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Deborah R. Burkhammer

Deborah R. Burkhammer, 73, of Waterford, Ohio, died on Saturday, June 27, 2026 at Muskingum Skilled Nursing and Rehab in Beverly. She was born on March 18, 1953 in Cleveland, Ohio. Deborah graduated from Streetsboro High School in 1971 and had attended Kent State. She later graduated from Marymount School of Practical Nursing in 1987. She had been an RN in several places in the area for several years. In 2006 she became a Volunteer Minister and Supply Pastor at Graysville-Stafford United Methodist Church and also at Lowell UMC where she Baptized her granddaughter in 2008. Deborah was a ...

Carol J. Hughey

Carol J. Hughey, 77, of Lowell, Ohio, died Friday, June 26, 2026, at her home. She was born November 24, 1948, in Marietta, daughter of the late Ralph Pontius and Clarice Featherston Smith. Carol was a 1966 graduate of Skyview High School and a graduate of The Beauty Academy in Marietta. She ...

Rick D. Littleton

Rick D. Littleton, 67, of Waterford, Ohio, died on Sunday, June 28, 2026 at Marietta Memorial Hospital. He was born on May 10, 1959 in Columbus, Ohio, son of John and Margaret Campbell Littleton. Rick had been a general laborer most of his life and had worked at Skinner Firestone in Beverly for several years. On May 22, 1985 he was married to Brenda Huck Littleton who died on July 14, 2021. Rick is survived by a daughter, Tina Seevers (Billy) of Stockport, Ohio and a son Russell Babb (Luticia) of Waterford, Ohio; seven grandchildren, Draya, Trey, Aleiya, Taya (Trena), Abby, Haylee ...

Funeral Services

Ralph E. Chutes - 11 a.m. Tuesday, McClure-Schafer-Lankford Funeral Home, with burial following in Tunnel Cemetery. Visitation, 4-8 p.m. today, funeral home. Peter A. ‘Pete’ Saliba - Mass, 10 a.m. Tuesday, The Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption. Visitation, 2-8 p.m. today, Marietta Chapel of Cawley & Peoples Funeral Home, 408 Front St.; rosary at 7:30 p.m. Judith Ann (Hill) Williams - Celebration of Life, 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 22, on the Valley Gem Sternwheeler in Marietta.

Ralph E. Chutes

Ralph E. Chutes, 85, of Marietta, passed away at 5:45 am, Friday, June 26, 2026, at Riverside Landings in McConnelsville. He was born January 15, 1941, in Marietta and raised at Mile Run. Ralph was the owner of Auglaize Tree Service. Ralph was married to Brenda Miller and 3 daughters survive of this marriage: Vicki Chutes, Jan Otto and Denise Chutes. He later married Barbara Poulton who preceded him in death on January 21, 2013 with 2 stepchildren surviving: Cathy and Tammi and also surviving is his brother-in-law, Lloyd (Sherry) Poulton, Jr. He is preceded in death by his parents, 2 ...

Peter A. “Pete” Saliba

Peter A. "Pete" Saliba, 72, of Marietta, died Friday, June 26, 2026. Visitation, 2-8 p.m. Monday at Marietta Chapel of Cawley & Peoples Funeral Home, 408 Front St., rosary at 7:30 p.m. Mass, 10 a.m. Tuesday at The Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption.