Dolores Fortner Osborne, Class of 1956, passed away Saturday, November 26.

She was born in Monongah to Mary Shank Fortner and James Fortner.

Dolores was in the Monongah High band and MHS orchestra, on the yearbook and newspaper staffs and in the speech class ministrels.

Dolores and husband Fred Osborne have two daughters.

Judy Layne Alkire, who grew up on Willow Road near St. Barbara Nursing Home in Monongah, wrote:

“Dolores and I have been friends since we started 1st grade at Thoburn School. We have kept in contact and talked often. I will sorely miss her in my life. Keep her in your prayers.”

Judy is the widow of Charles Alkire, who passed away three months ago. She lives on Bunner’s Ridge.

Judy was one of 12 children in the Layne family. Judy’s sister, Doris, married Joe Kubiet, Jr. and lives in Monongah.

Judy’s other siblings are Carol Layne Elliott of Mill Fall, married to Ronald Elliott; Shirley Layne Russell of Fairmont, married to Charles Russell; and JoAnne Layne Snider of Monongah, married to William Snider; and, all deceased, Bradley, Charles, David, Johnny and Robert Layne and Betty Layne Bowyer and Margaret Layne Faber.

Their parents were Charles and Mary Jackson Layne.

Dolores’ obituary:

Delores Ann Osborne
(Died November 26, 2016)


Dolores Ann Fortner Osborne, 78, of Pleasant Valley, passed to her new life Nov. 26, 2016. Dolores was born in Monongah, WV, daughter of the late James and Mary Shank Fortner.

She was a 1956 graduate of Monongah High School. She was employed at Hamilton Electronics, C&P Telephone and Owens-Illinois before becoming a full-time homemaker. Dolores was a loving mother, grandmother, homemaker and Christian. She enjoyed flower gardening and writing poetry. She also cherished her two granddaughters and the times spent with them, fishing, camping, planting flowers and watching the butterflies. Dolores felt it a joy to help raise these precious children.

 She attended the H&H Chapel Methodist Church, where she loved to sing in the choir and write poetry for the bulletins.

She is survived by the love of her life, husband Fred Osborne; sister, Lou Pugh and husband Jim of Richmond, Virginia; daughter, Kim Cain and husband Lennie and daughter, Lynn Ann Baehr and husband Theo of Fairmont; and two grandchildren, Jessica and Kaylee Cheuvront of Fairmont. Surviving relatives also include aunts Jean Levine of Spartanburg, South Carolina, Betty Potts of Memphis, Tennessee, Bernice Fortner of Fairmont, and Louise Vickers of Morgantown; and uncle, June Shank of Grayslake, Illinois; along with many cousins, nieces and nephews.

The family wishes to extend their gratitude to Courtnie McKnight of Amedisys Hospice Care for her support in Dolores' final days.
 

Friends and family may call 1-8 p.m. Monday at Domico Funeral Home, 414 Gaston Ave., Fairmont. The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in the funeral home with Reverend Tom Shepard of H&H Chapel officiating. Interment will follow at the West Virginia National Cemetery in Grafton.