FUNERAL OCTOBER 23 FOR DR. PETE DePOND

 

Dr. Pete DePond, Class of 1954, passed away Wednesday, September 29 from COVID-19.

Visitation will be 6 to 8 pm on Friday, October 22, 2021 at Lambert-Tatman Funeral Home, Vienna, West Virginia. Pete will be laid to rest Saturday, October 23 at Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery in Parkersburg, following a funeral at 11 am at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Vienna.

Pete’s brother, John Louis DePond, passed away in 2015. Siblings Frank DePond and Christine DePond Harr also passed away. All – along with Margaret DePond Meffe, who survives, were dentists and children of Pete DePond, Sr. and Mary Carmella Fazio DePond. Carmella was one of Uncle Renzy Fazio’s sisters. Renzy married Frances Olesky Fazio, sister of my father, John W. Olesky, Sr.

Pete lives in Vienna but was a dentist in nearby Parksburg for 36 years and was a whiz-bang golfer with two holes-in-one. I’m almost 89 and I haven’t gotten one yet. Bob Fox, Class of 1948, who passed away in 2014, lived in Parkersburg but Bob’s son Bob Fox, Jr. lived in Vienna.

Louis was a tackle on the Monongah High football team. Both Louie and Pete were dentists.

Pete’s obituary:

Dr. Pete J. DePond, 85, passed away peacefully on the morning of Wednesday, September 29, 2021, after a brief battle with COVID-19.

Pete was born on June 29, 1936 in Monongah, WV, the fifth child and the third child of Pete DePond and Mary Carmella Fazio.

He grew up in the coal mining town of Monongah. Pete graduated from West Virginia University in 1958, West Virginia University School of Dentistry in 1962 and remained a huge fan of WVU all his life. After dental school, he served in the military in Ft. Campbell, KY. He later returned to West Virginia and practiced dentistry for more than 36 years in Parkersburg, WV.

Pete’s past passion was golf, in which he hit 2 holes in one and won multiple tournaments, including a 1981 Husband and Wife Championship at Parkersburg Country Club.

He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Flora Ann DePond; sons, John Michael DePond and Robert Todd DePond (Jennifer); daughters, Susan Tracy (John) and Carrie Tarrant (Bill); sister, Margaret Meffe; and seven grandchildren.

In addition to his parents, Pete was preceded in death by two brothers, Frank and John DePond; and his sister, Christine Harr.

Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 pm on Friday, October 22, 2021 at Lambert-Tatman Funeral Home, Vienna. Pete will be laid to rest on October 23 at Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery in Parkersburg, WV, following a funeral at 11 am at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Vienna, WV.

He was a truly kind, loving, caring, and gracious husband, father, and grandfather, and we will all miss him deeply.