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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 27, 1979

Page

3

Obituaries Reflect Loss Across Winchester Area

Several local residents are named in a string of death notices. Mrs. Winifred Gonsalves Ward of Seattle died at 68 after a May 1911 birth in Frederick County. services were held in Seattle. Miss Lottie May Ford, 85, formerly of Mount Jackson, was laid to Cedar Grove Cemetery in New Market. Mrs. Eleanor Sirbaugh, born 1903 in Baltimore, dies in Arlin nursing home with services at Christ Episcopal Church. Bruce Aaron Steele, 23, of Hagens Md., died Sept. 20. funeral at Minnick Funeral Home in Hagerstown. William S. Feltner, 73, of Lexington Va., funeral at Green Hill Cemetery, Berryville. Walter M. Whitlock, 60, Winchester resident, veteran, funeral services at Jones Funeral Home. Mrs. Lillie Giffin Wood, 89, Capon Bridge native, burial at Bethel Cemetery Gore. Marcia G. Taper, 29 E Pall Mall St., memorial service at Mount Carmel Baptist Church.

Winifred Gonsalves Ward Winifred Gonsalves Seattle Wash Gonsalves Frederick County Roy G Alice Coffelt Whetzel Robert Gonsalves Jean Lindhardt Corrine Phillips Washington, D.C Pauline Whetzel Benoit Landover Hills Ford Lottie May Ford Staunton Mount Jackson Cedar Grove New Market Clyde Koon Dellinger Funeral Home Eleanor K. Sirbaugh Eleanor K. Oests Winchester Arlin Sir Baltimore Frederick G Orence Garner Wilkins Conrad H. Sirbaugh Christ Episcopal Church Sibley Hospital Donald M. Walter, II David H. Knight Mount Hebron Cemetery Jones Funeral Home Wolfgang R. Schmelier John V. Eddy, Jr Wayne C. McClure W. K. Sirbaugh James Lemon Beverly H. Gray Bruce Aaron Steele Bruce Aaron Steel Rt. 1 Hagens Md Steele Virgil L Bob) Steele Margaret Boyle Boonsboro James Wood High School Beaver Creek Country Club Hagerstown Elizabeth Young Steele Leslie Ellen Webber Moody Steele Brian Steele Minnick Funeral Home William Samuel Feltner Thompson’s Court Lexington Mr. Feltner Summit Point W. Va Lenzro Clayton Sarah Margaret Buckley Feltner Berryville Baptist Church Mona Tibbitt Post Washington, Wash Irene Harford Green Hill Cemetery Berryville Darryl Maxwell Enders Funeral Home Walter M. Whitlock N. Loudoun St Winchester Memorial Hospital Mr. Whitlock Charles A Lula Viola Foreman Whitlock Highland Memorial Presbyterian Church Zeropack Co Melvin T. Whitlock Front Royal Alice McKinney Arthur Leon Whitlock Stephens City Bruce A. Macbeth Leonard C. Boyce William A. Whitlock Leonard Whitlock Phillip L. Whitlock Finley S. Whitlock Sr Arthur Nicholson Mount Hebron Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #2123 Lillie Giffin Wood Commerce St Capon Bridge Wood Highview Newton and Jane Kibler Johnson

Detroit Ends Largest Teacher Walkout With Settlement

The Detroit Federation of Teachers ends a 17 day strike pending ratification of a three year contract offering a top raise and benefits. About 189,000 pupils return to 303 schools as districts forgo classes amid persistent statewide walkouts in 11 states affecting 441,000 students.

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Willis Brooks Cottrill dies at 81 in West Virginia

Willis Brooks Cottrill 81 of 422 Wentworth Drive died Wednesday at home. Born July 23 1898 in Flat Woods West Virginia he was a retired Inland Steel Co. worker and a Pentecostal Holiness Church member. Survived by wife Adabelle Shaffer a brother Harry Cottrill and a sister Beulah Stonestreet. Funeral at Omps Funeral Home Chapel 10 a.m. Saturday with Rev. J A Harrison. Burial Mount Hebron Cemetery. Friends may call Friday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.

Willis Brooks Cottrill Wentworth Drive Mr. Cottrill Flat Woods W. Va Fred Martha Hennen Cottrill Inland Steel Co East Chicago Ind Pentecostal Holiness Church Adabelle Shaffer Harry Cottrill Fairmont Beulah Stonestreet Allison Park Omps Funeral Home J. A. Harrison Mount Hebron

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