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1954
Becker,
Mary Becker, nee Latta
Source: The Miami-Dade Daily News; Saturday, 2 Jan
1954
1st '54 Car Death
Recorded In
Dade
With only one day gone in the new year, Dade County today
had chalked up the first traffic fatality for 1954.
Mrs. Mary Becker, 46,
a visitor from Ohio, was killed on the South Dixie Highway at 10:45 p.m.
yesterday when her car was struck headon by a vehicle which police said was
traveling 90 miles an hour on the wrong side of the road.
The accident climaxed a day which saw eight persons injured
in accidents in greater Miami.
In Monroe County a sailor was killed and five persons
injured on a crash on the Seven Mile Bridge in the Keys.
Manslaughter Charge
County police said Mrs. Becker was driving south on the
Dixie Highway when her car was struck by a speeding car driven by Neal Tukes,
42, of 203 S. Dixie Highway, Coral Gables.
Tukes, a Negro, was seriously injured but police said he would be
charged with manslaughter
Mrs. Jennie White, 70, who had been staying at 4515 Alhambra
Circle in Coral Gables with Mrs. Becker, also was injured.
Two Negro passengers in Tukes' car sustained only minor
injuries.
Police said Tukes was racing with another vehicle going
north on the Dixie Highway and swung out into the northbound lane of traffic to
strike the Becker car.
[Submitter's Note: The article continues about the other
unrelated accidents of the day.]
Bowen, Mary Etta Bowen
Mrs. Mary Etta Bowen of Fly Ohio
born in June 1881 daughter of the late Ezekial and Missouri Belle Hoskinson
passed away Saturday Oct. 9, 1954 at the age of 73. Sept. 12, 1899 she was
united in marriage with Raymond Bowen and to this union were born six
children, two surviving. Mrs. Bowen was a member of Witten Chapel
and was baptized July 10, 1932 by Rev. Hooker. She was a kind neighbor and was
always willing to assist anyone who was in need. She will be sadly missed in
the home, church and community. She is survived by her husband, one
daughter, Mrs. Blanche Lallathin of Sardis, one son Raymond of the home;
12 grandchildren, three sisters and three brothers. Mrs. Belle Yennie of
Homeworth Oh, Mrs. Doshia Christopher of Alliance, Oh. Mrs. Magnolia Slider of
Paden City, WV. James Hoskinson, Van Port, Pa.; William Hoskinson, Zanesville
and Ezekial Hoskinson, Baden, Pa.; other relatives and many friends.
Even death has a wonderful
mission
Though it robs us of those we
love
It lifts our hearts from our
surroundings
To long for that meeting
above.
Funeral Services were held
October 12 at 1 p.m. at Rush Funeral Home and additional rites at witten Chapel
with Rev. C.A. Hubbard officiating. Interment in Witten cemetery.
.
Card of Thanks
The family wish to thank all
who helped in any way during the illness and at the time of death of their wife
and mother; such kindness will never be forgotten. Mr. Bowen, Ray and Blanche.
Campbell, Ella Morris Campbell nee Richeson
Source: Akron [Ohio] Beacon Journal - February 18,
1954, Pg, 48
Ella Campbell, 88, of Sumner, Ill., former Akron resident,
died Wednesday in Sumner.
Born in Calais, O., Mrs. Campbell came to Akron 42 years ago
and lived here about 30 years. She had
lived in Sumner the last year.
She leaves three sons, Herman B., William B. and Vern O.
Morris, of Akron; four daughters, Mrs. Blanche Schindewolf, Mrs. Eva Wilkerson
and Mrs. Iva Webster of Akron and Mrs. Celia Tustin of Sumner, and a number of
grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday in the Billow Chapel, the
Rev. Clyde A. Blair of McLeister Memorial Wesleyan Methodist Church
officiating.
Burial will be in Mt. Peace Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel after 4 p.m.
Friday.
Source: The Wayne County [Illinois] Press; 12 Apr
1954
JESSE T.
CARIENS, NEAR CISNE,
DIES
Well Known
Farmer of Rock
Branch Neighborhood Dies;
Funeral Sunday.
Jessie T. Cariens, 77, well known farmer of the Rock Branch
Neighborhood southwest of Cisne, died about five o'clock Friday afternoon at
the Clay County hospital, Flora. Death
was due to causes incident to his advanced age.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon from the New
Salem Methodist church by Rev. H. ?* Coventry.
Burial was in the Johnsonville cemetery.
Jesse T., son of Edgar and Rachel Cariens was born in Wayne
county November 15th, 1876.** He engaged in farming as his life work.
He was married to Emma Holmes on May 9th, 1896. Five children were born to this union, with
two dying in infancy and a son, Willie, who died at the age of 14 years. Mrs. Cariens passed away March 10th, 1951.
Surviving are two daughters, Inez Clark, of Cisne; and
Alice Mayberry, of Sims; 3 grandchildren; two aged aunts, Mrs. Zella Harmon of
West Virginia; and Mrs. Polly Vaughan of Cisne; and five nephews, Lyle Cates of
Fairfield; Edgar and Ted Cariens of Geff; Burl Cates of Cisne; and Loren Cates,
of Mt. Carmel.
Submitter's
Notes:
*There is a second initial here, but I could not read it.
**The World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
[online] gave his birth as November 15, 1877.
Carpenter, Martha E. Carpenter
Source: The Cambridge
Jeffersonian, Cambridge, Ohio; Friday,
28 May 1954
BARNESVILLE---The death of Miss Martha E. Carpenter, former
resident of Barnesville, occurred at the Lucas Rest Home, Somerton, Thursday
morning.
The deceased was born in Monroe County, a daughter of Jack
and Eliza Wells Carpenter.
Surviving are three brothers, Oliver Carpenter of
Summerfield; Earl Carpenter of Calais and Frank Carpenter of Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Several nieces and nephews.
The body was removed to the Campbell Funeral Home where
funeral services will be held at 1 (EST) Saturday afternoon. Rev. R. Paul
Hobensack, First Christian Church will be in charge. Burial will be made in
Calais Cemetery.
Source: The Evansville [Indiana] Courier &
Press; Monday, 25 Oct 1954
Child Drowns In Yard Tub
Tragedy Follows Family Death
CANNELTON, Oct. 24 -- (Special) -- Death and tragedy struck
within an hour yesterday afternoon in a
Cannelton home.
Aaron Cronin, 72, died at 3 p.m. and within the hour Robert
Wayne Bolin, one-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bolin was found drowned in
a partly filled 10-gallon tub in the back yard at the home of his grandmother,
Mrs. Mary Cronin.
The child was found
face down in the tub by his uncle, William Cronin, and Coroner Edward Gillick
said he had been dead about 15 minutes when found.
A double funeral is scheduled Monday for the man and child
at the Huber Funeral Home and continued at 2 p.m. in the Lily Dale Church of
Christ. The Rev. E. C. Ringer will
officiate and burial will be in the church cemetery.
Besides the parents the Bolin boy is survived by the
grandmother, five sisters, Diana Kay, Brenda Faye, Phyllis, Juanita, Sharon Ann
and Charlotte Gayle, grandfather, Robert W. Bolin Sr., the great-grandfather,
George Baysinger Sr. of Bedford and great-grandmother, Mrs. Mary Ann Bolin of
Cannelton.
Surviving Mr. Cronin are two sons, John of St. Louis and
Earl of Gerald; two daughters, Mrs. Mabel Fulkerson of New Albany and Mrs.
Emily Lidecker of Osceola; two brothers, Hubert of Tell City and James of
Evansville, and a sister, Mrs. Mary Lamar of St. Mark's.
Mr. Cronin was a relative of Mrs. Mary Cronin's husband.
Cunningham, Elizabeth Cunningham, nee Fearing
Source: The Dayton [Ohio] Daily News; September 8,
1954, pg. 34
Mrs. Elizabeth Cunningham
Mrs. Elizabeth Cunningham, who formerly lived in Dayton for
38 years, died Monday at 1 a.m. at Clearwater, Fla., after a brief
illness. She had lived at Clearwater
the last four years. She was a native
of Plain City and formerly belonged to the High Street Evangelical United
Brethren church in Dayton. Services
will be held Friday at 10:30 a.m. at the Schlientz and Moore funeral home, 1632
Wayne av., by the Rev. Earl W. Toy.
Burial will be in Memorial Park cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 3
to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday.
Surviving are the husband, Jess W., of Clearwater, Fla.; one daughter,
Mrs. Nellie Corbin of Columbus; three sisters, Mrs. Iva Snyder of Dayton, Mrs.
Mae Cramer of Akron, and Mrs. Estella Koehly of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; one
brother, Mearl Fearing of Dayton, and three grandchildren.
Davidson, Harry H. Davidson
Harry H. Davidson, 57, of 1243 N. Main, Akron, supervisor in
the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Research Laboratory and a former school
superintendent, died Tuesday, Aug 17.
His death in Guernsey Memorial Hospital, Cambridge, O., where
he was a patient, followed a heart attack.
Mr. Davidson, a native of New York, was an employee of the
Goodyear Laboratory during the 10 years he lived in Akron.
A graduate of Ohio Northern University, he received his
master’s degree from Ohio State University.
He formerly was superintendent of schools at Old Washington, and at
Killbuck, Ohio.
He was a 32nd degree Mason, a member of the Scioto
Consistory of Columbus; the Lodge of Perfection, Valley of Cambridge, and
Marseilles Lodge 515, F. & A. M., Marseilles Ohio. He also belonged to the National Society of
Plastics Engineers.
Mr. Davidson leaves his wife, Iva Hines Davidson; two sons, D.
J. of Dayton and S. K. of Los Angeles, Calif. And two grandsons.
Services were held at the Eckart Funeral Home at 1 p.m.
Friday, the Rev. L. J. Nicklas officiating.
The body was returned to Cambridge for further services and
burial on Saturday. [Harry H Davidson was interred in Cambridge's Northwood
Cemetery Aug 21, 1954. Source:Guernsey Co Library]
Mrs. Davidson is a daughter of Mrs. Viola Hines, of Cambridge
and the late Evangelist J. A. Hines.
Harold, Ernest William Harold
Ernest W. (Billy) Harold, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Harold, of
509 Pike St., Marietta, O. who was injured Tuesday morning, August 24, 1954
when struck by a car, while pushing a playmate across the street, died at 7:30
o’clock, Thursday morning, in Marietta Memorial Hospital.
Born
Survivors include his parents, one sister, Martha Kay Harold,
of the home; one half-sister, Naomi Smith of Woodsfield; two half-brothers,
Stanley and George Smith. Also of Woodsfield, Ohio other survivors include his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Harold of Upper Track, W.Va. and Mr. and Mrs.
John Gatten of Woodsfield, Ohio.
Funeral services were held at the Bauer and Turner Funeral
Chapel Sunday afternoon with Minister J. V. A. Traylor officiating. Interment
was in Oaklawn Cemetery at Woodsfield, Ohio.
Herlan, George H. Herlan
Source: The Cambridge
[Ohio] Jeffersonian, 22 March 1954
George H. Herlan, widely-known retired funeral director of
Byesville, died suddenly Saturday night at his home, 627 North Ninth Street, as
a result of a heart attack. He had been
in his usual health, spending part of the afternoon visiting with friends, and
his death came as a shock to his relatives and friends.
A son of John and Sarah Kent Herlan, he was born at
Salesville. Prior to moving to Byesville in 1920, he was engaged as a mortician
in Summerfield. He operated a funeral
home in Byesville for 24 years, retiring in 1944 at which time his son, Harold,
took over the business. After his son's
death in 1949, it was purchased by Robert McGaughy and has since been operated
as the Herlan-McGaughy Funeral Home.
Surviving are his widow;
a daughter, Mrs. Wayne Holmes, of Columbus; two brothers, Virgil of Zanesville and Elbert of Cleveland; three sisters, Mrs. Blanche Foster of
Zanesville, Mrs. Stell Farley of Cleveland and Mrs. Rena Ball of
Lewisville; and two grandchildren,
Carol Jean Herlan of Byesville and Martha D. Homes of Columbus. A brother and sister preceded him in death
in addition to his son, Harold.
The body is at McCracken Funeral Home where friends may
call Monday evening from 7 to 9 P.M. On
Tuesday morning it will be taken to the Herlan-McGaughy Funeral Home in
Byesville where friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1:30 o'clock by
Rev. Daniel Carmany, pastor of Main Ave. Methodist Church of Byesville.
Interment will be made in Greenwood Cemetery.
Highman, Charles F. Highman
Monroe County Beacon,
Woodsfield, Ohio, dated,
Charles F. Highman age 78 of Woodsfield, died Sunday morning
in Marietta Osteopathic Hospital following a short illness. He suffered a
stroke last week and was admitted to the hospital on Saturday morning.
Mr. Highman was a life resident of Woodsfield and was employed
at the Morris Studio for several years.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Pearl Nalley Highman; three sons,
Gerald and Glenn Highman of Woodsfield, and Edsel Highman of Graysville; three
daughters, Mrs. William Hines, of Hartshorn Ridge, Mrs. O. T. Gatten of
Lewisville, Rt. 2 and Mrs. Albert Dalrymple of Graysville; several
grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Friends are being received at the Bauer and Turner Funeral
Home.
Funeral services will be held in their chapel Tues. afternoon
at two with Minister J. V. A. Traylor officiating. Interment will be in the
Oaklawn cemetery.
Source: The Shelbyville [Indiana] News; Friday, 22
Oct 1954
RITES SET
FOR HUDSON INFANT
Funeral arrangements have been made for David Allen Hudson,
two month old son of Howard and Martha (Newbold) Hudson, of 731 Teal St. who
died at Major Hospital Thursday* afternoon after an illness of one week. The Shelby county coroner, Dr. Roger F. Whitcomb,
attributed death to pneumonia. The
infant was born August 21.
Surviving with the parents are a sister, Carol Ann, at
home; the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hudson of this city; the
maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Newbold of Rushville; two great-grandparents,
William Hanshew and Mrs. Nellie Peters, both of Rushville.
Services will be in East Hill cemetery in Rushville. Friends may call at the mortuary anytime.
*Submitter's Note: The photo of his tombstone posted on
findagrave.com shows the death date as October 20, which was a Wednesday.
Hunnell,
Alice Hunnell
source:
Times Recorder Zanesville Dec. 9, 1954
Alice
M. Hunnell, Woodsfield, Dies
Miss
Alice M. Hunnell, who spent her entire life in Monroe county, died at 10
o'clock this morning at the home of her nephew, Glenn Hunnell on nearby Moose
ridgeafter a long illness. She was 80
years old.
Her only survivors are a brother, Charles
Hunnell, of this community and several nieces and nephews.
The body was taken to the Gardner funeral
home here where services are to be held at 2 p. m. Saturday. Rev. J.V.A. Traylor will be in charge and
burial will be in the Otts Chapel cemetery.
Saturday
Dec. 11, 1954
.
Miss
Alice Hunnell Services Are Today
Services for Miss Alice Hunnell, 80, of
near Woodsfield will be held at 2
o'clock this afternoon at the Gardner funeral home with Rev. J.V.A. Traylor
officiating.
Burial
will be in Otts chapel cemetery.
Miss Hunnell died Thursday.
[Alice
was a sister to David Hunnell d. Nov.
1948]
Source: newspaper clipping, Marietta or Woodsfield,
Ohio; October 1954
Abram Henson Jackson was born near Woodsfield, Ohio, on
October 6, 1865 and departed this life on October 8, 1954, at Wingett Run,
being at the time of his death 89 years and two days old.
He was the son of the late Samuel and Martha Cronin
Jackson.
On July 12, 1894, he was united in marriage with Susan
Miller and to this happy union three children were born: Lula, Samuel and James. Lula and James preceded him in death, as did
also his wife a little over two short months ago.
He resided in the Lebanon community for the past sixty odd
years.
Hence, as he was commonly known to his many friends, was a
good neighbor and friend to all who knew him.
Mr. Jackson was a retired farmer and an oil field worker.
He bore his sickness with a strong will and a fighting
heart until the last.
Mr. Jackson leaves to mourn his departure one son, Samuel
Jackson, of Hartville, Ohio; six grandchildren; fourteen great grandchildren
and three great great grandchildren, as well as a host of nieces, nephews and
friends.
When the shadows were falling;
And memories were settled in rest;
Came a sweet voice from afar,
And called our loved one home
whom we loved best.
23rd Psalm
The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green
pastures. He leadeth me beside the
still waters.
He restoreth my
soul. he ladeth me in the paths of
righteousness for His name sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of
death, I will fear no evil.
For Thou art with me.
Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me.
Thou preparest a
table before me in the presence of mine enemies; thou anointest my head with
oil; my cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of
my life; And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at one o'clock
in the Doudna & McClure funeral home at Marietta. Interment was in the McVey cemetery at Marr.
Card of Thanks
We wish to take this means to thank each and every one for
the beautiful floral offerings and everything that was contributed in any way
during the illness and at the time of the death of our loved one. We also wish to thank Mr. McClure for his
service and consoling words. Such
kindness will never be forgotten. -- THE FAMILY.
Submitter's Note:
Below is another obituary.
Source:
newspaper clipping, Marietta or Woodsfield, Ohio; October 1954
Abraham
Henson Jackson, age 89, formerly of Bethel Township, Monroe County, died Friday
morning, October 8th, at 9:30 o'clock at the home of a granddaughter, Mrs.
Clarence Kuhn, of Wingett Run, Route.
Mr.
Jackson had moved to his granddaughter's home four months ago. His wife, Mrs. Susan Miller Jackson, whom he
married July 12,1894, died in June, 1954.
Born
October 6, 1865, in Woodsfield, he was a son of the late Samuel and Kathryn
Crumbley Jackson.
Funeral
services were held Monday afternoon at one o'clock in the Doudna & McClure
funeral home in Marietta. Burial was in
the McVey cemetery at Marr.
Jackson,
Anna P. Jackson, nee Cronin
Source: The Weirton [West Virginia] Daily Times; 3
Dec 1954
MRS. EDWARD
E. JACKSON
Mrs. Anna P. Jackson, R. D. 1, Steubenville, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Watson, Newell, and wife of Edward E. Jackson, died at 1:45
p.m. Thursday in her home.
Survivors also are:
daughters, Alice Marie, at home, Mrs. Virginia D. Stonebraker, R. D. 4,
Steubenville, and Mrs. Patricia A. Gardner of Steubenville; son, William E.
Jackson, Jr., at home; brother, Jonathan B. Cronin of R. D. 1, Mingo Junction;
and sister, Mrs. Ruth Hess, Powhatan, O.
Friends
may call at the Dunlope Funeral Home where services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m.
with the Rev. Matthew Kell of West Park Methodist Church in charge. Mrs. Jackson was a charter member of the church.
Interment will be in Fort Steuben Burial Estates.
Jackson, Susan Jackson, nee Miller
Source: The Marietta [Ohio] Times; 2 August 1954
RINARD MILLS -- Mrs. Susan Jackson, 87, wife of Abraham
Jackson of Rinard Mills Rt. 1, died Saturday at 5:45 p.m. in Marietta Memorial
Hospital.
Born in Bethel Twp. June 16, 1867, she was a daughter of
the late Abraham and Deborah Kinkaid Miller.
She married Mr. Jackson 60 years ago.
Survivors in addition to her husband are one son, Samuel
Jackson, of Hartville; six grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. One son James Jackson and one daughter, Lulu
Jackson, are deceased.
Funeral services for
Mrs. Jackson, who was a member of the Christian Church, will be Tuesday at 1
p.m. at the Doudna & McClure funeral home.
Burial will be in the McVay Cemetery near Marr.
*Submitter's Note: Below is another obituary.
Jackson,
Susan Jackson, nee Miller
Source: newspaper clipping, Woodsfield or Marietta,
Ohio; August 1954
Susan Jackson, wife of Abraham Jackson, of Rinard Mills,
Route 1, died Saturday evening, July 31, at 5:45 o'clock in Marietta Memorial
Hospital.
Mrs. Jackson was born in Bethel Township on June 16, 1865,*
the daughter of Abraham and Deborah Kincaid.
She was married to Mr. Jackson over sixty years ago.
Survivors in addition to her husband are one son, Samuel
Jackson, of Hartville, Ohio; six grandchildren and fourteen great
grandchildren. two great grandchildren
preceded her in death. One son, James
Jackson, and one daughter, Lula Johnston,** also are deceased.
Mrs. Jackson, who was known to all as "Granny," will
be sadly missed. She was a good wife
and mother and was always ready to help anyone in need.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, August 4, at the Doudna
& McClure funeral home in Marietta.
Burial was in the McVay cemetery near Marr.
Deep in the heart lies a picture
Of a loved one laid to rest.
In memory's frame we shall keep it
Because she was one of the best.
Card of Thanks
The family wishes to thank each and every one who extended
sympathy during the illness and at the time of death of their beloved.
Submitter's Notes:
* This
should be 1867 per her mother's Bible, the death certificate, and the other
obituary.
** This
is usually seen spelled as JOHNSON.
Kinkade, William Franklin
Kinkade
Source: The Martins Ferry [Ohio] Times Leader;
Wednesday, 12 May 1954
William Franklin Kinkade, 59, resident
of Moore's Run, Route 3, Bellaire, died Monday night at 10:30 following an
illness of the past year.
The deceased was born May 24, 1894, in
Bellaire, a son of Henry and Anna Grouse Kinkade, and resided in the Bridgeport
and Bellair area all his life.
Mr. Kinkade served with the U.S. Navy
during World War I, and was a member of the DAV, Chapter 129, of New Comerstown
and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engine Men.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Pearl
Truex Kinkade; one daughter, Mrs. Jean Leatherman of Cambridge; three sons,
William Henry of Blaine, William Franklin Jr., of New Comerstown and Robert D.
of Moundsville; eight grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Adam Frees of Bridgeport;
and a brother, E. H. Kinkade of Holloway.
The body is at the Howard H. Wilson
funeral chapel, Bridgeport, where it will remain for services Friday afternoon
at 2. Burial will be in Linwood
cemetery, Blaine.
Leach, Charles Leach
Source: The Canton [Ohio] Repository; Thursday,
March 11, 1954
Charles Leach, a retired farmer who resided on 53rd Street
SW, RD 8, died Wednesday in Aultman Hospital after a long illness. Born at Calais, he came to Canton 25 years ago from Belmont
County. He was 69.
Surviving are six daughters, Mrs. Charles Workman and Mrs.
Doris McCoy of RD 8, Mrs. Warren Boron and Mrs. Arthur Boron of East Sparta,
Mrs. Robert Pitman and Mrs. Ed Rumbold of Canton; three sons, Samuel of Canton,
Robert at Ft. Knox, KY, and Paul Leach of RD 8; three brothers, Samuel of
Calais, Fred of Barnesville and Walter of Canton; a sister, Mrs. Alice Brown of
Woodsfield; 29 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 1:30 p.m.
Saturday at 1:30 p.m. by Reverend Harold Henniger in the McCreary-Krieghbaum
Funeral Home on Cleveland Avenue
SW. Burial will be in Forest
Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the
parlors Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Leach, Walter W. Leach
Source: The Canton [Ohio]
Repository; 5 Dec 1954
Walter W. Leach, 73, of 703 Harrison Ave. SW, died of a
cerebral hemorrhage Saturday afternoon [4 December 1954] at his home. Born in Noble County, he had resided here 26
years.
He retired from the Timken Roller Bearing Co. in 1951.
Survivors are a son, H. Thomas Leach of Canton; a stepson
William E. Stevens of Beallsville; two
grandchildren, and two brothers, Samuel of Calais and Fred Leach of
Barnesville. His wife, Celestia, died
in March, 1951.
Rev. George E. Parkinson will conduct services Tuesday at
1:30 p.m. in the Welch funeral home.
Burial will be in Forest Hill Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Source: The Evansville [Indiana] Carrier and Press;
Tuesday, 5 Oct 1954
Colvin McMahan
Tell City,
Dies
TELL CITY, Oct. 4 --
(Special) -- Colvin McMahan, 41, of Tell City, was crushed to death today as he
attempted to start a balky bulldozer.
The accident occurred about 12:45 p.m. while McMahan and
Dick Gassaway, 38, also of Tell City, were clearing land on a farm recently
bought by Jesse J. Dauby. The farm is
on Ind. 66 in Spencer Count [sic--County], 10 miles west of Tell City.
McMahan ran the bulldozer up a slight slope leading to the
highway when the two men stopped work to eat lunch.
McMahan was unable to start his machine when they returned
to work, Gassaway said, and crawled under the bulldozer to make an
adjustment. The motor started before he
could roll clear and, as the machine backed down the slope, the blade crushed
McMahan's left side.
The runaway
bulldozer rammed into Gassaway's machine damaging it extensively.
Spencer County Coroner Gardner Painter said McMahan
apparently was killed instantly. He
returned a verdict of accidental death.
Surviving are the wife, Ida; two sons, Cpl. Donald McMahan
in Germany, and Dale, at home, and his father, William W., Route 1, Cannelton.
Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the family residence
on 14th street. Elder John Fulda,
pastor of the Louisville Church of Christ, will officiate.
Burial will be in Deer Creek Cemetery.
Source: Published in the Evansville [Indiana]
Courier on Monday, November 22, 1954.
Submitted by PE Frichtl.
Emery David Morris, 76, died at 3 pm Sunday at Baptist
Hospital. Morris last worked as a
bookkeeper for the County Garage and was a member of the First Baptist
Church. He lived on Kratzville Road.
Surviving are his wife, Pearl; a daughter, Mrs Mary
Elmendorf of Kratzville Road; a brother, Harmon of Tell City; a sister, Mrs
Nancy Kelley of Chicago; two half brothers, Lowery and Wallace Morris both of
Aden IL; two step-sisters, Mrs Florence Huppert of Evansville and Mrs Lena
Scherer of Rockport and two grandchildren.
Boone Funeral Home
will arrange services. Burial will be
in Park Lawn Cemetery, Evansville IN.
Neuhart, Ruth Neuhart nee
Heddleston
Source: Quaker City [OHIO]
Home Towner, Friday, 17 Dec. 1954
Coming as a shock to the community was the death early last
Saturday morning of Mrs. Ruth Neuhart, 37, wife of Ray Neuhart of Batesville,
who took her own life by hanging at the home in Batesville where the Neuhart
family and Mrs. Neuhart's parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Heddleston, reside. Noble
county coroner, Dr. N.S. Reed, ruled her death a suicide, the body having been
found hanging from a transom in an upstairs bedroom by her youngest son, Jeryl,
when he got up to secure additional bedding. Mrs. Neuhart had been in ill
health for the past several months and had recently undergone surgery at the
Ohio Valley Hospital in Wheeling. The deceased was born March 30, 1917. She was
well known and highly esteemed in this area, having a pleasing personality,
which endeared her to many friends. She had been an active worker in the
Methodist church at Batesville and in the Quaker City Eastern Star chapter,
having served as Associate Conductress in this order the past year. Early this
fall the family moved to Hamilton, Ohio, where Mr. Neuhart was employed, but a
few weeks later returned to Batesville. The two sons, Monte Lee and Jeryl Ray,
attend school there.
She is survived by her
husband, their two sons and her parents, all of Batesville; a brother, Kenneth
Heddleston of Hamilton, and two sisters, Mrs. Ralph House of Canton and Mrs.
Leslie Long of Batesville.
Services were held at 3
o'clock Monday afternoon at the Batesville Methodist Church with Rev. Robert
Zinsmeister officiating. Burial was in Batesville Cemetery. Eastern Star
services were held at the late home Sunday evening and were largely attended.
Source: Akron [Ohio] Beacon Journal; Saturday, 17
April 1954
PORTAGE LAKES--Joseph D. Parsons, 59, a self-employed
painter, died Friday in Barberton Citizens Hospital.
He was born in Nashville and lived in Portage Lakes for 39
years.
He leaves his wife, Mary; four sons, Charles, Joseph Jr.,
and James, all in West Lafayette, O., and Harvey with the U.S. Army at Okinawa;
four daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Glockner, Mrs. Heyen* Miller and Mrs. Geneva Rice,
all of Barberton, and Mrs. Evelyn Snyder of Sheffield, Pa.; 15 grandchildren
and two brothers, Harvey and Richard, both of Nashville.
Services will be at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Campfield-Hickman
Funeral Home, Barberton, where friends may call. Burial will be in Nashville Cemetery.
*Submitter's Note: In the obituary of his wife Mary Grace, this
name was spelled HELEN.
Source: The Shelbyville [Indiana] News; 25 Jan 1954
Death Claims
Ernest D.
Pope
County Farmer
Dies At
Home; Rites
Wednesday
Ernest D. Pope, 74, widely known Shelby township farmer,
died at his home Sunday evening at 7:30.
He had been in failing health for several months and death was attributed
to a pulmonary embolism.
A native of Washington township, Mr. Pope was the son of
David and Harriett (Loty) [sic--Latta –also seen as Lattea] Pope and was
born on October 24, 1879. His marriage
to Bertha McCarty took place on October 4, 1902, and she survives with three of
four children born to the union. A son,
Myrl, died on November 29, 1930. Three
daughters survive, Mrs. Fred Courtney, Mrs. Raymond Cherry and Mrs. Olive Vice,
all of this city.
Also surviving are six grandchildren, 13
great-grandchildren, one brother, Floyd Pope of Hope, and three sisters, Mrs.
Ida Moore, Shelbyville, Mrs. Leona Cambell of Hope and Mrs. Katie Yegar* of
Hartsville.
Mr. Pope attended the Fenns Christian Church and last rites
will be held there Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. William R. Sadler, pastor
of the church, and Rev. Wendell Turner officiating. Interment, in charge of the Murphy Mortuary, will be in the Lewis
Creek Baptist cemetery. Friends may
call at the mortuary after 4:00 p.m. Tuesday.
*Submitter’s Note: This
last name has been seen spelled many ways, most often as Yager.
Rich, Alice M. Rich nee Danford
Cambridge Jeffersonian Friday
23 Feb. 1954
QUAKER CITY----Funeral
services for Mrs. Alice M. Rich, 76, of near Kennonsburg, will be held
Sunday in Kennonsburg Methodist Church. Burial will be made in Friends
Cemetery. Brief services will be held at the home at 1:30 p.m. prior to the
rites at the church. Mrs. Rich died
Thursday at 5 p.m. in a Cambridge Hospital after a lengthy illness. The body is
at Eberle Funeral Home and will be taken to the family home Saturday noon.
The wife of Homer Rich, she
was a daughter of the late Roland and Nancy Wilson Danford. She was born in
Noble County on July 22, 1878. She was a member of Kennonsburg Methodist
Church.
In addition to her husband,
she leaves a daughter, Mrs. Ellis Long, of Quaker City R.D.; a son, William
Rich of Senecaville R.D. 1; a brother Garfield Danford of Caldwell; and fives
sisters, Mrs. Thoburn Britton, Senecaville R.D., Mrs. Charles Ruby, Mrs. Clyde
Stallings, Mrs Grover Stallings and Mrs. Stella Groves all of Salesville.
Ritterbeck,
Sandra Kay Ritterbeck
Source: The Cambridge [Ohio] Daily Jeffersonian;
Monday, 22 Feb 1954
BYESVILLE -- Graveside services for Sandra Kay Ritterbeck,
infant daughter of Gilbert and Rose Brown Ritterbeck of Pleasant City. R. D. 1,
were held Monday afternoon at Pleasant City Cemetery by Rev. Robert Bowen, of
Ava. Herlan-McGaughy Funeral Home was
in charge.
The infant was dead
at birth Sunday night at Guernsey Memorial Hospital.
In addition to the parents, she leaves a brother, Larry,
and a sister, Donna Mae, of the home; the paternal grandfather, Ernest
Ritterbeck of Summerfield; and the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Chance
Brown of Summerfield.
Cambridge Jeffersonian Monday
25 Oct. 1954
QUAKER CITY----Funeral
services for Charles W. Ruby, 77, of near Salesville, will be held
Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Eberle Funeral Home by Rev. Robert Zinsmeister of Quaker
City. Burial will be made in Friends Cemetery.
Mr. Ruby died at his home early Monday morning. The body will remain at
the funeral home.
Born in Coshocton County March
27, 1877, he was the son of Issac and Mary Gregg Ruby. He had lived in the
Salesville community and was a member of Salesville Community Church.
Surviving are his widow, Dora
E. Danford Ruby; a foster daughter, Mrs. Florence G. Hayes of Salesville R.D.;
three sisters, Mrs. Mayme Shaffer of Cambridge, Mrs. Ella Jane Griffen of
Coshocton and Mrs. Margie James of Plainfield; and two brothers John and James
of Plainfield.
Strobel, Howard W. Strobel
Source: The Spirit of Democracy, Woodsfield, Ohio, August 1954
Reverend
Howard W. Strobel, 67, well known retired Presbyterian minister died
unexpectedly at his home at Lewisville from an acute heart attack, at 12:45
a.m. August 12, 1945. Apparently he was as well as usual and was to preach at
New Castle the following Sunday as had been his custom for several months.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Sarah Strobel, of the home:
one sister, Mrs. Elva Ramage, of the home, and a brother, Clyde R. Strobel, of
Pittsburgh. He was never married.
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at two o’clock
in the Concord Presbyterian Church at Centerville. Reverend Lester Evans
officiated. Immediately after the services the body was taken to the Brant
Funeral Home in Pittsburgh. Final services were conducted in that funeral home
Sunday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. followed by burial in a Pittsburgh
cemetery.
Swallie,
John [Gilbert] Swallie
source:
Barnesville Enterprise 12/ 2/ 1954
Brother,
Sister Die 3 Days Apart-----
John
Swallie of 301 Henderson Street and Mrs. Trissie Price of 310 West South
Street, brother and sister, died within a few days of each other. Mr. Swallie
passed away at his home at 11:30 Friday morning [November 26, 1954], and Mrs.
Price at the Barnesville General Hospital, where she had been taken following a
stroke, Monday morning at 8.
Mr. Swallie was the son of Michael and Kathleen Fish Swallie and was born in
Belmont County June 26, 1878. He was a member of the East Main Street Church of
Christ.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Lousinah, and is survived by the
following children; Andrew of Barnesville, Mrs. Ethel Stephen of Woodsfield R.
D., Michael of Barnesville, Mrs. Katherine Burgy of St. Clairsville, LeRoy of
Barnesville, Lester of Salt Lake City, Utah, Mrs. Loretta Mann of Bethesda R,
D., and Mrs. Lorena Stephen of Barnesville. He is also survived by 40
grandchildren and a number of great-grandcildren.
Evangelist Bob Gilliam conducted the funeral services which were held from the
Campbell Funeral Home at 1:30 Sunday afternoon, and burial was made at Boston.
Source: The Urbana [Ohio] Daily Citizen; 6 Dec 1954
St. Paris Resident's Father
Dies Friday After
Year's Illness
Frank Turner, 65, of Springfield, father of Raymond H.
Turner of St. Paris, died about 8:30 p.m. Friday in City hospital after one
year of failing health and six months of serious illness.
He was born in Parkersburg, W. Va., Jan. 22, 1889, a son of
Finley and Ann Kincade* Turner.
Mr. Turner had
resided in Springfield for the last 15 years.
Surviving besides his son Raymond are his widow, Nettie
Mae; three daughters, Mrs. Lennie** Bliz, Mrs. Pauline Talbert, and Mrs.
Orabella Rabbett, all of Springfield; three other sons, Robert E. and Frank Jr.
both of Springfield; S/Sgt Thomas K., a member of the United States Air Force
stationed in Charleston, S.C.; 16 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren, one
sister, Mrs. Ora Tribble of Needles, Calif.
His body was taken to the Richards Memorial Home where
funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be made in Oak Dale cemetery.
Submitter's Notes:
* This name is usually seen spelled as KINKADE.
** On her own Social Security Death Index record and her
obituary, the name was spelled LINNIE
M. ELIX.
VanMeter, Anna G. Van Meter nee Cleveland
Source: News Clipping 1954
Mrs. Anna G. Cleveland VanMeter, age 63 years, died at her
home near Calais, Ohio, very suddenly on December 11, 1954.
The deceased was born August 29, 1891, a daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Cleveland, of Calais.
She was preceded in death by
one sister, one half-brother and one half-sister.
She was united in marriage
with George VanMeter on September 23, 1922, to which union three children were
born: William VanMeter, of Akron, Ohio; Mrs. Mary Anderson, of Lorain, Ohio and
Sara, of the home. Three grandchildren, Keith VanMeter, of Akron; Patricia and
Kenny Anderson, of Lorain, also survive.
Anna was a kind and devoted wife and mother, and was loved by
all who knew her. She will be sadly missed by all.
Funeral services were held at the Calais Methodist Church on
Monday morning, December 13th, at 10 o’clock, with Rev. Floyd
Workman, of Barnesville, officiating.
Burial was made in the Batesville cemetery, with the Eberle
Funeral home of Quaker City in charge.
A precious one from us has gone
A voice we
loved is still;
A place is vacant in our home
In which no
one can fill.
.
Sad and sudden was the call
Of one, we
loved best of all;
Happy, smiling, always content
Loved and
respected wherever she went.
.
So, to all, who have a mother
Cherish her
with care,
You will never know her value
`Till you see
her vacant chair.
.
Rest, Dear Mother, thy labor is o`er
They willing
hands will toil no more.
For God at last knew what was best
So he took
you home with him to rest.
.
Please god, take this message
To our Mother
up above
Just tell her how we miss her
And give her
all our love.
Sadly missed by the
Family
Source: The Brown County [Indiana] Democrat; 7 Oct
1954
George W. Voland, 87, died at 7:15 a.m. Monday, August 30, at
the Wilkins Nursing Home at Manchester where he had lived the past seven
years. Death resulted from
complications of advanced years.
Mr. Voland was born in Virginia Dec. 18, 1866 and at the
age of two years he moved with his family to Indiana where they lived until
1895. On July 5, 1981* he married Emma
Tull at Nashville, Ind. They lived in
McClean County, Ill. for 25 years, moving to a farm east of Jesup where they
resided until they retired in 1941 and moved to Jesup. Mrs. Voland died in 1943 and he made his
home for a time with his daughter, Mrs. Ora Leary at Manchester.
Survivors include six children, Fred and Chester Voland of
Independence: Allen C. Voland of
Chenoa, Ill.; Orville E. and Forrest Voland of Peoria, and Mrs. Leary; 15
grandchildren, 22 great grandchildren; and seven great great grandchildren,
also one sister, Mrs. James Strode of Morgantown, Ind. and a number of neices
[sic] and nephews. He was preceded in
death by his wife, a son and a daughter.
Funeral services were held at the Shelly Funeral Home at
Manchester. Burial was in Mt. Hope
cemetery at Independence.
Casket bearers were George, Charles and Melvin Voland,
Harry Bailey, Charles Jones and Francis Merkel.**
Submitter's Notes:
* This is a typo.
They were married in 1891.
** There was a smudge on the copy of the obituary over this
name. It might have been MARKEL.
Source: The National Road Traveler [Cambridge City,
Indiana]; 29 Jul 1954
DUBLIN -- Scott Welding, 57 years old, 702 North Alabama
Street, Indianapolis, died Thursday. He
was a native of Columbus, Ind.
A son, Thomas Welding of Indianapolis, and nieces and
nephews survive. His wife, deceased,
formerly was Miss Imogene Morris of Dublin.
Funeral services were held Saturday at Indianapolis. Rev. Warren Mathis officiated. Burial in South Lawn cemetery at Dublin.
Source: The Wheeling [West Virginia] News Register;
14 Jan 1954
Mansel Coy Young, of 22 Chapel Road, Bethlehem, died today
at 2:25 a.m. in the Ohio Valley General Hospital where he had been a patient
since Tuesday. He had been in failing
health since July, 1953.
Born Oct. 1, 1906 in Lewisville, O., he was the son of C.W.
and Lorena Buchanan Young and was employed by the Wheeling Dollar Savings and
Trust Co. for the past 26 years. He was
educated in the Lewisville public schools and the Elliot School of
Business. He served with the Army
during World War II, in the Finance Office, Fort Lewis, Washington. He was a member of Ohio Lodge No. 1, A. F.
and A. M.; a 32nd Degree Mason; Osiris Temple of the Shrine, and El Tor Grotto,
of which he had served as secretary, and later treasurer. He held the title of treasurer emeritus, at
the time of his death. He was active in
the Fellowcraft Club of Ohio Lodge.
Surviving are his wife, Esther Bonar Young; his mother, of
Lewisville, and a sister, Mrs. George Cline, Lewisville.
Services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at the McCoy
Funeral Home, 44 Fifteenth St. The Rev.
*? S. Middaugh will be in charge and interment will be made in Greenwood
Cemetery.
*Submitter's Note: The first initial was unreadable on my copy
of the obituary.
Source: The Omaha [Nebraska] World Herald; 16 Oct
1954
YOUNG -- Nellie, age 76 years, residence 3060 Huntington Ave.
Survived by 1 brother, William R.; 1 nephew, Victor Michelsen, both of
Omaha; 1 niece Mrs. James Thomas of Corpus Christi, Tex. Services 10 a.m. Monday at Haynes and Roeder
Funeral Home. Interment Forrest Lawn.
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