An important part of our dedication is to be ready to meet your needs at all times. Therefore, we are available 24 hours a day to assist each individual family with their recovery from loss, and to provide an appropriate service that will be meaningful, personal, and affordable. Make sure relatives of Elizabeth McDonough know they have sympathy messages here. The family would like to give special thanks to the doctors and nurses at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, WV, especially Dr. Thomas Hogan, and to Greg Plivelich, nephew, and Mike Nagy, a long-time friend of Val's. He was proud of the fact that that he was able to travel through or lived in 48 states and 16 countries worldwide during his lifetime. In lieu of flowers, please consider donating in memory of Dr. Joseph Blankenship to either the Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation S. Tamiami Trail Ste 320 PMB 226 Estero, FL or to the Fairmont State Foundation at 1300 Locust Ave.

Upon his retirement from the Air Force, he worked for Safeway Foods in Alexandria, VA for 23 years, retiring for the second time in 2001. Would you like to offer Elizabeth McDonough’s loved ones a condolence message? To send a flower arrangement to the family ofVladimir V. Plivelich, please click here to visit our Sympathy Store. Also surviving are his brothers, Frank, Michael, Carl, Mark, and Rodney; sisters, Kathy, Julie, and Pamela; two sisters, Dorothy and Elizabeth are deceased. Joseph Chester Blankenship, please click here to visit our Sympathy Store. Dr. Joseph Chester Blankenship born December 7, 1952, passed away surrounded by family on December 8, 2022.
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We are a family owned and operated business with two locations. Our Fairmont Location has been serving the local community for over 50 years. We acquired our Fairview, Curry Chapel location in 1987 which has been in operation since 1923.

He lived happily with his wife and best friend Judy for 49 years. Joseph was fiercely proud of his children and in turn his grandchildren. His family was his priority, and he made sure no one ever went without anything they needed or wanted even if it cost him his own comfort. We are a full service funeral home respectfully dedicated to serving all faiths, offering traditional services, memorial services, cremation services, monument sales, and advanced funeral planning. He was educated in Marion County schools, having graduated from West Fairmont High School, Class of 1958. At the age of 19, he moved to Elkins, WV, and worked as a cabinet maker for Metal Labcraft Co., a company that builds cabinets for hospitals.
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It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Elizabeth McDonough of Fairmont, West Virginia, who passed away at the age of 81, on December 19, 2022. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family. You may also light a candle in honor of Elizabeth McDonough or send a beautiful flower arrangement to the funeral service. Joseph loved his life and never turned down an opportunity to take on a challenge like volunteer firefighting or traveling around the world or working 3rd shift so that he could earn his first bachelor’s degree during the day.

Joseph started out as a milk man’s assistant when he was young and ended his working life by being awarded the title of Professor Emeritus at Fairmont State University where he taught classes in both graduate and undergraduate programs. Joe held multiple advanced degrees including a Doctorate of Information Systems from Robert Morris University. Our guided, step-by-step experience can be done entirely online, allowing you to put together the plan you want, at your own pace. If you'd like to make arrangements in the privacy of your home, our online arrangement tool allows families to make decisions and pay online.