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Rodney Allen Pyles

Rodney Allen Pyles, 80, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, April 7, 2026.Rodney was born June 21, 1945, the fourth and youngest child of Melford J. and Lucy Scarcella Pyles. He grew up in Wiles Hill in Morgantown, nurturing a love of the city in which he would live all his life.Rodney ...

Colleen June Moore Skotnicki

Colleen June Moore Skotnicki, 94, of Morgantown went home to the Lord on Tuesday, March 31, 2026.She was born in Weirton, West Virginia, April 13, 1931. She is the last of four children born to Earley Ludivick and Audrey Moore.She moved to Morgantown with her parents at an early age and ...

Betty Jean Whitesel Cross

Betty Jean Whitesel Cross departed this earthly realm Sunday, March 29, 2026. She was born November 19, 1927 to Cecil Charles and Bertha Stout Whitesel on Flat Run in Gilmer County.The family moved to the Normantown area when she was seven. She entered the Normantown Elementary/High School ...

Charles B. Luttrell

Charles B. Luttrell passed away Tuesday, March 31, 2026, at the age of 61.He was born in Harrodsburg, Ky., and spent his life in Morgantown.He was a civil engineering graduate from West Virginia University with an incredible eye for detail.Charlie could always be spotted with an English ...

Dr. Ellen Elizabeth Hrabovsky

Dr. Ellen Elizabeth Hrabovsky passed away Thursday, April 9, 2026 in Morgantown.She was born in Lansing, Michigan on November 21, 1943. She was the first child of the late Michael Hrabovsky and Mary Alice O’Neill Hrabovsky. Ellen’s family lived near her grandparents, Lawrence and Agnes O’Neill. She dearly loved them, spending her early years on her grandparents’ farm gave her love for the outdoors and animals.Ellen’s family moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1954. Ellen has three brothers and a sister, Michael (deceased) and wife Patricia, Robert and wife Sandra, Edward and wife ...

Joshua J. Jurosco

Joshua J. “Josh” Jurosco, 52, of Morgantown, W.Va., formerly of Footedale, Pa., passed away suddenly Wednesday, April 8, 2026, in Ruby Memorial Hospital.He was born July 22, 1973 in Uniontown, a son of the late Robert L. and Sandra Marie Dunn Jurosco, Sr.Josh graduated from Tri-Valley Area High School, Class of 1991. He then furthered his education, graduating from California University of Pennsylvania with his B.S. Degree in Chemistry and received his Masters in Business Administration degree from West Virginia University.Josh was employed in the pharmaceutical industry, first with ...