DAVE TARTELL PASSES AWAY. AMONG LEE AND JOSEPHINE MONELL TARTELL'S SEVERAL CHILDREN.

 





 

                                                   DAVE TARTELL IN RECENT YEARS

BELOW WITH OTHER CLASS OF 1956 SENIORS




                                           




Dave Tartell, Class of 1956, passes away

 

Dave Tartell, Class of 1956, passed away Sunday, January 7. He was living in Fairmont.

 

Dave’s parents were Lee Tartell and Josephine Monell Tartell, both deceased.

 

Dave was the widow of Delores DeMary Tartell. They were married in 1969.

 

Dave was predeceased by Delores; Jim Schultz, whose widow is Elizabeth Schultz; brother Louise Tartell, famous during my Monongah teen years for landing his plane atop Claude Domico Hill; sister Elda Tartell Sharpe, who married Stanley Sharpe; brothers Eugene “Hammer” Tartell and Phil Tartell; sisters Christina Tartell Arnett and Lorraine Meredith, who married Walt Meredith.

 

Elizabeth Schultz sold me encyclopedia set for my 3 children when we lived in Dayton, as Jim and Elizabeth did. My late wife Monnie and I often visited Jim and Elizabeth and “Hammer” Tartell, who also was living in the Dayton area at the time we were. Hammer was quite an athlete at Monongah High, particularly in football.

 

Dave Tartell’s obituary:

 

David Tartell, 85, of Fairmont, passed away on January 7, 2024. He was born on July 25, 1938, in Monongah, a son to the late Lee Tartell and Josephine (Monell) Tartell. Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife Delores (DeMary) Tartell, whom he married on April 19, 1969; brother-in-law James Shultz; nephew James Shultz Jr.; brother Louis (Helen) Tartell; nephew Ronnie Griffin; sister Elda (Stanley) Sharpe; nephew Craig Sharpe; brothers Eugene and Phillip Tartell; sister Christina Arnett; niece Lisa Arnett; sister Lorraine (Walt) Meredith; brother-in-law John D. DeMary; and brother-in-law and sister-in-law Harvey (Norma Jean) Hammons.

David is survived by his sister, Elizabeth Shultz; nephews Greg Shultz, Gary Shultz, Robert Tartell, Kevin Sharpe, Eugene Tartell II, Joe Tartell, John Arnett, Jim Arnett, Mark DeMary, John M. DeMary, and James Hammons; nieces Debra Matthews, Linda Pugh, Helen Roberts, Joni Kollmer, Jennifer Miller, and Ann Aunins; and sisters-in-law Helena Tartell and Kathryn DeMary.

David graduated from Monongah High School in 1956 and Fairmont State College in 1961. He served in the US Army and Reserves. He was the Athletic Director for the Dayton Boys Club from 1964-1969, worked for DeMary Brothers Transfer, and later became owner in 1972, and was owner of D & D Properties until his retirement in 2003. David was a member of the Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Monongah. In addition to his lifelong dedication to community service, David's passion was his family, he was an avid outdoorsman and hunter and enjoyed woodworking, bird watching, traveling, football, and basketball (he played both football and basketball for Monongah High).

The family would like to thank his wonderful caregivers Shirley Moorehead, Connie Hilling, Misty Hoover, Midge Wetzel, Melissa White and Carie Watkins.

Friends will be received at the Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Monongah from 4-8 PM, Friday. Holy Rosary will be recited at 6:30 PM Friday. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Monongah at 10:00 AM, Saturday, January 13, 2024, with Father Romeo Bacalso as Celebrant, and assisted by Deacon David Lester. Interment will follow at Shinnston Memorial Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Monongah, WV in David's memory.

Online memories and condolences may be shared at www.harmerfuneralhome.com

A service of Harmer Funeral Home, Shinnston.


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

MILITARY HERO OKEY EDGELL PASSES AWAY

Image
                 ARLENE MARTENEY EDGELL AND OKLA ELMER "OKEY" EDGELL                                 OKEY WITH HIS NUMEROUS MILITARY MEDALS War hero Okey Edgell passes away   Okla Elmer “Okey” Edgell, Class of 1944, passed away. He had been married to Arlene Marteney Edgell, Class of 1951, since August 5, 2006.   Calling at Domico Funeral Home, 414 Gaston Avenue in Fairmont, are 2-8 p.m. Tuesday, October 24. The funeral at the funeral home will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Burial will follow at the West Virginia National Cemetery in Grafton.   I enjoyed many reunions with Okey and Arlene, in Florida at the Sarasota home of Bill Meredith, Class of 1957, and his wife Roleta, a   Clarksburg Washington Irving High graduate who helps other WI grads keep track of each other, just as I do with my Monongah High Lions blog (jo4wvu1954....
Read more

CATCHING UP WITH MITCH VINGLE OF THE FAMOUS MUSICAL MONONGAH MUSIC FAMILY

Image
                     MITCH VINGLE WITH OWEN  SCHMITT AND LORI                      BERNIE VINGLE AND JOHN OLESKY MEET UP AT MONONGAH'S MOUNT CALVARY CEMETERY CATCHING UP WITH Mitch Vingle has sports blog Mitch Vingle, son of Bernie Vingle, Class of 1955, has a sports blog, The New View with Mitch Vingle for Wheelhouse Creative LLC. Fairmont West and WVU graduate Mitch, once sports with of the Charleston Gazette,   is a son of Bernard Frank “Bernie” Vingle, Class of 1955, was part of the famous musical Vingle family of Monongah, which put the Von Trapp family to shame. Mitch lives in Glen Dale, West Virginia these days. Bernice and I met at Monongah’s Mount Calvary Cemetery several years ago. He was paying respects to Vingle family members there. I was doing my usual “thank you” top with a flower for former Monongah High super math teacher Mary Teacher for the 3...
Read more

CATCHING UP WITH THE CLASS OF 1962

Image
  CATCHING UP WITH Class of 1962   From left: Nellie Joann Davis Thompson, Pat Fleming Satterfield, Don Pitman, wife and Fairmont West graduate Joan Pitman, Marlene Davis Christopher, Lenore Jean Wright Moore, Sara Sturm and Brady Moore, Lenore’s husband.   A photo of a reunion of the Class of 1962 grads sparked my interest.   In the photo (from left) was Nellie Joann Davis Thompson, Pat Fleming Satterfield, Don Pitman, wife and Fairmont West graduate Joan Pitman, Marlene Davis Christopher, Lenore Jean Wright Moore, Sara Sturm and Brady Moore, Lenore’s husband.   Joann married Don Thompson. She was on the MHS prom committee, in the Junior Red Cross, class treasurer as a junior and class secretary as a senior, in Y Teens and in the MHS fashion show. Pat Fleming Satterfield was in the National Honor Society, on Student Council, prom princess, co-editor with Sandra Lipinski of the 1962 Black Diamond yearbook, drum majorette with the award-winning ...
Read more