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Monroe County Obituaries

1964

Adolph Spencer Morris

Woodsfield---Funeral services for Adolph Spencer Morris, 81,a retired Woodsfield farmer, will be held at 2.p.m. Tuesday (11 April 1964) at the Gardner Funeral Home by minister James Gallagher. Burial will be in Calais cemetery.

Mr. Morris died at his home Saturday at 10a.m. following a short illness. He leaves 106 survivors.

He was born in Monroe County March 31,1883, a son of Thomas and Susan Merle Morris and was a member of the Church of Christ.

Mr. Morris leaves his widow, Emma : a son Clarence of Ashland; seven daughters, Mrs Edna Huntsman of Toronto, Mrs. Estelle Lendon, of Lewisville, Mrs. Nellie MatZ; Mrs Kathryn Peat, Mrs Bertha London, all of Ashland, Mrs. Vestal Morris and Mrs. Nettie Brown , both of Woodsfield; two sisters, Mrs. Jennie Drake of Barnesville and Mrs. Annabelle Peat of Applecreek; three brothers, Alva of Kingston, John of Cambridge and Nora (Dora) of Fly and 35 grandchildren and 57 great-grandchildren. One son Russell is deceased.

Friends may call at the funeral home.

Freda Dillon nee Truex

Mrs. Freda (Truex) Dillon, of 410 South Main Street, Woodsfield, passed away at 11:45 p.m., August 6, 1964, at her home following a lengthy illness. She was born December 27, 1913, near Woodsfield where she spent her entire life. She was the daughter of Edward and Nora Stephen Truex. Freda was baptized into Christ at Jackson Ridge, May 27, 1934 and transferred her membership to the Woodsfield Church of Christ in November, 1957. She was united in marriage with Ralph Dillon on September 17, 1932. To this union was born one son,Clarence. Mrs. Dillon leaves to mourn her departure, her husband; son; two grandsons, Gary and Doughlas Dillon; one brother, Everett Truex, of Powhatan Point, Ohio; one uncle, Cletus Truex, of Woodsfield Route 3, and one aunt, Mrs. Ora Cehrs, of Wheeling, besides a host of other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents. Freda was a good wife and neighbor. Services were held at the Bauer and Turner Funeral Home at Woodsfield on August 9, 1964 with Brother john Hamilton in charge. Burial was in Oaklawn Cemetery.

Card of Thanks: We wish to take this means of thanking all who helped in any way during the lengthy illness and at the time of the death of our beloved one. These acts of kindness will never be forgotten. The Ralph Dillon Family

Edward S. Reischman

Source: The Zanesville (OH) Times Recorder, dated 03 Feb 1964:

Woodsfield -- Edward S. Reischman, 62, of Miltonsburg died at 7 p.m. Saturday at Barnesville General Hospital after a long illness. Mr. Reischman was born July 17, 1901, in Belmont County, a son of Michael and Anna Burkhart Reischman. He was a member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church of Miltonsburg and its Holy Name Society.

Surviving are his widow, Martha; a son, Charles of Wooster; six daughters, Mrs. Kathryn Scheiderer of Cambridge, Mrs. Juanita Eschbaugh of Canton, Mrs. Helen Hudson of Uniontown, Sister M. Martelle of Cambridge, Sister M. Marteen of Seymour, Wis., and Miss Marilyn Reischman of the home; three brothers, John of Miltonsburg, Roman of Barnesville and Arthur of Strausburg and six grandchildren.

Friends may call at Michener Funeral Home in Woodsfield where Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. today. Requiem mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. John the Baptist Church with Rev. Fr. John E. Costlow officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Stella Margaret Schaub nee Kennedy

The Canton Repository, Canton, Ohio, August, 1964

MRS. STELLA M., age 63 of 2804 12th SW, died in the home last evening [SUBMITTER'S NOTE: 2 Aug 1964] at 8:30 after a three-month illness. She was born in Harrison, Virginia. She was the secretary of the Schaub Electric Co. She was a member of Canton Baptist Temple.

She is survived by her husband Wesley W. Sr., one daughter, Mrs. Marie Paulus, one son Wesley W. Jr., both of Canton. One brother, Edward Kennedy of Columbus. Two sisters Mrs. Mae Rank of Calif, and Mrs. Marcella Zurbuck of Canton. There are eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. She lived in Canton for 53 years.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the Welch's Funeral Home. Burial will be in Sunset Hills Burial Park. Calling hours will be Tuesday 2 - 4 and 7 - 9.

G. Frank Johnson

G. Frank Johnson, 61, of 3139 Windsor Place, S. W., Canton, died Thursday evening, October 22, 1964, in Mercy Hospital, Canton. Death was due to a heart attack which he suffered ten days previously. Born at Calais, Monroe County, he was a son of the late Adam and Adeline Hodge Johnson. Mr. Johnson had been a resident of Canton for the past twenty-three years. He was employed as a pipe-fitter at Timken's for the past twenty-five years. He was a member of the Ninth Street Church of Christ in Canton.

Surviving are his widow, Opal L. Johnson, of the home; two daughters, Mrs. Floyd (Janet) Kinney and Mrs. George (Phyllis) Liolios, and two sons, Enned F. Johnson and Louis S. Johnson, all of Canton; one brother Harry I. Johnson, of Barnesville and five grandchildren. One son Everett E. Johnson, preceded him in death.

Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at one o'clock at the Reed Funeral Home, in Canton, with Ted H. Waller officiating. Burial was in West Lawn Cemetery, Canton.

Tessie Danford nee Bates
Tuesday 24 Nov 1964 Jeffersonian

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the McVay Funeral Home for Mrs Garfield (Tessie) Danford, 80, Caldwell who died at 11:10 a.m. Monday at Guernsey Memorial Hospital, Cambridge following a short illness.

Minister Donald Allen will officiate and burial will be in Bates Hill Cemetery. Calling hours at the McVay Funeral Home are from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.

Mrs Danford was born Jan 14, 1884 in Noble County, the daughter of Samuel and Lydia Moore Bates, She was a life long resident of the county.

She leaves five daughters, Mrs Ardith Mendenhall, Sarahsville RD 1, Mrs Clarice Mendenhall, Caldwelll, Mrs Helen Day, Quaker City R D 1, Mrs Erma House, Steubenville and Miss June Danford of the home; one son Wayne Danford, Caldwell; one brother Charles Bates, New Concord; 13 grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren. Her husband died in 1955 and a son, Charles in 1924.

Adamson, William G. Adamson

William G. Adamson, 66, of 109 East Marietta Street, died Tuesday night, February 18, 1964, at 11:30 o’clock, in Barnesville General Hospital where he had been a patient since December 12. He was born at Bloomfield, October 13, 1897, a son of Alfred and Mattie Thomas Adamson. Mr. Adamson was a retired farmer and oil field worker. He was a member of the Masterton Masonic Lodge at Lebanon.

Surviving are his wife, Torin Morrison Adamson, and two sisters, Mrs. Lois McGillian and Mrs. Mrytle Karcher, of New Matamoras.

Friends are being received at the Bauer and Turner Funeral Home where Masonic services will be held this Thurday evening at 8:00 o’clock.

Fletcher, Warren and Ellen Fletcher
Source--Newsclipping
Published--1964
    A Rachel man and wife were killed instantly last night on the Bingamon
Road in Marion County , one mile off Route 19.
    The dead were:      WARREN AND ELLEN FLETCHER     (August 8, 1964)
    Injured but not seriously was their 41-year-old son, Jmaes. He was
admitted to Fairmont General Hospital for treatment of injuries still to be
determined.

    STRIKES TREE
    Investigating authorities, State Policemen, C.L. Hall and Billy Vira of
the Fairmont Detachment, said James Fletcher was the driver of a 1960 Willys
Station Wagon which went out of control on the Bingamon Road and hit a tree.
    Police said the Jeep station wagon then turned over on the road, rolled
over the roadbank and ended up on its wheels.
    The two dead were thrown from the car.
    Dr, Charles Koon, county coroner was called to the scene. Ambulances
from the Ross Funeral Home and Frey Home for Funerals rushed to the scene of
the accident which occured at 9:15.

Samuel Danford Leach

Source: The Barnesville [Ohio] Whetstone; Thursday, 24 Sep 1964

A Barnesville resident, a World War II veteran, died in Barnesville Hospital Friday morning, following a horrible accident which occurred at his home 331 Harrison Ave, Thursday evening about 6:30.

Samuel Danford Leach, 38, was a victim of a horse which he had mounted, crushing him inwardly when it reared over backwards and then rolled on him. It seemed some of the injury was caused by the saddle horn when it was pushed into his chest.

The big spotted pony belonged to his 13-year daughter, Joyce Leach and had been purchased for her about two weeks before the accident.

Several people gathered around the accident scene in the Leach backyard when they heard screams of children when he was crushed by the animal. It could be readily seen that he was seriously hurt and Mrs. Newton Ferguson, RN, at the Barnesville Hospital who lives nearby, rushed to the scene and gave mouth-to-mouth respiration, and also accompanied him to the hospital when the ambulance arrived. Surgeons worked on the victim in a battle to save his life, but due to inward injuries, surgery was apparently of no avail.

A veteran of World War II and a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars, he was born in Noble County, June 10, 1926, a son of Barney and Grace Spence Leach.

Surviving are his wife, Sarabell Montgomery Leach; two daughters, Joyce Ann and Gay Lynn, both of the home; three sisters, Mrs. Helen Wehr, Mrs. Ethel Carpenter, both of Barnesville, and Mrs. Cledith Carpenter of Calais; a brother, Jack Leach, of Barnesville, and his parents.

Friends were received after 1 P.M. Saturday at the Campbell Funeral Home, where services were held Sunday at 2:00 P.M., the Rev. R.E. Swinehart officiating. Burial was made in Crestview Cemetery.

Mobberly, Mrs. Zilva Mobberly nee Edington
Source--Online Obituaries
Published --November 1964
Obituary: Mrs. Zilva Mobberly, age 80, 1236 Broadview Ave., Monday. Widow of Dr. O. O Mobberly, survived by daughters, Mrs. Ethel Smethers, Mrs Erma Leonard, Mrs. Elouise Gloyd, all of Columbus, Mrs. Evelyn Hoover, Greenville, Ohio, Mrs. Erlean Skare, Iowa; 14 grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren; sisters, Mrs. Alta Highman, Martinsburg, Ohio, Mrs. Edna DeVore, Illinois, brother Guy Edington, Wadsworth, Ohio. Friends may call at the Deyo-Davis Funeral Home, 1578 W. 1st Ave., after 7 p.m. Wednesday, Funeral 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Pleasant Ridge Church, Graysville, Ohio by Ivan L. Davis.

Matz, Wallace S.
Source--Newsclipping
    Wallace S. Matz ,59, of Woodsfield, Route 2, died Wednesday morning, September 23, 1964, at 12:30 o'clock, in Barnesville General Hospital. He had been in failing health for some time. He was born at Woodsfield, July 7, 1905, a son of the late Attorney L.E. Matz and Anna Egger Matz.
    Mr. Matz was a farmer and electrician, and attended St. Paul's United Church of Christ. He was a member of The Fraternal Order of Eagles.
    Surviving are two daughters; Mrs. George (Barbara) Howell, of Woodsfield, and Miss Patricia Matz, of Bloomington, Minnesota; two sons, Ronald Matz, of Bloomington, Minnesota, and Lewis Matz, of the home; six grandchildren, and one brother, Judge Edmund Matz, of Belmont County Common Pleas Court, St. Clairsville.
    His wife, Elizabeth[Sterla] Matz, died September 21, 1962. A brother, Attorney Capel Matz, also preceded him in death.
    Friends will be received at The Bauer and Turner Funeral Home after seven o'clock this Thursday evening.
    Funeral services will be held in their chapel on Saturday afternoon at two o'clock, with Rev. George Corbitt officiating.
    Burial will be in Oaklawn Cemetery.

Stauch, Elmer H. Stauch
Source--Newsclipping
     Elmer H. Stauch, 75, of Detroit, Michigan, a native of Lewisville, died Thursday morning, May 7, 1964, in Veterans Hospital at Dearborn, Michigan. He had been ill for several months. Mr. Stauch, who had resided in Michigan several years, was the son of the late Jacob and Mary Ann Matz Stauch. He was a World War I veteran.
     Surviving are a sister, Miss Esther Stauch, of Columbus; three brothers, Grover Stauch and Louis Stauch of Lewisville, and Everett Stauch, of Niles, Michigan, and several nieces and nephews.
    Private services were held in the Bauer and Turner Funeral Chapel, Woodsfield, on Sunday afternoon at two o'clock, with Minister J.V.A. Traylor officiating. Burial was in Friendship Cemetery at Lewisville, Ohio.

Roy G. Drew

Source: The Omaha (Nebraska) World Herald; 13 September 1964

Roy G. Drew, 518 N. 23rd. street, died Friday, age 60 years. Survived by mother, Mrs. Lillian Henry, Ashland, NE.; daughter Mrs. Claudine Ristich, Los Angeles, CA; granddaughter Miss Cheryl Cipress* of Los Angeles, CA; aunt Mrs. Rolland Sparrier of Ashland, NE.

Services Tuesday at Crosby-Kunold Mortuary; committal at Ashland NE cemetery.

Submitter's Note: This name could possibly be Cipresi.

Walton, Barbara M. Walton nee Pfalzgraf

Monroe County Beacon, Woodsfield, Ohio, dated, December 24, 1964

LKP#3

Mrs. Barbara M. Walton, 100 years old, of 404 Longview Avenue, Mingo Junction, that community’s oldest resident, died Friday, December 18, 1964, in Ohio Valley Hospital, Steubenville, Ohio.

She was born August 30, 1864, at Wills Creek, near Lewisville, Ohio, Monroe County, the daughter of John and Catherine Christman Pfalzgraf. She later lived on Woodsfield, Route 4, where she was a Sunday School teacher at the Pleasant Ridge United Presbyterian Church, near Round Bottom, for many years.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Carl (Louise) Shaw, of Mingo Junction, with whom she made her home, and Mrs. Earl (Mary) Starr, of Cuyahoga Falls; one son, George Walton, of Cuyahoga Falls; one sister, Mrs. Loiuse Metzger, of Pittsburgh, Pa.; one brother, S. E. Pfalzgraf, of Cameron; twelve grandchildren; thirty-one great grandchildren, and two great-great grandchildren.

Her husband, Thomas Walton, preceded her in death several years ago.

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock, in the Gardner Funeral Home, at Woodsfield, Ohio, with Rev. Moss Rutan officiating. Burial in the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery near Woodsfield, Ohio.

Highman, Roberta Highman nee Jones

Monroe County Beacon, Woodsfield, Ohio, dated, March, 1964

LKP#6

Mrs. Roberta Jones Highman, 55, of Lewisville, Route 2, died Friday morning, March 20, 1964, at 3:30 o’clock, in Samaritan Hospital, Ashland. She had been in failing health for several weeks.

Mrs. Highman was born November 29, 1908, near Woodsfield, a daughter of Mrs. Minnie Jones, of Woodsfield, and the late A. G. Jones. She was a member of the Connor Ridge Methodist Church.

Surviving are her husband, Jay R. Highman; her mother, Mrs. Minnie Jones, of Woodsfield; eight sisters, Mrs. Raymond Highman, Mrs. C. R. Frolley, Mrs. Gilbert Roland and Mrs. L. A. Moose, all of Ashland; Mrs. Paul Kintner, of Los Angeles, California; Mrs. Glenn Farner, of Jackson, Michigan; Mrs. L. A. Hawley, of Nova, and Mrs. Donald Smith, of Mansfield.

Funeral services were held in the Bauer and Turner Funeral Chapel on Monday afternoon at two o’clock, with Rev. Milford Carey officiating.

Gatten, Cecil E. Gatten

Monroe County Beacon, Woodsfield, Ohio, dated, January 14, 1965

LKP#6

Cecil E. Gatten, 53, of 1530 Walnut Street, Zanesville, Ohio, died Sunday evening, December 27, 1964, at 9:45 o’clock, in Good Samaritan

Hospital, Zanesville, where he had been admitted on Friday. He had been ill about six months.

Mr. Gatten was born May 13, 1911, in Woodsfield, Ohio, a son of Oliver and Ethel Poulton Gatten, and had lived most of his life in Zanesville.

He was employed as a car loader for the Dura Corporation.

Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Ethel Jones, of the home; one sister, Mrs. Jennie Louise Hook, of Zanesvillee; two brothers, Joseph Gatten and George Gatten, of Zanesville, and several nieces and nephews

His father and brother, Harry, preceded him in death.

Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock in the Putman Chapel of the Bolin Funeral Home, in Zanesville, with Rev. Curtis Arnold officiating. Burial was in Greenwood cemetery.

Kilburn, Charles J. Kilburn

Monroe County Beacon, Woodsfield, Ohio, dated, December 10, 1964

LKP#7

Charles J. Kilburn, 63, of Lewisville Route, died Thursday in Barnesville General Hospital after a several weeks’ illness.

Mr. Kilburn was born February 1, 1901, in Monroe County, a son of Henry and Catherine Kahrig Kilburn.

Mr. Kilburn, a retired farmer and miller, was a member of Trinity United Church of Christ.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. David (Mildred) Touvelle of Barnesville and Mrs. Frederic (Miriam) Cline, of Woodsfield; three grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Anna Neibch, of Lewisville and one brother, Homer Kilburn, of Woodsfield.

Funeral services were held at the Gardner Funeral Home on Sunday afternoon at two o’clock, with Rev. Donald Stump officiating. Burial was in Friendship Cemetery, Lewisville.

S. Earl Thudium

Source: The Ashland [Ohio] Times Gazette; Monday, February 3, 1964

S. Earl Thudium, 78, died Sunday afternoon at the Overlook Nursing Home at Millersburg following a long illness.

The son of Fred and Sarah (Fast) Thudium, Mr. Thudium was born in Troy Township and lived most of his life in Ashland County but had also been a resident of Largo, Florida.

He was married to Lura Olive Baker who preceded him in death in 1960. Mr. Thudium was also preceded in death by his parents, one brother and one sister.

He is survived by one brother, Glade Thudium and one niece, Arline Geer both of Norwalk.

Mr. Thudium was a member of the Christian Church of Ashland and Largo, Florida.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday from Gilbert Funeral Home with Rev. Miles Tabor officiating.

Friends may call at the funeral home tomorrow evening 7 - 9 p.m.

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