George F. Cahill, 66, Inventor, Dies Here
Devised Floodlight Projector That Made Night Sports Events Possible
George F. Cahill, inventor of the floodlight projector bearing his name, thereby making night athletic events possible, died of a heart attack on Sunday at his residence, 316 West Eighty-fourth Street. He was in his sixty-seventh year.
Mr. Cahill’s device, known as the Cahill glareless duplex floodlight projector, is widely used all over the United States as well as in England and several other foreign countries to light athletic fields, indoor arenas and other extensive areas.
The Lewisohn Stadium, the Yankee Stadium, the Polo Grounds, Madison Square Garden and the Seventh Regiment Armory, all use his projectors.
In addition, the Cahill projector is used at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh; Griffith Stadium, Washington, D. C.; Wembley Stadium, London, and at Annapolis, West Point, Norte Dame, Dartmouth, Columbia athletic fields and those of scores of other colleges.
The firm of Cahill Brothers, floodlight manufacturers, at 519 West Forty-fifth Street, was founded by Mr. Cahill as senior partner, his two brothers, Arthur T. Cahill and the late Dr. Thaddeus Cahill, scientist and inventor.
A son of the late Dr. Timothy Cahill and Ellen Harrington Cahill, he was born in Van Buren County, Ohio. He attended Oberlin College for a time and studied law at George Washington University. He came to New York in 1911.
Mr. Cahill never married. Besides his brother, he is survived by two sisters, the Misses Margaret and Eleanor Cahill, and a niece, Miss Margaret Eleanor Cahill.
Funeral services will be held for him at 8:30 tonight at his late residence. The Rev. Dr. A. A. Berle, a retired Congregational minister, will officiate.
The New York Times, New York, N.Y., Tuesday, October 15, 1935, p. 23.

Thaddeus Cahill, Inventor, 66, Dies
Beginning as a Lawyer, He Turned to Electrical and Scientific Study
Had Laboratory Here
Devised Electric Typewriter and Telharmonium for Sending Music by Telephone
Thaddeus Cahill, who invented an electrical typewriter and the device for producing music electrically, known as the telharmonium, died suddenly at 10 o’clock yesterday morning of a heart attack at his home, 316 West Eighty-fourth Street. He was 66 years old. A bachelor, he is survived by two brothers, George F. and Arthur T. Cahill, and two sisters, the Misses Margaret and Eleanor Cahill, all of this city.
Dr. Cahill (he received the degree of D. C. L. from George Washington University in 1900) was born in Mount Zion, Iowa. After attending Oberlin (Ohio) High School [where he graduated in 1884] and Oberlin Academy, he studied law at Columbian, now George Washington, University in Washington and received his LL. B. in 1892.
After but a brief experience at the bar he devoted himself to scientific research, chiefly in connection with various new applications of electricity. The New International Encyclopedia states that Dr. Cahill “devised the electric typewriter, but his most notable achievement was the invention of a process of producing music electrically by means of alternators or dynamos transmitting vibrations from a central station to receiving telephones. A company was organized to exploit the invention, but was unable to do so with success.”
The same authority says of the telharmonium:
“The keyboard is similar to that of an organ; the keys operate switches so as to bring the several alternators into action on the lines or mains as required. The notes produced are of remarkable purity, being surpassed only by that of a good string. The performer has absolute control over the notes, both as to expression and timbre; he can produce at will the note of practically any instrument, and even notes of an entirely new quality. Since any number of receivers can be connected to a single keyboard, it is possible for a single performer to be heard in practically any number of places at one time, and a distribution system was planned whereby music could be transmitted to a large number of subscribers.”
In 1902 Dr. Cahill moved his laboratory from Washington to Holyoke, Mass., and in 1911 he established it in this city and became president of the New York Cahill Telharmonic Company. The city granted him a franchise to put wires in the streets, and he and his family invested several hundred thousand dollars in the construction of a plant at 535 West Fifty-sixth Street. In 1912 musicians playing there on electrical keyboards were heard by audiences in Carnegie Hall, elsewhere in New York, and in Boston, Springfield, Baltimore, Washington, and other cities.
The New York Times, New York, N.Y., Friday, April 13, 1934, p. 19.

Funeral service is held for Mary Alice Cain, 19
Miss Mary Alice Cain, 19, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cain, 185 Grafton, was fatally injured in an automobile accident in southern Ohio Sunday. She was pronounced dead on arrival at Fayette Memorial Hospital in Washington Courthouse.
Funeral service was held yesterday morning at the Cowling Funeral Home with Rev. Fred Steen officiating. Burial was in Westwood Cemetery.
Miss Cain, born in Oberlin, would have been 20 on Nov. 20. She graduated from Oberlin High School in 1966 [1967] and for the past year had been working as a secretary in Chillicothe. She was a member of Girls Assembly of Mt. Zion Baptist Church.
Besides her parents she is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Troya Valentine of Chillicothe and Carol Lucinda, at home; three brothers, James of Chillicothe, Donald and Karl Michael, at home; maternal grandmother, Mrs. Muriel Brown of Chillicothe and paternal grandmother, Mrs. Alice Lindsay of Oberlin; and a great-grandmother, Mrs. Lola Cain of Paulding.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, October 24, 1968, p. 3.

Richard M. Cain dies at age 63
Richard Meredith Cain, 63, of Rocky River, brother of Doris (Mrs. Walter) Gorske of Oberlin, died Sunday evening at Fairview Park General Hospital. He had been in poor health for the past six months.
Born in Oberlin he had lived in the area most of his life [and was a 1936 graduate of OHS]. He was a member of Pipefitters and Welders Union, No. 42; Oberlin Lodge No. 380, F & AM; and was a World War II veteran in the Army Corps of Engineers.
He is also survived by his wife, Shirley.
Masonic services in the Cowling Funeral Home were held Tuesday evening, followed by graveside services in Westwood Cemetery on Wednesday morning. The Rev. Stanley Cole officiated.
Memorial contributions, if desired, may be made to the American Heart Association.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, July 22, 1982, p. 2.

Shirley Cain
Shirley Napp Cair of Largo, Fla., formerly of Oberlin, died Monday, Jan. 3, 2005, at Overdon Fla. She was 85.
Born Nov. 25, 1919, in Elyria, she lived in Oberlin many years before moving to Florida [and was a 1937 graduate of OHS].
She worked as a hairdresser for Professional Hair Care in Oberlin.
Mrs. Cain was preceded in death by here husband, Richard M. Cain; and parents, Edwin Napp and Margaret Monhall.
Private graveside services were held at Westwood Cemetery. Cowling Funeral Home handled local arrangements.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Tuesday, January 11, 2005.

Miss Mary Cairns
Miss Mary Catherine Cairns, daughter of Professor W. D. Cairns, died on Friday, September 2, at the Green Springs Sanitarium. [She was a 1923 graduate of OHS.] She had been ill for the past ten years. After cremation, memorial services will be held at the home on North Park street at three o’clock this (Friday) afternoon.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Friday, September 9, 1938, p. 5.

Esther C. Calkins
Funeral services for Esther C. Calkins, 69, of 1012 Valley Blvd., will be Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at the Harold Dicken Funeral Home. The Rev. Kenneth E. Nelson, pastor at the Camden Baptist Church, will officiate.
Miss Calkins died yesterday at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Avon after an illness of two years.
Born in Camden Township on Nov. 14, 1899, she [graduated and from OHS in 1917 and] was a Canton public school teacher for 42 years. She retired this past February.
Miss Calkins was a member of the Camden Baptist Church and the Tri-Rosis of Canton.
One niece Mrs. Raymond C. (Marilyn) Hammerle, Elyria, survives.
Friends will be received at the funeral home tomorrow from 7 to 9 p.m. where the casket will remain closed.
Burial will be in Camden Cemetery.
The family requests that memorial contributes be sent to the Lorain County Cancer Society.
The Chronicle-Telegram, Elyria, Ohio, Thursday, July 10, 1969, p. 22.

Josephine Franks Calland
At the age of 92, Mrs. William C. Calland (Josephine Franks), Oberlin College class of 1876, died on April 8, 1950, in Springfield, Missouri. [She was an 1876 graduate of OHS.]
Mrs. Calland and her husband had lived in Springfield since 1886, when Mr. Calland first became associated with Drury College. During her life in Springfield, Mrs. Calland had been active in many organizations connected with the college and the Congregational Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, a son and a daughter.
The Oberlin Alumni Magazine, May 1950, p. 25.

David Camargo
Word has been received of the death of David Camargo, 19, of State College, Pa., former Oberlin resident.
Born in Oberlin, he graduated from Oberlin High School [in 1999] and moved to State College recently, where he was employed by C-Cor.Net.
He enjoyed football, tennis, mountain climbing and ski boarding.
Survivors include his fiancée, Kristi Couch of State College; a daughter, Deiona Marie Camargo of State College; his mother, Carol Walker Camargo of State College, Pa.; and his father, Oscar Camargo of Oberlin.
Services were Sept. 24 at the Eloise B. Kyper Funeral Home, State College, with Gail Leightley, Spiritual Leader of First Unity Church of Centre County, officiating. Burial was in Centre County Memorial Park in College Township.
Memorial gifts may be made to the Centre County MHMR Office, ATTN: Youth Violence Prevention, 520 Holmes St., Willowbank Building, Bellefonte, Pa. 16823.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Tuesday, September 28, 1999, p. 2.

Nancy Cameron dies at age 45
Funeral services were held yesterday at 1 p.m. in the Cowling Funeral Home for Nancy Ellen Cameron, 196 W. College, who died Saturday evening at the age of 45.
Mrs. Cameron had experienced a severe headache and went to her room to rest and when members of her family tried to awaken her for dinner around 7:30 p.m. they could not do so. Her husband, William H. “Speck” Cameron, took her to Allen Hospital. The Lorain County coroner ruled that Mrs. Cameron had died of a cerebral hemorrhage.
Born in Oberlin on Jan. 10, 1930, Mrs. Cameron had lived here all her life and was a 1948 graduate of Oberlin high School. She was past president of the Oberlin Junior Women’s Club, one of the organizers of Parent Advisory Councils in the public schools and a member of First Methodist Church.
She was a secretary at Oberlin College, and had worked in the physical education department and more recently the mathematics department.
Survivors in addition to her husband are her son and daughter, Chris and Linda, a 5th grader at Pleasant School and a senior at Oberlin High School, respectively; her mother, Mrs. Chris Oliver of 164 N. Prospect; and a sister, Shirley (Mrs. Val) Nasipak of Manlius, N.Y.
Here mother had been on a vacation trip in the South Pacific, and was reached in the Fiji Islands. She arrived back in Oberlin, after a 24-hour flight on Tuesday afternoon.
Rev. Donald Yaussy of First Methodist Church officiated at the funeral service. Burial was in Ridge Hill Memorial Park, Amherst.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, January 30, 1975, p. 12.

William Cameron
William “Speck” Cameron, 58, of Oberlin, died in his home Jan. 20, apparently after a heart attack.
He was a lifelong resident of Oberlin and worked as a carpenter at Oberlin College for 30 years. He had been scheduled to receive a 30-year pin at the Oberlin College employees dinner and it was awarded posthumously.
He [was a 1948 graduate of Oberlin High School,] served in the U.S. Air Force in the early 1950s and was a member of the Lorain County Carpenters Union.
He is survived by a son, Christ of Columbus; a daughter, Mrs. Kyle (Linda) Michalak of Oberlin; his mother, Mrs. Helen Lang of Oberlin, and three grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Nancy, in 1975.
Services were Tuesday morning in the Cowling Funeral Home with the Rev. Darrell Woomer, pastor of First United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial was in Westwood Cemetery.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, January 28, 1988, p. 5.

Joan C. Camp
Joan C. Camp, 58, of Norwalk, former Oberlin resident, died May 4 at MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, of injuries sustained in a car accident on April 17.
Born in Oberlin, she was a 1954 graduate of Oberlin High School. She had lived in Norwalk since 1955. She was a secretary at St. Paul Catholic School, Norwalk, for 18 years.
Mrs. Camp was a member of the Norwalk area Federal Credit Union, St. Paul Catholic Church, the Women of St. Paul’s, the St. Paul Convocation Center committee, F.C.E.D.O., and other school activities.
Survivors include her husband of 39 years, Carl E.; her mother, Marie Young of Amherst; a son, Dennis C. of Norwalk; two daughters, Diane M. Hammersmith and Lynn L. Taylor, both of Norwalk; seven grandchildren; and a brother, Kenny L. Young of Lorain.
She was preceded in death by her father, Cecil G. Young; and a brother, Gordon R. Young.
Services were Monday at St. Paul Catholic Church, Norwalk, with the Rev. Herbert Willman, pastor, officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Paul Convocation Center, or to the St. Paul School Library, St. Paul Catholic Church, 91 E. Main St., Norwalk 44857.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Tuesday, May 9, 1995, p. 2.

Albert A. Campbell
Oberlin -- Albert A. ''Jake'' Campbell, 79, of Oberlin, died Monday, March 25, 2002, at his home, following a brief illness.
He was born Feb. 25, 1923, in Cairo, Ill., living in Oberlin most of his life [where he was a member of the OHS class of 1943].
He was a U.S. Army veteran, serving during World War II.
Campbell was employed at Oberlin College, for 43 years, retiring as a custodial supervisor in 1991. He also worked as a custodian at the Oberlin Golf Club for 36 years.
He was a member of the Oberlin Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 656. He attended Christ Temple Apostolic Church, Oberlin. He enjoyed golf and bowling.
Survivors include his wife, Margaret (nee Wall); sons Jeffrey J. Campbell of Oberlin and Gregory A. Campbell of Columbus; daughters Kathleen D. Campbell-Curl, Jacquelyn R. Doane, and Constance M. Ponder, all of Oberlin; Rita G. Radney of Chicago, Ill., and Tina G. Hanibal of Lorain; sisters Pearl White of Oberlin and Marsha of Cairo, Ill; and 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents Albert Campbell and Verlena Irene Henry (nee Rose).
Friends may call Wednesday, 7 to 9 p.m., at Cowling Funeral Home, 228 S. Main St., Oberlin, where services will be Thursday at 11 a.m. Bishop Gary Washington will officiate. Burial will be in Westwood Cemetery, Oberlin.
The Morning Journal, Lorain, Ohio, Tuesday, March 26, 2002.

Had Been Oberlin Resident 67 Years
Miss Anna Belle Campbell Died Sunday—Funeral This Afternoon at 2 O’Clock
Miss Anna Belle Campbell died Sunday at her home, 196 Elm street. She had been in failing health for several weeks.
Miss Campbell had been a resident of this place for the last 67 years. She was born in North Fairfield October 9, 1857, and the family came to Oberlin in 1868. She was graduated from [OHS in 1875 and from] Oberlin College in 1877, before she had reached her 20th birthday. She had majored in chemistry.
During her earlier days here Miss Campbell had taken an active part in work of the Second Congregational church and for years had charge of the floral decorations. She was a woman of high character and for years made a home for her aged mother and brother. Her mother died several years ago and her brother, Kent, died on New Years, 1934.
Her grandparents were early settlers of Ohio, coming from New England in 1807 and settling south of Norwalk.
Funeral services will be held at Sedgeman’s funeral parlors this afternoon at 2 o’clock, conducted by the Rev. William Smith. Burial will be in Westwood cemetery.
The Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Tuesday, August 6, 1935, p. 1.

Carol Morrison Campbell
Oberlin -- Carol Morrison Campbell, 79, of Oberlin, died Monday, March 31, 2003, at Allen Medical Center, Oberlin, following a brief illness.
She was born Nov. 23, 1923, in Oberlin, where she was a lifelong resident [and a 1940 graduate of OHS].
Mrs. Campbell was a member of Christ Episcopal Church of Oberlin. She enjoyed gardening and antiques.
Survivors include her husband, Donald Charles Campbell of Oberlin; daughter, Kimberly Condon of San Francisco, Calif.; sister, Helen Swartz of California; and nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Whitlaw and Helen (nee Barber) Morrison.
Private burial will take place at a later date. There will be no funeral service or visitation.
Cowling Funeral Home, Oberlin, handled arrangements.
The Morning Journal, Lorain, Ohio, Wednesday, April 02, 2003.

Donald Charles Campbell
Donald Charles Campbell of Oberlin died Thursday, May 26, 2005, at the Elms Convalescent Home in Wellington, following a long illness. He was 82.
Born June 12, 1922, in Oberlin, he lived in Oberlin his entire life [and was a 1940 graduate of OHS]. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II.
He taught high school government classes at Oberlin and Fairview high schools for 30 years, retiring in 1975.
He was a member of Christ Episcopal Church in Oberlin. He enjoyed fishing and antiques.
Mr. Campbell is survived by his daughter, Kimberly Condon of San Francisco, Calif.; brothers Lowell Campbell of Oberlin and Richard “Bus” Campbell of Lovelock, Nev.; and a host of nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife, Carol (nee Morrison); and parents, Harry and Lucille (nee Reighley) Campbell.
A private family burial will be scheduled for a later date. Cowling Funeral Home handled local arrangements.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Tuesday, May 31, 2005.

Murton W. Campbell
Murton W. Campbell, 76, of Norwalk, former Oberlin resident, died June 10 at his home after a long illness.
He was born in Oberlin and graduated from Oberlin High School [in 1938]. In high school he was a Golden Gloves boxing champion. He graduated from Peru State College in Nebraska and received a master’s degree from Kent State University.
During World War II, he served in the Navy Seabees in the Admiralty Islands.
Later he taught and coached football at Wellington High School and at Waite High School in Toledo for many years. He also taught and coached at Bowsher High School in Maumee. While in Maumee, he managed the complex of pools and Children’s Wonderland, retiring in 1977.
Mr. Campbell moved to Norwalk in 1977. There he was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the Mount Vernon Lodge 64 Free and Accepted Masons, and was a 32nd Degree Mason.
He was also a member of every Masonic organization and the Queen Esther Chapter 15 Order of the Eastern Star, Norwalk.
He was a life member of the Ohio State Retired Teacher’s Association, Huron County Republican Club, and was a donor member of the Huron County Humane Society. He also served as a judge on the Norwalk Election Board.
Survivors include his wife of 16 years, Charlene E.; daughters, Constance Sprafka of Knoxville, Iowa, Kathi Flew of Norwalk, and Kelly Trakenton of Poquoson, Va.; sons, Douglas of Morristown, N.J., and David of Layton, Utah; 10 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; his mother, Lucille Campbell of Oberlin; a sister, Arlene Sheffield of Elyria; and brothers, Richard of Lovelock, Nev., and Lowell and Donald, both of Oberlin.
He was preceded in death by his first wife; Dorothy (nee Roberts); his father, Harold; and a sister, Phyllis Sheffield.
Services were Monday in the Kubach-Smith Funeral Home, Norwalk, with the Rev. Eleanor J. Brouillard, pastor of Milan Presbyterian Church, and the Rev. Lawrence E. Lambes, pastor of Victory Baptist Church, Norwalk, officiating. Burial was in Brownhelm Cemetery in Vermilion.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Stein Hospice, 1200 Sycamore Line, Sandusky 44870; the Wall of Bricks, Masonic Temple, 319 E. Main St., Norwalk 44857; or to a charity of the donor’s choice.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Tuesday, June 14, 1994, p. 2.

Mrs. Canfield, donor of Wakeman library, dies
Wakeman—Mrs. Augusta W. Canfield, 87, to whose generosity the village owes its Wakeman Community Library, died last night in Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital, Norwalk, where she had been a patient a week. She lived on Fitchville River Road.
Mrs. Canfield’s gift of the library to the village was in memoriam to her husband Calvert C. Canfield who died in 1939.
A native of Oberlin [and an 1899 graduate of OHS,] Mrs. Canfield had lived in Wakeman 10 years coming from East Cleveland where she lived 46 years. She was a member of the Wakeman Congregational Church, the Ladies Society of the church, the Riverside Reading Circle, Sunshine Club and Friends of the Library. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Jean A. Armstrong of Bay Village; a son, Calvert C. Canfield III of Wakeman; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren and a brother, Ira W. West of Avon Park, Fla.
A daughter, Mrs. Lucille Reichert died in 1967. She also was preceded in death by two sisters and two brothers.
Friends will be received at the Gerber Funeral Home this evening from 7 t o 9 and tomorrow from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
The funeral service is tentatively set for Saturday in the funeral home. The Rev. Elwyn Owen will officiate. Burial will be in Canfield Cemetery.
The Chronicle-Telegram, Elyria, Ohio, Thursday, July 11, 1968, p. 28.

Barbara Cann
Barbara Cann, 50, of Elyria, died Sunday at Allen Memorial Hospital, Oberlin, after a long illness.
She [graduated from OHS in 1958,] lived 33 years in the Oberlin-Elyria area and was a member of Christ Temple Church, Oberlin.
Survivors include her husband, Eddie; a daughter, Shunda of Elyria; sons, Marcus E. and Craig E., both of Elyria; two grandchildren; her father, Robert L. Eldridge of Indianapolis; and sisters, JoAnn Henry of Elyria, and Janice Mitchell of Indianapolis.
Memorial services will be 1 p.m. Saturday in Christ Temple Church with the Rev. Laurence Nevels, pastor, officiating.
Contributions in memory of Mrs. Cann may be made to American Lung Association.
The Chronicle-Telegram, Elyria, Ohio, Tuesday, October 17, 1989, p. B-2.

Bertha Cann
Miss Bertha Cann, 91, died in Daytona Beach, Florida, on December 18 [15?], 1965. [She was an 1891 graduate of OHS and an 1896 graduate of Oberlin College.] She was a retired teacher. She had taught for 37 years, 27 of them at Girls High School in Brooklyn, New York. Miss Cann was born in Oberlin in 1873. Her interests outside the schoolroom included the American Association for the United Nations, UNICEF, Good Neighbors, civil liberties, the Council of Churches, Bethune College, and others. She is survived by a number of cousins.
The Oberlin Alumni Magazine, Oberlin, Ohio, March 1966, p. 38.

Barbara A. Cannon
Barbara Cannon, 68, died Sunday, Nov. 5 at Allen Memorial Hospital.
Born on Mar. 23, 1927, Mrs. Cannon was a lifelong resident of Oberlin.
A [1946] graduate of Oberlin High School, she worked in the custodial department of Oberlin College for more than 20 years. She retired in 1992.
In her spare time Mrs. Cannon enjoyed gardening and reading.
She is survived by her husband, David W.; sons David D. and Todd of Oberlin, and Dean, of Cleveland; daughters Marian C. Wright of Chandler, Arizona, Margaret Scott of Oberlin and Brenda Isom of Atlantic City, New Jersey; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; sisters Margaret Campbell of Oberlin and Marian Nuby of Sandusky; and brothers James and John “Jack” Wall, both of Los Angeles.
She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Miriam (nee Grant) Wall; brothers William Walh, Steve and Sandy Wall; and sister Johnett.
Friends may call today, Tuesday, Nov. 7 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Cowling Funeral Home. Services will be Wednesday, Nov. 8 at 11 a.m. in the funeral home. Pastor Charles B. Mayle will officiate. Burial will be in Westwood Cemetery.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Tuesday, November 7, 1995, p. 2.

Dorothy Mae Cannon
Dorothy Mae Cannon, 66, of Oberlin, died last Thursday at Elyria Memorial Hospital after a short illness.
She was born in Evanston, Ill., and had spent most of her life in Oberlin[, graduating from Oberlin High School in 1939]. She managed the snack bar and rathskeller at Oberlin College for years. She then became food director at the FAA and later was director of food service for the Oberlin public schools, from which she retired in 1984.
Mrs. Cannon was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, the Martin Luther King Society, and the Bridge Club, and enjoyed golfing and bowling.
She is survived by her husband, Moses “Sam”; three daughters, Mrs. Richard (Barbara) Manigoe of Columbus, Carol Cannon of Syracuse, N. Y., and Mrs. J. C. (Romaine) Cash of Elyria; two sons, John of Oberlin and Bruce of Columbus; and ten grandchildren.
Services were Tuesday morning at Mt. Zion Baptist Church with Rev. Fred L. Steen, pastor, officiating. Burial was in Westwood Cemetery.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, November 26, 1987, p. 2.

Jeremiah Cannon
Jeremiah Cannon, 70, of Andover, Mass., former Oberlin resident, died Oct. 20 at Lawrence General Hospital, Lawrence, Mass., after a long illness.
Born in Shady Grove, Ala., he grew up in Oberlin and graduated from Oberlin High School [in 1942].
He received the bachelor’s degree from Ohio University in 1947. Mr. Cannon was a chemist at General Electric Corp. for 15 years, retiring in 1990. He moved to Andover in 1970.
During World War II, he served with the Army, receiving various service awards, including the Purple Heart.
Survivors include his wife of 48 years, Mary L.; a son, Jeremiah Jr. of Winchester, Conn.; a daughter, Courtney L. Scott of Atlanta, Ga.; five grandchildren; one great-grandchild; brother, Moses “Sam” Cannon of Oberlin; and sisters, Cloel Turner of Oberlin and Mary Stiles of Elyria.
Services were Oct. 27 in the Cowling Funeral Home with the Rev. Charles B. Mayle officiating.
Burial was in Westwood Cemetery.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Tuesday, October 31, 1995, p. 3.

Romaine Y. Cannon-Cash
Columbus -- Romaine Y. Cannon-Cash, 54, of Columbus, formerly of Oberlin, died Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2004, in West Park Nursing Home, following an illness with A.L.S.
She was born in Oberlin and graduated from Oberlin High School [in 1969].
Mrs. Cannon-Cash had been employed at Oberlin College in the food service department and in Columbus worked in the Ohio State University food service department until her illness.
She was a member of Jerusalem Tabernacle Church, Columbus, and a former member of Mount Zion Baptist Church in Oberlin.
Survivors include her daughters Robin and Jeannie; sisters Barbara Manigoe and Carole J. Cannon; brothers John C. Cannon and Bruce A. Cannon; and five grandchildren and nieces, nephews and other relatives.
Friends may call Friday, 6 to 8 p.m., at Jerusalem Tabernacle Church in Columbus. Friends may call in Oberlin on Saturday from 10 a.m. until service at 10:30 a.m. in Mount Zion Baptist Church, 47 Locust St. Pastor Willis Williams of Elyria will officiate. Burial will be in Westwood Cemetery, Oberlin.
Arrangements by Carter Funeral Home, Elyria.
The Morning Journal, Lorain, Ohio, Friday, September 03, 2004.

Member of National Board of Y.W.C.A. Dies—Prominent Clubwoman, Civic Aide
Special to the New York Times
Montclair, N. J., June 18—Mrs. Margaret Mosher Capron, prominent Montclair clubwoman and civic leader, wife of C. Alexander Capron, New York lawyer, died here last night in her home at 41 Bradford Way.
Born in Syracuse, N. Y, Mrs. Capron was graduated from [Oberlin High School in 1901 and from] Oberlin College in 1906 and soon engaged in work with the Y.W.C.A. Her interest in this organization continued throughout her life and for the last several years she was a member of the National Board.
Long active in civic and welfare activities here, she took an active part in the recent war, serving as Chairman of Volunteers and a member of the Montclair Ration Board and with the Red Cross as a canteen worker and in hospital assistance.
Mrs. Capron was a former president of the Montclair Convalescent Home for Children, a trustee of the Family and Children’s Society, and the Council of Social Agencies and was also active in Community Chest drives. She was associated with the work of the National Recreation Association in Montclair and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra.
She was a member of the League of Women Voters, the Women’s Club of Upper Montclair, College Women’s Club and the Cosmopolitan Club.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Capron leaves a son, William M. Capron; a daughter, Miss Frances Margaret Capron; two sisters, Miss Bessie B. Mosher and Mrs. John N. Boyce and a brother, Charles A. Mosher.
The New York Times, New York, N.Y., Wednesday, June 19, 1946, p. 21.

Maude E. Cargill
Maude E. Cargill, 104, of Clearwater, Fla., died Tuesday at the Oak Cove Nursing Home, Clearwater.
She lived most of her life in Oberlin before moving to Florida in 1952.  [She was a 1901 graduate of OHS.]
Mrs. Cargill was a member of First Church, Oberlin.
She is survived by a son, Paul D. of Clearwater.
Mrs. Cargill was preceded in death by her husband, Henry Wade in 1971.
Graveside services will be held Friday at 3 p.m. in Westwood Cemetery, Oberlin. The Rev. John Elder will officiate.
The Cowling Funeral Home, Oberlin, was in charge of arrangements.
The Chronicle-Telegram, Elyria, Ohio, Thursday, December 18, 1986.

Paul D. Cargill
Cargill, Paul D., 89, of Clearwater, died Thursday (Feb. 12, 1998) at Oak Bluffs Retirement Center and Nursing Facility, Clearwater. He was born in Oberlin, Ohio, [graduating from Oberlin High School in 1926,] and came here in 1967 from Cleveland, where he was an electrical manufacturing engineer. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was a member of Central Christian Church Disciples of Christ, Clearwater. Survivors include his wife, Lowena Jane, Clearwater. Curlew Hills Funeral Home, Palm Harbor.
St. Petersburg Times, State Edition 1, St. Petersburg, Florida, Monday, February 16, 1998.

Miss Flora Carpenter Dies After Illness Of Six Months
Miss Flora Carpenter, who was born in Oberlin in 1858 and who had spent her life here, died at her home, 168 Elm street, on Saturday. Miss Carpenter had been ill of heart disease since last February. Miss Carpenter was a graduate of the Oberlin public schools [OHS class of 1876] and of Oberlin College and enjoyed a wide acquaintance. She leaves one brother, Frank B. Carpenter, a Cleveland attorney. Dr. E. I. Bosworth was in charge of funeral services, which were held Monday. Burial was made at Westwood. The death of Miss Carpenter marks the passage of the last Oberlin member of a family which has been conspicuous in village affairs for a number of years.
The Oberlin News, Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, July 17, 1924, p. 1.

Mrs. Easton Carr
Mrs. Carolyn [Reed] Carr, formerly of Oberlin [and an 1898 graduate of OHS], died yesterday afternoon in Lake Park Hospital, Sylvania. Her husband, Eaton, preceded her in death.
The Cowling Funeral Home of Oberlin is in charge of arrangements.
The Chronicle-Telegram, Elyria, Ohio, Saturday, December 23, 1972, p. 10.

Roger A. Carrico
Roger A. Carrico of Lorain, formerly of Oberlin, died unexpectedly Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2003, in Fort Myers, Fla. He was 56.
Born Dec. 31, 1946, in Chesapeake, W.Va., he graduated from Oberlin High School in 1965. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, serving during the Vietnam War.
He worked at the Ford Motor Company, Lorain Assembly Plant. He retired in 1997 after more than 30 years of service.
He was a member of the United Auto Workers Local 425 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 451 in Lorain, where he served as commander from 1994 to 1996. He was also a member of FVW Post 10097 in Fort Myers and the American Legion in Loudonville.
He enjoyed golf and wintering in Fort Myers.
Mr. Carrico is survived by his son, Michael Carrico of Lorain; daughter, Marcie Kunick of Perrysburg; two granddaughters; brothers William Carrico of Vermilion and Joseph Carrico of Lorain; and sister, Judy Hankins of Virginia. He was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph and Willa Carrico.
Services were Monday, Dec. 15, at VFW Post 451 in Lorain. Burial with military honors was at Westwood Cemetery.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Tuesday, December 23, 2003, p. 10.

Helen Gwendolyn (Hill) Carruthers
Helen Hill Carruthers died Feb. 24, 1985, in Pacific Grove, Calif. Born April 13, 1902, in West Winfield, N.Y., she [graduated from OHS in 1921 and from Oberlin College in 1925 and] was a former librarian at the New York Public Library. She was married to Arthur S. Carruthers in 1925.
The Oberlin Alumni Magazine, Oberlin, Ohio, Summer 1985, p. 70.

William Scott Carson Jr.
William Scott Carson Jr., of Columbus, N.M., brother of Mrs. Herbert S. (Susan) Arnold and Mrs. Walter L. (Esther) Sperry of Oberlin, was killed Friday evening, Jan. 27, in a plane crash near his home. He was 69 years old.
Born in Morgantown, W.Va., on July 14, 1914, he was the son of the late William Scott and Olive Berkshire Carson, and grew up in Oberlin[, graduating from Oberlin High School in 1933].
He is also survived by his wife of 45 years, Lillis (nee Baker); three sons, William Scott III of Woodland, Calif., Louis A. and Christopher E., both of Swanton; two daughters, Mrs. Lawrence M. (Catherine) Friedman of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Mrs. Hal H. (Sarah) Newell Jr. of Lewisville, N.C.; a sister, Mrs. Robert R. (Virginia) Dew of Normal, Ill.; and 12 grandchildren.
Memorial services will be announced later.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, February 2, 1984, p. 2.

Carol J. Carter
Carol J. Carter (nee Brown), 66, of Sheffield Township, formerly of Elyria, died Tuesday at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain, following a brief illness.
Born in Elyria, she had been a Lorain County resident her entire life, living the last eight months in Sheffield Township.
She attended McKinley Elementary School, Elyria, Oberlin High School [class of 1954?], and worked at Oberlin College.
She retired from Lorain County Human Services, where she was employed as a cook for Green Acres Children Home for 10 years. She attended various churches throughout Lorain County.
Mrs. Carter enjoyed singing and playing the piano, listening to gospel music, reading, cooking and spending time with her grandchildren.
Survivors include daughters Carma M. Lovejoy of Elyria, Lynda G. Lemons of Columbus, and Denise M. Carter of Lorain; sons Joseph B. of Lorain and Jonathon K. Carter, Sr., of Columbus; nine grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; brothers Alvin Brown of Summerdale, N.J., Raymond Brown of Guadalajara, Mexico, and Ernest Brown of Paramount, Calif.; and sisters Mary Ellen Knight of Rialto, Calif., Shirley Brown of Lorain and Janice Wirtham of Rialto, Calif.
She was preceded in death by her husband, David L. Carter and her parents, Frederick and Cadella (nee Greenfield) Brown.
Friends may call 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. services Saturday at Busch Curtis Scheuffler Family Chapel.
The Rev. Willie Gardner, pastor of Unity Missionary Baptist Church, Elyria, will officiate, along with her brother, Alvin Brown, who will share the eulogy.
Burial will be in Brookdale Cemetery, Elyria.
The family will receive friends at 316 Woodland Ave., Elyria on Thursday and Friday.
Memorials may be made to American Lung Association, 6100 Rockside Woods, Suite 260, Independence 44131.
The Chronicle-Telegram, Elyria, Ohio, Thursday, June 05, 2003.

Carol J. Carver
Bradenton, Fla. -- Carol J. Carver (nee Nasipak), of Bradenton, Fla., formerly of Elyria, died Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2005, at Columbia Blake Medical Center in Bradenton, following a short illness.
She was born in Elyria [graduated from OHS in 1953] and moved to Bradenton in 2004 from LaGrange, Ga.
Mrs. Carver was a retired school teacher and a member of Ss. Peter and Paul the Apostles Church in Bradenton.
Survivors include her husband, Arthur Carver; sons Jack of Oberlin, Pat of Luling, La., and Doug of The Woodlands, Texas; daughter, Susan Norman of Bradenton; brother, John Nasipak of Del Ray Beach, Fla.; and seven grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, John I. and Clara M. (nee Doane) Nasipak.
Friends may call Friday, 4 to 7 p.m., at Bauer-Laubenthal Funeral Home, 38475 Chestnut Ridge Road, Elyria. Services there Saturday at 9 a.m. will be followed at 9:30 a.m. by Mass in St. Mary Catholic Church, 320 Middle Ave., Elyria. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Elyria.
The Morning Journal, Lorain, Ohio, Thursday, February 17, 2005.

Charlotte Norling Cassels
Durham, N.C. - Artist. Activist. Feminist. Christian. Businesswoman. Wife. Mother. Friend. Charlotte Norling Cassels wore many hats in her lifetime and touched many lives. Charlotte's tireless desire to help others and spark change energized her as well as others. She took ideas and principles and made them realities. Whether feeding the homeless or lobbying a Senator at lunch, Charlotte had a clear vision of what she thought was right and how to make it happen. Known for her tenacity and tendency to get results, Charlotte often accomplished what others deemed impossible. Charlotte was a human dynamo who craved knowledge and growth. A world traveler, she loved museum hopping through the capitals of Europe, horseback riding in the mountains of North Carolina and snorkeling in the Cayman Islands. She made every day an adventure. Charlotte cultivated interesting people and devoured good books. She read two or more daily newspapers, three news magazines and constantly watched television news. Whether savoring a hot cup of Earl Grey tea or sipping a vintage wine, Charlotte reveled in discussing ideas, issues, politics and the arts.
Charlotte, 83, a resident of the Forest at Duke, died of cancer on January 20, 2005. In her own inimitable style, Charlotte never feared death. As a lifelong Christian, she viewed her death not as an ending, but as a joyous opportunity -- a beloved passage into eternal life. For the last four years, Charlotte lived in a "nursing" wing of her retirement community. There, sometimes to the staff's chagrin, Charlotte supervised. Whether teaching a student nurse how to properly fold a bedspread or sending the kitchen staff cooking tips, Charlotte fine tuned the daily routine. When a new building was being constructed, she donned a blue hard hat and directed construction from her window. If another resident appeared to need additional medical attention, Charlotte was the first one at the nurse's station summoning help. So it is fitting that Charlotte gleefully anticipated her chance to "organize Heaven".
Born November 11, 1921, in McAllen, Texas, to Albert and Margaret Norling, Charlotte spent her childhood and teenage years in Aurora, IL and Oberlin, Ohio[, graduating from OHS in 1939]. She pursued dance in her teens and maintained a lifelong love of ballet. While attending Parsons School of Design in New York City, Charlotte worked as a commercial artist. She also created fine art paintings and sculpture throughout her lifetime. A graduate of Stevens College, Columbia Mo., Charlotte was married to the late Louis W. Cassels, a distinguished author and journalist. Lou and Charlotte shared a story-book marriage.
Charlotte moved to Durham in 1993 from Aiken, SC, where she had lived since 1971.
An editorial published on April 21, 1993, in the Aiken Standard newspaper spoke of her accomplishments: "For 22 years Charlotte Cassels has lent her special charm and talents to Aiken and to South Carolina….It is hard to describe all of the contributions Mrs. Cassels has made to the Aiken community since she arrived here in 1971. Mrs. Cassels was Aiken's Woman of the year for 1988. Vitally interested in the arts, she served as South Carolina chairman of the Friends of the Kennedy Center in Washington, where she had lived for 30 years. She was appointed by Gov. James Edwards to the South Carolina Arts Commission and subsequently became its chairman....She served on the Etherredge Center Steering Committee at USC Aiken. She also served on the board of directors of the South Carolina Endowment for Educational Television and of the Friends of the State Museum. She was chairman of the Governor's Mansion Foundation and is a past president of the Aiken County Arts Council. She served on the board of the Old Aiken County Hospital and of the Friends of Hopelands, the Historic Aiken Foundation and of Still Hopes, an Episcopal retirement home. She is the former owner of Cassels Oil Co. Mrs. Cassels for some time wrote a weekly column for the Aiken Standard promoting the arts.
"Recognized for her ability to get things done, Mrs. Cassels was frustrated in only one endeavor: She was unable to dislodge from the wall of the federal courthouse here a controversial mural painted by renowned artist Stefan Hirsch. Mrs. Cassels had hoped to have it placed in the county judicial center then being renovated, but government art experts said that was not feasible. The federal court had kept the mural covered, on grounds that it was not representative of South Carolina. We applaud Mrs. Cassels for her efforts and trust that the mural may someday yet be properly displayed. That would be a fitting tribute to a lady who had labored so long in behalf of Aiken and the Arts."
She is survived by her son, Michael Cassels of Dallas, Texas.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church. A reception will follow. Interment will be in the National Cathedral, Washington, D.C., at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to The Washington National Cathedral, 3101 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20016-5098 or a charity of your choice. Arrangements are with - Hall-Wynne Funeral Service.
The Herald-Sun, Durham, N.C., Thursday, February 3, 2005.

Ramon Castaneda
Former Oberlin resident Ramon Castaneda died of AIDS on Sept. 10 in New York City.
A 1976 graduate of Oberlin High School, he had previously been employed as a waiter at the Oberlin College Inn. For the past 10 years he had resided in New York City where he was employed by Sillaro Real Estate as a real estate sales manager.
He was also active in local community and church organizations.
Survivors include his long-time companion Raymond Kirby.
Funeral services were held in New York. Memorial contributions, if desired, may be made to God’s Love We Deliver, 165 W. 86th St., New York, NY 10024. The organization is a church-sponsored group which delivers meals and makes visits to shut-ins.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Tuesday, September 25, 1990, p. 2.

Jack Lee Cazeau
Jack Lee Cazeau, 40, of Wellington, brother of Bonita “Bonnie” Workman of Oberlin, died July 31 at his home after a long illness.
Born in Elyria, he [was a 1975 graduate of OHS and] lived in the Oberlin and Wellington areas all of his life.
Mr. Cazeau was a machinist at TRW’s Nelson Stud Welding Division.
He belonged to the Church of the Open Door, Elyria. He was a Mason of the Sullivan Branch and a committee member and volunteer for the Lorain County Metro Parks.
He enjoyed woodworking and camping.
Other survivors include his wife, Sharon; sons Heath and Justin, both of Wellington; and sisters, Pamela Uleski of Noblesville, Ind., and Robin Braun of Wellington.
He was preceded in death by his father, Adelbert; and his mother, Blanche Kathleen Jennings.
Services were Aug. 3 at the Church of the Open Door, with the Rev. Robert N. Schroyer officiating.
Burial was in Westwood Cemetery.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Tuesday, August 6, 1996, p. 2.
Jack Lee Cazeau active with Lorain Metro Parks
Roy Hartman of the Carlisle Visitor Center said that "Jack was the kind of friend that anyone would want."
He was 40 years old when he died of complications from cancer at his home in Wellington, Ohio, Brighton twp. He was employed at TRW Corp.'s Nelson Stud Division in Elyria.  He was a member of the Church of the Open Door.
Woodworking was one of his hobbies and he enjoyed camping and road trips across the U.S. with his wife Sharon and two sons, Heath Michael and Justin Lee.
He is survived by his wife and two sons, three sisters: Bonita S. Workman, Oberlin, Pamela J. Uleski, Noblesville, Ind., and Robin R. Braun, Wellington, Ohio. His parents A.L. (Jack) and B. Kay Cazeau, preceded him in death, April and May of 1994.
Extract from the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio, Friday, August 2, 1996.

C. J. Chamberlain, Botany Authority
Chicago U. Professor Emeritus, Who Was Known for Plant Cell Research, Dies
Special to The New York Times.
Chicago, Jan. 5—Charles J. Chamberlain, Professor Emeritus of Botany at the University of Chicago, died today in his home here. He was 79 years old [and was an 1883 graduate of OHS].
Dr. Chamberlain was best known for his work on plant-cell structure and on cycads, a “fossil” fern species which is said to have grown unchanged for 200,000,000 years. He made the university collection of the species the finest in the world.
He was a member of the university faculty from 1897 until 1929, when he retired.
Dr. Chamberlain’s first wife, Mary Life Chamberlain, died in 1929. He leaves a widow, the former Martha Lathrop, whom he married in 1938, and a daughter of the first marriage, Mrs. Mabel Allsopp.
The New York Times, New York, N.Y., Wednesday, January 6, 1943, p. 27.

A Prominent Resident Of Former Years [Emily E. Peck Chamberlain]
Remains of Mrs. William Chamberlain Brought Here Monday for Burial in Westwood
Was Widow of Professor Chamberlain of the College Faculty—Died at Home of Her Daughter in Dallas
The remains of Mrs. William B. Chamberlain, who died in Dallas, Tex. August 10, were brought to Oberlin Monday afternoon for burial in Westwood cemetery.
Mrs. Chamberlain was a former well known resident of this place, the wife of Professor Chamberlain, who was a member of the college faculty from1874 until 1894, and a member of the board of trustees from 1900 to 1903. His death occurred in Chicago March 7, 1903.
She was Miss Emily Elizabeth Peck, sister of John Fisher Peck of Los Angeles, who was principal of Oberlin Academy for many years. She was born in West Bloomfield, N.Y., January 19, 1848, and came with her parents to Oberlin at an early age. She was graduated from [OHS in 1865 and from] college in 1874, and was married to Mr. Chamberlain August 6, 1875. For many years the home was at 221 North Professor street.
Four sons and a daughter survive her. They are Albert E. Chamberlain of Atlantic City, Ernest B. of New York, Harold of Ripon, Wis., Fred of Lakeside, Mich., and Mrs. V. V. Waite of Dallas, with whom the mother had been living during the last two years.
The Oberlin Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Friday, August 16, 1929, p. 1.

Died Suddenly In Los Angeles, Cal.
Mrs. Mary Chamberlain Was Former Oberlin Girl—Interment Here Friday Morning
A wire was received here last Saturday from Los Angeles, advising friends of the death in that city, last Friday, of Mrs. Mary Life Chamberlain. She had recently recovered from an operation and had accompanied her husband, Dr. Charles J. Chamberlain, O. C. ’88, professor emeritus of the University of Chicago, on a lecture trip to California. Death was due to heart trouble.
Mary Life was born in Oberlin, February 3, 1866, the second daughter of S. Life, who for many years owned a shoe store on West College street. She was educated in the local schools, [graduated from OHS in 1883,] and studied in the conservatory from 1884 to 1886. For a number of years she was a member of the Second church choir.
On July 30, 1888, she was united in marriage with Charles Chamberlain, son of the late Edsel Chamberlain of this place, he having graduated that year from Oberlin College. Shortly after they took up their residence in Chicago, where he taught in the university until his retirement about five years ago.
Besides her husband she leaves one daughter, Mrs. Mabel Allsopp of Pittsburgh, and one grandson. A brother, George Life, of Chicago, also survives. A sister, Mrs. Lottie Clark, died a number of years ago, while located temporarily with her family in Rome, Italy.
The services are being held today in Chicago. Relatives will accompany the body here Friday morning, where burial will take place in the family lot in Westwood.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, March 5, 1931, p. 6.

Howard L. Chambers
Howard L. Chambers, 75, of Oberlin, died Oct. 20 at EMH Regional Medical Center, Elyria, after a long illness.
Born in Oberlin, he lived here all his life. He graduated from Oberlin High School.
During World War II, he served in the Army in the South Pacific with the 855th Engineers and Aviation Battalion.
He worked as a diesel engine operator of the Oberlin Municipal Light and Power from 1956-79. After taking an early retirement, he worked as a boiler operator for the Oberlin College Heating Plant from 1980 until retiring in 1988.
He also owned and operated his own trucking business from the early 1950s until 1973.
He was a member of the VFW Post 6237 and enjoyed many sports over the years, including baseball, golf, bowling and fishing.
Survivors include his wife of 32 years, Kathleen (nee Boos); a daughter, Lisa Marie Chambers of Columbus; sons, Howard L. II of Oberlin and Stanton of Elyria; six grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and three sisters, Lena Scott, Frances Sutton and Hazel Atwood, all of Oberlin.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Albert and Mary (nee Staley); a sister, Nettie; and two brothers, John M. and Albert.
Services were Oct. 23 at Rust United Methodist Church with the Revs. Kevin L. Coleman and Fred L. Steen officiating. Burial was in Westwood Cemetery.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Tuesday, October 28, 1997, p. 2.

Gary Mondell Champe, 53, trucker
Oberlin -- Gary Mondell Champe, 53, of Oberlin, died Tuesday, May 2, 2000, at his home, following a brief illness.
He was born Dec. 2, 1946, in Oberlin, and was a lifelong area resident.
He graduated from Oberlin High School in 1966 and was a U.S. Army veteran, serving during the Vietnam War.
Champe worked for A & R Transport as a truck driver for many years.
He was a member of Christ Episcopal Church, Oberlin. He enjoyed fishing.
Survivors include his brothers Walter ''Bud'' Champe and Mervin L. Champe, both of Oberlin; and five nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Walter D. and Virginia Charlotte (nee Marshall) Champe.
Friends may call Wednesday 7 to 9 p.m. at the Cowling Funeral Home, 228 S. Main St., Oberlin. Graveside services will be Monday at 10:30 a.m. in Westwood Cemetery, Morgan Street, Oberlin. The Rev. Brian K. Wilbert, pastor of Christ Episcopal Church, will officiate.
Contributions may be made to New Life Hospice, 5255 N. Abbe Road, Elyria 44035.
The Morning Journal, Lorain, Ohio, Wednesday, May 3, 2000

Virginia Charlotte Champe
Virginia Charlotte Champe (nee Marshall), 81, of Oberlin, died at Welcome Nursing Home on May 21 after a long illness.
Born in Luray, Va., she lived all her adult life in Oberlin [and was a 1935 graduate of OHS]. She worked as a cook and baker for the Oberlin Inn and Oberlin College for over 30 years, retiring in 1969.
Survivors include three sons, Mervin L. Champe, Walter “Bud” Champe Jr., and Gary M. Champe, all of Oberlin; a sister, Eleanor “Molly” Marshall, of Oberlin; five grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter D. Champe; her parents, Chester and Eliza Marshall; two brothers, John and Charles “Pete” Marshall; and two sisters, Ethel Tuck and Thelma Marshall.
Friends may call at the Cowling Funeral Home today from 10 a.m. to time of the service at 11 a.m. The Rev. Charles B. Mayle, pastor of the Christian Missionary Alliance Church will officiate.
Burial will be in Westwood Cemetery.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Tuesday, May 26, 1998, p. 3.

Constance "Connie" Louise Champion Former Boulder resident
Constance "Connie" Louise Champion of Salida died of brain cancer Saturday, April 26, 1997, at the Hospice of St. John in Lakewood. She was 62.
She was born Aug. 14, 1934, in Painesville, Ohio, to Delmont James Ellis and Louise King Ellis. She married Robert J. Champion on June 6, 1955, in Oberlin, Ohio. They divorced in 1974.
She taught physical education at Firelands School, near Oberlin, from 1955 to 1956 and in the Oberlin School System from 1965 to 1970, when she moved to Boulder. She taught physical education in the Boulder Valley School District from 1972 to 1987.
She graduated [from Oberlin High School in 1952 and] from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, in 1955. She received a master's degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
She was an active member of Alcoholics Anonymous, volunteered with Hospice and was involved in bereaved parents' groups. She enjoyed bowling, softball, the Denver Broncos and the Colorado Rockies. Survivors include her former husband, Bob Champion of Boulder; three daughters, Linda Galusha of Boulder, Cindy Champion of Longmont and Barbara Ann Champion of Boulder; a son, Steve Champion of Boulder; her companion, Judith Janay of Salida; a sister, Mary Kay Davies of Irvington, Va.; two brothers, Frank Ellis of Paisley, Fla., and James Ellis of Amherst, Mass.; and three grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Mark Ellis Champion; and a daughter, Amy Beth Champion.
A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church of Boulder, 1421 Spruce St. The Rev. Jo Murrow will officiate. Cremation took place.
Contributions may be made to Hospice of Boulder County, 2825 Marine St., Boulder 80303, or AA members may contribute to Boulder County Alcoholics Anonymous Central Office, 3085 Bluff St., No. B, Boulder 80301.
The Daily Camera, Boulder, Colorado, Tuesday, May 6, 1997, p. 3B.

Erma Champney
Miss Erma Champney, 73, of 145 Elm, died Friday morning in Tressie’s Nursing Home. She had been in failing health.
Born in Oberlin June 1, 1899, Miss Champney [graduated from Oberlin High School in 1917 and] worked as a secretary in the family business, A. F. Champney Coal Co., from 1919 until 1955 when she joined the News-Tribune.
She spent 11 years with the News-Tribune as a writer, proofreader and office worker. In 1967 she left and took a job with the Oberlin College library.
She was a member of the First United Methodist Church and the Woman’s Society of Christian Service.
Surviving are a brother, Lee Champney, 364 S. Professor; and 2 sisters, Miss Gladys Champney of Oberlin and Mrs. J. E. Johnson, Annandale, Va.
Funeral services were held Monday in the First Methodist Church with the Rev. Forrest Waller officiating. Burial followed in Westwood Cemetery.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, October 5, 1972, p. 14.

Gladys Irene Champney
Gladys Irene Champney, 95, of Oberlin, died Dec. 19 at Welcome Nursing Home.
Born in Axtel, she lived most of her life in Oberlin [graduating from Oberlin High School in 1914]. She graduated from Oberlin College in 1918 and retired after teaching art more than 25 years in the Cleveland Public Schools. She also taught art therapy for eight years at the former Gates Memorial Hospital for Children in Elyria and later conducted art classes in Wilder Hall of Oberlin College, at the Oberlin Community Center and in nursing homes.
She is survived by a sister, Sylvia Johnson of Delaware, Ohio.
She was preceded in death by a sister, Erma, in 1972, and a brother, Lee, in 1987.
Services were Monday afternoon in the Cowling Funeral Home with the Rev. Darrell Woomer officiating. Burial was in Westwood Cemetery.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Tuesday, December 24, 1991, p. 2.

Lee M. Champney
Lee M. Champney, 73, of Oberlin, died Saturday evening at Welcome Nursing Home after a three-year illness.
A lifelong Oberlin resident, he was in the family coal business and also worked at Oberlin Hardware for many years. He worked at Locke’s Garden Center for 13 years before retiring in 1976.
He graduated from Oberlin High School in 1931 and then graduated from the Oberlin Business College and attended Ohio Wesleyan University.
He was a member of First United Methodist Church and of Oberlin Masonic Lodge F & AM 380 Chapter 210, Elyria Council 86.
An avid birdwatcher for most of his life, he belonged to the Black River Chapter of the National Audubon Society. For 23 years he was an Oberlin volunteer fireman.
He is survived by his wife, Kathlyn “Kay” (nee Brooks) to whom he was married 49 years; two sons, Lynn of Columbus and Clark of Elyria; two sisters, Gladys Champney of Oberlin and Mrs. Enoch (Sylvia) Johnson of Montross, Va.; four grandchildren and a great-grandson.
Masonic services were at the Cowling Funeral Home Monday evening. Funeral services were Tuesday morning at the funeral home with Rev. Stanley Cote officiating. Burial was in Westwood Cemetery.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, March 5, 1987, p. 2.

Edwin H. Chaney, Former Oberlinian, Dies at Age 54
Edwin H. Chaney, former Oberlinian and a partner in the Cleveland law firm of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, died suddenly on Monday, April 14, at his Rocky River residence.
Born in Northfield, Minn., 54 years ago, he was graduated from Oberlin High School in 1915. He then attended Oberlin College, graduating in the class of 1919.
Mr. Chaney is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Snively Chaney, the Oberlin Class of 1918; a son, Alan, who was gradated from Oberlin [in] 1946; a daughter, Miss Ruth Lee Chaney; two brothers, Dr. Newcomb K. Chaney of Philadelphia, and Dr. Ralph H. Chaney of Augusta, Ga.; and one sister, Mrs. Watts O. Pye of Oberlin. His mother died in Oberlin in 1944 at the age of 91.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, April 24, 1952, p. 7.

Hiram Bingham Channon
Hiram B. Channon died Jan. 19[, 1974,] at San Diego, Calif., his residence since his retirement in 1960 after 35 years with the Virginia Smelting Co. whose home office was in Boston and whose plants were at W. Norfolk, Va. At the time of his retirement he was manager of technical services.
Mr. Channon was born in Kuasie, Micronesia, July 15, 1894[, graduated from OHS in 1913, and was a member of the Oberlin College class of 1918]. His parents, the late Irving M. (’87) and Mary Goldsbury (’86) Channon, were missionaries and he was one of nine children. From 1913 to 1919 the Channons owned the Goodrich Book Store in Oberlin and all of their children were enrolled at one time or another in either the College, the Conservatory or the Academy.
Hiram Channon’s studies were interrupted by service in World War I and at times he carried less than a full course because of his work at the book store. He received his A.B. in 1926 after being enrolled (1919-21) in Harvard Medical School. He served 20 years in the Army’s Ordnance Reserve Corps until 1939, retiring with the rank of major. He maintained his membership in Oberlin’s First Church until his death. In 1920 he was president of the Oberlin Alumni Club of Boston.
Mr. Channon leaves his wife, the former Helen Spare whom he married in 1923, son Robert, two grandchildren and eight brothers and sisters including Irving Jr., ’25, and former students Mary (Mrs. R. J. Eglin), Eva (Mrs. L. J. Mau), Grace (Mrs. R. G. Morrison), Lillian (Mrs. R. K. Hamilton), Paul L., Stephen L. and William P. Sr.
The Oberlin Alumni Magazine, Oberlin, Ohio, July/August 1974, p. 36.

Irving Monroe Channon, Jr.
Irving M. “Bob” Channon Jr. died Aug. 25, 1982, in Escondido, Calif., of emphysema and heart trouble. He was a retired manager and superintendent of development for variety stores, working for S.S. Kresge Co. of Detroit, Butler Brothers (Chicago) and Sprouse Reitz Co. of Portland, Ore. He had previously been a salesman in Chula Vista, Calif.
Mr. Channon was born Jan. 24, 1902, in Kusaie in the Caroline Islands[, graduated from OHS in 1921, and graduated from Oberlin College in 1925]. He was the son of Irving M. ’87 and Mary (Goldsbury ’86) Channon and the brother of Hiram B. ’18 [OHS ‘13], William P. ’16 [OHS ‘10], Stephen L. ’23, Paul (Academy 1905-07), Mary ’11 [OHS ‘12], Lillian ’07, Estella Mau ’24 and Grace Morrison ’20.
He was a member of the “O” Club and was on the football team. He did further study at Western Reserve and Indiana U.
He leaves his wife, the former Ruth Mount, two daughters, five grandchildren and sisters Estella and Grace.
The Oberlin Alumni Magazine, Oberlin, Ohio, Spring 1983, p. 56.

William Perkins Channon
William P. Channon died Dec. [Oct.] 15[, 1976,] in Brooklyn, Conn. From 1928 to 1955 he was a minister with the Miami (Ohio) Conference of Evangelical United Brethren Churches. Beginning in 1958 he was dean of the Baptist Leadership Education Institute in Southington, Conn., and a supply pastor for the Southington Council of churches and the New Haven Association of Connecticut Baptists.
Early in his career he had associate pastorates in Middletown, Ohio, and Miami, Fla. In addition to the ministry, he taught music, commercial courses, math and mechanical drawing at high schools in Preble County, Ohio, 1944-50.
Mr. Channon attended the Conservatory in 1915-16. He received the A.B. in sociology from Miami University (1933), the A.B. in education from Cedarville College (1948) and took additional work at Bonebrake Theological Seminary.
Born Dec. 14, 1890, [and a 1910 graduate of OHS,] he was the son of Irving M. Channon ’87, B.D. ’90, A.M. ’98, and Mary Goldsbury ’86 (lit.), ’90 Ph.B. Mr. Channon’s son, William P. Jr., studied in the Conservatory 1938-41.
The Oberlin Alumni Magazine, Oberlin, Ohio, January/February 1977, p. 36.

Almon Chapin, 69, dies at Bellevue
A memorial service for Almon Chapin, 69, will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church. He died Friday at the Bellevue Hospital in Bellevue.
Mr. Chapin, born in Oberlin on April 6, 1907, grew up and spent much of his life here[, graduating from Oberlin High School in 1926]; his father, the late W. H. Chapin, was professor of chemistry at Oberlin College. After graduation in 1932 from Stanford University and additional graduate study in mechanical engineering, he married Mildred Locke, a childhood neighbor. Mildred Chapin now lives at 6798 county road 191 in Bellevue.
Mr. Chapin joined with the late C. A. Olsen and others in 1939 to form the C. A. Olsen Manufacturing Co. of Elyria, which became a major producer of residential heating and cooling equipment. In 1958, along with F. E. Johnson and the late James Crombie, he founded the Johnson Corp., now of Bellevue, also a manufacturer of heating and cooling equipment. Mr. Chapin managed production in both companies “and worked well both with things and with people,” said his son David. Mr. Chapin held many patents relating to his work.
“He refused sloth and defined his own life through precise craftsmanship; he worked to understand and to create,” David Chapin said. “He built, rigged and sailed a 32-foot sloop, was an amateur geologist, operated a thoroughly equipped ham radio station, designed and built anything from toys to a horse barn, made electronic and mechanical gadgets, gardened, was an accomplished photographer, piloted soaring planes, and, after his retirement in 1972, traveled with much curiosity and enthusiasm for people and places.”
Mr. Chapin’s survivors in addition to his wife and son David include two other children, Herbert and Adele Judith; two sisters, Elizabeth and Margaret; and six grandchildren.
Mr. Chapin directed that his body be given to the Case Western Reserve University School of Anatomy. The family has asked that flowers not be sent. Friends may make memorial contributions to the Woodhaven Learning Center at Columbia, Mo.; Mr. Chapin also supported the work of Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Okla.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, December 16, 1976, p. 8.

In Memoriam – Mildred May Chapin; Honored Historian, Former Resident of Oberlin, Mother of Judy Kelble
Mildred May (Locke) Chapin of Norwalk died on Tuesday, 28 Sep 1999 at her summer cottage at Oberlin Beach in Huron, Erie Co., after a short illness, at the age of 86. Born in Oberlin, Mrs. Chapin lived there until 1965, when she moved to Bellevue, living there until returning to Oberlin in 1985. She was a 1931 graduate of Oberlin High School, and also was graduated from the Oberlin Normal School (for teachers); for a time, she taught primary grades in the Oberlin public schools.
Mildred was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Oberlin. She had a wide variety of interests and activities: she was a homemaker, licensed pilot, historian, avid bird watcher, ham radio operator, weaver, potter, amateur geologist, piano and organ player; and she enjoyed taking home movies, sailing, swimming and water skiing, and was a member of the U.S. Power Squadron. She had an interest in plants and landscaping, growing unicorn plants, cotton, peanuts and orchids; and she raised many animals, including dogs, horses, donkeys, goats, sheep, and a parrot. During the late 1970’s (in her mid-60’s), she alone bought and remodeled a house in Bellevue; and in 1994, she received the Historian of the Year Award from the United Methodist Historical Society of Ohio, for her written history of the First United Methodist Church of Oberlin.
Mildred M. Chapin is survived by two sons, Herbert Ansel Chapin of Huron, Erie Co., and David Locke Chapin of Brooklyn, N.Y.; a daughter, Adele Judith “Judy” Chapin Kelble of Bellevue (manager of the Lorain County OGS Chapter’s Mailing List, and President of the Huron County OGS Chapter); five grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Almon Joel Chapin; one grand-daughter; her parents, Bert Anderson and Ethel Lurell (Fox) Locke of Oberlin; and by a brother, Frank Carlton Locke. Burial was at Westwood Cemetery in Oberlin.
Lorain County Researcher [quarterly publication of the Lorain County Ohio Genealogical Society (OGS) Chapter], Elyria, Ohio, v. 16, no. 4, p. 55 (Fall 1999)

Death Closes Long Years of Invalidism
Miss Marguerite Chapman Died at Her Home April 9 – Taken Sick During War Service
Marguerite Chapman, only daughter of Loren P. Chapman, of 176 North Main street, died at her home at 9 o’clock Thursday morning after a long illness. She was born in Oberlin July 17, 1900 [1890], and attended the local schools, graduating with the [OHS] class of 1908. In 1912 she received her A.B. degree from Oberlin College and for four years taught in Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn.
During the war she transferred from a position in New York to government service at Washington, D. C. While in the employ of the government she contracted flu, which developed into pneumonia. As soon as she was able she returned to Oberlin to regain her strength. Her health was so undermined that she never recovered and for the past 11 years she ahs been an invalid.
Miss Chapman was well known for her beautiful character and the patience with which she endured the years of affliction.
Besides her father and mother she leaves one brother, Everett Chapman of Lakewood.
The funeral was held Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the First Congregational church, where the deceased was a lifelong member. Dr. James A. Richards officiated and interment took place in the family lot at Westwood
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, April 16, 1931, p. 8.

Richard Bruce Chapman
Richard Bruce Chapman, 37, of LaJolla, California, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Chapman, 20 Glenhurst, died in his home after a long illness.
Born in Union City, Indiana, he graduated from Oberlin High School in 1961. He had been head of the hydrodynamics department at Science Applications Inc. in LaJolla. He had recently received a citation from the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for his contributions in naval ship design.
In addition to his parents, Chapman is survived by his wife Anne; daughter Amelia and son John, both at home; sister Jeanne Partridge, Waynesboro, Virginia; and grandmother, Mrs. Anna Romeiser, Union City, Indiana.
Memorial services were held in LaJolla Tuesday. The family suggests that memorial contributions may be sent to the American Cancer Society.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, June 25, 1981, p. 2.

Joseph Charlton, Oberlin Born, Dies in Iowa at 64
Joseph W. Charlton, 64, a native of Oberlin and a member of the Grinnell (Iowa) College economics faculty since 1927, died about 7:40 last Thursday morning at a local hospital following a heart attack. He had become ill in the night at his home.
A memorial service was held in Herrick Chapel on the Grinnell campus at 3 p.m. Sunday.
Dr. Charlton, who was born Feb. 26, 1892, in Oberlin, graduated from high school there in 1910. He received his A.B. from Oberlin College in 1914, majoring in economics, and his M.A. in education in 1916 from Oberlin. Just before coming to Grinnell, he studied three years at the University of Chicago, where he was an instructor in 1926-27 and from which he received his Ph.D. in economics and business in 1938.
Married Oberlin Graduate
On Aug. 22, 1921, he married Miss Maude Clements, a 1916 Oberlin graduate, who survives him. There were no children.
Dr. Charlton joined the Grinnell faculty as an assistant professor in 1927 and was an associate professor from 1929 to 1947, when he became a full professor. Chairman of the department at the time of his death, he was expecting to retire this June after rounding out an even 30 years of service to the college.
Keenly interested in athletics, he had been chairman of the Faculty Committee on Intercollegiate Athletics since 1942, was an honorary member of the Men’s Honor G, lettermen’s club, and last May served as honorary referee of the 34th annual Midwest Conference track and field meet. He was conference president in 1954-55.
Served As Dean
He also served the college one year, 1944-45, as dean of men.
Elected to Phi Beta Kappa while an undergraduate at Oberlin, Charlton was also a member of the American Economic Association and the Midwest Economic Association and was listed in “Who’s Who in Education,” and “Who Knows, and What,” for his scholarly and professional achievements.
He was also active in community affairs and was a member of the First Congregational Church. During World War I he was a first lieutenant in the infantry, serving 16 months in France, and was a member of the American Legion.
He served on the Grinnell City Council from 1945 to 1948 and was in frequent demand as a speaker on economic problems for the Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs and other local organizations.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, February 7, 1957, p. 3B.

Martha H. Charlton
Martha H. Charlton, 88, of 45089 East Hamilton, a junior high school teacher for many years, died last Thursday in Tressie’s Rest Home where she had resided since 1969.
Born in Steuben on April 17, 1889, Miss Charlton had lived in the Oberlin area most of her life. She attended Kent State Normal School and Oberlin College and taught in Lorain County schools, in Wadsworth and in Hudson for 25 years before retiring in the late 1940’s. She was a member of First Church and a charter member of the East Oberlin Community Church.
For many years she served as chairman of a project of the United Church Women of Ohio, a department of the Ohio Council of Churches, which started by making cleanup kits for the children of migrant workers in Ohio. The work increased in scope and became more and more the responsibility of the women of the East Oberlin Community Church. She retired from the migrant ministry program in 1959. By then the program had grown to the collecting and shipping of hundreds of pounds of clothing, educational material and athletic equipment.
Miss Charlton was preceded in death by two sisters, Frances in 1966 and Mary in 1971 and a brother Joseph in 1956 [1957]. There are no close survivors.
A graveside service was conducted on Saturday in Westwood Cemetery with the Rev. John Elder and Rev. Joseph Rinehart officiating.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, April 28, 1977, p. 6.

Retired teacher, Miss Charlton, dies
Mary Clarissa Charlton, 83, of 45089 E. Hamilton St., Oberlin, died at Tressie’s Nursing Home in Oberlin yesterday after a long illness.
She was born in Steuben Nov. 27, 1887, and was a resident of the area for most of her life.
She was graduated from [OHS in 1907 and from] Oberlin College in 1908 and taught in the Lorain County School System and at Eaton School for 25 years until she retire in 1945.
She was a member of the First Congregational United Church of Christ, Oberlin, and a charter member of the East Oberlin Community Church. She was a member of the National Retired Teachers Association and the Women’s Fellowship.
She is survived by her sister, Martha, who lived with her. She was preceded in death by a brother, Joseph, in 1957, and a sister, Frances, who died in 1966.
Friends may call at the Cowling Funeral Home, Oberlin, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow. Services will be held at the funeral home at 1 p.m. Friday. Burial will be in Westwood Cemetery.
The Chronicle-Telegram, Elyria, Ohio, Wednesday, May 19, 1971, p. B-2.

Died—Chatfield
On Thursday morning, June 1st, 1882, after four months of patient suffering, Olive Chatfield, aged 23 years and six months, went to her rest. [She was an 1876 graduate of OHS.]
The Oberlin Weekly News, Oberlin, Ohio, Friday, June 2, 1882, p. 3.

Death of Miss Cheesman
Yesterday morning, at the home of her father, Mr. William H. Cheesman, West College street, services were held for the funeral of Miss Minnie L. Cheesman. Her death occurred Saturday after a long illness and a much longer invalid life.
Miss Cheesman was born in East Randolph, N. Y., May 12, 1854. With her family she came to Oberlin in 1857. She attended the public schools and the college, graduating with the class of ’73 at the age of nineteen. After teaching for a short time in Toledo, her health failed and she returned to Oberlin, where she lived until 1888, when she went to Kansas to live with a sister. Three years ago, at the time of her mother’s death, Miss Cheesman returned to Oberlin, where she has since lived.
Since the first breakdown in health she has been more or less of an invalid, suffering with heart trouble. Since 1877, a member of the Second Church, she was a great worker in proportion to her strength.
Burial took place at Westwood Cemetery. Miss Cheesman leaves a father, four sisters and two brothers.
The Oberlin News, Oberlin, Ohio, Tuesday, September 8, 1903, p. 1.

Mrs. Gertrude Ellen Stiles-Cheney
On Friday, Feb. 16, at her home in Niagara Falls, N. Y., after a protracted illness, Mrs. Ralph L. Cheney entered into rest.
Her remains were brought to Oberlin for burial, the funeral services being held at the home of her mother on North Professor street on Sunday afternoon, Feb. 18.
Mrs. Cheney was the daughter of the Rev. Edmund R. and Angie B. Stiles and was born in Manchester, Ia., Sept. 4, 1870, where her father was the pastor of the Congregational church.
In 1877 here father accepted the pastorate of the Congregational church in Hancock, Mich., where the family remained until his death in 1881, when they removed to Oberlin, which since that time has been the family home.
Mrs. Cheney united with the church under father’s ministry when she was but eight years of age, and identified herself, with other members of her family, with the Second church immediately on their removal to Oberlin.
She was educated in our public schools [OHS class of 1887], and graduated form the College with the class of ’96. During her college course she spent two years in the Hawaiian Islands as a teacher upon the island of Maui.
After her graduation from college she taught for five years in the Wilmington, O., high school; and the value of her work and the impress which she left upon the life of that community is evidenced by the fact that at the hour of the funeral services in Oberlin, a memorial service for her was held in the Presbyterian church of Wilmington, with which she had actively and most helpfully identified herself.
In August 1901, she was united in marriage with Mr. Ralph L. Cheney of the class of ’98; and their home was established in Albany, N. Y., where for some time Mr. Cheney was the secretary of the Young Men’s Christian association. Later, Mr. Cheney accepted the same office in the Y. M. C. A. of Niagara Falls, where the important work of erecting a $40,000 building was projected, and has since been carried to completion.
From her childhood Mrs. Cheney has been an active and unselfish and enthusiastic Christian worker. She was active in her home church and choir and Sabbath school, of which she was for a time the secretary; she was active in the Young Woman’s Christian association of the college, and she made life a glad Christian service wherever she was. She entered with especial enthusiasm into the work of her husband among young men, and so far as was in her power, and as her health would permit, she made her home a social center for personal touch with young men in business who were away from their homes.
Both of Mrs. Cheney’s parents were graduate of the college, and all of the children of this family, of whom Mrs. Cheney is the first to be taken, have followed in their parents’ footsteps. Of this typical Oberlin family there were present with the young husband, to comfort the mother and aunt in their bereavement, Edmund B. Stiles, Esq. ’86, recently of Ada, Minn., who has just accepted a call to the Congregational church of Dundee, Ill.; and Miss Frances L. W. Stiles ’01, of Brockport, N. Y. The absent sister, Mrs. Irene Stiles-Fisher ’94, is the wife of the pastor of the Plymouth church, Oakland, Cal.
The Oberlin News, Oberlin, Ohio, Tuesday, February 20, 1906, p. 1.

Henry Allen Cheney
Henry Allen Cheney, 52, formerly of Oberlin, died July 10 at Washington Adventist Hospital, Tacoma Park, Md., after a long illness.
Born in Demopolis, Ala., he was raised in Oberlin and graduated from Oberlin High School [in 1957]. He attended Ashland College and Langston University in Oklahoma, and moved to Silver Spring, Md., in 1960.
He retired in 1988 after 21 years as a systems analyst at Howard University.
He is survived by his wife, Norita; a daughter, Andrea K. of Silver Spring; a son, Barry A., at home; brothers, Willie Edwards and Jesse Edwards, both of Elyria; a sister, Dorothy Colbertson of Oberlin; and three grandchildren.
His parents, Henry and Betty Chaney, preceded him in death in 1985.
Services were Saturday morning in the Cowling Funeral Home with burial in Westwood Cemetery.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Tuesday, July 17, 1990, p. 2.

Gertrude Mae Chesbro
Gertrude Mae Chesbro, 96, of Oberlin, died Aug. 3 at Allen Memorial Hospital after a long illness.
Mrs. Chesbro was born Aug. 9, 1900, in Oberlin and lived here all her life [graduating from OHS in 1920].
She was a homemaker and longtime member of the First Baptist Church. She also enjoyed needlepoint.
Survivors include two daughters [a sister and half sister], Dora [Eudora] Goodrich of Elyria and Alma Kirkpatrick of Clearwater, Fla., [respectively].
She was preceded in death by her husband, Aven Chesbro, in 1984; her parents, Charles Edwards and Eliza Rathwell; sisters Stella Jefferies, Fannie Rathwell and Grace Parker; and brothers Arthur and Harley Edwards.
Services were Aug. 6 at the Cowling Funeral Home, with the Revs. Steve and Mary Hammond officiating. Burial was in Westwood Cemetery.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Tuesday, August 12, 1997, p. 2.

Alice Child
Alice Child, 85, of Cleveland Heights, former Oberlin resident, died on Sept. 1 in Cleveland after a long illness.
Born in Belding, Mich., on June 6, 1898, she moved to Oberlin about 1916, graduating from Oberlin High School in 1917 and from Oberlin College in 1921.
After teaching in Wellington High School for several years, she moved to Cleveland Heights, where she taught in Roosevelt Jr. High School for 39 years, retiring in 1965. After retirement, she continued to live in her home in Cleveland Heights, but maintained her membership in First Church, Oberlin.
Survivors include her sister, Mrs. John (Helen) Quilhot of Cincinnati, three nieces and two nephews.
Graveside services will be at the Child family site in Westwood Cemetery on Monday at 4:30 p.m. with the Rev. John Elder officiating.
The family suggests that memorial gifts, if desired, be made to First Church.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, September 15, 1983, p. 2.

Mrs. Bernard V. [Mary] Child, 82, Dies at Daughter’s Home in Michigan
Funeral services were held at the Sedgeman Parlors Monday afternoon for Mrs. Bernard V. Child, 82, former Oberlin resident, who died March 30 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. H. Quilhot in Royal Oak, Michigan. Rev. Joseph F. King conducted the services and burial was in Westwood Cemetery.