Obituaries

• Carolyn Joan Wagner Southall

  Carolyn Joan (Wagner) Southall, 68, of Marietta passed away Saturday, November 29, 2025 at Marietta Memorial Hospital surrounded by her family. Joan was born December 26, 1956, in Marietta to Merle and Ethel Hagar Wagner.

  She was a 1975 graduate of Warren High School. Joan later attended Washington State community College in Marietta, graduating in 1988 with an Associate of Applied Business in accounting Technology.

  Date of Death: Sat, 11/29/2025 Services: Thu, 12/04/2025 01:00 pm Read More
  
• Dorothy Ann (Dottie) Daugherty

  Dorothy Ann (Dottie) Daugherty, 88, of Marietta passed away at her home surrounded by her family. She was born on December 7, 1936, in Shade, Ohio a daughter of Francis Robinson and Mary Geneva Gose Robinson.

  Dottie was a graduate of Chauncey High School in 1954. She had worked Marietta Food Center and retired from Walmart. She also cared for many children in her home. She was a long standing member of Marietta Bible Center Church. She loved to watch golf and OSU Football. She was kind and compassionate to everyone she met. Her greatest love was The Lord and her family.

  Date of Death: Sat, 11/29/2025 Services: Wed, 12/03/2025 01:00 pmVisitation Date: Tue, 12/02/2025Visitation Details: 4 to 7 pm Read More
  
• Rodney Plaugher

  Rodney Plaugher, 82, of Marietta passed away at 7:13 am, Friday, November 28, 2025, at Marietta Memorial Hospital. He will be cremated and no services are scheduled at this time.

  McClure-Schafer-Lankford Funeral Home is assisting the family and messages of sympathy may be sent at www.Lankfordfh.com.

  Date of Death: Fri, 11/28/2025 No Services Planned at This Time Read More
• Marie Irene Skinner Mosser

  Marie Irene Skinner Mosser, 84, of Whipple, went to be with her Lord Jesus Christ November, 26, 2025. She knew her Lord’s courageous spirit that helped her battle through cancer and the testimony of living her life for the Lord and giving him the glory. She was born in Waterford, Ohio May 31,1941, a daughter of the late Earl and Bertha Skinner.

  She was a graduate of Waterford High School. She was a fulltime stay at home mother during her children’s childhood. Later in life, she worked at the Army Corps of Engineer as a sign maker and at the House of Wines.

  Date of Death: Wed, 11/26/2025 No Services Planned at This Time Read More
  
• Eddie Ray Emerick

  Eddie Ray Emerick, 71, of Marietta passed away at 5:21 am, Tuesday, November 25, 2025 at the home of his son.

  He was born on June 8, 1954 in Marietta a son of George Emerick and Joan Berry Emerick. Eddie retired from the Marietta School System as a custodian at Phillips School.

   

   

  Date of Death: Tue, 11/25/2025 Services: Fri, 11/28/2025 11:00 am Read More
• Jane Anne Tumas-Serna

   

   

   

  Jane Anne Tumas-Serna, 82, of Marietta, made her final journey, Tuesday, November 18, 2025, at Marietta Memorial Hospital, surrounded by her loving family.

  Jane was born December 21, 1942, in Chicago, Illinois, daughter of the late John Thomas and Anne Norkus Thomas. She studied art at the Art Institute of Chicago and philosophy at the University of Illinois, and later at the University of Missouri, where she met her husband, Manuel Antonio Serna-Maytorena.

  Jane and Antonio moved to Athens, Ohio in 1966, where they were both professors at Ohio University.

  Date of Death: Tue, 11/18/2025 No Services Planned at This Time Read More
• Waldo E. Brown

  Waldo E. Brown, 87, of Marietta, passed away peacefully on Monday, November 10, 2025, at Marietta Heights Post Acute. He was born on November 25, 1937, in Marietta, the son of the late Willard J. Brown and Gladys Schafer Brown.

  Waldo was a devoted son, husband, father, grandfather, brother, and uncle. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Betsy, and his son, Roger Brown.

  He is survived by his daughter Barbara (Bill) Barefoot; daughter-in-law Heather Brown; grandchildren Chantel Brown, Mia Barefoot, and Henry Barefoot; and several nieces and nephews.

  Date of Death: Mon, 11/10/2025 No Services Planned at This Time Read More