.

Earl M. Bond

Earl M. Bond, 87, of Caldwell died Friday, January 17, 2025, at his home. Visitation is from 1-4 p.m. Thursday at McVay-Perkins Funeral Home, Caldwell, where services will follow visitation at 4 p.m. Inurnment will take place at a later time at Hoskinsville Cemetery.

Shelva J. Briggs

Shelva J. Briggs, 81 of Woodsfield passed away Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. Visitation is from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Monday with a time of sharing and remembrance at 8 p.m. at the Bauer-Turner Funeral Home, Woodsfield.

Janet Otto Falk

“Remember to make memories!” were the last words our beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother and auntie, Janet Otto Falk, 89, spoke before she departed our world on December 31, 2024 at Hope Hospice in Bonita Springs, FL. Janet was born In Marietta,OH February 22, 1935 to John Herbert Otto and Jeannette Chamberlain Otto. In her early years, she lived at Walnut Hills Farm in Devola with her parents, brother Lynn and maternal grandmother Helen Devol Chamberlain. She attended Putnam School before the family moved to 5th Street in Marietta. Janet graduated from Marietta ...

Lynne Estelle Markley Wetzel Groves

Lynne Estelle Markley Wetzel Groves, 82, passed from Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, WV and went Home to be with Jesus on Thursday, January 16, 2025. She was born on April 8, 1942 to Audrey and Ralph Orben Markley in Marietta, Ohio. She was a 1960 graduate of Marietta High School. Lynne ...