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1968
Source: The Shelbyville [Indiana] News; Saturday, 16 Nov
1968
Arthur Andis
Dies In
Hospital
Rites Tuesday
for
Morristown Musician
Arthur E. Andis, 58, of Morristown, died today at 7:30 a.m.
at Veterans Hospital, W. 10th St., Indianapolis, where he had been admitted
Thursday. He had been in failing health
three years.
Mr. Andis was a musician, having played trumpet in dance
bands and combos in the Shelbyville and Morristown area prior to his retirement
three years ago. An Army veteran of World
War II, he was a member of Willard E. Hensley Post 102, American Legion, Frank
T. Strayer Post 1587, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Shelbyville Eagles
Lodge.
Born in Decatur, Ill. on March 10,* 1910, Mr. Andis was the
son of Jesse and Grace (German) Andis.
On Dec. 29, 1951, he married Helen Price, who survives.
Other survivors are his mother of Shelbyville; two sons,
Arthur Edward and Terry Lee Andis at home and a daughter, Miss Betty Carol
Andis of Greenwood; a grandmother, Mrs. Dora Swango, and a brother, Herbert
Andis, both of Shelbyville.
Services will be Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Hank Spencer
Mortuary in Morristown, with the Rev. Ar____** Duncan officiating. Burial will be in Asbury Cemetery. Friends may call after 4:00 p.m. Sunday at
the mortuary.
Submitter's Notes:
* The photo of his tombstone on findagrave.com shows March
24, 1910.
** I could not read this name on the obituary.
Found this obituary at the: Shelby County Genealogy Library obituary collection
© Valerie Ann (Biberdorf) Boman and Debra (Larson)
Branigan - 2004-2015
Baughman,
Betty Baughman, nee Mercer
Source: The Akron [Ohio] Beacon Journal; 27 Jun 1968
Mrs. Betty Baughman, 39, of 645 N. Howard st., died
Wednesday in City Hospital after a long illness.
Born in downstate Ohio, Mrs. Baughman lived in Akron 15
years.
She leaves husband James; son Charles Judy and daughter Mrs.
Betty Lampe, Akron; four grandchildren; brothers Glenn Mercer in West Virginia
and Clarence Mercer in North Carolina; and sister Mrs. Rose Higgins in West
Virginia.
Services are being arranged by Brooks funeral home,
Connellsville, Pa.
Source: Wooster [Ohio] Daily Record; 2 Feb 1968
David Bauman,
84, Of Rittman
RITTMAN -- David C. Bauman, 84, of 17 South Third St., died
Thursday at his home after a long illness.
He was born Aug. 16, 1883 in Sardis, Monroe County, to Levi and
Elizabeth Taylor* Bauman and had lived
in Rittman for 60 years.
He worked as a carpenter and cabinet maker for many years
before retiring in 1949 due to ill health.
Mr. Bauman was a member of the Milton United Presbyterian Church in
Rittman.
His wife Louise died in 1945. Surviving are several nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Gillman Funeral
Home. Rev. James E. Watt will
officiate.
Burial will be in Rittman.
Friends may call from 2-4 and 7-9 Friday at the funeral
home.
*Submitter's
Note: His mother was Elizabeth Keylor.
Source: The Lebanon, Laclede Co., Missouri Daily
Record; 20 Jun 1968
Funeral services for Emil Berg 88 of Linn Creek Star Route, Lebanon were held at 2:30 p.m.
Friday May 31, 1968 in Palmer-Pickering
Funeral Chapel with the Rev. C.R. Hampton officiating. Burial was in the Lebanon City cemetery
under the direction of Palmer-Pickering Funeral Home. Mrs. Lewis Seay and Mrs. Jewell Johnson sang, "Rock of
Ages" and "Will there be any Stars in my Crown".
There was VFW Military rites at the graveside. Escorts were Robert Schmoutey, Preston
Schmoutey, Gayle Broyles, Delvin Collins, Bill Milliken, and Raymond Hendrix.
Emil Berg, youngest son of Mathias and Thersa Berg, was
born March 6, 1880 on the Berg farm six miles north of Lebanon and died Tuesday
28 May 1968 in Veterans Hospital in St. Louis.
He served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish American War,
participating in the Chinese Relief Expedition and during the Boxer
Rebellion. In January of 1920 he was
married to Miss Hazel Arnold.
Mr. Berg joined the Dove Chapter of the North Methodist
Church as a young man and later gave active support and interest to the Kapp
Sunday School for many years.
He was active in rural county affairs throughout the most
of his lifetime. He helped to organize
and was a board member of the Laclede Mutual Insurance Association for 50
years, until his health caused his retirement.
He was a charter member of the Missouri Farmers Association
and was quite active in bringing about improvement of dairy farming when
dairying was in its infancy in Laclede county.
He was a charter member of the Spanish U.S. War Veterans
Camp 49 and its surviving member. He
was also a member of the VFW.
Out of town frineds and relatives coming for the funeral
were Mr/Mrs Ray Arnold, Edwardsville, Il; Mr/Mrs R.D.Arnold, St. Louis; Mrs
Jessie Pressley and Pamela Woodman, Littlefield, Il; M/M Glen Roan, Dixon; Miss
Helen Berg, Newberg; M/M Leonard Earl, Mexico, MO; M/M James Flood,
Springfield, IL; M/M Leonard McKeel, Springfield, MO; M/M Walter Wood,
California, MO; M/M Don Wood, Marshfield, MO; M/M Clyde Berg, Battlesburg, MI;
M/M Glen Berg and Miss Fern Berg all of St. Louis.
Bessey, Myrtice L. Bessey, nee Butterbaugh
Source: The Porterville [California] Evening
Recorder; Thursday, January 4, 1968
A Terra Bella
school teacher, Myrtice L. Bessey, 58, died this morning in Naweah Delta
District hospital in Visalia. Her home was in Terra Bella. She had been a
resident of Terra Bella for 14 years.
Mrs. Bessey was born June 8, 1909 in Ill. She had been a
teacher in the Terra Bella Union Elementary School for the last 25 years. Since
1960, she had taught the kindergarten class. She was also director of the Terra
Bella Girls Glee club. Mrs. Bessey left her teaching post just last October.
For the past 12 years Mrs. Bessey had also directed the
chancel choir of the Terra Bella United Presbyterian church of which she was a
long time member. She and her husband Ronald were also very active in the
affairs of the Terra Bella Clipper club.
Mrs. Bessey received her degree from La Verne college. She was
a member of the Porterville branch, American Association of University Women
and Delta Kappa ??????.
Besides her husband, she leaves three daughters, Mrs. Marilyn
Adair of Norwalk, Conn., Mrs. Janet Shannon of Glendale and Mrs. Eleanor Graham
of LaVerne; four brothers, Donald Butterbaugh of Strathmore, Myron Butterbaugh
of Lindsay, Merle Butterbaugh of LaVerne and Wayne Butterbaugh of Palos Verdes
Estates and seven grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday in the
Loyd chapel with Rev. Adrian Olsen of the Terra Bella Presbyterian church
officiating. Burial will be in a Porterville cemetery. The family suggests in
lieu of flowers that memorial contributions be designated either for the Terra
Bella Presbyterian church or to the American Cancer Society.
Submitter's Note: Below is the funeral notice:
Bessey, Myrtice L. Bessey, nee Butterbaugh
Source: The Porterville [California] Evening
Recorder; Friday, January 5, 1968
BESSEY - In Visalia, Jan. 4, 1968, Myrtice L. Bessey, 58,
native of Illinois, resident of Terra Bella 34 years. Wife of Ronald Bessey;
mother of Mrs. Marilyn Adair, Mrs. Janet Shannon and Mrs. Eleanor Graham;
sister of Donald, Myron, Merle and Wayne Butterbaugh and grandmother of seven.
Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday in the Loyd Chapel with
Rev. Adrian Olsen of the Terra Bella United Presbyterian church officiating.
Burial will be in a Porterville cemetery. The family suggests in lieu of
flowers that memorial contributions be designated either to the Terra Bella
Presbyterian church or to the American Cancer fund.
Source: The Youngstown [Ohio] Vindicator; 15 Jan
1968
Car Fumes Victim's
Rites Are Wednesday
STRUTHERS -- Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m.
Wednesday at the Clemente Funeral Home for Stephen C. Bissell, 21, of 500
Maplewood Ave., who was found dead in his car Sunday in a parking lot just off
Youngstown-Poland Road.
Dr. Nathan Belinky, deputy Mahoning County coroner, ruled
death due to carbon monoxide poisoning.
Mr. Bissell was born July 19,* 1946, in Youngstown, a son
of Lee C. and Gretchen Fullider Bissell, and came to Struthers six months ago
from Youngstown. He was an apprentice
welder at the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co.'s Campbell Works.
Besides his wife, the former Sheila Hanlon, whom he married
April 15,1966, he leaves a son, Stephen R. at home; his parents in Youngstown;
two brothers, Stewart and Stanley, both of Youngstown, and two sisters, Mrs.
Sandra Lunsford of Girard, and Miss Sharon of Youngstown.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. today and Tuesday.
*Submitter’s Note: This number is not clear on my copy
of the obituary. It could possibly be
18 or 10. The U.S., Social Security
Death Index, 1935-2014 gives a different date, 8 Jul 1946.
Blythe,
Esther Ola Blythe, nee Yoh
Source: The Paulding Obituary Card File, Paulding
County, Ohio, Carnegie Library; 9 Jan 1969
GROVER HILL -- Mrs.
Esther Ola Blythe, 65, rt. 1, died Saturday night, Dec. 28 in the Van Wert
County Hospital after an illness of four weeks.
She was a 1920 graduate of Van Wert High School and was an
alumnus of Bowling Green State University.
For a few years she taught school in Crawford and Van Wert
Counties. On Feb. 24, 1929, she and Oscar
Blythe, a teacher and farmer, were married.
He died March 12, 1965.
She was a member of Grand Victory United Methodist Church
and attended Middle Creek United Methodist Church, where she was president of
its Ladies Aid Society and a member of the Missionary Society. She also was a member of Grover Hill
Community Club.
Surviving are a son,
Arden, Delphos City Schools; three grandchildren; two brothers, Joshua Yoh,
Scott, and Harry Yoh, Alvordton; two sisters, Mrs. Addie Dindot, Columbus, and
Mrs. Faye Westenhaver, Van Wert.
Services were conducted at the Middle Creek United
Methodist Church Tuesday with burial in Middle Creek Cemetery.
Didrick-Taylor Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Source: The Journal Gazette, [Fort Wayne, Indiana];
Friday, 12 Jan 1968
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at D.O. McComb &
Sons Funeral Home for James Bolner of Hartford City.
Mr. Bolner, 80, died at 3:10 p.m. Wednesday in the Hope
Manor Nursing Home where he had resided.
He was a member of the Blackford Lodge F&AM in Hartford City.
Surviving is one sister, Miss Forest Bolner of Warren.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m.
today. Burial will be in Greenlawn
Memorial Park.
Brown, Clyde Clarence Brown
Source: Times Recorder [Zanesville, Ohio]; Friday, 1 Nov 1968
Woodsfield - Clyde C. Brown, 66, of Woodsfield died at 10
P.M. Wednesday [Oct. 30] at his home after suffering an apparent heart attack.
Mr. Brown was born May 1, 1902, in Monroe County, a son of
William and Alice Leach Brown.* He was
a retired laborer.
Mr. Brown was a member of the Methodist church.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Stella Thompson Brown; five
sons, Robert and Melvin, both of the home, Ronald of Maryland, Donald of Graysville
and William of Mineral Ridge; four daughters Mrs. Kathryn Hanlen** of
Youngstown, Mrs. Mary Bartlett of Niles, Mrs. Ora Wallace of Warren and Mrs.
Alice Mellett of Niles; 22 grandchildren, and a great-grandchild; a brother,
Virgil Brown of Woodsfield; four sisters, Mrs. Mae Mallett of Lewisville, Mrs.
Dessie Okey and Mrs. Blanche Leasure, both of Woodsfield, and Mrs. Anna Leasure
of Summerfield.
Services will be held at 2 P.M. Methodist Church with Rev.
Robert E. Buckley officiating. Friends
may call at Gardner Funeral Home in Woodsfield. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Submitter's Notes:
* Monroe County, Ohio, Birth CD#3, photographed by Richard
Harrington, shows parents as Mathias and Alice (Leach) Brown, and that Clyde
was born in Boston, Belmont County, Ohio.
Residence of Mathias and Alice was listed as Malaga Twp., Monroe Co.,
Ohio.
** This is Katherine Mae Hanlon, spouse of Robert Morgan
Hanlon.
Brown, Martha C. Brown, nee Immel
Source: The Ashland [Ohio] Times Gazette; 3 Jun 1968
Mrs. Martha C. Brown, 66, of 914 Union St. died at
Samaritan Hospital Saturday evening.
The daughter of Harry and Nellie (Myers) Immel, she was
born in West Salem April 3, 1902, and had lived in Ashland County most of her
life.
She was married in 1924 to Dewey Brown, who preceded her in
death in 1961.
Survivors include six daughters, Mrs. Vernes (Martha) Hanna
of Celina, Mrs. John (Frances) Nelson of Lakeworth, Fla., Mrs. Victor (Helen)
Fulk, Mrs. Wayne (Mary) Thompson, Mrs. Pat (Pauline) Smith and Mrs. Charles
(Ruth Ann) Jenkins, all of Ashland; 22 grandchildren; two great grandchildren;
and three brothers, Paul of Allen Park, Mich., Roy and Luke, both of Sullivan.
Her parents and one brother preceded her in death.
Mrs. Brown was a member of the Church of God.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Heyl
and Robbins Funeral Home with Rev. Paul Searcy officiating. Burial will be in Sullivan Cemetery.
Visiting hours will be from 7 - 9 tonight at the funeral
home.
Cariens, Edgar L. Cariens
Source: Wayne County [Illinois] Press; 21 Mar 1968
Edgar
Cariens, of Geff, Dies
Edgar L. Cariens, 73, retired Geff farmer, was dead on
arrival at Memorial hospital about 7:30 Tuesday evening.
He had been in poor health for some time and previously
hospitalized here, going home only a few days ago.
Rites Conducted
Funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon (today)
from the Geff Methodist church, with Rev. Charles Hutson officiating. Interment was in Bestow cemetery, Geff. DeSelms Funeral Home was in charge.
Edgar L., son of Aratus and Etta Pennington Cariens, was
born in Wayne county, Illinois, April 18th 1894.
Married In
1919
On September 9th, 1919, he was married to Flora Smith, with
two children born to their union. A
son, Norman Lee, died at the age of 18 months, and a foster son, Van Dale Barker,*
was killed in action in World War II.
Mr. Cariens was a World War I veteran. The Cisne Gresham American Legion post was
in charge of the military rites, with member of the Geff Barracks, World War I
Veterans, serving as pallbearers.
He was a member of the Geff Methodist church.
The Survivors
Surviving are his widow; one daughter, Mrs. Russell
Hillard, of Fowler, Ind.; four grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and one
brother, Ted Cariens of Geff.
*Submitter’s Note: Ivan Dale Barker
was the son of Edgar's sister, Zelda (Cariens) Barker. She died in 1926.
Carpenter, Lester Duff
Carpenter
Source: The Jeffersonian,
Cambridge, Ohio; 3 Aug 1968
BARNESVILLE---Lester Duff
Carpenter, 69, Canton, former resident of Barnesville, died at Molly Stark
Hospital, Canton, Thursday evening (August 1, 1968) following a long illness.
Born at Calais, he
was a son of Oliver H. and Mary Sears Carpenter. He had been an employee of the Canton public school system for 27
years, retiring in May 1968. He was a
member of Loyal Order of Moose and Fraternal Order of Eagles.
His wife, Norma
McLeish Carpenter died in December 1945.
Mr. Carpenter leaves
a daughter, Mrs. Mildred Pauline Hein, Canton;
two grandchildren, Mrs. James (Linda) Howiler, Canton and Karen Sue Hein
of the home; one sister, Mrs. Loren
Mayberry, Barnesville; and two brothers, Wayne A. of Akron and Asher V.,
Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Calling hours at
Campbell Funeral Home here 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. Sunday.
Funeral services will
be held at 1 P.M. Monday at the funeral home with the Rev. William Walters
officiating. Burial will be in
Crestview Cemetery, Barnesville.
Christman, Freeman Sylvester Christman
Monroe County Beacon,
Woodsfield, Ohio, dated,
Freeman Sylvester Christman, 69, of Monroefield died on
Wednesday morning,
He was born
In 1922 he was married to Estella Rosanna Kilburn who
survives. Also surviving are three
children, Eldon Christman, of Lewisville, Rural Route 1; Mrs. William (Ruth)
Seebach, of Lewisville, Rural Route 1; and Richard Christman, of Canton, Ohio;
one brother, Harvey Christman, of Woodsfield, and an uncle, Fred Christman, of
Barnesville, Ohio. There are eight grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Three brothers preceded him in death.
Mr. Christman was a retired lumber dealer and farmer. He was a
member of the Trinity United Church of Christ of Lewisville.
Funeral services were held Saturday morning, November 30th
at
Card of Thanks—The family wishes to express their deep
appreciation for the kindness and sympathy shown during the illness and at the
time of the death of their beloved husband and father, Freeman S. Christman. Mrs. Estella Christman Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Christman
Mr. and Mrs. William Seebach Mr. and Mrs. Richard Christman
Christman, Lewis E. Christman
Monroe County Beacon,
Woodsfield, Ohio, dated, June 1968
LKP#5
Lewis E. Christman, 84, of Bucyrus, formerly of the Lewisville
area, died at
Born
Mr. Christman was a member of the United Church of Christ, and
was a retired farmer.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Fred (Celesta) Welty and
Mrs. Fermin (Louise) Bower, of Bucyrus; six sons, Thurman Christman, a Monroe
County Commissioner, of Jerusalem, Route 2; Lawrence, Robert and Delmar
Christman, of Bucyrus; Wilbert Christman, of Caledonia, Ohio, and Edward
Christman, of Bolivar; one brother, Sam Christman, of Bethesda; several
grandchildren and several great grandchildren.
His wife, Anna Claus Christman, died in September, 1962.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at
Claus, Walter C. Claus
Water C. Claus, Akron’s
telephone Santa, Dies in Melbourne, Florida.
Akron’s Santa Claus of the telephone wires is dead.
Walter C. Claus, 70, of 512 Melrose Street, Akron, died
Starting in 1939, when he got his first telephone at the
Melrose Street Address, Mr. Claus began playing Santa to all youngsters who
called around Christmas, asking to speak to St. Nick.
“They had faith and I didn’t let them down,” Mr. Claus once
said. “Children would call, and some would talk to me for a long time, I guess
I was sort of Christmas Duth[sic-Dutch] uncle-confessor.”
Mr. Claus estimated he took more than a hundred calls every
season until 1957, when he retired from Goodyear after 37 years’ service, and
began moving south for the winter.
If the children called while he was at work, Mr. Claus’ wife,
Freda, took numbers, and he returned the calls.
Mr. Claus was born near Lewisville, Monroe County, Ohio, the
son of Henry and Minnie Brubach Claus. He lived in Akron more than fifty years.
He was a member of the Goodyear Heights Community Church, the Masonic Joppa
Blue Lodge 666, and Goodyear’s 25-year Club.
Surviving are his wife, Freda Claus; one son, Wilbert Claus of
Lewisville, Monroe County, Ohio; two daughters, Mrs. Evelyn Reed, of Akron, and
Mrs. Grace Jones, of Tallmadge; eight
grandchildren; three great grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. Hulda McDonough,
of Akron.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at
Source: The Alliance [Ohio] Review; 3 Jun 1968
HARTVILLE
WOMAN KILLED IN
CAR*
HARTVILLE -- An elderly Hartville woman was killed this
morning when struck by a car in front of her home, Hartville police
reported. Dead on arrival at Mercy
Hospital, Canton, after the accident about 10:30 a.m. was Mrs. Chloe Cole, 84,
of 1066 Prospect St. The Arnold
Funeral Home in Canton is in charge of funeral arrangements. Hartville police are continuing
investigation.
Submitter's Note: This
headline is misleading because she was a pedestrian struck by a car, not in
it. Below is the full obituary from the
following day's paper.
Source: The Canton [Ohio]
Repository; 4 Jun 1968
Services Set
for Victim Of
Mishap at Hartville
HARTVILLE --
Services for Mrs. Chloe Cole, 84, killed when struck by an auto in front of her
home at 1066 S. Prospect on Monday morning, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday
in the Arnold Hartville Chapel.
Mrs. Cole's death marked Stark County's 29th traffic
fatality of the year.
Coroner G. S. Shaheen ruled the death an auto-pedestrian
fatality. He attributed cause of death
to traumatic shock stemming from fractured ribs, fractured pelvis and multiple
fractures of both legs.
POLICE CHIEF Richard Robson reported Mrs. Cole had gone
to the mail box across the street in front of her home and was returning to the
house when she was hit by a northbound auto driven by Mrs. Sara Ann Wagler, 22,
of 1902 Smith Cramer st., Hartville.
The mishap occurred
at 10:45 a.m., and Mrs. Cole was pronounced dead on arrival at Mercy Hospital,
where she was taken in a Hartville Volunteer Fire Department ambulance. Death was believed to have been almost
instantaneous, Chief Robson said.
Investigation of the mishap is continuing, he added.
MRS. COLE had
resided here since 1934, after previously living in New Baltimore. She was a member of the Community Christian
Church in New Baltimore.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Carl W. Westling, with
whom she had resided, and a grandson.
Her husband, Leon S. Cole, died in 1934.
Rev. C. C. Huprich will officiate at services Thursday and
burial will be in Marlboro Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Wednesday.
Source: The Springfield [Missouri] Leader &
Press; Friday, 5 Jan 1968
FORDLAND -- Funeral services for Richard Cook, 54, Route 2,
Fordland, will be at 1 p.m. Monday in the West Finley Baptist Church. The Rev. Charlie Russell will officiate, and
burial will be in the church cemetery under direction of Marsh of Rogersville.
Mr. Cook, a farmer and machinist's helper, died at 11:40
p.m. Friday in his home after a nine-month illness. He was a member of the West Finley Baptist Church and a veteran
of World War II.
Survivors are his wife, Roxie; a son, Kenneth, Tulsa; five
daughters, Mrs. Maria Denney, 2430 North Rogers, Springfield, Mrs. Ernestine B.
Russell and Mrs. Shirley Terrell, both of Route 2, Fordland, Linda Kay and Mary
Margaret, both of the home.
Also surviving are two brothers, Andy and Claudy, both of
Wenatchee, Wash.; three sisters, Mrs. Laurie Potter, and Miss Violet Cook, Selah,
Wash., and Mrs. Mildred Friend, San Luis Obispo, Calif.; and 16 grandchildren.
Source: The St. Marys [West Virginia] Oracle; 28 Mar
1968
Michael K. Cronin, 69, of Rt. ___* St. Marys died Sunday
evening at his home following a brief illness.
Born in Pleasants county he was a son of the late Warren
and Fannie Hammond Cronin. He was a
member of the French Creek Baptist Church.
Survivors include
his widow, Mrs. Jennie Hanlon Cronin of Waverly; three sons, Harl Cronin of
Waverly, Michael J. Cronin of Rt. ___* St. Marys, and Arlie B. Cronin of Rt.
___,* New Cumberland; two daughters, Mrs. Grace Cunningham and Mrs. Emma Fox,
both of St. Marys; one brother, Lewis Cronin of Vienna; two sisters, Mrs. Edith
Lamp of Wilsonburg, W. Va. and Mrs. Ellen Curfman of _______,* Ohio and 15
grandchildren.
*Submitter's Note: My copy of this obituary was very difficult
to read. There were two more
paragraphs, but I could not read them
at all. However, the St. Marys library
found a form with Acct No. 6827 for Michael K. Cronin that was either part of
the funeral home or cemetery records.
It listed the information of the preceding paragraphs, but also has that
he was preceded in death by one child.
His occupation shows State Road Commission. The service was at French Creek Baptist Church on March 27, 1968
at 2 p.m. Frank Osborne was listed under the clergy column, and burial was in
Cronin Cemetery. It also gave
information about the casket and vault that would not be part of an obituary.
Source: The Hannibal [Missouri] Courier Post; 28 Jun
1968
Dr. James E. Dixon of 1220 N. Central Ave., passed away in
Levering Hospital at 11:50 a.m. yesterday.
He was born in Kahoka July 31, 1899 a son of Pearley and
Rachel Kincaid* Dixon and was a member of the First Christian Church. Dr. Dixon was a veteran of World War I, serving
with the U. S. Navy. He was a member of
St. John's Lodge No. 28, AF & AM and a past commander of that lodge. He was also a member of Excalibar**
Commandry** No. 5, KT: Moolah Temple and the Nemo Shrine Club; of Crown and
Scepter Chapter No. 1, Order of Eastern Star and Emmette J. Shields Post No.
55, American Legion.
Dr. Dixon was a member of the Hannibal Dental Society and
past president; a member of the Northeast Missouri Dental Society; the Missouri
Dental Association and the American Dental Association.
He received his
grade school and high school education in Kahoka, attended Northeast Missouri
State College and was a graduate of Washington University of St. Louis in the
class of 1924.
Dr. Dixon began his dental practice in Hannibal in the B.
& L. Building where he was located for several years. He then moved to the location at 506
Broadway where he practiced until the time of his death.
Dr. Dixon was an excellent musician and vocalist and was a
trombonist with an orchestra while in school.
At one time he was choir director for the Arch Street Methodist Church.
On Dec. 26, 1929 he was married in Fairfield, Iowa to Alva
May Berghofer who survives along with a sister, Mrs. D. C. Rogers of Fayette; 2
brothers, Ben Dixon of San Diego, Calif., and Major Horea [sic--Hosea]
Jean Dixon of Noel; several nieces and nephews.
The body is at the Smith Funeral Home where friends may
call.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at the
Smith Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Deane K.
Lierle will officiate and interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery at Palmyra.
Masonic services will be held at 7:30 this evening with St.
John's Lodge No. 28, AF & AM in charge.
Submitter’s Notes:
* Rachel’s maiden name is usually spelled KINKADE.
** Other spellings of this organization include Excalibur
Commandery.
Below is the funeral
article.
Source: The
Hannibal [Missouri] Courier Post; 29 Jun 1968
Funeral
services for Dr. James E. Dixon were held at the Smith Funeral Chapel at 3 p.m.
today.
The
Rev. Deane K. Liele officiated with Mrs. W. H. Dillingham, Jr., as organist.
Interment was in Greenwood Cemetery in Palmyra. Honorary casket bearers were members of the
Hannibal Dental Society.
Casket
bearers were J. W. Rethorn, R. H. Fox, E. L. Fitch, D. W. Chandler, E. McEntire
and D. W. Atkinson.
Dougherty, Barbara Ruth Dougherty, nee Berry
Source: The Parkersburg [West Virginia] News; 28 Apr
1968
Funeral services for Mrs. Barbara Ruth Dougherty, 45, of
3921 8th Av., who died yesterday morning in St. Joseph's Hospital after a brief
illness, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Shaver and Son Funeral Home.
Evangelist Everette
G. Scoaf will officiate with burial to be in IOOF cemetery.
Born in Parkersburg, she was a daughter of Mrs. Caroline
Beck Berry of Parkersburg and the late Frank R. Berry.
Survivors in addition to her mother include her husband,
Kenneth Eugene Dougherty; one son, Michael Sean Dougherty, at home; two
daughters, Sharon Lynn and Mollie Kay Dougherty, both at home; three brothers,
Robert O. Berry of Parkersburg, Raleigh Berry of Wheeling, and Jack T. Berry of
Phoenix, Ariz.; and two sisters, Mrs. Garnet E. Lewis of Wheeling, and Mrs.
Glada E. Welton of Nitro.
She was preceded in death by two sisters, Frances and Alma.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. today.
Pallbearers will be Douglas Petty, Steven Plum, Donald Dougherty, James
Nicely, Raleigh C. Berry and Robert O. Berry.
Source: The Parkersburg [West Virginia] News; 19 Aug
1968
H. Dougherty
Dies After
Long Illness
Harry S. Dougherty,
72, of Waverly, Wood county, retired former lieutenant, with the Parkersburg
Police Department, died Saturday at 10:30 p.m. at his home following an illness
of several months.
He had lived at Waverly for the past seven years, having
resided in Parkersburg prior to moving there.
He served 32 years with the Police Department and also was a former Wood
county deputy sheriff.
During the First World War, he served in France with the
U.S. Army. He was a member of the
Waverly Church of Christ.
He was born in Graysville, Monroe county, O., on Feb. 1,
1896, son of the late Friend and Louisa Nalley Dougherty. Preceding him in death in addition to his
parents were three brothers and one sister.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Marie Dotson Dougherty;
five daughters, Mrs. Lillian Plum, Parkersburg; Mrs. Marjorie Showalter,
Ontario, Canada; Mrs. Becky Petty, Williamstown; Mrs. Ava Lee Stanley, San
Antonio, Texas; and Miss Barabra [sic--Barbara] Dougherty, at home; four
sons, Kenneth E. Dougherty and H. Francis Dougherty, Parkersburg, both members
of the Parkersburg Police Department; Edward Dougherty, Nashville, Tenn.; and
James P. Dougherty, Fort Worth, Texas; two brothers, Ralph Dougherty,
Graysvville, O.; and David Dougherty, Antioch, O. and 25 grandchildren.
Friends may call after 7 p.m. today at the Franklin and Son
Memorial Chapel, 3711* Camden Av., where services will be held Wednesday at 10
a.m. Evangelist C. D. Plum will
officiate. Burial will be in Sunset
Memory Gardens.
*Submitter's Note:
This number was not clear on my copy of this obituary so perhaps might
not be correct as typed here.
Source: The Danville [Illinois] Commercial-News; 2
Jan 1968
ALVIN -- John T.
Draper, 71, of Alvin, died at 9:35 a.m. yesterday (Jan. 1, 1968) in St.
Elizabeth Hospital where he had been a patient since Dec.24. He had been in ill health a year.
He was a retired farmer and groceryman.
Born April 16, 1896, in Muncie, Ill., he was a son of
Abraham and Eliza Cox Draper.
He was an Army veteran of World War I.
He was married Oct. 20, 1928 to Dora Kinkade who survives.
Also surviving are a son, Ronald of Chebanse; a daughter,
Mrs. Betty Cassidy of Evanston; a step-daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Knuth of Peru,
Ind.; a brother, William of Hegeler and 10 grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two sisters and a brother.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Edmund-Jones-Sullivan
Funeral Home. The Rev. Gene Applegate
will officiate. Burial will be at
Stearns Cemetery at Muncie. Friends
will be received at the funeral home 7-9 tonight and 7-9 p.m. Wednesday.
Source: The Ashtabula [Ohio] Star Beacon: Thursday, 25 Apr 1968
City Deaths
Charles Morgan Ellis, 82, who had made his home for the
past six years with his daughter, Mrs. Carl G. Johnson, 5632 Shepard Rd., died
at 9 a.m. today in Autumn Rendevous [sic–Rendezvous] Nursing Home,
Geneva.
A resident here 60 years, he was born Feb. 23, 1885, in
Pleasants County, W. Va., son of Leander A. and Harriet Flemming Ellis.
Retired, he had been employed by the A&B Dock Co. and
National Malleable Steel Castings Co. of Cleveland.
He was a member of Saybrook Methodist Church and Harbor
Lodge 558, F&AM.
Mr. Ellis is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Carl G. (Effie)
Johnson; a son, Earl of Houston, Tex.; four brothers, Arch of Seal Beach,
Calif., Guy and Ben of Bartlesville, Okla., and Brooks of Scarsdale, N.Y.;
three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
His wife, Fannie, died in 1956.
Services will be Saturday at Zaback Funeral Home, the hour
to be announced. Interment will be in
Eagleville Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home 7 to 9 p.m. Friday.
Fearing, Elizabeth Fearing, nee Cronin
Source: The Cleveland [Ohio]
Plain Dealer; Cleveland Necrology File,
Reel #108; Date: May 10 1968
Fearing. Elizabeth Fearing
(nee Cronin), beloved wife of the late William H., dear mother of Mrs. Anthony
DiNunzio (Betty), John R. and the late Edward, Louis, Robert and Eugene,
grandmother and great-grandmother. Services Saturday, St. Philomena Church at
noon. The family will receive friends at The Flynn-Froelk Co., East Cleveland
Funeral Home, 13104 Euclid Ave., Friday 2-4 And 7-9.
Fisher,
Rosa Fisher, nee Weber
Source: The Spirit of Democracy, Woodsfield, Ohio;
Thursday, 21 Nov 1968
MRS. FRED
M. FISHER, 78,
OF LEWISVILLE, DIES;
SERVICES HELD
WEDNESDAY
Mrs. Rosa Weber Fisher, 78, of Lewisville, died Sunday
morning, Nov. 17, 1968, in Community Hospital, Cambridge.
She was born April 10, 1890, at Lewisville, daughter of the
late Philip S. and Matilda Brown Weber.
She was a member of Buchanan Presbyterian Church, American Legion
Auxiliary, Huffman Grange and the Rebekah Lodge of Lewisville.
Survivors include her husband, Fred M. Fisher; two brothers,
John H. of Lewisville and Alfred C. of Columbus; and several nieces and
nephews.
Friends were received at Bauer-Turner Funeral Home here
where services were held Wednesday afternoon.
Burial in Buchanon [sic--Buchanan] Cemetery, near Lewisville.
Source: The Columbus [Indiana] Republic; Friday, 28
Jun 1968
2 Teen-Agers Killed,
4 Hurt in 1-Car
Crash
Two teen-agers were killed and four other youths injured Thursday
night in a 1-car crash north of Columbus on River road along the west side of
Bakalar Air Force base near the New Hope road.
State police officers said the accident occurred at high
speed and they were investigating reports the youngsters all had been drinking
at a party here earlier.
Killed about 11 p.m. when their car crashed through a
utility pole at more than 90 miles an hour then flipped into a ravine were:
-- Jerry Lynn Deiwert, 16, 3240 Hillcrest drive.
-- Amber Lee Ford, 15, Dayton, Ohio. Miss Ford was here visiting her mother, Mrs.
Willis Lucas, 1641 South 31A.
The accident was the second double fatality in the county
in less than a week.
Seriously injured were Richard Lee Henry, 15, 3322 Crescent
way, and Dale Hubert Denny, 16, 2887 Streamside drive. Both youths had "fairly good"
nights at the county hospital.
In fair condition at the hospital are Richard Allen McKee,
19, Trafalgar route 1, and John Thompson, 20, Edinburg route 2.
Thompson did not
enter the hospital until 8:25 a.m. today after he went there and told officials
he was injured in the accident.
Previously authorities had believed only five persons were in the 1967
Ford Mustang driven by Deiwert.
Trooper Paul Jewett of the state police said today that
police have information the occupants of the car had been to a drinking party
in Columbus and he added, "we know where."
"We haven't had a chance to get up there yet and
investigate," he said.
One of the youths admitted to the hospital after the
accident told the trooper the car was going north in excess of 90 miles an
hour, when the right wheels dropped off the recently resurfaced road and it
struck the utility pole on the east.
The car sheered off the pole and was knocked back across
the road on impact, rolling and flipping end - over - end in a field.
It came to a stop on its wheels at the bottom of a drainage
ravine approximately 20 feet deep. The
ravine drains water from Bakalar Air Force base ground and crosses under River
road about 2-tenths of a mile south of the New Hope road. . . .
Authorities said Deiwert was killed instantly of an
apparent fractured skull and internal injuries, and Miss Ford also died instantly
of similar injuries.
All occupants of the car were thrown out when the car
crossed to the west side of the road and began to flip over, except for
Thompson, the one officers did not know was in the car. . . .
Funeral services for Miss Ford will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday
at the Reed funeral home. Rites will be
conducted by the Rev. Ralph Newell.
Persons may call after 6 p.m. Saturday and from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Sunday.
Born in Columbus Jan. 23, 1953, she was the daughter of
Lloyd R. and Janet Stewart Ford. She
was a student at Wayne high school in Dayton and a member of the Girl Scouts.
Surviving with her mother, now Mrs. Willis Lucas of 1641
South 31A, and her father at Dayton, Ohio, are a sister, Mrs. Ronald Daggett of
1631 South 31A; a half sister, Rebecca Lucas of 1641 South 31A; three half
brothers, Ricky and Timothy Ford of Dayton, and Willis Lucas of 1641 South 31A,
and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd A. Ford of 1314 Iowa street and Mr.
and Mrs. Leonard Stewart of Madison. . . .
[Submitter's Note: This was an extremely long article. There were another 18 paragraphs I did not
type.]
Freitag, Howard Freitag
Monroe County Beacon,
Woodsfield, Ohio, dated,
Howard Freitag, 59, of Thorn Street, Apt. A., Sewickley, Pa.,
a former Woodsfield resident, died Sunday morning,
He was born near Woodsfield, a son of the late Oscar and Anna
Reich Freitag.
Surviving are his wife, Ida McCammon Freitag; one son, Larry
Freitag of the home; one brother, Willard Freitag, of near Woodsfield, and two
sisters, Mrs. James (Hazel) Hines, of Barnesville, and Mrs. Kermit
( Elizabeth) Longfellow, of
Strasburg.
Funeral services will be held this Thursday afternoon at
Source: Medina County [Ohio] Gazette; Tuesday, 2 Jul
1968
Services were held at 2 p.m. today in the Parker Funeral
Home, Spencer, for Mrs. Nadine Giar, 64, of West Main Street, Spencer, who
passed away Sunday morning at her home following a five-month illness.
She was born in Lewisville, Ohio, and moved to Ashland
before coming to Spencer 36* years ago.
She was a member of the Mt. Zion Lutheran Church of
Spencer.
Survivors include her husband, Rex; a daughter, Mrs. Mary
Ann Staples, Washington, D.C.; a son, Joe, of Spencer; three grandchildren, two
sisters, Mrs. Jack O'Neil, Marion, Ind. and Miss Marguerite Matz, Ashland; a
brother Lake Matz, also of Ashland; nieces and nephews.
Rev. George Lambert officiated at the services and
interment was in Spencer Cemetery.
*Submitter's Note: The print here was blurred and difficult to
read so this number might be 35.
Source: The Tampa [Florida] Tribune; Saturday, 8 Jun
1968
CLEARWATER -- Richard Eugene Gilmore, 62, of 1721 Happon
Lane died Friday. Born in West
Virginia, he had lived here since 1959, coming from Beauford [sic--Beaufort],
S.C. He was a retired Marine
captain. Survivors include his widow,
Mrs. Martha H. Gilmore, Clearwater; a son, Richard E. Gilmore, Houston, Tex.; a
daughter, Mrs. Patricia G. Pavey, Beauford [sic--Beaufort]; a brother,
Kenneth E. Gilmore, Salem, Ohio, and two sisters, Mrs. Margaret De Sadier, Port
Charlotte, and Mrs. Delma Droke, Memphis, Tenn.
Source: The Ada [Oklahoma] Evening News; Thursday,
20 Jun 1968
Services for Bernard William Gray, 32, Ada, will be at 2
p.m. Friday in the Bible Baptist Church of Ada.
Mr. Gray died Sunday in an auto accident in Oklahoma
City. He was born in Ohio June 28,
1935, to Jess and Mildred Gray.
He came to Ada seven years ago, was a member of the Baptist
Church, the American Legion post in Oklahoma City and the Veterans of Foreign
Wars post of Del City. He served in the
Air Force during the Korean Conflict.
Survivors include his wife, Bonnie; one son, Billy of the
home; two daughters, Carol and Linda, both of the home; three stepsons, Frank,
U.S. Marine Corps, stationed in Vietnam, Ronnie and Bobby, both of the home;
two stepdaughters, Susan, of the home, and JoAnn Deaville, Woodland Hills,
Calif; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jess Gray, Woodsfield, Ohio; three sisters,
Martha Lea Hines, Woodsfield, Ohio, Betty Sanders and Virginia Roehm, both of
Erie, Pa.; and five stepgrandsons.
The Rev. Frank Smith will conduct the services. Members of the VFW of Del City will be
casketbearers and the Del City VFW post will conduct military services at
graveside in Rosedale Cemetery.
Greiwe, Sarah Lydia Greiwe, nee Strass
or Strauss
Source: Illinois State Journal [Springfield,
Sangamon Co., Illinois] ;Wednesday, 10 January 1968, page 12
MRS.
SARAH LYDIA GRIEWE *
Pana - Mrs. Sarah Lydia Greiwe, 75, of rural Pana, died at
11:55 p.m. Monday at Pana Cummunity Hospital Annex.
She is survived by two daughters, Miss Fern Greiwe of Pana,
Miss Josephine Greiwe of Springfield; one son, Harold Greiwe of Pana; one
sister, Mrs. Clara Eubank of Rosamond; four grandchildren.
Services will be held at 3
p.m. Thursday at the McCracken FuneralHome. Burial will be in Rosamond
Cemetery.
*Submitter's
Note: The spelling of this headline should be GREIWE.
Hagan,
Karla Hagan, nee Windland
Source: The Alliance [Ohio] Review; 7 Aug 1968
MRS. KARLA
HAGAN
Mrs. Karla Hagan, 21, of 3621 Union Ave., N.E. Minerva,
died yesterday at 2:50 p.m. at the Alliance City Hospital after four weeks
illness.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Windland of Sebring, she
was born in Alliance, Dec. 25, 1946 and resided in Sebring and the Alliance
vicinity all of her life.
She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of
Sebring and attended Sebring schools.
Besides her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Windland, she is survived
by her husband, Thomas of the home; one brother, Earl of Sebring and her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William Talbott of Whittier, Calif.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 1 p.m. at the
Vogt-Gednetz Funeral Home. Burial will
be in Highland Memorial Park. Calling
hours will be Thursday from 7-9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Hicks, Gloria
Eileen Mary Hicks nee Pritchard
Died: February 16, 1968
Provided by Lena Kahrig Pettit, typed by Betty Lendon Matson
Hicks, Gloria Eileen Mary, 44,
formerly of Hannibal, O., died February 16, 1968, in Taipei, Taiwan where she
had lived for the past 15 years. She was born on June 14, 1912, in Shanghai,
China, daughter of William and Lilly Pritchard. Survivors include her husband,
Hugh H. Hicks; three daughters, Janet L. and Susan L. and one son, Hugh P., all
of the home; her parents, one sister, Mrs. Mildred Gramm, Melbourne, Australia.
Friends may call at The Rush
Funeral Home, Clarington, O. after 1 p.m. where services will be held Saturday at
2 p.m.; in charge of Rev. Paul Brown with interment in Greenlawn Memorial
Cemetery, New Martinsville.
Source: The
Barnesville Enterprise, Barnesville, Ohio; 18 Jan 1968
Clem Huntsman, former Barnesville
resident, passed away Tuesday, January 16th, in Redlands, California. Born in Belmont County, February 3, 1906, he
was a son of Emmer and Dora Lucas Huntsman.
He is survived by his wife, Margaret,
three sons, William of Redlands, California, Robert of Canton and Lester;
several grandchildren; two brothers, Glen and Paul Huntsman, both of
Barnesville; two sisters, Evelyn Hatfield, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, and Annabelle
Blair of Arizona. Three sisters and one
brother preceded her [sic--him] in death.
Services and burial will take place tomorrow, Friday,
January 19th in Redlands, California.
Huntsman, Grover C. Huntsman
SCIO - Grover C. Huntsman,
83, retired pottery worker, died at
Mr. Huntsman is survived by
his widow, Mrs. Bertha Riley Huntsman; two sons, Joseph of Akron and Doyle of Cadiz;
three sisters, Mrs. Lydia Copeland of Somerton, Mrs. Charlotte Lalathin of
Anderson, Indiana, and Miss Daisy Huntsman of Barnesville, one brother, George
of Los Angeles, California; 10 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2
p.m. Sunday at Purviance Funeral Home with burial in Grandview Cemetery.
Friends may call 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Huntsman, Sadie Huntsman nee Leffler
Mrs. Sadie Huntsman, resident
of Belmont for the past 45 years, died Sunday at
Her husband, John T.
Huntsman, died in 1959.
Surviving are three
daughters, Mrs. Stella Blanche
Humphrey, Belmont, Mrs. Margaret J. Kurry, Fairborn, and Mrs. Lucille
Gallagher, Newark; five sons, Albert M. and Elmer Floyd, both at home, Walter
J., Barnesville, Carl R. Greenfield, Ohio, and Charles of Canton; 27
grandchildren, and 13 great grandchildren; on sister, Miss Minnie Leffler,
Route 2, Barnesville.Friends will be received at the Kelly-Kemp Funeral Hom,
Bethesda, Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Wednesday night from 7 to 9
p.m. Services Thursday at 1 p.m. with Rev. Larry Cline officiating. Burial in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Hendrysburg.
Source: newspaper clipping, Preston, Hickory Co.,
Missouri; 24 or 25 Apr 1968
Hyatt Services
Fridat At Preston
Funeral services for George Warren* Hyatt, 78, of Preston
will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Preston Methodist Church with Rev. Irvin Allen
officiating. Burial will be in Fisher
Cemetery under direction of Hathaway Funeral Home.
Mr. Hyatt died at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday in St. John's Hospital,
Springfield, where he had been a patient 10 hours. he had moved to Preston four and a half years ago from Topeka,
Kansas.
Surviving are his wife, Jessie; and three sons, Milford,**
Preston, Duane, Bardstown, Ky., and Charles, Phoenix, Ariz; a brother, Ralph,
Denison, Kan.; two sisters, Mrs. Julia Holzle, Holton, Kan., and Mrs. Ida
Oldham, Denison, Texas; and four grandchildren.
Submitter's Notes:
*On the U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards,
1917-1918, he signed his name as George Washington Hyatt.
**In his own obituary, and on his tombstone, the name is
spelled MILFRED.
Source: Spirit of Democracy [Woodsfield, Ohio]; Aug
1968
ISAAC L.
JOHNSON, 58, DIES
AT HIS HOME, MALAGA, AFTER
ILLNESS
Requiem Mass was at 1 p.m. on Friday at St. John's Catholic
Church for Isaac L. Johnson, 58, Malaga, with the Rev. Fr. Francis E. Maloney
as celebrant. Burial was in Crestview
Cemetery, Barnesville, in charge of Bauer-Turner Funeral Home.
An employe [sic] of the Olin-Mathieson Chemcial Corp.,
Hannibal, he died at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6, 1968, at his home following an
illness.
He was born July 31, 1910, at Temperanceville, the son of
Dallas and Rosalie Johnson, and was a member of St. John's Church at
Miltonsburg. He was a veteran of World
War II.
Mr. Johnson leaves his wife, the former Agnes Christman;
one brother, Charles Johnson, Escondido, Calif., two sisters, Mrs. Joseph
Pfeiffer, also of California, and Mrs. James McCort, Malaga.
Source: The Salem [Ohio] News; 6 Mar 1968
Harold C. Joy, 82, of Lisbon RD 2 died at 5:20 a.m. today
at the Central Clinic following a lengthy illness.
Mr. Joy was born March 9, 1884, in Reis Run, Ohio, the son of
John W. and Nancy Lee Joy. He had
resided in the Lisbon-East Liverpool area since 1902.
A potter, Mr. Joy retired from the Homer Laughlin China Co.
in Newell, W. Va., about 10 years ago and had been employed by the Buckeye
Mining Co. of Lisbon. He was a member
of the Center Valley Baptist Church of Wade, Ohio. His wife, Annie Van Dyne Joy, died in 1919.
He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Rondo Winters, with
whom he resided, and Mrs. Theodore Christensen of Columbus; a son, Harold, of
Salem; a sister, Margie G. Joy of Reis Run; two brothers, Keith of Marietta and
Charles of Wellsville; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Dawson
Funeral Home in East Liverpool by the Rev. James McCollam, pastor of the Yellow
Creek Presbyterian Church. Burial will
be in Spring Grove Cemetery.
Friends may call Thursday at the funeral home.
Kennard, William "Bill" Kennard
Source: The Athens [Ohio] Messenger; December 29, 1968
CHAUNCEY -- William (Bill) Kennard, 39, of 30 W. Main
Street was pronounced dead on arrival at Sheltering Arms Hospital Friday night.
He was a native of New Marshfield and a son of Mrs. Maud* Evans
Kennard and the late Dale Kennard.
He lived in Dayton for a number of years but returned to
Athens County in 1961 when he became employed by the Mobile Station on
Lancaster Street. He later purchased the
business which he operated until two months ago, under the name Willy's Mobile.
Mr. Kennard was a member of the Moose Lodge 1399, Legion of
Moose, 25 Member Club, Post 21 of the American Legion and Buckeye State
Sheriffs Association. He was a veteran
of the Korean conflict.
Survivors include his wife, Betty R.; a daughter Gail Dee;
a son Dale Lee; two stepdaughters, Peggy and Carmen McGinnis, all at home; a
stepson, Michael McGinnis with the Navy in Memphis, Tenn.; his mother, Mrs.
Maude* Collins of Athens and a half brother Lawrence Collins of Athens.
His father and a brother died previously.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at the Rutsong [sic–Routsong]
Funeral Home in Dayton and will be followed by burial in Beavertown Cemetery
near Dayton.
Friends may call at the Hughes Funeral Home after Sunday
noon where memorial services will be conducted by the Moose Lodge at 7 p.m. and
by the American Legion at 8.
*Submitter's Note: His mother's name was spelled both these
ways within this article.
Source: The Tampa [Florida] Tribune; 30 Mar 1968
Elmer T. Kinkade, 4104 Sevilla Ave., died Friday. A native of Wellsville, Ohio, he operated a
radio supply company in Jacksonville for six years prior to opening the Kinkade
Radio Supply Inc. in Tampa in 1945.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ruth M. Kinkade; sons,
Maj. Elmer T. Kinkade Jr., USAF, and William L. Kinkade, Kansas City, Mo., and
a sister, Mrs. C. W. Gross, Winter Haven.
*Submitter's Note: Below is the funeral notice.
KINKADE, ELMER T.– Funeral services for Mr. Elmer T.
Kinkade, 4104 Sevilla Ave. will be held in Pittsburgh, Pa. on Monday, April 1st
under the direction of the John A. Freyvogle Funeral Home, 4900 Centre Ave.
Friends may call at
CURRY'S FUNERAL HOME, 605 S. MacDill Ave. between 9 A.M. and
9 P.M. Saturday. The family requests
that those desiring to send flowers should direct them to the Pittsburgh
funeral home.
Kress, Vera Kress, nee Paulus
Source: Spirit of Democracy, Woodsfield, Ohio;
Thursday, 7 Nov 1968
MRS. KARL
KRESS, 51, DIES
MONDAY FOLLOWING FEW
WEEKS ILLNESS; SERVICES
FRIDAY MORNING
Mrs. Vera Kress, 51, of 110 Maple Avenue, Woodsfield, died
at 7 p.m. Monday at Means Hall, University Hospital in Columbus; after a three
months illness.
Mrs. Kress was born October 17, 1917, daughter of Jacob and
Rosie Koehler Hoff.* She was a member
of St. Sylvester Catholic Church of Woodsfield and the Catholic Womens Society.
She is survived by her husband, Karl Kress; three sons,
David of Steubenville, Phillip and Richard of the home; two daughters, Barbara
and Louise, and her mother, Mrs. Rosie Hoff of the home; a brother, Albert
Paulus of Boliver. A brother Fred
Paulus, died in WW II.
The Rosary will be recited at the Mitchener Funeral Home
this evening, Thursday, at 8 o'clock.
Requiem High Mass will be celebrated at St. Sylvester Catholic church at
10 a.m. Friday with Msgr. Robert A. Brown as celebrant. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
*Submitter's
Note: Vera was the daughter of Rosie Koehler and
her first husband Asher Okey Paulus.
They were divorced, and Rosie married Jacob Hoff in 1925.
Kuhn, Joseph D. Kuhn
Monroe County Beacon, Woodsfield,
Ohio, dated
Joseph D. Kuhn, 86, of Lewisville Route 1, died Saturday
evening,
A retired farmer, he was born
Mr. Kuhn was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church at
Burkhart.
Surviving are his widow, Minnie Burkhart Kuhn; a daughter,
Mrs. Sally Pritchard, of Zanesville; three sons, Clarence Kuhn, of Pataskala;
Andrew Kuhn, of the home and Alfred Kuhn, of Canton and six grandchildren.
One brother and one sister are deceased.
A Requiem High Mass was solemnized Tuesday morning at
Lattea,
Mary Grace Lattea, nee Haas
Source: The Akron [Ohio] Beacon Journal; Sunday, 25
Feb 1968
MRS. MARY
LATTEA
Mrs. Mary Grace Lattea, 49, of 643 N. Main st., was dead on
arrival Saturday at St. Thomas Hospital after becoming ill at her home.
Born in Akron, Mrs. Lattea had been a clothing inspector
for City Laundry and Dry Cleaning Co. until three months ago when she left
because of illness.
She leaves daughter Miss Renee Lattea, Akron; mother Mrs.
Margaret M. Walker, Akron; sister Mrs. Ilah Stocker, Elsinore, Cal., and
brother William L. Haas, Akron.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the Prentice Coburn
St. funeral home, where friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Monday. Burial will be in Greenlawn
cemetery.
Leasure, Bert O. Leasure
Source: Times Recorder [Zanesville, Ohio]; Thursday,
11 January 1968
Stafford - Bert O. Leasure, 69, of Summerfield route 1, a
retired farmer, died at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday [Jan. 10] at his home following an
apparent heart attack. He had been ill
two months.
He was born Sept. 6, 1898, a son of James and Emma
VanFossen Leasure, on the farm where he died.
Mr. Leasure was a member of Mount Tabor Methodist Church.
He is survived by his widow, the former Blanche Brown, whom
he married Aug. 14, 1918; a daughter, Mrs. William Waterman of Marietta; five
sons, James K. of Woodsfield, Bert O. Jr. of Summerfield Route 1, Roger and
Edward of Lewisville and Lloyd of Graysville Route 1; a sister, Mrs. Nellie
Thompson of Summerfield. Route 1; two brothers, William and Charles, both of
Woodsfield; 28 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. A son, Harold, is deceased.
Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Mallett
Funeral Home here with Rev. Charles Tulga officiating. Burial will be in Mount Tabor Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 p.m. today.
Source: The Martins Ferry [Ohio] Times Leader; 6 Dec
1968
Frederick Albert Marty, 96, of 709 High St., Bridgeport,
retired carpenter, died Thursday at 10 a.m. in Martins Ferry Hospital. He was born in Monroe County, April 19,
1872, a son of Randall and Barbara Kurtzman Marty.
He was a member of West Bridgeport Methodist Church, past
Sunday School superintendent and a past treasurer of the church, past member of
Bridgeport Council and secretary of the Linwood Cemetery Association.
Surviving are his widow, Mary Cummins Marty, a niece, Miss
Florence Kuglar,* of the home; three sisters, Mrs. Molly Butler, Clarington,
Mrs. Clara English and Mrs. Ella Warrick, Barnesville, one brother, Wesley,
Hannibal; several other nieces and nephews.
Friends are being received at the Howard H. Wilson Funeral
Home, Bridgeport, where services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. with Mr. George
Wees, lay minister of West Bridgeport Methodist Church officiating. Burial in Linwood Cemetery, Blaine.
*Submitter’s Note: In
Florence’s obituary, her last name was spelled “Kugler.”
Source: The East Liverpool [Ohio] Review; 23 Oct
1968
Services will be held Friday morning for Cecil Maxwell, 79,
of Hamilton Rd., RD 1, who died Tuesday at 4:05 p.m. in City Hospital following
a lengthy illness.
Mr. Maxwell resided with a son, Bernard Maxwell, and a
daughter, Mrs. Daniel (Cecile) Brand.
He was born Aug. 8, 1889, in Doddridge County, W. Va., a son of the late
Thomas Maxwell and Elizabeth Cedars Maxwell.
He had resided in the area most of his life. Mr. Maxwell retired in 1954 from the Hall China Co., where he had
been employed for 16 years as a jiggerman.
His wife, the late Mrs. Isabel Cronin Maxwell, died March 23, 1962.
Mr. Maxwell is survived by two other daughters, Mrs. James
(Alice) Wright of East Liverpool and Mrs. Robert (Ruth) Hildebrand of Wooster;
three sisters, Mrs. Etta Swiger and Mrs. Lula Davis of Clarksburg, W. Va., and
Mrs. Grace Hurst of East Liverpool; 20 grandchildren and 24
great-grandchildren.
Services will be held Friday at 10:30 a.m. in the Martin
Funeral Home with the Rev. Gaylord W. Cox of the Grace Baptist Temple
officiating.
Burial will be in the Reedsburg Cemetery at Reedsburg.
Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday afternoon and
night.
Mercer,
Iva I. Mercer, nee Walker
Source: The East Liverpool [Ohio] Review; 20 Nov
1968
Services will be held Friday morning for Mrs. Iva I.
Mercer, 66, of 205 Harrison St., Newell, who was pronounced dead on arrival at
City Hospital Tuesday at 12:30 p.m.
She was found lying on the sidewalk along Jefferson St.,
Newell, between 2nd and 3rd Sts., by Hancock County sheriff's deputies who had
been called to the scene. They were
told that Mrs. Mercer had been to a local doctor's office after taking ill
earlier at home. She was taken to the
hospital by ambulance.
Mrs. Mercer was born Feb. 10, 1902, in Wick, W. Va., as
daughter of the late John Walker and Cora Sandy Walker. She had resided in this area for 15 years.
She was a member of the Jesus Christ Church of Latter Day
Saints.
Her husband, John W. Mercer, died Jan. 15, 1956. Four children also preceded her in death.
Survivors include two sons, Homer J. Mercer of East
Liverpool and Brady G. Mercer of Miami, Fla.; six daughters, Mrs. William
(Freda) Ripley and Mrs. Ralph (Cora) Booher of Newell, Mrs. Sadie Duvall of
Chester and Mrs. Robert (Grace) Lockhart, Mrs. Richard (Esta) Smith and Mrs.
Elaine Rose of East Liverpool; a brother, Brady Walker of Newell; three sisters, Mrs. Esta Prescott of
Chester, Mrs. Mabel Jones of Middlebourne, W. Va., and Mrs. Eva Smith of
Friendly, W. Va.; 17 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Services will be held Friday at 10 a.m. in the Martin
Funeral Home, with Elder Fred Loertshcer of the church officiating.
Burial will follow in Mercer Cemetery, New Martinsville.
Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday night.
Morris, Harry A. Morris
Sr.
Harry A. Morris Sr., 81, a former resident of Marietta,
died in Steubenville Saturday evening.
He was born Feb. 22, 1882, in Caldwell, a son of Norval and Hattie Roach
Morris. He was a sign painter by trade
and had been the projection operator at theaters here some years ago.
His wife, the former Catherine Ancell, survives with the
following sons and daughters: Mrs.
Ralph (Dorothy) Smith and Mrs.
Catherine Marshall, both of
Toronto; Mrs. Mary Bell of Hamilton; Capt. Harry A. Morris Jr., stationed in
Turkey; Robert R. Morris of Columbus and Thomas H. and James J. Morris,
both of Marietta.
There are 19 grandchildren and a number of great
grandchildren surviving. One brother
and one sister survive, Charles
Morris and Mrs. Mabel
Osborne, both of Caldwell.
Funeral services will be at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday in St.
Francis Catholic Church at 409 Grant St., Toronto, with burial in Toronto.
Source: Newsclipping; July 1968
John H. Morris, 86, former
Lewisville (Monroe County) Ohio resident, died Thursday at 1 a.m. in a
Cambridge hospital. He was born Oct. 25, 1881, near Calais, the son of Thomas
and Susan Markle Morris. Surviving are four sons, Virgil, RD 2, Lewisville,
James and Raymond, Ashland and John Jr. of Cambridge; one daughter, Mrs.
Genevieve Kelly, RD 4, Woodsfield; two brothers, Dora of Fly, Ohio and Alvy of
Wooster; two sisters, Mrs. Bessie Piatt, Wooster and Mrs. Jennie Drake,
Barnesville; 30 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Friends are being
received at the Gardner Funeral Home, Woodsfield, where services will be held
Saturday at 2 p.m. with Minister J.V.A. Traylor officiating. Burial in Conner
Ridge Cemetery.
Morris, Lawrence F. Morris
Source: Quaker City (Ohio)
Hometowner; Friday, 29 November 1968
A Calais native, Lawrence F. Morris, Barnesville R. D. 2, died
Nov. 23, at Barnesville Hospital.
Born in Calais Feb. 8, 1887, he was a son of Simon and
Barbara Carpenter Morris. He was a 50-year member of Kirkwood Masonic Lodge.
Mr. Morris leaves one son, Floyd of Barnesville R. D. 2;
two sisters, Mrs. Atha Gleaves, Fairview, and Adda Gail Anderson, Virginia
Beach, Va.; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at the Campbell Funeral Home,
Barnesville, with the Rev. Charles Johnson officiating. Burial followed in
Fairview Cemetery.
Mozena, Mary A. Mozena
Dies at age 101
Clarington's oldest resident, Mrs. Mary Ann Mozena, aged 101,
died at her home here on June 26. She was the widow of Henry Mozena, one of the
Mozena Brothers who operated a boatyard here where many famous steamboats were
built. Mrs. Mozena was born on January 17, 1867, and had been in good health
until recently. She is survived by a son and two daughters. Funeral services
were held on June 29, with burial in the Clarington Cemetery.
Mozena, Mary A. Mozena
Mrs. Mary Ann Mozena, 101, of
Clarington, died Wednesday, June 26, 1968, at her home. She was born in Cameron, Ohio, January 17,
1867, a daughter of John and Margaret Ferguson Tschappat. Mrs. Mozena was a member of the United
Methodist Church.
Surviving are two daughters,
Miss Olive Mozena, of the home, and Mrs. Eva Rose, of Akron; one son, Roy
Mozena, of the home; two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock in the Rush Funeral Home at Clarington, with
Rev. Lester Lehman officiating. Burial was in the Clarington Cemetery.
Source: The Linton [Indiana] Daily Citizen;
Thursday, 1 Feb 1968
Linton Man
Dies in
Wreck
Kenneth Lowell Myers, 29, of Linton, was killed in an
automobile accident near LaPorte at 1:30 a.m. this morning.
According to the State Police report, Myers was killed on
highway 39 north of LaPorte when his car swerved left of the highway, struck a
tree and rolled over, throwing him out.
The deceased was born in Linton April 17, 1938, the son of
Norval Lowell and Alma Mae Miller Myers.
He had never married and had lived at Linton all of his life. He was a foundry worker.
Survivors include the parents; the following brothers and
sisters, Orval Gene Myers, Earl Richard Myers, Larry Dean Myers and Ronnie Roy*
Myers, all of Linton, Eugene Myers of LaPorte, Danny Myers of San Antonio,
Tex.; Mrs. Shirley Glascoe and Mrs. Mary Siler, both of Dayton, Ohio; and Mrs.
Patty Pierce of Linton; a half brother, Bobby Lee Miller of Dayton, Ohio, and a
grandmother, Mrs. Ada Miller of Linton.
Four brothers and one sister preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be held at the Anderson Poindexter
Memory Chapel at Linton at 3 p.m. Saturday with Rev. Paul Kirkman officiating
and burial will follow in the Sassafras cemetery. Friends may call at the Memory Chapel after noon Friday.
*Submitter's Note:
He is listed as Ronnie Ray on the U.S., Social Security Applications and
Claims Index, 1936-2007 and in his
obituary.
Oldemeyer, Elizabeth C. Oldemeyer nee Furby
Source: the Fort Morgan
[Colorado] Times; 08/31/1968, p1
Mrs. Elizabeth C. Oldemeyer, 73, a longtime resident of Morgan
County and Brush died at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Home early today.
Her survivor’s include Orville (Bud) Oldemeyer, a son, and one
daughter, Mrs. Opal Harvey of Brush.
Funeral arrangements, in charge of Gale-Frezieres Funeral
Home, will be announced later.
Oldemeyer, Michael Oldemeyer
Source: Chico [California] Enterprise-Record;
Thursday, 1/4/1968
Michael (Bob) Oldemeyer, 78, longtime Chico resident, died
early Wednesday morning at Enloe Hospital after an extended illness.
He was born July 6, 1889, in Fort Morgan, Colo.
He was married to Ada Camerzellin in December, 1909.
He was an agriculturist for the Southwest U.S. sugar beet
industry.
In 1926, the couple moved to Chico and established the
Richfield Station next to the old Hotel Oaks, operating it until his retirement
in 1950. He and his wife made their home at 398 East Third Ave.
He had been a Rotarian since 1941 and for many years served on
the City of Chico Planning Commission.
Surviving are his widow, two sons, Ennis of Oakland and Virgil
of Los Altos, a sister, Mrs. Alice Hansen of Oakland; two brothers, Ben of
Mercedes, Tex. and Clarence of Brush,
Colo.; five grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held in the Hall-Van Hook Funeral
Chapel at 2 p.m. Friday, with the Rev. Robert B. Scott of the Bidwell Memorial
Presbyterian Church officiating.
Charles Taggart will sing “In The Garden” and “Beautiful
Garden of Prayer,” accompanied at the organ by Mrs. Joy Foster. Rotarian
casketbearers will be Bill Reinhardt, Irving Bedford, Earle Bevins, Dr. Plez
Guynn, Tom Kelly and Jack Meyers. Interment will be in the Chico Cemetery.
Source: The Times Recorder, Zanesville, Ohio
Thursday, December 9. 1968
WOODSFIELD- Lorenzo Piatt, 87 of
near Woodsfield, retired farmer, died Tuesday evening (Dec. 7, 1968) in
Barnesville Hospital after a long illness.
Born June 9, 1878 in West Virginia, he was a son of Benjamin and Mary
Truax Piatt.
Surviving are his widow,
Pearl; four sons, John of Woodsfield Route 1, Paul of the home and Archie
and Arthur of Lewisville, three daughters Mrs Mary Nalley of Woodsfield Route
2, Mrs. Dorothy Briggs of New Concord and Mrs. Clara Briggs of Newport, PA., 17
grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Friends may call after noon
today at Gardner Funeral Home here.
Services will be held at 2:00
p.m. Saturday at Pleasant Ridge Church of Christ, Minister J.V. A. Traylor will
officiate and burial will be in the church cemetery.
Submitter’s notes: Lorenzo’s granddaughter, Marlene Batdorf,
submitted this obit and has offered the following corrections – Lorenzo’s
father was John Piatt, not Benjamin. He
died in 1965, not 1968.
Rubel, Mamie R. Rubel nee Ankrom
Monroe County Beacon,
Woodsfield, Ohio, dated,
LKP#4
Mrs. Mamie R. Rubel, 17 Garfield Avenue, New Concord, Ohio
died Sunday evening, August 11, 1968, at 6:30 o’clock in Guernsey Memorial
Hospital at Cambridge, Ohio, where she had been a patient a short time. She
died on her 90th birthday.
She was born
Surviving are two daughters, Miss Barbara Rubel, of New
Concord, with whom she resided, and Mrs. Adelaide Billman, of Salem; four sons,
Jacob Rubel, of Summerfield, Route 2; Dan Rubel, of Cambridge; Okey Rubel, of
Lewisville, Route 2, and Herman Rubel, of Summerfield, Route 2; two brothers,
Hila Ankrom, of Woodsfield, Route 3, and Chauncey Ankrom, of Canton; sixteen
grandchildren and twenty-one great grandchildren.
Her husband, George Rubel, died
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at
Source: The San Gabriel Valley [California] Tribune;
30 Mar 1968
RUNION
DAN, of Azusa.
Survived by wife, Mrs. Hazel Runion; daughter, Mrs. Juanita Lamey,
Pomona; sisters, Mrs. Alma Masternick, Youngstown, Ohio; Mrs. Margaret
Williams, Sebring, Ohio; Mrs. Phyllis Modarelli, Struthers, Ohio; Mrs. Patsy
Copeland, Lorraine [sic--Lorain], Ohio; Mrs. Mary Dawson, East
Liverpool, Ohio; brothers, Everett A.
Runion, Sebring, Ohio; & Bert R. Runion, Baldwin Park. Also survived by 4 grandchildren. Services Monday, 3:30 P.M. Oakdale Memorial Chapel, OAKDALE MORTUARY
directing.
Source: The San Gabriel Valley [California] Tribune;
11 Aug1968
RUNYON
BERT, Baldwin Park. Survived by wife Fannie Melisa Runyon, daughters, Mrs. Phyllis
Tury, Rosemead, Mrs. Doris Tarullo, Arcadia, Mrs. Audrey Fuller, Also survived by 6 grandchildren, sisters,
Mrs. Alma Masternick, Youngstown, Ohio, Mrs. Margaret Williams, Seeburing [sic--Sebring],
Mrs. Phyllis Modarelli, Struthers, Ohio, Mrs. Patsy Copeland, Lorraine [sic--Lorain],
Ohio, Mrs. Mary Dawson, E. Liverpool, Ohio.
Funeral services Mon. Aug. 12th, 1:30 P.M. Oakdale Memorial Chapel, OAKDALE
MORTUARY directing.
Source: The Alliance [Ohio] Review; 10 May 1968
Everett A. Runyon, 66, of 355 E. Indiana Ave., Sebring, died
today at 12:15 a.m. at his residence following two years illness.
Born in Newell, W. Va., Jan. 15,1902, he resided in Sebring
the last 28 years.
He was a retired kiln placer at the Royal China Co. He was a member of St. Ann's Catholic Church
and International Brotherhood of Operative Potters No. 59.
He is survived by his wife, Georgia of the home; two sons,
Harry E. and Robert G., both of Sebring; one daughter, Mrs. Betty Stoffer of
Franklin Square; five sisters, Mrs. Alma Masternick of Youngstown, Mrs.
Margaret Williams of Sebring, Mrs. Phyllis Modarelli of Struthers, Mrs.
Isabelle Copeland of Lorain and Mrs. Mary Dawson of East Liverpool; one brother
Bert of Baldwin Park, Calif.; 23 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 9:30 a.m. at St.
Ann's Catholic Church with Rev. Anthony Lane officiating. Burial will be in Highland Memorial
Park. Calling hours will be Sunday from
7 - 9 p.m. at the Vogt - Gednetz Funeral Home with the rosary to be said at
7:30 pm.
Schell, Jesse E. Schell 2nd obit
Source: The Springfield [Missouri] Daily News; 4 Jun
1968
Funeral services for Jesse E. Schell, 87, of 816 Della,
will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Gorman-Scharpf Chapel, with the Rev. John Keene
officiating. Burial will be in White
Chapel Cemetery.
Mr. Schell, a retired blacksmith, died Monday.
Source: The Springfield [Missouri] Daily News; 3 Jun
1968
Jesse E.Schell, 87, of 816 Della, a retired Frisco
blacksmith and a resident of Springfield for about 45 years, died at 2:15 a.m.
today in Sunshine Acres Nursing Home.
He is survived by one son, Thomas H., 2243 North Grant; one
daughter, Mrs. Hazel Norbury, 2501 East Kearney; a brother Earl, Cisney,* Ill.;
and a sister, Mrs. Bessie Bradham, Rinard, Ill., nine grandchildren and 10
great-grand-children.
Funeral arrangements are by Gorman-Scharpf.
*Submitter's
Notes: This should be spelled
CISNE.
Schell,
Vade A. Schell, nee Acree
Source: The Terre Haute [Indiana] Tribune-Star;
Sunday, February 25, 1968
MRS. VADE
A. SCHELL
Mrs. Vade A. Schell, 69, 1634 Second Ave., died at 7:35
p.m. Saturday at St. Anthony Hospital.
Surviving are three sons, Richard, Charles and Edmond, all of Terre Haute;
four daughters, Mrs. Betty Wilson, Mrs. Margaret May and Mrs. Anita Martin, all
of Terre Haute, and Mrs. Thelma Orndoff of Indianolo, Ill.; three sisters, Dora
Tedrow of Shoals, Mrs. Laura McLemore of Princeton and Mrs. Minnie Everhart of
Arizona; a brother, George Acree of Terre Haute; 31 grandchildren, six
great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Arrangements are pending at the Callahan Funeral Home.
Schneider, Edward J.
Schneider
Source: The Spirit of Demcracy [Woodsfield, Ohio]; Thursday,
16 May 1968
EDWARD J.
SCHNEIDER, 84, DIES
TUESDAY; FUNERAL SERVICES
ON FRIDAY
Edward J. Schneider, 84, of Woodsfield, died Tuesday
morning, May 14, in Barnesville Hospital.
He was born Nov. 23, 1883, near Woodsfield, son of the late
Fred and Christina Schneider. He was a
member of the United Church of Christ and was a retired farmer.
Survivors include one brother, Clarence of Merrill, Wis.;
and several nieces and nephews. His
wife Anna, preceded him in death April 20, 1958.
Friends are being received at Bauer and Turner Funeral Home
where services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday with Rev. George Corbitt
officiating. Burial in Oaklawn Cemetery.
Scobey, Clyde Scobey
Source: Ashland [Ohio] Times Gazette; 15 Jan 1968
Clyde O. Scobey, 73, of 1501 Madison Hill, Wooster, died
Sunday afternoon [14 Jan 1968] at Wooster Community Hospital following a
brief illness.
Born in Ruggles Township, May 11, 1894, he was the son
of Clayton and Elma Scobey, and had
lived in Ashland 21 years before moving to Wooster. He was a tree surgeon while he lived in Ashland.
A member of the Missionary Alliance Church in Wooster and
of the Wayne County Camp of Gideon Society, he was an insurance agent for the Town
and Village Insurance Co.
Survivors include his widow, Vera Baker Scobey; one
daughter, Alice, the wife of Rev. Robert Homes of Homerville; one son, Virgil
of Centerville; and three grandchildren.
Two brothers and two sisters preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the
McIntire Funeral Home in Wooster with Rev. Lowell H. Stiner officiating. Burial will be in the Ashland Cemetery.
Visiting hours will be from 7 - 9 p.m. Tuesday at the
funeral home.
Scobey, Clyde Scobey
Source: Ashland [Ohio] Times
Gazette; 16 Jan 1968
Funeral services for Clyde O. Scobey, 73, of 1501 Madison
Hill, Wooster, who died Sunday afternoon
[14 Jan 1968] will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the McIntire
Funeral Home, Wooster, with Rev. Lowell H. Stiner officiating.
Burial will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Ashland Cemetery.
Visiting hours will be from 7 - 9 tonight at the funeral
home.
Shaffer, James Frederick
Shaffer
Source--Newsclipping
Published--1968
Shaffer, James Frederick was born April 3, 1882, and
departed this life June 16, 1968, at the age of 86 years, two months and
thirteen days.
On July 3, 1905, he was united in marriage with Caroline
Bauer and to this union was born one daughter.
Mr. Schaffer leaves to mourn his departure, a daughter, Mrs.
Anna Whitacre, of Graysville; two grandchildren, Mrs. Nola (sic-Nila) Griffith,
of Marietta and Koy Whitacre, of Graysville; nine great grandchildren; one half-brother,
J.W.Newell, of Woodsfield, and a host of friends.
He was preceded in death by his wife, on August 12, 1964,
and by a grandson, Lewis Lynn Whitacre, on June 16, 1967.
On April 22, 1901, he obeyed the Gospel at the Pleasant
Ridge Church of Christ and for over sixty years served as an elder.
He was a devoted husband, a kind and loving father and
grandfather, and a friend to anyone in need.
Breif services were held at the home, Wednesday afternoon,
June 19, at 1:30 o'clock, with Minister Claude Davis, of Marietta, officiating.
Additional services were held at 2:00 o'clock at the Pleasant Ridge Church of
Christ. The body was laid to rest in the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery with the
Mallett Funeral Home of Stafford in charge.
.
God sees when the footsteps falter,
When the pathway has grown to steep,
Then he touches the weary eyelids,
And gives his dear ones sleep.
.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our thanks and appreciation to all of our
relatives,
neighbors and friends for the beautiful flowers, the gifts of food, words of
sympathy and deeds of kindness shown us at the time of the death of our
loved one, Fred Shaffer. Our thanks also to Minister Claude Davis for his
words of comfort; the pallbearers; the Mallett Funeral Home, and all who
helped in any way. Such kindness will never be forgotten.
MR. AND MRS. ARNETT WHITACRE
MR. AND MRS. FLOYD GRIFFITH
MR. AND MRS. KOY WHITACRE
MRS. DOROTHY WHITACRE
Shumate, Inez Irene
Shumate nee Highman
Source: Zanesville Times Recorder 8/13/1968
SHUMATE SERVICE -- Services for Mrs. Inez Shumate, 73, of 717 Brown Street, who
died Sunday will be held at 10am Wednesday at DeLong & Baker Funeral
Home. Rev. Meredith Lasley will
officiate and burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Friends may call 2 to 4 and from 7 to 9 pm today at the Funeral Home.
Stacy, Albert J. Stacy
Source: Massillon Independent December 20, 1968
Albert J. Stacy, 62, of 1203
Fairlane Ave. SW, Reedurban died Friday (December 19, 1968) in Aultman hospital
in Canton shortly after his admittance following a coronary attack.
Mr. Stacy was a teacher of industrial
arts at Sandy Valley high school and earlier had been a teacher at Taft junior
high school in Canton. He was born in
Antioch and had resided in Canton since 1941.
He attended Muskingum College, Ohio University and Malone College. He was a former builder of residential homes
and for some years had been an employee of the Hercules Engines plant in
Canton.
Mr. Stacy was a member of the
Canton Baptist Temple and belonged to the adult Bible class. He also had served as an usher and member of
the church choir.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Elizabeth Stacy; three sisters, Mrs. Clarence (Florence) Nell of Ashland, Mrs.
Alice Carpenter of Somerton, Ohio, and Miss Pearl Stacy of Parkersburg, W.Va.;
a brother-in-law, Forest K. Okey of Norwalk, Cal.; and several nieces and
nephews.
The body is at the Reed
funeral home in Canton where friends may call Saturday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9
p.m. It will be moved to the Turner
funeral home in Woodsfield for the funeral Monday at 2 a.m., with the Rev. Harold
Henninger, his pastor, officiating.
Interment will be made in Antioch Cemetery.
Stalder, Birdie Stalder, nee Scatterday
Source: Martins Ferry [Ohio] Times Leader; 2 Aug
1968
Mrs. Birdie Scatterday Stalder, 52, of Stop Four, Martins
Ferry, former Bridgeport resident, died Thursday at 9:30 a.m. at the Martins
Ferry Hospital. She was born in
Wheeling, Oct. 7, 1915, the daughter of Mrs. Hanna Kraus Scatterday and the
late Forest R. Scatterday.
She was a member of the Naba Review No. 190 of Bridgeport.
Surviving are her mother of Martins Ferry; three sons,
Ronald Laipple, Washington, Pa., William Laipple, Erie, Pa., and Charles E.
Stalder of the home; one twin sister, Mrs. Em F. Delbrugge, Martins Ferry and
seven grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the Heslop Funeral Home,
Martins Ferry, after 7 p.m. tonight.
Services will be held Monday at 10 a.m. at the funeral home with Pastor
Paul W. O. Heist officiating. Burial in
Riverview Cemetery, Martins Ferry.
Stilabower, Martha Lee Stilabower, nee Stewart
Souce: as posted on findagrave.com; Nov 1968
LOCAL WOMAN
DIES AT 46
Mrs. Martha I. Stilabower, 46, 380 W. Broadway, died
Sunday. Failing health for several weeks.
Spent the greater portion of her life in Shelby County.
Served as secretary at Addison Township School for the past
11 years.
Member of the First Christian Church here, Naamah Chapter,
Order of Eastern Star, the American Legion Auxiliary and an Extension Homemaker
club.
Born in Shelbyville March 4, 1922, d/o Carl and Alta M.
(Moore) Stewart.
Married Carol Stilabower on Jan. 21, 1945.
Surviving: husband; her parents; son, Michael Eric
Stilabower, a student at Indiana State University.
One sister preceded in death in 1936.
Carmony Funeral Home here, with Rev. James H. Horner
officiating. Burial: Forest Hill Cemetery and O.E.S. graveside rites will be
conducted.
Strickler,
Ada May Strickler, nee Morningstar
Source: Marietta [Ohio] Times; 26 Jul 1968
STRICKLER SERVICES
Funeral services for Mrs. Ada May Strickler, 78, of Moss
Run will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in Doudna & McClure Funeral Home with further
services at 2 p.m. at Moss Run United Church of Christ. The Rev. Amanda Miller will officiate. Burial will be in Moss Run Cemetery.
Mrs. Strickler was born Feb. 26, 1890, at Moss Run, a
daughter of the late Christian and Lucy Herlan Morningstar. On May 30, 1907, she was married to Clyde
Strickler who died Oct. 12, 1943. Two
brothers survive, Frank Morningstar and Otis Morningstar of Marietta Rt. 5. One brother, Edward Morningstar is deceased.
Mrs. Strickler had been a telephone operator at Moss Run
from 1914 until 1962. She was a member
of the Moss Run United Church of Christ.
She died Thursday morning in Marietta Memorial Hospital.
Friends may call at the funeral home.
Thompson, James B. R. Thompson
Source: The Columbus [Ohio] Dispatch; Thursday,
November 21, 1968 Page: 14 B
James B.R. Thompson, age 73,
727 S. Grant Ave., Monday. Lifelong
resident of Franklin County. Member of
Trinity Gospel Tabernacle. Veteran of
World War I. Retired employe Ebco Mfg.
Co. Survived by wife, Lenna L., sons,
Rutledge B., Utridge E., J. Hubert, Glenn O. of residence, H. Eugene, all of
Columbus; Ralph E., Cleveland, Ohio; daughters, Mrs. Jean Billingsley, Florida,
Yvonne B. Glaze of Columbus; Mrs. Lois Seeger, Columbus; 32 grandchildren; 2
great-grandchildren; cousin, Rev. Ernest Fearing, Columbus. Friends may call at the O. R. WOODYARD
CO. CHAPEL, 255 E. State St.,
7-9 p.m. Thursday, 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Friday, where service will be Saturday 10
a.m. Interment, Union Cemetery.
Thompson,
Verlie Thompson, nee Pope
Source: The Shelbyville [Indiana] News; 4 Mar 1968
County
Native
Dies
In Hospital
Services
Tuesday For
Verlie
Thompson, 73
Services will be held at Sleeth Funeral Home at 2:00 p.m.
Tuesday for Mrs. Verlie M. Thompson, 73, 309* Walker St., who died at Major
Hospital at 11:25 Sunday.
Rev. A. M. Hamilton will officiate and burial will be in
Forest Hill Cemetery. Friends may call
at the funeral home at any time.
Mrs. Thompson, a retired practical nurse, had been a Shelby
County resident her entire life and lived in Shelbyville the past 53
years. She was born near Wilson Corner Feb. 25, 1995, the daughter of Clarence D.
and Sarah (Young) Pope. She was married
to Bert Thompson on May 10, 1919, and he died April 26, 1958. One daughter preceded in death.
Survivors are one granddaughter, Mrs. James (Sandra) Smith
of this city; three sisters, Mrs. Oren (Opal) Lusk and Mrs. Frank (Karen)
Hudson, both of Shelbyville and Mrs. Leroy (Marie) Perkins, San Diego, Calif.;
one brother, Charles Russell Pope, R.R.
5* and three great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Thompson was a member of the Trinity Methodist Church and the American Legion Auxiliary.
*Submitter’s Note: These
numbers were difficult to read on my copy of the obituary so may not be
accurate here.
Tiemeyer, Martin F. Tiemeyer
Source: The Republic [Columbus, Indiana]; Saturday, 13 Apr 1968
Martin F. Tiemeyer, 71, Dies Friday
Martin F. Tiemeyer, 71, owner of the Tiemeyer trailer court
north of Columbus, died here Friday at the Four Seasons retirement home where
he and his wife, Ada, were residing.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Four
Seasons chapel, conducted by the Rev. Willis Gregson. Burial will be at Garland Brook cemetery with full military
rites. Persons may call after noon
Sunday at the Reed funeral home and after noon Monday at the chapel.
Born in Jackson county May 14, 1896, Mr. Tiemeyer was the
son of John and Anne Dickleman Tiemeyer.
He was a veteran of the first world war and was custodian at the New
Hope Christian church for 30 years.
Surviving with his wife are a son, Marshall Tiemeyer of
1504 McClure street; two daughters, Mrs. Donald Unger of 2421 East Tenth street
and Mrs. Walter Mapes of Gaylord, Mich.; two brothers, Ed Tiemeyer of Seymour
and Albert Tiemeyer of Route 8; five sisters, Mrs. Henry Weichman and Mrs.
Henry Nolting, both of Columbus, Mrs. Frank Bolte of Jonesville, Mrs. Fred
Gerringer of Hayden and Mrs. William Fleenor of Salem, seven grandchildren and
a great-grandchild. He was preceded in
death by a brother and a sister.
Uppole, Thomas V. Uppole
Source: Memory Card 1968
Thomas V. Uppole Born:
August 7, 1891 Died: February 14, 1968
Services At: Eberle Funeral
Home Quaker City, Ohio
Friday, February 16, 1968 at 1:30 p.m.
Officiating: Rev. Milford
Carey
Interment in: Friends
Cemetery, Quaker City, Ohio
VanMetre, C. L. (Louise) VanMetre, nee Peters
Source: The Omaha [Nebraska] World-Herald;
Wednesday, 17 Jul 1968
Ex-Omahan's Wife
Is Dead
Mrs. C. L. (Louise) VanMetre, 75, died Tuesday at her home
in Wahoo, Neb.
She was the wife of a retired Methodist minister who had
served numerous churches in Nebraska, including Trinity Methodist in Omaha and
Epworth Methodist in Lincoln.
Survivors include her husband and daughters, Mrs. Harry
Dedering of Minneapolis, Minn., and Mrs. Robert Yarmon, Wahoo, Neb., and six
grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Roper and Sons
Mortuary, Lincoln. Burial will be at
Lincoln's Memorial Park.
Weber, Emma Weber nee Hoff
Monroe County Beacon,
Woodsfield, Ohio, dated,
Mrs. Emma Hoff Weber, 56, of Lewisville, Route 1, departed
this life on
She was born
On
Also surviving are thirteen grandchildren; one brother, Ernest
Hoff, of Lewisville, Route 1; two sisters, Mrs. Ernest Gildea, of Quaker City,
Ohio, and Mrs. Arthur Reich, of Woodsfield, Route 3; two aunts, Mrs. Katherine
Hoff, of Columbus, and Mrs. Tillie Hoff, of Lewisville; several nieces and
nephews.
One brother, Elmer preceded her in death.
Mrs. Weber was a kind and loving wife and mother and a friend
to everyone. She loved to help in the church and with community affairs.
Services were held at the Bauer and Turner Funeral Chapel on
Sunday afternoon, July 7, at
“Mother was tired and weary,
Weary with toil and with pain;
Put by her glasses and rocker
She will not need them again,
Into heaven’s mansions she’s entered
Never to sigh or to weep;
After long years with life’s struggles
Mother has fallen asleep.
Beautiful rest for the weary
Well deserved rest for the true,
When our life’s journey is ended,
We shall again be with you.
This helps to quiet our weeping
Hark! angel music so sweet.
He giveth to all his beloved
Beautiful, beautiful sleep.”
Weckbacher,
John C. Weckbacher
Source: newspaper article; 3 May 1968
John C. Weckbacher, 87, of Rinard Mills Rt. 1 died at 7:45
p.m. yesterday at Harmar House, Marietta.
He was born Sept. 3, 1880, in Noble County, a son of Henry
and Magdalena Kehl Weckbacher. He was a
retired farmer and attended Zion United Church of Christ.
On Jan. 14, 1920, he was married to Mary C. Kinkade, who
survives with one daughter, Stanley (Arlene) Cline of Marietta, and three sons,
Gerald* of Rinard Mills, Martin of Sycamore Valley and Johnny of Lower Salem,
with 12 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Two half-sisters survive, Mrs. Ruth Burkhart and Mrs. Pearl
Pabst, both of Lower Salem. Four
sisters and nine brothers preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Creighton
Ridge Church of Christ, with Thomas Christy officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Friends may call at Mallett Funeral Home in Stafford.
*Submitter's
Note: This is usually seen spelled as
GARALD.
Wiley, Lois Jane Wiley, nee Kinkade
Source: The Pasadena [California] Star News; 14 Feb
1968
WILEY -- Lois Jane Wiley, passed away February 12,
1968. She is survived by two brothers,
Ott A. Kinkade of Bradbury, Don D. Kinkade of Reno; two sisters, Juanita Ruth
Kinkade of Pasadena, and Helen Olsen of
Honolulu. Graveside services 2:00 p.m.
Thursday at Live Oak Memorial Park, 200 E. Duarte Rd., Monrovia, the Rev.
Howard Kernutt officiating. Turner
& Stevens Co., Pasadena, directors.
Source: The Evansville [Indiana] Courier and Press;
22 Sep 1968
Stacey Kae Witham, one-week-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen
Witham of 1313 Shanklin Ave., died of natural causes at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in
St. Mary's Hospital. Funeral
arrangements are being completed at Meyer Funeral Home.
Surviving besides her parents are her twin sister, Tracey
Rae; two brothers, Donnie Lee and Scott Allen, both living at home; and her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Witham, all of
Evansville.
Source: The
Evansville [Indiana] Courier and Press; 3 Oct 1968
Tracey
Rae Witham, 18-day-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Witham, 1313 Shanklin
Ave., died at 4:05 p.m. Wednesday at St. Mary's Hospital.
Besides
her parents, she is survived by brothers, Donnie Lee, Scott Allen, and Allen
Jr., all of Evansville; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wilson and Mr. and
Mrs. Ollie Witham, all of Evansville.
Funeral
will be at 2 p.m. Friday with Major Richard Miller officiating. Burial will be in Locust Hill Cemetery.
Friends
may call at the Meyer Funeral Home after 6 p.m. Thursday.
Wood, Ollie Rachael Wood
Ollie Rachael Wood of New
Matamoras, died Monday morning, January 27, 1968, at eight o’clock at her
home. Born at Sardis, she was the
daughter of the late Alvin and Sarah Barker. In 1905 she married Charles H. Wood who died
in 1960. Surviving are one son, Willard
C. Wood of Paden City, WV, and two granddaughters, Mrs. Rebecca Kay Law, of New
Martinsville, W. Va., and Miss Sarah Jane Wood of Paden City. One daughter, Mabel, preceded her in
death. Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at one o’clock in the Hadley Funeral Home at New Matamoras,
with Evangelist Richard Pryor officiating.
Burial was in the West Union Church of Christ Cemetery near Sardis.
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