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1954
Becker,
Mary Becker, nee Latta
Source: The Miami-Dade Daily
News; Saturday, 2 Jan 1954
1st '54 Car Death
Recorded In Dade
With only one day gone in the new year,
Dade County today had chalked up the first traffic fatality for 1954.
Mrs. Mary Becker, 46, a visitor
from Ohio, was killed on the South Dixie Highway at 10:45 p.m. yesterday when
her car was struck headon by a vehicle which police said was traveling 90 miles
an hour on the wrong side of the road.
The accident climaxed a day which saw eight persons injured
in accidents in greater Miami.
In Monroe County a sailor was killed and five persons
injured on a crash on the Seven Mile Bridge in the Keys.
Manslaughter Charge
County police said Mrs. Becker was driving south on the
Dixie Highway when her car was struck by a speeding car driven by Neal Tukes,
42, of 203 S. Dixie Highway, Coral Gables. Tukes, a Negro, was seriously
injured but police said he would be charged with manslaughter.
Mrs. Jennie White, 70, who had been staying at 4515
Alhambra Circle in Coral Gables with Mrs. Becker, also was injured.
Two Negro passengers in
Tukes' car sustained only minor injuries.
Police said Tukes was racing
with another vehicle going north on the Dixie Highway and swung out into the
northbound lane of traffic to strike the Becker car.
[Submitter's Note: The
article continues about the other unrelated accidents of the day.]
Bowen, Mary Etta Bowen
Source:
Mrs. Mary Etta Bowen of Fly Ohio born in June 1881 daughter
of the late Ezekial and Missouri Belle Hoskinson passed away Saturday Oct. 9,
1954 at the age of 73. Sept. 12, 1899 she was united in marriage with Raymond
Bowen and to this union were born six children, two surviving. Mrs.
Bowen was a member of Witten Chapel and was baptized July 10, 1932 by Rev.
Hooker. She was a kind neighbor and was always willing to assist anyone who was
in need. She will be sadly missed in the home, church and community. She is
survived by her husband, one daughter, Mrs. Blanche Lallathin of
Sardis, one son Raymond of the home; 12 grandchildren, three sisters and three
brothers. Mrs. Belle Yennie of Homeworth Oh, Mrs. Doshia Christopher of
Alliance, Oh. Mrs. Magnolia Slider of Paden City, WV. James Hoskinson, Van
Port, Pa.; William Hoskinson, Zanesville and Ezekial Hoskinson, Baden, Pa.;
other relatives and many friends.
Even death has a wonderful
mission
Though it robs us of those we
love
It lifts our hearts from our
surroundings
To long for
that meeting above.
Funeral Services were held October 12 at 1 p.m. at Rush
Funeral Home and additional rites at witten Chapel
with Rev. C.A. Hubbard officiating. Interment in Witten
cemetery.
Card of Thanks
The family wish to thank all who
helped in any way during the illness and at the time of death of their wife and
mother; such kindness will never be forgotten. Mr. Bowen, Ray
and Blanche.
Briggs,
Zora Leta Briggs,
nee Eidson
Source: The Denver [Colorado] Post; February 20, 1954
BRIGGS
Zora Leta
Briggs of 6838 No. Lowell Blvd. Wife of Robert
Alvin Briggs, mother of Arlene Weaver, Dorothy Boddy,*
Elsie Elliott, Ruth Schubert, Evelyn, Mary Ann, Albert and Robert Briggs Jr.,
daughter of Elsie Swain of Concord, Calif.; sister of Thelma Cowan, Perry,
Robert, Dalton and Clarence Eidson. Also survived by eight grandchildren. Services drawing room, SIXTEENTH AT BOULDER,
Tuesday, 2 p.m., to Crown Hill.
*Submitter’s
Note: This could possibly be Beddy. The second
letter was difficult to read.
Source: The Wheeling [West Virginia] News-Register;
25 Apr 1954
Robert Bernell
Brock, infant son of Arvill and Mary Snider Brock, died Saturday at 8:50 a.m.
at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Brock, of Rock Point Road.
He was born January 7, 1954, in Fresno,
Calif. His parents lived at 1830B Chance
St., Fresno and were affiliated with the Methodist Church.
He is survived by his brother, Arvill,
Jr., and two sisters, Betty Anne and Susan Kay, all at home, the maternal
grandmother, Mrs. Bertha Mortori* and the paternal
grandparents.
The body was taken to the Bertschy Memorial Mortuary where services will be held
Monday at 10:30 a.m. Burial will be in
Greenwood Cemetery.
*Submitter’s Note: This
was spelled MARTORI in her obituary.
Martori, Bertha Martori, nee Strosnider
Source: The
Fresno [California] Bee; 18 May 1954
Mrs. Bertha
Martori
Campbell, Ella Morris Campbell nee Richeson
Source: Akron [Ohio] Beacon
Journal - February 18, 1954, Pg, 48
Ella Campbell, 88, of Sumner, Ill., former Akron resident,
died Wednesday in Sumner.
Born in Calais, O., Mrs. Campbell came to Akron 42 years
ago and lived here about 30 years. She had lived in Sumner the last year.
She leaves three sons, Herman B., William B. and Vern O.
Morris, of Akron; four daughters, Mrs. Blanche Schindewolf, Mrs. Eva Wilkerson
and Mrs. Iva Webster of Akron and Mrs. Celia Tustin of Sumner, and a number of
grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday in the Billow Chapel,
the Rev. Clyde A. Blair of McLeister Memorial Wesleyan Methodist Church
officiating.
Burial will be in Mt. Peace Cemetery. Friends may call at
the chapel after 4 p.m. Friday.
Source: The Wayne County
[Illinois] Press; 12 Apr 1954
JESSE
T. CARIENS, NEAR CISNE, DIES
Well
Known Farmer of Rock Branch Neighborhood Dies; Funeral Sunday.
Jessie T. Cariens, 77, well known farmer of the Rock Branch
Neighborhood southwest of Cisne, died about five o'clock Friday afternoon at
the Clay County hospital, Flora. Death was due to causes incident to his
advanced age.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon from the New
Salem Methodist church by Rev. H. ?* Coventry. Burial was in the Johnsonville
cemetery.
Jesse T., son of Edgar and
Rachel Cariens was born in Wayne county November 15th, 1876.** He engaged in
farming as his life work.
He was married to Emma Holmes on May 9th, 1896. Five
children were born to this union, with two dying in infancy and a son, Willie,
who died at the age of 14 years. Mrs. Cariens passed away March 10th, 1951.
Surviving are two daughters, Inez Clark, of Cisne; and
Alice Mayberry, of Sims; 3 grandchildren; two aged aunts, Mrs. Zella Harmon of
West Virginia; and Mrs. Polly Vaughan of Cisne; and five nephews, Lyle Cates of
Fairfield; Edgar and Ted Cariens of Geff; Burl Cates of Cisne; and Loren Cates,
of Mt. Carmel.
Submitter's Notes:
*There is a second initial here, but I could not read
it.
**The World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
[online] gave his birth as November 15, 1877.
Carpenter, Martha E. Carpenter
Source: The Cambridge
Jeffersonian, Cambridge, Ohio; Friday, 28 May 1954
BARNESVILLE---The death of Miss Martha E. Carpenter, former
resident of Barnesville, occurred at the Lucas Rest Home, Somerton, Thursday
morning.
The deceased was born in
Monroe County, a daughter of Jack and Eliza Wells Carpenter.
Surviving are three brothers, Oliver Carpenter of
Summerfield; Earl Carpenter of Calais and Frank Carpenter of Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Several nieces and nephews.
The body was removed to the Campbell Funeral Home where
funeral services will be held at 1 (EST) Saturday afternoon. Rev. R. Paul
Hobensack, First Christian Church will be in charge. Burial will be made in
Calais Cemetery.
Source: The Evansville
[Indiana] Courier & Press; Monday, 25 Oct 1954
Child Drowns In Yard Tub
Tragedy Follows Family Death
CANNELTON, Oct. 24 -- (Special) -- Death and tragedy struck
within an hour yesterday afternoon in a Cannelton home.
Aaron Cronin, 72, died at 3 p.m. and within the hour Robert
Wayne Bolin, one-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bolin was found drowned in
a partly filled 10-gallon tub in the back yard at the home of his grandmother,
Mrs. Mary Cronin.
The child was found face down in the tub by his uncle,
William Cronin, and Coroner Edward Gillick said he had been dead about 15
minutes when found.
A double funeral is scheduled Monday for the man and child
at the Huber Funeral Home and continued at 2 p.m. in the Lily Dale Church of
Christ. The Rev. E. C. Ringer will officiate and burial will be in the church
cemetery.
Besides the parents the Bolin boy is survived by the
grandmother, five sisters, Diana Kay, Brenda Faye, Phyllis, Juanita, Sharon Ann
and Charlotte Gayle, grandfather, Robert W. Bolin Sr., the great-grandfather,
George Baysinger Sr. of Bedford and great-grandmother, Mrs. Mary Ann Bolin of
Cannelton.
Surviving Mr. Cronin are two sons, John of St. Louis and Earl
of Gerald; two daughters, Mrs. Mabel Fulkerson of New Albany and Mrs. Emily
Lidecker of Osceola; two brothers, Hubert of Tell City and James of Evansville,
and a sister, Mrs. Mary Lamar of St. Mark's.
Mr. Cronin was a relative of Mrs. Mary Cronin's husband.
Cunningham, Elizabeth Cunningham, nee Fearing
Source: The Dayton [Ohio]
Daily News; September 8, 1954, pg. 34
Mrs. Elizabeth Cunningham
Mrs. Elizabeth Cunningham, who formerly lived in Dayton for
38 years, died Monday at 1 a.m. at Clearwater, Fla., after a brief illness. She
had lived at Clearwater the last four years. She was a native of Plain City and
formerly belonged to the High Street Evangelical United Brethren church in
Dayton. Services will be held Friday at 10:30 a.m. at the Schlientz and Moore
funeral home, 1632 Wayne av., by the Rev. Earl W. Toy.
Burial will be in Memorial Park cemetery. Friends may call
at the funeral home from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday. Surviving are the
husband, Jess W., of Clearwater, Fla.; one daughter, Mrs. Nellie Corbin of
Columbus; three sisters, Mrs. Iva Snyder of Dayton, Mrs. Mae Cramer of Akron,
and Mrs. Estella Koehly of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; one brother, Mearl Fearing of
Dayton, and three grandchildren.
Davidson, Harry H. Davidson
Harry H. Davidson, 57, of 1243 N. Main, Akron, supervisor
in the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Research Laboratory and a former school
superintendent, died Tuesday, Aug 17.
His death in Guernsey Memorial Hospital, Cambridge, O.,
where he was a patient, followed a heart attack.
Mr. Davidson, a native of New York, was an employee of the
Goodyear Laboratory during the 10 years he lived in Akron.
A graduate of Ohio Northern University, he received his
master s degree from Ohio State University. He formerly was superintendent of
schools at Old Washington, and at Killbuck, Ohio.
He was a 32nd degree Mason, a member of the
Scioto Consistory of Columbus; the Lodge of Perfection, Valley of Cambridge,
and Marseilles Lodge 515, F. & A. M., Marseilles Ohio. He also belonged to
the National Society of Plastics Engineers.
Mr. Davidson leaves his wife, Iva Hines Davidson; two sons,
D. J. of Dayton and S. K. of Los Angeles, Calif. And two grandsons.
Services were held at the Eckart Funeral Home at 1 p.m.
Friday, the Rev. L. J. Nicklas officiating.
The body was returned to Cambridge for further services and
burial on Saturday. [Harry H Davidson was interred in Cambridge's Northwood
Cemetery Aug 21, 1954. Source:Guernsey Co Library]
Mrs. Davidson is a daughter of Mrs. Viola Hines, of
Cambridge and the late Evangelist J. A. Hines.
Source: The Cambridge [Ohio] Daily Jeffersonian;
Thursday, March 11, 1954
Mr. and
Mrs. Lewis Feiber, and son, Dale, Mr. and Mrs. Francis
Feiber, and daughter, Sandra, Mrs. William Fickentsher, and Mrs. Robert Callicoat,
all of Columbus, attended the funeral of Norma Jean Davis, infant daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Davis of Lewisville R. D. 2.
Edington, Don Frederick Edington
Source: The
Charleston [West Virginia] Daily Mail; Wednesday, 3 Feb 1954
EDINGTON, Don Frederick -- Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2
p.m. at Keller mortuary chapel in Dunbar with the Rev. J.C. Musser
officiating. Burial will be in Grandview
Memorial park with the Dunbar Masonic lodge conducting graveside rites.
Mr. Edington, 63, of 1107 Park Dr.,
Dunbar, died yesterday at his home.
Survivors not originally listed include his widow, Mrs. Clara S.
Edington, and three daughters, Mrs. Ruth N. Speaker of White Plains, N.Y., Mrs.
Anne N. Sowders of Houston, Tex., and Mrs. Helen M. Crepeau of Rapid City, S.D.
Harold, Ernest William Harold
Ernest W. (Billy) Harold, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Harold,
of 509 Pike St., Marietta, O. who was injured Tuesday morning, August 24, 1954
when struck by a car, while pushing a playmate across the street, died at 7:30
o clock, Thursday morning, in Marietta Memorial Hospital.
Born
Survivors include his parents, one sister, Martha Kay
Harold, of the home; one half-sister, Naomi Smith of Woodsfield; two
half-brothers, Stanley and George Smith. Also of Woodsfield, Ohio other
survivors include his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Harold of Upper Track,
W.Va. and Mr. and Mrs. John Gatten of Woodsfield, Ohio.
Funeral services were held at the Bauer and Turner Funeral
Chapel Sunday afternoon with Minister J. V. A. Traylor officiating. Interment
was in Oaklawn Cemetery at Woodsfield, Ohio.
Herlan, George H. Herlan
Source: The Cambridge [Ohio]
Jeffersonian, 22 March 1954
George H. Herlan, widely-known retired funeral director of
Byesville, died suddenly Saturday night at his home, 627 North Ninth Street, as
a result of a heart attack. He had been in his usual health, spending part of
the afternoon visiting with friends, and his death came as a shock to his
relatives and friends.
A son of John and Sarah Kent Herlan, he was born at
Salesville. Prior to moving to Byesville in 1920, he was engaged as a mortician
in Summerfield. He operated a funeral home in Byesville for 24 years, retiring
in 1944 at which time his son, Harold, took over the business. After his son's
death in 1949, it was purchased by Robert McGaughy and has since been operated
as the Herlan-McGaughy Funeral Home.
Surviving are his widow; a daughter, Mrs. Wayne Holmes, of
Columbus; two brothers, Virgil of Zanesville and Elbert of Cleveland; three
sisters, Mrs. Blanche Foster of Zanesville, Mrs. Stell Farley of Cleveland and
Mrs. Rena Ball of Lewisville; and two grandchildren, Carol Jean Herlan of
Byesville and Martha D. Homes of Columbus. A brother and sister preceded him in
death in addition to his son, Harold.
The body is at McCracken Funeral Home where friends may
call Monday evening from 7 to 9 P.M. On Tuesday morning it will be taken to the
Herlan-McGaughy Funeral Home in Byesville where friends may call from 2 to 4
and 7 to 9 P.M.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1:30 o'clock by
Rev. Daniel Carmany, pastor of Main Ave. Methodist Church of Byesville.
Interment will be made in Greenwood Cemetery.
Highman, Charles F. Highman
Monroe County Beacon,
Woodsfield, Ohio, dated,
Charles F. Highman age 78 of Woodsfield, died Sunday
morning in Marietta Osteopathic Hospital following a short illness. He suffered
a stroke last week and was admitted to the hospital on Saturday morning.
Mr. Highman was a life resident of Woodsfield and was
employed at the Morris Studio for several years.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Pearl Nalley Highman; three
sons, Gerald and Glenn Highman of Woodsfield, and Edsel Highman of Graysville;
three daughters, Mrs. William Hines, of Hartshorn Ridge, Mrs. O. T. Gatten of
Lewisville, Rt. 2 and Mrs. Albert Dalrymple of Graysville; several
grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Friends are being received at the Bauer and Turner Funeral
Home.
Funeral services will be held in their chapel Tues.
afternoon at two with Minister J. V. A. Traylor officiating. Interment will be
in the Oaklawn cemetery.
Source: The Shelbyville
[Indiana] News; Friday, 22 Oct 1954
RITES SET FOR HUDSON INFANT
Funeral arrangements have been made for David Allen Hudson,
two month old son of Howard and Martha (Newbold) Hudson, of 731 Teal St. who
died at Major Hospital Thursday* afternoon after an illness of one week. The
Shelby county coroner, Dr. Roger F. Whitcomb, attributed death to pneumonia.
The infant was born August 21.
Surviving with the parents are a sister, Carol Ann, at
home; the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hudson of this city; the
maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Newbold of Rushville; two
great-grandparents, William Hanshew and Mrs. Nellie Peters, both of Rushville.
Services will be in East Hill cemetery in Rushville.
Friends may call at the mortuary anytime.
*Submitter's Note: The
photo of his tombstone posted on findagrave.com shows the death date as October
20, which was a Wednesday.
Hunnell,
Alice Hunnell
Source:
Times Recorder, Zanesville, Ohio; Dec. 9, 1954
Alice
M. Hunnell, Woodsfield, Dies
Miss Alice M. Hunnell, who spent her
entire life in Monroe county, died at 10 o'clock this morning at the home of her
nephew, Glenn Hunnell on nearby Moose ridgeafter a long illness. She was 80
years old.
Her only survivors are a brother,
Charles Hunnell, of this community and several nieces and nephews.
The body was taken to the Gardner
funeral home here where services are to be held at 2 p. m. Saturday. Rev.
J.V.A. Traylor will be in charge and burial will be in the Otts Chapel
cemetery.
Hunnell, Alice Hunnell
Source:
Times Recorder, Zanesville, Ohio; Saturday Dec. 11, 1954
Miss
Alice Hunnell Services Are Today
Services for Miss Alice Hunnell* 80, of near Woodsfield will be held at 2 o'clock
this afternoon at the Gardner funeral home with Rev. J.V.A. Traylor
officiating.
Burial will be in Otts chapel
cemetery.
Miss Hunnell
died Thursday.
*[Alice was a sister to David
Hunnell d. Nov. 1948]
Source: newspaper clipping,
Marietta or Woodsfield, Ohio; October 1954
Abram Henson Jackson was born near Woodsfield, Ohio, on
October 6, 1865 and departed this life on October 8, 1954, at Wingett Run,
being at the time of his death 89 years and two days old.
He was the son of the late Samuel and Martha Cronin
Jackson.
On July 12, 1894, he was united in marriage with Susan
Miller and to this happy union three children were born: Lula, Samuel and
James. Lula and James preceded him in death, as did also his wife a little over
two short months ago.
He resided in the Lebanon community for the past sixty odd
years.
Hence, as he was commonly known to his many friends, was a
good neighbor and friend to all who knew him.
Mr. Jackson was a retired farmer and an oil field worker.
He bore his sickness with a strong will and a fighting
heart until the last.
Mr. Jackson leaves to mourn his departure one son, Samuel
Jackson, of Hartville, Ohio; six grandchildren; fourteen great grandchildren
and three great great grandchildren, as well as a host of nieces, nephews and
friends.
When the shadows were falling;
And memories were settled in rest;
Came a sweet voice from afar,
And
called our loved one home
whom
we loved best.
23rd Psalm
The Lord is my Shepherd; I
shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures. He leadeth me
beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul. he
ladeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name sake.
Yea, though I walk through
the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.
For Thou art with me. Thy rod
and Thy staff they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before
me in the presence of mine enemies; thou anointest my head with oil; my cup
runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy
shall follow me all the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the
Lord forever.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at one o'clock
in the Doudna & McClure funeral home at Marietta. Interment was in the
McVey cemetery at Marr.
Card of Thanks
We wish to take this means to thank each and every one for
the beautiful floral offerings and everything that was contributed in any way
during the illness and at the time of the death of our loved one. We also wish
to thank Mr. McClure for his service and consoling words. Such kindness will
never be forgotten. -- THE FAMILY.
Submitter's Note: Below is another obituary.
Source: newspaper clipping, Marietta or Woodsfield,
Ohio; October 1954
Abraham
Henson Jackson, age 89, formerly of Bethel Township, Monroe County, died Friday
morning, October 8th, at 9:30 o'clock at the home of a granddaughter, Mrs.
Clarence Kuhn, of Wingett Run, Route.
Mr.
Jackson had moved to his granddaughter's home four months ago. His wife, Mrs.
Susan Miller Jackson, whom he married July 12,1894, died in June, 1954.
Born October 6, 1865, in Woodsfield, he was a son of
the late Samuel and Kathryn Crumbley Jackson.
Funeral
services were held Monday afternoon at one o'clock in the Doudna & McClure
funeral home in Marietta. Burial was in the McVey cemetery at Marr.
Jackson,
Anna P. Jackson, nee Cronin
Source: The Weirton [West
Virginia] Daily Times; 3 Dec 1954
MRS. EDWARD E. JACKSON
Mrs. Anna P. Jackson, R. D. 1, Steubenville, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Watson, Newell, and wife of Edward E. Jackson, died at 1:45
p.m. Thursday in her home.
Survivors also are: daughters, Alice Marie, at home, Mrs.
Virginia D. Stonebraker, R. D. 4, Steubenville, and Mrs. Patricia A. Gardner of
Steubenville; son, William E. Jackson, Jr., at home; brother, Jonathan B.
Cronin of R. D. 1, Mingo Junction; and sister, Mrs. Ruth Hess, Powhatan, O.
Friends
may call at the Dunlope Funeral Home where services will be held Sunday at 2
p.m. with the Rev. Matthew Kell of West Park Methodist Church in charge. Mrs.
Jackson was a charter member of the church. Interment will be in Fort Steuben
Burial Estates.
Jackson, Susan Jackson, nee Miller
Source: The Marietta [Ohio]
Times; 2 August 1954
RINARD MILLS -- Mrs. Susan Jackson, 87, wife of Abraham
Jackson of Rinard Mills Rt. 1, died Saturday at 5:45 p.m. in Marietta Memorial
Hospital.
Born in Bethel Twp. June 16, 1867, she was a daughter of
the late Abraham and Deborah Kinkaid Miller. She married Mr. Jackson 60 years
ago.
Survivors in addition to her husband are one son, Samuel
Jackson, of Hartville; six grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. One son
James Jackson and one daughter, Lulu Jackson, are deceased.
Funeral services for Mrs. Jackson, who was a member of the
Christian Church, will be Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Doudna & McClure funeral
home. Burial will be in the McVay Cemetery near Marr.
*Submitter's Note: Below
is another obituary.
Jackson,
Susan Jackson, nee Miller
Source: newspaper clipping,
Woodsfield or Marietta, Ohio; August 1954
Susan Jackson, wife of Abraham Jackson, of Rinard Mills,
Route 1, died Saturday evening, July 31, at 5:45 o'clock in Marietta Memorial
Hospital.
Mrs. Jackson was born in Bethel Township on June 16, 1865,*
the daughter of Abraham and Deborah Kincaid. She was married to Mr. Jackson
over sixty years ago.
Survivors in addition to her husband are one son, Samuel
Jackson, of Hartville, Ohio; six grandchildren and fourteen great
grandchildren. two great grandchildren preceded her in death. One son, James
Jackson, and one daughter, Lula Johnston,** also are deceased.
Mrs. Jackson, who was known to all as "Granny,"
will be sadly missed. She was a good wife and mother and was always ready to
help anyone in need.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, August 4, at the Doudna
& McClure funeral home in Marietta. Burial was in the McVay cemetery near
Marr.
Deep in the heart lies a picture
Of a loved one laid to rest.
In memory's frame we shall keep it
Because she was one of the best.
Card of Thanks
The family wishes to thank each and every one who extended
sympathy during the illness and at the time of death of their beloved.
Submitter's Notes:
* This should be 1867 per her mother's Bible, the
death certificate, and the other obituary.
** This is usually seen spelled as JOHNSON.
Kinkade, William Franklin
Kinkade
Source:
The Martins Ferry [Ohio] Times Leader; Wednesday, 12 May 1954
William Franklin Kinkade,
59, resident of Moore's Run, Route 3, Bellaire, died Monday night at 10:30
following an illness of the past year.
The deceased was born May 24, 1894, in
Bellaire, a son of Henry and Anna Grouse Kinkade, and resided in the Bridgeport
and Bellair area all his life.
Mr. Kinkade served with the U.S. Navy
during World War I, and was a member of the DAV, Chapter 129, of New Comerstown
and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engine Men.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Pearl
Truex Kinkade; one daughter, Mrs. Jean Leatherman of Cambridge; three sons,
William Henry of Blaine, William Franklin Jr., of New Comerstown and Robert D.
of Moundsville; eight grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Adam Frees of Bridgeport;
and a brother, E. H. Kinkade of Holloway.
The body is at the Howard H. Wilson
funeral chapel, Bridgeport, where it will remain for services Friday afternoon
at 2. Burial will be in Linwood cemetery, Blaine.
Source: The Daily Jeffersonian, [Cambridge, Ohio];
Thursday, 15 Apr 1954
Frank P. Kurtzman, 79, retired farmer
of Clarington R. D. 1, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ralph McKelvey, of that address, Tuesday.
Mr. Kurtzman was a member of the Church
of Christ. Funeral services were held
from Rush Funeral Home by Evangelist Raymond Straight, and burial made in
Clarington Cemetery.
Surviving are his widow, Ella; two
daughters, Mrs. McKelvey and Mrs. Virginia Berisford of Marietta; a son, Ray of Clarington; three
sisters, Mrs. Ella Gilmore of Clarington, Mrs. Lola Miller of Philadelphia, and
Mrs. Laura Miller of Clarington; two brothers, Hugh of Clarington and Forrest
of Wilmot.
Leach, Charles Leach
Source: The Canton [Ohio]
Repository; Thursday, March 11, 1954
Charles Leach, a retired farmer who resided on 53rd Street
SW, RD 8, died Wednesday in Aultman Hospital after a long illness. Born at
Calais, he came to Canton 25 years ago from Belmont County. He was 69.
Surviving are six daughters, Mrs. Charles Workman and Mrs.
Doris McCoy of RD 8, Mrs. Warren Boron and Mrs. Arthur Boron of East Sparta,
Mrs. Robert Pitman and Mrs. Ed Rumbold of Canton; three sons, Samuel of Canton,
Robert at Ft. Knox, KY, and Paul Leach of RD 8; three brothers, Samuel of
Calais, Fred of Barnesville and Walter of Canton; a sister, Mrs. Alice Brown of
Woodsfield; 29 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 1:30 p.m.
Saturday at 1:30 p.m. by Reverend Harold Henniger in the McCreary-Krieghbaum
Funeral Home on Cleveland Avenue SW. Burial will be in Forest Hill Cemetery.
Friends may call at the parlors Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Leach, Walter W. Leach
Source: The Canton [Ohio]
Repository; 5 Dec 1954
Walter W. Leach, 73, of 703 Harrison Ave. SW, died of a
cerebral hemorrhage Saturday afternoon [4 December 1954] at his home. Born in
Noble County, he had resided here 26 years.
He retired from the Timken Roller Bearing Co. in 1951.
Survivors are a son, H. Thomas Leach of Canton; a stepson
William E. Stevens of Beallsville; two grandchildren, and two brothers, Samuel
of Calais and Fred Leach of Barnesville. His wife, Celestia, died in March,
1951.
Rev. George E. Parkinson will conduct services Tuesday at
1:30 p.m. in the Welch funeral home. Burial will be in Forest Hill Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Leffler, Harvey Edward Leffler
Source: Charleroi
[Pennsylvania] Mail; 25 Sep 1954
Harvey
Edward Leffler of Confluence, died in Dr. Price's
hospital at Confluence, September 25, 1954, at 12:35 a.m.
He was a
retired railroader.
He is survived by one son, Edward of
Stockdale, one daughter, Mrs. Ruth Wisoner of Denver,
Colorado, a step-daughter, Mrs. Irene Zalom of
Stockdale, two brothers, Manuel of Clarksburg, West Virginia and Gilbert of
Cleveland, Ohio, three sisters, Mrs. Bernie [sic--Vernie]
Rebrook of Clarksburg, Mrs. Clara Eddington [sic--Edington],
Washington, D. C., and Mrs. Rose Whaley of Rochester, New York, and three
grandchildren.
Mace, Romie F. Mace
Source: The
Washington [Pennsylvania] Observer-Reporter; Tuesday, 3 Aug 1954
Romie F.
Mace, 53, of 4 Mill street, died Monday, Aug. 2, 1954,
at 1:30 p.m. in Washington Hospital. He
suffered a stroke six years ago and had been in failing health since.
Mr. Mace was born April 18, 1901, in
Calhoun County, W. Va., a son of Artie Price Mace and the late Virgil R. Mace.
He was a member of the First Church of
the Nazarene of Washington. He had been
employed as a machinist at the Penn Manufacturing Co. until six years ago when
he retired because of illness.
Mr. Mace came to Washington in August,
1942, from Spencer. W. Va.
He is survived by his mother, Mrs.
Artie Mace, of Spencer, W. Va.; his wife, Belle Lattea
Mace, and the following sons and daughters:
Merline, wife of William Lesnick
[sic—Lechnick],
of Aurora, Ill.; Donald Mace, of Greenwood, Ill.; Irma*, wife of Paul Heatley [sic--Headley],
of Inglewood, Calif.; Hayward Mace, of Washington; Ronald Mace, with the U. S.
Army, Fort. Jackson, S. C.; Bernard, Charlotte and Blaine, at home; four
grandchildren; the following brothers:
Howard Mace, of Washington, Holly Mace of Clarksburg, W. Va.; Manford, of Spencer, W. Va.; Rex Mace of Charleston, W.
Va., Lawrence Mace, of Kingwood, W. Va.; three sisters, Mrs. Arthelia Williams, Mrs. Geraldine Cox, and Jeadaline Longfellow, all of Spencer, W. Va.
*Submitter’s Note: Although it is spelled Irma here and in
the obituary for her mother in 1983, in other birth, marriage and death
records, including her obituary, it is spelled Erma.
Mace, Romie F. Mace
Source: The Washington [Pennsylvania] Reporter;
Tuesday, 5 Aug 1954
MACE --
Friends of Romie F. Mace, 4 Mill street,
who died Aug. 2, 1954, will be received at the Graham P. Cowieson
Funeral Home, Washington, until noon Thursday, when the remains will be removed
to the First Church of the Nazarene, East Wheeling street. The remains may be viewed until 2 p. m.
Thursday when funeral services will be conducted by Rev. Clarence Neiderhiser, pastor.
Burial in Washington Cemetery.
Martori, Bertha Martori, nee Strosnider
Source: The Fresno [California] Bee; 18 May 1954
Mrs. Bertha
Martori
Mrs. Bertha Martori,
58, of 2443 East South 10th Street, Calwa, a Fresno
area resident for nine years, died today in a local hospital following a stroke
a few days ago.
Mrs. Martori
was the wife of Carmen Martori, a caddy at Sunnyside
Country Club.
In addition to her husband, she is
survived by three daughters and three sons, Mrs. Margaret Stevens of Cheyenne,
Wyo., Mrs. Freda Nagy of Fresno and Mrs. Mary Brock of West Virginia, Ernest
Snider of San Mateo, Willy Snider and Robert Snider of West Virginia, and 14
grandchildren.
The Lisle Funeral Home is arranging the
funeral.
Source: The Evansville
[Indiana] Carrier and Press; Tuesday, 5 Oct 1954
Colvin McMahan
Tell City, Dies
TELL CITY, Oct. 4 -- (Special) -- Colvin McMahan, 41, of
Tell City, was crushed to death today as he attempted to start a balky
bulldozer.
The accident occurred about 12:45 p.m. while McMahan and
Dick Gassaway, 38, also of Tell City, were clearing land on a farm recently
bought by Jesse J. Dauby. The farm is on Ind. 66 in Spencer Count [sic--County],
10 miles west of Tell City.
McMahan ran the bulldozer up a slight slope leading to the
highway when the two men stopped work to eat lunch.
McMahan was unable to start his machine when they returned
to work, Gassaway said, and crawled under the bulldozer to make an adjustment.
The motor started before he could roll clear and, as the machine backed down
the slope, the blade crushed McMahan's left side.
The runaway bulldozer rammed into Gassaway's machine
damaging it extensively.
Spencer County Coroner Gardner Painter said McMahan
apparently was killed instantly. He returned a verdict of accidental death.
Surviving are the wife, Ida; two sons, Cpl. Donald McMahan
in Germany, and Dale, at home, and his father, William W., Route 1, Cannelton.
Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the family residence
on 14th street. Elder John Fulda, pastor of the Louisville Church of Christ,
will officiate.
Burial will be in Deer Creek Cemetery.
Source: The Wheeling [West Virginia] News-Register;
12 Sep 1954
Jerry M. Mercer, a resident of 37
Fostoria Ave., Moundsville, died Saturday afternoon at 2 in Reynolds Memorial
Hospital at Glen Dale.
He was born in Tyler County in 1867,*
the son of John and Lucinda Gump Mercer.
A retired farmer, he had been a resident of Moundsville for the past 14
years. He was a member of the Calvary
Methodist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Mary M. Mercer; six daughters, Mrs. George
Berry of Cincinnati, Mrs. Charles Gould, Mrs. Jerry Smith, Mrs. Paul Evans and
Mrs. Raymond Gillespie, all of Moundsville, and Mrs. Pete Deline
of Linoma, Fla.; two brothers, Bert Mercer of Tyler
County, and Phillip Mercer of Moundsville; and one sister, Mrs. Pearl Mercer of
Moundsville.
The body was removed to the Riggs
Funeral Home in Moundsville. Funeral
arrangements are incomplete.
Submitter's Notes:
* DEATH CERTIFICATE #10943 Marshall
Co., West Virginia, gives his birth date as October 19, 1869.
** The funeral information was in the
following day's paper shown below:
Source: The Wheeling [West Virginia] News-Register;
13 Sep 1954
Services for Jerry Mercer of 37 Fostoria Ave., Moundsville, who died Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Glen Dale Hospital, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Riggs Funeral Home, Moundsville. The Rev. Fred Dillon of the Baptist Church and the Rev. F.* R. Ball of Calvary Methodist Church will be in charge. Interment will be made in Riverview Cemetery. The body will remain at the late home until Tuesday noon, and friends may call there.
*Submitter’s Note: This
was difficult to read on my copy of the obituary and could possibly be E. R.
Ball.
Source: Published in the
Evansville [Indiana] Courier on Monday, November 22, 1954.
Submitted by PE Frichtl.
Emery David Morris, 76, died at 3 pm Sunday at Baptist
Hospital. Morris last worked as a bookkeeper for the County Garage and was a
member of the First Baptist Church. He lived on Kratzville Road.
Surviving are his wife, Pearl; a daughter, Mrs Mary
Elmendorf of Kratzville Road; a brother, Harmon of Tell City; a sister, Mrs
Nancy Kelley of Chicago; two half brothers, Lowery and Wallace Morris both of
Aden IL; two step-sisters, Mrs Florence Huppert of Evansville and Mrs Lena
Scherer of Rockport and two grandchildren.
Boone Funeral Home will
arrange services. Burial will be in Park Lawn Cemetery, Evansville IN.
Neuhart, Ruth Neuhart nee
Heddleston
Source: Quaker City [OHIO]
Home Towner, Friday, 17 Dec. 1954
Coming as a shock to the community was the death early last
Saturday morning of Mrs. Ruth Neuhart, 37, wife of Ray Neuhart of Batesville,
who took her own life by hanging at the home in Batesville where the Neuhart
family and Mrs. Neuhart's parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Heddleston, reside. Noble
county coroner, Dr. N.S. Reed, ruled her death a suicide, the body having been
found hanging from a transom in an upstairs bedroom by her youngest son, Jeryl,
when he got up to secure additional bedding. Mrs. Neuhart had been in ill
health for the past several months and had recently undergone surgery at the
Ohio Valley Hospital in Wheeling. The deceased was born March 30, 1917. She was
well known and highly esteemed in this area, having a pleasing personality,
which endeared her to many friends. She had been an active worker in the
Methodist church at Batesville and in the Quaker City Eastern Star chapter,
having served as Associate Conductress in this order the past year. Early this
fall the family moved to Hamilton, Ohio, where Mr. Neuhart was employed, but a
few weeks later returned to Batesville. The two sons, Monte Lee and Jeryl Ray,
attend school there.
She is survived by her husband, their two sons and her
parents, all of Batesville; a brother, Kenneth Heddleston of Hamilton, and two
sisters, Mrs. Ralph House of Canton and Mrs. Leslie Long of Batesville.
Services were held at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon at the
Batesville Methodist Church with Rev. Robert Zinsmeister officiating. Burial
was in Batesville Cemetery. Eastern Star services were held at the late home
Sunday evening and were largely attended.
Source: Akron [Ohio] Beacon
Journal; Saturday, 17 April 1954
PORTAGE LAKES--Joseph D. Parsons, 59, a self-employed
painter, died Friday in Barberton Citizens Hospital.
He was born in Nashville and lived in Portage Lakes for 39 years.
He leaves his wife, Mary; four sons, Charles, Joseph Jr.,
and James, all in West Lafayette, O., and Harvey with the U.S. Army at Okinawa;
four daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Glockner, Mrs. Heyen* Miller and Mrs. Geneva Rice,
all of Barberton, and Mrs. Evelyn Snyder of Sheffield, Pa.; 15 grandchildren
and two brothers, Harvey and Richard, both of Nashville.
Services will be at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Campfield-Hickman
Funeral Home, Barberton, where friends may call. Burial will be in Nashville
Cemetery.
*Submitter's Note: In the
obituary of his wife Mary Grace, this name was spelled HELEN.
Source: The Shelbyville
[Indiana] News; 25 Jan 1954
Death Claims
Ernest D. Pope
County Farmer Dies At
Home; Rites Wednesday
Ernest D. Pope, 74, widely known Shelby township farmer,
died at his home Sunday evening at 7:30. He had been in failing health for
several months and death was attributed to a pulmonary embolism.
A native of Washington township, Mr. Pope was the son of
David and Harriett (Loty) [sic--Latta also seen as Lattea] Pope and was
born on October 24, 1879. His marriage to Bertha McCarty took place on October
4, 1902, and she survives with three of four children born to the union. A son,
Myrl, died on November 29, 1930. Three daughters survive, Mrs. Fred Courtney,
Mrs. Raymond Cherry and Mrs. Olive Vice, all of this city.
Also surviving are six grandchildren, 13
great-grandchildren, one brother, Floyd Pope of Hope, and three sisters, Mrs.
Ida Moore, Shelbyville, Mrs. Leona Cambell of Hope and Mrs. Katie Yegar* of
Hartsville.
Mr. Pope attended the Fenns Christian Church and last rites
will be held there Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. William R. Sadler, pastor
of the church, and Rev. Wendell Turner officiating. Interment, in charge of the
Murphy Mortuary, will be in the Lewis Creek Baptist cemetery. Friends may call
at the mortuary after 4:00 p.m. Tuesday.
*Submitter s Note: This
last name has been seen spelled many ways, most often as Yager.
Rich, Alice M. Rich nee Danford
Source: The Cambridge [Ohio] Jeffersonian Friday 23
Feb. 1954
QUAKER CITY----Funeral services for Mrs. Alice M. Rich,
76, of near Kennonsburg, will be held Sunday in Kennonsburg Methodist Church.
Burial will be made in Friends Cemetery. Brief services will be held at the
home at 1:30 p.m. prior to the rites at the church. Mrs. Rich died Thursday at
5 p.m. in a Cambridge Hospital after a lengthy illness. The body is at Eberle
Funeral Home and will be taken to the family home Saturday noon.
The wife of Homer Rich, she was a daughter of the late
Roland and Nancy Wilson Danford. She was born in Noble County on July 22, 1878.
She was a member of Kennonsburg Methodist Church.
In addition to her husband, she leaves a daughter, Mrs.
Ellis Long, of Quaker City R.D.; a son, William Rich of Senecaville R.D. 1; a
brother Garfield Danford of Caldwell; and fives sisters, Mrs. Thoburn Britton,
Senecaville R.D., Mrs. Charles Ruby, Mrs. Clyde Stallings, Mrs Grover Stallings
and Mrs. Stella Groves all of Salesville.
Ritterbeck,
Sandra Kay Ritterbeck
Source: The Cambridge [Ohio]
Daily Jeffersonian; Monday, 22 Feb 1954
BYESVILLE -- Graveside services for Sandra Kay Ritterbeck,
infant daughter of Gilbert and Rose Brown Ritterbeck of Pleasant City. R. D. 1,
were held Monday afternoon at Pleasant City Cemetery by Rev. Robert Bowen, of
Ava. Herlan-McGaughy Funeral Home was in charge.
The infant was dead at birth Sunday night at Guernsey Memorial
Hospital.
In addition to the parents, she leaves a brother, Larry,
and a sister, Donna Mae, of the home; the paternal grandfather, Ernest
Ritterbeck of Summerfield; and the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Chance
Brown of Summerfield.
Cambridge Jeffersonian Monday
25 Oct. 1954
QUAKER CITY----Funeral services for Charles W. Ruby,
77, of near Salesville, will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Eberle Funeral Home
by Rev. Robert Zinsmeister of Quaker City. Burial will be made in Friends
Cemetery. Mr. Ruby died at his home early Monday morning. The body will remain
at the funeral home.
Born in Coshocton County March 27, 1877, he was the son of
Issac and Mary Gregg Ruby. He had lived in the Salesville community and was a
member of Salesville Community Church.
Surviving are his widow, Dora E. Danford Ruby; a foster
daughter, Mrs. Florence G. Hayes of Salesville R.D.; three sisters, Mrs. Mayme
Shaffer of Cambridge, Mrs. Ella Jane Griffen of Coshocton and Mrs. Margie James
of Plainfield; and two brothers John and James of Plainfield.
Strobel, Howard W. Strobel
Source: The Spirit of Democracy, Woodsfield, Ohio, August 1954
Reverend
Howard W. Strobel, 67, well known retired Presbyterian minister died
unexpectedly at his home at Lewisville from an acute heart attack, at 12:45
a.m. August 12, 1945. Apparently he was as well as usual and was to preach at
New Castle the following Sunday as had been his custom for several months.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Sarah Strobel, of the home:
one sister, Mrs. Elva Ramage, of the home, and a brother, Clyde R. Strobel, of
Pittsburgh. He was never married.
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at two o clock
in the Concord Presbyterian Church at Centerville. Reverend Lester Evans
officiated. Immediately after the services the body was taken to the Brant
Funeral Home in Pittsburgh. Final services were conducted in that funeral home
Sunday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. followed by burial in a Pittsburgh
cemetery.
Sutton,
Linda Francene Sutton
Source: The Marion [Ohio] Star; Thursday, 22 Jul 1954
GALION -- Funeral services were held
this afternoon in the Snyder Funeral Home for Linda Francene
Sutton, two-month-old daughter of Francis L. and Margaret I. Jones Sutton.
Elder Wylie Fowler, pastor of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, had
charge of services, and burial was in Fairview Cemetery. The baby is believed to have died from
suffocation induced by regurgitation.
The baby was born in Galion, May 14,
1954, and is survived by the parents; two sisters, Margaret Dian, at home; and
Frances Ann; and a brother, James Lucian Sutton, of Shelbyville, Tenn. Grandparents living are Mrs. Matilda Sutton
of Galion and Mr. and Mrs. Dow Jones of Grandview, Ind.
Swallie,
John [Gilbert] Swallie
Source:
Barnesville [Ohio] Enterprise 12/ 2/ 1954
Brother,
Sister Die 3 Days Apart-----
John Swallie
of 301 Henderson Street and Mrs. Trissie Price of 310 West South Street,
brother and sister, died within a few days of each other. Mr. Swallie passed
away at his home at 11:30 Friday morning [November 26, 1954], and Mrs. Price at
the Barnesville General Hospital, where she had been taken following a stroke,
Monday morning at 8.
Mr. Swallie was the son of
Michael and Kathleen Fish Swallie and was born in Belmont County June 26, 1878.
He was a member of the East Main Street Church of Christ.
He was preceded in death by his
wife, Lousinah, and is survived by the following children; Andrew of
Barnesville, Mrs. Ethel Stephen of Woodsfield R. D., Michael of Barnesville,
Mrs. Katherine Burgy of St. Clairsville, LeRoy of Barnesville, Lester of Salt
Lake City, Utah, Mrs. Loretta Mann of Bethesda R, D., and Mrs. Lorena Stephen
of Barnesville. He is also survived by 40 grandchildren and a number of great-grandcildren.
Evangelist Bob Gilliam conducted
the funeral services which were held from the Campbell Funeral Home at 1:30
Sunday afternoon, and burial was made at Boston.
Source: The Burgettstown [Pennsylvania] Enterprise; 8
Apr 1954
Samuel Thomas, 90, died at his home
Burgettstown, R.D. 3, Washington County, Sunday, April 4, 1954, at 6:15 a.m.
He was born April 14, 1863, in Wetzel
County, W. Va., and had resided in Smith Township for the past 50 years, where
he followed farming.
Surviving are his wife, Ella Cain
Thomas, and the following children:
Clarence and John at home; Charles of Burgettstown; and Mrs. Irene
Patterson, Burgettstown, R. D.; also 12 grandchildren. One daughter, Beulah, died May 23, 1947.
Funeral services were held Tuesday,
April 6, 1954, at 2 p.m., from the Lee & Wilson funeral home in charge of
Rev. J.G. McDonald, pastor of Westminster Presbyterian church and Rev. Allan
Richardson. Interment was in Grandview
cemetery, Florence.
Source: The Urbana [Ohio]
Daily Citizen; 6 Dec 1954
St. Paris Resident's Father
Dies Friday After Year's Illness
Frank Turner, 65, of Springfield, father of Raymond H.
Turner of St. Paris, died about 8:30 p.m. Friday in City hospital after one
year of failing health and six months of serious illness.
He was born in Parkersburg, W. Va., Jan. 22, 1889, a son of
Finley and Ann Kincade* Turner.
Mr. Turner had resided in Springfield for the last 15
years.
Surviving besides his son Raymond are his widow, Nettie
Mae; three daughters, Mrs. Lennie** Bliz, Mrs. Pauline Talbert, and Mrs.
Orabella Rabbett, all of Springfield; three other sons, Robert E. and Frank Jr.
both of Springfield; S/Sgt Thomas K., a member of the United States Air Force
stationed in Charleston, S.C.; 16 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren, one
sister, Mrs. Ora Tribble of Needles, Calif.
His body was taken to the Richards Memorial Home where
funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be made in Oak
Dale cemetery.
Submitter's Notes:
* This name is usually
seen spelled as KINKADE.
** On her own Social
Security Death Index record and her obituary, the name was spelled LINNIE M.
ELIX.
VanMeter, Anna G. Van Meter nee Cleveland
Source: News Clipping 1954
Mrs. Anna G. Cleveland VanMeter, age 63 years, died at her
home near Calais, Ohio, very suddenly on December 11, 1954.
The deceased was born August 29, 1891, a daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Cleveland, of Calais.
She was preceded in death by
one sister, one half-brother and one half-sister.
She was united in marriage
with George VanMeter on September 23, 1922, to which union three children were
born: William VanMeter, of Akron, Ohio; Mrs. Mary Anderson, of Lorain, Ohio and
Sara, of the home. Three grandchildren, Keith VanMeter, of Akron; Patricia and
Kenny Anderson, of Lorain, also survive.
Anna was a kind and devoted wife and mother, and was loved
by all who knew her. She will be sadly missed by all.
Funeral services were held at the Calais Methodist Church
on Monday morning, December 13th, at 10 o clock, with Rev. Floyd
Workman, of Barnesville, officiating.
Burial was made in the Batesville cemetery, with the Eberle
Funeral home of Quaker City in charge.
A precious one from us has gone
A voice we
loved is still;
A place is vacant in our home
In which
no one can fill.
.
Sad and sudden was the call
Of one, we
loved best of all;
Happy, smiling, always content
Loved and
respected wherever she went.
.
So, to all, who have a mother
Cherish
her with care,
You will never know her value
`Till you
see her vacant chair.
.
Rest, Dear Mother, thy labor is o`er
They
willing hands will toil no more.
For God at last knew what was best
So he took
you home with him to rest.
.
Please god, take this message
To our
Mother up above
Just tell her how we miss her
And give
her all our love.
Sadly
missed by the Family
Source: The Brown County
[Indiana] Democrat; 7 Oct 1954
George W. Voland, 87, died at 7:15 a.m. Monday, August 30,
at the Wilkins Nursing Home at Manchester where he had lived the past seven
years. Death resulted from complications of advanced years.
Mr. Voland was born in Virginia Dec. 18, 1866 and at the
age of two years he moved with his family to Indiana where they lived until
1895. On July 5, 1981* he married Emma Tull at Nashville, Ind. They lived in
McClean County, Ill. for 25 years, moving to a farm east of Jesup where they
resided until they retired in 1941 and moved to Jesup. Mrs. Voland died in 1943
and he made his home for a time with his daughter, Mrs. Ora Leary at
Manchester.
Survivors include six children, Fred and Chester Voland of
Independence: Allen C. Voland of Chenoa, Ill.; Orville E. and Forrest Voland of
Peoria, and Mrs. Leary; 15 grandchildren, 22 great grandchildren; and seven
great great grandchildren, also one sister, Mrs. James Strode of Morgantown,
Ind. and a number of neices [sic] and nephews. He was preceded in death by his
wife, a son and a daughter.
Funeral services were held at the Shelly Funeral Home at
Manchester. Burial was in Mt. Hope cemetery at Independence.
Casket bearers were George, Charles and Melvin Voland,
Harry Bailey, Charles Jones and Francis Merkel.**
Submitter's Notes:
* This is a typo. They
were married in 1891.
** There was a smudge on
the copy of the obituary over this name. It might have been MARKEL.
Source: The National Road
Traveler [Cambridge City, Indiana]; 29 Jul 1954
DUBLIN -- Scott Welding, 57 years old, 702 North Alabama
Street, Indianapolis, died Thursday. He was a native of Columbus, Ind.
A son, Thomas Welding of Indianapolis, and nieces and
nephews survive. His wife, deceased, formerly was Miss Imogene Morris of
Dublin.
Funeral services were held Saturday at Indianapolis. Rev.
Warren Mathis officiated. Burial in South Lawn cemetery at Dublin.
Source: The Wheeling [West
Virginia] News Register; 14 Jan 1954
Mansel Coy Young, of 22 Chapel
Road, Bethlehem, died today at 2:25 a.m. in the Ohio Valley General Hospital
where he had been a patient since Tuesday. He had been in failing health since
July, 1953.
Born Oct. 1, 1906 in Lewisville, O., he was the son of C.W.
and Lorena Buchanan Young and was employed by the Wheeling Dollar Savings and
Trust Co. for the past 26 years. He was educated in the Lewisville public
schools and the Elliot School of Business. He served with the Army during World
War II, in the Finance Office, Fort Lewis, Washington. He was a member of Ohio
Lodge No. 1, A. F. and A. M.; a 32nd Degree Mason; Osiris Temple of the Shrine,
and El Tor Grotto, of which he had served as secretary, and later treasurer. He
held the title of treasurer emeritus, at the time of his death. He was active
in the Fellowcraft Club of Ohio Lodge.
Surviving are his wife, Esther Bonar Young; his mother, of
Lewisville, and a sister, Mrs. George Cline, Lewisville.
Services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at the McCoy
Funeral Home, 44 Fifteenth St. The Rev. *? S. Middaugh will be in charge and
interment will be made in Greenwood Cemetery.
*Submitter's Note: The
first initial was unreadable on my copy of the obituary.
Source: The Omaha [Nebraska]
World Herald; 16 Oct 1954
YOUNG -- Nellie, age 76 years, residence 3060 Huntington
Ave. Survived by 1 brother, William R.; 1 nephew, Victor Michelsen, both of
Omaha; 1 niece Mrs. James Thomas of Corpus Christi, Tex. Services 10 a.m.
Monday at Haynes and Roeder Funeral Home. Interment Forrest Lawn.
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