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George E. Molden

George E. Molden, 59, of Marietta, passed away on November 4, 2024, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born September 5, 1965, in Marietta to Norma J. Hendricks Molden. George was a 1983 graduate of Marietta High School and had graduated from Washington State Community College in 2006 with a degree in Computer Systems and Networking. George had been employed at the Bureau of the Fiscal Service. He loved to play poker with his work buddies and work Lego with his family. On April 15, 1989 George married Connie Parks who survives with a son Anthony (Cayce Swartz) Molden of ...

Sally Jo Iddings Waters

Sally Jo Iddings Waters, 85, of State Route 26, Marietta, OH, passed from this life into life eternal on November 2, 2024, after a brief illness. Sally, the daughter of the late Howard and Audrey Iddings of Marietta, OH, was born on August 4,1939, in St. Clairsville, OH, and was raised on the ...

Funerals

Clair Jay Schwendeman - Visitation, 1 - 4 p.m. Wednesday, McVay-Perkins Funeral Home, 416 East St., Caldwell. Funeral, 4 p.m.

Quincy Jones, music titan who worked with everyone from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, dies at 91

(AP) — Quincy Jones, the multitalented music titan whose vast legacy ranged from producing Michael Jackson’s historic “Thriller” album to writing prize-winning film and television scores and collaborating with Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles and hundreds of other recording artists, has died at 91. Jones’ publicist, Arnold Robinson, says he died Sunday night at his home in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles, surrounded by his family. Jones was to have received an honorary Academy Award later this month. “Tonight, with full but broken hearts, we must share the news of our father ...

Murray Sinclair, First Nation advocate for justice and Canadian senator, has died

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Murray Sinclair, a former First Nation judge, senator and chair of the commission that delved into Canada’s troubled history of residential schools for First Nations students, has died. He was 73. The father of five died peacefully Monday morning in a Winnipeg, Manitoba hospital, said a statement from his family. Sinclair was the first Indigenous judge in Manitoba and the second in Canada. He was also a senator from 2016 to 2021. In leading the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, he participated in hundreds of hearings across Canada and heard ...

Terry Dean Lee

Terry Dean Lee, 71, of Lowell passed away at 3:40am, Friday, November 1, 2024 at Marietta Memorial Hospital. He was born December 9, 1952, in Marietta a son of Raymond Lee and Leona Hill Lee. Terry was employed in construction. He was a member of the Sons of the American Legion and was a ...