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Shawn Michael Farrah

Shawn Michael Farrah, a beacon of strength and inspiration, left this world on September 26, 2024, surrounded by the love of his family. Born on October 23, 1972, in Marietta, Ohio, Shawn lived a life characterized by passion, resilience, and the power of a positive attitude. Shawn’s life ...

Marvin W. Mayle

It is with great sadness that the family announces the passing of Marvin W. Mayle on Sept. 25, 2024 in Allenwood, Pa. He was born on Sept. 2, 1960, in Marietta, Ohio, to Ronald Lee and Shelba Regina Mayle. Then on Oct. 6, 1997, Marvin married the love of his life, Billie Jean ...

Donna Jean Betts

Donna Jean Betts, 91, of Whipple, died peacefully on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. She lived near Marietta her entire life, being raised in Norwood and then always living near Stanleyville. She was a woman of varying interests and dedications over the years. She always wore her trademark ...

Funerals

Beverly K. Heddleson - Visitation, 2 - 4 and 6 - 8 p.m. Oct. 4, 2024, McVay-Perkins Funeral Home, Caldwell. Funeral, 11 a.m. Oct. 5. Rebecca “Becky” McMains Merka Holdren - Celebration of Life, 3 p.m. Sunday, Leavitt Funeral Services, 801 Victor St., Belpre.

Donna Jean Betts

Donna Jean Betts, 91, of Whipple, died peacefully on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. She lived near Marietta her entire life, being raised in Norwood and then always living near Stanleyville. She was a woman of varying interests and dedications over the years. She always wore her trademark black ...

Eva Vergara, longtime AP Chile correspondent, dies at 68

Chilean journalist Eva Vergara, who in her four decades at The Associated Press covered stories including the first protests against the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet and revealed key information about abuses by members of the Catholic Church, died Tuesday. She was 68. Vergara died as a result of a recently diagnosed cancer, said her son Camilo Torres Vergara. As a correspondent in Chile, Vergara reported extensively on the end of the Pinochet era and the country’s transition to democracy in 1990. She covered the many human rights violations and the thousands of missing ...