Obituary notices from Athens area January 1968
Denver pastor Glenn S. Jones 68 formerly of Athens dies in Denver. James A. Nagle 44 of 135 N. Lancaster St. Athens, carpenter at Ohio University, Navy veteran, dies in Sheltering Arms Hospital. Roy E. Schoolcraft 78 of Cutler Route 1 dies in Marietta Memorial Hospital. Maude M. Van Horn 65 of Lancaster dies. Virgil Freeman 60 of Lancaster dies of heart attack. Stanton H. Jenkins 70 of Gallipolis dies at center. Mary Powell Beatty killed by truck in London. Seabury W. Holmes 78 of Stockport dies after heart attack. Fred Morman 80 of Logan dies. Lucy Belle Shivley 87 of Glouster Route 1 dies. numerous survivors listed. Funeral notices and burial details for each.
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Denver
Colo
Glenn S. Jones
Athens
Olinger Funeral Home
Lowery Air Force Base
Fort Logan National Cemetery
James A. Nagle
Lancaster St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Lancaster
Virgil Freeman
Athens County
Jackson
Buchtel
Freda
Margie
Rising Sun
Leonard
Logan
Kenneth
Ray Wise
London
Mary Powell Beatty
Benjamin M. Beatty
Dick Robinson
Ben Jr
Springfield
Emily Mayer
Coco Beach
Fla
Adelaide Williams
New Hyde Park
N. Y
Catherine Weikart
Youngstown
Helen Stright
New Marshfield
Newman
Canton
Dan
Santa Barbara
Calif
Hillsboro
Chesterhill
Seabury
W. Holmes
Stockport
New Lebanon
Conn
George and
Grace Gifford Holmes
Holmes
Broach Machine Co
New London
Pearle D. Allberry
Wilbert
Rose Mary) Webb
Frances Thompson
Painesville
Jeanne Allberry
Albany
William Allberrry
Dale Allberry
Mass
David Allberry
Uncanville
Fawcett-Stone Funeral Home
Glouster
Lucy Belle Shivley
Burr Oak
Enoch
Sarah Jane Rutter
Bertha Steirs
Edith Stassey
Zanesville
van Fossen Funeral Home
Sonar continues search at Silver Bridge site
Coast Guard units use sonar to locate a missing car after the Silver Bridge collapse on December 1. Authorities seek 10 missing persons and bodies, while dragging operations proceed. Debris recovered from the Ohio River. 36 dead, 10 missing, one vehicle unrecovered. Civil Defense director Wilson notes a bridge-raising cost around 155000, not counting overtime. A federal panel, appointed by Transportation Secretary Boyd, probes the cause and will report periodically, likely to last a year.
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Silver Bridge
Ohio River
Henderson
Point Pleasant
J. A
Andy) Wilson
Mason County Civil Defense
West Virginia
Secretary of Transportation
Alan S. Boyd
Blaze Causes Sixty Thousand Dollar Damage in Laurelville
A fire at the Apple House in Laurelville caused about 60,000 in damage. Firefighters from Laurelville Kingston Adelphia and Tarlton battled the blaze from 9 39 p m to 11 30 p m in freezing weather using 10 pieces of equipment. Thomas Ebert a Laurelville volunteer suffered contusions and a cut when knocked from a truck by a fire hose. The three story building owned by Robert Bowers had 17 500 insurance on contents. Most damage was to the first two floors with a metal ceiling hindering spread. Apple storage area saved. cause not immediately known.
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Laurelville
Kingston
Adelphia
Tarlton
Hocking County
Paul Hartman
Thomas Ebert
Robert Bowers
Addison Home Lost In Blaze
A fire of undetermined origin destroyed the Roy C Gardener family home in Addison on Tuesday afternoon. The Gallipolis Volunteer Fire Department arrived at 12 22 pm to find the blaze out of control as the family discovered smoke in a bedroom. The parents and four children escaped unharmed. Damaged property was estimated at 5000 for the building and 1200 for contents, with Middleport Fire Department also responding.
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Addison
Roy C. Gardener
Gallipolis
Two Drivers Cited After Rear End Collisions
Logan police and Hocking County Sheriff investigators cited two drivers for failing to stop within the assured clear distance after late Tuesday crashes. John T. Nelson, 18, of Logan Route 4, struck Edward E. Price, 35, of 10 Bowers St., on East Front Street near the railroad, causing extensive damage with no injuries. A second mishap on Route 33 near Haydenville involved John W. Nash, 43, Westerville, whose car struck Morris B. Hackel, 55, Delaware, pushing Hackel’s auto into Suzanne Klinebrier, 21, Haydenville. Nash received a citation.
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John W. Nash
Westerville
Morris B. Hackel
Delaware
Suzanne Klinebrier
Haydenville
Nash
Services for Mrs Elizabeth Ross in Chesterhill
Mrs Elizabeth Ross 71 of Bartlett dies in Sanford Florida at Seminole Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at Mount Hermon EUB Church with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Fawcett Stone Funeral Home after Friday noon.
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Athens
Ames Bern High School
Ohio University
Navy
Atlantic
First Christian Church
Odd Fellows Lodge
Amesville
Cora Nagle
Vincennes
Ind
Doris Chess
Columbus
George
Hughes Funeral
Joe B. Maffett
Alexander Cemetery
K. T. Crossen Post
American Legion
Chesterhill
Roy E. Schoolcraft
Cutler
Marietta Memorial Hospital
Wirt County
W. Va
Charles and
Aly Lees Schoolcraft
East Liverpool
Fawcett-Stone Funeral
Merle Platner
Riverview Cemetery
Lancaster
Maude M. van Horn
Lancaster Fairfield Hospital
Richard C. White
William E. Young
Irwin, Pa
Nancy van Horn
Detroit
Walter Duncan
Roseville
John Wine
Clark Collins
Don C. Collins
Frank E. Smith
Whitney M. Trousdale
Maple Grove Cemetery
Logan
Fred Morman
W. Hunter St
Haydenville
Hocking County Community Hospital
Henry
Suzanne Yates Morman
Ashland
Natco
Haydenville Methodist Church
Gladys Culp
Delbert E
Reynoldsburg
Fred Eugene
Grace Logan
Boyd County
Callie Pence
Della Meed
Flatwoods
Rosie Bullion
Kentucky
Leonard Funeral Home
Grover Nutter
Oak Grove Cemetery
Elizabeth Ross
Bartlett
Mount Hermon Eub Church
Ross
Seminole Memorial Hospital
Sanford, Fla
Fawcett-Stone Funeral Home
Forgotten Baby Found At Grocery Store
Athens police will question a street Elliott father after his three month old child was found in a cart at an Athens supermarket. Police were told the baby had been in the store earlier and the mother later retrieved the child at the Athens police department. She said the child was left due to a mix up with the grandfather and mother. Officers have reports the baby was forgotten at the store on prior occasions.
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Athens
Elliott
Notice of Appointment and Athens city ordinances
Notice lists Richard P Hartley named administrator of an Athens County estate with four months for creditors to file claims. It includes two Athens ordinances authorizing a 10000 dollar grant for Hocking Conservancy District highway bridge design and a purchase sale contract for a 1968 four door sedan with trade in, emergency enactment.
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Richard P. Hartley
RD No. 2
Athens
Ohio
A.ha
Athens County
Areateo
Harold J. Rose
Said County
City of
Hocking Conservancy District
Hocks River
Mil Street
Director of Public Service Safety
State OF
Wre
Public Service Safety i
Ohi
Oebic
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