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1971 – 1980

 

 

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1971             Return to Top of Page and Index of Years

 

Vernon Seebach
Source: The Daily Jeffersonian, Cambridge, Ohio, January 1971
    Vernon Seebach, 46, Lewisville, Ohio, died Sunday, January 31, 1971, at Barnesville Hospital, Barnesville, Ohio. He had undergone surgery there last week.
    Born February 5, 1924, at Lewisville, he was a son of the late Herman and Myrtle Moffatt Seebach and was employed by Olin Matheison Corporation at Hannibal, Ohio. He was a 1943 graduate of Lewisville High School.
    Mr. Seebach leaves his wife, the former Louise Drum Craig; two daughters, Mrs. Melody Wilson of Summerfield and Laurie Ann of the home; five sons, Stephen, Charles, Carl, Paul and Glenn and two stepsons, Duane and Kevin Craig, all of the home; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Lou Balluff, Gahanna, and Mrs. Fred  Rose, Canton, Ohio; four brothers, Elmer and Jerry of Woodsfield, Roger William of Lewisville, and Earl of Canton, and one grandson.
    Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Bauer and Turner Funeral Home here with Minister John Hendershot officiating. Burial will be in Friendship cemetery, Lewisville.

 

Homer R. Rich

Jeffersonian Sat 28 Aug 1971

Eberle Funeral Home here has charge of arrangements for Homer R Rich, 96 Quaker City, R.D. 1.  Mr Rich died Saturday morning August 28, 1971 in Guernsey Memorial Hospital, Cambridge.  He was born May 11, 1875 in Noble County, a son of the late William and Margaret Miley Rich.  His wife, Alice Rich died July 22, 1954.

Mr Rich leaves one daughter, Mrs Ellis (Audry) Long, Quaker City, R.D. 1,; one son William Rich, Senecaville R.D. 1, and 10 grandchildren.

 

Richard F. Bates
Source: The Monroe County Beacon, Woodsfield, Ohio, dated, Thursday, January 7, 1971

Richard F. Bates , 45, of Hollywood, Florida, former Woodsfield resident, died Monday, December 28, 1970, in Hollywood.
He was born  May 11, 1925 , in Woodsfield, a son of George D. Bates, of Woodsfield, and the late Rosella Crock Bates.

Surviving in addition to his father are his stepmother, Mrs. Flavil Gatten Bates;  three daughters, Mrs. Ed Steele, of Seville;  Mrs. Gary Gray, of Bridgeport, and Mrs. Ronald Yost, of Sistersville, W.Va.; four grandchildren;  three sisters, Mrs. Esther Park of Toledo, and Mrs. Jane Russell, of Wheeling, W.Va.,  Mrs. Martha Highman, of Ashland;  three brothers, Robert Bates, of Ashland;  William Bates, of Polk, and George Bates, of  Woodsfield, Route 3, and several nieces and nephews.

Services were held on Thursday afternoon, December 31st, at two o'clock in The Bauer and Turner Funeral Chapel with Minister J. V. A.  Traylor officiating. Burial was in Oaklawn Cemetery, Woodsfield, Ohio.

 

Carrie Mercer - nee Maurer

Source: The Canton Repository, Canton, Ohio;  March 3, 1971, pg 41*

      Carrie Maurer,* born in Paris, Ohio Nov. 18, 1880, died March 3, 1971 at her home following a 13 year illness.  She was a member of the Israel United Church of Christ of Paris.  Survived by husband Samuel Mercer; three daughters, Mrs. Martha (Donald) Gram of Paris, Mrs. Eva (George) Speakman of Paris, and Mrs. Ester (Walter) Reed of Oneida, OH; six grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.  Burial at Liberty Cemetery.

 

*Submitter’s note: From the wording, this may be a summary.   I did not see the actual obituary.

 

James Hackathorn

Source: The Canton Repository, Canton, Ohio,  Aug. 10, 1971, pg 31

      James Hackathorn, son of Crawford & Lyde Griffith Hackathorn , age 70, passed away at home in Bergholz, OH,  August 8, 1971 after a three month illness.  He was a member of the Bergholz Church of Christ, the Senior Citizens Club and a retired coal miner.

      Survived by his widow Margaret Mercer Hackathorn; two daughters, Mrs. John (June) VanAuker of North Jackson, OH, and Mrs. Charles (Genevieve) Cizman of Bergholz; one sister Mrs. Bertha Maston of Canton, OH; two grandchildren, Jenny Cizman of Bergholz, and Jeanie VanAuker of North Jackson, OH.  Burial at Bergholz Cemetery.

 

Anna Smith nee Jones

Mrs. Anna Smith, 70, of Sardis, died suddenly at 6 o’clock Friday evening, August 6, 1971, at the home of her sister, Mrs. Alice Myers, also of Sardis, with whom she was paying a brief visit. She had been in ill health.

She was born at Sardis, March 28, 191, a daughter of Joel and Martha Thomas Jones. Her husband, Frank Smith, died in May 1969.

Mrs. Smith was a member of the Church of Christ in Sardis.

Surviving are one son, Claude Smith of Woodsfield; one sister, Mrs. Alice Myers, of Sardis; three brothers, Everett Jones of McMechen, WV; Orville Jones of Bridgeport and Homer Jones of Sardis, and two grandsons.

Brief services were held Monday afternoon at one o’clock in the Rush Funeral Home at Sardis, with additional services at two o’clock in the West Union Church of Christ, James Clegg officiated. Interment was in the church cemetery.

 

Raymond Lee Bowen

Bowen, Raymond Lee Bowen, 26, of 1036 Alton Darby Creek Road, Columbus, Ohio, died Saturday night, Sept. 18, 1971, from injuries received in a truck accident.

He was a son of Mrs. Cora Robinson Hendrickson, of Toledo, and the late Ray Bowen of Fly, Ohio.

Surviving are his wife, Susan, and a son, Raymond Lee, Jr., of the home in Columbus, and 2 aunts, Mrs. Blanche Lallathin, of Sardis, and Mrs. Louise Thomas, of Williamstown, West Virginia. Services were held in the Spears Chapel at Columbus on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with Rev. Donald King officiating. Burial was in the Witten Cemetery at Fly, Ohio

 

Hillard Curtis Wehr

Source:   The Cambridge [Ohio] Jeffersonian; Tuesday, 20 April 1971

           BARNESVILLE--Campbell-Plumly Funeral Home here has charge of arrangements for Hillard Curtis Wehr, 39, of Lincoln Ave., who was dead on arrival at 5:30 A.M. today (Tuesday) in Barnesville General Hospital of an apparent heart attack.

            A veteran of the Korean Conflict and an employee of the YNO Coal Co., he was born Aug. 11, 1931 in Monroe County, a son of Mrs. Faye Carpenter Wehr and the late Hort Wehr.

            In addition to his mother, Mr. Wehr leaves his wife, Betty Pack Wehr;  one daughter, Vicki Jo and one son, Kenneth Wehr, both of the home;  seven sisters, Mrs. Helma Stephens and Mrs. Beverly Legg, both of Hendrysburg;  Mrs. Eva Mae Brown, Warren,  Mrs. Bernice Moore, Mt. Olivet,  Mrs. Norma Teters, Columbus,  Mrs. Janet Miller, Barnesville and Mrs. Velma Newhart, Lewisville R. D.;  seven brothers, Lawrence and Norma Wehr, both of Barnesville R. D. 4,  William and Roger Wehr, both of Barnesville,  Vernon Wehr of Bethesda R. D., Donald Wehr of Jerusalem R. D. and Freddie Wehr, Columbus.

 

William Garfield Drake

     William Garfield Drake, 90, resident of 207 Vine Street, Barnesville, died Tuesday morning, August 31, 1971, at 4:15 a.m. in Barnesville Hospital. He was born in Monroe County, January 15, 1881, a son of George and Nancy Edington Drake.

     He was a member of the East Main Street Church of Christ and a retired farmer.

     Surviving are his widow, Jennie Morris Drake; six sons, George and William, both of Bethesda, Charles and Raymond, both of Barnesville, Thurman, Indianapolis, Indiana, and Carl of Bradenton, Florida; eight daughters, Mrs. Margaret Huntsman, Redlands, California, Mrs. Lillian Huntsman, Columbus, Mrs. Florence Little, Plainfield, Mrs. Mary Hittle, Coshocton, Mrs. Edna Hayes, Leesburg, Florida, Mrs. Myrtle Hudson, Barnesville, Mrs. Betty Eikleberry, Streesboro and Mrs. Katherine Eikleberry, Ravenna; 48 grandchildren; 48 great-grandchildren; one brother, Forest, in Oklahoma. Three sons, three brothers  and six sisters, all preceded him in death.

     Friends were received at the Campbell-Plumly Funeral Home, in Barnesville. Services at the funeral home were held Thursday at 1 p.m. with Evangelist James Gallagher officiating. Burial was in Crestview Cemetery, Barnesville, Ohio.

 

Arizona Morris nee Johnson

Source:  Cambridge [OHIO] Jeffersonian; Saturday,  5 June 1971

          BARNESVILLE---Mrs. Arizona Morris, 77, of N. Arch St., Barnesville died at Barnesville Hospital at 12:30 A.M. today (June 5, 1971), shortly after she had been admitted.          

Born in Monroe County, Jan. 12, 1894, she was a daughter of John and Lavina Carpenter Johnson. Her husband James Morris, died July 2, 1970, and a son, Roland, died in 1963. She leaves four daughters, Mrs. Robert (Elva) Hanlon, Mrs. Ralph (Iva) Froehlich, Mrs. James (Genevieve) Warrick and Mrs. Ronald (Betty Jane) Swallie, all of Barnesville; two sons, Johnson of Bethesda and James Jr., of Louisville; three sisters, Mrs. Louise Stephens, Mrs. Juanita Sayer, and Mrs. Nettie Taylor, all of Barnesville; two brothers, Talmadge Johnson, Barnesville and Allen Johnson, Summerfield; 15 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at Campbell-Plumby Funeral Home here after 10:30 A.M. Sunday.          

Funeral services will be held there at 1:30 P.M. Monday with Evang. Eugene Carroll officiating. Burial will be in Crestview Cemetery, Barnesville.

 

Goldie May Smith nee McCurdy

Source:  The Marietta [OHIO] Times, 2 Dec 1971, p 8

        Funeral services for Mrs. Goldie May McCurdy Smith, 78, former resident of Marietta, were held in Columbus today with burial in Harmar Cemetery.  Mrs. Smith died Monday in Columbus.

        She was born in Marietta, a daughter of the late Douglas and Clara Bell McCurdy.  She was married to Charles Smith who preceded her in death.  One brother and three sisters survive, Walter McCurdy, Marietta, Mrs. Freda Meeks, Waverly, W. Va., Mrs. Geneva Rhodes of Thornton, Colo. and Mrs. Frances McCullick, Williamstown.

 

Paul W. Hannahs

Source: Cambridge [OHIO] Jeffersonian; Monday, 25 October 1971

        NEWCOMERSTOWN---Funeral services for Paul W. Hannahs, 71, E. Canal St., will be held at 1 P.M. Tuesday at Ourant Funeral Home here. The Rev.Ralph Dennis will officiate and burial will follow in E. State St. Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 P.M.        

Mr. Hannahs was a retired employee of Heller Tool Co, died at 4 A.M. Sunday (Oct. 24, 1971) at his home.        

Born March 13, 1900 at Calais, he was a son of William A. and Mary C. Richeson Hannahs.        

He leaves his wife the former, Mabel Fletcher, whom he married Oct. 11, 1922; two sons, Loren of Coshocton and Harold of Reynoldsburg; two sisters, Mrs. Lewis Fletcher, St. Petersburg, Fla. and Mrs. Mabel Tufford, Newcomerstown R.D.; three brothers, Elvin of Canton, Preston and Alva, both of Newcomerstown; eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Two sons are deceased.

 

 Chauncey W. Sellers

Source:  Cambridge [Ohio] Jeffersonian; Monday, 20 May 1971

          BARNESVILLE--Funeral services for Chauncey W. Sellers, 83, Quaker City R.D. 3, will be held at 1 P.M. Tuesday in Campbell-Plumly Funeral Home here with Evang. James Gallagher officiating. Burial will be in Hope Cemetery, Hendrysburg.          Friends may call at the funeral home today.          Mr. Sellers died at 5:15 P.M. Saturday (May 18, 1974) in the S. 10th St. Unit of Guernsey Memorial Hospital.

          A retired farmer, he was born March 1, 1891 in Monroe County the son of the late Corin and Marjorie Stephens Sellers. Mr. Sellers was a veteran of World War I.   He leaves a sisters, Mrs. Ida Acton, and one brother, John Sellers, both of Barnesville.

 

Henthorn, Forrest Earl Henthorn
Source—Newsclipping

Henthorn, Forrest Earl, 66, of 256 East Eleventh Street, Ashland, Ohio, passed away Wednesday evening, December 1, 1971, at 9:04 o'clock, in Samaritan Hospital, Ashland, after a two years illness. He was born in Monroe County, August 16, 1905, the son of James and Lura Rinard Henthorn.  Mr. Henthorn was employed at the Union Malleable Mfg. Co., forty-five years, retiring February 4, 1970. He was a veteran of World War II, and a member of the 20 Plus Club Union Malleable. 

On June 6, 1951, he was married to Marjorie Pence, who survives. Also surviving are one daughter and one son, by a former marriage, Mrs. Frances Hart in Arizona, and Douglas, of the home; two grandchildren; one great grandson; and two brothers, Carl Henthorn and Ira Henthorn, of Ashland. 

His parents, one brother and one son preceded him in death. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at two o'clock in the Gilbert Funeral Chapel, at Ashland, with Rev. Paul Searcy, of the First Church of God, officiating. Burial was in Ashland County Memorial Park on State Route 250.

 

Donovan, Mae M. Donovan (nee--Matz)
Source--Newsclipping
     Mrs. Mae M. Donovan, age 73, of Crafton, Pennsylvania, died Wednesday morning, April 7, 1971, in Allegheny Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa.
     She was born at Lewisville, May 26, 1898, the daughter of Phillip and Elizabeth Matz.
     Surviving are her husband, James Donovan; one daughter, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Ashton of Phoenix, Arizona; three grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Freda Brubach, of Summerfield, and one brother, Clarence Matz, of Wooster.
     Two sisters are deceased.
     Funeral services were held Saturday morning, April 10th, at ten o'clock, in the Episcopal Church of the Nativity, at Crafton, Pa.  Burial was in Sunset View Memorial Park.

 

Angeline Morris (nee Carpenter)

Source: The Cambridge [Ohio] Jeffersonian; Thursday, 17 June 1971

        BYESVILLE---Funeral services for Mrs. Angeline Carpenter Morris, 75, 204 E. Spruce St., Byesville, will be held at 1 P.M. Saturday at McGaughy Funeral Home here.  The Rev. Kenneth Littlefield will officiate and burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.

        Mrs. Morris died at 3:45 A.M. Wednesday (June 16, 1971) at Guernsey Memorial Hospital, Cambridge.  She had been ill five weeks.

        Born July 12, 1895, in Monroe County,  she was the daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Carpenter.  Her husband, Harry, died in 1948.

        She leaves three sisters,  Mrs. Josie Delong,  Mrs. Civilla Carpenter and Mrs. Mable Morris, all of Summerfield.  Two brothers are deceased.

        Mrs. Morris was a member of the Assembly of God Church,  Byesville. 

 

Harry M. Morris:

BYESVILLE, MAY 13---Harry M. Morris, 44, 259 S. Fifth Street, died Wednesday at 3 P.M. at Grant Hospital Columbus, following an operation.

  Mr. Morris was born in Noble County, a son of the late John and Jane Morris, and was a resident of Byesville for the past 23 years. He was a member of the Assembly of God Church.

  Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Angeline Carpenter; five sisters, Mrs. George Distler, Lewisville, Miss Golda Morris, Summerfield, Mrs. Ada Reed, Akron and Mrs. Rose Miracle and Mrs. Mary Denbow, both of Byesville; and three brothers, Herny and Home, Summerfield and Wilburt, Byesville.

  The body was removed to the Herlan Funeral Home and will be taken to the residence Thursday evening. Services will be conducted Saturday at 2 P.M. at the Assembly of God Church by Rev. Rice Snider. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Thursday 13 May 1948 Cambridge Jeffersonian Cambridge Ohio.

 

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Wilbert W. Willison

Source:  The Monroe County Beacon, Woodsfield, Ohio, December 21, 1972. 

   Wilbert W. Willison, 81, of 487 East Franklin street, Circleville, Ohio died Thursday evening, December 14, 1972, at ten o'clock in Berger Hospital, Circleville.

    Born December 4, 1891, in Monroe County, he was the son of David K. and Elizabeth Barnhouse Willison.

    Mr. Willison was a retired maintenance foreman and a member of North Court Street Church of Christ in Circleville.

    Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Estella Gatten Willison; two sons, Robert A. Willison, of Circleville, Rout four, and Charles W Willison, of Circleville, Route four; five grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

    Services were held monday afternoon at two o'clock in the Mader Funeral Home, Circleville, with Minister Delbert McKenzie and Minister Roger Massey officiating.  Interment was in Forest Cemetery.

 

Olive Jane (Stimpert) Frank, 79, died at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday February 9, 1972 at the home of a daughter, Mrs. William (Bonnie) Archer, 777 Rock Road, Zanesville.  She had been in ill health for four months.

          Born Oct. 23, 1892 in Lewisville, she was a daughter of Robert and Isabell Lafferre Stimpert.  She attended the Methodist Church.

          Surviving in addition to Mrs. Archer is another daughter, Mrs. Harry (Ava) Orr of Gratiot; four sons, Harold W. of Coopermill road, Elmer F. of Newport, Ore., Wilfred C. of 2495 Archer lane and Clarence L. of 1183 Hall avenue; five brothers, Clarence Stimpert, George Stimpert, Herman Stimpert all of Lewisville, Charles Stimpert of Utica and Burt Stimpert of 834 Walbash avenue; 27 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren

          Her husband, Herman, died in 1948.  Two sons and one brother are also deceased.

          Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.  Friday at the DeLong and Baker Funeral Home.

 

Effie Jane Latta, nee Schaub

Source:  The Canton Repository

 LATTA, EFFIE JANE,  age 89, of 2200 Broad Ave. NW [Canton, Ohio] died Saturday evening at Aultman Hospital after an extended illness.  Born at Lewisville, Monroe County, Ohio, Canton resident since 1904.  Widow of David W. Latta, died in 1956.  Survived by two sons, Donald G. Latta of East Canton and Vernon J. Latta of Ft. Myers Beach, Fla.  A daughter, Miss Jan Edith Latta of the home.  Three grandchildren and three great grandchildren.  Preceded in death by two sons, Elton L. and Zelvon D. Latta. . . Burial at Melscheimer. [Effie Jane (Schaub) Latta, died 30 Sep 1972]

 

Pearl Mae Schaub nee Geckler or Gheckler

The Canton Repository, 6 November 1972

MRS. PEARL M., age 82, the wife of Homer C. Schaub of 1891 Walnut St., SE, East Sparta, died Sunday [SUBMITTER'S NOTE: 5 November 1972] at Aultman Hospital, after a week's illness. Born in Bolivar and lived here 60 years. The Schaubs observed their 60th Wedding Anniversary October 12.  Besides her husband she is survived by one daughter: Mrs. Howard (Viola) Inboden of East Sparta. One grandson, Mac [SUBMITTER'S NOTE: should be Marc] Inboden. Two sisters: Mrs. Catherine Peterman and Mrs. Lucinda Miller both of Canton. One brother: Emmett Geckler of Strasburg. She was preceded in death by three sisters and four brothers. Services Wednesday at 1 p.m., Gordon Funeral Home, East Sparta. Rev. Earl Stock officating. Burial in Fort Laurens Cemetery, Boliver.

 

George W. Gildow

          George W. Gildow, 80, of Macksburg, Route 1, a retired tire builder and farmer, died Thursday afternoon, November 16, 1972, at three o’clock, in Good Samaritan Medical Center, Zanesville, after an illness.  Born June 5, 1892, in Lower Salem, he was the son of Charles and Ella McPeek Gildow.  Mr. Gildow was formerly employed at Firestone Corporation.  He was a member of Lowell Grange 2475 and Lower Salem United Methodist Church.

          Surviving are his widow, Dorothy Wooster Gildow, whom he married December 23, 1916; a son, Eugene Gildow, of Providence, Rhode Island; a daughter, Mrs. Sarah Simon, of Struthers; two brothers, John Gildow of Lowell Route 1, and Hobart Gildow, of Daytona Beach, Florida; a sister, Mrs. Edna Williams, of Elba; five grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

 

Jones, Ella. E. Jones nee Hossman    
Died, February 26, 1972
Provided by Lena Kahrig Pettit, typed by Betty Lendon Matson
          Jones, Mrs. Ella E. Hossman, 80, of 5 twenty-third St., McMechen, died at 6 a.m. Saturday at home.  Born in Sardis, Oct. 23, 1891, she was a daughter of the late Godfrey and Lena Rufener Hossman. A member of The Church of Christ, McMechen, she is survived by her husband, Everett Jones; two brothers, Ernest Hossman, Glen Dale; and George Hossman, St. Clairsville; a sister, Mrs. Elinor Long, Cobb Island,Md.; and several nieces and nephews.
          Friends received at Altmeyer Funeral Home, 214 Marshall St. McMechen, Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.  Services in the chapel  at 1 p.m. Tuesday with Mr. Thomas Harland Gatten officiating. Interment in Halcyon Hills Memorial Gardens.

 

Earl J. Baker

Source:  The Daily Jeffersonian, Cambridge, Ohio; Friday, 21 July 1972

Summerfield - Earl J. Baker, 48, Lewisville R.D. 2, suffered fatal injuries about 2:30 p.m. Thursday when he fell from a tower at the Ohio Power Co. plant at Beverly.

          Washington County Sheriff’s Department said Baker, a construction work foreman, was struck on the head by a piece of steel. He was dead on arrival at a Marietta hospital.

          Born Nov. 28, 1923, in Monroe County, he was a son of Amelia Schott Baker of Lewisville R.D. 2, and the late Herman C. Baker.

          He was a member of Local 639 Labors International and had been president of that local for 10 years. Baker was also a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church at Burkhart, the Summerfield Post of American Legion and the Woodsfield Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

          Surviving are his wife, the former Mary Leach; a daughter, Miss Marlene Baker, Philadelphia, Pa.; two sons, Joseph of Kent and Larry Dale of the home; his mother; one sister, Mrs. Dorothy Brubach, Baltimore, Md. and a brother Roger of Massillon.

          Friends will be received after 3 p.m. today at Brubach Funeral Home here.

A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph's Church by the Rev. Fr. Calabrese. Burial will follow in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Caldwell.

Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

 

Georgia Stalder - nee Roberts

Source: Adams County Free Press, Corning, Iowa; 23 Nov 1972

          Mrs. Georgia Stalder, wife of the late Fred Stalder, passed away Tuesday evening, November 14, 1972 at the Rosary Hospital in Corning, Iowa. She was born May 14, 1887 in Platte City, Missouri.

          After moving to Iowa, she spent her life in Adams County. The last few years she made her home in the Corning Rest Home.

          She was a member of the Mr. Zion church for many years. After the closing of this little church, she became a member of the Brooks Methodist Church.

          On May 18, 1910 she was married to Fred Stalder with whom she celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary in 1960. They became the parents of eight children.

          She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred, on September 10, 1965 and an infant daughter and a son Melvin who died at the age of 38.

          She leaves to mourn three daughters: Mrs. Marion (Clarissa) Wallace, Mrs. Dean (Leona) Kester and Mrs. Paul (Evelyn) Hardisty; three sons Edgar, Leo and Alvin; 15 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and one brother J. D. Roberts, three sisters, all of Villisca, Iowa, Mary Hudnut, Eva Leiner and Alice Neal, as well as a host of relatives and friends.

          Funeral services were held at the Roland Funeral Home in Corning, Nov. 18 at 1:30 p.m., conducted by Rev. Paul Williams. Interment was in the Methodist Grove cemetery south of Brooks.

 

Dory Morris

Source--News Clipping Published--Oct. 1972

Morris, Dory ,82 , of Trail Run, Monroe County, died Sunday morning, October 8, 1972, at his home following a brief illness.  Mr. Morris was a retired farmer. A veteran of World War 1,he was a member of Monroe Post  Number 87, American

Legion, Woodsfield, Ohio.

Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Beulah Crawford, of Quaker City,Route 1; Mrs. Grace Henthorn, of Sardis, Route 1 ; Mrs. Gladys Salisbury, of Sardis, Route 2;  Miss Mary Morris, of the home; and Mrs. Ellen Nolen, of Benwood, West Virginia; three sons, Chester Morris, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Freeman Morris of Woodsfield, Route1,and Clyde Morris of Cumberland, Route 1; twenty-one grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Annabelle Piatt, of Apple Creek, Ohio and Mrs. Jennie Drake, of Barnesville, and one brother, Alva Morris, of Salem, Ohio.

His wife, Alda Wickham Morris died in May 1943.

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at one o'clock in the Bauer and Turner Funeral Chapel with Reverend Earnest Hulsey and Evangelist J.W. Gallagher officiating. Burial was in Unity Cemetery, near Antioch.  American Legion services were held Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock at the funeral home.

 

Wilbert Carpenter

Source: Cambridge (Ohio) Jeffersonian; Friday, 17 Nov 1972

          SUMMERFIELD--Funeral services for Wilbert Carpenter, 93, Summerfield R.D. 1 will be at 1 P.M. Saturday at Brubach Funeral Home,  with Evan. McKinley Bates officiating.  Burial will be in Friends Cemetery, Quaker City.

          Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 P.M. today.

          A retired farmer,  he died at 8:15 A.M. Thursday (Nov. 16, 1972) at a Cambridge Hospital.   He was born Sept. 30, 1879 in Monroe County, the son of David and Amelia Snyder Carpenter.

          Mr. Carpenter leaves two grandchildren,   Mrs. Velma Lee Bishop, Cambridge and Donald of Sacramento, Calif.;  eight great-grandchildren; and one brother, Grover of Old Washington.  His wife, Maude B. died in 1958 and one son is also deceased.

 

Dorsey W. Hooper

Dorsey W. Hooper, 67, of Woodsfield Route 1,a retired farmer ,died Sunday night December 17,1972 in Barnesville Hospital.  He was born March 28, 1905 at Mechanicsburg ,a son of William and Eva Dillon Hooper.  Mr. Hooper was a member of the Mechanicsburg Church of Christ.

Surviving are his wife Grace Bonam Hooper ,one son Chester Hooper of Woodsfield ;four grandchildren ,two great grandchildren-two sisters Mrs. Lily Dye of Wooster and Mrs. Lulu Haught of Graysville and one brother, John Hooper of Woodsfield.

Services were held Wednesday afternoon at one o'clock at the Bauer and Turner Funeral Chapel, with Rev. Charles Hendershot officiating. Burial was in Antioch Cemetery.

 

Clara Bachman (nee Stalder)

Source: newspaper clipping dated May 17, 1972

     Clara Bachman 79, formerly of 36 South Main Street Rittman died June 27, at the Apostolic Christian Home.  She was born on May 18, 1897, in Sardis to Rudolph and Elizabeth Hossman Stalder and lived in Sterling 50 years before moving to Rittman 15 years ago.

     She was a member of the Sterling United Methodist Church and the Milton Garden club in Sterling.

     She is survived by her sister, Oma Stalder of Sardis.  Her husband, Simon, died in 1966.  Two brothers, Edward and Charles, died previously.

     Services were held June 30 from the Apostolic Christian Church with burial in the Apostolic Cemetery with Gillman Funeral Home in charge.

 

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Daniel W. Stewart, 96, of Woodsfield, died Wednesday morning, December 5, 1973, at his home.  Born February 8, 1877in Sardis, he was a son of the late John and Mary Jane Wilson Stewart.  Mr. Stewart was a retired farmer.  Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Mary Allen and Mrs. Floyd Ault of Woodsfield, Mrs. Della Day of Elm Grove, W. Va., and Mrs. Viola Bertschy of West Salem, four sons, Oscar Stewart, of Rittman, John Stewart and Chester Stewart of Creston and Beryl Stewart of Woodsfield, several grandchildren, great grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren, and one brother, Charles Stewart of Sardis.  He was preceded in death by his wife, Mollie Hendershot Stewart, two sons, two daughters, one step-daughter, four sisters and one brother.  Services were held Saturday afternoon at two o’clock in the Mount Olive United Methodist Church with the Rev. Frank Conley officiating.  Burial was in the church cemetery with the Rush Funeral Home of Sardis in charge. 

 

Wilbur Fisk Lendon

Lendon, Wilbur Fisk, a retired miner and farmer died Wednesday afternoon March 21, 1973 at 4:25 o'clock in Barnesville Hospital. He was born October 9, 1886 in Armstrong Mills, a son of the later Thomas and Alveratta Wolff Lendon.  His first wife, Lucy Bumgardner Lendon, preceded him in death.  Surviving are his wife, Elizabeth Urwin Lendon; five sons, Wilber Lendon of Columbus; James Lendon of Bordman; George Lendon of Bethesda; Earl Lendon of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Leslie Lendon of Dennison.  Six daughters, Mrs. Otis (Martha) Sims of Kansas City, Missouri, Mrs. Warren (Jessie) Smyth of Wharton, Texas, Mrs. Otho (Della) Miller of Kirkwood, Illinois, Mrs. Stanley (Dorthea) Zupan, of Cleveland, Mrs. Dan (Helen) Stewart of Carrolton, and Mrs. Robert (Lela) Rosini, of Fairpoint; twenty -seven grandchildren; several great grandchildren; two sisters Mrs. Lottie Ward, of Columbus, and Mrs. Ida Brenza of Shaker Heights, and one brother, Ray Lendon, of Bethesda. Services were held Saturday afternoon at one o'clock in the Kelly-Kemp Funeral Home Bethesda, with the Rev. Fread Bell officiating.  Interment was in Belmont Cemetery

 

Lake L. Matz

        Lake L. Matz, 70 of 222 Samaritan Ave., former manager of Western Union for 49 years, died at Samaritan Hospital at 3:34 a.m. today [submitter's note: 16 Mar 1973].

        Mr. Matz retired from Western Union in July 1967.

        The son of Christian and Louise (Latta) Matz, he was born in Louisville [submitter's note: should be Lewisville] Aug 3, 1902. He had been a resident  of Ashland for 59 years coming here from Louisville.

        On Nov. 30, 1935, he was married to Eva Louise Davis who survives.  Other survivors include one son, David B. of Ashland and two sisters, Marguerite Matz of Ashland and Mrs. John O'Neil of Marion, Ind.

        He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters.

        He was a member of Masonic Ashland Blue Lodge No. 151 F&AM, Chapter No. 67 and Council No. 128. He was also a member of First United Methodist Church.

        Funeral service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Gilbert Funeral Home with Rev. Merlin Vining officiating. Burial will be in Ashland Cemetery.

        Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home where Masonic service will be held at 9 p.m. Sunday.

 

Erma D House

Jeffersonian Tuesday 3 April 1973

Funeral services for Mrs Erma D House, 58, Bridgeport, native of Noble County, will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Gordon-Shaidnagel-Hollinger Funeral Home, Massillon.  Burial will be in Sunset Hills Cemetery, Massillon.  Calling hours will be held tonight (Tuesday) from 7 to 9 p.m. at Wilson Funeral Home, Bridgeport.

Mrs House died Saturday March 31, 1973 at Wheeling Hospital.  She was born Nov 21, 1914 in Noble County, the daughter of Garfield and Tessie Bates Danford and was a member of the United Methodist Church.

Mrs House leaves her husband, Ralph; two daughters, Mrs Paul (Loretta) Widder and Mrs Charles (Joyce) Dottavio, both of Massillon; five grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs Arthilda Mendenhall, Sarahsville, and Miss June Danford, both of Caldwell and Mrs Helen Day, Quaker City R.D. 1.

 

Thoburn Britton

Saturday 28 April 1973

Quaker City - Funeral services for Thoburn Britton, 78, Senecaville, R.D. 1, a Noble Co resident will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in Eberle Funeral Home here with Evan. McKinley Bates officiating.  Burial will be in Friends Cemetery here.  Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday.  Donations in memory of Mr Britton may be made to the heart fund.

Mr Britton died Thursday April 26, 1973 at a Cambridge hospital where he had been a patient since November 1972.  Born near Kennonsburg, March 28, 1895 he was a son of the late Mark and Emma Smallwood Britton.

Mr Britton leaves his wife, May Danford Britton whom he married Sept 18, 1915; two daughters Mrs Dale (Verna) Webster, Quaker City and Mrs Robert (Lela) Mills, Mansfield, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.  Two brothers and two sisters are deceased.

 

Fred O. Brownfield

THORNVILLE – Funeral services for Fred O. Brownfield, 83, Thornville, native of the Woodsfield area, will be held at 2 p. m. Thursday in Charles R. Boring Funeral Home here with Rev. Edwin Lewis officiating.  Burial will be in Lutheran Reform Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p. m. today.

Mr. Brownfield died early Monday evening (April 16, 1973) in Licking County Memorial Hospital, following a lengthy illness.

Born March 18, 1890 near Woodsfield, he was a son of the late Stephen and Lena Wells Brownfield.  He was a veteran of World War I, a retired farmer and a member of Woodsfield Church of Christ, Eagles Lodge, Newark and American Legion Post 342, Thornville.

Mr. Brownfield leaves his wife, the former Paula Newhart; three daughters, Mrs. Ada Gallagher, Fairview, Mrs. Marjorie Donovan, Columbus and Mrs. Bonnie McCall, Cleveland; two sons, Fred Jr. of New Lexington and Steve of Thornville; 10 grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren; one brother, Thomas of Newark.


William Brownfield

CADIZ – William Brownfield, 64, Cadiz R. D. 4, died Sunday afternoon (March 25, 1973) in his home.  A lineman for the General Telephone Co, he was born in Monroe County, Nov. 3, 1908, son of Kate Powell Brownfield, Barnesville, and the late Samuel Brownfield.  He was a member of Cadiz Eagles.

In addition to his mother, Mr. Brownfield leaves his wife, the former Gladys Mooreland; two sons, Tom of Massillon and William of St. Louis, Mo.; three grandchildren; and four sisters, Mrs. Adelia Graham, Mrs. Mary Bowen, Miss Gladys Brownfield and Mrs. Josephine Lucas, all of Barnesville.  One brother, Raymond, is deceased.

Friends may call at Clark-Kirkland Funeral Home here after 2 p. m. Tuesday.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday in the funeral home with Evan Kenneth Frazier officiating.  Burial will be in Holly Memorial Gardens, near Cadiz.

 

Thelma W. Fowler nee Wharton    

          Mrs. Thelma W. Fowler, 76, formerly of Zanesville, died Sunday afternoon, Sept. 2, 1973, at 2:30 o’clock, in Good Samaritan Medical Center, Zanesville, several hours after being admitted.  She suffered an apparent heart attack earlier at Summit Acres Nursing Home in Caldwell where she was a patient.  She was the widow of Fred Fowler, former district superintendent of Columbia Gas who died in May 1970.  Born in Summerfield November 11, 1896, she was the daughter of Alva G. and Nellie Cunningham Wharton.  Mrs. Fowler was a member of Central Trinity United Methodist Church in Zanesville.

          Survivors include a daughter, Mrs.Vivian Rhodes, of Monterey Park, California; a granddaughter, Mrs. Sandra Sue James and a great granddaughter, both of California; two sisters, Mrs. Bernice Batten, of Summerfield, and Mrs. Vera Hughes, of Cambridge, and a brother, A. G. Wharton, Jr., of Summerfield.  A brother and a sister are deceased.

          Services were held Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 5th, at one o’clock, in the Brubach Funeral Home at Summerfield, with Rev. Warren E. Wilson and Rev. Richard Smith officiating.  Burial was in Eastern Cemetery at Summerfield.

 

Oliver Thurman Gatten
Source: The Monroe County Beacon, Woodsfield, Ohio, dated, March 8, 1973

Oliver Thurman Gatten, 72, of Lewisville, Route 2, died Friday morning, March 2, 1973, at ten o'clock, at his home.  He was born September 22, 1900, in Wayne Township, near Lewisville, the son of the late Winfield and Martha Smith Gatten.  Mr. Gatten was a member of the Moose Ridge Memorial Chapel near Woodsfield. He was a retired farmer and served as Wayne Township Clerk for several years.

Surviving are his wife, Audrey Highman Gatten; four sons, William Muth, of Pleasant City; Kermit Gatten, of Marietta; Kenneth Gatten, of Hazardville, Connecticut, and Delmas Gatten, of Columbus; three daughters, Mrs. Eula Kahrig and Mrs. Sue Kuhn, of Columbus, and Mrs. Amy Furbee, of Newark; twenty-one grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; five sisters, Mrs. Stella Willison, of Circleville,Ohio; Mrs. Chloe Farley, of Akron; Mrs. Edna Simmons, Mrs. Mary Hoover and Mrs. Ruth Cramblett, of Woodsfield, and several nieces and nephews.

Friends were received at The Bauer and Turner Funeral Home, Woodsfield, Ohio.  Private services were held in their Chapel on Sunday afternoon at two o'clock, with Minister J. V. A. Traylor and Joseph Moore officiating. Interment was in Oaklawn Cemetery, Woodsfield,Ohio.

 

Drake, Charlene C. Drake nee Claus
Published    April 5, 1973
Provided by Lena Kahrig Pettit, typed by Betty Lendon Matson
          Mrs. Charlene Claus Drake, 50, of the Moose Ridge Road, died Saturday afternoon, March 31, 1973, about three o'clock at her home, after an extended illness.
          She was born in Miltonsburg, November 17, 1922, the daughter of Frank and Estella Schroder Claus.
          Mrs. Drake owned and operated a beauty shoppe in Woodsfield for several years.
          Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Larry (Cheryl) Keylor and two grandchildren, of the home, and one brother, Keith Claus, of Massillon. A sister Ruth preceded her in death in 1949.
          Services were held Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock in The Bauer and Turner Chapel, with Rev. Charles Price officiating. Burial was in Miltonsburg Cemetery on Woodsfield, Route 3.

 

Samuel Mercer

Source: The Canton Repository, Canton, Ohio, Oct.1, 1973, pg 26

      Samuel Mercer - son of Jacob M. and Jennie Fox Mercer - age 79,  of Paris, OH,  passed away at Timken Mercy Hospital, Canton, Ohio, Saturday September 29, 1973  following a one month illness.  He lived in the vicinity for over 50 years, born in West Virginia January 22, 1894.  Member of the Israel United Church of Christ.  He was retired coal miner. 

      He was preceded in death by his wife Carrie in 1971.  Survivors include his daughters: Mrs. Donald (Martha) Gram of Paris; Mrs. George (Eva) Speakman of Paris; Mrs. Walter (Esther) Reed of Oneida; brother, Leb Mercer of Bergholz; sisters, Mrs. Molly Hackathorn of Bergholz; Mrs. Margaret Hackathorn of Bergholz; six grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren. 

      Burial at Liberty Cemetery.

 

Maude Leach nee Carpenter

Source: The Cambridge [Ohio] Jeffersonian, Monday, 2 April 1973

 SUMMERFIELD---Mrs. Maude Leach, 80, Summerfield R.D. 1, died at 7:40 P.M. Sunday (April 1, 1973) in Bethesda Hospital, Zanesville, where she had been a patient for three weeks.

          Born in Monroe County, Nov. 27, 1892, she was the daughter of the late James and Mary Carpenter and was a member of Bates Hill Church of Christ.

Mrs. Leaves her husband, Ellis D. (Pete) Leach; four daughters, Mrs. Betty Casey, Sarahsville, Miss Phyllis Leach of the home, Mrs Edith Bates, West Lafayette and Mrs. Nancy Moore, Coshocton; 15 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren; one sister, Miss Hallie Carpenter, Cambridge and one brother, Calvin Carpenter, Quaker City R.D. 1.

          Two daughters, one son, and several brothers and sisters are deceased.

Friends may call at Brubach Funeral Home here from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. Tuesday. Funeral services will be held at 1 P.M. Wednesday in Bates Hill Church of Christ with Evangelists William Deuell and J. Bernard Mason officiating. Burial will be in Eastern Cemetery, Summerfield.

Thelder Etta Thomas nee Carpenter

Source:   The Cambridge [Ohio] Jeffersonian, Monday, 21 May 1973

        Funeral services for Mrs. Thelder Etta Thomas, 88, formerly of Clark St., will be held at 3:30 P.M. Tuesday in Scott Funeral Home here with the Rev. Phillip Fletcher officiating. Burial will be in Northwood Cemetery.

         Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 P.M. today. Mrs. Thomas died Saturday (May 19, 1973) in a Cambridge hospital following a long illness.

         She was born in Monroe County, April 5, 1885.

         Mrs. Thomas leaves one son, Thomas E. Thomas, Newark; five grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Louise Adair, Cambridge and Mrs. Olive Mull, Whipple; and one brother, Ingram Carpenter, Whipple. One daughter is deceased.

 

Fadel H. Graham

Fadel H. Graham, 69, Wooster RD 2, died Friday afternoon at Aultman Hospital in Canton following a brief illness.  Services will be held on Monday at 3:30 p.m. at the McIntire Funeral Home. Burial will be made in Sherwood Memorial Gardens.  Friends may call at the funeral home on Sunday 7-9 p.m.

Graham was born in Washington County, the son of Maurice and Mary Elizabeth Miller Graham. He was an oil field rigger for Burtner, Morgan and Stephens Co.

Surviving are his wife, Goldie Hensel Graham; three sons, Kenneth of Marshaville, Jack of Wooster and James of Loudonville; two daughters, Mrs. Donald (Delores) Starner of Loudonville and Mrs. Edward (Marie) Garver of Wooster; 18 grandchildren; five sisters, Mrs. Amy McVey of Wooster, Mrs. Katie Hupp of Canton, Mrs. Tillie Scott of Woodsfield and Mrs. Veda Rinard and Mrs. Mildred Schaffer of Rinards Mill, Ohio; four brothers, Furl of New Matamoras, Orville and Bert of Wooster and Elmer of Rinards Mill.

Two brothers, a sister, a son, Carl Leroy and his first wife, Navada Scott Graham died previously.

 

Lindenmeyer, Glenn H. Lindenmeyer