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Ashtabula Star Beacon
Monday, April 27, 1953
Lakeville Girl Dies in Crash
Conneaut – Funeral services for Patricia Ann Meyers, 19,
East Lakeville, who was killed Saturday in a traffic accident near Oak Harbor,
will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Marcy Funeral Home here. Miss
Meyers, who was celebrating her 19th birthday Saturday, was enroute
to East Lakeville to visit her parents when
the two car accident occurred shortly after noon. She was a passenger in a
vehicle driven by Mrs. Charles Dunham, Port Clinton. She had been visiting with
the Dunhams for the past month.
Miss Meyers was born in Conneaut April 23, 1934 and attended
Rowe High School, Lakeville. She is survived
by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Meyers; four sisters, Mrs. Mildred Waxman,
Cleveland, Mrs. Georgia Roberts, Mrs. Caroline Mullen and Ruthann Meyers,
Conneaut; two brothers, Charles and John, Conneaut and a grandfather, Charles
Rought, Conneaut.
Rev. John P. Andrew, pastor of the Four
Square Gospel
Church and Rev. George Allen, pastor
of the Pentecostal
Holiness Church
at Conneaut will conduct the funeral services. Burial will be in East Lakeville
Cemetery. Calling hours
will be observed at the hospital tonight.
Ashtabula
Star Beacon
Monday, April 27, 1953
Death Claims H. R. Walker
Henry R. Walker, 44, died at his home, RD 4, Ashtabula township, Saturday noon of a heart attack.
Born in Ashtabula May 9,
1908, Mr. Walker was a partner in the Ace Parts Co of Ashtabula,
opening the business here in 1944 after running a similar enterprise in Cleveland. He was a
member of the Ashtabula Elks Lodge.
Mr. Walker is survived by his wife, Carol; two children,
Carol Marie and Henry Jr at home; three sisters, Mrs. Lois Martin of Bloomfield NJ, Mrs. Helen
Smith of Cleveland and Mrs. Adah Spang of Fairview Village
and a brother, Arthur Walker of Painesville.
Funeral services will be held in the Ducro Chapel Tuesday at
10:30 a.m. with Rev. Robert George, rector of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church,
officiating. Interment will be in Riverside
Cemetery, Cleveland. Friends may call at the chapel
from 7 to 9 tonight.
Ashtabula
Star Beacon
Monday April 27, 1953
2 Children, Woman Killed in Wreck
Car, Truck Collide on Rt. 20
Two Geneva children and a Cleveland woman were
killed instantly Saturday at 4:20 p.m. when a pickup truck and an automobile
collided on Rt. 20 just east of the Rt. 45 intersection in Saybrook, investigating
highway patrolmen said. Two other persons were seriously injured and a third
was reported in “fair” condition at General
Hospital today.
Pronounced dead on arrival at General
Hospital were Jerry Lee Polkow, 2, his
brother, Mark Raymond Polkow, 11 months, both of Geneva
and Mrs. Alene Hendren, 54, Cleveland.
Mrs. Gordon Polkow, 24, and another son, Earl, 4 both were
on the danger list at the hospital today. William C. Hendren, 54, husband of
the dead woman, was reported in “fair” condition.
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3 pictures of the accident on the front page.)
Conneaut
News Herald
Saturday, Sept 4, 1954
John Neal, 66, Kingsville,
Dies
John J. Neal, 66, of Kingsville,
died at his winter home, Englewood Fl, Friday evening following a heart attack.
Mr. Neal had been in apparent good health up to the time of his death.
Born in Conneaut, he had been a resident of this vicinity
most of his life. He was retired from the Sate Highway Dept. He is survived by
his wife, Sarah, of Kingsville; a son, Richard,
Punta Gorda FL; two brothers, Harry of Cleveland and
Fred of Shield ND and seven grandchildren. Two sons, Robert and Kenneth, were
killed in World War II.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Kingsville
Presbyterian Church, Rev. John Eakin, pastor of the church officiating. Burial
will be in Lulu Falls
Cemetery, Kingsville. Friends may call at the Thompson
Funeral Home from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday.
Conneaut News Herald
Saturday, Sept 4, 1954
Howells’ Nephew, Ex-Ashtabulan, Dies
Hudson OH
– William Dean Howells II, nephew of the famed New England
author and former editor of Harper’s Magazine, died Friday at his home here. He
was 97. Howells was a member of a five-generation newspaper family. He was the
former editor of the Ashtabula Sentinel, founded by his grandfather.
Conneaut News Herald
Saturday, Sept 4, 1954
Dan E. Porter Dies at Age 86
Dan E. Porter, 86, of 367 Monroe St. died at 4 p.m. Friday at Brown Memorial
Hospital of a heart
condition. He had been in failing health since May.
<>Mr. Porter was born May 14, 1868 in McKean PA. His mother,
Ann E Lyze Hatch, was a niece of John Brown of Civil War fame. Mr. Porter moved
to Conneaut from Erie 43 years ago. He was an employee of the Nickel Plate
Railroad for many years and had been custodian of the First Methodist
Church. He was a member
of the Lone Star Grange, of which he was past master, Pomona Grange and State
Grange.
Survivors are two sons, Leonard Porter, 556 Main St and
Marshall Porter, Westfield NY; a step-daughter, Mrs. Will Myers, Oil City, PA;
three step-sons, Edwin Osborne, Carcoran CA, Harry Osborne, 164 W Main St, and
Clayton Osborne, North East PA; nine grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Marcy Funeral Home, Rev.
Ralph Gray of the First Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in McKean Cemetery,
McKean PA. Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Monday.
Conneaut News Herald
Monday, Oct 4, 1954
Mrs. Hanna Purola, Ex-Resident, Dies
Mrs. Hanna Purola, 80, died at 10 a.m. today at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Arvo Mackynen, 1329
Lake Ave, Ashtabula.
She had been in failing health for the last three months.
Surviving are two sons, August Purola, Conneaut and John Purola,
Ashtabula; three daughters, Mrs. Mackynen, Mrs.
Victor Kotila, Ashtabula, and Mrs. Vincent Bush,
Ashtabula. She
also has a sister in Finland
and seven grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Her husband, John, preceded
her in death five years ago.
Mrs. Purola was born Dec. 17, 1873 in Soini, Vaasan Laani, Finland.
She has been in the United
States the past 54 years. She moved to Ashtabula from Conneaut
in 1917. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Potti Funeral
Home in Ashtabula.
Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. Rev. David Halttunen, pastor of the
Bethany Lutheran Church of Ashtabula will officiate. She was a member of the
church. Interment will be in the family lot at the Center Cemetery
here.
Conneaut News Herald
Oct. 29, 1954
Rites Monday for Bernie Barringer
Funeral services for Bernie B. Barringer, 74, former
Conneaut resident who died Wednesday in Edgewater FL will be conducted at 2
p.m. Monday at the Marcy Funeral Home. Rev. Ralph Gray, of the First Methodist
Church, will officiate.
Burial will be in Center
Cemetery. Calling hours
will be observed at the funeral home Sunday afternoon and evening.
Ashtabula Star Beacon
Monday,
Aug 9, 1954
Wreck Kills Woman
Mrs. Harry Wilkinson, 63, North Ridge West, died Sunday
night as the result of an automobile accident in Cleveland. Her husband, who was driving, was
injured slightly and a sister, Mrs. Mabel Thomas of Cleveland
was in Glenville Hospital with a possible skull fracture.
Mrs. Wilkinson was pronounced dead on arrival at Euclid Glenville
Hospital. She was thrown
from the car by the impact of the accident which occurred shortly before 10
p.m. at E 161st St
and Grovewood Ave.
Her legs were pinned under the car. William Smith, 16, Cleveland, a passenger
in the other car involved was in the hospital with head and face lacerations.
Driver of the second car, Henry Glivar, 23, Cleveland, was uninjured. He was held by
police on an open charge.
Police said the Wilkerson car was proceeding west on Grovewood Ave and
the Glivar car south on E. 161st St when
they collided at the intersection. The impact forced the Wilkinson car into the
side of a grocery store. Mrs. Wilkinson’s death was the 56th in Cleveland traffic this
year compared with 65 at the same date in 1953. Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson and Mrs.
Thomas were traveling to Cleveland
after spending the weekend in Saybrook. Mr. Wilkinson had been assisting his
son, Dwight, of Cleveland
in the operation of a business. Mr. Wilkinson formerly operated a grocery at
Saybrook.
Mrs. Wilkinson was a member of Saybrook Methodist
Church and was an active
worker in church groups. She was born in Ashtabula.
In 1914 she was married to Mr. Wilkinson. She is survived by her husband, two
sisters, Mrs. Thomas of Cleveland and Mrs.
Dortha Dodge of Ashtabula,
and her son, Dwight, and two grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending at
Ducro Funeral Chapel.
Conneaut
News Herald
Saturday, Aug 14, 1954
County
Girl, 3 ½ , Dies of Rare Paratyphoid
Cherry Valley – Christine Longenecker, 3 ½
, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry G. Longenecker, Ninety Rd, died today at Cleveland University Hospital
where she was taken several weeks ago suffering with the rare paratyphoid. She
had entered Ashtabula General Hospital July 7. This was the first case of
paratyphoid registered in Ashtabula
County this year.
A sister of the dead girl, Lisa, 15 months old is suffering
with the disease also. Surviving besides her parents and sister, Lisa, is
another sister, Janet. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Utterback
Funeral Home, Jefferson.
Conneaut News Herald
Monday, Aug 30, 1954
C. D. Utterback, Former Jefferson
Mayor, Dies at 70
Jefferson – Rites will be
held Tuesday for Clay D. Utterback, 70, a prominent figure in civic life here
and a former village mayor, who died at 6:50 a.m. Saturday at his home. He had
been in ill health for several months.
A funeral director, Mr. Utterback had operated the Utterback
Funeral Home. He had served several terms as mayor, declining to run for
reelection in 1949. He was a member of the Jefferson Exchange Club, the BPO
Elks, Lodge 208, at Ashtabula,
and of the Masonic Blue Lodge, chapter, commandery and consistory.
<>Surviving are his wife, at home; three half-sisters, Mrs.
Mary Eldred, Denmark, Mrs.
Robert Stowers, Austinburg and Mrs. Daniel Ray, Ashtabula; two half-brothers, Leonard
Utterback, Jefferson and George Utterback, and a number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Utterback Funeral Home,
Rev. Harold Willman, Jefferson Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in
Oakdale Cemetery. Friends may call this
afternoon and evening at the funeral home.
Ashtabula Star Beacon
Monday, Sept 27, 1954
Driver Fatally Hurt As Car Hits Bridge
Ashtabula County’s traffic fatality toll for 1954 moved to
16 this weekend as a Sheffield motorist died at General Hospital from injuries
received when his car struck a bridge on Gageville Rd, 2 ½ miles west of Rt.
90. According to the State Highway Patrol, Jay C. Bennett, 27, of Sheffield, was driving east on the Gageville Rd. when his car struck a
bridge at 3 a.m. Sunday. The car turned over, the patrol reported. The patrol
said Mr. Bennett was treated at General
Hospital for multiple
lacerations of the head, a skull fracture and possible brain lacerations. He
died at 3:35 p.m. Sunday, about 12 hours after the mishap. There were 30
traffic fatalities in the county at this time last year.
Mr. Bennett was born on Aug. 12, 1927, and had been a
resident of Sheffield his entire life. He was
a member of the Gageville MethodistChurch,
and the Sheffield and Pomona Granges. He had
been active in the National Guard for three years and served three years in the
Air Force.
Survivors include two sons, James and Dale, at home; his
father, W. Dee Bennett, Madison; his mother, Mrs. Minnie Bennett, Sheffield;
two sisters, Miss Laura Stevens and Mrs. Walter Onion, both of Sheffield, and
three brothers, Harland, North Kingsville; Jim, Warren and Glenn, Kinsman.
Funeral services will be conducted at Gageville Methodist church at 2 p.m.
Wednesday with Rev. Lynn Savell, pastor of the church, officiating. Burial will
be in Gageville Cemetery with the Cowle Post, Conneaut, unit of the American Legion conducting graveside services.
Friends may call at the Thompson …
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Ashtabula
Star Beacon
Monday, Sept. 27, 1954
Jefferson Boy, 8, Dies of
Injuries in Farm Accident
William Howard Laylin, 8, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Laylin, Rt 307, east of Jefferson, died at 12:30 a.m. today in Ashtabula General Hospital of injuries received when he
was run over by a manure spreader on his parents’ farm Aug. 30. According to
the family, William lost his balance while riding on the spreader and was run
over when he fell to the ground. He had been under treatment in the hospital
since the accident. William would have been a fourth grader at Jefferson Elementary School this year. He was born
Nov. 1, 1945 at General
Hospital. He was a member
of the First Methodist Sunday School and the Cub Scouts at Jefferson.
Surviving, besides his parents, are two sisters, Shirley, 10
and Martha, 5; two brothers, David, 6, and Edward Ray, 2, all at home and his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Laylin, Ashtabula and Mr. and Mrs. Don March,
Jefferson. Private funeral services for members of the immediate family will be
held in the Miller Funeral Home at Jefferson.
There will be no calling hours. The family request that flowers be omitted.
Burial will be in Oakdale Cemetery, Jefferson.
Ashtabula
Star Beacon
Monday, Oct 4, 1954
S. E. Thompson, Printer, Dies
Samuel E. Thompson, 73, of 110 W. 44th St. who operated
the PDQ Print Shop here since 1929, died at 5:55 p.m. Sunday in General
Hospital after a cerebral hemorrhage suffered in the morning.
He was born April 21, 1881, in Franklin IN and lived in Ashtabula 39 years. From
1916 to 1920, he was in charge of the commercial department at Ashtabula High School. Later he was a printing
salesman, establishing his own shop in 1923 as a result of his experiences in
the business.
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to page 1)
Ashtabula
Star Beacon
Monday, Oct. 4, 1954
Head of Bank, Woodard Dies
Andover – Francis A Woodard,
76, president of Andover Bank, died at 10 a.m. today at Syracuse NY.
He had been ill for approximately six weeks and had gone to NY to be near his
daughter, Mrs. Norma Cady.
A lifelong resident of Andover,
Mr. Woodard was honored last year for service as superintendent of the Methodist Church School
for 50 years. Mr. Woodard had taught in the church school since 1903. He was
principal of Andover High School for one year and left to teach at North Kingsville
School. He returned to Andover in 1902 as
assistant cashier at the bank. He was named president in 1942. Mr. Woodard was
graduated from New Lyme Institute in 1901 after attending Grand River Academy
for several years. Funeral arrangements are pending at Baumgardner Funeral
Home.
Ashtabula
Star Beacon
Monday, Nov. 8, 1954
Nellie Gray, Teacher, Dies
Miss Nellie Gray, 4418
Valley View Blvd, a retired teacher of Ashtabula
City Schools, died Sunday at 2:35 p.m. in General Hospital after an illness of
several months.
She was born in Geneva but
had lived most of her life in Ashtabula.
For many years she taught in Park
Junior High School. She
is survived by a cousin, Eugene Williams, of Ashtabula. Graveside services will be
conducted by Rev. Robert George of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church at Edgewood Cemetery Wednesday at 10 a.m. At Miss
Gray’s request there will be no calling hours and flowers will be omitted.
Ducro Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Conneaut News Herald
Saturday, Nov. 6, 1954
O. V. Woodbury, 70, Ex-Resident, Dies
O. Vern Woodbury, 70, Parkway Extension, East Liverpool, died at Cleveland Clinic
Friday following a brief illness.
Mr. Woodbury was born in Conneaut and lived here and in Warren most of his life before moving to East Liverpool seven years ago. He was a
building contractor by trade.
Surviving are his wife, Frances, and a daughter, Mrs. Emil
G. Domonick, both of East Liverpool.
Funeral services will be at the Dawson Funeral Home, 215 W. 5th St, East
Liverpool, at 2 p.m. Monday. Rev. C. Victor Scott,
pastor of the Emanual Presbyterian Church in East Liverpool, will officiate. Burial will
be in East Liverpool.
Friends may call at the funeral home anytime Sunday.
Ashtabula Star Beacon
Monday, July 6, 1953
Death Claims Williamsfield’s “Girl in Window”
Williamsfield – Youngsters riding the Pymatuning Lake Rd school bus to Williamsfield School will be missing a familiar face
when they return to their daily ride in the fall.
Little Donna Marie Smith, 9, will no longer wave to them
from her front window as they go to and from school. Little Donna died
Saturday.
The pretty youngster, crippled since birth and unable to
attend school herself, waited each morning and evening for the bus to come by
and waved energetically to the more fortunate children who were able to do the
one thing she wanted to do more than anything else. She had a longing to go to
school like the other children. But not being able to she made the most of it
and complained little, if at all, to her aunt, Mrs. Alpha Moreland, with whom
she lived. Donna settled for a chance to wave to the others as they, perhaps
reluctantly, went to classes daily. Just before school was out in May, the
children riding the bus gave a party for the little girl. (cont
on pg 2-I only had access to page 1).
Conneaut News Herald
Monday July 6, 1953
Geneva
Wife Killed
The county’s third traffic fatality this month was Mrs. Mary
Lou Cheney, 18, Geneva, who was killed Saturday
evening in a car involved in a collision at Mars and New London Rds, northeast
of Geneva. She
was a passenger in a car driven by her husband, Richard Cheney, 20. The Cheney
car was traveling north on Mars Rd and a car driven by Thomas McBride, 23, of
Lakewood was going west on New London Rd. The McBride car was reported to have
failed to halt for the intersection stop sign. Considerable damage was reported
to both vehicles. Cheney suffered minor cuts and bruises and McBride received
lacerations of the shoulder. Helen MacMillan, Lakewood, 19, a passenger in the McBride car,
received lacerations of the face. Mrs. Cheney died of a fractured skull and
fractured back at Geneva
Hospital where she was
taken after the accident.
Driver Charged
McBride was released today on a $1,000 bond at Jefferson after being charged with second degree
manslaughter. He was bound over to the grand jury from the Geneva Mayor’s
court.
Mrs. Cheney was born Dec. 2, 1934 in Cleveland
and had lived in Geneva
the past seven years. She was employed by the White Motors in Cleveland. She graduated from Spencer High School in 1952. She was a member of
the Geneva Assumption Church.
Mrs. Cheney is survived by her husband, Pvt. Richard Cheney,
Fort Knox KY, to whom she was married Aug 16, 1952, her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Krapf, two brothers, John and Edward Krapf and a sister, Barbara Krapf,
all of Geneva, and her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Dowali, Cleveland.
Funeral services will be at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the Geneva Assumption
Church with Rev. Fr. John
C. Rath in charge. Burial will be in Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery,
Geneva. Friends
may call at the Landon Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon and evening.
Conneaut News Herald
Monday, July 6, 1953
Mrs. Ida Bisbee Dies at Age 72
Mrs. Ida North Bisbee, 72, of 371 Mill St died at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Longview Hospital,
Kingsville.
Death was caused by coronary occlusion. She was the only child of the late
Isaac B. and Mary Sheldon North. She was born Dec. 26, 1880 in Spring Township,
Crawford County PA.
After finishing Conneautville
High School in 1900 she
taught school for three years. She married Fred Rundell, of Rundells PA in
1903. He died in September of the same year. In 1924 she married Garfield
Bisbee, an engineer with the Nickel Plate Railroad, who died in 1937. Mrs.
Bisbee was a member of the First
Baptist Church
in Conneaut, the GIA and the Kingsville Townsend Club.
She is survived by seven stepchildren, Mrs. Marshall
(Lillian) Weck, Raymond Bisbee, Gordon Bisbee, Fredrick
Bisbee, all of Cleveland, Mrs. Frank (Ruth)
Babcock, Ashtabula, Mrs. Harry (Marion)
Cline and Mrs. Robert (Alice)
Koons, Conneaut. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Marcy
Funeral Home with Rev. W. E. Hayden, of the First Baptist Church, officiating.
Burial will be in East
Lakeville Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home this evening.
Conneaut News Herald
Monday, July 6, 1953
Mrs. Louise Olson, 78, Dies
Mrs. Louise Olson, 78, of 712 Maple Ave, died at 5 a.m. Saturday at
Brown Memorial Hospital.
She had been in failing health for more than a year. She was born September 14,
1874 in Erie
and had spent her early life there, later coming to Conneaut. Mrs. Olson is
survived by a daughter, Mrs. Lloyd Heath, Ashtabula, two grandchildren, sister,
Mrs. Ralph Boyd, Erie; four brothers, Frank Schwartzler and William
Schwartzler, both of Erie, George Schwartzler, Chicago, and Charles
Schwartzler, California. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ben, in
1944. Funeral services will be at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Marcy Funeral Home
with Rev. Richard Kline, of the United Congregational Christian Church,
officiating. Burial will be in Glenwood
Cemetery. Friends may
call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 tonight.
Conneaut News Herald
Monday, July 20, 1953
Denmark
Man Dies of Injuries
Reuben Hayes, 28, Denmark,
became Ashtabula County’s
20th traffic fatality of 1953 when he died in Ashtabula General Hospital
at 9:05 p.m. Saturday of injuries received in an automobile accident Thursday
afternoon. The traffic death toll at this time last year stood at 18. Seven
other persons were injured in accidents in the county over the weekend.
Hayes was injured Thursday at 2:45 p.m. while driving to
work at the Lake City Malleable Co in Ashtabula.
His car went out of control near Brown
Rd and March Rd east of Jefferson, and rolled
over several times, throwing him to the ground. There were no passengers in his
car, according to sheriff’s deputies who investigated the accident.
Born in Duncan, Miss, Sept
26, 1924, he had lived in Denmark
the past year. He was a member of the New
Macedonia Baptist
Church, Memphis TN.
He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Sally Hayes, Denmark; four sisters, Mrs.
Arletha Calvin, Memphis, Mrs. Allene Campbell, Chicago, Mrs. Ersie V. Wilson,
Cleveland, Mrs. Mae E. Johnson, Memphis; three brothers, George, Robinsville
Miss., Benny , Arlington TN and William, Denmark. Funeral arrangements are
being made at the Miller Funeral Home, Jefferson and are pending the arrival of
Mrs. Hayes who has been visiting in Memphis.
Ashtabula
Star Beacon
Monday, July 20, 1953
Jefferson Baby Boy Smothers
Jefferson – Gene Stanley
Wludyga, four months, Jefferson, died at 6 this morning when he was smothered
accidentally by a blanket in his crib. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Steven
Wludyga, 123 N. Chestnut St.
The infant was born in Ashtabula General Hospital March 18. Besides his
parents, he is survived by two sisters, Quinne and Stephanie; a brother,
Rickie; his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Davis of Ashtabula, and the paternal grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Stanley Wludyga of Jefferson. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m.
Wednesday at the Miller Funeral Home with Rev. Gerald L. Kenealy OMI of St Joseph Calasanctius Church
in charge. Burial will be in Oakdale
Cemetery. No calling
hours will be observed.
Conneaut
News Herald
Saturday, Feb. 19, 1955
Apartment Blaze Kills John Kiester
Ashtabula
– John A. Kiester, 83, a retired electrician, died early this morning in a fire
which swept his side of a two-apartment home on Grove Dr. An overheated furnace was the
cause, according to city firemen who were called to the home at 3:40 a.m.
today. Firemen, who reported that intense heat was created by the blaze, found
Mr. Kiester’s body near a doorway in the first floor front room of his apartment.
Asleep on Couch
Mr. Kiester apparently had been asleep on a front room couch
and upon discovering the fire attempted to reach the doorway to the dining room
before being overcome by smoke. Coroner C. C. roller this morning ruled Mr.
Kiester’s death was due to suffocation, with his entire body surface being
burned. His granddaughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Merlin Mead, who occupy a
rear apartment of the home escaped safely, firemen
reported.
Flames Spread
Firemen said the fire spread from the basement to the dining
room floor and worked its way up to the attic before they were called. Flames
were coming out the windows of the frame dwelling when they arrived on the
scene, they said.
Mr. Kiester was a retired employee of the CEI. He was born
in Cherry Valley, July 4, 1871, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Elijah Kiester. He lived all of his life in the county and resided in Ashtabula for 52 years. A
member of the First Christian Church, he was also active in the Moose. Funeral
services will be Monday at 1 p.m. in the Earle Richmond funeral Home. Burial
will be in the family lot in Chestnut
Grove Cemetery.
There will be no calling hours.
Conneaut News Herald
Saturday, Feb. 19, 1955
Miss Mary Tyler Dies at Age 87
Miss Mary B. Tyler, 87, formerly of Conneaut, died Friday at
her home at Vero Beach Fl. She is survived by her sister, Edna, of Vero Beach, and two
nephews, Hal B. Tyler and John Albert Tyler of Conneaut. She was a sister of
the late Dick Tyler. A short prayer service will be held at her Vero Beach home Sunday at 3 p.m. Burial will be at Vero Beach. It is
requested that no flowers be sent.
Ashtabula Star Beacon
Monday, April 13, 1953
Marine Pfc. Dunham Killed in Korea Fighting
Marine Pfc. Donald E. Dunham, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer
S. Dunham of RD 2, Conneaut, was killed in action in Korea on April 8, several days
after being moved into the front lines, according to word received by his
parents. His father, who is employed at Main Ave Pontiac Sales here, said the
parents had received a letter from their son dated March 30, in which he had
said his outfit was “moving”. They took for granted this meant he was going up
to the front, Mr. Dunham said.
A 1952 graduate of Kingsville
High School, Pfc. Dunham joined the
marines last May and received his basic training at Parris Island SC.
He went to Camp Pendleton Calif. for advanced training and from there
was sent overseas. He was an …
(cont on pg 2-I only had access to
page 1) a picture of Pfc. Dunham is on the front page.
Note from submitter: The Conneaut News Herald, April 13,
1953, also had an article about Pfc. Dunham. Follows is what was not included
on pg 1 of the Star Beacon item;
Survivors besides his parents are a brother, Corp. Henry G. Dunham,
Camp Polk La; another brother, George and three sisters, Mary Frances, Patricia
and Carol.. A Solemn Requiem High Mass will be offered
at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary’s Church to be followed by memorial graveside
services at St. Joseph’s
Cemetery. Celebrant of the mass will be Rev. James Stevenson, pastor. He will
be assisted by Rev. Patrick Dempster as deacon and Rev. Orlando Rich as
sub-deacon.
Ashtabula Star Beacon
Monday, April 13, 1953
Triplets-
Hospital’s First- Born to
Gouhin Couple
Twin births at General
Hospital are noteworthy but not
unusual, and so it is today that General
Hospital points with
pride to its first triplet birth on record as the arrival of three daughters,
Sunday afternoon to Mr. and Mrs. John Gouhin, South Ridge West. The three
little girls, known at the hospital as Baby A, Baby B, and Baby C, (choosing
three names requires thought) were born at 12:56 p.m. 1:02 p.m. and 1:06 p.m.
Baby A weighed six pounds 8 ¼ ounces; Baby B five pounds 14 ¼ ounces and Baby C
five pounds 11 ounces. All three babies and their mother were reported this
morning to be “Doing fine”.
Records at the hospital and hospital attaches of many years
standing agree that this is the first triplet birth on record there. Mrs.
Gouhin, the former Joanne Dye, is the daughter of Walter Dye, 236 Marion Dr. and
the granddaughter of William L. Dye, 84, 2114 E. 42nd St.
Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. John Gouhin, 1305 Perryville Pl. The new parents also
have a son, John Gouhin III.
Mr. and Mrs. Frederic W. Hogues’ triplets, Penny, Richard,
and John, are associated with Ashtabula although
they were born in Cleveland
eight years ago next October. The babies’ first trip out of the hospital was
here as the family returned to Ashtabula
to live at the Country Club. The Hogues resided at Chagrin
Falls for a year prior to locating
recently at Fort Myers FL. Mrs. W. J. Kunkle, also in Florida and Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Hogue, 4502 Wagner Ave.
are the grandparents of the Hogue triplets.
Conneaut News Herald
Saturday, Feb. 5, 1955
Richard Kuhn, 11, Dies of Leukemia
Richard (Dickie) Kuhn, 11, of 572 West Main Rd, died at Hamot Hospital,
Erie PA
at 5:45 p.m. Friday. Dickie, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Kuhn, had been in the
hospital five weeks, a victim of leukemia. He was in the sixth grade at Amboy School
and a member of the Amboy Methodist Church Boy Scout Troop 38.
In addition to his parents, survivors include his brother,
James; grandmothers, Mrs. Clarence Kuhn, Lakeville, and Mrs. Pearl Hancock, Jamestown, NY.
Services will be at 4 p.m. Monday at the Marcy Funeral Home with Rev. Ralph
Gray, of the Amboy Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in East Lakeville
Cemetery. Friends may
call at the funeral home Sunday afternoon and evening.
Conneaut News Herald
Saturday, Feb. 5, 1955
C. A. Aylesworth Dies at Age 55
Charles A. Aylesworth, 55, Old Albion Rd, West Springfield,
died at the Hakola Rest Home at 2:35 p.m. Friday. Mr. Aylesworth had been in
failing health for a number of years. Mr. Aylesworth came to Conneaut in 1946
when he transferred here from Youngstown
with the Astatic Corp. He became traffic manager at the Astatic Corp. Dec. 9,
1949.
He is survived by his wife, Charlottte; three daughters,
Mrs. William Sherman, Bristol, Conn,
Mrs. Carl Biscott, Albion PA and Mrs. Arthur Eisweirth, Conneaut; mother, Mrs.
Elizabeth Aylesworth, Fairview
PA; and seven grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Marcy Funeral Home with Rev.
Ralph Gray, of the Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the
funeral home Sunday afternoon and evening.
Conneaut News Herald
Saturday, Feb. 5, 1955
Gageville Resident Dies of Exposure
Gageville – An 86 year old man was pronounced dead of
exposure here Friday by County Coroner Dr. C. C. Roller, Anthony Kramer,
Gageville Rd, was found lying behind his home by Martin Phillips, a neighbor,
at 12:43 p.m. Friday. Sheriff’s deputies said Mr. Kramer,
apparently fell and was knocked unconscious. Neighbors said they had not
seen him since Wednesday.
Mr. Kramer is survived by a daughter, Mrs. H. A. Duffin, Willoughby.
Conneaut News Herald
Saturday, Feb. 12, 1955
Mrs. William B. Pierce, 80, Dies
Mrs. William B. Pierce, 80, died at 12:30 p.m. Friday at the
Springboro PA home of her daughter, Mrs. Roy Carr. Mrs. Pierce, a resident of
Pierpont for 45 years before she moved to Springboro 11 years ago, had been in
failing health for several months.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1947. Survivors
include her daughter, Mrs. Carr; son, Woodrow Pierce, Springboro; two sisters,
Mrs. Jesse Dinsmore, Wellsville, and Mrs. Minta Jarrett, Charleston,
WV; brother, Earl Betz, Charleston WV;
seven grand children; 13 grant-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Water-Childs Funeral Home in
Pierpont with Rev. Willard Marsteller of Springboro officiating. Burial will be
in Evergreen Cemetery, in Pierpont. Friends may call
at the funeral home Sunday afternoon and evening.
Conneaut
News Herald
Monday, July 26, 1954
Mrs. Mildred Barber, 82, Dies
Mrs. Mildred Barber, 82, was found dead Saturday at her
home, 477 Liberty St.
Death was caused by a cerebral hemorrhage.
Mrs. Barber was born in Saybrook and lived in West Virginia for 10
years before moving to Conneaut in 1917. She was preceded in death by her
husband, Reuben, in 1931. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Frank Miller, and
Miss Anna Baldwin, both of Ashtabula;
a daughter, Mrs. Bertha Oyer ; and four grandchildren,
all of Adrian MI. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Marcy
Funeral Home. Rev. Richard Kline, of the United Congregational Christian
Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Saybrook Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home this evening.
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