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Dorothy Denise Sadler
Oberlin -- Dorothy Denise
''Baby Sis'' Sadler, 63, of Oberlin, died unexpectedly Friday, July 4,
2003, at her home.
She was born March 3,
1940,
in Marengo County, Ala., and lived in Oberlin most of her life. [She
was
a member of the OHS class of 1959].
She worked as a custodian
at Oberlin College for 40 years, retiring in October.
She enjoyed bingo, cards
and crocheting.
Survivors include her son,
Michael Culbertson of Dallas; daughters Donna Herrin of Sandusky and
Debra
Culbertson of Oberlin; brothers Jessie and Willie Edwards, both of
Elyria;
and five grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry
and Betty (nee Scott) Chaney; and brother, Henry Allen Chaney.
Friends may call 7 p.m.
to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Cowling Funeral Home, 228 S. Main St., Oberlin,
where
service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday. The Rev. Kevin Dudley of Mount Zion
Baptist Church will officiate. Burial will be in Westwood Cemetery,
Oberlin.
The Morning Journal,
Lorain,
Ohio, Sunday, July 6, 2003.
John Sakellar Dies, Funeral Is Tomorrow
Funeral services will be
conducted at the Greek Orthodox Church, Lorain, at 11 a.m. tomorrow
(Friday)
for John Sakellar, 26, of 66 N. Pleasant St., who died at 2 p. m.
yesterday
in Allen Hospital.
He had suffered an acute
attack last Thursday from a kidney ailment with which he had long been
afflicted, and was taken to Allen Hospital Sunday. Friends of the
family
had been informed of the seriousness of the illness and members of the
immediate family have been here since Sunday.
John graduated from
Oberlin
high school in 1940 [1939], and then attended the Oberlin School of
Commerce.
In 1943 he went to California where he worked in a Lockheed plant in
Los
Angeles. There he met his wife, the former Miss Nancy Allen of
Berkeley,
and they were married in 1944. They had two children, John, 3, and
Susan,
2.
After returning to
Oberlin,
he helped his father, Gust, in the management of the Campus Restaurant.
About three weeks ago in the hope that a change of work would improve
his
health, he accepted a position as a teller in the Oberlin Savings Bank.
He was born in
Kendallville,
Ind., on Dec. 28, 1921, and came to Oberlin from Wooster in 1934 with
his
parents.
Besides his wife and two
children, members of the immediate family are his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Gust Sakellar, 66 N. Pleasant St.; a brother, Nicholas, Tucson, Ariz.;
and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Manuel, Cleveland, and Mrs. Ellen Watson,
Buffalo.
Rev. George Stephanopoulos
will conduct the services at the church, which is located at 34th St.
and
Pearl Ave. Prayer services will be held at the Cowling-Sedgeman Funeral
Home at 10 a.m. tomorrow. Burial will be in Westwood cemetery.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, August 12, 1948, p. 1.
Nicholas
G. Sakellar
Nicholas G. Sakellar, 75,
of Tucson, Ariz., former Oberlin resident, died Jan. 12, after being
ill
since Christmas.
Born in Kendallville,
Ind.,
he came to Oberlin when his parents bought the Campus Restaurant. He
graduated
from Oberlin High School in 1936 and in 1941 from the University of
Michigan,
with a degree in architecture.
He served as a pilot in
World War II, flying in Burma with the U.S. Army Air Forces.
Mr. Sakellar moved to
Tucson
in 1948. After several years as a partner in the firm of Scholer,
Sakellar
and Fuller, he opened his own firm, Nicholas Sakellar and Associates,
in
1956.
He received numerous
architectural
awards and was honored in 1982 by the Arizona Society of the American
Institute
of Architects with its Outstanding Architect’s medal. He was known
throughout
the Southwest for his architectural work on high schools and was
considered
one of the three architects who introduced modern architecture to the
Tucson
area.
Survivors include his
wife,
Jean; sisters, Mary Manual of Boulder, Colo., and Ellen Watson of
Pinehurst,
N.C.; children, Anna Grigsby, Nikki Sakellar, Lynn Sakellar and
Constantine
Nicholas “Dino” Sakellar, all of Tucson, and Denise Meehan of Las
Vegas;
and five grandchildren.
Memorial gifts may be made
to the Tucson Medical Center Hospice or to the University of Arizona
College
of Architecture, in care of the Nicholas G. Sakellar Scholarship Fund.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin, Ohio, Tuesday, January 26, 1993, p. 2.
Berneta Salisbury
Berneta S. Salisbury [nee Shaw], 94, of Vero Beach, died Oct.
12, 1998, at Indian River Estates Medical Center, Vero Beach, after a
brief illness.
She was born Oct. 15, 1903, in Shinrock, Ohio, [graduated from OHS in
1925,] and moved to Vero Beach 11 years ago from Marblehead, Ohio
[where her husband, Richard P. Salisbury, died in June 1977].
Mrs. Salisbury was a teacher in Ohio and a homemaker. She was a member
of Christ By-The-Sea United Methodist Church, Vero Beach.
Surviving are one daughter, Ardis Devine, of Vero Beach; one
grandchild; and two great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be 2 p.m. Friday at Indian River Estates
Progressive Care Wing Activity Center, Vero Beach, with the Rev. Don
Littlefield officiating.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made to VNA
Hospice of Indian River County, 1111 36th St., Vero Beach, Fla. 32960
in Mrs. Salisbury's memory.
Strunk Funeral Home Vero Beach, is in charge of arrangements.
Vero Beach Press Journal, Vero
Beach, Florida, October 14, 1998, p. A5.
Marjorie Sallee
Marjorie Sallee, 60, of
Born in Harrodsburg, Ken., she
[graduated from OHS in 1942
and] lived in
She is survived by her companion,
Clarence Jones; sisters,
Louana Shelton of
Friends may call 2-4 and
Burial will be in
The
Chronicle-Telegram,
Mildred Salo
Mildred Salo (nee Clark),
86, former Oberlin resident [and 1931 graduate of OHS], died Dec. 29 at
the Renaissance Health Care Center in Olmsted Township after a short
illness.
Born in Emerson, Ohio, she
lived in Oberlin until moving to The Renaissance nine years ago.
Mrs. Salo and her late
husband,
Art, owned Salo’s Tree Service in Oberlin and she worked as its
bookkeeper.
She was a past member of
First Church and was active and supportive of many activities at The
Renaissance.
Survivors include a son,
William A. “Was” of Portland, Ore.; a daughter, Sally Roman of Solon;
three
grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a sister, Katherine
Totzke
of Oberlin.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, George Arthur Salo; her parents, Frank and Alice (nee
Jones)
Clark; a brother, William Clark; and a sister, Margarite [Marguerite]
Hahn.
Services were Jan. 3 at
the Cowling Funeral Home with burial in Westwood Cemetery.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, January 4, 2000, p. 2.
Mrs. Sanborn Dies in Boise
Boise—Mrs. Jessie M. [Margaret] Sanborn, [nee McNabb] wife of
former Congressman John [Canfield] Sanborn (R-Idaho) [1885-1968], died
of a heart ailment Saturday in a Boise hospital. She was 68.
She and Sanborn settled on a ranch at Hagerman in 1913 the year after
their marriage in McNab [sic], Ill. She was born in Lincoln, Neb.,
[graduated from OHS in 1903,] and was a member of the Congregational
Church, the Order of Eastern Star at Wendell and the Grange at Hagerman.
Sanborn represented Idaho’s First Congregational District from
1946 to 1950. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican
nomination for senator in 1950 and governor in 1954.
Mrs. Sanborn entered the hospital eight days ago. She is survived by her husband, three brothers and two sisters.
Funeral services will be held at the Methodist Church in Hagerman at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.
The Post-Register, Idaho Falls, Idaho, Monday, November 21, 1955, p. 10.
Debra Lee Sanchez
Debra L. Sanchez, (nee Fox), 35, of Lorain and formerly of Elyria, died
unexpectedly Sunday, Dec. 25, 2005. [She was a 1988 graduate of OHS.]
She enjoyed spending time with her family, camping, going to Cedar
Point, music and being with all kinds of animals.
Survivors include her husband of 15 years, Mario; her son, Mario Jr.;
her mother, Nancy Wagner (nee Wickham) of North Ridgeville; brothers
Eric Fox, Dane Fox and Aaron Fox, all of Elyria; and sisters Paula
Pennington, Jackie Chavez and Amber Fox, all of Lorain, and Angie Fox
of Olmsted Township.
She was preceded in death by her father, Robert Fox, and her
grandparents.
Friends may call from 4 p.m. until services at 8 p.m. Friday at Wyers
Funeral Chapel, 2900 North Ridge Road, Elyria.
Memorials may be made to the Debra Sanchez Fund at any Lorain National
Bank branch.
The Chronicle-Telegram,
Elyria, Ohio, Thursday, December 29, 2005.
Duane
G. Sanders
Duane G. Sanders, 77, of
Oberlin died Jan. 10 in the emergency room at Allen Memorial Hospital.
He was born Oct. 9, 1921,
in LaGrange.
Mr. Sanders worked for
Columbia
Gas of Ohio for 35 years, retiring in 1982.
He served in the Army
during
World War II in Iran.
He also was a farmer.
Survivors include his wife
of 52 years, Dorothy (nee Carlin); a son, Dennis Sanders of Elyria;
daughters
Rosemarie Sheffield of Wellington, Suzanne Overstreet of Grafton, Lisa
Walker of Oberlin and Janice Bailey of Elyria; 20 grandchildren; seven
great-grandchildren; and brothers Alan Sanders of New London and Norman
Sanders of Amherst.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, DeForest Sanders and Helen (nee Wheeler) Reisinger.
No services are planned.
The Cowling Funeral Home handled arrangements.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, January 19, 1999, p. 3.
Nicole
Elizabeth
Sanderson
Oberlin -- Nicole
Elizabeth
Sanderson, 18, of Oberlin, died Thursday, April 1, 2004, at MetroHealth
Medical Center in Cleveland from injuries received in an automobile
accident.
She was born July 2, 1985,
in Fort Worth, Texas. She moved to Euclid, Ohio, in 1995 and to Oberlin
in 1999.
She was a 2003 graduate
of Oberlin High School and had attended Lorain County Community College.
She was employed as the
lead camera operator for Oberlin Cable Co-Op.
She was a member of the
Animal Protective League of Lorain County. She enjoyed working with
children,
spending time with friends and reading.
Survivors include her
parents,
John R. and Karla W. Sanderson of Oberlin; brother, John R. Sanderson
Jr.
of Oberlin; paternal grandmother, Ethel Sanderson of Forth Worth; and
maternal
grandparents, George and Clovis Watts of Forth Worth.
Friends may call Monday
from 4 to 7:30 p.m. at Dicken Funeral Home, 323 Middle Ave., Elyria.
Services
will be Tuesday at 3 p.m. at the First Church in Oberlin, Main and
Lorain
streets, Oberlin. The Rev. Houston Bowers, pastor of Euclid Avenue
Christian
Church, Cleveland Heights, will officiate. Burial will be in Westwood
Cemetery,
Oberlin.
Memorial contributions may
be made to the Oberlin High School Library or Art Department, 281 N.
Pleasant
St., Oberlin, OH 44074; or the Animal Protective League of Lorain
County,
8303 Murray Ridge Road, Elyria, OH 44035.
The Morning Journal,
Lorain, Ohio, Sunday, April 4, 2004.
Earl P. Sandrock
Earl P. Sandrock, 87,
of Henderson, N.C., died Wednesday,
Sept. 1, 2004.
Born in Oberlin, he had lived in
Elyria before moving to
Hendersonville in 1984. He was a [1936] graduate of Oberlin High School
and
attended Ohio State University. He served in the Navy during World War
II.
Mr. Sandrock was a partner with Dairy
Service Co. in
Oberlin, which was later sold to Parson’s Dairy. He founded Metro
Stationers
Supplies and the Business Mart in Elyria. While in the area, he was a
member of
the Elyria Rotary Club and a past commander of the American Legion in
Oberlin. He
was a member of Mount Pisgah Lutheran Church in Hendersonville, N.C.
Survivors include his wife of 65
years, Anita Gotro
Sandrock; sons Neil and Lynn; a daughter, Dianne S. Bornia; a sister,
Ruth
Piwinski of Oberlin; and two grandchildren. He was preceded in death by
a
brother, Richard Sandrock, and a sister, Harriett Gregg.
A memorial service will be 1 p.m.
Sept. 10 at Mount Pisgah
Lutheran Church in Hendersonville.
In lieu of flowers, memorial
contributions may be made to
Mount Pisgah Lutheran Church Open Arms Early Childhood Development
Center, 2616
Chimney Rock Road, Hendersonville, NC 28791; or to a charity of the
donor’s
choice.
Thomas Shepherd and Son Funeral
Directors and Cremation
Memorial Center, Hendersonville, is in charge of arrangements.
The Chronicle-Telegram, Elyria,
Ohio, Saturday, September 4,
2004.
Richard
Sanislow, 64, farmed, raised horses
New Russia Township --
Richard Wesley Sanislow, 64, of New Russia Township, died Saturday,
Jan. 7, 2006, at home, following a long illness with cancer.
He was born in Oberlin and was a
lifelong resident of the family farm where he died. He graduated from
Oberlin High School [class of 1960].
Sanislow farmed crops and raised
several breeds of horses, most recently hackney show ponies.
He was employed at PolyOne in Avon
Lake and before that worked for more than 30 years as a mechanic at the
BF Goodrich Tire Center in Lorain.
He was involved with Lorain County
4-H horse clubs as an advisor during the 1970s and 1980s.
Survivors include his wife of 46
years, Shirley (nee Howard); son, Richard Michael Sanislow of Elyria;
daughters Laura Stanfield of South Amherst and Julie Ann Wigton of
Oberlin; brother, William Henry Sanislow of Tennessee; and two
grandchildren and nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his
parents, Wesley and Marion (nee Lauer) Sanislow; and brothers Edward
and Robert.
Friends may call Tuesday, 7 to 9
p.m., at Hempel Funeral Home, 373 Cleveland Ave., Amherst, where
services will be Wednesday at 11 a.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to
New Life Hospice Center 5255 N. Abbe Road, Elyria, OH 44035.
The Morning Journal, Lorain, Ohio,
Monday, January 09, 2006.
Wesley Sanislow
Port Orange – Wesley Sanislow, 84, of Rogers Avenue, a retired dairy
farmer, died Sunday at Hospice Care Center.
Mr. Sanislow was born in Oberlin, Ohio, [and was a 1935 graduate of
OHS]. He was a member of the Eagles, Lorain, Ohio, and the Grange Club,
Carlisle, Ohio.
Survivors include his wife of 64 years, Marion; four sons, Edward,
Lorain, Richard, Oberlin, William, Georgia, and Robert, Port Orange;
eight grandchildren; and six great- grandchildren. Bellevue-Cedar Hill,
Daytona Beach, is in charge.
Daytona Beach News-Journal,
Daytona Beach, Fla., Tuesday, September 19, 2000, p. 4C.
Gretchen Geiser Sappington
Gretchen Geiser Sappington [OHS ’33 and Harvard Univ.] '38 died
December 17, 1996, in Randolph, N.H. Her survivors include her husband,
Thomas '37, M.D. '41.
Harvard Magazine,
Harvard Univ., Cambridge, Mass., September-October 1997,
www.harvardmagazine.com/issues/so97/obits.html
Mrs. E. B. Saunders
The funeral service for Mrs. Elizabeth B. Saunders of Columbus, a
resident of Oberlin most of her life, will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at
Mount Zion Baptist Church, Oberlin. Burial will be in Westwood
Cemetery, Oberlin.
Mrs. Saunders, 48, who lived on Williamont Avenue, Columbus, died
Tuesday in Grant Memorial Hospital, Columbus, after an illness of two
years. She was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church.
Mrs. Saunders was the daughter of the late Charles Blackburn of Oberlin and Mrs. Blackburn.
She was a [1938 graduate of OHS and a] graduate of Oberlin School of Commerce.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Eugene (Karen) Cheatham of Columbus; her
mother, Mrs. Charles (Lydia) Blackburn of Seaside, Calif.; two sisters,
Mrs. Nancy Thornton and Mrs. Phyliss Lewis and five brothers, Robert,
Charles, Richard, Douglas, and Lawrence Blackburn.
The Crosby Funeral Home, Columbus, has charge of arrangements.
The family has asked that memorial contributions be made to the Cancer Fund.
The Chronicle-Telegram, Elyria, Ohio, Thurs., May 22, 1969, p. 18.
Arthur Saxton Dies
Suddenly
Oberlin, O., February
24—Arthur A. Saxton died very suddenly
following a stroke of apoplexy at his home two miles east of Oberlin
early this
morning. He had been in good health and his sudden death came as a
great shock
to his family and many friends.
Mr. Saxton has been a lifelong
resident of
Besides his wife, he is survived by
two children, Louis at
home, and Mrs. Josephine Dudley of Oberlin; two sisters, Mrs. Edith
Christy of
Oberlin, and Mrs. Sara Rogers of
Funeral arrangements have not yet
been completed.
The
Chronicle-Telegram,
Obituary
Arthur Saxton was born in LaGrange,
September eleventh,
eighteen hundred and sixty-two. He was the son of William H. and Mary
Allyn
Saxton and one of a family of five children, all of whom survive him.
When a
small boy he moved with his parents to
The funeral services were held at the
The burial was in
The
Chronicle-Telegram,
Leila D. Scamman
Leila Davidson Scamman,
aunt of William Davidson, died Oct. 19 in Lake Worth, Fla., at the age
of 92.
She was [a 1914 graduate
of Oberlin High School and an] Oberlin College graduate and taught
Latin
at Avon High School for many years.
She had made her home in
Lake Worth since 1948 and was a member of the First Congregational
Church
in Lake Worth. Mrs. Scamman was a member of hospital volunteer programs
in Ohio and Florida.
Her husband Elton preceded
her in death. Her surviving nephew, William was an Oberlin resident for
many years and is now living in Trenton, N.J.
Graveside services will
be in Camden Cemetery Monday at 10 a.m. with the Rev. John Elder
officiating.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, October 27, 1988, p. 2.
Leila Davidson Scamman, [OHS
’14, OC ’18, died] October 19, 1988, in Lake Worth, Fla. Born August
13, 1888, in Kipton, Ohio, she taught in the Ohio school system for
many years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Elton A. ’16, in
1964. Surviving are two nephews, including William E. Davidson [OHS
‘47] ’56, and six great-nieces and nephews.
Oberlin Alumni Magazine,
Oberlin, Ohio, Spring 1989, p. 38.
Motorist Will Face Serious Charge Here [in
Death of Elizabeth Schandorsky]
Grand jurors, when they
convene here early next month, will consider for the first time the
charge
of second degree manslaughter, a recently adopted statute enacted to
provide
possible modified punishment for motorists who come to trial because of
traffic deaths.
Such a charge, the first
in the county, was preferred against Gerald Turner, 32, of Stop 100,
Oberlin
road, for the traffic death of Miss Elizabeth Schandorsky, 28, Oberlin,
who was killed while riding her bicycle home from work last Friday.
Turner pleaded not guilty
when arraigned before Justic Joseph Petro yesterday and was bound to
the
grand jury under $1,000 bond, which he furnished.
Second degree manslaughter
permits the court to fix punishment, which may be anything from a small
fine to a large fine and a county jail or workhouse sentence,
Prosecutor
Howard Butler said.
It is believed that under
the new statute, which leaves the punishment discretionary with the
court,
it will be possible to convict motorists in traffic accident deaths
when
the evidence clearly shows that they were at fault.
In the past a conviction
meant from one to 20 years in the penitentiary, which juries apparently
felt, if their consistent verdicts for acquittal can be interpreted
correctly,
was too severe for that type of crime.
Services Held
Funeral services were held
on Monday morning at the Sacred Heart Church in Oberlin for Miss
Elizabeth
Schandorsky, [a 1927 graduate of OHS,] who died from injuries sustained
in an accident on Route 58 on Friday evening.
She leaves to mourn her
loss her parents, her sister Miss Mary Schandorsky and three brothers,
Pete of Lorain and two at home. And hosts of friends who extend their
sympathy
to the bereaved family in the loss of this dear daughter and sister.
The Chronicle-Telegram,
Elyria,
Ohio, Wednesday & Friday, December 11 & 13, 1935, p. 1 & p.
11.
Henry J. SchandorskyJoseph E. Schandorsky
Joseph E. Schandorsky, 83,
of Sandusky, former Oberlin resident, died unexpectedly March 31 at
home.
Born in Avon Lake, he
graduated
from Oberlin High School and attended the Aircraft Service School and
received
a license as an aircraft mechanic. He then worked for many years for
United
Airlines as a mechanic in different parts of the country. He also had
been
self-employed as an auto mechanic and service manager.
Mr. Schandorsky attended
Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Sandusky.
He is survived by a
daughter,
Janet L. Schandorsky of Sandusky; a son, Henry Schandorsky of Cape
Coral,
Fla.; a sister, Mary Meo of Lorain; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death
by his wife, Beth (nee Brasen), in 1987; his parents, Peter S. Sr. and
Mary (nee Marrow); a son, Michael; a brother, Peter S. Jr.; and a
sister,
Elizabeth Schandorsky.
A private funeral Mass was
held at Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Sandusky, with the Rev.
Frank Kehres officiating. Burial was in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Elyria.
Memorial contributions may
be made to Sts. Peter & Paul Church, 510 Columbus Ave., Sandusky
44870.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, April 11, 2000, p. 2.
Grace Schauffler dies at 88
Memorial services will be
held on Saturday at 2 p.m. in the First Church meeting room for Grace
Leavitt
Schauffler, who died last Thursday in Allen Hospital. She was 88.
Born in Cleveland on Nov.
25, 1894, she had lived in Oberlin most of her life [and graduated from
Oberlin High School in 1912.] She was a 1916 graduate of Oberlin
College
and also attended what is now called the Cleveland Institute of Art.
Miss Schauffler was an
arts
and crafts instructor in several area institutions, and prized a
picture
of the daughters of Joseph P. Kennedy, who were her art students when
she
taught in New York as a free lance artist.
She collected dolls and
miniature books. She was the author of “How to make dolls” and wrote
and
illustrated other books, including several books of children’s poetry.
For several years she was
a reporter for the Oberlin Times and later wrote “Grace’s Grapevine”
for
the Oberlin News-Tribune for 12½ years. She was a member of the
Ohio Poetry Society, past-president of the Ohio Poetry Association, a
lifetime
member of the Oberlin Historical Society, and had received numerous
awards
for her art work.
She was a member of First
Church and of its Evening Group.
She is survived by her
sister,
Margaret R. Schauffler of 114½ Forest, and brother Lawrence
Schauffler
of Fredonia, New York. Rev. John Elder will officiate at the funeral
service
and burial will be in Westwood Cemetery.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, October 21, 1982, p. 2.
Grace L[eavitt] Schauffler died
Oct. 14, 1982, in Allen Memorial Hospital. She was an artist, author,
instructor, inventor and collector of dolls and miniature books. She
received awards for her artwork and a Gold Key Award (1954) from the
Ohio Poetry Assn. for her poem entitled “Cottage Song,” which was about
the Schauffler cottage at Pilgrim, Mich.
Born Thanksgiving day in 1894, she came to Oberlin in 1909 and
graduated from Oberlin High School [in 1912 and was a member of the
Oberlin College class of 1916]. She was the daughter of Henry A. and
Clara (Hobart) Schauffler, founder (1886) and the first
principal/teacher, respectively, of the Schauffler College of Religious
and Social Work in Cleveland. The institution specialized in the
training of social workers. The college sold its buildings in 1956 to
St. Alexis Hospital and moved to Oberlin as part of the Graduate School
of Theology. When the GST merged with Vanderbilt Divinity School in
1966 the assets of the Schauffler College were transferred to Defiance
College.
Miss Schauffler may be best known for her collection of dolls which she
displayed at her home at 100 S. Cedar St., though they were also
exhibited in several other cities. She also made paper and
papier-maché dolls and sold them. She had a patent on a special
type of stand-up paper doll and was the creator of life-size children
mannequins. She also invented a stair-walking cart with an “x” of
crossbars for the back wheels. She was also the author of How to Make
Dolls and wrote and illustrated several other books including several
books of children’s poetry. In Swinging Circus and Birds in the Air,
she created cutouts that could be swung on a string as
three-dimensional figures. Oberlin was the first city to carry these
books.
She also wrote and illustrated Grace the Meek, which gave a full
account of her childhood and the Schauffler College and Fields of the
Lord: The Story of the Schauffler College 1886-1957. The Oberlin
News-Tribune carried her column, Grace’s Grapevine for 12 ½
years.
Miss Schauffler was a free-lance artist in New York, London and
Cleveland. She taught arts and crafts at Syracuse U., Milwaukee-Downer
College and in Waterbury, Conn., as well as New York City.
Always interested in history, she was an avid genealogist, having
traced her family back to the Mayflower. The Oberlin Improvement and
Historical Assn. awarded her an honorary lifetime trusteeship for her
many years of service to the organization, particularly to the
furnishing and care of “The Little Red School House,” Oberlin’s first
school. She retired as its curator in 1976, a position she held since
its restoration in 1958. The current curator, Florene Worcester ‘33k
[OHS ‘28], succeeded her.
Miss Schauffler was a member of the Ohio Poetry Society and was past
president of the Ohio Poetry Assn. She as also a member of First Church.
She leaves her sister, Margaret ’18 [OHS ‘14], emerita associate
professor of fine arts, with whom she lived for many years, and brother
Lawrence ’15 [OHS ‘11]. Siblings Frederick (Academy 1890-93), Harry
(Academy 1885-89, Con. 1886-88), and Mary ’88 are deceased. Her
grandfather was Donley Hobart (Academy 1841-42).
The Oberlin Alumni Magazine,
Oberlin, Ohio, Winter 1983, p. 61.
Lawrence
Schauffler
Lawrence Schauffler, 97,
died Sept. 26 in Fredonia, New York.
A former resident of
Oberlin,
he graduated from Oberlin High School [in 1911], Oberlin College in
1915
and the Conservatory in 1916.
He retired from Fredonia
State College where he was a professor and head of the piano department
for many years.
He is survived by his
wife,
Dorothy (nee Allen), whom he married in 1933; two daughters, Jean
Schauffler
and Rachel Jordan; and a sister, Margaret Schauffler of Elyria,
formerly
of Oberlin.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, October 2, 1990, p. 2.
Lawrence Hobart Schauffler,
[OHS ’11, OC ’15, died] September 26, 1990, in Fredonia, N.Y. Born
August 11, 1893, in Cleveland, he studied piano at the Paris
Conservatory after earning the B.A. and Mus.B. degrees at Oberlin. Mr.
Schauffler later returned to Oberlin, earning the Mus.M. degree in
1949. He taught piano at State U. New York, Fredonia, for many years,
retiring as professor and chair of the piano department. Survivors
include his wife, Dorothy Allen Schauffler ’15; two daughters; a
sister, Margaret Schauffler [OHS ‘14] ’18; and a niece, Nancy
Schauffler ’81.
Oberlin Alumni Magazine, Oberlin,
Ohio, Spring 1991, p 28.
Margaret R. Schauffler
Margaret Reynolds
Schauffler,
97, former Oberlin resident, died Feb. 23 at the Elyria United
Methodist
Home, where she had resided since 1990.
Born June 4, 1896, in
Cleveland,
she was the daughter of Dr. Henry and Clara Hobart Schauffler. Her
father
was born to American missionaries serving in Turkey.
In 1886 her parents
founded
Schauffler College in Cleveland which started as a mission to Bohemian
immigrants and women interested in religious education and social work.
In 1954, Schauffler College became the Schauffler Division of Religious
and Social Work at the Oberlin Graduate School of Theology. It
transferred
to Defiance College in 1967.
Miss Schauffler [graduated
from Oberlin High School in 1914 and] received the A.B. degree in music,
with
Phi Beta Kappa honors, from Oberlin College in 1918. She graduated from
the Cleveland School of Art in 1922 and received an M.A. in Art from
Western
Reserve University in 1931.
From 1923 to 1961 she
taught
studio art and Asian art at Oberlin College, retiring as associate
professor
of art. After retiring, she taught art at Ashland College for eight
years
and continued giving private lessons in painting, jewelry-making and
calligraphy
until 1983. Many of her paintings were exhibited in Ohio galleries.
She received the
Distinguished
Service Award from the Oberlin College Alumni Association in 1988.
Miss Schauffler was
involved
in campaigning for women’s suffrage, prohibition and world peace. She
was
an active member of First Church, especially in the Sewing Group which
makes clothing for children in Appalachia and on Indian reservations.
She
also sponsored the education of a young man from Hong Kong, Kwok-Sang
Chui,
who received a Ph.D. in engineering and now lives with his family in
Columbus,
Ind.
She is survived by two
nieces,
Jean Schauffler of Elmira, N.Y., and Rachel Jordan of Eugene, Ore.; and
a great-great niece, Nancy Schauffler, of New York City.
She was preceded in death
by six half-brothers, including Robert Haven Schauffler, a poet and
biographer
of Beethoven, Brahms, Schuman and Schubert, who died in 1965; two
half-sisters;
a brother Lawrence; and a sister Grace.
A memorial service will
be held at First Church in Oberlin with date and time to be announced
later.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, March 1, 1994, p. 2.
Margaret Schauffler, 97, Was Artist And Educator
Margaret R. Schauffler, associate professor emeritus of fine arts at
Oberlin College, followed in her parents' footsteps as an educator,
social activist and artist.
Miss Schauffler, 97, of Oberlin, died Wednesday at the Elyria United Methodist Home.
From 1923 until 1961, she taught art at Oberlin College. After retiring
from Oberlin, she was an art instructor and chairman of the art
department at Ashland College for eight years.
Miss Schauffler gave private lessons in painting, enamel work, jewelry making and calligraphy until 1983.
As a member of the Oberlin chapter of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, she campaigned to keep Oberlin alcohol-free.
She was a pacifist who participated in Oberlin peace vigils and often
sent letters and telegrams to government representatives about anti-war
issues.
Miss Schauffler, a member of the sewing circle at First Church in
Oberlin, made clothing for disadvantaged children in Lorain, in
Appalachia and on South Dakota Indian reservations.
At the 1988 commencement program at Oberlin College, she was presented
the college's award for distinguished service to the community.
Her parents, Henry and Clara Schauffler, founded Schauffler College in
Cleveland in 1886 to educate Bohemian immigrants and women interested
in religious education and social work.
Schauffler College became the Schauffler Division of Religious and
Social Work at the Oberlin College School of Theology in 1954 and today
is part of Defiance College.
Miss Schauffler, a Cleveland native, graduated from Oberlin High School
in 1914. She earned a bachelor's degree in music and graduated Phi Beta
Kappa from Oberlin College in 1918.
In 1922, she graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art. She taught
art at Elyria High School for a year before joining the faculty at
Oberlin College.
She received a master's degree in art from Western Reserve University in 1931.
Miss Schauffler was an accomplished painter whose work was exhibited at
the Cleveland Museum of Art, the College of Wooster, Case Western
Reserve University, the Ohio State Fair and in art galleries and
universities in several states.
She designed the Oberlin Alumni Medal, which is awarded annually.
In 1989, Miss Schauffler initiated the return of a lithograph of Tomas
Masaryk, the first president of Czechoslovakia, to the Czech
government. The portrait had been brought to Oberlin by former Oberlin
College Professor Jan Kozak in 1939. When he returned to his homeland
at the close of World War II, Kozak left the lithograph with Miss
Schauffler for safekeeping.
As a result of her involvement, President George Bush presented the lithograph to Czech President Vaclav Havel in 1990.
Miss Schauffler adhered to the Christian teachings of showing
compassion for others. Until a few years ago, she made weekly visits to
a Wellington nursing home on behalf of her church and chauffered others
to church, college and community events.
She sponsored the education of a Hong Kong man, Kwok-Sang, who earned a
doctorate in engineering and now lives with his family in Columbus, Ind.
Miss Schauffler is survived by her nieces, Jean of Elmira, N.Y., and Rachel Jordan of Eugene, Ore.
The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio, Wednesday, March 2, 1994, p. 6C.
Hazel M. Schekelhoff
Hazel M. Schekelhoff, 89,
former Oberlin resident, died Dec. 8 at Providence Hospital in Sandusky
after a short illness.
Born in Oberlin, she
graduated
from Oberlin High School [in 1924] and the Oberlin School of Commerce.
She lived in Elyria before moving to Sandusky. She was living in the
Erie
County Care Facility at the time of her death.
For 14 years, she worked
for the Lorain County Health Department. She also worked for the State
Department of Employment for seven year, retiring in 1969.
Mrs. Schekelhoff belonged
to St. Mary Catholic Church in Elyria, the Thomas Neill Post No. 275,
the
Women’s Relief Corps of Castalia, and the Happy Years Club of Sandusky.
She was a volunteer for
the Red Cross in the arts and skills division. She also volunteered at
the Seacrest Nursing Home portion of the Ohio Veterans Home in Sandusky.
Survivors include three
step-grandchildren; a step great-grandchild; sisters, Florene Worcester
of Oberlin and Gertrude Ryan of Homeland, Calif.; and nieces and
nephews.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Edward, in 1962; her parents, George R. and Minna
Worcester;
a stepson, Edward W. Schekelhoff; and a sister Ada Cook.
Services were Saturday
morning
at the Frey-Groff Funeral Home Downtown Chapel, Sandusky, followed by
Mass
at St. Mary Catholic Church with the Rev. Philip Feltman as celebrant.
Burial was in St. Joseph
Cemetery in Fremont.
Memorial gifts may be made
to a charity of the donor’s choice.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, December 13, 1994, p. 2.
Joyce V. (Griffin) Scherf – Died Aug. 30, 2007
Sandusky. Joyce V. (Griffin) Scherf, 88, of Sandusky, died Thursday morning in Stein Hospice Care Center, Sandusky.
She was the daughter of Thomas and Louise (Shinskey) Griffin of South
Amherst. Joyce was a 1937 graduate of Oberlin High School, was a U.S.
Army Veteran, had various jobs during the course of her life, baked
cakes for many, worked for Kroger delivering medicine, and volunteered
for Meals on Wheels.
She is survived by two daughters, Lou Ann Scherf of Sandusky and Sue
(Doug) Draper of Carson City, Nevada; two sons Terry (Joyce) Scherf,
Sandusky and David (Janice) Scherf, Vickery; nine grandchildren; six
great-grandchildren; two brothers, Richard and Robert Griffin; three
half brothers Larry, Dan and Duanne Shinskey.
Joyce was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Scherf; her parents;
son, Tom Scherf; two sisters, Elma and Jill Baumeister; and brother,
Jack Griffin.
At the request of the deceased there will be no visitation. Memorial
services for the family will be held in Ransom Funeral Home of
Castalia. Mr. John Paputza will officiate.
Memorials may be made to Stein Hospice Services, 1200 Sycamore Line, Sandusky, OH 44870.
Condolences may be made to ransomfuneralhome.com.
Sandusky Register, Sandusky, Ohio, Friday August 31 2007.
Surgery Resident Benefactress Passes Away [Helen Ruth Schilling]
Mrs. Helen Schilling [nee Spelbrink] passed away at her residence in
Bellevue on Sunday, August 24[, 2003]. She was 87 [and was a 1934
graduate of OHS]. She offered her appreciation to all who cared for her
during the preceding three years when she had been diagnosed with
cancer, particularly to the faculty and residents who were kind enough
to visit her.
Very few people have touched the life of our Department the way Helen
Schilling did. She leaves an incredible legacy for our residents, for
the Department and for the School of Medicine. Several years ago after
creating a lectureship to honor her husband, the late Dr. John
Schilling, she proceeded to endow the Schilling Research Day which
provides our residents a unique opportunity to spend a day discussing
their individual research with each other and with an external reviewer.
The Schillings also donated their home to the Department with the
express wish that the proceeds of the sale would endow the Schilling
Resident Research Scholarship. This endowment currently provides a
stipend for two residents per year to do full-time research.
Typical of her quiet and unassuming demeanor, she requested no formal
ceremonies of any kind at the time of her passing. In lieu of flowers,
she asked that any donations be made to the Schilling Resident Research
Scholarship at UW Medicine.
We will be forever enriched by our friendship with Helen. She set an
example of vision, generosity, courage and strength that we can only
admire.
Surgery Synopsis Newsletter,
v. 11, issue 1, p. 10, University of Washington, Department of Surgery,
Bellevue, Washington,
http://depts.washington.edu/surgery/synopsis/archive/vol11issue1/p10.html
Mrs. Albert C. Schirmer
Mrs. Lucille C.
Schirmer, 85, of
Born in
Mrs. Schirmer was a member of the
First Congregational
Church,
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs.
Margaret Strand,
Friends may call at the Harold Dicken
Funeral home tomorrow
from
Services will be Thursday at
The family suggests memorial
contributions be made to the
Memorial Fund of the First Congregational Church.
The
Chronicle-Telegram,
Esther M. Schmidt, 80, Had Kin on the Mayflower
Euclid – Esther M[ildred] Schmidt [nee Fowls] was a direct descendant
of six Mayflower passengers: Miles Standish, John Alden, Priscilla
Mullens, Edward Doty, Isaac Allerton and Francis Eaton.
She was a member of the Society of Mayflower Descendants and Daughters
of the American Revolution.
Mrs. Schmidt, 80, of Euclid, died at the Grande Pointe Healthcare
Community in Richmond Heights on Sunday, her husband's 83rd birthday.
She was born in Cleveland and was reared in Oberlin, where she
graduated from [OHS in 1933 and from] Oberlin Business College in 1934.
She worked as a secretary and dispatcher at the Richmond Heights Police
Department under Chief Earl Richmond.
Mrs. Schmidt was active in community groups such as the Richmond
Heights and Euclid PTAs, Euclid Historical Society and Order of the
Eastern Star.
She was a member of Faith United Church of Christ.
Mrs. Schmidt is survived by her husband of 57 years, Gordon; sons,
Richard of Richmond Heights, William of Columbia, S.C., and Robert of
Euclid; daughters, Dorothea Sleight of Columbia, Md., and Carolyn
Walter of Catonsville, Md.; nine grandchildren; and a sister.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at the Brickman & Sons
Funeral Home, 21900 Euclid Ave., Euclid.
The Plain Dealer, Cleveland,
Ohio, Wednesday, September 20, 1995, p. 9B.
Ernestine Marie Schmitz, 72
Oberlin -- Ernestine Marie
Schmitz, 72, of Oberlin, died Sunday, Feb. 11, 2001, at Grace Hospital,
Amherst, following a lengthy illness. She was born June 27, 1928, in
New
London, and had lived most of her life in the Oberlin area.
She graduated from Oberlin
High School in 1946 and attended Bowling Green State University.
Mrs. Schmitz was employed
at the former for Oberlin Town Shop until her retirement in the early
1990s.
She had been treasurer of the Oberlin School Board and an executive
secretary
at the school board office, worked as a bank teller for Oberlin Savings
and as a dental assistant for the late Ray Phipps. She had also worked
doing custom sewing, specializing in tailoring and bridal dresses.
She was a member of Sacred
Heart Catholic Church and its Altar and Rosary Society; and of Oberlin
Grange, Ohio State Grange, Lorain County Pomona Grange, the Oberlin
Farm
Women's Club and Oberlin Road Secret Sisters. She enjoyed sewing,
playing
piano, dancing, reading, baking, canning and preserving.
Survivors include her
husband,
Henry Schmitz of Oberlin; daughters Frances Loflin of Greensburg, Pa.,
and Marie Shullick of Lorain; son, Henry N. Schmitz of Oberlin; sister,
Irene (nee Tkach) Zelinka of Elyria; seven grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren;
and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her
parents,
George Bare and Frances Mae Bare (nee Lazalle); and a granddaughter.
Friends may call Tuesday
2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Cowling Funeral Home, 228 S. Main St.,
Oberlin.
Services will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Sacred Heart Catholic Church,
410 W. Lorain St., Oberlin. The Rev. James Reymann, pastor of St.
Patrick
Catholic Church of Wellington, will officiate. Burial will be in
Westwood
Cemetery, Oberlin.
The Morning Journal,
Lorain, Ohio, Tuesday, February 13, 2001.
Henry William Schmitz
Oberlin -- Henry William Schmitz, 83, of Oberlin, died Monday, Nov. 26, 2007, at Welcome Nursing Home, Oberlin.
He was born Feb. 29, 1924, in Oberlin and lived most of his life there.
Schmitz was a grain and dairy farmer, worked for Thew Shovel for 32 years and then worked for Nordson, retiring in 1990.
He enjoyed gardening, his family and raising sunflowers and pumpkins.
He was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1662, Amherst; Oberlin
Farmers Grange, Ohio State Farmers Grange and Lorain County Pomona
Grange; and Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Oberlin.
He graduated from Oberlin High School in 1942 and served in the U.S.
Army from 1945 to 1946 during World War II as a medic with the rank of
staff sergeant.
Survivors include his daughters Frances Loflin of Greensburg, Pa., and
Marie Shullick of Grafton; son, Henry Nicholas Schmitz of Oberlin;
sisters Lois Wohlever Jackson of Oberlin and Beatrice Bucholz of
Wellington; and five grandchildren, five stepgrandchildren, three
great-grandchildren and two stepgreat- grandchildren. He was preceded
in death by his wife, Ernestine Marie; his parents, Henry I. and
Margaret Youngless Schmitz; brother, Joseph Schmitz; sisters Margaret
J. Tingler and Dorothy Kreutzer; and a granddaughter.
Friends may call Wednesday, 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m., at Cowling Funeral
Home, 228 S. Main St., Oberlin. Funeral Mass will be Thursday at 10
a.m. in Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 410 W. Lorain St., with the Rev.
William B. Padavick officiating and burial will follow in Westwood
Cemetery, Oberlin.
Memorial contributions may be made to Allen Community Hospital, 200 W. Lorain St., Oberlin, OH 44074.
The Morning Journal, Lorain, Ohio, Wednesday, November 28, 2007.
Joseph
P. Schmitz
Joseph P. Schmitz, 61, of
10759 Oberlin Rd., was dead on arrival at Allen Hospital on Monday
afternoon.
He had suffered a heart attack while working on his farm.
Born on the farm on Jan.
24, 1920, he had lived there all his life except for three years during
World War II when he served in the 325th Glider Infantry in the U.S.
Army.
[He was a 1938 graduate of Oberlin High School.]
He was a member of Sacred
Heart Catholic Church.
Survivors include a
brother,
Henry, of Oberlin Rd.; and three sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Nedwick of
Oberlin
Rd., Beatrice (Mrs. Raymond) Bucholz of Wellington, and Lois (Mrs.
Leon)
Wohlever of 235 Elm.
He was preceded in death
by his father, Henry, in January 1980 and a sister, Margaret Tingler,
in
June 1980.
Services will be at 10
a.m.
today in Sacred Heart Church with Rev. Robert Bonnell officiating.
Burial
will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Elyria.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, March 5, 1981, p. 8.
Thelma M. Schmitz
Thelma Margaret Schmitz
(nee Davis), 89, of Oberlin, died Aug. 1 at the Welcome Nursing Home
after
a long illness.
Born in River Rouge,
Mich.,
she lived in the Oberlin area almost all her life. She graduated from
Oberlin
High School in 1927.
Mrs. Schmitz was a
housewife
who worked as a cook at Prospect School for eight years. She also was a
housekeeper at St. Mary’s Church in Berea for five years.
A member of Sacred Heart
Church, she was a charter member of the Altar and Rosary Society and
taught
religion school on Saturday for several years.
She enjoyed cooking,
crocheting
afghans, fishing, traveling and the Cleveland Indians.
Survivors include three
daughters, Dorothy Twining of Oberlin, Shirley Artwell of Wellington
and
Rita Pongracz of South Amherst; 13 grandchildren; 13
great-grandchildren;
and four great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Carl; her parents, Charles and Myrtle (nee Dubay)
Davis;
and brothers Herman and William Davis.
Services were August 4 at
Sacred Heart Church with the Rev. William B. Padavick, Pastor, as
celebrant.
Burial was in St. Mary’s
Cemetery in Elyria.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, August 10, 1999, p. 8.
Mrs. E. D. Schramm Stricken At Lodge
Meeting,
Dies
Funeral Services Will
Be on Saturday for Active Community Leader
Gertrude May Grills
Schramm,
59, wife of Edward D. Schramm, prominent Russia township farmer, died
suddenly
at 8:45 last night (Wednesday) at the Masonic Hall.
Mrs. Schramm, associate
conductress of Pansy Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, was taking part in
initiation ceremonies at the lodge meeting when she was stricken.
Born in Russia township
on May 16, 1887, the daughter of Alfred P. and Lucy Gibson Grills, Mrs.
Schramm was a lifelong resident of this community [and a 1905 graduate
of OHS]. She was an active and respected leader in church, club and
lodge
work and in addition to the Eastern Star was a member of the Oberlin
Grange
and the state and national grange organizations; Bethel White Shrine,
Elyria;
Advisory Council 3A; the North Russia Needleguild; and the Literary and
Social Club. She was a member of the First Methodist Church.
Besides her husband Mrs.
Schramm is survived by one daughter and three sons: Juanita, teacher in
the Oberlin School of Commerce; Harlan, Oberlin; LeRoy, Lorain; Ralph,
Trenton; two sisters, Mrs. George Lang and Mrs. Fred Kent, both of
Elyria;
one brother, Elver Grills, Oberlin; two grandsons and one granddaughter.
Funeral Saturday
Afternoon
Funeral services will be
held Saturday at 2:00 p.m. at the First Methodist Church with Rev.
Wilbur
E. Goist officiating. Burial will be in Westwood Cemetery.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, April 11, 1946, p. 1.
Juanita B. Schramm
Oberlin -- Juanita B.
Schramm,
93, of Oberlin, died Friday, March 14, 2003, at EMH Regional Medical
Center,
following a month-long illness.
She was born Aug. 10,
1909,
in New Russia Township.
She was a [1926] graduate
of Oberlin High School and a 1931 graduate of Oberlin College.
Ms. Schramm taught
business
classes at Oberlin Business College for 17 years. She retired from
teaching
business classes at Oberlin High School in 1980.
She was an active longtime
member of First United Methodist Church, Oberlin, where she was church
secretary for many years. She was a past matron of Pansy Chapter 34
Order
of Eastern Star and a member of the Hook Crafters Club, Needle Point
Club
and the Russia Township Farm Women's Club.
Survivors include nephews
Wayne and Donald Edward Schramm, both of Oberlin; and nieces Susan J.
Anthony
of Richmond, Va. and Janet Micly of Peroria, Ill.; and many
great-nieces
and great-nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents Edward D.
and
Gertrude M. (nee Grills) Schramm.
Friends may call Sunday,
4 to 6 p.m., at Cowling Funeral Home, where Order of Eastern Star will
have services at 4 p.m. Funeral services will be Monday at 11 a.m. at
First
United Methodist Church. The Rev. O. French Ball, pastor of First
United
Methodist Church, and the Rev. Judith Claycomb, pastor of York United
Methodist
Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Westwood Cemetery, Oberlin.
The Morning Journal,
Lorain, Ohio, Saturday, March 15, 2003.
LeRoy Schramm
LeRoy Schramm, 62, Huron
hardware dealer and brother of Juanita Schramm of 11344 Leavitt Rd.,
was
pronounced dead on Monday at Good Samaritan Hospital in Sandusky. He
was
stricken, apparently with a heart attack, at Schramm’s Hardware Store,
Huron, which he had owned and operated since 1950.
Mr. Schramm, who lived at
425 Wyandot Pl., Huron, moved to Huron from Oberlin 26 years ago. He
was
a director of Northern Security Co. in Columbus, a member of the Erie
County,
State and National Boards of Realtors and was vice president of Grange
Realty.
Mr. Schramm was a member
of First United Methodist Church in Oberlin, Lorain Lodge 552 F &
AM,
Oberlin Grange, and the Ohio Hardware Association. [He graduated from
Oberlin
High School in 1932.]
In addition to his sister,
he is survived by his wife, Bernadine, and a brother Ralph of Trenton.
The funeral will be today
at 1 p.m. at the Huron Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Dr. George
Bell
and the Rev. Donald Yaussy officiating. Burial will be in the Ridge
Hill
Memorial Park, Lorain.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, January 6, 1977, p. 7.
Ralph E. Schramm
Ralph E. Schramm, 84, died
July 4, 2002, in the health center at Friendship Village of Columbus.
He
had cancer.
Born in Oberlin, Mr.
Schramm
graduated from Oberlin High School in 1935, and Ohio State University
College
of Agriculture in 1939. Upon graduation and until retirement in 1993,
Mr.
Schramm was farm manager of former Governor James M. Cox’s livestock
and
grain farms, and for 20 years was agricultural columnist for the
Cox-owned
Dayton Daily News.
In 1964, he was inducted
into the OSU Animal Science Hall of Fame in recognition of his research
activities on the farm and at the university. In 1970, he received the
OSU Centennial Award for Distinguished Service.
In 1986, Mr. Schramm
received
the Meritorious Service award from the OSU College of Agriculture
Alumni
Association and was a USA Animal Industry delegate to the Peoples
Republic
of China. In 1987, he was a delegate to Australia and New Zealand.
In 1993, Mr. Schramm
received
the Goodyear/NACD Conservation award for outstanding accomplishments in
resource conservation.
He was a member of the
Front
Street Presbyterian Church of Hamilton, Ohio.
He is survived by
daughters
Susan Anthony of Richmond, Va., and Janet Miley of East Peoria, Ill.,
grandchildren
Ann Robin Anthony of Arlington, Va., Sarah Jane Gordon of Metamora,
Ill.,
and Laura Miley of Bradley, Ill.; a sister, Juanita Schramm and nephews
Donald and Wayne Schramm of Oberlin.
He was preceded in death
by his wife Rowena (nee Gekler), brothers Harlan and LeRoy Schramm, and
his parents, Edward and Gertrude (nee Grills) Schramm.
There will be no
visitation.
At his request, Mr. Schramm’s body was donated to the OSU Medical
School.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, July 23, 2002, p. 2.
Jean Heinrich Schreiner
[Anna] Jean Heinrich Schreiner, age 85, of Friendship Village, formerly
of Mt. Lebanon, died on Saturday, October 11, 2003; beloved wife for 58
years of C. Bryson Schreiner; devoted mother of Kathryn Schreiner of
Los Angeles, CA, Martha (Bruce) Dreisbach of Mercersburg, PA, Sally
(Orwin) Youngquist of Evanston, IL, and the Rev. Samuel (Debra)
Schreiner, III of Londonderry, NH; sister of Kathryn McNall of Pleasant
Gap, PA; loving grandmother of Katy Beth and Megan Dreisbach, Abigail,
Samuel and John Schreiner.
Born in India to missionary parents, Jean was an elder and member of
Mt. Lebanon United Presbyterian Church since coming to Pittsburgh. [She
was a 1934 graduate of OHS.]
Friends will be received at Laughlin Memorial Chapel
(www.laughlinfuneralhome.com), 222 Washington Rd., Mt. Lebanon Tuesday
afternoon only from 3-6 pm. A Memorial Service will be held in Mt.
Lebanon United Presbyterian Church, Wednesday at 12 noon. Interment
will be private.
In lieu of flowers Memorials may be made to The World Mission Fund of
The Mt. Lebanon United Presbyterian Church, 255 Washington Road,
Pittsburgh, PA. 15216
The Post-Gazette,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Tuesday, October 14, 2003.
Allen M. Schubert
Allen Maurice Schubert,
46, of 190 N. Main, died Tuesday night at Allen Hospital following an
illness
of two days.
Mr. Schubert was born in
Oberlin on May 21, 1925, and spent his entire life here. [He graduated
from Oberlin High School in 1944.] He owned Schubert Buick Inc., 43 E.
College, in partnership with his brother. He worked there as a child
washing
cars for his father, the late Maurice S. Schubert, who then owned the
dealership.
Mr. Schubert was a member
of the Lorain City Automobile Association and of First Church.
He is survived by his wife
Dorris; three sons, James, Jon and Eric, all at home; his mother, Mrs.
May Schubert, 196 N. Main; and his brother, Paul, 471 Caskey.
Friends may call today
from
2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Cowling Funeral Home. Funeral services will
be
conducted tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. in First Church by the Rev. Frederick
Schumacher.
Burial will be in Westwood Cemetery.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, June 17, 1971, p. 13.
Barbara C. Schubert
Grafton -- Barbara C. [Elizabeth] Schubert (nee Gulde), 74, of Grafton,
died Thursday April 27, 2006, due to injuries sustained in an
automobile accident.
She was born May 30, 1931, in Lorain, and was a lifelong
Grafton/Oberlin area resident [and a 1949 graduate of OHS]. She enjoyed
playing bridge, traveling and spending time with her grandchildren.
Survivors include her husband of 53 years, Frank; daughter, Linda
Lelito of Grafton; sons Bill Schubert of New Albany and Rick Schubert
of Grafton; and seven grandchildren.
Friends may call Monday 11 a.m., until the time of services at 1 p.m.
at the Bauer-Laubenthal Funeral Home, Chestnut Ridge Road and SR 57,
Elyria.
The Rev. Jonathan McCleery, pastor of Laporte United Methodist Church
will officiate. Burial will be private.
Memorial contributions can be made to the Midview High School Endowment
Fund, P.O. Box 121 Grafton, OH 44044.
The Morning Journal,
Lorain, Ohio, Sunday, April 30, 2006.
Gerald
Schubert dies; was WW II Army vet
Gerald T. Schubert, 52,
of 802 ½ East Ave., an Army veteran of World War II, died in
Elyria
Memorial Hospital this morning after a brief illness.
He was a supervisor of
technical
services for Smith-Jones Inc. (formerly American Standard and Tappan).
Mr. Schubert was a member
of St. Mary Church, the Holy Name Society, and the Parent Teachers
Unit.
He was also coach in the CYO program and was a former officer and
active
worker in Little League South.
Born in Oberlin [and a
1944
graduate of OHS], he lived in Elyria 30 years.
Surviving are his wife,
Marie (nee Murray), to whom he was married 29 years; five sons, Gerald
Jr., Alexandria, Va., Ronald, Columbus, Gregory, Richard and Robert,
all
at home; daughters, Janice, Carol and Kathy, all at home; his mother,
Mrs.
Josephine Dukovach, Elyria; brothers, Lawrence Schubert, Elyria, and
Ralph
Schubert, San Jose, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Leonarda Salvatore, Reading,
Pa.
Friends will be received
in the Reichlin Funeral Home this evening from 7 to 9 p.m. Wake
services
will be conducted there Wednesday at 8 p.m.
Services will be Thursday
at 10:30 a.m. in the funeral home and at 11 a.m. in St. Mary Church.
The
Rev. Francis Osborne will officiate and burial will be in St. Mary
Cemetery.
The Chronicle-Telegram,
Elyria, Ohio, Tuesday, July 24, 1979, p. B-2.
Miss Lucile Schubert
Sympathy of the entire
community
is extended to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Schubert and family in the
bereavement
caused by the sudden death of their daughter and sister, Miss Lucile
Schubert,
which occurred at Lakeside Maternity Hospital on Sunday afternoon at
2:30
o’clock.
The uncertainty concerning
the accident makes the terrible shock so much harder to bear and the
grief-stricken
family have the sincere sympathy of many friends.
The deceased was born in
Elyria on Dec. 4, 1909, the second daughter of a family of six children
born to Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Schubert, who for several years have been
residents
of this township.
At the age of six years,
Lucile moved with her family to Pittsfield Township, where she attended
grade school. She was graduated from Oberlin High School in 1927 as a
member
of the National Honor Society and the next year began her training in
the
Nurses’ Training School of Western Reserve, graduating from there in
1930.
For some time she had been
employed in Lakeside Maternity Hospital and had just recently received
a fine promotion.
In addition to her
parents,
she is survived by three sisters and one brother, Mrs. Cornelia Dague
of
Mdeina, Jeanette, Marjorie and William of this place.
Funeral services, which
were largely attended, were held on Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 21, at
Sedgeman’s
Funeral Parlors in Oberlin, and were in charge of Rev. Fogel of South
Amherst.
Burial was made in Ridgelawn Cemetery in Elyria.
The Chronicle-Telegram,
Elyria,
Ohio, Saturday, September 24, 1932, p. 5.
Mae K. Schubert, 80, owned Schubert Buick
Mae K. Schubert [nee Bedford], 80, of Oberlin, died Saturday evening at
Allen Memorial Hospital, where she was admitted earlier that day.
She was born in Huron and lived in Oberlin most of her life[,
graduating from OHS in 1923]. She was a co-owner in Schubert Buick,
Inc., with her husband, Maurice, and after his death in 1961, with her
two sons.
She was a member of the First Church of Oberlin and Gray Ladies of
Allen Memorial Hospital. She was also a member of the Allen Memorial
Hospital Auxiliary and the American Legion Auxiliary.
She is survived by a son, Paul; seven grandchildren, and three
great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son Allen in 1971.
Friends will be received from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Monday in the Cowling
Funeral Home, 228 S. Main St., Oberlin. Services will be Tuesday at 2
p.m. at First Church with the Rev. John Elder, officiating.
There will be a private family burial Tuesday in Westwood Cemetery.
Memorial contributions, if desired, may be made to the Allen Memorial
Hospital Cardiac Care Unit or the Oberlin Rotary Memorial Scholarship
Fund.
The Chronicle-Telegram,
Elyria, Ohio, Sunday, March 10, 1985, p. E-4.
Paul
A. Schubert
Paul Albert Schubert, 62,
of Oberlin, died May 12 at Lorain Community Hospital.
A lifelong Oberlin
resident,
he graduated from Oberlin High School in 1949.
He served in the Air Force
and was a veteran of the Korean War.
Mr. Schubert owned and
operated
Schubert Buick Inc., founded by his father, Maurice. Two of his sons,
Thomas
and Robert, were his partners until he sold the business in 1992.
He was a past director of
the Lorain County Auto Dealers Association, a member of American Legion
Post 102, of which he was also past commander, and a member of First
Church.
He is survived by his
wife,
Gail E.; sons, Thomas of Pittsburgh, Michael of Hastings-on-Hudson, and
Robert of Oberlin; a daughter, Katherine Bradford of Strongsville; and
eight grandsons.
He was preceded in death
by his father in 1961; mother, Mae K., in 1985; and brother, Allan, in
1971.
Services were Monday
morning
in the First Church, with the Rev. David Clark officiating. Burial was
in Westwood Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may
be made to the Oberlin School Endowment Fund, in care of the Oberlin
Board
of Education office, 218 N. Pleasant St.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, May 17, 1994, p. 2.
Ralph Schubert Buried Here This Afternoon
Amherst, Dec. 26.—The remains of Ralph [Russell] Schubert, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Schubert, formerly of this place, arrived here today
from the West and the funeral was held at the Baker funeral parlors
this afternoon. Rev. F. Eastman officiated. [A 1913 graduate of OHS, he
died December 22, 1923, in Weber Co., Utah.] Burial was made in Crown
Hill cemetery. Mrs. A. Cameron and Mrs. Art Engle of South Amherst, are
relatives.
The Chronicle-Telegram,
Elyria, Ohio, Wednesday, December 26, 1923, p. 4.
Sandra (Sandy)
Gilmer
Schumnik
Sandra Nell Gilmer
Schumnik,
44, of Anderson, SC, former Oberlin resident, died Dec 28 at Anderson
Memorial
Hospital. The Gilmer family moved to Oberlin in 1959 when the father,
Nelson
Gilmer, joined the Oberlin College staff. Sandra Gilmer [graduated from
Oberlin High School in 1960, and] attended Oberlin College and the
University
of Vienna, Austria. She was employed as a telephone operator with
Minyard
Motors and Judson Motors, in Anderson, SC.
She is survived by her
parents,
Nelson and Ruth Gilmer of North Port, FL; sons, Johannas, Tony and
David
Schumnik, all of Vienna, Austria, a daughter, Barbara Schumnik of
Innsbruck,
Austria, and three sisters' Mrs. Linda Schmitz of St. Louis, MO,
Deborah
Ann Gilmer of Eugene, OR and Mrs. Wendy Musson of Anderson, SC.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, January 8, 1987, p. 2.
Sandra Gilmer Schumnik died
Dec. 28, 1986, in Anderson, S.C., where she was a telephone operator
with Minyard Motors and Judson Motors. She previously worked as a
bilingual executive secretary for the Robert Bosch Corp. in Anderson.
Born Oct. 8, 1942, in Spring City, Tenn., she moved to Oberlin in 1959
when her father, Nelson Gilmer, joined the Construction Office staff at
Oberlin College. She [graduated from OHS in 1960 and] attended Oberlin
[College] 1960-63 and later studied at U. Vienna in Austria. She leaves
four children, her parents, and three sisters.
The Oberlin Alumni Magazine,
Oberlin, Ohio, Spring 1987, p. 45.
Joel
Schwartz Died Sunday at Home Here
Sudden Illness Ends
Useful
and Busy Life of Teacher
Funeral Tuesday Under
Masonic Auspices—Burial at Westwood
After an illness of only
two hours of either heart trouble or acute indigestion Joel W. Schwartz
died at his home at 238 West Lorain street Sunday morning at 5:15. Mr.
Schwartz had retired apparently in perfect health and was seized with
his
final illness about 3 o’clock Sunday morning. His sudden death came as
a shock to his family and to his many friends.
Since early manhood Mr.
Schwartz, who had reached the age of 45, had been a resident of
Oberlin.
He was a student in the [Oberlin] Academy from 1914 to 1916, inclusive.
In the world war he saw active service in Europe. On his return he
lacked
a few credits for graduation from High School and on the advice of
Superintendent
Rawdon Mr. Schwartz took work in the Oberlin High School, from which he
graduated in 1923, standing second in a class of 54. He also took a
course
in the Oberlin Business College, now the Oberlin School of Commerce.
In the school year of
1925-26
Mr. Schwartz began his connection with the faculty of Oberlin High
School
as a part-time teacher. While pursuing his teaching duties Mr. Schwartz
took work in the summer sessions of Oberlin College, graduating with
the
degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1929. For the past five years Mr.
Schwartz
had been a full-time teacher of commercial branches in the high school
and had done work in history.
Not content with the
education
he had attained by steady work and application, Mr. Schwartz continued
his studies in Oberlin College while most acceptably carrying on his
teaching
duties and had completed his work for his Master’s degree when death
came
to him. He served as clerk of the board of education from January 1923
to August 1928, when he resigned.
Superintendent Howard L.
Rawdon said of Mr. Schwartz: “The keynote to his character was loyalty.
He was loyal to his task and loyal to those under whose direction he
worked.
He was conscientious in all he did and honorable in all his actions.
The
schools will miss him more and more. He was always ready to do his
part,
and if need be, more than his part.”
Mr. Schwartz leaves his
wife, before marriage Miss Doris Comstock, daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Seth G. Comstock, for years honored residents here, and one small
daughter. Funeral services will be conducted this (Tuesday) afternoon
at
the Sedgeman funeral parlors. The services here and at the grave in
Westwood
cemetery will be under the auspices of Oberlin Lodge, Free and Accepted
Masons, of which Mr. Schwartz was a member. A brief talk will be made
at
the services by Rev. William Smith.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, July 31, 1934, p. 1.
Mary Louise Schwartz
Mary Louise Schwartz, 70,
of Jonesboro, Ark., former Oberlin resident, died Jan. 6 at St.
Bernard’s
Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro.
Born in Lakewood, Ohio,
she was a member of the Oberlin High School class of 1945. She then
lived
in Elyria, moving to Arkansas in 1957.
She retired as a computer
operator for the Colson Caster Corp., after 46 years.
There are no immediate
survivors.
She was preceded in death
by her parents, Joel Wellington and Doris Jane (nee Comstock) Schwartz;
and a sister, Nancy Jane Schwartz, in 1921.
Graveside services were
held Jan. 8 at Pine Hill Cemetery in Jonesboro.
Oberlin News-Tribune,Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, January 20, 1998, p. 2.
Alvin Scott Jr.
Oberlin -- Alvin Scott Jr., 79, of Oberlin, died unexpectedly Saturday,
March 10, 2007, at home. He was born May 27, 1927, in Cleveland [and
graduated from OHS in 1946].
Scott, a master plumber, was employed by the City of Oberlin for 30
years, retiring in 1981 as water distribution and sewer maintenance
superintendent.
He was a member of Mount Zion Baptist Church, Oberlin, and served on the church board of trustees for 15 years.
Survivors include his son, Anthony W. ''Tony'' Scott of Oberlin;
brothers Everett Scott and Alvin L. Scott, both of Las Vegas, William
B. Scott of Peninsula, Nev., Donald C. Scott of Canton and Charles
Scott of Sullivan; sisters Beverly Hurst of Kensington, Md., Robin
Dorand-Rudolf Walter and Rozalind Sunahara, both of Las Vegas, and
Patricia Knight and Janice Walt, both of Oberlin; and two grandsons,
two great-granddaughters, and uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces and
cousins. He was preceded in death by his wife, Priscilla Sanata Anna
Scott; father, Alvin Scott Sr.; mother, Janie Burgess; and sister,
Barbara Jean Scott.
Friends may call Thursday from 10 a.m. until service time at 11 a.m. at
Mount Zion Baptist Church, 47 Locust St. The Rev. Anthoni D. McElrath
will officiate. Burial later in Westwood Cemetery, Oberlin, will be
private.
Arrangements by Cowling Funeral Home, Oberlin.
The Morning Journal, Lorain, Ohio, Tuesday, March 13, 2007.
Burrell Lawrence Scott
Burrell Lawrence “Larry”
Scott, 42, died June 15 at the Coming Home Hospice in San Francisco,
Calif.
He had pulmonary Kaposi’s sarcoma.
Born in Oberlin on Feb.
21, 1950, he attended Oberlin schools, graduating from Oberlin High
School
in 1969. He attended Central College in Pella, Iowa, and the Lorain
County
Community College, and in 1976 received a certificate as an operating
room
technician from the Center for Health Studies, San Francisco, which is
associated with Antioch College.
He was employed at San
Francisco
General Hospital and assisted plastic surgeons in private practice. He
also owned and operated a janitorial service.
He enjoyed drawing,
sketching,
and painting before moving to San Francisco in 1972.
He was a member of the
Philadelphia
Berean Seventh Day Adventist Church of San Francisco.
He is survived by his
parents,
Burrell and Bonnie Scott, Oberlin residents for 45 years, who recently
moved to Virginia; two sisters, Mrs. Mark (Erica) Wright of Bay Village
and Mrs. Anthony (Patricia) Timus of Reston, Va.; two nieces and two
nephews;
and several uncles, aunts, and cousins.
Memorial services will be
on Sunday, June 28, at 4 p.m. at the Park Street Seventh Day Adventist
Church, 99 S. Park St. His family would appreciate greeting their old
friends,
neighbors, relatives, and especially Larry’s friends and schoolmates
from
2-2:30 p.m. at the church on June 28.
Interment will be in
Westwood
Cemetery.
Memorial gifts may be made
to the American Cancer Society, 973 Market St., Suite 550, San
Francisco,
CA 94103.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin, Ohio, Tuesday, June 23, 1992, p. 2.
Charles Scott
Services for Charles
(Hardy)
Scott of Oberlin, who died Monday at Gaymount Nursing Center, Norwalk,
after a long illness, will be today at 11 a.m. in the Gerber Funeral
Home,
Wakeman.
Mr. Elmer Morgan, interim
pastor at Kipton Community Church, and Rev. Leah Matthews, pastor of
Brownhelm
Congregational Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Camden
Cemetery.
Mr. Scott was born and
spent
most of his life in Kipton. He served as executive vice-president of
the
former Kipton Bank for 33 years and for 10 years after it became a
branch
of the Oberlin Savings Bank.
He was a graduate of
Oberlin
High School [in 1920] and the American Banking Institute.
A member of the Lorain
County
Association of Township Trustees and Clerks for 26 years, he served as
clerk of the Camden Twp. trustees and was the clerk of the Camden
school
board for 20 years.
He was a member of the
Camden
Twp. Volunteer Fire Department and the Kipton Community Church. He also
drove a school bus for many years.
Surviving are a daughter,
Mary Frances Joy of Louisville; a son, Charles Jr. of Toledo; five
grandchildren
and four great-grandchildren. His wife, Elva, died in 1977.
The family suggests that
memorial contributions, if desired, be made to the Kipton Community
Church.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, February 21, 1985, p. 5.
[Daniel L. Scott] OHS
senior killed in shooting accident
Daniel L. Scott, 18, of
Oberlin, died last Thursday evening in Montgomery, Ala., after he was
apparently
shot accidentally while visiting friends there.
He was a senior at Oberlin
High School.
Police in Montgomery
reported
that Scott and several friends had been playing with the gun, which
they
thought had been unloaded.
According to a witness,
the gun was fired by Ollie Belcher, 19, a former Oberlin resident who
moved
to Montgomery last August.
Belcher was bound over to
the grand jury, but won’t be charged until the Montgomery County
coroner
rules whether the shooting was accidental.
Scott was the second OHS
senior to die this year; Greata Huber, 18, died February 17 of injuries
resulting from a car accident.
Scott is survived by his
mother, Martha Davidson of Berea; his father, Alvin L. Scott of
Oberlin;
three brothers, Orlando, Jason and Justin, all of Oberlin; a sister,
Tujuana
Davidson of Berea; and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Waller of
Cleveland and Mrs. Josephine Scott of New London.
Funeral services were
Tuesday
morning at the Cowling Funeral Home with the Rev. Ron Archer, pastor of
First Baptist Church, Berea, officiating. Burial was in Westwood