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All,

I had followed some of Sherry's last posts and had been keeping an eye out for this thread. This a.m. I searched for any info. I regret to inform the group that Sherry passed away last week. Her obituary is below:

POARCH, Sherry Lynn Stevenson, 53, of Genteel Ridge, Wellsburg, W.Va., died September 20, 2006 at home, after a battle with breast cancer.

She was born November 21, 1952 in Steubenville, Ohio, the daughter of the late Alexander Stevenson, who passed away in 2003 and the late Margaret Dawson Stevenson, who passed away in 1980.

She was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Wellsburg. She was a Registered Nurse and worked many specialty Units including the ER, recovery, ICU, CCU, Trauma ICU and Liver Transplant ICU. She was on medical leave from Intracorp, where she was a transplant Case Manager for Cigna. She was also a member of Wellsburg Women of Moose; and Wellsburg Eastern Star No. 23.

She is survived by her husband and best friend, Alfred “Don” Poarch; one son, Alexander D. Poarch and his wife, Lori, of Brentwood, Pa.; one daughter, Misty D. Naples and her husband, Robert, of Normal, Ill.; one sweet and wonderful granddaughter, Ashley Lynn Poarch, who resides in Wellsburg; one grandson, Alexander Stevenson Poarch; three brothers, William “Sonny” Dawson of Follansbee, W.Va., Thomas A Gaudio of Wellsburg and Charles “Chuck” Dawson of Wellsburg; three sisters, Margie Polling Emmanuel of Ft Wayne, Ind., Alice Dawson of Follansbee and Alexis Jabloncki of Wellsburg. She also leaves behind a very special friend, Alan Klein and his wife, Beth, of McAdoo Ridge; and her two best friends her Yorkies, Chewi and Pipen.

Visitation Friday, September 22, 2006 from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. at Reasner Funeral Home, 1515 Charles Street, Wellsburg, where Eastern Star service will be held on Friday 7 p.m. and funeral service will be held on Saturday, September 23, 2006 at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Steve Seng, First Presbyterian Church, Wellsburg, officiating.

Sherry will he cremated and her ashes will be sent to Georgia to be mixed to form a geometric dome that will be placed in the ocean to help form an artificial reef.

Sherry and her family requested that in lieu of flowers, that Donations be made to the Brooke County Animal Welfare League, P.O. Box 537, Wellsburg, WV 26070 or the Brooke County Library, 945 Main Street, Wellsburg, WV 26070.