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Monroe
1977
Baker, Alice Ann Baker, nee Williams
Source: The Youngstown [Ohio] Vindicator; 20 Nov 1977
Mrs. Glenn
Baker; Rites Are
Monday
NEWTON
FALLS -- Mrs. Alice Ann Baker, 44, of 222 Medley Ave., died of a heart
ailment at 7:10 a.m. Saturday in Youngstown Osteopathic Hospital.
Mrs. Baker was born Jan. 15, 1933, in
East Liverpool, a daughter of John N. and Margaret Runion
Williams, coming here 22 years ago from Sebring. She was a cook for Vin and Barb's Restaurant
here.
Besides her husband, Glenn L., whom she
married in 1951, she leaves her parents of Sebring; two daughters, Mrs.
Marguerite G.* Sweeney of Newton Falls, and Miss Phyllis Ann at home; two sons,
John and Glenn, both at home; four sisters, Mrs. Marilyn Smith and Mrs. Mary Garnes, both of Alliance, Mrs. Linda Euanitcha
[sic--Evanitcka] of Deerfield, and Mrs. Alma
Morrison of Sebring; two brothers, John A. Williams of Alliance and James
Williams of Sebring, and a grandson.
Services will be 1:30 p.m. Monday at the James Funeral Home where friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today.
*Submitter's Note:
Although the middle initial "G" was used in this obituary, it
is listed as "J" in the Ohio Birth Index and the United States Public
Records Index.
Baker, Marion
Elwood Baker
Source: Memory Card 1977
Marion Elwood Baker b.
Mar. 28, 1907 d. July 30, 1977
Aged: 70Yrs.- 4Mos.- 2Days
Services At: The Calais
Church Tuesday Aug. 2nd -1:00P.M.
Ministers Officiating: Rev. Myron Guiler Rev. Philip Golden
Burial: Calais Cemetery,
Calais, Ohio
Arrangements By: Brubach
Source: newspaper clipping, Elyria or Marietta, Ohio;
21 Nov 1977
ELYRIA -- Richard L. Baker, 54, former
resident of Marietta, died last night in Elyria Memorial Hospital after a
three-week illness.
He was born June 13, 1923 at Cambridge,
and had made his home in Elyria since 1972.
He had been employed by the Basic Packaging Co. at Avon Lake.
Survivors include his wife of four
years, Mary L. Baker; four sons, Richard Jr., and Steven R. Baker, both of
Elyria, Robert L. Baker, at home, and Richard Farnsworth of Coal Run; a
daughter, Mrs. Sam (Shirley) Dennis of Elyria; seven grandchildren; a brother,
Earl Baker of Illinois; two sisters, Mrs. Earl (Delorce)
Worstell and Mrs. Brady (Betty) Hendershot, both of
Lower Salem.
Services will be held at 1 p.m.
Wednesday at the Garland Funeral Home, 851 Park Ave., Amherst. The Rev. Donald Lammers
will officiate with burial to follow in Ridge Hill Memorial Park in Lorain.
Friends may call at the funeral home
today from 2 to 4 and from 7 to 9 p.m.
Betts, Bessie Betts, nee Powell
Source: Cambridge [Ohio]
Jeffersonian; Saturday, 22 Oct. 1977
BARNESVILLE--Mrs. Bessie Betts,
93, of Barnesville, died Friday at 9:45 P.M. at Cambridge Health Care Center
following a long illness.
Born Sept. 20. 1884, in Calais, she
was the daughter of the late John and Charlotte Morris Powell. She was a member
of First Christian Church in Barnesville. Her husband, William, preceded her in
1955.
She leaves two sons, Clifford of
Columbus and Olie of Cuyahoga Falls; two
grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Calling hours are Sunday 2 to 4 and 7 to
9 P.M. at Campbell-Funeral Home. Services will be held Monday at 1:30 at the
funeral home with the Rev. William Worcester officiating. Burial will be in
Crestview Cemetery, Barnesville.
Blume,
Helen M. Blume, nee Elliott
Source: The Dayton [Ohio] Daily News; 22 Dec 1977
BLUME, Helen M., age 67, of 552 Pandora
Dr. Mad River Twp. passed away Tuesday at Miami Valley Hospital. Survived by husband Warren J., 2 sisters
Mildred Smeeks of West Va., Anna Powell of Cuyahoga
Falls, O., 1 brother Dr. Phillip Elliott of Zanesville, O. 2
grandchildren. She was a member of the
Women's Of The Moose, Dayton, Chapter No. 9 and the Eagles Ladies Auxiliary.
Funeral services 1 pm Friday from the Ruttencutter Funeral Home at the time of service. Services in care of Tobias Funeral Home,
Beavercreek Chapel, 3970 Dayton Xenia Rd.
Botkin, Mary K. Botkin, nee Brosmer
Source: The Columbus [Ohio] Dispatch; Tuesday,
November 1, 1977
Mary K. Botkin,
age 27, residence 1995 Cannington Ct., Columbus, Oct. 31st, University
Hospital, after an extended illness. Survived by husband, William H. Botkin, daughter, Colleen Anne Botkin,
son, Thomas James Botkin; step-children, Kathrine and
William (Chip) Botkin, parents Thomas and Kathleen
(Welch) Brosmer, of Worthington; Brother, 1st Lt.
Gerard T. Brosmer, Ft. Bliss, Texas, sister Joanne M. Brosmer,
of Worthington. Alumna of St. Joseph
Academy, attended Ohio Dominican College, resident of Richmond, Va. area during
1972-1974. Member of St. Anthony Church,
Columbus. Visitation Tuesday 2-4 and 7-9
p.m. Wed. 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Prayer
Service Wed. 8 p.m. EGAN RYAN
FUNERAL HOME, 403 E. Broad
St. Mass of Christian Burial will be
concelebrated [sic] by Rev. Frs. Philip Jacobs and Homer Blubaugh,
9:30 a.m. Thurs. at St. Anthony Church, 1300 Urban Dr. Interment St. Joseph Cemetery.
Briggs,
Charles Edward Briggs III
Source: The Spirit of Democracy, Woodsfield, Ohio;
Friday, 28 Jan 1977
Charles Edward Briggs III,
two-month-old son of Charles Edward and Wanda Jean Hudson Briggs Jr.;
Woodsfield Route 4, died early Friday morning, January 21, 1977, at home. He was born Nov. 13, 1976, at Bellaire.
Surviving in addition to his parents
are a sister, Katherine Elizabeth of the home; the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Edward Briggs Sr., Woodsfield, and Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Hudson of
Barnesville; great-grandparents, John Briggs of Jacobsburg;
Mrs. Jennie Drake, West Lafayette, and Mrs. Margaret Heck of West Liberty, Ky.
Services were held Monday at the Bauer
and Turner Funeral Home in Woodsfield with burial in Powhatan Cemetery,
Powhatan Point.
Briggs, Wilber E. Briggs
Wilber E. Briggs, 49, of New
Concord, Route 1, died Wednesday night, May 25, 1977, of an apparent heart
attack at the Clow Pipe Plant, Coshocton, Ohio. Born
December 30, 1927 on Woodsfield Route 1, he was a son of the late Isaac and Fay
Agin Briggs. Surviving are his wife, Dorothy Piatt
Briggs; one son, Richard Briggs, of West Lafayette, Ohio; one daughter, Miss
Joyce Briggs, of West Lafayette; one brother, Ransom Briggs, of Ashland; one
sister, Mrs. John Piatt, of Woodsfield, Route 1, and one grandson. Friends were
received at the Bauer and Turner Funeral Home, Woodsfield, on Friday. Services
were held in their Chapel on saturday afternoon at
four o'clock with the Rev. Thos. W. Clark officiating. Burial was in the Moffette Cemetery on Woodsfield Cemetery Route 1
Brown, Thurman R. Brown
Source: Ashland [Ohio] Times Gazette; 21 or 22 Mar
1977
Retired
Sheriff Brown dies; service Thursday
Former County Sheriff Thurman R. Brown,
81, of 320 Dorchester St., died Sunday at the Good Shepherd Home after a long
illness.
He was elected sheriff in January 1956,
retired in January 1969. He had served
as city policeman from 1925 until Jan. 1, 1956.
Mr. Brown was a member of the Fraternal
Order of Police, the Retired Police Association and the national Sheriffs'
Association.
The son of E.W. and Margaret Drake Brown,
he was born in Monroe County, March 26, 1895.
He lived most of his life in Ashland County.
On Oct. 28, 1938, he was married to Twila Dennison Brown, who survives.
Also surviving are one daughter, Mrs.
Elizabeth Capps of Mogadore; three grandchildren and
several great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Thelma Latimer of Mansfield; and
three brothers, Wilbur of Ashland, Lawrence of Greenwich and Clinton of Miami,
Fla.
Services will be held Thursday at 1:30 p.m.
at Gilbert Funeral Home with the Rev. George Sheets officiating. Burial will be in Savannah Cemetery.
Friends may call Wednesday from 7 to 9
p.m. at the funeral home where the Fraternal Order of Police will hold services
at 9.
Source: The Marietta [Ohio] Times; Friday, 29 Jul
1977
Virgil Brown, 64, Woodsfield Rt. 3,
died at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday in Barnesville Hospital.
He was a retired construction worker.
Born Dec. 11,1912, in Monroe County, he
was the son of Matthew and Alice Leach Brown.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Dunn
Brown; four sons, Richard, Bill, Ted and Larry, all of Woodsfield; five
daughters, Mrs. Shirley Parks, Ashland; Mrs. Judy Smith, Mrs. Luella Ricer,
Mrs. Kathy Russell and Miss Linda Brown, all of Woodsfield; three sisters, Mae Mallett, Lewisville; Dessie Okey,
Woodsfield and Anna Leasure of Sarahsville. There are 15 grandchildren and one
great-grandchild.
Services will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at
the Gardner Funeral Home, Woodsfield, with burial in Oaklawn
Cemetery, Woodsfield. Friends may call
from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Buchanan, Marjorie E. Buchanan, nee Leach
Source: The Barnesville [Ohio] Enterprise; 14 Apr 1977
Services for Mrs. Marjorie E. Buchanan,
52, were held Thursday, March 31st at 1 P.M. at Bauer-Turner Funeral Home. Interment was made in Friendship Cemetery at
Lewisville.
Mrs. Buchanan died Monday afternoon,
March 28th at her home. She was born
December 10, 1924 at Barnesville, and was a member of the First Christian
Church there.
Surviving are her husband, William; two
daughters, Mrs. William (Joan) Schwall, Woodsfield,
Lori Lynn of the home; one sister, Mrs. Dorothy Whitsell,
Barnesville; and two brothers, Everett Leach and Earl Leach, both of
Barnesville.
Bunting, Robert L. Bunting “Bobby”
Source: Memory Card 1977
Robert L. Bunting “Bobby” b.
July 22, 1935 d. March 14, 1977
Aged: 41 Years 7 Months
20days
Services At: The Funeral Home Wednesday, March 16, 1977 1:00 P.M.
Minister Officiating: Walter
E. Heinz
Burial: Calais Cemetery,
Calais, Ohio
Arrangements By: Brubach
Carpenter, Larry F. Carpenter
Source: News
Clipping 1977
Larry F. Carpenter, 25, of West Lafayette
but a native of the Summerfield community, was electrocuted about 2:30 p.m.
Tuesday (Oct. 11) when the rig he was operating came in contact with high
tension wires.
Carpenter, a son of Elvin and Martha
Bates Carpenter, who lived for a number of years in Summerfield, but now of
West Lafayette route, was working for Wills Creek Energy Co. near the Coshocton
County Home. Officials say he apparently died instantly and his body was found
beside the rig by two companions, Thomas T. Ungurean and Jerry B. Jones. The
rigs tires were burning and sparks were about the area.
The sheriff’s department investigated
and an Ohio Power crew and the South Tuscarawas fire department were called to
the scene before the body was removed.
Carpenter was born March 29, 1952 in
Noble County, the son of Elvin and Martha Bates Carpenter, West Lafayette,
route 1 and was a graduate of Ridgewood high school class of 1971.
In addition to his parents, he is
survived by two sisters, Mrs. William (Debbie) Powell, West Lafayette and Mrs.
Kathy Norman of California.; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Carpenter, West
Lafayette, and Mrs. Anna Bates, Summerfield.
Services were held at 1 p.m. Friday
from Given funeral home in West Lafayette with the Rev. Bruce Reynolds
officiating.
Interment was made in the Fairfield
cemetery at West Lafayette.
Carpenter, Virgil L. Carpenter
Source: Cambridge [Ohio]
Jeffersonian; Saturday, 22 Oct. 1977
CAMBRIDGE, ILL.--Virgil L. Carpenter,
56, of Andover, ILL., husband of Mrs. Helen Stillion
Carpenter, a former Cambridge resident, died at 6 A.M. Friday (Oct. 21, 1977)
at his home.
Born Feb 7, 1921 in Calais, he was a
son of Mrs. Mary Carpenter and the late William Carpenter. He was a veteran of
World War II in the European theater and received a bronze and silver star and
a presidential citation for his service at the Battle of the Bulge in Normandy.
Mr. Carpenter was a member of American
Ordinance Association and Veterans of Foreign Wars in Wilmington, ILL.
He was employed by the U.S. government
for 35 years and had worked as safety engineer at Rock Island Arsenal since
1973.
On Aug. 9, 1941 he married Helen Stillion.
Mr. Carpenter leaves in addition to his
wife and mother; one daughter, Mrs. Don (Judith) McGhee of Bolingbrook, ILL.;
two sons, Kenneth of Andover and Daniel of Cambridge, ILL.; one grandson; one
brother, Charles of St. Simons Island, Ga.; a sister, Mrs. Fred (Frances) Gauer of Rootstown; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his father
and brother, Lester.
Calling hours will be held from 6 to 9
P.M. Saturday at Stackhouse Schemerman Funeral Home,
Cambridge, ILL.
The body will then be transferred to
Shorts Funeral Home in Ravenna where friends may call Monday from 6 to 9 P.M.
Services will be held at Shorts at 10
A.M. Tuesday. Burial will be Homeland Cemetery, Rootstown.
Source: The Steubenville [Ohio] Herald-Star; 17 Jan
1977
Bergholz
Man Loses
Life's Fight
Greg Champion, 19, the Bergholz man who was shot in the head late Friday died
Sunday night at 9 at St. John Medical Center.
Jefferson County sheriff's deputies are
holding William J. Robinson, 29, also of Bergholz in
connection with the shooting which deputies said happened in Mousie's Bar in Wolf Run about 11:40 p.m. Friday.
Deputies were called to the bar, just
outside East Springfield, shortly after the shooting. Robinson was arrested late Friday. Deputies said determination of charges cannot
be made until the courthouse opens Tuesday.
County offices are closed today in honor of Martin Luther King.
Champion was taken to the hospital by
the East Springfield Ambulance Service.
He remained in critical condition throughout the weekend before he died.
He was an employe
of the Jensie Mine, Division of North American Coal
Co. and was a graduate of Carrollton High School.
Surviving are his widow, the former
Pamela Smith, whom he married July 19, 1975; a daughter, Melinda Jo, at home;
his parents Charles Robert and Mary DeNoon Champion
of RD 1, Bergholz; a sister, Mrs. Raymond (Cheryl)
Taylor of Carrollton; two brothers, Robert Jr. of Salineville,
and Todd of RD 1, Bergholz; and maternal grandmother,
Mrs. Roy (Bertha) DeNoon Higgins of Richmond.
He was born May 21, 1957, in Canton.
Friends may call at the Everhart
Funeral Home from noon-9 p.m. Wednesday; the family will be present from 2-4
and 7-9 p.m.; services there 2 p.m.
Wednesday;* the Rev. Larry Iden, Bergholz Cemetery.
*Submitter's Note:
More likely the service was on Thursday since calling hours lasted until
9 p.m. on Wednesday.
Source: The Canton [Ohio] Repository; Monday, 6 Jun
1977
CHRISTMAN
IRVLE A., age 75, of 2080 Riceford Rd., E. Sparta, was dead on arrival at Aultman Hospital Saturday evening after an extended
illness. Lived at the
present address since 1953. Retired employee of the Ford Motor Co.
Survived by his wife,
Dorothy. Five daughters: Mrs.
Jack (Sally) Greene, Mrs. Dennis (Carol) Young, and Mrs. Clark (Sue) Froelich all of North Industry, Mrs. Ronald (Joann) DiNarda and Judy Zucal both of
Canton. One son,
Warren Christman of Strasburg, Ohio. 17 grandchildren. One sister, Mrs. Charles (Florence) Newhart [sic--Neuhart] of Quaker City, Ohio. Two brothers, Ben Christman of Quaker City and Phillip Christman
of Lewisville, Ohio.
Services will be Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the Kreighbaum Funeral Home with Pastr
[sic--Pastor] Alden Towberman office [sic--officiating]. Burial will be in Melscheimer
Cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday 2-4
and 7-9.
(Kreighbaum, 484-2525)
Christman, Samuel S. Christman
Source: The Times Leader [Martins Ferry, Ohio];
Saturday, May 18,1977
Samuel S. Christman,
91, Route 1, Bethesda, died Friday evening at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Eva
Brownfield. He was born March 8, 1886, in
Monroe County, son of the late John and Eva Phalzgraph
Christman.
He was a retired farmer and member of
Lutheran Middle Church. His wife, Maggie
Goodballet, died in 1963.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Eva Brownfield,
Bethesda; Mrs. Agnes Lawson, Woodsfield; Mrs. Edna Long, Batesville; four sons,
Harold, Grant and Frank, all of Woodsfield Route 3; Vernon, Ashland, Ohio; 17
grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son, Everett;
seven brothers and two sisters.
Friends received at Kelly-Kemp Funeral
Home, Bethesda, Sunday, 12 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., where services will be Monday
at 1:30 p.m. with Evangelist Kenneth Frazier officiating. Burial in Calais Cemetery.
Clark, Lenna L. Thompson
Clark, nee Coy
Source: The Columbus [Ohio] Dispatch; Thursday,
January 20, 1977 Page: 6 C
CLARK
Lenna L. (Thompson) Clark, age 72, 1049 Harmon Avenue,
Tuesday, Grant Hospital. Member of Mt.
Calvary Holyness Church. Survived by sons, Rutledge B., Utridge E., J. Hubert, Glenn O., Harold E. Thompson, all of
Columbus, Ralph E. Thompson; daughters, Mrs. Jean Pence, Columbus, Mrs. Lois
Seeger, Galena, Ohio, Mrs. Yvonne Glaze; 34 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren;
step-son, Paul Clifford, Columbus; step-daughters, Helen Walton, Columbus, Mary
Clark Thompson, Shawnee Hills; several step-grandchildren;
great-step-grandchildren; 1 great-great-step-grandchild; brothers, Guy Coy,
Arizona, Ben Coy, Sterling, Ohio, Paul Coy, Waverly, Ohio; sisters, Louise
Walls, Rinard Mills, Ohio, Joy Flammer,
Copley, Ohio, Ruth Richmond, Waverly, Ohio; numerous nieces and nephews. Friends may call O.R. WOODYARD
COMPANY CHAPEL, 255 East State
Street 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Thursday where service will be Friday 2:30 p.m.
Reverend Claude Porter officiating.
Interment Union Cemetery.
Cline, Dale Glenn Cline
Source: The Marietta [Ohio] Times; 15 Dec 1977
Dale Glenn Cline, 49, of 118 Michigan Ave.
died at 6 a.m. today in Marietta Memorial Hospital.
Born Nov. 27, 1928 at Holiday's Cove,W. Va. he was a son of Edward Cline of Wingett Run, and the late Elizabeth Cline. He retired in 1967 after 20 years of service
with the U.S. Air Force. He had driven
for Ford Brothers, Inc. until he became disabled. He was a member of the Church of God,
American Legion Post 64, Parkersburg Coin Club and the American Numismatic
Association.
On July 5, 1963, he married Margaret Gutberlet Worstell, who survives
with four sons and three daughters.
William H. Cline of Orlando, Fla., Rodney R. Worstell
of Round Lake Beach, Ill., William Worstell, Mrs.
Donald (Dianna) Gaskins and Mrs. Roberta Pethtel, all
of Marietta, Ricky Cline and Cynthia Cline, both of Smithfield, N.C., and nine
grandchildren. His father and
step-mother live in Wingett Run. Also surviving are a brother and a sister,
George Cline of Wingett Run, and Mrs. Dean (Ruth) Berga of Marietta Rt. 7.
Two brothers preceded him in death.
Services will be held at 2:30 p.m.
Sunday at the Church of God on Colegate Drive. The Rev. J.P. O'Hara will officiate with
burial to follow military graveside rites in Valley Cemetery.
Friends may call at the McClure-Schafer
Funeral Home until one hour prior to services, when the body will be taken to
the church to be lie in state.
Cline, Kerrie Jane Cline nee Dillon
Monroe County Beacon,
Woodsfield, Ohio, dated,
Kerrie Jane Cline, 80, of Graysville died
She was born
She was a member of the Matamoras Baptist Church.
On
She is survived by several nieces and nephews.
Services were held at H. Lee Hadley Funeral Home with the
Rev. Kenneth McDonald officiating. Burial in Low Gap Cemetery.
Coughlan, Elmer J.
Coughlan
Source: The Wheeling [West Virginia] Register; 26 Sep
1977
COUGHLAN, Elmer, J., 72, of Garden Park
Terrace, Warwood, formerly of 2638 1/2 Chapline St.,
Wheeling, died Sunday in Wheeling Hospital.
He was a member of St. Alphonsus Catholic
Church, and retired secretary of the Wheeling Eagles. Surviving are his wife, Helen A. McManus
Coughlan; a daughter, Mrs. James (Maureen) Thompson of Wheeling; two sons,
Elmer F. of Wheeling and Paul W. of Sterling Heights, Mich.; two sisters,
Katherine Hatch of Martins Ferry, Regina Marquart of
Wheeling; a brother, Frank Coughlan of Wheeling; eight grandchildren. Friends received at the Altmeyer
Funeral Home, 1400 Eoff St., Wheeling, 7-9 p.m.
Monday and 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday.
Arrangements are incomplete.
Source: The Shelbyville [Indiana] News; 31 May 1977
Courtney
Fred Courtney, 76, well-known former
Shelby County sheriff, recorder and clerk, was found dead at 9:30 a.m. today at
his home at 719 W. Locust St., an apparent suicide victim, authorities said. There were two gunshot wounds to the body.
Born Sept. 6, 1900 in Shelby County,
the son of James and Sarah (Perkins) Courtney, he was married Oct. 6, 1923 in
Indianapolis to Doris Pope, who died Aug. 5, 1974.
Surviving are a son, James Courtney,
Indianapolis; a daughter, Mrs. Howard (Mavern)
Chambers, Shelbyville; a brother, Hubert Courtney, Fountaintown;
and five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Mr. Courtney was Shelby County sheriff from
1943-1947 and prior to that had been a deputy sheriff. He was president of the Indiana Sheriffs'
Association in 1946, and also served in 1946 and 1947 as the chairman of the
Shelby County Democratic Central Committee.
He also served as Shelby County state
representative, county clerk and recorder, and formerly was employed as a guard
at the Indiana reformatory at Pendleton.
A World War I veteran, Mr. Courtney belonged to the American Legion and
Eagles Lodge and the former Red Men's Lodge and Fenn's
Christian Church here.
Services will be announced by the
Murphy Mortuary.
Source: newsclipping posted on findagrave.com; ca 11 Mar 1977
UHRICHSVILLE, O. -- Elva Craig, 68, of Rd. 1 Tippecanoe, died Thursday
evening.
She was
a former Akron resident and was a resident of the Twin City area for 27 years.
She is
survived by husband, Harry Craig; children, Mrs. Anthony (Margaret) Casmirre of Akron, Mrs. Ralph (Emma) Legg of Piedmont, O.,
Mr. Robert H. Craig of Rd. 1,Uhrichsville, Mrs.
Paulette Quillen of Dennison, Mrs. David W. Craig of
Uhrichsville; foster daughter, Mrs. Chalmers (Janet) Burgette
of Uhrichsville; brother, John Wilson of Chester, W. Va.; sister, Mrs. Adeline
Dailey of Pittsburgh, Pa.; 13 grandchildren.
Services
will be 2 p.m. Sunday at the Uhrich-Hostettler
Funeral Home in Uhrichsville, Rev. Harold Hill officiating. Burial Feed Spring
Cemetery. Calling hours will be 6
to 9 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Source: The St. Louis [Missouri] Dispatch; Monday, 7
Nov 1977
CRONIN,
JOHN E., Sun., Nov. 6, 1977,
beloved husband of the late Mae Cronin, dear father of Paul Cronin, Art and Estel Simmons,* Edward and the late Robert Hawks,* our dear
brother, brother-in-law, grandfather, great-grandfather, uncle and cousin.
Funeral Wed., Nov. 9, 10:30 a.m. from
JAY B.
SMITH Funeral Home, 7456
Manchester av. Interment Lake Charles
Cemetery. Mr. Cronin in state Mon. 5
p.m.
*Submitter's Notes: The Simmons children and the Hawks children
are John's stepchildren. His wife Lorena
"Mae" Houchins was first married to Homer
Gilbert Simmons and second to Willis Hawks.
Source: The Alliance [Ohio] Review; 10 Nov 1977
Former Alliance resident, Leroy Arthur
Davies, 67, of Santa Clara, Calif., died Tuesday at Kaiser Memorial Hospital in
Santa Clara, following a 10-day illness.
Mr. Davies was born in Alliance Sept
27, 1910 to Arthur W. and Elizabeth Stickle Davies. He served from1942 to 1945 in the European Theatre of Operations
with the U. S. Army Air Corps, and had lived in California since 1946.
Surviving are his wife, Rose; two
daughters, Carol and Mrs. Lars (Mary) Meyer, both of Santa Clara; a son, Robert
of Washington; two sisters, Mrs. Adolph (Juanita) Graber of Clearwater, Fla.
and Mrs. Carl (Mary) Knori of Alliance; three
brothers, John of San Jose, Calif., Richard of Homeworth,
and E. James of Limaville; four grandchildren; and
several nieces and nephews.
Memorial services will be held on
Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at Middle Sandy United Presbyterian Church in Homeworth with the Rev. Cletus Baker officiating. Burial will be in California.
Source: The Bowling Green [Kentucky] Daily News; 23
May 1977
Funeral services for Troy Joe Dethridge, 4-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Joe Dethridge of Threlkel Ferry Road,
were to be at 1 p.m. today at J.C. Kirby Funeral Chapel with burial in Fairview
Cemetery.
The child died Saturday when he
apparently slipped from the rear of a backhoe and fell beneath the rear wheels.
Survivors in addition to his parents include
two sisters, Miss Kimberly Lee Dethridge and Miss
Melissa Dethridge, both of Bowling Green, and
grandparents, George Cardwell and Mr. and Mrs. John B. Dethridge,
all of Bowling Green.
Dexheimer, Roy C. Dexheimer Jr.
Source: The State Journal-Register [Springfield,
Sangamon Co., Illinois]; Sunday, 24 April 1977, page 15
Roy C. Dexheimer
Jr., 48, of Chatham, formerly of Springfield, died at 6:30 p.m. Saturday.
He was born in Springfield, the son of
Roy C. and Ethel Slaughter* Dexheimer Sr. He married
Charlotte Pride in 1967. He was employed by Capital City Paper Co. He was owner
and operator of Moonlight Gardens Roller Rick for many years. He was a member
of Laurel United Methodist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Charlotte
L.; three daughters, Ranee,** Rodna and Rodleada,***
all of Hillsboro; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Kolila Gephart of Mount Vernon and Mrs. Robin Stains of Sylmar,
Calif.; one stepson, Robert Pride of Chatham; three grandchildren; one brother,
Robert of Springfield; and several nieces, nephews and uncles.
Services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at Staab Funeral Home, Rev. Ronald J. Winsor officiating.
Burial will be in Oak Ridge Cemetery.
Submitter's Notes:
* On the
Marriage Record of Ethel's parents, her father is listed as Harvey SLATTEN.
** This
should be spelled RENEE.
*** This
should be spelled ROLEDA.
Source: newspaper clipping (from his wife Judy);
April, 1977
Samuel Ditterline
of Yucca Valley died April 9 at Loma Linda University Medical Center. He was 37-years old.
A native of Tolu,
Kent., he had lived in California and Yucca Valley for 10 months.
Mr. Ditterline
had been self-employed in janitorial service.
Survivors include his wife, Judy A. Ditterline of Yucca Valley; three daughters, Vickie, Cathy
and Kathy, all of Yucca Valley; three sons, Lee, Max and Sam, Jr., all of Yucca
Valley; a stepdaughter, Vennie Hopper; a stepson,
Wade Hopper; two brothers, Earl of Highland and Robert of Florida and a sister,
Juanita Sisk of Illinois.
Bishop Gary Foster of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Yucca Valley, will conduct funeral services
at 2 p.m. Friday at the Wiefels and Son Chapel. Burial will be in Mountain Valley Memorial
Park, Joshua Tree.
Dougherty, Josie M. Dougherty, nee Mayfield
Source: The Cambridge [Ohio] Daily Jeffersonian;
Thursday, 8 Sep 1977
Mrs. William
Dougherty
WOODSFIELD -- Services for Mrs. Josie
M. Dougherty, 71, of Woodsfield, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Bauer and
Turner Funeral Home. Burial will be in
Antioch Cemetery.
Mrs. Dougherty died Tuesday evening
(Sept. 8, 1977) at Barnesville Hospital.
Born Sept. 12, 1905 at Antioch, she was a
member of Woodsfield Church of Christ.
Her husband, William, died Dec. 16, 1945.
Mrs. Dougherty leaves two daughters,
Mrs. Norman Hogue of Woodsfield and Mrs. Jack Haught of
Minerva; 13 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Friends may call after 2 p.m. Thursday
at the funeral home.
Source: Published in a Long Beach California
newspaper.
DULLUM, Eddie B of Long Beach
passed away November 29, 1977. Private family servies
were held. Brothers Mortuary, 244 Redondo Avenue.
Source: Times Recorder, Zanesville, Ohio;
Saturday, 31 Dec 1977
Quaker City - Carlos Eschbaugh, 82, of Quaker City Route 3, died suddenly at
1:30 P.M. Friday at Barnesville Hospital.
A retired farmer and a veteran of World
War I, Mr. Eschbaugh was born Aug. 23, 1895 in Noble
County, the son of Charles and Martha Roe Eschbaugh.
Surviving are his wife, Salley Neuhart Eschbaugh, a son, Robert J. of Quaker City; three
daughters, Mrs. William (Eileen) Warner of Grantville, Pa., Mrs. Roger
(Marjorie) Long of Quaker City Route 1 and Mrs. Raymond (Shirley) McCort of Quaker City; a brother, Clarence of Salesville; four sisters, Mrs. Hazel Powell of Mt. Ephriam, Mrs. Ida Carpenter of Summerfield, Mrs. Anna Bates
of the Summerfield area and Mrs. Isabel Brownfield of the Quaker City area; 12
grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
The Eberle
Funeral Home at Quaker City is in charge of arrangements.
Ewing,
Flossie Ewing, nee Jenkins
Source: The Toledo [Ohio] Blade; 21 Dec 1977
EWING, FLOSSIE M., of 4653 Burnham Ave.
on Tuesday, age 85 years. Wife of James
C.; mother of John R. and Ralph Shinabery, Mrs.
Arlene Palmer; sister of Russell Jenkins, Mrs. Carrie Barnhart, Mrs. Crystal Ropp; 2 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren, survive.
Private services will be Friday 3:30
p.m. ANSBERG-WEST MORTUARY, 3000 Sylvania Ave., (between
Douglas and Secor Rd.) Interment Ottawa Hills Memorial Park. 472-7633
Felton, Mary L. Felton, nee Mercer
Source: The
Wheeling [West Virginia] News-Register; 15 Nov
1977
FELTON, Mrs. Mary L., 74, of 111 Miller
St., Paden City, died Monday in Wishing Well Health Center, Fairmont, W. Va. She was a
member of New Martinsville Church of the Nazarene. She was preceded in death by her husband,
Charles Ezra Felton, in 1968.
Surviving are a son, Forrest William
Felton Sr. of Weirton; seven daughters, Mrs. Iva Clark and Mrs. Gertrude Leasure both of Paden City, Mrs. Mildred Yost of New
Martinsville, Mrs. Jean Cain, Mrs. Lenoria* Gilmore,
Mrs. Carol Sue Loy, Mrs. Kay Yoho all of Moundsville; 29 grandchildren; 27
great-grandchildren.
Friends received at the
Mowery-Trowbridge Funeral Home, Paden City after 7 p.m. Tuesday, where services
will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday. Interment in Glen Haven Memory Gardens, Paden City.
*Submitter's Note: This name is spelled LENOIRA on these
ancestry.com records: U.S. Public
Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2, the U.S.,Social
Security Death Index, 1935-2014 , and the
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, and also
at findagrave.com.
Fisher, Clem Fisher
Source: The Kiowa County [Kansas] Signal; Jan 1977
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m.,
Friday, Jan. 7, for Clem Fisher, who died in a Cherokee nursing home Jan. 4, at
the age of 94 years. Rev. Edmund
Pendleton officiated at the service held at Grapes Funeral Chapel in
Cherokee. Burial was in Riverview
cemetery, Kiowa.
Clem was born in Monroe county, Ohio,
March 12, 1882. He was united in
marriage to Lydia Mae Robinette of Burlington on Dec. 23, 1903. They established a home in the Ingersoll
community. He was employed by the mill
at Cherokee before transferring to the mill at Anthony, where he worked for 35
years before retiring as an engineer.
He retired to Burlington where he
farmed. During his retirement, he
attended church services in Kiowa and became well known in the Kiowa
community. In 1964, he moved to
Cherokee. He was a member of the First
Christian Church.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs.
Gordon (Neva) Gustafson, Lawrence, Mrs. Art (Leona) Caldwell, Riverton, Utah,
and Mrs. Gene (Margaret) Atteberry, Romeoville, Ill.;
a sister, Mrs. Clara Jefferies, of Cherokee; seven grandchildren; 16
great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren.
A memorial fund has been established
for the First Christian Church, Cherokee, or the Alfalfa County Hospital
Association. Contributions may be made
to the funeral home.
Goodballet, Andrew
Joseph Goodballet
Source: The Evening Review [East Liverpool, Ohio]; 15
Nov 1977
Services were held Monday in California
for A. J. (Joe) Goodballet, 63, of Whittier, Calif.,
who died Friday* in the Long Beach Veterans' Hospital at Long Beach.
He was born June 25,** 1914, in East
Liverpool, a son of Clyde Goodballet and Gertrude Faderly Goodballet.
Mr. Goodballet
had been a real estate broker in California, where he had moved eight years ago
from Memphis, Tenn.
He was a World War II Navy veteran, a
graduate of East Liverpool High School and Ohio State University, was active in
the Masonic Lodge and had been a member of the Pennsylvania Ave. United
Methodist Church while residing in East Liverpool.
Survivors include a sister, Mrs.
Lawrence (Gertrude) Sixt of East Liverpool; a brother,
Robert F. Goodballet of Corbina, Calif., and five
nephews and one niece.
Burial was Monday in Rose Hills
Memorial Park at Whittier.
Submitter's Notes:
* Friday would have been November
11th. Both the Social Security Death
Index and the California Death Index give the date of death as November 10th.
** Both the Social Security Death Index
and the California Death Index give his birth date as June 23rd.
Goodballet, Margaret A. Goodballet, nee Reese
Source: Warren [Ohio] Tribune Chronicle; 3 Jan 1977
Mrs. Goodballet dies,
was
1971 Legion
Woman of Year
GIRARD -- Mrs. Floyd E. (Margaret A.) Goodballet, 89, 112 Smithsonian Ave., died of a stroke at 9
p.m. Saturday in Colonial Manor Nursing Home, Youngstown. She was American Legion Woman of the Year in
1971.
Mrs. Goodballet,
who had been active in the Democratic Party, was the organizer and past
president of the Blue Star Mothers.
She was born Jan. 23, 1889, in
Kittanning, Pa., the daughter of David and Margaret Quinn Reese. Her husband, Floyd E. Goodballet,
died in 1965.
Mrs. Goodballet
was a member of VFW Auxiliary 419 and American Legion Post 235 Auxiliary.
Survivors include a son, Henry Reese of
Girard; a daughter, Mrs. Cecile Bailey of Howland; a sister, Miss Amelia Reese
of Girard; a brother, Ralph Reese of Girard.
A sister, Mrs. Mary Osborne, died in 1976.
Services will be held Wednesday at 11
a.m. in St. Rose Church. Burial will be
in Liberty Union Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Blackstone
Funeral Home from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. VFW Auxiliary will conduct services at 6:30
p.m. and there will be a prayer service at 9 p.m.
Source: The Wheeling [West Virginia] News-Register; 1
Aug 1977
GOULD, Charles Sr., 81, of 2002 Hancock
St., Moundsville, died Sunday at Reynolds Memorial Hospital. He was a retired employe
of Fostoria Glass Co., a veteran of World War I, and a member of the Temple
Baptist Church. He was preceded in death
by his first wife, Maude Magers Gould in 1934.
Surviving are his wife, Icy Mercer Fox
Gould; a son, Robert A. of Moundsville; a daughter, Mrs. Helen Miller of
Moundsville; a sister, Mrs. Estella Mosor of
Brewster, Ohio; six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Friends received at the Grisell Funeral Home, Moundsville, 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Monday,
where services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m.
Interment in Riverview Cemetery, Moundsville. Knights of Pythias will hold memorial
services at the funeral home, Monday at 7 p.m.
The Honor Guard will conduct military graveside services.
Greek,
Bertha A. Greek, nee Ghaster
Source: The Toledo [Ohio] Blade; 9 Jun 1977
Mrs. Bertha A. Greek, 76, of 2134 Robinwood ave., died today in
Toledo Hospital. She was the widow of
Tilden Greek. Surviving are her
daughters, Mrs. Donna Suller* and Mrs. Marilyn Wall;
brothers, Roy Treece and Robert and Harvey Ghaster; sisters, Mrs. Hazel Minard,
Mrs. Annabell Heckman, and Mrs. Alice Thompson. Services will be Saturday at 3 p.m. in the
Boyer-Van Wormer Mortuary, Secor Road.
*Submitter's Notes:
Below is a second obituary that gives the locations of her
survivors. Also, Donna's last name is
spelled differently in the other obituary.
Greek, Bertha A.
Greek, nee Ghaster
Source: The
Toledo [Ohio] Blade; 10 Jun 1977
GREEK
BERTHA ANN, of 2134 Robinwood Ave., June 9, age 76. survived by daughters, Mrs. Donna Sulier,* Toledo, Mrs. Marilyn Wall, St. Clair, Mo.;
brothers, Roy Treece, Barberton, O., Robert Ghaster, Corpus Christi, Tex., Harvey Ghaster,
Toledo; sisters, Mrs. Hazel Minard, Findlay, O., Mrs.
Annabell Heckman, Mrs. Alice Thompson, both of
Toledo. Friends may call at the
BOYER-VAN WORMER FUNERAL
HOME, 5055 Secor Rd., near Laskey,
where services will be Saturday 3 p.m. Interment Toledo Memorial Park.
*Submitter's Notes:
Above is another obituary which mentions her husband, and her daughter
Donna's last name is spelled differently in the that obituary.
Source: The Shelbyville [Indiana] News; Friday, 11
Nov 1977
Green
Services for Paul E. Green, 71, 611* Eberhart Drive, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Carmony Funeral
Home. He died at 11 a.m. Thursday at
Major Hospital, where he had been a patient 1 1/2 weeks. He had been in failing health several years.
Friends may call at the funeral home
from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. today and after 9 a.m. Saturday. There will be a Masonic memorial service at
8:30 o'clock this evening. The Rev.
Robert Hampton will officiate at the services.
Burial will be in VanPelt Cemetery. Memorials are requested to be in the form of
contributions to the Leukemia Foundation.
Mr. Green was born March 26, 1906 in
Shelby County and was the son of William (Doc) and Belle (Brattain)**
Green. He was married June 10, 1927 to
Ruth Darnell, who survives.
Also surviving are two children, James
L. Green and Mrs. Doran (Maryellen) May, both of Bloomington; eight
grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
A sister preceded him in death.
Mr. Green, who had been employed as a
purchasing agent for the State of Indiana, retired in June, 1973. He belonged to the First Baptist Church where
he was a former deacon.
An active Mason, Mr. Green was a member
of several Masonic groups and held several offices. These include Shelby Lodge No. 28 F. &
A.M., worshipful master in 1956 and treasurer from 1965-1976; the Shelby
Chapter Royal Arch Masons, high priest in 1955 and secretary from 1968-1976;
Shelby County Royal and Select Masters, illustrious master in 1954 and recorder
from 1968-76.
Also,
Baldwin Commandery No. 2 Knights Templar, eminent commander,
1974; Knights of the York Cross of Honor of Robert A. Woods Priory No. 62; Naamah Chapter Order of the Eastern Star, worthy patron in
1965; and Southport OES.
Submitter's Notes:
* This could possibly be 511.
** His mother was Florence
"Belle" BRITTON.
Gregory, Marlen Gregory
Source: photo
of newspaper article posted on findagrave; Feb 1977
Marlen "Dick" Gregory, 30 of Summersville, died
Saturday, February 5, in Summersville Memorial Hospital following an extended
illness. Born November 10, 1926, at Bolair, he was a son of the late Easter and Emma Cogar Gregory. He
owned and operated Dick's Refrigeration Service and prior to his illness was an
employee of the Carroll Shoe Company. He
was a veteran of the Korean Conflict.*
Survivors: wife, Dorothy Given
Gregory; two sons, Michael Alan and James Marlen,
both at home; two daughters, Mrs. Marlene Lively of McMechen
and Miss Janet Gregory at home; two brothers, Donis
"Bus" Gregory of Webster Springs, and Charles "Big" Gregory
of Cowen; two sisters, Mrs. Eloise "Sis" Cummings of Rochester, Pa.;
and Mrs. Emma "Madge" Williams of Cowen.
Funeral
services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, February 8, in the Howard C. White
Funeral Home in Summersville, with the Rev. Andrew Agnew officiating with
interment following in the West Virginia Memorial Gardens at Calvin.
Submitter's Note:
On his military stone at the West Virginia Memorial Gardens at Calvin,
West Virginia, this is engraved:
CPL U.S.
ARMY
WORLD WAR
II
Source: The Daily Jeffersonian, [Cambridge, Ohio] -
Thursday, 17 Mar 1977
STAFFORD -- Services for Charles W.
Hall, 94, Lower Salem R.D. 2, will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Hopewell United Methodish [sic--Methodist]
Church. Burial will be in church
cemetery.
A retired farmer, Mr. Hall died at 6:30
p.m. Tuesday (March 15, 1977) at Marie Antoinette Nursing Home at Marietta
following a long illness.
He was born July 19, 1882 in Monroe
County and was a member of Hopewell United Methodist Church.
Mr. Hall leaves three daughters, Mrs.
Edna Hall of Uniontown, Mrs. Bessie Griffin, of Rinard
Mills, Mrs. Ruth Hilverding, Lower Salem; 17
grandchildren, 41 great-grandchildren, three great-great-grandchildren; and one
brother, Valentine Hall of Marietta.
Hamilton, Ora Hamilton,
nee Confer
Source: The Monroe County Beacon, Woodsfield, Ohio, March 3, 1977
Mrs. Ora Hamilton, age 77, of Route 1, Woodsfield, died Saturday
afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Deloras
Confer at Delaware, Ohio.
Mrs. Hamilton was born December 16, 1899, in Monroe County,
Ohio, the daughter of John and Rose Agin Bott, and was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph
Hamilton, in August 1969.
Mrs. Hamilton was a member of Moffatt Fletchers Methodist
Church.
She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Erma Jean Ackerman,
of Woodsfield, Mrs. Deloras Confer, of Delaware,
Ohio; one son, Harley Hamilton, of Route 1, Woodsfield; six grandchildren; and
seven great grandchildren.
Friends were received at Bauer and Turner Funeral Home where
services were held Tuesday afternoon with the Reverend Tom Clark officiating.
Burial was in Fairview Cemetery, Jackson Ridge.
Handschumacher, Lucille Handschumacher,
nee Riffle
Source: The Charleston [West Virginia] Daily Mail; Friday, 25 Mar 1977
Mrs. Lucille Handschumacher
GREENBELT, Md. -- Mrs. Lucille Handschumacher,
55, of Greenbelt, formerly of Charleston, died Thursday at home.
Surviving: husband, Garland;
son, Fred at home; brothers, Clyde Riffle of Camden-on-Gauley and Carl Riffle
of Greenbelt; sister, Dana Riffle.
Service will be held Saturday at 2 p.m.
at Takoma Funeral Home in Greenbelt.
Hannahs, Patience Hannahs
nee Carpenter
Source: News
Clipping 1977
Mrs.
Patience C. Hannahs, (nee
Carpenter), 85, Lewisville died at 12:30 a.m. today (Aug. 2,
1977) at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Eunice Christman,
with whom she resided.
She
was born Aug. 12, 1891 in Monroe County, the daughter of the
late Benjamin and Emily Jones Carpenter,and was a
member of Trinity United Church of Christ.
In
addition to her daughter, Mrs. Hannahs leaves three
sons, Harold Hannahs of Barnesville R. D. 1, Wayne of
Barnesville R. D. 2, Lloyd of Quaker City R. D. 2; 15 grandchildren, 28 great
grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Pauline Carpenter, Lewisville, R.D. 1, Mrs.
Mae Hannahs, Summerfield, Mrs. Mary Ann Coultas. Zanesville, and Mrs. Agnes Wehr, Batesville. Her husband, Glenn, died in 1971.
Friends
may call at Brubach Funeral Home from 2 to 4 and 7 to
9 p.m. Wednesday.
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home with the Rev. Fred Nippert officiating. Burial will be
in Calais Cemetery.
Harding, Thelma Harding, nee Henline
Source: Tell City [Indiana] News; Wednesday, Nov. 23,
1977
TELL
CITY, Ind. – Mrs. Thelma Ruth Harding, 54, died Tuesday afternoon at Rosspoint, Ky., from injuries received in a car-truck
accident.
Surviving are her husband, the Rev.
Henry Harding; two sons, Michael and David, both at home; her mother, Mrs. Anna
Belle Henline of Forest City, N.C.; a sister, Miss
Vera Henline of Forest City; and a brother, Earl Henline of Spartanburg, S.C.
Services for Mrs. Harding and an uncle,
John D. Jarboe, who died Tuesday will be at 11 am
Friday at the Tell City Church of Christ.
Mrs. Harding’s burial will follow in Lilly Dale Church of Christ
Cemetery near Tell City.
Friends may call after 6 pm Thursday at
the Finch funeral home.
Submitted by PE Frichtl.
Source: The Martins Ferry [Ohio] Times Leader: 14 Apr
1977
Alexander W. Haupt,
76, 247 East Main St., St. Clairsville, died
Wednesday afternoon at Ohio Valley General Hospital, Wheeling. Born in Bucharest, Rumania, June 29, 1901, he
was a son of the late John and Josephine Just Haupt.
He was a member of Morning Dawn Lodge 7
F & AM of Gallipolis, Ohio, Scottish Rite of Columbus, Osiris Temple of the
Shrine of Wheeling and a retired employe [sic] of
Pittsburgh-Plate Glass.
Preceded in death by his wife, Florence
Virginia Calvert Haupt, in March of 1976, he is
survived by a brother, John of Youngstown; two sisters, Mrs. Marie Madon of Mayfield Village, Ohio and Mrs. Hermine Goell of Fairview Park, Ohio.
Friends will be received at the Toothman Funeral Home, St. Clairsville,
tonight from 7 to 9 and Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be Saturday at 10 a.m. at the
funeral home with Dr. Karl K. Wilson officiating. Burial in Beaver Cemetery, Batesville.
Masonic services Friday night at 8:30
at the funeral home.
Herlan, Cora Dell Herlan, nee Thomas
Source: The Tulsa [Oklahoma] World; Friday, 10 Jun 1977
HERLAN, Mrs. Cora Dell, 77,
of 1332 E. 38th St., died Wednesday.
Moore's Eastlawn.
Hicklin, Lyda Luella
Hicklin, nee Mattox
Source: The Oskaloosa [Iowa] Herald; 9 Jul 1977
Lyda Luella
Hicklin, 70, Route 1, Rose Hill, died Friday night at the Mahaska County
Hospital.
Born Dec. 25, 1906, in Tioga, Iowa, she
was the daughter of James R. and Maud Dugan Mattox.
On May 25, 1925, she married Paul H.
Hicklin in Cedar.
She is survived by her husband; two
daughters, Mrs. Ervin (Joyce) Gay, New Sharon; Mrs. Keith (Anita) Morgan, Rose
Hill; one son, Donald Hicklin of Rose Hill; her mother, Mrs. Glen (Vivian) Chilcote, Crivitz, Wis.; one brother, Vern K. Mattox of Wilmington,
Del. and six grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m.
at the Garland-VanArkel Funeral Chapel with burial at
Springfield Cemetery near What Cheer.
Highman, Otto G. Highman
Monroe County Beacon,
Woodsfield, Ohio, dated,
Otto G. Highman, 87, of
Woodsfield, Route 3, died early Monday morning,
Born
Mr. Highman was a member of the
Connor Ridge United Methodist Church, and was a retired farmer.
Surviving are his wife, Mary Jones Highman;
three sons, Lawrence Highman of Graysville; Virgil Highman of Zanesville, and Ronald Highman,
of the home; three daughters, Mrs. William (Neva) Kleman,
of Hanoverton, Ohio; Mrs. Robert (Carolyn) Love, Sr.,
of Woodsfield, Route 1, and Mrs. Glenn (Bonnie) Bertschy,
of Creston; twenty grandchildren; thirty-two-great grandchildren; one sister, Mrs.
Georgia Williams, of Woodsfield, Route 3, and three brothers, David Highman, of Woodsfield, Route 1; Jay Highman,
of Lewisville, Route 2, and Alonzo Highman, of
Ashland.
Friends were received at the Bauer and Turner Funeral Home.
Services were held in their chapel on Wednesday afternoon at
Source: The Marietta [Ohio] Daily Times; Monday, 3
Jan 1977
Elmer C. Hill, 88, Marietta Rt. 1, died
at 9:15 p.m. yesterday at Marietta Memorial Hospital.
He was born Oct. 16, 1888, in
Parkersburg, a son of the late Lucian and Nellie Hill. He spent most of his life in Marietta, where
he had been employed at Marietta Paint & Color Co. until his
retirement. He had also been employed at
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Akron.
Mr. Hill was a member of the Second
Congregational Church and was a 50-year member of American Union Lodge No. 1, F
& AM, and Scottish Rite Society, Valley of Cambridge.
On Oct. 18, 1915, he married Mabel Day,
who died Nov. 27, 1967. Three brothers
preceded him in death.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in
McClure-Schafer Funeral Home, with the Rev. Harold Shutts
officiating and burial in Valley Cemetery.
Masonic services will be at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in the funeral home.
Hines, Grace G. Hines nee DeVoe
Source: Ashland [Ohio] Times Gazette; 2 Feb 1977
Mrs. Grace G. Hines, 78, of 1708 Troy
Road, died at the Brethren Care Nursing Home early Tuesday afternoon following
a lingering illness.
Born in Lewisville, Monroe County, Dec.
22, 1898, she was the daughter of Joseph O. and Mary Billman
DeVoe. She had
resided in Ashland County since 1934, moving from Muskingum County.
Mrs. Hines was a member of the First
United Methodist Church, the Hazel Bowers Sunday School Class and the United
Methodist Womens Society.
On Oct. 12, 1976, Mr. and Mrs. Hines
celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.
Mrs. Hines was married Oct. 12, 1926 to
Homer J. Hines, who survives.
Also surviving are one son, John O.
Hines of Ashland; two sisters, Mrs. Mae Matthews of Columbus and Mrs. Alice Ables of Jeromesville; two
grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at
Denbow-Primm Funeral Home with the Rev. Harry Hull
and the Rev. Thomas Snyder officiating.
Burial will be in Ashland Cemetery.
Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m.
Thursday at the funeral home.
Huntzinger,
Louis F. Huntzinger
Source: The Columbus [Ohio] Dispatch; Monday, May 16,
1977 Page: 7 B
HUNTZINGER
Louis F. Huntzinger,
age 74, residence, 992 Bellows Avenue, Sunday, Doctors Hospital North. Retired from C and O railroad after 46
years. Member of the Railway Airline and
Steamship Clerks. Survived by wife,
Margaret L.; sons, Richard, Columbus, Thomas, Hebron, Ohio; step-son, Fred Reeb, daughter, Ruth Marie Davies; stepdaughter, Jean
Kaiser; 6 grandchildren; 9 step-grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren; sisters,
Gertrude Barnette, Marjorie Leo. Friends
may call EGAN-RYAN FUNERAL HOME, 403 East Broad Street, 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
Tuesday. Rosary Tuesday 3 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial Holy Family Church,
Wednesday 10 a.m. Burial St. Joseph
Cemetery.
Source: Tell City News and Tell City Indiana Public
Library obit file; November, 1977
John David Jarboe,
77, Tell City, died at 2:06 pm Tuesday, Nov 22 at Perry County Memorial
Hospital.
A native of Perry County, Mr. Jarboe was born May 16, 1900, the son of the late Sylvester
and Katie (Morris) Jarboe.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Franchville of Tell City; a son Curtis of Tell City; five
stepdaughters, Mrs. Clara Jarboe of Leopold, Mrs. Majorie Blair of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Irene Bell, Mrs. Esther Gulliaume and Mrs. Mary Ward all of Tell City; two
brothers, Tom of Bristow and Alfred of Leopold; a sister, Mrs. Janey Harding of Holland, KY; six grandchildren; five great
grandchildren; 25 step-grandchildren and 25 step-great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 11 am Friday,
Nov. 25 at the Church of Christ with burial in St Augustine Cemetery in
Leopold.
Finch Funeral Home, Tell City, is in
charge of arrangements.
Submitted by PE Frichtl.
Source: Buchanan Co., Iowa,
newspaper; May, 1977
Charles Oliver Jones, 69, who spent the
majority of his childhood and his later life in Winthrop, died on May 11. Funeral services were held on May 14, 11
a.m., at the Church of Christ United with the Rev. Russell Rasmussen
officiating. Burial was in the Fremont
Township Cemetery.
Jones was born in Winchester, Ky. on
July 10, 1907, the son of William and Eliza (Fischer) Jones. He married Lena Voland
on Oct. 28,1929 at the Methodist Parsonage in Independence.
Jones was employed by the Illinois
Central Railroad for a number of years, by the Winthrop Telephone Exchange for
13 years and the Mental Health Institute for 15 years. He retired in May of 1974 from the Mental
Health Institute.
Survivors include his wife, Lena; three
daughters, Mrs. Marjorie Pierce, Mrs. Don (Helen) Reck
and Mrs. Edwin (Evelyn) Cook, all of Winthrop; one son, Richard, Cedar Rapids;
ten grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs. Harold
(Laura) Scott, and Mrs. Margaret Stimson, both of Manchester.
He was preceded in death by his parents
and one infant brother.
Fawcett Funeral Home of Winthrop was in
charge of arrangements.
*Submitter's Note: Below is another article.
Source: Buchanan Co., Iowa, newspaper; 13 May, 1977
Suspect suicide
in death of
Winthrop man
INDEPENDENCE -- Charles Jones, 70, of
Winthrop died Wednesday morning, apparently of self-inflicted gunshot wounds.
He was taken to People's Memorial
Hospital in Independence and transferred to University Hospitals where he died
later in the day.
The incident was investigated by the
Buchanan County sheriff's office and according to sheriff John Bergman, the
investigation is continuing.
Keller,
Anita L. Keller, nee Vandette
Source: The Steubenville [Ohio] Herald-Star;
Thursday, 3 Nov 1977
Mrs. John
Keller
MINGO
JUNCTION -- Mrs. Anita L. (Vandette) Keller,
52, of RD 2, Rayland, formerly of Mingo Junction, died Wednesday at 8:20 a.m.
in the Ohio Valley Hospital in Steubenville.
She was a member of St. Lucy's Catholic
Church in Yorkville. She was a former
employee of the Ohio Valley Hospital and the Forester Rest Home in Wintersville.
Survivors include her husband, John W.
Keller; a daughter, Lisa Ann Keller, at home; two brothers, Joseph Vandette of Smithfield and Domonic
Vandette of Steubenville; and a sister, Mrs Domonic (Mary) Fogliette of Weirton.
She was born Jan. 1, 1925, in Mingo
Junction, a daughter of the late Frank and Nataline* Patrizi Vandette.
Friends will be received at the Hoff Funeral
Home 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. today and Friday; services Saturday with final
arrangements pending.
*Submitter's Note:
This was spelled as Nataline on the U.S.,
Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 on ancestry.com
Mother: Natalie
Patrizi
Kilburn, Randal Kilburn
Monroe County Beacon,
Woodsfield, Ohio, dated,
Randal Dale Kilburn, 17, of Lewisville, Route 1, died
Wednesday evening,
A son of Dale and Dorothy Koehler Kilburn, of Lewisville,
Route 1, he was born on
Randal was a student in the Switzerland of Ohio Vocational
School and a member of the Trinity United Church of Christ, Lewisville.
Surviving besides his parents, are one brother, Kevin and
one sister, Kathy, of the home, and his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Freeman Kilburn, of Lewisville, Route 1.
Services were held Saturday afternoon at
Source: The Rushville [Indiana] Republican; 13 Sep
1977
George
F. King, former Rushville resident died Tuesday morning in Bartholomew County
Hospital, Columbus, Indiana.
Born
March 5, 1914, he was the son of Earl and Inez Lambert King. Mr. King was a veteran serving in the Navy
and participated in seven invasions. He
was a member of the United Methodist Church, Columbus, the VFW and the Masons.
Survivors include the widow, Darlene; a daughter, Mrs. Dave (Janet) Theaphilus [sic–THEOPHILUS], Lakeview, Florida; two
brothers, Thomas King, Nashville, Indiana; and Howard King, Darlington Road,
Florida; a sister, Mrs. Stewart (Sarah) Wilson, Rushville; four grandchildren;
one great grandchild; four nephews and two nieces.
Funeral
services will be held Thursday afternoon at Norman's Funeral Home, Hope,
Indiana.
[Submitter's Note:
Below is another obituary.]
Source: The
Columbus [Indiana] Republic; 13 Sep 1977
Retired
Salesman
George King
Largo, Fla.
George
F. King, 63, Largo, Fla., a former Bartholomew County resident, died early
today at Bartholomew County Hospital where he had been a patient a week. He had been in ill health several years.
Masonic
graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at Flat Rock Baptist
Cemetery. Persons may call at Norman
Funeral Home at Hope from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday.
King was
born March 5, 1914, in Rush County to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas King. He was a retired insurance salesman.
Survivors include his wife, Darlene; two brothers, Thomas King of
Nashville and Howard H. King of Holiday, Fla., and a sister, Sarah Wilson of
Rushville.
*Submitter's Note: Indiana Birth Certificates,
1907-1940 gave his birth location as Columbus, Bartholomew., Indiana, USA.
Source: The Paulding Obituary Card File, Paulding County,
Ohio, Carnegie Library; 10 Aug 1977
PAULDING -- Orville O. Kinkade, 85, 109 W.
Harrison St., died Aug. 2* in the Dallas Lamb Foundation Home, Payne, where he
had been a patient three months.
He was born Nov. 17, 1891, in Paulding
County to Charles and Laura (Tucker) Kinkade, was a
former Paulding County Sheriff's Department deputy; a retired farmer; a member
of First Christian Church and Widow's Son Lodge, F & AM. He was an Army veteran of World War I.
Surviving are his wife, Bernice
(Jackson) Kinkade; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Harold
Miller, Cleveland; two stepsons, Paul Jackson, Findlay and Theron Jackson,
Orlando, Fla.; two sisters, Mrs. Milo Blackmore, Van Wert, and Mrs. Ilo Mohr, Grover Hill.
Preceding him in death were his first
wife, Nora in 1970, a sister, Mrs. George Bemis and a stepbrother, Carl Strock.
Services
were Friday in First Christian Church, Rev. David Everton officiating, and burial
was in Live Oak Cemetery. Crowell-Den
Herder Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
*Submitter's Note: The Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, &
1958-2007 about Orville O Kinkade gives August 3 as
the day of death.
Source: The Beatrice [Nebraska] Daily Sun; Friday, 4
Feb 1977
FAIRBURY (Special) -- Guy Kirby, 72, of
Rt. 2, Fairbury, died Thursday, Feb. 3 in a Lincoln hospital. Survivors:
wife, Iva; daughter, Mrs. Dwaine (Barbara) Freitag
of Diller; son, Marvin of Harrisonville, Mo.; five grandchildren; and several
brothers and sisters.
Funeral arrangements
pending at the Traum-Vance-Gerdes
Funeral Home, Fairbury.
Source:
newspaper clipping, Woodsfield or Marietta, Ohio; 19 or 20 Sep 1977
Lower
Salem girl killed
in Lebanon
Two-year-old Anna M.Kuhn of Lower Salem was
struck by a car and killed Saturday evening in Lebanon, according to reports
received here.
She was
the daughter of Earl (Hank) and Bonnie Kuhn.
She died enroute to Bethesda Hospital.
The
Monroe County Sheriff's Dept. said the investigation into the accident is
continuing.
Anna
Marie Kuhn was born April 11, 1976 and is survived by her parents, brothers
Roger and Ricky and a sister, Rebecca.
All the children live at home.
The
grandparents are Iola Kuhn of Rinard Mills and Dean
and Hazel Stark of Oklawaha, Fla.
Great
grandparents are Dale Holland of Rinard Mills and
Virgil Stark of Lower Salem.
Funeral
services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the McClure-Schafer Funeral Home
with the Rev. Charles Kendall officiating.
Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home.
Kurtzman, Ada L. Kurtzman, nee Wentworth
Source: The Columbus [Ohio] Dispatch; Wednesday, May
18, 1977 Page: 21 B
Mrs. Warren (Ada) Kurtzman, 314 Belford
Street, Caldwell, died Tuesday, May 17.
Funeral service Thursday, 1 p.m. MURPHY
FUNERAL HOME, Caldwell. Calling hours Wednesday, 2 - 4 and 7 - 9 p.m.
Burial Mt. Ephriam Cemetery, Mt. Ephriam, Ohio.
Retired employee of Battelle Memorial
Institute.
Leach, Acel (Ace) Leach
Source: The Cambridge [OHIO] Jeffersonian, Friday, 3 June 1977
SUMMERFIELD---Acel (Ace) Leach,
84, of Quaker City R.D. 1, died at 4:40 P.M. Thursday at Barnesville Hospital
where he was a patient for a short time. He
was born in Calais on July 10, 1892, the son of Samuel R. and Angelic Carpenter
Leach. He was a retired farmer. Mr. Leach
leaves his wife, the former Miss Rebecca Carpenter; two daughters, Mrs. Edna
Stephen of Canton and Mrs. Mary Barker of Lewisville; three sons, Roy of Quaker
City, Edward (Dick) of Canton and Rodney of Massillon; 13 grandchildren; nine
great-grandchildren; one brother, Arch Leach of Quaker City; three sisters,
Mrs. Kate Floyd and Mrs. Jennie Flood, both of Zanesville, and Mrs. Harriet
Carpenter of Uhrichsville. Services
will be held at 1 P.M. Sunday at Brubach Funeral Home
in Summerfield with the Rev. Phillip Golden officiating. Burial will be in
Eastern Cemetery. Calling hours are 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. Saturday in the
funeral home.
Leach, Ellis D. (Pete) Leach
Source: The Cambridge [Ohio]
Jeffersonian, Wed., 19 Jan. 1977
SUMMERFIELD---Services for Ellis
D. (Pete) Leach, 83, will be at 1 P.M. Friday at Brubach
Funeral Home. Evang. J. Bernard Mason will officiate and burial will be in
Eastern Cemetery where military rites will be conducted by Summerfield American
Legion.
A retired farmer, Mr. Leach died at 10:45 A.M. Tuesday
(Jan. 18, 1977) at his home following a long illness.
He was born Dec. 19, 1893, in Noble County, the son of the
late Samuel and Angelic Carpenter Leach, and was a member of Bates Hill Church
of Christ and Summerfield American Legion Post. He was a World War 1 veteran.
Mr. Leach leaves four daughters, Mrs. Charles (Betty)
Casey, MT. Ephriam, Miss Phyllis Leach of the home,
Mrs. Carl (Edith) Bates, West Lafayette, Mrs. John (Nancy) Moore, Coshocton;
one son Clinton of West Lafayette; 14 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren;
three sisters, Mrs. Kate Flood and Mrs. Jennie Flood, both of Zanesville, Mrs.
Harriett Carpenter, Uhrichsville; and two brothers, Acel
(Ace) Leach and Arch Leach, both of Quaker City. His wife, Maude died in April
1973.
Source: The Canton [Ohio] Repository; Wednesday, 3
Aug 1977
LEACH
GAILARD
W., age 56, of 2132 2nd St. NE,
was dead on arrival at Timken Mercy Hospital Tuesday after suffering an
apparent heart attack while at work. An
employee of Canton Ice and Cold Storage.
Air Force Veteran of WWII.
Survived by wife Mary W. One son, Gaylord [sic–Gailard]
Jr. of Kensington. Two
stepsons: Gerald Senter
of Louisville, James Senter of Canton. Step-daughter: Mrs. Yvonne Erks of
Akron. Two sisters: Mrs. Betty Dotson, Mrs. Elma Deateria, both of Columbus.
Service will be Friday at 2:30 p.m. in
Earl B. Jack and Son Funeral Home with Rev. Harold Henniger
officiating. Burial in Forest Hill
Cemetery. Calling hours Thursday 2-4 and
7-9 p.m.
(Earl B. Jack and Son,
452-1702)
Leek,
Catherine "Teeny" Leek, nee Lehew
Source: The Martins Ferry [Ohio] Times Leader; ca 28
May 1977
Catherine (Teeny) Leek, 76, 174 Main
St., Powhatan, died Friday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles (Opal)
Smith, Powhatan.
She was born April 19, 1901, in New
Martinsville, W. Va., a daughter of William and Rebecca Jane Mercer Lehew.
She was a Methodist. She was preceded in death by her husband, Berl, June, 1964.
Surviving are one son, Forrest Leek,
Clarington; two daughters, Opal Smith of Powhatan, and Mrs. Donald (Edna)
McGrath, Suitland, Md.; 10 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received at Gibson
Bauknecht Funeral Home, Powhatan, at a time to be announced. Arrangements are incomplete.
Source: The Cleveland [Ohio] Plain Dealer; 22 May
1977
LEFFLER
WILLIAM G. LEFFLER, beloved husband of
Julie (nee Maruniak), dear step-father of Robert Juker, grandfather of two, dearest son (Gilbert)*
(deceased) and Maggie (nee Bragg) Leffler, brother of
Gene (CA), Mildred Welker (N.Y.), Gilbert Jr., Mrs. Emerson (Marjory) Davis,
and the following deceased brothers and sisters: Thomas (OR), Annabelle and Charles.
Friends may call at GRDINA FUNERAL HOME,
17010 LAKE SHORE BLVD. where services will be held Monday, May 23 at 1 p.m.
Rev. Walther P. Marcis officiating. VISITATION SUNDAY 2-4 and
7-9 P.M.
*Submitter's Note: This probably should read "dearest son
of Gilbert (deceased) . . . ."
Source: The East Liverpool
[Ohio] Evening Review; 19 Sep 1977
EAST LIVERPOOL – Funeral services will
be held Tuesday at the Martin Funeral Home at 10:30 a.m. for Robert L.
Lockhart, 53, of 145 N. Surry Rd., who died at his home Saturday at 11 a.m. He
had been in failing health for two years.
Burial will be in Columbiana County
Memorial Park with the Rev. William Parsons of the First Baptist Church
officiating.
Masonic services will be held tonight
at 7:30 p.m.
Born in Woodsfield, Ohio on Jan. 8,
1924, he was a son of the late Franklin and Stella Sams
Lockhart. For 17 years, he was the maintenance foreman for the East Liverpool
Water Dept. He was a member of the First Baptist Church and a member of the
Riddle Lodge 315 F & A M. He was also a member of the Scottish Rite in
Steubenville.
Mr. Lockhart served in the Army during
World War II.
Survivors include his widow, Grace
Mercer Lockhart, whom he married Dec. 10, 1948; two sons, Robert of the home,
and John of East Liverpool; four brothers, Lloyd of Kensington, Charles,
William and Herbert , all of East Liverpool. He also leaves four sisters, Mrs.
Floyd (Opal) Claus of Salem, Mrs. Willard (Hazel) Smith of Salem, Mrs. Paul
(Lenora) Sosa of San Jose, Calif., and Mrs. Delmar (Lura)
Logston of Chester. He also leaves a grandchild.
Source: The Martins Ferry [Ohio] Library obituary
index; 3 Jan 1977
David A. Lyons, 51, a Martins Ferry
policeman for 23 years, died Saturday at 12:30 a.m. at Martins Ferry Hospital.
A resident of 912 Virginia St., Martins
Ferry, he was born in Bridgeport, Nov. 17, 1925, a son of the late Sherman and
Edith Schultz Lyons Sr.
He was a member of St. Johns' Lutheran
Church of Martins Ferry, had served with the U. S. Marine Corps in the South
Pacific in World War II, was a member of Martins Ferry VFW and the Fraternal
Order of Police.
Surviving are his widow, Regina Ritchie
Lyons; one son, Charles A. Lyons of Martins Ferry; a brother, Sherman Lyons Jr.
of Morristown; four sisters, Johanna Marie Banks of Miami, Fla., Mrs. Louis
(Charlotte) Stein of Aliquippi, Pa., Alice May Baker
of Martins Ferry and Mrs. Jesse (Phyllis) Pritt of Valley Grove, W. Va.; one
grandson.
Friends are being received at the Heslop Funeral Home, Martins Ferry, today from 2 to 4 and 7
to 9 p.m. Services will be Thursday at
2:30 p.m. at the funeral home with Pastor Igor Bella and Rev. Lloyd Weston
officiating. Burial in Holly Memorial
Gardens, Pleasant Grove.
Fraternal Order of Police will hold
services tonight at 7 at the funeral home.
Source: The Alliance [Ohio] Review; 8 Oct 1977
Howard L. Marty, 75, a resident of
Copeland Oaks in Sebring, died there yesterday.
Mr. Marty was born in Clarington June
23, 1902 to the Rev. Rudolph and Katie Kraft Marty and had also lived in St. Clairsville.
He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Sam
(Gertrude) Allen of Culver, Ind., and Mrs. William (Mary) Wilson of Butler, Pa.
Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m.
Monday at Mount Zion Cemetery in Augusta.
The Beck Funeral Home of St. Clairsville has
charge of arrangements.
Mr. Marty's favorite charities were the
Thoburn United Methodist Church of St. Clairsville, Copeland Oaks, and the Cancer Society.
McCamey,
Lewis Clayton McCamey
Source: The Charleston [West Virginia] Gazette; 4 Feb
1977
Lewis Clayton "Bugger" McCamey, 65, of Clendenin, died Thursday in Staats Hospital after a long illness.
He was a retired employe
of Columbia Gas Co. and a deacon of the Blue Creek Advent Christian Church.
Surviving: wife, Beatrice S.; daughters, Mrs. Juanita
Baldwin of Belle, Mrs. Palma Neal of Iron Gate, Va., Mrs. Janice Rucker of Blue
Creek; stepmother, Mrs. G. W. McCamey of Milton;
sister, Mrs. Molly Jones of Belpre, Ohio; brother, G. W. McCamey
Jr. of Clendenin; three grandchildren.
Service will be 3 p.m. Saturday in Blue
Creek Advent Church with the Rev. C.W. Noble and the Rev. Gordon Noble
officiating. Burial will be in Elk Hills
Memorial Park, Big Chimney. Friends may
call after 2 p.m. today at Myers Funeral Home, Elkview. The body will be taken to the church one hour
before service.
McMahan, Ida May McMahan, nee Simpson
Source: The Evansville [Indiana] Courier and Press;
Wednesday, 14 Sep 1977
TELL
CITY -- Mrs. Ida M. McMahan, 68, died Tuesday; services 10 a.m.
Friday. (Finch)
Meyer, Sarah Meyer, nee
Coughlan
Source: The Wheeling [West
Virginia] Intelligencer; 7 Feb 1977
MEYER, Sarah Coughlan, 61, of
65 Knox Lane, Wheeling, formerly of 17 Pearl Ave., Wheeling, died Saturday at
the Wheeling Hospital. She was a member of the St. Michael Catholic Church. She
was preceded in death by her husband, Frank E. Meyer, Sept. 1967.* Surviving
are a daughter, Mrs. James (Sharon) Schweizer of
Wheeling; a sister, Mrs. Regina Marquart of Wheeling.
Friends received at the Altmeyer Funeral Home, 1400 Eoff St., 7-9 p.m. Monday and 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday.
Mass of Christian burial Wednesday at 10 a.m. in St. Michael Catholic Church.
Interment in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Rosary devotions Tuesday at 8 p.m.
*Submitter's Note: The
Social Security Death Index gives his death as Sept 1969.
Miller, Edna J. Miller (nee Miller)
Source: Akron [Ohio] Beacon Journal; Friday,
November 25, 1977
BARBERTON--Edna J. Miller, 81, of 935 Swigart rd., died Wednesday p.m.
She was a resident of Barberton 25
years, a member of Pleasant Ridge Church of Christ.
She is survived by daughter, Mrs. Betty
Carmichael, Barberton; 4 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren; sister, Mrs.
Kathryn Roach, Canal Fulton.
Funeral services Saturday 3 p.m. at the
Campfield-Hickman Funeral Home, Rev. Donald Roach
officiating. Burial Greenlawn
Cemetery. Family will receive friends
Friday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and until time of services Saturday. (Campfield-Hickman,
Barberton, 745-3161).
Miller, James O. Miller
Source: The Canton [Ohio] Repository, 4 April 1977
MILLER
James O. 65 of 921 PROSPECT Ave SW passed
away Saturd [sic] evening in Doctors Hospital
following a brief illness. Born in
Monroe County, Ohio and resided in Canton for the past 33 years. Retired foreman for the Hercules Company with
32 years of service. Member of Ninth
Street Church of Christ, Loyal Order of Moose No. 481 of Massillon, Old Guard
Club of Hercules, U.A.W. Local 161. A
World War II Veteran which he served with the army. Survivors include daughter Mrs. Larry (Diana)
Davis of Magnolia, Ohio. Two sons James
A. Miller and Dwight L. Miller both of Canton.
Three grandchildren. Mother Mrs.
Florence Hutchison of Lewisville, Ohio. Two sisters Mrs. Lucille Jones of
Lewisville, Ohio and Mrs. Grace Beaver of Wellsville, Ohio. Services will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. in
the Spiker-Foster Funeral Home with Rev. R. C. Wells officiating. Interment in Sunset Hills Memory Garden. Friends may call Monday (today) 2-4 and 7-9
p.m.
Moose, Frank G. Moose
Published July 21, 1977 in
the Sentinel Record page 12
Frank G. Moose, 84, died
Wednesday at his home. He was born in
Woodsfield, Ohio and had been a resident of Hot Springs for the past 30
years. He was a retired railroad engineer, a veteran of World War I, a
member of the American Legion, the V.F.W. and the Eagles Barracks No. 317 and was
a Mason.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Edna M. Moose of Hot Springs; a step-son, R.G. Rowley of Memphis, Tenn.;
two nephews and one niece.
Graveside services will be
held at 10 a.m. Friday in Little Rock National Cemetery under the direction of Caruth Funeral Home.
Rev. Neal Rayborn
officiating.
Morris,
Delbert Woodrow Morris
Source: as posted on findagrave.com; no date posted
for the article but he died August 5, 1977.
Euclid,
Ohio
Delbert Woodrow Morris, 63 of Euclid, formerly
of Arcola, Webster County WVa, died Friday in Sacred
Heart Hospital, Richwood, WVa, after a short illness.
He was an employee of Linderme Tude [sic—Tube] Co in Akron, Ohio, a World
War II veteran and a member of Trinity United Methodist Church at Cowen WVa.
Surviving: wife, Flora; sons, Dennis of
Cleveland, Ohio, Jerry of Euclid; daughter, Mrs
Phyllis Shimko of Euclid; brothers, Roscoe of Cowen,
Ben of Euclid; sisters, Mrs Eleanor Angel of
Clarksburg, WVa, Mrs Ann Handschumaker [sic—Handschumacher] and Mrs Ollie
Houle of Maryland.
Service will be held Monday at 2 pm in
Adams Funeral Home, Cowen, with the Rev Okey Wayne
officiating. Burial will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Cowen.
Friends may call Sunday after 5 pm at
the funeral home.
Source: The Star Press, [Muncie,
Indiana] - Monday, 3 Oct 1977
Skateboard Wreck
Kills Indiana
Youth
LAKE STATION, Ind. (UPI) - Like thousands
of other kids, Jeff Morris had a fall while going downhill on a skateboard.
The difference is it killed Morris, 14,
Lake City.
The boy was riding down a hill near his
home when he hit some gravel or a rock Thursday and fell, police shift
commander Charles Gilmore said Sunday.
Gilmore said belatedly investigation began Sunday, because the boy
appeared in no danger at first.
He was conscious, went home and
complained of the bruise and a headache.
Just to be safe, his family had him
checked at a hospital. Friday morning he
went into a coma from which he never emerged.
He died Friday night.
Source: The Wheeling [West
Virginia] News-Register; 27 Mar 1977
MUMLEY, Charles R. "Bob," 64,
of 35 Mil-Acre Drive, Elm Grove, Wheeling, died Friday
at Wheeling Hospital, Medical Park. He
was a member of the First English Lutheran Church of Wheeling, a retired employe of the Continental Baking Co. and a veteran of the
U.S. Army Air Corps having served during World War II.
Surviving are his widow, Virginia
Hartenstein Mumley; one daughter, Mrs. John (Charlyn) Hickey of Weirton; one son, Matthew, at home; one
sister, Lillian Mumley of Wheeling; four brothers,
Peter and Eli, both of St. Clairsville, and Nick and
Rudy, both of Wheeling; and a grandson.
Friends received Sunday from noon-3
p.m. and 7-9 p.m. at the Altmeyer Funeral Home, 1400 Eoff St., Wheeling, where services will be held Tuesday at
11 a.m. Interment in
Park View Memorial Gardens, Wheeling.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association.
Source: The Wheeling [West Virginia] News-Register;
20 Jul 1977
NALLEY, James W., 68, of 2514 Chapline St., Wheeling, died Tuesday in Ohio Valley General
Hospital, Wheeling. He was a Protestant
and a retired employe of the Blaw-Knox
Corp. Surviving are his wife, Clara
McHenry Nalley; a son, James E. of Colerain; two
daughters, Mrs. Tom (Hilda) Pollock of Mozart, and Mrs. Ruth Childers of
Barnesville; a sister, Mrs. Hilda Eckhardt of
Wheeling; three grandchildren. Friends
received at the Kepner Funeral Home, Thirty-sixth and
Jacob streets, Wheeling, after 7 p.m. Wednesday, where services will be held
Friday at 11 a.m. Interment
in Halcyon Hills Memorial Park, Sherrard.
Source: The Greeley [Colorado] Daily Tribune;
Tuesday, 11 Jan 1977
Orville (Bud) Oldemeyer, 61, 214 11th Ave., Longmont, died Monday. Jan. 10, in Boulder Memorial Hospital. He was an agriculture
Manager for Great Western Sugar Co. at Johnstown and Longmont for 31 years.
He was born Dec 7, 1915 at Brush.
Oldemeyer was graduated from
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, in 1938.
He and his wife, Beryle Irene were married at Fort Morgan July 17, 1937. In 1974 they
moved to Longmont from Johnstown where they had resided the previous 30 years.
Oldemeyer served on the Johnstown
Town Council for two terms. He was a member of the Methodist Church of
Johnstown and BPOE at Loveland.
Survivors include his wife, Beryle
Irene; two sons, John of Kenai, Alaska, and Steven with the U.S. Navy at
Memphis, Tenn., two daughters, Mrs. Richard (Susan) Smith of Lowell, (Sandra)
Eddy of Arvada; a sister, Mrs. Opal Harvey of Brush and seven grandchildren.
The body will lie in state at the Howe Mortuary in
Longmont. The casket will be closed for the funeral.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday in the United
Methodist Church in Johnstown. Interment will be in the Johnstown Cemetery.
Contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Source: The Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph;
Thursday, 24 Mar 1977
Services for Terri Jo Patterson, 24, of
Denver will be held at 3 p.m. Friday at Chapel Hill Mortuary, Littleton, the Rev. Lewis Adkinson
officiating. Interment will be in Chapel
Hill Cemetery.
Miss Patterson died Monday in Denver.
She was a receptionist for the
University of Denver Law School.
Survivors include her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Terrance Patterson of Colorado Springs; three brothers, Mark, Todd and
Gordon Patterson, all of Colorado Springs; grandparents Mr. and Mrs. H.O.
Patterson of Englewood and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Highfill
of Canon City.
Contributions may be made to the Circle
Drive Baptist Church in Colorado Springs.
Source: The San Diego [California] Union; 8 Jan 1977
R.L.
Perkins Dies; Ex-Grocer
Cremation is planned for Robert L.
Perkins, 81, of 4776 Tambor Court, a retired San
Diego market owner who died Thursday in a hospital. There will be no services. Inurnment will be in El Camino Memorial Park
under the direction of Cypress View Mortuary.
A native of Indiana and a county
resident for 55 years, Mr. Perkins owned Perkins Market at 28th Street and
Ocean View Boulevard for 34 years before retiring in 1962. He was a cofounder of Alfred M. Lewis Grocers
Co. and a charter member of the San Diego Police Reserves.
A life member of the Fraternal Order of
Eagles Aerie 244 and a past president of the Southeast YMCA, he also was a
member of the San Diego Retail Grocers Association and the Southeast Exchange
Club.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Helen
F. Vermeulen of Chula Vista and Mrs. Darlene M.
McCombs of San Diego; a son, Harold L. of Lemon Grove; two brothers, including
Everett of San Diego; nine grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren.
Perry, Ruby Joy Perry nee Rogers
Source: Edina [Missouri] Sentinel; approximately 26
Oct 1977
Mrs. Ruby Joy Perry, 52, Kirksville,
passed away Sunday, October 23, 1977, at 7 a.m. in Ellis Fischel
Hospital, Columbia, where she had been since October 3, 1977.
She was born Dec. 21, 1924 in Knox
County, the daughter of Leon Lester and Grace Christina Campbell Rogers. Her mother died Feb. 10, 1977. On Dec.10, 1944, she was married to Howard
Marshall Perry at Shelbina and he died June 1, 1970.
Surviving are two daughters; Cleva Joyce, Mrs.
Larry Clark of Edina, and Marsha Ellen Perry of the home, a son, Lester Carl
Perry of Atchison, Kansas, her father, Leon Lester Rogers of Edina, a grandson,
Jacob Carl Perry, two sisters; Arlene, Mrs. Guy Larson of Hillsdale, Ill., Rami
Lou, Mrs. Carl Douglas of near Novelty, and several nieces and nephews.
She had lived west of Novelty until
moving to Kirksville seven years ago.
She had been employed at Grim-Smith Hospital as a nurses aid until her
health failed about 3 years ago.
She was a member of the Novelty
Christian Church.
Funeral services were Tuesday, October
25, 1977 at Hudson-Rimer Funeral Chapel, Edina, with
Bob Schofield of Lancaster, Mo. officiating.
Burial was in Locust Hill Cemetery, west of Novelty, Mo.
Phillips,
Hugh Martin Phillips
Source: The Martins Ferry [Ohio] Times Leader; 5 Oct
1977
Hugh Martin Phillips, 70, a resident of
804 Dewey St., Martins Ferry, died Monday at the Bellaire City Hospital. He was born Oct. 5, 1906 in New Cumberland,
W. Va., the son of the late Daniel M. and Lucindi
Staley Phillips.
He was a retired employe
of the City of Martins Ferry.
Surviving are his widow, Anna Hailes Phillips; four sons, Hugh M. and Ronald, both of
Martins Ferry, Allen of Deep Run, Daniel of Wheeling; three daughters, Mrs.
Raymond (Betty) Rutan, Mrs. Roland (Madeline)
Doughty, Mrs. Albert (Wilma) Doughty, all of Martins Ferry; one sister, Mrs.
Curtis Matthews,* Shadyside; 24 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the Heslop Funeral Home, Martins Ferry, tonight 7 to 9 and
Wednesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Final
arrangements are incomplete.
*Submitter's Note: In his obituary the name was spelled Curtis
MATHEWS.
Source: The Republic [Columbus, Indiana]; 5 Jul 1977
Formerly
of Shelbyville
Wilbur Pope
2623
Joseph Cox
Wilbur C. Pope, 73, 2623 Joseph Cox
Court, died Monday at Bartholomew County Hospital shortly after being admitted. He had been ill since November.
Pope was a retired farmer and truck
driver and a former member of the Old Winchester Methodist Church in Shelby
County. He was also a charter member of
the Western Riders Club in Shelbyville and a member of the Senior Center in
Columbus. He moved to Columbus from
Shelbyville in 1974.
Funeral service will be conducted at 2
p.m. Thursday at Murphy Funeral Home in Shelbyville. Burial will be at Lewis Creek Baptist
Cemetery.
Persons may call at the funeral home
from 4 to 9 p.m. Wednesday.
Pope was born Sept. 27, 1903, in Shelby
County to the late James L. and Blanche Young Pope. He married the former Bertha Urich who died in 1973.
He then married Miriam E. Waltz July 19, 1974, in Madison, and she
survives.
Other survivors include a daughter,
Elizabeth Streeval of Columbus; two brothers, Gordon
Pope of Shelbyville and John L. Pope of Acton; two sisters, Dora Schuck of
Shelbyville and Dorothy Myer of Action, and three grandchildren.
One sister preceded him in death.
Source: The Stark County [Illinois] News; 7 Apr 1977
Robert E. Pyle, 75, died at 6:35 p.m.
Sunday, April 3, 1977 at Kewanee Public Hospital where he had been a patient
since Thursday.
He was born August 23, 1901 in Stark
County, the son of Thomas and Maude May Claybaugh
Pyle.
He was married September 25, 1940 at
Cedar Rapids, Iowa to Grace Barton, who died June 5, 1970.
He was a member of the First Baptist
Church, the Masonic Lodge, Shrine and Scottish Rite of Peoria.
He is survived by three brothers and
two sisters, John of Leghanon [sic--Lebanon],
Ore., Ted of Toulon and Dean of Galesburg, Mrs. Philip (Ruth) Anderson, Toulon
and Mrs. Delbert (Joseph) Aldredge of Madison,
Wisconsin.
He was preceded in death by his
parents, wife, one brother and two sisters.
Calling hours were held on Tuesday
night at the Kidd Funeral Home.
Services were 1:30 p.m. Wednesday with
Rev. Wayne Brackett officiating. Burial
was in the Toulon Cemetery.
Riggs, Mercy Faith Riggs, nee DeNoon
Source: The Times Leader,
Martins Ferry, Ohio; 11 Jul 1977
Mrs. Mercy Faith Riggs, 75, 2124
Belmont St., Bellaire, died early today at Wheeling Hospital. Born at New Martinsville, W. Va., July
25,1901,* she was a daughter of the late Jacob and Ida Mae DeNoon.
She was a member of the South Bellaire
United Methodist Church.
Preceded in death by her husband, Halgie, Feb. 5, 1975, she is survived by a son, Wilbert
Moore of Pittsburgh, Pa.; one daughter, Mrs. Wilma Frye of Bellaire; one
brother, Howard DeNoon of Moundsville; 10
grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the Walter C. Bauknecht and Son Funeral Home, Bellaire, after 7 p.m. tonight. Services will be Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the funeral home with Rev. William Moran officiating. Burial in Holly Memorial Gardens, Pleasant Grove.
*Submitter's Note:
Other records show the birth as July 25, 1902:
1. West
Virginia, Births Index, 1804-1938
Name: Mercy Denoon
Birth Date:
25 Jul 1902
Birth
Place: Tyler, West Virginia
2. U.S., Social
Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Mercy F Riggs
Birth Date:
25 Jul 1902
3. The 1940
Moundsville, Marshall Co., West Virginia Census gives her approximate birth
year as 1903, closer to the 1902 than to the 1901 given here.
Source: The Crown Point [Indiana] Star; 5 Jan 1978
[died in 1977]
Trueman P.
Rowley, 68, Lowell, died at St. Anthony Medical Center Sunday, Dec. 29.
Survivors include wife Marjorie; sons,
David and Stephen, Lowell; daughter Mrs. Susan Camp, Whiting; one grandchild;
brother Jean, Gary; three sisters, Mrs. Margaret Hendrick,
Phoenix, Ariz.; Mrs. Laura Higgins, Evansville; Mrs. Roberta Flowers,
Deltaville, Va.
The Rev. William Hull conducted
services at St. Christopher's Episcopal Church, Crown Point, Saturday, Dec.
31. Burial was at Lowell Cemetery.
The deceased was a retired employe of Inland Steel Co., a former Boy Scout advisory
committee chairman.
Rumbold, Edward L. Rumbold
Source: The Canton Repository; Monday, 21 Nov 1977
RUMBOLD
EDWARD L., age 52, of 4522 Eddie Ave.
SW, Canton, died Saturday evening in Aultman Hospital
after a two-month illness. He lived in
Canton for the past 30 years, coming from Marietta. He was employed at the Berger Division of
Republic Steel. A member of Canton
Baptist Temple where he was a bus driver and a member of the Adult Bible
Class. Survived by his widow, Waneta; two daughters, Becky and Judy Rumbold;
one son, Ben Rumbold, all of the home, and two
sisters, Mrs. Clyde (Verneda) Cronin of Marietta and
Mrs. James (Betty) McCoy of Canton. Two
brothers preceded him in death. Services
will be conducted Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. in the Canton Baptist Temple with Rev.
Harold Henniger officiating. Burial will be in Forest Hill Cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday 2:30-4:30 and 7-9
p.m. in the Kreighbaum Funeral Home and one hour
before the services Wednesday at the church.
(Kreighbaum,
484-2525)
Russell, Flora Estella Russell, nee Miller
Source: The Canton [Ohio] Repository; Saturday, 15
Jan 1977
EAST SPARTA -- Services will be 1 p.m.
Monday in Kreighbaum funeral home in Canton for Mrs.
Flora F.* Russell, 94, of 7040 Maplehurst Ave. SE,
who died Thursday in Aultman Hospital in Canton after
a short illness.
She is survived by a son. Her husband Chester "Blaine" died
in 1966.
Burial in East Sparta cemetery. Callers 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday in the
funeral home, with Pike Grange services at 6:45.
*Submitter's Note: The middle initial is an error. It should be "E" for
"Estella."
[Below is another
obituary.]
Russell, Flora Estella Russell, nee Miller
Source: The Canton [Ohio] Repository; Saturday, 15
Jan 1977
FLORA E., age 94, of 7040 Maplehurst
SE, East Sparta died Thursday evening in Aultman
Hospital after a short illness. Born in
Magnolia, she had been a life resident of Stark County. She was a member of Asbury United Methodist Church
and at the time of her death, she was the oldest member of Pike Grange. She was preceded in death by her husband,
Chester Blaine Russell who died Sept. 6, 1966 and two sons, Floyd and G. Harold
Russell. Survivors include one son, Paul
Russell of the home; two grandsons, Larry and Richard Russell both of Canton;
three great-grandchildren. Services will
be Monday at 1 p.m. with Rev. Evelyn Weaver officiating. Burial will be in East Sparta Cemetery. Friends may call Sunday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. There will be Pike Grange services at 6:45
p.m.
(Kreighbaum,
484-252 )*
*Submitter's Note: There was no last digit to the telephone
number.
Source: The Indianapolis [Indiana] Star; Tuesday, 18
Jan 1977
David W. Sanders, 23, 1501 Grant
Avenue, a lifelong resident of Indianapolis, died yesterday in Methodist
Hospital. A one-year employe
of Lawrence Painting Company, Mr. Sanders was a member of Painters Union Local
47. Services will be held at 1 p.m.
Thursday in Grinsteiner Funeral Home, with burial in
Washington Park East Cemetery. Surviving
are his widow, Mrs. Linda Sanders; a son, David W. Sanders Jr.; his mother,
Mrs. Janet Cook, and his father, William E. Sanders, all of Indianapolis.
Scales,
Bessie Scales, nee Miller
Source: The Terre Haute [Indiana] Tribune; 5 Jul 1977
HYMERA -- Mrs. Bessie Scales, 66, rte one Shelburn, died Monday at
Terre Haute Regional Hospial..
She was a member of the First Baptist
Church and of the Hymera Order of Eastern Star.
She is survived by the husband, Homer;
four daughters, Mrs. Zada Barnett and Mrs. Georgia
Hutchinson, both of rte one Shelburn,
Rosemary Keller, Hymera and Mrs. Betty Enochs, LaPort [sic--LaPorte]; a son Gerald, Farmersburg; a brother Norman
Miller, Linton; three sisters, Mrs. Beatrice Kirkman
and Mrs. Alma Myers, both of Linton and Mrs. Georgia Wise, Englewood, Calif.;
20 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m.
Thursday at the McHugh Hymera Chapel with Rev. Allen
Roberts and Rev. Lincoln Stafford officiating and burial in Olive Branch
Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m.
Wednesday.
The Canton Repository
HOMER C., age 89, of 1891
Walnut St. SE, East Sparta, passed away Wednesday morning [SUBMITTER'S
NOTE: 18 Nov 1978] in Aultman Hospital after an
extended illness. He was born in Monroe County and had been a resident of East
Sparta for 74 years. He retired in 1958 from Spartek,
Inc. and then was Supt. of the East Sparta Water Works for 18 years. He was a
former Pike Twp. Trustee and also served on the East Sparta Board of Education.
Preceded in death by his wife, Mrs. Pearl Schaub, on Nov. 5, 1972. Survived by
one daughter, Mrs. Howard (Viola) Inboden of East
Sparta, and one grandson. Services will be conducted Saturday at 1:00
p.m. in the Gordon Funeral Home in East Sparta with Rev. William Moody
officiating. Interment in Fort Laurens Cemetery in Bolivar.
Schultheisz,
Jason Andrew Schultheisz
Source: The Marietta [Ohio] Times; 21 Feb 1977, Page: 14 Column: 5
Schultheisz infant
Jason Andrew Schultheisz,
son of Charles and Connie Gatten Schultheisz,
109 Fearing St., died at birth in Selby General Hospital Saturday afternoon.
Surviving with his parents are two
brothers, Charles Jr. and Scott, both of the home, grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. Cecil Schultheisz, Marietta, and Edward Moore,
Zanesville, and a great-grandmother, Mrs. Maude Trehearne
[sic–Treherne], Marietta.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow
in McClure-Schafer Funeral Home, with the Rev. Ralph Yarnell
officiating and burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Schwartz, Nancy Ridgway Schwartz
Mrs. Nancy Ridgway Schwartz, 89,
244 W. Columbia St. died at Aultman Hospital in
Canton at 8:30 a.m. today following a one-week illness. A member of Christ United Methodist Church,
Mrs. Schwartz was born in Rinards Mills July 17, 1887
to Andrew W. and Nancy Ridgway and had lived in this area for 42 years.
She was preceded in death by
her husband Charles H.
Surviving are two daughters,
Miss Nina Schwartz and Mrs. Beulah Meyer, both of Alliance; a son, Forrest of
Poland; seven grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. She was also preceded
by a son, Meryl in 1932. Services will
be held on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at the Cassaday and Turkle Funeral Home with Dr. John Norton Williams of First
Christian Church officiating. Burial will be in Fairmount Memorial
Park. There are no calling hours.
Additional notes: Date of death = March 23, 1977 Her mother was Nancy Elizabeth Beardmore.
Source: The
Zanesville [Ohio] Times Recorder; 11 Sep 1977
W. Ted Shaw Sr., 76, of 951 DeSota Rd., Boca Raton, Fla., a former shoe company
executive, died at 1:12 p.m. Sunday at Boca Raton Community Hospital.
He was born Jan. 10,* 1901 at Sego,
Ohio. He had been a Florida resident
since 1969 and previously had lived in Scarsdale, N.Y., where he had been a
wholesale shoe salesman. From 1950 to
1969 he was an executive with the Brauer Bros. Shoe
Co. in St. Louis. He retired in 1969 and
moved to Florida, where he owned and operated the Roadrunner Tire Co. in Boca
Raton.
He was the son of the late Alonzo and
Mary Stoneburner Shaw.
His wife, Wanda L. Foster, died in
1965.
Surviving are one son, W. Ted Shaw Jr.
of Greenwich, Conn.; one daughter, Mrs. Frank (Marsha) Codling of Glenmont, N.
Y.; three granddaughters; five brothers, Paul L. Shaw of 428 Eppley Ave., Cecil Shaw of Somerset, Leo Shaw of
Doylestown, Albert Shaw of Avondale and Elmer Shaw of Fultonham;
four sisters, Mrs. Mary Lou Brown of Somerset, Mrs. Thoburn
(Myrtie) Krofft of Mt.
Perry, Mrs. Francis (Gertrude) Love of Thornville, Mrs. Marguerite Hammer of
Juanita Dr., South Zanesville.
The body will be brought to Bryan
Funeral Home where friends may call 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Wednesday. Further arrangements are incomplete.
*Submitter’s Note: The Social
Security Death Index gave his birth as September 8th.
Simpson, Ralph C. Simpson
Source: The Wayne County [Illinois] Press; 10 Oct
1977
Cisne Man
Found Dead
Ralph C. Simpson, 80, a resident of Cisne many years, was found dead at 12:15 p.m. Thursday at
his home in Cisne.
Mr. Simpson, who lived alone, was found
by his brother-in-law, Merle Malone.
Coroner Bob Johnson conducted an inquiry into his death and it is
believed he suffered a heart attack.
Rites Conducted
Services were conducted at 1:30 Sunday
afternoon at the Hosselton Funeral Home in Cisne, with Bro. John Bainum
officiating. Burial was in the Cisne Cemetery.
Mr. Simpson was born June 27, 1897, in
Wayne County, the son of Samuel and Sidney (Spriggs)
Simpson.
He was married to Blanche Powless Aug. 21, 1918, in Cisne. She preceded him in death Apr. 10, 1972.
Mr. Simpson was a general laborer.
The Survivors
Surviving are one son, Lales, of Fairfield; one daughter, Mrs. David (Catherine) Truax, of Ravenna, O.; three grandchildren; two sisters,
Mrs. Mike (Marie) German of Michigan and Mrs. Merle (Julia) Malone, of Cisne.
Preceding him in death were one
daughter, Dorothy Glenn; one brother, Wayne; one sister, Blanche, and his
parents.
Snider,
Anna Snider, nee Fronius
Source: The Martins Ferry [Ohio] Times Leader; 15 Sep
1977
Anna A. Snider, 64, formerly of
Bridgeport, died Wednesday in Valley View Nursing Home, New Philadelphia. She was born in Martins Ferry, Dec. 21, 1912,
the daughter of the late Michael and Mary Fronius.
She was a member of the Assembly of God
Church and a former employe of G. C. Murphy Co.,
Wheeling.
She was preceded in death by her husband,
Jacob Snider, in 1966.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs.
Edward Bassa of Barton and Mrs. Jams Sloan of Midway;
two sisters, Mrs. Mary DeNora of Marysville, Calif.,
and Mrs. Elizabeth Springer of Monongahela, Pa.; a brother, Michael Fronius of Gary, Ind.; four grandchildren and one
great-grandchild.
Friends received at the Beck Funeral
Chapel, St. Clairsville, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Friday, where services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. Officiating will be Rev. Henry Mooney. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery, Martins
Ferry.
Stalder, Charles
William “Chuck” Stalder
Source: The Corning [Iowa]
Free Press; April 21, 1977
Charles William Stalder,
oldest child of Oscar and Lulu Bowers Stalder was born
January 21, 1905. He passed away April 12, 1977 at Rosary Hospital in Corning,
at the age of 72 years, 2 months and 22 days.
Charles was born in Adams County and
spent most of his life in this area. On January 29, 1931, he was married to Esthelene Beezley and they lived
most of their married life at their present home in Brooks.
In his younger days he was employed as
a carpenter and then as a section hand for the Burlington RR for approximately
25 years.
After retiring from the railroad he
kept himself busy with part-time employment, working with his friends and
neighbors, and gardening. He took great pride in his garden and thoroughly
enjoys sharing the fruits of the harvest with his family and friends.
Chuck, as he was known by his friends,
was always around to lend a helping hand. An important part of his life was
participating in community events. He was ever present with a willing hand at
all functions at the Brooks Community Hall.
He is survived by his devoted wife, Esthelene; four sisters, Ruby Greenfield of Villisca,
Esther Anderson of Tarkio, Missouri, Ruth Lampe of Winterset and Marie Pullen
of Lakewood, Colo.; two brothers, Dale of Nodaway and Harold of Downington,* Pa., other family members and friends.
He will be keenly missed by all who
knew him and especially by his many "little friends" upon who he
bestowed much attention.
Funeral services were held at the
Larkin-Roland Funeral Home in corning April 15 at 1L30 p.m., with Rev. James W.
Kind and Rev. Ray Thompson officiating. Interment was in Methodist Grove
Cemetery, Corning.
Music was furnished by Erma Fuller,
organist and Marie West, vocalist. Pallbearers were Max Downard,
Lloyd Leonard, Jack Morrison, Dean Firkins, Don Mercer and Gary Leusink. Honorary bearers were Henry Heaton, Gail Ogburn, James Crawford, Don Perrin, Darrel Ogburn and Bill Milgrove. Flour
bearers were Doris Heaton, Daisy Brown, Mary Morrison and Marge Downard.
* Submitter's Note: Downington should be spelled Downingtown, Pennsylvania.
Source: The Arizona Daily Sun, [Flagstaff, Arizona] -
Tuesday, 17 May 1977
Police said three Kingman teen-agers
died early Monday night in
a one-vehicle accident in Kingman. Officers identified the victims as John
Shade, 16, Earl Strosnider, 15, and Doug Hartford,
16.
Swisher, Charles W.
Swisher
Source: Saginaw (Michigan) News: 21 Jul 1977
Saginaw, Michigan
Passed away early Thursday, morning
July 21, 1977, at Saginaw General Hospital after a lingering illness. Age 64 years.
He was born May 16, 1913, in Middleport, Ohio. He was a member of the Swan Valley United
Methodist Church, the Solar Lodge No. 592 of Saginaw, also the Evangeline
Chapter of the Eastern Star in Middleport, Ohio. He served with the U.S. Navy during World War
II. He was employed by the Grey Iron
Foundry for 27 years, retiring in June of 1976.
He married Katie Turner Dec. 26, 1942 in Toledo, Ohio. She survives him. He also leaves several nieces and nephews.
Funeral service will take place 1:00
p.m. Saturday at the Case Chapel, 409 Adams St.
Rev. Terry Allen will officiate with burial in Roselawn
Memorial Gardens. The Solar Lodge No.
592 will conduct a commital service. Friends may call at the chapel from 2:00 to
4:00 p.m. and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Friday.
Thomas, Charles E. Thomas, III
Source: The Burgettstown [Pennsylvania] Enterprise;
10 Aug 1977
Charles E. Thomas III, of 42 Florence
Avenue Extension, Burgettstown, drowned early on Friday, August 5, 1977, in the
Burgettstown Community Park pool.
He was born in Oakdale March 21, 1958,
a son of Charles E. Thomas Jr. and Doris Marshall Thomas.
He had attended Burgettstown High
School.
Surviving, in addition to his parents,
are two brothers, Harry and Randy, both at home; a sister, Karen Fisher [sic--Fischer]
of Cross Creek; and his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Thomas,
Sr., of Burgettstown.
Friends were received in the Lee
Funeral Home, where services in charge of Dr. Howard Eshbaugh
were held at 2 p.m. Monday. Burial was
in Grandview Cemetery.
Trent, Rosa S. Trent, nee Adkison
Source: The
Star-Gazette, [Elmira, New York]; Monday, 28 Mar 1977
TRENT, Rosa S.
Age 88, of
Bradford County Manor, Sunday, March 27, 1977 at the Manor. Friends may
call at the Morse Funeral Home, Canton, Monday 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral and committal services there, Tuesday
at 2 P.M. with the Rev. S. Wade Stewart officiating. Interment Windfall
Cemetery. She is survived by a
son, E. Harold Trent of the Bradford County Manor; daughters, Eloise Ayrton of Canton and Hallie Weldy
of Monroeton; 9 grandchildren, several great
grandchildren.
Source: The Daily Report, [Ontario, California]; 14
Sep 1977
Eddie Ray Truex,
19 of 9480* San Bernardino Road, Cucamonga, died Sept. 12 at Glendale,
Ariz. In the building and construction
business, he was a native of Pomona and a West End resident all of his
life. He graduated from Alta Loma High
School and served in the United States Marine Corps. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Karen Metz
and his stepfather, Eddy Metz, of Cucamonga; two sisters, Shirley Truex and Rebecca Purrington,
both of Cucamonga; one brother Roy Purrington,
Cucamonga; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Leland Lowther of Montclair and Mrs.
Melvin Johnson of Cherry Valley and Maynard Truex of
Oregon. Graveside services will be held
at 2 p.m. Thursday at Oak Park Cemetery, Claremont. Draper Mortuary in charge of arrangements.
*Submitter's Note: This number was hard to read on my copy of
this obituary and may not be correct here.
Tubaugh, Gussie Tubaugh
Source: The Spirit of Democracy, Woodsfield, Ohio; 8
Jul 1977
Gussie Tubaugh,
83, of Maple Avenue, Woodsfield, died Friday, July 1, 1977, at home.
Tustin,
Celia Tustin, nee Morris
Source: Published in the Lincoln [Illinois] Courier
on Sat July 9, 1977
DECATUR: Celia Woodburn Tustin, 90, of 1517 Pulaski
St., Lincoln, died at 5:25 a.m. Friday at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m.
Monday at Dawson & Wikoff Funeral Home, Decatur,
with the Rev. Laren Spear officiating. Burial will be in Macon County Memorial Park
Cemetery.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m.
Sunday at the funeral home.
She was born in Webster County WVA on
July 27, 1886, a daughter of Jacob and Ella Richardson Morris. She married Clem Tustin in 1941. He died in 1959.
Surviving are one son, Charles
Woodburn, Lincoln; one brother, Vern Morris of Tallmadge, OH; one sister, Mrs.
Iva Webster, Akron, OH; three grandchildren; three great grandchildren; three
step grandchildren and two step great grandchildren. One son preceded her in death.
She was a member of Church of the
Nazarene, Lincoln.
She was employed for 17 years as a
nurse’s aid [sic—aide]
at Lincoln Developmental Center.
Source: The Times Recorder, Zionsville, Ohio;
Wednesday, 15 Jun 1977
WOODSFIELD -- Joseph Urbanek, 6, of S. Main
St., Woodsfield, died at 2 p.m. Monday at home.
Born in
Bellaire City Hospital Sept. 3, 1970, Urbanek was the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Tony and Karen Haney Urbanek Jr.,
who both survive. He was a student at
Woodsfield Elementary School.
Also
surviving are a brother, Ralph and sister, Paula, both at home; paternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Tony Urbanek Sr.,
Woodsfield Rt. 1; maternal grandmother, Mrs. Betty Haney, Lewisville;
step-grandfather, Shirley Workman, Lewisville; great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
James O. Haney, Woodsfield; and great-grandmother, Mrs. Pauline Mlakar, Powhatan.
Funeral
services will be held at 3 p.m. today at Bauer and Turner Funeral Home,
Woodsfield.
Burial will be in Goudy Cemetery. Friends are now being received.
Voland, Rhoda B. Voland, nee Stinson
Source: The Brown County [Indiana] Democrat; 1 Sep
1977
Rhoda B. Voland,
94, Columbus, died August 28 at the Columbus Convalescent Center.
She was born in Brown County on August
18, 1883, the daughter of John H. and Mary L. (McDaniel) Stinson.
She was married to Edward L. Voland, who died in 1948.
Mrs. Voland was
a member of the Presbyterian Church.
She is survived by a son, James A. Voland, Franklin; three daughters, Mrs. Dennis G. Lain and
Doris Crouch of Columbus, and Mrs. Ralph Wright of Bethesda, Maryland; two
grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
A son and a sister preceded her in
death.
Funeral services for Mrs. Voland were conducted August 30 at the Barkes,
Inlow and Weaver Funeral Home in Columbus, the Rev.
L. Ray Lynn officiating.
Burial was at Garland Brock Cemetery in
Columbus.
Source: The Tell City [Indiana] News; 25 Oct 1977
Theo. Willgus, 86
Theophilus
"Ossie" Willgus, 86, Tell City, died at
7:51 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, at the Perry County Memorial Hospital.
A native of Perry County, Mr. Willgus was born June 24, 1891, the son of the late William
and Amanda (Early) Willgus. He was a retired mechanic.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs.
Olive Kleeman of Tell City and Mrs. Audrey Hess and
Mrs. Lillian Conner, both of Spring Grove, Ill.; 15 grandchildren; 35
great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.
Services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday,
Oct. 23 at Finch Funeral Home, Bro. Ray Naugle
officiated, with burial in Greenwood Cemetery.
Wilson, Elza L. Wilson
Source: The Terre Haute [Indiana] Tribune Star; 16
Sep 1977
Services are pending at Callahan
Funeral Home for Elza L. Wilson, 62, 1919 Lee Ave.,
who was dead on arrival 6:15 a.m. Friday at Union Hospital. He was a retired maintenance employee at
ISU. Surviving are the widow, Betty J.;
five daughters, Mrs. Nancy Yard, Blythe, Calif.; Mrs. Juanita Gomolisky, Miss Cheryl Wilson, Miss Evelyn Wilson, Miss Brenda
Wilson, all of Terre Haute; two sons, Robert Leon, Shelburn;
Donald, Terre Haute; one step-son James Darby, Terre Haute; two sisters, Mrs.
Imogene Wagner, Sumner, Ill.; Miss Alberta Wilson, Illinois; two brothers,
Donald Wilson, Leroy, Ill.,; George Wilson, Sullivan, Ill.; six grandchildren;
and several nieces and nephews. Friends
may call after 3 p.m. Sunday.
Source: The Fostoria [Ohio] Review Times; 26 Aug 1977
Stanley J. Wolfarth,
27, Findlay, died at 11:30 a.m. Thursday in his home.
Hancock County Coroner Dr. Byron F.
Voorhees ruled the death a suicide due to a gunshot wound to the head.
He was born May 16, 1950, in Fostoria,
to John and Dorothy L. (Minard) Wolfarth. His father and step-mother, Mrs. Janice
(Ludlow) Wolfarth survive in Fostoria. He married Peggy A. Price, March 20, 1970,
and she survives at home.
Also surviving are a son, Jason A., and
a daughter, Tracy R., at home; maternal grandmother, Mrs. Hazel Minnard [sic--Minard], Findlay, and four sisters, Jan, Pam, Lynn, and
Mrs. Marcie Williams, all of Fostoria.
Mr. Wolfarth
was employed at Atlas Crankshaft and was a Navy veteran of the Viet Nam
War. He was a member of St. Paul's
United Methodist Church and the Fostoria Archery Club.
Funeral services are 3 p.m. Saturday in
Kirkpatrick-Hawkins Funeral Home, Findlay, the Rev. James E. Nuhfer officiating.
Burial will be at Memory Gardens, Arcadia.
Visitation at the funeral home is 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. Friday.
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