All schools in Upshur County will close at 1 p.m. today. All B-UHS sporting events today are canceled.

Tonya Beth Boni

Tonya Beth Boni, age 54, of Buckhannon, WV, died Friday, February 14, 2025, at WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital in Buckhannon.

She was born March 12, 1970, in Wise, VA, a daughter of Vickie George of Buckhannon and the late John Nelson Boni. In addition to her mother, she is survived by one daughter, Darian Carson and husband Brian of French Creek, WV; one brother, Pat Boni and wife Cathy Daugherty of Stanley, NC; one sister, Dawn Magrini of Orlando, FL; two nieces, Kaleigh Magrini of Orlando and Lilly Daugherty of Gastonia, NC and three nephews, Christopher Magrini of Orlando, Joseph Daughterty of Spartanburg, SC and Brandon Daugherty of Charlotte, NC. Tonya was a CNA.

Friends will be received Tuesday, February 18, 2025, from 5 PM to 8 PM at the Poling-St. Clair Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held at 11 AM Wednesday at the funeral home with the Rev. Terry Gower officiating. Burial will follow in the Shinnston Masonic Cemetery in Shinnston, WV.

Online condolences may be made to the family at www.polingstclair.com. Poling-St. Clair Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

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