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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 25, 1956

Page

3

Deaths And Funerals In Middletown Area

Father of basketball star Shelby Linville dies at 73 after years of illness. Services set at McCoy Leffler, burial Woodside. widow Catherine, son Shelby, daughter and grandson survive. Also memorial for Sickles Market owner, 40, who died of cancer in Memorial Hospital New York City. services at McCoy Leffler with burial Woodside. Survivors include sister Ida Blythe and sister Mrs Harrison Morton.

Harry Linville Elsmere St Dayton Linville Shelby Linille Middletown High School University of Kentucky

Reginald W Blythe Dies After Illness in Middletown Home

Reginald W Blythe aged 55 of 995 th Ave died at 11 10 p m Saturday at his home after eight years of ill health and a three week serious condition He lived in Middletown since 1912 and worked for Aeronca Manufacturing Corp before his illness He was a member of the Elks Lodge

Reginald W. Blythe

Try Salad Meals Theyre Cool Easy

Fixing three meals a day this summer can be easier if cool salads become the mainstay of your menus. A summer salad cook book is in the July issue of Better Homes and Gardens. Get your copy at magazines stands.

Better Homes & Gardens

Chaney Rena M. dies after long illness at home

Mrs. Rena M. Chaney aged 4 Streebee Road West Middletown died at 8 45 am yesterday at her home after a 15 year illness. She was a member of the First Church of God and is survived by husband Eber mother Belle Blevins two sons Kenneth and Allen both at home and sister Lyda Deaton of West Middletown Route 2. Services at 10 am Thursday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Dr R C Caudill officiating burial in West Elkton Cemetery. Calling hours are 3 to 5 and 7 to 10 pm Wednesday.

Rena M. Chaney Streebee Rd West Middletown First Church of God Chaney Eber Belle Blevins Kenneth Allen Lyda Deaton

Service for Shannon C Pieratt set at McCoy Leffler

Shannon Corbin Pieratt 66 of 2216 Hill Ave died Saturday afternoon at Hughes Memorial Hospital Hamilton. Funeral services are Wednesday at 10 a.m. at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Dr. R C Caudill officiating. Burial will be in Woodside Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 4 to 10 p.m. tomorrow.

Catherine Shelby Vanceburg Enoch Marshall Delray Beach Fla McCoy-Leffler Howard Sears Woodside Cemetery Shannon Corbin Pieratt Hill Ave Hughes Memorial Hospital Hamilton R. C. Caudill

LeRoy R Sickles services for Leroy Roy R

Funeral services are planned for Leroy R Sickles also known as Roy R. A memorial gathering will be held at the family home and church. Interment will follow at a local cemetery with military honors. Friends may call on the eve of the service.

George Tatman 52 Dies After Abdominal Pain At Hospital

George Tatman 52 of 609 Young St an Armco Steel Corp employee for 30 years died after a heart attack he had been treated at Middletown Hospital for abdominal pain and was pronounced dead on arrival at 7 10 a m today Surviving are his wife Mary Louise two daughters Shirley and Ruth at home his mother Mrs Bertha Tatman of Lebanon and three brothers and four sisters Funeral arrangements are with McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

George Tatman Young St Armco Steel Corp Middletown Hospital Tatman Mary Louise Shirley Ruth Bertha Tatman Lebanon McCoy-Leffler

Arthur Thompson dies after long illness at 72

Arthur Thompson aged 72 of 108 N Sutphin Street died at 7 45 p m yesterday at his home after years of ill health He had managed Star Piano Co for 17 years and earlier worked as a guard for Bevis Machine Co Surviving wife Florence is named in the obituary

Arthur Thompson N. Sutphin St Thompson Star Piano Co Bevis Machine Co Florence

Private services to be held Wednesday at Hillside Chapel

Two nieces and a nephew obituary notices private services set for Wednesday at Hillside Chapel Cincinnati with cremation to follow Friends may call at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home from 4 to 10 p.m. tomorrow

Hillside Chapel Cincinnati McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home

Services for Mrs Millie Buieley Held at Jefferson Cemetery

Funeral services for Mrs Millie Buieley 4 of Jackson Center sister of Mrs Myrtle Rossel Lebanon will be at 2 pm tomorrow at Van Horn Funeral Home Jackson Center with burial in Ft Jefferson Cemetery Survivors include five sons two daughters three brothers another sister ten grandchildren seven step-grandchildren nineteen great grandchildren and twelve step-great grandchildren

Lebanon Millie Buieley Jackson Center Myrtle Rossel van Horn Ft. Jefferson

James A Sears 77 Farmersville dies at home in Germantown

Services were held at 2 p.m. today for James A. Sears of Farmersville aged 77. He died Friday at home after 53 years in the area. Survived by wife Mary A. and children Melvin Sears Nor ris Sears Waneta Eby Alice Cordes Donald Sears Harold Sears Emma Sears, Minnie Sears, 12 grandchildren, three great grandchildren. Burial at Holp Cemetery on Vering Road.

Germantown James A. Sears Farmersville Melvin A Norris Sears Vering Road Holp Cemetery Sears Mary A Waneta _ Eby Alice Cordes Farmersville Rt. 1 Donald L Oxford Harold Emma Sears Katy Texas Minnie Sears Salem

Mrs Irene St John 49 Dies in Lebanon Residence

Irene L St John lifelong area resident and former grade school teacher died at her Lebanon Rt 2 home Saturday. She was a Presbyterian Church member. Survived by husband Lewis a son Lee father Victor Leer Lebanon brother Herbert and sisters Mrs Thomas Spencer Lebanon and Mrs Reba Heckman of New Mexico. Services at 2 PM tomorrow Oswald Funeral Home with burial in Lebanon Cemetery. Friends may call today.

Lebanon Irene L. St. John Lebanon Rt. 2 St. John The Presbyterian Church Lewis Lee Victor Leer Herbert Thomas Spencer Reba Heckman New Mexico

Obituary notices for two local residents

Henry C. Erb aged 73 of 901 S 9th St to be buried at Proe schel Funeral Home with a service at 2 p.m. tomorrow. Mrs Katherine Lamke aged 70 of 1035 S 2nd St scheduled for a Requiem High Mass at 9 a.m. Wednesday at St Joseph Church.

Henry C. Erb S. 9Th St Proeschel Katherine Lamke S. 2Nd St St. Joseph Church

Deaths Elsewhere by the Associated Press

San Diego California vice admiral Francis X Melinerney retired 57 once commanded the Washington battleship and an amphibious group in Korea. Toronto Roy H Davis 71 Atlas Steels Ltd chairman. Baltimore Dr William Neill Jr 68 surgeon and former Kelly Clinic partner. New York Michael Arlen 61 novelist Green Hat. Miami Colonel Frank M Williams 77 World War I hero Pershing staff.

San Diego Calif Francis X. MelInerney Washington Cheyenne Wyo Toronto Roy H. Davis Atlas Steels, Ltd Baltimore William Neill Jr Kelly Clinic

Midwest Glider Meet Set for June 30 to July 4

The ninth annual Midwest glider meet will be held in Bowling Green Ohio from June 30 through July 4. Thirteen entrants from Ohio Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois Michigan and Wisconsin have signed up to compete against defending champion Lt. Dave McNay of Youngstown Ohio, winner in 1954 and 1955.

Bowling Green Ohio Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois Michigan Wisconsin U.S. Air Force Dave McNay Youngstown

Woodlawn to Get New Surface on Main Ave

Resurfacing of Woodlawn Avenue with T-35 asphaltic concrete was scheduled today per C A Boeke director of public service. The program will cover four miles of city streets with hot mix by a private contractor and 23 miles of residential streets seal coated by the city division of streets led by W L Follmer in Hamilton.

Woodlawn Avenue C. A. Boeke Public Service W L. Follmer Hamilton City Division of

Burned Girl In Fair Condition After Coffee Spill

Connie Drury one year old, daughter of James Drury of West Middletown, is in fair condition at Middletown Hospital after spilling hot coffee from an electric percolator. Pred Taulbee, 19, also burned on left arm and chest. Sarah Taylor, age two, lacerated foot after stepping on glass, requiring fourteen stitches. James McGuire, 34, struck by a falling limb, multiple broken ribs. Roger Wallace, injured by a fall from a moving car on Yankee Road, with his two year old son suffering a scalp laceration. Both treated and released. A note on medieval heating reveals a history of fire safety.

Connie Drury James Drury West Middletown Rt Middletown Hospital Taulbee Sarah Taylor Samuel Taylor Glen Sn Roger Wallace Yankee Road Austin Wallace Pershing Ave

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Blythe-Williams American Legion Ida Blythe Pittsburgh Harrison J. Morton Middletown Jordan Hall Sickles Memorial Hospital New York City Louis Walter Sickles Market Bellomonte Street Joseph LeRoy R. Sickles Leroy (Roy) R Roek General Electric VIC & Paul’s State Highway Garage TYTUS Richard A. Kirchhoffer Episcopal Indianapolis Richard H. Banchroft Perfect Circle Corp Foundries Bancroft William L. Cassady Plainfield Vernon W. Robertsons New Castle Ind Mrs Irene St. John Associated Press Rockwynn Lodge Rockwynn Midwest Woodlawn DODDS Verity 14Th Ave Robert Konthier Mar James McGuire McGuire Miller's Franklin Rt. 1 Armco Park Rockwynn P. O Ontario Canada Ross Ikiny BEM By Debros John Ross
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