Area Death Notices From Wellston and Athens
Miss Cora Willis 92 of 625 S Pennsylvania Ave Wellston died Monday in Wellston Nursing Home after a year of illness. Retired telephone operator for General Telephone Co she belonged to Trinity United Methodist Church and is survived by sister Zoe Shelton with Ada Willis predeceased. Funeral Thursday 11 at Gaskill Funeral Home Chapel with Rev C M Rice burial Ridgewood Cemetery. Athens resident Wilson Gilbert 55 of 10 Townsend Place died Tuesday night at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital a WWII veteran and former Cox Brothers Furniture worker later psychiatric aide at Athens Mental Health Center. Survived by wife Anna Mae three daughters Christy Gilbert RosalIe Durkin of California and Jean Perkins of California, one grandson John Perkins, mother Mrs J Walter Hamilton, brother Harley Gilbert, sisters Dorothy Pritchard Martha Barker and Patty Hillyer. Funeral Friday 10 at Hughes Funeral Home with Dr Clyde C Pinnell burial West Union Street Cemetery. Military rites by K T Crossen Post 21 at grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellston
Cora Willis
Pennsylvania Ave
Lawrence County
Crayton
Lorenda Orth Willis
Zoe Shelton
Ada Willis
Gaskill Funeral Home
C. M. Rice
Ridgewood Cemetery
Gilbert
Cox Brothers Funiture
Athens
First United Methodist Church
K. T. Crossen Post 21
American Legion
Anna Mae
Christy Gilbert
Rosalie Durkin
Marina del Ray
Calif
Jack
Jean) Perkins
Long Beach
John Perkins
J. Walter Hamilton
St. Petersburg
Fla
Harley L. Gilbert
Paul
Dorothy) Pritchard
Warren
Harold
Martha) Barker
Patty) Hillyer
Harley, W. Gilbert
Hughes Funeral Home
Clyde C. Pinnell
West Union Street
K. T. Crossen Post
The
Pearle
Doudna and McClure Funeral Home
Norman Williams
Berg Cemetery
Memorial Fund
Gilman United Methodist Church
Washington County Heart Branch
Woodrow St
Marietta
Lewis R
Red) Steinmetz
Westerville Road
Columbus
Veterans Hospital
Dayton
Guysville
Athens High School
Disabled American Veterans, Chapter No. 3
Rachel
Lewis J. Steinmetz
Fred
Donald
Etna
Ruth Love
Pataskala
Mary Love
Delores Perry
Lelia
Herbert Harris
Clark’s Chapel
the Plains
Wanda Windland
Lacon Rd
Hilliard
Riverside Methodist Hospital
Athens County
Clara Hillen
Clarence Hillen
Robert
Sandra
Cheryl
Pamela Overly
Darrell
New Marshfield
Bernard
Russell
Colorado
Billy
Beulah Windland
Johnson Funeral Home
Nelsonville
Bidwell
Carl Gothard
Holzer Medical Center
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Swan Creek
Benjamin
Nettie Richie Gothard
Springfield Missionary Baptist Church
Marillie
Luther
Lowell
Walter Porter
Ambridge
John Carter
Huntington
G. T. Dalton
Mound Hill Cemetery
McCoy-Moore Funeral Home
Vinton
Zanesville
Archie Viney
Jackson St
Glouster
Good Smaritan Medical Center
Henry
Gertrude Jenkins Viney
Viney
Sublimity
Ore
Charles
Eldon
James Kirby
Albert
Floyd
Hillis
Ralph Tate
Glouster Cemetery
Community groups plan meetings across Meigs County
Local clubs including WSCS Heath United Methodist Church, Return Jonathan Meigs Chapter DAR, and Bricklayer's Local 32 announce meetings. Events include a district fall conference hosted by Racine Post 602, a PTA gathering at Marietta’s elementary, and Eastern Star officer elections. Obituaries follow for Florence Biehl and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine American Legion Post 602
Racine
Pat Howe
Rutland Pta
Evangeline Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Jury Rules For Defense In May 1 1970 Traffic Case
A Mason County jury ruled for the defense in the case of Kenneth Donohew versus Leonard Bush. The plaintiff was awarded no compensation, and Donohew’s $20,000 claim for injuries and damages to his pickup truck from a traffic mishap on May 1, 1970 was denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Kenneth Donohew
Leonard Bush
Donohew
Bush
Wanted Man Apprehended In McArthur
McARTHUR Keith McKinniss age 26 of Lancaster Route 3 was captured by the Vinton County Sheriff's Department Monday morning at the Earl Caldwell home in McArthur. He had been sought since June 23 1970 for attempting to pass a misdated 90 dollar check to the Vinton County National Bank in Lancaster. William Dutcher an employee of Benedict Inc mine north of McArthur reported a 12 volt battery theft and an attempted truck push over a hill after entry by breaking a door lock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcarthur
Keith McKinniss
Lancaster
Vinton County Sheriff's Department
Earl Caldwell
McKinniss
Vinton County National Bank
Gay Fact Studio
William Dutcher
Benedict, Inc
Dale Zinn
Six Persons Are Arrested in Mason County Weekend
Six persons were arrested over the weekend by Mason County officers. Roy W. Meadows 24 of Apple Grove faced a driving while intoxicated charge and S Clark Winfield William Baird 36 of Southside and Forrest Stover 38 of Aliston were charged with intoxication. Richard Dale Cheesebrew 18 of Point Pleasant was arrested by city police for being AWOL. Cline E. Erwin 57 of Southside was arrested by the Mason County Sheriff's Department on a peace warrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason
Roy W. Meadows
Apple Grove
S. Clark
Winfield
William Baird
Southside
Forrest Stover
Aliston
Richard Dale Cheesebrew
Mason County Sheriff's Department
Cline E. Erwin
Sundelius Named Associate Dean at Wittenberg University
Dr Harold Sundelius longtime geology professor at Wittenberg University in Springfield Ohio is named associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts He joined the faculty in 1965 and became geology department chairman in 1970 while continuing to teach in the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ohio
Harold Sundelius
Wittenberg University
University
College of Liberal Arts
Wittenberg
Sundelius
Fortney Appeal Testimony Heard Before State Board
Testimony opened today in Columbus as Fortney, AFSCME Local 1782 president, appeals two work suspensions from the Athens Mental Health Center. Center Supt. Chovnick imposed the penalties after charges of intoxication and insubordination. witnesses, including Wilma Morris, testified to alleged intoxication and incidents in a ward.
Laudermilt Charged After Jail Break at Middleport
Vincent Laudermilt, 22, was charged with jail breaking after escaping the Middleport jail Tuesday by digging through mortar. Gary Pickens, 19, remains at large. he is wanted for absence without leave. Laudermilt faced charges of disturbing the peace assault and battery and improper registration of a motor vehicle. A second item notes freeze dried grass clippings ground into meal may add nutrition to poultry feeds per the American Chemical Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Vincent Laudermilt
Laudermilt
Gary Pickens
Long Bottom
Pickens
American Chemical Society
Collision Near Route 50 In Coolville Area
State Highway Patrol reports a two vehicle crash on Route 50 one mile east of Route 144. Drivers William D Rogers 75 and Glenn A Queen 75 of Coolville were involved along with passenger Stella Queen 69 who reported injuries but received no treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Rogers
Coolville
Glenn A. Queen
State Highway Patrol
Stella Queen
Rogers
Marshall Elected President of Government Employees Group
James Marshall of Columbus Ohio won the presidency of the Assembly of Government Employees at its Scottsdale Arizona annual meeting. The group says it represents about 500000 workers in 30 states. Marshall 38 is executive secretary of the Ohio Civil Service Employees Association and serves on Nixon's Intergovernmental Personnel Advisory Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scottsdale, Ariz
James Marshall
Columbus
Ohio
Assembly of Governmental Employees
Marshall
Ohio Civil Service Employees Association
Nixon
Intergovernmental
Also Mentioned on This Page
Miss Willis
General Telephone Co
Trinity United Methodist Church
Wilson Gilbert
Townsend Place
O’bleness Memorial
Meigs Meetings
WSCS
Heath United Methodist Church
Nan Moore
David Entsminger
Walter Hayes
Nellie Zerkle
E. M. Wood
Jonathan Meigs
DAR
Patrick Lochary
Southeastern
Robert Hagen
Dor Schaefer
Dwight Milhoan
Bricklayer’s Local
American Legion Hall
Pomeroy
Florence W. Biehl
Lancaster St
Marietta Memorial Hospital
Edward and
Armilla Fairbanks Wendelken
Gilman United
Methodist Church
William
Richard
Bay City
Mich
Verne
Ross Greene
John Hunter
Helen Joanne Cross
Charles Comstock
Mount Vernon
Leslie Hall
Kathryn Keney
Canton
Lewis Steinmetz
Margery Collins
Henderson
Margery Frances Collins
Mrs. Collins
Alfred and
Rebecca Jane Neff Barker
Alonzo D. Miller
Samuel Collins
Edna May Austin
Thelma C. Plants
Grow- Hassell
Eugene Zopp
Lone Oak Cemetery
Raymond Webb
McBee
O’bleness Memorial Hospital
Fortney
By Tom Price
Center
Harry Chovnick
Afscme Council 21
Herschell Sigall
Leonard Sigall
John T. Conroy
Phillip Bradley
Chovnick
Bradley
Wilma Morris
Lamb
Syracuse
Jessie Rinehart
Amber Summerfield
Burl Summerfield
Florida
Olen Lamb
Grantsville
W. Va
Harold Lamb
Gerald Lamb
Charleston
Edna Summerfield
Earl Summerfield
Roger
J. E. Pitts
Murraysville
Cecil Caldwell
Kenneth Caldwell
Rexal Summerfield
Bob Murphey
Ington
Maida Vineyard
Spencer
Audrey Johnson
Glenn Powell
William Northup
Debbie
Jeff
Nancy Adams
Lori
Buel Summerfield
Jacksonville
Stanley Summerfield
Sharon
Melissa
Patricia
Scotts Depot
Helen Damewood
Herbert Parker
Coolville Area
Noel
Lessy
W. Stimson Ave
oSee
ELF Pork
Focke’s
KAHNS
Wieners
Witiqdii
Elf
Richland Avenue
Holsum Cherry Pie
Tila
Eckrich
Eli
Met
Marhoefer’s
Tissie
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!