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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 08, 1968

Page

5

Area Death Notices Pack Various Local Obituaries

Multiple obituaries from Logan and surrounding towns note deaths at 5:55 p.m. Sunday and Monday at local hospitals. Names include Millie A. King of 529 E Second St born 1882 in Pricetown West Virginia widow of Clarence King, and Edward Burton Evans of 20 Campbell St. Survivors list children, grandchildren, great and step relatives. Services planned at Leonard Funeral Home with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Additional notices for Ray D. McCarty, Clara Brown, Lowell D. Wamer, Frank Eberts, and other local residents detail birthplaces, family relations, and funeral arrangements across several towns.

Obituary notices from multiple Ohio towns list services and survivors

Obits record deaths in Grafton Athens Glouster and Gallipolis. Names include Josie A Offutt 87 of Bidwell widow of Miles E Offutt. Survived by four sons Earl Olive Denzel Denver. three daughters Louie Garrett Lena Lambert Pearly Edwards. Services Wednesday 1 p.m. McCoy Funeral Home Vinton with burial at Vinton Memorial Park. Also Caridad Inelan 86 of Athens died at Kimes Convalescent Center. Funeral mass Tuesday 9 a.m. Christ the King Church. Burial Mt Calvary Cemetery. Rosary Monday 8 p.m. Jagers and Sons Funeral Home. Clarence Shirey 54 Lima died Friday. two sisters and two brothers survived. Roy Knight 69 Jacksonville died Sunday in Mount St Mary Hospital. survived by two daughters four grandchildren one great grandchild and sister Edna Rambo. George Thomas Collins 88 Gallipolis died after arrival at Holzer Hospital. Burial at Flags Springs Cemetery with services Tuesday 1 p.m. at McCoy Wetherholt Funeral Home. Burial planned. survivors include wife Lottie Bostic daughter Thelma Boggs sister Tessie Goodall.

Logan Millie A. King Second St Union Furnace Hocking Valley Community Hospital Ruben L Margarette Ann Barker Ensminger Pricetown W. Va EUB Clarence King William King Inez Kern Verlie Reinscheld Cora Ross Rosa Shuman Lottie Cousins Minnie Copenhaver Bonnie Wycoff Armstrong Ensminger Lloyd Ensminer Smithfield Leonard Funeral Home Nelsonville Edward Burton Evans Campbell St Mount St. Mary Hospital William and Maude Keplar Evans Regina Edwina Jean McCoy Columbus Sharon Stover William T. Evans Mansfield Inez Barber Wilma Syx Akron Elizabeth Pyles Audrey Opal Lee Middleport Ray D. McCarty New York Central Railroad Meigs General Hospital Railroad Brotherhood Cheshire Baptist Church Cheshire Walter E Sarah Rodgers McCarthy Norma Watson McCarty Lutrell McCarty Chesterhill Lowell D. Wamer Austill Amesville Glouster Georgia Athens County Andrew Della Duncan Wamner Winifred Balderson Wamer Maria Beverly Phillip Ft. Meyers Shirley Modes NEW _ STRAITSVILLE Frank Eberts New Straitsville Vinton County George Catherine Eberts Evelyn Zimer Loretta Wassmuth Ronald Bremen Trevey Funeral Home Jacob Lehman Earl of Fairmont Olive Denzel Canton Denver Willard Louie) Garrett Christ the King Catholic Church Robert Marrer Mt. Calvary Cemetery Jagers and Sons Funeral Home Jacksonville Roy Knight Bert Carrie Knight Glouster Church of Christ Barbara Kittle Gallipolis George Thomas Collins Third Ave Holzer Hospital Collins Patriot Gallia County John and Luisa Pierce Collins Patriot Methodist Church Lottie Bostic Thelma Boggs Tessie Goodall Huntington McCoy- Wetherholt Earl Cremeans Flags Springs Cemetery

Logan Grad Is Promoted In Germany

Logan Grad Clarence W. Ford, son of Mrs. Clarence A. Ford of 666 North Market Street, Logan, has been promoted to lieutenant colonel in the U S Air Force. He serves as a personnel staff officer in Frankfurt Germany after a World War II Pacific Theater assignment. His wife Audrey is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W J Steele of Logan Route 3.

Mrs. W. J. Steele Logan Route 3

Rosary Hill Students Return Home For Easter Break

Miss Lynn McBroom daughter of Lt Col (Ret) James F McBroom Logan and Miss Gena Zlatkind daughter of Dr Hamel Zlatkind Nelsonville return home Wednesday night to spend the Easter holidays with families. Both seniors at Rosary Hill College Buffalo New York they graduate at end of May.

Logan Lynn McBroom James F. McBroom Gena Zlatkind Hamel Zlatkind Nelsonville Rosary Hill College Buffalo N.Y McBroom Zlatkind

Hocking Valley Community Hospital Notice

List of names in attendance at Hocking Valley Community Hospital proceedings includes Mrs Richard Luke Nelsonville Mrs Augusta Dotson Logan Mrs Bertha Brown Logan Orville Beckett Sugar Grove Mrs Ray Julian Logan Mrs Walter Huffman Logan Lloyd Harvey Logan Mrs Ralph Levering Logan Lafe Allen Logan Mrs Willis Conkle Logan Mrs James Weeds Logan Mrs Millie King Logan. DISMISSED Mrs Ben Chambers and daughter Mrs Mary M Krannitz.

Richard Luke Nelsonville Augusta Dotson Logan Bertha Brown Orville Beckett Sugar Grove Ray Julian Walter Huffman Lloyd Harvey Ralph Levering Lafe Allen Willis Conkle James Weeds Millie King

Light bulb sale in Glouster to aid Trimble district

Kiwanis chair Joeph Boko vitz announces new light bulb shipment arriving. On Tuesday from 6 to 9 p m members will canvass Glouster areas and nearby Jacksonville Trimble and Hollister. Bulbs four for 1 dollar to aid underprivileged children. Chit Chat Club meets Tuesday at 7 30 p m at Mrs Schoeman home with co host Mrs Trace. Sgt William F Gaskalla receives Purple Heart for Viet Nam wounds. a 1965 Glouster High grad.

Glouster Joeph Bokovitz Glouster Kiwanis Jacksonville Trimble Hollister Jane Schoeman Mary Trace William Gaskalla William F. Gaskalla Viet Nam Gaskalla Vietnam

Victims of Monoxide Fatalities In Chesterhill

Larry Vernon Hill 19 of Zanesville and David Lee Mayle 18 of Chesterhill died from carbon monoxide in a car on Route 329. Hill’s funeral will be at Chesterhill Methodist Church with burial in Chesterhill Cemetery. Mayle’s services delayed for a brother from Germany. Both youths, found early Saturday, left the car running due to a faulty muffler. Surviving family members listed for each.

Chesterhill Larry Vernon Hill Well St Zanesville David Lee Mayle Germany Hubert Martha Mayle Hill Brunham Boiler Co Robert Mayle Stockport James Hill Gallipolis Eugene Hill Brownton W. Va Myrtle Hill Diana Fisher Maria Herbert Mayle Chesterhill Methodist Church

Logan Man Hurt When Auto Rolls

Logan man Frederick John Meyer 23 of 149 Ruth Ave was in a westbound car on Route 328 four miles west of Route 33 when a front tire blew out the vehicle overturned after skimming the roadside Meyer sustained only a bump on the head Sheriff Paul Hartman reported noting the car was heavily damaged. On Middlefork Road three miles north of Route 180 Roy Creiglow 70 of Amanda Route 1 lost control his car slid into a motorcycle driven by John Scholl 30 of Lithopolis Scholl suffered a right leg injury and was to see a doctor Creiglow was cited for driving left of center.

Logan Hocking County Paul Hartman Frederick John Meyer Ruth Ave Meyer Middlefork Road Route 180 Roy Creiglow Amanda John Scholl Lithopolis Scholll Creiglow

Ex Hocking Official Hurt In Home Fire

Otto Shaw former Hocking County commissioner suffered burns to one hand when a fire broke out in his Good Hope Two home. He was treated at Hocking Valley Community Hospital and released. Fire crews from Logan and Good Hope Two battled the blaze discovered by Mrs Shaw. Flames were confined to a new utility room addition. heat and smoke damaged the upper floors. Defective wiring in a stove is blamed for the fire.

Logan Otto Shaw Hocking County Good Hope Shaw Hocking Valley Community Hospital Rockbridge

Mount St. Mary Hospital Notes

Mount St. Mary Hospital notes list births for Mr. and Mrs. Quest Nelsonville a son and for Mr. and Mrs. Matheny New Straits ville a daughter and for Mr. and Mrs. Mingus Glouster a son. It also records admissions including William Goins Glouster Ben H. Cook Haydenville Paul McClelland Glouster Route 1 and several others with names and residences.

Thomas Quest Nelsonville Harold Matheny New Straitsville Robert Mingus Glouster William Goins Ben H. Cook Haydenville Paul McClelland Barbara Hogue Trimble Betty Andrews McArthur Edward Evans Dorothy Slisher

Easter Plans Set By Twig at Hocking Valley Hospital

Twig II of Hocking Valley Community Hospital organizes Easter treats for 40 plus patients. A meeting in the hospital cafeteria included 14 listed members and a new member Mrs. James E. Hummel. Committee chair Mrs. Larry Kitchen with members Mrs. John R. Shaw and others prepared Easter baskets with colored eggs and candy.

Logan — Twig II Hocking Valley Community Hospital James E. Hummel Larry Kitchen Twig John R. Shaw Floyd Pierson Elaine Collino Kitchen Christy Sayers Shaw Pierson

Village Council Set For 7 P.M. Meeting At Village Hall

The Village Council will convene at 7 p.m. Monday in regular session at the village hall. Saturday visitors included Mrs. Larry Smith and daughter Kelly and Miss Sharon Abdella to Mrs. Smith's sister Mrs. James Darbyshire of Lancaster.

Chauncey Larry Smith Kelly Sharon Abdella Smith James Darbyshire Lancaster

Vinton County Man Dies As Fire Destroys Home

A McArthur area fire killed Ernest Reynolds 67 early Sunday. Firefighters found the man partially at the door of a former storeroom along Route 50. Reynolds died in the blaze. the cause is undetermined. He is survived by a wife and several children. Funeral arrangements set for Mount Zion Church.

Vinton County McArthur Ernest Reynolds Loyd Gill Route 50 Reynolds Walter Cottrill Lucille Illinois John Wellston Eugene Air Force Nevada Edwin David Marvin Tom Vera Tedrick New Jersey Ethel Short Columbus Evelyn Reynolds Winds Mount Zion Church Church Wrightsel Funeral Home

Chauncey Choirs Schedule Cooked For Tuesday

Chauncey Junior Choir meets at 3 p.m. and Chauncey Adult Choir at 6 30 p.m. on Tuesday. Residents and families are invited to attend rehearsals and preview performances planned by the Chauncey music groups.

Chauncey

Possible To Shrink Painful Hemorrhoids Now

Science finds a medication that promptly stops itching and relieves pain while shrinking hemorrhoids. Tests show reduction of inflamed tissue as Preparation H soothes irritated areas and helps prevent infection. Available in ointment or suppository form.

New York, N.Y

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