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Monroe County Obituaries
1971
Ackerman,
Charles O. Ackerman
Source: The Miami [Florida] News; Wednesday, 15 Dec
1971
ACKERMAN, Charles O., of 298 S. Coconut
Palm. Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. today
with services tomorrow 10 a.m., Ahern-Plummer Flagler Street Funeral Home.
Adkison, Floda M. Adkison, nee Crites
Source: The
Akron [Ohio] Beacon Journal - Thursday, 12 Aug 1971
COVENTRY TWP. --
Florda M. Adkison, 75, of 973 Thierry av., died Wednesday in Akron City
Hospital after a short illness.
Born in
Buckhannon, W.Va., Mrs. Adkison lived in Akron for eight years. She was a member of the Pythian Sisters and
the Trinity Methodist Church.
She
leaves two sons, Burton F. Adkison and Rexall Crites, both of Akron; seven
daughters, Mrs. Helen Clark, Mrs. Virginia Flickinger and Mrs. Sally Fultz, all
of Akron, Mrs. Geraldine Williams, Cowen, W.Va., Mrs. Beatrice Oliver,
Albuquerque, N.M., Mrs. Louise Angelo, Westminster, Cal., and Mrs. Barbara
Bacon, Scottsdale, Ariz.; 24 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
Services will be Saturday afternoon at
the White funeral home in Cowen, W.Va.
Friends may call from 7 to 9 tonight at the Schermesser funeral home,
Akron, and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the White funeral home. Burial will be in the Odd Fellows cemetery,
Cowen.
Source: The Akron [Ohio] Beacon Journal; Monday, 31
May 1971
Darius Arnold
Rites Wednesday
Services for Darius M. Arnold, 50, of
171 Meddy ln. will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Hopkins Canton rd. chapel.
Mr. Arnold, retired as a machinist at
the Atlantic Foundry Co., died Saturday at City Hospital after a long
illness. He had taken a medical
retirement about a year ago. He formerly
worked at Goodyear.
A resident of Akron 27 years, Mr.
Arnold had come here from Spencer, W. Va.
He leaves his wife, Minnie L.; four
sons, Harold and Dennis at home, and Carroll and Danny, both in West Virginia;
three daughters, Karen, Twila Ann and Kathleen, all in West Virginia; brother,
Eston, Akron; two sisters, Mrs. Clyde LeMaster, Mogadore, and Mrs. Wilma
Henthorne, Spencer, W. Va., and four grandchildren.
Friends may call at the funeral home
from 3 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Burial will be
in Hillside Cemetery.
Source: The
Star-Gazette, [Elmira, New York]; Friday, 26 Mar 1971
AYRTON, Charles J.
Age 70, of Granville Summit,
Penna., Thursday, March 25, 1971 at Troy Community Hospital. Friends may call at the Morse Funeral Home,
12 East Main St., Canton, Penna, Saturday 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral Services will be held Sunday at 2
p.m. at the Funeral Home. Burial in Beech Flats Cemetery. He is survived by wife, Ellouise; daughter [sic--daughters],
Mts. Cora Hipple of Ithaca, N.Y., Mrs. Joan Temple of Groton, N.Y., Mrs. Bonnie
Bastion of Troy, R.D. 2; son, Denzil of Canton, Penna.; 7 grandchildren, and
two great-grandchildren. He was a
Veteran of World War I and a retired employe of the Canton Telephone Company.
Bates, Richard F. Bates
Monroe County Beacon,
Woodsfield, Ohio, dated,
Richard F. Bates, 45, of Hollywood, Florida, former
Woodsfield resident, died
He was born
Surviving in addition to his father are his step-mother,
Mrs. Flavil Gatten Bates; three daughters, Mrs. Ed. Steele, of Seville; Mrs.
Gary Gray, of Bridgeport, and Mrs. Ronald Yost, of Sistersville, W.Va.; four
grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Esther Park, of Toledo, and Mrs. Jane
Russell, of Wheeling, W.Va., Mrs. Martha Highman, of Ashland; three brothers,
Robert Bates, of Ashland; William Bates of Polk, and George Bates, of
Woodsfield, Route 3 and several nieces and nephews.
Services were held on Thursday afternoon, December 31st,
at
Source: The Port Angeles [Washington] News; Thursday,
22 Apr 1971
Funeral services for Robert E. Bay, 66,
will be held at Ridgeview Chapel Saturday at 1 p.m. with burial to follow in
Ocean View Cemetery.
Mr. Bay, of Rt. 4, Box 24, died
Wednesday in Port Angeles.
He was born April 29, 1904 in
Plattsmouth, Neb., and later attended schools in Montana. He married Madge S. Morris on Dec. 20, 1928.
He worked for the Goodyear Rubber
Company in Akron, Ohio for 20 years before moving to the Luvaas Tire Co. here,
where he worked for 25 years.
Mr. Bay was an active fisherman and
gardener.
He is survived by his wife Madge in
Port Angeles; three sons, Robert C. Bay, James E. Bay and Ralph E. Bay of Port
Angeles, and two daughters, Mrs. Irene J. Underwood and Mrs. Shirley Stovall of
Port Angeles. Also surviving is a
brother, Brooks Bay of Rice Lake, Wis., eight grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers include Arthur Anholt, Bill
Wallace Sr., Herbert C. Pauly, Ken Nason, Harry Bomder and Claude Cox. Honorary pallbearers are Miles Luvaas, Wally
Buettner and Tom Buettner.
Services will be conducted by the Rev.
James Ledbetter, with funeral arrangements by Ridgeview Chapel.
Memorial contributions may be made to
the Heart Fund.
Source: The Wichita [Kansas] Eagle; Wednesday, 17 Feb
1971
James Monroe Beardmore, 84, a retired
oil well driller, died Tuesday. Services
will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Kirby Funeral Home.
Born in
Mansfield,* Ohio, he came to El Dorado in 1921.
His wife Bessie died in 1967.
Survivors include a son, James W., El
Dorado.
*Submitter's Note: The following records give his birth as 1 Feb
1987 in Monroefield, Monroe Co., Ohio:
Ohio, Births and Christenings Index,
1774-1973
U.S., World War I Draft Registration
Cards, 1917-1918
U.S., World War II Draft Registration
Cards, 1942
Source: The Marietta [Ohio] Times; 23 Feb 1971
Clarence W. Binegar, 79, Newport Rt.,
died at 12:52 p.m. yesterday in Marietta Memorial Hospital.
He was born July 27, 1891, at Fay, a
son of the late Conway and Mary Creighton Binegar. On March 21,1920, he married Carrie Viola
Herlan; who survives with four sons and six daughters: Kenneth Binegar, Newport Rt. 1; Merle O.
Binegar, Antioch; Orvil L. Binegar, Eureka, W. Va.; Lyle V. Binegar, Mrs. Monna
S. Bond and Mrs. Patricia E. Lamp, all of Newport; Mrs. Delorace Thomas, Reno;
Mrs. Elwanda Congleton, Marietta; Mrs. June A. Wigal, Virginia Beach, Va., and
Mrs. Phyllis L. Bowersock, Rinard Mills.
One son, Furl A. Binegar is deceased.
There are 32 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Three brothers survive, Ervin Binegar,
Marietta, William Binegar, Marietta Rt., and Wren Binegar, Matamoras. One brother, Pearl, and two sisters, Mrs.
Blanche Burkhart and Mrs. Clara Matheny, preceded him in death.
Mr. Binegar was a retired oil field
worker. He attended Pine Ridge Methodist
Church.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Friday in
Doudna & McClure Funeral Home with the Rev. Amanda Miller and the Rev.
Joseph Henry officiating. Burial will be
in Valley Cemetery. Friends may call at
the funeral home.
Source: The Parkersburg [West
Virginia] Sentinel; Friday, 18 Jun 1971
Robert Black,
17
Dies Suddenly
Robert Wayne Black, 17, of 907 Neal St.
was pronounced dead on arrival at the Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital at 4 p.m.
Thursday.
He was born in Elizabeth on April 22,
1954, son of Paul and Mary Daugherty Black.
He was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church of Parkersburg,
and would have been a sophomore at Parkersburg South High School this fall.
Besides his parents he is survived by
two sisters, Mrs. Mary Catherine Frazier and Mrs. Paul Sams, and one brother,
Louis Black, all of Parkersburg.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m.
Sunday at the Beulah Hill United Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Elwood
Fleming and the Rev. Frank Turnbull officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Friends may call at the Kimes Funeral
Home after 7 p.m. today and until 11 a.m. Sunday when the body will be taken to
the church to lie in state for one hour prior to the services.
Bowen, Raymond Lee Bowen
Bowen, Raymond Lee Bowen, 26,
of 1036 Alton Darby Creek Road, Columbus, Ohio, died Saturday night, Sept. 18,
1971, from injuries received in a truck accident.
He was a son of Mrs. Cora
Robinson Hendrickson, of Toledo, and the late Ray Bowen of Fly, Ohio.
Surviving are his wife,
Susan, and a son, Raymond Lee, Jr., of the home in Columbus, and 2 aunts, Mrs.
Blanche Lallathin, of Sardis, and Mrs. Louise Thomas, of Williamstown, West
Virginia. Services were held in the Spears Chapel at Columbus on Wednesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock, with Rev. Donald King officiating. Burial was in the
Witten Cemetery at Fly, Ohio.
Source: The Akron [Ohio] Beacon Journal; 22 Oct 1971
Thomas Bowman,
15 Yrs. With
B&O
Thomas W. Bowman, 53, of 580 Cypess av.
died at home Wednesday after a short illness.
A native of Osyka, Miss., Mr. Bowman
lived in the Akron area 20 years and worked with the B&O Railroad for 15
years.
He was a member of the McKinley Av.
Church of God and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
He leaves his wife, Mary; daughter,
Mrs. Richard Carver, Akron; two sons, Roger, Akron, and Larry, Tallmadge; his
stepmother, Mrs. Etta Bowman, Waynesburg, Pa.; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Travis,
Osyka, and Mrs. Marjorie Strope, Waynesburg, and a grandchild.
Services are being arranged at the
Schlup-Cox funeral home where friends may call after 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday
afternoon and evening.
Briggs, Leota Briggs, nee Christman
Source: The Greeley [Colorado] Tribune; 3 Jul 1971
BRIGGS
Mrs. Leota Briggs of the Fairacres
Manor. Mother of Mrs. Virginia Lantz and
Clarence Briggs both of Greeley, Robert Briggs of Denver, Miss Opal Briggs of
Inglewood, California, Elmer Briggs of Denver, George Briggs of Brighton, Ray
Briggs of Olympia, Washington, Mrs. Fay Henneck of Eaton, Delmer Briggs of
Norfolk, Virginia, and Lloyd Briggs of Monterey, California. Sister of Lloyd Christman of Ontario,
California. Service 2:00 P.M. Tuesday
from the Drawing Room. Interment Linn
Grove Cemetery.
Source: The Bloomington [Indiana] Herald-Telephone;
July 30, 1971
SCOTLAND-- Vernon Dale Britton, 14, of
Scotland, died Thursday night at St. Anthony's Hospital in Terre Haute from
injuries suffered in an automobile accident July 24.
A native of Linton, he was born Sept.
29, 1956, the son of Gerald R. and Kathleen Padgett Britton.
Survivors are the father, of Odon; the
mother, two sisters, Mrs. Linda Quackenbush and Miss Connie L. Britton, and a
brother, David, all of Scotland; the maternal grandmother, Mrs. Emma Padgett of
Scotland; the paternal grandfather, Jess Britton of Lyons. He was preceded in death by a brother, Leroy.
The funeral will be Sunday at 1 p.m. at
the Scotland Methodist Church, with the Rev. Raymond Shelton and the Rev. David
Duncan officiating. Burial will follow
at Scotland Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Jenkins Funeral
Home in Bloomfield after 7 p.m. today.
Brobeck,
Myrta Katherine Brobeck
Source: Florida Today [Melbourne, Florida]; 9 Feb
1971
Services for Mrs. Myrta Katherine
Brobeck, 68, of 826* E. Melbourne Ave., Melbourne, who died Thursday at Brevard
Hospital were conducted Saturday at the Davis Funeral Home in Melbourne.
She is survived by a daughter, Mrs.
Elizabeth A. Compton of Melbourne, a brother, sister and three grandchildren,
all out-of-state.
*Submitter’s Note: This
number was difficult to read on my copy of this obituary, and I might not have
it correct here.
Butler, Mary Butler, nee Marty
Source: The
Spirit of Democracy, Woodsfield, Ohio; Thursday, 11 Mar 1971, page 2
Services
were at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Rush Funeral Home for Mrs. Mary Butler, 94,
Clarington, sister of Mrs. Clara English and Mrs. Ella Warwick, both of
Barnesville. The Rev. Lester Lehman
officiated and burial was in Clarington Cemetery.
Friends
called at the funeral home.
Mrs.
Butler died Tuesday, March 4, 1971, in Bellaire City Hospital.
A member
of the Clarington United Methodist Church, she was born Dec. 28, 1876, at
Sardis Rd. 1, a daughter of the late Randolph and Mary Kurtzman Marty.
In
addition to her sisters, Mrs. Butler leaves one daughter, Mrs. David (Ellen)
Allen, Clarington; six grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
Butler, Mary Butler, nee Marty
Source: The
Spirit of Democracy, Woodsfield, Ohio; Thursday, 11 Mar 1971, page 3
Among
the relatives here due to the death, March 4, of Mrs. Mary (Mollie) Butler, were
Mr. and Mrs. W.D. Albert, Columbus; Mrs. Albert Butler, Mr. and Mrs. Randal
Butler, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Butler, Mr. and Mrs. William Butler of Parkersburg;
Mrs. Rose English, Mr. and Mrs. Jack English, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Warrick,
Barnesville; Miss Florence Kreugler, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Marty, Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Marty, Howard Marty, Bridgeport; Mrs. N. Schaver, Shadyside; Mrs.
William Marty, Mrs. Leonard Hudnal, Wheeling; Mr. and Mrs. Parsons and
daughter, New Martinsville.
Mrs. Butler was the oldest resident of
Clarington, but not of the community.
She was 94 on December 28, 1970.
Mrs. Henry Lehman on German Ridge observed her 95th birthday on December
25, 1970, and Mrs. Charles Ebert on Cain Ridge was 95 on March 5, 1971.
Byers, James T. Byers
Monroe County Beacon,
Woodsfield, Ohio, dated,
James Taylor Byers, 87, of
Route 2, Alvaton, Kentucky, died in a Bowling Green, Ky. Hospital, Fri.
Feb.12, 1971, where he had been a patient for seven weeks.
He was born
His wife, Anna Lowe Byers, preceded him in death
Surviving are the following nieces and nephews; Mrs. Percy
(Mary) Roddy, of Rt. 2, Alvaton, Ky.; Mrs. Marie Jewel, of Rt. 2, Alvaton, Ky.;
Mrs. Hilda Williams, of Wintersville, Oh.; Arley Byers, of Sycamore Valley,
Oh.; Charles Byers, of Stafford, Oh., and Loyd King, of Woodsfield, of
Woodsfield, Rt. 2.
Services were held Mon., Feb. 15, at the Kirby Funeral Home
in Bowling Green, Ky. Interment was in Memorial Garden, Bowling Green.
Source: The [Phoenix] Arizona Republic; Friday, 24
Dec 1971
Services for Raymond E. Chesser, 56,* a
mechanic for the City of Phoenix since 1943, will be at 1 p.m. tomorrow in
Paradise Chapel, 3934 E. Indian School.
Burial will be in Memory Lawn Memorial Park.
Mr. Chesser, 2625 N. 49th Drive, died
Thursday in the Veterans Administration Hospital in Phoenix. He was born in Athens, Ohio, and came to
Phoenix in 1943.
He was a member of the Desert West
United Methodist Church, of COPMEA, of the International Machinists Union, of
the Woodmen of the World lodge, the American Legion and the C.E.U. Union.
Survivors include his wife, Stella; two
daughters, Shirley and Mary, both of Columbus, Ohio; a stepdaughter, Barbara J.
Bergouist of Phoenix; a stepson, Donald Roby of Phoenix; four brothers and two
sisters out of state, and three grandchildren.
Friends may call after 2 p.m. today at
the funeral home.
*Submitter's Note:
There is a conflict between the age 56 given here and the Social
Security Death Index which gives the birth date as 1 Apr 1911. The
1930 Liberty, Delaware, Ohio, Census gives his age as 15 which is more
in line with the age given in this obituary.
Christman, Fredrick Godfrey Christman
Monroe County Beacon,
Woodsfield, Ohio, dated,
Fredrick Godfrey Christman, son of the late Godfrey and
Catherine Bauman Christman, was born near Monroefield,
He was united in marriage with Anna Claus of
To this union four sons were born. One son, Carl, preceded
him in death
Surviving are three sons, Raymond Christman, of
Barnesville, Ohio; Alva Christman, of Quaker City, Ohio, and Irvin Christman,
of El Paso, Texas; twelve grandchildren, and a host of other relatives and
friends.
Mr. Christman was the youngest of ten children. His
parents, three sisters and six brothers preceded him in death.
He was a good father and neighbor. He will be sadly missed
by his family, relatives and friends.
Funeral services were held
I cannot say and I will not say
That he is dead, He is just away;
With a cheery smile and a wave of the
hand
He wandered into an unknown land.
.
And he left us dreaming how very fair
It needs must be since he lingered
there,
Think of him still as the same I say
He is not dead, He is just away.
Source: The Terre Haute [Indiana] Tribune-Star;
Friday, 5 Feb 1971
CLINTON, Ind. (Special) -- Robert Benson City, 36, formerly
of Universal, died Thursday at his residence at Houston, Tex. Surviving are the parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Benson City, Terre Haute; four daughters, Karla, Cynthia, Lynn and Lee, all at
home; the maternal grandmother, Mrs. Bessie Stewart, Terre Haute, and the
paternal grandfather, Elmer City, Universal.
Funeral arrangements are pending at the Karanovich Funeral Home.
Source: The Terre Haute [Indiana] Tribune; Thursday,
22 Jul 1971
CLINTON, Ind. (Special) -- Elmer C.
City, 74, Universal, Ind., died at 8:15 a.m. Wednesday in Clay County Hospital,
Brazil. He was a retired coal
miner. Surviving are two sons, Benson
A., Terre Haute, and Damon, Worthington, Ind.; two daughters, Mrs. Emagene Disney, Martinsville, Ind., and Mrs.
Beatrice Tow, Los Angeles, Calif.; a brother, Alonzo, Universal, and several
grandchildren. Services will be at 1:30
p.m. Saturday at the Karanovich Funeral Home, with burial in Walnut Grove
Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m.
Friday.
Source: The Gratiot Co. [Michigan] Herald; 21 Jan 1971
Doyle Wayne Clark of Charlotte, North
Carolina died Sunday, Jan. 10, at his home.
Funeral services were held Thursday,
Jan. 14 from the Whiting Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Gilbert Thrush of Mt.
Holley Church officiating and burial was in the Breckenridge Cemetery.
He is survived by his widow and three
sons, and one daughter.
Claybaugh, Minnie Claybaugh, nee Westerfield
Source: The Stark County [Illinois] News; 8 Jul 1971
Services For
Mrs. Claybaugh
Mrs. Claude (Minnie) Claybaugh of
Toulon died on Wednesday, June 30, at the St. Francis Continuing Care Home of
Kewanee.
She was born at Monmouth Feb 19, 1880,
the daughter of George W. and Elizabeth Mulligan Westerfield.
She was married on June 24,* 1904 to
Claude C. Claybaugh at Kewanee.
She is survived by four daughters, Miss
Margaret Claybaugh of Toulon, Miss Eleanor Claybaugh of Galva, Sister Marie
Keven** of Chicago and Mrs. Richard (Lois) Carroll of Wyoming; two sons, Robert
of Toulon and Edgar of Los Angeles, Calif.; four grandchildren and a sister
Mrs. Cora Downend of Toulon.
She was preceded in death by her
husband and two sons.
Funeral services were held on Friday at
8 a.m. at St. Dominic's Church in Wyoming with the Rev. Bernard Dempsey of St.
Dominic's Church and the Rev. Raymond Weimer of St. Patrick's Church in Camp
Grove officiating.
Pallbearers were Clyde Ham, Ray
Bruning, Ben Parker, Wilbur Blank, Brady Ham and Ernest Boldman.
Burial was in the family lot in Toulon
Cemetery.
Submitter’s Notes:
* This number appeared to be either
June 24 or 21, but in her husband’s obituary it is June 23, 1904. There is also an article “Mr. and Mrs. C.C.
Claybaugh Observe 64th Anniversary” published in the Start County
[Illinois] News on 27 Jun 1968 that gives the June 23 date.
**This was spelled KEVIN in the
obituary of her husband.
Cline, Robert H. Cline
Source: Memory Card 1971
Robert H. Cline: b.
Aug. 9,1928 d. Oct. 19, 1971
Aged: 43 Yrs-2 Mos-10 Days
Services At: The Funeral Home Thursday, Oct. 21st -1:00 P.M.
Minister Officiating: Rev.
Myron K. Guiler
Burial: Calais Cemetery, Calais,
Ohio
Arrangements By: Brubach
Source: The East Liverpool [Ohio] Evening Review; 14
Jun 1971
Ralph Coen, 57, of 558 Louisiana Ave.,
Chester, a chemist at the Sinclair-Koppers Co. in Monaca, died this morning at
6:25 at West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh, after a lingering illness.
He was born in Newell April 3, 1914, a
son of Oatha Coen and Nellie Groom Coen.
He had worked at the Monaca firm for 20 years. He was a member of the First Christian Church
and the Knights of Pythias, both of Chester.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Georgia E. Staley Coen, at home; five sons, Rod Coen and Harold Coen, both of
Chester, Timothy Coen, Richard Coen and Gregg Coen, all at home; two daughters,
Mrs. Donald (Peggy) Simmons of Chester and Miss Jennifer Coen, at home; two
brothers, Archie Coen and Allen Coen, both of Newell, and five grandchildren.
Services will be held Wednesday at 1
p.m. at the Chester Chapel of the Arner Funeral Homes by the Rev. Robert
Schondelmayer, minister of the Wellsville First Christian Church. Burial will be in Shadow Lawn Memory Gardens,
Newell.
Friends may call at the chapel Tuesday
from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Conley,
Hazel J. Conley, nee Haskett
Source: The Terre Haute [Indiana] Tribune; Friday, 29
Jan 1971
MRS. HAZEL
JOYCE CONLEY
Mrs. Hazel Joyce Conley, 49, RR 3, West
Terre Haute, died at 7:50 a.m. Friday at St. Anthony Hospital. Survivors include the husband, William; four
daughters, Mrs. Ollie Pitts, Mrs. Billie
Lovell, Mrs. Susie Sharp, all of West Terre Haute, and Miss Rosa Conley, at
home: four sons, James, Russell, William and Richard, all of West Terre Haute;
two sisters, Mrs. Josephine Bricker, Terre Haute, and Mrs. Elsie Huffman,
Paris, Ill.; the father, Russell Hill, Clinton, Ind., and ten
grandchildren. Arrangements are pending
at the Bedina Chapel of the Valley.
Coon,
Fannie B. Coon, nee Vawter
Source: The Shelbyville [Indiana] News; Wednesday, 21
Jul 1971
Death Claims
Mrs. Coon,
64
Mrs. Fannie B. Coon, 64, R. R. 1, Flat
Rock, died at Major Hospital at 11:35 p.m. today. She had been in failing health six years and
in serious condition two weeks. She was
hospitalized yesterday.
A lifelong resident of Shelby County,
Mrs. Coon was a member of the Lewis Creek Baptist Church and the local American
Legion Auxiliary.
Born in this county April 25, 1907,
Mrs. Coon was the daughter of Ray and Mabel (Monroe) Vawter. On April 27, 1927* she was married to Bryan
L. Coon and he survives.
Also surviving are a sister, Mrs.
Edward (Alma) Weintraut, Shelbyville, and three brothers, Irvin Vawter, Downey, Calif., and Wallace and Elmer
Vawter, both of Shelbyville. A sister
preceded in death and her mother died July 16.
Services will be Friday at 2:30 p.m. at
the Carmony Funeral Home here. The Rev.
Paul Coates will officiate and burial will be in Lewis Creek Baptist Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4
p.m. Thursday.
*Submitter's Note: Indiana Marriages, 1811-1959 shows in the
record of Bryan Coon and Fannie Vawter
Event Type: Marriage Registration
Event Date: 27 May 1927
Source: The Linton [Indiana] Daily Citizen; Monday,
15 Mar 1971
Fred F. Cromwell, 56, of Linton died at
6:40 p.m. Friday at 506 East Tenth St., Indianapolis.
Cromwell was a truck driver and had
formerly lived at Muncie. He was born in
Linton Feb. 16, 1915, the son of Fred and Ora Robinson Cromwell. He was a veteran of World War II.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs.
Becky Yung and Mrs. Susan Bosell, both of Linton and Mrs. Darleen Prow of
Solsberry; the mother, Mrs. Ora Cromwell Enochs of Linton; two sisters, Mrs.
Ruth Carson of Muncie, Mrs. Bonnie Franklin of Linton; three step brothers,
Frank Enochs of New Castle, John Enochs of Harrison, Ohio, Cecil Enochs of
Kokomo, and a step sister, Mrs. Zilpha Pergal of Dugger.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m.
Tuesday at the Anderson-Poindexter Memory Cahpel [sic--Chapel] in Linton
with Rev. John Catchem officiating and burial will follow in Fairview
cemetery. Friends may call at the Memory
Chapel.
Cronin,
Lorena Mae Cronin, nee Houchins
Source: The Moberly [Missouri] Monitor Index; 16 Aug
1971
STATE NEWS
At least 10 persons died on Missouri
streets and highways over the past weekend.
They included: . . .
Lorena Mae Cronin, 67, St. Louis, Saturday
in a one-car accident 11 miles south of St. James on Highway 68. . . .*
Cumbridge, Juanita M. Cumbridge, nee Highley
Source: The Steubenville [Ohio] Herald-Star; Friday,
29 Jan 1971
Mrs. Juanita M. Cumbridge, 43, of RD 1,
Toronto, died Wednesday night at 9 p.m. at St. John Hospital. She was born March 4, 1927 in Reader, W. Va.,
daughter of Amanda (Leasure) Highley and the late Abraham Highley.
She is survived by her husband,
Wilbert; her mother and step-father, Mr. and Mrs. John Skinner of New
Cumberland; three sons, Spec. 4 Donald R. Rudder with the U.S. Army, Germany;
Edward and Doin Rudder of Middlebourne, W. Va.; two daughters, Harriet J.
Rudder of Middlebourne; and Mrs. Paul (Linda) Paslosky of Ambridge, Pa.; three
step-daughters, Mrs. Ronald (Dorothy) Hall of Reader, W. Va.; Mrs. Donald
(Nancy) Reed and Miss Shirley Cumbridge of New Martinsville; three brothers,
Paul Highley and Gary Skinner of Weirton and John W. Skinner of New Cumberland;
two sisters, Mrs. Martin (Mary) Burskey of Weirton; and Mrs. Junior (Louise)
Underwood of East Liverpool, Ohio. Also
surviving are two grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Sunday at
2 p.m. at the Iams Funeral Home of New Martinsville.
Curfman,*
Charles Wilbur Curfman
Kurfman,* Charles Wilbur
Curfman
Source: The Gallipolis [Ohio] Sunday Times Sentinel; 28
Nov 1971
GALLIPOLIS -- Charles Wilbur Kurfman,*
70, Mill Creek Rd., a retired Nitro, W. Va., carpenter, was found dead in bed
at his home Friday morning.
He was born Nov. 19, 1901, in Roane
Co., W. Va., son of the late Pleasant and Ida Hess Kurfman.*
He is survived by the following
children: Charles Kurfman,* Jr., Rt. 1,
Racine; Donald Ray Kurfman,* U.S. Navy in Hawaii; John Paul Kurfman,*
Gallipolis, and Mrs. Velma Richards, Akron.
Nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren survive. Two brothers and one sister preceded him in
death.
He spent most of his life in Putnam
County, W. Va. He has resided in the
Gallipolis area since 1967.
Funeral services will be at the
Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home 10:30 a.m., Monday with Rev. O. R. Gunno
officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood
Cemetery, Racine.
Friends may call at the funeral home
between 6 and 9 p.m., Sunday.
*Submitter's Note: Although the name on this obituary is Charles
KURFMAN, it is listed as Curfman on the 1910 United States Federal Census about
Charlie W Curfman, the 1940 United States Federal Census about Charles W
Curfman, the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 about Charles
Curfman, and the Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007 about Charles W
Curfman. The obituary for his former
wife is for Ellen Curfman and the obituary for his son is for Charles W.
Curfman Jr.
Donovan, Mae
M. Donovan (nee--Matz)
Source--Newsclipping
Mrs. Mae M. Donovan, age 73, of Crafton, Pennsylvania,
died Wednesday morning, April 7, 1971, in Allegheny Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa.
She was born at Lewisville, May 26, 1898, the daughter
of Phillip and Elizabeth Matz.
Surviving are her husband, James Donovan; one
daughter, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Ashton of Phoenix, Arizona; three grandchildren;
one sister, Mrs. Freda Brubach, of Summerfield, and one brother, Clarence Matz,
of Wooster.
Two sisters are deceased.
Funeral services were held Saturday morning, April
10th, at ten o'clock, in the Episcopal Church of the Nativity, at Crafton,
Pa. Burial was in Sunset View Memorial Park.
William Garfield Drake, 90, resident of 207 Vine Street, Barnesville, died
Tuesday morning, August 31, 1971, at 4:15 a.m. in Barnesville Hospital. He was
born in Monroe County, January 15, 1881, a son of George and Nancy Edington
Drake.
He
was a member of the East Main Street Church of Christ and a retired farmer.
Surviving are his widow, Jennie Morris Drake; six sons, George and William,
both of Bethesda, Charles and Raymond, both of Barnesville, Thurman,
Indianapolis, Indiana, and Carl of Bradenton, Florida; eight daughters, Mrs.
Margaret Huntsman, Redlands, California, Mrs. Lillian Huntsman, Columbus, Mrs.
Florence Little, Plainfield, Mrs. Mary Hittle, Coshocton, Mrs. Edna Hayes,
Leesburg, Florida, Mrs. Myrtle Hudson, Barnesville, Mrs. Betty Eikleberry,
Streesboro and Mrs. Katherine Eikleberry, Ravenna; 48 grandchildren; 48
great-grandchildren; one brother, Forest, in Oklahoma. Three sons, three
brothers and six sisters, all preceded him in death.
Friends were received at the Campbell-Plumly Funeral Home, in Barnesville.
Services at the funeral home were held Thursday at 1 p.m. with Evangelist James
Gallagher officiating. Burial was in Crestview Cemetery, Barnesville, Ohio.
Draper,
Dora A. Draper, nee Kinkade
Source: The Danville [Illinois] Commercial News; 26
Jul 1971
ALVIN (CNS) -- Mrs. Dora A. Draper, 70,
a resident of Alvin for the past 24 years, died at 9:55 p.m. Sunday (July 25,
1971) at St. Elizabeth Hospital. She had been a patient 36 days and had taken
ill three years ago.
Born Aug. 7, 1900, in West Virginia,
she was the daughter of Jasper and Anna E. Cox Kinkaide.* She was married in 1928 to John Draper, who
died.
Mrs. Draper had attended Danville
schools and retired from the Radio Condenser Plant at Hoopeston. She was a member of the Christian Church.
Survivors include a son, Roland** of
Alvin; two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Knuth of Kokomo, Ind., and Mrs. Betty
Cassidy of Evanston; a brother, Walter Kinkaide* of Brazil, Ind.; and 11
grandchildren.
She also was preceded in death by three
sisters, two brothers and a grandson.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at
the Morrison Funeral Home in Bismarck.
Ernie Williams will officiate.
Burial will be in Stearns Cemetery northwest of Muncie. The body is at the funeral home. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to
9 p.m. Tuesday.
Submitter's Notes:
* The family name is spelled KINKADE.
**
She had a son Ronald in her husband's obituary, and in Ronald's obituary
in 2013 she is listed as his mother.
Source: The Columbus [Ohio] Dispatch; 17 Jun 1971
DUNN
Darlene (Kelly) Dunn, age 32,
residence, 153 Hayden Ave., Mt. Carmel Hospital. Employed by the Atlas Laundry. Survived by husband, Russell; sons, George
and Frank; 4 stepchildren; brother, William Ellis; sisters, Ellie Treneff,
Linda Carpenter, Columbus. Friends may
call EGAN-RYAN FUNERAL HOME,
403E. Broad St. Graveside service
Friday 2 p.m. Burial Eastlawn Cemetery.
Elix, Roger [aka Rodger] W. Elix
Source: The Springfield
[Ohio] Daily News; 20 Jan 1971
SPEC. 1/C ROGER W. ELIX
Spec. 1/C Roger* W. Elix, a career
soldier from Springfield who had been stationed for several years in West
Germany, died in Germany earlier this week after a two-week illness, relatives
in Springfield learned Tuesday.
Survivors include his wife, Frieda; two
daughters, Mrs. Debra Wolcott** of Heath, O. and Mrs. Brenda Brind of
California; his mother, Mrs. Agnes Elix of Springfield; three brothers, Robert
of Springfield, Donald and Floyd of Portland, Ore., and three aunts, Mrs. Wava
Miller, Mrs. Esther Irwin and Mrs. Harry Funderburg, all of Springfield.
Services and burial will be conducted
Thursday in Arlington National Cemetery.
Submitter's Notes:
*Other records show his name spelled as
RODGER: Ohio, Birth Index, 1908-1964
about Rodger Elix; 1930 United States Federal Census about Rodger W Elix; U.S.,
Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current about Rodger Elix.
**This
name was spelled WALLCOTT in the obituary of Debra's mother Linnie (Turner)
Elix in 2011, but the United State Public Records Index shows the name as
WALCOTT.
Fennell,
Lavina Fennell, nee Meeks
Source: The Kokomo [Indiana] Tribune; 3 Oct 1971
Mrs. John E. Fennell
GREENTOWN -- Mrs. Lavina Fennell, 66,
235 S. Indiana St., Greentown, died at 2:09
p.m. Saturday in the Howard Community Hospital, following a lengthy
illness.
Born Oct. 24, 1904, in Howard Co., she
was the daughter of George and Carolyn (Smith) Meeks. On April 5, 1931, she married John E. Fennel
[sic], who survives.
She had lived in Greentown since 1947,
and was a member of the Congregational Christian Church, here, the Ladies Aid
and the Mothers of World War II.
Surviving with the husband are four
daughters, Mrs. Bill (Carol) Hight, Peru R.R. 5, Mrs. Ernest (Olga) Thurston,
Russiaville, R.R. 1, Mrs. Oran (Mary) Hammond, Greentown and Mrs. Robert
(Freda) Hohl, Mishawaka R. R. 1; six sons, Levon Fennell and Larry Fennell,
both of Greentown, George Volan,* Marion, Francis Volan,* Florida, Quendal and
Ira Volan* Jr., both of Gas City; four step-daughters, Mrs. Jack, (Bernice)
Gray, Decatur, Mrs. Elsie (Anna) Jarvis, South Bend, Mrs. Della Buckley, and
Mrs. Owen (Laura) Gary, Windfall; one step-son, Georgie Fennell, Arcadia; two
sisters, Mrs. Ray (Olga) Richie, Ashley,
and Mrs. Arlene Wilshusen, Brey, Calif.;
two brothers, Owal Meeks, Whitacre,
Calif. and Jess Meeks, South Bend; 55 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.
Four children preceded her in death.
Funeral services will be Monday at 2
p.m. in the Pickett Funeral Home, Greentown, with the Rev. Chester Perkins
officiating. Burial will be in the
Nevada Cemetery.
Friends may call after 2 p.m. Sunday.
Submitter's Notes:
*This name should have been spelled as
VOLAND.
Below is a correction to this obituary
that appeared in the following day's paper.
Notice the different spellings of first and last names, locations, as
well as the inclusion of another brother.
CORRECTION:
Kokomo [Indiana] Tribune; 4
Oct 1971
Three brothers survive Mrs. John E.
(Lavina) Fennell, 66, Greentown. They
are Orville Meeks, Whittier, Calif.; Jesse Meeks, South Bend, and Robert Meeks. Only two brothers were listed in the obituary
in Sunday's edition. A surviving sister,
Mrs. Arlene Wilhusen, lives in Brea, Calif., and another sister, Mrs. Roy (Olga) Richey, lives in Ashley.
Fishback,
Ella V. Fishback, nee Moore
Source: The News-Examiner, [Connersville, Indiana]; 1
Nov 1971
MRS. JOHN
FISHBACK
Mrs. Ella V. Fishback, 85, 203 North
Fountain, died Sunday at 4:10 a.m. in Fayette Memorial Hospital where she had
been a patient a week.
She was born November 11, 1885 in
Decatur County* to Freeman and Mollie Hess Moore, and had spent most of her
life here. Mrs. Fishback was a member of
Mothers of World War II and East Side United Methodist Church.
Her husband, John Fishback, died
December 27, 1969.
Survivors include a son, Winfred
Brunner of Connersville; two daughters, Mrs. Lee (Viola) Davis of San Diego,
Calif., and Mrs. Winona Duvall of Antioch, Calif.; a brother, Roy Moore of St.
Paul, Ind.; two sisters, Mrs. Oliver (Flo) Clay of Shelbyville, and Mrs. Eva
Garrett of Sandusky, Ind.; ten grandchildren; and several
great-grandchildren. A son and two
daughters preceded her in death.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m.
Tuesday at Myers Funeral Home with Rev. Raymond Myers officiating. Burial will be in Dale Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home any
time.
*Submitter’s Note:
Indiana, Marriages, 1811-2007 gives her birth location as Osgood which is in
Ripley Co., Indiana.
Friday,
Clara Friday, nee Nims
Source: The Barnesville [Ohio] Enterprise; 24 Jun
1971
Saturday afternoon at 1:30 P.M., funeral
services were held from the Campbell-Plumly Funeral Home for Mrs. Clara Nims
Friday, 71, who died unexpectedly at her home in Clarksburg, W. Va., Wednesday
morning, June 16. She was a resident of
338 1/2 Washington Avenue in Clarksburg.
Friends were received at the Davis
Funeral Home in Clarksburg on Thursday and the body was brought to the
Campbell-Plumly Funeral Home on Friday where friends were received. Funeral services were conducted by the Rev.
R. R. Eshler of the First United Presbyterian Church, and burial followed in
Crestview Cemetery.
Mrs. Friday was born September 27, 1899
to the late Minor and Leola Brown Nims in Barnesville. She was a member of the First Untied
Presbyterian Church and the Women's Christian Association in Clarksburg.
Earlier she had been a member of the
Barnesville Presbyterian Church where she sang in the choir for a number of years. She was also a member of the Tuesday Music
Club.
She leaves her husband, Elwood Friday
of the home; a sister, Mrs. Joseph (Margaret) Matthews and a brother, Edward
Nims, both of Barnesville. She was
preceded in death by two sisters, Mrs. Edith Conaway and Mary Nims.
Source: The Springfield [Missouri] Leader &
Press; 12 Jan 1971
KANSAS
CITY -- Vernon G. Garrett, 65, of Kansas City, died at 4 a.m. today in
Independence Medical Center after a long illness.
He was an interior decorator and a
member of Lee's Summit Unity Church.
Surviving are his wife, Louise; a
brother, Hollie, Kansas City; and a sister, Mrs. Gertrude McKee, Pasadena,
Calif.
Greenlawn will announce funeral
arrangements.*
*Submitter's Note: Below is the next day's article about the
funeral.
Source: The Springfield [Missouri] Leader &
Press; 13 Jan 1971
KANSAS
CITY -- Funeral services for Vernon G. Garrett, 65, of Kansas City, will
be at 3 p.m. Thursday in Greenlawn Funeral Home with the Rev. Michael McGinnis
officiating. Burial will be in Greenlawn
Cemetery.
Mr. Garrett died at 4 a.m. Tuesday in
Independence Medical Center after a long illness.
Source: The Republican-Courier [Findlay, Ohio];
Wednesday, 2 Jun 1971
Construction Worker
Killed On Interstate
A member of the construction crew
working on Interstate 75 through Findlay was killed at the project site Tuesday
when he stepped into the path of traffic.
Richard H. Ghaster, 62, of 1408* Lima
Ave., was struck by a car as he was putting out barrels to close the right lane
of the interstate near the Ohio 12 overhead.
Dr. Byron F. Voorhees, Hancock County
coroner, ruled the death accidental. He
said Ghaster died of a skull fracture and lacerations to the brain. He was pronounced dead at 7:30 a.m.
The Findlay Police Department said Michael
D. Wilkerson, 19, Ada, was traveling north at about 45 m.p.h. in the restricted
zone. Wilkerson told officers he applied
his brakes when he saw Ghaster walk into his lane.
Ghaster was a laborer with the Ohio
Engineering Co., contractors on the improvement project to upgrade the section
of I-75.
He was born March 9,1909, in Mount
Blanchard, the son of George and Ida Ghaster.
He married Beatrice Hendershot and later Sue Delaney. She survives with a daughter, Mrs. Hiram
(Louise) Jones, of Evansport.
His sisters are Mrs. Bertha Greek, Mrs.
Annabelle Heckman and Mrs. Alice Thompson, all of Toledo; Mrs. Hazel Minard,
Findlay; brothers Robert, Texas; Harvey, Toledo and Roy, Barberton. There is one grandchild.
He was a member of the Pentecostal
Church of God. Funeral services are at
1:30 p.m. Thursday in the Coldren Funeral Home, the Rev. Carlos Dyer
officiating. Burial will be in Evansport
Cemetery.
Visitation is from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to
9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
*Submitter’s Note: This
number was difficult to read and could possibly be 1403.
Source: The Marietta [Ohio] Times; 19 Jul 1971
Earl DeLoss Gutberlet, 57, Marietta Rt.
5, died at 9 p.m. Saturday in Marietta Memorial Hospital.
He was born Feb. 25, 1914, in Lawrence
Twp., a son of the late Loss and Clara Strickler Gutberlet. On June 18, 1938, he married Alfreda L. King
who survives with one son and two daughters:
Earl F. Gutberlet, Whipple Rt. 1; Mrs. Ronald (Julia) Wright, Marietta
Rt. 5, and Mrs. Tim (Elaine) Mace, New Marshfield. There are eight grandchildren. Three brothers and one sister survive, Edward
T. Gutberlet, Clyde R. Gutberlet, and Larry E. Gutberlet, all of Marietta Rt.
5, and Mrs. Dale (Margaret Opal) Cline, Marietta Rt. 3. One brother, Dean, preceded him in death.
Mr. Gutberlet was an automobile
mechanic, and was a member of Moss Run United Church of Christ.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow
in Doudna & McClure Funeral Home with the Rev. Amanda Miller
officiating. Burial will be in East Lawn
Memorial Park. Friends may call at the
funeral home.
Hackathorn, James
Hackathorn
Source: The Canton
Repository, Canton, Ohio, Aug. 10, 1971,
pg 31
James Hackathorn, son of Crawford &
Lyde Griffith Hackathorn , age 70, passed away at home in Bergholz, OH, August 8, 1971 after a three month illness. He was a member of the Bergholz Church of
Christ, the Senior Citizens Club and a retired coal miner.
Survived by his widow Margaret Mercer
Hackathorn; two daughters, Mrs. John (June) VanAuker of North Jackson, OH, and
Mrs. Charles (Genevieve) Cizman of Bergholz; one sister Mrs. Bertha Maston of
Canton, OH; two grandchildren, Jenny Cizman of Bergholz, and Jeanie VanAuker of
North Jackson, OH. Burial
at Bergholz Cemetery.
Source: The
Wheeling [West Virginia] Intelligencer; 17 May 1971
HAMILTON, Homer O., 50, of Short Creek, died at Wheeling Hospital Sunday
afternoon. He was born Jan. 4, 1921,* at
Woodsfield, the son of Sylvester and Oleta Brown Hamilton. He was the owner of the Hamilton Taxi Service
and the Hamilton Restaurant; was a member of the Short Creek Fireman's club;
Moffetts Methodist Church, Woodsfield.
Surviving are his widow, Freda Katherine Christman Hamilton, one
daughter, Mrs. Martha Sue Gyer of Windsor Heights; one son, Carl Phillip of
Wellsburg; three grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Mary Hamilton of Wellsburg;
two brothers, Roy of Lansing, Mich., and Walter of Delton, Mich. One son, Homer Jr., preceded him in
death. Friends received at the Chambers
Funeral Home, Wellsburg, after 7 p.m. Monday.
Arrangements are incomplete.
*Submitter's Note: These records posted on ancestry.com give the
date of birth as January 4, 1920: the
Ohio, U.S., Birth Index, 1908-1998, the U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young
Men, 1940-1947, the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, and the U.S.,
Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007.
Source: The
Wheeling [West Virginia] Intelligencer; 18 May 1971
HAMILTON, Homer O., 50, of Short Creek,
died at Wheeling Hospital Sunday afternoon.
Friends received at the Chambers Funeral Home, Wellsburg, where services
will be held 1 p.m. Wednesday with the Rev. Harry Pettini officiating. Interment in Parkview
Cemetery.
Hannahs, Glenn G. Hannahs
Source:
Memory Card 1971
Glenn G. Hannahs b.
Aug. 12, 1899 d. July 17, 1971
Aged: 80 Yrs-11 Mos-5 days
Services At: Calais U.M.
Church Tuesday, July 20th - 1:00 P.M.
Minister officiating: J.V.A.
Traylor
Burial: Calais Cemetery,
Calais, Ohio
Arrangements By: Brubach
Hannahs, Paul W. Hannahs
Source: Cambridge [OHIO]
Jeffersonian; Monday, 25 October 1971
NEWCOMERSTOWN---Funeral services for
Paul W. Hannahs, 71, E. Canal St., will be held at 1 P.M. Tuesday at Ourant
Funeral Home here. The Rev.Ralph Dennis will officiate and burial will follow
in E. State St. Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9
P.M.
Mr. Hannahs was a retired employee of Heller Tool Co, died
at 4 A.M. Sunday (Oct. 24, 1971) at his home.
Born March 13, 1900 at Calais, he was a son of William A.
and Mary C. Richeson Hannahs.
He leaves his wife the former, Mabel Fletcher, whom he
married Oct. 11, 1922; two sons, Loren of Coshocton and Harold of Reynoldsburg;
two sisters, Mrs. Lewis Fletcher, St. Petersburg, Fla. and Mrs. Mabel Tufford,
Newcomerstown R.D.; three brothers, Elvin of Canton, Preston and Alva, both of
Newcomerstown; eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Two sons are
deceased.
Source: The Zanesville, Ohio, Times Recorder; 10 Jun
1971
Motorcyclist Fatally
Hurt In Accident
Jerry Martin Harper, 24, of Jackson
road, off Adamsville road, died at 10:15 p.m. Tuesday in Marietta Memorial
Hospital two hours after being injured in a motorcycle accident on Ohio 76
about a mile north of Beverly, the Marietta post of the Highway Patrol
reported.
The patrol said Harper, northbound,
went off the right side of the highway on a left curve and struck a guardrail.
He was born June 2, 1947, in Muskingum
County, a son of William and Helen Abbott Harper of Route 8. He graduated from John Glenn High School in
1965.
The victim was employed as resident
engineer by Floyd G. Brown and Associates of Marion and was working on the
Beverly sewer project at the time of his death.
He was a member of Honor Lodge F &
AM and had served as a staff sergeant in the Army, with the greater part of his
service in Germany.
Surviving in addition to his parents
are four brothers, Denny of Granville Route 2, Rollin of Route 7, Edward of
Parkersburg, W. Va., and Raymond of the home; a sister, Mrs. Harley (Martha)
Smith of the home; and a number of aunts and uncles.
The body was taken to Bryan Funeral
Home where friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9
p.m. Friday.
Masonic service will be held at 7 p.m.
Friday in the funeral home.
*Submitter's Note: Below is an article about his funeral
service.
Source: The Zanesville, Ohio, Times Recorder; 11 Jun
1971
Services for Jerry Martin Harper, 24, of
Jackson road will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Bryan Funeral Home with Rev.
Lewis H. Thompson officiating. Burial
will be in St. Paul's Cemetery near Sonora.
Mr. Harper died Tuesday in Marietta
Memorial Hospital from injuries received when his motorcycle left the road near
Beverly and struck a guard rail.
Among survivors is his grandmother,
Mrs. Lula Hayes of 1022 Harvey street.
Pallbearers will be David Willis, David
Lyons, James Barr, Bobby Joe Tom, Kenneth Knapp and David Barnhouse.
Friends may call 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
today at the funeral home where Honor Lodge 726 F & AM will hold services
at 7 p.m. today.
Harris, Mildred "Johnnie" Harris, nee Stanley
Source: The Weirton [West Virginia] Daily Times; 9
Oct 1971
Mrs. Mildred (Johnnie) Harris, 66, of
Kings Creek Road, Paris, died Friday at 12:30 p.m. in her home.
She was born April 17, 1905, in
Pullman,* W. Va., a daughter of the late John T. and Addie Belle Sinnett
Stanley, and had lived in Weirton the past 35 years.
Mrs. Harris was married Sept. 19, 1923,
in New Martinsville, to Clarence H.
Harris, who died Nov. 19, 1965.
She was a member of Paris United
Presbyterian Church and an employe of Tri-State Florist, near Florence.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs.
Charles (Mildred) Pearce of Wintersville; one son, Dale Franklin Harris of
Paris; one brother, Hobart S. Stanley of Harrisville, W.Va.; three sisters,
Mrs. Alexa McNicholas of Baltimore, Md., Mrs. Lawrence (Eva) Cox of Pullman,
W.Va., and Mrs.Clarence (Neysa) Willey of Steubenville; five grandchildren and
three great-grandsons.
Friends may call at the Steel and Wolfe
Funeral Home, Main Street, today from 7 to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 4 and 7
to 9 p.m.
Funeral services will be held Monday at
1 p.m. in the funeral home with burial to follow in Chapel Hill Memorial
Gardens.
*Submitter's Note: The West Virginia, Births Index, 1804-1938
posted on ancestry. com gave:
Birth Place: Slab, Ritchie,
West Virginia
Hartenstein, Vancie Laura Hartenstein, nee Wilson
Source: The Warren [Ohio] Tribune Chronicle; 15 Mar
1971
Mrs. H. H. Hartenstein
Mrs. Howard H. (Vancie Laura)
Hartenstein, 73, 2324 Stephens NW, died at 3:35 a.m. today in Youngstown
Osteopathic Hospital, following a five-week illness.
Born Nov. 21, 1897, in Tyler County, W.
Va., she was the daughter of Richard and Elvina Mercer Wilson.
A resident here since 1958, coming from
Wheeling, W. Va., she was a member of Champion Christian Church, Royal
Neighbors of America and Ohio Valley Navy Mothers of Wheeling, and a life
member of the Parent-Teacher Assn. of Wheeling.
Survivors include her husband, Howard
H. Hartenstein, whom she married Aug. 17, 1928; five daughters, Mrs. William
(Betty) Holland of Jacksonville, Fla., Mrs. Charles (Virginia) Mumley of
Wheeling, Mrs. Martin (Jacklyn) Henry of Steubenville, Mrs. Lester (Ruth)
Hodgkiss of Massillon, Mrs. Leonard (Judy) Redmond of Warren; two sons, William
V. of Martins Ferry, Richard G. of Wheeling, W. Va.; two sisters, Mrs. William
(Audra) Teare of Martins Ferry, Mrs. Emma Marsh of Moundsville, W. Va.; a
brother, Ray Wilson of Martins Ferry; and 14 grandchildren.
Arrangements are pending at the Robert
H. Roberts Memorial Home.
Source: The Martins Ferry [Ohio] Times Leader; 23 Jul
1971
Former City
Treasurer Dies Today
Ralph J. (Chick) Hatch, 815 Elm St., Martins
Ferry, died this morning at 5:30 at Martins Ferry Hospital. He was born in Martins Ferry, Nov. 9, 1892, a
son of the late John E. and Susan Greer Hatch.
He had served as City Treasurer of
Martins Ferry for eight years, was former president of the Martins Ferry City
Council, a member of the Belmont County Executive Committee, Masonic Lodge 486
of Martins Ferry, Junior Order of Mechanics, Knights of Pythia, and with his
parents had operated the old Martins Ferry Laundry.
Surviving are his widow, Katherine
Coughlan Hatch; a son, Ralph W. Hatch, president of Hanna Coal Co.; two
daughters, Mrs. Robert (Mary Kay) Drummond, Bridgeport, and Marjorie Hatch of
the home; four grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the Heslop
Funeral Home, Martins Ferry, Saturday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and from noon
to 4 p.m. Sunday. Final arrangements are
incomplete.
*Submitter's Note:
Below is the funeral announcement.
Hatch, Ralph J. Hatch
Source: The Martins Ferry [Ohio] Times Leader; 24Jul
1971
RALPH
J. HATCH -- Monday at 10:30 at
the Heslop Funeral Home, Martins Ferry, with the Rev. Paul VanDyke officiating
assisted by Rev. Paul Barrett. Masonic
Lodge services Sunday at 7:30 p.m.
Hayes, Grace D. Hayes, nee Biggs
Source: The Springfield [Missouri] Leader and Press; Saturday, 11 Sep
1971
LEBANON
-- Mrs. Grace D. Hayes, 73, Lebanon, died at 8 p.m. Thursday in Wallace
Hospital here after a long illness.
Mrs. Hayes was a native of Phillipsburg. She is survived by two sons, Luke Hayes,
Clarksburg, Mo., and Cecil Kinkade, Dixon; three step-sons, Carl Hayes,
Springfield, Floyd Hayes, Lebanon, and Dorris Hayes, whose address is unknown;
five step-daughters, Mrs. Eunice Ramsey, state of California, Mrs. Effie
Cummins, Mrs. Ruth Randolph, Mrs. Marie Simpson and Mrs. Emma Rogers, all of
Lebanon; a half-brother, Bill Biggs, Independence; two sisters, Mrs. Lois
Creek, Springfield, and Mrs. Sadie Pursley, Marshfield; a half-sister, Mrs.
Pauline Snellings, Independence, a number of grandchildren and
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m.
Monday in the Phillipsburg Presbyterian church with the Rev. Henry Long
officiating. Burial will be at Lonesome
Hill Cemetery under direction of Colonial.
Henthorn, Forrest Earl
Henthorn
Source—Newsclipping
Henthorn, Forrest Earl, 66,
of 256 East Eleventh Street, Ashland, Ohio, passed away Wednesday evening,
December 1, 1971, at 9:04 o'clock, in Samaritan Hospital, Ashland, after a two
years illness. He was born in Monroe County, August 16, 1905, the son of James
and Lura Rinard Henthorn. Mr. Henthorn
was employed at the Union Malleable Mfg. Co., forty-five years, retiring
February 4, 1970. He was a veteran of World War II, and a member of the 20 Plus
Club Union Malleable.
On June 6, 1951, he was
married to Marjorie Pence, who survives. Also surviving are one daughter and
one son, by a former marriage, Mrs. Frances Hart in Arizona, and Douglas, of
the home; two grandchildren; one great grandson; and two brothers, Carl
Henthorn and Ira Henthorn, of Ashland.
His parents, one brother and
one son preceded him in death. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at
two o'clock in the Gilbert Funeral Chapel, at Ashland, with Rev. Paul Searcy,
of the First Church of God, officiating. Burial was in Ashland County Memorial
Park on State Route 250.
Herlan, Minnie Herlan, nee Wharton
Source: Muskingum County
[Ohio] Genealogy Obituary file; October
1971
Mrs Minnie Herlan, 97, of Summit Acres Nursing
Home, Caldwell, formerly of Zanesville, died at 2 pm Tues following a brief
illness. She had been a resident of the nursing home for four years.
Born Dec 31 1874 in Summerfield, Mrs
Herlan was a daughter of Arthur and
Mary Cater Wharton. She lived
in Zanesville from 1917 to 1967, was a member of Grace United Methodist Church
and a life member of Summerfield Order of Eastern Star Chapter 238.
Mrs. Herlan is the last surviving member
of her family. Her husband, Virgil Herlan, died in October 1957. Surviving are
several nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at 3:30 pm
Thursday at Brubach Funeral Home in Summerfield with Rev. Starling Perkins
officiating. Burial will be in Eastern Cemetery there.
Friends may call at the funeral home
from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm today where Eastern Star rites will be held at 8 pm
today.
Hoff, Ernest F. Hoff
Monroe County Beacon,
Woodsfield, Ohio, dated,
Ernest F. Hoff, 65, of the Woodsfield-Lewisville Road, a
retired farmer, died Saturday afternoon,
He was born
Mr. Hoff was a member of Trinity United Church of Christ,
Lewisville, and the Farm Bureau Council.
Surviving are his wife, Marcella Weber Hoff; five
daughters, Mrs. Betty Evans, of Lewisville; Mrs. Sam (Iva) Wise, of
Barnesville; Mrs. William (Eileen) Wise, of Belmont; Mrs. Sheldon (Juanita)
Blair, of Marietta, and Mrs. Robert (Dorothy) Morris, of Barnesville; two
sisters, Mrs. Ernest (Laura) Gildes, of Quaker City, and Mrs. Arthur (Melba)
Reich of Miltonsburg, and fourteen grandchildren.
Services were held Tuesday afternoon at
Source: The Evansville [Indiana] Courier and Press;
Sunday, 20 Jun 1971
A 16-year-old Bloomington youth was
killed and his companion critically injured Saturday when their car left
Indiana 446 at a high rate of speed and overturned several times before landing
at the bottom of a ravine.
John A. Jarboe of Rt. 2, Bloomington,
was killed in the accident about 7 miles south of Bloomington. A boy riding with him, Leslie E. Edwards, 14,
Rt. 3, Bloomington, was injured.
Source: The Indianapolis [Indiana] Star; Sunday, 20
Jun 1971
John A. Jarboe, 16, R. R. 2,
Bloomington, was killed at 3:25 a.m. yesterday when his speeding car veered off
Ind. 446 about 7 miles south of Bloomington and rolled over several times
before crashing in a ravine.
Leslie E. Edwards, 14, R. R. 3,
Bloomington, a passenger in the car, is in satisfactory condition at
Bloomington Hospital.
SERVICES for Jarboe, who would have
been a senior at Bloomington High School this fall, will be held at 2 p.m.
Monday in the Day Mortuary at Bloomington, with burial in Valhalla Memory
Gardens there.
Survivors include the parents,
Indiana-Purdue University (Indianapolis) Professor and Mrs. Everett Jarboe.
Johnson, Delbert Johnson 2nd obit
Source: The Wayne Co.
[Illinois] Press; 25 Nov 1971
Rural Cisne
Farmer Expires
A 57-year-old rural Cisne farmer,
Delbert Johnson, died at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the home of one of his daughers in
Flora.
Mr. Johnson had been in ill health and
had just recently been taken to his daughter's home so she could help care for
him.
Rites
Friday
Funeral services will be conducted at 2
p.m. Friday at DeSelm's Funeral Home, with Bro. Floyd Dulaney officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
Mr. Johnson was born in Illinois Mar.
11, 1914.
The Survivors
Surviving are his wife, Hazel, of rural
Cisne; two sons, Bill, of Fairfield; and Bob, of Flora; two daughters, Mrs.
Darlene Strange, of Flora; and Mrs. Mary Ellen Young, of Henderson, KY.; 12
grandchildren; his step-father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Shreve of
Johnsonville; one half-brother, Norman Schell, of Oskaloosa; one half-sister,
Mrs. Lloyd Clement, Johnsonville; one step-brother, Cecil Schell* of Cisne; and
two step-sisters, Mrs. Bertha Beardon, Worthington, Minn., and Mrs. Thelma
Illif of Wisconsin.
*Submitter’s Note: His
step-brother was Cecil SCHELL, not Shreve.
Source: The Flora [Illinois] Daily News Record; 24 Nov
1971
Delbert Johnson, 57, of rural Cisne,
died at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 23, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Darlene
Strange, 109 N. Stanford Rd., Flora.
Survivors include his wife, Hazel; two
sons, Bill of Fairfield and Bob of Flora; two daughters, Mrs. Strange of Flora,
and Mrs. Mary Ellen Young of Henderson, Ky.; 12 grandchildren; his step-father
and mother, Mrs. and Mrs. Otto Shreve of Johnsonville; two step-sisters, Mrs.
Bertha Beardon, Worthington, Minn., and Mrs. Thelma Illif of Burlington, Wis.;
a step-brother, Cecil Shreve* of Cisne; a half brother, Norman Schell of
Oskaloosa and half-sister, Mrs. Lloyd Clements of Johnsonville.
Funeral services will be held at 2
p.m., Friday, from the chapel of DeSelms Funeral Home in Cisne, with Bro. Floyd
Dulaney officiating. Interment will be
in Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
Visitation will be conducted after 2
p.m.,Thursday at DeSelms.
Source: The Pasadena [California] Star-News; 12 Aug
1971
KINKADE -- Juanita R. Kinkade of
Pasadena passed away August 9, 1971.
Survived by her brother, Otto Kinkade of Duarte; and sister, Helen Olsen
of Hawaii. She was preceded in death by
her mother, Bertha Wilcox, and a sister, Jane Wiley.
Services, 10:00 A.M. Friday, Live Oak
Chapel, 200 East Duarte Road. Turner
& Stevens Live Oak Mortuary, Monrovia, directors.
Kinkade,
Pearl Adelia Kinkade, nee Truex
Source: The Times Reporter, New Philadelphia, Ohio;
30 Sep 1971
TUSCARAWAS -- Mrs. Pearl Alelia Kinkade, 79, of Cherry st.,
a resident here since 1955, was dead on arrival Wednesday at Twin City
Hospital. She had been ill a week.
Born in Aurora, Ill.,** she was the
daughter of Isaac J. and Mattie Craig Truex.
She was a member of the Church of Christ in Gnadenhutten. her husband, William F., died in 1954.
Surviving are two sons, William of
Canton and Robert of Moundsville, W. Wa., a stepson, William Kinkade of Blaine;
a brother and two sisters, Ralph Truex of Moundsville; Mrs. Rita White of
Barberton and Mrs. Iona Bonar of Cameron, W. Va.; 14 grandchildren, and eight
great-grandchildren. Two daughters and
seven brothers and sisters preceded her in death.
Services will be Saturday at 1 p.m. in
R.K. Lindsey Funeral Home at Dennison with Rev. John Clark officiating.
Submitter's Notes:
* Other
records show she was born in Ohio. The 1900,
1910 and 1920 census show that she and both parents were born in Ohio; the West
Virginia Marriage record, the 1930 and 1940 census all show that she and her
husband William Kinkade were both born in Ohio.
Source: The
Akron [Ohio] Beacon Journal; 5 Oct 1971
Last
Night On Job,
Man Slain In
Seville
SEVILLE
-- It was the last night that Kenneth Kinney worked the early-morning shift at
the Seville Mobil station--business was slow between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. and
they were closing the station overnight.
But at 2
a.m. Monday, the 24-year-old Lodi father of two was slain by a gunman in an $80
holdup.
"We
just found him shot," said Norman Samples of Lodi, owner of the station at
Ohio 3 and Interstate 80.
SAMPLES
went to the station after passing motorists notified
sheriff's deputies that Kinney's body was lying by the gasoline pumps. A billfold chained to his pocket had been
emptied of the $80, but a personal billfold containing an equal amount had not
been taken.
"He
apparently went out to a car and leaned over to the window," Samples
said. "He was shot in the head.
"It
was the last night we were going to run the third shift. He was going to start working from 5 p.m. to
midnight."
KINNEY
had taken the service station job about three months ago after a period of
unemployment.
His
younger brother, Richard, already worked part-time at the station. When Samples learned that Kenneth needed a
job, he hired him to experiment with the early-morning shift.
Kinney
had done a three-year Army stint, after Cloverleaf High School, then went to work for the National Aeronautic and Space
Administration (NASA) in Cleveland as a trades apprentice. NASA personnel said Kinney quit the program
for "personal reasons" last February.
KINNEY,
of 206 Prospect st., had a daughter, Angela, 3, and son, Jeffrey, 1.
He also
leaves his wife, Donna; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kinney, Chatham; four
brothers, Danny, Seville, and Terry, Richard and Robert, all at home, and sister Susan, at home.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at
the Parker funeral home in Lodi, where friends may call Wednesday afternoon and
evening. Burial will be in Chatham
cemetery.
Source: The Jackson [Michigan] Citizen Patriot; 9 Mar
1971
Services for Mrs. Agnes Kohn, 77, of
170 N. Union St., Grass Lake, will be held in the Stormont Chapel of the
Charles J. Burden and Son Funeral Home, Grass Lake at 1 p.m. Monday. Burial will be in East Cemetery with the Rev.
David Robinson officiating. Mrs. Kohn
died Thursday in St. Joseph Hospital, Ann Arbor.
A native of Poulding [sic--Paulding]
County, Ohio, she and her husband were married there before moving to Grass
Lake where they lived most of their married life. They joined the Citizen Patriot Golden
Wedding Club in 1967 on their 51st anniversary.
She was a member of the Church of Christ, Grover Hill, Ohio, an Oracle
of the Royal Neighbors, and a past president of the Anthony Stebble American
Legion Auxiliary Post No. 252, of Grass Lake.
Surviving are her husband Ernest E.; a
son John of Jackson; three daughters, Mrs. Eileen Waldron of Stockbridge, Mrs.
Dean Holl Hawley of Leoni, and Mrs. Phyllis Wallace of Snoqualmie, Wash.; seven
grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; a sister Mrs. George Cook of
Bellevue, Ohio; and a brother Thomas McClure of Eaton Rapids.
Source: The Columbus [Ohio] Dispatch; Friday, August
20, 1971 Page: 22 B
Warren D. Kurtzman, age 67, 1416 Park
Ave., Cambridge, Ohio. Thursday,
Guernsey Memorial Hospital. Member of Cambridge
Lodge 66, Scottish Rite Valley of Cambridge.
Survived by wife, Ada Wentworth Kurtzman; brothers, Leroy Kurtzman,
Downey, Calif., Paul Kurtzman, Sandusgy [sic--Sandusky], Ohio; sisters, Mrs.
Wesley Townsend, Downey, Calif., Mrs. Elsie Stratton, Columbus. Friends may call at the THORN FUNERAL HOME,
Cambridge, Ohio 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Friday, where funeral service will be Saturday
1 p.m., Rev. Orton Orr officiating.
Burial Mt. Ephriam Cemetery.
Kutz, Harlow Kutz
Source: Ashland [Ohio] Times
Gazette; Monday, May 17, 1971
Harlow Kutz, 68, of College Hills
Retirement Village, former Ashland resident, died Sunday at the Wooster
Community Hospital after a long illness.
He was born in Albion Nov. 15, 1902,
and was the son of Charles and Lillian (McConnell) Kutz.
He was a member of the First Brethren
Church and had worked as a meat cutter and a salesman for Weatherseal Co. and
the Central Petroleum Co. out of Cleveland until his retirement.
Survivors include his widow, Lela; one
daughter, Mrs. Russell (Maxine) Webster of Wooster; one son, Kenneth of Battle
Creek, Mich.; one brother, Ellsworth of Wooster; 12 grandchildren and four
great-grandchildren.
Funeral service will be held at 1:30
p.m. Wednesday at the McIntire Funeral Home, Wooster, Burial will be in the
Wooster Cemetery.
Friends may call from 7 - 9 p.m.
Tuesday at the funeral home.
Source: The Warren [Ohio] Tribune Chronicle; 21 Jun
1971
Austintown
Man Killed
In Car Crash
A 21-year old Austintown Township man,
John Lattea, 69 Turner Rd., was killed Saturday night in a one-car Portage
County traffic accident 1.3 miles west of the Portage-Trumbull County Line.
According to the Portage Ohio State
Patrol, Lattea was westbound on Holcomb Rd., lost control and drove off the
right side of the pavement.
The auto veered back across the road
and off the left side, the OSP said, plunging over an embankment. Three other persons, Robert Woolard, 18, and
Calvin Woolard, 17, both of Ravenna and Teddy Partin, 18, Ravenna Rd., Newton
Falls, were taken to Robinson Memorial Hospital, Ravenna, for treatment of
injuries.
Funeral service for Mr. Lattea will be
held Tuesday a 1:30 p.m. at the Lane Funeral Home, Austintown Chapel. Burial will be in Greenhaven Memorial Park,
Austintown.
Friends may call at the funeral home
from 7 to 9 p.m. today.
Born April 23, 1950, in Warre [sic--Warren],
he was the son of Robert and Nancy Snyder Lattea, who survive.
A Marine Corps veteran of Vietnam, he
was a member of VFW
of Ravenna.
Besides his parents of Leavittsburg, he
leaves his wife, Bonnie Kraft Lattea, whom he married in July, 1970; a
daughter, Andra [sic–Audra] M. at home; six sisters, Misses Linda,
Loretta, Robin and Susan and Mrs. Louis Tenny* [sic–Tenney], all of
Leavittsburg, Mrs. Laura Sheller of Newton Falls; and a brother, Lucky of
Newton Falls.
Leasure, Blanche Marie Leasure, nee Brown
Source: Cambridge [Ohio] Jeffersonian; Monday, 13
Sept. 1971
Two persons were killed and two others
injured in a two-vehicle accident Saturday afternoon on Route 78, 2.5 miles
east of Caldwell in Noble County.
Forest K, Leach, 50, Summerfield,
driver of one of the vehicles was killed in the head-on crash. Mrs. Blanche Leasure, 67, Lewisville, a
passenger in the other vehicle, also was killed.
The driver of the car, Mrs. Dorothy
Leasure, 28, Lewisville, was reported in serious condition in Good Samaritan
Hospital, Zanesville, with fractures and internal injuries.
Her son, Eddie Leasure Jr., 8, also is
in Good Samaritan with both arms fractured.
The state patrol said the Leach truck
was going east and the Leasure auto west when they collided head-on. Officers
said the pick-up was left of center at the time.
Leach was headed for his home in
Summerfield and Mrs. Leasure was being taken to a doctor's office in Caldwell
for an appointment at the time of the mishap.
Leach was removed to the the Bruback Funeral
Home in Summerfield and Mrs. Leasure to the Gardner Funeral Home in Woodsfield.
Funeral services for Leach will be 1
P.M. Tuesday at the Brubach Funeral Home, Summerfield, with Evangelist McKinley
R. Bates officiating. Burial will be in Eastern Cemetery where military rites
will be held by Summerfield American Legion Post and Caldwell Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Friends may call at the funeral home
from 7 to 9 P.M. today.
Services for Mrs. Leasure will be at 2 P.M. Tuesday MT. Tabor United
Methodist Church with the Rev. Richard Leonardt officiating. Burial will be in
the church cemetery. Friends may call at Gardner Funeral Home, Woodsfield, this
afternoon and evening.
Leach was born March 16, 1921 in Noble
County, the son of Ellis D. (Pete) and Maudie Carpenter Leach, Summerfield R.D.
1, and was a member of the Church of Christ, American Legion Post, Caldwell
V.F.W., United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Jointures Union 245. He was a veteran
of World War II, having served with Army-Air Force in the CBI theater of
operations.
In addition to his parents, he is
survived by his wife, the former Ella Mae Starr; two daughters, Mrs. Barbara
Buchtel, Cambridge and Miss Betty Leach of the home; two sons, Spec. 4 David
Leach with the U.S. Army in Germany, and Thomas Leach of the home; one
grandson, Scott Buchtel; four sisters, Mrs. Betty Casey, MT. Ephraim, Mrs.
Phyllis Leach, Summerfield R.D. 1, Mrs. Nancy Moore, Coshocton, Mrs. Edith Bates,
West Lafayette, sister Mrs. Neav Clark is deceased.
Mrs. Leasure was born Aug. 14, 1898 in
Monroe County, the daughter of Matthew and Alice Leach Brown, and was a member
of MT. Tabor United Methodist Church.
She is survived by five sons, Junior of
Woodsfield, Lloyd of Graysville and Edward and Roger, both of Lewisville,
Harold of Summerfield; one daughter, Mrs. Margaret Waterman, Marietta; 28
grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren; one brother, Virgil Brown of Woodsfield;
three sisters, Mrs. Earl Okey and Mrs. William Leasure, both of Woodsfield, and
Mrs. Clem Mallett, near Lewisville.
Her husband, Bert Leasure, died Jan.
10, 1968.
Leffler,
Thomas D. "Tim" Leffler
Source: The Necrology Files, Cleveland, Ohio,
Library, publication unknown, Reel #127; Date: ? 8
1971*
Name:
Leffler, Thomas D. (Tim)
Notes:
Thomas D. (Tim) Leffler, 53, former Clevelander and a candy manufacturer in
Oregon, died at his home in Sutherlin, Ore. Mr. Leffler was a bartender on
Cleveland's East Side for many years. Ten years ago he moved to Oregon to
ranch. In 1967 he sold his ranch and started the Leffler Candy Co. which makes
the Nutty Tim candy bar. He died Wednesday.*
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Monday at the Chapel of the Firs in
Sutherlin. His wife Lucy is in Oregon. Cleveland survivors are his daughter,
Linda; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert; brothers, William G. and Gilbert Jr.;
sister, Mrs. Emery Davis, A brother, Gene, of California and sister, Mrs.
Edward Welker of New York, also survive.
*Submitter's Note: He died on August 25, 1971.
Mann, Vernon H. Mann
Monroe County Beacon,
Woodsfield, Ohio, dated,
Vernon Howard Mann, 63, of Route 1, Jerusalem, Ohio, a
farmer, died Tuesday evening,
He was born in Miltonsburg, Ohio,
Mr. Mann was a member of St. Paul’s United Church of Christ
of Woodsfield, Ohio; a member of the Monroe County Farm Bureau, and had been
active in the Monroe County Soil Conservation group.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Lucetta Mann, of Woodsfield,
his wife, Ruby Christman Mann; one son, James Mann of Route 1, Jerusalem; three
daughters, Mrs. Shirley Reed, of Beallsville; Mrs. Norma Moore, of Zanesville,
and Mrs. Velma Carpenter, of New Philadelphia, and thirteen grandchildren.
Services were held Friday afternoon at two o’clock in the
Harper and Campbell Funeral Home, at Beallsville, with Rev. Charles Price, of
Woodsfield, officiating. Burial was in the Miltonsburg cemetery.
Source: The Marietta [Ohio] Times; 3 Sep 1971
Funeral services for Lyle D. Martin, 53,
former resident of Marietta will be at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow in Doudna &
McClure Funeral Home. Burial will be in
Valley Cemetery. Mr. Martin died
Wednesday morning in Cleveland VA Hospital.
His home was at 102 Parkview Dr., Elyria.
He was born May 12, 1918, in Washington
County, a son of the late Harvey T. Martin and of Gladys Rutherford Martin, who
resides in Marietta. On Nov. 7, 1936 he
married Evelyn M. Mendenhall, who survives with one daughter, Mrs. Adrian
(Jean) Shriver, North Ridgeville and four grandchildren, Brian, Brett and Kevin
Shriver and Craig Martin. Three brothers
and one sister survive, Ralph and Harvey Martin, both of Marietta; Bud Martin,
Youngstown and Mrs. Thomas (Connie) Dawson, Southfield, Mich. A son, Lyle Richard, died in 1967.
Mr. Martin was an oil well driller and
a veteran of World War II. He attended
the Bear Run United Methodist Church.
Friends may call at the funeral home.
McCort,
Martha J. McCort, nee Wells
Source: The Barnesville [Ohio] Enterprise; 24 Jun
1971
Mrs. Martha J. McCort, 42, of 405 West
Church Street, Barnesville, passed away at Barnesville Hospital, Sunday, June
20th at 5:45 A.M. following a long illness.
She was born in Belmont County, April 3,
1929, a daughter of Mrs. Lola Palmer Wells of Barnesville and the late Clarence
Wells. Mrs. McCort had been employed as
a seamstress at Barnesville Manufacturing Company and was a member of the East
Main Street Church of Christ.
In addition to her mother, Mrs. Lola
Palmer Wells of Bethesda, R.D., she is survived by her husband, Ruben McCort;
one son, Donald, three daughters, Marlene and Darlene,* all of the home, and
Mrs. Mary Jane Pickens of Barnesville; two grandchildren; two brothers, Clarence
Wells of Somerton and Francis Wells of Bellaire; six sisters, Mrs. Marguerite
Carpenter and Mrs. Virginia Ankrom, both of Barnesville, Mrs. Freda Fankhauzer,
Mrs. Lola Woodland, Mrs. Ethel Hardman, both of Steubenville and Doris Jean
Wells.
Friends were received at
the Campbell-Plumly Funeral Home where funeral services were held Tuesday, June
22nd at 1:30 P.M., conducted by Evangelist James W. Gallagher. Burial was made in Southern Cemetery,
Barnesville.
*Submitter’s Note: It
sounds here, when the article refers to three daughters living at home, as
though another daughter should be listed here to make the three. Arlene is listed in Ruben’s obituary but not
in this one. Has she been skipped here?
Source: The Cambridge [Ohio] Daily Jeffersonian;
Friday, 29 Oct 1971
QUAKER
CITY -- Robert Heber McPeek, 46, Batesville, died at 4 a.m. today (Oct.
29, 1971) at Barnesville where he had undergone surgery.
An employe of the Clevite Corp.,
Caldwell, he was born April 26, 1925 near Quaker City, the son of Mrs. Shirley
Neuhart McPeek, Batesville, and the late George F. McPeek.
He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic
Church, Temperanceville, Knights of Columbus, and Batesville American Legion
Post. He served eight years with the U.S
Navy and saw action in World War II and the Korean conflict.
In addition to his mother, he leaves
his wife, the former Lucille Faught; one daughter, Rebecca of the home; three
sons, Brent of Quaker City, William and Robert
II, both of the home; one grandchild; and one brother, Hugh of Jasper,
Ala.
Friends may call at Eberle Funeral Home
after 7 p.m. Saturday. Rosary devotions
will be held there at 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
Requiem Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m.
Monday at St. Mary's Church with the Rev. Fr. Joseph Massucci as celebrant.
Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Source: The Independence
[Iowa] Conservative; 6 Jul 1971
Karen Kay Meier, seven-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick J. Meier of rural Jesup, died at 5 a.m.
Sunday, July 4, at St. Francis hospital in Waterloo of head injuries suffered
when she fell from the hayloft of the barn on the family farm Friday.
She was born April 18, 1964, in
Waterloo, the daughter of Frederick J. and Stella Merkel Meier. She attended
school at Raymond and would have been in the second grade this fall. She was a
member of the Immaculate Conception church in Gilbertville and Juvenile
Foresters.
She is survived by her parents; three
sisters, Michele, 12, Denise, 11, and Connie, 2; two brothers, David, 10, and
Russell, 5; maternal grandmother, Mrs. Francis Merkel of Jesup; paternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Meier of Gilbertville; maternal
great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Voland of Strawberry Point.
She was preceded in death by her
maternal grandfather, Francis Merkel.
The Mass of the Angels will be at 10:30
a.m. Tuesday at the Immaculate Conception Catholic church in Gilbertville. The
Mass will be con-celebrated [sic--?] by the Rev. Ronald Friedell and the
Rev. Arnold Steffen, SVD. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
A Rosary was to be said at 7:30 p.m.
Monday with a wake service at 8 p.m. and the Rosary by the Catholic Order of
Foresters at 8:30.
Oppold funeral home in Waterloo is in
charge of arrangements.
Mercer, Evelyn Mercer, nee
Bostic
Source: The Tribune Chronicle, Warren, Ohio;
Published 12 Aug 1971
Williamsfield - Mrs. Burl (Evelyn)
Mercer, 53, State Rd., was pronounced dead on arrival at Northeastern Ohio
Hospital, North Madison at 1 a.m. Wednesday. Death was due to a heart attack.
Born Jan. 23, 1918, in Gilmer County,
W. Va., she was the daughter of Rudolph and Rillie Bryte Bostic.
She had resided here a few months,
coming from Bryan, Ohio.
Survivors include her
husband, Burl Mercer, whom she married Oct. 26, 1934; three daughters, Mrs.
William (Evelyn) Hurlbert of Farmdale, Mrs. William (Loretta) Eckart of
Burghill, Diana at home; six sons, Jack with the Navy in Vietnam, Burl Jr. and
Alfred, both of Edgerton Ohio, Charles of Williamsfield, Danny of Montpelier,
Russell at home; 11 grandchildren; five sisters, Mrs. Faye Rayl of Morgantown,
W. Va., Mrs. Fred (Mae) Wilmoth and Mrs. William (Violet) Morgan, both of
Akron, Mrs. Wava Schwing of Moundsville, W. Va., Mrs. William (Betty) Chaffee
of Bryan; three brothers, Dewey Bostic of Edgerton, Claval of Bryan, Rudolph of
Jacobsburg, Ohio.
Services will be held Saturday at 1
p.m. at the Baumgardner Funeral Home, Kinsman. Burial will be in Hayes
Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday.
Mercer, Carrie Mercer -
nee Maurer
Mercer, Carrie Mercer, nee Maurer
Source: The Canton [Ohio] Repository; 3 Mar 1971
Mrs. Carrie (Maurer) Mercer, age 90, of Lisbon Street,
Paris, passed away at her home at 6:40 a.m. Wednesday following an illness of
13 years. Born in Paris, November 18, 1880 and was a member of the Israel
United Church of Christ at Paris. Survivors include her husband, Samuel; three
daughters, Mrs. Donald (Martha) Gram of Paris, Mrs. George (Eva) Speakman of
Paris, and Mrs. Walter (Esther) Reed of Oneida; six grandchildren, and six
great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the Bartley Funeral Home
11 a.m. Friday with Rev. Raymond M. Larson officiating. Burial will be made in
Liberty Cemetery. Calling hours at the funeral home Thursday from 7-9.
Source: The Zanesville [Ohio] Times Recorder; 24 Feb
1971
WOODSFIELD -- Walter W. Mercer, 83, of
Woodsfield died Tuesday morning at Homestead Nursing Home in Cadiz.
Born July 4, 1887, in Tyler County, W.
Va., he was a son of Rufen [sic--Ruben] and Louise VanCamp Mercer.
He was a retired oil field worker.
Surviving are several nieces and
nephews. He was preceded in death by his
wife, Harriet* Traux* [sic–Truax; also seen as Truex] Mercer, and a son Paul.
Friends may call at the Baurer-Turner
[sic--Bauer-Turner] Funeral Home in Woodsfield after 2 p.m. today.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at
the funeral home. Burial will be in
Ozark Cemetery in Monroe County.
*Submitter's Note:
Records on ancestry.com give her name as Harriet Truax in the Ohio,
Births and Christenings Index, 1774-1973; but show her as
Maggie
Truax in the 1900: Sunsbury, Monroe, Ohio
as
Maggie Truex in the Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993
as
Maggie Mercer in the 1920, 1930, and
1940 census records
as Maggie
Mercer U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
as
Maggie Mercer on her tombstone
as Maggie Mercer, daughter of John and Hannah Truex, in her
obituary
Mercer, Wilma E. Mercer, nee Brill
Source: The Wheeling [West Virginia] News-Register;
28 Apr 1971
MERCER, Wilma E., 58, 1710 Second St.,
Moundsville, died Tuesday at her home.
She was born in Moundsville, Nov. 2, 1914, daughter of Clarence and
Eva Law Brill. She was a member of
Simpson United Methodist Church.
Surviving are her husband, Finley L.;
three daughters, Mrs. Kenneth (Lila) Montgomery, Moundsville; Mrs. Carl (Joyce)
Yoder, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa; Mrs. James (Nancy) Mason Jr., Utica, N.Y.; seven
grandchildren. She was preceded in death
by five brothers.
Friends
may call at Grisell Funeral Home, Moundsville, at a time to be announced.
Source: The
East Liverpool [Ohio] Evening Review; Monday, 13 Dec 1971
Services will be held Tuesday at 11
a.m. at the Dawson Funeral Home for Charles H. Moore, 76, of 844 St. George
St., who died Saturday at 2:45 p.m. at home.
He became seriously ill on Wednesday, but had been in failing health for
some time.
The Rev. Harold Sherman of the Grace
United Presbyterian Church will officiate.
Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery.
Mr. Moore was born in Clinton,
Pa., Nov. 12, 1895, a son of Jacob and
Anna Moore. He had resided here
virtually his lifetime and was retired in 1965 from the Midland Crucible Steel
Division of Colt Industries. For many
years he served on the Columbiana County Selective Service Board.
A World War I veteran, Mr. Moore
entered the service May 10, 1917, and served through the war. He was with the 15th Army Engineers. He was a member of American Legion Post 374,
where he had served as post commander.
He also was a past commander of the Columbiana County American Legion.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Dolores Goodballet Moore, at home; a
son, Charles D. Moore of North Royalton, Ohio; a sister, Mrs. Nellie McIlvane
of East Liverpool, and four grandchildren.
Friends may call at the funeral home
this afternoon and night.
The family requests that memorial
tributes take the form of contributions to the Grace United Presbyterian Church
or the Robert Bycroft School.
Morris, Angeline Morris (nee Carpenter)
Source: The Cambridge [Ohio]
Jeffersonian; Thursday, 17 June 1971
BYESVILLE---Funeral services for Mrs.
Angeline Carpenter Morris, 75, 204 E. Spruce St., Byesville, will be held at 1
P.M. Saturday at McGaughy Funeral Home here.
The Rev. Kenneth Littlefield will officiate and burial will be in
Greenwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Morris died at 3:45 A.M. Wednesday
(June 16, 1971) at Guernsey Memorial Hospital, Cambridge. She had been ill five weeks.
Born July 12, 1895, in Monroe
County, she was the daughter of Jacob
and Elizabeth Carpenter. Her husband,
Harry, died in 1948.
She leaves three sisters, Mrs. Josie Delong, Mrs. Civilla Carpenter and Mrs. Mable Morris,
all of Summerfield. Two brothers are
deceased.
Mrs. Morris was a member of the
Assembly of God Church, Byesville.
Morris, Arizona Morris nee Johnson
Source: Cambridge [OHIO] Jeffersonian; Saturday, 5 June 1971
BARNESVILLE---Mrs. Arizona Morris, 77, of N. Arch St.,
Barnesville died at Barnesville Hospital at 12:30 A.M. today (June 5, 1971),
shortly after she had been admitted.
Born in Monroe County, Jan. 12, 1894,
she was a daughter of John and Lavina Carpenter Johnson. Her husband James
Morris, died July 2, 1970, and a son, Roland, died in 1963. She leaves four
daughters, Mrs. Robert (Elva) Hanlon, Mrs. Ralph (Iva) Froehlich, Mrs. James
(Genevieve) Warrick and Mrs. Ronald (Betty Jane) Swallie, all of Barnesville;
two sons, Johnson of Bethesda and James Jr., of Louisville; three sisters, Mrs.
Louise Stephens, Mrs. Juanita Sayer, and Mrs. Nettie Taylor, all of
Barnesville; two brothers, Talmadge Johnson, Barnesville and Allen Johnson,
Summerfield; 15 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Friends will be
received at Campbell-Plumby Funeral Home here after 10:30 A.M. Sunday.
Funeral services will be held there at
1:30 P.M. Monday with Evang. Eugene Carroll officiating. Burial will be in
Crestview Cemetery, Barnesville.
Source: The Journal and Courier, [Lafayette,
Indiana]; Tuesday, 16 Mar 1971
MORRIS, Curtis Ray -- Friends may call
after 3 p.m. Wednesday at Brown Funeral Home, Rossville. Service there at 2 p.m. Thursday. Burial in Green Lawn
Memorial Gardens, Frankfort.
*Submitter's
Note: Although the above obituary is the
only one I've been able to get so far, ancestry.com gives this:
Newspapers.com Obituary Index,
1800s-current
Name:
Curtis Ray Morris
Gender:
Male
Death
Age: 49
Birth
Date: abt 1922
Birth
Place: Tell City
Marriage
Date: 1952
Residence
Place: Cambria
Death
Date: Abt 1971
Death
Place: Lafayette
Obituary
Date: 16 Mar 1971
Obituary
Place: Lafayette, Indiana, United
States of America
Father:
George
Spouse:
Joan Pearcy
Child:
Claudia Ray
Source: newspaper clipping [probably
from the Barnesville, Ohio, Enterprise]; April 1971
Douglas
Hoff Morris, infant son of Robert and Dorothy Hoff Morris, of RD 1,
Barnesville, died at birth, Friday evening, April 9, 1971, in the Barnesville
Hospital.
Surviving
besides his parents are two brothers, Larry and Robert and one sister, Donna
all of the home; the maternal grandmother, Mrs. Ernest F. Hoff of Lewisville,
RD1, and the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ermie Morris, of RD1,
Woodsfield. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, Ernest P.
Hoff of Lewisville, Ohio.
Graveside
services were held Saturday afternoon April 10 at 2:30 o'clock in Friendship
Cemetery, Lewisville, with Rev. A. C. Yost officiating. Arrangements were by
the Bauer-Turner Funeral Home, Woodsfield.
BYESVILLE,
MAY 13---Harry M. Morris, 44, 259 S. Fifth Street, died Wednesday at 3 P.M. at
Grant Hospital Columbus, following an operation.
Mr. Morris was born in Noble County, a son of
the late John and Jane Morris, and was a resident of Byesville for the past 23
years. He was a member of the Assembly of God Church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Angeline
Carpenter; five sisters, Mrs. George Distler, Lewisville, Miss Golda Morris,
Summerfield, Mrs. Ada Reed, Akron and Mrs. Rose Miracle and Mrs. Mary Denbow,
both of Byesville; and three brothers, Herny and Home, Summerfield and Wilburt,
Byesville.
The body was removed to the Herlan Funeral
Home and will be taken to the residence Thursday evening. Services will be conducted
Saturday at 2 P.M. at the Assembly of God Church by Rev. Rice Snider. Burial
will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Thursday 13 May 1948 Cambridge Jeffersonian
Cambridge Ohio.
Morris, Rachel M. Morris, nee McElwain
Source: The
Columbus [Ohio] Disptach; 1 Aug 1971
MORRIS
Rachel
M. Morris, age 63, 129 E. Thompkins, Friday at home. Former school teacher. Survived by husband, Edwin C.; 3 sons, Edwin
D., William J., both of Columbus, and Stephen G., Dayton, O.; 8
great-grandchildren; sister, Beatrice Stalnaker,Wainville, W. Va.; several
nieces and nephews. Member Nallen
Baptist Church, Nallen, W. Va.
Services 10 a.m.
Tuesday, RUTHERFORD FUNERAL HOME, 2383 N. High St. Burial Waverly Evergreen
Cemetery, Waverly, O. Friends
will be received at the funeral home, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday.
Morris, Richard Allan Morris and others
Source: The Marietta [Ohio]
Times; Monday, 11 Oct 1971
5 killed as
blast rocks church annex
by Bob Hollback and Steve Hemmelgarn
Marietta’s First Baptist Church, in
mourning after the death of Pastor Donald Duncan, was rocked by a multiple
tragedy yesterday morning when a boiler exploded, sending tons of concrete,
metal and scalding water into a Sunday school room beneath, killing a teacher
and four teenagers and injuring 14 others.
Dead are:
Heather Dawson, 15, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Hubert Dawson, 309 Lawton Rd.
Richard Morris, 14, son of Mrs. Sara
Morris, 213 Summit St.
Gary Holley, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Holley, 104 High St.
Carol Joy, 14, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Joy, 909 Washington St.; and
Mike Murphy, 31, Marietta Rt. 1, the
class teacher.
The tragic blast at Fourth and Putnam
streets also injured 14 persons, eight of whom were admitted, with the other
six treated and released.
Church services began at 9:45 a.m. and a
memorial service for the Rev. Mr. Duncan was conducted by the Rev. Louis
Eckols, area Baptist minister, Byron Bangert, intern pastor, and church
laymen—William Hickman, Norman Schwartz, William Mason and Mike Murphy.
At 11 a.m. Sunday School
classes began and two of those laymen--Hickman and Murphy, went into the
educational unit to conduct their classes.
Twenty-eight minutes later the church was struck by another,
and this time, multiple tragedy.
An explosion in the gas-fired boiler in
the educational unit ripped out walls, floors and ceilings, and dumped tons of
debris on Mike Murphy's ninth and tenth graders. He and four of them were killed.
Eight
Hospitalized
[Submitter's note: There were seven paragraphs here about those
hospitalized that I did not type.]
The explosion centered in the boiler
room of the education building of the church, located directly north of the
sanctuary. All those killed were in a
ninth and 10th grade Sunday School room in the
basement, directly below the boiler room.
The bombed-out annex was a three story
structure, with a basement, a second floor, on which the boiler room was
located, and a top floor.
Debris
Falls Onto Victims
The explosion took out a huge section
of the floor of the boiler room and an adjacent nursery, and the floor
overhead, bringing down tons of concrete, steel, and hot water on the victims
in the basement.
Counts gained from Sunday School attendance sheets showed that 13 teenagers in
addition to Murphy were in the room when the explosion ripped through the
13-year-old structure.
The room adjacent to the boiler room, a
nursery for two and three year olds, was devastated, but parts of the floor
held up, and the three children in the room were only slightly injured,
although they were buried under rubble.
All were treated and released from Marietta Memorial Hospital.
Firemen, city police, sheriff's
deputies, highway patrolmen, army reserve engineers, and trained rescue
personnel fought for three hours through literally tons of debris to remove the
victims.
In most cases those buried were located
long before rescue workers could dig them out from under the twisted metal,
shattered cement, and concrete block with the use of jacks and a wrecker.
First work was done with picks,
shovels, sledge hammers, and bare hands, but huge sections of concrete from the
two collapsed floors thwarted quick rescue, and were even too heavy to be
jacked up.
9 Trapped for
a Time
Nine persons were originally trapped in
the mass of metal pipes and exploded concrete, three of whom were two-year-olds
in the second floor nursery, who were immediately pulled to safety by men in
the church.
A fourth person, reportedly a teenager,
was pulled from the basement by firemen moments after they arrived on the
scene. The last five were dead by the
time firemen and rescue workers could get to them.
The eight other students in the
basement Sunday School room apparently escaped under
their own power, although six of them were sufficiently injured to be admitted
to the two city hospitals.
[Submitter's Note: This is a very lengthy article. 31 paragraphs are omitted at this point. Also omitted here was the adjoining very lengthy
article about "Eyewitnesses describe tragedy." ]
Victims
of Sunday's explosion
Joint funeral services will be held at
1:30 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church for three of the four teenagers
killed yesterday--Heather Dawson, Gary Holley and Richard Morris. Doudna and McClure Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements and friends may call
there. The Rev. Louis Eckols and Byron
Bangert will officiate.
[Submitter’s Note: When it gave an obituary here for each of the
people that died, I only typed the one for Richard A. Morris below.]
Richard A. Morris
Richard Allan Morris, 14, lived at 213
Summit St., with his mother, Mrs. Sara Johnson Morris. His father, T-Sgt. Herndon Morris, lived in
Felton, Dela.
Rick was a ninth grader at Marietta
Junior High and a member of the school's wrestling team.
At First Baptist
Church he served as an usher and was a member of the Junior High Baptist Youth
Fellowship and the Sunday school class.
He was a member of Boy Scout Troop 210.
Surviving in addition to his parents
are a brother, Jeff, and two sisters, Sharon and Kathleen Morris, all of 213
Summit St. His grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. Ronald Johnson and Mrs. Julia Morris, all of Marietta, and Henry Morris,
Whipple. Mrs. Maud Johnson, Ford Dodge,
Iowa, is his great-grandmother.
Contributions may be made to the
Richard Morris Memorial Fund of the First Baptist Church.
Source: The Journal and Courier, [Lafayette,
Indiana]; Saturday, 12 Jun 1971
Former Rossville
Basketball
Player, 17,
Electrocuted Here
A former Rossville
High School athlete who graduated in May was electrocuted early today while
vacuum cleaning an automobile at his place of employment here.
Dead in the mishap indirectly related
to the severe thunderstorm in the community Friday night, was Stephen Lee
Morris, 17, of 1438 Alabama St., Lafayette.
Morris, who was a member of the
Rossville semi-state basketball team, was fatally shocked when the industrial
vacuum cleaner he was using to clean the interior of his car was grounded in a
pool of water. Authorities said Morris
also was standing in water when he was using the cleaner.
The death occurred at 12:36 a.m. at
Chamberlain's Ice Cream Co., where Morris was employed, and he was dead on
arrival at Home Hospital.
The youth was born here and resided at
Rossville while attending school.
Surviving are his parents, Norman
Morris of Lafayette and Mrs. Shirley Morris of Frankfort; four sisters, Norma
Ann Morris of Rossville, and Kemberly Sue, Christina Marie and Sherry Lynn
Morris, all of Lafayette, and one brother, Richard Dean Morris of Frankfort.
*Submitter's
Note: See funeral arrangements below.
Source: The Journal and Courier, [Lafayette,
Indiana]; Saturday, 12 Jun 1971
MORRIS, Stephen Lee -- Friends may
call after 4 p.m. Sunday at Brown Funeral Home, Rossville. Service there at 2 p.m. Monday, the Rev.
Robert Lutton officiating. Burial in Rossville Cemetery. Also surviving are
the paternal grandfather, George J. Morris of Connersville, paternal
grandmother, Mrs. Grace Welch of Rossville, and maternal grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Cross of Lafayette.
Morris,
William R. Morris, Jr.
Source: The Miami [Florida] Herald; Monday, 12 Apr
1971
MORRIS
WILLIAM
R. JR., 49, of 3851 NW 196* St. passed away April 10, 1971. A native of West Virginia
moving to Miami 13 years ago. He
was a salesman for the Frito-Lays Potato Chip Co. Survivors include wife Katherine Morris, a
daughter, Mrs. Patricia Ann Howland of Miami, mother Mrs. Gertrude Morris of
West Va., a granddaughter Miss Lori Ann Howland and 2 brothers, Don Morris and
Dale Morris. Funeral services Tues. 11
AM at the BESS MEMORIAL, MIAMI LAKES-HIALEAH CHAPEL, 3790 NW 167 St. Interment Vista Memorial
Gardens. Friends may call Mon.
6-9 PM.
*Submitter's Note: This last digit of the street number was not
very clear on my copy of this obituary.
Source: The Steubenville [Ohio] Herald Star; 1 Dec
1971
BERGHOLZ -- Ernest E. Morrow, 61, of
Bergholz, a retired employe [sic] of Republic Steel Corp. and Berger Iron,
Inc., both of Canton, died Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Ohio Valley Hospital.
He leaves three brothers, Earl of
Akron, Bearl of Bergholz and Floyd of Cleveland, and a sister, Mrs. Audley
(Virginia) Hutchison of Bergholz.
Friends may call at the Sweeney Funeral
Home, Amsterdam, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. today; funeral services there Thursday
1:30 p.m., Rev. Mr. Terry Wells; Bergholz Cemetery.
Mowry,
Suzanne Mowry, nee Tubaugh
Source: The Evening Star, [Washington (DC), District
of Columbia] - January 1, 1972
On Wednesday, December 29, 1971, at
Lawrence, Mass., SUZANNE TUBAUGH MOWRY, wife of David E. Mowry, 194 Locke rd., Rye, N.H.; daughter of
Wilbur C. and Bertie E. Tubaugh of 530 Springvale rd., Great Falls, Va.; sister
of Harry S. Tubaugh, 1361 Norwell dr., Columbus, Ohio.
Friends may call at Pearson's Funeral
Home, 472 North Washington st., Falls Church, Va., from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, where
services will be held on Monday, January 3, 1972, at 11 a.m. Interment National Memorial Park.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the National Multiple
Sclerosis Society, 1156 15th st., n.w., Rm. LL30,
Washington, D.C. 20005.
Source: The Fostoria [Ohio] Review Times; 20 Dec 1971
Amos Carl Nye, 64, a former Fostorian
resident for 16 years, died Sunday at Tiffin Mercy Hospital. He lived at 167 E. Market St., Tiffin.
Mr. Nye was born Feb. 1, 1907 in
Leipsic to Elsworth and Gate (Gardner) Nye, both of whom are deceased.
He married Sadie Newhart at Greenup,
Ky., in 1950 and she survives.
Also surviving are five daughters, Mrs.
Cletus Daughenbaugh, Tiffin; Mrs. Betty Nye, Tiffin; Mrs. Ray Miller, Fostoria;
Mrs. Bernard Taylor, Tiffin; Patricia Nye, Tiffin; sons Amos and Thomas of
Tiffin, and Ray of Fostoria. Five
brothers are deceased. Surviving sisters
are Josephine Miller, Lima; Jenny Thomas, Findlay; Marian and Gladace Nye of
Fostoria; and Ocela Alley, also of Fostoria.
Services will be held Tuesday at 1:30
p.m. at the Turner Engle Funeral Home in Tiffin with the Rev. Paul Eichar
officiating. Interment will be in Fountain
Cemetery.
Friends may call after 2 p.m. today at
the funeral home.
Source: The Santa Cruz [California] Sentinel; 26 Mar
1971
Ennis Oldemeyer
Rites Saturday
Graveside services for Ennis S.
Oldemeyer, 59, who died Wednesday in a local hospital, will be conducted at 11
a.m. at Oakwood Memorial Park.
Friends may call at White's chapel, 138
Walnut Ave., until 10 a.m. Saturday.
Oldemeyer, who was born in Colorado, came
to California in 1913, lived in Chico, attended the University of California at
Berkeley from which he was graduated in 1934, and was employed by The Emporium
for 30 years.
During World War II, he was a
lieutenant commander in the Navy and was assigned to supply duties.
In 1968, he came to Santa Cruz and
owned and operated the Coast to Coast Hardware store in East Cliff Village.
He is survived by the widow, Elisabeth
Cureton Oldemeyer of Santz Cruz; two daughters, Dian Barth of Alameda and
Kathleen Doniger of Santa Monica; and his mother, Ada Oldemeyer of Chico.
Memorial contributions may be made to
the Heart Fund or your favorite charity.
Patterson, Clarence David Patterson, III
Source: The Burgettstown [Pennsylvania] Enterprise;
22 Dec 1971
District Man
Dies in
Crash
Clarence David Patterson, III, 25,
formerly of Burgettstown, R.D. 3, was killed last week in an automobile
accident in Detroit, Michigan.
Patterson was the son of Clarence David
Patterson, a teacher at Burgettstown Union High School.
The accident occurred Thursday,
December 16, 1971, in Detroit, where Patterson was employed as an architect.
Patterson was born in Pittsburgh March
27, 1946, a son of Clarence David and Irene Thomas Patterson, who survive.
Patterson was a graduate of
Burgettstown Union High School, Class of 1954, and the University of Detroit.
He was a graduate architect and worked
for a Detroit architectural firm. He was
a member of the Westminster United Presbyterian Church, Burgettstown.
Surviving in addition to his parents,
are two brothers, Tom and Tim, both of Burgettstown, R. D. 3; one sister,
Patricia, of Burgettstown, R. D. 3; and his paternal grandmother, Margaret
Alice Patterson, of Burgettstown, R. D. 3.
Friends were received at the Lee
Funeral Home, where services were held Monday at 1 p.m., by Rev. Alexander
Wilson. Burial was in Grandview
Cemetery, Florence.
Paulus, Rose Paulus nee Draper 2nd obit
Source: The Spirit of Democracy [Woodsfield, Ohio]; 7
Jan 1971
MRS. ASHER PAULUS
Mrs. Rose Moose Paulus, 84, of 139
North Main Street, widow of Asher Paulus, died Saturday morning, January 2,
1971, at her home.
She was born September 25, 1886, near
Lewisville, the daughter of Isaac and Amanda Shackle Draper.
Mrs. Paulus was a member of the
Woodsfield United Methodist Church.
Surviving are three sons, Roger Moose,
of Columbus; Raymond and Lawrence Moose, of Ashland; eight grandchildren;
fifteen great grandchildren. Her
husband, Asher Paulus, died in 1961.
Services were held Wednesday afternoon
at two o'clock in the Bauer & Turner Funeral Chapel with Rev. George Bender
officiating. Interment was in Oakawn
Cemetery.
Paulus,
Rose Paulus nee Draper [See second
obituary for Rose Paulus below.]
Source: The Marietta [Ohio] Times; 5 Jan 1971
Mrs. Asher Paulus
Services will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow in
Bauer & Turner Funeral Home, Woodsfield, for Mrs. Rose Paulus, 84, who died
Saturday morning at her home in Woodsfield,
Burial will be in Oaklawn Cemetery.
Mrs. Paulus, widow of Asher Paulus, was
born Sept. 25, 1886, near Lewisville, the daughter of Isaac and Amanda Sheckles
Draper. Three sons survive, Roger Moose,
Columbus, and Raymond and Lawrence Moose, both of Ashland, with eight
grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Source: The Arkansas Gazette, (Little Rock, Arkansas);
9 Feb 1971
Arkansan Killed
In Texas Wreck
Charles Wayne Polk, 30, of Center Ridge
(Conway County), was killed about 2 a.m. Monday when the car in which he was a
passenger went out of control on U.S. Highway 71 east of Austin, Tex., struck a
bridge and plunged 75 feet into the water.
The bodies of Polk and the driver of
the car, Paul Anglan of Austin, were found, about noon Monday in the wreckage
by two employes of a highway contractor who were checking a water pump below
the bridge.
Polk was a painter and a local member
of Painters Union Local 1623.
Survivors are his wife, three sons,
Randall Polk of Center Ridge and Gragrey [sic--Gregory]
and CCotty [sic--?] Polk of Akron,
O.; his parents, John C. Polk Sr. and Mrs. Edna Rader of Little Rock; a
brother, John C. Polk Jr. of Springfield (Conway County), and two sisters, Mrs.
Hazel Millsaps of Center Ridge and Mrs. Mary Isbell of North Little Rock.
Funeral arrangements will be announced
by Drummond Funeral Home.
Source: The Arkansas Gazette, (Little Rock,
Arkansas); 11 Feb 1971
Funerals
Charles
Polk
Funeral for Charles Wayne Polk, age 30,
of Center Ridge (Conway County), who was killed in an automobile accident near
Austin, Tex., will be at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at Drummond Funeral Home by Rev.
Earl Smith. Pallbearers will be Othal
Sledge, Burl and James Brumlett, Jimmy Smith, Milburn Allen and Richard
Bouile. Burial will be at Elmwood
Cemetery at Merrilton.
Source: The Shelbyville [Indiana] News; 20 Dec 1971
Herbert Pope
Dies in
Hospital
Herbert E. Pope, 59, Edinburg, Shelby
County native, died early this morning in Johnson County Hospital in Franklin
where he had been a patient three weeks.
He had been employed 22 years at Blue
River Products at Edinburg.
Born Aug. 18, 1912, the son of Floyd
and Goldie Drake Pope, Mr. Pope spent his early life in this area. He married Florence Wood in 1936* and she
survives.
Also surviving are four sons, Ernest
Dale Pope, Carol Stream, Ill., Floyd Pope, R.R. 4, Columbus, and Allen and
Thomas Wayne Pope, both of Edinburg; a daughter, Mrs. Helen Burton, Edinburg;
three brothers, Robert Pope, Kokomo, Ralph Pope, California and Emil Pope,
Edinburg; five sisters, Mrs. Elsie Wood, Clifford, Mrs. Ruth Taylor, Columbia,
Ky., and Mrs. Josie Thompson, Mrs. Betty Hoesman and Mrs. Margaret Ward, all of
Columbus,
Services will be Wednesday at 10:30
a.m. at the Norman Funeral Home at Hope, where friends may call after 2 p.m.
Tuesday.
*Submitter's Note: My
copy of this obituary was very light, and I could not read this entire date. Indiana
Marriages, 1811-1959 gives their marriage date as 8 Feb 1936.
Source: The Shelbyville [Indiana] News; Wednesday, 27
Jan 1971
Death Claims
Jesse A.
Pope
Jesse A. Pope, 70, 855 Elm St., died Tuesday at 1:45 p.m. at Major Hospital
where he had been a patient two weeks.
He had been ill two years.
Mr. Pope operated Pope's Bakery in
Shelbyville and later was employed as a baker at Camp Atterbury and Fort
Harrison. He was a member of the Eagles
Lodge.
Born in Shelby County Jan. 27, 1900,
the son of Marion and Carrie (Hammond) Pope, he married Leona M. Miller in
March of 1921* and she survives.
Also surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
John (Martha) Waltz, R.R. 1, Shelbyville; five grandchildren and six great -
grandchildren; two brothers, Ray Pope of Lafayette and Scott Pope of Waldron,
and a sister, Mrs. Fern Stucker of Waldron.
A daughter and son preceded in death.
Services will be Friday at 10:30 a.m. at the Murphy Mortuary, with the Rev. Elmer Jewell officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery with graveside rites conducted by the Eagles Lodge. Friends may call at the mortuary after 2:00 p.m. Thursday.
*Submitter’s Note:
His wife’s obituary gave a different date for the marriage: “Mrs. Pope
was born in Shelby County Oct. 8, 1901, the daughter of Ben and Mandy Wagner
Miller. She was married to Jesse Albert
Pope July 31, 1920.”
Source: The
Steubenville [Ohio] Herald-Star; Friday,
31 Dec 1971
George W. Powers, 78, of 329 South St.,
died at 1:05 p.m. Thursday in Ohio Valley Hospital.
Mr. Powers, who resided with a nephew,
Ronald Forester, was a retired employe of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co., and
a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles.
His wife, Mrs. Clara Powers, died in 1959.
He leaves a daughter, Mrs. William
(Ruth) MacGregor of Steubenville; two sons, William G. Powers and Ralph Powers,
both of Steubenville; eight grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
Mr. Powers was born Sept. 9, 1893, in
Steubenville.
Friends may call at the Clarke Funeral
Home, Toronto, from 2-4 p.m., and 7-9 p.m., Saturday and Sunday; services there
Monday, 11 a.m.; Rev. Mr. Lawrence Bryan; Fort Steuben Burial Estates.
Source: The Stark County [Illinois] News; 27 May 1971
Fire Chief
Philip Pyle Buried
Monday
Philip T. Pyle, 58, of Toulon died at 5
a.m. Friday, May 21 at the Peoria Methodist Hospital, where he had been a
patient for six days.
Mr. Pyle was a son of Thomas H. and
Maude Claybaugh Pyle, was born Feb. 26, 1913 near Toulon. He was a graduate of Toulon Township High
School and a member of the Toulon Baptist Church.
He was an employe of the Stark County
Highway Department and he had also served eight years on the Illinois State
Highway Department.
He was married March 25, 1939 to
Genevieve Cinnamon. She survives with two
sons, Pfc. Philip Lee Pyle, stationed in Germany, Terry L., Washington, Ill.
and one daughter, Mary Jane at home, also four grandchildren.
He is also survived by three sisters,
Miss Pauline Pyle, Leesburg, Florida, Mrs. Philip (Ruth) Anderson, Toulon and
Mrs. Delbert (Josephine) Alldredge, Madison, Wisconsin, four brothers, Robert
E. and Theodore M., both of Toulon, John T. of Lebanon, Oregon, and Dean of
Galesburg.
He was preceded in death by his
parents, one sister, Mrs. Mason (Mary) Williams of Toulon and an infant
brother, David.
Phil joined the Toulon Fire Company in
March of 1935* and served until he was inducted into the Armed Forces on
January 15, 1943. The Fire Company gave
him leave of absence. He served in the
Sea Bees in the North Atlantic in Newfoundland, Sipan and Okinawa and was
discharged in October of 1945.
Upon his return, he was reinstated in
the Fire Company and served in all activities.
As with all volunteer organizations, each member must be willing to give
freely of his time, which Phil did willingly.
Elections by the Fire Company in 1957
named Phil as 2nd Assistant Chief. In
1958 he accepted the position of 1st Assistant Chief and served in that
capacity until his appointment as Chief in 1962. He submitted his resignation in January of
this year, after denoting 36 years of service with the Fire Department.
Funeral services were held Monday, May
24 at 2 p.m. at the Kidd Funeral Home in Toulon, with the Rev. Eugene Anderson
officiating. Organ selections were
played by Mrs. Helen Schmidt.
Pallbearers were, Otto Kitterman, Lewis
Bouton, James Cinnamon, Sammy Montooth, Clyde Ham and Ben Parker.
Burial was in the Toulon Cemetery.
Source: The Stark County [Illinois] News; 21 Oct
1971- Page 4
Miss Pyle,
68, Dies In
Florida
Miss Phyliss Pauline Pyle, 68, of
Leesburg, Florida, died on Monday morning at 11 a.m. October 18 at the
Medicenter Nursing Home in Leesburg.
Miss Pyle was born on May 1, 1903 in
Goshen Township, near Toulon. She was a
daughter of Thomas H. and Maude Claybaugh Pyle.
Miss Pyle was graduated from the Peoria
Methodist Hospital School of Nursing and was employed by the Burroughs Industrial
Company for 20 years. She was in the
nursing profession for 45 years, retiring in 1970.
She is survived by four brothers,
Robert and Ted, both of Toulon, Dean of Gatesburg and John of Lebanon, Oregon,
two sisters, Mrs. Philip (Ruth) Anderson of Toulon and Mrs. Delbert (Josephine)
Alldredge of Madison, Wis.
She was preceded in death by her
parents, one brother, Philip of Toulon, one sister, Mrs. Mary Williams, also of
Toulon; and one brother, David in infancy.
Funeral services were held on Thursday,
October 21, at 2 p.m. at the Kidd Funeral Home in Toulon, with the Rev. Eugene
Anderson, pastor of the Toulon Baptist Church officiating. Mrs. Duane Allen played organ selections.
Pallbearers were Roy Dutton, Milan
Dexter, Everett Dutton, Robert Winans, Ben Parker and John Cover.
Burial was in the Toulon Municipal
Cemetery.
Source: The Aberdeen [South Dakota] Daily News; 31
Mar 1971
CLARK -- Services for Ralph Rawlings,
69, rural Watertown will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the Community Funeral Home
here. He died March 30 at a Watertown
Hospital.
The Rev. George Berg will officiate and
burial will be in the Riverside Cemetery in Aberdeen.
Mr. Rawlings was born Sept. 14, 1901,
in Union County, Iowa, and married Mrs. Christina Croninger at Watertown May
12, 1964.
Survivors include his widow; three
stepsons, Melvin Croninger, Watertown; Earl Croninger, New York; and Frank
Croninger, Clark; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Leona Hendrickson, Watauga; and Mrs.
Arlene Schaaf, Watertown; eight stepgrandchildren; two brothers, Robert, Clark;
and Lloyd, Chicago; and one sister, Mrs. Mabel Malson, Aberdeen.
He was preceded in death by two brothers
and one sister.
Jeffersonian Sat 28 Aug 1971
Eberle Funeral Home here has
charge of arrangements for Homer R Rich, 96 Quaker City, R.D. 1. Mr Rich died Saturday morning August 28, 1971
in Guernsey Memorial Hospital, Cambridge.
He was born May 11, 1875 in Noble County, a son of the late William and
Margaret Miley Rich. His wife, Alice Rich died July 22, 1954.
Mr Rich leaves one daughter,
Mrs Ellis (Audry) Long, Quaker City, R.D. 1,; one son William Rich, Senecaville
R.D. 1, and 10 grandchildren.
Richcreek,
Thomas Andrew Richcreek
Source: The Ashtabula [Ohio] Star Beacon; Saturday,
17 Apr 1971
Impaled On
Stick, Boy Dies
A seven-year-old Ashtabula boy died on
the operating table at Ashtabula General Hospital Friday night from injuries
sustained when he fell on a stick behind a Bunker Hill Rd. home.
Dead is Thomas Andrew Richcreek, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Richcreek, 627 Bunker Hill Rd. Mr. Richcreek is a former city councilman.
The boy was pierced through his
stomach, lung, kidney and liver, according to an Ashtabula police report. Police said the boy was playing with two
other boys, one his four-year-old brother, Christopher. Police said the boy fell down a steep bank
and onto the stick. The accident
occurred at about 5 p.m.
Young Thomas, who was born May 16,
1963, was a second grader at McKinsey School.
He attended Harris Memorial Church and Sunday School.
Surviving beside his parents and
brother, Christopher, are his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred White,
Jefferson; his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Lois Richcreek; his maternal
greatgrandmother, Mrs. Eunice White, Jefferson and his paternal
greatgrandfather, Frank Richcreek, Pierpont.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Monday
at the Donald H. Childs Funeral Home with the Rev. John Parrett, pastor of the
Harris Memorial Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will be in Ridgeview Cemetery.
No calling hours will be observed.
Roe,
Luella S. Roe, nee Stephen
Source: The Home Towner, Quaker City, Ohio; Friday,
29 Jan 1971
Mrs. Luella
S. Roe
Dies At
Columbus
A former resident of Quaker City, Mrs.
Luella S. Roe, 90, 88 S. Westmore Ave., Columbus, died Sunday evening, Jan. 24,
at the residence. She was a member of
the Broad Street Presbyterian Church, Columbus, and had been house mother for
the American Commerce Club, Denison University.
She is survived by two daughters, Ruth
and Virgene Roe, of the home, both formerly of Quaker City; a brother, J. Fred
Stephen, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; and nieces and nephews.
The Roes left Quaker City in the late
1920's. Mrs. Roe had reportedly suffered
a broken hip in November. She was a
sister of the late Mrs. Jennie Johnson, Quaker City.
Funeral services were held Wednesday at
2 p.m. at Schoedinger Hilltop Chapel, Columbus, with interment following in
Sunset Cemetery.
Source: The Steubenville [Ohio] Herald-Star; Monday,
22 Nov 1971
STRATTON - Frank J. Sabol, 73, of
303 3rd St., Stratton, died Sunday at
5:55 p.m. in Ohio Valley Hospital.
Mr. Sabol was a retired loader for the
old Larson Clay Co., in Stratton.
He leaves his widow, Mrs. Margaret
Sabol; two daughters, Mrs. Don (Emma) Brewer of Wellsville and Mrs. Flora
Morrow of Stratton; five grandchildren and one great granddaughter.
Mr. Sabol was born April 1, 1898, in
Braddock, Pa.
Friends may call at the Clarke Funeral
Home, Toronto, from 7-9 tonight and from 2-4 p.m., and 7-9 p.m., Tuesday;
services there Wednesday, 1 p.m.; Rev. Mr. James Conrad; Toronto Union
Cemetery.
Seebach, Vernon Seebach
Source: The Daily Jeffersonian, Cambridge, Ohio, January 1971
Vernon Seebach, 46, Lewisville, Ohio, died Sunday, January
31, 1971, at Barnesville Hospital, Barnesville, Ohio. He had undergone surgery
there last week.
Born February 5, 1924, at Lewisville, he was a son of the
late Herman and Myrtle Moffatt Seebach and was employed by Olin Matheison
Corporation at Hannibal, Ohio. He was a 1943 graduate of Lewisville High
School.
Mr. Seebach leaves his wife, the former Louise Drum Craig;
two daughters, Mrs. Melody Wilson of Summerfield and Laurie Ann of the home;
five sons, Stephen, Charles, Carl, Paul and Glenn and two stepsons, Duane and
Kevin Craig, all of the home; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Lou Balluff, Gahanna, and
Mrs. Fred Rose, Canton, Ohio; four brothers, Elmer and Jerry of Woodsfield,
Roger William of Lewisville, and Earl of Canton, and one grandson.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Bauer
and Turner Funeral Home here with Minister John Hendershot officiating. Burial
will be in Friendship cemetery, Lewisville.
Source: Cambridge [Ohio] Jeffersonian; Monday, 20 May
1971
BARNESVILLE--Funeral services for Chauncey W. Sellers, 83,
Quaker City R.D. 3, will be held at 1 P.M. Tuesday in Campbell-Plumly Funeral
Home here with Evang. James Gallagher officiating. Burial will be in Hope
Cemetery, Hendrysburg. Friends may
call at the funeral home today. Mr.
Sellers died at 5:15 P.M. Saturday (May 18, 1974) in the S. 10th St. Unit of
Guernsey Memorial Hospital.
A
retired farmer, he was born March 1, 1891 in Monroe County the son of the late
Corin and Marjorie Stephens Sellers. Mr. Sellers was a veteran of World War I. He leaves a sisters, Mrs. Ida Acton, and
one brother, John Sellers, both of Barnesville.
Source: The
Linton [Indiana] Daily Citizen; Tuesday, 5 Jan 1971, p 2
GREEN FOREST, ARK. -- Guy L. Shepard, 51, a former resident
of Linton, died at his home in Green Forest, Ark., Monday.
Sehpard
[sic--Shepard] was born in Bicknell Dec. 7, 1919, the son of Charles L.
and Anna Shepard. He was a graduate of
Linton High School and entered the U.S. military service in 1939. He retired from service in 1967 and had lived
at Green Forest since that time.
Survivors include the wife, Thelma Weston Shepard; two daughters, Mrs.
Patty Hunt in Germany, and Sharon, at home; the mother, Mrs. Anna Shepard of
Linton; two sisters, Mrs. Maryanna McBride of Linton and Mrs. Carol [sic--Carole]
Hoggatt of Bermuda, and a brother, Charles Shepard.
Funeral
services have been tentatively set for Thursday at Green Forest and burial will
be made there.
Source: The Fairmont [West Virginia] Times; Monday,
14 Jun 1971
Shuman Dies
Of Injuries
Steven Dallas Shuman, 29, Route 5,
Fairmont, who was injured in the rock fall at Federal Mine No. 2, Miracle Run,
died at 7:20 a.m. Sunday, in West Virginia University Hospital. He was born in Mannington June 5, 1942, a son
of Robert H. and Belva [sic–Velva] Moore Shuman.
He was a member of the Baptist Temple
in Fairmont, and had been employed at Federal No. 2 for five months.
Survivors include his parents, his widow
Diane Lane Rollyson Shuman; four children, Angelo Andrew, 10; Stephen Dale, 8;
Loretta Lynn, 7; and Sherry Ann, 3; two brothers, Robert Dennis Shuman, with
the U.S. Air Force in Hampton, Va.; and Randell [sic–Randall] Clarence
Shuman, Fairmont; a sister, Mrs. Linda Lee Long, Fairmont.
Friends may call at the Lazear and Kent
Funeral Home in Mannington. Funeral
services will be held in the funeral home at 2 p.m. Tuesday with the Rev.
Harvey Sumner officiating. Burial will
be made in the Mannington Memorial Park Cemetery.
Source: The Tell City [Indiana] News; 22 Apr 1971
Paul L. Simpson,41, of Henderson, Ky.,
and formerly of Tell City, died at 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 16 at Community
Methodist Hospital in Henderson, of a heart attack suffered earlier in the day.
He was the son of Mrs. Bertha Jarboe
Simpson of Tell City and the late Wm. F. Simpson. He was a veteran of the Korean War having
served two years in the United States Army, 18 months in Germany. He graduated from Indiana University in 1956
and for the past 15 years had worked in Personnel Management his last place of
employment being at the Breckinridge Job Corps Center, at Morganfield, Ky.
He was a member of the Elks, American
Legion and Knights of Columbus.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Bertha
Simpson; four brothers, Owen, Leo, Franklin, and Ralph all of Tell City and two
sisters, Ms. Joseph Elder of Kokomo and Mrs. James Mansfield of Tell City.
Services were at 9:30 a.m. Monday in
St. Paul Catholic Church, with burial in St. Mary's Cemetery.
The body was at Zoercher-Gillick
Funeral Home.
Source: The Beatrice [Nebraska]
Daily Sun; Saturday, 14 Aug 1971
PICKRELL - Frank W. Slusher, 58 of
Pickrell died Saturday at a local hospital.
He was born in Princeton on Nov. 11,
1912 and came to Pickrell 20 years ago.
He was a Gage County road maintenance employee for 23 years.
Surviving are his wife, Ruth; a son,
David, Lincoln; seven daughters, Mrs. Dale (Patricia) Janssen, Mrs. Carol
Wagner, Mrs. Calvin (Shirley) Peterson, Mrs. Kenneth (Karen) Sherwood, Miss
Barbara Slusher, all of Lincoln; Mrs. Robert (Marilyn) Albert, Wilber; Mrs.
Charles (Jean)* Richards, Jacksonville, Ark.; a brother, Carl of Hickman and 14
grandchildren. He was preceded in death
by a brother and a sister.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m.
Wednesday at the Pickrell United Methodist Church with Rev. E. A. Weber
presiding. Burial will be at the Roca
Cemetery. A memorial has been
established to the church.
Harman Mortuary is in charge of
arrangements.
*Submitter's Note: On his wife Ruth's obit in 2012, her name was
spelled JOAN.
Smith, Anna Smith nee
Jones
Mrs. Anna Smith, 70, of
Sardis, died suddenly at 6 o’clock Friday evening, August 6, 1971, at the home
of her sister, Mrs. Alice Myers, also of Sardis, with whom she was paying a
brief visit. She had been in ill health.
She was born at Sardis, March
28, 191, a daughter of Joel and Martha Thomas Jones. Her husband, Frank Smith,
died in May 1969.
Mrs. Smith was a member of
the Church of Christ in Sardis.
Surviving are one son, Claude
Smith of Woodsfield; one sister, Mrs. Alice Myers, of Sardis; three brothers,
Everett Jones of McMechen, WV; Orville Jones of Bridgeport and Homer Jones of
Sardis, and two grandsons.
Brief services were held
Monday afternoon at one o’clock in the Rush Funeral Home at Sardis, with additional
services at two o’clock in the West Union Church of Christ, James Clegg
officiated. Interment was in the church cemetery.
Smith, Goldie May Smith
nee McCurdy
Source: The Marietta [OHIO] Times, 2 Dec 1971, p 8
Funeral services for Mrs. Goldie May
McCurdy Smith, 78, former resident of Marietta, were held in Columbus today
with burial in Harmar Cemetery. Mrs.
Smith died Monday in Columbus.
She was born in Marietta, a daughter of
the late Douglas and Clara Bell McCurdy.
She was married to Charles Smith who preceded her in death. One brother and three sisters survive, Walter
McCurdy, Marietta, Mrs. Freda Meeks, Waverly, W. Va., Mrs. Geneva Rhodes of
Thornton, Colo. and Mrs. Frances McCullick, Williamstown.
Source: The Martins Ferry [Ohio] Times Leader; 23 Mar
1971
Friend Staley, 83, Deep Run, RD,
Martins Ferry, died Sunday afternoon at Martins Ferry Hospital. He was born in New Martinsville, July 18,
1887, the son of Martin and Mary Thomas Staley.
He was a retired employe of the
Yorkville palnt [sic--plant] of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp.
Surviving are his widow Leona Hennis
Staley; two brothers, George of Martins Ferry and Fred of New Cumberland.
Friends will be received at the Helsop
Funeral Home, Martins Ferry, after 7 p.m. tonight. Services will be held Wednesday at 3 p.m. in
the Heslop Chapel with Rev. Dean Warren officiating. Burial in Upland Cemetery, Yorkville.
Source: Plain Dealer
[Cleveland, Ohio] Notes: Nov 28 1971
Id#: 0737231; Name: Staley,
Harry C.
Staley. Harry C. Staley, beloved
husband of Audrey, father of Mrs. Roger (Janet) Baron, brother of Mrs. Helen
Sullivan, Edna Zachea, Lil Nusbaum, Irene Esa, Elizabeth Green, Ann Kamms, and
John Seibel. Passed away Friday. Funeral services Monday, 1 p.m. at John L.
Carey Funeral Home, 6318 Lorain Ave.
Visitation 2-4 and 7-9 P.M. Sunday.
Standiford,
Toy Standiford, nee Rogers
Source: a Wetzel County, West Virginia, newspaper,
available in the New Martinsville, W. Va. library; 31 Aug 1971
STANDIFORD
Mrs. Toy Standiford, 81, 427 Maple
Avenue, New Martinsville, died Sunday morning at her home. She was born March 18, 1890 in Tyler County,
the daughter of William and Belle Denune [sic--DeNoon] Rogers. She was a member of the St. John's United
Methodist Church of New Martinsville.
She is survived by her husband, J.
Carroll Standiford; one daughter, Mrs. William A. Powell Jr., New Martinsville;
one son, William Standiford, New Martinsville; one sister, Mrs. Frank McGinnis,
Porters Falls; and one half-sister, Mrs. Carrie Reading, New Martinsville and
six grandchildren.
Friends were received at the Ratcliffe
Funeral Home, New Martinsville, where services will be held today (Tuesday) at
1:30 p.m. with the Reverend Jack Miller officiating. Interment in Northview
Cemetery.
Source: The Weston [West Virginia] Independent; 18
Mar 1971
Edward N. Starcher, 47, of Rt. 2,
Camden, died at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Stonewall Jackson Memorial hospital.
He was born April 20, 1923, in Lewis county, a son of William J. and Rebecca Rollins Starcher,
who survive. In 1940, he was married to
Mary Rowan, who survives.
Also surviving are two sons, Larry D.
and Terry Starcher, both at home.
Mr. Starcher was an employe of the
Colonial Glass company.
Funeral services will be held Friday at
2 p.m. from the Stalnaker Funeral home with the Rev. Charles Jack officiating
and interment will follow in the Snyder cemetery.
Source: The Weston [West Virginia] Independent; 13
May 1971
William J. Starcher, 68, of Alum
Bridge, died at 7:30 a.m. May 7.
He was born Oct. 31, 1902, in Calhoun county, a son of the late Nathan and Suffrona Starcher.
He was married Aug. 27, 1922, at Hurst,
to Rebecca Rollins, who survives.
He was preceded in death on March 16,
by his son Edward Starcher.
He is survived by two grandsons; three
brothers, Demy Starcher, Zionsville, Ohio, Fred Starcher, Horner, and Harlan
Starcher, Millstone; three sisters, Mrs. Zona Church, Parkersburg, Mrs. Sylvia
Booth, Millstone, and Mrs. Ocie Lattea, Churchville.
Funeral services were held Monday at 2
p.m. from the Stalnaker Funeral home with the Rev. Charles Jack officiating and
interment was in the Snyder cemetery.
Stimpert, Donald E. Stimpert
Monroe County Beacon,
Woodsfield, Ohio, dated,
Donald E. Stimpert, 45, of Lewisville, an employe of
Riesbeck Food Market in Woodsfield died Sunday morning
He was born
Mr. Stimpert was a member of the Lewisville United
Methodist Church, and treasurer of the Lewisville Volunteer Fire Department.
Surviving, in addition to his parents, are his wife Elvira
Claus Stimpert; one sister, Mrs. William (Ruth) Wittenbrook of Lewisville; one
brother, John Stimpert, of Washington Court House; two nieces and one nephew.
Twin brothers, Robert and
Richard, died in July 1957.
Services were held Tuesday
afternoon at
Source: The East Liverpool [Ohio] Evening Review;
Friday, 15 Jan 1971
Charles Clayton Stine, 64, of 10
Washington St., Newell, a World War II Army veteran, was pronounced dead on
arrival Thursday at 4:05 p.m. at City Hospital.
He suffered an apparent heart attack earlier at home.
Mr. Stine was born in Pleasants County,
W. Va., May 10, 1906.
He served as a Hancock County deputy
sheriff in the 50's and previously had worked at the Homer Laughlin China
Co. At one time he was employed at the
West Virginia State Liquor Store in Chester.
He attended the Newell United Methodist Church. His wife, Mrs. Vesta Stine, died Nov. 27,
1970.
He is survived by four sons, Kermit
Stine and Thomas Stine, both of Newell, Robert Stine of Lawrenceville and James
Stine, at home; three daughters, Mrs. Ann Stevens and Mrs. Peter (Patricia)
Biancha, both of Newell, and Miss Deana* Stine, at home, and 10 grandchildren.
Services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m.
at the Chester Chapel of the Arner Funeral Homes by the Rev. Donzel Wease of
the church. Burial will be in Shadow
Lawn Memory Gardens, Newell.
Friends may call at the chapel tonight
after 7, Saturday night and Sunday up to the time of service.
Submitter's Note:
The name is spelled DIANA on the Ohio Marriage Index, the U.S. Public
Records Index and the Ohio, Birth Index, 1908-1964 about Diana S Stine:
Name: Diana
S Stine
Birth Date: XX
XXX, 1959 [I took off the day and month
for here.]
Birth Place: East
Liverpool, Columbiana
State File Number: 1959091747
Additional Information: Rardon
Strosnider, Earl W. Strosnider
Source: The Youngstown [Ohio] Vindicator; 22 Jun 1971
Funeral services will be held Wednesday
in North Hollywood, Calif. for William Strosnider, 34, formerly of 3740
Frederick St., who died following a heart attack in Mojave, Calif., at 12:30
a.m. Sunday.
Mr. Strosnider was born in Louisville,
Ohio, a son of Dorsey and Linda Wilson Strosnider. He lived in Youngstown for 23 years, moving
to California in 1960. He was formerly a
member of the Wickliffe Christian Church here.
Besides his wife, the former Audrey Craddock,
he leaves four children by a previous marriage, Debra, Linda, Tammy, and Earl
Jr., all in Arizona; his mother; one brother, Walter of Youngstown; two
sisters, Mrs. Patricia Tarr and Miss Mary Lou, both of Youngstown.
Calling hours were today at Forest Lawn
Cemetery in North Hollywood, Calif., where burial will be Wednesday.
Source: The Paulding Obituary Card File, Paulding
County, Ohio, Carnegie Library; 25 Feb 1971
PAULDING -- Floyd "Todd"
Sutton, 79, 402 N. Cherry St., died at
6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, in the Paulding County Hospital, where he had been
a patient 35 days.
He was born in Grover Hill on Oct. 8,
1891, a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Kinkade) Sutton. An employe [sic] of Cassel's Furniture
and Hardware until retiring four years ago, he was a member of the First
Christian Church and the Paulding County Men's Chorus.
Surviving are the widow, the former
Emma Gary; two daughters, Mrs. Paul (Rose Marie) Janey,* Geneva, and Mrs. June
Freeman, Paulding; a son, F. Vincent Paulding, and 10 grandchildren. Twin children, two brothers, two sisters,
three half-brothers and two half sisters preceded him in death.
Services were held in first Christian
Church at 2 p.m. Monday, Rev. David Everton officiating. Burial was in Live Oak Cemetery. Crowell-Den
Herder Funeral Home was in charge.
*Submitter’s Note: This
name should be HANEY.
Taggart,
Thena O. Taggart, nee Stephens/Stevens*
Source: The Shelbyville [Indiana] News; Tuesday, 1
Jun 1971
Mrs. Taggart
Dies in Hospital
Mrs. Thena O. Taggart, 67, 243 Walker
St., died at 7 a.m. Monday in Major Hospital where she had been admitted at
1:30 a.m. after an apparent heart attack.
Services will be Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at the
Murphy Mortuary with the Rev. H. H. Clements officiating. Burial will be in Forest Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary after 2 p.m.
Wednesday.
Born in Rush County Aug. 26, 1903,**
Mrs. Taggart was the daughter of James and Susan (Hewitt) Stephens.* She was married in Indianapolis Feb. 9, 1924
to Frank Taggart.
Mrs.Taggart resided most of her life in
this community and was a former employe of the G. C. Murphy Co., here. She was a member of the Vine Street United
Methodist Church, the Women's Relief Corps and the Jolly 22 Club.
Surviving with the husband are four
daughters, Mrs. Howard (Norma) Stanley of R. R. 5, Mrs. James (Katherine)
Lozier of Jeffersonville, Mrs. Wayne (Virginia) Jackson of R.R. 1, St. Paul,
and Mrs. Albert (Delores) McClain of R.R. 1, Fairland; two sons, James F.
Taggart of St. Paul and Robert H. Taggart of Greenwood; 24 grandchildren, 14
great-grandchildren; and a brother, William Stephens,* Shelbyville.
Submitter's Notes:
*This name is spelled STEVENS in the
1910 and 1920 census, on the INDIANA MARRIAGES, 1811-2007, and on the summary
listed at findagrave.com.
**The year 1902 is inscribed on her
tombstone and is on the Social Security Death Index.
Teare,
Audra Teare, nee Wilson
Source: The Martins Ferry [Ohio] Times Leader; Thursday, 2 Sep1971
Mrs. Audra Wilson Teare, 717 Elm St.,
Martins Ferry, died Wednesday at 5 p.m. at Peterson Place, Wheeling. She had been in failing health for several
months.
Born in New Martinsville, W. Va., a
daughter of the late Richard M. and Elvina Mercer Wilson, she was a member of
the Martins Ferry First United Methodist Church, and a former employe of the Times-Leader.
Surviving are her husband, William
Teare Sr.; one son, William Jr., Michigan City, Ind., three grandchildren; one
brother, Ray Wilson of Martins Ferry and a sister Mrs. Emma Marsh of
Moundsville.
Friends will be received at the Heslop
Funeral Home, Martins Ferry, tonight from 7 to 9 p.m. and Friday from 2 to 4
and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be held
Saturday at 10 a.m. in the Heslop Chapel with Rev. D. Larry Kline officiating. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery.
Source: The East Liverpool [Ohio] Evening Review;
Wednesday, 21 Apr 1971
John Alvin Trainer, 59, of Shadyside
Ave. died Tuesday at 11:20 a.m. at City Hospital, where he had been admitted at
6:30 a.m.
He was born Oct. 11, 1911, in East
Liverpool, a son of Charles A. and Ida Mae Palmer Trainer. He spent his lifetime here and was a retired
security guard at the former Treadwell Construction Co.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Ethelyn
Goodballet Trainer, at home; a son, John A. Trainer, Jr. of Shadyside; two
daughters, Mrs. Marilyn Andrews of East Liverpool and Mrs. Sue Morris of Beaver
Falls; a sister, Mrs. Grace Greenwood of East Liverpool and eight
grandchildren.
Services will be held Friday at 1:30
p.m. at the Dawson Funeral Home, with the Rev. Robert Palison of the Glenmoor
United Presbyterian Church officiating.
Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home
Thursday afternoon and night.
Source: The
Evansville [Indiana] Courier & Press; Tuesday, 10 Aug 1971
Alonzo
Travis, 72, of 608 North Fifth Avenue, died at his home today at 3 a.m.
Mr.
Travis was employed at Cinema 35 Theater as a custodian. Previously he was a custodian at St. Mary's
and Deaconees hospitals and at the Protestant Home.
Surviving is his wife, Mrs. Catherine Travis.
Private
burial will be Thursday. Miller and
Miller Colonial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Source: The
Evansville [Indiana] Courier & Press; Wednesday, 11 Aug 1971
Alonzo
Travis, 72, of 608 N. Fifth Ave., died at 3 a.m. Tuesday at his home.
He was
employed at Cinema 35 Theater as a custodian.
Previously he was a custodian at St. Mary's and Deaconees hospitals and
at the Protestant Home.
Surviving is his wife, Catherine.
Private
burial will be Thursday in Union Church Cemetery in Warrick County. Miller and Miller Colonial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. There will be no visitation.
Utterback,
Mae Utterback, nee Pratt
Source: The Salem [Ohio] News; 9 Jan 1971
Mrs. William
Utterback
Mrs. Mae Utterback, 79, of 409 Fair
Ave., a 24-year employe [sic] in the Salem Community Hospital East
dietary department, died Friday at 4 p.m. at the hospital following a month's
illness.
Born Nov. 10, 1891 in St. Mary's, W.
Va., she was a daughter of Samuel and Ann Prett [sic--Pratt]. She had resided in Salem 30 years and was a
member of the Southeast Friends Church.
Her husband, William, died Oct. 21,
1945. She also was preceded in death by
a son, William.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Margaret
H. Ferrier and Mrs. Elaine Steele, both of Salem; two sons, Robert of Winona
and Lee of Salem; 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; and one
sister, Mrs. Eunice White of Jefferson.
Funeral services will be held on Monday
at 3 p.m. in the Stark Memorial in charge of Rev. Ted Austin of Springfield,
formerly of Salem. Burial will be in
Grandview Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home on
Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m.
Vawter,
Mabel Vawter, nee Monroe
Source: The Shelbyville [Indiana] News; Friday, 16
Jul 1971
Mrs. Vawter
Dies in
Hospital
Mrs. Mabel Vawter, 82, 749 Second St.,
died at 8:40 a.m. today at Major Hospital.
She had been seriously ill for six weeks.
Born Nov. 20, 1888, in Shelby County,
Mrs. Vawter was the daughter of Irvin and Anna (Khel) [ ? sic--perhaps Kehl]
Monroe. On Sept. 30, 1904, she was
married to Ray Vawter and he died in 1941.
Survivors are three sons, Wallace
Vawter and Elmer Vawter, Shelbyville, and Irvin Vawter, Downey, Calif.; two
daughters, Mrs. Bryan (Fannie) Coon, Flat Rock, and Mrs. Edward (Alma)
Weintraut, Shelbyville; six grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, one
great-great-grandchild; and a sister, Mrs. Myrtle LeMasters, R. R. 1,* Waldron.
Mrs. Vawter lived all her life in
Shelby County and she was a member of the Lewis Creek Baptist Church.
Services will be at the church Sunday
at 2:30 p.m. with the Rev. Paul Coates officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the Carmony Funeral Home
in Shelbyville after 4:00 p.m. Saturday until noon Sunday and after 1:00 p.m.
at the church.
*Submitter’s Note: This
number was difficult to read on my copy of the obituary so might not be correct
here.
Vollmer, Cordie Belle Kinkade Vollmer, nee Wells
Source: The Moberly [Missouri] Monitor-Index; Monday,
February, 1, 1971
Mrs. Cordie Kinkade Vollmer, 78,
Kahoka, died Sunday afternoon in a hospital in Keokuk, Iowa.
Mrs. Vollmer lived in Moberly in 1946
and 1947, making her home with her son, Leland Kinkade, 835 West Rollins
Street. She had visited many times since in Moberly.
Survivors include the son in Moberly
and two other sons, Robert Kinkade, Kahoka, and Paul Kinkade, Sugar Grove, Va.
The body is at the Karle-Shaffer
Funeral Home in Kahoka and will remain there until services at 2 p.m. Tuesday
in the South Wyaconda Baptist Church, near Kahoka.
Burial will be in the Ballard Cemetery,
adjoining.
Wagnon,
Ruth L. Wagnon, nee Kinkade
Source: The Lawton [Oklahoma] Constitution; 21 Jun
1971
Funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in
the Eighth and Lee Church of Christ for Mrs. Ruth L. Wagnon, 74, of 909 Summit,
who died Wednesday in a local hospital after a year's illness.
Robert L. Gregg, minister, will
officiate and burial will be in Highland Cemetery under direction of
Dalton-Ritter Funeral Home.
Born Feb. 18, 1896, in Hutchinson,
Kan., she came to Lawton in 1920 from Walters.
She was married to Henry Wagnon Jan. 12, 1926, in Lawton. He died Aug. 6, 1942. She was a member of the Eighth and Lee Church
of Christ, Auxiliary to American Legion Post No. 29, Rebekah Lodge No. 87 and
World War I Auxiliary Club.
Survivors include three sons, Dwight, 313
Bell; Warren, of the home, and Gale, Irving, Tex.; two brothers, Joe Kinkade
1915 1/2 A. and Orville Kinkade, 1614 Taylor, and six grandchildren.
Source: The Akron [Ohio] Beacon Journal; Tuesday, 6
Apr 1971
Erma Ward,
48,
Rites Thursday
LAKEMORE -- Mrs. Erma N. Ward, 48, of
2806 Oneida av., died unexpectedly Monday at St. Thomas Hospital.
Born in Curtain, W.Va., she lived in
Lakemore 20 years.
She was a member of the Country Baptist
Church and worked part-time at the Edwin Shaw Hospital.
Mrs. Ward leaves her husband, Marion;
four sons, Patrick, Canal Fulton, Daniel, with the Air Force in Texas, and
Norman and Joseph, at home; three brothers, Ernest, Pompano Beach, Fla.,
Emmett, Stow, and Everett, Finwick [sic--Fenwick], W.Va.; and four
sisters, Mrs. Eithel Short, Cuyahoga Falls, Mrs. Esther Powers and Mrs.
Elizabeth Russell, St. Simon's Island, Ga.; and Mrs. Edna Frame, Tallmadge.
Services will be 1 p.m. Thursday at the
Country Baptist Church on Canton rd.
Burial will be in Greenlawn cemetery.
Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Wednesday at the Hopkins Canton Rd. Chapel.
Source: The Columbus [Ohio] Dispatch; 17 Jun 1971
WEBER
Alfred Charles Weber, age 88, Tuesday,
Westside Manor Nursing Home.
Retired. Preceded in death by
daughter, Lucille Bean. Survived by
son Harry, Akron, Ohio; daughters, Mrs.
Florence Underwood, Denver, Colo.; Mrs. Wilda Callahan, Akron, Ohio; 15
grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; brother, John Weber, Lewisville,
Ohio. Lifetime member of Masonic Lodge
F&AM, Woodsfield, Ohio.
Funeral service Friday 1 p.m.
SCHOEDINGER HILLTOP CHAPEL,
3030 W. Broad St. where friends may call Thursday 7-9
p.m. Interment Sunset Cemetery. Rev. Robert Pierson officiating.
Wehr, Hillard Curtis Wehr
Source: The Cambridge [Ohio] Jeffersonian; Tuesday,
20 April 1971
BARNESVILLE--Campbell-Plumly
Funeral Home here has charge of arrangements for Hillard Curtis Wehr, 39, of
Lincoln Ave., who was dead on arrival at 5:30 A.M. today (Tuesday) in
Barnesville General Hospital of an apparent heart attack.
A veteran of the
Korean Conflict and an employee of the YNO Coal Co., he was born Aug. 11, 1931
in Monroe County, a son of Mrs. Faye Carpenter Wehr and the late Hort Wehr.
In addition to his
mother, Mr. Wehr leaves his wife, Betty Pack Wehr; one daughter, Vicki Jo and one son, Kenneth
Wehr, both of the home; seven sisters,
Mrs. Helma Stephens and Mrs. Beverly Legg, both of Hendrysburg; Mrs. Eva Mae Brown, Warren, Mrs. Bernice Moore, Mt. Olivet, Mrs. Norma Teters, Columbus, Mrs. Janet Miller, Barnesville and Mrs. Velma
Newhart, Lewisville R. D.; seven
brothers, Lawrence and Norma Wehr, both of Barnesville R. D. 4, William and Roger Wehr, both of
Barnesville, Vernon Wehr of Bethesda R.
D., Donald Wehr of Jerusalem R. D. and Freddie Wehr, Columbus.
White,
Eunice White, nee Pratt
Source: The Ashtabula [Ohio] Star Beacon; Tuesday, 13
July 1971
County Deaths
Mrs. White
Mrs. Emma (Pratt) White, 88,
Eagleville, died this morning at 4:25 at Longview Hospital, Kingsville.
Mrs. White was born in St. Mary's W.
Va. June 17, 1883, the daughter of Samuel and Ann (Cronin) Pratt. She had lived most of her lifetime in
Ashtabula County.
She was married June 10, 1901 in St.
Mary's, W. Va. to William C. White. She
was a member of Eagleville Congregational Church.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs.
Thomas (Jessie) Augustine, Englewood, Fla.; four sons, Sam White, Corry, Pa.,
Carl T. White, Rock Creek, Fred White, Eagleville and William White Jr.,
Eagleville and several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her
husband, five sons, three sisters and two brothers.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m.
Thursday at the Miller Funeral Home, Jefferson, with the Rev. Robert Wamsley, pastor
of Eagleville Congregational Church officiating. Burial will be in Eagleville Cemetery.
No calling hours will be observed.
Contributions in her memory may be made
to the memorial fund of the church.
Source: The Times Leader [Martins Ferry, Ohio];
Tuesday, November 2, 1971
Raymond Earl Wilson, 71, 915 Pearl St.,
Martins Ferry, died Monday morning at Martins Ferry Hospital. He was born Feb. 27, 1900, in Tyler County, W.
Va., a son of the late Richard M. and Elvina Mercer Wilson.
He was a member of the First United
Methodist Church of Martins Ferry, and a former tool and die maker with
Wheeling - Pittsburgh Steel Corp.
Preceded in death by his wife, Marie
Rosella Tusky Wilson, in 1966, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. James
(Elvina) Eden of Martins Ferry; two sons, Richard H. of Martins Ferry and Ray
of Houston, Texas; one sister, Mrs. Emma Marsh of Moundsville; nine
grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the Heslop
Funeral Home, Martins Ferry, today and Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9
p.m. Services will be held Thursday at 1
p.m. in the Heslop Chapel with Rev. D. Larry Kline officiating. Burial will be in Holly Memorial Gardens,
Pleasant Grove.
Wise, Paul Joseph Wise
Source: Memory Card 1971
Paul Joseph Wise b.
Dec.30, 1921 d. Oct. 31, 1971
Aged: 49Yrs-10Mos-1 Day
Services At: Church of Christ Wednesday,
Nov. 3rd - 1:00 P.M.
Minister Officiating: Dana
Morrison
Burial: Eastern Cemetery
Arrangements By: Brubach
Woodus,
Ruth Woodus, nee Edington
Source: The Ogden Standard-Examiner; May 17, 1971,
Page 9 [as posted on findagrave.com]
THREE
DIE ON HIGHWAYS IN WEEKEND ACCIDENTS
BY
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
Three Utahns were killed Sunday in two
separate auto accidents. Two of the victims were killed in a collision four
miles north of Delta, Colo.
Dead from the Colorado accident were
Percy Williams Woodus, 66, and Ruth Eddington* Woodus, 55, of Salt Lake City.
The man and wife were killed as their car went off U.S. 50 and rolled, throwing
both passengers out.
Submitter's
Note: This name is usually seen spelled
as Edington.
Woodus,
Ruth Woodus, nee Edington
Source: The Ogden [Utah] Standard-Examiner; May 19,
1971
SALT LAKE CITY -- Joint funeral
services for Percy William Woodus, 66, and his wife, Ruth Edington Speaker
Woodus, 55, of 3643 - 805 East, who died Sunday of injuries received in an
automobile accident near Grand Junction, Colo., will be held Thursday at 11:30
a.m. in St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 231 E. 1st S.
Mr. Woodus formerly resided in Ogden
and had been field service manager for Thiokol Corp.
He was born Aug. 2, 1904, in England.
He was married to Phyllis Arbuckle on
Nov. 6, 1948, in England. She died in
1969. He was married to Ruth Edington
Speaker on Dec. 2, 1969,* in Las Vegas, Nev.
She died May 16, 1971.
Surviving Mr. Woodus are the following
stepsons and stepdaughters: Charles John
Bull, Mrs. Julian Hall, both of England; David Stuart Bull, Kalamazoo, Mich.;
Mrs. Shirley Heather Bertke,** Ann Arbor, Mich.
Burial will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Submitter's
Notes:
* The Nevada, Marriage Index, 1956-2005,
gives 20 Nov 1969 as the date of marriage.
** This name was difficult to read on
my copy of this obituary. I am not
positive I have it typed correctly her.
Woodus,
Ruth Woodus, nee Edington
Source: The Salt Lake [Utah] Tribune; May 20, 1971,
Page 53 [as
posted on findagrave.com]
WOODUS - Funeral services for Percy
William and Ruth Speaker Woodus will be held Thursday 11:30 a.m. in St. Mark's
Episcopal Cathedral, 231 East 1st South. Friends may call at the Larkin
Mortuary, 260 East South Temple, Wednesday, 6 to 8 p.m. Interment, Mount Olivet
Cemetery. Funeral directors, Larkin Mortuary.
Yost, Luella A. Yost, nee Cottrell
Source: The Wooster [Ohio] Daily Record; Monday, 26
Apr 1971
Ohio Home
Fire Kills 6
BIDWELL, Ohio (UPI) - A fire that
destroyed a two-story, seven-room house in this secluded southeastern Ohio hill
town Sunday morning claimed its sixth victim today. Fire officials speculated that gasoline
thrown into a coal stove may have been the cause of the blaze.
Killed were Mr. and Mrs. Burt Yost;
their son Bobby, 17, daughter Thelma, 24; and two neighbors, Jeff Dobbins 16,
and Paul Kent Jr., 14. Mrs. Yost died
today in a Gallipolis hospital.
Another son of the Yost's, Cecil, 21,
was burned critically in the fire and taken to Holzer Medical Center in
Gallipolis.
Volunteer firemen who responded to the
Sunday morning blaze at the home of Burt Yost said an explosion apparently
preceded the swiftly spreading flames that leveled the house killing Yost, 68,
two of his children and two neighbor children.
Mrs. Luella Yost, 53, and a son were
found in the family car, critically burned, apparently trying to drive away to
seek help and treatment.
"The boy * was taken to the
hospital heard a loud noise before the fire," Middleport Fire Chief Thomas
Darst said. "Everything was burned
to ashes almost by the time we got there."
The first neighbor to spot the fire was
Walter Jenkins, who lives less than a mile from the Yosts and was a former
occupant of the destroyed dwelling. His
attention was drawn by the smoke and he identified the house with his
binoculars.
"He found the survivors sitting in
the car in front of the burning house and ran to a nearby home to call for an
ambulance.
"Yost apparently was trying to
build up the fire in the stove by throwing gasoline into it," Chief Darst
said, after probing through the ruins.
He said the bodies of two boys were
found near where a window had been.
"They apparently were trying to get to a window where they were
overcome," he said.
Two other bodies were found at the
center, where the stove was situated, he said, and the fifth victim was found
at the topposite [sic--opposite] side of the house.
The Middleport fire department
contracts to provide fire assistance to several communities such as Bidwell,
which is a run of 15 to 18 miles, Darst said.
"Everything was on the ground when
we got here." Darst said.
The neighbor boys were believed to have
arrived to visit with the Yosts shortly before the fire. They each lived about one mile away
Submitter's Note: Perhaps the word "who" is omitted
in this sentence. See funeral
arrangements in article below.
Yost,
Louella Yost, nee Cottrell
Source: The
Galliopolis [Ohio] Daily Tribune; Monday, 26 Apr 1971, page 8*
Joint Services
Joint funeral services will be held at 1
p.m. Wednesday at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home for Bert Yost, 55, his
wife, Louella, 52, and their son, Bobby, and daughter, Thelma. Rev. O. H. Cart will officiate. Burial will be in Pine Grove Cemetery. Bert Yost was born March 16, 1916 in Calhoun
County, W.Va., son of the late George and Frances Bush** Yost. A laborer and sawmill operator, he married
Louella Cottrell in April, 1936.*** He is survived by four sons, Daniel and
Charles, Rt. 1, Vinton, John of Rt. 1 Rutland, and Cecil, Rt 1, Bidwell; eight
grandchildren; and three sisters, Mrs. Merle Layne, Delaware, Ohio; Mrs. Thelma
Weese, Detroit; and Mrs. Roscoe Layne, Columbus. He was preceded in death by a son, Paul,
killed in May 1968 in Vietnam and another son died in infancy.
Mrs.
Louella A. Yost, 52, was born Feb. 17, 1919 at Arnoldsburg, W. Va. She was the daughter of the late William and
Tilta Marks Cottrell. Surviving in
addition to her sons are four brothers, Rex and Guy Cottrell of Indiana;
Clarence of Arnoldsburg, W. Va.; Ernest of Parkersburg; five sisters, Mrs.
Goldie Rush, Mrs. Mae Provens, Mrs Zella Rush, all of Arnoldsburg, W. Va., Mrs.
Opel Rush, Orma , W. Va., and Miss Shirley Cottrell, Indiana.
Bobby
Yost, Jr., 24, Rt. 1, Bidwell, was employed as a coal miner for the P-4 Coal
Co., Jackson. A native of Calhoun
County, W. Va., he was born Nov. 18, 1946.
Thelma
Yost, 18, a junior at Kyger Creek High School, was born April 16, 1953 in
Calhoun County, W. Va. They are survived
by four brothers.
Friends
may call at the funeral home from 7-9 Tuesday.
Submitter's Notes:
* On the
front page of this edition was another article about the fire. The headlines in this article were:
Mrs. Bert Yost Dies
of Burns
Death
Toll Climbs To
Six,
Most Ever In
Gallia Blaze
Seventh
Person Is Critical
** On
the marriage document posted at wvculture.org for her and George Youst her last
name is listed as RUSH. She is listed
as the daughter of Jason Rush.
*** The
marriage document posted at wvculture.org
shows a different marriage date:
Name: Burt
Yost
Spouse's Name: Luella
Cottrell
Marriage Date: 14
May 1936
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