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Monroe County Obituaries
1975
Atkinson, Margaret J. Atkinson nee Calvert
Source: The Cambridge [Ohio] Jeffersonian; Tuesday,
26 August 1975
QUAKER CITY--Mrs. Margaret J. Atkinson, 74, Batesville,
died at 3:30 A.M. today (Aug. 26, 1975) at a Cambridge hospital where she had
been a patient since 1972.
She was born Sept. 9, 1900 in
Houston, Texas, moving to Ohio with her family at an early age. She was the
daughter of Ernest and Ada Everett Calvert and was a member of Batesville
United Methodist Church and the past matron of Quaker City Chapter 177 Order of
Eastern Star.
Mrs. Atkinson leaves one sister,
Mrs. Florence Haupt, St. Clairsville; several cousins, nieces, nephews,
sisters-in-law. Her husband George, died March 22, 1972. Services for Mrs. Atkinson will be 2
P.M. Thursday at Eberle Funeral Home here, with burial to follow in Batesville
Cemetery.
Calling hours at the funeral
home will be from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. Wednesday. Eastern Star services will
be held there at 7:00 Wednesday.
Baker, Melissa Mae Baker
Source: Memory Card 1975
Meslissa Mae Baker b.
Feb. 24, 1909 d, Nov. 4, 1975
Aged : 66 Yrs.- 8 Mos.-11
Days.
Services At: The Calais
Church Friday, Nov. 7, 1975 1:00 P.M.
Minister Officiating: Rev.
Myron Guiler
Burial: Calais Cemetery,
Calais, Ohio
Arrangements By: Brubach
Balwanz, Robert
LONNIE Balwanz
Source: The Wheeling [West Virginia] News Register;
24 Aug 1975
BALWANZ, Robert (Lonnie), 62, of Pine Grove, W. Va. died
Saturday at the Wetzel County Hospital in New Martinsville. He had been employed at the Lubrizol Corp.
in Painesville, O. and was a veteran of World War II. Surviving are his widow, Myrtle Staley Balwanz; one stepson,
Charles Midcap, New Martinsville; one stepdaughter, Mary Whitehair, at home;
five sisters, Myrtle Mackey, Glenmont, O., Eva Bryner and Nora Stevens, both of
Akron, O., Flossie Briggs, Wileyville, W. Va., and Shirley Bonn of Reader, W.
Va.; one brother, Augusta Balwanz of Williamsburg, Va. and five grandchildren. Friends received at the Palmer Funeral Home,
Pine Grove, after 7 p.m. on Sunday where services will be held at 1 p.m.
Barnhart, Kathy Louise
Barnhart
Source: as posted on findagrave by Roxie, May, 1975
Kathy was the daughter of Larry Barnhart and Helen (Deloma)
Barnhart, Hittle.
She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of
Barnesville. She was a Beautician by occupation.
Surviving in addition to her parents are her sisters, Mrs.
John (Linda) Grear and Julie Barnhart; brothers, Bradley and Larry Barnhart;
paternal grandmother, Sophie Barnhart; stepfather, Darryl Hittle.
Services were held at Campbell-Plumly Funeral Home,
Barnesville, with Pastor Budd Spraque officiating.
Submitter's Note: Kathy
died as a result of a car-motorcycle accident on state route 800 near
Barnesville. Also killed was Ed Sall FAG # 146564856.
Betts, Luella M. Betts
In Memory of—Luella M. Betts
Born-July 9, 1940 Passed
away-November 1, 1975
Funeral Services-Wednesday,
McQuate Funeral Home-Rev. James Lumadue
Interment-Mount Hope Cemetery, Shiloh, Ohio
McQuate-Secor Funeral Directors, Plymouth, Ohio
Betts, Martha Lou Betts nee Mercer
Mrs. Martha Lou (Mercer) Betts, 44, of 3731 Caracas Drive,
Westerville, Ohio died Monday afternoon,
She was born
Mrs. Betts was a member of the Trinity Luthern Church at
Marysville, Ohio, where she had resided for nine years.
Surviving, in addition to her mother, are her husband, John J.
Betts; two sons, Terry Betts, of Marysville, and Juan Betts, of the home; one
grandson, Trevor Flynn Betts, of Marysville; four sisters, Mrs. Bonnie Egger,
of Marysville; Mrs. Lodena Christman, Mrs. Nancy Crum and Mrs. Emma Bates, of
Jerusalem; and two brothers, Ellis Mercer, of Malaga, and James Mercer, of
Jerusalem, Route one.
Two brothers and two sisters preceded her in death.
The body was taken to the Postle-Hale Funeral Home in
Marysville where friends were received.
Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon, June 26th
, at
Burial was in Oakdale
cemetery at Marysville.
Source: newspaper clipping, Marietta or Woodsfield,
Ohio; May 1975
Funeral services for Leonard William Bigley, 39, former
resident of Monroe County, will be in Anchorage, Alaska, with burial in
Anchorage. Mr. Bigley died Tuesday in an
Anchorage hospital.
He was born near Lebabon, Monroe County, a son of William
and Hattie Johnson Bigley, who survives with his wife, Nina, and three
brothers, Lester W., Marietta, Larry Dean, Lower Salem, and Kelsy Lorn, Denver,
Colo. Two brothers and one sister
preceded him in death.
Blackstone, John Leroy Blackstone
John Leroy Blackstone, 67, of
Lewisville, Route 2, Lewisville, a retired carpenter and farmer, died Saturday
evening, August 30,1975, in Barnesville Hospital. He had been admitted to the
hospital on Thursday. He was born in
Noble County, March 12, 1908, a son of Clark and Margaret Heil Blackstone. Mr. Blackstone was a member of St. Joseph's
Catholic Church at Burkart.
Surviving are his wife,
Mildred; seven sons, Vernon(Cora) Blackstone of Orrville; Frank (Wanda) of
Lewisville; Dale(Hilda); Francis(Judy) Lewisville; Donald (Hazel) of Wadsworth;
David (Nicki) of Lewisville; Patrick (Aleta) of Lewisville; two daughters, Mrs.
Mary(John)Sheets and Mrs. Darlene(Richard) Liston of Columbus; thirty-seven
grandchildren; five brothers, Bernard of Huntington, Indiana; Paul and Elmer of
Zanesville; Bert, of New Concord, and Wilbur Blackstone, of Cleveland, and two
sisters, Mrs. Agnes Thompson, of Caldwell, and Mrs. Marilla Schoeppner, of
Cumberland.
A funeral Mass was held at
ten o'clock Tuesday morning in St. Joseph's Church, with Msgr. Robert A. Brown
officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery with the Gardener Funeral Home
of Woodsfield in charge. The Rosary was
recited at the funeral home on Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock.
Botkin,
Gladys L. Botkin, nee Poole
Source: The Columbus [Ohio] Dispatch; Friday, July
11, 1975
Gladys L. Botkin, age 81,
formerly of 66 South Terrace Avenue, July at Scioto Crest Memorial Convalescent
Hospital, Hilliard. A native of
Chillicothe. She was preceded in death
by her husband, Fred E. Botkin, a retired Columbus printer and a brother,
William G. Poole. A former Christian
Science Practicioner, she was a member ofr the First Church of Christ
Scientist, Boston, Mass., and Second Church of Christ Scientist, Columbus. A past Chief of the Pythian sisters. She belonged to Robert Morris Chapter OES
and The Women's Christian Temperence [sic] Union. She is survived by son, William H. Botkin, Columbus; sisters,
Mrs. C. E. (Irene) Hess, Sunbury, Mrs. Edna French, Colorado Springs, Colorado,
and Mrs. H. L. (Lillian) Heinzelman, Chillicothe; 3 grandchildren. Friends may call at JERRY SPEARS, 2693 West Broad Street, Friday 7-9
p.m. and Saturday after 9:30 a.m. where service will be held at 10:30 a.m.
Saturday. Professor Donald Wood
officiating. Interment Sunset Cemetery.
Brown, Gilbert H. Brown
Source: Ashland [Ohio] Times Gazette; 12 or 13 Nov
1975
Gilbert H. Brown, 65, of 1520 Orange Road, died at
Mansfield General Hospital Tuesday afternoon after a short illness.
The son of Elijah and Maggie Drake Brown, he was born in
Monroe County, Dec. 31, 1909.
Mr. Brown was an auto salesman for Harold Motors for 20
years.
On April 30, 1930,
he was married to Elizabeth L. Alexander Myers, who survives.
Also surviving are two daughters, Mrs. John (Beverly) Myers
of Mansfield and Mrs. Barbara Cooner of Ashland; 10 grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Thelma Latimer of Mansfield; and four
brothers, Thurman and Wilbur, both of Ashland, Lawrence of Greenwich and
Clinton of Miami, Fla.
He attended the Bethel Baptist Church of Savannah and was a
member of the VFW at Perrysville and the Eagles Lodge of Ashland.
Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Gilbert
Funeral Home with the Rev. Ron Merrill officiating. Burial will be in Ashland Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Brownfield, Kate Brownfield
nee Powell
Mrs. Kate Brownfield, 93,
resident of 710 Neva Avenue, Barnesville, died Thursday night, August 21st
at Barnesville Hospital, following a lengthy illness. She was born in Monroe County, April 16, 1882, a daughter of the
late William and Mary Carpenter Powell.
She was a member of West Main Street Church of Christ.
Surviving are four daughters,
Mrs. John (Adelia) Graham, Gladys Brownfield, Mrs. Josephine Lucas and Mrs.
Mary Bowen, all of Barnesville; seven grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren,
and a host of friends.
Her husband, Samuel
Brownfield preceded her in death in 1924.
Two sons, seven brothers and two sisters are deceased.
Friends were received
Saturday at the Campbell-Plumly Funeral Home, where services were held Sunday,
August 24th at 1:30 p. m. with Evangelist Kenneth Frazier
officiating. Interment was made in
Calais Cemetery.
Source: The Barnesville
[Ohio] Enterprise, Barnesville, Ohio, September 11, 1975
G. Wilbur Bunting, 80, resident of 324 East Main Street,
Barnesville, died Wednesday morning, September 10th at his home. Born in Monroe
County, May 25, 1895,* he was the son of the late John and Lucetta Morris
Bunting.
He was a veteran of World War I, a member of the Boston Church
of Christ and a member of the V.F.W. and F.O.E. Lodge.
Preceded in death by three brothers and one sister, he is
survived by one daughter, Mrs. Isabelle Haga of R.D.1, Summerfield, and one
step-daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Passwaters of Zanesville; four sisters, Mrs.
Maggie McCort, Mrs. Hazel Carpenter and Mrs. Rose Huntsman, all of Barnesville
and Mrs. Sylvia Pierce of Brunswick, Ohio; two brothers, Lawrence Bunting and
Roy Bunting, both of Barnesville; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the Campbell Plumly Funeral Home
today, where services will be held Friday, September 12th at 1:30 p.m.
conducted by Evangelist James W. Gallagher.
Interment will be made in Crestview Cemetery.
Submitter's Note: The birth as 25 May 1896 is given by the
U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, the U.S., World War II
Draft Registration Cards, 1942, and the U.S., Social Security Death Index.
Bunting,
Randall Michael Bunting
Source: The Barnesville Enterprise, Barnesville,
Ohio; August 14, 1975
Randall Michael Bunting, of Beallsville, nine year old son of
Marcella Phillips Bunting Smith and the late Randall K. Bunting, died Thursday,
August 7th at his home from accidental gunshot wounds.
Born March 27, 1966, at Barnesville, he was a third grade
student at Beallsville Grade School.
Surviving are his mother, and step-father, Marcella and Oscar
Smith Jr., and two brothers, Richard Lee Bunting and Chad Allen Smith, all of
the home; his maternal grandparents, Homer and Irene Phillips of Bethesda;
paternal grandparents, Mrs. Lela Bunting of Barnesville and Oscar Smith Sr., of
Shadyside.
Friends were received at the Harper-Campbell Fueral [sic-Funeral]
Home in Beallsville where final rites were held Sunday, August 10th
at 1:30 P.M. conducted by the Rev. Mr. Garry Ballard. Burial was made in
Beallsville Cemetery.
Source: The Spirit of Democracy, Woodsfield, Ohio;
Dec 1975
Arthur Christman, 70, Clarington, died Wednesday afternoon,
December 10, 1975, at his home. He was
born at Woodsfield, Aug. 25, 1905, son of the late William and Minnie Smith
Christman.
He was a retired employe [sic] of Ohio Edison, Shadyside.
Surviving are his
widow, Helen; three daughters: Mrs.
Clifford (Esther) Lininger, Mrs. Eleanor DeWitt, and Mrs. Robert (Brenda) Loy,
all of Clarington, one son, Leland of Cameron; 12 grandchildren, three
great-grandchildren.
Services were held at the Rush Funeral Home, Clarington, on
Saturday with burial in Clarington Cemetery.
Christman, Emma Matilda TILLIE Christman
Source: Spirit of Democracy [Woodsfield, Ohio]; late
January or early February 1975
Miss Tillie Christman, 93, Lewisville, died Tuesday
evening, January 28, 1975, at Barnesville Hospital. She was born at Lewisville, May 29, 1881.
Surviving is a sister, Mrs. Minnie Heft of Lewisville.
Friends were received at the Bauer-Turner Funeral,
Woodsfield, where services were held Friday.
Burial was in Friendship Cemetery, Lewisville.
Christman, Flossie M. Christman, nee Bartholomew
Source: The Daily Reporter [Ontario, California]; 22
May 1975
MRS. CHRISTMAN
Flossie M. Chritman,
75, of 8991 Walnut st., Alta Loma, died May 21 at Chico Memorial Hospital,
Chico. A homemaker, she was a native of
Greeley, Colo., and a West End resident 63 years. Member of Cucamonga Methodist Church and the Bear Gulch Rock Club,
Cucamonga. Survived by husband, Lloyd
W. Christman, Alta Loma; two sons, Rolland L. Christman, Ontario, and Gene M.
Christman, Berkeley; a sister, Mrs. Ollie Burbank, Chino; two brothers, H.C.
Bartholomew, Ontario, and Rex Bartholomew, Ontario; and three
grandchildren. Services will be held at
10:30 a.m. Saturday at Richardson - Peterson Chapel. Entombment Bellevue Mausoleum.
Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Friday at Richarson [sic] - Peterson
Mortuary.
Christman, Walter F. Christman
Source: The Spirit of Democracy, Woodsfield, Monroe
Co., Ohio; Feb 1975
W.F. Christman, 68
Services for Walter F. Christman, 68, Woodsfield RD 3, were
conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday in Calais Church with the Rev. Myron Guller and
the Rev. Glenn Saunders officiating.
Burial in Calais Cemetery.
Mr. Christman died Sunday, Feb. 16, 1975 at his home
following an apparent heart attack.
He was born Mar. 29, 1906 in Monroe County, the son of the
late Phillip and Cora Goodballett Christman.
He leaves six daughters, Mrs. Kathryn Miller, Cuyahoga
Falls, Mrs. Florence Wells, Mrs. Eva Pearl Kennon and Mrs. Peggy Jo McLaughlin,
all of Barnesville, Mrs. Janice Powell, Quaker City and Mrs. Doris Green,
Cambridge; three sons, Clyde of Quaker City, Ralph of Jerusalem and Don of
Summerfield, 22 grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Charles Neuhart, Quaker City
and three brothers, Irval of Canton, Ben of Batesville and Phillip of
Lewisville.
His wife, Lulu, preceded him in death in 1965.
Christman, Walter F. Christman
Source: Memory Card 1975
Walter F. Christman b.
Mar.29, 1906 d. Feb. 16, 1975
Aged 68Yrs.-10Mos.-18Days
Services At: The Calais
Church Thursday Feb. 20th
1:00P.M.
Ministers Officiating: Rev.
Myron Guiler Rev. Glenn Saunders
Burial: Calais Cemetery,
Calais, Ohio
Arrangements By: Brubach
Claus, Harold E. Claus
In Memory of--Harold E. Claus
Born-
Services from-Arnold Funeral Home
Clergyman officiating-Rev. Karl Kopke
Final resting place-Forest Hill cemetery
Cline, Victor Cline
Source: Times Recorder, Zanesville, Ohio; Friday, 7
Mar 1975
Quaker City - Victor Cline, 43, of Batesville died at 11:35
P.M. Wednesday in Barnesville Hospital after a long illness.
He was born Oct 19, 1931, at Batesville, a son of Sylvan
and Mildred English Cline of Batesville.
Mr. Cline was an Army veteran. He served in the European area 1951 to 1952.
Surviving are the parents; his widow, Betty Leasure Cline;
three sons, Scotty, Jeff and Robert, and three daughters, Vicky Jo, Linda and
Betty, all of the home; a brother James Cline of Garden City, Mich.
Services will be held at 1 P.M. Saturday in Eberle Funeral
Home here. Burial will be in Batesville
cemetery. Friends may call after 2 P.M.
today.
Couty,
Thelma R. Couty, nee Rhodes
Source: The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky);
Sunday, 7 Sep 1975
COUTY, Mrs. Thelma R.
(nee Rhoades)*
Passed away in her 68th year Thurs. Sept. 4, 1975 at
5:45 a.m. Residence 1228 Schiller
Ave. Devoted wife of Mr. Maxwell Couty
Sr.; loving mother of Mrs. Dorothy Simpson, Mrs. Kathi Brown, Mrs. Connie
Forrest, Mrs. Judy Kroger, Messrs, Maxwell Jr., Cleatus and Bobby Couty; sister
of Mrs. Marie Simpson, Mrs. Mary Catherine Campbell, Messrs. Harrison, Cecil
and Jess Rhoades;* also survived by 21 grandchildren and 3
great-grandchildren. Mrs. Couty is
resting at the Oak St. Home of Arch L. Heady and Son, 1201 E. Oak where
services will be conducted Mon. Sept. 8 at 10 a.m. Interment Evergreen Ceemtery [sic--Cemetery].
*Submitter's Note: This name is usually seen spelled as RHODES.
Cronin, Jennie Ellen Cronin, nee Hanlon
Source: The Marietta [Ohio] Times; 8 Aug 1975
Mrs. Michael
K. Cronin
Mrs. Jennie Ellen Cronin, 76, St. Marys Rt. 2, W.Va., died
Wednesday in Marietta Memorial Hospital.
She was born in Ritchie County, W. Va., a daughter of the
late Wabrance and Lavinia Newbrough Hanlon.
She was a member of French Creek Baptist Church. Her husband, Michael K. Cronin, preceded her
in death as did two brothers, a sister and one child.
Surviving are three sons and two daughters, Michael Jr.,
Mrs. Grace Cunningham and Mrs. Emma Fox, all of St. Marys Rt. 2, Harl, Waverly,
and Arlie B., New Cumberland; 16 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren;
two sisters, Mrs. Goldie Wise and Mrs. Iva Jacobsen, both of Akron.
Services will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow in French Creek Baptist
Church, with Rev. Frank Osborne officiating and burial in Cronin Cemetery. Friends may call at the family home on
French Creek until one hour prior to the services when the body will be taken
to the church. Ruttencutter Funeral
Home is in charge of arrangements.
Dierke, Alma Myers Dierke, nee Schnell
Source: The Akron [Ohio] Beacon Journal; Wednesday,
September 10, 1975
Alma Myers Dierke, 71, formerly of 932 Peckham st., and
1350 N. Howard st., Akron, died September 9, 1975, at her residence following a
long illness. She was a housewife. She was born in Woodsfield, O., and lived
most of her life in the Akron area. She
was a member of Trinity United Church of Christ, the Loyalty Sunday School
Class, and the Garden Study Club.
She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Eleanor Mowder, of
Northampton; one son, Dean R. Myers of Hillsboro, O.; one sister, Mrs. Velma
Cochran, of Medina; five granddaughters, Mrs. Dianne Stimmel, Denise and Donna
Mowder, Janice and Jill Myers.
Services 1 p.m. Friday from the Hennessy Funeral Home, 936
N. Main st., with Rev. William A. Heins officiating. Burial Crown Hill Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Thursday. Memorials may be made to the
American Cancer Society, or to the Trinity United Church of Christ. (Hennessy, Akron, 535-1518.)
Source: The Jackson Herald [Ripley, West Virginia];
28 Feb 1975
Charles Homer Dillon, 79, of Sandyville, died Monday in the
Veterans Hospital, Huntington, after a long illness.
Mr. Dillon was born February 21, 1896 at Sandyville, a son
of the late Abner and Mary Nalley Dillon.
He was a veteran of WW I, a member of the VFW at Sandyville
and a retired farmer.
Surviving: wife,
Cora Hertje Dillon; son, Charles E. Dillon, Ripley; brothers, Elem and Ross
both at Sandyville; sisters, Mrs. Bessie Burch, Follansbee, Mrs. Della Gray,
Friendly and Mrs. Jessie Snyder of Sandyville; half sister, Mrs. Chloa McGrew
of Fayetteville; two grandchildren.
Service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday at Vail Funeral
Home, with Rev. Paul Morrison officiating.
Burial will be in the Fairplain Cemetery.
Friends may call after 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Funeral
Home.
Draper, Myrtie
Draper
Mrs. Walter Draper
Died April 22, 1975
Provided by Lena Kahrig Pettit, typed by Betty Lendon Matson
Services for Mrs. Myrtie Draper,
85, E. Church St., Woodsfield, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at
Bauer-Turner Funeral Home here. Burial will be in Bracken Ridge Cemetery, near
Lewisville.
Friends may call at the funeral
home today.
Mrs. Draper died Tuesday (April 22,
1975) in Fairview Manor Nursing Home, Beverly.
She was born, January 5, 1890, in Monroe
County and was a member of Bracken Ridge United Methodist Church and Rebekah
Lodge, Lewisville. Her husband, Walter Draper, preceded her in death March
31, 1975.
Mrs. Draper leaves two sisters,
Mrs. Susie Mallett, Woodsfield, and Mrs. I.M. (Golda) Straight, Antioch; one
grandson and one great-granddaughter.
Draper, Walter
W. Draper
Died March 31, 1975
Provided by Lena Kahrig Pettit, typed by Betty Lendon Matson
Walter W. Draper, 86, of 401 East
Church Street, Woodsfield, died Monday afternoon, March 31, 1975, at The
Fairview Manor Nursing Home, in Beverly, Ohio, where he had been a patient
about three months.
He was born in Monroe County, March
23, 1889, a son of Ludwell and Mary Belle Wise Draper.
Mr. Draper was a retired farmer and
a member of The Bracken Ridge United Methodist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Mertie
Billman Draper, also of The Fairview Manor Nursing Home at Beverly; one
grandson; James C. Draper, of Lancaster, Ohio; one great grandson; and one
sister, Mrs. Clayton Detlar, of Pittsburgh, Pa. He was preceded in death by a
son, Loren Draper, in March 1957.
Friends are being received at The
Bauer and Turner Funeral Home in Woodsfield.
Funeral services will be held in
their chapel this Thursday morning at
10:30 o'clock. Burial will be in The Bracken Ridge Cemetery near Lewisville.
Duckworth, Verna C. Duckworth, nee Voland
Source: The Chronicle-Tribune, Marion, Indiana;
Tuesday, May 27, 1975
Mrs. Verna C. Duckworth, 80, 119 E.S. "F" St.,
Gas City, died at 3:55 a.m. Monday in the Wesleyan Nursing Home, Marion.
Mrs. Duckworth was a native of Brown County, but had lived
in Gas City since 1926. She was a
member of the Church of God of Prophecy.
Survivors include a son, Allen Duckworth, at home; five
daughters, Mrs. William L. (Hazel) Harness, Jonesboro; Mrs. Martha Roberts,
Kokomo; Mrs. Bernice George, Anderson; Mrs. Bill (Alberta) Roach, Skokie, Ill.;
Mrs. Phil (Marylou) Baskett, Carmel; two brothers, Charles Voland, Gas City,
and Oral Voland, Nashville, and five grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at
Jay-Swift and Storey Funeral Home, 400 E. Main St., Gas City, with the Rev. T.
J. Jared officiating. Burial will be in
the Marion IOOF Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today.
Source: The Columbus [Ohio] Dispatch; Monday,
January 6, 1975 Page: 2D
George S. Dunnick, age 68, of 4827 Nugent Drive, Sunday,
January 5, 1975. Member of Masonic
Lodge of Hillsboro, O. and Scottish Rite Valley of Columbus, Aladdin Temple
Shrine. Survived by wife, Naomi Liggett
Dunnick, sisters, Mrs. Helen Craver of Columbus, Mrs. Kathryn Dodridge of
Columbus; brother, F. Kenneth Dunnick of Columbus, several nieces and
nephews. Friends may call at the
SOUTHWICK FUNERAL CHAPEL, 3100 N. High St., Tuesday 12 p.m. until service
time. Services will be held from the
memorial chapel 2 p.m. Tuesday.
Interment Union Cemetery. Rev.
Paul Brown officiating. In lieu of
flowers, contributions if desired may be made to the Heart Fund or the charity
of your choice.
Elmore,
Loretta Elmore, nee Hawks
Source: The Bowling Green [Kentucky] Daily News; 5
Mar 1975
BROWNSVILLE, Ky. - Mrs. Loretta Elmore, 54, of Rt 6, Bowling
Green, was dead on arrival at City-County Hospital in Bowling Green at 6:30
a.m. today after an apparent heart attack.
She was an Edmonson County native.
Services have been scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday at the
Wingfield United Baptist Church, with burial to be in the church cemetery. The body is at the Patton Funeral Home,
where visitation will begin after 6:30 p.m. today.
Survivors include her husband, Clem Elmore; one son, H.B.
Elmore of Bee Spring; one daughter, Mrs. Thelma Denham of Rt. 6 Bowling Green;
three brothers, L.L. Hawks and H.G. Hawks, both of Rt. 6, Bowling Green, and
Charlie Hawks of Rt. 1, Bowling Green; eight sisters, Mrs. Lorene Jarrard, Mrs.
Irene Parks, Mrs. Ella Pritchard, Mrs. Doris Padget [sic--Padgett] and
Mrs. Evelyn Hart, all of Lafayette, Ind., and Mrs. Thelma Jaggers, Mrs. Earline
Massey and Mrs. Della Massey, all of Rt. 1, Bowling Green.
Fearing,
Ethel Fearing, nee Haynes
Source: The Sandusky [Ohio] Register; 23 Jan 1975
MRS. ETHEL
FEARING
Mrs. Ethel Haynes Fearing, 69, 310 Schiller Ave., died
Wednesday evening in Providence Hospital following an extended illness. She moved to Sandusky in 1963 from Arkansas,
and has lived here since that time.
She was employed at the Stephens Printing Co. for nine
years, retiring in 1959.
She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church.
She is survived by four sons, Julian, Cleveland; Herman,
Frederick and Roger, all of Sandusky; a daughter, Mrs. Anthony (Juanita)
Brugnone, Bellevue; 20 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; three brothers,
Floyd and Melvin, both of Arkansas, and Marvin, St. Joseph, Mich.; two sisters,
Mrs. Clara Green, and Mrs. Dess Campbell, both of Arkansas; several nieces and
nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Francis, in 1970,
and a daughter, Mrs. Pauline Bogoni, in 1973.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and after 7 p.m. Friday
at the David Suitor Funeral Home.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the funeral home with Rev.
Richard Bauerle officiating.
Burial will be in Perkins Cemetery.
Source: The Warren [Ohio] Tribune Chronicle; 11 Apr
1975
David Fisher
18 Months Dies
Thursday
FOWLER -- David Matthew Fisher, 18-month-old son of Merlin
Ray and Ruth Edith Marsh Fisher, 5392 Cadwallader-Sonk Rd., died Thursday in
Akron Children's Hospital, following a short illness.
He was born here Oct. 6, 1973.
Besides his parents, he leaves a brother, Michael D. at
home; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Marsh of North Jackson;
paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Merle Fisher of Lewisville, Ohio; and maternal
great-grandmother, Mrs. Dorcie Cooper of Garrettsville.
Services will be held Monday at 11 a.m. in the Vienna
Methodist Church, where the body will lie in state an hour prior to the
service. Burial will be in Vienna
Township Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Shafer-Winans and Love Funeral
Home, Cortland, from 7 to 8 p.m. Sunday.
Flanagan, Mrs. Ida Belle
Flanagan
Source—Newsclipping
Flanagan, Ida Belle, 85, of
114 Diamond Street, Sistersville, W.Va., died Wednesday, January 1, 1975, in Sistersville
Hospital. Mrs. Flanagan was a member of
the Baptist Church.
Surviving are three sons;
Harry Flanagan and Marion Flanagan, of Cleveland, and Donald Flanagan of
Steubenville; three daughters, mrs. Zelma Summers of San Francisco, California;
Mrs. Doris Beaver and Mrs. Minerva Cathers, of Sistersville; twenty-one
grandchildren; twenty-three great grandchildren; ten great-great grandchildren;
two brothers, Clarence Mikes, of Woodsfield and Albert Mikes, of Paden City,
W.Va., and one sister, Mrs. Alma Patterson, of Paden City.
Funeral services were held
Saturday morning, January 4th, at eleven o'clock in the Cooper Funeral Home,
Sistersville. Burial was in Friendly Cemetery, Friendly, W.Va.
Frichtel, Colleene
Frichtel nee Clark
Mrs Colleen Clark Frichtel,
51, of 1801 Dailey Ave. Latrobe, died in Latrobe Area Hospital Thursday night
[May 1, 1975] following a lingering illness.
She was born November 7, 1923, a daughter of the late Clyde Clark and
Dora Clark. She was a member of the
Holy Family Church.
She is survived by her
husband Francis Frichtel and one sister, Mrs Frank (Frances) Tovalin of
Lorrain, Ohio.
The family will receive
friends in John J. Lopatich Funeral, Latrobe starting at 3 p.m. Saturday then
from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 daily. Funeral
arrangements will be announced.
Goodballet, Estella M. Goodballet, nee Plate
Source: The Evening Review
[East Liverpool, Ohio]; Wednesday, December 10, 1975
Mrs.
Goodballet
Mrs. Estella M. Goodballet, 89, of 901 Ohio Ave. died this
morning at 2:05 at home following an extended illness.
She was born May 10, 1886 in Palestine, W. Va., a daughter
of Lewis Plate and Allie Spence Plate. She had resided in this area since 1905.
Mrs. Goodballet retired in 1948 as a gold stamper with the
Hall China Co. and was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene here.
She was preceded in death by her husband William H.
Goodballet July 26, 1957.
Survivors include a daughter Mrs. Leah Milligan at home; a sister
Mrs. John (Bertha) Coburn of East Liverpool, three grandchildren and eight
great grandchildren.
Services will be held Saturday at the Martin Funeral Home,
burial will be in Calcutta United Presbyterian Cemetery.
Goodballet, Gertrude F. Goodballet, nee Fadeley
Source: The Evening Review [East Liverpool, Ohio];
28 Feb 1975
Mrs. Goodballet
Mrs. Gertrude F. Goodballet, 89, of 738 Cain St. died
Thursday at 8:36 p.m. in the East Liverpool Convalescent Center following a
six-month illness.
She was born March 30, 1885 in Steubenville, a daughter of James Hartford Fadeley and
Josephine Phillips Fadeley.
She had resided here for 65 years and was a member of
Crystal Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, White Shrine of Jerusaleum [sic?]
and the Pennsylvania Ave. United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Goodballet was preceded in death by her husband, Clyde
F. Goodballet, Sept. 26, 1946.
She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Lawrence (Gertrude)
Sixt, with whom she had resided; two sons. A. J. (Joe) Goodballet of Pico
Rivera, Calif., and Robert F. Goodballet of Covina, Calif., and six
grandchildren.
Services will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at the Dawson
Funeral Home, with the Rev. Lawrence Crawford of the First United Methodist
Church officiating. Burial will be in
Longs Run Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home Sunday.
Goodballet,
James H. Goodballet
Source: The Evening Review
[East Liverpool, Ohio]; Monday, May 26, 1975
James H. Goodballet 57 of 940 Myler Park died at 12:50 p.m.
Saturday upon arrival at City Hospital after taking ill suddenly at home.
Mr. Goodballet was born in East Liverpool Nov. 3, 1917 a
son of Nellie St. Clair Goodballet and the late Elmer H. Goodballet.
He was a lifetime resident of the community and was a desk
sergeant in the plant protection department at the Crucible Steel Divisions of
Colt Industries, Midland, last working
in April 1974.
Mr. Goodballet served in World War II. He was a member of
the First Church of Christ.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by his widow Ora
at home; two daughters Mrs. Van (Jan) Pinkerton of Garden Grove, Calif. and
Mrs. David (Debra) Schwerha of East Liverpool; a son David E. Van Dyne of Route
45, Wellsville; a sister Mrs. Mamie Peddicord of Wellsville and six
grandchildren.
Services will be held Tuesday at the Dawson Funeral Home
and burial will be in Columbiana County Memorial Park.
Source: The Examiner [Independence, Missouri]; 5 Jun
1975
Isaac M. Goodin, 86, of 101 S. Fuller, Independence, died
Tuesday at the Independence Hospital.
He was born in Bellaire, Ill., and lived in this area 32 years.
Mr. Goodin was a custodian for the Kansas City School
District before he retired. He was a
member of the Saints Stone Church.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Rena Steele Goodin of the home;
two sons, Daniel E.Goodin, Independence, and Fred L. Goodin, San Bernardino,
Calif.; a daughter, Mrs.Lucy Loeber, Canaan, N.Y.; two stepsons, Max T.Steele,
Santa Clara, Calif., and Duane O. Steele, 16012 E. 30th, Independence; a
stepdaughter, Mrs. LaDonna Thomas, Lexington, Mo.; 21 grandchildren and nine
great-grandchildren.
Services will be at
10 a.m. Friday at the Floral Hills Chapel; burial in Floral Hills Cemetery.
Friends may call from 7 to 9 tonight at the chapel.
Source: Brown Co., Illinois newspaper; Feb 1975
Herman J. Greiwe,
74, a retired farmer of the Clayton area died at 11:45 a.m. Sautrday [sic]
February 22, at Grandview Nursing Home in Camp Point.
He was born in Pike County, January 18, 1901, the son of
William and Lucetta Keylor Greiwe. He attended
schools in Pike County and the Zion Lutheran Church. He was never married.
Surviving are his sisters, Mrs. Flora Kallenbach of
Versailles, Mrs. Iva Liehr of Versailles, Mrs. Francis (Nina) Morath of
Versailles and several nieces and nephews.
His parents, one brother and one sister preceded him in death.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, February 25
at Hufnagel Funeral Chapel with Rev. Tom Ross officiating. Mrs. Clarke Mitchell was organist and burial
was in the Hersman Cemetery.
Casketbearers were Herschel Frost, Lemuel Frost, Gale Alford, Silvey
Koch, Charles Bauch and Clarke Mitchell.
Haught, Dora L. Haught nee
Hendricks
Mrs. Dora Lillian Haught, 66, of 129 North Second Avenue,
Paden City, West Virginia, died Sunday, December 7, 1975, in the Camden-Clark
Memorial Hospital, Parkersburg, West Virginia.
She was born in Pleasants County, West Virginia, the daughter of the
late William and Emma Kernan Hendricks.
Mrs. Haught was a member of the Paden City Christian Church and was a
retired employee of the Corning Glass Works at Paden City.
Surviving are her husband, Edward W. Haught, of Paden City;
two sons, Charles E. Haught, of New Matamoras, Ohio, and Timothy W. Haught, of
Route 2, Sardis, Ohio; one brother, J. E. Hendricks, of Sistersville, West
Virginia; two sisters, Mrs. Mazie Billiter and Miss Ann Hendricks, both of
Paden City; and five grandchildren.
Services were held in the Mowery-Trowbridge Funeral Home at
Paden City, on Wednesday, December 10, at two o’clock in the afternoon, with
Danny Vanscoy officiating. Burial was
in Greenwood Cemetery, Sistersville, West Virginia.
Heinlein, H. Carston
Heinlein
Rev. H. Carston Heinlein, 77, of Sebring, Florida, died
Tuesday afternoon, January 14, 1975, at four o’clock in Sebring General
Hospital following an illness. He was
born January 1, 1898 in Kentucky. Rev.
Heinlein served in the ministry over fifty years. After serving various churches in the Cambridge district, he
resigned from Byesville United Methodist Church to accept a pastorate at Duncan
Falls. He moved from there to Florida
in 1965, and served as pastor of St. John United Methodist Church at Sebring
until retiring in 1973. He was a
50-year member of Duncan Falls Masonic Lodge F. & A.M.
Surviving are his wife, Ada Henderson Heinlein, one daughter,
Mrs. Margaretta Myers, of Hanover, Indiana; one son, Carston R. Heinlein, of
Key West, Florida; nine grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at the Duncan Falls United Methodist
Church on Saturday afternoon, January 18th, at two o’clock. Burial was in Duncan Falls Cemetery.
Hensel, James R. Hensel
James Ralph Hensel, 69, Matamoras, died at 11:45 p.m.
yesterday In Marietta Memorial Hospital.
He was born April 18, 1905, in Monroe County, a son of George W. and
Mary Stacy Hensel . He was a member of Brownsville United Methodist
Church. On Nov. 3, 1933 he married
Augusta Rosenlieb, who survives with one son, Bruce, of the home; three
brothers, Delbert, Vienna, W. Va., Harold and Henry, both of Matamoras, and two
sisters, Mrs. Goldie Graham, Wooster, and Mrs. Bertha Cline, Matamoras.
Services will be at 2 p.m.
Monday at Lee Hadley Funeral Home, Matamoras, with burial in Matamoras
Cemetery.
Friends may call at the
funeral home from 7 to 9 this evening and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow.
DIED: Jan. 31, 1975 BURIED:
Feb. 3, 1975
Hensley,
William Thomas Hensley
Source: The Bloomington [Indiana] Herald-Telephone;
September 24, 1975
LINTON -- William Thomas Hensley, 70, a resident of Linton,
died Tuesday at Greene County General Hospital.
Born May 29, 1905, in Greene County, he was the son of
Andrew and Mary Saulsberry Hensley.
Survivors include the wife, Hazel; four daughters, Mrs.
Louis Davis, Lebanon, Mrs. Beverly Richardson, Lebanon, Mrs. Doris Haskett,
Linton, and Mrs. Karleen Daugherty, Linton; five sons, Earl Hensley, Linton,
William Hensley, Jr., Denver, Colo., Steven Hensley, Linton, Ralph Hensley,
Linton, and Thomas Hensley, Gas City; one stepson, Robert Miller, Marion; one
half-sister, Mrs. Maxine Oldson, Denver, Colo.; two half-brothers, Lloyd W.
Hensley, Switz City, and Claude Hensley, Washington; 25 grandchildren and five
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Friday at the Welch and
Cornett Funeral Home in Linton with the Rev. Roger Dillinger and the Rev. Bill
Gilliand officiating. Burial will be in
the Bohley Cemetery in Linton.
Friends may call after noon on Thursday.
Hogue, Clara Opal Hogue
Mrs Clara Opal Hogue, 51, of
Commercial Point, Ohio, died Friday, March 21, 1975, in Berger Hospital. Mrs
Hogue
was a member of the United Methodist
Church. Surviving are her husband, Charles Hogue, and one daughter, Mrs.Ruth
Milnerwight.
Friends were received at the
Michener Funeral Home where services were held Monday afternoonat two o'clock.
Interment was in Friendship Cemetery, Lewsville.
NOTE; Clara Opal Allen)
Hogue, was daughter of Rebecca Piatt and John Allen, and had brothers, Harley
Allen, Chester Allen, deceased? two brothers, Hershel Allen and Ed Allen, and
one sister, Della Withrow of Ashland,Ohio.
Hossman, Charles O.
Hossman
Source—Newsclipping
Hossman, Charles O. ,81, of
302 Plum Street, Woodsfield, died at his home early Saturday morning, December
20, 1975, after a lingering illness. He
was born in Monroe County, April 21, 1894, a son of the late Karl and Alice
Siegenthaler Hossman.
Mr. Hossman was a member of the Lutheran Church of Miltonsburg, and a retired
state Highway employee.
Surviving are his wife, Hazel
Craig Hossman; one daughter, Mrs. Helen Agin, of North Ridgeville, Ohio; one
foster daughter, Mrs. Myrtle Beckett, of Barnesville; one son, Bernard Hossman,
of Cameron; two grandchildren; three foster grandchildren; two foster
great-grandchildren; one brother, Wes Hossman , of Jerusalem; and one sister
Mrs. Freida Claus, of Melbourne, Florida.
Friends were received at the
Bauer and Turner Funeral Home, Woodsfield,
where services were held Monday afternoon at one o'clock, with Rev. Thomas
Clark officiating. Burial was in Oaklawn Cemetery, Woodsfield.
Source: The Spirit of Democracy [Woodsfield, Ohio];
around 12 Jun 1975
RAYMOND HOSSMAN,
70
Raymond C. Hossman, 70, Malaga, died Tuesday afternoon,
June 10, at his home. He was born at
Malaga, Feb. 27, 1905, a son of the late Karl and Alice Siegenthaler Hossman.
He was a member of the Lutheran Church and a retired
farmer.
Surviving are his widow, Florence Trott Hossman; one son,
Gary of Malaga; one foster daughter, Mrs. Gene Steen of Minerva; two brothers,
Wesley of RD 1 Jerusalem and Charles of Woodsfield; one sister, Mrs. Freda
Claus of Melbourne, Fla.; six grandchildren.
An infant son, three brothers and a sister preceded him in death.
Services were held Thursday afternoon at Campbell-Plumly
Funeral Home, Barnesville, Gail Smith officiating. Burial in Crestview Cemetery, Barnesville.
Howell,
Loretta M. Howell
source:
The Times Recorder (Zanesville) Fri.
Jan. 3, 1975
Woodsfield---
Miss Loretta M Howell, 70, of Beallsville
died at 1:30 a.m Wednesday [Jan. 1, 1975] in Guernsey Memorial Hospital at
Cambridge.
She was born Sept. 26, 1904 in Monroe
County.
Miss Howell was a member of Beallsville
Church of Christ.
Surviving are two brothers, John of
Beallsville Route 2 and Andrew of Jerusalem Route 1; a sister, Mrs. Dorotha
Long of Rittman.
Friends may call at Turner and Bauer
Funeral Home here where services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Mount Zion cemetery near
Beallsville.
Huffman, Virgil F. Huffman
Source—Newsclipping
Huffman, Virgil F., 64, of
Hannibal, died Friday morning, December 19, 1975, in the Ohio Valley Medical
Center at Wheeling, W.Va. following an illness. He was born at Duffy, January
2, 1911, a son of Mrs. Vada Potts Huffman and the late Lewis Huffman. Mr.
Huffman was a veteran of World War II and a member of Ohio Valley Post No. 760,
American Legion, Hannibal.
Surviving are his mother, his
wife, Kathryn Hicks Huffman, and three sisters; Mrs. Louise Riggenbaugh, of
Mansfield; Mrs. Dale Gehrig, of Woodsfield, and Mrs. Elsie Kasserman, of Rittman.
Services were held Sunday
afternoon at two o'clock in the Rush Funeral Home at Sardis, with Rev. David
Mansperger officiating. Burial was in Greenlawn Cemetery, New Martinsville,
W.Va.
Source: The Canton [Ohio] Repository; 23 Nov 1975
HUNTER
JERRY J. -- Age 36, of 1655 Stark Ave. SW, Canton,
died Sat. morning in Doctors Hospital.
He had been under treatment for a heart condition. He was a life resident of the Canton area
and was employed by Aspro Inc. He was a
member of Canton Baptist Temple where he was a Bible School Teacher and the
Junior 1 Department. Also a member of
Big Brothers.
Survived by his wife, Doris; two daughters: Bessie and
Barbara and one son, Jerry, all of the home.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Hunter of East Sparta, two sisters: Mrs. John (Jinkie) Fabynick and Mrs. Lewis
(Beverly) Thompson both of East Sparta.
Six brothers: James Jr. of
Florida, John and Thomas both of East Sparta, Ray of Louisville, Robert of Bolivar,
and Fletcher of Canton.
Services will be Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the Kreighbaum
Funeral Home with Rev. Harold Henniger officiating. Burial will be in Forest Hill Cemetery. Friends may call Monday 2-4 and 7-9.
Huntsman,
David Lowell Huntsman
Source: The Columbus [Ohio] Dispatch; Monday, May
26, 1975, Page: 7 B
David L. Huntsman, age 67, 5320 Elmira Dr., Friday. Retired NAR. Member of Eagles. Survived
by wife, Lillian; daughters, Mrs. John (Marilyn) Greenwald, Marjorie Huntsman;
son, Kenneth W.; 6 grandchildren; brother, Paul of Cambridge, Ohio. Friends may call Sunday 7-9 p.m., Monday 2-4
and 7-9 p.m., EVANS FUNERAL HOME, 4171 E. Livingston Ave., where service will
be Tuesday 1 p.m. Rev. Jack Brown
officiating. Interment Forest Lawn,
Cambridge.
Source: The Bellingham [Washington] Herald; 27 Jan
1975
Funeral services for Edgar M. "Ted" Johnston, 89,
3012 W. Victor St., will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Veroske's
Bellingham Funeral Home. Burial will be
in Greenacres Memorial Park.
A resident of Bellingham for the past 75 years, Mr.
Johnston was a retired oil deliveryman.
He died in a local hospital Saturday.
Surviving are a son, George of Renton; two sisters, Effie
Meixner of Bellingham and Ina Schenck of Seattle, and three grandchildren.
Memorials to the Cancer Fund are suggested.
Source: The Parkersburg [West Virginia] News; 10 May
1975
C. E. Judy
Rites Set
For Monday
Charles Edward Judy, 27, of 400 Buckeye St., died Friday at
St. Joseph's Hospital, of injuries sustained Thursday afternoon in a
motorcycle-car accident.
He was born Aug. 28, 1947, in Parkersburg, son of Kenneth
Judy of Walker and the late Betty Jean Mercer Judy. He was employed at Shoney's Restaurant and was a Vietnam War
veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Sandra Husk Judy; two sons,
Kenneth Edward, and David Gene, both at home; and one sister, Betty Jean Lamp.
Services will be Monday at 2 p.m. at the 19th St. Church of
God. The Rev. W. J. Millwood will
officiate.
Burial will be in Arlington Memorial Gardens.
Friends may call at the Kimes Funeral Home after 7 p.m.
today and until noon Monday. The body
will lie in state at the church one hour prior to the service.
Source: The Parkersburg [West Virginia] News; 24 Oct
1975
Kenneth W. Judy, 48, of Rt. 1, Waverly, was found dead in
his mobile home Wednesday night.
He was born in Preston County, son of the late Grover and
Hollie Sheets Judy.
Survivors include his wife, Vergena Enoch Judy; two
daughters, Betty Jean Lampy* of Akron, O. and Kimberly Ann Judy, at home; one
step-son Robert Bailey of Parkersburg; seven grandchildren; and one half-sister,
Oneida Mosteller of St. Albans.
He was preceded in death by one son and one brother.
Services will be at 1 p.m. . . . ** Home, with the Rev.
John H. Icenhower officiating. Burial
will be in IOOF Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after noon today.
Submitter's Notes:
* This is usually seen spelled as LAMPE.
** This line had the top part of each letter cropped off on
my copy of the obituary, although I think it says the services were Saturday. Looks like
perhaps there was a fold or wrinkle there.
Kahrig, Roger
H. Kahrig
Source: The
Monroe Co. Beacon, Woodsfield, Ohio, May 8, 1975
Roger H. Kahrig, 34, of 859 Westphal Avenue,
Whitehall, Columbus, died Sunday, May 4, 1975 at University Hospital in
Columbus.
He was a member of the Reynoldsburg Church of Christ.
Surviving are his wife, Charlotte Kahrig, and one son,
Kevin, of the home; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Kahrig, of Lewisville,
Route 1, paternal grandmother, Mrs. Louise Kahrig, of Caldwell; eight brothers,
Herman Kahrig, of Barnesville; Lester Kahrig, of Pataskala; Virgil Kahrig, of
Marshallville; Rodney Kahrig, of Woodsfield Route; Kenneth Kahrig, of
Jerusalem; Francis Kahrig, of Canton; Lloyd Kahrig, of Wooster, and William
Kahrig, of Lewisville; five sisters, Martha Uppole, of Lewisville; Vera
Crock, of Massillon; Dortha Matz, of Dalton; Leora Cruise, of Wooster, and
Doris Kahrig, with U.S. Army in Germany. One son and one daughter
preceded him in death.
Funeral services were held Tuesday morning May 6th at
ten o'clock in the Schoedinger East Chapel, Columbus, with Minister Gene
Armstrong officiating. Interment and graveside services were held Tuesday
afternoon at 2:45 o'clock in Friendship Cemetery, Lewisville.
Former Monroe Man Gets Transplant of Kidney April 9, 1968 at University
Hospital
Officials of the College of Medicine at University
Hospital in Columbus, Ohio have announced the completion of seven successful
kidney transplants since id-March. Among these patients is Roger H.
Kahrig, 27, of 859 Westphal Ave. Columbus, Ohio.
Mr. Kahrig, a former Monroe County resident, is the
son of Lawrence and Ella Kahrig of Lewisville, Ohio. He received a kidney from
this brother, Lester J. Kahrig, of Pataskala, Ohio, in a 10-hour operation
performed April 9, 1968 at the hospital in Columbus.
The assistant professor of surgery at the hospital in
Columbus announced that Mr. Kahrig is doing well. He returned to his home
for two weeks in May and is now a patient at the hospital for observation and
further treatment.
[Source: The Monroe Co. Beacon, Woodsfield, Ohio, May 8, 1975; Lawrence Kahrig
and Ella Christman Book by Leora Kahrig Cruise] [Source: Lawrence Kahrig and Ella Christman Book by Leora Kahrig
Cruise]
Kamms,
Anna G. Kamms, nee Staley
Source: Plain Dealer; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #122; Aug 6
1975
Notes: Kamms. Anna G. Kamms
(nee Staley) (Selbel), beloved wife of Arthur R., mother of John R. Holdman,
grandmother of John and Steven Holdman, sister of Edno* Zachea, Lillian
Nussbaum, Helen Sullivan, Lizzie Green, Irene Esa, John Seibel, Cecil Staley of
W. Virginia and the late Harry Staley, passed away Monday, Aug. 4. Services at
the funeral home Friday, Aug. 8, at 10:30 a.m. Friends may call at The Busch
Funeral Home, 4334 Pearl Rd. From 7-10 P.M. Wednesday And 2-5 And 7-10 P.M.
Thursday.
*Submitter's Note: Her sister is EDNA.
Kerps,
Herman J. "George" Kerps
Source: newspaper clipping; unknown paper; 14 or 15
Apr 1975
WILSON -- Services for Herman J. (George) Kerps, 85,
will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Ash Street Church of Christ with Roy Hannah
of Dumas, Tex, officiating. Burial will
be in Hewitt Cemetery.
Born Nov. 10, 1889 in Marietta, Ohio, Kerps moved to
Oklahoma in 1913.* He became a resident
of Wilson in 1926, moving here from Ragtown.
On Dec. 29, 1915 he married Mary Roxana Wiest* in
Parkersburg, W. Va. She preceded him in
death on Oct. 9, 1969.
Serving as bearers will be Aubrey Rogers, Tommy Jones, R.
O. Patrick, Homer Jones, Earl Goode and Albert Parker.
Survivors include two sons, Roy, Sterling, Colo., Joe, Las
Vegas, Nev.; and four grandchildren.
Leslie Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Submitter's Notes:
*In the obituary of his wife, it was said that they were
married in 1915 and moved to Oklahoma in 1917.
** The spelling of his wife's last name was WISE on the
Marriage License in Wood County, West Virginia. Her family goes by the WISE spelling.
Source: The Geneseo [Illinois] Republic; 30 Feb 1975
Nelson James Kilby, 56, died Tuesday, February 11, at his
home in Salem, Virginia.
He was born in Toulon, Illinois, the only son of Nelson
James and Edith Claybaugh Kilby. In
1937 he married Marcella Osborne in Grayson county, Virginia.
He served in the Marines in World War II and was member of
Fort Lewis Baptist church of Salem.
The burial was at Haw Orchard Baptist church cemetery on
White Top Mountain. The American Legion
presented the military service.
Surviving are his wife, seven daughters and one son, Mrs.
Price of Fayettville, Virginia, Mrs. Judy
DePauw of Geneseo, Linda Kilby of Berea College, Berea, Kentucky, Mrs.
Pamela Lyon of Roanoke, Virginia, Mrs. Dawn Blount of Colorado Springs,
Colorado and Robin, Edie and Nelson
James III at home; and three sisters, Mrs. Betty Holden of Coal Valley, Mrs. Julia
Painter of Geneseo and Mrs. Grace Schillinger of Colona.
His parents preceded him in death.
Source: The South East Daily News, [Los Angeles
County, California]; 27 Aug 1975
Funeral Services for Elroy Kurtzman, 68, will be held Thursday,
1:30 p.m. in Church of the Recessional, Forest Lawn Mortuary, Glendale.
Mr. Kurtzman died Aug. 26.
A Downey resident, he lived in the Los Angeles area for the
past 30 years.
Mr. Kurtzman is survived by his Widow Juanita of Downey;
two sons, Laurence H. of La Habra and Myron E. of Arizona; two sisters, Grace Townsen [sic--Townsend] of
Norwalk and Elsie Stratton of Ohio; a brother, Paul Kurtzman of Ohio; and eight
grandchildren.
Friends may visit at Downey Mortuary from 5 to 9 today.
Lendon, Elsie Lendon
nee Humphrey
Elsie Lendon-Bethesda-Services for Mrs. Elsie Lendon, 81,
Bethesda R.D. 1 will be conducted 3:30 p.m.--Saturday at Kelly-Kemp Funeral
Home here with Bro. Robert Jones officiating, Burial will be in Rock Hill
Cemetery, Flushing. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 until 9 p.m.
today. Mrs. Lendon died Thursday June 12,1975 in Cadiz Health Center .She was a
member of Bethesda S. Main Street Church of Christ. Mrs. Lendon leaves her
husband Ray Lendon and several nieces and nephews. Elsie (Humphrey) Lendon
Ray
Lendon [Thomas Raymond Lendon], 76, Rt 1, Bethesda, died Monday evening at the
Barnesville Hospital. He was born March 12, 1899 in Armstrong Mills, a son of
Thomas and Alveratta Wolf (Wollf) Lendon. He was a retired farmer and a member
of the Bethesda South Main Church of Christ. Preceded in death by his wife,
Elsie, he is survived by two sisters, Lottie Ward of Columbus and Mrs. Ida
Brenza of Shaker Heights, Cleveland . Friends received at the Kelly-Kemp
Funeral Home, Bethesda, Wednesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. where services will be
Thursday at 2 p.m. with Rev. Bob Jones officiating. Burial in Rock Hill
Cemetery, Flushing.
Linder, Margaret Linder, nee Buckner
Source: newspaper clipping, Stark Co., Ohio; 8 Oct
1975
Cars Collide
East of Salem
LOUISVILLE WOMAN IS
KILLED IN CRASH
A 67-year old
Louisville woman was killed almost instantly Friday afternoon when she lost
control on a left curve on Route 14-A in Mahoning County, about two miles east
of Salem, and her skidding auto smashed almost head-on into a Washingtonville
man's auto.
Mrs. Margaret Linder, 67, of 4422* Meese Rd. was pronounced
dead on arrival at Community Hospital East following the grinding collision at
2:50 p.m.
Dr. William A. Kolozski, Columbiana County coroner, ruled
the death a traffic fatality. Mrs.
Linder suffered head and internal injuries and multiple lacerations.
According to the Lisbon post of the State Highway Patrol,
which investigated the crash, Mrs.Linder was en route west when she lost
control of her 1957 coach on the curve and grade.
Her car skidded sideways and smashed head on into the
eastbound 1970 station wagon operated by James Lee Ginther, 24, of 225 W. Main
St., Washingtonville, who had driven partially off the road in an attempt to
avoid the collision, officers said.
Ginther was treated at the East unit for injuries of both
knees and the abdomen.
Submitter's Note: Below is another obituary. The address is similar in the second
obituary but not exactly the same.
Linder, Margaret Linder,
nee Buckner
Source: newspaper clipping, Stark Co., Ohio; 9 Oct
1975
LINDER
MARGARET. Age 67, of 4522* Meese Rd., Louisville, was
dead on arrival at Salem Eastern Hospital Friday afternoon following an auto
accident. Mrs. Linder was born at
Baltimore, Maryland February 27, 1903 and has lived in the Louisville area for
the past 16 years. She was a retired
Nurse's Aide. Her husband, Fred,
preceded her in death in 1948.
Survivors include two sons, Lewis D. Miller of Canton and Jack B.
Miller; seven grandchildren. Services
will be held 11 a.m. Monday in the Stier Funeral Home of Louisville with Rev.
George Parkinson officiating. Friends
may call from 2-4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Interment will be in Leetonia Cemetery. (Stier, 875-1414)
*Submitter’s Note: This
address is slightly different than in the previous obituary.
Long, Dora Cronin Long, nee Randolph or Randolff
Source: The East Liverpool [Ohio] Evening Review;
Saturday, 24 May 1975
Mrs. Dora
Long
NEW CUMBERLAND --
Mrs. Dora Cronin Long, 80, who resided with her granddaughter, Mrs. Bonnie
Bailey of Sedgwick St., died today at 4:20 a.m. at Weirton General Hospital
following a lengthy illness.
Mrs. Long was born May 27, 1894, in Pomeroy, Ohio, a
daughter of Edward Randolff and Nora Roude Randolff. She was a member of the New Cumberland VFW Auxiliary.
Mrs. Long was preceded in death by her first husband, Clark
Cronin, and her second husband, John Long.
Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Ruth Neymyer of
Portland, Ore., Violet McConnell of Miami, Fla., Mrs. Helen Yonley and Mrs.
Dora Fisher, both of Erie, Pa.; 17 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren and
six great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. from the Turley
Funeral Home here by the Rev. Allen S. Fields, assistant pator [sic--pastor]
of the Christian Church. Burial was [sic--?--will
be] in Locust Hill Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home Sunday after 4 p.m.
and Monday afternoon and night.
Source: The Daily Report, [Ontario, California]; 13
Dec 1975
Alva H. Lowther, 85, of 39335 Vineland St., Sp. 24, Cherry
Valley, died Dec. 12 at a Cherry Valley Hospital. A retired oil field worker, he was a native of Woodsfield, Ohio,
and a Cherry Valley resident six months.
Member of the Church of Christ.
Survived by three sons, Lloyd Lowther, Cherry Valley,
Leland H. Lowther, Montclair, Roy E. Lowther, Upland; a daughter, Mrs. Helen
Johnson, Cherry Valley; two brothers,
Arthur Lowther, Bakersfield, Floyd Lowther, Canton, Ohio; two sisters, Mrs.
Mary Weaver, Hudson, Ohio; 16 grandchildren, several great-grandchildren and
five great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at the Garner Funeral Home in
Woodsfield, Ohio. Interment Woodsfield,
Ohio. Friends may call at the Draper
Mortuary Sunday from 4 to 9 p.m. Draper
Mortuary is in charge of local arrangements.
Lude, Frances Lude, nee Schindler
Source: The Akron [Ohio] Beacon Journal; 29 Jan 1975
Frances Lude,
At Age Of 83
RAVENNA -- Frances E. Gauding Lude, 83, of 1236 Wall st.,
one of the oldest residents of Black Horse near Ravenna, died Tuesday in
Robinson Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Lude was a native of Sardis, O., and a 50-year member
of Ravenna First United Methodist Church.
She leaves sons Sylvester and Wilbert Gauding, both of
Ravenna; sister Gertrude Schreiner, Townsend, Mont., seven grandchildren and 12
great-grandchildren.
Calling hours: 2 - 4 and 7 - 9 p.m. Thursday at Morgan
Funeral Home, where services will be at 2 p.m. Friday. Burial:
Maple Grove cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the church organ fund.
Ludwig, Gilbert J. Ludwig
Monroe County Beacon, Woodsfield,
Ohio, dated,
Gilbert J. Ludwig, 72, 112 South Main Street, Woodsfield was
dead on arriving at Barnesville Hospital after suffering an apparent heart
attack at his home on Monday evening,
He was born in Monroe County June 25, 1902, a son of John and
Anna Hare [sic-Hehr] Ludwig.
Surviving are his wife, Oneda Christman Ludwig; two daughters,
Mrs. John (Myra) McGuire, of Cazenovia, New York and Mrs. George (Eileen) Kremer, of New Matamoras; two sons, Ellwood
Hossman of New Matamoras and Philip Ludwig, of Woodsfield; one sister, Mrs.
Helen Egger, of Miami, Florida; eighteen grandchildren and nine great
grandchildren.
He was a member of St. Paul’s United Church of Christ,
Woodsfield.
A prominent business man in Woodsfield, he was retired after
45 years association with the Ludwig Insurance Agency and, also with the
Woodsfield Finance Company.
Mr. Ludwig was a member of Monroe Lodge No.189, F. and A.M.;
Scottish Rite Valley of Cambridge; Aladdin Temple of Columbus; Monroe Shrine
Club; Woodsfield Lodge No. 338, Knights of Pythias; The Gideons, and was an
active member in a number of other service clubs and community organizations.
Friends were received at the Gardner Funeral Home after
Funeral services will be held at
Contributions may be made in his memory to the Heart Fund.
Meeks, Freda Meeks nee
McCurdy
Source: The Marietta [OHIO] Times; 10 Nov 1975, p 10
Mrs. Freda Meeks, 70, Waverly, W.Va., died Saturday evening
in St. Joseph's Hospital, Parkersburg.
She was a native of Washington County and a daughter of the late
Douglass and Clarabelle McCurdy.
Four sons and one daughter survive: Howard W. and Raymond, both of Waverly;
Robert, Collingswood, N.J.; Donald, Parkersburg, and Dorothy, Waverly. There are 12 grandchildren, eight great-
grandchildren, a brother, Walter, Marietta, and two sisters, Frances McCullick,
Williamstown, and Jenny Rode, Arizona.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in Vaughan Funeral
Home, Parkersburg, with burial in Willow Island Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7
this evening.
Source: The Bellingham [Washington] Herald; 30 May
1975
Henry Kenneth Meeks, 69, 3012 Victor St., died Wednesday. A retired machinist, he had been a Whatcom
County resident for the past three years.
Surviving are four brothers, George of Milpatas, Calif.,
Earl of Seattle, Russell of Milwaukie, Ore., and Clement of Riddle, Ore., and a
sister, Mrs. Hazel Johnston, of Bellingham.
Services will be held later at Acacia Funeral Home,
Seattle. Jones Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
Source: The Marietta [Ohio] Times; 15 Oct 1975
Henry Jacob Morris, 63, Whipple, died at 1:45 a.m. today in
Marietta Memorial Hospital.
He was born Aug. 24, 1912, in Bloomfield, a son of the late
Albert and Alma Martin Morris.
On June 17, 1960, he married Ruth Lowe Young, who survives
with one son and one daughter by a previous marriage, Herndon G. Morris, with
the U.S. Air Force in Felton, Del., and Mrs. Charlotte Mattox, Lancaster. There are seven grandchildren, a
stepdaughter, Mrs. Ralph Way, Whipple, and two stepgrandchildren. One brother and three sisters survive. Floyd Morris and Mrs. Eileen Russell, both
of Marietta, Mrs. Eloise Sampson, Circleville, and Mrs. Betty Boyce,
Columbus. One sister is deceased.
Mr. Morris had been a steelworker at Dravo Corp. until he
retired because of illness in 1969. He
was a member of Plumbers & Pipefitters Local No. 168.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Friday in Doudna & McClure
Funeral Home with burial in Rake Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home.
Neuhart, Dessa Mae Neuhart, nee Shepherd
Neuhart, Mae Neuhart, nee
Shepherd
Source: Cambridge [Ohio] Jeffersonian; Monday, 3 Nov. 1975
QUAKER CITY--Services for Mrs. Mae Neuhart, 78, Quaker City
R.D. 1 were held at 1 P.M. today [Monday] at Eberle Funeral Home with the Rev.
Allan Teter officiating. Burial will be in Friends Cemetery.
Mrs. Neuhart died at 8 P.M. Friday (Nov. 1, 1975)* [*Submitter's Note: Friday was October 31 in 1975] at
Barnesville Hospital following an illness of nine weeks.
She was born Oct.
18, 1897 at Batesville, the daughter of the late Joseph and Sarah Shepherd.
She leaves her husband, Wiley O. Neuhart; three daughters,
Mrs. Virginia Wehr, Quaker City R.D. 1, Mrs. Bonnie Flood, Zanesville, Mrs.
Louise Krause, Manitowoc, Wis.; nine grandchildren and nine
great-grandchildren.
Park, Esther Lee Park nee Bates
Monroe County Beacon,
Woodsfield, Ohio, dated,
Mrs. Esther Lee Park, 52, of 129 Elgin Avenue, Toledo, Ohio,
died at Riverside Hospital, Toledo, Ohio, on Friday afternoon,
She was born at Logan, Ohio,
Mrs. Park served with the U. S. Army in World War II, and was
an active member of St. Michael’s Byzantine Catholic Church of Toledo.
Surviving are her father, George D. Bates, of Woodsfield,
Route 3; three brothers, Robert C. Bates, of Ashland; William L. Bates, of
Polk, Ohio, and George L. Bates, of Woodsfield, Route 3; two sisters, Jane
Russell, of Warwood, W.Va., and a twin sister, Martha Lee Highman, of Ashland,
with Rev. Father Jerome Turins officiating.
Burial was in Ashland County
Memorial Park.
Source: The Martins Ferry [Ohio] Times Leader; 25
Jan 1975
Rex Lee Peterson, 41, Buckeye Run, Martins Ferry, died
early this morning in Martins Ferry Hospital.
He was born June 19, 1933, in Martins Ferry, son of the late Leroy
Peterson and Elsie Morris Reynolds.
He was a member of Lancaster Chapel, Sunset Heights,
Bridgeport, and was a veteran of the US Air Force.
Surviving in addition to his mother are two children, John
and Andrew of Ravenswood, W. Va.; three brothers and one sister: Cecil of Ferryview; Dale, Woodsfield;
Vincent, Fowler, Ohio, and Mrs. William (Cleda) May, Woodsfield.
Friends will be received at Heslop Funeral Home Sunday and
Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. where arrangements are incomplete.
Source: The Wheeling [West Virginia] New-Register; 5
May 1975
POLLOCK, Thomas J., 54, of 4 Mozart Meadows, Wheeling, died
Saturday in Ohio Valley General Hospital, Wheeling. He was an employe of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp., Benwood
plant. Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Hilda Nalley Pollock; two brothers, Charles of Moundsville and Robert of Glen
Dale; a sister, Marcella Pollock of Glen Dale.
Friends received at the Kepner Funeral Home, Thirty-sixth and Jacob
streets, Wheeling, after 2 p.m. Monday, where services will be held Wednesday
at 2 p.m. Interment in Halcyon Hills
Memorial Gardens, Sherrard.
Source: The Steubenville [Ohio] Herald-Star;
Thursday, 25 Sep 1975
TORONTO -- Ralph W.
Powers, 59, of 1419 Sinclair Ave., Steubenville, died at 10:55 a.m. Wednesday in Ohio Valley Hospital.
He was employed by the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in
the U.S. Army Air Corps.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Jeanette* Roth Powers;
two daughters, Mrs. Robert (Patricia) Goodrich of Mingo Junction and Miss Tammy
Powers of Wellsville; four sons, Gary, William and Larry, all of Steubenville,
and Ralph of Wellsville; a sister, Mrs. Ruth Woods of Wintersville, and a
brother, William G. Powers of Steubenville and five grandchildren.
He was born March 12, 1917 in Steubenville, a son of the
late George and Clara Wilson Powers.
Friends may call at the Clarke Funeral Home, today, 7-9 p.m.; Friday, 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.; services, there; Saturday, 11 a.m.; Rev. Harold Kellermire; Highland Hills Memorial Gardens, Follansbee.
*Submitter's Note:
On many records this is spelled JEANNETTE.
Price, Mrs. Saretta Price, 94, of
Ashland, a former Sardis resident, died Wednesday morning, October 15, 1975, at
her home. She was born at Sardis, May
6, 1881, a daughter of William and Rachel Cooley Hoskinson. Mrs. Price was a member of the Nazarene
Church at New Matamoras. Surviving are
three daughters, Mrs. Tillie Beechy, Mrs. Bessie McCarty and Mrs. Virginia
Allen, all of Ashland, two sons, Roy Price, of Bridgeport, and Joseph Price of
Wheeling, seven grandchildren, seventeen great-grandchildren and one sister,
Mrs. Irene Winsinger of Gary, Indiana.
Services were held Saturday afternoon at two o’clock in the Rush Funeral
Home at Sardis with Rev. Frank Conley officiating. Burial was in New Matamoras
Cemetery.
Source: The Evansville [Indiana] Courier &
Press; Monday, 15 Dec 1975
Morris Rhodes, 59, of St. Wendell Road, died at 6:40 a.m.
Sunday at Welborn Hospital.
Rhodes was employed at Bucyrus Erie for 29 years. He was a World War II veteran.
Surviving are his wife, Mary; four sons, Billy, Michael,
Gary and Gilbert, all of Evansville; a daughter, Mrs. Judy Allen of Henderson,
Ky.; two sisters, Mrs. Opal Masterson of Evansville and Mrs. Lucille Pascone of
Indianapolis, Ind.; a half brother, Jeffrey Houchins of Evansville; and six
grandchildren.
Friends may call after noon Monday at Ziemer Funeral Home
where arrangements are pending.*
*Submitter's Note: Below is the funeral announcement.
Source: The Evansville [Indiana] Courier & Press;
Tuesday, 16 Dec 1975
Morris Rhodes, 59, of St. Wendell Road, services 10 a.m.
Wednesday at Ziemer Funeral Home, the Rev. Joseph Baus officiating, burial in
Locust Hill Cemetery.
Source: The Times Leader, Martins Ferry, Ohio; 6 Feb
1975
Halgie Riggs, 72, 324 - 21st St., Bellaire, died Wednesday
at his home. He was born in
Moundsville, Oct. 10, 1902, a son of the late James and Matilda Fisher Riggs.
He was a retired employe of Imperial Glass Corp., Bellaire.
Surviving are his widow, Mercie DeNoon Riggs; one step-son,
Wilbert Moore of Pittsburgh, Pa., one step-daughter, Mrs. Wilma J. Frye of
Bellaire; five brothers, Arch of Moundsville, Justin of Alhambra, Calif., Perry
of Weston, W. Va., Walter in Texas and Stanley of Warren, Pa.; 13
grandchildren, three great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the Walter C. Bauknecht and Son
Funeral Home, Bellaire, after 7 p.m. tonight.
Services will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at the funeral home with burial in
Holly Memorial Gardens, Pleasant Grove.
Source: The Abilene [Texas] Reporter-News; 30 Jul
1975
BRECKENRIDGE (RNS) --
Meade W. Rinard, 69, Breckenridge oil operator died at 2:49 a.m. Tuesday in
Hendrick Memorial Hospital in Abilene after a three-month illness. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in
Melton's Chapel of Memories.
The Rev. David Wells of Mineral Wells, former pastor of St.
Paul United Methodist Church, will officiate.
Burial will be in Breckenridge Cemetery.
Born Oct. 8, 1905, in Marietta, Ohio, Mr. Rinard attended
Ohio State University and the University of Michigan Law School and was a member
of Theta Chi Fraternity.
He married Ella Agnes Schnaufer May 19, 1927,* in
Charleston, W.Va.,* and they moved to Breckenridge from Ohio in 1938. Mrs. Rinard died in 1970.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Harold Dollins of
Houston; a son, Stephen of Abilene; two sisters, Mrs. Ruth Rolyson of Lowell,
Ohio and Mrs. Virginia Flower of Marietta, Ohio; two brothers, Ford and
Maurice, both of Marietta, Ohio; and three granddaughters.
Pallbearers will be Sammy Rogers, Thad Kelley, Charles
Kilborne,** Gale Mitchell, Maurice Baggett and Mike Terry.
The
family requests memorials in the form of contributions to the American Cancer
Society.
Submitter’s Notes:
* The
obituary for his wife Ella gave the marriage as Feb. 25, 1929, in Toledo,
Ohio. I think that was the correct, and that this obituary confused some of the
marriage information with her birth information.
** In
the obituary for his wife Ella, one of the pallbearers was Charles
Kilbron. Perhaps this is the same
person.
Source: The Lorain [Ohio] Journal; 3 Mar 1975
AVON -- James W. Rogers, 78, died in Good Samaritan Nursing
Home Saturday following a five month illness.
Born in West Virginia, he had been a resident here ten years coming from
Lorain.
He was a retired foreman in the inspection department of
U.S. Steel, Lorain Cuyahoga Works, retiring in 1961 after 35 years of
service. He was an Army Veteran of
World War I.
SURVIVING are his wife, Harriet M.; two sisters, Mrs. Grace
Silas and Mrs. Winnie Christen, both of Minerva, Ohio; three nephews and two
nieces.
Friends may call at Burmeister County Line Funeral Home, 7
to 9 tonight, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow.
Services will be Wednesday in the funeral home at 1 p.m., the Rev. Jerry
Paull, pastor of the Park Avenue United Methodist Church, Amherst,
officiating. Burial will be in Ridge
Hill Memorial Park Cemetery, Lorain.
Rowley, William H. Rowley
Source: The Courier Post,
Camden, New Jersey; June 13, 1975
On June 10th, 1975. Of Middle
Avenue, Waterford, N.J. William H. Age 84. Relatives and friends are invited to
attend the funeral services Friday 1 pm 8** at the Marinella Funeral Home, 102
North 3rd Street, Hammonton. Interment Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Berlin. Friends
may call Thursday eve. 7 to 9.
**Submitter’s Note: Margie
Hasson double checked the obituary and has given it as it reads. The “Friday 1
pm 8" is confusing. Perhaps it
was a misprint.
Source: The Daily Clay County [Illinois] Advocate; 8
Sep 1975
James M. Schell, 49, of Flora, died at 3:30 a.m. Sunday in
Clay County Hospital.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Neal
Funeral Home, Louisville, where friends may call after 4 p.m. today (Monday).
Burial will be in Bunker Cemetery, Rinard.
Mr. Schell was born in Wayne County, a son of James T. and
Ella Schell. He was a retired employee
of Chrysler Corp., Detroit, Mich., and held membership in the Rock Branch
Baptist Church, Cisne.
Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Vernadine Whit of Tonica;
and three brothers, Dwight of Flora, Lloyd of Peru, and Estell of Lincoln Park,
Mich.
Schneider, Clarence L.
Schneider
Source: The Merrill [Wisconsin] Daily Herald;
Thursday, 4 Dec 1975
Clarence L. Schneider, 83, 215 Grand
Ave., Merrill, died this morning at Merrill hospital.
Services will be held Monday at 1:30
p.m. at Taylor Funeral Home, Merrill.
The Rev. Dale Kuck and Jonathan Knecht, pastors at ST. Stephen's United
Church of Christ, Merrill, will officiate.
Burial will be in Merrill Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Sunday until
the hour of services.
Mr. Schneider was born June 2, 1892,
in Woodsfield, Ohio, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schneider. On Feb. 14, 1916, in Woodsfield, he was
married to Mary K. Smith who survives.
He was a retired farmer and resided in the Merrill area since 1923.
Survivors besides his wife include
three daughters, Mrs. LaVern Culver, Route 4, Mrs. Ernest Culver, 1604 12th St., and Mrs. Quintin Schneider, 215
Grand Ave., all of Merrill; a son, Cedric Schneider, Merrill Route 4; three
grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Schwartz, Rosa Marie
Schwartz nee--Ackerman
Source—Newsclipping
Schwartz, Mrs. Rosa Marie,
85, of King Road, Route 2, Bucyrus, Ohio died Wednesday evening, August 6,
1975, at nine o'clock in Bucyrus Community Hospital. In failing health for the
past five years, she was admitted to the hospital on July 24. She was born in Monroe County, January 10,
1890, a daughter of the late John and Louise Christman Ackerman. On March 23, 1916, she was married to
Chester S. Schwartz, who died January 25, 1970. She had resided in the Bucyrus
area since her marriage. Mrs. Schwartz
was a member of the Epsworth United Methodist Church at Bucyrus.
Surviving are one son, Leslie
Schwartz, and four daughters, Miss Esther Schwartz; Mrs. Robert (Viola)
Weidermaier; Mrs Robert (Leona) Kibler and Mrs. Paul (Lucille) Wagner, all of
the Bucyrus area; fifteen grandchildren; and twelve great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by
one grandchild and one brother.
Services were held Saturday
afternoon at one o'clock in the Wise Funeral Home at Bucyrus, with the Rev. E.
Parker West, pastor of the Epworth United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial
was in Oakwood Cemetery. If desired,
memorial contributions may be made to the Epworth United Methodist Church
Memorial Fund.
Scott,
Sylvia N. Scott, nee Noland
Source: The Akron [Ohio] Beacon Journal; 16 Jan 1975
Services for Sylvia N. Scott, 71, of 1118 Welton st., will
be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Eckard-Baldwin funeral home.
Mrs. Scott died Tuesday in Green Cross Hospital, Cuyahoga
Falls, after a four-year illness.
Born in Marietta, she had lived in Akron since 1922.
She leaves her husband, Vernon W.; stepmother Mrs. Mary
Leapline, Massillon; half sisters Mrs. Roxie Tovart, Canton, Mrs. Laura Brown, Massillon; half brother Clarence
Noland, Canton; and one granddaughter.
Calling hours: 2-4
and 7-9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Burial: Hillside cemetery.
[Submitter's Note: Below is another obituary.]
Scott, Sylvia N. Scott, nee Noland
Source: The Akron [Ohio] Beacon Journal; 17 Jan 1975
SCOTT
Sylvia N., 71 years, of 1118
Welton st., passed away January 14.
Survived by husband, Vernon W. of Akron; granddaughter, Mrs. Mary
Andrews of Japan; stepmother, Mrs. Mary Leapline of Massillon; half sisters,
Mrs. Roxie Tovart of Canton, Mrs. Laura Brown, Massillon; half brother,
Clarence Edmund Noland, Canton. Funeral
services Saturday 10 a.m. at the Eckard-Baldwin Funeral Home. Interment Hillside Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home Friday
2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
(Eckard-Baldwin, 760 E.
Market st. 535-7141)
Siegenthaler, William F. Siegenthaler
Source: The Akron [Ohio] Beacon Journal; Sunday, 9
March 1975
B.F. Goodrich retiree William F. Siegenthaler, 81, of 1216
Murray av., died Saturday in St. Thomas Hospital.
Born in Woodsfield, O., Mr. Siegenthaler lived in Akron 55
years. He was a veteran of World War I
and a member of the Cathedral of Tomorrow.
Mr. Siegenthaler retired in 1968, after working 36 years as
a carpenter and millwright for Goodrich.
He leaves his wife Alta; daughter Mrs. Mary A. Lilly,
Knoxville, Tenn.; son William C., Cuyahoga Falls; brother Edward, Akron; sister
Mrs. Ella Gehring, New Martinsville, W. Va.; and seven grandchildren.
Services: 1 p.m.
Tuesday at the Billow Falls chapel.
Calling hours: 2 to 4 and 7 to 9
p.m. Monday. Burial: Northlawn Cemetery.
Source: The Cannelton [Indiana] News; 4 Feb 1975
Ralph C. Simpson, 47, of Tell City, died at 3:50 a.m.
Thursday, January 30, at Perry County Memorial Hospital.
The son of the late William F. and Bertha (Jarboe) Simpson,
he was a World War II Navy Veteran. He
married the former Frieda Rothwell March 2, 1954 in Tell City.
He was a production superintendent at Tell City Chair
Company and a member of the Nights [sic--Knights] of Columbus at the
time of his death.
Surviving besides his wife are a son, John at home; two
daughters, Janice and Jeanette, both at home; two brothers, Leo and Franklin,
both of Tell City and two sisters, Mrs Catherine Mansfield of Tell City and
Mrs. Agnes Elder of Kokomo, Ind.
Services were Saturday in St. Paul's Catholic Church, with
burial in St. Mary's Cemetery.
A rosary was said Friday at Zoercher-Gillick Funeral Home.
Skaggs,
Mary P. Skaggs, nee Rhodes
Source: The Bowling Green [Kentucky] Daily News; 29
Oct 1975
Mrs. Mary P. Skaggs, 69, of 1421 Stubbins St., died at 9:20
a.m. Tuesday in City-County Hospital.
The funeral is set for 10 a.m. Friday at Hardy and Son
Bowling Green Chapel with burial in Hawks Cemetery.
Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. James W. May and Mrs.
Charles Talley, both of Bowling Green, Mrs. Carl Johnson, Brownsville, Mrs.
Wendell Sears, Hopkinsville, and Mrs. Bailey Wilkerson, Rt. 4, Cadiz; three
sons, James W. and Benny R. Miller, both of Evansville, and Kenneth Elmore,
city; two half-sisters, Mrs. Opal Masterson and Lucille Rhodes, both of
Evansville; a half-brother, Morris Rhodes, Evansville; 18 grandchildren, and 16
great-grandchildren.
Source: Wayne County
[Illinois] Press; 10 Mon 1975; appearing in a book by Bettie Wheat with
obituary summaries in the Wayne County, Illinois, Library.
Source: Wayne County
[Illinois] Press; 7 Aug 1975; as appearing in a book containing summaries of
obituaries for Wayne Co., Illinois, composed by Bettie Wheat, in the library at
Fairfield, Wayne Co., Illinois
Eva Hannah LYONS, 82, died Mon. at Memorial Hospital . . .
. Longtime resident of the Boyleston
vicinity. Lived in Fairfield since the
death of her husband in 1967. Services
at the First Christian Church of which she was a member, with interment in
Maple Hill Cemetery. Was born in Wayne
County Apr. 11, 1893, the daughter of Daniel and Anna (SCHOFIELD) SCHELL. Was married to Pearly L. MILLER. Most of their married life was spent in
Urbana. He died in 1925, and she and
the children moved back to Fairfield. . . .
In Feb 1935, she married Raymond LYONS.
Survivors . . . .
Steen,
Angie B. Steen, nee Schaub
Source: Daily Record [Wooster, Ohio]; 10 Feb 1975
Angie
B. Steen, From Wooster
Angie B. Steen, 85, of 315 W. Liberty St., Wooster, died
Monday afternoon at Wooster Community Hospital.
Services will be Wednesday at 1 p.m. at McIntire Funeral
Home, with Pastor W. Keith Snyder of the First Church of God officiating. Burial will be at Crown Hill Cemetery in
Orrville. Friends may call Tuesday from
7-9 p.m. at the funeral home.
She was born Sept. 7, 1889 in Somerfield to Andrew and
Sarah Groves Schaub, and had been employed for many years in restaurants and at
the former Union News in Wooster. She
had lived in Wooster since 1943.
Surviving are a son Harley of Wooster; a daughter, Mrs.
Audry (Imogene) Stuff of Rittman; a grandchild; three great-grandchildren and a
sister, Mrs. Ida Stewart of Cambridge.
Her husband, George Steen, died Jan. 20, 1970. Two sisters and a brother also died
previously.
Source: The Marion [Indiana] Chronicle Tribune, 23
Sep 1975
HARTFORD CITY --
Paul Trosper, 50, rural Hartford City, was found asphyxiated at his home at
7:15 a.m. Monday. Trosper apparently
turned on a gas burner and failed to light it before going to bed, police
said. County Coroner Keith Gross is
still investigating the incident.
Mr. Trosper was a self-employed carpenter.
Survivors include a daughter, Carla* Lillard, Hartford
City; a son, Timothy, Arizona; a step-daughter, Lorna Goodin, Fort Wayne; three
brothers, Glen and Edward, both of Montpelier, and James, Arizona, and four
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Keplinger
Funeral Home, 509 N. High St., Hartford City, with the Rev. Robert Neel
officiating. Burial will be in the Hartford
City IOOF Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. today.
*Submitter's Note: In her own obituary the name is given as
PAULA:
Paula D. Lillard, nee
Trosper
Source: Lebanon, Missouri
newspaper; 19 or 20 Dec 2000
Paula D. Lillard, 50, of
Lebanon, a well known Lebanon hair stylist, died Monday evening, Dec. 18, 2000,
in the Harry S. Truman Veterans Hospital in Columbia.
She was born June 11, 1950, in Marion, Ind., to Paul S. and
Velda C. Voland Trosper.
Tubaugh, Russell D. Tubaugh 2nd obit
Source: The Zanesville [Ohio] Times Recorder; 26 Mar
1975
WOODSFIELD - Russell D. Tubaugh. 75, of Cleveland Heights, a
retired school teacher, died Tuesday in the home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles
(Patricia) Leech, at Toledo.
Mr. Tubaugh was born May 31, 1899, in Monroe County. He was a veteran of World War II.
Surviving, in addition to his daughter, are his widow, the
former Helena Schwall; two grandchildren; six sisters: Miss Gussie Tubaugh, Miss Bess Tubaugh. Miss
Blanche Tubaugh and Miss Esther Tubaugh. all of Woodsfield. Mrs. Charles Boston of Bellaire and Mrs.
Ruth Kerr of St. Clairsville; a brother. Wilber of Washington D.C.
Friends may call after 7 p.m. today in Bauer and Turner
Funeral Home here, where services will be held at 2 p m . Friday. Burial will
be in Oaklawn Cemetery.
Tubaugh, Russell D. Tubaugh
Source: Cleveland
[Ohio] Plain Dealer; 26 or 27 Mar 1975
Services for Russell D. Tubaugh, 78, junior high teacher
here, will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow in Woodsfield, O.
Mr. Tubaugh died Tuesday.
From 1926 through 1968 he taught English at Roosevelt Junior
High School in Cleveland Heights.
Mr. Tubaugh was a past president of the Cleveland Heights
Teachers Association and a lay leader and parish visitor for the Church of the
Cross in Cleveland Heights.
He was a Mason.
Mr. Tubaugh received his bachelor's degree from Ohio
University and his master's from Ohio State University. He taught in Woodsfield and Bellaire before
coming here.
Survivors include his wife, Helena, and a daughter,
Patricia Leech.
Source: The Erie [Pennsylvania] Daily Times; 4 Mar
1975
Arthur F. Voorhis, fifty, 4404 Pine Ave., died this morning
at Erie Veteran's Hospital.
Born in Erie, he lived here all his life. He was last employed at Keystone Towel
Supply Co. and served with the U.S. Navy During WW II. He was preceded in death by his wife Freda
G. Voorhis on March 2, 1975.
Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Vida Bell Voorhis, Erie;
four sisters, Mrs. Carl Flannery, Albion, Mrs. Carlton (Theo) Sheley, Palmetto,
Fla., Mrs. Alex (Alice) Bolash, Erie, and Mrs. Dick (Shirley) Learn, Erie; one
brother, Harry J. Vorrhis [sic--Voorhis] Erie; and several nieces and
nephews.
Friends may call at the Dusckas-Bailey Funeral Home, 2607
Buffalo Road, today from 7 to 9 p.m. and Wednesday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.
where double funeral services will be conducted for Mr. and Mrs. Voorhis
Thursday at 1 p.m. with Rev. Jackson H. Parsons of Trinity United Methodist
Church officiating.
Burial will be in Eric County Memorial Gardens.
Contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society,
549 W. 8th.
Voorhis,
Freda G. Voorhis, nee Kinkade
Source: The
Erie [Pennsylvania] Daily Times; 3 Mar 1975
Freda
G. Voorhis, 64, of 4404 Pine Ave., died Sunday at Doctors Osteopathic Hospital.
Born in
Woodsfield, Ohio, July 22, 1910, she was the daughter of the late Alonzo and
Mary Green Kinkade. She had lived in
Erie for the past 30 years.
She had
been a waitress and last worked at the Y.M.C.A.
She was
preceded in death by two brothers, Virgil and Hildreth Kinkade.
She is
survived by her husband, Arthur F. Voorhis; one sister, Mrs. Jack (Margaret) Magee
of Franklin; one brother, Lewis Kinkade of Philadelphia; and several nieces and
nephews.
Friends
may call at the Dusckas-Bailey Funeral Home, 2607 Buffalo Rd. Monday from 2 to
9 p.m. where services will be conducted Tuesday* afternoon at 1 p.m. by the
Rev. Jackson H. Parsons of Trinity United Methodist Church.
Interment will be in Erie County Memorial Gardens.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.
*Submitter’s Note: Because of her husband’s death two
days later, this date was changed.
Double funeral services were then planned for Thursday. See his obituary above.
Weber, Martha Weber, nee Fisher
Source: The Spirit of Democracy [Woodsfield, Ohio];
late January or early February 1975
Mrs. Martha Weber, 87, RD 1, Lewisville, died Monday,
January 27, 1975 at 9:15 a.m. at her home.
She was born in Monroe County, Feb. 25, 1887.
She had been a member of the Buchanan Presbyterian Church
for 72 years.
Preceded in death by her husband, Edward Weber, April 16,
1922, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Marie Harmon of Chandlersville and
Miss Edna Weber of the home; one son, James of the home; three grandchildren,
three great-grandchildren.
Friends were received at Gardner Funeral Home, where
services were held Thursday at the Buchanan Presbyterian Church. Burial was in the church cemetery.
Weckbacher, Clover Weckbacher, nee Kinkade
Source: newspaper article; 2 or 3 Mar 1975
Mrs. John Weckbacher
Mrs. Clover
Weckbacher, 81, Rinard Mills Rt. 1, died at 7 p.m. Saturday after a long
illness.
She was born Jan. 30, 1894, in Monroe County, a daughter of
Benjamin and Elizabeth Scott Kinkaid.*
She was a member of Creighton Ridge Church of Christ. Her husband, John, died in 1968.
One daughter and three sons survive: Mrs. Stanley Cline, Marietta Rt. 4, Garald,
Rinard Mills, Martin, Sycamore Valley, and Johnny, Lower Salem, with 11
grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
One brother preceded her in death.
Services will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow in Creighton Ridge
Church of Christ with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Mallett Funeral Home, Stafford.
*Submitter’s Note: The
name was usually spelled KINKADE.
Source: The Ashtabula [Ohio] Star-Beacon; 15 Apr
1975
ROME -- Norman L. White, 41, of Rt. 45 North, Rome, died
Sunday at Ashtabula General Hospital after a long illness.
He was born Aug. 11, 1933 in Rock Creek, the son of Carl T.
and Sarah (Lanzer) White.
He was a track maintenance man with the Pennsylvania
Railroad.
He is survived by his wife, Grace; his mother, Sarah White
of Rock Creek; four sons, Lee of Rock Creek, Lynn of Austinburg, Rick and
Michael at home; four daughters, Mrs. Christine Cumberledge of Rock Creek, Mrs.
Bonnie Norris of Roaming Rock, Barbara and Jacquelyn at home; three brothers,
Ronald of Rock Creek, Larry of Austinburg and Daniel of Painesville; and nine
grandchildren.
Private funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the
Paine Funeral Home in Rock Creek.
Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today. Burial will be in Rome Center Cemetery.
Source: The Zanesville [Ohio] Times Recorder; 4 Mar
1975
BARNESVILLE -- Russell H. Whitsell, 65, of Barnesville died
Monday afternoon in Barnesville Hospital.
He was born Feb. 15, 1910, in Guernsey County.
Mr. Whitsell was a Methodist, a member of Fraternal Order
of Eagles 937 here and a social member of Veterans of Foreign Warns.
Surviving are his widow, Dorothy Leach Whitsell; five
brothers, Delbert of Quaker City Route 2, Clarence of Barnesville Route 2,
Wilbur of Belmont Route 1, Orville of Middlebourne Route 2 and Glenn of Long
Beach, Calif; four sisters, Mrs. Wilda Watson of Canton, Mrs. Dwight (Alberta)
Stewart of Grove City, Mrs. Ralph (Viola) Vance and Mrs. Lucille Patrick of
Cambridge.
Friends may call after 2 p.m. today in Campbell-Plumly
Funeral Home here where services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Crestview Cemetery.
Wilkerson, Frederick Paul
Wilkerson
Source: Akron Beacon Journal (OH) – November 14,
1951 – 34 DEATH NOTICE
F. P. Wilkerson Dies;
Services Set Friday
Frederick Paul Wilkerson, 53, prominent churchman and World
War I veteran, died Tuesday in his home, 1151 Tulep av.
He was former superintendent and treasurer of the McLeister
Memorial Wesleyan Methodist Church.
Born in Cameron, W. Va., Mr. Wilkerson had lived in Akron 34
years. A tire builder for B. F. Goodrich Co., he was a member of its Thirty
Year Club.
He leaves his wife, Eva; two daughters, Mrs. Marjorie Sutter
of Akron and Mrs. Betty Mansell of Wolf Summit, W. Va.; two sons, Paul and
Frederick of Akron; two sisters, Mrs. Lesta H. Crow of Cameron and Grace M.
Wilkerson of Akron; two brothers, Oria M. of Chicago and James R. of Akron, and
seven grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p. m. Friday in the Mcleister Memorial
Wesleyan Methodist Church, 1214 Coventry st., the Rev. H. N. Robinson
officiating.
Friends may call at the residence after 4 o’clock today.
Wilson,
Hazel Wilson, nee Roth
Source: The Danville [Illinois] Commercial-News; 19
Apr 1975
Long-time nurse
dies at 61
Mrs. Hazel Roth Wilson, 61, nurse and supervisor at St.
Elizabeth Hospital for 30 years, died at 6 this morning (April 19, 1975) at the
hospital. She had been a patient there
10 days, and ill for two years.
She had the second longest length of service of all
employes at the hospital at the time of her retirement.
Mrs. Wilson took her nurses training at St. Elizabeth,
graduating in 1934, and postgraduate work at Michael Reese Hospital in
Chicago. She had also taken a course in
trauma treatment from the American College of Surgeons.
In 1970, Mrs. Wilson was named Carnation Queen and
outstanding nurse in competition at St. Elizabeth, and winner of the Miriam
Gage Award.
She was born April 19, 1914, in Danville, the daughter of
Pearl and Goldie Neal Roth. Her mother,
Mrs. Goldie Jacobs, survives in Danville, and her father preceded her in death.
Also surviving are two brothers, George Roth of St.
Francis, Wis., and James Jacobs of Danville.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the chapel of St.
Elizabeth Hospital. the Rev. Gerald
Benbenek will officiate, and burial will be in Stearns Cemetery near
Fithian. Visitation will be from 2-4
and 7-9 p.m. Sunday at Lakeside Funeral Chapel.
Source: The
Shelbyville [Indiana] News;
Monday, July 14, 1975
MR. WOOD'S SERVICES SET
Larry Pete Woods,
30, R.R.5, Shelbyville, died at 2:00 a.m. Sunday in General Hospital
Lilly Clinic, Indianapolis, where he had been a petient two weeks. He had been ill 10 years with Hodgkin's
Disease and cause of death was bronchopneumonia.
He owned and operated Wood Enterprises, a used car
business here. A graduate of
Shelbyville High School, Mr. Wood attended Purdue University four and one-half
years working toward a veterinarian degree.
Born in Shelbyville Dec. 6, 1944, he was the son of Harrell Pete and N. Marie (Pope) Wood. His
father died Dec. 10, 1957.
Surviving are his mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Sprong, R.R.5, Shelbyville, one
sister, Mrs. Charles (Caree)* Kysar, and a grandmother, Mrs. Mary E. Pope, both
of Indianapolis.
Services will be Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. at St. Joseph
Catholic Church with the Rev. James Arneson officiating. Burial will be in Lewis Creek Baptist
Cemetery. Friends may call at the
Murphy Mortuary after 2:00 p.m. Tuesday and the Rosary will be recited there at
7:00 p.m. Tuesday.
Contributed to the Shelby
Co., Indiana, obituary web page by Phyllis Miller Fleming.
*Submitter's Note [Betty Latta Kitchen]: This name was spelled as CHREE in her
mother's obituary and on the:
U.S.
Public Records Index, Volume 1
Name: Chree M Kysar
Woods, Robert L. Woods
Robert Lee Woods, Sr., 90, of
123 East Main St., St. Clairsville, formerly of Route 1, Martins Ferry, died
Monday evening (April 21, 1975) at the Ohio Valley Medical Center. He was born May 13, 1884, at Route 1,
Bridgeport, a son of the late William A. and Lou Arabella DeVault Woods.
A retired farmer, he was preceded in death by his wife Mary A
Krieger Woods in 1958. Surviving are
three daughters, Mrs. Freda Armbruster of Reisville, N.C., Mrs. Henry (Minnie)
May of Route 1, Martins Ferry and Mrs. Joseph (Blanche) Murray of Grants, N.M.;
three sons, Robert L. Woods, Jr. of Wheeling, Woodrow Woods, Route 1, Martins
Ferry and Herbert Woods of Bellaire; three sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Weatherson of
Mt. Pleasant, Miss Blanche Woods and Mrs. Erma Bailey of Bridgeport; 23
grandchildren, 32 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Jess Woods and Ellis Woods and
a grandson, William Woods.
Friends will be received at the Heslop Funeral Home, Martins
Ferry, 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday where services will be Thursday at 1 p.m. in the
funeral home chapel with Rev. D. Larry Kline officiating. Burial in Weeks Cemetery, Bridgeport.
Wright, Gretta Imogene Wright, nee West
Source: The Wheeling [West Virginia] News-Register;
2 Sep 1975
WRIGHT, Gretta Imogene, 54, of 1714 West Lane Ave.,
Lakeland, Fla., formerly of Moundsville, died Monday in Reynolds Memorial
Hospital, Glen Dale. Surviving are her
husband, Arthur Wright; a son, Arthur Jr. of Lakeland; five daughters, Sharon
of Bridgeton, N.J., Jennifer, Rebecca, Kimberly and Gretta, all of Lakeland; a
brother, Robert West of Moundsville; two grandchildren. Friends received at the Lutes Funeral Home,
Moundsville, 7-9 p.m. Tuesday and 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, where services
will be held Thursday at 10 a.m.
Interment in Riverview Cemetery, Moundsville.
Source: The Painesville [Ohio] Telegraph; July
6,1975
John B. Yoke, 58, of 3015 Marcum Blvd., Willoughby Hills,
died Friday in Richmond Height General Hospital following a lingering illness.
Mr. Yoke was born Aug. 6, 1916, in Logan, W. Va. He was a resident of Willoughby Hills for 20
years and had been a resident of Euclid for 15 years.
He was past master of Holly Masonic Lodge F and AM No. 745
in Willoughby. He was also a member of Willoughby
Chapter No. 231, and the Wickliffe Church of Christ.
He is survived by his widow, Doris; three sons: Carl of Tallmadge; Stephen of Toledo, and
Phillip of Westerville; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Gipe of Ashville, N.C.; Mrs. Hilda
Fitzpatrick of Clarksburg, W. Va.; two brothers: Willard and Rexal, both of Clarksburg, W. Va., and 11
grandchildren.
Services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Davis Funeral Home,
4154 Clark Ave., Willoughby.
Burial will follow in Acacia Park Cemetery in Mayfield.
Friends may call 7-9 p.m. today and Monday.
A masonic service by Holly Lodge will be held 7:30 p.m.
today.
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