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Monroe County Obituaries

1968

 

Mrs. Charles WOOD – Mrs. Ollie Rachael Wood of New Matamoras, died Monday morning, January 27, 1968, at eight o’clock at her home.  Born at Sardis, she was the daughter of the late Alvin and Sarah Barker.  In 1905 she married Charles H. Wood who died in 1960.  Surviving are one son, Willard C. Wood of Paden City, WV, and two granddaughters, Mrs. Rebecca Kay Law, of New Martinsville, W. Va., and Miss Sarah Jane Wood of Paden City.  One daughter, Mabel, preceded her in death.  Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at one o’clock in the Hadley Funeral Home at New Matamoras, with Evangelist Richard Pryor officiating.  Burial was in the West Union Church of Christ Cemetery near Sardis.

 

Lorenzo Piatt

Source:  The Times Recorder, Zanesville, Ohio Thursday, December 9. 1968

WOODSFIELD- Lorenzo Piatt, 87 of near Woodsfield, retired farmer, died Tuesday evening (Dec. 7, 1968) in Barnesville Hospital after a long illness.  Born June 9, 1878 in West Virginia, he was a son of Benjamin and Mary Truax Piatt.

Surviving are his widow, Pearl; four sons, John of Woodsfield Route 1, Paul of the home and Archie and Arthur of Lewisville, three daughters Mrs Mary Nalley of Woodsfield Route 2, Mrs. Dorothy Briggs of New Concord and Mrs. Clara Briggs of Newport, PA., 17 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

Friends may call after noon today at Gardner Funeral Home here.

Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday at Pleasant Ridge Church of Christ, Minister J.V. A. Traylor will officiate and burial will be in the church cemetery.

 

Submitter’s notes:  Lorenzo’s granddaughter, Marlene Batdorf, submitted this obit and has offered the following corrections – Lorenzo’s father was John Piatt, not Benjamin.  He died in 1965, not 1968.

 

Inez Irene Shumate nee Highman

Source:  Zanesville Times Recorder 8/13/1968
SHUMATE SERVICE -- Services for Mrs. Inez Shumate, 73, of 717 Brown Street, who died Sunday will be held at 10am Wednesday at DeLong & Baker Funeral Home.  Rev. Meredith Lasley will officiate and burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Friends may call 2 to 4 and from 7 to 9 pm today at the Funeral Home.

 

Harry A. Morris Sr.

          Harry A. Morris Sr., 81, a former resident of Marietta, died in Steubenville Saturday evening.  He was born Feb. 22, 1882, in Caldwell, a son of Norval and Hattie Roach Morris.  He was a sign painter by trade and had been the projection operator at theaters here some years ago.

          His wife, the former Catherine Ancell, survives with the following sons and daughters:  Mrs. Ralph (Dorothy) Smith and Mrs.

Catherine Marshall, both of Toronto; Mrs. Mary Bell of Hamilton; Capt. Harry A. Morris Jr., stationed in Turkey; Robert R. Morris of Columbus and Thomas H. and James J. Morris, both  of Marietta.

          There are 19 grandchildren and a number of great grandchildren surviving.  One brother and one sister survive, Charles

Morris and Mrs. Mabel Osborne, both of Caldwell.

          Funeral services will be at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday in St. Francis Catholic Church at 409 Grant St., Toronto, with burial in Toronto.

 

Hicks, Gloria Eileen Mary Hicks nee Pritchard         
Died: February 16, 1968
Provided by Lena Kahrig Pettit, typed by Betty Lendon Matson
          Hicks, Gloria Eileen Mary, 44, formerly of Hannibal, O., died February 16, 1968, in Taipei, Taiwan where she had lived for the past 15 years. She was born on June 14, 1912, in Shanghai, China, daughter of William and Lilly Pritchard. Survivors include her husband, Hugh H. Hicks; three daughters, Janet L. and Susan L. and one son, Hugh P., all of the home; her parents, one sister, Mrs. Mildred Gramm, Melbourne, Australia.
          Friends may call at The Rush Funeral Home, Clarington, O. after 1 p.m. where services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m.; in charge of Rev. Paul Brown with interment in Greenlawn Memorial Cemetery, New Martinsville.

 

Lester Duff Carpenter

Source: The Jeffersonian, Cambridge, Ohio; 3 Aug 1968

BARNESVILLE---Lester Duff Carpenter, 69, Canton, former resident of Barnesville, died at Molly Stark Hospital, Canton, Thursday evening (August 1, 1968) following a long illness.

            Born at Calais, he was a son of Oliver H. and Mary Sears Carpenter.  He had been an employee of the Canton public school system for 27 years, retiring in May 1968.  He was a member of Loyal Order of Moose and Fraternal Order of Eagles.

            His wife, Norma McLeish Carpenter died in December 1945.

            Mr. Carpenter leaves a daughter, Mrs. Mildred Pauline Hein, Canton;  two grandchildren, Mrs. James (Linda) Howiler, Canton and Karen Sue Hein of the home;  one sister, Mrs. Loren Mayberry, Barnesville; and two brothers, Wayne A. of Akron and Asher V., Thousand Oaks, Calif.

            Calling hours at Campbell Funeral Home here 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. Sunday.

            Funeral services will be held at 1 P.M. Monday at the funeral home with the Rev. William Walters officiating.  Burial will be in Crestview Cemetery, Barnesville.

 

Lawrence F. Morris

Source: Quaker City (Ohio) Hometowner; Friday, 29 November 1968

          A Calais native, Lawrence F. Morris, Barnesville R. D. 2, died Nov. 23, at Barnesville Hospital.

           Born in Calais Feb. 8, 1887, he was a son of Simon and Barbara Carpenter Morris. He was a 50-year member of Kirkwood Masonic Lodge.

           Mr. Morris leaves one son, Floyd of Barnesville R. D. 2; two sisters, Mrs. Atha Gleaves, Fairview, and Adda Gail Anderson, Virginia Beach, Va.; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

           Funeral services were held at the Campbell Funeral Home, Barnesville, with the Rev. Charles Johnson officiating. Burial followed in Fairview Cemetery.

 

Michael Oldemeyer

Source:  Chico [California] Enterprise-Record; Thursday, 1/4/1968

          Michael (Bob) Oldemeyer, 78, longtime Chico resident, died early Wednesday morning at Enloe Hospital after an extended illness.

          He was born July 6, 1889, in Fort Morgan, Colo.

          He was married to Ada Camerzellin in December, 1909.

          He was an agriculturist for the Southwest U.S. sugar beet industry.

          In 1926, the couple moved to Chico and established the Richfield Station next to the old Hotel Oaks, operating it until his retirement in 1950. He and his wife made their home at 398 East Third Ave.

          He had been a Rotarian since 1941 and for many years served on the City of Chico Planning Commission.

          Surviving are his widow, two sons, Ennis of Oakland and Virgil of Los Altos, a sister, Mrs. Alice Hansen of Oakland; two brothers, Ben of Mercedes, Tex.  and Clarence of Brush, Colo.; five grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.

          Funeral services will be held in the Hall-Van Hook Funeral Chapel at 2 p.m. Friday, with the Rev. Robert B. Scott of the Bidwell Memorial Presbyterian Church officiating.

          Charles Taggart will sing “In The Garden” and “Beautiful Garden of Prayer,” accompanied at the organ by Mrs. Joy Foster. Rotarian casketbearers will be Bill Reinhardt, Irving Bedford, Earle Bevins, Dr. Plez Guynn, Tom Kelly and Jack Meyers. Interment will be in the Chico Cemetery.

 

Elizabeth C. Oldemeyer nee Furby

Source: the Fort Morgan [Colorado] Times; 08/31/1968, p1

          Mrs. Elizabeth C. Oldemeyer, 73, a longtime resident of Morgan County and Brush died at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Home early today.

          Her survivor’s include Orville (Bud) Oldemeyer, a son, and one daughter, Mrs. Opal Harvey of Brush.

          Funeral arrangements, in charge of Gale-Frezieres Funeral Home, will be announced later.

 

Shaffer, James Frederick Shaffer
Source--Newsclipping
Published--1968

    Shaffer, James Frederick was born April 3, 1882, and departed this life
June 16, 1968, at the age of 86 years, two months and thirteen days.
    On July 3, 1905, he was united in marriage with Caroline Bauer and to
this union was born one daughter.
    Mr. Schaffer leaves to mourn his departure, a daughter, Mrs. Anna
Whitacre, of Graysville; two grandchildren, Mrs. Nola Griffith, of Marietta
and Koy Whitacre, of Graysville; nine great grandchildren; one half-brother,
J.W.Newell, of Woodsfield, and a host of friends.
    He was preceded in death by his wife, on August 12, 1964, and by a
grandson, Lewis Lynn Whitacre, on June 16, 1967.
    On April 22, 1901, he obeyed the Gospel at the Pleasant Ridge Church of
Christ and for over sixty years served as an elder.
    He was a devoted husband, a kind and loving father and grandfather, and
a friend to anyone in need.
    Breif services were held at the home, Wednesday afternoon, June 19, at
1:30 o'clock, with Minister Claude Davis, of Marietta, officiating.
Additional services were held at 2:00 o'clock at the Pleasant Ridge Church
of Christ. The body was laid to rest in the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery with the
Mallett Funeral Home of Stafford in charge.

    God sees when the footsteps falter,
    When the pathway has grown to steep,
    Then he touches the weary eyelids,
    And gives his dear ones sleep.

CARD OF THANKS
    We wish to express our thanks and appreciation to all of our relatives,
neighbors and friends for the beautiful flowers, the gifts of food, words of
sympathy and deeds of kindness shown us at the time of the death of our
loved one, Fred Shaffer. Our thanks also to Minister Claude Davis for his
words of comfort; the pallbearers; the Mallett Funeral Home, and all who
helped in any way. Such kindness will never be forgotten.
                                     MR. AND MRS. ARNETT WHITACRE
                                     MR. AND MRS. FLOYD GRIFFITH
                                     MR. AND MRS. KOY WHITACRE
                                     MRS. DOROTHY WHITACRE

 

Albert J. Stacy

Source:  Massillon Independent December 20, 1968

Albert J. Stacy, 62, of 1203 Fairlane Ave. SW, Reedurban died Friday (December 19, 1968) in Aultman hospital in Canton shortly after his admittance following a coronary attack.

Mr. Stacy was a teacher of industrial arts at Sandy Valley high school and earlier had been a teacher at Taft junior high school in Canton.  He was born in Antioch and had resided in Canton since 1941.  He attended Muskingum College, Ohio University and Malone College.  He was a former builder of residential homes and for some years had been an employee of the Hercules Engines plant in Canton.

Mr. Stacy was a member of the Canton Baptist Temple and belonged to the adult Bible class.  He also had served as an usher and member of the church choir.

Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Stacy; three sisters, Mrs. Clarence (Florence) Nell of Ashland, Mrs. Alice Carpenter of Somerton, Ohio, and Miss Pearl Stacy of Parkersburg, W.Va.; a brother-in-law, Forest K. Okey of Norwalk, Cal.; and several nieces and nephews.

The body is at the Reed funeral home in Canton where friends may call Saturday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.  It will be moved to the Turner funeral home in Woodsfield for the funeral Monday at 2 a.m., with the Rev. Harold Henninger, his pastor, officiating.  Interment will be made in Antioch Cemetery.

 

Claus, Walter C. Claus

LKP#7

Water C. Claus, Akron’s telephone Santa, Dies in Melbourne, Florida.

          Akron’s Santa Claus of the telephone wires is dead.

          Walter C. Claus, 70, of 512 Melrose Street, Akron, died Wednesday, January 3, 1968, in his winter home in Melbourne, Florida, of an apparent heart attack.

          Starting in 1939, when he got his first telephone at the Melrose Street Address, Mr. Claus began playing Santa to all youngsters who called around Christmas, asking to speak to St. Nick.

          “They had faith and I didn’t let them down,” Mr. Claus once said. “Children would call, and some would talk to me for a long time, I guess I was sort of Christmas Duth[sic-Dutch] uncle-confessor.”

          Mr. Claus estimated he took more than a hundred calls every season until 1957, when he retired from Goodyear after 37 years’ service, and began moving south for the winter.

          If the children called while he was at work, Mr. Claus’ wife, Freda, took numbers, and he returned the calls.

          Mr. Claus was born near Lewisville, Monroe County, Ohio, the son of Henry and Minnie Brubach Claus. He lived in Akron more than fifty years. He was a member of the Goodyear Heights Community Church, the Masonic Joppa Blue Lodge 666, and Goodyear’s 25-year Club.

          Surviving are his wife, Freda Claus; one son, Wilbert Claus of Lewisville, Monroe County, Ohio; two daughters, Mrs. Evelyn Reed, of Akron, and Mrs. Grace Jones, of  Tallmadge; eight grandchildren; three great grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. Hulda McDonough, of Akron.

          Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at one o’clock in the Adams Funeral Home at Akron, with Rev. Charles A. Distler officiating. Burial was in Hillside Memorial Park, Akron, Ohio.

 

Christman, Freeman Sylvester Christman

Monroe County Beacon, Woodsfield, Ohio, dated, January 2, 1969

LKP#7

          Freeman Sylvester Christman, 69, of Monroefield died on Wednesday morning, November 27, 1968 at 6:00 a.m. at the Martins Ferry Hospital.

          He was born March 26, 1899 in Summit Township, near Lewisville, a son of the late Charles and Laura Baker Christman.

          In 1922 he was married to Estella Rosanna Kilburn who survives.         Also surviving are three children, Eldon Christman, of Lewisville, Rural Route 1; Mrs. William (Ruth) Seebach, of Lewisville, Rural Route 1; and Richard Christman, of Canton, Ohio; one brother, Harvey Christman, of Woodsfield, and an uncle, Fred Christman, of Barnesville, Ohio. There are eight grandchildren and one great grandchild. Three brothers preceded him in death.

          Mr. Christman was a retired lumber dealer and farmer. He was a member of the Trinity United Church of Christ of Lewisville.

          Funeral services were held Saturday morning, November 30th at ten o’clock in the Bauer and Turner Funeral Chapel, with Rev. Wilmer Grunwald officiating. Burial was in Middle Church Cemetery.

          Card of Thanks—The family wishes to express their deep appreciation for the kindness and sympathy shown during the illness and at the time of the death of their beloved husband and father, Freeman S. Christman.              Mrs. Estella Christman     Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Christman

Mr. and Mrs. William Seebach            Mr. and Mrs. Richard Christman

 

Freitag, Howard Freitag

Monroe County Beacon, Woodsfield, Ohio, dated, September 26, 1968

LKP#5

          Howard Freitag, 59, of Thorn Street, Apt. A., Sewickley, Pa., a former Woodsfield resident, died Sunday morning, September 22, 1968, at West Penn Hospital in Pittsburg following a several week’s illness.

          He was born near Woodsfield, a son of the late Oscar and Anna Reich Freitag.

          Surviving are his wife, Ida McCammon Freitag; one son, Larry Freitag of the home; one brother, Willard Freitag, of near Woodsfield, and two sisters, Mrs. James (Hazel) Hines, of Barnesville, and Mrs. Kermit

( Elizabeth) Longfellow, of Strasburg.

          Funeral services will be held this Thursday afternoon at two o’clock in the Bauer and Turner Funeral Chapel at Woodsfield, with Rev. George Corbitt officiating. Burial will be in Oaklawn Cemetery, Woodsfield, Ohio.

 

Christman, Lewis E. Christman

Monroe County Beacon, Woodsfield, Ohio, dated, June 1968

LKP#5

          Lewis E. Christman, 84, of Bucyrus, formerly of the Lewisville area, died at midnight Thursday, June 6, 1968, in Bucyrus Hospital after a several week’s illness.

          Born April 13, 1884, near Monroefield, (Monroe County), he was a son of the late John and Eva Pfalzgraf Christman.

          Mr. Christman was a member of the United Church of Christ, and was a retired farmer.

          Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Fred (Celesta) Welty and Mrs. Fermin (Louise) Bower, of Bucyrus; six sons, Thurman Christman, a Monroe County Commissioner, of Jerusalem, Route 2; Lawrence, Robert and Delmar Christman, of Bucyrus; Wilbert Christman, of Caledonia, Ohio, and Edward Christman, of Bolivar; one brother, Sam Christman, of Bethesda; several grandchildren and several great grandchildren.

          His wife, Anna Claus Christman, died in September, 1962.

          Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at two o’clock in the Bauer and Turner Funeral Chapel at Woodsfield, with Rev. Wilmer Grunwald officiating. Burial was in the Middle Church Cemetery, near Lewisville, Ohio.

 

Rubel, Mamie R. Rubel nee Ankrom

Monroe County Beacon, Woodsfield, Ohio, dated, August 22, 1968

LKP#4

          Mrs. Mamie R. Rubel, 17 Garfield Avenue, New Concord, Ohio died Sunday evening, August 11, 1968, at 6:30 o’clock in Guernsey Memorial Hospital at Cambridge, Ohio, where she had been a patient a short time. She died on her 90th birthday.

          She was born August 11, 1878, in Monroe County, a daughter of William and Damaria Carpenter Ankrom.

          Surviving are two daughters, Miss Barbara Rubel, of New Concord, with whom she resided, and Mrs. Adelaide Billman, of Salem; four sons, Jacob Rubel, of Summerfield, Route 2; Dan Rubel, of Cambridge; Okey Rubel, of Lewisville, Route 2, and Herman Rubel, of Summerfield, Route 2; two brothers, Hila Ankrom, of Woodsfield, Route 3, and Chauncey Ankrom, of Canton; sixteen grandchildren and twenty-one great grandchildren.

          Her husband, George Rubel, died February 9, 1937. Three daughters, Dolla, Mrs. Ada Pennell and an infant daughter, and two sons, John and Arthur, also preceded her in death.

          Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at one o’clock in the Seneca Valley Church with Rev. William Franklin officiating. Burial was in the Calais Cemetery.

 

Weber, Emma Weber nee Hoff

Monroe County Beacon, Woodsfield, Ohio, dated, December 12, 1968

LKP#5

          Mrs. Emma Hoff Weber, 56, of Lewisville, Route 1, departed this life on July 4, 1968 at Marietta Memorial Hospital, Marietta, Ohio after an extended illness.

          She was born May 14, 1912, near Lewisville, Ohio, a daughter of the late Lewis and Ann Young Hoff. She was baptized and confirmed at the Evangelical Church in Lewisville, and at the time of her death was a member of Trinity United Church of Christ of Lewisville.

          On August 5, 1933, she was united in marriage with Wesley Weber who survives. To this union were born three daughters and three sons, Mrs. Marion (Darlene) Kahrig, of Marietta; Mrs. Ralph (Ruth Ann) Rader, of Zanesville; Mrs. Don (Wanda) Luke, of Marietta, Vernon Weber of Newark, Ohio; Richard Weber, of Cambridge, and Robert Weber, of Caldwell, Ohio.

          Also surviving are thirteen grandchildren; one brother, Ernest Hoff, of Lewisville, Route 1; two sisters, Mrs. Ernest Gildea, of Quaker City, Ohio, and Mrs. Arthur Reich, of Woodsfield, Route 3; two aunts, Mrs. Katherine Hoff, of Columbus, and Mrs. Tillie Hoff, of Lewisville; several nieces and nephews.

          One brother, Elmer preceded her in death.

          Mrs. Weber was a kind and loving wife and mother and a friend to everyone. She loved to help in the church and with community affairs.

          Services were held at the Bauer and Turner Funeral Chapel on Sunday afternoon, July 7, at 2 o’clock with Rev. Wilmer Grunwald officiating. Burial was in Middle Church cemetery, near Lewisville.

                   “Mother was tired and weary,

                   Weary with toil and with pain;

                   Put by her glasses and rocker

                   She will not need them again,

                   Into heaven’s mansions she’s entered

                   Never to sigh or to weep;

                   After long years with life’s struggles

                   Mother has fallen asleep.

                   Beautiful rest for the weary

                   Well deserved rest for the true,

                   When our life’s journey is ended,

                   We shall again be with you.

                   This helps to quiet our weeping

                   Hark! angel music so sweet.

                   He giveth to all his beloved

                   Beautiful, beautiful sleep.”

 

Kuhn, Joseph D. Kuhn

Monroe County Beacon, Woodsfield, Ohio, dated April 25, 1968

LKP#6

          Joseph D. Kuhn, 86, of Lewisville Route 1, died Saturday evening, April 20, 1968, at five o’clock in the Mark Rest Center at McConnelsville where he had been a patient a short time.

          A retired farmer, he was born June 12, 1881, at Burkhart, Monroe County, a son of Simon and Mary Kuhn.

          Mr. Kuhn was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church at Burkhart.

          Surviving are his widow, Minnie Burkhart Kuhn; a daughter, Mrs. Sally Pritchard, of Zanesville; three sons, Clarence Kuhn, of Pataskala; Andrew Kuhn, of the home and Alfred Kuhn, of Canton and six grandchildren.

          One brother and one sister are deceased.

          A Requiem High Mass was solemnized Tuesday morning at nine o’clock in St. Joseph’s Church, with Rev. Joseph Finan officiating. Burial was in the Chapel Hill Cemetery at Burkhart, with the Brubach Funeral Home of Summerfield in charge.

 

Leasure, Bert O. Leasure

Source:  Times Recorder [Zanesville, Ohio]; Thursday, 11 January 1968

        Stafford - Bert O. Leasure, 69, of Summerfield route 1, a retired farmer, died at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday [Jan. 10] at his home following an apparent heart attack.  He had been ill two months.

        He was born Sept. 6, 1898, a son of James and Emma VanFossen Leasure, on the farm where he died.

        Mr. Leasure was a member of Mount Tabor Methodist Church.

        He is survived by his widow, the former Blanche Brown, whom he married Aug. 14, 1918; a daughter, Mrs. William Waterman of Marietta; five sons, James K. of Woodsfield, Bert O. Jr. of Summerfield Route 1, Roger and Edward of Lewisville and Lloyd of Graysville Route 1; a sister, Mrs. Nellie Thompson of Summerfield. Route 1; two brothers, William and Charles, both of Woodsfield; 28 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.  A son, Harold, is deceased.

        Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Mallett Funeral Home here with Rev. Charles Tulga officiating.  Burial will be in Mount Tabor Cemetery.

        Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 p.m. today.

 

Brown, Clyde Clarence Brown

Source:  Times Recorder [Zanesville, Ohio];  Friday, 1 Nov 1968

        Woodsfield - Clyde C. Brown, 66, of Woodsfield died at 10 P.M. Wednesday [Oct. 30] at his home after suffering an apparent heart attack.

       Mr. Brown was born May 1, 1902, in Monroe County, a son of William and Alice Leach Brown.**  He was a retired laborer.

        Mr. Brown was a member of the Methodist church.

        Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Stella Thompson Brown; five sons, Robert and Melvin, both of the home, Ronald of Maryland, Donald of Graysville and William of Mineral Ridge; four daughters Mrs. Kathryn Hanlen of Youngstown, Mrs. Mary Bartlett of Niles, Mrs. Ora Wallace of Warren and Mrs. Alice Mellett of Niles; 22 grandchildren, and a great-grandchild; a brother, Virgil Brown of Woodsfield; four sisters, Mrs. Mae Mallett of Lewisville, Mrs. Dessie Okey and Mrs. Blanche Leasure, both of Woodsfield, and Mrs. Anna Leasure of Summerfield.

       Services will be held at 2 P.M. Methodist Church with Rev. Robert E. Buckley officiating.  Friends may call at Gardner Funeral Home in Woodsfield.  Burial will be in the church cemetery.

 

**Submitter's Note:  Monroe County, Ohio, Birth CD#3, photographed by Richard Harrington, shows parents as Mathias and Alice (Leach) Brown, and that Clyde was born in Boston, Belmont County, Ohio.  Residence of Mathias and Alice was listed as Malaga Twp., Monroe Co., Ohio.

 

Sadie Huntsman nee Leffler

Mrs. Sadie Huntsman, resident of Belmont for the past 45 years, died Sunday at 8 p.m. at her home.  She was born in Barnesville, October 16, 1886, a daughter of William and Emma Leffler. 

Her husband, John T. Huntsman, died in 1959.

Surviving are three daughters,  Mrs. Stella Blanche Humphrey, Belmont, Mrs. Margaret J. Kurry, Fairborn, and Mrs. Lucille Gallagher, Newark; five sons, Albert M. and Elmer Floyd, both at home, Walter J., Barnesville, Carl R. Greenfield, Ohio, and Charles of Canton; 27 grandchildren, and 13 great grandchildren; on sister, Miss Minnie Leffler, Route 2, Barnesville.Friends will be received at the Kelly-Kemp Funeral Hom, Bethesda, Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Wednesday night from 7 to 9 p.m. Services Thursday at 1 p.m. with Rev. Larry Cline officiating.  Burial in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Hendrysburg.

 

Grover C. Huntsman

SCIO - Grover C. Huntsman, 83, retired pottery worker, died at 11:30 p.m. Thursday (Jan 11) at his home after a long illness.  Born Nov. 6. 1884, in Monroe County, he was a son of Joseph and Jane Hickenbottom Huntsman, and was a retired employee of Scio Pottery Company.

Mr. Huntsman is survived by his widow, Mrs. Bertha Riley Huntsman; two sons, Joseph of Akron and Doyle of Cadiz; three sisters, Mrs. Lydia Copeland of Somerton, Mrs. Charlotte Lalathin of Anderson, Indiana, and Miss Daisy Huntsman of Barnesville, one brother, George of Los Angeles, California; 10 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Purviance Funeral Home with burial in Grandview Cemetery. Friends may call 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.

 

Clyde Scobey

Source:  Ashland [Ohio] Times Gazette; 15 Jan 1968

        Clyde O. Scobey, 73, of 1501 Madison Hill, Wooster, died Sunday afternoon  [14 Jan 1968]  at Wooster Community Hospital following a brief illness.

        Born in Ruggles Township, May 11, 1894, he was the son of  Clayton and Elma Scobey, and had lived in Ashland 21 years before moving to Wooster.  He was a tree surgeon while he lived in Ashland.

        A member of the Missionary Alliance Church in Wooster and of the Wayne County Camp of Gideon Society, he was an insurance agent for the Town and Village Insurance Co.

        Survivors include his widow, Vera Baker Scobey; one daughter, Alice, the wife of Rev. Robert Homes of Homerville; one son, Virgil of Centerville; and three grandchildren.

        Two brothers and two sisters preceded him in death.

        Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the McIntire Funeral Home in Wooster with Rev. Lowell H. Stiner officiating.  Burial will be in the Ashland Cemetery.

        Visiting hours will be from 7 - 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

 

Clyde Scobey

Source: Ashland [Ohio] Times Gazette; 16 Jan 1968

        Funeral services for Clyde O. Scobey, 73, of 1501 Madison Hill, Wooster, who died Sunday afternoon  [14 Jan 1968] will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the McIntire Funeral Home, Wooster, with Rev. Lowell H. Stiner officiating.

        Burial will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Ashland Cemetery.

        Visiting hours will be from 7 - 9 tonight at the funeral home.

 

Mozena, Mary A. Mozena

Mrs. Mary Ann Mozena, 101, of Clarington, died Wednesday, June 26, 1968, at her home.  She was born in Cameron, Ohio, January 17, 1867, a daughter of John and Margaret Ferguson Tschappat.  Mrs. Mozena was a member of the United Methodist Church.

Surviving are two daughters, Miss Olive Mozena, of the home, and Mrs. Eva Rose, of Akron; one son, Roy Mozena, of the home; two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock in the Rush Funeral Home at Clarington, with Rev. Lester Lehman officiating. Burial was in the Clarington Cemetery.

 

Mozena, Mary A. Mozena

Dies at age 101

          Clarington's oldest resident, Mrs. Mary Ann Mozena, aged 101, died at her home here on June 26. She was the widow of Henry Mozena, one of the Mozena Brothers who operated a boatyard here where many famous steamboats were built. Mrs. Mozena was born on January 17, 1867, and had been in good health until recently. She is survived by a son and two daughters. Funeral services were held on June 29, with burial in the Clarington Cemetery.

 

 

 

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