Deaths and Funerals Louis Shapiro 62 prominent Middletown clothier
Louis Abraham Shapiro 62 of 15 Santa Fe Rd died Saturday in an Iowa City hospital after an operation. A Russian born American, he founded Worthmore Clothing Co in Middletown in 1927 and expanded locations including the old Gordon Theater building before settling at Central Ave. He was active in the business with his son Jerome and is survived by his wife Kate, a daughter Mrs Albert Pleatman, a son Jerome, a sister and a brother, plus five grandchildren. Services were held at Weir Funeral Home in Cincinnati and burial at Adath Israel Cemetery Price Hill.
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Louis Abraham Shapiro
Santa Fe Rd
Iowa City
Iowa
Mr. Shapiro
Russia
Worthmore Clothing Co
Middletown
United States
Louisville
Central Avenue
Main Street
Kate
Albert J. Pleatman
Cincinnati
Jerome
Anna Baer
Sam Shapiro
Weir Funeral Home
Adath Israel Cemetery
Price Hill
Obituary of Owen Armitage Former Owingsville Postmaster
Owen Armitage 73 of 415 East State Street Trenton died Saturday at Middletown Hospital. Services will be Thursday afternoon in Owingsville Kentucky. Friends may call at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. He formerly served as Owingsville postmaster and ran a local sawmill. He had been hospitalized one week.
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Owen Armitage
E. State St
Trenton
Middletown Hospital
Owingsville
McCoy-Leffler
Armitage
Bud Edwards Dies at 62 From Heart Attack
Bud Edwards 62 of 1917 Grove Street died of a heart attack at 6 30 am today at his home He was a native of Canton Kentucky and is survived by his wife and other relatives. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the local funeral home.
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Bud Edwards
Grove St
Hig
Canton
Mrs Pauline Liberto Dies After Seven Week Illness
Mrs Pauline Liberto 56 of 9018 Guilford Ave Baltimore Md died at 10 30 p m yesterday after a seven week illness She formerly lived in Middletown where she left about 20 years ago Surviving are sisters Mrs Martha Williams and Mrs O L Lawson of Middletown and Mrs Mary James of Richmond Ky Services and burial set for 10 a m Wednesday in Baltimore.
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Pauline Liberto
Guilford Ave
Baltimore
Middletown
Liberto
Martha Williams
O. L. Lawson
Mary James
Richmond
Services Held for Mrs Miller of Greenville
Mrs Mary Mellinger Miller 74 of Greenville mother of Mrs Marjorie Drayer of Middletown dies Saturday evening at Rest Haven Nursing Home. Funeral at 10 a m tomorrow at McKnight Baker Funeral Home Greenville burial in Portland. A former school teacher and practicing attorney she graduated from Indiana University College of Law and taught in the Portland area.
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Mary M. Miller
Mary Mellinger Miller
Greenville
Marjorie Drayer
Middletown
McKnight & Baker Funeral Home
Greens
Portland
Notable Local Woman Practiced Law and Served Community
She practiced law and later moved to Greenville in 1923 where she engaged in church work and served on the Darke County ration board during World War II. She also belonged to the Carnegie Library Board of Trustees. Surviving is a son, Robert E. Miller of Hamilton. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. today.
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Greenville
Darke County Ration Board
Carnegie Library Board of Trustees
Robert E. Miller
Hamilton
Death notices Ward Ros e 33 at Chanute AFB Rantoul Illinois
Ward Rose 33 died at Chanute Air Force Base Rantoul Illinois. Survived by wife Alberta and two children David and Jeff. Grandson of Anna Rose 1921 South Ave. Also survived by mother Minnie Pigue Georgia father Collier Rose Brooklyn New York sister Moe Lee Bonafey Pensacola Florida. Arrangements incomplete at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home.
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Ward
William Richard Rose
Chanute Air Force Base
Rantoul
Alberta
David
Jeff
Anna Rose
South Ave
Minnie Pigue
Georgia
Collier Rose
Brookllyn
N. Y
Moe Lee Bonafey
Pensacola
McCoy-Leffler
Funeral services set for Carmella De Aloia Franklin
Mrs Carmella De Aloia Franklin 77 of 147 Kirkham Street Dayton will be buried in Calvary Cemetery after services tomorrow. Rites begin 8:30 a.m. at Meyer and Boehmer Funeral Home and 9 a.m. at Emmanuel Church. Survived by husband Antonio six daughters five sons a foster son and a brother.
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Carmella Daloia Franklin
Carmella de Aloia
Kirkham St
Dayton
Frank de Aloia
Franklin
Meyer & Boehmer Funeral Home
Emmanuel Church
Calvary Cemetery
Antonio
Clarence Glackin Mason Dies at 80 in Mason
Clarence Glackin 80 of West Main Street Mason died at 1 25 am at Middletown Hospital after a three week illness. He is survived by his wife Anna a son George of Mason two daughters Mrs Evalina Brenner and Mrs Edith Walton both of Mason ten grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. Services set for 11 am Thursday at Gailimore Funeral Home with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. Friends may call after 4 pm Wednesday.
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Edwards
Sears & Roebuck Co
Second Baptist Church
Silver Leaf Lodge
BPOE
Evelyn
Katherine Collier
Chicago
Cleo Jackson
Middletown
Rollen F
Woodside
Young St
Bailey Funeral Home
Mason
Clarence Glackin
W. Main Street
Middletown Hospital
Glacklin
Anna
George
Evalina Brenner
Edith Walton
Gailimore
Wits
Rose Hill
Minister Rev Taylor B Kelsey Rites Held in Camden
Services were held at Camden Presbyterian Church for the retired minister Rev Taylor B Kelsey 72 of Camden Rt 1 Burial followed at Fairmount Cemetery He died Friday at Ft Hamilton Hospital after two days as patient A Crawfordsville Indiana native he served Clay City Newcastle Rising Sun and College Corner before Camden He is survived by wife Mary Louise Black Kelsey a son Rev Robert Kelsey two daughters and four grandchildren with three brothers and one sister also listed as mourners.
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Camden
Camden Presbyterian Church
Taylor B. Kelsey
Camden Rt. 1
Ralph Martin
John A. Lampe
Hamilton Presbyterian Church
Fairmount Cemetery
Kelsey
Ft. Hamilton Hospital
Crawfordsville
Ind
Clay City
Newcastle
Rising Sun
College Corner
Camden Lodge
F& AM
CBS
Mary Louise Black Kelsey
Robert Kelsey
Grove City
Graham Gilliland
Indianapolis
Gordon Trester
Aurora
Stanley
Roy
Emery Kelsey
Linden
Dorothy Hedrick
Obituary notices for Anderson Feldhaus and Smith
Louis Anderson aged 91 has a service at 10 p m tomorrow at Campbell Funeral Home. Catherine Feldhaus of 1234 High Street has a service at Proesche. Jacob F Smith age 81 of 221 Eaton is noted for funeral services.
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Louis Anderson
Campbell Funeral Home
Catherine Feldhaus
High St
Proesche! Funeral Home
Jacob F. Smith
Eaton
Wheat Farm Bill Push Faces Congress Clash
Ohio lawmakers push for a law letting farmers grow more wheat for farm use without penalties. The Senate supports broad leeway for seed and feed on farms. the House favors a 36 acre limit. Benson backs broader reform but may accept narrower terms.
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James B. Sibbison
Washington
Senate
Ohio
Repub
John W. Bricker
House Agriculture Committee
House
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Blast Kills Ex-Convict in Cincinnati After Argument
A shotgun blast killed 50 year old Ben Lee Murphy of Cincinnati after an argument. Willie Smith, 45, was arrested at his home and admitted the shooting. Murphy had spent 20 of his 50 years in prison with past robbery and burglary convictions. Funeral services are listed for several local residents.
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Cincinnati
Ben Lee Murphy
Willie Smith
Murphy
Notable Obituary Notices From Across The Nation
A series of obituaries reports multiple prominent figures dying over the weekend. The list includes DEAN ARMOR ARCHBOLD of Upperville Virginia, a wealthy oilman, and Earl J. Connolly formerly of Cincinnati, a top FBI official. Also noted: Dr Simon Rawidowicz at Brandeis University, Phil Hanna a TV radio singer and tennis player, Charles A. Owen a coal industry leader, James A. Cruickshank former Field and Stream editor, William Dean Robinson Briggs Manufacturing head, and E Karl Wennerlund GM mass production pioneer born in Norway. The notices give ages and last places of residence.
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Dean
Scotland
Armor Archbold
Archbold
Upperville
Countess of Seafield
Britain
Cincinnati
Earl J. Connelley
FBI
iCincinnati
Waltham
Mass
Simon Rawidowicz
Wennerlund
General Motors Corp
Detroit
Norway
Ohio Legion picks Brady as state commander
Merle F. Brady of Van Wert is elected state commander of the Ohio Department of the American Legion at its three day convention in Cincinnati.Other officers include First Vice Commander Herman Devor of Greenville Second Vice Commander Mykio Kraja Youngstown and Forty and Eight leaders Lewis H. Smith Roscoe Collins Robert E. Dewey and John A. Engle named to senior posts.
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Cincinnati
Merle F. Brady
van Wert
Ohio Department of the American Legion
Brady
Herman Devor
Greenville
Mykio Kraja
Youngstown
Legions Fun
Lewis H. Smith
Roscoe Collins
Chillicothe
Grand Garde la Porte
Robert E. Dewey
Akron
John A. Engle
Hamilton
Arson Suspected In Fatal Farmhouse Blaze
Canton Ohio authorities and a deputy state fire marshal will investigate possible arson after a fire killed 5 year old Lawrence McCrory of Route 3 Lewisville in a large farmhouse on U S Route 62 west of Alliance. Fire Chief Charles Devies and Sheriff Deputy Ray Nunamaker say arson is being considered.
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Canton
Ohio
Stark County
Lawrence McCrory
Rt. 3
Leewisville
U. 62
Alliance Sunday
Charles Devies
Marlboro Two
Ray Nunamaker
Plane Piles in Takeoff: 3 Unhurt
A plane crashed during takeoff at Northway Airport in Columbus. Pilot Wilford A. Springer, 49, and passenger Mary Blane were unharmed along with concession stand worker Lawrence Williams, 16, all from Columbus.
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Columbus
Ohio
Northway
Wilford A. Springer
Mary Blane
Lawrence Williams
Novelist Roberts Dies At 71 In Maine Seaside Village
Kenneth Roberts, acclaimed author of Northwest Passage and Arundel, died at 71 in Kennebunkport Maine after a week in bed from corona ry thrombosis. He completed Water Unlimited for October and won a Pulitzer citation for early American history. Now buried at Asiawae National Cemetery after services in Cambridge.
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Kennebunkport
Maine
Kenneth
Roberts
Water Unlimited
Northwest Passage
Captain Caution
Rocky Pastures
Boon Island
Cornell
Anna S. Mosser
Boston Post
Cambridge
Urial
Asiawae National Cemetery
Koreans Sentenced for Nikko Mass Murder and Arson
Pak Yo Keun, 31, and Choi Ki Eop, 22, were convicted for a Nikko break in on May 3, 146 that left six sleeping family members dead. They stole funds and clothing, then torched the store and six nearby houses. Police say Pak confessed and named Eop as an accomplice.
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Utsunomiya
Japan
Pak Yo! Keun
Choi Ki Eop
Nikko
Pak
Eop
Armco Veterans Picnic Set For Saturday At Armco Park
More than 1600 Armco veterans with at least 25 years service are expected at the annual picnic Saturday at Armco Park from 2 to 7 30 p m. The park is reserved for the event with a chicken dinner games music and evening entertainment. G W Breiel chairs the outing with a large veteran committee and 10 sub committees. Women of the Seven Mile Presbyterian Church will prepare the dinner and Armco Girls Club will serve about 1500 dinners. Wives and husbands of veterans are invited.
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Armco
Armco Park
Armco Veterans Club
G W. Breiel
Seven Mile Presbyterian Church
Middletown
Hamilton
Crash victim dies in Pittsburgh hospital
Edward Maisterelli aged 20 from New Philadelphia Ohio died at Western Pennsylvania Hospital in Pittsburgh from burns suffered in a recent auto crash.
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Pittsburgh
Edward Maisterelli
New Philadelphia
Ohio
Western Pennsylvania
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Louis Shapiro
Louis A. Shapiro
Verity Party
11Th Ave
Woodside Cemetery
Hank
STOLL
Gough-Lamb
Charles
William R. Rose
T. B. Kelsey
America
Congress
Blast
Associated Press
Ohio Legion
Kenneth Roberts
Manchester Road
Local Safety Council
The
Advertising Council
Fisher CF
Ross
Merrimack
VOGUE
Butterick
McCalls Simplicity
Ross’ Yard Goods Dept
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