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Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 19, 1961

Page

3

Obituary notices from Charlton Heights and surrounding areas

Obituaries list multiple deaths with surviving family members and service details. Wilkie Booten of Charlton Heights dies after a short illness at Laird Memorial Hospital. services at Charlton Heights Methodist Church with Masonic burial rites in Huntington. Infant Crowder dies at birth in Cinco with grandparents named. Okey Franklin Cutlip of Richwood dies after a long illness with church and family survivors listed. Infant Dean of Dry Branch dies at birth. services and burial planned. Walter Fisher of Charleston area dies. various survivors and funeral arrangements. Other notices include Mary Ellen Nickers of Hansford. Cora B Whiddon of Tyler Mountain. Edward Lynch Withrow of Vienna. and additional bereavement details with dates and locations.

Chandler Death Shocks Hollywood Colleagues and Fans

Hollywood reels from the death of 42 year old actor Jeff Chandler from blood poisoning after spinal surgery. Autopsy cites generalized infection with pneumonia. he died at Culver City Hospital after May 13 admission. His friends and co stars mourn a rugged, professional star known for stunts and a dignified presence.

James Bacon Hollywood Thela Movie Colony Clark Gable Gary Cooper Jeff Chandler Culver City Hospital Chandler David Brotman Temple Isaiah Hillside Memorial Park Philippines Jett Tilind Novocaine Orient Tony Curtis Rock Hudson Universal-International Camping Curtis Hudson

Shotgun Fatality Claims 33 Year Old Man

State police report a man aged 33 identified as Olie Ruben Olive was shot once in the chest with a twenty gauge shotgun at his home. Family heard the gunfire and found him in a bedroom. he died before an Albert Myers and Son Funeral Home ambulance arrived from Tikview. The body remains at the funeral home.

Olie Ruben Olive

Logan Youth Drowns in Guyan River Swift Currents

Millard Vannatter 17 of Big Creek drowned at noon while swimming with two companions in swift Guyan River near his home. Logan troopers reported the body was not found by 9 30 p m and a Logan Fire Department rescue squad continued the search Sunday night. In Rome Italy two mild quakes near Prato caused no injuries.

Logan Logan County Guyan River Millard Vannatier Big Creek Tryall R. L. Glurms Logan State Vannatter Logan Fire Department Italy Rome Prato Florence

Funeral Notices for Infant Billy Butcher at Oak Hill

Riverside area obituaries notice states infant Billy Butcher of Sharon dies with a funerary service at UW & rm AP Incovy Cutak Cemetery. The services are led by Rev Harvey Prey and Rev Go movick with other pastors from Bridge Baptist Church and Highlawn Memorial.

Butcher Billy Evelyn Daugh Ter Gttab Mies Dames Fo Aytenor Sharon Neaveside UW & Rm AP

Laotian Army Establishes New Base Amid Ceasefire Breach

In Laos Pakha o lies a valley fortress after pro Communist rebels seized Padong and shelled Padans, with Lt Col Van Pao vowing to resist. Monsoon rains hinder U S helicopter supply, forcing routes through rugged eastern highlands as probing attacks press Pakhao perimeter and a fledgling headquarters rises near the former Padong site.

Pakhao Laos Tr Royyl Padong White Cliffs U. S van Pao Pationg Viet Nam

Walton Boy Shot In Rifle Mishap In Walton Yard

Two Roane County brothers played with a .22 caliber rifle in Walton Sunday. The weapon discharged wounding 12 year old Nery Ray Shafer in the buttocks. He was admitted to McMillan Hospital for observation with stable condition. State police say the shot was accidental, fired by the seven year old brother.

Roane County McMillan Hospital Nery Ray Shafer Oscar Shafer Walton Hos ‘Pital

Girl Dies of Leukemia in Ohio Hospital

Josephine Jo Canfield Jones six year old daughter of Mrs Iris Canfield Jones Rand Ohio died of acute lymphatic leukemia after a five week illness at Ohio State University Hospital Columbus She was a junior at DuPont High School Belle and president of St Johns Methodist Youth Fellowship The body lies at Fidler and Frami Funeral Home Belle Also survived by maternal grandmother Bettie Canfield Rand This followed the death of James Kenton Leach fourteen of South Charleston from leukemia earlier in the week at the same hospital.

Josephine Jo) Canfield Jones Iris Canfield Jones Rand Ohio State University Hospital Columbus Bettie Canfield James Kenton Leach South Charleston Miss Jones DuPont High School Belle St. John's Methodist Church Methodist Youth Fellowship Fidler and Frami Funeral

Montgomery Bank Official William B Devaney Dies at 75

William Bentle Devaney 75, Montgomery native and Merchants National Bank vice president, died Sunday in Laird Memorial Hospital after a heart attack. A Fayette County resident, he chaired local groups including the Montgomery Lions Club and Kanawha Valley Mining Institute, and served on the Montgomery Chamber of Commerce board. He is survived by his wife Lulu, daughter Rebecca Matheney, son William Jr., a sister Daisy Pike, and two grandsons. Burial will be at Montgomery Memorial Park in London after a 2 p.m. service at Montgomery Methodist Church. The body lies at B C Hooper Funeral Home.

Booten Wilkie Charlton Heights Laird Memorial Hospital Wayne Charton Heights Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Russell Richard Booten Germany John Gene Crompton Leveton Candice Feral John Porter Huntington Edgar Charlton Spring Hill Cemetery Cabel] Masonic of B. C. Hooper Montgomery Cutlip Okey Franklin East Cranberry St Walter HL Dhaim Barlow Alfred Be. Bennett Sunset Memorial Me. Fisher Pinehurst Chiefamily Reinhold Kev Grover Craigsville Nicholas County Cragisville Chestnut Plat Methodist Church Clara Reinhold Chatgewill Mable Brown Cramsville Row Ch Tonth Femvick Thy West Virginia Weeleyan Anne Beser Idiih Hoth Credgsville Sinany Funeral Home Robert White Charleston Mr. Thomas Winfield Chapman and Erskine Funeral E. Ted Wall Thomas Monsanto Chemical Co Nitro Robert Leroy Donnie Gray David Thomas Winfield Rfd Leonard Smith Fraziers Bottom Whiddon Cora B Tamarack Dr Tyler Mountain Kanawha Valley Hospital Perrow Presbyterian Church Kanawha County State Capital Building Frank Wehrler Airs L. B. Gundit New Orleans James James $. Griffin Withrow Edward Lynch 36Th Street Vienna Camden Clark Hospital Parkersburg Ketron Methodist Church Dughters Luther Cress Arlington Elmer Morris Sizemores Roll Blair Clifton Presbyterian Church Maxwelton Greenbrier County Vaughan Fuseral Ame Gomery Lions Club Kanawha Valley Mining Institute Montgomery Chamber of Commerce Montgomery Methodist Church Lulu Rebecca Matheney Cannellon William Dr Daisy Pike Ralla Mae Itheney Montgomery Memorial Park Longdon

George H. Bender Ex Senator Dies in Ohio

Former U.S. Senator George H. Bender of Ohio dies at 64 in suburban Cleveland home. Democratic Gov. DiSalle calls the death a loss to the state and notes Bender’s long Republican leadership in Cuyahoga County and his colorful, influential public life.

Cleveland U.S Bender George H. Bender Michael V. DiSalle Chagrin Columbus Falls Congress State of Ohio Cuyahoga County Robert A. Taft Alaska U.S. San Thomas A. Burkey Taft Frank J. Lausche Ohio Senate

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