JACK “CATFISH” GALES
Jack Leonard “Catfish” Gales, 84, of Wadestown, WV died Monday, January 24, 2022 at his residence.
He was born April 19, 1937 at Indian Head, PA, a son of the late Thomas Gales and Lahoma Hutchinson Gales.
Mr. Gales was a retired coal miner. He loved hunting and fishing.
FERNE C. KNIGHT
Ferne C. Knight, 86, of Washington, PA died Wednesday, January 19, 2022 in the Southmont of Presbyterian Seniorcare in Washington, PA.
She was born April 18, 1935 in Center Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, a daughter of the late John Harl Conkey and Pearle Breese Conkey.
VICTOR JAMES PYLA, JR.
Victor James Pyla, Jr., 62, of Burton, WV died Monday, January 10, 2022 in the JW Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown.
He was born October 15, 1959 at Salem, NJ, a son of the late Victor James Pyla and Barbara Krough Pyla.
Mr. Pyla worked in the manufacturing of tires.
ROBERT “BERT” CONAWAY, JR.
Robert Wayne “Bert” Conaway, Jr., 42, of Littleton, WV died Tuesday, December 28, 2021 at his residence.
He was born February 13, 1979 at Wheeling, a son of the late Robert W. Conaway and Mary Nillson Conaway.
Bert worked as a foreman in the construction field. He was a member of the Rice Ridge Community Church.
GARY ARTHUR WISE
Gary Arthur Wise, 69, of New Freeport, PA died Friday, December 24, 2021 in J. W. Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown.
He was born November 3, 1952 at Waynesburg, PA, a son of the late Arthur Wise and Grace Taylor Wise.
Gary was a retired shuttle car operator in the coal mines.
FLORA K. WOLFE
Flora K. Wolfe, 85, of Hundred, WV died Thursday, December 23, 2021 in the Morgantown Health & Rehab Facility.
She was born March 17, 1936 at Rowlesburg, a daughter of the late Henry W. Jones and Modena Columbia DeWitt Jones.
Mrs. Wolfe was a homemaker and a member of the Oak Forest United Methodist Church near Hundred.
KAREN SUE MACKEY
Karen Sue Mackey, 70, of Georgetown Community, Cameron, WV died Thursday, December 23, 2021 in the UPMC Magee Woman’s Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA.
She was born October 13, 1951 at Littleton, WV a daughter of the late Roy Wise and Reba Smith Wise.
LARRY MICHAEL MYER
Larry Michael Myer, 73, of Cameron, WV died Sunday, December 19, 2021 in J. W. Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown.
He was born March 3, 1948 at Central Station in Doddridge County, West Virginia, a son of the late Sherman Myer and Corleen Jo Towner Myer.
ZANE LEE RUSH
Zane Lee Rush, 94, of Wilmington, NC, passed away on Sunday, December 19, 2021. He was the 2nd of 5 children of the late Everett and Marian Robinson Rush. He was born on July 14, 1927, in Earnshaw, WV.