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Monroe
1966
Ady, Daniel C. Ady
Funeral services for Daniel C. Ady, 74, of 4155 Johnson
Road, Norton, Ohio, were held Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock, in the Myers
Funeral Home, at Barberton, with Rev. Glenn Lockard officiating. Burial was in Greenlawn Cemetery. Mr. Ady died Friday evening, February 25,
1966, in Barberton Citizens Hospital after a brief illness. A native of Cameron, Monroe County, Ohio, he
was a cement mason,
worked for Ohio Injector Co. at Wadsworth for ten years and was a shoe
salesman. Mr. Ady was a member of
Wadsworth Aerie 2117 of Eagles and District 361, Greater Beneficial Union.
Surviving are his wife, Minnie Shafer Ady; three sons,
Robert Ady, of the home; Roy Ady and Daniel Ady, of Barberton; two daughters,
Mrs. Mary Mosgrove of Wadsworth, and Mrs. Doris Furman, of Barberton; one brother,
Charles Youst, of Wadsworth; two sisters, Mrs. Oliver Fruth, of Tiffin, and
Sister Magdalene St. Arsenius, of Wheeling, W.Va., and twelve grandchildren.
Agin, Christena Myrtle
Agin nee Skaggs
Source—Newsclipping
Agin, Mrs. Christena Myrtle,
87, of New Matamoras, died Tuesday morning, February 1, 1966, at 1:45 o'clock,
in Marietta Memorial Hospital following and extended illness. Born August 8,
1878, in Wirt County, West Virginia, she was a daughter of Albert and Louise
Murphy Skaggs.
Her husband, Augustus Agin,
preceded her in death.
She is survived by five
children; Mrs. Nellie M. Fisher, of New Matamoras; Harold E. Agin, of
Brownsburg, Indiana; Chester E. Agin, of Ellsworth, Kansas; Ralph E. Agin, of
Scottsdale, Arizona, and Charles A. Agin, of Honolulu. two
children preceded her in death. Nine grandchildren, fourteen great
grandchildren, three great-great grandchildren, two sisters and one brother
also survive.
Funeral services were held
Thursday afternoon at two o'clock in the Corum Funeral Home at New Matamoras,
with the Reverend Oscar Ashburn officiating. Burial was in the New Matamoras
Cemetery.
Alden, Percival C. Alden
Percival Charles Alden, 80, of 217 Harmar Street, Marietta,
died Thursday evening, July 21, 1966, at 5:30 o’clock, in Marietta Memorial
Hospital. He was born September 4, 1885,
in Lower Salem, a son of the late Frank R. and Clara Hockenberry Alden. He was married November 20, 1910, to Caroline
M. Bohl, who died May
26, 1961. Mr. Alden was employed in the
maintenance department of Broughton’s Farm Dairy until he retired in 1960.
Two sons survive, Harry Alden and Clarence Alden, of
Marietta, with nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Also surviving are one sister and one brother,
Mrs. May Smith, of Athens, and John Alden, of Akron.
One grandson, Phillip, was killed in Germany May 28, 1963,
and three brothers and one sister are deceased, Harry Phillip and Reese Alden
and Mrs. Elizabeth Flower.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock
in the Doudna & McClure Funeral Home, at Marietta. Interment was in Rainbow Cemetery.
Allen, John W. Allen
John W. Allen, 92, of Woodsfield, died in Bellaire City
Hospital Monday afternoon, October 31, 1966, at four o’clock
, following an illness. A retired
farmer, he was born at Ripley, W. Va., April 12, 1874.
Surviving are four sons, Harley Allen, of Woodsfield, Route
4; Edward Allen, Chester Allen and Hershel Allen, of Ashland; two daughters,
Mrs. Della Withrow, of Ashland, and Mrs. Clara Hogue, Woodsfield; one sister,
Mrs. Loretta Rader, of Akron; ten grandchildren and several great
grandchildren. His wife, Rebecca Allen,
died in 1948.
Friends are being received at the Bauer and Turner Funeral
Home. Funeral services will be held in
their chapel on Friday afternoon at two o’clock, with Minister J. V. A. Traylor
officiating. Burial will be in the Mt.
Carrick Cemetery.
Andrews, Bertha Reich
Andrews nee Claus
Source—Newsclipping
Andrews, Mrs. Bertha Reich,
78, of 120 South Sycamore Street, died Saturday afternoon, October 1, 1966, at
four o'clock in Barnesville General Hospital where she had been a patient two
days. Born December 19, 1887, near Monroefield, a daughter of
Charles and Margaret Claus. Mrs. Andrews was a member of St. Paul's
United Church of Christ.
Her first husband, Edward
Reich, died in 1948.
She later married John J.
Andrews, who survives. Also surviving are two sons, Vernon Reich, of
Lewisville, Route 1 and
Arthur Reich, of Woodsfield, Route 3; one step-son, George Andrews, of
Barnesville; seven grandchildren; several step-grandchildren and seven great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock in the Bauer and Turner Funeral Chapel with
Rev. George Corbitt officiating. Burial was in the Miltonsburg Cemetery.
Antill, Hazel
Aubrey Antell nee Burkhart
Source—Newsclipping
Antill, Mrs. Hazel Burkhart,
50, of Low Gap, New Matamoras, Route 2, died at noon Saturday, March 12 , 1966, in Marietta Memorial Hospital where she had been
a patient since Wednesday, March 9th. She had been in ill health for some time.
She was born June 22, 1915 near Marr, the daughter of the late Frank and
Blanche Burkhart.
Surviving are her husband,
Aubrey Antill, of the home; two sons, Dale Antill, of Rinard Mills and Gilbert
Antill, of Marietta; two sisters, Mrs. Ernest Burkhart of Neff Ridge and Mrs.
Wayne Dennis of Willoughby, and five grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock at the Bauer and Turner Funeral Chapel, with
Reverend Elwin Wells and Reverend Joseph Zeigler officiating. Burial was in
Oaklawn Cemetery, Woodsfield.
Antill, Wesley Antill
Wesley Antill, 78, of Woodsfield, died Saturday morning,
November 12, 1966, at seven o’clock, in Mercy Hospital, Canton, where he had
been a patient several days.
Born near Graysville, March 17, 1888, he was a son of
Joseph and Susan Johnson Antill. His
wife preceded him in death.
Surviving are two sons, Homer Antill and Harry Antill, both
of Woodsfield; a daughter, Mrs. Hazel Litten, of near Woodsfield; nine
grandchildren; five great grandchildren; a brother, John Antill, of Hiawatha,
Kansas.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at two o’clock
in the Bauer and Turner Funeral Chapel, with Minister John Hamilton
officiating. Burial was in Oaklawn
Cemetery.
Ashbrook, Encyl Ashbrook
Source—Newsclipping
Ashbrook, Encyl, 70, of 1401
North 7th Street, Martins Ferry, died Tuesday, January 4, 1966, at his home. He
was born February 6, 1896 in Monroe County, Ohio, a son of William and
Elizabeth Brown Ashbrook. He married Elizabeth Meyer, of Wheeling, on July 15,
1922, at Columbus. Mr. Ashbrook was a World War I Veteran, serving with the
Marines. He was employed by the Wheeling Steel Corporation for thirty-nine
years before retiring in June 1962.
Surviving are his wife, Elizabeth ; two sons, William Ashbrook, of Steubenville, and
Thomas Ashbrook, of Martins Ferry; one sister, Mrs. William Hewitt, of Wind
Ridge, Pennsylvania, and seven grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Friday afternoon at two o'clock in the Keller Funeral Home, at Martins Ferry,
Ohio with Reverend Dean Warren officiating. Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery,
Wheeling.
Source: The Daily Record,
Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio; 4 June 1966
STERLING--Services will be
held Monday at 11 a.m. at Rittman Apostolic Christian Church for Simon P.
Bachman, 73, of Sterling who died Friday morning at his home.
He was born May 26, 1893 in Sardis,
Monroe County, to Alexander and Lydia Widmer Bachman, and lived in Rittman 10
years before coming to Sterling 37 years ago.
He was employed at Packaging Corp. of
America in Rittman for 25 years. Mr.
Bachman was an Army veteran of World War I.
He was a member of the Apostolic Christian Church.
A sister, Clara Schar, died in 1943.
Surviving are his wife, Clara to whom he
was married 48 years; five sisters, Mrs. Emma Ramsier, Mrs. Elizabeth Ramsier,
Mrs. Josephine Bauman, Lula, and Esther, all of Rittman; nieces and nephews.
Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Friends may call from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
Sunday at Gillman Funeral Home in Rittman and one hour before services at the
church.
[Submitter's Note: Below is another obituary for Simon Bachman.]
Bachman, Simon Bachman
Source: The Rittman [Ohio] Press; 22 June, 1966
Simon P. Bachman, 73, of Sterling died
unexpectedly June 10* at his home.
He was born on May 26, 1893 in Sardis,
Monroe County, Ohio to Alexander and Lydia Widmer Bachman and resided in
Rittman 10 years before coming to Sterling 37 years ago. He was employed at the Packaging Corporation
of America in Rittman for 25 years.
Mr. Bachman was a U.S. Army veteran of
World War I. He was a member of the
Apostolic Christian Church in Rittman.
*Submitter's
Note: The death date of June 10th is
incorrect. It should be June 3, 1966.
Ballou, Mildred Ballou, nee Kysor
Source: The Ashland [Ohio] Times Gazette; 20 or 21
Feb 1966
Mrs. Mildred Ballou, 57, of Agapa Acres, RD 3,
Ashland, died at her home Saturday afternoon following a heart attack.
The daughter of George and Ida (Brown)
Kysor, she was born in Woodsfield on April 30, 1908.
She lived in Ashland the past 41 years and
was a former employe [sic] of the Eagle Rubber Co.
In 1925 she was married to Don Ballou,
who survives.
Also surviving are one son, Merle, of
Louisville, Ky.; one daughter, Mrs. Charles (Phyllis) Dilgard of Ashland; six
grandchildren; one brother, Albert Kysor of Mansfield; and one sister, Mrs.
Robert Bilger of Savannah.
Preceding her in death were her
parents.
She was a member of the First EUB
Church and the Eastern Star.
Funeral services will be Wednesday at 1:30
p.m. at Heyl and Robbins Funeral Home with Rev. George Sheets officiating. Burial will be in Savannah Cemetery.
Source: The Springfield [Missouri] News-Leader;
Friday, 4 Mar 1966
BARKER INFANT
Karen Barker, 4-month-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Barker, 217 1/2 West Commercial, died at 8:30 a.m. Thursday
at her home.
Coroner Ralph Thieme said he was told
by a hospital spokesman that death appeared due to natural causes.
Other survivors are two brothers, Ricky
and Deland, and a sister, Debby, of the home; the paternal grandfather, William
Barker, Grovespring, and the maternal grandfather, Lynn McDaniel, of the home.
Chapel of the Ozarks will announce arrangements.
Beardsley, Mary Ann Beardsley, nee Christman
Source: The Daily Report,
Ontario, California; 24 Feb 1966
Mrs. Beardsley
UPLAND -- Funeral services for Mrs.
Mary Ann Beardsley, 75, of 936 N. 5th Ave., will be held at Richardson-Peterson
Mortuary Chapel Friday at 1 p.m.
Interment will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens in Greeley, Colo.
A native of Greeley, Mrs. Beardsley
came to this area eight years ago. She
died Tuesday from natural causes.
She is survived by a son, Lee Barnett,
Sterling Colo.; a sister, Mrs. Leota Briggs, Greeley; two brothers, Ray
Christman of Ontario and Lloyd W. Christman of Alta Loma; and four
grandchildren.
Bennett, Clara M. Bennett,
nee McMahon
Source: Newspaper
clipping, Monroe County Ohio, March 1966
BENNETT, Mrs. Clara McMahon,
90, of Woodsfield died Thursday [correct is 18 March 1966] in the Barnesville
Hospital. She was born July 4, 1875, near Woodsfield, a daughter of John and
Elizabeth Clark McMahon. She was a member of the Woodsfield Church of Christ.
Her husband, E. J. Bennett, died in 1946. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Lucy
Craig of Woodsfield, and several nieces and nephews. Friends will be received
at the Bauer-Turner Funeral Home, Woodsfield, after 7 p.m. Friday, where
services will be held Sunday at 1:30 p.m. Burial in the Crest View Cemetery,
Barnesville. [Clara M. McMahon was the second wife of Elias Jackson Bennett]
Source: The Wheeling [West Virginia] Intelligencer;
30 May 1966
BERRY, George M. Sr., 73, of 105
Jefferson Ave., Moundsville, died Sunday in the Reynolds Memorial
Hospital. He was born in Moundsville,
Sept. 30, 1892, a son of John and Elizabeth Lash Berry. He was a retired employe of the W. F.
Roberson Steel Co., Mt. Sterling, O. He
attended the Calvary Methodist Church.
He was a member of the F. O. Eagles No. 499.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Rose
Mercer Berry; one daughter, Mrs. Paul Eckspein [sic--Eckstein] of
Arlington, Va.; five sons, Robert, H.E., and William, all of Miami, Fla.;
George Jr. of Cincinnati, O., and Donald of Chateauroux, France; 18
grandchildren; one sister, Ella Skolick of Moundsville; and three brothers,
Robert of Alhambra, Calif., H.E. of Cleveland, O., and Walter of Moundsville.
Friends may call after 6 p.m. Monday at
the Grisell Funeral Home, where services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m., with
the Rev. Andrew Lancy officiating.
Burial will be in Mt. Rose Cemetery.
F.O.E. No. 499 will conduct memorial services at Grisells on Tuesday at
8 p.m.
Betts, Rosa Elizabeth Betts nee Crawford
Monroe County Beacon,
Woodsfield, Ohio, dated, 1966
LKP#4
Once again the Grim Reaper Death has entered our midst and
taken from us our beloved mother, grandmother, sister, neighbor and friend.
Rosa Elizabeth Betts, daughter of Greenberry, and Barbara
(Pfalzgraf) Crawford, was born near Lewisville, Ohio on
She was united in marriage with Frank Betts on
Her husband, Frank and five
children, Clarence, George, Vearl, Woodrow and Sara, preceded her in death.
Those left to mourn her sad
departure are two sons and three daughters, Elbert, of Lewisville; Mrs. Raymond
(Lela) Christman, of Barnesville; Mrs. Ermie (Loiuse) Morris, of Woodsfield;
John J., of Mansfield, and Mrs. LaVern (Mary Eva) Christman, of Columbus; one
sister, Mrs. Mary Goodhart, of Summerfield; one brother, Thomas Uppole, of
Quaker City; sixteen grandchildren, and fourteen great grandchildren, besides a
host of other relatives and friends.
She was also preceded in death
by her parents, one sister and three brothers.
Mrs. Betts was very active
until the last six months of her life. All that loving hands and medical skill
could do was done but to no avail and God called her home to be with him in the
land where is no sorrowing, no suffering or death when
the dead in Christ shall arise.
She was a member of the
Trinity United Church of Christ.
Mrs. Betts was a loving
mother, grandmother, sister and neighbor, ever mindful of the needs of others
and ever willing to lend a helping hand whenever needed and add a ray of
sunshine to make someone’s life brighter and happier for having known her. Thus
she will be sadly missed by everyone.
A precious one from us has gone,
A voice
we loved is stilled,
A place is vacant in the home
Which never can be filled.
Funeral services were
conducted at the Gardner Funeral Home by Rev. George Corbitt on Sunday
afternoon, June 12, at
Biedenbach, Frances
Theresa Biedenbach
Source: The Zanesville Times
Recorder dated, 18 Aug 1966:
Frances Theresa Biedenbach
was born on 29 Jan 1900 in Monroe Co., OH. She died on 17 Aug 1966 in
Barnesville, Belmont Co., OH.
Summerfield -- Mrs. Frances
T. Burkhart, 66, of Beallsville Route died at 11 a.m..
Wednesday (Aug. 17) at Barnesville General Hospital following an illness of
several months. She was born Jan 29 1900 in Monroe County, a daughter of
Charles and Mary Muth Biedenbach. Her husband, William, died March 20, 1960.
Surviving are four daughters,
Mrs. Virgil (Evelyn) Smith of Canton, Mrs. Victor (Rita) Geier of Cleveland,
Mrs. Bernard (Mary Lou) Brown of Canton, and Miss Phyllis Burkhart of Canton;
two sons, Norbert of Beallsville and Bernard of Canton; four brothers, Joseph
and Isadore Biedenbach of Canton, Odilla and Edwin Biedenbach of Lewisville;
and 21 grandchildren.
Requiem mass will be said at
9:30 a.m. (EST) Friday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church at Burkhart with Rev.
Fr. Joseph Finan officiating. Burial will be in Chapel Hill cemetery. Friends
may call 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. (EST) today at the Brubach Funeral Home at
Summerfield. Rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. today.
Source: The Ashland [Ohio] Times Gazette; 26 Sep 1966
Robert O. Bilger, 63, of Savannah died
unexpectedly on arrival at Samaritan Hospital at 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
The son of Frank George and Cora
(Jerew) Bilger, he was born in Augusta, Ohio, Dec. 4, 1902, and had lived in
Ashland County most of his life.
Mr. Bilger was employed as a mechanic
at the Ashland Tractor Sales.
In 1923 he was married to Edith Marie
Kysor, who survives.
Also surviving are three sons, Glenn of
Perrysville, Kenneth of Valdosta, Ga. and Ron of Ashland; one daughter, Mrs.
William (Gloria) Hupp of Mansfield; six grandchildren; two brothers, George of
Bucyrus and Raymond of Martel; six sisters, Mrs. Verna Baker of Mount
Blanchard, Mrs. Ila Houk of Galion, Mrs. Vinilla Parks of Iowa, Mrs. Mable
Noggle of Caledonia, Mrs. Katie Redman of Newark and Mrs. Lucille Sescler of
LaRue; and several nieces and nephews.
Preceding him in death were his
parents, two brothers and one sister.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m.
Wednesday at the Heyl and Robbins Funeral Home with Rev. Ronald Merrill
officiating. Burial will be in Savannah
Cemetery.
Visiting hours will be Tuesday from 7
to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Bintz, Elmer D. Bintz
Monroe County Beacon,
Woodsfield, Ohio, dated,
LKP#1
Elmer D. Bintz, 82, of near Lewisville, died early Tuesday
morning,
Mr. Bintz, a retired farmer, was born
His first wife, Anna Pfalzgraf Bintz, died in 1919. In 1931
he married Pauline Pfalzgraf, who died in 1965.
Surviving are five daughters, Miss Sophia Bintz, of
Barnesville; Mrs. Leona Bintz, of Barberton; Mrs. Rose Studer, of Mansfield;
Mrs. Freda Wichterman, of Crestline, and Mrs. Esther Garrett, of Galion; four
sisters, Mrs. Freda Clegg, of Barnesville; Mrs. Esta Taylor and Mrs. Clara
Hines, of Bucyrus, and Mrs. Viola Christman, of Quaker City; eleven
grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Friends are being received at the Bauer and Turner Funeral
Home. Funeral services will be held on Friday afternoon at
Bonam, Caroline Catherine Bonam nee Nalley
Caroline
Catherine Bonam, daughter of the late John and Emma (Watson) Nalley, was born
at Woodsfield, Ohio on April 21, 1885,and departed
this life at Barnesville General Hospital on March 29, 1966 at the time of her
passing she was 80 years, eleven months and 8 days of age.
She
was united in marriage with Henry Bonam on October 24, 1900. To this union were five children, Charles of
Wooster, Ohio, Mrs. Alonzo Cline of Greenbriar, Mrs. Dorsey Hooper of
Woodsfield Route 1, Clarence of the home and a son Donald who preceded her in
death. Her husband also preceded her in
death.
Also
surviving are seven grandchildren and several great grandchildren; one sister
Mrs. Thomas Dunn of Woodsfield; and two brothers William Nalley of Lewisville;
and Dewey Nalley of Cambridge.
Mrs.
Bonam was a kind and loving mother. Mrs.
Bonam became a member of the Church of Christ at Plainview on May 23,1920, being baptized by Charles Fogle.
Funeral
services were held on Thursday afternoon, March 31st at 2 o'clock with Thomas
A. Christy and John Hamilton, of Woodsfield officiating. Interment was in Plainview Cemetery with the
Bauer and Turner Funeral Home in charge.
Source: newspaper clipping; August, 1966
A. T.
BONDY
DIES IN
ILLINOIS
Andrew Theodore Bondy, formerly of
Brunswick, died Aug. 6, at his home in Wilmette, Ill., after a long illness.
Mr. Bondy was a retired lithographer
and engrosser.
He was the son of the late John and
Anna Marie Lusher Bondy, born Oct. 30, 1885 in Brunswick. He was one of a family of seven
children. All preceded him in death
except a brother, Otto Bondy, of Brunswick who survives.
His first wife, formerly Miss Ida
Kahler, also preceded him in death.
Surviving are his present wife, the
former Miss Edna Fuller, of the home, three daughters and a son, all of
Chicago.
Bott, Lula Bott b-April 27, 1897 d-January 15, 1966 residence-Woodsfield
Source: The Lebanon [Missouri] Daily Record; 13 Dec
1966
Leroy C. Bramhall, 56, passed away in
Baptist Memorial hospital in Kansas City on December 5, after a brief
illness. He had been in poor health for
some time. He was a crew scheduler for
Braniff International airlines and had lived in Kansas City for the past 25
years.
He was a member of the Community
Congregational church and of the brotherhood of Railway clerks. Memorial services were held at the Muehlback*
chapel in Kansas City at 12:30 on December 7.
Graveside services and burial were at the City cemetery in Lebanon at 5
p.m. that afternoon under the direction of Muehlbach.* Committal services were by Rev. J. L.
Stone.
LeRoy Bramhall, son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred Bramhall, was born at Grovesprings [sic–Grovespring], Mo., January 25, 1910 and passed away December 5, 1966 in Kansas
city, Mo.
Survivors include his wife Opal of the
home at 8200 Walnut, Kansas City, Mo., three sisters, Mrs. Hazel Wright,
Lebanon, Mrs. Roberta Blair, Charlotte, N. C. and Mrs. Elizabeth Walstrom,
Fresno, California and a number of nephews, nieces and cousins. Mrs. Blair and Mrs. Walstrom were unable to
come for the funeral services.
Mrs. Wright was called to her brother's
bedside on Monday. Mr. Wright, Mrs.
Louie Mayfield and Bob Hough went to Kansas City to attend the services there
and returned to Lebanon that evening.
Mrs. Bramhall remained here until Saturday when she returned to her home
in Kansas City.
*Submitter's Note: The spellings for this name differed within
the article. The first instance it ended
with a "K" and the second with an "H." I do not know which is correct.
Brownfield, Lou Bertha
Brownfield nee Morris
WOODSFIELD – Mrs. Lou Bertha
Brownfield, 82, of Woodsfield Route 3 died following a long illness at 9 a. m.
Friday (July 8) at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Ochenbiene in Canton
with whom she made her home the past month.
Born Sept. 23, 1884, in
Monroe County, she was the daughter of Stephen and Maggie Morris. Her husband, Clyde, died in 1961.
She was a member of All
Nations Tabernacle in Canton.
Also surviving are four sons,
Sherman of Bowerston, Lawrence of Canton, Paul of East Sparta and Homer of the
home; a brother, Williard of Canton; a sister, Mrs. Etta Stephens of Canton;
and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
The body was taken to Steele
Funeral Home in Somerton where friends may call after 3 p. m. today.
Services will be held at 2 p.
m. Monday at Calais Methodist Church with Rev. Dawson Smith officiating. Burial will be in Calais Cemetery.
Brownfield, William E.
Brownfield
BARNESVILLE – William E. Brownfield,
82, of Fairview near here died at 7 a. m. Monday (Oct. 10) at Barnesville
Hospital where he had been a patient two weeks.
He was born May 27, 1884, in Monroe County, a son of Stephen and Lena
Wells Brownfield. He was a retired
farmer and a member of Fairview Church of Christ.
Surviving are his widow, the
former Ella Powell; two sons, Elza of Fairview and Lamont of 350 White Oak
avenue; six daughters, Mrs. Harold Davis and Mrs. Lucille Brister of Fairview,
Mrs. Rutherford Davis of Belmont, Mrs. L. R. Cunningham of Lore City Route 1,
and Mrs. William Bates and Miss Minnie Brownfield of West Lafayette; 38
grandchildren and 17 great – grandchildren.
Also surviving are four
brothers, James Woodsfield, Floyd and Kaiser, both of Newark, and Fred of Thornville;
two sisters, Mrs. Rufus Hannahs, of 723 Fairmont avenue and Mrs. Elizabeth
Miracle of 838 Putnam avenue.
Friends may call after 1 p.
m. (EDT) today at Campbell Funeral Home here.
Services will be held at 2 p. m. (EDT) Wednesday at the Church of Christ
at Fairview. Burial will be in Fairview
Cemetery.
Source: The Barnesville
Enterprise, Barnesville, Ohio; Sept. 1, 1966
Randall K. Bunting, resident of 207 East South Street,
Barnesville, died at Daytona Beach, Florida, August 25th. He was 30
years of age. Born in Barnesville, on June 5, 1936, he was a son of Elmer and
Lola [sic* Lela] Davis Bunting. Mr. Bunting was an employee of Republic
Steel.
Surviving in addition to his parents are his widow, Mrs.
Marcella Phillips Bunting and two sons, Richard Lee and Randall Michael, all of
the home; four sisters, Mrs. Paul Reed, Mrs. Lawrence Starr, Mrs. Ernie
Carpenter, Mrs. John Waggle, all of Barnesville; four brothers, Charles, David,
Richard, all of Barnesville and Roger of New Athens.
The remains were brought to the Campbell Funeral Home,
where friends were received. Funeral services were held at the funeral home
Sunday, August 28th at 2 P.M., conducted by Evangelist James W.
Gallagher. Burial was made in Crestview Cemetery.
Burkhart, Nick I. Burkhart
Source: The Zanesville Times
Recorder, dated, 09 Feb 1966.
SUMMERFIELD -- Nick I.
Burkhart, 94, a retired farmer, died at 3:15 p.m. Tuesday (Feb 8) at his home
after a long illness. Mr. Burkhart was born in Monroe County Sept. 6 1871, a
son of Anton and Hannah Kuhn Burkhart. He spent his lifetime in the Lewisville
area. His wife, Mary Ann Haren Burkhart, died February 5, 1920.
Surviving are six daughters,
Mrs. James (Loretta) Zwick of Lewisville, Mrs. Clem (Josephine) Zwick of
Louisville, Mrs. George (Clementine) Kinnen of Caldwell, Mrs. Howard (Goldine)
Hill of Canton, Mrs. Lyle (Pauline) Weisend of Lewisville, and Mrs. Carl
(Nancy) Crum of Louisville, two sons, Andy and Joseph Burkhart, both of the home;
24 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren. A son preceded him in death.
Friends may call at Brubach
Funeral Home in Summerfield from 7 to 9 p.m. today and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9
p.m. Thursday. Mass will be sung at St. Joseph's Catholic church
in Burkhart. Burial will be in Chapel Hill Cemetery near Burkhart. The Rosary
will be recited at 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Cannon,
Ethel M. Cannon, nee Brothers
Source: The Lake Geneva [Wisconsin] Regional News;
Thursday, 29 Sep 1966
Mrs. E.
Cannon
Rites Conducted
At Walworth
Funeral services for Mrs. Ethel M.
Cannon, 84, Williams Bay, were conducted Monday at a Walworth funeral
home. She died Friday at Sherwood Rest
Home.
Rev. John Sizemore officiated and
interment was in Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Hillsdale, Ill.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Isiah [sic—Isaiah] Brothers, Mrs. Cannon was
born in Ohio, May 7,* 1882. She was
married to Gregory Cannon in Chicago in1904, and he preceded her in death. Prior to retiring in 1956, she was a matron
at the Proviso, Ill., high school.
Survivors include a son, Paul, Forest
Park, Ill., and Williams Bay; one daughter, Mrs. Alice Trage, Forest Park; five
grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren.
*Submitter's Note:
May 6, 1882 was given on this record:
Ohio, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1774-1973
Name: Ethel
May Brothers
Birth Date: 6 May
1882
Birth Place: Canton
Township, Stark, Ohio
Father: Isaiah
Brothers
Mother: Emmaretta
Reed
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Number: 897619
Carel, Florence Bell Carel, nee Goodin
Source: The Greensburg [Indiana] Daily News; Feb. 25,
1966
Illness Fatal To Woman,
51
Rites Monday
For
Mrs. Florence Carel
Funeral services for Mrs. Florence Bell
Carel, 51, wife of William H. Carel Jr. and a resident of Greensburg,
will be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday in St. Mary's Catholic Church here.
The Rev. Joseph Laugel, pastor of the
church, will officiate. Burial will be
in St. Mary's Cemetery here.
Visitation at J. H. Porter & Sons
Funeral Home will be after 4 p.m. Saturday.
A rosary service will be held at the funeral home at 8 p.m. Sunday.
In failing health for five weeks and in
a serious condition for three weeks, Mrs. Carel died at Robert Long Hospital at
Indianapolis at 9:20 a.m. Thursday. She
resided at 309 South East Street in Greensburg.
Born in Louisville, Ky., on July 5,
1914, she was the daughter of Joseph and Rose Catherine Eiberg Goodin. For many years a resident of Indianapolis,
she had attended the parochial schools there.
She had lived in Greensburg for the past two years. Mrs. Carel was a graduate of Oldenburg
Academy.
Her marriage to William H. Carel Jr.,
an employe of New York Central Railroad Company in Greensburg, took place on
Jan. 25, 1964.
Mrs. Carel was a member of St. Mary's
Catholic Church here and the Eagles' Auxiliary in Greensburg.
She had been an employe of Shoeland on
the South side of the Greensburg business district.
The survivors include: The husband, William H. Carel Jr. of
Greensburg; her father, Joseph Goodin of Indianapolis; a daughter, Mrs. George
(Mary Lou) Eschman of Cincinnati; three sons, John J. Rowley of Indianapolis, Edward
L. Rowley of Cincinnati and Charles L. Rowley of Greensburg; and four
grandchildren.
Other survivors include three sisters
and five brothers. They are C. Joseph
Goodin of Pittsboro and Mrs. John (Virginia) Knapp, Mrs. Garland (Marie) Lewis,
Mrs. Ronald (Clara) Wood, Richard C. Goodin, Paul A. Goodin, Robert L. Goodin
and Ronald T. Goodin, all of Indianapolis. A number of nieces, nephews, aunts,
uncles and cousins also survive.
She was preceded in death by by her
mother and a brother, who died in infancy.
Christman, Clara L.
Christman, nee Claus
Source: The Monroe County Beacon, Woodsfield, Ohio, dated, February, 1966
Collection of Mary Eva Betts Christman
Mrs. Clara L. Christman,
daughter of Fred and Caroline Haffner Claus, was born February 17, 1898, near
Lewisville, Ohio, and departed from this life February 12, 1966, at Doctors
Hospital, Massillon, Ohio, being 67 years, 11 months and 26 days of age.
She was united in marriage with Elmer G. Christman on April 29, 1924. To this
union three sons and one daughter was born.
Surviving are her husband,
Elmer Christman, of Apple Creek, Ohio; two sons, Melvin Christman, of Apple
Creek, and LaVern Christman, of Columbus, Ohio; one daughter, Carolyn, of Apple
Creek; one sister, Mrs. Anna Christman, of Barnesville, Ohio; two brothers,
Edwin Claus, of Smithland, Iowa, and Gilbert Claus, of Lewisville, Ohio, and
one uncle, John Haffner, of Harrietsville, Ohio.
An infant son, her parents,
four brothers and one sister preceded her in death.
Mrs. Christman was confirmed
at an early age in the United Church of Christ (Middle Church). She spent most
of her life in Lewisville vicinity, moving to Apple Creek, Ohio in 1950 where
she remained until her death. The last two years she was a semi-invalid but
always had a smile and a kind word for everyone.
The body lay in state on
Sunday, February 13 at McIntire's Funeral Home, Wooster, Ohio, being
transferred on Monday to Brubach's Funeral Home, at Summerfield, Ohio. Services
were conducted by the Reverend Donald Stump, on Tuesday, February 15, at the
Fellowship Hall, Lewisville, with burial in the St. John's Middle Church
cemetery, near Lewisville.
.
"Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me,
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea."
Christman,
Ray Graham Christman
Source: The Daily Report, Ontario, California; 14 Apr
1966
Ray Graham Christman, 77, of 744 Willow
Street, Ontario, Wednesday at home. He
was a native of Ohio and an Ontario resident 39 years. Survived by wife, Anna E.
Christman, Ontario; son, Lloyd R. Christman, Orange; two daughters, Ella
Metzger, Ontario, and Nella C. Kozub, Sacramento; brother, Lloyd W. Christman,
Alta Loma; sister, Leota Briggs, Greeley, Colo.; and eight grandchildren. Services Saturday 10 a.m.
at Richardson-Peterson Mortuary Chapel. Entombment
Bellevue Mausoleum.
Clause, Zelma L. Clause,* nee Hossman
Source: The Akron [Ohio] Beacon Journal; Monday, 23
May 1966
Zelma L. Clause,* 69, of 2440 Eastgate
av., a retired tailor, died Sunday in Akron General Hospital after a two-week
illness.
Mrs. Clause, a native of Woodsfield,
Ohio, retired from Merkin's Tailor Shop in 1965 with 25 years service.
She was a member of the Wedgewood
E.U.B. Church and its Sunday school.
Mrs.Clause leaves daughter Virginia
Rottayer of Medina; a son Kenneth Claus of Akron; sister
Mrs. Freda Claus of Akron; brothers Charles Hossman of Woodsfield and Wesley
and Raymond of Jerusalem, Ohio, and seven grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the
Eckard-Baldwin Funeral Home, where friends may call from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9
today. Burial will be in Rose Hill
Cemetery.
Memorial may be made to the Wedgewood
E.U.B. Church.
*Submitter's Note: The surname given here as CLAUSE is seen
elsewhere spelled as CLAUS. Even in this
obituary, Zelma's son's name is spelled as KENNETH CLAUS.
Source: The East Liverpool [Ohio] Review; 5 Nov 1966
Infant Cline
Services were held at 10:30 a.m. today at the Martin Funeral Home for
Raymond Eugene Cline, day-old son of Roy Cline and Audrey Kuhn Cline of Martha
St., Glenmoor.
The Rev. E. C. Traylor of the First
Church of Christ officiated. Burial was in
Columbiana County Memorial Park.
The infant was born Nov. 3 at City
Hospital and died Friday at 8:10 a.m.
In addition to his parents, he is
survived by a brother, Roy Cline Jr., and a sister, Susan Annabelle Cline, both
at home; the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cline of East Liverpool,
and the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Kuhn of Marietta.
Source: The Los Angeles [California] Times; 30 Jan
1966
DIXON, Donald, Pierce Brothers'
Schanel, El Monte, Directors.
*Submitter's Note: from the Los Angeles California Library, 2014
– This death notice was printed in the Los Angeles Times on 1/30/1966, p. B4. We
also searched the El Monte Herald and the San Gabriel Valley Tribune and no
notice was found.
Drake, Beulah Drake, nee Yarnell
Source: The
Indianapolis [Indiana] Star; Saturday, 30 Apr 1966
DRAKE
Beulah Y.* Drake, 50 yrs., 7520 U.S. 31 South, beloved
wife of Thurman L. Drake, brother [sic--mother] of Jewel Ruth Deem, and
Kevin G. Drake, daughter of Emmett D. Yarnell, sister of Mrs. Ruth Day,
Clifford, J.E. and Max Yarnell, 7 grandchildren, passed away Thursday. Funeral Monday, 2:30 p.m.
at the Southport Heights Christian Church. Friends may call at the G. H. HERRMANN
MADISON AVE. FUNERAL HOME, 5141 Madison Ave. from 5 p.m. Saturday until 10 p.m.
Sunday and at the church after noon Monday.
*Submitter's Note: Her middle name was Emma. The Y probably connects to her maiden name,
Yarnell.
Fearing,
Grace M. Fearing, nee Penrod
Source: The Columbus [Ohio] Dispatch; Thursday, March
24, 1966, Page: 14 A
FEARING
Mrs. Grace M. Fearing, age
63, 3053 N. Chesterfield Ct., Tuesday, Grant Hospital. Widow of Walter F. Member of Ohio Ave. EUB
Church. Survived by daughter
Jo-Ann McDermott; 1 grandchild; sisters, Elsie Mauger, Buckeye Lake, Ohio;
Theresa English, Phoenix, Ariz.; Ruth Wehrle, Columbus. Funeral service, Friday 2 p.m., SCHOEDINGER STATE ST. CHAPEL, where friends may call after noon Thursday. The Rev. Howard Buckley
officiating. Interment,
Green Lawn Cemetery.
Ferguson, Jennie Ferguson, nee Miller
Source: The Akron [Ohio] Beacon Journal; 10 Sep 1966
FERGUSON
Jennie, 69 years, of 198 Sixteenth st.,
N.W. died Sept. 9. Survived by son, John
Copen, California; daughter, Mrs. Ellen Peterman, Barberton; brother, George
Miller of Bellsville, O., sister, Mrs. Anna Young of Mansfield. 12 grandchildren, one great-grandchild. Funeral service Monday 2
p.m. from the Hahn Funeral Home. Interment Lakewood Cemetery.
Friends may call Saturday from 6 to 9 p.m. and Sunday from Noon until 9
p.m. (Hahn, 825-2467.)
Fisher, Laura E. Fisher, nee Duncan
Source: The Sacramento [California] Bee; 3 Aug 1966
FISHER--In Sacramento, Monday, August
1, 1966, Laura E. Fisher, wife of the late John F. Fisher, devoted mother of
Duncan Fisher of Nairobi, Kenya Africa, Charles Fisher of Sutter Creek, Mrs. E.
Louise Bandy and Mrs. Cora* Smith, both of Sacramento; dearly beloved sister of
Robert Duncan of San Rafael and Mrs. Clara Buell of Vallejo. Beloved grandmother of 10
grandchildren. Loving
great-grandmother of 19 great-grandchildren. A native of Wichita, Kansas, aged 89 years.
Funeral services will be held at
WIGGINS FUNERAL HOME, 524 Capitol Street, Vallejo, Wednesday afternoon, August
3, 1966, commencing at 2 o'clock.
Entombment: Abbey of the Chimes,
Vallejo.
*Submitter's Note; She was listed as
Mrs. Clara Smith in the obituary of her father John F. Fisher in 1965.
Fox,
Rose Zella Fox, nee Mercer
Source: The Spirit of Democracy, [Woodsfield, Ohio];
Thursday, 5 Jan 1967
MRS. ROSE ZELLA
FOX, 66,
OF WOODSFIELD
DIES DEC.
23 AFTER
LONG ILLNESS
Mrs. Rose Zella Fox, 66, of Woodsfield
died at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 23, at Wetzel County Hospital in New Martinsville,
W. Va., after a six-month illness.
She was born Aug. 26, 1900,* near
Middlebourn [sic--Middlebourne,] W. Va., a daughter of Stout and Vieva
Long Mercer. She was a member of the
Wesleyan Methodist Church of Paden City.
Surviving are three sons, Bert of
Sardis, Charles of Toronto, and Robert of Hannibal; a daughter, Mrs. Glenn
Smith of Woodsfield; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Felton of Paden City and Mrs. Lydia
Hartman of Toronto; a nephew, Gene Huffman of the home; 14 grandchildren and
two great-grandchildren.
Friends called here at the Michener Funeral Home. Services were held at Locust Grove EUB Church at Sardis at 2 p.m. Monday with Rev. Frank Conley officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery.
*Submitter's Note:
The 1900 birth year given here is in conflict with her birth record and
with census records showing the order and ages of the children, but the West
Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973 does show “about 1900.”
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Birth Record Detail
Name: Rozella
Mercer
Birth Date: 26
Aug 1903
Birth Place: Wetzel,
West Virginia, United States
Parents: W.S.
and Vieva Mercer
Father's residence:
BFC Hill
Census: 1910: Lincoln, Tyler,
West Virginia
William S Mercer
32
Vieva Mercer
35
Emiel H Mercer 9
Rose Mercer
7
Mary E Mercer
6
Albert S Mercer 9/12
Frank,
Oscar Simon Frank, 70, died Tuesday February 11, 1966 at Barnesville
Hospital. He was born in Monroe County,
March 13, 1895, a son of August and Matilda Keysor Frank. He was a member of the Eagles Lodge and the
American Legion, and was a veteran of World War I. Surviving are a son, Ralph of San Diego,
Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Rosie Devor (sic) of Woodsfield; and three brothers, J.
W. and Price, both of Ashland, O., and Osal of Woodsfield. Friends may call at the Gardner Funeral Home
where services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. with Rev. J. V. A. Traylor
officiating. Burial will be in Oak Lawn
Cemetery, Woodsfield.
Source: The Ashtabula [Ohio] Star Beacon; 31 Jan 1966
Conneaut Man
Viet Victim
CONNEAUT (RP) -- Second Lieutenant Thomas R.
Grant, 23, was killed in action Friday in Viet Nam. Word was received Sunday by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Grant, 972 Lake Rd.
The telegram, which carried the news of
his death, reported Lt. Grant died of "gun shot wounds of the right side
of the chest while boarding a helicopter when hit by hostile fire."
It was signed by J.C. Lambert, Major
General, U.S. Army, adjutant general.
LT. GRANT was commissioned a second
lieutenant in the U.S. Army upon his graduation from Gannon College in
1964. He held the title of distinguished
military graduate.
While at Gannon, he was a member of the
ROTC flight training program.
He had served in Viet Nam since August
of last year.
LT. GRANT was born in Conneaut, Sept 3, 1942.
He attended Conneaut Schools and held a
News-Herald carrier route.
He graduated from St. John High School,
Ashtabula, in 1960.
HE WAS A
member of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Church and of the fraternity at
Gannon.
Besides his parents he is survived by
his grandmother, Mrs. Andrew Grant; grandfather, William J. Pratt; two uncles,
Dr. Robert Grant, and Richard D. Pratt; and an aunt, Mrs. E. S. (Betty)
Carroll, al of Conneaut.
Two other aunts, Mrs. Jane Laughlin of
Geneva-on-the-Lake and Mrs. F. B. (Ardys) Coe, Frankfort, Ind.; 16 cousins and
more distant relatives also survive.
Memorial and funeral services are
pending.*
*Submitter's Note: Below is an article about the memorial
services.
Source: The Ashtabula [Ohio] Star Beacon; 12 Feb 1966
Lt. Thomas R. Grant
CONNEAUT (RP) - Requiem High Mass for
Lt. Thomas R. Grant was offered at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Frances Xavier
Cabrini Church.
Lt. Grant, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Grant, 972 Lake Rd., died Jan. 28 in Viet Nam.
He was the first city victim of that war.
The Rev. Orlando Rich, pastor, was
celebrant. Auxiliary Bishop Alfred
Watson of The Erie (Pa.) Diocese, a cousin of Lt. Grant, assisted in the
sanctuary. Rt. Rev. Msgr. Basil Haren,
professor at Sister's College, Cleveland, delivered the eulogy.
VISITING priests were Rt. Rev. Msgr.
William Noch, president of Gannon College, and the Rev. William Picard,
assistant at St. Mary's Church, Warren.
Bishop Watson recited prayers at the
graveside.
The Rosary was recited at the Mercy
Funeral Home Tuesday evening, led by Father Rich. Prayers were offered at the funeral home
prior to the church service.
Burial was in St. Joseph's Cemetery.
. . . . Officers Training Corps served
as honor guard and pallbearers.
In charge of the pallbearers was Cadet
Brigade Commander Stanley Fromzaglia.
Pallbearers were James Benoit, Allen
Starks, William Steger, David Strohmeyer, Norman Plante and Robert Wallace.
Honor guard included David
Loutzenhiser, James Meko, Richard Miller, Jeffrey O'Hara, Ronald Salvatore,
George Strohl and Michael Varhols.
REGULAR Army officers in charge were
commanding officer of the Gannon ROTC, Lt. Col. Henry C. Kirk; executive
officer Capt. Jeremia [sic] Counihan and Sgt. Major Thomas Sheldon.
Dean John Waldron of Gannon College attended
the services.
Lt. Martin D. Garber Jr., Hq. Sixth
Army, San Francisco, Calif., the permanent escort, returned there last night.
He had escorted Lt. Grant's remains here from the west coast.
Greene,
George Grover Greene aka Greeney
Source: The Wheeling [West Virginia] News-Register;
25 Dec 1966
Greene,* George Grover, 56, of Stop 9,
West Wheeling, formerly of 143 Nineteenth St., died Friday at 8 p.m. in the
Ohio Valley General Hospital where he had been a patient for the last month. Born in Wheeling June 11, 1910, he was the
son of Mrs. Laura Kurtzman Miller and the late William Greene.* He was married to
the former Betty Virginia Walker and was empolyed [sic--employed] in the
Maintenance Department of Wheeling Machine Products Co. for the past 30
years. He was a Protestant.
Surviving are his wife, his mother, of
Clarington, O.; two daughters, Mrs. Ray (Donna) Morrow, Dearborn Mich., and
Mrs. Harry (Ruth) Ott, Wheeling; one sister, Mrs. Virginia Byers* of Venice,
Fla.; one granddaughter; several nieces and nephews. A brother, Clarence* died two years ago.
Friends may call at the Kepner Funeral
Home, Thirty-sixth and Jacob St., after 6 p.m. Sunday. Services will be held there on Tuesday at
1:30 p.m. with the Rev. Charles Grate of the First Church of the Nazarene,
Martins Ferry, officiating. Interment in Greenwood Cemetery.
*Submitter's
Note: Although George went by the last name of Greene,
his father was William Frederick Greeney.
His siblings continued to use the GREENEY spelling.
This is from his father's death
certificate:
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DEATH CERTIFICATE
Name:
William Frederick Greeney
Birth
Date: 8 May 1884
Birth
Place: Wheeling, West Virginia
Death
Date: 26 May 1912
Death
Place: Wheeling, Ohio, West
Virginia
Cause: acute tuberculosis
Father
Name: Jacob Greeney
Father
Birth Place: Germany
Mother
Name: Rose Smith
Mother
Birth Place: Wheeling, West
Virginia
Informant: Mrs. Jno. Greeney
FHL
Film Number: 857584
This is a death record for his sister:
U.S.,
Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name:
Virginia H Byers
[Virginia
H Johnson]
[Virginia
H Greeney]
Gender:
Female
Birth
Date: 3 Sep 1911
Birth
Place: Wheeling, West Virginia
[Wheeling|]
Death
Date: 3 Nov 1998
Claim
Date: 2 Jul 1973
Father:
William Greeney
Mother:
Laura Kurtzman
SSN:
270105683
Notes:
11 May 1978: Name listed as
VIRGINIA H BYERS
And this is his brother
Clarence's obituary:
Greeney,
Clarence E. Greeney
Source:
The Cleveland [Ohio] Plain Dealer; 30 Oct 1964
GREENEY
Clarence E. Greeney, beloved husband of
Elizabeth (nee Bartock); father of Alexander J., Clarence A., son of Laura
Miller of Clarington, O., brother of George of Wheeling, W. Va. Virginia Byers
of Venice, Fla. Wednesday, Oct. 26, 1964, residence, 2033 W. 32nd St. Friends
may call Friday 3-5 And 7-10 P. M., at McGorray's Lakewood Home, 14133 Detroit
Ave., where services will be held Saturday, Oct. 31, at 10:30 a. m.
Hackathorn, Charles W. Hackathorn
Source: The Steubenville [Ohio] Herald Star; Friday,
27 May 1966
BERGHOLZ -- Charles W. Hackathorn, 69,
of Bergholz, died Thursday in Cambridge, Ohio.
He was a retired miner and a veteran of World War I.
He leaves his widow, Mrs. Mollie
Hackathorn; three daughters, Mrs. Ruth Slates of Navarre, Mrs. Joan Maloney of
Port Clinton, Ohio and Mrs. Geraldine Murphy of Bergholz; three sons, Harold
Hackathorn of Canton and Chester and Roy Hackathorn, both of Port Clinton; a
brother, James Hackathorn of Bergholz; two sisters, Mrs. Amanda Wakley of
Cleveland and Mrs. Bertha Maston of Canton, and 13 grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Robbins Funeral
Home Saturday; services there Sunday, 2 p.m.; Bergholz Cemetery.
Handschumacher, Charles F. Handschumacher
Source: The
Evening Star, [Washington, D.C.]; 20 Dec 1966
HANDSCHUMACHER, CHARLES F.
On Sunday, December 18, 1966. CHARLES F. SCHUMACHER, at
his home, 2114* Chapman rd., Hyattsville, Md. The beloved husband of Ann
M., and father of Garland M., and LaMoyne D. Simmons. There are three brothers, five sisters, and
three grandchildren. Friends may call at
the Takoma Funeral Home, 254 Carroll st. n.w. (parking
opposite), where services will be held on Wednesday, December 21, at 12
noon. Interment
Arlington National Cemetery.
*Submitter's Note: These numbers were difficult to read on my
copy of the obituary and may possibly be incorrect as typed here.
Hannahs, Lod L. Hannahs
Source: News Clipping 1966
Lod L. Hannahs, 73, a retired farmer of near Batesville,
died Saturday evening, Sept. 17, 1966, at his home. He had been in ill health.
Mr. Hannahs was born in Monroe County, October 13, 1892,
the son of Samuel and Emma Jones Hannahs.
His wife, the former Pearl Roe, whom he married March 4,
1912, died several years ago.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Olive St. Clair, of
Zanesville; three sisters, Mrs. F. P. Tuttle, of Zanesville; Mrs. V. W. Barnes,
of Jackson, and Mrs. C. D. Friday of Bethesda, Maryland; two brothers, Glenn
Hannahs of near Cambridge, and Rufus Hannahs of Zanesville; eight grandchildren
and seven great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock
in the Eberle Funeral Home at Quaker City, with Rev. Milford Carey officiating.
Burial was in Beaver Baptist Cemetery near Batesville.
Hendershot, Elizabeth "Peggy" Hendershot,
nee Lattea
Source: The Evening Star, [Washington, D.C.]; 7 Jan
1966
HENDERSHOT, ELIZABETH (PEGGY).
On Thursday, January 6, 1966, at her
home, 407 Tulip ave., Takoma Park, Md., beloved wife of Harry C. Hendershot,
and mother of Betty Lue Hendershot; sister of Columbai [sic--Columbia]
Lattea, Homer Lattea, Mae Starcher, Jane Rohr, Belle Mace and Cleo Lattea. Friends may call at the Takoma Funeral Home,
254 Carroll at n.w. (parking opposite), where services will be held at the
Takoma Park Seventh-Day Adventist Church, on Saturday, January 8, at 2:30 p.m.
Relatives and friends are invited.
Interment private.
Source: The Linton [Indiana] Daily Citizen; Monday,
17 Jan 1966
Henry Henico, 43, died at 1:35 a.m.
Saturday at the Bloomington hospital.
The deceased was born July 30, 1922, in
Linton, the son of Elodie and Adolph Henico.
He was a veteran of World War II.
He was an employee of the Ralph Rogers Co. for 17 years.
Survivors include the widow, Mrs.
Bertha Henico; two daughters, Janet Henico and Mrs. Judy Frye; two sons, Jack
and Dennis Henico; four grandchildren; a sister S'mona Foster, all of Linton; a
stepdaughter, Mrs. Effie Hammer; two stepsons, Dwight and Isaac Allen of Ohio;
the stepmother, Mrs. Nellie Henico; two stepbrothers and two stepsisters of
Linton. He was preceded in death by his
mother and father and a brother, Joe Henico.
His body was taken to the Greene Harral
Funeral Chapel at Bloomington, where services will be held at 9 a.m.
Tuesday. Burial will be made in the
Green Lawn cemetery at Waverly, Ohio.
Highman,
Bessie Olive Highman nee Dawson
Source: The Monroe County Beacon, dated, July 7, 1966
Mrs. Bessie
Highman, 69, formerly of Woodsfield, died at noon Friday, July 1, 1966, at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Ross Swegger at Coraopolis, Pa., where she has resided
for the past two months. Her husband,
Oliver C. Highman died in 1962.
Surviving are one
stepson, Raymond Highman, and two stepdaughters, Mrs. Harry Seman and Mrs.
Harvey Rogers, all of Ashland; also, two brothers Harry Dawson of Mantua, and
Max Dawson of Newark.
Funeral services
were held Monday afternoon at one o'clock, in the Bauer and Turner Funeral
Chapel, at Woodsfield, with Minister J. V. A. Traylor officiating. Burial was
in The Conner Ridge Cemetery near Woodsfield.
Huffman, Sarah Eunice Huffman, nee Mercer
Source: The Herald Dispatch, [Huntington, West
Virginia]; 6 Jan 1966
MRS. SARAH
EUNICE MERCER HUFFMAN -- Seventy-two years old, 3
Sutherland Road, who died yesterday in a Huntington hospital after a long
illness, will be buried in Woodmere Cemetery following funeral services
tomorrow at 2 P. M. at the Beard Mortuary with the Rev. R. Blaine Detrick
officiating. Pallbearers will be Grable
Adkins, Clyde Hanley, Kenneth Sims, Richard and Randy Smith and Earl Youdas.
Born June 22, 1893,* at Middlebourne,
W. Va., she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Ruth Mercer. Her husband, C.J. Huffman, an
oil and gas contractor, died in 1948.
She was a member of Highlawn Methodist Church.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs.
William Smith, and a grandson, Clyde J. Smith, both of Huntington; three
brothers, Mart Mercer of Moundsville and Bill and Ross Mercer of Middlebourne,
and several nieces and nephews. Friends
will call at the mortuary after 5 p.m. tonight.
Submitter's Note:
1892 is shown as the birth year on the original document in this record:
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Birth Record
Name: Sarah
E. Mercer
Birth Date: 22 Jun
1892
Birth Place: Ellsworth
District, Tyler, West Virginia
Sex: Female
Mother: Ruth
Mercer
Father: Joseph
M. Mercer
Huntsman, James Allen Huntsman
James Allen Huntsman, 91, of
Pike St., Barnesville, died Monday at 10:30 a.m. [1966] in Barnesville
Hospital. He was the son of Joseph and
Hannah Huntsman. His wife, Jane,
preceded him in death in 1952, and Mrs. Stella Brown, a daughter also, died.
Surviving are four sons,
Arthur, Hendrysburg, Lester, Barnesville, Earl, Toronto, Ohio, and James of
Barnesville; five daughters, Edna Stephen, Barnesville, Bessie Johnson,
Barnesville, R2, Goldie Swallie, Bethesda, Pearl Burkhart, Belmont and Bertha
Morris of Ashland, Ohio; two brothers, George of California and Grover, Scio,
Ohio; four sisters, Charlotte Lallathin, Anderson, IN, Lydia Copeland, Somerton,Daisy
of Barnesville and Myrtle Lashley of Canton, Ohio; 68 grandchildren; 97 great
grandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren.
Friends may call at the
Campbell Funeral Home after 11 a.m. Wednesday where services will be conducted
on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. with Evangelist James Gallagher officiating. Burial in Crestview Cemetery.
Source: The Linton [Indiana] Daily Citizen; Monday, 3
Jan 1966
Le Roy Inman,
46,
Worthington, Dies
Le Roy Inman, 46, of Worthington died
at 5 p.m. Sunday at the Freeman-Greene county hospital. He had been in failing health, but his death
was unexpected.
The deceased was born in Lyons June 11,
1919, the son of Hobart and Pearl Rainbolt Inman. He was a veteran of World War II and a member
of the American Legion of Worthington.
He was employed as custodian of the Worthington- Jefferson school.
Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Fern
Franklin Inman; four children, Jack Lee Inman of Jasonville, Allen Eugene Inman
of Houston, Tex., Mrs. Leon Patterson of Lyons, and Randall Ray Inman at home;
four grandchildren; a brother, Ralph Inman of Indianapolis, and the stepmother,
Mrs. Violet Inman of Monaca, Pa.
The body was taken to the Myers Funeral
Home in Worthington, where friends may call after 6 p.m. today. Funeral services will be held from the
funeral home at 2 p.m. Tuesday with Paul Griffith officiating. Burial will follow in the Worthington
cemetery.
Jones, Ralph J. Jones
Akron Beacon Journal, Akron,
Ohio, dated, 1966
LKP#7
AERIAL BOMB BLAST KILLS
TALLMAGE MAN-Putting on Fireworks Show
Tallmadge, Ohio—Ralph J.
Jones, 29, who was described as an experienced and careful fireworks handler,
was killed Monday when an aerial bomb exploded prematurely and struck him in
the head.
Jones was running a Memorial
Day fireworks show for patrons of the East Drive-In Theatre, 600 South Avenue
when the mishap occurred.
Dennis Beresh, his
brother-in-law and helper, said Jones was behind a fence setting off the serial
bombs about
He said Jones had just
dropped one of the bombs, one with a shorter fuse than usual into a cast iron
tube and lit it. He said Jones then bent over the tube and the bomb went off.
Jones was taken to Akron City
Hospital where he died about
Akron Police Patrolman W. T.
Evans, who was attending the show, said he saw a brilliant flash from behind
the fence and then the serial bombs stopped.
Jones, of 93 Olalla Avenue was employed at
Brown-Graves Lumber Company. Beresh lives at 65 Olalla Avenue.
Services are being handled by
Scott Funeral Home.
Jones, Samuel Pond Jones
Source--The Evening Star Washington, DC
Published--Thursday, July 7, 1966
Sad Sam Jones Dies at 73, Pitched 22 Years
Woodsfield, Ohio (AP)
Sad Sam Jones, who shared with Cy Young the record for
longevity among major league baseball pitchers of all time, is dead. The
73-year-old Jones was stricken here Wednesday at his home where he had lived
since leaving baseball for good after a brief stint as a minor league relief
hurler in 1947.
Jones would have been 74 in 20 more days, and also would have
marked his golden anniversary with his wife, Edith, the same day. Sad Sam
enter the major leagues with Cleveland in 1914 and
pitched through the 1935 season, chalking up 22 consecutive years. Only he and
the great Young of Newcomerstown, Ohio, pitched that many years consecutively
in the majors. All of Jones' pitching was in the American League. Jones,
in addition to Cleveland, pitched for New York, St. Louis, Washington, Chicago,
and Boston. He had a lifetime record in the majors of 228-216, including 36
shutouts, and a no-hitter on Sept. 4, 1923, defeating the old Philadelphia
Athletics 2-0.
While Jones' career was impressive, it also was marked by
disappointment. For one thing, he pitched in six games in four World series without winning a game. While with the Yankees in the
1923 World Series, he tossed a four-hitter at the New York Giants only to lose
1-0 on a fourth-inning home run by Casey Stengel.
Jones set two records of dubious distinction for the Yankees in
1925. He gave up 127 earned runs that year while posting a record of 15-21. The
earned run mark and the 21 games lost stand today in the Yankees' record
books. Many athletes have used the nickname Sad Sam, but Paul Turner
of Woodsfield, a long-time friend, said Jones was the original. "But he
wasn't sad. There wasn't anything sad about him.... I don't know where he got
the nickname," said Turner.
The family did not disclose the cause of death. In addition
to the widow, Jones is survived by two sons, Paul, of Erie, PA, and George, of
New York City. Jones became the president of the Woodsfield Savings and Loan
Co. after returning to his home town 19 years ago. Funeral services will
be held here Saturday.
Jones, Samuel Pond Jones 2nd
obit
Source: Monroe Co. Beacon
Funeral services will be held here Saturday afternoon for Samuel
Pond Jones, 73, of South Paul Street, Woodsfield, who died yesterday morning,
July 6, at 10:15 in the Barnesville Hospital following a lengthy illness.
Mr. Jones was a retired baseball player, having pitched for the major leagues
for 22 years, joined famous pitchers with one no-hit, no-run game, and is well
known and remembered in baseball circles throughout America. he
was active in the local finance business and was president of the Board of
Directors of the Woodsfield Savings and Loan Co. He was a member of the
Woodsfield Presbyterian Church and the Woodsfield Masonic Lodge. Mr.
Jones was born July 26, 1892, at Woodsfield, a son of the late Delbert and
Margaret Clingan Jones.
Surviving are his wife, Edith Kerr Jones; two sons Paul of Erie,
Pa, and George of New York City; three granddaughters; and two brothers, Robert
Jones of Woodsfield and Charles Jones of Mt. Vernon, Ohio.
Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock from
the Bauer and Turner Funeral Home with Reverend Boyd Burd officiating. Burial
will be in Oak Lawn Cemetery
Joseph, Bertha B. Joseph, nee Gauze
Source: Canton [Ohio] Repository; 5 Sep 1966
Mrs.
William C. Joseph
Mrs. Bertha B. Joseph,
82, of 1106 2nd
st SW, died Sunday afternoon in Mercy Hospital.
She was a life resident of Stark County
and the widow of William C. Joseph.
Survivors include two sons and a
brother.
Services Wednesday
1:30 p.m. Spiker funeral home. Burial West Lawn cemetery.
Callers Tuesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Keener, Lester Samuel Keener
Source: Ashland [Ohio] Times Gazette; 19 Feb 1966
Lester Samuel Keener, 71, of 651
Cleveland Ave. died at Samaritan Hospital at 11 a.m. Friday [18 Feb 1966] after
a short illness.
The son of John P. Keener and Alice
(Shopbell), he was born in Orange Township in Ashland County on 21 April, 1894
and spent his entire life in Ashland County.
A farmer, he also was a painter.
He was married on Jan. 1, 1913, to
Tillie J. Brown, who survives.
Also surviving him are one son Clarence
of RD, Ashland; two grandchildren; and two brothers, Fred of RD 5, Ashland and
Jay of Ashland.
Preceding him in death were his parents, one
sister and three brothers.
He was a member of the Maple Grove
Church and the Cross Bearers Sunday School class.
Funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at
Gilbert Funeral Home with Rev. George Sheets officiating. Burial will be in Nankin Cemetery.
Visiting hours will be from 2 - 4 p.m.
Sunday at the funeral home.
Source: The Indianapolis [Indiana] Star; Tuesday, 13
Dec 1966
Killed Man
With
Baseball Bat
Attempting Robbery, Boy
Admits
by Rick Johnson
A 16-year-old Indianapolis boy was
arrested on a preliminary charge of murder yesterday after police said he
admitted the slaying of an Eastside man and implicated a 17-year-old friend.
Police previously had believed the
victim died from a fall.
Carl E. King, 20 South Rural Street,
was arrested by Detective Sgt. Leonard F. Dehn in connection with the death of
William Kehoe, 45, 1412 East Washington Street.
Police said King admitted in a written
statement that Kehoe was struck on the head with a baseball bat during a
robbery attempt last June 29.
Police said King implicated James G.
Haag, 17 South Tuxedo Street, who so far has signed no written statement. Haag already was under arrest on other
charges.
SGT. DEHN said the first tipoff in the
case came from Haag Saturday when he sent word to police that he "wanted
to talk to someone."
"His conscience was bothering
him," Sgt. Dehn said, "and he told me he thought that if he told me
about the attack on Kehoe that it would help him get his bond cut so he could
get out of jail."
In an oral statement to Sgt. Dehn made
Saturday, Haag told of a plot to rob Kehoe on June 29.
Sgt. Dehn said that Haag told him the pair believed Kehoe carried large
sums of money.
HAAG TOLD
Dehn that King took the baseball bat and both of them crept around the
side of Kehoe's home and found him sleeping on a chair on the front porch. King allegedly struck the sleeping man with
the bat, according to Haag's verbal statement, Sgt. Dehn said.
Dehn said Haag told him that Kehoe
jumped out of the chair and he and King fled before they could obtain any
money.
In King's written statement, King
admitted his part in the robbery attempt, Sgt. Dehn said.
King was picked up by police on the
strength of Haag's verbal statement.
Sgt. Dehn said King was fully advised of his constitutional rights to
counsel before making his statement but said he didn't want a lawyer.
HAAG IS IN THE Marion County Jail
awaiting trial in Criminal Court, Division 2, on charges of conspiring to
commit a felony while armed and vehicle taking.
His bonds total $10,000. Haag
will be questioned further by Dehn today.
At 10:45 p.m. June 29, patrolman Mark
Crockett was sent to Griffin's Tavern,1414 East
Washington Street, to give first aid to an injured man. When Crockett arrived he found Kehoe in a
dazed condition suffering a gash on the head.
Crockett said he questioned the victim
who was only able to tell him that he had been sitting on his porch and the
next thing he knew he woke up on the floor.
Crockett said he bandaged Kehoe's wound and the victim was taken to the
Marion County General Hospital by some friends in the tavern.
"HE WAS NEVER able to tell anyone
what happened to him." Crockett said.
Police learned that Kehoe, an employe
of the defunct Hygrade Corporation, tried to leave the hospital after he
received treatment, but collapsed on the way out. Further examination disclosed a skull
fracture and cranial hemorrhage.
"King was a pretty mixed up
kid," Dehn said . . . . *
*Submitter's Note: There are another 12 paragraphs in this
article about the two boys. Pictures of
the boys and of Mr. Kehoe were included in the article. Below is Mr. Kehoe's obituary that appeared
in the paper months earlier.
Source: The Indianapolis [Indiana] Star; Wednesday,
13 Jul 1966
KEHOE
Mr. William Kehoe, of 1412 E. Wash.
St., entered into rest Monday, age 45, husband of Barbara M. Kehoe, father of
Linda, Debra, Ronald, Stephen, Timothy and Thomas Kehoe, brotner [sic--brother]
of Dorothy Walden, Richard and James Kehoe.
Services Friday 1 p.m. at HARRY
W. MOORE PEACE
CHAPEL, 2050 E. Mich. St. Friends
may call after 7 p.m., Wednesday.
Keller, Venia Keller, nee Green
Source: The
Parkersburg [West Virginia] News; Friday, 24 Jun 1966
Mrs.
Nenia [sic--Venia] Keller, 84, of Rt. 4, Parkersburg, died early
Thursday at her home.
Born in
Webster county, a daughter of the late Elija and
Rachel Weese Green, she was a member of the Methodist Church.
Survivors include three sons, Frank Keller, Rt. 4, Parkersburg, Oliver
Keller, Morgantown, and Edrick Keller of Baltimore, Md.; five daughters, Mrs.
Sarah Tyler and Mrs. Georgia Smalley, both of Morgantown, Mrs. Comella Lemons [sic--Lemon],
Parkersburg, Mrs. June Giles, Ravenswood, and Mrs. Cora Tyler, Rainelle, W.
Va.; two half-brothers, Cecil Green, Parkersburg, and Thurman Green of Bartow
Co; two half sisters, Mrs. _____* Roberts, Parkersburg, and Mrs. Goldie Herrin,
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; 47 grandchildren, several great-grandchildren, and four
great-great-grandchildren.
Rites
will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Leavitt funeral home where friends may
call after 9 a.m. today. Graveside
services will be held in Beverly Hills cemetery in Morgantown.
*Submitter's Note. I could not read this name on my copy of the
obituary.
Kinney, Lizzie Kinney, nee Allen
Source: The
Akron [Ohio] Beacon Journal; Monday, 14 Nov 1966
LODI --
Services will be Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at the Graysville, O., Church of Christ
for Mrs. Lizzie Kinney, a 10-year resident here, who died Saturday at Community
Hospital after a short illness.
Burial
will be in the church cemetery.
Mrs.
Kinney, 81, was born in Monroe County and was a member of the Medina Church of
Christ.
She
leaves sons, Arthur of Graysville; Harry of Chatham; Cecil of Milwaukee, Wisc., and Forest of Lodi; daughters, Mrs. Howard Sivard of
Lodi and Mrs. Ethel Frank of Miltonsburg, O., a brother, 25 grandchildren and
seven great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received today from 2 to 4
and 7 to 9 p.m. at Elliott Funeral Home.
Rites will be held tonight at 8 at the parlors.
Callers will be received at the Gardner
Funeral Home, Woodsfield, Tuesday.
Source: The Ashland [Ohio] Times Gazette; 3 or 4 Dec
1966
Esther E. Lafferre, 60, of 243 Steele
Ave., died at Samaritan Hospital Thursday night following a long illness.
Born Feb. 11, 1906, in Woodsfield, she
was the daughter of John William and Narcissus Jane (Brown) Lafferre, and had
lived in Ashland the past eight years coming from Monroe County. She was a retired seamstress.
Survivors include one sister, Olive
Lafferre of Ashland and one brother, Clarence of Robinson, Ill.
She was a member of the First Methodist
Church of Woodsfield.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m.
Monday at the Michener Funeral Home in Woodsfield with Rev. Fenton St. John
officiating. Burial will be in the
Oaklawn Cemetery, Woodsfield.
Visiting hours will be tonight from 7-9
at the Denbow Funeral Home, Ashland.
SOURCE: September 15,
1966, Canton Repository. Canton, Ohio:
Picture accompanying the
article is labeled : ELTON L. LATTA Dies on Chicago
Trip
HEART ATTACK TAKES LIFE OF
ELTON LATTA----
Elton L. Latta, 60, of 3145 Landscape Circle NW, died
Wednesday night in Chicago.
Mr. Latta, director of service for the Hercules Engine
Division of theHupp Corp., was waiting for a flight back to Canton at O'Hare
International Airport in Chicago, when he suffered a heart attack and was
pronounced dead on arrival at a Chicago hospital.
A veteran of 37 years with the company, Mr. Latta had been
chief inspector for a number of years and for the last several years was
director of service.
He was a Canton native and graduate of McKinley High School
and Mount Union College where he was a member of Phi Kappa Kau [sic--Tau]
fraternity.
He is survived by his widow, Thelma A. Latta; his mother,
Mrs. D. W. Latta of Canton; a sister, Miss Jan Edith Latta of Canton, and
twobrothers, Donald G. Latta of East Canton, and Vernon J. Latta of Canton.
Services are being planned for Saturday. Friends may call Friday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9
p.m. at the Formet and Clevenger Funeral Home.
[SUBMITTER'S NOTE:
A second obit added that he was buried in North Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio.]
Leach, Birdie
Leach nee Ramsey
Source: Belmont Co. OGS Book of Obits (handwritten
date of 1966)
Mrs. Birdie Leach, 79, resident of West Main Street,
Barnesville, died Friday, December 23rd at 11 P.M. at her home. She was born in
Barnesville May 28, 1887 a daughter of John and Martha Ramsey.
Her husband, Fred Leach preceded her in death on November 10,
1966.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Russell Whitsell of
Barnesville and Mrs. William Buchanan of Woodsfield; two sons, Everett Leach of
R.D. 3, Barnesville and Earl Leach of Barnesville; one sister, Mrs. Gertie
Merle of Groveport, Ohio; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Friends were received at the Campbell Funeral Home on North
Chestnut Street where final rites were held Tuesday, December 27th at 1:30 P.M.
Dr. Byron B. Evans officiated and burial was made in Northern Cemetery.
SUBMITTER'S NOTE: Her husband who died six weeks prior was
buried in a different cemetery. Also the obit of her husband Fred states he died 11 Nov
1966, not the 10th as printed here in Birdie's obituary.
Leach, Fred Leach
Source: Belmont Co OGS Book of Obituaries, 1966
Fred Leach, resident of 363 Walnut Street, passed away, Friday, November 11th at 1 a.m. Mr. Leach was 77 years
of age.
He was born January 2, 1889, a son of Acel and Harriett
Leek Leach and was a retired employee of the Ohio Fuel Gas Company.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Birdie Ramsey Leach of the
home, two sons, Everett Leach of RD 3, Barnesville, Earl Leach of Barnesville;
two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Whitsell of Barnesville and Mrs. Marjorie Buchanan
of Woodsfield; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. One son, Harry
Leach is deceased.
The remains were taken to the Campbell Funeral Home where
friends were received. Funeral services were held at the funeral home Saturday,
November 12th at 1:30 p.m. conducted by the Reverend Larry Miracle. Burial was
made in Crestview Cemetery.
Leffler, Charles L. "Pete" Leffler
Source: The
Cleveland [Ohio] Plain Dealer; Thursday, 1 Sep 1966
LEFFLER
Charles
L. (Pete) Leffler, dearly beloved husband of Verna M. (nee Hamilton), devoted
father of Ronald E., dear son of Gilbert and Maggie Leffler, brother of
William, Gene, Timothy, Gilbert Jr., Mrs. Mildred Welker, Mrs. Marjorie Davis,
Monday, Aug. 29, 1966. His home was at 29138
Fuller Ave., Wickliffe, O.
The family will receive friends at Chas.
Melbourne & Sons, 12737 Euclid Ave., where services will be conducted
Thursday, Sept. 1, at 2 p.m. Interment Acacia Park Cemetery.
Lockyer,
Leonard Edward Lockyer
Source: The Norwalk [Ohio] Reflector; 8 Sep 1966
NORTH FAIRFIELD -- Leonard Edward
Lockyer, 77, West First Street, died this morning at Sandusky Memorial Hospital
following a brief illness.
A native of England, Mr. Lockyer had
been a North Fairfield resident for the past 21 years, having come from
Greenwich. He had been a farmer and had
also been employed at the Durable Mat Co. of Norwalk, retiring 12 years ago.
He was a member of the Greenwich
Christian Church. Survivors include his
widow, Lenora one son Fred, of rural North Fairfield, two grandchildren, and
one nephew in England.
Friends may call after 2 p.m. Friday at
the Kubach-Smith Funeral Home in North Fairfield where services will be held at
3:30 p.m. Saturday with the Rev. Daniel Carmany, pastor of North Fairfield
Methodist Church, officiating.
Source: The
Linton [Indiana] Daily Citizen; Monday, 30 May 1966
John C. Lucas,
91,
Marco,
Succumbs
John C.
Lucas, 91, of Marco, died at his home at 4:45 a.m. Sunday.
The
deceased was born Nov. 27, 1874 the son of William V. and Eliza Britton
Lucas. He was a retired farmer and had
spent his entire life in the Marco community.
He was a member of the Marco Methodist church and the Order of Odd
Fellows No. 367. His wife, Mrs. Eva
Baker Lucas, preceded in death in December 1960.
Survivors include a son, Charles Lucas of Marco; two daughters, Miss Alma
Lucas of Marco and Miss Esther Lucas of Indianapolis; two grandchildren and
four great grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs. Anna Shepard and Mrs. Eliza
Burch, both of Linton. One sister and
five brothers preceded him in death.
The body
was taken to the Anderson Poindexter Memory Chapel at Linton where friends may
call. It will be removed to the Marco
Methodist church at noon Tuesday to lie in state until the hour of the funeral,
2 p.m. Rev. Clyde Miller will officiate
at the services and burial will follow in the Marco cemetery.
*Submitter's Note: On the tombstone that John shares
with Eva, the last name is spelled LUCUS.
The two daughters, Alma and Ester, share a tombstone in Marco Cemetery,
Greene Co., Indiana, and their last name is spelled LUCUS on it too.
On both the daughters' obituaries the spelling is LUCUS. However, both the tombstone and the obituary
for his son Charles has the spelling as LUCAS. Below is another obituary for John.
Lucas, John C. Lucas*
Source: The
Terre Haute [Indiana] Star; Tuesday, 31 May 1966
LINTON, Ind. (Special) -- John C. Lucas,* 91, Marco, died
at 4:45 a.m. Sunday at his residence. He
is survived by a son, Charles, Marco; two daughters, Miss Alma Lucas,* Marco,
and Miss Ester Lucas,* Indianapolis; two sisters, Mrs. Anna Sheperd [sic–Shepard]
and Mrs. Elizabeth Birch [sic--Burch], both of Linton; two grandchildren
and four great-grandchildren. Services
will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Marco Methodist Church, with the Rev. Clyde
Miller officiating. Burial will be in
the Marco Cemetery. Friends may call at
the Anderson-Poindexter Memory Chapel until noon Tuesday, when the body will be
taken to the church.
*Submitter's Note: On the tombstone that John shares
with Eva, the last name is spelled LUCUS.
The two daughters, Alma and Ester, share a tombstone in Marco Cemetery,
Greene Co., Indiana, and their last name is spelled LUCUS on it too.
On both the daughters' obituaries the spelling is LUCUS. However, both the tombstone and the obituary
for his son Charles has the spelling as LUCAS. Above is another obituary for John.
Source: The Daily Sentinel, Pomeroy, Ohio; 29 May
1966
Herman H. Marshall, Sr. 55, died early
Saturday morning at his home on Reedsville Rt., following an extended
illness.
He had resided in Tuppers
Plains area for seven years, coming from Marietta. He was a real estate salesman, and a member
of the Long Bottom Methodist church.
He was born at Mill Fork, Washington county, Aug. 19, 1910, son of the late Herman A. Marshall,
and is survived by his mother, the former Margaret Schlary.
In addition to the mother, he is
survived by his wife, Alberta, and four children, Mrs. Dora Dean of Marietta,
Herman H. Marshall, Jr. stationed in the Air Force at Kessler AFB, Delta,
Miss., Mrs. Mary Jean Kramer of Pueblo, Colo., and Miss Peggy Marshall, at
home. There are eight grandchildren.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday
at the Tuppers Plains E.U.B. church, Rev. Eugene Emerson will officiate, and
burial will be under direction of Arbaugh Funeral home in the Moss Run
cemetery, near Marietta. Friends may
call at the funeral home.
Source: The Watonga [Oklahoma] Republican; 18 Aug
1966
MEADE FUNERAL
HELD WEDNESDAY
Funeral services for William C. Meade,
80-year old Watongan living at 614 N. Newer, were held Wednesday in the Keller
funeral chapel with Rev. C. A. Crater, jr., officiating. Burial was in the city I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Meade, who died here Sunday, was born
at Marble, Ark., Dec. 25, 1885 to Thomas and Mary
Meade. He married Minnie Cathryn
Phillips at Purdy, Ark., July 18,1910.*
He was a farmer in the Watonga, Calumet
and El Reno areas until 1943 then worked for the U. S. Gypsum company at
Southard for 11 years until his retirement.
Survivors are six children, Mrs. Ernest
(Artie) Jung, Okarche; Hugh E. Meade, Minturn, Colo.; Mrs. Jessie (Mildred)
Owens, Tonapah, Ariz.; Claude E. Meade, Gila Bend, Ariz.; William T. Meade,
Palisade, Colo.; and Mrs. Orlin (Ruby) Dennis, Watonga; two brothers, Vernon T.
Meade, Oklahoma City, and D. E. Meade, Calumet; two sisters, Mrs. Charles Gray,
Blue Eye, Mo., and Mrs. Ernest Reichert, Calumet; 29 grandchildren and 2 great
grandchildren. A daughter, Mrs. Dale
Renollet, preceded him in death.
*Submitter's Note: The Arkansas, County Marriages Index,
1837-1957 and his wife's obituary on November 16, 1961, both give the date as
July 18, 1909.
Source: The Wheeling [West Virginia] News-Register;
23 Jun 1966
MERCER, Dale Lester, 49, of 134 N.
Eleventh St., Warwood, died Wednesday in the Ohio Valley General Hospital. He was born in Marshall County, W. Va., Dec.
29, 1916, a son of Philip and Ida Travis Mercer. He was a member of the Warwood Methodist
Church. He was owner and operator of the
Caldabaugh Bros. Hardware Store, McMechen, W. Va. He was a veteran of World War II, a member of
the Mountain Knapp Post No. 5, American Legion of McMechen, the McMechen Benwood Post
No. 3655 Veteran of Foreign Wars, the Nelson Lodge No. 30 AF & AM, the
Wheeling B.P.O. Elks No. 28, the Business Professional Association of McMechen,
and the Warwood Methodist Mens Fellowship Club.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Helen V.
Mercer; one daughter, Prudence at home; seven brothers, Sanford, Clarence,
Finley and William, all of Moundsville, Harold of Glen Easton, W. Va., Luther
of Laurel, Md., and Earl of Boston, Mass.; and one sister, Mrs. Howard Duncan
of Moundsville.
Friends may call at the Bodey Funeral
Home, Warwood, on Thursday from 7 to p.m. and on Friday from 2 to 4 and 7
to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be held
there Saturday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. John Geiger officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
Source: The Weirton [West Virginia] Daily Times; 28
Sep 1966
Mercer Infant
Harley D. Mercer Jr., one-day-old son
of Harley D. Sr. and Linda Moore Mercer, died today at 2 a.m. at Ohio Valley
Hospital, where he was born.
Surviving in addition to the parents,
who are members of the Follansbee Church of the Nazarene, are the maternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Moore of Follansbee and the paternal
grandfather, Otto Mercer of Weirton.
Graveside services will be held
Thursday at 11 a.m. at the Wolfe Pen Cemetery, New Martinsville, W.Va. with
Rev. Mr. Bernard Bbyers* officiating.
*Submitter's
Note: Although this is how it appears to
me on my copy of the obituary, it could possibly be Bernard Boyers.
Source: The Wheeling [West Virginia] Intelligencer; 7
Apr 1966
MERCER, Richard E., 35, of Washington
Lands, Moundsville, died unexpectedly at his home Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. He was born in Moundsville, July 28, 1930,
son of Sanford Emil, and the late Dorothy Rush Mercer. He was employed at the Triangle Conduit &
Cable Co. He was a member of McClean Chapel Methodist
Church, and the IBEW Local No. 1051.
Surviving are his wife, Phyllis Yost; a
son, Rusty at home; a daughter, Melody at home and a sister, Mrs. Henry
Rodriquez of Washington Lands.
Friends will be received at the
Grissell's Funeral Home, Moundsville, where services will be held Friday at 2
p.m. The Rev. P. F. Rose will
officiate. Burial in
Halcyon Hills.
Source: The Weirton [West Virginia] Daily Times; 9
Jul 1966
NEW MARTINSVILLE -- Ross Mercer, father of
Mrs. Shirley Van Camp of New Cumberland, died Thursday at the home of another
daughter, Mrs. Georgia Milburn of New Martinsville.
He was born in Tyler County, July 3,
1887, son of Joseph and Ruth Ann Leek Mercer.
Mr. Mercer was a retired farmer and a member of the Paden City Church of
the Nazarene.
Friends may call at the Sawyer-Goodwin
Funeral Home, Middlebourne, where services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. with
the Rev. Mr. James Boshell officiating.
Burial will be made in Lazear's Chapel.
Source: The Ashland [Ohio] Times Gazette; 8 Jul 1966
Retired F. E. Myers official Miller
dies
Milton G. Miller, 86, assistant treasurer
of the F. E. Myers and Bro. Co. until his retirement in 1948 and affiliated
with the company for 52 years, died this morning at Samaritan Hospital
following a short illness.
A member of the First Church of Christ
Scientist, he resided at 617 Grant St. and also belonged to the Myers Quarter
Century Club and was a 50-year member of Ashland Lodge, 151 F and AM.
The son of John A. and Mahala (Schell)
Miller, he was born Nov. 24, 1879, in Ashland.
In 1909 he was married to Iverna G.
Galligher* who survives.
Also surviving are one daughter,
Christine of Ashland; and several nieces and nephews.
Preceded him in death were one sister
and one brother.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m.
Monday at the Heyl and Robbins Funeral Home with Rev. Charles Munson
officiating. Burial will be in Ashland
Cemetery.
Visiting hours will be Sunday from 7 -
9 p.m. at the funeral home.
*Submitter’s
Note: In the obituary of Iverna,
the name was spelled GALLAHER.
Morris, Emma Jane Morris nee Barker
Mrs. Emma Jane Morris, 75, of Woodsfield,
died Monday evening, Sept. 12, 1966 at 6:30 o'clock in Barnesville General
Hospital after an extended illness.
Mrs. Morris was born in Pennsburg, W. Va, May 20, 1891, a daughter of Maurice and Bell Barker. Her
husband, Adolph Morris, died in April 1964.
She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Surviving are a son,
Clarence Morris of Ashland; seven daughters, Mrs. Edna Huntsman, of Toronto;
Mrs. Estelle Lendon, of near Lewisville; Mrs. Nellie Matz, Mrs. Kathryn Piatt
and Mrs. Bertha Longdon, all of Ashland; Mrs. Vesta Morris, of near Woodsfield;
and Mrs. Nettie Brown, of Woodsfield; thirty-six grandchildren, and sixty-five
great grandchildren. A son Russell Morris,
preceded her in death.
Funeral services will be held this Thursday
afternoon, at two o'clock in the Gardner Funeral Home with J.V.A. Traylor
officiating. Interment will be in the Calais Cemetery.
Morris, Felix Karr Morris [24 Mar 1906 – 17 Sept 1966]
Rt. 50 Wreck Kills Local Man
F. K. Morris Victim in
Collision
Felix Karr Morris, 59, 409
North Fourth St, died at 2:50 am February 17 near West Union, W Va, from injuries resulting from an automobile
accident. He was born at Cowen, W Va, March 24, 1906, a son of the late Morgan and Nancy
Hamrick Morris. Surviving are two
brothers: Roy M Morris, 409 N Fourth St
and Kessler D Morris, Brown W Va; two sisters, Mrs
Corinne Wiley, 409 N Fourth St and Mrs H A (Leeora) Roush, 701 West Pike St;
and several nieces and nephews. Two
brothers preceded him in death. Mr
Morris was of the Protestant Faith.
Friends may call at the Davis Funeral Home, 443 Pike St after 10:00 am
Friday where funeral services will be held Saturday, February 19 at 1:30
pm Rev S C Blackburn, pastor of the
Baptist Temple will officiate. Internment in Sunset Memorial Cemetery. Davis Funeral Home.
Published
in the Clarksburg Telegram on September 18, 1966. From the collection of P Frichtl.
Morris, Pearl Grace Morris, nee Emmick
Source: Published in the Evansville [Indiana] Courier
on September 20, 1966.
Submitted
by PE Frichtl.
Mrs. Pearl Grace Morris, 83, of 218
Concord Blvd, was dead on arrival at 9:40 am Monday at Deaconess Hospital after
an apparent heart attack.
The longtime resident of Evansville was
a member of the First Baptist Church.
Her husband, Emery, died in November
1954.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Mary
Elmendorf of Evansville and three grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Boone funeral
Home after 2 pm Tuesday. Burial will be
in Park Lawn Cemetery, Evansville.
Morris, William Beverly Morris
Source: Akron [Ohio] Beacon Journal - Monday, August
8, 1966
MORRIS
William B., 78 years, 170 E. Center st., passed away August
7. Survived by wife, Ada; son, William,
Sawyerwood; daughter, Mrs. Margery Emery, Barberton; seven grandchildren; two
great grandchildren; brother, Vern, Tallmadge; sisters, Mrs. Eva Miller,
Greenville, PA., Mrs. Celia Tustin, Lincoln, Ill., and Mrs. Iva Webster,
Akron.
Friends may call at the Schlup-Cox Funeral Chapel, Kenmore
Blvd. at Eighth St., Tuesday after 2 p.m., where services will be Wednesday 2
p.m. with Mr. Gary N. Turner officiating.
Burial Hillside Memorial Park.
Morrow,
Bertha Morrow, nee Mercer
Source: The Steubenville [Ohio] Herald Star; 5 Jan
1966
Mrs. Bertha Morrow
BERGHOLZ -- Mrs. Bertha Morrow, 74, of
Bergholz, died today in Ohio Valley Hospital, Steubenville. She was the widow of Elmer Morrow who died in
1959.
She leaves four sons, Ernest and Bearl
Morrow, both of Bergholz, Earl Morrow of Akron and Floyd Morrow of Cleveland; a
daughter, Mrs. A. W. Hutchison of Bergholz; two sisters, Mrs. Martha
Hackathorn* and Mrs. Mollie Hackathorn, both of Bergholz; three brothers,
Samuel Mercer of Paris, Ohio, Leb Mercer of Bergholz and Onward Mercer of
Lisbon; six grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Friends may call at the Robbins Funeral
home from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Thursday; services there Friday, 2 p.m.;
Bergholz Cemetery.*Submitter’s Note: Her sister is Mrs. Margaret A.
Hackathorn.
Myers, Annie Myers – Mrs. Annie Pearl Myers, 72, of 76 Ridgecrest Road,
Bethlehem, Wheeling, W. Va., died in Wheeling Hospital on Monday afternoon,
Sept. 12, 1966, at four o’clock. Born in
Sardis, in February 1894, she was the daughter of the late Howard and Louise Schoonover Wait. Mrs. Myers was a
member of the Church of Christ in Wheeling.
Surviving are her husband, Harry Myers and Lloyd Myers of Wheeling, and
Raymond Myers of Rittman; two daughters, Miss Kathryn Myers and Miss Blanchard
Myers of Wheeling, four grandchildren and three sisters, Mrs. Elsie Frieden of Woodsfield, Miss Bertha Wait
and Mrs. Ethel Martie of
Smithfield. Funeral services were held
at Kepner’s Funeral Home, Elm Grove, on Thursday morning at 10:30 o’clock, with
Minister Ted. Norton of the Church of Christ, officiating. Burial was in the Mt. Olive Cemetery, Sardis.
Source: The Wheeling [West Virginia] News-Register;
21 Jul 1966
NELSON, Wilford F., 72, of 30 Mulberry Ave.,
Moundsville, died Wednesday at 4:45 p.m. in the Reynolds Memorial
Hospital. Born March 24, 1894 in
Reynolds Memorial Hospital* Born March 24, 1894 in
Marshall County, he was the son of Frank and Arnetta Games Nelson. A retired employe of the U.S. Stamping Co.,
he was a member of the Moundsville Baptist Church, Loyal Order of Moose, Elks
Lodge No. 282 in Moundsville and the American Legion. He was a veteran of World War I.
Surviving besides his mother are his
wife, Mary Ryan Nelson; four sons, Wiley of San Jose, Calif., Paul of the U.S.
Army, Wilford Jr., and Elwood, both of Moundsville; five daughters, Mrs. Iris
Otte of Magnolia, O., Mrs. Hilda Kittle, Mrs. Ruth Hooker, Mrs. Gladys Fish and
Mrs. Sarah Bumgardner, all of Moundsville; three brothers, Harry, Edward and
Russell, all of Moundsville; four sisters, Mrs. Mazie Headley, Miss Mildred
Nelson, Miss Mabel Nelson and Mrs. Martha Barcelona, all of Moundsville; 25
grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received at Lutes
Funeral Home, 1109 Second St., Moundsville, after 7 p.m. Thursday. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.**
Submitter's Notes:
*The writer of this article starts this
sentence twice. I believe that the
second statement is the accurate one. I
do not think that in 1894 he would have been born in that hospital.
**The following article has the funeral
arrangements.
Source: The Wheeling [West Virginia] News-Register;
22 Jul 1966
NELSON, Wilford F., 72, of 30 Mulberry Ave.,
Moundsville died Wednesday at 4:45 p.m. in the Reynolds Memorial Hospital. Services will be held at the Lutes Funeral
Home in Moundsville on Sunday at 2 p.m. with Rev. Thomas Steel of the Baptist
Church officiating. Burial will be in
Mt. Rose Cemetery.
Oldemeyer, John E.
Oldemeyer
Source: Fort Morgan [Colorado] Times; 05/03/1966
John E. Oldemeyer, 80, who had been a resident of Morgan
County for the past 78 years, died at the Brush hospital Monday night.
Oldemeyer was born Aug. 12, 1885 in Nebraska. He had been a
farmer and retired in 1947, living in Brush since that time. His home was at
422 Cameron St.
Besides his wife, Elizabeth, Oldemeyer is survived by one
son, Orville, of Johnstown one daughter, Opal Harvey of Brush, three brothers,
Benjamin of Mercedes, Texas, Michael of Chico, Calif and Clarence of Brush, one
sister, Alice Hansen of Oakland, Calif and one stepsister, Mrs. Fleda Ohlsson
of Brush. There are six grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. from
Frezieres Funeral Home with Rev.Reinhold Opp officiating. Interment will be in
the Brush Memorial Cemetery.
Source: The Topeka [Kansas] Daily Capital; 24 Jul
1966
WICHITA -- Services and burial will be
here Tuesday for Cecil G. Oldham, 55, Cove, Ark., a former Topekan, who died
Thursday in a hospital at Mena, Ark. He
had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage July 17.
He was born in Topeka and spent his
early life in Topeka. He had lived in
Arkansas about 20 years. He formerly
worked for Boeing Aircraft at Wichita.
Survivors include his wife, Mary, of
the home; a sister, Mrs. L. E. McKinley, 1018 W. 22nd; a brother, Stephen E.
Oldham, 1619 W. 21st; three daughters; two sons, and two grandchildren.
Broadway Mortuary at Wichita is in
charge of arrangements.
Source: The Warsaw [Indiana] Times-Union; 18 Jun 1966
Orland
Fred Orland, 70, Winona Beach, Route 2,
Warsaw, died of a heart attack at 7 a.m. today at his home. He had been in failing health since
1961. A retired mechanic, Mr. Orland was
formerly owner of Fred's Repair Shop in Mentone.
He was born April 29, 1896 at
Cleveland, O. to George and Anna Orland.
On Sept. 29, 1945 he was united in marriage to Margaret Hendricks* who
survives. He had been a resident of
Warsaw since 1947 when he moved here from Indianapolis.
Survivors in addition to his widow
include one son, Jerry, at home; and a step-daughter, Mrs. Herbert (Sylvia)
Fendrick, Indianapolis.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m.
Monday at the McHatton Funeral Home with Rev. Sheldon Duecker officiating. Interment will be in Oakwood cemetery. Friends will be received at the funeral home
from 2 p.m. Sunday until the hour of the service on Monday.
Submitter’s Note: Many
sources list the family’s name as HENDRICK.
Although her name was Margaret Irene, she frequently went by Irene.
Parkison, Orville Henry Parkison
Source: The Ashland [Ohio] Times-Gazette; Saturday, 8
Jan 1966
Orville Henry Parkison, 64, of 29 E.
12th St. died unexpectedly at his home at 4 a.m. today.
The son of William Henry and Martha
(Sayers) Parkison, he was born in Iola, Kan. on Jan. 15, 1899, and lived in
Ashland County most of his life.
He was employed as a machinist at the
Hydro-matic Pump Co. of Hayesville.
Formerly, he was employed at Mansfield Tire Co. and was a machinist at
the F.E. Myers and Bro. Co. for 30 years.
In 1952 he was married to Bessie
Lucille Yeagley, who survives.
Other survivors include one son,
Orville Parkison Jr. of Avon Lake; five grandchildren; and half sister, Mrs.
Helen Stockton of Indianapolis, Inc. [sic--Ind.]
Preceding him in death were his parents
and one half brother.
He was a member of the First EUB Church
of Ashland, where he taught the men's Sunday school class.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m.
Tuesday at Heyl and Robbins Funeral Home with Rev. Paul Frees officiating. Burial will be in Red Haw Cemetery.
Visiting hours will be Sunday and
Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Pope, Esther Grant Pope, nee Cheatham
Source: The Shelbyville [Indiana] News; Tuesday, October 18, 1966
Rites Set
for Mrs. Pope,
28
Mrs. Esther (Greer)* Pope, 28, R.R. 5,
Angola, a former Shelbyville resident, died at the Methodist Hospital,
Indianapolis, Monday at 1:20 p.m., after an illness of one week.
Services for Mrs. Pope will be Thursday
at 11 a.m. at the Ewing Mortuary with Rev. Jerome Hyde and Rev. James Horner
officiating. Burial will be at the Flat
Rock Cemetery. Friends may call at the
mortuary after 3:00 p.m., Wednesday.
Mrs. Pope was born in Shelbyville Nov.
8, 1937, the daughter of John J. and
Mary L. Greer Cheatham,* 529 Montgomery St., who survive with the
husband, William D. Pope, whom she married Dec. 21, 1957,** and three children,
Katherine Lynn, James Douglas, and
Gordon Bradley, all at home; two sisters, Mrs. Charles (Blanche) Knight, Michigan
Center, Mich., and Mrs. Fred (Estelle)
Hargitt of St. Paul; a brother Allen B. Cheatham of Lafayette and a paternal
grandmother, Mrs. John C. (Ollie)
Cheatham of Shelbyville.
Mrs. Pope was a graduate of St. Paul
High School, where she was very active in school functions, and was a member of
the St. Joseph Methodist Church of Fort Wayne, where the family lived prior to
moving to Angola.
Submitter's Notes:
*Her parents John James Cheatham and Mary
Lawless Greer were married in 1930 according to John's records posted at
findagrave.com so her maiden name should have been "Cheatham" here.
**Findagrave.com gives the following
date: "Esther Grant Cheatham
married 22 Dec. 1957, William Dale Pope, son of Gordon Pope & Bertha Truax
[sic?–also seen as Truex], & they had 3 children."
Source: The Evening Republican [Columbus, Indiana]; 3
Mar 1966
Edinburg*
Man Killed on
31
A
72-year-old Edinburg* man, reportedly on his way to Columbus to pick up
a Social Security check, was fatally injured about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in a
2-car crash on Road 31 at the south edge of Taylorsville.
Dead on arrival at Bartholomew county
hospital was Floyd Pope, 72, Edinburg,* thrown from his 1950 Chevrolet to the
pavement on the north-bound passing lane of Road 31 at the south entrance to
Taylorsville. He died of massive chest
injuries.
Driver of the second car was Alonzo M.
Morris, 50, Franklin resident employed at the Vernco corporation
here. He escaped injury.
The death was the first this year in
Bartholomew county traffic.
State Police Troopers Paul Jewett and
Ronald Miller said Mr. Pope, driving south from Taylorsville, started across
the northbound lane to go south to Columbus on Road 31 when his car collided
with the northbound 1964 Oldsmobile of Mr. Morris, whose car was in the passing
lane.
Mr. Morris was on his way home, Trooper
Jewitt said.
Mr. Pope, who was retired, was living
with a son, Herbert Pope of Edinburg.*
It was reported by Blue River products
company at Edinburg* that Mr. Pope was in the habit of riding with his son, a
semi-trailer truck driver for the company.
The elder Mr. Pope was not employed by the company, however.
Witness told troopers the Morris car
was going about 55 miles an hour.
Traffic in the right lane was signaling to turn right to Taylorsville, they said.
The right front of the Morris car met
the left front of Mr. Pope's car. It was
believed Mr. Pope was thrown out as the cars rebounded after colliding. The Pope car went to the right, stopping on
the pavement at the right berm, while the Morris car skidded into the median
strip. Mr. Morris was not injured and
was not charged.
Damage to the Morris car was $800. The Pope car was a total loss.
Road 31 traffic was diverted through
Taylorsville.
Trooper Miller, on patrol, came on the
accident before being notified by the Seymour post. He estimated his arrival at "not more
than five minutes after the accident."
"It's awful to drive up on one that way," he said.
The accident was the first fatal
accident in the county in 1966 and the first since last Dec. 11.
Dr. Bernard Grangier, deputy county coroner,
performed an autopsy on the body at the hospital Wednesday night. The autopsy pinpointed the chest injuries as
the cause of death. Mr. Pope also had
head injuries.
Funeral arrangements for Mr. Pope will
be announced Friday
by Norman funeral home at Hope.
A native of Shelby county,
Mr. Pope lived most of his life in the Hope community, and since the 1958 death
of his wife, the former Goldie Drake, made his home with his children. He had worked as a farm laborer.
Survivors are four sons, Herbert and
Emil Pope of Edinburg,* Ralph Pope of California and Robert Pope of
Indianapolis; five daughters, Mrs. Bill Hoesman of Route 3, Mrs. Martin Ward
and Mrs. Walter Taylor of Columbus and Mrs. Milo Woods and Mrs. Lloyd Thompson
of Clifford; a sister, Mrs. Lona Campbell of Hope and 39 grandchildren.
The state traffic toll for 1966 stands
at [sic?] at
least 230, compared with 191 a year ago. Twenty-four persons died in Bartholomew
county accidents last year.
*Submitter's Note: Currently this town is spelled as EDINBURGH. I do not know if it was spelled EDINBURG back
in 1966, or if it was an error made by the newspaper. Below is the funeral notice.
Source: The Evening Republican [Columbus, Indiana]; 4
Mar 1966
Pope Funeral
Funeral services for Floyd Pope, 72
year-old Edinburg* man killed in a 2-car auto crash Wednesday night near
Taylorsville, will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Norman funeral home in
Hope.
The Rev. Ray Bozell will conduct the
rites, and burial will be at Winchester cemetery in Shelby county. Persons may call at the funeral home.
*Submitter's Note: Currently this town is spelled as EDINBURGH. I do not know if it was spelled EDINBURG back
in 1966, or if it was an error made by the newspaper. Above is an article about
the accident.
Source: The Shelbyville [Indiana] News; Sunday,* 23
Jan 1966
Mrs. Pope
Dies Suddenly
Rites Wednesday
For
City Resident,
50
Mrs. Maurice (Frances) Pope, 50, died
unexpectedly at her home, 721 Montgomery St., Sunday* at 2:00 p.m. Dr. Lucian Arata, Shelby County coroner, said
Mrs. Pope's death was due to natural causes.
She was born in Shelby County July 28, 1915,
the daughter of David and Della Sills.
On Dec. 3, 1932, she was married to Mr.
Pope, who survives with two children, Terrence L. Pope and Mrs. Barbara
Heffner, both of this city; two sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Andrews of Shelby County
and Mrs. Ruth McFarland of Indianapolis; a brother, Chandis Sills of
Shelbyville, and seven grandchildren.
Services will be at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday
at the Murphy Mortuary. Rev. Clarence
Hager will officiate and burial will be in Lewis Creek Cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary after 2:00
Tuesday.
*Submitter's Note:
If she died at 2 p.m. on Sunday and the coroner had time to make a
ruling, it seems that
it would be doubtful that the article would be in the Sunday paper of January
23rd. Perhaps she died the previous
Sunday?
Source: Published in The Times Leader, June 22, 1966.
Submitted by P Frichtl
David William Pritchett, 38,
Barton, retired sheet worker of Local No. 70, being employed in wheeling at the
Buildings and Trades, died Tuesday at 5 a.m. at his home. He was born April 20, 1928, in Martins Ferry,
a son of Frank and Barbara Seevers Pritchett.
A Protestant by faith, he is
survived by his widow, Shirley Runyan Pritchett; six daughters, Barbara Ann,
Cindy Lee, at home; Margie, Ellen, Dixie of Bridgeport and Vallorie in Calif.;
two sons, Frank Luther at home, David Jr. in Calif.; two stepdaughters, Cheryle
Ann and Mary Emma Mannhollan and one stepson, Cecil Raymond at home; three
sisters, Mrs. Rose Carrothers, Bridgeport, Mrs. Louise Long, Bellaire, Mrs.
Amanda Davidson, Wheeling; three brothers, Clyde, Bernard and Harry, all in
Calif.
Friends are being received at
the Howard H. Wilson Funeral Chapel, Bridgeport where services will be held
Thursday at 1:30 p.m. in charge of Rev. Robert Reed. Burial will be in Weeks Cemetery,
Bridgeport.
Source: The Indianapolis [Indiana] Star; Monday, 10
Oct 1966
REIMER
Mrs.* Clara L. Reimer, 333 S.
State St., entered into rest Sunday, age 64, sister of Mrs. Cora Grady, Mrs.
Gertrude Carrico and Mrs. Hilda Marks, sister-in-law of Mr. John W. Hall. Services Tuesday 3 p.m. HARRY W.
MOORE PEACE CHAPEL, 2050 E. Mich. St. Calling anytime.
*Submitter's Note: Clara's maiden name was REIMER. The Indiana Death Certificates lists her
parents as Henry F. Reimer and Minnie Schrader.
Gertrude Carrico, listed as her half sister, was the informant. On the certificate her marital status is
"divorced."
Rhodes,
J. C. Rhodes (J. Claude Rhodes)
Source: The Owensboro [Kentucky] Messenger-Inquirer;
Saturday, 30 Apr 1966
J. C. Rhodes, 63, of 1507 Werner Ave. died
at 9:30 p.m. Friday at Our Lady of Mercy Hospital after six weeks of illness.
He was a paint contractor, and roof
contractor, for 30 years.
Rhodes was born in Hancock County on
June 4, 1902. Rhodes lived in Owensboro for the past 30 years.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Leona
Leatch* Rhodes; a daughter, Mrs. Curtis Logsdon, a son, James Rhodes, both of
Owensboro; three half - sisters, Mrs. Marie Simpson of Owensboro, Mrs. Thelma
Couty of Louisville, and Mrs. Mary C. Campbell of Maceo; and three half -
brothers, Jess Rhodes of Louisville, Cecil Rhodes of Evansville, and Harrison
Rhodes of Fairbanks, Calif.
The body is at the Owensboro Funeral
Home, where friends may call after 7 p.m. today.
*Submitter’s Note: Leona’s
last name was spelled LEACH in this record:
Kentucky, Birth Index, 1911-1999
Name: Leona R Leach
Date of
Birth: 10 Apr 1912
Rhodes,
Nora Rhodes, nee Alsop
Source: The Tell City [Indiana] News; 29 Dec 1966
Mrs. Nora Rhodes, 78, of Hawesville,
mother of Roy Rhodes of Cannelton, died at 12:40 p.m. Monday, December 26 at
Perry County Memorial Hospital.
Surviving besides the son are her
husband, W. J. Rhodes; three sisters, Mrs. Jeff Nugent of Hawesville, Mrs.
Mamie McMahan of Pellville, and Mrs. Vernie Phillips of Evansville; a brother,
Bill Alsop of Philpot, Ky.; and four grandchildren.
Services
were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Gibson funeral home in Hawesville. Burial was in Hawesville cemetery.
Source: The Shelbyville [Indiana] News; 18 Jul 1966
Rites Set
For Clyde
Richeson
Services will be held Tuesday at 2:00
p.m. at the Sleeth Funeral Home for Clyde H. Richeson, 52, 905 E. Hunter St.,
Bloomington, who died Sunday at 12:30 a.m. in the Bloomington Hospital. Mr. Richeson, a former resident of
Shelbyville, had been ill for 14 years.
Rev. Jack E. Jones will officiate and
burial will be in Forest Hill Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home at any time.
Mr. Richeson had spent most of his life
in Shelbyville prior to moving to Bloomington 10 years ago and was a veteran of
World War II, having served with the U.S. Coast Guard. He was a member of the First Baptist Church;
Victory Post No. 70, American Legion; the 40 & 8; and the Shelbyville
Eagles Lodge.
Born in Logan, Utah, Aug. 24, 1913, Mr.
Richeson was the son of George and Lena (Hudson) Richeson. Surviving are two brothers, Clarence and Roy
"Dutch" Richeson of Shelbyville, and a sister, Mrs. Bessie . . . ver* of Bloomington.
*Submitter's Note: The corner is missing on my copy of this
obituary and three or four letters are missing here.
Source: The Columbus [Ohio] Dispatch; 4 Apr 1966
RIGHTER
John W. Righter, age 86, 59 Dakota Ave.,
Saturday. Member of
First Pentecostal Church.
Survived by wife, Helen; daughter, Mrs. Christina Diamond; brother,
Raymond; sister, Mrs. Grace Shufelt, all of Columbus; 4 grandchildren. Friends may call at the O. R. WOODYARD CO. CHAPEL, 255 E. State St., 7 to 9 p.m. Monday,
2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. Service
will be Wednesday 2:30 p.m. First Pentecostal Church. Rev. Emory Ingmire
officiating. Interment
Wesley Chapel by O. R. Woodyard Co.
Source: The Arizona Republic; Tuesday, May 10, 1966
Services and burial for Phillip David
Rose, 7, the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. David Rose, were conducted recently in
Albany, Ohio.
The leukemia victim attended Riverside
Elementary School in Phoenix in 1963 and 1964. His father formerly was employed
by the ESCO Corp. at AiResearch Mfg. Co. in Phoenix.
The family now resides in North
Lewisburg, Ohio. Besides the parents,
two brothers and two sisters survive.
Rowley, Katie Morris
Rowley
Published in the Evansville
Indiana Courier and the Evansville Indiana Press
Mrs. Katie Rowley, 78, of
Gary, Ind, formerly of Evansville, died at 11:20 pm Tuesday at West Side
Nursing Home, Gary, after a lengthy illness.
Surviving are three
daughters: Mrs. Laura Higgins of Evansville, Ind., Mrs. Roberta Flowers
of Richmond, Virginia and Mrs. Margaret Hendrick of Gary, Ind.; three sons:
Truman and Wesley of Lowell, Ind and Jean (Gene) of Gary, Ind.; 24
grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.
Friends may call after 2 pm
Friday at Schaefer Funeral Home, Evansville Ind.
Rowley,
Katie M. Rowley, nee Morris
Source: The
Evansville [Indiana] Courier and Press;
Thursday, 17 Nov 1966
MRS. KATIE ROWLEY
Mrs. Katie M. Rowley, 79, of Gary,
Ind., formerly of Evansville, died at 11:20 p.m. Tuesday at West Side Nursing
Home, Gary, after a lengthy illness.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs.
Laura Higgins of Evansville, Mrs. Roberta Flowers of Richmond, Va., and Mrs.
Margaret Hendrick of Gary; three sons, Truman and Wesley, both of Lowell, Ind.,
and Jean of Gary; 26 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.
Friends may call after 2 p.m. Friday at
Schaefer Funeral Home.
Source: The Canton [Ohio] Repository; Wednesday, 7
Sep 1966, p 42
C. Blaine Russell, 84, died Tuesday
morning in his home at 7040 Maplehurst ave SE, after suffering a heart attack.
He was a retired farmer.
Survivors include his widow, Flora
Russell, with whom he would have celebrated a 63rd wedding anniversary and a
son. Services Friday,
3 p.m., Kreighbaum funeral home. Burial in East Sparta Cemetery. Callers Thursday 2 to 4 and
7 to 9 p.m.
Grange services Thursday night at 7 in
the funeral home.
Submitter’s
Note: Below is another obituary.
C. Blaine Russell
Source: The Canton [Ohio] Repository; Wednesday, 7
Sep 1966, p 44
RUSSELL
C. BLAINE, age 84, of 7040
Maplehurst Ave., SE, East Sparta passed away in his home Tuesday morning
following a heart ailment. A life resident of Pike Twp. where he was a retired farmer. Member of the Asbury Methodist Church of
which he served on the Church Board, charter member and past master of Pike
Grange and the Pamona County and State Grange and Farm Bureau Council G. Mr. and Mrs. Russell would have celebrated
their 63rd wedding anniversary Sept. 30.
Survived by his wife Flora E.; son, Paul of the home; two grandchildren;
sister, Mrs. Katherine Lichtenwalter of East Sparta; two sons Floyd and Harold
are deceased. Services will be Friday 3
p.m. in the Kreighbaum Funeral Home with Dr. Dwight Heaston officiating. Interment in East Sparta
Cemetery. Grange services
Thursday at 7 p.m. Calling
hours Thursday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
(Kreighbaum, 484-2525)
Source: The Topeka (Kansas) State Journal; Monday, 14
Mar 1966
Charles Sardou,
86, Dies in California
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Special) -- Charles
Sardou, 86-year-old descendant of a pioneer Topeka family, died here Sunday
morning. Sardou lived at 3135 W. 17th in
Topeka.
Mr. Sardou had suffered a light stroke
three weeks ago in Topeka, but had recovered sufficiently to fly to California
10 days ago to visit his son, Charles.
Mr. Sardou's grandfather, Charles,
settled in the Oakland area in 1854.
Sardou Avenue, Freeman Street and the Sardou Bridge were named for his
parents, Freeman and Mary Morris Sardou.
Freeman Sardou was an early developer of the Oakland area.
Mr. Sardou, his father, Freeman, and
brother, George, were awarded gold medals for saving 200 persons during the
1903 flood. They rescued North Topekan
residents, taking them to safety in a rowboat.
The original Sardou home still stands
at 702 Grattan in Oakland. It ws built
on land first staked and claimed by Mr. Sardou's grandfather.
Mr. Sardou was born Aug. 16, 1879, in
Topeka, and had been a lifelong resident of that city. He worked as an electrical machinist until
his retirement in1930. At that time he started an orchard and flower
garden. His two acres supplied many of
the peonies for Memorial Day decorations in Topeka.
Survivors include two sons, Charles
Jr., Downing, Calif., and Richard Sardou of Wichita; six grandchildren and
three great-grandchildren.
Wall-Diffenderfer Mortuary will have
charge of local arrangements.
Schell, Bessie Schell nee
Billman
Source: Cambridge [Ohio] Jeffersonian; 13 Aug 1966
LEWISVILLE----Funeral services for Mrs.
Bessie Schell, 79, Lewisville, will be held at 2 P.M. Sunday at the Bracken
Ridge Methodist Church. The Rev. Starling Perkins will officiate and burial
will be in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Schell died at 2:30 A.M. Friday
at the Mark Rest Center in McConnelsville after a long illness.
Born June 16, 1887, in Lewisville, she
was the daughter of John and Sarah Kelly Billman. She was a member of the
Bracken Ridge Methodist Church and WSCS.
Her husband, Benjamin Schell, died in
1956.
She leaves a son Charles Schell of
Lewisville; four sisters, Mrs. Walter Draper and Mrs. Susie Mallett of
Woodsfield, Mrs. Marjorie Busch of Van Wert and Mrs. Golda Straight of Antioch
and three grandchildren.
Friends are being received at the
Mallett Funeral Home, Stafford. The body will lie in state at the church one
hour before services.
Source: The Findlay [Ohio] Republican Courier; 22 Mar
1966
Herbert J. (Pat) Sheldon, 66, 305 W. Front St.,
died yesterday at Blanchard Valley Hospital.
Mr. Sheldon was a retired foreman of
the San - A - Pure Dairy and owner of the Sheldon Retail Egg Routes. He was active for many years in Findlay
softball leagues, both as a player and an umpire.
Born March 13, 1900 in Jackson
Township, he was the son of Eli J. and Olive (Allison) Sheldon. He married Velma Minard in 1945* and she
survives.
He is also survived by five children, Mrs.
Danny (Judy) Reynolds, 529 W. Hardin St., Patsy, Becky, Cindy and Roger, all at
home; two brothers, Clarence, Monroe, Mich., James, Fort Wayne, Ind.; a sister,
Miss Violet Sheldon, Gallipolis, O., and a grandson. One brother and one sister preceded him in
death.
Funeral services will be held at 10
a.m. Thursday in the Coldren Funeral Home with Dr. Tennyson Guyer
officiating. Burial will be in Maple
Grove Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home
after 3 p.m. today.
*Submitter’s Note: Velma’s
obituary gave 1947 as the marriage year.
Source: The Spirit of Democracy, Woodsfield, Ohio; 21
Jul 1966
PEARL SIMS,
69; DIES
FOLLOWING LONG
ILLNESS;
SERVICES HELD
SUNDAY
Pearl Sims, 69, of Woodsfield, died
Thursday afternoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Vera Scott, of Pittsburgh,
Pa., where he was visiting. He had
suffered a long illness.
Born Aug. 16, 1896, at Chandlersville,
he was a son of Clyde and Dola Crawford Sims.
His wife, Lorena, died in 1938.
Surviving are a son, Gerald of
Woodsfield; four daughters, Mrs. Ruth Kennedy of El Paso, Tex., Mrs. Scott, and
Mrs. Mary Price and Mrs. Edna Ward, both of Woodsfield; 23 grandchildren and
five great-grandchildren; two brothers, Otis of Akron and Carl of Zanesville;
and a sister, Mrs. Marie Kindall of Zanesville.
Friends were received at Bauer and
Turner Funeral Home at Woodsfield where services were held at 2 p.m. (EDT)
Sunday. Burial was in Oak Lawn Cemetery
at Woodsfield.
Source: The
Akron [Ohio] Beacon Journal; Monday, 25 Apr 1966
WADSWORTH -- Lee R. Sivard, 35, of 126 Durling dr., died Sunday in Akron
City Hospital after a seven-week illness.
A native
of Monroe County, he had lived in Wadsworth 15 years. He was employed as a painter by Field Acres.
Mr.
Sivard leaves his wife, Roberta D.; daughter, Laura, and son, Mark, of the
home; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sivard; grandmother, Mrs. Homer Kenney,
brother, Steve, all of Lodi, and a sister.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in
the Hillard Funeral Home, where the family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and
7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. The family requests
no callers at the residence. Burial will
be in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Source: The Zanesville [Ohio] Times Recorder; 24 Mar
1966
Annette Marie Smith, 10-month-old
daughter of Robert and Leona Harper Smith of 513 Hamline avenue, was dead on
arrival at 9 a.m. Wednesday (March 23) at Good Samaritan Hospital where she was
taken after being stricken ill at her home.
Patrolman Dean McElfresh, who took the
infant to the hospital in a police cruiser, said John Fenton and Robert Lentz
of the fire department emergency squad were called in the residence to give
oxygen. Fenton continued to give oxygen
on the way to the hospital.
Dr. S. S. Daw, Muskingum County
coroner, said death resulted from a fast-acting pneumonia.
Surviving in addition to the parents
are four brothers, Robert, Charles, Vincent, and William, all of the home; two
sisters, Lucille and Doris, both of the home; maternal grandmother, Mrs. Harry
Harper Sr. of 817 Orchard street,; and paternal grandmother, Mrs. Ada Mae Smith
of Adamsville road.
The body was taken to DeLong and Baker
Funeral Home where friends may call after 3 p.m. today. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the
funeral home with Evangelist Justice Henson officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
Source: The Martins Ferry [Ohio] Times Leader; 10 Jan
1966
Jacob Snider, 59, 714 Main St.,
Bridgeport, died Saturday at 5:30 p.m. at his home. He was a member of the Church of Christ at
Buck Run. W. Va. He was born at Wolf
Run,* W. Va.
Surviving are his widow, Anna Fronius
Snider; two daughters, Mrs. Edward Bassa of Barton, and Mrs. James Sloan of
Midway; three brothers, Joseph and Dorsey in California; and Floyd of Chester,
W. Va.; a sister, Miss Gladys Snider in California; three grandchildren.
Friends are being received at Heslops'
Funeral Home, Martins Ferry, where services will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. with
Rev. Edward Belford officiating. Burial
will be in Riverview Cemetery, Martins Ferry.
*Submitter's Note: The Birth Records posted on line by the West Virginia Division of Culture and
History for Tyler County, West Virginia, show Jacob was born in Wolf Pen, not
Wolf Run. Wolf Run is in Marshall
County.
Source: The
Beatrice [Nebraska] Daily Sun; Thursday, 30 Jun 1966
Memorial
services for Jacob Sowers, 521 W. Ella St., will be held Saturday at 10:30 a.m.
from the Harman Mortuary Chapel with Rev. Clarence Wesley Buehler officiating.
Sowers,
85, died Wednesday afternoon in a Lincoln hospital. Born Aug. 4, 1880, at Cortland, he moved to
Beatrice from Cortland in 1938.
A
veteran of the Spanish-American War, he had been employed by Steel Tank for
ight [sic--probably eight] years before his retirement in 1951.
Survivors include his widow, Erna; two sons, Leland of Lincoln and
Virgil N. of Wichita, Kan.; three daughters, Mrs. Lyle (Dorothy) Leber, Costa
Mesa, Calif., Mrs. Frank (Ruth) Slusher, Pickrell, and Mrs. Arthur (Evelyn)
Achtemeier, Beatrice; one brother, Frank of Cortland; 21 grandchildren and 24
great-grandchildren.
Interment will be in Evergreen Hom [sic--Home] Cemetery. The American Legion will conduct military
rites at the grave.
Source: The Wheeling [West Virginia] Intelligencer;
11 Jun 1966
STEALEY,*1 Roy Arnold,*2 of Porters Falls, a son of Friend and Mary*3
McCormick Stealey.*1 Surviving are his
mother; two brothers, Ross of Reader and John of Fairpoint Harvor,*4 O.; six sisters, Mrs. Donnie Seibal*5 of
Cleveland, Mrs. Myrtle Balwantz*6 of
Madison, O., Mrs. Virginia Stackpole of Suffiele, O.,*7 Mrs. Ola Cochran of New Martinsville, Mrs.
Betty Oliver of Reader, W. Va., and Mrs. Grace Stackpole of Porters Falls.
Friends may call at the Palmer Funeral
Home, Pine Grove, where services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. Burial will be in the Morgan Cemetery,
Porters Falls.
Submitter's Notes:
*1 The correct
spelling of this name is STALEY.
*2 His niece, Kathleen (Staley) Wakkila shares
this story told to her by her cousin, Charolette Ludwig, about his middle
name: "I'm sure Uncle Red's name
was Roy Ermal, but he always said his name was Roy Arnold because he liked
daddy's middle name; so when he died, I thought daddy gave him the name Roy
Arnold. The cemetery stone does show Roy
E."
*3 Roy's mother went
by MARY JANE, not Mary.
*4 This location
should be FAIRPORT HARBOR, Ohio.
*5 The correct
spelling of this name is SEIBEL.
*6 The correct
spelling of this name is BALWANZ.
*7 The correct
spelling of this small town is SUFFIELD, Ohio.
Source: The Akron [Ohio] Beacon Journal; Wednesday,
13 Apr 1966
STARR
Garrett
Todd, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Steven Starr, 4030 Greenwich rd., Barberton,
passed away Tuesday. Also survived by
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Weber, Mr. and Mrs. Carroll S. Starr;
great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Weber and Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Abbott. Graveside services 10:30 a.m. Thursday,
Greenlawn Cemetery. Rev.
Herbert T. White officiating.
(Campfield-Hickman, 745-3161.)
Theiss, Lewis Theiss
Monroe County Beacon,
Woodsfield, Ohio, dated,
LKP#5
Lewis Theiss, 89, of Lower Salem, Rt. 1 died Friday evening
March 25, 1966, at 5:30 o’clock, at the home of his son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Forshey.
Four daughters survive, Mrs. Oscar
(Hilma) Thomas, Mrs. Ralph (Caroline) Forshey, Mrs. Clarence (Bertha) Holschuh,
and Mrs. Eric (Bernice) Baker, of Lower Salem, Rt. 1. There are 10
grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren.
One son, Roy Henry, died in infancy, and five brothers,
Charles, John, Nicholas, Daniel and Jacob Theiss, and six sisters, Mrs. Adeline
Theiss, Mrs. Bertha Arnedt, Miss Katie Theiss, Miss Carrie Theiss and Mrs.
Augenstine Kidd, preceded him in death.
A number of nephews and nieces survive, including Gilbert
Theiss of Chicago, who was reared in the Theiss home.
Mr. Theiss was a member of the Tick Ridge Evangelical
Church and was a former member of the Board of Education of Salem Township,
Washington County, and a former trustee of Salem Township.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at
Source: The Daily Notes, [Canonsburg, Pennsylvania];
Tuesday, 22 Nov 1966
Thomas Thomas,* age 83, a former
resident of Hickory, died November 21, 1966, at 3:10 a.m. in the Washington
Hospital.
Born in West Virginia, March 25, 1883,** he was a son of the late David and Elizabeth Mercer
Thomas.
His wife, Emma Whithers,*** Thomas, died October 19, 1953. Mr. Thomas had lived most of his life in this
area.
He is survived by a stepson, Harry
Brownlee, Strabane; and a stepdaughter, Cora Mahon, Canonsburg; several
nephews, and step grandchildren from this area.
Submtter's Notes:
* Sometimes he is referred to as David
A. Thomas.
** His death certificate shows 25 Feb
1883 as the birth date.
*** In some documents her name is seen
spelled as Withers.
Turpin,
Richard N. Turpin, Jr.
Source: The Canton [Ohio] Repository - Sunday,
November 27, 1966
TURPIN JR.
RICHARD
N. 19 of 7689 Ridge Rd. Semiola, Fla. passed away Friday evening in Aultman
Hospital following an automobile accident.
He was born in Canton where he has resided until a year ago. He was employed in the Thermol Tech Co. and a
member of the Order of Forresters. Survived by his wife Linda.
A son Thomas Charles. His parents Mr. and Mrs.
Richard N. Turpin Sr. all of Semiola, Fla. His grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Earl F. Miller
of Canton, with whom they were all visiting.
A grandfather Rufus L. Turpin of Carrollton, Ohio. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at
1 p.m. in the Kreighbaum Funeral Home with Rev. H. E. Robertson Jr. and Rev.
Charles Lincoln officiating. Interment in Forest Hill Cemetery. Friends may call Monday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at
the funeral home.
(Kreighbaum 484-2525)
Source: Wayne Co. [Illinois] Press; 22 Aug 1966
ELMER VAUGHN, 56,
CARPENTER, DIES
Passed Away Saturday
Evening At Marion
Veterans Hospital
Elmer Vaughn, 56, Fairfield, carpenter,
South West Seventh street, died at 6:20 p.m. Saturday at the Marion VA
hospital, where he had been a patient two months.
Mr. Vaughn had been at the hospital for
a complication of ailments but was improving and was expected to return home
this week. However he died of a heart
attack.
Rites Tuesday
Funeral services will be conducted from
Nale's Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Tuesday, with Rev. Garold Hart officiating,
assisted by Rev. Henry Irvin. Interment
will be in Koontz cemetery. Friends may
call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Monday (today).
Mr. Vaughn had resided in Fairfield 22
years.
Elmer, son of Douglas and Mary Shell*
Vaughn, was born in Wayne county May 2nd, 1910.
He was a member of the Pentecostal
church here.
On November 6th, 1942, he was married
to Audra Buchanan.
He was a veteran of World War II
military service.
Mr. Vaughn was preceded in death by his
parents and three sisters.
The Survivors
Surviving are his widow; a
step-daughter, Joyce McCormick, of Fairfield; one step grandchild; three
brothers, Raymond, of Canal Fulton, Ohio, Emery, of Ceour 'd Alene, Idaho; and Jesse, of Catati,
Calif.; and one sister, Mrs. Lora Morris, of Cisne.
*Submitter’s Note: This
name is usually spelled SCHELL.
Source: The Press Democrat, [Santa Rosa, California];
16 Sep 1966
Funeral services will be conducted
tomorrow afternoon for Jesse Vaughn, 69-year-old Cotati barber, who died
Wednesday of injuries suffered when his car overturned on Highway 101.
Mr. Vaughn was born in Illinois and
moved to Sonoma County from Napa 12 years ago.
His home was at 8140 La Plaza in Cotati.
He leaves his wife, Zetta M. Vaughn,
Cotati, a daughter, Mrs. Frances Johnson, Santa Rosa; his sons, Eugene Vaughn,
Santa Rosa, and Larry Bishop, serving in the U.S. Air Force: a brother, Emery Vaughn, Idaho, and a sister,
Mrs. Laura Morris, Illinois. also surviving are three grandchildren.
The Rev. Ervin Jenkins of the Grace
Baptist Church will officiate at 2 p.m. services tomorrow from the Eggen &
Lance Mortuary. Private interment will
follow at Santa Rosa Memorial Park.
Weber,
Amanda Weber, nee Stimpert
Source: The Spirit of Democracy [Woodsfield, Ohio]; 6
Jan 1966
MRS. AMANDA WEBER,
76, DIES HERE
ON SUNDAY; SERVICES
HELD YESTERDAY
Mrs. Amanda Stimpert Weber, 76, of
Woodsfield, died at noon Sunday, Jan. 2., at the home
of her son, Calvin, after a brief illness.
She was born at Lewisville, Nov. 10,
1889, daughter of Samual [sic?] and Barbara Young Keylor.
Also surviving are two other sons,
Howard Stimpert of Kansas City, Mo., and Chester Stimpert of Toronto, Ohio; a
daughter, Mrs. Ronald Johnson of Uhrichsville, 12 grandchildren; three
step-daughters, Mrs. Stella Wahl of near Woodsfield, Mrs. Olive Springer and
Mrs. Ann Camwell, both of Long Island, N. Y.
Friends called at Bauer-Turner Funeral
Home here where services were held yesterday afternoon. Burial was in Buchanan Cemetery near
Woodsfield.
Weckbacher, Jeffrey Lynn Weckbacher
Source: newspaper clipping; 24 Mar 1966
Weckbacher Infant
Services were held today for Jeffery*
Lynn Weckbacher, day-old son of Larry and Ramona Gardner Weckbacher of Marietta
Rt. 3. He was born March 23 in Marietta
Memorial Hospital.
Also surviving are his grandpaents, Mr.
and Mrs. Martin Weckbacher of Sycamore Valley and Mr. and Mrs. Wick Gardner of
Graysville.
Thomas Christy of the Pleasant Ridge
Church of Christ officiated, with the Mallett Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
*Submitter's Note: In other obituaries the name was spelled
JEFFREY.
Source: The Geneva [Ohio] Free Press; 4 Feb 1966
Corneal N. White, 57, Eagleville, died
Thursday at 2:45 p.m. at Ashtabula General Hospital.
He was born in Eagleville June 20,
1908, the son of William C. and Eunice Pratt White. He lived all his life in Eagleville.
He was a bus driver for Ashtabula City
Division of Transportation.
Survivors include his mother, Mrs.
William White of Eagleville; three sons, James of Ashtabula and Larry and Jack
of California; four daughters, Mrs. Evelyn Cinciarelli, Mrs. Edna Jarvi, and
Mrs. Carol Styles, all of Ashtabula, and Mrs. Sandra Newsome of Chicago; one
sister, Mrs. Thomas (Jessie) Augustine; four brothers, Fred and William of
Eagleville, Carl of Rock Creek, and Sam of Corry, Pa.; and 15 grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his father
on Nov. 17, 1962.
Services will be Monday at 1 p.m. at
Miller Funeral Home, Jefferson.
Clergyman will be the Rev. Donald Spencer of Eagleville Congregational
Church.
Friends may call at the funeral home
Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Wilson, Ethel Marie Wilson, nee Devore
Source: newspaper article; April 1966
Services for Mrs. Wilson Held
April 2
Funeral services were held Saturday, April
2, 1966, for Mrs. Wesley A. (Ethel Marie) Wilson, 81, at the Evangelical United
Brethren church in Harlem. She passed
away in a Havre hospital at 6:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 30th.
Rev. R. J. Anderson officiated at the
services. Vocal music was beautifully
rendered by Ms. Omer Nelson, accompanied by Mrs. Victor Goldsmith at the
organ. Pall bearers, all nephews of Mrs.
Wilson were Mike (Clarence), Bill and Floyd Miller, Pete Goodheart, Dale Shupe
and Earl McCracken. Honorary pallbearers
were other nephews: Tom, Larry, Howard,
Dan, Jack, Jay, Milton and Leslie Miller; Jack and Maurice Goodwill; Vince and
Swede Goodheart. Interment was in the
Harlem cemetery
Ethel Marie Wilson was born Jan. 6,
1885, in Monroe County, Ohio, to Calvin and Mary Belle Devore. When she was two years old, her father passed
away and she and her mother made their home with her maternal grandparents,
Amos and Margaret Mobberly of Ohio. When
Ethel was seven, her mother remarried and the family moved to North Dakota where
she grew to womanhood and received her education.
She was a graduate of Mayville Teachres
College of Mayville, N.D. and taught school for six years in North Dakota and Minnesota.
Among her memoirs were many treasured
evidences of the esteem in which she was held by school personnel during her school years and
teaching career. Her genuine love for
children which, no doubt, contributed to her excellence as a teacher, remained
with her throughout her life, and many a youngster (three generations of them)
sat in wide-eyed wonder as she read to them and made fairy tales come to life.
On January 27, 1909, she was united in
holy matrimony at Solway, Minnesota to Wesley A. Wilson, member of a
prominent Minnesota family. To this
union were born two children, a son and a daughter. The family moved to Montana in 1918, with the
intention of filing on a homestead.
Finding no land to their liking, they purchased a home in Harlem. Here Mr. Wilson was employed by the Ditch
Company, and Mrs. Wilson opened a maternity home. She was known for her hospitality, and many a
teamster from the north in the early days found her home a haven of warmth and
good hot meals.
She joined the United Brethren church
(now Evangelical United Brethren) soon after her arrival here, and was a
faithful attendant until her fatal illness.
She held various offices over the years in her church work, one of which
was that of Sunday School Superintendent, a post she filled for some seventeen
years.
Preceded
in death by her husband, three sisters and one brother, she leaves to mourn her
passing her son Gerald of Harlem, her daughter Glennabelle Richards of Havre;
seven grandchildren, one great grandchild and two brothers, Henry and Clyde
Miller, both of Harlem. She also leaves
a host of friends who cannot help but feel berift [sic – bereft], as the charm
of her graciousness and refinement are qualities which are rarely found.
Source: The Martins Ferry [Ohio] Times Leader;
Wednesday, 21 Sep 1966
Lloyd B. Wilson, 423 N. 8th St.,
Martins Ferry, died this morning at 6:15 in the Martins Ferry Hospital. Born in Tyler County, W. Va., April 12, 1894, he had resided in
Martins Ferry for 55 years and was a retired employe of the Martins Ferry plant
of Wheeling Steel.
He was a member of the First United
Presbyterian Church, the Men's Bible Class, Eagles Lodge and the Pioneer Club
of the 65 Club, all of Martins Ferry.
Surviving are his widow, Elsie Geis
Wilson; three daughters, Mrs. William DuJardin, Martins Ferry and Miss Grace
and Miss Gloria Wilson of the home; two brothers, Albert and Raymond, both of
Martins Ferry; three sisters, Mrs. Howard Hartenstein, Warren, Mrs. Emma Marsh,
Wheeling and Mrs. William Teare, Martins Ferry; three grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the Heslop
Funeral Home, Martins Ferry, after 7 p.m. Thursday. Funeral services Saturday at 10 p.m.* in charge of Rev.
Niles Southwick. Burial
in Riverview Cemetery.
*Submitter's Note: 10 p.m. is an unusual time for a
funeral. Perhaps it was a printing
error.
Wilson, Marie R. Wilson, nee Cizeski
Source: The Martins Ferry, Ohio, Times Leader; 6 or 7
Mar 1966
Mrs. Marie R. Wilson, 65, 915 Pearl St.
Martins Ferry, died Saturday at 5 PM in the Martins Ferry Hospital. She was
born in Benwood, Dec. 9,1899.
Surviving are her husband, Raymond E. Wilson; two sons, Raymond E. Jr., Houston,
Texas and Richard H. of Martins Ferry; a daughter, Mrs. James Eden, Martins
Ferry, a brother Frank Cizeski, Bellaire. Friends are being received at the
Heslop Funeral Home, Martins Ferry, where services will be conducted Tuesday at
10:30 a.m. by Lynn Garth, burial in Holly Memorial Gardens, Pleasant Grove.
Source: The South Bay [California] Daily News; 7 Apr
1966, p 4
Stepson Finds
Father Hanged
In Garage
A 56-year-old Lennox man was found
hanging in the garage of his home Wednesday.
Lennox sheriff's deputies said the body
of Ernest Wise, 11118 S. Firmona Ave., was found hanging by a rope in the
garage about 1:50 p.m. by Roy Dyer, the victim's stepson.
[Below is the funeral notice.]
Source: The
Inglewood [California] Daily News; 8 Apr 1966
Ernest V. Wise
Services
Monday 11:30 a.m. Pierce Brothers Ingelwood [sic--Inglewood]
Park Mortuary, 3443 W. Manchester Blvd.
Source: The Rushville [Indiana] Republican; 23 Mar
1966
George Wise
Dies Tuesday
George W. Wise, 73, 815 North Jackson,
died at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday in Rush Memorial Hospital, where he had been a
patient since Thursday, after several years of failing health.
A retired finishing room employe at the
International Furniture Factory, Mr. Wise had been a resident of Rushville
since 1937. He was a member of the First
Baptist Church here.
The son of John and Rebecca Ivans Wise,
he was born in Ripley County on April 8, 1892.
On August 2,1909, he was married to Nellie
Banta, who survives.
Surviving with the widow are three
daughters, Mrs. Lester (Delores) Benfield of Cornelia, Ga., Mrs. Dwight
(Evelyn) Reynolds of New Salem and Mrs. Virginia Johnson of Lakewood, Calif.;
two brothers, John Wise near Cincinnati and Nott Wise of Marine, Ill.; a
sister, Mrs. Ann Galloway of Washburn, Ill., 13 grandchildren and 26
great-grandchildren.
A daughter, Mrs. Alice Young, died
in1946. An infant son, three brothers
and three sisters also preceded him in death.
Services will be held at Moster and
Sons Mortuary at 2 p.m. Friday, with the Rev. Forrest B. Taylor officiating,
and entombment will follow in East Hill Shrine Mausoleum. Friends may call at the mortuary after 3 p.m.
Thursday.
Source: The Wayne Co. [Illinois] Press; 22 Sep 1966
GEORGE YANAKIS, OF
GEFF, DIES
Retired Shoemaker, Native
of Greece, Had
Cancer; Rites Held
George Yanakis, 75, of Geff, a retired
shoemaker, died at 6 p.m. Monday at Memorial hospital from cancer.
He had been a hospital patient two
weeks.
Born In Greece
Born in Greece, Mr. Yanakis worked as a
shoemaker in Chicago, returning to his home west of Geff on week ends, until
his retirement two years ago.
Funeral services were conducted
Thursday afternoon (today) from the Pleasant Grove Christian church northwest
of Geff, with Elder Burrell Garren officiating.
Interment was in the church cemetery.
The Long Funeral Home was in charge.
Mr. Yanakis was born December 22nd,
1890, the son of James and Anna Yanakis.
He was married to a Geff girl, Eleanor
Beeson.
The Survivors
Surviving are his widow; two sons,
Donald, of Detroit, Mich.; and George James, at home; three daughters, Mrs.
Anna May Reynolds, of Detroit, Mich.; Mrs. Barbara Lou Warren and Mrs. Sandra Dalton,
both of Chicago; and 13 grandchildren.
Source: The Charleston [West Virginia] Daily Mail; 26
May 1966
Plastic Sheet
Smothers Baby
Kathleen Ellen Yost, 2 months old,
smothered to death yesterday when plastic sheeting covered her face, Dr. Goff
P. Lilly, Kanawha County coroner, ruled in returning a verdict of accidental
death.
The baby was the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Benjamin F. Yost of 1515 Chandler Drive.
Plastic sheeting had been placed
between two blankets in an effort to protect the baby's skin, Dr. Lilly
said. She in some manner became
entangled in it.
Other survivors are a sister, May Ann,
at home and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Clovis N. Haynes of Charleston and
Mrs. Myrtle Mercer of Paden City.
Funeral and burial service will be
Friday at 1 p.m. at the Yost Cemetery at Middlebourne in Tyler County.
The body is at the Cunningham Funeral
Home.
Source: The Calhoun [County, West Virginia] Chronicle;
Feb 1966
Rites At Douglas
For Pete
Yost, 72
Pete Yost, 72, of Chloe died Wednesday,
Feb. 2 in Spencer following a brief illness.
He was born in Tyler County, son of the
late George and Sarah H. Yost, and was a retired farmer.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Maggie
(Anderson) Yost; two sons, Woodford Yost of Elmira and Lester Yost of
Elizabeth; two daughters, Mrs. Columbia Rice of Clinton, Ohio, and Mrs. Bonnie
Hardway of Chloe; three brothers, George Yost of Ivydale, James Yost of New
Martinsville and Lert Yost of Akron; six half-brothers, Bert Yost of Ohio, Jess
Yost of Wellsburg, Mont and Gordon Yost, both of Reader, Homer Yost of
Pennsylvania, and Bennie Yost of Charleston; three half-sisters, Mrs. Nellie
Nixon, Mrs. Georgia Bassett, both of
Reader, and Mrs. Blossum [sic--Blossom] Harris of Paden City; 20
grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
Services were held Saturday, February
5, at the Douglas Methodist church with the Rev. Kenneth L. Cruikshanks
officiating. Burial was in the Yost
cemetery near Chloe.
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