Deaths and Funeral Notices Chronicle Local Losses
Area man 51 dies of a wound from an empty shotgun behind a Germantown Road home. Surviving relatives include wife Mildred and son Rexel, with services pending at McCoy Leffler. Also listed are Andrew Sears 88 of Cincinnati with funeral arrangements. Hall, also of Middletown. Peter F. Hurst Aeroquip founder at 58. Robert K. Richards 56 Washington PR firm president and former censorship official.
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Hughes
State
Depatmen
Mildred
Rexel
Lodiow
Mattie Hughes
Middletown
Wishard
Grant
Chalmer
Joe Jr
India Wells
Bernice Jones
Loretta Marstall
Emma Sabo
Louisville
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Jackson, Mich
Peter F. Hurst
Aeroquip Corp
Hurst
Germany
Clark Equipment Co
Robert K. Richards
Washington (Ap
Broadcasting Magazine
Washington
James Duncan 57 Found Dead at Madison Inn West Middleton
James Duncan aged 57 of 3205 Grand Ave was found dead at six this morning in a room at the Madison Inn West Middleton Butler County coroner Dr. Garret Boone ruled death from natural causes after being at rest for some time. The body was sent to Richmond Kentucky for funeral services and burial.
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James Duncan
Grand Ave
Madison Inn
West Middletown
Butler County
Garret Boone
Duncan
Richmond
Services for Martin Ross Held at McCoy-Lefler Funeral Home
Funeral services for Martin Ross of 705 Elwood Street take place Friday at 10 am at McCoy-Lefler Funeral Home with Rev. Henry Howard officiating. Burial follows at Woodside Cemetery. The funeral home will be open tomorrow from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 pm. Mr. Ross died yesterday at Cincinnati Jewish Hospital. Six sisters are listed as survivors, including Mrs. Martha Crouther of San Pedro California and Mrs. Elizabeth.
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Andrew Sears
Cincinnati
Howard Sears
Grace Baptist Church
John Gilligan & Son
Kenwood
Union Cemetery
Sears
Epp Memorial Hospital
Belle
Bill
Cecil
Alfred
Charles
Ralph
Mt. Vernon
Ellen Ashcraft
Eva Ping
Modena Ross
Richmond
Ind
Martin Ross
Elwood St
McCoy-Leffler
Henry Howard
Woodside Cemetery
Ross
Cincinnati Jewish Hospital
Martha Crouther
San Pedro
Calif
Elizabeth
John T Hall services set for Oregonia
Funeral services for John T. Hall 82 of Oregonia will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Oswald Funeral Home with burial in Fairview Cemetery Gratis.
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Lebanon
John T. Hall
Oregonia
Oswald
Fairview Cemetery
Gratis
Funeral services for Marine Pfc. Lee Roy Combs
Marine Pfc. Lee Roy Combs 18 son of Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan L. Combs of Rising Sun Indiana will receive services at 2 p.m. Friday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Reverend William Meyers overseen burial in Woodside Cemetery with full military honors. Combs was killed March 27 on field patrol near Da Nang Vietnam after enlisting last August and serving in Vietnam two weeks. The Himalaya Mountains hold 12 of the world’s 13 highest peaks.
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Lee Roy Combs
Jonathan L. Combs
Rising Sun
Ind
McCoy-Leffler
William Meyers
Woodside Cemetery
Combs
da Nang
Vietnam
Waneta Crossing $30,000 Estimated Cost Of RR Gate And Flasher
Hamilton Butler County engineer Stanley Perin told commissioners the Waneta Avenue crossing near Middletown would cost about 30 000 for gates and flasher lights, above the earlier 19200 estimate. PUCO may allow only flashers to cut costs, with trustees paying most, and no decision was made. A local petition urges action after a fatal 1967 train collision at the crossing.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Stanley Perin
Waneta Avenue
Middletown
Lemon Township
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Oneida Area
Trenton
PUCO
Two Dayton Teens Die In Crash
Two Dayton teenagers were killed in a single car crash east of Trotwood when the vehicle left the road and struck a tree after flipping twice. Police report details are sparse and no others were listed as injured. The incident marks Ohio's first traffic fatalities noted in the report.
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Dayton
Ohio
Northwestern University
Robert Seeger
Jerry
Walls
Trotwood High School
Busy Middletown Schedule For Goldwater Visit
Senator Barry Goldwater will visit Middletown on Friday April 18 with a news conference with Rep. Donald E. Lukens. A 5 p.m. teen reception at the Community Center Olde Town Apartments is planned with Dan Jones of Lebanon as honorary chairman. A 4 p.m. dinner at Patrick J. Kessler National Guard Armory costs 25 dollars a couple 15 dollars single. A 6 p.m. 24 Club fund raising reception at the American Legion Post 116 Main Street will charge 50 60 dollars.
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Barry Goldwater
Donald E. Lukens
Arizona
24Th
Olde Town Apartments
Dan Jones
Lebanon
Mary Jones
Middletown
Marge Schuchter
Morrow
Son
Hamilton
American Legion Post
S. Main St
Lukens
Far East
Goldwater
22-Year-Old Held After Web Restaurant Shooting
A 22-year-old man remained in city jail for investigation of a shooting at the Web Restaurant and Pool Room on Michigan Avenue. Witnesses said the suspect confronted youths fleeing the rear, firing twice. no injuries were reported, though an air conditioner frame was struck. Police identified the youths as Arthur Jordan and Howard Fleetwood.
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Web
Michigan Ave
Elgin Jones
Yankee Road
Robert Moore
17Th Ave
Arthur Jordan
11Th Ave
Howard Fleetwood
Pine St. Jones
Bankers balk at food stamp handling in Lebanon
Lois Gambill, Warren County welfare director, met with bankers who balk at handling food stamps. Only the Morrow bank reportedly agreed, while others refused distribution and accounting for welfare clients. The meeting was closed. a second session is planned.
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Gambill
Warren County
Harry Cornett
Robert K. South
South
VEW Holds Its Annual Election in Miami Valley
Thomas A. Jackson of Manchester Avenue was elected commander of Miami Valley Post 3809 VFW at the annual meeting. He has led the Harold John Hursh Chapter 131 DAV and served as senior vice commander of 3809, a WWII veteran who was captured at the Battle of the Bulge. Other officers named include Ralph Bell, Mike Takach, Charles Elam, William Rathman, Alden Williams, and Allen G. Treadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Jackson
Manchester Ave
Gardner
Diamond National Corp
Miami Valley
VFW
Central Ave
Jackson
Harold John Hursh
Europe
Ralph Bell
Mike Takach
Charles Elam
William Rathman
Alden Williams
Allen G. Treadway
Franklin License Bureau Extends Hours
The Franklin License Bureau on S Main Street is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. except Wednesdays and Saturdays when it closes at noon. The bureau has extended Saturday hours to 4 p.m. A Journal story yesterday incorrectly stated a 4 p.m. daily close.
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Franklin
S. Main Street
Journal
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