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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1973
Page
2
Funeral services are held for James William Martz 88 of Bluemont who died in Columbia South Carolina. Other notices include funeral arrangements for Guy Jenkins 62 of Winchester and William K Fogleman 53 of Stephenson with burials at Mount Hebron Shenandoah Memorial Park and multiple pallbearers and churches listed.
Edward B Moreland 43 of Paw Paw West Virginia dies of an apparent heart attack. He was Korean War veteran and member of Mt Union Church. Survived by wife Wanda and four children, burial at Mount Union Cemetery. Robert Rosenberger 60 of Washington DC died in Doctor's Hospital. Father of three, Navy veteran, long career with GAO, funeral pending. Maurice M Marple 87 of Berryville dies in Catawba. Carpenter raised by Carl Miller, survived by nieces and nephews, funeral tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. with services at Berryville and graveside in Winchester area.
Strother H. Boyd of 21 West Bond Street, died Sunday in Winchester Memorial Hospital. He was born April 30, 1894 in Frederick County, married Sadie Haymaker on October 22, 1914 in Hagerstown, and worked as a foreman for National Fruit Products Co. He was a Red Bud United Brethren Church member. Surviving: widow, two sons Charles E. Boyd and Strother W. Boyd of Stephenson. two daughters Helen B. Crosby and Suzanne B. Valenzuela of Alexandria. five grandchildren. two great-grandchildren. Funeral Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home, with services by Rev. William B. Obaugh. Visitation tomorrow evening 7 to 8:30. Also: Myrtle Ednar Diffenderfer, 79, of Boyce, died Friday in Winchester nursing home. Born Sept. 14, 1893 in Highview, W. Va., daughter of Hannibal Eaton. Member Berryville Baptist Church. Survives husband Trone Diffenderfer. three sons Bernard Diffenderfer of Laurel, Md.. Charles O. Diffenderfer of Boyce. James H. Diffenderfer of Winchester. six grandchildren. three great grandchildren. Funeral tomorrow at 2 p.m. at John H. Enders Funeral Home, Berryville, Rev. Wilson Jones. Pallbearers listed. Burial Old Chapel Churchyard, Clarke County. Visitation tonight at the funeral home 7 to 9.
Robert E. Stickley 79 of Rt. 1 Strasburg died Friday in Shenandoah County Memorial Hospital Woodstock. He was a Ford dealer for 28 years and a longtime Sunday School teacher. He is survived by his wife Nelle Keller and son Jay H. Stickley of Toms Brook. Funeral held Wednesday at Harrisville Reformed Church with burial in Harrisville Cemetery. The body lies at Stover Funeral Home and viewing is scheduled.
Edward A. Gottlob, 80, of 312 Walker Street, died Friday at Winchester Memorial Hospital. A funeral Mass was held this morning at 11 in Sacred Heart Catholic Church officiated by Rev. J. Westwood Franck. Burial followed at Shenandoah Cemetery.
Dr Alberto Quevedo Touro ambassador from Ecuador will speak as the fourteenth lecturer in the Platform of Understanding series at the George Washington Hotel tomorrow at 12 45 PM. The public is invited and Winchester residents are especially interested due to the sister city Ambata in Ecuador. A $5000 donation to Quevedo funds a water system for Ambata, raised by last year s Walk For Progress. Quevedo holds degrees from Central University and Harvard and has served as Finance Minister and in UN World Bank and IDB roles. He will tour Winchester after the lecture.
Winchester police report an AM FM radio stolen from a car on Rostel Rd overnight. The vehicle owned by Joseph Massie of 321 S Stewart St was entered between 7 10 p m Saturday and 1 30 a m Sunday. Officer James Sardelis said the investigation continues.
A Rabstejn forester in the Pilsen District keeps a tame wild boar as a pet. The animal shows a peculiar fondness for kofola, Czech cola, drinking it straight from a bottle, according to Lidova Demokracie Daily.
In Innsbruck Austria twelve skiers died on Sunday as avalanches swept the Alps. Ten of the victims were West Germans buried on a dangerous slope in winter. The group of 25 Bavarian Alpine skiers rode the 7000 foot Kirchspitze near the Gerlos Pass.
H Galt Braxton former editor of the Kinston Daily Free Press from 1914 until his death at age 91 died Saturday in Kinston. Ohio business leader Robert Lazarus Sr 82 chairman emeritus of F and R Lazarus Co and Ohio Board of Regents member died Sunday in Columbus.
The report lists cloudy conditions and rain chances across the Northern Valley and Virginia with possible snow in higher regions and extended mild temperatures midweek. It includes 60 year rainfall averages and figures for recent years and a stray 200 pound boar eluding pursuit and ending at a Glen Burnie estate.
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