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Monroe
1947
Ackerman, Lyda Ackerman
(nee Spence)
Source: The Monroe County Beacon, Woodsfield, Ohio, Monday, Feb. 10, 1947
Mrs. Lyda Ackerman, daughter of James and Elizabeth Spence,
was born November 5, 1874, and died Saturday night, February 1st, in the
Schmidt Clinic, in Robinson, Illinois, at the age of 72 years, two months and
twenty-six days.
Mrs. Ackerman had been a resident of Woodsfield until
January 19 when she left to make her home with her daughter, Mrs. Clarence
Lafferre in Robinson. She took seriously ill on the 22nd.
On November 13, 1923, she was united in marriage with
Charles Ackerman who preceded her in death June 10, 1945.
Surviving are the one daughter, Mrs. Lafferre, and one
stepdaughter, Mrs. Louis R. Schumacher, of Woodsfield; seven grandchildren; one
sister, Mrs. Jennie Denbow, of Lewisville; two brothers, James Spence, of
Lewisville, Ohio, and Charles Spence, of Ashland, Ohio; and several nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services were held at the Galbraith funeral home on
Wednesday afternoon, at two o’clock, with the Reverend Walter Trogler, of St.
Paul’s Evangelical and Reformed Church, officiating. Burial was made beside her
husband in Oaklawn cemetery, Woodsfield, Ohio.
Source: The East Liverpool [Ohio] Review; Thursday,
4 Dec 1947
William Floyd Baker, 4, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wlliam Baker
Jr., 1261* Negley St., died today at 9* a.m. in the Mahoning County Sanitarium
near Youngstown, where he had been a patient nine days. He had been sick about a year.
Besides the parents,
a brother, Raymond Baker, survives.
Rites will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Arner Home for
Funerals by Rev. Henry Hillier,* pastor of the Friendship Gospel
Tabernacle. Burial will be in Spring
Grove Cemetery.
Friends may call Friday night in the funeral home.
*Submitter's Note: These numbers and this name were not clear
on my copy of the obituary so may not be accurate here.
Source: The Marietta [Ohio] Daily Times; Friday, 17
January 1947
ONE KILLED,
FOUR HURT IN
AUTO CRASH
Victim Thrown Under
Own Car, Skull Crushed
Both Autos Wrecked By
Impact--Injured Men Not Seriously Hurt
Furl Aaron Binegar, 21, of Pine Ridge, foreman at The Casto
Rubber Co., was fatally injured Thursday at 11:15 p.m. in an automobile
collision at Third and Scammel streets.
Four persons in the other car involved in the crash were injured.
It was Marietta's first traffic fatality of the year.
Police said they had a report that the crash occurred
during the few seconds that the light was changing, both drivers failing to
observe the caution flashes.
No arrest was made by police.
One car was being
driven, police said, by Richard Weber, 20, of 506 Front St. Riding with him were Paul Carlisle, 25, and
his brother, Charles Carlisle, 32, both of 727 Fifth St., and John Archer, 24,
of 422 Seventh St.
Weber and Archer were taken to their homes after receiving
medical attention at Memorial Hospital, but the Carlisle brothers were admitted
and were to undergo x-ray examinations Friday.
Hospital attendants reported none of the injured were serious, the
victims suffering only from cuts and bruises.
Police said Binegar was pronounced dead a few minutes after
his arrival at the hospital. Coroner
J.A. McCowan reported Binegar died from two fractures of the skull and internal
injuries.
The Weber auto turned over twice when it was struck by the
Binegar car, police reported, coming to rest on the sidewalk at Weber's
grocery. Binegar's auto was overturned
on the curb of the northeast corner, headed south, with the driver under the left
fender.
Police said their investigation showed Weber was driving 30
miles an hour east on Scammel St., when he entered the street
intersection. The Binegar car was
reported traveling north on Third St. The
intersection is protected by an automatic traffic signal light.
Binegar was driving a 1946 Chevrolet coach which he had
only recently purchased, but it had not been transferred to the new owner,
police said. Weber was driving a 1938
Chevrolet coach.
Watch Wrecked
Impact of the collison was so great, police reported, the
works in Binegar's watch were knocked from the case. The damaged watch and the top of a fountain pen were turned over
to the dead man's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Binegar, after they identified
them at police headquarters. Cash
amounting to $141.64 which Binegar had in his possession was turned over by
police to the coroner.
A partly filled bottle of whiskey, which police said was on
the rear seat of the Weber car, was locked up in the property drawer at
headquarters. Police said there was no
evidence that Richard Weber, driver of the car, had been drinking.
Police reported two relatives of Binegar were killed in an
automobile accident in 1918 on Route 26* when a car plunged over an embankment
after being sideswiped by another car and that another relative recently died
as the result of a fall from a building under construction at the rear of the
New System Bakery.
The body of Binegar was removed to Doudna & McClure's
funeral home pending funeral arrangements.
Born Dec. 6, 1925, he was a son of Clarence and Carrie
Herlan Binegar of Pine Ridge, Newport Twp.
He was employed for three years with the Casto Rubber Co. plant in this
city and was a foreman at the plant at the time of his death.
Survivors are his parents and brothers and sisters who are
Kenneth Binegar of Matamoras, Mrs. Delorace Thomas of Williamstown, Mrs.
Elwanda Congleton of Fifteen, Merle, Orville, Phyllis, Mona, Lyle and Patricia
Binegar, all of the family home. Conway
Binegar of Pleasant Ridge is the grandfather.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:30 p.m. at the
Newport Methodist Church. Interment
will be in Valley cemetery. The body
will be taken to the home of the parents Saturday afternoon.
*Submitter's Note: This number looked to me like 26 but it
might have been a 20.
Source: The Laclede [Missouri] Rustic Republican; 7
Feb 1947
5-YEAR OLD
DIES IN SPRINGFIELD HOSPITAL
Judith Ann Bledsoe, five year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Haskell Bledsoe, of near Lebanon, died in a Springfield hospital where she was
undergoing treatment.
Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock
at the Palmer Funeral Home. Burial was
in the city cemetery.
The Rev. Leo B. Kachel of the Church of God officiated.
Judith Ann is survived by her parents, two brothers, James
David and Jerry Clyde and a sister, Joyce Sue.
Source: The Cleveland [Ohio]
Plain Dealer, Reel #12; Date: Mar 24 1947
Burns: Harold Francis,
husband of the late Blanche (nee Wilson); beloved brother of Marie Gallagher,
Pauline Roberts, Josephine Bixler, Marcella Shrader and Vincent Shepard;
Sunday. Friends received at the F. G. Nickels & Son Home, 14500 Madison
Ave., where services will be held Wednesday, March 26, at 1 p. m.
Cline, Sarah Ellen Cline nee Knowlton
Spirit of Democracy,
Woodsfield, Ohio, dated,
Mrs. Sarah Ellen Cline, 87, widow of James W. Cline, who spent
most of her life in the Matamoras and Graysville communities died Tuesday in
Memorial Hospital following an accident Dec. 21, when she fell from a chair and
fractured her hip. She had been living in the home of her son, Eli D. Cline of
Matamoras Route 2.
Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at the Low Gap
church near Rinard Mills and interment was in the cemetery nearby.
Mrs. Cline was a daughter of William P. and Mary Hooper
Knowlton. She was born
Survivors are three sons and one daughter; William _ Cline of
Zanesville; Eli D. Cline of Matamoras Route 2; Samuel Cline of Marietta and
Mrs. Emma McHugh of Dillonvale. There are 16 grandchildren and one
great-grandchild.
Brothers and sister are Daniel Knowlton of Matamoras;
Stephen Knowlton and Mrs. Mary Cline of Graysville.
Source: The East Liverpool [Ohio] Review; Monday, 13
Oct 1947
Services for Harold A. Cronin, Newell World War I veteran,
who died in the U.S. Veterans Hospital at Aspinwall Friday, will be held
Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Dawson Funeral Home by Rev. C. W. Diehl, pastor of the
Newell Church of Christ. Burial will be
in Riverview Cemetery.
DeNoon, Evelyn DeNoon, nee Carothers
Source: The East Liverpool [Ohio] Review; Friday, 21
Mar 1947
Mrs. Donald
DeNoon
Mrs. Evelyn DeNoon, 58, of Shadyside Ave., wife of Donald
DeNoon, died Thursday at 6:10 p.m. in City Hospital following a four-day
illness.
Mrs. DeNoon was born in Freedom, Pa., and lived here for
the past 20 years. She leaves two
sisters, Mrs. Maude Steele of Wellsville and Mrs. Alma Carothers of New Brighton.
Rites will be held
Saturday at 3:30 p.m. in the Martin Funeral Home by Rev. D. Park Chapman,
pastor of the First Church of Christ.
Burial will be in Spring Grove Cemetery.
Friends may call tonight at the funeral home.
Dillon, Christina J. Dillon
nee Cline
Source: The Monroe County Beacon, dated, June 23, 1947
Mrs. Christina Dillon, 55,
wife of Charles Dillon, of New Matamoras, died Sunday morning, June 15th, at
2:30 o'clock in Marietta Memorial Hospital following her illness. She was
admitted to the hospital Saturday noon.
Mrs. Dillon was born: Jan. 7, 1892 in Monroe Co. and spent the greater
part of her life in the New Matamoras Community. Her parents were Marshall and
Amelia Barlow Cline. She was a member of The Jericho Christian Union Church.
Surviving are her husband and
twelve sons and daughters. They are: Mrs. Wm. Cross, of Woodsfield; Mrs. Wm.
Huffman, Mrs. Manuel Eckelberry, Mrs. James W. Cline and Mrs. Denzil Rinard of
New Matamoras; Mrs. Ralph Scott, of Alliance; Mrs. Charles Durant and Mrs. Roy
Bauer, of Canton; Charles Dillon, Jr., Robert Dillon, Edwin Dillon and William
Dillon, of the family home. There are 11 grand children. Brothers and sisters are Stewart Cline, of
Burlington Heights; Hershel Cline, of Griffin, Indiana; Roy Cline, of
Graysville; Mrs. Alice Howell and Mrs. Olive Yost, of Woodsfield.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock at The Jericho
Church. Interment was in the cemetery nearby.
Frank, Herman Jay Frank, 61, of Ridge Road, died this morning July 28, 1947
in the Bethesda Hospital where he had been a patient one day.
Mr. Frank had been employed at Hazel-Atlas Plant No. 2. A resident of Zanesville for the past 25
years, he attended the First Church of Nazarene but was a member of the
Methodist church at Louisville [sic], O.
Surviving are his widow, Olive Jane Frank, five sons, Elmer of
Seattle, Harold of Pershing Road, Clarence, Robert and Wilfred, all of the
home; two daughters, Mrs. Harry Orr of Gratiot and Miss Bonnie Frank, also of
the home; five brothers, Freeman and Osal, both of Louisville
[sic](Lewisville), Wesley and Price, both of Ashland, and Oscar of Woodsfield;
a sister, Mrs. Rosa DeVore of Woodsfield, and six grandchildren.
The body has been removed to the Dean-Swope funeral home. Burial will be in Memorial Park.
Gatten, Martha Viola
Gatten nee Smith
Source: The Monroe County Beacon, Woodsfield, Ohio, October 23,
1947, Thursday
Mrs. Martha Viola Gatten ,
72, widow of the late Winfield Gatten, died Saturday afternoon at the home of
her son, Thurman Gatten, on Lewisville, Route 2, following an extended illness.
Surviving are one
son, Thurman Gatten, at whose home she died; five daughters, Mrs. W. W.
Willison, Mrs. Ralph Farley and Mrs. Harry Hoover of Akron; Mrs. John Cramblett
and Mrs. Thomas Simmons, of Woodsfield and three brothers, Harvey Smith of
Graysville and Charles and John D. Smith of Woodsfield.
Mrs. Gatten was a
member of The Church of Christ. Funeral
services were held on Monday afternoon at 1:30 at the Galbraith Funeral Home,
with Minister E. Gaston Collins officiating. Burial was in Oaklawn Cemetery.
Hixenbaugh, Edith Wilhelmina Hixenbaugh nee James
Spirit of Democracy,
Woodsfield, Ohio, dated,
Mrs. Edith Wilhelmina Hixenbaugh, 60, of 36th
street and Elk avenue, ill since November, died Sunday night [
Deceased was born at Beallsville,
Surviving are her husband, William Hixenbaugh, two children,
Howard Hixenbaugh of Riverview and Mrs. Edith Marling of Shadyside; a sister,
Mrs. Florence Wallace of Shadyside, a brother, Cecil Lemmon of Shadyside and
eight grandchildren.
Source: The Linton [Indiana] Daily Citizen; Friday,
30 May 1947
FORMER RESIDENT
SUCCUMBS TODAY
Rites to
Be Held Here
for
M.E. Hoops, 39,
of
Ft. Wayne.
Marion Elmer Hoops, 39 years old, of Ft. Wayne, formerly of
Linton, died this morning in the Indiana state hospital at Richmond. He had been ill for five years and had been
confined in the hospital for six weeks.
Mr. Hoops was born in Linton on Aug. 12, 1907,* the son of
Elmer and Hessie Thomas Hoops. He had
made his residence at Ft. Wayne for about ten years.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Henrietta R. Barnett Hoops;
two sons, Richard Allan Hoops and Robert Allen Hoops, and two brothers, Earl
Hoops of Linton and Charles Hoops of San Diego, Calif.
The body is to be returned tonight to the Welch and Cornett
Funeral home. Funeral arrangements had
not been completed today but are to be announced later.
*Submitter's Note:
His death certificate gives 14 Aug 1907 as the birth date. The informant was the Richmond State
Hospital Records.
Huffman, Lucinda Huffman
Spirit of Democracy, Woodsfield,
Ohio, dated,
Mrs. Lucinda Huffman, 87, wife of Henry Huffman, died
suddenly, Tuesday evening, February 4, at her home at Sardis R. D. 1, Ohio. She
had spent practically all her life in the Sardis vicinity and was one of a family
of eight sisters. She was a member of the Mount Olive United Brethern church.
Surviving in addition to her husband, are six children, Misses
Nola, Bessie and Pearl Huffman, all at home, Clark Huffman of Marietta, Dewey
Huffman of Sardis and Manuel Huffman at home, and two sisters, Mrs. John Sole
of Sardis and Mrs. J. H. Sole of Bremen, Ohio.
Funeral services were held in the Rush funeral home Saturday
afternoon and burial was made in Mount Olive cemetery.
Hyatt,
Mary E. Hyatt, nee Rhoades
Source: The Topeka [Kansas] State Journal; 14 Aug
1947*
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Parker
mortuary for Mrs. Mary E. Hyatt, 77, of 136 Louise, who died Saturday in a
local hospital.
Born near Meriden, she had spent practically her entire
life in this community and was a member of the Central Avenue Christian
church. She leaves her husband, David
Hyatt; a foster son, Everett A. Hyatt of Holton; a brother, Aaron Rhoades of
Topeka, and seven grandchildren.
*Submitter's Note: The date penciled on my copy of this
obituary is 14 Aug 1947. However, the
findagrave web site gives her death as 18 Aug 1947. Looking on this obituary that she died on a Saturday and that the
funeral will be on Tuesday, and looking at the month of August in 1947, I have
still not been able to figure out what the error is. August 18th is a Monday.
Source: The Fostoria [Ohio] Review Times; 15 Nov
1947
Hit by Truck
Robert Henry Jones, a partner with Ed Hamman in the Village
Kitchen restaurant in Bloomdale, had parked his car in the 100 block, S. Main
street, Findlay, and told his mother, Mrs. Nellie Jones, 719 G street, Findlay,
that he was going to purchase some cigarets.
He left the car by the door on the left side and walked into the path of
a truck driven by Williams Biggs, 50, Findlay.
The victim was taken to Findlay hospital where he was
pronounced dead on arrival. Death was
caused by a fractured skull.
Born September 17, 1914, in Findlay, Mr. Jones was the son
of Norman F. and Nellie (Hardwicke) Jones.
He married Emma Welly on June 17, 1947.
She survives.
In addition to his parents and wife he is survived by two
children by a previous marriage, Nancy and Jackie; three brothers, Elmo,
Chattanooga, Tenn; James, Bloomdale, and Joseph, Findlay; and a sister, Mrs.
Margaret Parish, Findlay.
The body was taken to the Coldren Funeral Home, Findlay,
where funeral arrangements were being made today.
Juanita Betts nee Neuhart
Source: Quaker City [OHIO] Home Towner, Friday, 5
Dec. 1947
Mrs. Juanita Neuhart Betts, 24, wife of Lester Betts, of
Quaker City, died Thursday of last week in St. Francis hospital at Cambridge,
following childbirth.
The daughter of James and Hazel Mercer Neuhart, she was born
near Batesville, Jan. 4, 1923.
Besides her parents and
her husband and son, she is survived by five brothers, Ralph Neuhart of
Cambridge, Ray Neuhart of Batesville, Jimmy and Jack Neuhart of near Quaker
City and Richard Neuhart, near
Batesville.
Kasserman, David H. Kasserman
Spirit of Democracy,
Woodsfield, Ohio, dated,
David H. Kasserman, retired Monroe county farmer, died at home
on Clarington, RFD, Sunday [
Mr. Kasserman was born
Surviving are four sons; Henry Kasserman, of Hannibal, O.;
Albert Kasserman of Akron; Carl Kasserman of Pittsburgh; and Wesley Kasserman
of Sistersville; two daughters, Miss Emma Kasserman of Buffalo, N. Y.; and Mrs.
Elizabeth Kitterer of St. Louis, Mo.; three brothers, John Kasserman of
Clarington; Charles Kasserman of Rittman, O., and Alex Kasserman of Akron; six grandchildren
and four great-grandchildren.
Mr. Kasserman was a lifelong member of the Zion Evangelical
and Reformed church and a highly respected citizen, friend and neighbor.
Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon in Mt. Zion
Evangelical and Reformed church with Rev. Theodore Mer___ officiating. Burial
was made in _____church cemetery by the Whar__ ___ funeral home of New
Martinsville.
Source: What Cheer, Iowa, newspaper; 13 Feb 1947
Funeral Yesterday For William Kinkade
Funeral was Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. for William Kinkade who
died Feb. 10 at his home. Service was
by the Rev Stuart Brightwell of Oskaloosa at the What Cheer Church of Christ
with burial at the Garrett cemetery, Delta.
Pallbearers were:
Phil Doty, Merle Brower, Arthur Baker, Carl Schroeder, Henry Schroeder,
James Molyneux. Mrs Howard Neumann and
Mrs A. U. Engelmann sang, accompanied by Mrs L.W. Wilson on the piano.
Mr Kinkade had been in failing health for five years. His death was caused by a heart attack.
Surviving are his wife; two children, Melvin and Mrs Velda
Kuntz both of What Cheer; three sisters, Mrs Kate Steckle* of Alliance, Ohio,
Mrs Mae Mitchell of Oskaloosa, Mrs Myrtle Hollingsworth of South English; and
five grandsons.
He was a son of Secrest
and Elizabeth Kinkade. William Kinkade
was born Sept. 18. 1872, at Toulon, Ill.
He moved to Iowa when he was 21.
He was then married March 5, 1905, to Gertrude Carlisle. They lived on their farm west of What Cheer
until failing health caused him to retire four years ago. He became a member of the Indianapolis
Christian church in his early years.
*Submitter's Note: This is usually seen spelled as STICKLE.
Source: The Barnesville [Ohio] Whetstone; Thursday,
9 Jan 1947
George Leach
Dies in
Home Tuesday
Evening
George Leach, a well-known resident on High street, passed
away in his home Tuesday night due to heart malady from which he had been
afflicted for several months.
Deceased was a son of William and Maude Leach and was born
Feb. 28, 1889 near Malaga but had lived in Barnesville for many years where he
was employed with the Watt Car & Wheel Co. until retiring about two months
ago due to ill health.
He was a member of the East Main St. Church of Christ.
Besides his wife, Lora Myers Leach, to whom he was married
in1914, he is survived by five sisters and four brothers: Mrs. Louise Hendershot, Mrs. Miles Mann,
Malaga; Mrs. Frank Hinton, Lowell, Ohio; Mrs. James Beardmore, Kansas; Mrs.
Cora Turpin, Herbert Leach, Oklahoma; Frank Leach, Texas; Ralph Leach,
Jerusalem; Charles M. Leach, Walnut street Barnesville.
Funeral arrangements are not complete at this time.
[Submitter's Note: Below is an article about the funeral from
the following week's paper.]
Source: The Barnesville [Ohio] Whetstone; Thursday,
16 Jan 1947
GEORGE LEACH
RITES
The funeral rites
for George G. Leach whose death was chronicled in Whetstone last week was
conducted by Evangelist Halley Smith in the Campbell Funeral Home Friday and
burial was made in Ebenezer cemetery.
Leasure, Harold Peter Leasure*
Source: Zanesville Signal [Zanesville, Ohio];
Tuesday, 24 June 1947
Woodsfield, O. - Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon at the Mt. Tabor church, near Stafford, for Pete Leisure,*
27, of near Summerfield, who was fatally injured Sunday night when a truck
plunged over a bank near here. Burial
will be made in the church cemetery.
Mr. Leisure is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Leisure of near Summerfield; three brothers, James of Woodsfield and Roger,
Lloyd and Edward of the home, and a sister, Margaret, also of the home,
Arrangements are in charge of the Gardner funeral home.
*Submitter's Note:
On his tombstone and military records the name is spelled LEASURE.
Leisure, Harold Peter Leisure*
Source: Zanesville Signal [Zanesville, Ohio];
Tuesday, 24 June 1947
Woodsfield, O. - Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon at the Mt. Tabor church, near Stafford, for Pete Leisure,*
27, of near Summerfield, who was fatally injured Sunday night when a truck
plunged over a bank near here. Burial
will be made in the church cemetery.
Mr. Leisure is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Leisure of near Summerfield; three brothers, James of Woodsfield and Roger,
Lloyd and Edward of the home, and a sister, Margaret, also of the home,
Arrangements are in charge of the Gardner funeral home.
*Submitter's Note:
On his tombstone and military records the name is spelled LEASURE.
Lowther,
Richard Allen Lowther
Source: The Daily Report, [Ontario, California]; 22
Dec 1947
Richard Allen Lowther, 4-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Leland Lowther, 215* Parkside, Upland, died Saturday at San Antonio hospital,
following a week's illness with pneumonia.
Surviving the baby besides the parents are two sisters,
Lois Irene and Judy Jean Lowther, and two brothers, Jimmie Lee and Johnnie**
Edward Lowther. Mr. and Mrs. Alva Lowther,
Mechanicsburg, O., and Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Peterson, Carrollton, O., are
grandparents.
Funeral services for the little boy will be conducted
tomorrow, 1:30 p.m. at the Stone mortuary, 329 East Ninth street. Interment will be in Bellevue cemetery.
Submitter's Notes:
* The last digit of this number was difficult to read, and
I may not have typed it correctly here.
** His name is often seen spelled as JOHNIE.
Lowther, Verna
Lowther, nee Higgins
Source: The Zanesville [Ohio] Times Recorder; March 1, 1947
Couple Killed
In Wreck Near
Malaga
Mr. and Mrs. Worthy Lowther, aged 26 and 24, of St. Marys,
W. Va., were instantly killed Friday night when their car collided with a state
highway department tractor-trailer, five miles north of here on the Barnesville
road.
John Kildon of Charleston, W.Va., a hitchhiker in the
Lowther car was seriously injured and is being treated in the Barnesville
hospital.
Charles Miller, driver of the truck and his companion John
Harris of Lower Newport, escaped injury.
The highway patrol at Bridgeport which investigated reported
the accident at 10:15 o'clock when the Lowther car struck the truck which was
was traveling up a small grade around a sharp curve. The truck was hauling a
bulldozer, preparatory to cleaning off snow in the Woodsfield vicinity.
The Lowthers were enroute to their home from near Massillon
where they had been employed for the past three months. Lowther died from a fractured neck and legs,
while his wife, Verna, suffered a fractured skull, jaws, and legs. They are
survived by a four-year-old-child.
The bodies were removed to a funeral establishment at St.
Marys Saturday. Witnesses reported that the top of the Lowther car was virtually
sliced off by the sharp edge of the bulldozer.
Source: The Zanesville [Ohio] Times Recorder; March 1, 1947
Couple Killed
In Wreck Near
Malaga
Mr. and Mrs. Worthy Lowther, aged 26 and 24, of St. Marys,
W. Va., were instantly killed Friday night when their car collided with a state
highway department tractor-trailer, five miles north of here on the Barnesville
road.
John Kildon of Charleston, W.Va., a hitchhiker in the
Lowther car was seriously injured and is being treated in the Barnesville
hospital.
Charles Miller, driver of the truck and his companion John
Harris of Lower Newport, escaped injury.
The highway patrol at Bridgeport which investigated reported
the accident at 10:15 o'clock when the Lowther car struck the truck which was
was traveling up a small grade around a sharp curve. The truck was hauling a
bulldozer, preparatory to cleaning off snow in the Woodsfield vicinity.
The Lowthers were enroute to their home from near Massillon
where they had been employed for the past three months. Lowther died from a fractured neck and legs,
while his wife, Verna, suffered a fractured skull, jaws, and legs. They are
survived by a four-year-old-child.
The bodies were removed to a funeral establishment at St.
Marys Saturday. Witnesses reported that the top of the Lowther car was
virtually sliced off by the sharp edge of the bulldozer.
Source: The [Martins Ferry, Ohio] Times Leader; 10
Dec 1947
MARTY, William Herman Marty, 78, of 952 National Road,
Bridgeport, passed away Tuesday 12 midnight.
Husband of Emily Dean Marty; father of Mrs. Agnes Nixon and Mrs. Blair
Proffitt. The body was removed to the
Howard H. Wilson funeral chapel, pending services.
Submitter's Note: Below is another obituary.
Source: The [Martins Ferry, Ohio] Times Leader; 11
Dec 1947
William H.
Marty Services Friday
BRIDGEPORT -- Funeral services for William Herman Maryy,
[sic] 78, of 952 National rd., Bridgeport, will be conducted at the Howard H.
Wilson chapel Friday afternoon at 2.
Rev. T. M. Sheesley of the West Bridgeport Methodist church will
officiate. Interment will take place in
Linwood cemetery, Blaine.
Mr. Marty died Tuesday midnight at his home following a
seven months' illness.
Surviving are his widow, two daughters, three
granddaughters, four sisters and four brothers.
Friends may call at the Howard H. Wilson funeral chapel.
McFadden, Anna McFadden
Spirit of Democracy,
Woodsfield, Ohio, dated,
Mrs. Anna McFadden, 81, widow of G. B. McFadden, died Sunday
evening [
Surviving are two daughters, and one son; Irene Ullman,
Sycamore Valley; Retta Hendershot of Newark; Henry McFadden, Jerusalem and J.
C. Pat___, Jerusalem and Mrs. Eva Morrison of Grand Rapids. There are ten
grandchildren.
Mrs. McFadden was a life resident of Monroe county.
[Submitter's note—The rest
of the obituary was unreadable.]
Source: The
Shelbyville [Indiana] News;
November 13, 1947
MCGREW RITES
TO
BE AT CLIFTY
Body of
Man Killed
In War Enroute Here*
Funeral services for
Harvey G. McGrew, 31, United States Navy, killed in Hawaii on Aug. 16,
1943, will be conducted Friday afternoon at the Clifty cemetery at Milford.
His mother, Mrs,
Nancy McGrew, of 505 South Miller street, has been notified that her son's body
will arrive here on the New York Central Lines at 2:20 p.m. Friday. The graveside rites will be conducted by
Rev. A. J. Spaulding, of Indianapolis.
The Ewing mortuary will be in charge of arrangements.
Mr. McGrew was killed while on duty at the Oahu Airport
in Hawaii. He was riding in an
ambulance which was struck by a falling plane.
Burial was made at the Pearl Harbor Cemetery.
He was born in Decatur county Sept. 1, 1909,** the son
of Leander R. and Nancy McGrew. His father died March 29, 1936.
He was a member of the Bethel Baptist church.
Surviving, besides his mother, are three brothers, John McGrew, of New Hampshire, Francis, of Indianapolis, Edward, of Shelbyville; and six
sisters, Mrs. Opal Bohannon, of
Indianapolis, Mrs. Sue Shirley, of
Colorado, Mrs. Mary McMichael, of this
city, Mrs. Doris Winterrowd, of Flat
Rock; Mrs. Evelyn Baxter, of St. Paul,
and Miss Louise McGrew, at home.
One of his brothers, Pfc. Delbert C. McGrew, was also a
casualty of World War II. He was killed
on the Island of Luzon April 18, 1945.
[Contributed to the Shelby
Co., Indiana, Library obituary index by Phyllis Miller Fleming.]
Submitter's Notes:
*Another newspaper, the Greensburg [Indiana] Daily News, Thurs., 13 Nov
1947, had the same article, but with
this headline:
RITES
SET HERE FOR
WAR DEAD
HARVEY
McGREW, COUNTY NATIVE,
KILLED ON OAHU
**This
date is not correct. The photo of his
tombstone pictured on findagrave.com shows Sept. 1, 1910. He was not with his parents in the 1910
census. The only child at that time was
his sister, Jessie Opal, who was born in January of 1909.
Mercer, Charles A. Mercer
Source: newspaper clipping
Charles A. Mercer died Tuesday evening at 6:45 PM at Glendale
Hospital following a long illness. He was
born in Tyler County on July 15, 1883, a son of Jacob and Mary Wilson Mercer.
He was a member of the Methodist Church of Paden City,
WV. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Pearl
Mercer; four sons, Russell of Rines Ridge, WV, Burl of Powhatan, Ohio, Charles
and Dale Mercer both at home; seven
daughters, Mrs. Lillian Wright, of Follansbee, Mrs. Sadie Neely and Mrs. Mary
Goodrich both of Moundsville, WV, Mrs. Hilda Bostic of Ft. Benjamin, IN, Mrs.
Gail Roberts of Procter, WV, and Miss Juanita Mercer at home; 26 grandchildren;
a sister Mrs. Ollie Snider of Paden City, WV; four half-sisters, and four
half-brothers. The body is at Grisell's
pending arrangements for services.
Miller, John Miller
Spirit of Democracy,
Woodsfield, Ohio, dated,
Relatives here have received word of the death of John Miller,
84, in Glendale, California on January 29. Mr. Miller was a native of Monroe
County having been born near Calais,
He is survived by his wife, Josie Emerick Miller of Glendale;
one daughter, Mrs. Alma Preston of Medford, Oregon; two granddaughters and one
great-grandson.
His five sisters preceded him in death.
Funeral services were held in Glensdale and burial was made
there in Forest Lawn cemetery.
Moore, Elizabeth C. Moore
Spirit of Democracy,
Woodsfield, Ohio, dated,
Mrs. Elizabeth C. Moore, 78, widow of Wellington Moore, Monroe
county farmer, died at
Surviving besides her daughter in whose home she died, is a
son, Forest Moore, Canton.
The body was removed to the Steele funeral home in Somerton
and Sunday afternoon was returned to the place of death where a short service
was held at
Mrs. Moore was a highly respected Christian woman and her
death is mourned by many friends; as well as by her immediate family.
Morris, Albert
"Maywood" Morris
Source: Monroe County, Ohio newspaper; April 1947
Heaven is richer and earth is poorer, because of the
home-going of our beloved husband and father.
Albert Maywood Morris, husband of Ida Wise Morris and son
of Mr. and Mrs. A.S. Morris, was born September 14, 1913, and departed this
life Tuesday April 1, 1947, at the Ohio Valley General Hospital, Wheeling, W.
Va., rheumatic heart disease being the cause of his death. He was 33 years, six months and eighteen
days of age.
Mr. Morris had been in poor health all his life, being
seriously ill the past four months. He
was admitted to the hospital, Wednesday, March 26th.
On September 15, 1934, he was united in marriage with Ida
Ruth Wise. To this union two children
were born; a son, Norbert Charles, age ten, and a daughter, Wilma Darlene, age
six.
Those left to mourn his sad departure are his loving wife
and children; his aged parents, and the following brothers and sisters; William
Alfonso Morris, of Great Bend, Kansas; Edward Morris, of Graysville; Isaac
Morris, of Mantua; Mrs. Myra Anderson, of Graysville; Mrs. Mildred Okey of
Graysville, and Mrs. Ethel Bishop, of Woodsfield. One brother, Earl Morris, preceded him in death ten years ago,
October 21, 1937.
He
spent his entire life in Monroe county, excepting four years and nine months
which were spent in Canton. While in
Canton he was employed with the Canton Metal Decorating Co., being a foreman.
Maywood
was a kind and loving husband and father, always making friends and having a
smile and a cheery word for everyone.
Short
funeral services were held at the home on Friday, April 4th, at 1:30 o'clock,
with additional services at the Pleasant Ridge Church of Christ, with T.A.
Christy officiating. The body was
tenderly laid to rest in the Pleasant Ridge cemetery with the Gardner funeral
home of Stafford in charge.
Called home with all thy work complete
And with thy race all run,
The Master's voice to thee hath said
The blessed words "well done."
God hath given, God hath taken,
All of us must bear the pain;
But he promised that in heaven
Some sweet day we will meet again.
Morrow, Virgil Ross
Morrow
Source: The Steubenville [Ohio] Herald Star; 3 Sep
1947
CYCLIST
KILLED IN GRAVEL
SPILL
V.
R. Morrow, Bergholz
Fatally Injured
The driver of a motorcycle was killed and a fellow
passenger injured Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. when it skidded on loose gravel at the
edge of Route 43, slightly more than a mile southeast of Amsterdam.
Virgil Ross Morrow, 23, Bergholz, coal miner and operator
of the vehicle, died of injuries that included a fractured skull and a broken
neck, coroner W. H. Rogers told state patrolmen.
George Baker, 30, of
Wolf Run, who was riding with Morrow, was treated by Dr. Rogers for brush burns
and lacerations.
State patrolmen say they believe that Morrow lost control
of the motorcycle on a sharp curve and that it veered into a mass of loose
gravel at the edge of the highway.
Morrow is survived by
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Bergholz; five brothers, Ernest of Akron; Earl
of Akron; Bearl of Canton; Floyd, working as a civilian with occupation troops
in France, and Jackie, in the army in Japan, and one sister, Mrs. Virginia
Hutchinson of Bergholz.
Morrow served in the infantry during the last war and was
wounded in the arms by shellfire during the landing on the Normandy beachhead.
The body is at the Robbins funeral home in Bergholz. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
O’Donnell,
Olive Annette O'Donnell
Source: The Warren [Ohio] Tribune Chronicle; 19 Jul
1947
Miss Olive Annette O'Donnell, 27, dietitian at Warren City
Hospital, died at the hospital at 12:20 Friday afternoon, having been stricken
with an acute heart attack on Wednesday.
She was born in Youngstown, Jan. 11, 1919, but had lived
most of her life in this county. A
member of Second Christian Church and of the Golden Rule Sunday School class,
she enjoyed the esteem of many friends and a wide circle of acquaintances.
Miss O'Donnell leaves her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Hopkins,
422 Penn NW, and two brothers, Floyd H. and Robert C. O'Donnell, Warren.
Friends may call at the Carl W. Hall Funeral Home from 7 to
8:30 Sunday evening. Funeral services
with the Rev. Edwin C. Bobbitt officiating will be held at the funeral home at
1 p.m. Monday afternoon.
[Submitter’s Note: Below is a newspaper correction:]
Source: The Warren [Ohio]
Tribune Chronicle; 21 Jul 1947
Miss Olive Annette O’Donnell, 422 Penn NW, whose death
Friday, was reported in Saturday’s Tribune was employed in the dietary
department of Warren City Hospital, but was not dietitian there as stated. The Tribune regrets the misinformation.
[Submitter’s Note: Below is more information about the
funeral.]
Source: The Warren [Ohio]
Tribune Chronicle 22 Jul 1947
Services for Miss Olive Annette O’Donnell were conducted at
the Carl W. Hall Funeral Home at 1 p.m. Monday with the Rev. Edwin C. Bobbitt
officiating. Interment was in Pine View
Memorial Park.
Pallbearers were Eldon Guggenmos,* Floyd, Robert, and
Thomas O’Donnell, James Baxter, and Nelson Chappell.
*Submitter's Note: The word was
difficult to read so may be in error.
Parsons, Mrs. William Parsons
Spirit of Democracy,
Woodsfield, Ohio, dated,
Friends here have received word of the death of Mrs. William
Parsons widow of the late Rev. Parsons,
at her home in Wooster Sunday, February 2.
Funeral services were held in Wooster and burial was made in
Kansas. Two daughters and one sister with who she lived, survived.
Rev. and Mrs. Parsons resided in Woodsfield when he was pastor
of the Beallsville and Jerusalem Presbyterian churches.
Source: The Mt. Vernon [Illinois] News Register; 14
Aug 1947
Leslie
Pennington Funeral Tomorrow
Funeral services for
Leslie Pennington, 63 who died of a heart attack at 2 a.m. yesterday at the
home of his son, Kenneth, on the Liberty Road east of Mt. Vernon, will be held
at 2:00 p.m. Friday at Rock Branch Church near Johnsonville, in Wayne County.
The service will be
conducted by the _______________???
The body was taken to the home of the son a mile east of
Mt. Vernon at ?? p.m. today where friends may call until the funeral hour.
Mr. Pennington, who was born and raised in Wayne County had
been making his home with his son.
Surviving are his wife, Madge; one son, Kenneth of Mt.
Vernon and one brother, H.B. Pennington of Mt. Vernon.
*Submitter's Note: My copy of the obituary was extremely
bad. There are many words that cannot
be read.
Ramsay, Hannah Elizabeth Ramsay nee Truax
Spirit of Democracy,
Woodsfield, Ohio, dated,
Funeral services were held Monday at
Mrs. Ramsay was born in Monroe county June 10, 1863, daughter
of William and Mary Palmer Truax.
Her husband, David I. Ramsay, preceded her in death several
years ago and since that time she has made her home with a niece, Mrs. Ernest
Price of Barnesville, Route 3.
Surviving in addition to Mrs. Price are several nieces and
nephews.
The Rev. James L. Nazum, pastor of the Main street Methodist
church officiated at the services. Interment was made in Northern cemetery.
Richner, Fred Richner
Source: Zanesville [Ohio] Signal; Thursday evening,
April 10, 1947
Woodsfield--Funeral services will be held in the
Bauer-Turner Funeral home for Fred Richner of Wheeling, W. Va., Friday
afternoon at 1 o'clock in charge of Evangelist J. M. Cochran and burial will be
made in Oaklawn Cemetery. Mr. Richner died Monday afternoon in a hospital in
Weston, W. Va. He was born in
Woodsfield, Oct. 7, 1891, a son of Cash Richner of Laings and the late
Mrs. Elizabeth Neuhart Richner.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Elsie Schulz Richner,
whom he married in 1912, and nine children: Mrs. Russell Craig, of Woodsfield,
Route 4; Mrs.Clarence Riley of Woodsfield, Route 5; Emmett Richner of
Cleveland; Mrs. Harland Altman of Wheeling; Mrs. John Finnerty, Charlotte, Mrs.
Lawrence Beaver, Lucy and William, all of Wheeling.
Rinard, James H. Rinard
Spirit of Democracy,
Woodsfield, Ohio, dated,
Funeral services were held Saturday for James H. Rinard, 75,
who died suddenly Wednesday morning at his home at Rinards Mills.
Besides his wife he is survived by three sons and four
daughters; also three brothers and several grandchildren.
Services were held at the Evangelical United Brethern church
with Rev. Elwin Wails in charge, with J. A. Crum, funeral director.
Source: The Arizona Daily Star, [Tucson, Arizona];
Thursday, 13 Mar 1947
JOSEPH F.
ROGERS
SUCCUMBS AT 53
Joseph F. Rogers, 53, of 1155 North Winstell boulevard,
Tucson resident for 18 months, died in a local hospital Tuesday night.
The body will be sent by the Arizona Mortuary to
Moundsville, W. Va., for funeral services and burial.
Mr. Rogers leaves his wife, Mrs. Daisy Rogers; two sons,
George* Rogers, Glendale, W. Va., and Wayne Rogers, Moundsville, W. Va.; and
three daughters, Mrs. Juanita Amidon, Steubenville, O.; Mrs. Gladys Pasco
[sic--Pasko], Glendale, W. Va., and Mrs. Roberta Simko of Los Angeles, Calif.
Submitter's Note: Other records show this son was named Gordon
Lee Rogers.
This is from Gordon's
marriage documents:
Gordon Lee Rogers, b. 20 Jun 1919, Marshall Co., WV; s/o
Daisy and Joseph Rogers
This is from Gordon's
obituary:
Rogers, Gordon Lee Rogers
Source: Grisell
Funeral Home, Moundsville, West Virginia; August, 2011
Rogers,
Gordon Lee, age 92 of Walnut Ave., Moundsville, WV died Thursday, August 04,
2011 in Reynolds Memorial Hospital.
He was born
June 29, 1919 in Glen Dale, WV the son of the late Joe and Daisy Williams
Rogers. . . .
Source: The Tucson [Arizona] Daily Citizen; Thursday,
13 Mar 1947
J. F. Rogers Rites
Will Be In
East
The body of Joseph F. Rogers, 53, who died in a local
hospital Tuesday night, will be sent by the Arizona mortuary to Moundsville, W.
Va., for services and burial. He had
resided at 1155 North Winstell boulevard and had come here 18 months ago.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Daisy Rogers; two sons,
George* Rogers, Glendale, W. Va., and Wayne Rogers, Moundsville; and three
daughters, Mrs. Juanita Amidon, Steubenville, O., Mrs. Gladys Pasco [sic--Pasko],
Glendale, and Mrs. Roberta Simko, Los Angeles.
Submitter's Note: Other records show this son was named Gordon
Lee Rogers.
This is from Gordon's
marriage documents:
Gordon Lee Rogers, b. 20 Jun 1919, Marshall Co., WV; s/o
Daisy and Joseph Rogers
This is from Gordon's
obituary:
Rogers, Gordon Lee Rogers
Source: Grisell
Funeral Home, Moundsville, West Virginia; August, 2011
Rogers,
Gordon Lee, age 92 of Walnut Ave., Moundsville, WV died Thursday, August 04,
2011 in Reynolds Memorial Hospital.
He was born
June 29, 1919 in Glen Dale, WV the son of the late Joe and Daisy Williams
Rogers. . . .
Source: The Spirit of Democracy, Woodsfield, Ohio;
16 Jan 1947
ANDREW SCHAUB
DIES HERE SATURDAY
Andrew Schaub, age 86, passed away Saturday morning at his
home near Woodsfield, He was the
grandfather of Miss Thelma Matz, county auditor.
Mr. Schaub had spent most of his life in the Swazey
community. He was confirmed at Middle
church, near Lewisville.
Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. William Matz, of
Woodsfield; Mrs. Elmer Neibch, of Lewisville Route 3; Mrs. Pearl Stewart, of
Cambridge and Mrs. Angie Steen, of Wooster; one brother, George Schaub, of East
Sparta; ten grandchildren. His wife,
Mrs. Sarah Groves Schaub preceded him in death sixteen years ago, and one
brother, Henry of near Lewisville died several years ago.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at two o'clock
in the Bauer and Turner funeral home with Rev. Walter Trogler, of St. Paul's
Evangelical and Reformed church officiating.
Burial was in Friendship cemetery, Lewisville.
In addition to his daughters, near relatives here due to
the illness and death of Mr. Schaub were:
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Schaub, Zelvan [sic--Zelvon] and Jan Edith Latta of
Canton; Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Stuff, son Jack, of Rittman; Harley Steen and son
Kenneth of Wooster; Pearl Stewart and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Stewart of Cambridge;
Miss Sarah Matz of Wheeling and Ralph Matz of Youngstown.
Schell, Phoebe Ellen Schell, nee Eikleberry
Source: The Wayne County [Illinois] Press; 24 Jul
1947
MRS. THOMAS
SCHELL DIES
Mrs. Phoebe Ellen Schell, 86, widow of the late Thomas W. Schell,
died Friday evening at the home of her son, Earl Shell, [sic] near Cisne. She had been in declining health for several
years. A heart condition developed near
the end.
Funeral services were held at the Rock Branch church Sunday
afternoon by Rev. Mayo Ashbrook. Burial
was in the Oak Valley cemetery.
Phoebe Ellen, daughter of Thos. and Elizabeth Eikleberry,
was born in Wayne county April 5th, 1861.
She has spent her life in and near the vicinity of her birth.
She was united in marriage with Thomas W. Schell March 4th,
1880. Four children were born to this
union, one daughter, Mrs. Elma Mayo, preceded her mother in death May 17th,
1934. The companion also passed away
July 2nd, 1934.
Early in life she was converted and united with the Salem
Methodist church, where she retained her membership throughout her life.
Her age was 86 years, 3 months and 13 days.
She is survived by two sons, Jesse of Springfield, Mo., and
Earl, of Cisne; one daughter, Mrs. Bessie Bradham, of near Johnsonville;
fourteen grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Charles of Pana
and Ervin E. Eikleberry, of Sedro Wooley, Wash.; one sister, Mrs. Martha
Haynes, of Cornland.
Source: The
Linton [Indiana] Daily Citizen; Tuesday, 5 Aug 1947, p 1
SHEPHERD*
FUNERAL
TO BE
WEDNESDAY
Funeral
services for Charles L. Shepherd, 50 years old, of Linton, who died at 6:15
o'clock Monday morning at his home here, will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon at the Evangelical United Brethern [sic--Brethren]
church. Rev. William Medcalf will
officiate and burial will be in the I.O.O.F. cemetery at Bicknell.
The body
of the deceased was returned to the family residence at 190 Fourth street
southeast from the Newkirk Funeral home at Pleasantville.
*Submitter's Note: The last name is spelled SHEPARD on his
wife's and children's obituaries, on the 1900, 1920, and 1930 Federal census,
the U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, the 1917-1918, the U.S., World
War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, and the U.S., Social Security
Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007.
Smith, Harry M. Smith
Spirit of Democracy, Woodsfield,
Ohio, dated,
Harry M. Smith, son of the late D. W. and Sarah Smith, was
born at Beallsville,
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Chloe Lynch Smith; a sister
Mrs. W. K. (Marietta) Greenbank, of Ashtabula, Ohio; a brother, Frank D. Smith
of Marietta.
A son, Donald Lynch Smith,
and a brother, Alfred Smith, preceded him in death.
Mr. Smith was a kind, loving
and devoted husband, with a pleasant and friendly disposition, and had a large
number of relatives and friends who mourn his passing. He was a member of the
Methodist church. At the time of his death he was Office Deputy for Clarence R.
Crawford, Sheriff of Monroe county.
Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon at
Solace
If I should die and leave you here awhile.
Be not like others, sore undone, who keep
A long vigil by the silent dust and weep.
For my sake turn to life and smile,
Nerving thy heart and trembling hand to do
That which will comfort other souls than thine;
Complete these dear unfinished tasks of mine,
And I, perchance, may therein comfort you.
(Mary Lee Hall)
Snyder, Sarah L. Snyder, nee Voland
Source: Brown County [IN] Democrat; 28 Aug 1947 as
appearing in the Brown County, Indiana, Obituaries, Vol 1, p 1312
Mrs. Sarah L. Snyder, age 70, wife of George Snyder, of
Bean Blossom, passed away at the family home at 5:40 a.m. Wednesday after an
illness of one year and two days.
Mrs. Snyder, highly respected by all who knew her, was a life-long
resident of Brown county. She was born
near Nashville, December 23, 1877, the daughter of Henry and Christine Voland
and was married October, 1904, to George Snyder, who survives. She and Mr. Snyder began housekeeping near
the present home of John Voland on Greasy Creek and moved to Bean Blossom in
1910 where they had since resided.
She joined the Nashville Presbyterian church at the age of
15 and remained an active member of that church until its demise here.
Two sons, John and Maurice, both died in infancy.
In addition to the husband she is survived by a son, Elmer
Snyder, of Columbus; three daughters, Mrs. Sam Mathis, of route 1, Nashville,
Mrs. Charles Basim, of Indianapolis, and Mrs. Robert Miller of Evansville; three
brothers, Ed and John Voland, of route 3, Nashville, and George Voland of
Manchester, Iowa; a sister, Mrs. Emma Strode, at the Snyder home; and 11
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at the Bean Blossom church
tomorrow (Friday) at 2 p.m. in charge of Rev. W. C. Chafin. Burial will be at the Morgantown cemetery.
Source: The Martins Ferry [Ohio] Times Leader; 21
Nov 1947
Oscar
Staib, 61, Dies In Hospital
CLARINGTON -- Oscar Staib, 61, lifelong resident of
Clarington, died this morning at 3:35 in the Martins Ferry hospital to which he
had been confined for the past seven weeks.
The body was taken to the Rush funeral home at Clarington pending arrangements.
Mr. Staib was born at Clarington and spent his entire life
there. He was a prominent Monroe county
farmer, and had been active up until the time he was stricken ill during the
past year.
He was a member of the Evangelical and Reformed church.
His wife preceded him in death 22 years ago.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Gladys Beymer, Bellaire, two
sons, Glen, at home, and Paul, East Liverpool, four grandchildren, two
step-sons, Major Howard Eckels, with the army air force in California, and Harry
Eckels, also in California, a step-daughter, Mrs. Hazel Keyser, Akron, and five
stepgrandchildren.
Submitter’s Note: Below is
a second obituary: Staib, Oscar Staib
Source: The Martins Ferry [Ohio] Times Leader; 22
Nov 1947
Oscar Staib
Rites Sunday At
2 O'clock
Services for Oscar Staib, 60, Clarington district farmer
who died Friday morning in Martins Ferry hospital, will be conducted Sunday at
2 in the Rush funeral home at Clarington.
Rev. W. A. Rambo of Martins Ferry will officiate. Burial will be in Clarington cemetery.
Bereaved include his wife, Mrs. Myrtle Staib and a
step-daughter, Mrs. William Ollom, both of Clarington, whose names were omitted
from Friday's obituary.
Stephen, John Monroe Stephen obituary # 1
Source: New Sharon, Iowa,
newspaper; Nov 1947
Funeral services were conducted at the Assembly of God
church Saturday afternoon Nov. 29, 1947 for John Monroe Stephen, a resident of
New Sharon IA during the past 62 years who passed away Wednesday, Nov. 26,
1947, in the hospital at Mt. Pleasant IA following a lingering illness.
Rev. R. McGhghy had charge of the service and burial was in
the New Sharon Masonic Cemetery.
Stephen, John Monroe Stephen Obituary # 2
John Monroe Stephen, son of A. J. Stephen and Margaret
Stout Stephen, was born Oct. 21, 1861 in Monroe Co., Calais, Ohio. He departed
this life on Nov. 26, 1947 in the hospital in Mt. Pleasant IA, aged 86 years 3
months and 5 days. Death came as a result of a lingering illness.
On July 17, 1883, he was married to Sarah Morris daughter
of Levi and Rebecca Jane Morris at Batesville, Ohio. To this union 8 children
were born. Their first child, a son, died in infancy. Another son, Thomas
Wallace, passed away in 1918, and Mrs. Stephen, his dear wife, passed away
March 10, 1944. This leaves to mourn his passing his six living children: J.
Oliver of La Porte Minn., Ralph Henry of Oskaloosa IA, Mrs Bessie Hook of
Allerton IA, Mrs Helen Calland of Des Moines IA, Mrs Mary Vada Smith of Omaha
Neb., Mrs Eva Watters of Oskaloosa IA. He also leaves 19 grandchildren and 12
great grandchildren besides several brothers and sisters and many friends.
When 23 years of age he, with Mrs. Stephen and son Oliver,
moved to New Sharon IA where he resided the past 62 years with the exception of
the months that he spent in the home of his son-in-law and daughter Walter and
Bessie Hook of Allerton IA. In his younger years Mr. Stephen worked in the coal
mines, made cement blocks, and worked for the telephone company. He will be
missed by those who knew him and loved him.
Stephen, John Monroe Stephen, born October 23, 1861, died November 26 1944.
Services held Assembly of God
church, New Sharon, IA, Nov. 29 1947,
2 pm; minister Rev G R McGhghy.
Interment in Masonic
Cemetery, New Sharon,IA.
Pall bearers: Arthur Watters grandson, Cecil Watters grandson, Bernard Watters grandson ,
Teddy Calland grandson, Robert Stephen grandson , and Keith Stephen grandson.
Flower attendants: Mrs. Ed Criss & Mrs Harrison Ver Steggh.
Musical selections: Old
Rugged Cross, Will the Circle Be Unbroken and Beautiful Isle of Somewhere.
Verse:
A door swings briefly open,
And a loved slips away
Slips from lifes dark shadows
Into bright eternal day.
Where earthly griefs are over,
Where pain shall be no more
To peace past understanding
God has opened wide the door.
Peace be to God.
Taggart, Mary Taggart
Spirit of Democracy, Woodsfield,
Ohio, dated,
Mary G. Taggart, who was past 80 years of age, died at her
home in Jerusalem New Years morning [January 1, 1947]. She had been a shut-in since she had fallen two years ago. She had
resided in Jerusalem practically all her life where she was active in all
community and church activities as long as health permitted.
Deceased is survived by one son, Atty. Jay Taggart of
Cleveland, who is president of the State Bar Association and by one brother,
Ernest Taggart of Barnesville.
Funeral services will be held Friday at the Jerusalem
Presbyterian church at
Burial will be made in
Jerusalem cemetery.
Voland, John William (Johnny) Voland
Source: The Brown County [Indiana] Democrat; 16 Jan
1947
John William (Johnny) Voland, grandson of John Voland of
Greasy Creek road, died unexpectedly at the Illinois Glass factory in Gas City,
Ind., Saturday afternoon. Mr. Voland,
only 34 years of age, had been ill with high blood pressure but had continued
to work at the glass factory, where he had been employed for twenty years, and
was not considered to be especially ill.
He was found lying on a concrete floor about 2 o'clock. It was thought that he probably became dizzy
and fell on the concrete floor as he had a bruised spot on his head. Time of death was thought to have been
between 1 and 2 p.m.
Mr. Voland, born in 1912, was the son of the late Bill and
Maggie Ellis Voland.
He is survived, in addition to his grandfather, by the
widow, Mrs. Mary Murphy Voland and two children; one brother, Ira, of Gas City;
two sisters, Mrs. Louisa Richardson and Mrs. Zora Listen of Gas City; and five
uncles and two aunts, Ora and Eddie Voland of Nashville, Lon Voland of
Hoytsville, Ohio, Walter Voland of Marion, Charlie Voland of Gas City, Mrs.
Mary Spicer of Nashville and Mrs. Verna Duckworth of Gas City.
Funeral services were held at the Methodist church in Gas
City at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday and burial was at that city. Oral Voland and sons, Howard of Nashville
and Elmo of Indianapolis and Eddie Voland attended the services.
Warfield, Roena Elenor
Warfield (nee McMahon)
Source: Newspaper clipping,
Belmont County Ohio, May 1947
Mrs. Warfield, 89,
Dies Thursday [correct is 08 May 1947]--Mrs. Roena Warfield, 89, died
Thursday night at 11:30 in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Adams,
Neffs. The body was taken to the Walter C. Bauknecht funeral home, and will be
removed to the residence of a daughter, Mrs. Clyde Dixon, Neffs. Services will
be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 in charge of Evangelist C. W. Rock,
and burial will follow in Mt. Zion cemetery, Brooks Run.
Mrs. Warfield was
born near Woodsfield Dec. 24, 1857, a daughter of the late Isaac McMahon.
She had resided in the Neffs vicinity for 60 years. Her husband, Joel Warfield,
died 18 years ago. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Surviving are four
daughters, Mrs. Emma Miller, Mrs. Martha F. Adams, Mrs. Lillian Ann Dixon
[correct is Lydia Ann], and Mrs. Icithine Dailey [correct is Iciphene], all of
Neffs; a brother William J., Barnesville, 22 grandchildren and 27 great
grandchildren.
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