Deaths And Funerals Rites For Foster McGraw Tomorrow
Services for Foster G. Chick McGraw 59 of West Middletown will be at 3 30 p m tomorrow at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Rev H C Grunewald officiating burial in Woodside Cemetery. McGraw a veteran Armco Steel employee last worked March 19 and had been hospitalized since June 7. He joined Armco in 1914 and was a roller in the hot strip mill until 1950 later serving with Armco International in South Africa training hot strip mill workers at ISCOR. He is survived by wife Edith a son Thomas a stepson Eddie Forkner a stepdaughter Mrs Glenn Barker and seven grandchildren all of Middletown. Friends may call today at the funeral home. The Elks Lodge will hold memorial services there at 8 p m. Memorial contributions may go to the Cancer Fund. Pallbearers include Harold Woods Tom Hogan Ray Greene Everett Bowman W W Ware and John Lawson. Arrangements are incomplete due to the death yesterday of Frederick Kansteiner in Hannibal Mo. Mrs Funk's body is at Riggs Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster G
Chick) McGraw
West Middletown
Armco International Corp
South Africa
Iscor Steel
McGraw
Middletown
The
Elks Lodge
Edith
Thomas
Eddie Forkner
Glenn Barker
Cancer Fund
Harold Woods
Tom Hogan
Ray Greene
Everett Bowman
W. W. Ware
John Lawson
Rites Set for Mrs Virginia Barker in Middletown
Mrs Virginia M Barker 44 of 1316 Manchester Ave died yesterday at Middletown Hospital after a year and a half illness. Services at 2 pm tomorrow at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Rev Louis R Walter officiating. burial in Woodside Cemetery. Survived by husband Gus mother Goldie Caldwell three brothers Joe Dick Caldwell and Ray Caldwell and a sister Elizabeth Caldwell all in Middletown and Bradenton Fla. She was a West Carrollton native and First Methodist Church member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia M. Barker
Manchester Ave
Middletown Hospital
McCoy - Leffler
Louis R. Walter
Woodside Cemetery
First Methodist Church
Hargus
Goldie Caldwell
Middletown
Joe
Dick Caldwell
Ray Caldwell
Bradenton
Fla
Elizabeth Caldwell
Mrs Christine Funk 83 Dies at Middletown Hospital
Mrs Christine Funk 83 of 2207 Christel Ave died at 5 15 am at Middletown Hospital She native of Upper Sandusky Ohio taught there for 10 years before moving to Middletown in 1920 She was a Bethlehem Lutheran Church member and active in its women s groups Survived by sons Walter Philadelphia Carl Middletown daughter Miss Lillian Funk Middletown one grandchild
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christine Funk
Christel Ave
Middletown Hospital
Upper Sandusky
Ohio
Funk
Middletown
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Walter
Philadelphia
Carl
Lillian Funk
Services for Harry Roby Founder of Crystal Restaurant
Harry Roby 59 owner of the Crystal Restaurant was found dead at his home on Pearl Street. Funeral services set for 10 a.m. Saturday at J. R. Baker and Sons Funeral Home with burial at College Corner. Coroner ruled death by own action using a .32 caliber pistol. Survived by wife Ada Mae a son Raymond mother Inez Taylor half brother Thomas Taylor four grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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Harry Roby
Crystal Restaurant
Central Ave
Pearl St
J. R. Baker and Sons
E. H. Hammon
College Corner
Mr. Roby
Butler County
Garret Boone
Roby
Horseshoe Bar
Meadows
Ada Mae
Raymond
Arcadia
Calif
Inez Taylor
Dayton
Thomas Taylor
Eaton
Funeral Notices for Two Local Women
Mrs. Ella Lydia Newkirk aged 75 of 155 Progress Ave. will have services at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Webb Funeral Home. Mrs. Maria Vincenza Massarelli Cecere aged 66 of Oxford Rt. 3 will have services at 9 a.m. tomorrow at Webb Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Lydia Newkirk
Progress Ave
Webb Funeral Home
Maria Vincenza Massarelli Cecere
Oxford Rt
Deaths from Beverly Hills and Gary AP notices
Beverly Hills California mortuary reports 54 year old Mort Blumenstock former Warner Brothers publicity and advertising executive died of a heart attack yesterday. Gary Indiana Alma de Leduc 77 retired Barnard College romance languages professor died yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
Calif
Mort Blumenstock
Warner Brothers Studio
Gary
Ind
Alma de L. Leduc
Barnard College
Train Kills 2 Convicts On RR Track
Two escaped Beaufort County prisoners were killed when a Norfolk Southern freight train struck them while they slept on a Greenville trestle. Victims were William Redd 27 of Steubenville Ohio and Owen M Smith 24 of Wake County NC. Redd had a 1953 armed robbery sentence and Smith a 1955 hit and run reckless driving sentence.
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Greenville
N. C
William Redd
Owen M. Smith
Beaufort County
Raton
Norfolk Southern
Redd
Main St
Steubenville
Ohio
Wake County
Smith
Pender County
Canberra Named After Australian Warship Legacy
The Navy’s second guided missile ship the U S Canberra carries the name from the Australian Navy flagship sunk off Savo Island in 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savo Island
Hamilton Prepares for National Civil Defense Test
Hamilton will take part in a nationwide Civil Defense drill with a 10 am report to the CD control center at Fairfield High School. Buildings including the Municipal Building and Butler County Courthouse will evacuate between 10:30 and 11:30 am. An imagined 100 kiloton atomic blast is planned for 1:45 pm, testing care for the injured and evacuees. Radio and TV will go off air at 3:05 pm, then AM stations switch to Conelrad and air raid sirens sound at 3:11 pm for three minutes. A CD corps meeting at city hall follows at 7:45 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Conelrad
Houser
CD Corps
City Hall
37 Sign Up For Water Safety Course In Middletown
Thirty seven have signed up for junior and senior life saving instruction in Middletown. Classes start Monday at 9 am at Sunset and Douglas pools and run weekdays 9 to 11 30 am through Friday. A 60 cent Red Cross textbook fee applies. Registration is open at three city facilities. Linda Tieman Red Cross instructor directs the program a joint effort of the Red Cross YMCA and Parks and Recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Kramer
Sunset
Douglas Pools
Red Cross
YMCA
Middletown
Cadet Commander Sylvan L. Lawson at Fort Bragg ROTC Camp
Sylvan L. Lawson son of James C. Lawson of West Chester Route 1 recently served as cadet commander of his company at the ROTC summer camp at Fort Bragg North Carolina Lawson is a student at the University of Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvan L. Lawson
James C. Lawson
West Chester Rt. 1
Fort Bragg
N. C
Lawson
University of Cincinnati
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Foster McGraw
Eeschi
Frey
Anna Broseke
Dunkirk
Walter Funk
Frederick Kansteiner
Hannibal, Mo
Foster G. McGraw
Lady
Manhattan
Sidney Heller
Roger van S
Napier
Echo
BELL
Broad
Mrs
Virginia Barker
Rose Toyland
Dial GA
Associated Press
Foster
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Paul Foehl
Exalted
Ruler
Saramar
Ross’ Men’s Dept
ROSS
Bedford
R.C.A
Ross’ Boys Dept
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