Regana Arbaugh

Regana Arbaugh, 81, of Circleville, W.Va., died Thursday, Nov. 21, 2002, at Grant Memorial Hospital in Petersburg, W.Va. She was a resident at Pendleton Nursing Home.

Mrs. Arbaugh was born Oct. 4, 1921, in Smith Creek, W.Va., and was a daughter of the late Taylor Wimer and Rebecca Vandevander Wimer.

She was a homemaker and a member of the North Fork Brethren Church.

On April 19, 1941, she married Willie D. Arbaugh, who preceded her in death Nov. 8, 1995.

She is survived by a daughter, Olive Thompson of New Creek, W.Va.; eight sons, Larry Arbaugh, Willie J. "Billy" Arbaugh, Richard W. Arbaugh, Dwight Arbaugh and Galen Arbaugh, all of Circleville, W.Va., Kermit Arbaugh of Cherry Grove, W.Va., Lonnie Arbaugh of Monterey, and Johnny Arbaugh of Akron, Ohio; a sister, Lucy Bennett of Cherry Grove, W.Va.; two brothers, Ambers Wimer of Cherry Grove, W.Va., and Philip Wimer of Harrisonburg; 21 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; four step-grandchildren and five step-great-grandchildren.

Pastors Hoy Lambert and Rebecca Bennett will conduct the funeral 1 p.m. Sunday at the Kimble Funeral Home in Franklin, W.Va. Burial will be at the Rymer-Calhoun Cemetery in Circleville, W.Va.

Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 this evening.

Memorial contributions may be made to Gideon’s International or the Circleville High School Restoration Fund, c/o Jane Warner, Circleville, W.Va., 26804.