Pioneer mortician Walter McCoy dies at 91 in Cincinnati
Walter N. McCoy 91 a Middletown funeral director since 1897 died at Jewish Hospital Cincinnati after a year long illness. He helped modernize funeral practices and led the Rathman McCoy firm before retiring in 1993. Surviving are his wife Florence a stepson and two stepdaughters with services Saturday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home and burial in Woodside Cemetery.
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Walter N. McCoy
Cin Cinnati
Middletown
Jewish Hospital
Cincinnati
Mr. McCoy
Frankfort
Ohio
Williamsport
Rathman Funeral Home
McCoy Funeral Home
Homer D Leffler
Leffler
McCoy
Ohio Funeral Directors Association
Ohio Embalmers Association
National Selected Morticians
Salvation Army Advisory Board
Elks, Moose and Eagles Lodges
Services Set for James H Boxwell at Riggs Funeral Home
Funeral services for James H Boxwell aged eight of 414 North Broad Street are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at Riggs Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Parr presiding. Burial will follow at Woodside Cemetery. The funeral home is open today from 3 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Mr Boxwell died Tuesday at Middletown Hospital. Survivors include two sisters Edith Wood of Middletown and Olive Price of Montreal Canada.
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James H. Boxwell
N. Broad St
Riggs
Robert Parr
Woodside Cemetery
Boxwell
Middletown Hospital
Edith Wood
Middletown
Olive Price
Montreal
Canada
Funeral services for Calloway Combs held in Campton Ky
Funeral services were held Tuesday at Mullins Point Chapel Campton Kentucky for Calloway Combs 52 a former Middletown resident He died at Winchester Kentucky last Saturday of a heart attack A veteran of World War II with six years service he was employed at Armco.
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Mullins Point Chapel
Campton
Calloway Combs
Middletown
Combs
Winchester
Armco
Mrs Millie Wade Dies After Two Week Hospital Stay
Mrs Millie Wade 72 of 1929 Brentwood St Middletown died at 8 20 p m at the hospital after a two week illness She had lived in Middletown 30 years Surviving are her husband William two daughters Gertrude Forrest of Middletown and Helen Wortman of Chicago a son Ellsworth of Excello a sister Minnie Shockey of Middletown six grandchildren and four great grandchildren Private services will be held Saturday at Joseph R Baker Sons Funeral Home with Rev A M Wilson officiating Burial will be in Woodside Cemetery hours 5 to 9 p m
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Douglas A. Meahl
First Ave
Middletown Hospital
Meahl
Diamond National Corp
Eagles Lodge
Dorothy Hughes Meahl
Billie Jo
David
Jimmy
Ligonier
Ind
Tommy
Syracuse
Lois Ritter
Shirley Lowes
Wolcottville
Gus
Middletown
Jeanette Laut
McCoy- Leffler
Woodside Cemetery
Funeral
Millie Wade
Brentwood St
Wade
William
Gertrude Forrest
Helen Wortman
Chicago
Ellsworth
Excello
Minnie Shockey
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
Rev
A.M. Wilson
Morgan Funeral Service Held for Local Resident
At Grandview Hospital Dayton a local resident passed after a two week stay. Survived by daughter Darrel and Barbara Stitzel, mother Sarah Morgan, brothers Raymond Morgan and William Morgan, sister Helen Streifthau and two grandchildren. Services a.m. Saturday at Eaton Funeral Home with Rev. Walter Arnold. Burial Miami Valley Memory Gardens. Visitation tomorrow 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Memorials to American Cancer Society recommended.
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Grandview Hospital
Dayton
Darrel
Barbara Stitzel
Springboro
Sarah Morgan
Raymond Morgan
Waynesville
William Morgan
Franklin
Helen Streifthau
Middletown
Eaton Funeral Home
Walter Arnold
Miami Valley Memory Gardens
American Cancer Society
Hamilton Soldier Dies in Vietnam Pneumonia
Army Spec. 4 William E. Broughton, 25, of Hamilton, died August 20 in Vietnam from pneumonia. He served three years, was in Vietnam since January, and is survived by his parents and three brothers. Arrangements at Brown-Dawson Funeral Home.
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Hamilton
Army
William E. Broughton
Charles Frost
Parkamo Ave
Vietnam
James
Dewey Jr
Tilford
Suspected heroin ring nabbed abroad in New York case
A sealed indictment names three men in a $17 million heroin smuggling operation. Two suspects were arrested abroad, one remains sought. Ring allegedly brought in 850 kilograms last year via airlines, ships, and cars, with Christened fronts and high street value.
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New York
United States
U.S
Edward R. Neaher
Queens
Thomas Mackell
Mackell
Jack Grosby
Luis Stepenberg
Neah Jr
Eduardo Poeta
Stepenberg
Nice
France
Ciga
Neaher
Grosby
Geneva
Switzerland
Unhurt As Car Runs Uncontrolled In Butler County
A 37-year-old Middletown area woman Wilma J. Fields and two passengers escaped injury when her westbound car ran off Oxford State Road east of Andrew Street at about 3:09 a.m. The vehicle struck a highway sign then crossed an open lot, hit a fire hydrant breaking it off, and ended by striking a fence. Passengers were John Miller and Sandra L. Fields, both of Rufus Street.
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Middletown Area
Oxford State Road
Andrew Street
Butler County
Wilma J. Fields
Rufus St
John Miller
Sandra L. Fields
Royal Oak Teens Clash With Police Across Suburbs
In Royal Oak and adjacent Birmingham Michigan over 500 youths were arrested during three nights of disturbances. Police reported injuries to two officers and several youths, with windows broken and gasoline bombs thrown but little structural damage. Curfews were imposed in Royal Oak from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. amid a crowd gathering near Memorial Park.
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Royal Oak
Mich
James Soul
Detroit
Birmingham
Memorial Soul
Park
James Cline
Royal ‘Oak
Memorial Park
Soul
Memorial Planned For Exchange Student Pocho Rodriguez
A committee formed to plan a memorial for Pocho Rodriguez a Lemon-Monroe High School foreign exchange student from Huancayo Peru killed in a plane crash this month met last night in Cusco. Mrs Doris McAlister chairs the committee with Dale Ridenour in charge of the Lemon Monroes foreign student program. Plans discussed include presenting books on Peru Ohio and Pocho's home library to Lemon Monroes library and his home high school. The group will reconvene Sept 3 at Mrs McAlisters home to continue arrangements.
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Anderson
Pocho Rodriguez
Huancayo
Peru
Pocho
Doris McAlister
United States
Johns Road
South America
Cusco
Inca Ruins
Andes
Dale Ridenour
Ridenour
Lemon-Monroe
Student of High
James
Ohio
Home Burglarized in Middletown Break-in at 1107 Kuna Ave
Middletown police investigate a burglary at Benny Smith residence 1107 Kuna Ave. Thieves stole 360 dollars worth of items including a stereo tape player 145 dollars a suit 89 dollars and 136 dollars in cash from Smith’s wallet. Intruders pried open a back door after gaining entry through a vent duct at Dietz Sohio Service Station Central and First avenues.
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Middletown
Benny Smith
Kuna Ave
Smith
Dietz Sohio
Central
First Avenues
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Florence Turner
Frances Carroll
Reading
Lucy McCoy
Otterbein Home
McCoy- Leffier Funeral Home
Nurse Funeral Home
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Falmouth
Jill Gay and
Calloway Jr
Jane Holland
Sarah Ellen Drake
Elsa Hopskins
Mae Whitman
Garret
Ernest Combs
Galloway Combs
Discount Furniture
South Verity Pkwy
Ene
Pictur
Stereos
Reed Klopp
South Verity
Mrs
Sara
Saara
William Broughton
Brown-Dawson Funeral Home
Edna Bogan
Ednahan
Magnolia
Pierre Marnole
Dodds Monuments
4Th Ave
Charles
Bud) Steller Mer
Singer
Ventura
Singer Today
THE
Singer Company
Middletown Shopping Plaza
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