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Candace Lee Burke-Gales - Memorial service, 1 p.m. Saturday at McClure-Schafer-Lankford Funeral Home, 314 Fourth St., Marietta. Visitation, one hour before the service. Jean P. Chapman - Funeral, 11 a.m. Thursday, Beverly Methodist Church. Burial, Beverly Cemetery. Visitation, 4 - 7:30 p.m. McCurdy Funeral Home, Beverly with an Eastern Star service and a Legion Auxiliary service, 7:30 p.m. Dale Allen Gillis - Visitation, 2 - 6 p.m. today, Hadley Funeral Home Reno Chapel, 1021 Pike St., Marietta. Lois June Slater Reed - Funeral, 11 a.m. Friday, McClure-Schafer-Lankford Funeral Home. ...

Candace Lee Burke-Gales

Candace Lee Burke-Gales, 71, of Canal Winchester, Ohio, passed away at 8:30 pm on August 2, 2024. She was born on September 22, 1952, at Marietta Memorial Hospital to the late Eugene and Iduma Burke. She graduated from Marietta High School in 1970. She was a member of the Wesleyan Methodist ...

Jean P. Chapman

Jean P. Chapman, 97, of Beverly, died on Sunday, August 11, 2024, at Legacy of Marietta. She was born on May 26, 1927, in Mt. Vernon, Ohio, daughter of Pierce and Helen Wright Thayer. Jean was a homemaker and had assisted her husband Dale with the management of the Pennzoil gas station in ...

Dale Allen Gillis

Dale Allen Gillis 78, of Fleming, OH, passed away Saturday, August 10, 2024, at his residence surrounded by his loving family. He was born October 30, 1945, in Akron, OH, to the late Paul and Margaret Loman Gillis. Dale retired from Kardex after 34-plus years and enjoyed going to auctions. He is survived by his wife Diane Williams Gillis, sons David Gillis (Sammi VanHoose), Dale Gillis Jr. (Dolores) and Sam Hall, daughters Karen Arbaugh (Doug) and Amy Owens (Cody), 14 grandchildren, 1 great grandchild, sister Margie Gesch, brother Bud Oblisk and numerous nieces and nephews. In addition ...

Bernard J. Rauch

Bernard J. Rauch, 89, of Little Hocking, Ohio, passed away Aug. 9, 2024, at his residence under the loving care of his family. Arrangements have been entrusted to Leavitt Funeral Home, Belpre.

Lois June Slater Reed

Lois June Slater Reed of Marietta, Ohio, passed away on Aug. 10, 2024. She was born in Marietta, Feb. 7, 1927, the daughter of Clyde West Slater and Lucy Williamson Slater and was a Methodist by faith. She was born in Marietta, Ohio and moved to Zanesville at the age of 9. She graduated ...