Monongah High Lions

  Marion County guaranteed to have state high school football champions in Friday game   Monongah Mayor Johnboy Palmer has arranged for a Friday, December 1 party in the Monongah Town Hall to watch the North Marion Huskies (which absorbed Monongah High in September 1979) and West Fairmont meet to decide which Marion County team gets the 2023 West Virginia state high school title.   Game starts at 7 pm in Wheeling and on a projector that will spew the football contest onto a huge screen in the Monongah Town Hall, where my sister, Jackie Olesky Straight, Class of 1955, and me, Class of 1950, conducted our J&J party that drew 40 Lions and Monongah residents a few years back. Folding metal chairs included. Or bring your own lawn chairs. Popcorn and bottled water will be available. Johnboy added: “Bring a non-perishable food item and place it in the box you want to win, whether it be the Polar Bears' box or the Huskies' box. All non-perishable food items will be

  BERNICE WITH DON HALPENNY (LEFT) AND BOB KASPER             BERNICE WITH KATHERINE TOOTHMAN CRIM                                                  BERNICE WITH DON HALPENNY (LEFT) AND BOB KASPER  ... AGAIN                  BERNICE WITH DAUGHTER CAROLE MARANVILLE   BERNICE WITH BOB KASPER                      BERNICE WITH RAMONA FULLEN MICHALSKI AND BOB KASPER Bernice Grandstaff passed away in 2017; just found out   Bernice Grandstaff, Class of 1950, passed away July 12, 2017 but I just discovered this sad news while Googling names of my classmates I wasn’t sure about. She went by Bernice Grandstaff Maranville when we exchanged information in 2010 and she living in Kernesville, North Carolina. Bernice attended the 2010 Monongah High Alumni Banquet, the 60 th anniversary of our Class of 1950 graduation. I have a photo of her talking to Ramona Fullen Michalski, Class of 1949, and the late Bob Kasper, Class of 1950, my best friend for 80 years till Satch, as we called him, pass

                      LEATRICE YOKAY WITH JOHN OLESKY Leatrice Yokay Greaser hospitalized with covid   Leatrice Yokay Greaser, Class of 1950, is in a Fairmont hospital. She got covid. Julie Ankrom, after talking to Leatrice’s nephews John and Stephen Yokay, and tells me “they say Leatrice probably will be moved to Tygart Center nursing care today, one of two facilities in Fairmont (1539 Country Club Road). “She had covid. Hopefully, she is recovering now. “My Mom (Mary Ann Carbone Ankrom) is going to talk to Steven and we will keep you informed of any news we get. “By the way, my father James Ankrom worked as a typesetter at the Fairmont Times-West Virginian. He passed away in 2009 while living in Normantown, West Virginia (which is on U.S. Route 33 southwest of Glenville).” If you want to send Leatrice a get-well card, it would be: Leatrice Greaser Tygart Center 159 Country Club Road Fairmont, WV 26554 Julie says her mother, Mary Ann Ankrom (nee Carbone) formerly of Fa

  Wanda May Bragg Harbert passes away   Harold Maze informed me that Wanda May Bragg Harbert passed away at the age of 83. She had been living at the Pierpoint Center on the Fairmont campus. She was married to Ted Wilson Harbert. Wanda was born in Arnettsville, West Virginia, to Anna Doris Floyd Bragg and Raymond Bragg. Her siblings Raymond Bragg, Jr. and Norma Jean Bragg Coleman are deceased. Surviving siblings are Don Bragg, Rick Bragg of Cottondale, Alabama, Randy Bragg of Mannington, Sherry Puccio of Monongah and Dottie Harbert of Monongah. Wanda is survived by her children, Rae Ann Carter of Monongah, Bradford Allen Harbert of Monongah and Teddy Wilson Harbert, Jr. of Hutchinson. There are a ton of Harberts floating through Monongah High and Monongah history: Minnie Harbert, born in Monongah to John and Mary Manzo Hinerman, who lived in Idamay and was the widow of Farmington High and Fairmont State graduate  David Keith Harbert, her husband for 63 years. Their ch

             LEATRICE AND LATE HUSBAND BOB GREASER       IN OTHER PHOTO SONNY AND SATCH BOTH HAVE PASSED AWAY AND TONY EATES STILL LIVES IN FAIRMONT WITH WIFE LUCY ALTHOUGH TONY IS DEALING WITH DIFFICULT HEALTH ISSUES Leatrice Yokay Greaser “ill and being taken care of”   Jen, daughter of Patrica Urban Utz, Class of 1950, tipped me off about Leatrice Yokay Greaser’s health situation. Jen posted to me: “ I know Lea had a few people dropping in, but Mom realized she doesn’t have any contact info. “Mom connected with someone. Lea is ill and being taken care of. “Mom is not in touch with Lea or whoever it taking care of her.” Patricia Urban Utz’ children are rotating time with Patty, who still lives in Springfield, New Jersey, not far from the Naval Academy where Patty and husband John Stephen Utz first met each other at a Navy Academy exchange weekend designed to get Navy Academy and West Point people of both genders together. Patty’s husband, West Point graduate John St

            CAROL, JOAN'S STITCH FRIEND       COREY, JOAN'S GODDAUGHTER, LITTLE HANK COREY'S SON, AND COREY'S HUSBAND DAVID                                       JOAN AND COREY AGAIN               BRENDA, JOAN'S NEIGHBOR                              ROBIN, JOAN'S "CHEERS"-LIKE BARTENDER                                   DEBBIE, JOAN'S CLEANING LADY & FRIEND            SIDELONG HILLS  MOUNTAIN STOP BY JOAN & JOHN ON WAY TO MARYLAND                  JOHN'S SISTER JACKIE'S DAUGHTER BELINDA AT 91st BIRTHDAY DINNER IN CLARKSBURG FOR JOHN EN ROUTE TO MARYLAND                 JOHN'S SISTER JACKIE AND JACKIE'S DAUGHTER RENEE AT 91st BIRTHDAY DINNER IN CLARKSBURG FOR JOHN EN ROUTE TO MARYLAND                          LEA ANN, JACKIE'S DAUGHTER, AND LEA ANN'S HUSBAND,  Joan begins her new life with John in a new (and old) state   Joan and John traveled from their Tallmadge, Ohio condo to Joan’s former Glen Burnie, Maryland

                   KAREN GOUSH SLOBODA, CLASS OF 1962      Karen Goush Sloboda passes away     Karen Goush Sloboda, Class of 1962, passed away Monday, November 6. Her parents were the late Anthony “Spike” Goush and Norma Goush.   The Goush name traces back to Great Britain and Ireland ancestry. Other Goushes in Marion County history: Dietta Harden Goush, Class of 1959. The late Gwendolyn Ott Goush, daughter of Gordon and Dolly Cole Ott, Class of 1940. Edward Goush, Class of 1933. Helen Ruth Ott Goush, 1947 Farmington graduate. Karen’s obituary: KAREN SUE SLOBODA April 13, 1944 - November 6, 2023   Karen Sue Sloboda, 79 years old, peacefully passed away on Monday, November 6, 2023. She was born on April 13, 1944, in Marion County, West Virginia. Karen was a proud graduate of Monongah High School and dedicated her career to Westinghouse and North American Phillips. Karen was preceded in death by her father, Anthony “Spike” Goush, and her mother, Norma Go