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Monroe
1957
Baker, Melissa
Foughty Baker
SOURCE: The Zanesville Signal, Zanesville, OH, 27 August 1957
WOODSFIELD, O. - Mrs. Melvin
Baker, 62, died Monday morning at her home in Woodsfield following a short
illness.
She was a life resident of the
Woodsfield community and a member of the Church of Christ at Cameron, O.
Surviving are her husband, a
son, Edwin McConnell, of Woodsfield; five grandchildren; three sisters Mrs.
Anna Shields of Youngstown, Mrs. Lola Zonker and Mrs.
Alice Whitacre, both of Barnesville and one brother, James Foughty of
Woodsfield.
The body was removed to the
Bauer and Turner Funeral Home here where services will be held at 1 o'clock
(DST) Wednesday afternoon. Additional services will be conducted in the Church
of Christ at Cameron at 2 p.m. Rev. Raymond Straites
will officiate and burial will be in Cameron Cemetery.
Barcus,
Edith May Barcus, nee Cochran
Source: The East Liverpool [Ohio] Review; 9 Apr 1957
Mrs. Edith May Barcus,
1010 1/2 Commerce St., Wellsville, wife of Charles M. Barcus,
died Monday at 9 p.m. in University Hospital in Columbus, where she had been a
patient since last Tuesday. She was 43.
Mrs. Barcus
was born Feb. 12, 1914* in Chester, a daughter of Mrs. Florence Simonds Cochran
of East Liverpool and the late Arthur M. Cochran. She was employed in the decorating department
of the Homer Laughlin China Co. until she became ill two months ago. She spent her lifetime in Wellsville and
vicinity and was a member of the IBOP and the Wellsville Church of the
Nazarene.
In addition to her husband and mother, she
leaves two sons Carl Goodballet, with the Air Force
in Kentucky and Michael Charles Barcus at home; two
daughters, Mrs. Leah Butcher of Huntington, W.Va. and Doris Ann Goodballet at home; eight sisters, Mrs. Grace Mobley and
Mrs. Mildred Willis of Wellsville, Mrs. Betty Straight of London, England, Mrs.
Ruby Carter of Salineville and Mrs. Virginia Pelley,
Mrs. Margaret Wolf, Mrs. Evelyn Board and Mrs. Ruth Peterson, all of East
Liverpool; two brothers, Harold Cochran of Tampa, Fla. and Arthur Cochran of
East Liverpool and one granddaughter.
The body will be brought today to the
MacLean Funeral Home in Wellsville, where rites will be held Thursday at 2 p.m.
by the Rev. Clark M. Allison. Burial
will be in Spring Hill Cemetery.
Friends may call Wednesday afternoon
and night at the funeral home.
*Submitter’s
Note: At findagrave
the photograph of her tombstone in Spring Hill Cemetery, Wellsville, Ohio is
shown. The stone is engraved with the
birth date of Nov. 10, 1914.
Botkin, Susan A. Botkin, nee Kinkade
Source: The Chillicothe [Ohio] Gazette, page 2,
column 2; 30 December 1957
Mrs. Susan Adeline* Botkin,
121 N. Watts St., died at 10 a.m. Sunday at the home of a son, Fred Botkin of Columbus after a brief illness.
She was born August 29, 1870 in
Paulding County, a daughter of Aronah** and Rachel
McCurdy Kinkade. On Aug. 15, 1891 she was married to
James Botkin, who died in 1946.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs.
Laura Bladen of Chicago, Ill., Mrs. Ruth Cutright of
Route 5 and Mrs. Katherine Miller of San Raphael, Calif., three sons, Fred Botkin of Columbus, Charles Botkin
of Cincinnati and James Botkin of Route 4; two
sisters, Mrs. Daisy McElhaney and Mrs. Belle Kinkade
of Ada and 20 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.
Service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at
the Ware Funeral Home with the Rev. Harold Cowdrick
officiating. Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home
after noon Wednesday.
Submitter's Notes:
* This is also seen spelled as ADALINE.
** This name is also seen spelled as
ARAUNAH.
Brown,
Lula Mae Brown, nee Coplin
Source: The East Liverpool [Ohio] Review; Friday, 31
May 1957
Mrs. John
Brown
Mrs. Lula Mae Brown, 53, wife of John
Brown of the 6th St. Rd., Newell, died Wednesday at 9 p.m. in City Hospital,
following a five-day illness.
Mrs. Brown was born in St. Marys, W. Va., and lived in East Liverpool for 32
years. She was employed last in the
bisque warehouse at the Homer Laughlin China Co. Plant 5. She was a member of the Newell Church of the
Nazarene.
She leaves five sons, Richard D. Brown
of Chester, Brooks Brown of Burbank, Calif., Robert E. Brown with the Navy at
Moffett Field, Calif., James M. Brown Jr., at home; a daughter, Mrs. Carl Wern of Newell; three sisters, Mrs. Blanche Oliver and Mrs.
Iva Calles, both of Newell, and Mrs. Grace Shaffer of Akron; a brother, Clyde Coplin of East Liverpool and eight grandchildren.
Rites will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in
the Arner Home for Funerals in East Liverpool by the
Rev. O. C. Rushing. Burial will be in
Columbiana County Memorial Park.
Friends may call Saturday and Sunday at
the funeral home.
Carpenter,
Brenda Kay Carpenter
Source: The Barnesville Enterprise, Barnesville,
Ohio; August 1, 1957
Brenda Kay Carpenter, little daughter of Donald and Mary
Carpenter, passed away Tuesday* evening at 6 o’clock in the Barnesville
Hospital. She was not yet a year old, having been born September 10, 1956.
Her death sadly bereaves her parents, and her grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Carpenter of Barnesville, and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Eschbaugh of Salesville.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock D.S.T. Friday at the Campbell Funeral Home,
and interment will be made in Southern Cemetery.
[*Submitter's Note: Brenda
died July 30, 1957.]
Christman, Magdalena S. Christman
nee Matz
Magdalena S. Matz Christman was born on Lewisville, Ohio, Route one,
Mrs. Christman was baptized into
Christian faith on
She was married to George L. Christman
on
Magdalena (Lena) was life resident of the Monroefield community and a life member of the St. John’s
Evangelical and Reformed Church in Summit Twp., Monroe County, Ohio. She was
devoted to her family and shared with them her deep and abiding faith in God.
Brief services were held at the Bauer and Turner Funeral
Chapel, Woodsfield, Ohio on Saturday afternoon at
Christman, Magdalena Saloma Christman nee Matz
Source--Monroe County Beacon Woodsfield, Ohio
Published--April 1957
Lena Matz Christian[should
read--Christman] was born on July 9, 1878, a daughter
of Louis[Ludwig] and Christina Meckling Matz. She departed this life on April 2, 1957 at the age of
78 years, 8 months and 23 days. Mrs. Christman was
baptized into the Christian faith on March 6, 1879 and she took the vows of
confirmation on December 26, 1892 being in the same confirmation class as her
future husband.
She was married to George L. Christman
on June 19, 1900 and to this union were born nine children. One daughter died
in infancy.
Surviving are her husband; one sister, Rachel Christman of Lewisville, Rural Route and one brother,
William Matz, of Woodsfield; and her eight children,
three sons and five daughters; Arthur Christman of
Wooster, Route 4; Elma Christman, of Lewisville,
Route 1; Esther Claus, of Lewisville, Route 1; Clarence Christman,
of Apple Creek; Gertrude Kahrig of Woodsfield, Route
3; Laura Kahrig of Lewisville, Route 2; Paul Christman of Cambridge, Ohio and Beryl Claus of Lewisville,
Route 1, who lived in the home with her parents. twenty-four grandchildren and
eight grandchildren also survive.
Mrs. Christman lived her entire
life in the St. John's Church community. She was a life member of St. John's
Evangelical and Reformed Church. She was devoted to her family and shared with
them her deep and abiding faith in God.
Brief services were held at the Bauer and Turner Funeral
Chapel on Saturday afternoon at one o'clock with additional services at two
o'clock at St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church. Rev. George W. Varnes officiated. Interment was in the church
cemetery.
.
When I have crossed the bar,
Sunset and evening star
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning at the bar
When I put out to sea,
But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home.
.
Twilight and evening bell.
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
When I embark.
For tho' from out our bourne
of Time and Place
I hope to see my Pilot face to face.
Source: The Akron [Ohio] Beacon Journal; 4 Jan 1957
Charles W. Cramer, 55, of 853 May st. died in Akron General Hospital today after a short
illness.
He was a lifetime resident of Akron and
attended Allen and South high schools.
He was an engineer with the Ohio Edison Co. for 23 years and previously
with the Ohio Bell Telephone Co.
He was a member of the Main St.
Methodist Church.
Mr. Cramer leaves his wife, Myrtle M.;
sister, Mrs. Edna Reel of Akron.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at
the Prentice & Co. Funeral Home, 856 Coburn st.;
with Dr. Sumner E. LaFollette officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home
after 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
Source: The Canton [Ohio] Repository; 12 Mar 1957
Paul A. Cronin, 43, of 1701 3rd St., N.E., died Monday night in Crile's
Veterans Hospital in Cleveland after an illness of several months.
He was a native of East Liverpool and
had lived here the last 16 years. He was
employed by Colonial Foundry Co. in Louisville.
Mr. Cronin was a veteran of World War
II and a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars in East Liverpool.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Agnes Cronin
of the home, a daughter, Miss Carolyn Cronin, also of the home; two sons,
Albert of Chester, W.Va., and Charles of East Liverpool; a brother Robert of
Pittsburgh, Pa.; four sisters, Mrs. Floyd Thomas of Houston, Texas, Mrs. Helen
Huber, of New Cumberland, W.Va., Mrs. Violet McConnell of Pittsburgh, and Mrs.
Glen Cordray of Newell, W.Va. and three
grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Arnold funeral
home here Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and at the Dawson funeral home
in East Liverpool Thursday night.
Services will be in the Dawson funeral
home Friday at 2 p.m.
Source: Cleveland Press; Date: Dec 3 1957; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #103.
Notes: Daugherty, Simon,
beloved husband of Clara, father of Mrs. Eleanor Grow, and grandfather, brother
of Mrs. Chloe McGrew of Sandyville, W. Va., passed
away Dec. 1. Remains at the A. A. Burman Funeral Home, 13124 Euclid Ave.
Services at the Lyndhurst Baptist Church Wednesday, Dec. 4, at 2 p. m.
Source: The Marietta [Ohio] Times; 4 Feb 1957
Carl Dean Day, 57, former city employe, died Sunday at 12:30 p.m. at his home at 912 Jahn St.
Mr. Day was born on May 3, 1899, at
Eight Mile in Washington County to the late Frank and Mary Herlan
Day. On Nov. 14, 1922,* he married Edith Power who survives.
Mr. Day had been employed by the City
of Marietta in the street department until his retirement two years ago. He was a member of the Central Christian
Church.
In addition to his wife, he is survived
by a son, Dean Carl Day of Marietta; a grandaughter
[sic--granddaughter], Dianna Day of Marietta; and two brothers and a
sister, Clinton of Akron and John and Mrs. Elmer Hill of Marietta. Two brothers and two sisters preceded him in
death.
Funeral service will be held Tuesday at
1 p.m. at Doudna, and McClure Funeral Home. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
*Submitter's Note: Ohio, County Marriages, 1774-1993 gives Nov.
14, 1923 as the marriage date.
Source: The Marietta [Ohio] Times; 21 Oct 1957
John H. Day, 63, of East Greene St. died
today at 9 a.m. at the home of his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer Hill in East Norwood.
He was born April 1, 1894, in Newport
Township and was a son of the late Frank and Mary Herlan
Day.
One brother and one sister survive,
Clinton Day of Akron and Mrs. Elmer Hill of Marietta. Two brothers and two sisters preceded him in
death.
Mr. Day had been employed at
Remington-Rand as as sheet metal worker for 35 years
until his retirement in 1944. He was a
veteran of World War I.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday
at 1 p.m. at the Doudna and McClure Funeral Home with
burial in the Valley Cemetery.
Decker,
Sarah Elizabeth Decker (nee Howell)
source: Wooster Daily Record 5/9/1957
Elizabeth
Decker, Wife of Charles
RITTMAN---
Mrs. Elizabeth Sarah Decker, 60, died
Wednesday morning [May 8, 1957] at her home at 175 N. Seneca St., Rittman,
after a long illness. The Decker family
formerly lived in the Creston area.
Mrs. Decker was born in Monroe County to
George and Margaret Howell. She was a member of Rittman Church of God.
She is survived by her husband, Charles;
six sons, Emerson, Mathias, and John of Rittman, Cleveland of Seville, Elmer of
Wadsworth, and Herman of Bryan, Texas; two daughters, Mrs. Sarah Hartzler of Rittman and Mrs. Esther Williams of Clinton; 13
grandchildren; two brothers, Andrew Howell of Woodsfield, and John Howell of Bellsville; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Clark of Wadsworth,
Mrs. Dorothy Long of Rittman, and Mrs. Loretta Howell of Jerusalem. A brother died previously.
Friends may call at the J. C. Murray
Funeral Home in Creston Friday afternoon and evening. Services will be held at the funeral home
Saturday at 2 p.m. DST. The Rev. Vance Schreckengast
will officiate. Burial will be in Seville.
Farley, Estelle Farley,
nee Herlan
Source: Cleveland Press; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #108.; Id#:
0494626
Name: Farley, Estelle
Date: Apr 26 1957
Notes: Farley, Estelle (nee Herlan), beloved wife of the late Edmund B. mother of Treva Mehiman,* grandmother of
Barbara and Charles, sister of Elbert, residence, 9805 Hilgert
Dr. Friends may call at Thomas Funeral Home, 12512 Miles. Services Saturday,
Apr. 27, at 1 p. m.
*Submitter's Note: Should be MEHLMAN.
Source: The Columbus [Ohio] Dispatch; Monday, March
25, 1957, Page: 9 A
FEARING
Arthur E. Fearing, age 56,
Saturday. Survived by daughter, Mrs.
Mary O'Harra; 2 grandchildren; 3 sisters, Mrs. L. S. Huntzinger, Mrs. Carl E. Deibel,
Mrs. T. W. Carskadon.
Friends may call at the Wylie S. Shroyer
Funeral Home, 1278 W. Broad, where service will be held 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. Interment, Green Lawn.
Source: The
Weirton [West Virginia] Daily Times; 11 Oct 1957
STEUBENVILLE -- Kenneth G. Freese, age 43, of 625 Montezuma Street, Pittsburgh [sic--Pittsburg], California, died on
Thursday at 7:15 a.m. in his home.
He was born on September 9, 1914, in
Steubenville, Ohio, the son of the late Walter L. Freese
and Daisy Stenger Freese. He was employed by the Columbia Steel
Company, of Pittsburg, California and by the Merchant Patrol detective* Agency.
He is survived by two daughters, Mrs.
William Atsalis, of Weirton and Mrs. James Sabo, of
Martins Ferry, O; one son, Walter K. Freese, of Tiltonsville, Ohio, one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Griffith, of
Steubenville; three brothers, Walter G. Freese, and
Marcus Freese, of Steubenville, and Robert J. Freese, a student of Taylor University, of Upland, Indiana.
The body will arrive at the Burford - Cole Brothers Funerl [sic--Funeral] Home. Arrangements are incomplete.
*Submitter's Note:
This word was not capitalized in the obituary.
Gillespie, John Gillespie
Source: newspaper clipping #1, Lorain, Ohio; February
1957
Car On
Bridge Spurs Hunt
For Missing Man
A car left deserted on the E. 31st St.
bridge with headlights burning and the key in the ignition last night touched
off an extensive police search for the missing driver.
The car was traced to John F. Gillespie
of 1886 E. 285h St., but at noon today Gillespie's whereabouts remained a
mystery.
Last night police found insurance
papers on the driver's seat and a bottle of what police said were apparently
sleeping powders. The powders are now
being tested in a laboratory, police said.
Passers-by saw the car, became curious
and called police to the scene. The
police turned flashlights down into the deep valley, then called the Coast
Guard and fire department, who used powerful portable searchlights to scour the
river and its rocky banks. They saw
nothing.
Coast Guardsmen said the river was too
rocky at that point to be dragged, having tried last summer when a car went
over the side.
They said the current was strong and
could have taken a body downstream.
Police said the Coast Guard would be
asked to help again if nothing was found today.
Source: newspaper clipping #2, Lorain, Ohio; February
1957
Missing Man
Is Still Hunted
The mysterious disappearance of John F.
Gillespie, 32, of 1886 E. 28th St., Wednesday night still had police and Coast
Guardsmen searching for him at noon today.
The man's car was left on the E. 31st
St. bridge with lights burning and key in the ignition and found by a couple
who called police.
The hunt has been going on since then,
with police checking all the places where Gillespie may have spent time.
The Coast Guard has been using an ice
skiff with an outboard motor to patrol the river. They were still looking this morning.
Gillespie's wife said he had been
"very nervous" since a doctor warned him abut
his poor health. She and her three
children left Gillespie three weeks ago.
Police said Gillespie had been laid off
from his job at Fruehauf Trailer Company a few weeks ago.
Source: newspaper clipping #3, Lorain, Ohio; 25 Mar
1957
DISAPPEARED ON FEB.
6
BODY OF GILLESPIE FOUND BY DREDGERS
DISCOVERY ENDS
LONG AREA HUNT
The body of John F. Gillespie, 32, of
1886 E. 28th St., whose car was found on the 31st St. bridge the night of Feb.
6 after he had disappeared, was dragged from the Black River today.
Coast Guardsmen who recovered the body said they found it floating near
the corner of the turning basin across from the National Tube plant about three
miles downstream from the bridge.
They said that because a sweater
Gillespie had been wearing was partially pulled over the head, and because the
body was otherwise fully clothed, they were unable to tell whether there were
marks that would indicate whether Gillespie had been struck or beaten before
his body entered the water.
Identification was made by Police
Inspector Maurice Mumford, who was at the Coast Guard station when the body was
brought there. He found a wallet in a
pocket and from papers in it determined the body to be Gillespie's.
Coast Guardsmen got their first call
that the body had been discovered at 10:05 a.m. today.
A National Tube employe
telephoned the station after workmen who were dredging the river saw the body
floating.
The workmen, unidentified by name, are employes of the Wells Construction Co. which is conducting
dredging operations.
Coast Guardsmen who went out in a small
boat and recovered the body are EN 2 David Martin, BM 3 Fred Stute and BM 1 Wardie Holton.
Gillespie had been the object of a
police and Coast Guard search which has been going on intermittently since the
night of his disappearance.
After his abandoned car was found, his
wife told police that they had been separated for about two weeks.
She described her husband as "very
nervous" and said that he had been told by a doctor only recently that he
had just a few years to live.
He had been laid off from Fruehauf
Trailer Co.
. . . * Gillespie said she and her
three children, had left him two weeks earlier, hoping it would be easier for
him to straighten out his personal problems.
Found in the abandoned car were
personal papers, all of which had been put in order.
Coast Guardsmen dragged the river below
the bridge and police searched the area, both upstream and down, after the
abandoned car was found.
The body has been released to Mathews
Funeral Home, Mumford said late this morning.
*Submitter's Notes: My copy of this article was unreadable at
that point. There was not much room for more
than one word to have been left out, perhaps Mrs.
A photo accompanied this article with
this caption below it:
RECOVER BODY --
Coast Guardsmen at the Lorain station carry a body identified as that of
John F. Gillespie, 32, of 1886 E. 28th St., from a boat after recovering it in
Black River this morning. Gillespie
disappeared Feb. 6. His car was found on
the 31st St. Bridge. The body was seen
floating in the river by workmen dredging near the National Tube Division
docks.
Source: The Shelbyville [Indiana] News; Wednesday, 17
Apr 1957
Death Claims
Clark Glackman
Funeral Friday
For
Native of
County, 50
Clark Glackman,
50, of R.R. 5 and Addison township died in Major Hospital at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday
after an illness of six weeks. He had been in the hospital eight days.
Born in Shelby township June 17, 1906,
he was the son of John and Lula (Pope) Glackman. He was a resident of this county his entire
life and was employed at the Soller-Automotive Supply
Co., for the past 10 years. Mr. Glackman was a member of the Lewis Creek Baptist
Church, Moose Lodge and Shelby County
Western Riders Club.
On June 17,* 1934, he was united in
marriage with Miss Dorothy Hall at Waldron.
She survives along with two sons, Gerald Wayne and Carl Norman, both at
home.
Funeral services will be held at the
Ewing Mortuary Friday at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Reno Tacoma, minister of the
Calvary Baptist Church, officiating.
Burial will be in the Lewis Creek Baptist cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary after 2:00
p.m. Thursday.
*Submitter's Note: Indiana Marriages, 1811-1959 shows the date
of marriage as 10 Mar 1934.
Source: The Daily Illinois State Journal,
[Springfield, Illinois] - Saturday, 9 Feb 1957
Waverly, Feb. 8 -- Reecy
Goodballet, of Scottville, died Friday at his
residence. Funeral services will be held
at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Scottville Christian church with Neece
funeral home directing. Burial will be
in the Hettick cemetery.
Goodballet, William Harvard Goodballet
Source: The East Liverpool [Ohio] Review; Saturday,
July 27, 1957
Illness Claims Veteran
Potter
William Goodballet's Rites
Slated Monday
Whilliam H. Goodballet, a kilnplacer at the
Edwin M. Knowles China Co. for 25 years died Friday at 11:20 p.m. at his home,
901 Ohio Ave. Mr. Goodballet,
75, had been ill since May 12.
Born in New Matamoras, a son of the
late Henry and Evaline Pryor Goodballet,
he had resided in East Liverpool 55 years.
He was a member of the Pennsylvania Ave. Methodist Church, Local Union 9
of the IBOP and Ben Hur Lodge.
Mr. Goodballet
is survived by his widow, Mrs. Estella Goodballet, a
son, Lewis Goodballet of Massillon; a daughter, Mrs.
Leah M. Milligan of Toronto; a brother, Lyman Goodballet
of Salem; three grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Services will be held Monday at 2 p.m.
at the Martin Funeral Home by the Rev. Glenn Brunstetter. Burial will be in the Calcutta United
Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
Hannahs, John Miles Hannahs
Source: Noble County [Ohio] Leader; Thursday, 3 Jan
1957
John Miles Hannahs,
51, of Senecaville Route 1, died suddenly Friday
evening in the Guernsey Memorial Hospital following a heart attack. He was admitted to the hospital earlier that
day.
Born July 10, 1905
in Monroe County, he was the son of
Elmer and Emma Carpenter Hannahs. He was a farmer.
Surviving are his
widow, Susie Hayes Hannahs; two daughters; Mrs. Frances Stoner of Akron and Mrs. Velma Haga of Belle Valley;
two sons, Austin Hannahs, of Sarahsville and
Emerson of Canton; two sisters, Mrs. Louise Carpenter of Summerfield and Mrs.
Mattie Stevens of Calais; and two
brothers, Irvin Hannahs of Calais and Forest Hannahs of Summerfield.
Brief funeral
services were held at the Brubach Funeral Home Monday
at 1:00 P.M. following additional services at the Calais Methodist Church at
2:00 P.M. Rev. Delmar Johnson officiated
and burial was made in the Calais Cemetery.
Source: The Indianapolis [Indiana] Times; 7 Sep 1957
MRS.
MINERVA HARRIS, 2042 N. Tacoma,
died yesterday in a local nursing home at the age of 99. Born in Decatur County, Mrs. Harris lived
here 20 years. Surviving are two
daughters, Mrs. Carrie Williams and Mrs. Alice Henninger
both of Indianapolis; two sons, Thomas, Fairland; Harry, Shelbyville; eight
grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Fairland (Ind.)
Cemetery. Friends may call until noon
tomorrow at Shirley Brothers Drexel Chapel.
Hehr, Eliza Jane Hehr
nee Whittacre
Mrs. Eliza Jane Hehr, 68,
suffered a fatal heart attack Friday night in the home at 233 Mohawk ave NW. She was the widow of John Hehr,
who died last March 12. [year of
death-1957]
Since coming to Canton 40 years ago from Haysboro, Pa., she had been a member of First Lutheran
Church and Mizpah Club.
Surviving are 5 daughters, Mrs. Mary Prysock,
Mrs. Mildred Devis, Mrs. Jean Ann Young and Mrs.
Donna Grell of Canton and Mrs. Doris Upperman of Louisville; 2 sons, Louis John and William
Nelson Hehr of the home; 2 sisters, Mrs. Ann Farrell
of Hays, Pa., and Mrs. Sarah Milligan of Girard; a brother, Nelson Whittacre of Swissville, Pa. and
12 grandchildren.
The Rev. Tom B. Homrighausen will
officiate at funeral rites Tuesday at
Hehr, John Hehr
John Hehr, of 233 Mohawk ave. NW died this morning in Mercy Hospital after an
eight-month illness. He was 75.
Before his retirement 10 years ago, he was a carpenter at
Republic Steel Corp. He was born in Lewisville and came to Canton 38 years ago.
He held membership in First Luthern Church.
Mr. Hehr is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Eliza J. Hehr; 5 daughters, Mrs. Mary Prosock,[sic-Prysock] Mrs.
Mildred Devis, Mrs. Jean Young and Mrs. Donna Grell of Canton and Mrs. Doris Upperman
of Louisville; 2 sons, John L. and William N. Hehr of
Canton; 2 sisters, Mrs. Harry Larkin of Pittsburg and Mrs. Carrie Ihlenheld of Wheeling, W.Va., and 13 grandchildren.
The Rev. Herbert E. Troge will
conduct funeral rites Thursday at
Hehr, Lottie Mae Hehr
nee Smith
Hehr, Lottie Mae, of Bridgeport,
died Friday at
She was born in Bridgeport in January 1887, a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Smith, and was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church.
Her husband, Benjamin L. Hehr
died in 1951
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. William Short of
Indiana, Pa.; Mrs. Howard Marling of Duquesne, Pa., and Mrs. Joseph Westcoat of Irwin, Pa.; and one son, Arthur T. of
Bridgeport; three sisters, Mrs. Maude Craft of Wellsburg, Mrs. Hazel Duncan and
Mrs. Joseph Evans of Bridgeport; two brothers, William Smith of Bridgeport and
Harry Smith of Warren, O.; and three grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the Howard H. Wilson Funeral
Chapel in Bridgeport.
Funeral plans are incomplete.
Henthorn, Alberta Henthorn, nee Morris
Source: The Barnesville Enterprise, Barnesville,
Ohio; 24 Jan 1957
Burns Are
Fatal To Woman
From Woodsfield Area
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon for Mrs. Alberta Morris Henthorn, 29, of Richfork,
near Woodsfield, who died in the Barnesville Hospital early Saturday morning,
of burns suffered in a fire which destroyed the family home on Friday night.
Mrs. Henthorn, mother of four children,
was found on the floor of her burning home by her husband as he returned from
the store. He carried her and one child
to safety, while the other three children fled the burning dwelling.
It is believed that Mrs. Henthorn's
clothing ignited from an open fire place, and the flames from her burning
clothing set plastic drapes and the house afire.
Less than a month ago the Henthorn's
lost a six year old son in a shooting accident.
The young boy died after being shot in the head by an older brother as
the Henthorn children played in the family car.
Source: The Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio); 8 Oct
1957
Ex-Railroad Dispatcher
Summoned
Virgil K. Herlan,
85, of 1117 Melick avenue, who was a railroader in
his early life, died at 4:30 Monday afternoon in Bethesda hospital after a
three year illness. He had been a
patient at the hospital since Friday night.
He was born Feb. 10, 1872 near Salesville, a son of John and Sarah Kent Herlan. He worked
for the OR&W railroad in both Guernsey and Noble counties and was
dispatcher at Herlan Station in Monroe county before
coming to Zanesville in 1917, to become dispatcher at Mill Run.
Later he became a salesman for the New
Castle Casket Co. of Indiana.
Mr. Herlan
was a member of Grace Methodist church and the Summerfield F. & A.M. lodge
where he received his 50 year pin in 1955.
He is survived by his widow, Odell, of
the home; two sisters, Mrs. Irene Bach of Lewisville and Mrs. Blanche Foster,
who resides at the Bethesda nurses home;
a brother, Elbert, of Cleveland and a number of nieces and nephews.
The body has been taken to the Henderson
funeral home in Duncan Falls and on Wednesday will be brought to the DeLong and
Baker funeral home here where friends may call after 2:30 p.m.
On Thursday it will be taken to the Sommerfield Methodist for funeral services and burial will
follow in Eastern cemetery there.
Rev. G.A. Wilcher
will officiate and the Masonic lodge will hold its services at that time.
Source: The Barnesville Enterprise, Barnesville,
Ohio; 7 Nov 1957
Village Saddened
By Hines' Death
Never has Barnesville been more deeply
saddened by a death than by the death on Monday afternoon at 5:40 of Charles W.
Hines of 623 Wiley Avenue. Mr. Hines
died at the Veterans' University Hospital in Pittsburgh where he had been a
patient for 13 days.
Some time ago Mr. Hines gave to John
Campbell of the Campbell Funeral Service, his wishes, in full for his funeral
and these wishes are being observed by the family. The remains were brought to the Campbell Funeral
Home, and friends were received after noon on Wednesday. Private funeral services will be held this
Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. Byron B. Evans, D.D. of
the Presbyterian Church, assisted by the Rev. Fred A. Shiltz
of the First Methodist Church. Cremation
will follow, and it was Mr. Hines' request that flowers be omitted and that his
friends give this money to any worthy cause they should choose.
Mr. Hines was a son of George M. and
Elizabeth Neuhardt Hines, and was born in Barnesville
on February 16, 1899. He was a member of
the Presbyterian Church, and of the Rotary Club which he had served as
secretary for 22 years. No one ever
exemplified the Rotary motto, "Service above self” better than this
member, who to many symbolized the heart of this service club. His weekly bulletin, with its wit and wisdom,
was eagerly looked forward to.
He was a veteran of World War I, and in
service suffered injuries which crippled him permanently. But no one ever heard him complain, and his
cheerfulness was a wonderful tribute to his patriotism and courage. His great hobby was his work as a
"ham" radio operator, which made him friends near and far.
He was preceded in death by his father,
two sisters, Olga and Catherine, and one brother, Walter. His death bereaves his mother, of the home,
three brothers, Stewart, James, and Lester, all of Barnesville, and one sister,
Jeanne, a teacher in the Canton schools, besides countless friends.
Hutchinson, Mabel Alice Hutchinson, nee Bolen
Source: The Steubenville [Ohio] Herald-Star;
Thursday,10 Jan 1957
Mrs. John
Hutchinson
Mrs. Mabel Alice Hutchinson, 55, of 604
N. 6th St. died Wednesday at 6:45 p.m. in Gill Memorial Hospital. She had been ill three years and was a
patient several weeks.
Mrs. Hutchinson, a Steubenville
resident 10 years, was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church.
She was born in Wheeling Jan. 5, 1902,
the daughter of Mrs. Emma Rogers Bolen of Wheeling and the late Henry Bolen.
Mrs. Hutchinson leaves her mother; her
husband, John E. Hutchinson; one son, Robert L. Kidd of Gary, Ind.; three
sisters, Mrs. William Glaze of Wheeling, Mrs. Roy Richmond of Moundsville and
Mrs. Oran Canter of Cleveland; four brothers, Harold and Paul Bolen of
Wheeling, Hugh of Wellsburg and Clyde of Sistersville, W. Va.
Friends may call at the McClave Funeral Home from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. today and
from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. Friday.
Funeral services will be Saturday at 2
p.m. in McClave Chapel. The Rev. James M. Nash will officiate. Burial will be in Union Cemetery.
Source: The East Liverpool [Ohio] Review; Tuesday, 6
Aug 1957
Rites Set
For Truck Fire
Victims
The bodies of an East Liverpool man and
another from Wellsville who were killed
when this* tractor truck overturned and burned on Route 30 near Minerva Monday
were returned today for burial.
The victims were Raymond Kent, 32, of
Leonard S., East Liverpool, driver of the truck, and John Allen Cline, 21, of
Whitacre Apartments, Wellsville, evidently a passenger.
Mr. Kent died in Mercy Hospital in
Canton a few hours after the mishap and Mr. Cline was burned to death when
pinned in the car as the truck overturned after hitting a guard rail at a high
rate of speed. The fire-blackened cab of
the truck is shown here after it was righted.*
The saddle-type gas tank was ripped open and the fuel ignited.
Mr. Kent was a World War II
veteran. He leaves his widow, Mrs.
Louise Lipps Kent, and three sons, Raymond L. Kent
Jr., Terry Allen Kent and Michael Wayne Kent, all at home; his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Jesse Kent of East Liverpool; four
brothers, Walter Kent of New Waterford, Carl Kent and Billy Lee Kent of East
Liverpool and Floyd Kent of Columbus; and three sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Baker,
Mrs. James McDole and Miss Mary Jane Kent, all of
East Liverpool.
Rites will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m.
in the Arner Home for Funerals by the Rev. Robert
Turner, pastor of the First Baptist Church.
Burial will be in Spring Grove Cemetery.
Friends may call tonight at the funeral home.
Mr. Cline, a son of Mrs. Helen Cline,
was discharged July 5** from the Navy.
In addition to his mother, he leaves five sisters, Mrs. Lulu Galeno of Irondale, Mrs. Jane Kirbough
of Hammondsville and Misses Jean Cline, Nancy Cline
and Mary Cline, all of Wellsville, and three brothers, Herbert Cline, William
Cline and Edward Cline, all of Wellsville.
The body was brought to the Haugh Funeral Home in Wellsville. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Submitter’s Notes:
* A picture of the burned-out truck
accompanied the article
** The
obituary for his sister Lillian lists the same McDole
youngsters as does the obituary for Donald E. McDole
so perhaps "James" is an error here.
*** This was difficult to read and
might be in error here.
Source: The Stark County [Illinois] News; 21 Aug 1957
Hold Funeral
Monday For Nelson
Kilby,
77; Formerly Of
Toulon
Funeral services for Nelson J. Kilby, 77, of Orion, and former resident of this community,
were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Orion Methodist church.
Although Mr. Kilby
had been in ill health for some time, his death was unexpected and he died in
his sleep Saturday morning at his farm home 12 miles north of Orion.
Rev. John Wanamaker, pastor of the
Orion church, officiated.
Burial was in Western cemetery at that
place.
He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Kilby and was born December 17, 1879, in Wightman,
Virginia, where he received his education.
He was married in 1903 to Miss Edith Claybaugh of Toulon, ceremony taking place at Toulon
Baptist church parsonage.
Besides his wife he is survived by
three daughters and a son: Mrs. Grace
Schillinger and Mrs. Julia M. Painter of Coal Valley; Mrs. Betty J. Holden, of
Orion, and Nelson J. Kilby Jr., of Salem, Virginia.
Also surviving are four brothers, John,
of Rugby, Virginia; Lester, of Curreyville [sic--Curryville], Missouri; Wade S. of Grandview, Missouri,
and Glenn C., of Los Angeles.
Klein, Phillip Emerson Klein
The Death Angel, in gathering flowers for the Master,
called from the home of Mr. and Mrs. Don Klein, Stow, Ohio, their only son,
Phillip Emerson, aged five months and seven days.
He was born
He leaves behind those who loved him here, his parents. Don
and Dorothy Pfalzgraf Klein; one sister, Christina
Lynn; Paternal grandmother, Mrs. Pearl Klein, of Cuyahoga Falls; his maternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Emerson Pfalzgraf, of
Claringtonn, Route, and Maternal great grandmother,
Mrs. Lydia Shaw, of Clarington Route. He also leaves four uncles, three aunts,
several cousins and other relatives.
This precious one was not ours to keep but loaned for a
brief while to brighten life’s way. We mourn, not as those without Hope, but
remember in Faith that Jesus said, “Suffer the little children to come unto
Me.”
Services were held Fri. in the Gregory Funeral Chapel at
Stow, in charge of Rev. Collyson of the Graham Road
Baptist Temple. Interment was in the Cuyahoga Falls Cemetery.
Kurtzman, Allie Kurtzman, nee McClintock
Source: The Wooster [Ohio] Daily Record; 22 Jul 1957
Mrs. Kurtzman,
68, of Wilmot
WILMOT -- Mrs. Allie Kurtzman, 68, died
early Sunday at her home at Beach City RD 2 after several monhs' [sic] illness.
Mrs. Kurtzman was born in Marshall
County, Va., and had lived in the Wilmot community several years.
Surviving are her husband, Forest; two brothers,
Edward McClintock
of Creston and Harley McClintock of Wooland [sic], W. Va.; a sister, Mrs. Earl Bigler of Creston.
Services will be at 2 p.m. DST Tuesday at the
Rush Funeral Home in Claringon [sic]. The Rev. D. Grundy
Couch, pastor of Wilmot Evangelical United Brethren Church, will officiate.
Burial will be in Clarington
Cemetery. Friends may call at Desvoignes Funeral Home in Mt. Eaton 7-9 p.m. Monday.
Source: The Lima [Ohio] News; Sunday, 20 Jan 1957
HEALTH OFFICIAL DIES
WOODSFIELD, Ohio -- Dr. R. H. Latta, 64, president of the Monroe County Board of Health,
died Friday in his home in Graysville, Monroe County. He had suffered a heart attack three weeks
ago.
[Submitter's Note: Below is a more complete obituary.]
Source: The Monroe County [Ohio] Beacon; Monday, 21
Jan 1957
Dr. R.
H. Latta Dies
At
Home in
Graysville
On Friday
Afternoon
Dr. R. H. Latta,
age 63,* passed away at his home in Graysville at three o'clock Friday
afternoon, January 18, 1957. He had
suffered a heart attack on Friday evening, January 4th, and was rushed to
Marietta Memorial Hospital where he was listed as critical for several
days. On Saturday, January 12th, he was
brought to his home to convalesce, and a second attack on Friday afternoon
proved fatal.
A son of the late Dr. A. F. Latta and Mary Neuhart Latta, he was born at Boston, Belmont County, Ohio, on July
23, 1893.* Upon his graduation from the
College of Medicine at Ohio State University, Columbus, in 1918, he joined his
father in the practice of medicine in Graysville. Dr. A. F. Latta,
and his son had been Graysville's doctors for over sixty years.
Dr. Latta was
president of the Monroe County Board of Health, and was not only well known in
Monroe County but in surrounding counties.
He was also a member of Monroe Lodge No. 189, F. & A. M.
His only survivor is his wife, Martha
Lea (Keylor) Latta.
Friends are being received at the
Gardner Funeral Home where services will be held this Monday afternoon at two
o'clock, with Minister Albert Wickham, of Coshocton, officiating. Interment will be in Oaklawn
Cemetery.
Masonic services were held at the
funeral home on Sunday evening at 8:00 o'clock.
*Submitter's Note: His entry at U.S. World War II Draft
Registration Cards, 1942, at FINDAGRAVE, and an obituary in the town of his
cousin Dr. Jack Latta, give the birth year as
1892. Other records indicate he was born
in Calais, Monroe County, Ohio. Below is
the CARD OF THANKS written by his wife:
CARD OF
THANKS
Source: The Spirit of Democracy, Woodsfield, Ohio;
Thursday, 31 Jan 1957
I wish to express my sincere and
heartfelt thanks to relatives, friends and neighbors for their kindness and
sympathy shown me during the illness and death of my beloved husband, Dr. R. H.
Latta,
especially the Gardner funeral home, the Rev. A. E. Wickham, doctors and
nurses. Many thanks for the beautiful
floral offerings from my many friends.
All have my ever lasting gratitude.
Wife, Martha Lea Latta
Masters,
Adda Masters, nee Christman
Source: The Daily Jeffersonian, [Cambridge, Ohio];
Thursday, 24 Oct 1957
Mrs. Adda Masters
WOODSFIELD -- Mrs. Adda
Masters, 69, died suddenly in her yard Wednesday afternoon. Death was attributed to a heart attack.
She was born in Woodsfield, a daughter
of Sam and Maude Montgomery Christman.
Her husband, Richard Masters, preceded her in death.
She is survived by one daughter, Mrs.
Don (Amy) Hupp of New Philadelphia; two grandchildren; three brothers, Richard,
Paul and William Christman all of Woodsfield.
She was a member of the Woodsfield
Church of Christ.
The body is at the Schumacher Funeral
Home where services will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. by Evan. J.V.A.
Traylor. Burial will be in Oak Lawn
Cemetery.
Source: The Steubenville [Ohio] Herald Star; 16 Jul 1957
Ernest W. Mercer, 66, of 315 S. 4th
St., a former employe [sic] of the Hot Strip
Department of the Wheeling Steel Corp., died today at 4:30 a.m. He had been ill two weeks and was a patient
in Ohio Valley Hospital.
A son of the late Jacob and Jennie Fox
Mercer, he was born Aug. 13, 1890, in New Martinsville, West Virginia.
He leaves his widow, Mrs. Mollie Morrow
Mercer; one son, Jake Mercer of RD 3, Steubenville; two daughters, Mrs. Ethel
Evans of Steubenville and Miss Eunice Mercer at home; three brothers, Sam
Mercer of Paris, Ohio, Leb and Onward Mercer, both of
Bergholz; four sisters, Mrs. Bertha Morrow, Mrs.
Mollie Hacathorn [sic--Hackathorn],
Mrs. Margaret Hacathorn [sic--Hackathorn],
all of Bergholz, Mrs. Ollie Snyder [sic–Snider] of
Paden City, W. Va.; six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a daughter,
Viola Mercer, one brother, Charles Mercer, and two sisters, Mrs. Vada Ray and
Mrs. Caroline Lewis.
Mr. Mercer was a member
of the Fraternal Order of Eagles and a Methodist by faith.
Friends will be received at the Mosti Funeral Home after 7 p.m. today and from 10 a.m. to
10 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday until time of services which will be at 2
p.m. The Rev. Mr. Harold Kellermier will officiate.
Burial will be in Bergholz Cemetery.
Source: The Spirit of Democracy [Woodsfield, Ohio];
31 Oct 1957
Daniel Miller,
90, Dies In
Wheeling Hospital
Daniel Miller, aged 90, of Clarington
Route 2, died Tuesday evening, October 22, at the Ohio Valley General hospital.
Born February 12, 1867, in Clarington,
he was a son of the late Philip and Elizabeth Otto Miller.
He is survived by his widow, Laura; one
daughter, Mrs. Grace Jenny of Lodi; one son Roy Miller, Sr., of Clarington;
five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; and three stepchildren, Mrs.
Daily Johnson and Clarence Green of Cleveland and George Green, of Cleveland.
Funeral services were held Friday
afternoon at Rush funeral home, Clarington, with the Rev. Keene Lebold in charge.
Burial was in Clarington cemetery.
Source: The Daily Jeffersonian, [Cambridge, Ohio];
Wednesday, 11 Sep 1957
WOODSFIELD -- Funeral services will be
conducted for Paul Mercer, 49, who died Monday evening at the Newark City
Hospital, Thursday at 2 p.m. (DST) at Bauer and Turner Funeral Home. Burial will be in Ozark Cemetery.
Mr. Mercer was formerly of the Ozark
community in Monroe County where he spent most of his life.
He was an oil field worker and was
employed by the Burton Enterprises of Woodsfield.
His father, W.W. Mercer of Junction
City, is his only survivor.
Source: The Youngstown [Ohio] Vindicator; 2 Jun 1957
Special to The Vindicator
Wellsville, June 1 -- Funeral services will
be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Clarke Funeral Home at Toronto for Earl W.
Milligan, 52, superintendent of the Wellsville Free Methodist Church Sunday
School, who died Friday night in Toronto.
He was an Ohio Edison Co. employe [sic]. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Leah Milligan.
Morris,
Susanna Catherine Morris, nee Tyler
Source: as posted on findagrave.com; Nov 1957
Susanna
Morris Is Dead At 83*
*NOTE:
The above headline is typed exactly as it was printed in the paper.
Mrs Susanna Catherine Morris, 88,* of Craigsville, died at the home of
her daughter, Mrs Ella Malcomb, Thursday night**
after a long illness.
Mrs Morris
was 88* the day she died. She was a member of the Methodist church at Arcola.
Surviving are three sons, William A of Nallen, Earl of Dunbar and Hurshel
of Cowen; four other daughters, Mrs Clara Rose of
Tioga, Mrs Effie Miller of Dixie, Mrs
Pearl Green of Bolair and Mrs
Nellie Penney (should be Tenney) of Fairmont.
Services were held Sunday afternoon in
Trinity Methodist Church at Cowen with the Rev Charles Pugh and O E Elkins
officiating. Burial was in Odd Fellows Cemetery at Cowen under the direction of
Dodd and Hurt mortuary of Webster Springs.
**Submitter's Note: She died on Thursday, 14 Nov 1957
Source: The Barnesville Enterprise, Barnesville,
Ohio; 7 Nov 1957
Amelia Neuhardt, 92,
Died in Arizona
Miss Amelia Neuhardt,
aged native of Monroe County, and a former resident of Barnesville, passed away
at Tucson, Arizona, last Friday, November 1.
The remains were brought to Barnesville, and services were held at the
Campbell Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. They were conducted by the Rev. Byron B.
Evans, D.D. of the Presbyterian Church, and burial was made in the Southern
Cemetery.
Miss Neuhardt
was a daughter of John and Kate Neuhardt, and was
born March 4, 1865, she being in her 93rd year at the time of her death. The only survivors are a number of nieces and
nephews, among them Mrs. G. M. Hines and Ed Neuhardt
of Barnesville.
Ritzert, Francis (Frank) J. Ritzert
Killed When Struck By Auto Ritzert, Francis J.
Source--News Clipping Published—1957
Ritzert, Francis J., 40, of Mapleton Road, Route 4, Canton, a
flagman on a road construction job, was struck and killed by an automobile on
Freeburg Road, northeast of Canton, on Friday, October 11, 1957. Mr. Ritzert was a
son of the late George and Mary Burkhart Ritzert, of
Woodsfield, and resided here and near Graysville until moving to Canton a few
years ago.
Surviving are his wife, the
former Miss Edith Dillon, of Graysville; three sons and one daughter, of the
home; one sister, Mrs. Don (Magdalene) McCort, of
near Barnesville, and three brothers, Lawrence Ritzert,
of Zanesville; Raymond Ritzert, of Cleveland, and
George Ritzert, of Canton.
His parents and two sisters, Adelia and Virginia, have preceded him in death.
A Requiem High Mass was
solemnized in St. Sylvesters Church at Woodsfield this
Monday morning at ten o'clock, with Rev. Robert Brown officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery.
Source: The Akron [Ohio] Beacon Journal; 16 Oct 1957
ROACH
Michael Anthony, age 7 weeks, passed
away Tuesday a.m. Survived by father and
mother, Mr. and Mrs. Norman J. Roach; brother, Robert; grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Julian Roach and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Triplett; great-grandparents, Mrs.
Lettie Eden and Mrs. Tennie Trippett. Funeral services Thursday, 3:30 p.m. at the Campfield-Hickman Funeral Home. Rev. Rex Humbard
officiating. Burial Greenlawn
Cemetery. Friends may call at the
funeral Home. (Campfield-Hickman.)
Source: The Pasadena [California] Star-News; 7 Aug
1957
Kenneth Reed
Rites Set
Funeral services will be held at 2:30
p.m. tomorrow at Turner & Stevens Co. mortuary for Kenneth N. Reed, 75, who
died suddenly Monday at his home, 4721 Briggs Ave., La Crescenta.
Reed was president of the R & M
Manufacturing Co. of Pasadena.
He had been a resident of Pasadena for
the past 25 years.
Reed is survived by three daughters,
Mrs. Walter Marto and Mrs. Jean Clymore,
both of Pasadena, and Mrs. James Munyon, Livermore;
one sister, Mrs. Ralph Bryant, Los Angeles; a brother, Wade Reed, of Tulsa,
Okla.; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Burial will be in Forest Lawn.
Roth, Vernest (also seen as Vernis and Verniel) "Elmer" Roth
Source: The Danville [Illinois] Commercial-News; 16
Jun 1957
Rites Monday
For Victim Of
Burns
Funeral services for Elmer Roth, 79, of
923 N. Gilbert St., who died Saturday morning of burns, will be at 1:30 p.m.
Monday at the Central Christian Church.
The Rev. Edward Young, pastor, will
officiate. Burial will be in Greenwood
Cemetery. The body will be taken to the
church from the Johnson Funeral Home one hour before services.
Mr. Roth, a trucker, was burned from
the waist down last Thursday afternoon when a can of kerosene exploded in his
hands, igniting his clothing. He was
reported to have been attempting to kindle a fire in the back yard of his home.
A resident of Danville 30 years, Mr.
Roth came here from Oakwood. He was born
Sept. 23,* 1877, the son of Samuel and Elizabeth Kinkade
Roth.
He was a member of the Central
Christian Church.
In 1899 he married the former Berda Osborne who survives.
Other survivors include a daughter,
Mrs. Betty Gay of South Bend, Ind.; a son, Ted Roth of Nebraska; three
grandchildren, and one great grandchild; two brothers, William and Pearl, both
of Danville, and a sister, Mrs. Ida Randels** of
Seattle, Wash.
He was preceded in death by a son and
daughter.
Submitter's Notes:
* September 21 was given as the date of
birth in the Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1962 and the World War I
Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
** His sister Ida's last name is also
seen spelled as RANDLES.
Source: The Terre Haute [Indiana] Tribune Star; 30
Oct 1957
Patricia Doren
Schell, 2-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schell, 1238 Seventh Avenue,
died at 10 o'clock last night at St. Anthony's Hospital. Also surviving are a sister, Miss Marcia
Schell at home; a brother, Richard D. at home, and the grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Forrest O. Schell and Mrs. Effie Mae Fields, all of Terre Haute. The body was taken to the Gillis Memory
Chapel.
Source: The
Parkersburg [West Virginia] News; Thursday, 28 Mar 1957
Pearl R.
Smith, 41, of Rt. 2, Belleville, died early yesterday at his home following a
short illness.
He was
born in Wood county July 26, 1915, a son of Oscar and Elizabeth Caplinger Smith of Belleville, and had lived his entire
life in the Wadesville community. He was
a member of the Serepta Baptist church and had been
employed at the O. Ames Co. for the past five years.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Betty L. Smith; two sons, James and
Dale Richard, both at home; five daughters, Grace, Mary, Barbara, Alice and
Bonnie Smith, all at home; his parents; two brothers, James and Ray Smith, both
of Belleville; one sister, Mrs. Dora Marty, Sandusky, O.
Funeral services will be conducted
Friday at 2 p.m. at the Serepta Baptist church with
the Rev. Richard W. Battin officiating. Burial will be in the Wadesville
cemetery. The body will remain at the Cunes funeral home until time of services.
Stalder, Louisa Stalder
nee Baumann or Bowman
Source: unnamed newspaper
clipping [probably either the Spirit of Democracy, Woodsfield, Ohio, or the
Canton Repository, Canton, Ohio]; April, 1957
MRS. FRED
STALDER DIES AT
DAUGHTER'S HOME
Mrs. Louisa Stalder,
94, who made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Chauncey Ankrom,
818 Walnut Avenue N.E., Canton, died Wednesday evening April 17, in the home.
She had been in failing health several years.
Born at Miltonsburg,
she had resided in Canton the last ten years. She retained membership in St.
Peter's Evangelical and Reformed Church at Miltonsburg.
In addition to Mrs. Ankrom,
she is survived by a son Herman Stalder of Modesto,
Calif.; nine grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. She was preceded in
death by her husband Fred Stalder; a daughter, Mrs.
Nina Harper and a son Clarence Stalder.
Funeral services were held April 19 in
Canton. The body was returned to Miltonsburg for
services and burial the following day.
Stallings, Clyde Stallings
Jeffersonian Wednesday 10
December 1958
Salesville - Clyde Stallings, 76 of Salesville
R D 1 died unexpectedly at his home from a heart attack Tuesday. He was
born in Riply, W Va Feb 16
1882 the son of David and Emily McVay
Stallings. Mr Stallings was a farmer and had
lived at Salesville R D 1 the past 45 years moving
there from Monroe County.
He leaves his wife, Blanche Danford Stallings; two daughters, Mrs
Ildrith Hayes of Salesville
R D 1 and Mrs Gail Lowry of Old Washington; five
grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; a brother, Grover Stallings of Salesville R D 1 and a sister Mrs
Lena Miracle of Salesville. Three brothers and
three sisters preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be
conducted by Rev George Vorhies at 3 p.m. Friday in
the Eberle Funeral Home at Quaker City where friends
may call after Thursday noon. Burial will be in Friends Cemetery, Quaker
City.
Stallings, Clyde Stallings
Salesville R. D., Dies Suddenly (Dec. 9, 1958)
Clyde Stallings, 76,. Salesville R. D. 1, died unexpectedly at his farm home
Tuesday, death resulting from a sudden heart attack. Born in Ripley, W. Va., on Feb. 16, 1882, he
was the son of David and Emily McVay Stallings.
Mr. Stallings was a farmer and had lived at Salesville
the past 45 years, moving there from Monroe County.
He is survived by his wife,
Blanche Danford Stallings; two daughters, Mrs Ildreth Hayes of Salesville and Mrs. Gail Lowry of Old Washington;
five grandchildren and one great-granddaughter; one brother, Grover
Stallings of Salesville and a sister, Mrs. Lena
Miracle, Salesville. Three brothers and three
sisters are deceased.
Funeral services will be
conducted at the Eberle Funeral Home, Quaker City,
Friday, Dec. 12, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Rev. Geo. Vorhies, Methodist pastor, will officiate and interment
will be in Friends Cemetery here.
Stephen, John Alexander
Stephen
Source: The Cambridge [Ohio] Jeffersonian, Monday 8
July 1957
BARNESVILLE---Funeral
services will be held Wednesday at Campbell Funeral, for John Alexander
Stephen, 68, of Barnesville, who died suddenly Saturday afternoon at 1:30 P.M.
in his home.
Born near Calais in
Monroe County, April 24, 1889, he was
the son of Jacob F. and Nancy Wells Stephen.
He had lived most of his life in Barnesville and was a retired worker of
Warr Car and Wheel Company.
Besides his wife
Mary Louise, of the home, he leaves
three sisters, Mrs. Bertha Tuttle, Columbus,
Mrs. Mary Carpenter near Summerfield, and Mrs. Lillian Fitzgerald,
Flushing; four brothers, Charles of
Cambridge, Harry of Batesville, Lewis of
Cumberland and Roman of MT. Pleasant.
Rev. Floyd Workman,
Delaware will officiate at the funeral and burial will be in Crestview
Cemetery.
Source: The
Evansville [Indiana] Press; 26 Oct 1957
Truck
Crash Kills
Gentryville Man
TENNYSON, Ind. -- (Special) -- William O. Stephens, 24, of R R 1, Gentryville, was injured
fatally in a truck crash on Ind. 161 here shortly before 1 a.m. today.
The
crash occurred inside the Tennyson city limits.
Warrick County Sheriff Robert Shelton found Stephens' body in the yard
of the George Harris residence.
Sheriff
Shelton said there were no witnesses to the accident, but that Mrs. Mildred
Wire reported she was awakened by the crash and looked out her window in time
to see Stephens crawling into the Harris yard.
Skid
marks, according to the sheriff's report, indicated that Stephens' 1 1/2-ton
truck went into a ditch, caromed across the highway and struck a concrete
driveway culvert. The sheriff said
Stephens apparently fell from the truck.
Warrick
County Coroner Charles Koehler said Stephens died of a broken neck. Sheriff Shelton said the man was dead when he
arrived at the crash scene, about 15 minutes after the accident.
The
sheriff reported that Stephens' wife, Georgia, said her husband had hauled a
tractor to Rockport to be repaired yesterday afternoon. She said she did not know why her husband
hadn't returned earlier.
Stephens
also is survived by a 17-months-old son, Kenneth* Lee; parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Stephens, of near Dale; sisters, Mrs. Marybelle
Byers and Audrey Stephens; brother, Frankie, all of near Dale.
The body
is at the Fuller Funeral Home in Dale, where funeral arrangements are
incomplete.
*Submitter's Note:
In his mother Georgia's obituary in 2011, he was referred to as
Clarence.
Source: The Alliance [Ohio] Review; 4 May 1957
Death Takes
Foreman At Morgan’s
Alva M. Stickle, 64, died suddenly at
8:30 a.m. Saturday at his home, 875 Roseland Rd. He had gone to work earlier, complained of not
feeling well and returned home where he went to the kitchen for a cup of tea
and slumped in death.
Born in Marlboro on Dec. 27, 1892, the
deceased lived in the district all of his life.
He was employed by the Morgan Engineering Co. for 47 years and was a
foreman at the time of his death.
Mr. Stickle was a member of the First
Christian Church, the Morgan Engineering Co. Athletic Association; Conrad Lodge
271 F. and A.M.; Alliance Chapter 83, Royal Arch Masons; Alliance Council 112
Royal and Select Masters; Alliance Commandery 67,
Knights Templar and the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, Valley of Canton.
He is survived by his
wife, Lydia, of the home; a son, Arvid of Canton;
four daughters, Mrs. Doriene Perkins of Salem; Mrs.
Evelyn Zeck of Fort Walton, Fla., Mrs. Geraldine
Zimmerman of this city, and Mrs. Kathryn Mottern of
Wooster; three sisters, Mrs. Ray Dye of this city, Mrs. Elizabeth Abney of
Sebring and Mrs. Cloe* Cole of Hartville.
There are 17 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Funeral services are being arranged at
the Myers Funeral Home.
*Submitter's Notes: This is usually seen spelled as CHLOE.
Below is the funeral
notice:
Source: The Alliance [Ohio] Review; 6 May 1957
STICKLE FUNERAL
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m.
Tuesday at the Myers Funeral Home for Alva Stickle, 64, who died suddenly
Saturday at his home, 875 Roseland Rd.
The Rev. J. Robert Moffett, pastor of
First Christian Church will conduct the service following interment in the
Marlboro Cemetery. Friends may call at
the funeral home from 7 to 9 tonight.
Source: The Salt Lake [Utah] Tribune; 30 Jun 1957
Bulletin
Special to The
Tribune
KAMAS, Summit County -- A Kamas man,
40,* is missing and believed drowned after his stepson made his way to shore
when their car left the highway Sunday morning and plunged into the river near
here.
Carl Turnbow,
40,* was not seen after his vehicle left the road and dropped into the water.
His stepson, whose name was not
immediately learned, a youth about 14 or 15 years old, made his way to shore
and sought help.
Utah Highway Patrolmen and Summit County
sheriffs officers said they
will drag the river Sunday.
*Submitter's Notes: In the article below his age was corrected to
52.
Source: The Salt Lake [Utah] Tribune; 3 Jul 1957
Searchers Pull
Body From
Roaring River
Special to The
Tribune
COALVILLE, Summit County -- A search
crew headed by Summit County Deputy Sheriff Elmo Atkinson Tuesday about 9:45
a.m. found the body of Carl Turnbow, 52, missing
since early Sunday when his auto plunged into the roaring Provo River.
Sheriff George M. Fisher reported the crew of
about 20 state and county road workers and volunteers discovered the body
downstream about three miles from where the car plunged into the river.
Mr. Turnbow
was attempting to turn his car around on Utah Highway 35 eight miles southeast
of Kamas when it dived from the road. A
stepson, Jimmy, 13, escaped through a window of the car as it went into the
water.
Carl Turnbow
was born in Kamas on March 22, 1905, a son of Samuel and Emma Burbidge Turnbow. On Aug 20,
1956, he married Reva Gines Crystal in Evanston,
Wyo. She survives.
Also surviving are a son and daughter,
Keith Turnbow, Pleasant Grove; Mrs. Jack (Veenetia) Ballinger, Bell Gardens, Calif.; eight step-sons
and step-daughters: Chris, Arzy, Maxine, Jimmy and Arnold Crystal, Kamas; Pete
Crystal, Fallon, Nev.; Mrs. Audrey Godfrey, Chicago, Ill.; Mrs. Betty Johnson,
Kamas; three brothers and three sisters:
Mrs. Cora Caseman, Heber; Mrs. F. L. Buhler,
Salt Lake City; Mrs. Jannette Niden,
California; Appollos Turnbow,
Woodland, Summit County; Merrill Turnbow, Kentucky;
Kenneth Turnbow, Tooele.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1
p.m. in the Kamas Ward Chapel, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints. Friends may call at the family
residence Friday evening and Saturday prior to services. Burial will be Marion City Cemetery.
Witham,
Bertha M. Witham, nee Rowley
Source: The Evansville [Indiana] Courier and Press; 6
Mar 1957
Mrs. Bertha M. Witham, 42, died at
10:05 p.m. Tuesday at Deaconess Hospital after a long illness. She lived at 1024 W. Delaware St., and was a
member of Friendship Baptist Church.
Surviving are the husband, Ollie M.;
four sons, Allen, Phillip, Larry and Robert, all at home; her mother, Mrs.
Katie Rowley, of East Chicago; three sisters, Mrs. Margaret Hendrick
of East Chicago, Mrs. Laura Higgins of Evansville, and Mrs. Roberta Flowers of
Richmond, Va.; and three brothers, Truman and Wesley Rowley, of Lowell, Ind.,
and Jean Rowley of Gary.
Friends may call at Ziemer
Funeral Home.
Source: The Shelbyville [Indiana] News; 11 Dec 1957
H. Pete
Wood
Dies Suddenly
Rites for
County Man
Will Be Held Friday
Harrell Pete Wood, 52, R. R. 5, died
suddenly Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. at Sandman Brothers where he is employed as a
metal worker. Death was attributed by
Dr. James H. Tower, coroner, to be a coronary occlusion.
Mr. Wood was born in Decatur county May
26, 1905, and had resided in this community for three and one-half years. He was married to N. Marie Pope on November
12, 1955, and she survives with two children, Chree
Wood and Larry Pete Wood.
Funeral services will be held at the
Murphy Mortuary Friday at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. C. M. Hager officiating. Burial will be in the Lewis Creek cemetery.
Friends may call at the mortuary after 7:00 this evening.
Woodruff, Henrietta
Woodruff, nee Lauxterman
Source: The Monroe County Beacon,
Woodsfield, Ohio, January 1957
Mrs. Henrietta Lauxterman Woodruff
[Mrs. Benjamin S. Woodruff ] Woodruff was born April 18, 1883, at Cincinnati,
Ohio being the fifth child of the late David and Mary Ann Lauxterman.
She departed this life at the Brown County Hospital, Georgetown, Ohio, on
January 7, 1957, at 2 p.m.
She was united in marriage with the Reverend Benjamin S.
Woodruff on October 15, 1901. To this union one daughter was born, Mrs. Inez
Ware, of Frankfort, Kentucky.
Surviving besides her husband and daughter, are two sisters,
Mrs. Cora Thompson, of Dade City, Florida, and Mrs. Alvina
Powers, of Cincinnati, Ohio and one brother Clarence Lauxterman,
of St. Bernard, Ohio; also many other relatives and friends who will miss her.
Mrs. Woodruff was a kind and loving wife and mother, and a
true friend and neighbor who will be missed for her many deeds and helpfulness.
Reverend and Mrs. Woodruff celebrated their fiftieth wedding
anniversary in 1950 during his pastoral days of the Woodsfield, Buchanan and Laings Churches. God in His wisdom permitted them to see
their fifty-fifth wedding anniversary.
Reverend Woodruff was retired from the Gospel ministry on
April 30, 1954, after thirty years of service. They moved from Woodsfield in
April, 1954, and established their home at Sardinia, Ohio. The present address
of Reverend B. S. Woodruff is Sardinia, Ohio.
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