Authorized by the legislature in 1887 to relieve overcrowding at Weston State Hospital, Spencer State Hospital was opened July 18, 1893. Its connected brick buildings, a quarter-mile in length ...

She was retired from Spencer State Hospital with over 20 years of service ... from 6-8 p.m. at the Taylor-Vandale Funeral Home in Spencer, WV. A memorial service will be taking place at a later ...