Obituaries and funeral notices from Winchester area
Obituary notices for Marguerite Virginia Presgraves Frederck Richard Fiddler and Decil Merritt, with funeral times and locations. Services at Highland Ave Presbyterian Church and Jones Funeral Home, plus arrangements incomplete for James Nathaniel Lockley. Burial in Shenandoah Memorial Park and Burnt Factory Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite Virginia Presgraves
Sunnyside
Highland Ave. Presbyterian Church
James Hickerson
Stephen Hickerson
James McDonald
Clay Carper
John Carper
Harvey Carroll
Burail
Shenandoah
Memorial Park
Martinsburg Woman 78 Dies in Wheeling Hospital
Mrs. Lula Willard 78 formerly of Martinsburg W V died Wednesday in a Wheeling hospital. Survived by three sons Allen Jesse Lance five daughters and numerous grandchildren great grandchildren and nieces and nephews. Funeral Saturday at 2 p m at Brown Funeral Home Martinsburg with burial Pine Grove Frederick County. Family visits tonight 7 to 9. The Great Salt Lake is eight times saltier than the sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lula Willard
Martinsburg
W.va
Wheeling, W. Va
Willard
Prederick County
Oliver de Haven
Elizabeth Bohrer De‘Haven Brannon
First Evangelical United Brethren Church of
Edward William Willard
Allen B. Willard
Jesse Willard
Millersville
Lance Willard
Beltsville
Elizabeth Homer
Wheeling
Thelma Crawley
Washington
Margie Rne Alexandria
Jane Pierce
Falls Church
Ruthy
Obituaries In Winchester Memorial Hospital Died
Mrs. John W. Larrick aged 77 of Chambersville died in Winchester Memorial Hospital. She was born in Auburn Kentucky on August 12 1890 and married Feb 19 1914. Survivors include husband and six children with multiple grandchildren. Funeral services were held at Jones Funeral Home with burial at Mount Hebron Cemetery. Floyd R Finley Jr of East Pall Mall Street died in Winchester Memorial Hospital yesterday. He was born in Winchester and survived by wife Nancy and two sons Floyd II and Robert, three daughters Gloria Dendy Jean Carroll Jones and Patricia Capehart, plus fifteen grandchildren and several relatives. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with the body at Cartwright Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Nathaniel Lockley
Blackburn St
Berryville
Western State Hospital
Staunton
Clarke County
Josephine M. Lockley
Jean
Vanessa Lockley
Richard Lockley
John H. Enders
Larrick
Auburn
Samuel C
Nancy Ollive Price Hutcheson
John W. Larrick
Auburn, Ky
Round Hill Presbyterian Church
Women of the Church
Fort Loudoun
Ashley
Margaret) Brumback
Stephens City
Ferman
Mary Virginia) Duvall
Purcellville
Harold
Bunny) Adams
la Habra
California
Warren
Nancy) Whetzel
Winchester
John W
Jack) Larrick
W. Eugene Larrick
Virginia Hutcheson
Floyd R. Finley
Floyd R. Finley Jr
E. Pall Mall St
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Nancy Finley
Floyd R. Finley II
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Robert Finley
Viet Nam
Gloria Dendy
New Castle
Dela
Jean Carroll Jones
Patricia Capehart
Washington
Lawrence Finley
Pontiac
Mich
John E. Finley
Spokane
Wash
Frances Moten
Harrisburg, Penna
Sadie Washington
Lucile Massee
Ella Williams
Philadelphia
Mixed-Up Vacation of GI and Wife in Honolulu
In Honolulu a Marine Lance Cpl. Michael L. Harvold's planned August R and R trip was delayed by a unit clerical error in Vietnam. After Sen Henry M. Jackson intervened and $300 was raised by the Marines, Harvold and his wife finally reunited on the second flight. the wife expressed renewed affection as the couple kissed at the end of the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Lance Cpl
Michael L. Harvold
Harvold
Vietnam
U.S
Crish Harvord
Taipan
Duvall
Wash
Svein Gikje
Seattle Times
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Honlulu
2nd Atlantic Crossing Try Is Given Up
Captain William Willis, 74, reportedly gave up his second solo Atlantic crossing in a tiny sailboat. The Coast Guard said he was picked up by the Polish trawler Belona after last being seen Sept. 14, about 1,920 miles west of Europe. He had left Montauk Point June 30 for Plymouth, England in an 11 foot craft. Willis previously crossed the Pacific solo in 1964, sailing from Peru to Australia in 204 days.
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New York
Wiliam Willis
Atlantic
Coast Guard
Willis
Belona
Montauk Point
Long Island
Plymouth
England
Peru
Pacific
Australia
Woman Guilty of Manslaughter in Front Royal
In Warren County Court Mrs. Peggy Lynn Peacher twenty year old from Front Royal was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to six months in jail and a five hundred dollar fine for the August traffic death of Elizabeth Ratliff Martin eighteen. The car's occupants included Donna Ratliff fifteen and Ann Henry. Witnesses testified the four women drove around that afternoon and Peacher reportedly drank beer and wine.
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Front Royal
Warren County Court
Peggy Lynn Peacher
Ann Henry
Downs Shutdown Extends To Fifth Night At Shenandoah
Charles Town W Va Shenandoah Downs cancelled Friday’s first fall meet card as mutual employees continue a fifth night of stoppage. General Manager Robert G Leavitt cited the ongoing strike and the American Totalisator Company equipment as the main obstacle to opening the track. The Totalisator firm persisted in keeping workers from crossing the picket line.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Shenandoah Downs
Robert G. Leavitt
American Totalisator Company
Totalisator Company
Industrialist's Wife Is Slain in New Jersey Home
Dorothy Palmer, wife of H. Bruce Palmer president of the National Industrial Conference and former Mutual Benefit Life executive, was found slain in her Morristown area home. A housekeeper saw a man flee. maid alerted neighbors and police. Police scoured hills as residents were urged to lock doors. Palmer was reportedly ill. he was away on business.
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Morristown
N.J
H. Bruce Palmer
Dorothy Palmer
National Industrial Conference
New York
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co
Newark
Weather Today in Virginia Turns Cooler This Weekend
A Virginia forecast shows variable clouds and cooler air for today and Saturday with lows 35 to 40 and highs 50 to 60. Sunday remains fair and warmer with west to northwest winds 10 to 20 mph. The five day outlook through Wednesday runs below normal, with daytime highs 68 to 78 and nights 47 to 52, then a warming trend and chances of showers Monday or Tuesday.
Pope Opens Synod With Public Mass At St Peters
The Pope and 14 prelates concelebrated opening Mass as 200 bishops gathered for a month long synod in St Peters. The 70 year old leader, recently ill, appeared tired yet spoke firmly during the hour long service.
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Apostolic Palace
St. Peters’s
St. Peter’s Basilica
Death of Cecil Merritt in Winchester Hospital
Cecil Merritt of Stephens City died today at Winchester Memorial Hospital. He had worked for Novick Transfer Co. for 21 years. His widow is Cordelia Kelican. The body is at Jones Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Merritt
Stephens City
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Merritt
Novick Transfer Co
Cordelia Kelican
Also Mentioned on This Page
Winchester Evening Star
Presgraves Service
Frederick Richard Fiddler
Jones
Pauline H.larrick
Decil Merritt
James N. Lockley
Fiddler Service
Clearbrook
A.C. Yates
Butsler C. Welsh
Noble W.welsh
Henry B. Cline
Miller F. Owens
George G. Russell
Russell JC. Owens
Burnt Factory Methodist Cemetery
Comds Funeral Home
Loudoun Street
Tet Golem
Abes
Bernard F. Groves
Rose A. Hot
Edward Willard
Great Salt Lake
Pauline H. Larrick
Chambersville
Winchester Memorial Hos
Pital
Jones Funeral Home
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Cartwright Funeral Home
H. W. Ebert
Buick
H.W. Ebert
Loudoun St
U.S. Weather Bureau
New England
Middle Atlantic
Nevada
Central Plains
Mississippi Valley
Madison
New Vernon
New York City
Alaska
Tonlgass National Forest
Virginia
J. P. Sutter
John Adams
The
John Deere
JDCP
Lupton Equipment Company, Inc
Achester
Erviv
Farm Credit Associaion
Federal Land Bank Production Credit
Boscawen St
Pittspurg
N. Cameron St
ROE OC Re
Gig
Sihle
Fairlane
S.S
FORD
Corvair
WSWT
Chevrolet
Lamar Sloan
Valley Ave
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