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Monroe
1957
Baker, Melissa
Foughty Baker
SOURCE: The Zanesville Signal, Zanesville, OH, 27 August 1957
WOODSFIELD, O. - Mrs. Melvin Baker,
62, died Monday morning at her home in Woodsfield following a short illness.
She was a life resident of the
Woodsfield community and a member of the Church of Christ at Cameron, O.
Surviving are her husband, a son,
Edwin McConnell, of Woodsfield; five grandchildren; three sisters Mrs. Anna
Shields of Youngstown, Mrs. Lola Zonker and Mrs. Alice Whitacre, both of
Barnesville and one brother, James Foughty of Woodsfield.
The body was removed to the Bauer
and Turner Funeral Home here where services will be held at 1 o'clock (DST)
Wednesday afternoon. Additional services will be conducted in the Church of
Christ at Cameron at 2 p.m. Rev. Raymond Straites will officiate and burial
will be in Cameron Cemetery.
Botkin,
Susan A. Botkin, nee Kinkade
Source: The Chillicothe [Ohio] Gazette, page 2,
column 2; 30 December 1957
Mrs. Susan Adeline* Botkin, 121 N. Watts St., died at 10
a.m. Sunday at the home of a son, Fred Botkin of Columbus after a brief
illness.
She was born August 29, 1870 in Paulding County, a daughter
of Aronah** and Rachel McCurdy Kinkade. On Aug. 15, 1891 she was married to James
Botkin, who died in 1946.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Laura Bladen of
Chicago, Ill., Mrs. Ruth Cutright of Route 5 and Mrs. Katherine Miller of San
Raphael, Calif., three sons, Fred Botkin of Columbus, Charles Botkin of Cincinnati
and James Botkin of Route 4; two sisters, Mrs. Daisy McElhaney and Mrs. Belle
Kinkade of Ada and 20 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.
Service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Ware Funeral
Home with the Rev. Harold Cowdrick officiating. Burial will be in Greenlawn
Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after noon Wednesday.
Submitter's Notes:
* This is also seen spelled as ADALINE.
** This name is also seen spelled as ARAUNAH.
Brown,
Lula Mae Brown, nee Coplin
Source: The East Liverpool [Ohio] Review; Friday, 31
May 1957
Mrs. John
Brown
Mrs. Lula Mae Brown, 53, wife of John Brown of the 6th St.
Rd., Newell, died Wednesday at 9 p.m. in City Hospital, following a five-day illness.
Mrs. Brown was born in St. Marys, W. Va., and lived in East
Liverpool for 32 years. She was
employed last in the bisque warehouse at the Homer Laughlin China Co. Plant
5. She was a member of the Newell
Church of the Nazarene.
She leaves five sons, Richard D. Brown of Chester, Brooks
Brown of Burbank, Calif., Robert E. Brown with the Navy at Moffett Field,
Calif., James M. Brown Jr., at home; a daughter, Mrs. Carl Wern of Newell;
three sisters, Mrs. Blanche Oliver and Mrs. Iva Calles, both of Newell, and
Mrs. Grace Shaffer of Akron; a brother, Clyde Coplin of East Liverpool and
eight grandchildren.
Rites will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in the Arner Home for
Funerals in East Liverpool by the Rev. O. C. Rushing. Burial will be in Columbiana County Memorial Park.
Friends may call Saturday and Sunday at the funeral home.
Carpenter,
Brenda Kay Carpenter
Source: The Barnesville Enterprise, Barnesville,
Ohio; August 1, 1957
Brenda Kay Carpenter, little daughter of Donald and Mary
Carpenter, passed away Tuesday* evening at 6 o’clock in the Barnesville
Hospital. She was not yet a year old, having been born September 10, 1956.
Her death sadly bereaves her parents, and her grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Carpenter of Barnesville, and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Eschbaugh of Salesville.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock D.S.T. Friday at the Campbell Funeral Home,
and interment will be made in Southern Cemetery.
[*Submitter's Note: Brenda
died July 30, 1957.]
Christman, Magdalena S. Christman nee Matz
Magdalena S. Matz Christman was born on Lewisville, Ohio,
Route one,
Mrs. Christman was baptized into Christian faith on
She was married to George L. Christman on
Magdalena (Lena) was life resident of the Monroefield
community and a life member of the St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
in Summit Twp., Monroe County, Ohio. She was devoted to her family and shared
with them her deep and abiding faith in God.
Brief services were held at the Bauer and Turner Funeral
Chapel, Woodsfield, Ohio on Saturday afternoon at
Christman, Magdalena
Saloma Christman nee Matz
Source--Monroe County Beacon Woodsfield, Ohio
Published--April 1957
Lena Matz Christian[should read--Christman] was born
on July 9, 1878, a daughter of Louis[Ludwig] and Christina Meckling Matz. She
departed this life on April 2, 1957 at the age of 78 years, 8 months and 23
days. Mrs. Christman was baptized into the Christian faith on March 6, 1879 and
she took the vows of confirmation on December 26, 1892 being in the same
confirmation class as her future husband.
She was married to George L. Christman on June 19, 1900 and
to this union were born nine children. One daughter died in infancy.
Surviving are her husband; one sister, Rachel Christman of
Lewisville, Rural Route and one brother, William Matz, of Woodsfield; and her
eight children, three sons and five daughters; Arthur Christman of Wooster,
Route 4; Elma Christman, of Lewisville, Route 1; Esther Claus, of Lewisville,
Route 1; Clarence Christman, of Apple Creek; Gertrude Kahrig of Woodsfield,
Route 3; Laura Kahrig of Lewisville, Route 2; Paul Christman of Cambridge, Ohio
and Beryl Claus of Lewisville, Route 1, who lived in the home with her parents.
twenty-four grandchildren and eight grandchildren also survive.
Mrs. Christman lived her entire life in the St. John's
Church community. She was a life member of St. John's Evangelical and Reformed
Church. She was devoted to her family and shared with them her deep and abiding
faith in God.
Brief services were held at the Bauer and Turner Funeral
Chapel on Saturday afternoon at one o'clock with additional services at two
o'clock at St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church. Rev. George W. Varnes
officiated. Interment was in the church cemetery.
.
When I have crossed the bar,
Sunset and evening star
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning at the bar
When I put out to sea,
But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home.
.
Twilight and evening bell.
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
When I embark.
For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place
I hope to see my Pilot face to face.
Source: The Akron [Ohio] Beacon Journal; 4 Jan 1957
Charles W. Cramer, 55, of 853 May st. died in Akron General
Hospital today after a short illness.
He was a lifetime resident of Akron and attended Allen and
South high schools. He was an engineer
with the Ohio Edison Co. for 23 years and previously with the Ohio Bell
Telephone Co.
He was a member of the Main St. Methodist Church.
Mr. Cramer leaves his wife, Myrtle M.; sister, Mrs. Edna
Reel of Akron.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Prentice &
Co. Funeral Home, 856 Coburn st.; with Dr. Sumner E. LaFollette
officiating. Burial will be in Rose
Hill Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7:30 p.m.
Saturday.
Source: The Canton [Ohio] Repository; 12 Mar 1957
Paul A. Cronin, 43, of 1701 3rd St., N.E., died Monday night in Crile's Veterans Hospital in
Cleveland after an illness of several months.
He was a native of East Liverpool and had lived here the
last 16 years. He was employed by
Colonial Foundry Co. in Louisville.
Mr. Cronin was a veteran of World War II and a member of
Veterans of Foreign Wars in East Liverpool.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Agnes Cronin of the home, a daughter,
Miss Carolyn Cronin, also of the home; two sons, Albert of Chester, W.Va., and
Charles of East Liverpool; a brother Robert of Pittsburgh, Pa.; four sisters,
Mrs. Floyd Thomas of Houston, Texas, Mrs. Helen Huber, of New Cumberland,
W.Va., Mrs. Violet McConnell of Pittsburgh, and Mrs. Glen Cordray of Newell,
W.Va. and three grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Arnold funeral home here Wednesday
from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and at the Dawson funeral home in East Liverpool
Thursday night.
Services will be in
the Dawson funeral home Friday at 2 p.m.
Source: Cleveland Press; Date: Dec 3 1957; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #103.
Notes: Daugherty, Simon,
beloved husband of Clara, father of Mrs. Eleanor Grow, and grandfather, brother
of Mrs. Chloe McGrew of Sandyville, W. Va., passed away Dec. 1. Remains at the
A. A. Burman Funeral Home, 13124 Euclid Ave. Services at the Lyndhurst Baptist
Church Wednesday, Dec. 4, at 2 p. m.
Source: The Marietta [Ohio] Times; 4 Feb 1957
Carl Dean Day, 57, former city employe, died Sunday at
12:30 p.m. at his home at 912 Jahn St.
Mr. Day was born on May 3, 1899, at Eight Mile in Washington
County to the late Frank and Mary Herlan Day.
On Nov. 14, 1922,* he married
Edith Power who survives.
Mr. Day had been employed by the City of Marietta in the
street department until his retirement two years ago. He was a member of the Central Christian Church.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son, Dean Carl
Day of Marietta; a grandaughter [sic--granddaughter], Dianna Day of
Marietta; and two brothers and a sister, Clinton of Akron and John and Mrs.
Elmer Hill of Marietta. Two brothers
and two sisters preceded him in death.
Funeral service will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. at Doudna,
and McClure Funeral Home. Burial will
be in Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may
call at the funeral home.
*Submitter's Note: Ohio, County Marriages, 1774-1993 gives Nov.
14, 1923 as the marriage date.
Source: The Marietta [Ohio] Times; 21 Oct 1957
John H. Day, 63, of East Greene St. died today at 9 a.m. at
the home of his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hill in East
Norwood.
He was born April 1, 1894, in Newport Township and was a
son of the late Frank and Mary Herlan Day.
One brother and one sister survive, Clinton Day of Akron
and Mrs. Elmer Hill of Marietta. Two
brothers and two sisters preceded him in death.
Mr. Day had been employed at Remington-Rand as as sheet
metal worker for 35 years until his retirement in 1944. He was a veteran of World War I.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the
Doudna and McClure Funeral Home with burial in the Valley Cemetery.
Decker,
Sarah Elizabeth Decker (nee Howell)
source: Wooster Daily Record 5/9/1957
Elizabeth
Decker, Wife of Charles
RITTMAN---
Mrs. Elizabeth Sarah Decker, 60, died
Wednesday morning [May 8, 1957] at her home at 175 N. Seneca St., Rittman,
after a long illness. The Decker family
formerly lived in the Creston area.
Mrs. Decker was born in Monroe County to
George and Margaret Howell. She was a member of Rittman Church of God.
She is survived by her husband, Charles;
six sons, Emerson, Mathias, and John of Rittman, Cleveland of Seville, Elmer of
Wadsworth, and Herman of Bryan, Texas; two daughters, Mrs. Sarah Hartzler of Rittman
and Mrs. Esther Williams of Clinton; 13 grandchildren; two brothers, Andrew
Howell of Woodsfield, and John Howell of Bellsville; three sisters, Mrs. Mary
Clark of Wadsworth, Mrs. Dorothy Long of Rittman, and Mrs. Loretta Howell of
Jerusalem. A brother died previously.
Friends may call at the J. C. Murray
Funeral Home in Creston Friday afternoon and evening. Services will be held at the funeral home Saturday at 2 p.m. DST.
The Rev. Vance Schreckengast will officiate. Burial will be in Seville.
Farley, Estelle Farley,
nee Herlan
Source: Cleveland Press; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #108.; Id#:
0494626
Name: Farley, Estelle
Date: Apr 26 1957
Notes: Farley, Estelle (nee
Herlan), beloved wife of the late Edmund B. mother of Treva Mehiman,* grandmother
of Barbara and Charles, sister of Elbert, residence, 9805 Hilgert Dr. Friends
may call at Thomas Funeral Home, 12512 Miles. Services Saturday, Apr. 27, at 1
p. m.
*Submitter's Note: Should be MEHLMAN.
Source: The Columbus [Ohio] Dispatch; Monday, March
25, 1957, Page: 9 A
FEARING
Arthur E. Fearing, age 56, Saturday. Survived by daughter, Mrs. Mary O'Harra; 2
grandchildren; 3 sisters, Mrs. L. S. Huntzinger, Mrs. Carl E. Deibel, Mrs. T.
W. Carskadon. Friends may call at the
Wylie S. Shroyer Funeral Home, 1278 W. Broad, where service will be held 1:30
p.m. Tuesday. Interment, Green Lawn.
Gillespie, John Gillespie
Source: newspaper clipping #1, Lorain, Ohio;
February 1957
Car On Bridge Spurs
Hunt For Missing
Man
A car left deserted on the E. 31st St. bridge with
headlights burning and the key in the ignition last night touched off an
extensive police search for the missing driver.
The car was traced to John F. Gillespie of 1886 E. 285h
St., but at noon today Gillespie's whereabouts remained a mystery.
Last night police found insurance papers on the driver's
seat and a bottle of what police said were apparently sleeping powders. The powders are now being tested in a
laboratory, police said.
Passers-by saw the car, became curious and called police to
the scene. The police turned
flashlights down into the deep valley, then called the Coast Guard and fire department,
who used powerful portable searchlights to scour the river and its rocky
banks. They saw nothing.
Coast Guardsmen said the river was too rocky at that point
to be dragged, having tried last summer when a car went over the side.
They said the current was strong and could have taken a
body downstream.
Police said the Coast Guard would be asked to help again if
nothing was found today.
Source: newspaper clipping #2, Lorain, Ohio;
February 1957
Missing Man
Is Still Hunted
The mysterious disappearance of John F. Gillespie, 32, of
1886 E. 28th St., Wednesday night still had police and Coast Guardsmen
searching for him at noon today.
The man's car was left on the E. 31st St. bridge with
lights burning and key in the ignition and found by a couple who called police.
The hunt has been going on since then, with police checking
all the places where Gillespie may have spent time.
The Coast Guard has been using an ice skiff with an
outboard motor to patrol the river.
They were still looking this morning.
Gillespie's wife said he had been "very nervous"
since a doctor warned him abut his poor health. She and her three children left Gillespie three weeks ago.
Police said Gillespie had been laid off from his job at
Fruehauf Trailer Company a few weeks ago.
Source: newspaper clipping #3, Lorain, Ohio; 25 Mar
1957
DISAPPEARED ON FEB. 6
BODY OF GILLESPIE
FOUND BY DREDGERS
DISCOVERY ENDS
LONG AREA HUNT
The body of John F. Gillespie, 32, of 1886 E. 28th St.,
whose car was found on the 31st St. bridge the night of Feb. 6 after he had
disappeared, was dragged from the Black River today.
Coast Guardsmen who
recovered the body said they found it floating near the corner of the turning
basin across from the National Tube plant about three miles downstream from the
bridge.
They said that because a sweater Gillespie had been wearing
was partially pulled over the head, and because the body was otherwise fully
clothed, they were unable to tell whether there were marks that would indicate
whether Gillespie had been struck or beaten before his body entered the water.
Identification was made by Police Inspector Maurice
Mumford, who was at the Coast Guard station when the body was brought
there. He found a wallet in a pocket
and from papers in it determined the body to be Gillespie's.
Coast Guardsmen got their first call that the body had been
discovered at 10:05 a.m. today.
A National Tube employe telephoned the station after
workmen who were dredging the river saw the body floating.
The workmen, unidentified by name, are employes of the
Wells Construction Co. which is conducting dredging operations.
Coast Guardsmen who went out in a small boat and recovered
the body are EN 2 David Martin, BM 3 Fred Stute and BM 1 Wardie Holton.
Gillespie had been the object of a police and Coast Guard
search which has been going on intermittently since the night of his
disappearance.
After his abandoned car was found, his wife told police
that they had been separated for about two weeks.
She described her husband as "very nervous" and
said that he had been told by a doctor only recently that he had just a few
years to live.
He had been laid off from Fruehauf Trailer Co.
. . . * Gillespie said she and her three children, had left
him two weeks earlier, hoping it would be easier for him to straighten out his
personal problems.
Found in the abandoned car were personal papers, all of
which had been put in order.
Coast Guardsmen dragged the river below the bridge and
police searched the area, both upstream and down, after the abandoned car was
found.
The body has been released to Mathews Funeral Home, Mumford
said late this morning.
*Submitter's Notes: My copy of this article was unreadable at
that point. There was not much room for
more than one word to have been left out, perhaps Mrs.
A photo accompanied this article with this caption below
it:
RECOVER BODY --
Coast Guardsmen at the Lorain station carry a body identified as that of
John F. Gillespie, 32, of 1886 E. 28th St., from a boat after recovering it in
Black River this morning. Gillespie
disappeared Feb. 6. His car was found
on the 31st St. Bridge. The body was
seen floating in the river by workmen dredging near the National Tube Division
docks.
Source: The Shelbyville [Indiana] News; Wednesday,
17 Apr 1957
Death Claims
Clark Glackman
Funeral Friday
For
Native of
County, 50
Clark Glackman, 50, of R.R. 5 and Addison township died in
Major Hospital at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday after an illness of six weeks. He had been
in the hospital eight days.
Born in Shelby township June 17, 1906, he was the son of
John and Lula (Pope) Glackman. He was a
resident of this county his entire life and was employed at the
Soller-Automotive Supply Co., for the past 10 years. Mr. Glackman was a member of the Lewis Creek Baptist Church, Moose Lodge and Shelby County Western Riders
Club.
On June 17,* 1934, he was united in marriage with Miss
Dorothy Hall at Waldron. She survives
along with two sons, Gerald Wayne and Carl Norman, both at home.
Funeral services will be held at the Ewing Mortuary Friday
at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Reno Tacoma, minister of the Calvary Baptist Church,
officiating. Burial will be in the
Lewis Creek Baptist cemetery. Friends
may call at the mortuary after 2:00 p.m. Thursday.
*Submitter's Note: Indiana Marriages, 1811-1959 shows the date
of marriage as 10 Mar 1934.
Goodballet, William Harvard Goodballet
Source: The East Liverpool [Ohio] Review; Saturday,
July 27, 1957
Illness Claims Veteran
Potter
William Goodballet's Rites Slated Monday
Whilliam H. Goodballet, a kilnplacer at the Edwin M.
Knowles China Co. for 25 years died Friday at 11:20 p.m. at his home, 901 Ohio
Ave. Mr. Goodballet, 75, had been ill
since May 12.
Born in New Matamoras, a son of the late Henry and Evaline
Pryor Goodballet, he had resided in East Liverpool 55 years. He was a member of the Pennsylvania Ave.
Methodist Church, Local Union 9 of the IBOP and Ben Hur Lodge.
Mr. Goodballet is survived by his widow, Mrs. Estella
Goodballet, a son, Lewis Goodballet of Massillon; a daughter, Mrs. Leah M.
Milligan of Toronto; a brother, Lyman Goodballet of Salem; three grandchildren
and one great grandchild.
Services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Martin
Funeral Home by the Rev. Glenn Brunstetter.
Burial will be in the Calcutta United Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
Hannahs, John Miles Hannahs
Source: Noble County [Ohio] Leader; Thursday, 3 Jan
1957
John Miles Hannahs,
51, of Senecaville Route 1, died suddenly Friday evening in the Guernsey
Memorial Hospital following a heart attack. He was admitted to the hospital earlier that day.
Born July 10, 1905 in
Monroe County, he was the son of Elmer
and Emma Carpenter Hannahs. He was a
farmer.
Surviving are his
widow, Susie Hayes Hannahs; two daughters; Mrs. Frances Stoner of Akron and Mrs. Velma Haga of Belle
Valley; two sons, Austin Hannahs, of Sarahsville and Emerson
of Canton; two sisters, Mrs. Louise Carpenter of Summerfield and
Mrs. Mattie Stevens of Calais; and two
brothers, Irvin Hannahs of Calais and Forest Hannahs of Summerfield.
Brief funeral
services were held at the Brubach Funeral Home Monday at 1:00 P.M. following
additional services at the Calais Methodist Church at 2:00 P.M. Rev. Delmar Johnson officiated and burial
was made in the Calais Cemetery.
Source: The Indianapolis [Indiana] Times; 7 Sep 1957
MRS. MINERVA HARRIS, 2042 N. Tacoma, died yesterday in a
local nursing home at the age of 99.
Born in Decatur County, Mrs. Harris lived here 20 years. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Carrie
Williams and Mrs. Alice Henninger both of Indianapolis; two sons, Thomas,
Fairland; Harry, Shelbyville; eight grandchildren, and 10
great-grandchildren. Graveside services
will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Fairland (Ind.) Cemetery. Friends may call until noon tomorrow at
Shirley Brothers Drexel Chapel.
Hehr, Eliza Jane Hehr nee Whittacre
Mrs. Eliza Jane Hehr, 68, suffered a fatal heart attack Friday
night in the home at 233 Mohawk ave NW. She was the widow of John Hehr, who
died last March 12. [year of
death-1957]
Since coming to Canton 40 years ago from Haysboro, Pa., she
had been a member of First Lutheran Church and Mizpah Club.
Surviving are 5 daughters, Mrs. Mary Prysock, Mrs. Mildred
Devis, Mrs. Jean Ann Young and Mrs. Donna Grell of Canton and Mrs. Doris
Upperman of Louisville; 2 sons, Louis John and William Nelson Hehr of the home;
2 sisters, Mrs. Ann Farrell of Hays, Pa., and Mrs. Sarah Milligan of Girard; a
brother, Nelson Whittacre of Swissville, Pa. and 12 grandchildren.
The Rev. Tom B. Homrighausen will officiate at funeral rites
Tuesday at
Hehr, John Hehr
John Hehr, of 233 Mohawk ave. NW died this morning in Mercy
Hospital after an eight-month illness. He was 75.
Before his retirement 10 years ago, he was a carpenter at
Republic Steel Corp. He was born in Lewisville and came to Canton 38 years ago.
He held membership in First Luthern Church.
Mr. Hehr is survived by his widow, Mrs. Eliza J. Hehr; 5
daughters, Mrs. Mary Prosock,[sic-Prysock] Mrs. Mildred Devis, Mrs. Jean Young
and Mrs. Donna Grell of Canton and Mrs. Doris Upperman of Louisville; 2 sons,
John L. and William N. Hehr of Canton; 2 sisters, Mrs. Harry Larkin of
Pittsburg and Mrs. Carrie Ihlenheld of Wheeling, W.Va., and 13 grandchildren.
The Rev. Herbert E. Troge will conduct funeral rites Thursday
at
Hehr, Lottie Mae Hehr nee Smith
Hehr, Lottie Mae, of Bridgeport, died Friday at
She was born in Bridgeport in January 1887, a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas E. Smith, and was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church.
Her husband, Benjamin L. Hehr died in 1951
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. William Short of Indiana,
Pa.; Mrs. Howard Marling of Duquesne, Pa., and Mrs. Joseph Westcoat of Irwin,
Pa.; and one son, Arthur T. of Bridgeport; three sisters, Mrs. Maude Craft of
Wellsburg, Mrs. Hazel Duncan and Mrs. Joseph Evans of Bridgeport; two brothers,
William Smith of Bridgeport and Harry Smith of Warren, O.; and three
grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the Howard H. Wilson Funeral
Chapel in Bridgeport.
Funeral plans are incomplete.
Henthorn, Alberta Henthorn, nee Morris
Source: The Barnesville Enterprise, Barnesville,
Ohio; 24 Jan 1957
Burns Are
Fatal To Woman
From Woodsfield Area
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon for Mrs.
Alberta Morris Henthorn, 29, of Richfork, near Woodsfield, who died in the
Barnesville Hospital early Saturday morning, of burns suffered in a fire which
destroyed the family home on Friday night.
Mrs. Henthorn, mother of four children, was found on the
floor of her burning home by her husband as he returned from the store. He carried her and one child to safety,
while the other three children fled the burning dwelling.
It is believed that Mrs. Henthorn's clothing ignited from
an open fire place, and the flames from her burning clothing set plastic drapes
and the house afire.
Less than a month ago the Henthorn's lost a six year old
son in a shooting accident. The young
boy died after being shot in the head by an older brother as the Henthorn
children played in the family car.
Source: The Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio); 8 Oct
1957
Ex-Railroad Dispatcher
Summoned
Virgil K. Herlan, 85, of 1117 Melick avenue, who was a
railroader in his early life, died at 4:30 Monday afternoon in Bethesda
hospital after a three year illness. He
had been a patient at the hospital since Friday night.
He was born Feb. 10, 1872 near Salesville, a son of John
and Sarah Kent Herlan. He worked for
the OR&W railroad in both Guernsey and Noble counties and was dispatcher at
Herlan Station in Monroe county before coming to Zanesville in 1917, to become
dispatcher at Mill Run.
Later he became a salesman for the New Castle Casket Co. of
Indiana.
Mr. Herlan was a member of Grace Methodist church and the
Summerfield F. & A.M. lodge where he received his 50 year pin in 1955.
He is survived by his widow, Odell, of the home; two
sisters, Mrs. Irene Bach of Lewisville and Mrs. Blanche Foster, who resides at
the Bethesda nurses home; a brother,
Elbert, of Cleveland and a number of nieces and nephews.
The body has been taken to the Henderson funeral home in
Duncan Falls and on Wednesday will be brought to the DeLong and Baker funeral
home here where friends may call after 2:30 p.m.
On Thursday it will be taken to the Sommerfield Methodist
for funeral services and burial will follow in Eastern cemetery there.
Rev. G.A. Wilcher will officiate and the Masonic lodge will
hold its services at that time.
Source: The Barnesville Enterprise, Barnesville,
Ohio; 7 Nov 1957
Village Saddened
By Hines' Death
Never has Barnesville been more deeply saddened by a death
than by the death on Monday afternoon at 5:40 of Charles W. Hines of 623 Wiley
Avenue. Mr. Hines died at the Veterans'
University Hospital in Pittsburgh where he had been a patient for 13 days.
Some time ago Mr. Hines gave to John Campbell of the
Campbell Funeral Service, his wishes, in full for his funeral and these wishes
are being observed by the family. The
remains were brought to the Campbell Funeral Home, and friends were received
after noon on Wednesday. Private
funeral services will be held this Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock, conducted
by the Rev. Byron B. Evans, D.D. of the Presbyterian Church, assisted by the
Rev. Fred A. Shiltz of the First Methodist Church. Cremation will follow, and it was Mr. Hines' request that flowers
be omitted and that his friends give this money to any worthy cause they should
choose.
Mr. Hines was a son of George M. and Elizabeth Neuhardt
Hines, and was born in Barnesville on February 16, 1899. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church,
and of the Rotary Club which he had served as secretary for 22 years. No one ever exemplified the Rotary motto,
"Service above self” better than this member, who to many symbolized the
heart of this service club. His weekly
bulletin, with its wit and wisdom, was eagerly looked forward to.
He was a veteran of World War I, and in service suffered
injuries which crippled him permanently.
But no one ever heard him complain, and his cheerfulness was a wonderful
tribute to his patriotism and courage.
His great hobby was his work as a "ham" radio operator, which
made him friends near and far.
He was preceded in death by his father, two sisters, Olga
and Catherine, and one brother, Walter.
His death bereaves his mother, of the home, three brothers, Stewart, James,
and Lester, all of Barnesville, and one sister, Jeanne, a teacher in the Canton
schools, besides countless friends.
Hutchinson, Mabel Alice Hutchinson, nee Bolen
Source: The Steubenville [Ohio] Herald-Star;
Thursday,10 Jan 1957
Mrs. John Hutchinson
Mrs. Mabel Alice Hutchinson, 55, of 604 N. 6th St. died
Wednesday at 6:45 p.m. in Gill Memorial Hospital. She had been ill three years and was a patient several weeks.
Mrs. Hutchinson, a Steubenville resident 10 years, was a
member of Westminster Presbyterian Church.
She was born in Wheeling Jan. 5, 1902, the daughter of Mrs.
Emma Rogers Bolen of Wheeling and the late Henry Bolen.
Mrs. Hutchinson leaves her mother; her husband, John E.
Hutchinson; one son, Robert L. Kidd of Gary, Ind.; three sisters, Mrs. William
Glaze of Wheeling, Mrs. Roy Richmond of Moundsville and Mrs. Oran Canter of
Cleveland; four brothers, Harold and Paul Bolen of Wheeling, Hugh of Wellsburg
and Clyde of Sistersville, W. Va.
Friends may call at the McClave Funeral Home from 7 p.m.
until 9 p.m. today and from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. Friday.
Funeral services will be Saturday at 2 p.m. in McClave
Chapel. The Rev. James M. Nash will
officiate. Burial will be in Union
Cemetery.
Source: The East Liverpool [Ohio] Review; Tuesday, 6
Aug 1957
Rites Set
For Truck Fire
Victims
The bodies of an East Liverpool man and another from
Wellsville who were killed when this*
tractor truck overturned and burned on Route 30 near Minerva Monday were
returned today for burial.
The victims were Raymond Kent, 32, of Leonard S., East Liverpool,
driver of the truck, and John Allen Cline, 21, of Whitacre Apartments,
Wellsville, evidently a passenger.
Mr. Kent died in Mercy Hospital in Canton a few hours after
the mishap and Mr. Cline was burned to death when pinned in the car as the
truck overturned after hitting a guard rail at a high rate of speed. The fire-blackened cab of the truck is shown
here after it was righted.* The
saddle-type gas tank was ripped open and the fuel ignited.
Mr. Kent was a World War II veteran. He leaves his widow, Mrs. Louise Lipps Kent,
and three sons, Raymond L. Kent Jr., Terry Allen Kent and Michael Wayne Kent,
all at home; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Kent of East Liverpool; four brothers, Walter Kent of New Waterford, Carl
Kent and Billy Lee Kent of East Liverpool and Floyd Kent of Columbus; and three
sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Baker, Mrs. James McDole and Miss Mary Jane Kent, all of
East Liverpool.
Rites will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the Arner Home
for Funerals by the Rev. Robert Turner, pastor of the First Baptist
Church. Burial will be in Spring Grove
Cemetery. Friends may call tonight at
the funeral home.
Mr. Cline, a son of Mrs. Helen Cline, was discharged July
5** from the Navy. In addition to his
mother, he leaves five sisters, Mrs. Lulu Galeno of Irondale, Mrs. Jane
Kirbough of Hammondsville and Misses Jean Cline, Nancy Cline and Mary Cline,
all of Wellsville, and three brothers, Herbert Cline, William Cline and Edward
Cline, all of Wellsville.
The body was brought to the Haugh Funeral Home in
Wellsville. Funeral arrangements are
incomplete.
Submitter’s Notes:
* A picture of the burned-out truck accompanied the article
** The obituary
for his sister Lillian lists the same McDole youngsters as does the obituary
for Donald E. McDole so perhaps "James" is an error here.
*** This was difficult to read and might be in error here.
Source: The Stark County [Illinois] News; 21 Aug
1957
Hold Funeral
Monday For Nelson
Kilby, 77; Formerly
Of Toulon
Funeral services for Nelson J. Kilby, 77, of Orion, and
former resident of this community, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at
Orion Methodist church.
Although Mr. Kilby had been in ill health for some time,
his death was unexpected and he died in his sleep Saturday morning at his farm
home 12 miles north of Orion.
Rev. John Wanamaker, pastor of the Orion church,
officiated.
Burial was in Western cemetery at that place.
He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Kilby and was born
December 17, 1879, in Wightman, Virginia, where he received his education.
He was married in 1903 to Miss Edith Claybaugh of Toulon,
ceremony taking place at Toulon Baptist church parsonage.
Besides his wife he is survived by three daughters and a
son: Mrs. Grace Schillinger and Mrs.
Julia M. Painter of Coal Valley; Mrs. Betty J. Holden, of Orion, and Nelson J.
Kilby Jr., of Salem, Virginia.
Also surviving are four brothers, John, of Rugby, Virginia;
Lester, of Curreyville [sic--Curryville], Missouri; Wade S. of
Grandview, Missouri, and Glenn C., of Los Angeles.
Klein, Phillip Emerson Klein
The Death Angel, in gathering flowers for the Master, called
from the home of Mr. and Mrs. Don Klein, Stow, Ohio, their only son, Phillip
Emerson, aged five months and seven days.
He was born
He leaves behind those who loved him here, his parents. Don
and Dorothy Pfalzgraf Klein; one sister, Christina Lynn; Paternal grandmother,
Mrs. Pearl Klein, of Cuyahoga Falls; his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Emerson Pfalzgraf, of Claringtonn, Route, and Maternal great grandmother,
Mrs. Lydia Shaw, of Clarington Route. He also leaves four uncles, three aunts,
several cousins and other relatives.
This precious one was not ours to keep but loaned for a brief
while to brighten life’s way. We mourn, not as those without Hope, but remember
in Faith that Jesus said, “Suffer the little children to come unto Me.”
Services were held Fri. in the Gregory Funeral Chapel at Stow,
in charge of Rev. Collyson of the Graham Road Baptist Temple. Interment was in
the Cuyahoga Falls Cemetery.
Kurtzman, Allie Kurtzman, nee McClintock
Source: The Wooster [Ohio] Daily Record; 22 Jul 1957
Mrs. Kurtzman,
68, of Wilmot
WILMOT -- Mrs. Allie Kurtzman, 68, died early Sunday at her
home at Beach City RD 2 after several monhs'
[sic] illness.
Mrs. Kurtzman was born in Marshall County, Va., and had
lived in the Wilmot community several years.
Surviving are her husband, Forest; two brothers,
Edward McClintock of Creston and Harley
McClintock of Wooland [sic], W. Va.; a sister, Mrs. Earl Bigler of Creston.
Services will be at 2 p.m. DST Tuesday at the Rush Funeral Home in Claringon [sic]. The Rev. D. Grundy Couch, pastor of Wilmot Evangelical
United Brethren Church, will officiate.
Burial will be in Clarington Cemetery. Friends may call at Desvoignes Funeral Home
in Mt. Eaton 7-9 p.m. Monday.
Source: The Lima [Ohio] News; Sunday, 20 Jan 1957
HEALTH OFFICIAL DIES
WOODSFIELD, Ohio -- Dr. R. H. Latta, 64, president of the
Monroe County Board of Health, died Friday in his home in Graysville, Monroe
County. He had suffered a heart attack
three weeks ago.
[Submitter's Note: Below is a more complete obituary.]
Source: The Monroe County [Ohio] Beacon; Monday, 21
Jan 1957
Dr. R. H. Latta
Dies At
Home in Graysville
On
Friday Afternoon
Dr. R. H. Latta, age 63,* passed away at his home in
Graysville at three o'clock Friday afternoon, January 18, 1957. He had suffered a heart attack on Friday
evening, January 4th, and was rushed to Marietta Memorial Hospital where he was
listed as critical for several days. On
Saturday, January 12th, he was brought to his home to convalesce, and a second
attack on Friday afternoon proved fatal.
A son of the late Dr. A. F. Latta and Mary Neuhart Latta,
he was born at Boston, Belmont County, Ohio, on July 23, 1893.* Upon his graduation from the College of
Medicine at Ohio State University, Columbus, in 1918, he joined his father in
the practice of medicine in Graysville.
Dr. A. F. Latta, and his son had been Graysville's doctors for over sixty
years.
Dr. Latta was president of the Monroe County Board of
Health, and was not only well known in Monroe County but in surrounding
counties. He was also a member of
Monroe Lodge No. 189, F. & A. M.
His only survivor is his wife, Martha Lea (Keylor) Latta.
Friends are being received at the Gardner Funeral Home
where services will be held this Monday afternoon at two o'clock, with Minister
Albert Wickham, of Coshocton, officiating.
Interment will be in Oaklawn Cemetery.
Masonic services were held at the funeral home on Sunday
evening at 8:00 o'clock.
*Submitter's Note: His entry at U.S. World War II Draft
Registration Cards, 1942, at FINDAGRAVE, and an obituary in the town of his
cousin Dr. Jack Latta, give the birth year as 1892. Other records indicate he was born in Calais, Monroe County,
Ohio. Below is the CARD OF THANKS
written by his wife:
CARD OF
THANKS
Source: The Spirit of Democracy, Woodsfield, Ohio;
Thursday, 31 Jan 1957
I wish to express my sincere and heartfelt thanks to
relatives, friends and neighbors for their kindness and sympathy shown me
during the illness and death of my beloved husband, Dr. R. H. Latta, especially the Gardner funeral home, the
Rev. A. E. Wickham, doctors and nurses.
Many thanks for the beautiful floral offerings from my many
friends. All have my ever lasting
gratitude.
Wife, Martha Lea Latta
Source: The Steubenville [Ohio] Herald Star; 16 Jul 1957
Ernest W. Mercer, 66, of 315 S. 4th St., a former employe
[sic] of the Hot Strip Department of the Wheeling Steel Corp., died today at
4:30 a.m. He had been ill two weeks and
was a patient in Ohio Valley Hospital.
A son of the late Jacob and Jennie Fox Mercer, he was born
Aug. 13, 1890, in New Martinsville, West Virginia.
He leaves his widow, Mrs. Mollie Morrow Mercer; one son,
Jake Mercer of RD 3, Steubenville; two daughters, Mrs. Ethel Evans of
Steubenville and Miss Eunice Mercer at home; three brothers, Sam Mercer of Paris,
Ohio, Leb and Onward Mercer, both of Bergholz; four sisters, Mrs. Bertha
Morrow, Mrs. Mollie Hacathorn [sic--Hackathorn], Mrs. Margaret Hacathorn
[sic--Hackathorn], all of Bergholz, Mrs. Ollie Snyder [sic–Snider] of Paden
City, W. Va.; six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Viola Mercer, one
brother, Charles Mercer, and two sisters, Mrs. Vada Ray and Mrs. Caroline
Lewis.
Mr. Mercer was a member
of the Fraternal Order of Eagles and a Methodist by faith.
Friends will be received at the Mosti Funeral Home after 7
p.m. today and from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday until time of
services which will be at 2 p.m. The
Rev. Mr. Harold Kellermier will officiate.
Burial will be in Bergholz Cemetery.
Source: The Spirit of Democracy [Woodsfield, Ohio];
31 Oct 1957
Daniel Miller,
90, Dies In
Wheeling Hospital
Daniel Miller, aged 90, of Clarington Route 2, died Tuesday
evening, October 22, at the Ohio Valley General hospital.
Born February 12, 1867, in Clarington, he was a son of the
late Philip and Elizabeth Otto Miller.
He is survived by his widow, Laura; one daughter, Mrs.
Grace Jenny of Lodi; one son Roy Miller, Sr., of Clarington; five grandchildren
and nine great-grandchildren; and three stepchildren, Mrs. Daily Johnson and
Clarence Green of Cleveland and George Green, of Cleveland.
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at Rush funeral
home, Clarington, with the Rev. Keene Lebold in charge. Burial was in Clarington cemetery.
Source: The Youngstown [Ohio] Vindicator; 2 Jun 1957
Special to The Vindicator
Wellsville, June 1 -- Funeral services will be held at 2
p.m. Monday at the Clarke Funeral Home at Toronto for Earl W. Milligan, 52,
superintendent of the Wellsville Free Methodist Church Sunday School, who died
Friday night in Toronto.
He was an Ohio Edison Co. employe.[sic] He leaves his wife, Mrs. Leah Milligan.
Source: The Barnesville Enterprise, Barnesville,
Ohio; 7 Nov 1957
Amelia Neuhardt, 92, Died in
Arizona
Miss Amelia Neuhardt, aged native of Monroe County, and a
former resident of Barnesville, passed away at Tucson, Arizona, last Friday,
November 1. The remains were brought to
Barnesville, and services were held at the Campbell Funeral Home Tuesday
afternoon at 3 o'clock. They were
conducted by the Rev. Byron B. Evans, D.D. of the Presbyterian Church, and
burial was made in the Southern Cemetery.
Miss Neuhardt was a daughter of John and Kate Neuhardt, and
was born March 4, 1865, she being in her 93rd year at the time of her
death. The only survivors are a number
of nieces and nephews, among them Mrs. G. M. Hines and Ed Neuhardt of
Barnesville.
Ritzert, Francis (Frank)
J. Ritzert
Killed When Struck By Auto
Ritzert, Francis J. Source--News
Clipping Published—1957
Ritzert, Francis J., 40, of
Mapleton Road, Route 4, Canton, a flagman on a road construction job, was
struck and killed by an automobile on Freeburg Road, northeast of Canton, on
Friday, October 11, 1957. Mr. Ritzert
was a son of the late George and Mary Burkhart Ritzert, of Woodsfield, and
resided here and near Graysville until moving to Canton a few years ago.
Surviving are his wife, the
former Miss Edith Dillon, of Graysville; three sons and one daughter, of the
home; one sister, Mrs. Don (Magdalene) McCort, of near Barnesville, and three
brothers, Lawrence Ritzert, of Zanesville; Raymond Ritzert, of Cleveland, and
George Ritzert, of Canton.
His parents and two sisters,
Adelia and Virginia, have preceded him in death.
A Requiem High Mass was
solemnized in St. Sylvesters Church at Woodsfield this Monday morning at ten
o'clock, with Rev. Robert Brown officiating.
Burial was in the church cemetery.
Source: The Akron [Ohio] Beacon Journal; 16 Oct 1957
ROACH
Michael Anthony, age 7 weeks, passed away Tuesday a.m. Survived by father and mother, Mr. and Mrs.
Norman J. Roach; brother, Robert; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Julian Roach and
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Triplett; great-grandparents, Mrs. Lettie Eden and Mrs. Tennie
Trippett. Funeral services Thursday,
3:30 p.m. at the Campfield-Hickman Funeral Home. Rev. Rex Humbard officiating.
Burial Greenlawn Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral Home.
(Campfield-Hickman.)
Source: The Pasadena [California] Star-News; 7 Aug
1957
Kenneth Reed
Rites Set
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at
Turner & Stevens Co. mortuary for Kenneth N. Reed, 75, who died suddenly
Monday at his home, 4721 Briggs Ave., La Crescenta.
Reed was president of the R & M Manufacturing Co. of
Pasadena.
He had been a resident of Pasadena for the past 25 years.
Reed is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Walter Marto and
Mrs. Jean Clymore, both of Pasadena, and Mrs. James Munyon, Livermore; one
sister, Mrs. Ralph Bryant, Los Angeles; a brother, Wade Reed, of Tulsa, Okla.;
three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Burial will be in Forest Lawn.
Roth, Vernest (also
seen as Vernis and Verniel) "Elmer" Roth
Source: The Danville [Illinois] Commercial-News; 16
Jun 1957
Rites Monday For Victim Of
Burns
Funeral services for Elmer Roth, 79, of 923 N. Gilbert St.,
who died Saturday morning of burns, will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Central
Christian Church.
The Rev. Edward Young, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. The body will be taken to the church from the
Johnson Funeral Home one hour before services.
Mr. Roth, a trucker, was burned from the waist down last
Thursday afternoon when a can of kerosene exploded in his hands, igniting his
clothing. He was reported to have been
attempting to kindle a fire in the back yard of his home.
A resident of Danville 30 years, Mr. Roth came here from
Oakwood. He was born Sept. 23,* 1877,
the son of Samuel and Elizabeth Kinkade Roth.
He was a member of the Central Christian Church.
In 1899 he married the former Berda Osborne who survives.
Other survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Betty Gay of South
Bend, Ind.; a son, Ted Roth of Nebraska; three grandchildren, and one great
grandchild; two brothers, William and Pearl, both of Danville, and a sister,
Mrs. Ida Randels** of Seattle, Wash.
He was preceded in death by a son and daughter.
Submitter's Notes:
* September 21 was given as the date of birth in the Ohio,
Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1962 and the World War I Draft Registration
Cards, 1917-1918.
** His sister Ida's last name is also seen spelled as
RANDLES.
Source: The Terre Haute [Indiana] Tribune Star; 30
Oct 1957
Patricia Doren Schell, 2-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Schell, 1238 Seventh Avenue, died at 10 o'clock last night at St.
Anthony's Hospital. Also surviving are
a sister, Miss Marcia Schell at home; a brother, Richard D. at home, and the
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Forrest O. Schell and Mrs. Effie Mae Fields, all of
Terre Haute. The body was taken to the
Gillis Memory Chapel.
Stalder, Louisa Stalder nee Baumann or Bowman
Source: unnamed newspaper
clipping [probably either the Spirit of Democracy, Woodsfield, Ohio, or the Canton
Repository, Canton, Ohio]; April, 1957
MRS. FRED
STALDER DIES AT
DAUGHTER'S HOME
Mrs. Louisa Stalder, 94, who made her home with her
daughter, Mrs. Chauncey Ankrom, 818 Walnut Avenue N.E., Canton, died Wednesday
evening April 17, in the home. She had been in failing health several years.
Born at Miltonsburg, she had resided in Canton the last ten
years. She retained membership in St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed Church
at Miltonsburg.
In addition to Mrs. Ankrom, she is survived by a son Herman
Stalder of Modesto, Calif.; nine grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. She
was preceded in death by her husband Fred Stalder; a daughter, Mrs. Nina Harper
and a son Clarence Stalder.
Funeral services were held April 19 in Canton. The body was
returned to Miltonsburg for services and burial the following day.
Stallings, Clyde Stallings
Jeffersonian Wednesday 10
December 1958
Salesville - Clyde
Stallings, 76 of Salesville R D 1 died unexpectedly at his home from a
heart attack Tuesday. He was born in Riply, W Va Feb 16 1882 the son of
David and Emily McVay Stallings. Mr Stallings was a farmer and had lived
at Salesville R D 1 the past 45 years moving there from Monroe County.
He leaves his wife, Blanche
Danford Stallings; two daughters, Mrs Ildrith Hayes of Salesville R D 1
and Mrs Gail Lowry of Old Washington; five grandchildren; one
great-granddaughter; a brother, Grover Stallings of Salesville R D 1 and a
sister Mrs Lena Miracle of Salesville. Three brothers and three sisters
preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be
conducted by Rev George Vorhies at 3 p.m. Friday in the Eberle Funeral Home at
Quaker City where friends may call after Thursday noon. Burial will be in
Friends Cemetery, Quaker City.
Stallings, Clyde Stallings
Salesville R. D., Dies
Suddenly (Dec. 9, 1958)
Clyde Stallings, 76,.
Salesville R. D. 1, died unexpectedly at his farm home Tuesday, death resulting
from a sudden heart attack. Born in
Ripley, W. Va., on Feb. 16, 1882, he was the son of David and Emily McVay
Stallings. Mr. Stallings was a farmer and had lived at Salesville the
past 45 years, moving there from Monroe County.
He is survived by his wife,
Blanche Danford Stallings; two daughters, Mrs Ildreth Hayes of Salesville
and Mrs. Gail Lowry of Old Washington; five grandchildren and one
great-granddaughter; one brother, Grover Stallings of Salesville and a
sister, Mrs. Lena Miracle, Salesville. Three brothers and three sisters
are deceased.
Funeral services will be
conducted at the Eberle Funeral Home, Quaker City, Friday, Dec. 12, at 3
o'clock in the afternoon. Rev. Geo. Vorhies, Methodist pastor, will
officiate and interment will be in Friends Cemetery here.
Stephen, John Alexander
Stephen
Source: The Cambridge [Ohio] Jeffersonian, Monday 8
July 1957
BARNESVILLE---Funeral
services will be held Wednesday at Campbell Funeral, for John Alexander
Stephen, 68, of Barnesville, who died suddenly Saturday afternoon at 1:30 P.M.
in his home.
Born near Calais in
Monroe County, April 24, 1889, he was
the son of Jacob F. and Nancy Wells Stephen.
He had lived most of his life in Barnesville and was a retired worker of
Warr Car and Wheel Company.
Besides his wife Mary
Louise, of the home, he leaves three
sisters, Mrs. Bertha Tuttle, Columbus,
Mrs. Mary Carpenter near Summerfield, and Mrs. Lillian Fitzgerald,
Flushing; four brothers, Charles of
Cambridge, Harry of Batesville, Lewis
of Cumberland and Roman of MT. Pleasant.
Rev. Floyd Workman,
Delaware will officiate at the funeral and burial will be in Crestview
Cemetery.
Source: The Alliance [Ohio] Review; 4 May 1957
Death Takes
Foreman At Morgan’s
Alva M. Stickle, 64, died suddenly at 8:30 a.m. Saturday at
his home, 875 Roseland Rd. He had gone
to work earlier, complained of not feeling well and returned home where he went
to the kitchen for a cup of tea and slumped in death.
Born in Marlboro on
Dec. 27, 1892, the deceased lived in the district all of his life. He was employed by the Morgan Engineering
Co. for 47 years and was a foreman at the time of his death.
Mr. Stickle was a member of the First Christian Church, the
Morgan Engineering Co. Athletic Association; Conrad Lodge 271 F. and A.M.;
Alliance Chapter 83, Royal Arch Masons; Alliance Council 112 Royal and Select
Masters; Alliance Commandery 67, Knights Templar and the Ancient and Accepted
Scottish Rite, Valley of Canton.
He is survived by his
wife, Lydia, of the home; a son, Arvid of Canton; four daughters, Mrs. Doriene
Perkins of Salem; Mrs. Evelyn Zeck of Fort Walton, Fla., Mrs. Geraldine
Zimmerman of this city, and Mrs. Kathryn Mottern of Wooster; three sisters,
Mrs. Ray Dye of this city, Mrs. Elizabeth Abney of Sebring and Mrs. Cloe* Cole
of Hartville. There are 17
grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Funeral services are being arranged at the Myers Funeral
Home.
*Submitter's Notes: This is usually seen spelled as CHLOE.
Below is the funeral
notice:
Source: The Alliance [Ohio] Review; 6 May 1957
STICKLE FUNERAL
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m.
Tuesday at the Myers Funeral Home for Alva Stickle, 64, who died suddenly
Saturday at his home, 875 Roseland Rd.
The Rev. J. Robert Moffett, pastor of First Christian
Church will conduct the service following interment in the Marlboro Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7
to 9 tonight.
Witham,
Bertha M. Witham, nee Rowley
Source: The Evansville [Indiana] Courier and Press;
6 Mar 1957
Mrs. Bertha M. Witham, 42, died at 10:05 p.m. Tuesday at
Deaconess Hospital after a long illness.
She lived at 1024 W. Delaware St., and was a member of Friendship
Baptist Church.
Surviving are the husband, Ollie M.; four sons, Allen,
Phillip, Larry and Robert, all at home; her mother, Mrs. Katie Rowley, of East
Chicago; three sisters, Mrs. Margaret Hendrick of East Chicago, Mrs. Laura
Higgins of Evansville, and Mrs. Roberta Flowers of Richmond, Va.; and three
brothers, Truman and Wesley Rowley, of Lowell, Ind., and Jean Rowley of Gary.
Friends may call at Ziemer Funeral Home.
Source: The Shelbyville [Indiana] News; 11 Dec 1957
H. Pete Wood
Dies Suddenly
Rites for
County Man
Will Be
Held Friday
Harrell Pete Wood, 52, R. R. 5, died suddenly Tuesday at
5:00 p.m. at Sandman Brothers where he is employed as a metal worker. Death was attributed by Dr. James H. Tower,
coroner, to be a coronary occlusion.
Mr. Wood was born in Decatur county May 26, 1905, and had
resided in this community for three and one-half years. He was married to N. Marie Pope on November
12, 1955, and she survives with two children, Chree Wood and Larry Pete Wood.
Funeral services will be held at the Murphy Mortuary Friday
at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. C. M. Hager officiating. Burial will be in the Lewis Creek cemetery. Friends may call at
the mortuary after 7:00 this evening.
Woodruff, Henrietta
Woodruff, nee Lauxterman
Source: The Monroe County
Beacon, Woodsfield, Ohio, January 1957
Mrs. Henrietta Lauxterman Woodruff [Mrs. Benjamin S.
Woodruff ] Woodruff was born April 18, 1883, at Cincinnati, Ohio being the
fifth child of the late David and Mary Ann Lauxterman. She departed this life
at the Brown County Hospital, Georgetown, Ohio, on January 7, 1957, at 2 p.m.
She was united in marriage with the Reverend Benjamin S.
Woodruff on October 15, 1901. To this union one daughter was born, Mrs. Inez
Ware, of Frankfort, Kentucky.
Surviving besides her husband and daughter, are two sisters,
Mrs. Cora Thompson, of Dade City, Florida, and Mrs. Alvina Powers, of
Cincinnati, Ohio and one brother Clarence Lauxterman, of St. Bernard, Ohio;
also many other relatives and friends who will miss her.
Mrs. Woodruff was a kind and loving wife and mother, and a
true friend and neighbor who will be missed for her many deeds and helpfulness.
Reverend and Mrs. Woodruff celebrated their fiftieth wedding
anniversary in 1950 during his pastoral days of the Woodsfield, Buchanan and
Laings Churches. God in His wisdom permitted them to see their fifty-fifth
wedding anniversary.
Reverend Woodruff was retired from the Gospel ministry on
April 30, 1954, after thirty years of service. They moved from Woodsfield in
April, 1954, and established their home at Sardinia, Ohio. The present address
of Reverend B. S. Woodruff is Sardinia, Ohio.
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