James Joseph McGrail Jr., age 97, of Wheeling passed away peacefully on April 9, 2024 at Liza’s Place Care Center. Jim was the only son of James J. McGrail and Bernetta Beltz McGrail. He was preceded in death by his parents and his four older sisters – Eileen McGrail Ritter, Joan McGrail Nau, Sarah “Sally” […]
Congratulations to Lauren Rice who was named the 2024 JMHS Queen of Queens at a ceremony held at John Marshall High School Thursday. Victoria Henry was named First Runner Up while Amelia Kaste was Second Runner Up. Annadra Dudley was voted Miss Congeniality. — The John Marshall High School Wall of Fame Committee will hold […]
WHEELING Donald R. Kirsch was hired as business manager of Good Shepherd Nursing Home in 1979, when Jimmy Carter was president, fewer than 10% of Americans had ever used a personal computer, and the nursing home had been in existence less than a decade. With his retirement, he leaves an organization that regularly earns […]
In the presence of her loving children, Karene (Kay) Helen McIntyre Dzmura, 90, departed this earth peacefully, very early in the morning of October 10th, 2023, at Wheeling Hospital. She succumbed to complications of long- term respiratory challenges. Kay is survived by four of her five children: Mark Robert Dzmura (Vicki Maldovan), Lucas Noach Dzmura […]
Morgan Murphy views the Good Shepherd Nursing Home as “an extension of her family,” with this ringing true as she is now taking over for her father, Don Kirsch, as the new administrator. Growing up visiting Good Shepherd with her father, Morgan joked that she was “partly raised” at the facility. She added that she […]