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Maria DOAN Obituary
Tunis SELBY Obituary
John Hugh HORNER Obituary
Lawrence Leroy FARQUAR Obituary
Earl PRESSLER Obituary
Mary DIETZ Obituary
Mrs. William WILLIS Obituary
John (Jack) E. HILLMAN Obituary
Jacob DIVER Obituary
Elizabeth Shepherd GARRISON Obituary
Mary GARITSON Obituary
Jonathon A. ASHTON Obituary
Amelia Jane SHARITS Obituary
Sanford ADKINS Obituary
Brook TAYLOR Obituary
Sadie GRUBBS Obituary
Ralph BUTTERFIELD Obituary
Manley N. WHIPPLE Obituary
Thomas PRESSLER Obituary
William GOODMAN Obituary
Mrs. Maria Doan, 81 years old, widow, 1105 Hanover Street, died at Mercy Hospital
at 8:15 o'clock Tuesday night from a fractured skull sustained at 7:25 o'clock
when struck by an automobile at East Avenue and Hanover Street. Mrs. Doan, who was
deeply interested in religious meetings was on her way to attend a revival meeting
at the Nazarene Church at Thirteenth Street and Grand Boulevard.
At his home, about 100 yards from the place of his birth, Tunis
Selby, one of the original inhabitants and life-long residents of
Brown's Run, died this morning. His death from general debility
occurred this morning at 4 o'clock. He was 88 years old.
John Hugh Horner was the only son and youngest child of a family of nine
children. He was born June 9, 1830, in Butler County, Ohio, in which
state he spent his boyhood days.
Funeral services for Lawrence Leroy Farquar, son of Clarence
Farquar, were held this morning at 10:30 o'clock, the Rev. L. B. Douglas
officiating. Burial was made at Woodside cemetery.
Earl Pressler, 62, 405 Young Street, life-long resident of
Middletown, died Thursday night in a Cincinnati Hospital, after an
illness of two years.
Mrs. Mary Dietz, wife of Daniel Dietz passed away Sunday morning at
12:25 at her home 311 North Charles Street. She was born December 2,
1848 and at the time of her death was 56 years, one month and twenty-two
days of age. She is survived by her husband and several grown children.
Mrs. Wm. Willis, aged 18 years, 2 months and 28 days, died Friday
evening at 6:30 at the City hospital. After a severe illness of several
days she was removed from her home on Main street to the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Colvin on Broadway. With no improvement,
blood poison was contracted and she was taken to the City hospital only
to live a short time. The deceased leaves a husband, parents, three
brothers and two sisters to mourn her death. The funeral services will
be held Monday morning at 10:30 Eastern time with Rev. Rittenhouse
officiating. Interment in Woodside cemetery. Undertaker J.D. Riggs.
John (Jack) E. Hillman, 39, of 507 Highview Rd., died at 4 p.m.
Friday at Middletown Hospital of burns suffered August 26 in a chemical
explosion at the General Chemical Division of the Allied Chemical and
Dye Corporation here. The blast occurred on the third floor of the
building.
Jacob Diver, 83 years old, a member of the Diver Milling Company all
his life until a few years ago, died yesterday afternoon at two o'clock
at his home, 129 South Main Street. Death followed confinement of
several years, since the deceased received a broken hip in a fall. His
invalidism during four years years due to his injuries, won him the
sympathies of his friends who had esteemed the old gentleman all of his
life.
Mrs. Elizabeth Shepherd Garrison, a member of a prominent family,
who contributed to the upbuilding of Middletown, died this morning at
her home, 139 North Broad Street. Her passing at the age of 76 years,
is regrettable to the wide representation of friends who knew her as a
woman of culture.
Mrs. Mary Garitson, 78, who died this morning at 3:30 o'clock at her
home, 1905 Woodlawn Avenue, was the head of a large family of six
children, 25 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. She had been
slowly declining in health for months, her passing being expected by her
family.
Jonathon A. Ashton, 75, passed away Monday morning at one o'clock at
his home 105 Shafor Avenue, his death bringing the deepest sadness into
the many homes where he has been known for years.
Mrs. Amelia Jane Sharits, 60, of Trenton, wife of Charles M.
Sharits, succumbed at her homeSaturday at 11:30 p.m. Although she had
been ill for three years, death came suddenly as the result of a heart
attack.
Sanford Adkins, the eight-day-son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Adkins,
passed to his eternal reward yesterday at 3:30. The funeral services
were held at 10:30 this morning at the residence. Rev. Von Rague
officiating. The remains were buried in the Middletown Cemetery in
charge of Walter McCoy.
Franklin, January 2: The news of the sudden death of Brook Taylor caused much
sorrow to reign in Franklin. Mr. Taylor spent practically all his life
in Franklin and was an aged and highly respected citizen. About a year
ago he and his wife went to make their home with a daughter, Mrs. George
Colvin of Middletown, and it was here that the end came suddenly on
Tuesday night. Heart trouble was given as the cause.
Mrs. Sadie Grubbs, 86, died at 10:25 a.m. today at Middletown
Hospital, where she had been confined since January 8. She had been ill
for the last six months.
Ralph Butterfield, 57, resident of Middletown until a year ago,
passed away Wednesday morning from a heart attack at his home in Harbor
City, California.
Died on Wednesday the 9th inst. at the residence of his mother in Rossville,
Ohio, Manley N. WHIPPLE, in the 30th year of his age. Mr. Whipple had labored for
several months past under a pulmonary infection, which he bore with patience
and from which he passed to a state of future existence, with that
resignation that becomes a good man. He was a native of Vermont; and like
many of her sons, gited with a genius of a high order, and has left behind
him many specimens of his skill in painting and sculpture. In the latter
department he bid fair to become distinguished, and had his life been spared,
would have stood high among the cultivators of the fine arts. It is often the
fate of genius that the want of means to develope itself shall "freeze the
genial current of the soul." And such a reverse it was Mr. W's misfortune to
meet with. He has however left behind him evidences that he possessed the
conceptions of genius, and the still more valuable quality, the heart of a
friend; and whilst the canvass and the marble may speak the work of his hand,
a still more indelible impression of his worth rests in the affections of his
relatives and acquaintances.
Thomas Pressler, aged 38 years, who resided on the Franklin Road, (Maple Park) was fatally injured at the East Side Works of The American Rolling Mill Company on Saturday evening, June 1. Pressler had charge
of a squad of millwrights who were to change the location of a jib crane. He climbed to the top of crane to take out a couple of bolts. Shortly afterward it was necessary to move this overhead crane through
the shop, and the operator not knowing of Pressler's position, struck him with the crane, throwing him to the ground where his head hit a steel forging. His skull was fractured. Trepanning was resorted to in
an effort to save his life but death occurred at 4:30 Sunday morning. Pressler is survived by his wife, five children and his father, brother, and two sisters, all of whom resided with him.
Services for William Apple Goodman, 43, of 403 Glenn St., Trenton, will
be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home, with the
Rev. Richard Bright officiating. Burial will be in Butler County
Memorial Park.
The Middletown Journal, Wednesday, February 12, 1975
TRENTON - The Trenton branch of the Middletown Public Library will be
closed today, in memory of Bill Goodman, chairman of the citizens'
library committee, who died early Monday.
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Submitted by W. M. Smith
Mrs. Doan, who would have been 82 years old on April 19, was born April 19, 1848, in
Butler County and had lived the last 40 years in Hamilton. In 1870, Maria Van Ausdall,
the daughter of Silas and Rebecca Turner Van Ausdall, married William Doan, who died in
1897.
Surviving relatives are, two daughters, Mrs. Belle Rosson and Dora Baldwin, Hamilton;
two sons Ed S. Doan, of Delaware, Indiana; and Charlie Doan, of Milan, Indiana; and two sisters,
Amanda Gentry, Hamilton, and Mrs. Charity Tinger, Bath, Indiana; 10 grandchilden and seven
great grandchildren.
Furneral services will be held Friday at 10:30 o'clock from C. W. Gath chapel. Friends
may call any time at the funeral parlor, South B street after 4 o'clock Thursday
afternoon. Interment will be in Greenwood cemetery.
Submitted by Carolyn Lacey
All of his long and useful life had been spent in useful endeavor
for the village in which he was born and reared. His residence was
never farther removed from the place of his birth than the home in which
he died today.
Surviving the aged man are the widow, three daughters, Mrs. Samuel
Mears, of Middletown, Mrs. Harry Wilson, Brown's Run, Mrs. Ida
McLaughlin, of Dayton, six sons, Albert and Val, of Middletown, Levi, of
Kyle, Ohio, Joseph of Germantown, Ben, of Franklin and Ferd, of West
Middletown, twenty-nine grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the Mt.
Pleasant Church, Poastown, with Rev. F. A. Stiles officiating and
interment will be made in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
Submitted by David Tonnessen
In his youth he came to Kinderhook, Pike county, Illinois, and made his home
with a favorite sister. August 28, 1856, he was married to Mary H.
Kenady, to whom were born four children; the first born being a son,
July 28 1857. In the spring of 1863 he moved to Hancock county, Illinois, where his first
wife died the same fall.
Again he was married, February 21, 1864, to Caroline E. Campbell, in
Davis County, Iowa, to whom were born 13 children.
Just after the war he moved to Southwest Missouri, settling in Bates
County, where he spent the remainder of his life, having lived about
twenty-five years on one farm; hence he was one of the pioneer settlers
of this section of the State.
He was the father of seventeen children, seven of whom are still living.
His second wife still survives him.
He died at 8:30 p.m., December 31, 1902, being 72 years, 6 months and 22
days old.
Accordingly he had filled out and over ran the Bible measure of "three
score and ten." During all his long life he was a model of old-fashioned honesty. In
middle life he was baptized by Elder J. W. Randall and united with the
Christian church. He had been a deacon in that church for years and was
one at the time of his death. He was a kind, indulgent husband; an
affectionate and considerate father and a friendly and hospitable
neighbor. Many, many welcome friends often partook of the hospitality of his plain
and modest home.
Mr. Horner had may friends. He was respected and honored be everybody.
Among his last acts he made ample and careful provision for the
settlement of all his business, neither did he forget to adjust any and
all difficulties that human weakness might have occasion in all his
social, moral and religious relations, for he said "I don't want anyone
to be mad at me, nor feel hard about anything. I have had a long, hard
struggle and I don't want to give up now and lose everything. I want all
of you to meet me in a better place than this."
Soon after these words fell into a natural repose from which he never
awoke, but sank suddenly into the blessed sleep in Jesus from which none
ever wake to weep.
By his request Elder Doyle, of Rockville preached the funeral, January
2, 1903, at the family residence after which his remains were laid to
rest in the Meyer's cemetery by the side of Effie, a beloved daughter.
We sorrow not without Hope.
-Charles W. Horner
Submitted by Carolyn Lacey
Rev. Mr. Douglas pays the following tribute and sympathy to the
sorrowing family.
Lawrence Leroy Farquar, son of Carence and Mary E. Farquar was born
January 1, 1911. He died March 2, 1921, age 10 years, 2 months and 2 days.
On November 29, 1920, his mother preceded him to the spirit world,
there being three months and three days between their deaths.
Lawrence was afflicted about all his life and little hope was held
that he might grow up into manhood. His afflictions are now over,
having gone into the presence of his God before his little life was
stained with sin. He leaves his father, his Grandmother Farquar, his
Grandmother and Grandfather Wood, with whom he was staying at the time
of his death, which came very suddenly. Besides these there were other
near friends who all wonder why a young life would be snuffed out so
soon.
"It is said that Lawrence never complained as most children do when
ailing, but bore his afflictions all to himself.
Brother Farquar has the sympathy of all his friends in this double
tragedy in his home in so short a time.
"May the God of all grace sustain you in these hours of bereavement,
and look forward to the day of all days, when there will be a reuniting
of the loved ones in the home."
Submitted by Carolyn Lacey
Mr. Pressler was formerly employed by the Barkelew Electric Co., and
had many friends in the city.
He leaves his wife, Sylvia; four daughters, Eileen Pressler, Mrs.
Bertha McGuire, Mrs. Melva Egleston, and Mrs. Marjorie Zickgraf all of
this city; four sons, Earl and Carleton of this city, Charles with the
army in the South Pacific, and Russell, who is serving in the navy; five
sisters, Mrs. Maude Wagner of Hollywood, Cal., Mrs. Ada Barnett of
Middletown, Mrs. Amanda Pressler and Mrs. Nettie Young of Dayton, Mrs.
Bertha Snyder, of New Paris; and nine grandchildren.
Wilson Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements, which are not
yet complete.
Submitted by Carolyn Lacey
Mrs. Mary Dietz Answers Death Summons -- Survived By Husband and Several
Children
The funeral of Mrs. Mary Dietz will take place Wednesday, January 27
at 2 p.m. from the residence. Rev. J. L. Buckley will officiate with A. T.
Wilson and son the undertakers in charge.
Submitted by Carolyn Lacey
Mrs. William Willis Passed Away -- Funeral Services Monday Evening
Submitted by Carolyn Lacey
Mr. Hillman suffered first and second degree burns over his entire
body. His condition had been described as critical from the time of the
explosion.
A lifelong resident of Middletown, he is survived by his wife,
Bertha Day Hillman; two sons Charles and Richard, and a daughter Patricia
Ann, all at home; his parents Mr. and Mrs. James Hillman, and a sister,
Mrs. Corrine South, all of Middletown.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m Tuesday at McCoy-Leffler
Funeral Home. Interment will be in Woodside Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.
Monday.
Submitted by Carolyn Lacey
Middletown Miller Dies After Illness of Years
Mr. Diver was born in Millville, Ohio, and came here when a boy,
connecting himself with the Diver Milling Company and remaining in that
position until he became an invalid.
He was a member of the Presbyterian Church many years and his
attendance there will be missed. His wife preceded him in death 27
years ago. Surviving Mr. Diver are four sons and one daughter, William,
Albert, Charles, Frank and Mrs. Elizabeth Schenck.
Rev. G. H. Simonson will conduct the funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. at the
residence, burial to follow in the Woodside cemetery.
Submitted by Carolyn Lacey
Came To Middletown As Girl Many Years Ago
Mrs. Garrison has been steadily declining in health some time.
She was born near Kyle Station, Ohio, February 13, 1849, and was a
girl when she came to Middletown, then nothing but a country
settlement. Through her charm of personality, her friends availed
themselves of knowledge of the growth of Middletown to which she
contributed. She was the widow of James Garrison.
Mrs. Garrison is survived by her daughter, Helen, who has the
sympathy of many friends in her loss.
Submitted by Carolyn Lacey
She had been a resident here many years. Funeral services will be
held Thursday. Survivors are Mrs. Lee Feltner, of Utah, Perry
Garitson, of California, Stanley Garitson and Mrs. Thomas Reese of
Middletown, Alfred Ingle of New York and James Ingle, of South Lebanon,
25 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Church of
the Brethren, Rev. Clarence Erbaugh officiating. Interment will be made
in Woodside Cemetery in charge of W. N. McCoy, undertaker.
Submitted by Carolyn Lacey
The deceased during several years of illness, has been a patient
sufferer until death came to relieve his trouble.
He is survived by four daughters, Rachael, Louella, Amelia, and Mary
and one son, George, and to them the sincere sympathy of all is being
extended.
Funeral services will be held from his late residence Wednesday
morning at ten o'clock, Rev. Faulkenstine officiating and the interment
in charge of Undertaker Wilson in Woodside cemetery.
Submitted by Carolyn Lacey
Mrs. Sharits had lived at Trenton for many years and was a member of
the United Presbyterian Church there. D. of A., of which Mrs. Sharits
was a member, will hold services Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Riggs Funeral
Home.
Surviving besides the husband are five daughters, Mrs. Ethel
Reynolds, Mrs. Thelma Thompson of Middletown; Mrs. Rachel Cassidy of
Springfield, Mrs. Hazel Vandervoort of Dayton, and Mrs. Lucille Funk of
Hamilton; two sons, Charles J. of Middletown, and David M., now serving
in the navy; one brother, George Ashton of Carlisle; two sisters Mrs.
Rachel Ashton of this city, and Mrs. Louella Moore of Williamsburg; 19
grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
The body is at the Riggs Funeral Home, where arrangements are
incomplete pending word from the son in the navy. The Rev. James
Sturgeon will conduct final rites.
Submitted by Carolyn Lacey
Submitted by Carolyn Lacey
Mr. Taylor was 75 years of age and is survived by the bereaved
widow, three daughters, Mrs. Rolla Cook of Urbana, Mrs. Frieda Colvin of
Middletown and Mrs. Frank Little of Franklin, and five sons, Arthur,
Robert, Clarence, William and Charles, all of Franklin, a number of
grandchildren and a host of friends who are mourning his departure.
Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Colvin of Middletown, with Rev. Willis S. Webb,
pastor of the Franklin Baptist Church officiating. Burial will take
place in the Franklin Cemetery.
Submitted by Carolyn Lacey
A native of Morehead, Kentucky, Mrs. Grubbs had resided in this community
for the past 35 years. She has resided with her grandaughter, Miss Myrtle Day, 1722
First Ave., for a number of years. Mrs. Grubbs was a member of the
First Church of God.
Besides her grandaughter, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs.
Margaret Welsh and Mrs. Lena Patrick, both of this city; three sons,
Joseph, and David Day, both of Middletown; and John Day, of Fleming
County, Kentucky, and one brother Daniel Boone Smedley, of Morehead.
The body is now at the McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home where arrangements
are incomplete.
Submitted by Carolyn Lacey
Mr. Butterfield was the son of the late Wendell Butterfield and of
Elizabeth (Bessie) Butterfield of N. Broad St., Middletown.
He was born and raised in Middletown and was employed as an
electrician at the American Rolling Mill Co. and by the Middletown Gas
and Electric Co. He was a member of the Calvary Methodist Church.
Survivors include his mother; his widow, Zella; one brother, Charles
of Arizona; seven sons, one daughter and 19 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be Monday morning from the Gamby Mortuary at
Lomita,California.
Submitted by Janice Worthington Rowe
Addendum: The obituary does not list his family but they were: Mother, Parthina
Whipple [wife of Abraham]; Wife, Laura A. Woodworth Whipple Steadman [1818 -
1855]; and infant daughter Ellen Whipple [1842 - 1906].
Submitted by Velma Pressler Lodes
of Thos. Pressler, Employed As Millwright Foreman
Victim Lived For Several Hours After Accident But Did Not Regain Consciousness
Pressler had been employed by The American Rolling Mill Company since the summer of 1915, and his life was consequently insured in the amount of one year's wages under the group insurance plan with the
Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York.
The surviving children are Earl, Mary, Velma, William and Dorothy and to them the deepest sympathy of the many friends is extended. Mrs. Pressler, was formerly Miss Effie Martin, daughter of Frank Martin and the tragic death of her husband makes the second son-in-law of Mr. Martin to meet violent death. The first was the death of Ed Tobin killed eight years ago in a traction car accident.
The funeral services will be held from the residence Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, Rev. Rittenhouse officiating. Interment in charge of J. D. Riggs in Woodside Cemetery.
Submitted by Velma Pressler Lodes
Friends may call at the funeral home Tuesday from 6 to 9 p.m. The
family suggests memorials be made to the Trenton Public Library.
Mr. Goodman died Monday at Middletown Hospital. He is survived by his
wife, Velma; son, William A. Goodman, Jr.; daughter, Vicki Lynn Goodman;
all of Trenton, his mother, Margaret A. Goodman; and sister, Peggy
Short. He was preceded in death by his father, Layton M. Goodman, Sr.
Trenton Library Closed Today
Arthur Wolman, library director, announced that a newly opened
reading room at the Trenton brach will be named the Bill Goodman Reading
Room, in a move that had been planned before Mr. Goodman's "untimely
death" at the age of 43.
The naming of the room was an idea initiated by the library
committee, and is being carried out cooperatively by the committee and
library trustees.
"The board of trustees of the Public Library is planning to
introduce at its February board meeting, to be held on the 18th, the
naming of the reading room...in honor of Bill Goodman, for his creative
leadership in transforming the space offered by the city of Trenton into
a vital community cultural asset," Wolman commented.
Before being named chairman of the library committee, Mr. Goodman
had for several months coordinated Trenton Lions' work in renovating the
frame building at 17 E. State St., though he was ailing. Lions devoted
more than 500 man hours to the project.
Mrs. Mark (Louise) Richter, secretary of the citizens' committee,
said the reading room was "not part of the original library plan at all"
and the plan for it was initiated by Mr. Goodman.
"There was an urgency about his dedication that was contagious. We
all felt, because of his dedication and urgency, that we all wanted to
contribute that same kind of effort," Mrs. Richter said of the total
library project.
"We would not have a library if it had not been for Bill Goodman,"
she commented.
Ray Weidle and Mrs. Jo Iwig of the citizens' committee are in
charge of arranging for a plaque for the formal dedication of the
reading room.
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