Bill McCombs, Class of 1969, and wife, Fairmont East grad Patty Steele McCombs, get a well-deserved accolade for their combined 60+ years of serving the town of Monongah.

Assistant fire chief Bill, also Monongah’s #1water expert, has served in the Monongah Fire Department for more than 40 years and was town councilman for two decades.

He earned the Perkins Boynton Award for his work at the Monongah water treatment plant.

Patty has been Monongah town recorder since 2003. She has lived in the town since she was in her 20s.

“When you move to Monongah, you feel like no one is a stranger in this town because everyone always treats you as if they’ve known you forever,” Patty said.

Bill and Patty have been married 40 years and spend a lot of time at their Big Bear Lake camp site.

They once owned for five years the Dairy Kone built and operated by Amelia Shenasky Zentz and husband Bruce Zentz.

To read the Fairmont Times article on Bill and Patty, go to https://www.timeswv.com/news/faces-bill-and-patty-mccombs-involvements-and-activities-in-monongah/article_7ad50d5e-442b-11e7-91e9-27376cff1de1.html?fbclid=IwAR3cXBEwsWkU__osWkUUtmTTXGm1_VHhNVxYhWBRgWkQwUDxhCV7LmoNAuY