Deaths And Funerals In Middletown Area
Mrs. Martha Anna Fryer 94 former of 2205 Crescent Blvd died at Lowell rest home Fairfield Township She was born in Wilmington lived in Middletown 60 years Her husband James died in 1933 Surviving son Wilber Middletown two daughters Leona Green Springfield Thelma Harmon Hamilton three grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren Services 10 am Thursday McCoy Leffler Funeral Home burial Springfield Cemetery Wilmington Calling 2 5 and 7 9 pm tomorrow. The second obituary notes Mr Murphy farmer died at hospital after five days hospital stay He was a Seven Dolors Church member and Butler County Farm Bureau Surviving wife Rose 56th anniversary celebrated daughter Helen Schultheiss Monroe son Raymond Middletown Rt 1 three sisters two grandchildren Requiem High Mass 9 30 am Thursday Seven Dolors Church burial Woodhill Franklin Calling Schramm Funeral Home 2 5 and 7 9 pm tomorrow Rosary 8 pm tomorrow.
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Martha Fryer
Martha Anna Fryer
Crescent Blvd
Lowell
Fairfield Township
Fryer
Wilmington
Middletown
James
Wilber
Leona Green
Springfield
Thelma Harmon
Hamilton
McCoy Leffler
Co. E. Wintringham
Springfield Cemetery
Seven Dolors
Woodhill
Franklin
Schramm Funeral
Death of William J. Murphy at 85 in Monroe
William J. Murphy, 85, of 142 Olds Street, Monroe, died at 8 05 a m yesterday in Middletown.
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William J. Murphy
Olds St
Monroe
Middletown
Notable War Veterans And Notables Die Across U S
Retired Brig. Gen William E MacNulty dies of heart attack after World War II service and four years in Japanese camps. Flannery O Connor dies at 39 from chronic illness, Ford grant recipient in 1959. US Dist Judge Archie Dawson dies at 65 in California. Michael F Darling dies after heart surgery in Houston. Jack Kirkwood, 69, comedian from vaudeville to TV, dies in Las Vegas.
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San Francisco
William E. MacNulty
Marine Corps
Guam
Milledgeville, Ga
Flannery O'Connor
Miss O'Connor
New York
Archie
Dawson
New York City
California
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Thomas E. Dewey
Republican National Committee
Las Vegas
Nev
Jack Kirkwood
Jack Benny
Bob Hope
al Jolgan
Red Skelton
Meredith Willson
Funeral services set for Mrs. Mary D. Young in Lebanon
Mrs. Mary D. Young, 57, of 135 N. Cherry St., dies after an extended illness in Bethesda Hospital Cincinnati. Rebekah Lodge and Lebanon Oddfellows auxiliary member. Survived by husband Frank E. Young two sons Maylord of Moors Hill Ind and John of Mason three brothers Frank Donahue Joseph Donahue and Andrew Donahue three sisters and four grandchildren. Rebekah services tonight 7 30 at the funeral home. Rev M G Mittelstedt to officiate with burial in Lebanon cemetery.
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Lebanon
Mary D. Young
N. Cherry St
Johnson Funeral Home
Young
Bethesda Hospital
Cincinnati
Rebekah Lodge
The
Lebanon Oddfellows
Frank E. Young
Vaylord
Moors Hill
Ind
John
Mason
Frank Donahue
Obituary notices and funeral services listed for area residents
Rev. Jacobs E. Peters age 87 of 1313 Allstatter Ave., funeral 10 a.m. at Pater Avenue Church of God. Robert Wolfenberger age 64 of 933 S Ninth St., funeral 10 a.m. tomorrow. Walter Hobbs age 72 of 417 Sycamore St., funeral 2 p.m. Thursday. Ray Gorsuch of Peoria Ill., formerly Oxford, funeral tomorrow in Peoria. Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Kroeger of 10 Linda Lane, funeral today. Mrs. Minnie M. Miller age 66 of 4972 Pleasant Ave., funeral tomorrow. Emma Lukens age 96 of 505 Marcia Ave., funeral 10 a.m. tomorrow. Cowen, West Virginia.
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Jacobs E. Peters
Allstatter Ave
Pater Avenue Church of God
Robert Wolfenberger
S. Ninth St
Brown - Dawson
Walter Hobbs
Sycamore St
Colligan
Ray Gorsuch
Peoria
Ill
Oxford
Martin Kroeger
Linda Lane
Minnie M. Miller
Pleasant Ave
Cowen
W. Va
Emma Lukens
Marcia Ave
Webb
Bachelor’s button as love fate token in folklore
An old belief tied an unmarried youth carrying a blue flower to his future love. If the flower wilted quickly, his sweetheart would not marry him. if it stayed fresh, happiness and a marriage with the lady would follow. The flower is commonly called a bachelor’s button.
Will of James Chew Places Ohio Newspapers in Trust
James Chew founder and president of four Ohio papers places holdings in trust for family. Dated December 10 1957 with codicils 1958 1959 1960 the will filed in Greene County Probate Court designates widow Jessie B Chew daughter Katharine C Collier son in law W A Siebenthaler and Winters National Bank as co executors and trustees. Trusts provide life estates for widow and daughters with final distribution to grandchildren. Chew led publications including Middletown Journal Xenia Daily Gazette Piqua Daily Call and Franklin Chronicle.
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Xenia
Ohio
James Chew
Middletown Journal
Greene County
Jessie B Chew
Katharine C. Collier
Wilmington
W A. Siebenthaler
Oakwood
Winters National Bank & Trust Co
Dayton
Chew
Xenia Daily Gazette
Piqua Daily Call
Franklin Chronicle
Youth in Lebanon Prison Slashes Wrists in Attempted Suicide
A 17-year-old inmate at Warren County jail in Lebanon slashed both wrists with a razor blade, requiring 23 stitches at Middletown Hospital. Sheriff says he acted amid distress over $241 restitution for an burned auto in Franklin. He fled court, was arrested in Winchester, Kentucky, and is returned to jail to await reimbursement or risk revocation of sentence and transfer to Mansfield.
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Lebanon
Warren County
Byron Kennard
John Keith
Fraklin
Middletown Hospital
Kennara
Keith
Franklin
Winchester
Ohio State Reformatory
Mansfield
Dayton Police Question 53 in West Side Fatal Shooting
Dayton investigators hold a 53 year old man for questioning in the fatal shooting of Ann Elizabeth Adams 31 found dead in the living room of a west side Dayton home.
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Dayton
Ohio
Ann Elizabeth Adams
West Side
80-Year-Old Pedals Coast-to-Coast Race To San Francisco
Lyman Frain Sr., 80, completed an ocean to ocean bike trip in 86 days covering 3,244 miles on a 12 speed bicycle. He averaged about 40 miles daily and said cycling improved his health, noting he is the first in his age group to ride from coast to coast.
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San Francisco
Lyman Frain Sr
New York
Times Square
Golden Gate Bridge
Ocean
Lyman Frain
Woman slain in Cincinnati as husband kills himself
In Cincinnati, 44 year old Mrs. Darlene Hobbs was shot near her home after a domestic quarrel. Her husband Paul E. Hobbs, 36, later died of a self inflicted wound at his brother Eugene Hobbs’s home in Clinton County after seeking help, leaving a trail of evidence including a 22 caliber rifle and an empty shell.
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Cincinnati
Clarksville
Clinton County
Paul E. Hobbs
Norwood
Darlene Hobbs
David Galbraath
Hobbs
Donald Ostorn
Eugene
Ned
Osborn
Paul Hobbs
Ohio Society urged to fight for Harding letters
Renowned historian Allan Nevins warns the Ohio Historical Society will suffer irreparable harm if it does not oppose any disposal of Warren G. Harding love letters. The dispute involves American Heritage Co. and heirs in a $1 million suit over suppression of the letters once found in a Marion Ohio home.
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Ohio Society
Harding
New York
Ohio Historical Society
Warren G. Harding
Allan Nevins
Columbia University
The
American Historical Association
Ohio
Nevins
American Heritage Co
Vise
James Philips
Marion, Ohio
Phillips
Kenneth W. Duckett
Marion County Probate Court
Francis Russell
McGraw - Hill Publising Co
George Harding III
American Heritage
Fire Damages Pickup Truck Near Home. Vandalismat School
A pickup owned by Chet Williams at 3210 Mohawk Street burned with interior destruction but no further spread after a 1:35 a m fire call by South Middletown fire crews. Deputies also investigated vandalism at Peasttown School on Trenton Franklin Road, breaking 11 windows and causing about 100 dollars in damage.
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Avea
Butler County Sheriff's Deputies
Chet Williams
Mohawk St
South Middletown
Peasttown
Trenton - Franklin Road
Youths Struck Franklin Man With Tire Tool
Donovan Smith age 18 of 312 E Fifth St Franklin was treated at Middletown Hospital yesterday at 9 p.m. after he was struck on the head by a tire tool. He said two unidentified youths pulled up at Verity Park way and Germantown Road and assaulted him with a soft drink bottle and the tire tool, leaving scalp lacerations. He could not identify the attackers.
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Donovan Smith
Fifth St
Franklin
Middletown Hospital
Smith
Verity Parkway
Germantown Road
Famed Geneva Building Burns
The Batiment Electoral in Geneva, once the Geneva City Council seat and site of major conferences, including the 1955 Big Four summit and the 1962 Laos talks, was destroyed by fire with only outer walls left after an hour. The cause remains unknown.
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Geneva
Batiment
Laos
$114 Stolen From Car Wash Money Bag
A First National Bank bag containing $114.20 was taken from the S&S Car Wash at 2503 Stevens Ave yesterday. Otis Martin, assistant manager, said the bag was in a drawer to be deposited. police are investigating.
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First National Bank
S&s
Stevens Ave
Otis Martin
Centennial Ave
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