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Obituaries 08/21/2003

Edgar Burgess
Edgar Burgess, of Buckeye, died Tuesday afternoon at Pocahontas Memorial Hospital.
Arrangements are incomplete. The body is at VanReenen Fuenral Home.
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Gale N. Mace
Gale Noreen Mace, 69, of Follansbee, a native of Stony Bottom, died Sunday, August 17, 2003, at home.
Funeral service will be on Thursday at 11 a.m. at the Alexander Memorial Presbyterian Church in Stony Bottom with burial in the Stony Bottom Cemetery.
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Pauline Broyles Dilley
Pauline Broyles Dilley, age 64, of Vine Grove, Kentucky, died Saturday, August 16, 2003, at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.
Mrs. Dilley was a Kentucky Colonel.
She was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Paula, her parents, Andrew and Grace Broyles, of Marlinton, sister Dukes McClure, and two brothers, James "Pete" and Bobby Broyles.
Surviving her are her husband, Darrel Dilley; two daughters, Donna Dilley and Pamela Dilley, both of Vine Grove; six sisters, Marie Hannah, of Oceana, Peggy Landis and Patsy Puffenburger, both of Hillsboro, Nancy Broyles, Barbara Broyles, and Brenda Broyles, all of Marlinton; and three brothers, Russell Broyles, of Nettie, and Bernard Broyles and Larry Broyles, both of Marlinton.
Services were held Monday at Nelson-Edelen-Bennett Funeral Home in Vine Grove by Brother Ron Hockman, and additional services will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. in Marlinton at VanReenen Funeral Home. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery.
Visitation at VanReenen Funeral Home Wednesday night 6 to 8.
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Frank Balogh
Frank N. Balogh, age 81, formerly of Revere, Pennsylvania, died Friday, August 8, 2003, at Neshaminy Manor, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, where he had lived for about two years.
Born in Revere, he was a son of of the late Rudolph and Elizabeth Milutin Balogh.
He was a meat-cutter by trade, working for 22 years in Doylestown and before that in Quakertown. He was a member of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Local 56.
He was an Army Air Force veteran of World War II, serving in Burma, Central Burma, India and the China offensive. He received the Good Conduct Medal, the American Theater Service Medal, the Asian-Pacific Service Medal with three bronze stars and the Victory Medal. He was a member of the American Legion Palisades Memorial Post 399, Kintnersville, Pennsylvania.
He had been a member of Durham Evangelical Lutheran Church since 1983. He was a member of the North-South Skirmishers Association. He collected and restored antique farm engines.
Surviving him are a son, Alan R. Balogh, of Hillsboro; a daughter, Alana J. Balogh, of Revere; a step-daughter, Kathy Kenworthy, of Reading, Pennsylvania; a grandson, two stepgrandchildren; a brother, Joseph Balogh, of Belton, South Carolina, and a sister, Mary Wolfinger, of Ottsville, Pennsylvania.
He was preceded in death by wives, Edith Whitlock Balogh, in 1976, and Myrtle Seifert Otto Balogh in 1996, and three brothers, Stephen, Colman and Rudy Balogh.
Funeral services were held at Durham Evangelical Lutheran Church, with burial at Nockamixon Union Cemetery, Ferndale, Pennsylvania. Memorial contributions may be made to the church.
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Stacey A. Perrine and
Ethan Thomas Perrine
Stacey A. Perrine, age 22, of Cowen, and her unborn son, Ethan Thomas, died August 14, 2003, after a two-car accident three miles south of Cowen.
She was a former CNA and lived most of her life in Webster County. She was of the Protestant faith.
Survivors include her husband, Thomas Jason "T.J." Perrine, of Cowen; father, Terry Harris, of Warren, Ohio; mother, Sarah Lawon, of Marlinton; son, Norah Chase Harris, of Cowen; sisters, Charity Canida and Amber Harris, both of Cowen; brothers, Jeremiah Harris and Tommy Harris, both of Marlinton.
Service was held Sunday afternoon at Adams Funeral Home in Cowen by the Rev. Terry Cunningham. Burial was in the Odd Fellows Cemetery at Cowen.
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John Sparks
John Sparks died Monday in Spotsylvania, Virginia.
His body will be returned to VanReenen Funeral Home in Marlinton for visitation and funeral services but arrangements are unknown at press time.
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Donna Swann
Donna Marie Shrader Swann, age 53, of Marlinton, died Monday, August 18, 2003, at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville, Virginia.
She was a member of the Frost United Methodist Church and was president of Frost United Methodist Women.
Born November 23, 1949, in Marlinton, she was the daughter of the late Rev. Virgil B. Shrader and Julia Z. Jackson Shrader.
Her husband, Robert Aubrey Swann, died last year. Others preceding her in death were her parents and a sister, Barbara Ann Shrader.
A daughter, Cynthia Christine Turbyfill Caracofe, of Marlinton, and a son, Anthony James Turbyfill, of Madison, Virginia, survive.
Funeral services will be held at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the Frost United Methodist Church by the Rev. Jay Hicks and the Rev. Bob Shields. Burial will be at Mountain View Cemetery. Visitation at VanReenen Funeral Home Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m.
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James D. Arbogast
James David Arbogast, 44, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, died unexpectedly at his home on August 13, 2003.
He was born in Berea, Ohio, on October 7, 1958, a son of Jessie and Virgie Horner Arbogast, of Morgantown.
He was a graduate of Strongsville, Ohio, High School, attended Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio, Manatee Community College in Bradenton, Florida, and graduated from Computer Tech in Fairmont. Mr. Arbogast was an Equity actor under the name of "JD Knight" and performed in a number of theaters. Most recently he wrote the lyrics and directed a musical version of Miracle on 34th Street at the Canterberry Theater in Pittsburgh. He also worked as a project manager for Target Vision and Service Link.
In addition to his parents, survivors include his wife, Rebecca Kalisz Arbogast; two sisters, Jeanne Grimm, of Morgantown, and Judy Harris, of Humble, Texas; two brothers, Robert Arbogast, of Mannington, and Richard Arbogast, of Wheeling; and a stepdaughter, Mary Ann Starr, of Fairmont.
Funeral service was held on Tuesday at the Frey Home for Funerals at 1 p.m. with the Rev. Dr. Kenneth Ramsey officiating. The body was cremated. Condolences may be sent to the family at the e-mail address, FHFF320@AOL.COM.

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