We are a family-owned funeral home that has served the communities of Ohio and West Virginia for over 100 years. Our goal is to provide all of the families we serve a respectful and dignified service at a fair price. Whether a traditional service or more contemporary-style service, we try to meet all the needs of the individuals and families we serve.
Mary Arlene Miller, 83, of Marietta passed away at 6:53 pm on Tuesday August 18, 2026.
She was born February 8, 1943 at Marietta to Raymond Chester Goodwin and Rowena Effie Grace Johnson Goodwin. She was a homemaker. Mary was married to Victor Ward, Sr. who survives and later she married Lloyd Miller who preceded her in death.
Gary David Caplinger, 85, of Marietta went to be with his wife on their anniversary at 5:05pm, August 15, 2026 at Marietta Memorial Hospital.
He was born May 3, 1941, in Parkersburg, WV a son of Sandford Caplinger and Leo Aldi Gregory. He worked in body shop repair for many different body shops around Marietta. He drove stock cars and enjoyed tinkering and fixed all sort of things, but he really loved to repair accident vehicles back to showroom finishes. He loved to play jokes on people and enjoyed life.
Russ Nutter, 80, of Marietta passed into eternity on August 13, 2026,
after a prolonged illness . In 1946, he was born at home in Belpre, Ohio to Russell and Grace Nutter.
Christian, soldier, engineer, brother, husband, father, grandfather and friend, he is survived by wife Ellen, son William Nutter (Jodi), daughter Melissa Nutter, step- daughter Erin Cummings, and grandson
Wes Roden. Brothers Harley Nutter and Kenny Nutter (Marie) and sister Shirley Coggeshall (Jim) also survive. Additionally, his beloved rescue cat Gus still holds vigil for him.
Patty Sue (Doan) Tidd, 60, passed away Tuesday, August 11, 2026 in Cleveland, Ohio with her husband and children by her side. She was born June 7, 1966 in Marietta, Ohio. She was the middle daughter of the late Paul Gene and Leona Pearl (Stark) Doan.
Patty graduated from Marietta High School in 1985. On July 28, 1984, she married James “Jim” Tidd at Putnam Congregational Church in Marietta. She worked at Haessly Hardwood Lumber Company, alongside her husband, for 26 years as a bookkeeper. The two were never apart.
Jewel A. Walters, 60, of Marietta passed away at 9:06 pm, Sunday, August 9, 2026, at OSU Medical Center.
Jewel was born in Marietta on October 25, 1965 a daughter of Ben Burge and Clara Freeland Burge. She worked at Wal-Mart in Marietta for 15 years and at Magnum Magnetics.
Doris Jean Hill, 84, of Moss Run passed away on Tuesday, August 4, 2026 at 3:00 pm at Marietta Memorial Hospital. She was born at Cow Run on September 29, 1941 a daughter of Lawrence Dale Wallace and Ruth Lois Mosser Wallace.
She married Herman Hill who preceded her in death.
Orville Junior Perine, 82, of Marietta passed away at his home on Monday, August 3, 2026.
He was born on April 16, 1944 in West Virginia a son of Dewey Perine and Justine Carson Perine. Orville had served in the U. S. Army.
