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1955
Austen, Helen Austen, nee Brown
Source: The Wooster [Ohio] Daily Record; 18 Jun 1955
Mrs.
Dale Austen
WEST SALEM -- Mrs. Helen Austen, 34, died
at the Lodi hospital Friday morning after a short illness. She was born January 22, 1931 in Ashland, a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Brown, and was a member of the Church of
Christ in Ashland.
Surviving are her husband, Dale; four
children, Larry, Linda, Loretta, and Leroy of the home; her parents; a sister,
Mrs. Kenneth Cobbler of Polk; three brothers, Howard and John of Ashland R. D.
and Carl of Alliance; two grandmothers, Mrs. D. D. McBride and Mrs. J. W. Brown
of Ashland.
Services will be Monday at 2 p.m. at
the Matteson funeral home with Donald Jarrett officiating. Calling hours will be Sunday afternoon and
evening at the funeral home. Burial will
be in West Salem cemetery.
Source: The
Elmo [Missouri] Register; 17 Mar 1955
GENE
BALES DIES OF
HEART ATTACK
Three
deaths were reported in one day, Thursday, from the College Springs, Ia.
community; Gene Bales, 40, was among these.
The
death of Gene Bales was at the veterans hospital in Omaha, Neb. He had suffered a heart attack, and his
parents were called to his bedside Wednesday.
Gene was on tour with an orchestra, playing an engagement in Omaha when
stricken on Monday. Services were held
at the Elmo Methodist church Monday, with burial at Six-Corners cemetery.
He was a
World War II veteran. Surviving him are
a daughter, two brothers, Elmer, of Searcey
[sic–Searcy], Ark., and John of St. Louis, a sister, Rachel in Kahoka, Mo.,
and a step sister, Edna, Corning, N. Y.
Barrett,
George James Barrett
Source: The Times Leader [Martins Ferry]; Thursday,
13 Oct 1955
Industrial Commission
Deputy Dies
BRANCH
DEPUTY of Industrial Commission for the State of Ohio, George James
Barrett, 64, of Skotlan, died this morning at 4:15 in
the Martins Ferry hospital. Mr. Barrett had
been in ill health for the past year and half, and in the hospital four weeks.
The deceased was born in Bellaire, Oct.
25, 1980, a son of Patrick and Emma Thurn Barrett, and had resided all his life
in the Bellaire and Bridgeport areas.
He was affiliated with the Industrial
Commission for the state of Ohio for the past 27 years, and had offices in the
Citizen's Bank Building in Martins Ferry.
He was a member of the First
Evangelical & Reformed Church at Bellaire and local 13, American Fleet
Glass Workers Union of Bellaire.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Clara
Morris Barrett; one daughter, Mrs. Della Shaver of Shadyside; three
grandchildren and one great-grandson; also a sister, Mrs. Margaret Blum of Warwood.
The body is at the Howard H. Wilson
Funeral Chapel, Bridgeport, where friends will be received.
Services will be
conducted Saturday afternoon at 1:30 in the Wilson Chapel, Bridgeport, with
Rev. J. Stanley Richards of Bellaire officiating. Burial will follow in Weeks cemetery.
Bauman,
Mary Bauman, nee Luedy
Source: The Spirit of Democracy [Woodsfield, Ohio];
18 Aug 1955
Mrs. Bauman
Succumbs In Wetzel
Hospital
Mrs. Mary Bauman, 78, well-known resident
of Sardis, died Saturday at Wetzel county hospital, New Martinsville.
She was born September 20, 1876, a
daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Luedy and was the
widow of Henry (Gus) Bauman, who died February 6, 1912.
Surviving are four daughters, Mrs.
Everett (Bessie) Feisley, of Seville; Mrs. Hugh
(Laura) Walter, of Woodsfield; Miss Edna Bauman, of the home, and Mrs. Pearl
Barrick of Yakima, Wash.; four sons, Fred and Charles Bauman, both of Sardis;
Harry Bauman of Belmont and Louis Bauman, of Akron; four brothers, Jacob Luedy of Sardis and Frank and Henry Luedy,
both of Rittman, and two sisters, Mrs. Ida Luikart
and Mrs. Christine Schindler, both of Rittman.
There are 16 grandchildren and 15
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon at the Salem Evangelical and Reformed church with the Rev. ____*
Stark officiating. Interment was in the
church cemetery. Brief services were held
at the funeral home preceding services at the church.
*Submitter's
Note: This word could not be read on my copy of the
obituary.
Source: The Spirit of Democracy [Woodsfield, Ohio];
27 Jan 1955
John Beardmore, 84, of 123 Home Ave.,
Woodsfield, died in Marietta Hospital, Monday, January 24, at 3:30 p.m.
A son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Beardmore,
he was born, near Graysville, September 25, 1870. He was a farmer in that community until the
time of his retirement in 1943 when he moved to Woodsfield.
Surviving are his wife Florence Hines
Beardmore; one sister, Mrs. Susie Winland, of Bremen,
and two brothers, Charles, of Salem, and Isaac, of Columbiana.
Funeral services will be held this
Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock in the Woodsfield Church of Christ with
Minister Robert Fraley, of Woodsfield, and Minister Charles Hendershot,
Cambridge, officiating. Short additional
services will be held at 2:30 at the Pleasant Ridge Church of Christ and burial
will be made in the church cemetery. The
body will be removed to the family home Thursday morning from the Gardner
funeral home.
Source: The Wayne Co. [Illinois] Press; 17 Nov 1955
FREDERIC* BEESON
DIES IN BERRY
Brother Of
Arthur Beeson, Of
Fairfield, In Failing
Health Some Time
Frederic* Beeson, 73, a brother of
Arthur Beeson of this city, died early Monday morning at his home in Berry
township, following several months of failing health.
Mr. Beeson had made his home in Berry
township since he was two years old. He
engaged in farming and local construction work.
Funeral
Held Wednesday
Funeral services were held from the Oak
Valley church Wednesday afternoon, with Elder W. D. Crippin
in charge. Interment was in the Oak
Valley cemetery.
Frederic, son of James and Jemina** Beeson, was born in Christian county on October
6th, 1882. He moved to Wayne county and
Berry township with his parents when he was but two years of age.
He was married to Grace Hilliard
October 13th, 1913 and five children were born to this union.
List of Survivors
Surviving are his widow; two sons,
James and David, both of near Geff; three daughters,
Eleanor, wife of George Yanakis of Chicago; Dorothy,
wife of Owen Weaver, of near Geff; and Marilyn, wife
of Ira A. Jett, of Tokyo, Japan; two brothers, Arthur, of Fairfield; and Luke,
of Aurora; and 17 grandchildren.
Submitter's
Notes:
*This is also seen spelled as
FREDERICK.
** This should be JEMIMA.
Source: The Jackson Herald [Ripley, West Virginia]; 9
Dec 1955
Blake Rites
Held Friday
Bill Blake
Is Taken At
His Sandyville Home
On Wednesday*
Funeral services for William L. Blake,
56-year old resident of Sandyville, were held from
the Independence church there on Friday afternoon and the burial with the Vail
undertakers in charge was in the church cemetery.
Mr. Blake, a veteran of World War I and a
lifelong resident of the Sandyville community, died
at his home on Tuesday* night after a brief illness. He had, however, been in declining health for
some time and recently underwent an operation.
He was born June 4, 1899, at Sandyville and was a son of the late James F. and Mollie
Wilcox Blake.
Survivors
________________________________________________* James Everett Blake and Glenn
Blake, both residents of Sandyville.
Submitter's Notes:
*In the headline the death is given as
Wednesday and below in the obituary text as Tuesday. The West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973
gives 29 Nov 1955 as the death date.
That would have been a Tuesday.
** This entire line is unreadable on my
copy of this obituary.
Britton, Beulah Britton, nee Brosman
Source: The Linton [Indiana]
Daily Citizen; Friday, 1 Apr 1955
Former Resident
Dies at
Winslow
Mrs. Frank Britton, about 57 years old,
of Winslow, died at 3:00 o'clock this morning at a Winslow hospital, following
a short illness, according to word received here.
Mrs. Britton, the former Beulah Brosman, was reared in Linton. She had moved to Winslow about twenty years
ago.
Survivors include the husband, Frank
Britton; two daughters, Mrs. Dee Hale and Mrs. Adrian Woods, both of Winslow,
and five grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00
o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Winslow Christian church.
Source: The Spirit of Democracy [Woodsfield, Ohio];
January 1955
Miss Clara Ophelia Buchanan, aged 83,
died at the home of her sister, Mrs. E. F. Yoho of the Lewisville Road Monday
January 24, 1955. She had been in failing
health for a year.
Miss Buchanan was born in Lewisville
September 2, 1871, a daughter of Cleveland and Lucinda Schell Buchanan. She spent her entire life in the Lewisville
area when she was an active member of the Buchanan Presbyterian church and the
Women's Christian Temperance Union.
Surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Sarah
Yoho at whose home she lived, Mrs. Minnie Polen and
Mrs. Lorena Young, all of the Lewisville Community. One sister Mrs. Elisabeth Fisher preceded her
in death.
Funeral services were held Wednesday
afternoon at 1:30 p.m. in the Bauer-Turner funeral chapel with her pastor, Rev.
L. Lane McCammon officiating. Burial was made in the Buchanan Church
cemetery.
Mrs. Philomena Burkhart, 85,
lifelong resident of Miltonsburg community died in
Ohio Valley Hospital, Wheeling, WVa, Saturday
evening. She fell about three weeks ago and fractured a hip. Born February 28, 1870 in the Miltonsburg community, she was a member of the St. John's
Catholic Church.
She leaves two sons and two
daughters: Isadore and Mary Burkhart of the home, Otto of Woodsfield,
R.D.3, and Mrs. Emmett Carrick of Canton; two brothers, Nicholas and
Jacob Burkhart of Lewisville, RD 1.
The Rosary will be recited at
the Schumacher Funeral Home Monday at 8 p.m. The high Mass of Requiem will be
held Tuesday at 9 a.m. in St. John's Church at Miltonsburg.
Fr. Robert Brown will officiate in the absence of the pastor, Fr. Donald Nuss. Burial will be made in Oaklawn
Cemetery.
Christman,
Charles E. Christman
Source: The Monroe County Beacon, Woodsfield, Ohio, Monday, Jan. 24, 1955
Charles E. Christman, 80, the son of Godfrey and Katherine Bauman Christman, was born on
October 7, 1874, on his parents’ farm near Wills Creek, West of Monroefield, Ohio. He departed this life January 5, 1955,
at the age of eighty years and three months. Born into a large family he was
the second youngest of ten children, which included three girls and seven
boys.
His parents who were among
the first settlers of this community, were from Germany with a background of
strong Christian faith. He received the sacrament of Baptism at St. John’s
Evangelical Church and later received the vows of Church membership himself by
the rite of Confirmation at the age of fifteen. From that time forward he
remained a faithful and loyal member of St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed
Church throughout his lifetime. In his Church he found the strength and
guidance he needed by regular attendance and participation in the sacrament of
Holy Communion. He received his last Holy Communion ten days before God called
him to his heavenly home.
On October 15, 1898, he was
united in marriage to Miss Laura Melinda Baker. To this happy union were born
five sons. Laura died December 5, 1919, from typhoid fever, aged 45 years.
Three sons, Harley, Herbert, and Clesson Christman were taken early in life. Harley died September
6, 1904, and; Herbert died February 4, 1903 and Clesson
died in 1934.
The two living sons are
Freeman Christman, of Monroefield
and Harvey Christman of Woodsfield. The last two
weeks of Mrs. Christman’s life were spent at the home
of his son, Freeman where with his wife, brother Harvey, the grandchildren and
neighbors, he was given tender and loving care day and night.
After the untimely death of
his first wife, he was united in marriage to Emma Black on November 26, 1924.
She too preceded him in death on June 19, 1946, aged 83 years, leaving one
stepson, Stephen Black, now living in Zanesville, Ohio.
Mr. Christman
has three grandchildren, Eldon and Ruth Christman, of
Lewisville, Rural Route, and Richard Christman, of
Columbus, Ohio. Also there are five great grandchildren who have brought much
additional joy to him in these past years. Having a host of relatives, he is
honored with having one of the largest relationships in this country, all
descendants of the first pioneer settlers.
These early settlers built up
their homes near springs where Mr. Christman built
his home. Here on his beautiful farm located west of Barnhart Ridge Road he
lived alone during these past years. On his farm he found much joy in tending
the cattle and chickens, watching the crops grow and be harvested by his son
and grandsons.
Burial was made in the St.
John’s Middle Church cemetery, near Lewisville.
Claus, Ben Claus
Monroe County Beacon,
Woodsfield, Ohio, dated,
Ben Claus, of Anthon, Iowa, passed away in St. Joseph’s
Hospital Sioux City, Iowa, on
Mr. Claus was a former resident of the Lewisville vicinity.
Gilbert and Dora Claus, of
Lewisville, Route and Mrs. Elmer Christman, of Apple
Creek, who left on Monday of last week for Iowa, will remain there for the
funeral.
Source: The Springfield [Missouri] Leader &
Press; Monday, October 31, 1955
Area Crashes
Take 2
Lives
Little Girl,
Woman
Die Over
Weekend
Minor injury accidents in or near
Springfield were the only blots on Sunday driving in the Ozarks after two
persons died Saturday night in highway wrecks.
The dead:
Caroline Rae* Cook, 9, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Cook, Route 2, Fordland, killed at 10 p.m. Saturday when she
was thrown from an overturning car near Rogersville.
Mrs. Emma Graves, 48, of Nevada, fatally
hurt at 11:20 p.m. Saturday in a two-car crash on Highway 60, three miles east
of Galloway.
Troopers said the Cook girl was riding
in a southbound 1947 Ford convertible driven by her brother, Kenneth Clarence
Cook, 14, when it went off gravel Webster County U. three miles southeast of
Rogersville, and overturned.
Cook and five other occupants of the
car, which troopers said was traveling at excessive speed, escaped serious
injury. No immediate action was taken
against the underage driver.
Other survivors include four sisters,
Mrs. Marie Denney, also of Route 2, Fordland; Mrs. Ernestine Pece, Columbia [sic–Columbus], Ga., Shirley and
Linda, of the home; her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Ott
Roller, Rogersville; maternal grandfather, Gus Duckworth, of Squires, and
paternal grandmother, Mrs. Myrtle Cook, of Selah, Wash.
Services
will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at West Finley Baptist Church, five miles
southeast of Rogersville, with the Rev. Silvey Howard
officiating. Burial will be in the
church cemetery under direction of Kelley-Ferrell of Rogersville.**
Submitter's Notes:
* On her
tombstone pictured on findagrave.com, the name is spelled CAROLINE RAY
COOK.
**The
rest of the article was about the second unrelated fatality.
The next article is about
Caroline’s funeral arrangements.
Source: The
Springfield [Missouri] Leader & Press; Tuesday, November 1,1955
Funeral services for Caroline Rae* Cook,
9-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cook, Route 2, Fordland fatally
injured in an automobile accident Saturday night, will be at 1:30 p.m.
Wednesday at West Finley Baptist Church with the Rev. Silvey
Howard officiating.
Burial
will be in the church cemetery under direction of Kelley-Ferrell and Sons of
Rogersville. Pallbearers will be Bobby and Earl Denney, Marvin Pece and Carl Lee.
*Submitter's Notes:
On her tombstone pictured on findagrave.com, the name is spelled
CAROLINE RAY COOK.
Source: Barnesville [Ohio] Enterprise; 1 Dec 1955
Chas. M. Coss
Dies Thanksgiving Day
Charles
Melvin Coss, well known Barnesville man,
resident of 133 Grace Avenue, passed away shortly after noon on Thanksgiving
Day at the home of his son, Charles, at Uhrichsville.
Mr. Coss had
suffered from a serious heart condition for several years, and for the past two
years had been unable to do anything at all.
He and his wife were spending the holiday with their son and had planned
to go to the home of a daughter . . .*
he suffered a heart attack Thursday afternoon and before the physician
who was called, could get him to the hospital, he had died.
Mr. Coss
was the son of James and Sarah White Coss, **years,
and in recent years, as** and was born at Bethesda September 18, 1878. In early life he was a professional baseball
player, then was in the Barnesville post office for a number of *** long as his
health permitted, was clerk at private auctions, and also at the Barnesville
Livestock Auction. For the past 19 years
he had been a director of the Peoples' Building and Loan Company, and had been
a regular attendant at the meetings of the board. He was a member of Friendship Lodge No. 89 of
the Chapter and the Council and was a graduate of Franklin College at New
Athens.
Those bereaved by his death are his
wife, Nettie, of the home; four daughters, Mrs. Glenn Martin of Canton, Mrs.
Wayne Van Curen of St. Clairsville,
Mrs. James Hickenbottom of Newcomerstown, and Mrs.
Tom Allison of Scottdale, Pa., two sons, Charles of
Uhrichsville and James of Canton, seven grandchildren, and several nieces and
nephews. His sister, Mrs. ....****
White, died just a few weeks ago.
The Masons held their services Saturday
evening at seven thirty, and final funeral services were held from the Campbell
Funeral Home Sunday afternoon at 1:30.
They were conducted by Dr. Byron B. Evans of the Presbyterian Church, and interment was made in Ebenezer Cemetery.
Submitter's
Notes:
* That line was not clear all across the
3 columns on my copy of the obituary.
**years, and in recent years, as ** I think the
words that I put between the double asterisks above do not belong in that
line. Although I typed it word for word,
it does not make sense. It seems likely
to me that it would go where
I had put ***.
**** The first name of his sister (or
perhaps her husband’s first name) could not be read on this copy of the
obituary.
Danford,
Garfield Danford
Jeffersonian Friday 25 Feb 1955
Caldwell - Funeral services
for Garfield Danford, 74, of Caldwell, will be
held Sunday at 2 p.m. at McVay Funeral Home by Rev Floyd
R Gaugler. Burial will be made in Bates Hill
Cemetery. Mr Danford
died in Marietta Memorial Hospital Thursday following a long illness. He
was a retired Noble County farmer and had resided in the Mt Ephraim community
most of his lifetime. He was a son of the late Rolland and Nancy Wilson Danford.
Surviving are his widow,
Tessie Bates Danford; a son Wayne, Caldwell; 5
daughters Mrs Erma House, Massillon, Mrs Clarice Mendenhall, Rich Valley; Mrs
Ardith Mendenhall of Sarahsville,
Mrs Helen Day of Quaker City and Miss June Danford of the home; 13 grandchildren; 11
great-grandchildren; and five sisters, Mrs Dora Ruby,
Mrs Estella Groves, Mrs
Blanche Stallings, Mrs Dulcie Stallings, all of Salesville and Mrs Mary Britton
of Senecaville. A son, Charles and a sister are
deceased.
Source: The Daily Reporter (Dover, Ohio); 18 Jan 1955
Roy G. De Vault, 56, of 401 E. Fourth
St, died yesterday shortly after noon at Union Hospital after he had suffered a
heart attack while working at the Belmont Mfg. Co plant.
Born in Martins Ferry, he was a son of
Charles and M. Alma Powell De Vault. Survivors are his widow, Anna Morris De
Vault, six sons, Wayne, Martin, Garry, Allen and Roy Jr, all of the home,
Edward of White Court, Alberta, Canada, and William De Vault of Canton; two
daughters, Miss Rosalie De Vault of the home and Mrs. Harold Burkett of Beach
City; eight grandchildren; a brother, Lawrence De Vault of Martins Ferry; a
sister, Martha De Vault of Maynard, O, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles De
Vault of Maynard.
Funeral services will be held Thursday
at 1 pm at the Toland Funeral Home with the Rev.
Cletus Hefner officiating. Burial will be in Dover Burial Park. Friends may
call at the funeral home tonight from 7 to 9 pm and Wednesday from 2:30 to 4:30
and 7 to 9 pm.
Source: The Cambridge [Ohio] Jeffersonian;19 Oct.
1955
SUMMERFIELD--Funeral services for Herzel Garrett, 50, of Summerfield R.D. 1, will be held
Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Summerfield Church of Christ, by Evan. McKilney* Bates.
Burial will be made in Eastern Cemetery.
Mr. Garrett died in Guernsey Memorial
Hospital, Cambridge, Monday evening after a 10-day illness of heart
trouble. The body was taken to the
family home from Brubach Funeral Home. It will be taken to the church one hour
preceding the service to lie in state.
A farmer by occupation, he also served
as an instructor in the GI Farm School and was a committeeman with the Soil
Conservation Service.
Survivors include his widow, Leone; two
daughters, Mrs. Treva Tilton of Summerfield R.D. 1,
and Miss Lylan Garrett, a student at Ohio University;
a son, Larry, of the home, and a brother, Wilfred of Summerfield.
*Submitter's Note:
Although this copy of the obituary spells the name MC KILNEY, it is
possible that it should be MC KINLEY.
Source: The [Cambridge, Ohio] Jeffersonian; 18 Jun
1955
Howard C. Goodhart,
of Calais, operator of a grocery business at Byesville a number of years ago,
died Saturday at 10:45 a.m. at Guernsey Memorial Hospital.
The deceased was born March 31, 1885 at
Calais. His wife, Josie Everett Goodhart, died in 1925.
Survivors include two daughters, Miss Evelyn Goodhart,
Pittsburgh, Pa., and Mrs. Gertrude Martin, Blairsville, Pa.; and one
granddaughter.
The body was removed to the Eberle Funeral Home at Quaker City where funeral
arrangements are incomplete. Burial will
be made at Northwood Cemetery.
Source: The
Spirit of Democracy, [Woodsfield, Ohio]; Thursday, 24 Nov 1955
Hannibal
Man Is
Believed
Lost
In Ohio River
Body of
Wilbur Heslep,
Crewman on
Towboat,
Has Not
Been Found
A
Hannibal man, Wilbur Heslep, 54, is believed to have
drowned Sunday morning in the Ohio river while working
on a small towboat, although at the time this paper went to press his body had
not been recovered.
Mr. Heslep was working on the small towboat, Keystone, Sunday
morning and is believed to have fallen overboard. Unable to swim, and wearing heavy clothing,
it is believed that he was drowned.
A search
of the area was done Sunday, and again Monday, but he was not found. The towboat, with Victor Harrison as pilot,
left New Martinsville early Sunday morning with two barges of gravel. Only the two men were on the boat.
At about
eight o'clock, as the boat was passing Heslep's home
at Buckhill Bottom, south of Clarington, he took a
cup of coffee to Harrison. When the boat
reached Lock 14 at noon, and Heslep did not come out
to tie the boat, Mr. Harrison investigated and failed to find him on the boat.
A bucket
in the washroom, used to dip water from the river, was also missing, leading
him to believe that Mr. Heslep fell overboard while
dipping water.
Mr.
Harrison tied up the barges, and with helpers, returned to the dock with his
boat, scanning the river all the way, but no trace of Heslep
was found.
Mr. Heslep is the husband of the former Miss Mabel Harrison,
and the father of five sons. One son,
Max, is in Alaska, and the Red Cross has been notified to return him here. The others sons are George Heslep, of Canton; Wilbur Heslep
Jr., of Hannibal; John Heslep, of Hannibal; and
Jerry, at home.
Mr. Heslep had been working on this boat for about seven weeks.
The Wetzel county sheriff's department at
New Martinsville was notified, as was the United States Coast Guard at
Pittsburgh.
Source: The Spirit of Democracy, [Woodsfield, Ohio];
Thursday, 12 Jan 1956
Body of
Wilbur Heslop
[sic--Heslep]
Recovered from
River
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon for Wilbur B. Heslop,* 53, of Clarington
Route 1, whose body was recovered Friday from the Ohio River at Sistersville.
Mr. Heslop
drowned November 20 when he accidentally fell from the towboat, Keystone,
between Buckhill Bottom and Lock 14. He was an employe
of the Ohio River Sand and Gravel company at the time
of the fatal accident.
He was born January 25, 1902, a son of
the late Grant and Margaret Smith Heslop. He was a member of the First Christian Church
at Paden City.
He is survived by his widow, Mabel
Harrison Heslop; five sons, George H., of
Canton, Wilbur B. Jr., of Clarington Route 1, John M., of Paden City, Pfc.
Max R. with the U.S. Army in Alaska, and
Jerry W., at home; three brothers, Herbert Heslop, of
Racine, W. Va., Gene, of Ronceverte, W. Va., and Morris, of Paden City; four
sisters, Mrs. Hester Pryor, Miss Ruth Heslop and Mrs.
Beatrice Clover, all of Paden City, and Miss
Rachel Heslop, of Washington D. C., and five
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at the Wells
funeral home in New Martinsville Sunday afternoon with the Rev. George Willyard of Hannibal, and the Rev. Eldon DeVore, of Paden City, in charge. Burial was in the Greenlawn
Memorial Park at New Martinsville.
*Submitter's
Note: This family spelled their name as
HESLEP. Although it is spelled correctly
in the previous article of November 24, 1955, it is misspelled throughout this
article.
Highman, Pearl Josephine Highman
nee Nalley
Monroe County Beacon,
Woodsfield, Ohio, dated,
Pearl Josephine Nalley was born
in Schultz, West Virginia, on
In early childhood the family moved to Monroe County, Ohio
where the remainder of her life was spent. She departed this life
She was united in marriage with Charles Franklin Highman in the year 1904. To this union the following
children were born, all whom survive except one son, Leland Daniel.
Gerald Aldine Highman, of
Lewisville, Route 2; Clara Mabel Hines, of Lewisville, Route 2; Audrey Luzelle Gatten, of Lewisville,
Route 2; Glenn Leroy Highman, of Woodsfield; Leland
Daniel Highman, who gave his life for his country in
North Africa on May 6, 1943; Edsel Burdette Highman,
of Graysville, Route 1, and Hilda Waneta Dalrymple,
of Woodsfield, Route 2.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, who
departed this life August 29, 1954, and the following sisters; Elizabeth Bell,
Margaret Mathes, Zetta
Fridley.
She is survived by the following sisters and brother: Nora
Hannah Fisher, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio; Mattie Gatten,
of Woodsfield, Route 2; Laura Smith, of the State of Oregon, and George Randall
Nalley, of Creston, Ohio.
She is survived by twenty-six grandchildren, nineteen great
grandchildren, and a host of other relatives.
Mrs. Highman was a member of the Church
of Christ, having been baptized by Evangelist Robert L. Fraley.
She led an industrious life consecrated to the concepts and
activities fundamental to a Christian society. Her family can attest to her
love, patience and self-sacrifice; her neighbors have witnessed her loyalty,
patriotism and devotion to duty; all who knew her will remember her
friendliness, hospitality, and generosity. In a lifetime beset with much
hardship, travail and suffering, she exemplified faith and hope, the attributes
which she, in her generosity, would probably wish most to bequeath to those who
remain.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at
Hines, Carrie Hines nee Morrison
Mrs. Carrie
Hines Dies At Her Home Near Lewisville
Mrs. Carrie Hines 77, of Lewisville, Route
2, passed away Sunday morning, Oct 30, 1955 at nine o'clock, at her home
following a lengthy illness.
She was born on September
25, 1878. Her husband Lee Hines, died in Feburary
1952.
Mrs. Hines was a member of
The Hines Chapel Church of Christ.
Surviving are five sons,
James H. Hines of Graysville Route 1;
George H. Hines, of Greensburg, Pa; Clifford Hines of Lewisville Route 2;
Leonard Hines and Lonnie Hines of Woodsfield; two sisters, Mrs
James McFadden, of Necomerstown, and Mrs.Henry Knowlton of Malta; Three brothers, John Morrison,
of Harriettsville, Route 1; Charles and Ray Morrison,
of Sycamore Valley; twenty-two grandchildren,
and twenty-one great grandchildren.
Friends are being received
at the family home. Funeral services will be held at two o'clock Wednesday
afternoon at the Creighton Ridge Church of Christ. Burial will be in the church
cemetery with the Mallett Funeral Home in charge.
Hutchison, William M. Hutchison
Source: The East Liverpool [Ohio] Review; Saturday, 4
Jun 1955
William M. Hutchison of 1st St.,
Newell, died Friday at 4:15 p.m. at the Rocky Glenn Sanatorium in McConnellsville, after an illness of 12 years. He was 61.
A presser at the Louthan
Manufacturing Co., he lived in this area 40 years. He was born in St. Marys,
W. Va.
Mr. Hutchison leaves his widow, Mrs.
Sara* Elizabeth Hutchison, and a daughter, Miss Hilda Hutchison at home; a son,
William H. Hutchison of Milwaukee; two sisters, Mrs. Carl Morrison of Woodland
Hills, Calif., and Miss LaVerne Hutchison of Newell;
a brother, Ross Hutchison of Newell, and six grandchildren.
The Rev. Russell Fetty, pastor of the
Congo Nazarene Church, will conduct services Tuesday morning at 10:30 at the Arner Home for Funerals in East Liverpool. Burial will be in Locust Hill Cemetery.
Friends may call Sunday and Monday
evenings at the funeral home.
*Submitter’s Note: This is
usually seen spelled as SARAH.
Source: The Parkersburg [West Virginia] Sentinel; 29
Nov 1955
Funeral services for Forest Lee Jay,*
78, Rt. 2, Cairo, who died Sunday at the Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital, will
be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Pine Grove Church of Christ, Rt. 2. Evangelist Max King will officiate. Burial will be in the Pine Grove cemetery.
The body is at Rogers Funeral Home in Pennsboro where it will remain until today at 7 p.m., when
it will be removed to the home of a brother, L. N. Jay.
He was born Sept. 12, 1877,** at
Woodsfield, O., a son of the late Harvey and Lydia Flanagan Jay. He was preceded in death by his wife and one
son, Olin Jay.
He was a member of the Cairo Church of
Christ.
Surviving are three brothers, L.N. Jay,
of Cairo; C.H. Jay, of St. Marys, and T.H. Jay, of
Sebring, Fla.; two sisters, Mrs. Sara Satterfield, of Ellenboro, and Bertha Stonestreet, of Parkersburg.
Submitter's Notes:
* Other records spell the last name as
JOY: Ohio, Births and Christenings
Index, 1800-1962 about Forrest Lee Joy, 1880 United States Federal Census about
Forest Lee Joy, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 about
Forest Lee Joy, 1940 United States Federal Census about Forrest L Joy, West
Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973 about Forest Lee Joy.
** His birth is given as 1876 in Ohio,
Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1962 about Forrest Lee Joy and the U.S.,
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
Kilburn, Gustav Frederick Kilburn
Gustav Frederick Kilburn was born in Summit Township,
Monroe County, on
Through Baptism he became a member of St. John’s
Evangelical and Reformed Church, and at the age of thirteen he was received
through the vows of Confirmation.
On
Those who survive him are Mrs. Freeman Christman
and Freeman Kilburn, of Lewisville, Route 1; William Kilburn, of Cambridge, and
Mrs. Sylvia Shull of Atwater, Ohio. Also surviving are one brother, Henry
Kilburn, of Lewisville, Route 1, and one sister, Mrs. Lucetta
Kochart, of Woodsfield. There are also fourteen
grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren.
This past March Mr. Kilburn and his wife were privileged to
celebrate their fifty-ninth wedding anniversary.
His entire life was lived in this church community where he
farmed with his family. It is worth noting the outstanding service he gave his
community thru his church where over a period of forty years he was the
custodian of this church. Because some records have been lost it is impossible
to tell just exactly how many years he did serve. But those who remember his
faithful devotion to his job will remember with thanksgiving the joy he found
in keeping the House of the Lord spotless and clean for those who worshipped
here.
Short services were held in the Bauer and Turner Funeral
Chapel, Woodsfield on Tuesday afternoon at
One more day’s work for Jesus,
One less of life for me!
But heaven is nearer, and Christ
Is dearer than yesterday, to
me
His love and light fill all my soul
tonight.
Kilburn, Mary Kilburn nee Kahrig
Mrs. Mary Kilburn, 84, died at the home of her son, Freeman
Kilburn on Lewisville Route 2 Wednesday evening. She was the widow of Augusta
Kilburn who died in April 1955.
She was born
Surviving are two daughters; Mrs. Freeman Christman of Lewisville, Route 1, and Mrs. John Aiello, of
Alliance; two sons, Freeman Kilburn, of Lewisville, Route 2, and William
Kilburn, of Cambridge, fourteen grandchildren; 35 great grandchildren; and one
great great grandchild; and two brothers, Philip Kahrig of Lewisville, Route 2 and Fred Kahrig
of Woodsfield.
Brief services will be held at the Bauer and Turner Chapel
on Saturday afternoon at
Source: The Martins Ferry [Ohio] Times Leader;
Tuesday, 31 May 1955
Kinkade Services
Services for Erving H. "Kinny" Kinkade, former
resident of New Martinsville, who died Sunday at his home in Holloway, will be
held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Iams Funeral Home,
New Martinsville. The Rev. Walter J. Mycoff will officiate and interment will be in Greenlawn Memorial park.
Mr. Kinkade
was born in Bellaire Oct. 3, 1895, a son of Henry S. and Elvina
Grace Kinkade.
For 16 years he operated restaurants in New Martinsville.
Surviving are his wife, Eleanor; two
sons, Henry, Columbus; and Eugene, New Martinsville; a sister, Mrs. Adam Frees,
Bridgeport, and five grandchildren.
Source: The Columbus [Ohio] Dispatch; Saturday,
December 24, 1955
Louis Kruse, 80, of 810 E. Granville
Rd, died Friday in White Cross Hospital.
Surviving are his wife, Lorano; two daughters, Mrs. Alice Martin and Mrs. Frances
Stout; one son, Robert; seven grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; two
sisters, Mrs. Minnie Schrader and Mrs. Hannah Thumb.
Friends may call at the Corbin funeral
home, Worthington, after noon Monday where the service will be held at 2 p.m.
Tuesday. Burial will be Union Cemetery.
Leach,
Harry Leach
Source--Wheeling News Register Friday, January 14, 1955
Leach , Harry; about 32,
native of Barnesville, who has been a foreman at the Hoover Company plant at
North Canton, for several years died at the Mercy Hospital in Canton Thursday
evening at 5:30. He leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Leach of Barnesville;
two sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Whitesell, Barnesville, and
Mrs. Marjorie McCammon of Woodsfield, two brothers,
Earl and Everett of Barnesville and his wife and a child in Canton. Relatives
indicated that the body would be brought here for services and burial.
[Submitter’s Note: Below is
a second obituary for Harry Leach.]
Leach, Harry E. Leach
Source: The Canton [Ohio] Repository; Friday, January
14, 1955
Harry E. Leach, 32, who came to Canton
14 years ago from Barnesville and was a supervisor at The Hoover Co., died
Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at Aultman Hospital. He was 32 and had been ill 10 days. He was a member of the Moose Lodge at
Barnesville.
Surviving are a son, Larry Leach; his
parents, Mrs. and Mrs. Fred Leach, and two sisters, Mrs. Russell Whitsell, all of Barnesville and Mrs. William Buchanan of
Woodsfield.
The body is at the Welch funeral home
where friends may call tonight from 7 to 9.
Saturday the body will be taken to Barnesville for funeral services and
burial.
Leach, Magdeline
“Laney” Leach nee Wise
Source: Monroe County [OHIO]
Beacon, Monday, 19 Sep 1955
Funeral services for Mrs. Laney Wise Leach, 85, of Malaga,
were held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Calais Church with Minister
J.V.A. Traylor of Woodsfield officiating. Burial was made in the Calais
Cemetery, with the Harper and Campbell Funeral Home, Beallsville, in charge.
Mrs. Leach died Wednesday morning, Sept. 7, 1955, at 3:30
in the Barnesville General Hospital following an illness of two weeks.
She was born July 9, 1870, near Malaga, a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Wise and lived her life in that vicinity. She was the last
member of a family of eleven children and her only survivor is a son, Rufus H.
Leach, of Malaga. Her husband Cole Leach died fourteen years ago.
Source: The Zanesville [Ohio] Signal; 12 April 1955
MARIETTA--Geneva Leasure,
15, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Leasure of
Summerfield Route 1, died at 11:50 o'clock last night in Memorial hospital
following a lingering illness.
Miss Leasure
was born Sept. 4, 1939, near Stafford and was a member of the Mount Tabor
Church.
Surviving in addition to her parents
are five brothers, Leonard of Woodsfield and Carl, Raymond, Eugene and Edward
of the home; four sisters, Mrs. Betty Cline of Batesville and Lucille, Dorothy
and Ruth Ann of the home and maternal grandmother, Mrs. Alice Brown of
Woodsfield.
Services will be held at 2 o'clock
Thursday afternoon at the Mount Tabor Methodist Church. Rev. W. Paul Brown will
officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
The body was removed to the Mallett Funeral Home at Stafford where friends may call
after 6 o'clock this evening.
Lucas,
Ezra O. Lucas
Source--Newsclipping
Published—1955
Lucas, Ezra O., 76, of 228
Eastern Avenue, passed away on Saturday morning, October 29, 1965, at one
o'clock in Marietta Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient since Monday.
He had been in ill health since March with a heart condition. Mr. Lucas was a
widely-known oil well contractor. He was associated with George M. Thornberry
of Lewisville, in the firm, Lucas and Thornberry, gas and oil well contractors,
for forty-four years. A son of Thomas A. and Canarissa
Sheldon Lucas, he was born in Wayne Township on March 13, 1879. On May 26, 1898
he was united in marriage with Miss Savilda Winland, who survives.
Mr. and Mrs. Lucas lived on Hartshorn Ridge
until 1908, when they moved to Lewisville. In 1927 they moved to Woodsfield
where they have since resided. Mr. Lucas was a member of the Woodsfield
Methodist Church and Monroe Lodge No. 189, F.& A.M.
Surviving are his wife, Savilda, and eight children; W.L. Lucas, of Zanesville;
Mrs. George (Ina) McCormick, of Columbus; Mrs. William J. (Mabel) Brown, of
Gallipolis; A.D. Lucas, of Tampa, Florida; K.L.Lucas,
of Medina; Mrs. Guy (Mildred) Turner, of Coshocton; Mrs. Ralph (Velma) Myrick,
Jr. of Steubenville; and John T. Lucas of Coral Gabels,
Florida; also fifteen grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and several
nieces and nephews.
One granddaughter, LaNora Dougherty, preceded him in death in 1943. Friends
are being received at the Schumacher Funeral Home where Masonic services were
held Sunday evening at nine o'clock.
Funeral services will be held this Monday afternoon at two o'clock in
the Schumacher Funeral Home with his pastor, Rev. Dale Cole officiating.
Interment will be in Oaklawn Ceremony.
Source: The Spirit of Democracy, [Woodsfield, Ohio];
Thursday, 20 Oct 1955
Mrs. David Schindler and son Earl, and
Mrs. Jacob Stalder were in Ravenna Friday and
Saturday. They attended funeral services
there of Wesley Lude.
Source: The Monroe [Michigan] Evening News; Monday,
10 Jan 1955
County Records
First '55
Fatality
Crash on
M-56 Kills
Donald MacMurdo, 32
Monroe County's first traffic death of
the year occurred Saturday night on M-56 when Donald MacMurdo,
32, of 457 Sackett Ave., was fatally injured as his car left the highway near
Ready Rd. and rolled over into a telephone pole.
He died at 8:50 p.m. in Mercy Hospital,
about an hour after the accident.
Coroner Harold Maurice attributed death to a skull fracture and internal
injuries.
The top of MacMurdo's
1953 hard-top coupe was sheared off by the pole, state police at the Flat Rock
post said. The auto was a total
loss. Witnesses said the car was
traveling at high speed and failed to make a curve.
The first traffic fatality of 1954
occurred at 6:35 a.m. Jan 1. The second
was Jan 10.
MacMurdo was born May 9, 1922, at Ellwood City, Pa., the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Willam S. MacMurdo. He moved to Monroe with his parents in 1929. Jan 3, 1945, he married Rose Marie Kutz at Wooster, Ohio.
MacMurdo was
an electrician for Jack A. Frost, and a member of the First Presbyterian
Church. He served in the U.S. Army
during World War II.
Survivors include his parents, a son,
Donald, 5, and a daughter Marcia Kay, 3.
He was divorced recently.
Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday in the
Earle Little funeral home with Rev. Wilfred E.
Simpson, D.D., officiating. There will
be military services with burial in Roselawn Memorial
Park.
*Submitter's Note: A different date is given on this
ancestry.com record:
Ohio, U.S.,
County Marriage Records, 1774-1993
Name Rose
Marie Kutz
Spouse
Donald B Macmurdo
Marriage Date 5
Jan 1946
Marriage Place Wayne,
Ohio, USA
Film Number 001940653
Source: The Monroe [Michigan] Evening News;
Wednesday, 12 Jan 1955
Funeral Services
Services for Donald MacMurdo,
32, World War II, veteran who died Saturday night of injuries suffered when the
car he was driving left M-56 near Ready Rd., were Tuesday afternoon in the
Earle Little funeral home. The Rev.
Wilfred E. Simpson, D. D., of the First Presbyterian Church officiated. Burial was in Roselawn
Memorial Park Cemetery. Military
services were conducted by Monroe veterans' organizations.
Bearers were Stanley Yoas, James Albain, James Keck,
Robert Osborne, Robert Straub and Charles Leibenguth.
Earl L. Sharp was commander for
military rites; Albert Wehner was chaplain; Emil
Harper, color bearer; Arthur Cole and Leroy Cole, color guards, and Elmer Frank,
bugler. Others in attendance were
Leonard Selvidge, Oliver Aldridge and George Loose.
Mercer,
Maggie Mercer, nee Truex
Source: The Daily Jeffersonian, [Cambridge, Ohio]; 16
May 1955
Mrs. Maggie
Mercer
WOODSFIELD -- Funeral services for Mrs.
Maggie Mercer, 72, of Ozark, will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. from Bauer and
Turner Funeral Home by Rev. A. Dale Cole.
Burial will be made in Ozark Cemetery.
A former resident of Zanesville, she
died in the Barnesville General Hospital Saturday night after a long illness.
Born at Woodsfield, she was a daughter
of John and Hannah Truex, and was the wife of W.W.
Mercer.
She was a member of the Methodist
Church.
Surviving are her husband, a son, Paul Mercer
of Beallsville; two sisters, Mary Longdon of Blue
Rock and Annie Copeland of Ozark, and a brother, John Truex
of Barberton.
Source: Quaker City (Ohio) Hometowner;
Friday, 2 Dec 1955
Thurman Morris, 60, World War I, veteran,
was found dead in bed on Wednesday evening, November 23, 1955, at 7 o'clock, in
his home at Baileys Mills. He is believed to have died sometime early Tuesday
morning in the home where he lived alone.
Mr. Morris was born December 12, 1894,
in Monroe County, a son of the late Jess and Ruhama
Carpenter Morris. Surviving are
two daughters, Mrs. Faidel Ochoa, of Detroit, and
Mrs. Orville Booth, of Newark; one son Raymond Morris, with the United States
Service in Venezuela, South America; five grandchildren; three brothers, Arthur
and Clarence Morris of Baileys Mills and Elmer Morris of Woodsfield, and three
sisters, Mrs. Clara Gallagher and Mrs. Icel Giesey of Barnesville and Miss Sadie Morris of Quaker City.
Funeral services were held Friday
afternoon of last week at the Campbell Funeral Home in Barnesville, with Rev.
Floyd Workman of the Barnesville Main St. Methodist Church officiating. Burial
was made in Calais Cemetery.
Newsclipping, dated, February 1955
Provided by Lena Kahrig Pettit-Typed by Betty Lendon Matson
Neibch, Edwin Carl, was born near Monroefield,
on November 18, 1887, the son of John and Louisa Bintz
Neibch. He departed this life at his home, February
1, 1955 at the age of 67 years and two months.
He
lived his entire life in the Monroefield community
and was a life-long member of St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church where
he was baptized and confirmed in his youth. He also served in the United States
Armed Forces in World War I.
On
April 16, 1951 he was united in marriage with Mrs. Anna Claus.
He
is survived by his wife; four sisters, Mrs. Clarence Weber and Miss Luella Neibch of near Woodsfield; Mrs. Leona LaFollette,
of Akron and Mrs.Lydia Bailer[Bailey] of Cleveland;
three stepchildren; Alvira Claus, of Barnesville;
Floyd Claus, of Salem, Ohio and Bernard Claus of Witchita,
Kansas.
All
his life Edwin was a hardworking farmer, first on his parent's farm where he
lived with his mother and sister and then continuing on his own farm where he
lived with his wife. He loved to farm and to tend cattle, to watch things grow
and to be in the out-of-doors.
Short
services were held in the Bauer and Turner Funeral Chapel on Friday afternoon
at one o'clock. Additional services were held at two o'clock in St. John's
(Middle Church) Evangelical and Reformed Church. Rev. George Varnes officiated. Interment was in the church cemetery.
Military rites were accorded by Monroe Post 87, American Legion.
.
You who are born of the hills,
Hill-bred, lover of hills,
Though the world may not
treat you allright,
Though your soul is weary with ills;
This will you know above
other men,
In the hills, you will find peace
again.
.
NOTE OF THANKS--To all those
who were a comfort and help during the recent death of my beloved husband, to
the friends in the neighborhood, to Mr. Paul Turner, for his kindness, to the
American Legion for their service, to Reverend Varnes
for his comforting words, and for the many beautiful
flowers, my deepest thanks
and appreciation. MRS. EDWIN NEIBCH & FAMILY
Nelson, Anna L. Nelson – Mrs. Anna Lucinda Nelson, 67, resident of Stanley,
near Blaine, died Tuesday morning at 8:55. She had been ill for the past three
years. The deceased was born Oct. 17,
1888 at Sardis, and had resided at Stanley for many years. She was a member of the Salvation Army Corps
in Bellaire. Surviving are her husband,
John Nelson, two daughters, Mrs. Virginia Imer of Blaine, Mrs. Gladys Mulbert of
Martins Ferry, three sons, Willard Nelson, Bridgeport, W. Nelson, Elmsboro, W. Va., two brothers, Daniel and Charles Stewart of Sardis, a sister, Mrs. Ella Peterson, Wheeling, 22 grandchildren
and seven great-grandchildren. Friends may call at the Howard H. Wilson Funeral
Chapel, Bridgeport, where services will be held Friday at 2p.m. in charge of
Major Wm. Murtaugh of the Salvation Army. Burial will
be in Linwood Cemetery, Blaine. [Died in
1955.]
Perry D. Cline, 76, died
Sunday at 12:05 a.m. at his home in Rinard Mills. He
was a retired oil producer and farmer. Born July 11, 1879 in Monroe County, he
was the son of the late Daniel and Elizabeth Piatt Cline. He was married to the
former Anna Paton, who survives at the family home. Other survivors include two
sons, Glenn of New Philadelphia and Frank of Rochester, Pa.; five daughters,
Mrs. Amanda Miller of Marietta, Mrs. Pearl Rinard of
Rochester, Pa., Mrs. Ruth Huffman of New Rumley and Mrs. Audrey Binegar and Mrs. Doris Rinard of Wingett Run; two half-sisters, Mrs. Jane Widger of Wellsburg, W. Va., and Mrs. Bertha Hayes of Whiliu pie; 16 grandchildren and five in
great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Bloomfield
Church with the Rev. Clarence Cr Hubbard and the Rev. Everett Branscomb
officiating. Burial will be in Matamoras Cemetery. Friends may call at the Corum Funeral Home in Matamoras un til
2 p.m. Tuesday when the body will be taken to the family home where friends may
call until Wednesday noon.
Rubel, Edwina Rubel
nee Breeden
Canton Repository, Canton,
Ohio, dated,
Mrs. Edwina Rubel, 84, of 112
Clarendon Avenue, S. W., died Sunday night September 25, in Aultman
Hospital where she was admitted Saturday after suffering a heart attack. Her
husband Lewis D. Rubel died in 1949.
Mrs. Rubel, who came to Canton 33
years ago from Barnesville, Ohio is survived by seven daughters, Mrs. Frank
Morrison, Mrs. Rose Barnes, Mrs. Mildred Haymaker and Miss Mary Rubel of Canton, Miss Amy Rubel
of Barnesville, Mrs. Grace Schwartz of Louisville and Mrs. Dorothy Shook of
Whittier, California, four sons, George, Benjamin, Samuel and Mancel Rubel of Canton, a
brother, Wade Breeden of Dexter City, a sister Mrs. Martha Luca of Watson, West
Virginia, fourteen grandchildren and eleven great grand
children.
The body is at the Williams Funeral Home where friends may
call tonight from 7 to 9, and Tuesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Rites will be
conducted Wednesday September 28, at one p.m. in the parlors by Rev. Dennis Foreman.
Burial will be in Forest Hill cemetery.
Source: The Spirit of Democracy [Woodsfield, Ohio];
27 Jan 1955
Services were held on Wednesday at
2 p.m. in the McMechen
Methodist Church for Edward S. Schnell, 1122
Marshall St., who died early Monday at his home after a brief
illness. Friends were received at the
Riggs Funeral Home, McMechen, until 1 p.m. Wednesday
when the body was taken to the church to lie in state. The Rev. E. L. Lowery officiated and
interment followed in Mount Olivet cemetery.
Mr. Schnell, a retired operator for the
Co-Operative Transit Co. and custodian of the Methodist Church was born in
Hannibal, O., Dec. 29, 1888, son of the late John and Amelia Schindler Schnell
and lived in McMechen for the past 48 years. He was a member of the local IOOF lodge and
Local No. 103 of the Veterans Association of the Transit Co.
Surviving are his wife, Angela Roberts
Schnell; a daughter, Miss Helen, at home; a son, Robert, Romney; a grandchild,
Nancy Schnell, and two sisters, Mrs. Everett Gasser and Mrs. Bernard Litman, both of Crescent, O.
Source: The
Pleasants Co. [West Virginia] Leader; Friday, 15 Apr 1955
Tyree
Alton Seckman was born October 16, 1871 in Washington
County, Ohio and passed away April 7, 1955, at the Methodist Hospital in
Scottsbluff, Nebraska, at the age of 83 years, 5 months and 22 days. When a lad he came to
Nebraska from West Virginia. At
Mead, Nebr. he grew to manhood, met and married Nettie Graves. Four children were born to this couple, three
girls and one boy. One girl and the boy
died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Seckman made their home in Saunders, Valley and Keith
counties in Nebraska. While living in
Keystone, Nebr. he was very active in and one of those instrumental in building
the Presbyterian church of which he was a member. Most of his life was spent farming,
tho he did own and operated a general merchandise
store at Keystone, but at heart he always loved the farm. In 1929, the year following the death of Mrs.
Seckman he returned to West Virginia where he lived
until 1948. On November 25, 1943 he was
married to Ida Pearl [sic--Peryl] Morris of
Bens Run, W. Va. This marriage lasted
only 14 months when Ida Pearl [sic--Peryl]
passed away in January of 1945. Since
1948 when Mr. Seckman returned to Nebraska he has
made his home with his 2 daughters, Mrs. Gladys M. Johnson of Big Springs and
Mrs. Wilma Z. Beckius of Keystone. Beside these two daughters he leaves four
grandchildren, Mrs. Myron Styskal of Grant, Nebr.;
Donald, Carolyn, and Bernard at home; one great grandchild Teresa Anne Styskal; 2 brothers, J. B. Seckman
of Spencer, W. Va.; Abner Samberson of Ohio; and two
sisters, Mrs. Osa Elliott and Mrs. Mary Minnick, St. Marys, W. Va., many nieces and nephews, other relatives and
hosts of friends.
Funeral
services were held Saturday, April 9 from the Methodist Church in Ogallala,
Rev. J. B. Roe, Methodist pastor of Big Springs officiating, and interment in
the Ogallala cemetery.
Source: The Pittsburgh [Pennsylvania] Press;
Thursday, 14 Jul 1955
SIMPSON -- On Wednesday, July 13,
Oliver C., of 218 Second Ave., Carnegie, husband of Wilhelmina Renn. Friends received
at the Szafranski Funeral Home, 101 Third St., Carnegie. Services on Saturday, July 16 at 2 p.m. Interment Chartiers Cemetery.
Source: Brown Co., Indiana Obituaries; Vol. 2: 1914-1984 (July 7, 1955)
Funeral services were held at Clark
Funeral Home, in Morgantown, Monday, for
Samuel Adams Spicer, still-born son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Spicer, of
Morgantown R.R. 3. The infant was born
at the Johnson County Memorial Hospital, Sunday at three o'clock.
Services were in charge of Rev. Ora
Davis, with burial following at
Morgantown Cemetery.
Stewart, William Clem
Stewart, 81, died Friday night at his
home in Sardis following a long illness.
He was the son of the late John and Jane Wilson Stewart and was born at Sardis, Route 1, where he resided
all his life. Surviving are his widow,
Cora M. Stewart and five children: Ross Stewart of Woodsfield, Marion E.
Stewart of Sterling, William C. Stewart of Sardis, Mrs. T. Stella Gallagher and
Mrs. Blanch Hubbard of Sardis Route.
Also surviving are two brothers and two sisters, Charles Stewart of
Sardis Route, Dan Stewart of Clarington Route, Mrs. Ella Peterson of Wheeling,
and Mrs. Anna Nelson of Blaine, 16 grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren. Brief services were
conducted Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Rush funeral home. Additional services were held at two o’clock
at the Mt. Olive church with the Rev. Clarence Hubbard in charge. Burial was in Mt. Olive Cemetery. (1955)
Source: The Columbus [Ohio]
Dispatch; 11 Dec 1955
MT. VERNON -- Sharon
Ann Sweet, 10-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Sweet, Dec. 9,
Children's Hospital, Columbus.
Taggart,
Beulah Taggart, nee Butler
Source: The Dallas County [Missouri] Republican;
Thursday, May 5, 1955
Beulah Taggert,*
born February 13,*** 1889 at Gault** City, Mo. passed away April 25, 1955*** at
the home three miles south of Buffalo, Mo., being 66 years, 2 months and 14
days old.
She was a member of the Church of
Christ of Richland, Washington.
She spent five years as nurse in
Richland, Washington at the Children's Hospital.
She is survived by her husband, I. C. Taggert,* one son, Lonnie Taggert*
of the home, three sisters, namely: Vera
Dunbar of Knox City, Mo., Estel Simpson of Kansas
City, Mo.; Edna Daugherty of Arkadelphia, Arkansas; one brother, Roy Butler of
Cable Grove, Illinois.
Services held at Bible Baptist Church
May 1, 1955 at 2:00 p.m. Minister Rev.
Howard Floyd assisted by Rev. Gregory Dixon.
Burial in OakLawn cemetery under direction of
L. B. Jones.
Submitter's Notes:
*The spelling of this name on the death
certificate and census records was TAGGART.
**This should be GALT.
***Her death certificate gives the
birth as February 18, 1889 and the death
as April 25, 1955.
Vaughn,
Mary E. Vaughn, nee Schell
Source: The Wayne County [Illinois] Press; 13 Jun
1955
MRS. MARY
VAUGHAN* DIES AT AGE 87
Lifelong Resident
of Berry Township Died
Saturday After Brief
Illness
Mrs. Mary E. Vaughan, 87, lifelong
resident of Berry township southwest of Cisne, died
at her home Saturday night after a brief illness. Death was attributed to causes incident to
her advanced age.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday
afternoon at 2 from the New Salem Methodist church, with Rev. H. G. Coventry
officiating. Burial will be in Cariens cemetery.
The body will be at the family home five miles southwest of Cisne until the funeral hour.
Born in
Berry
Mrs. Vaughan was born in Berry township
March 16th, 1868, the daughter of Henry and Mary Schell. She was married to Douglas Vaughan and eight children
were born to this union. Her husband
died in October, 1942, and three children also preceded her in death.
For the past several years a daughter,
Mrs. Sherman Morris and husband had made
their home with her. She was a member of
the New Salem Methodist church.
List of
Survivors
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs.
Morris, and four sons, Emery, of San Francisco, Calif.; Jesse, of Santa Rosa,
Calif.; Raymond of Kent, Ohio; and Elmer of Pontiac, Mich.; 12 grandchildren;
12 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great-granddaughter.
*Submitter's Note: Throughout this article the last name was
spelled VAUGHAN. However, in her
husband's obituary and census information the name was spelled VAUGHN.
Weber, Alfred Henry Weber
Monroe County Beacon,
Woodsfield, Ohio, dated,
Alfred Henry Weber, son of Wm. J. and Gertrude Claus Weber,
was born in Malaga Township, Monroe County, Ohio, on
He was the eldest of a family of seven children and was
baptized in the Evangelical and Reformed faith when an infant. At the early age
of thirteen, he was confirmed in St. John’s church near Lewisville where he
remained a faithful member.
On
He is also survived by two daughters-in-law and the
following brothers and sisters: Wesley Weber, of Lewisville; Wm. J. Weber, of
Mansfield, Ohio; Mrs. Ernest Hoff and Mrs. Willard Weber, of Lewisville. and
Mrs. Clinton Lent, of Quaker City, Ohio.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother,
George, of Barnesville, Ohio.
Mr. Weber resided in Monroe County until 1941 when he, with
his family, moved to Quaker City where they have since made their home. He was
employed by the Ohio Fuel Gas Co., and in 1953 was presented a thirty-year
badge of honor, making a total of thirty-two years of faithful service with
that company.
Along with this employment he became a skilled plumber.
Although his earthy life was short, it was one of fullest service to his
fellowman.
He gave unsparingly of his time, talent, and possessions
for those in need. No call within his knowledge went unheeded.
Mr. Weber was a member of the Men’s Brotherhood of his
church and also of the Odd Fellows Lodge at Quaker City. He was a good husband
and father, and a citizen who will be greatly missed. Though the shock is hard
to bear we have this consolation: With his earthly journey over may the Master
say: “Well done thou good and faithful servant.”
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at
Source: Akron [Ohio] Beacon Journal; Thursday, 6 January
1955
Floyd A., age 50 years, of 67 Maple st. SW, Barberton, passed away Wednesday a.m. Survived by wife, Muriel; sons, Ernest and
Arthur; daughters, Mrs. Helen Swearingen,* Mrs. Alice Pierce, Miss Anna Mae
Wise; four grandchildren; brothers, Assa,** Trim,
Homer and Delbert; sisters, Mrs. Mary Kerps and Mrs.
Ida Johnston. Funeral services Saturday,
2 p.m. at the Campfield-Hickman Funeral Home, Rev.
Roy Ankrim officiating. Burial in Greenlawn
Cemetery. Friends may call at the
funeral home. (Campfield-Hickman.)
Submitter's Notes:
*SWEARINGEN is spelled SWEARINGTON in
the obituary of his wife Muriel.
** In other documents ASSA is seen
as ASA.
Source: Monroe County [Ohio] Beacon; Monday, 16 May
1955
A
traffic accident Wednesday afternoon,
May 11th about 4:30 o'clock claimed the life of James Wise, 39 of
Graysville. He was crushed to death when
a double trailer tanker rolled onto his small three-quarter truck on Route 18,
east of Brimfield, Ohio and four miles south of Kent.
The accident happened when Wise, headed east,
attempted to pass the tanker.
When traffic from the opposite direction approached, Wise darted in front of the tanker, but clipped the heavier outfit's left fender.
The impact caused Wise's truck to roll
over in front of the tanker. Both trucks
slid into a ditch, the tanker falling on
Wise's truck. With Wise was Raymond
Busch, 37, of Marr, who was cut on his right hand. Wise and Busch were pinned inside the
truck, Busch was freed by passersby who
broke a window.
Wise was pronounced dead by a physician
summoned to the scene after State Highway patrolmen and wrecking truck crews
worked more than an hour to free his body.
The tanker was driven by Lloyd S. Rivers
27, of Toledo. He was uninjured.
Mr. Wise was born April 15, 1917, near
Graysville, a son of Asa Wise of
Graysville, Route 1, and the late Mrs. Nancy Scott Wise.
Surviving in addition to his father are
his widow, Evelyn; three sons,
Jimmy, Jerry, and Johnny and one
daughter, Karen all of the family
home; brothers and sister surviving are
Emery Wise, of Marietta; Harold Wise of Lowell;
Asa Wise Jr., of Lewisville Route 1;
Mrs. Ida Coss and William Wise, both of Graysville,
Route 1.
Funeral services were held at two
o'clock Saturday afternoon in the Pleasant Ridge Church of Christ. Elder T.A. Christy officiated. Burial was made in the church cemetery with
the Mallett Funeral Home of Stafford in charge.
Submitter’s Note: Below is another obituary:
Source: newspaper clipping, probably Woodsfield or
Marietta, Ohio; May 1955
James Bryon Wise was instantly killed
in a truck and a double tanker trunk accident Wednesday,
May 11, near Brimfield, Ohio.
A son of Asa A. Wise, Sr., and the late
Nancy Virginia (Scott) Wise, he was born in Washington Township, Monroe County,
on April 15, 1917, being at the time of his death 38 years and 26 days of age.
He was united in marriage on November
14, 1942 with Mary Evelyn Pecek, of Barberton, Ohio,
and to this union were born four children, one daughter, Karen Sue, age eleven
and three sons, Jimmie Clifford, age nine, Jerry David, age four, and John
Edmund, age two.
He also leaves to mourn his departure
his father, Asa A. Wise, Sr., of Graysville, Route 1; four brothers and one
sister, Emery L. Wise, of Marietta, Harold F. Wise, of Lowell; Asa A. Wise,
Jr., of near Stafford; William O. Wise and Mrs. Chauncey (Ida R.) Coss, of Graysville, Route one, besides a host of other
relatives and friends.
His mother, Mrs. Nancy Virginia Wise;
one sister, Mrs. Velma I. Holiday, and an infant brother, George Wesley Wise,
preceded him in death.
Except for five years employment with
the Ric Wil and Sun Rubber Companies of Barberton,
Ohio, he spent his life in Monroe County, as a farmer, trucker and livestock
dealer.
Mr. Wise was a devoted husband and
father, and always ready to help in time of need. He will be sadly missed by his family, many
relatives and friends scattered abroad.
He was taken from the accident to the Brissler Funeral Home at Kent, Ohio, where he remained
until Thursday, when he was brought to the Mallet* Funeral Home at Stafford. On Friday he was returned to his home near
Graysville, remaining there until Saturday when funeral services were held
Saturday afternoon at two o'clock at the Pleasant Ridge Church with T. A.
Christy officiating. Burial was in the
church cemetery with the Mallet* Funeral Home of Stafford in charge.
*Submitter's Note: This is usually seen spelled as MALLETT.
Source: Marietta [Ohio] Times; 5 or 6 Feb 1955
Trymson W.*
Wise, 60, of Lower Newport Rt. 1, died Friday at 7:30 p.m. in Marietta Memorial
Hospital.
Born July 14, 1894, in Monroe County,
he was a son of the late George and Isabelle Miller Wise. On Sept. 14, 1916, he was married to Bertha
Jackson, who survives.
Surviving in addition to the widow are one
son, Dayton, of the family home; one daughter, Mrs. Ernest DeLong of Marietta
Rt. 1; three brothers, Homer Wise of Barlow,
Asa Wise of Graysville and Delbert Wise of Barberton and two sisters,
Mrs. Ida Johnston of Barberton and Mrs. Mary Kerps of
Wilson, Okla.
Three children preceded him in
death. Also preceding him in death were
two brothers, Gilbert O. Wise, who died in 1950 and Floyd A. Wise, who died in
January, 1955.
Mr. Wise, a farmer by trade, resided
all of his life in the Lower Newport community.
[Submitter’s Note: Here is a second obituary for Trymson W. Wise.]
Wise, Trymson
W. Wise
Source: Marietta [Ohio] Times; 7 Feb 1955
Funeral services for Trymson W. Wise, 60, of Lower Newport, who died Friday evening,
were held Monday afternoon at the Doudna &
McClure funeral home. Burial was in the
Valley Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Herman Wise, Damon
Wise, Harold Wise, Henry Kesselring, Emery Wise and Ivan Adams.
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