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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1969
Page
5
Obituaries report the death of Minnie Lee Brewer 69 of Middletown at Powell Suring Home after lengthy illness with survivors including son Ward Steppe and daughter Thelma Russell. The list also notes Roy Shafter 88 of Jamaica Road and other locals with service details, survivors, and burial plans at Woodside or local cemeteries.
Clarence T. Lawson 59 of 2005 Highland St died at Clinton Memorial Hospital Wilmington after a heart attack while returning from Clarksville. He had lived in Middletown since 1956 worked as an iron worker Local 290 and is survived by wife Mabel three sons Jerry Cary and Harry two daughters Connie Harpe and Miss Ileien Lawson three sisters and three brothers. He was born in Oklahoma and had been in failing health since April.
Mrs. Cora Storey 85, of Dayton and formerly Middletown, died Saturday at Miami Valley Hospital. Survived by two sons Frank Middletown and Jota New York Civ, four daughters Mabel Kight Alice Love Dayton Iva Hardeman Middletown Flora McKnight Harveysburg, two brothers Monroe Smith Middletown James Smith Lawton OK, two sisters Flora Young Indianapolis and Georgia Barkeley Dayton, 22 grandchildren. Services 1 p.m. Wednesday at Bethlehem Temple Pentecostal Church with Elder Archilus Bel officiating. Burial Woodside Cemetery. Arrangements by Bailey Funeral Home.
Requiem High Mass for Mary Zuehlke 84 will be sung in Appleton Wisconsin tomorrow with arrangements by Brettschneider Funeral Home. She died yesterday at Garden Manor Nursing Home after an extended illness and is survived by daughter Gertrude Zuchike brother Edward Kreitzer sister Mrs Clarence S Louis and three grandchildren. Local arrangements are by Schramm Funeral Home.
Mrs Ardella Della Brown 78 of Carlisle died yesterday at Garden Manor Nursing Home after a long illness. Survived by husband Clarence three sons Lewis Carlisle Walter Liberty Ind Raymond Franklin four daughters Ada Taylor Mary Burns Carlisle Ethel Wetzel Monroe Esther Weidle Miamisburg a sister Lola Miller Carlisle 28 grandchildren 42 great grandchildren. Funeral services Wednesday at Anglesby Funeral Home with Rev Dale Chambers officiating burial in Springboro Cemetery viewing today 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 pm. Lebanon Mrs Lillie Urton 97 died yesterday at her home. Civitan Club program speaker Thomas F Webb Middletown curriculum director will address at Manchester Motor Inn tomorrow evening with slides on his trip to India George Buckwald program chairman. Lebanon area description notes about city size.
Mrs. Jennie Grubbs 82 of 724 East Ave to have services at 1 30 p m tomorrow Brown Dawson. John Mueller 63 Milwaukee formerly Hamilton graveside services 2 p m Thursday Rose Hill Memorial Park. Miss Ora Tanner 63 2423 Benninghaven Ave services 10 a m Wednesday Zettler. Mrs Ruth Leneham 60 502 Fitton Ave services 1 am tomorrow Zettler.
Carlisle man Jim Day of Willard Avenue told Franklin police he was struck on the head with a pistol during a Lions Park carnival fight. Day could not identify the attacker and was treated at Middletown Hospital for head wounds. Earlier Fire Chief Dick Berger reported the melee, but by the time officers arrived most participants had fled.
Hamilton bartender Ray Carmack reportedly shot his wife Elsie 55 in their home around 7 p.m. and then killed himself with a 28 caliber revolver. Elsie Carmack was hospitalized in critical condition at Fort Hamilton Hospital. Authorities said Carmack’s death was self-inflicted.
Traffic authorities logged four serious accidents in Warren County over the weekend. Calvin J. Wazenegger, 3124 Barbara Drive, was cited for driving too fast for conditions on Ohio 48. his 1964 car hit guardrails and a fence but he was uninjured. Harvey H. Hayes of Dayton faced DUI and speeding charges after an off duty officer involved a domestic dispute scene on Wilmington Road. A Maineville crash involved two parked cars when a handbrake release caused a car to roll and strike another. two men from Middletown and Clearcreek Township were uninjured. A collision in Red Lion at Ohio 122 and 741 involved Paul Allen Dennis, 26, and Barry J. Cohen, 21, with Dennis charged for running a stop sign.
The monthly covered dish dinner at the Golden Age Center on Mary Lita Street is canceled. It is rescheduled for July 11 at 6 p.m. The center chorus rehearses Wednesday at 10 30 am. A travel slide show by Mr and Mrs Reid Kenyon will follow the center membership meeting at 1 45 pm.
Ray Fening, an instructor at Miami University's Middletown Campus, will discuss Patriotism in Our County before the Rotary Club?tomorrow at noon. Ross Framer serves as program chairman at the Manchester Motor Inn event.
At Middletown Hospital eight persons were treated after three traffic accidents investigated by the highway patrol late Saturday night and Sunday. Reports show six injured in a two car collision on Rt. 4 south of Rt. 63 near LeSourdsville and three children among those hurt in another crash. Charges included failing to stop within an assured clear distance and failing to yield right of way.
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