April 27, 2008
Willow Island Disaster Victims
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List of the fifty-one men killed in the 1978 scaffold collapse near Willow Island.
- Joseph V. Bafile, Washington, Pa.
- James B. Blouir, St. Marys
- Robert W. Blouir, St. Marys
- Steve D. Blouir, St. Marys
- Kenneth E. Boring, Salem
- Richard L. Bowser, Parkersburg
- Thomas E. Cross, St. Marys
- William R. Cunningham, Parkersburg
- Roy F. Deem, Waverly
- Ray Deulley, Glenville
- Darryl Glover, Moundsville
- Loren K. Glover, Moundsville
- Alvin W. Goff, Tuppers Plains, Ohio
- Gary L. Gossett, Walker
- James A. Harrison, Parkersburg
- Claude J. Hendrickson, St. Marys
- Daniel R. Hensler, Newport, Ohio
- Kenneth W. Hill, Midland, Pa.
- Roger K. Hunt, Parkersburg
- Tom G. Kaptis, Cairo
- C. Randy Lowther, St. Marys
- Ronald Lee Mathers, Walker
- Howard R. McBrayer Jr., St. Marys
- Willard H. McCown, Pennsboro
- Clayton P. Monroe, Parkersburg
- Robert B. Moore, Flatwoods
- Chet Payne, St. Marys
- Edgar A. Phillips, Marietta, Ohio
- Raymond W. Poling, Thornton
- Robert C. Riley, Parkersburg
- Ray R. Rollyson, Pennsboro
- Floyd Rupe, Dexter, Ohio
- Alan W. Sampson, Parkersburg
- Glen E. Satterfield, St. Marys
- Jeffry F. Snyder, Vienna
- Earnest Steele, St. Marys
- Emmett R. Steele, St. Marys
- Larry G. Steele, St. Marys
- Miles E. Steele, St. Marys
- Ronald D. Steele, St. Marys
- Richard A. Stoke, Waverly
- Richard P. Swick, Beverly, Ohio
- Brian H. Taylor, St. Marys
- Dale Martin Wagoner, Belington
- Charles Warren, Parkersburg
- Jackie R. Westfall, Newport, Ohio
- Lewis D. Wildman, Stouts Mills
- Ronald W. Yocum, Parkersburg
- Gary Hinkle, Parkersburg
- Larry Deem, Parkersburg
- Fred Pride, St. Marys
Source: Governor's Commission on Willow Island
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