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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1957
Page
3
Local funeral services were arranged by the Wilson Memorial Home, which organized details for the departed and coordinated care with family members. The notice lists the venue and confirms personal arrangements were managed by the facility.
Mrs. Martha Jane Shepherd of 4402 Coles Rd died at 1 30 PM yesterday at Middletown Hospital after a fall that caused a broken hip. Native of Campton Kentucky she was widow of John Shepherd and grandmother of the Shepherd Sisters trio. Surviving are sons Douglas and Clarence of Middletown, five other grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Services 8 PM tomorrow at McCoy Leffier Funeral Home and 1 PM in Campton with burial there. Rev Robert Mizell of Calvary Baptist Church officiates. Friends may call 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 PM tomorrow. Also noted today were rites for Herchel Boarman 64 of Dayton stepson of William Boarman of Middletown and Mrs Thelma Mull of Trenton RT 1. Burial in Springboro Cemetery. He died Saturday night in Dayton.
The premature infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Marion Ballard of Camden Rt 1 died at 6 23 am today a few hours after birth at Middletown Hospital Surviving are two brothers and four sisters and grandfather Creed Whitman of Middletown The McCoy Leffler Funeral Home is handling arrangements
Bud Edwards aged 62 of 1317 Grove St dies at home. Rites by Blythe-Williams American Legion Post at Second Baptist Church and Woodside Cemetery tomorrow with Rev Rollen F. Hans officiating. Visitation after 6 p.m. today at 138 Young St. Bailey Funeral Home handles arrangements.
Karen Bowler Fischer three month old daughter of Mr and Mrs George Fischer of Southern Pines North Carolina died at 6 00 pm Sunday in New York City She was born April 7 in Pinehurst North Carolina Surviving include maternal grandparents L R Kendall Middletown and paternal grandparents George Fischer Sr Mamaronneck New York Graveside services were held at 10 30 am today at Rest Haven Cemetery Cincinnati Ar-
Miss Ora Kincaid 44 of 227 S Broad St died Saturday at Middletown Hospital. Funeral at 10 a m Friday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Dr Louis R Walter officiating. Burial in Woodside Cemetery. She lived in Middletown and worked for the Veterans Administration in Cincinnati until three years ago. Calling hours Thursday 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p m.
Mrs Hattie Belle Rittenhouse 79 died at Carr Rest Home after a long stay. She worked 20 years as a supervisor at a state hospital in Buffalo and had lived in Miami before retirement. Surviving siblings include Florence Cohn in Canada and Mrs G W Booker in Snowflake Manitoba. Services at Dohn Funeral Home Buffalo with burial Pine Hill Cemetery. visitation Thursday. local arrangements by Riggs Funeral Home.
Coast Guard Auxiliary members in Cincinnati offer boats for weekend safety patrol on the Ohio River after a collision left an 18 foot craft sunk and seven people in the water. Cmdr Frank L Samson says district HQ authorized use of Auxiliary craft and 15 boats will patrol.
Full scale production at the Columbus plant of Westinghouse Electric Corp resumed Monday after a wildcat strike by Fabrication Department employees last week caused a shutdown. A plant spokesman said the workers involved were given disciplinary furloughs. The trouble stemmed from a dispute over incentive pay.
Funeral services for T Sgt William Richard Rose 33 who died Sunday at Chanute Air Force Base will be held Thursday at 2 p m at Woodside Memorial Chapel. Burial will be in Soldiers Lot at Woodside Cemetery with full military honors by Wright Patterson AFB airmen. Rose grandson of Anna Rose of 1921 South Ave served in Army and Navy before joining Air Force in 1951 and was a former Washington bus driver. Local arrangements by McCoy Leffler Funeral Home.
Mrs. Cordelia Gorsuch age 70 died Sunday at her Mason Route 1 home. Services set for 2 p m tomorrow at Gallimore Funeral Home. Burial in Union Township Cemetery West Chester. She is survived by husband Stanley.
Franklin-Selton J. Rose, 91, former Franklin resident, died yesterday at his home on Grand Boulevard in Hamilton. Arrangements are incomplete at Anglesby Funeral Home.
Charles E. Shutts 87, a retired Waynesville area farmer, died yesterday at Carr Rest Home Lebanon after a brief illness. He leaves a daughter Irma Beckett of West Manchester, three sons Howard Clyde and Ernest, a brother James of Lebanon, 12 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Services 2 p.m. Thursday at Stubbs Funeral Home with burial in Miami Cemetery Corwin. viewing at the funeral home.
Clifford L Thompson known as Tip of West Alexandria Rt 1 dies at his residence. Services set for 1 30 am tomorrow at Zimmer man Funeral Home West Alexandria with burial at Memorial Park Dayton. Survived by wife Hazel three sons a brother and two sisters Carrie E Kolstedt Grover Lee Stout also noted with addresses and church service details Brown Dawson Funeral Home listed for services.
Joann Wilkes 62 Groton died after submarine escape and wartime duties. Alfred Einstein Cohn 78 New Milford pioneer in electrocardiography and Rockefeller Institute emeritus died. Jonathan Glidden 50 Creed Pojoaque writer Peter Dawson died yesterday. David Crawford 77 Lake Wales former Pullman-Standard president died yesterday.
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