Local man dies after bowling dinner collapse
Lester Pfeiffer of 105 Arcadia Drive collapsed after a bowling event at Sports Bowl and died later in etown Hospital. He served as Middletown Bowling Association secretary treasurer and as director of major junior bowling programs. He was active in regional tours and the American Junior Bowling Congress. Surviving are his wife Gladys, children Nancy, Dave and Tom, and his relatives. Burial will be at Woodside Cemetery after services at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Joseph R. Baker & Sons Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Pfeiffer
Arcadia Drive
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
G. Walter Weber
Woodside Cemetery
Pfeiffer
Etown Hospital
Middletown Bowling Association
Asurer
American Junior Bowling Congress
Mt. Healthy
Byrd
First Baptist Church
Stiles Bible
Gladys
Nancy
Dave
Tom
Emma Peiffer
Middletown
Alethia Neal
Hillsboro
Herber
Full Military Rites For Army Spec 4 Michael Cassidy
Full military rites for Army Spec. 4 Michael Oliver Cassidy will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the McCoy Lefler Funeral Home and at the Soldiers Lot Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call today from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Cassidy was the son of Mr and Mrs Herbert Cassidy of 3209 Navaho Street and husband of Mrs Patricia Cassidy of 2200 Waneta Avenue. He was killed in action February 3 in Vietnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Michael Oliver Cassidy
McCoy-Leffler
Soldiers
Woodside Cemetery
Cassidy
Herbert Cassidy
Navaho St
Patricia Cassidy
Waneta Ave
Vietnam
Valentine Gift Shops Offer Sweet Selections and Deals
Valentine shoppers encounter candy, flowers, and gift ideas from Maud Muller Hop to Eck's Flower Shop, Davidson’s Photo Shops, and local retailers. Promotions include heart shaped candy boxes, special satins, maple furniture planning tips, and deep discounts at Greathouses and Sears. The piece highlights how to say it with flowers and practical gift options for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aly
Maud Muller
Alentine
Muller
Valentine
Mr. Peck
ECK
Fishbaugh longtime Middletown resident dies at 83
John J. Fishbaugh 83 of 204 Webster St. Middletown, a former New York Central Railroad yard conductor and Dixie News night employee, died at Middletown Hospital after a weeklong illness. He was the oldest Moose Lodge member, survived by wife Mary, children Thelma Gilder, Michael, and Gene, siblings and many grandchildren. Requiem High Mass at Holy Trinity Church followed by burial at Calvary Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J
Jack) Fishbaugh
Webster St
Gene Fishbaugh
Middletown Hospital
Fishbaugh
New York Central Railroad
Old Dixie News
Mr. Fishbaugh
Denver
Colo
Middletown
Alma Stabler
Sarasota
Fla
Holy Trinity Church
Calvary Cemetery
Death of Howard J. Fitzwater in Trenton
Howard J. Fitzwater, 44, of 108 West Page Street, Trenton, died at 7 10 a.m. yesterday. Arrangements are incomplete at Colligan Funeral Home in Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard J. Fitzwater
W. Page St
Trenton
Middletown Hospital
Colligan Funeral Home
Hamilton
Lawrence Hannah dies after heart attack at home
Lawrence Hannah aged 67 of 2406 Elmo Place died at Middletown Hospital at 8 40 a m yesterday five hours after suffering an apparent heart attack at his residence. He worked 43 years for the French Bauer Diary before retirement and was a member and past master of Jefferson Lodge 9 F AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Hannah
Elmo Place
Middletown Hospital
Hannah
Bauer
Jefferson Lodge 9
F&am
Franklin Burkhart 72 Dies After Heart Attack
Charles H. Burkhart 72 of 1117 South Main Street died of an apparent heart attack at Middletown Hospital. World War I veteran and former Veterans Administration driver in Dayton, he is survived by his wife Mae, six sons and five daughters, a sister, and 36 grandchildren. Services set for 10 a.m. Wednesday at House of Prayer and Faith. burial Hazelgreen Cemetery Wolfe County Kentucky. Friends may call Eaton Funeral Home tomorrow 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.
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Franklin
Charles H. Burkhart
S. Main St
Middletown Hospital
Burkhart
Veterans Administration
Dayton
Mae
Walter
Austin
Ind
Delmar
Belebrook
Charles Campton
Donald
Marion
Indianapolis
Crab
Laveda Adkins
Joyce Adkins
Akron
Rebecca Hughes
Williamstown
Loretta Harman
Cincinnati
Anna Luke
Bertha Ritchie
Wyland
House of Prayer and Faith
John Wolfe
Hazelgreen Cemetery
Wolfe County
Eaton Funeral Home
Lebanon man Ellsworth Crites, Otterbein trustee, dies at 94
Private services for Ellsworth F. Crites 94 former Otterbein College trustee for 17 years will be held at Oswald Memorial Home. Burial at Twin Township Cemetery Bournesville donations suggested to Otterbein Home. He died Saturday at Hospital Care Center Otterbein Home. Survived by sisters Viva Ruhl Lebanon and Mary Schneider Canton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Viva Ruhl
Mary Schneider
Canton
Franklin-Lewis Kennett, local businessman, dies at 88
Franklin-Lewis Kennett 88 of 302 S Main St died of a heart attack at 1 30 p m yesterday at his home. He owned and operated the L G Kennett Furniture and Carpet Store in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin — Lewis Kennett
S. Main St
Mr. Kennett
L.G. Kennett Furniture & Carpet
Rotary Leader Remembered. Services Set for Local Figure
The obituary notes the subject was a former president of the Franklin Rotary Club and leaves behind his wife Jane as the sole immediate survivor. Services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Eaton Funeral Home with Rev. Herman McCoy officiating. Burial follows at Woodhill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Rotary Club
Jane
Eaton Funeral Home
Herman McCoy
Woodhill Cemetery
Funeral
Rainey Services Set for 2 Year Old Robert Rainey
Funeral services for Robert Dean Rainey formerly of Franklin will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow at the Oswald Memorial Home in Lebanon with cremation to follow. The 2 year old died Friday in Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Robert Dean Rainey
Oswald Memorial
Lebanon
Rainey
Tennessee
Collinsville Man Edgar A Truster Dies at 82
Edgar A Truster of Collinsville died at 5 30 p m yesterday at Middletown Hospital after a period at Garden Manor Nursing Home. A Grange Mutual Casualty agent, he was 82 and survived by wife Bertha, a daughter Naomi Moore of Trenton two sons Marion of Tulsa and Roy of Collinsville a sister and a brother three grandchildren and a great grandchild. Funeral services are set for p m Wednesday at Inman Funeral Home Somerville with visiting hours tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collinsville
Edgar A. Truster
Middletown Hospital
Garden M/nor Nursing Home
Truster
The
Grange Mutual Casualty Insurance Co
Bertha
Naomi Moore
Trenton
Marion
Tulsa
Okal
Roy
Nellie Hanlon
West Virginia
Walter
Pennsylvania
Inman Funeral Home
Somerville
Funeral
Local Man Donald Phibbs Dies At Middletown Hospital
Donald Frederick Phibbs, 57, of 3006 Hampton Place, was pronounced dead on arrival at Middletown Hospital yesterday at 12 08 p m after collapsing. The death is reported as an apparent medical incident with no further details given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Frederick Phibbs
Hampton Place
Middletown Hospital
Phibbs
Obituary Notice for Pauline Bookkeeping Supervisor
The obituary notes Pauline, longtime Sorg Paper bookkeeping supervisor at the Journal, died after illness. Survived by wife, a daughter Mrs Frederick Stock of Middletown, brother Forest of Trenton, and two grandchildren. Services set for 11 a.m. Wednesday at McCoy with Rev. G Walter Weber presiding. Memorials to the First Baptist Church building fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline
The
Journal
Frederick Stock
Middletown
Forest
Trenton
McCoy- Leffler
G. Walter Weber
Woodside Cemetery
Death notice for David Wolfe of Spring Valley Rt 1
David Wolfe 68 of Spring Valley Rt 1 died yesterday at Greene Memorial Hospital Xenia. Survived by wife Thelma Hinkle two sons David L and William two daughters Cy Moorman and Don Felming a brother two sisters and five p.m. Wednesday at Neeld Funeral Home Xenia burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David G. Wolfe
Spring Valley Rt. 1
Greene Memorial Hospital
Xenia
Thelma Hinkle
Middletown
David L
William
Cy Moorman
Columbus
Don Felming
Neeld Funeral Home
Infant Twins Robinson Graveside Service Planned
Graveside services for the infant twin son and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Robinson Jr. will be held at 10:30 am tomorrow at Woodside Cemetery with Rev. C. L. Hawkins officiating. Arrangements by Riggs Funeral Home. Surviving are the parents, maternal grandmother Mrs. Bertie Ann Puckett of College Corner Oho, and paternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Albert Robinson Sr. of Middletown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Robinson Jr
Central Ave
Woodside Cemetery
C. L. Hawkins
Riggs Funeral Home
Bertie Ann Puckett
College Corner
Oho
Albert Robinson Sr
Middletown
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Elmira Clements
Cleveland
John Sorrells
Middletown Commandry
Bethel
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Kathleen Engberg
Niles
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John Fishbaugh
Howard Fitzswater
Charles Burkhart
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Lewis Kennett
Robert Rainey
Edgar Truster
Donald Phibbs
Sorg Paper
David Wolfe
Robinson
Wild West Trigger
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McGee's Supermarket
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Marty Pate
Clinton
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Sera Poly
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