Ione Conolley, age 83, of Buckhannon, WV died Monday, February 20, 2012 at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, WV. She was born December 7, 1928 in Huntington, WV, a daughter of the late Russell Wade and Mabel Martha Hinkle Jackson. On August 14, 1947 she married Silas Sylvester Conolley who preceded her in death on March 10, 2006. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by two grandsons, Timothy Echtinaw and John Steven Hawn; two granddaughters, Suzy and Jill McAtee and one brother, Russell Wade Jackson. She is survived by two sons, John Conolley of Orlando, FL and David Conolley and wife Judy of Buckhannon; seven daughters, Ann Marie Conolley, sfo of Clarksburg, WV, Mary Calton and husband Larry of Indianapolis, IN., Carol Hess of Buckhannon, Edna Sanderson and husband Bill of Orlando, Barbara McAtee of Buckhannon, Donna Conolley of Orange City, FL and Martha Conolley of Buckhannon; four grandsons, Russell Hawn of Indianapolis, Dustin Hawn of VanWert, OH, Greg Echtinaw of Fayetteville, TN and Mason Conolley of Buckhannon; seven granddaughters, Roxie Bortner of Indianapolis, Hope Conolley of Orange City, Amber Miller of Indianapolis, Heather Conolley of Orange City, Marjorie McAtee of Buckhannon, Kimberly McQueen and Kathy Calton, both of Indianapolis; eighteen great grandchildren; two brothers, James Jackson and Darrell Lee Jackson, both of Middletown, OH and one sister, Louise Armstrong of Middletown. Mrs. Conolley was a homemaker and quilter. She was a member of Mountain Artisans, Applachian Craftsman and the Hearts and Hands Quilt Group. As a member of You Sew and Sew group of Mountain Artisans, she worked on a quilt which now hangs in the Smithsonian Instutite. She worked with 4-h and organized the Happy Hallites 4-h Club, and danced with her husband in the Circle 8 Square Dance Group. She was a member of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church for sixty years, where she was a long-time member of the Altar and Rosary Society. Friends will be received from 5-8 PM, Thursday, February 23, 2012 at the Poling-st. Clair Funeral Home with Rosary Service at 6 PM. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 AM, Friday at the Holy Rosary Catholic Church with Father Ron Nikodem, S. M. as celebrant. Burial will follow in the Buckhannon Memorial Park in Buckhannon. Poling-st. Clair Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
