Michael Brooks Harper - Funeral, 3 p.m., Friday, Cawley & Peoples Funeral Home, Marietta. Visitation, two hours before the service. Mary Alberta Seffens - Funeral, 11 a.m. Saturday, May 16, McClure-Schafer-Lankford Funeral Home. Burial, Rainbow Cemetery. Visitation, 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Michael Brooks Harper, November 4, 1959-May 11, 2026, son of Clarence Brooks Harper and Beverly Ann (Lankford) Harper. Michael is survived by his wife Catherine J. (Finkel) Harper, children, grandchildren, siblings, in-laws, cousins and numerous friends who counted him as family! When we think of someone's legacy we may think of worldly possessions, inheritance, but the most important legacy left by Michael is love, the legacy of love. How do I know this? I had the privilege/honor of being his wife for almost 45 years (June 27, 1981) as my husband, friend, lover, confidant and worthy ...
Teresa G. Rice, 66, of Beverly, Ohio, passed away Friday, May 8, 2026, at Muskingum Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, Beverly. Cremation will be observed with no additional services at this time. Chandler Funeral Home, Caldwell, has been entrusted to care for the family.
Mary Alberta Seffens went to be with her Lord at 5:55 pm on May 12, 2026 at Harmar Place surrounded by her family. She was born on October 30, 1937, in Williamstown to the late William (Bill) Richards and Edith Leona Casto Richards. Mary graduated from Doddridge Co. High School in West Union ...
Phyllis Spires, 90, of Marietta, Ohio, passed away on Mother’s Day, May 10, 2026. Phyllis was born on February 18, 1936, to the late Delbert and Ora Stewart. She was a graduate of Parkersburg High School, Class of 1954, and earned her nursing degree in 1957 from Camden Clark Medical School. Phyllis made history as the first female captain of the West Virginia Civil Air Patrol. Throughout her distinguished career in nursing, she served as Director of Nurses at several hospitals, including Tampa General Hospital, Selby General Hospital, Marietta Memorial Hospital, and Camden Clark ...
John H. Downer - Memorial service, 11 a.m., Cambridge Christ Global Methodist Church, 2167 North Ave., Cambridge. Interment, Guernsey County Memory Gardens, Cambridge, with military honors.
