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Charles
Clifford Smith
Funeral services for
Charles
Clifford Smith, 53, are to take place at 11 a.m. today at Cowling
Funeral
Home. Rev. John Elder of First Church will officiate; burial will be in
Westwood Cemetery.
Mr. Smith died Monday in
Elyria Memorial Hospital and had undergone surgery for arterial
sclerosis,
a circulatory disease which was first detected eight years ago. It had
required the amputation of both legs in the last year.
Mr. Smith came here from
Detroit and graduated from Oberlin High School [in 1938]. He attended
the
Cincinnati School of Embalming before entering the U.S. Air Force in
World
War II. He worked for a time for the Sedgeman family, which operated a
funeral home and a floor covering business here, and studied at
Baldwin-Wallace
College after the war.
In 1950, he and his wife
Barbara established Smith Furnishings and Floor Coverings at 28 S.
Main.
Mrs. Smith and the Smiths’ son Chuck will continue to operate the
business.
Mr. Smith was a member of
First Church, Oberlin Lodge 380, F & AM; Oberlin chapter 219 of the
Royal Arch Masons; Scottish Rite Valley of Cleveland; Post 102 of the
American
Legion; and the Oberlin Golf Club.
The smith family home is
318 Reamer, where Mr. Smith’s mother, Mrs. Beatrice Smith, also
resides.
Survivors in addition to Mr. Smith’s wife and mother and the son
associated
with the family business are two younger sons, Brian, a student at the
University of Colorado, and Brent, a student at Denver University.
The Smiths suggested that
memorial contributions be made to the Allen Hospital intensive care
unit.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, April 25, 1974, p. 5.
Edith Princehorn Smith
Edith Princehorn Smith,
83, former Oberlin resident, died of pneumonia at the Harding Nursing
Home,
Waterville, N.Y., on July 14.
Mrs. Smith was born and
raised in Oberlin and graduated from [Oberlin High School in 1925 and
from]
Oberlin College in 1929. She served as a librarian in the Utica, N.Y.,
public library and later was librarian at the Marcy Psychiatric Center
in Utica, N.Y.
Her husband, Rev. George
Smith, died in 1971 and a son, Tom, in 1989.
Survivors include a
daughter-in-law,
Martha Smith of Sauquoit, N.Y.; three grandchildren, Jann Smith, Hilda
Pomeroy, and Erik Smith, all of Sauquoit; and a brother, Arthur
Princehorn
of Florida.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, August 13, 1991, p. 2.
Elizabeth A. Smith
Elizabeth A. “Betty”
Smith,
65, of Tampa, Fla., former Oberlin resident, died April 13 [6] at
Columbia
Brandon Regional Medical Center in Tampa.
She moved to Tampa from
Washington, D.D. in 1986. She was a retired legal secretary for the
State
Attorney General’s office in Tampa.
Survivors include a
sister,
Roberta Crisp of Oberlin, brothers, Robert J. Smith of Columbus, Ohio,
and Theodore K. Smith of New York City; and nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death
by her parents, Robert C. and Harriet J. and brother Gary S.
Mark III Family Funeral
Home, Tampa, was in charge of arrangements.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, May 21, 1996, p. 2.
Eva Lillian Smith
Died—Smith—At
Mooreville,
Iowa, March 11, 1884, Mrs. Eva Lillian Smith, wife of Dr. O. J. Smith,
of Mooreville, and daughter of Geo. H. Hu[t]chings, Esq., of Oberlin,
aged
26 years, 4 months, and 6 days.
The deceased was a
graduate
of the Class of ’90, Oberlin College. It is expected that her remains
will
arrive in Oberlin Friday morning. Funeral at the residence of her
father,
No. 7 Morgan street, at 2 o’clock P.M., March 14. Friends are invited
to
be present.
Obituary [read by
OC President J. H. Fairchild]
The cause of this obituary
is the death of Mrs. Eva Lillian Smith, daughter of Geo. F. and Lucy
Ann
Hutchings, who was born at Litchfield, Medina county Ohio, November
4th,
1857. After she had all the advantages of education of her native place
her parents moved to Oberlin, February 2d, 1870, for the educational
advantages
afforded here. She entered the Union School and graduated in June,
1876;
entered Oberlin College in the fall of 1876, and took a classical
course
and graduated June, A. D. 1880, with high honors.
In the fall of 1880 she
was chosen principal and superintendent of the High School at Mentor,
Ohio,
which proved too great labor and strain for her constitution and she
was
compelled to resign her charge in nine months. In the fall of 1881 she
accepted a position in the High School at Elyria, taught six weeks and
was compelled to resign her situation on account of failing health.
Since
then she has been in search of health. She spent some time in Vermont,
but was not permanently benefited. In the spring of 1882 she went to
Minnesota,
spent six months there and was temporarily improved and again in the
fall
of 1882 she engaged to teach at Elyria, but her health seemed to be
gradually
giving away and she was compelled to give up mental labor altogether.
January 30th, 1883, she
was united in marriage at Oberlin to Dr. O. J. Smith, and settled at
Edgington,
Illinois, where Dr. Smith had established himself in the practice of
his
profession and remained there one year. Her health continuing to fail
they
moved to Morreville, Iowa, hoping to be benefited by the bracing air of
that locality. But she gradually failed until the 11th inst., when she
passed away without a struggle, giving the best of evidence of
Christian
hope.
In the spring of 1879 she
was converted to Christianity and united with the Second Congregational
church at Oberlin, and has lived a consistent Christian life.
So one of Oberlin’s
loveliest,
pure, kind, brave, and honored ladies loved and respected by all, has
passed
away.
The President also read
a letter written by the deceased to her father and sister, only six
days
previous to her death, an extract from which will be of interest to her
friends.
After expressing a wish
that she could see them she says:
“But we will have to be
satisfied for a long time this way. It has snowed every day since last
Sunday until today, which is a beautiful day, and I would greatly wish
to ride out, but I am not strong enough. My rides are in my rocking
chair
to and from my meals. I sit up most all day, but I am far from being a
well, strong woman. Some days I feel quite well, others most miserable.
About ten days ago it was very windy and through some crack or other I
caught a severe cold, and I have not recovered from that yet. Yet I
live
in hopes that when spring comes I may be much better. I am trying to
put
my trust in my precious Saviour, entirely hoping that He may see fit to
save me longer to accomplish more for His cause. I keep up as cheerful
and encouraging spirit as I can, but many days I am almost discouraged.
Some of the time my appetite is quite good again not at all good.”
She speaks of the kindness
of her husband, his sister, and the neighbors around her.
The burial took place in
the Oberlin cemetery.
The Oberlin Weekly
News,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Friday, March 14 & 21, 1884, pp. 3 & 2.
George Smith
George A. Smith, 43, of
Wellington died Saturday at University Hospital in Cleveland after a
short
illness.
Born in Oberlin, he had
lived here for most of his life. A 1967 graduate of Oberlin High
School,
he attended Kent State University for two years. He retired in 1986
after
10 years as an auto mechanics instructor at the Lorain County Joint
Vocational
School.
He was active as a 4-H
advisor
and taught tractor certification. He was a member of First United
Methodist
Church in Oberlin.
Survivors include sons,
Jonathan and Joseph, at home; his mother, Ruth of Wellington; sisters,
Donna Grote of Vermilion and Barbara Getty of Medina.
He was preceded in death
by his father, Andrew, in 1962.
Services will be held
today,
Feb. 11, at 11 a.m. in Cowling Funeral Home, Oberlin, with the Rev.
Darrell
Woomer officiating. Burial will be in Westwood Cemetery, Oberlin.
Memorial contributions may
be made to the Lorain County 4-H Fund, in care of the Cooperative
Extension
Service, 42110 Russia Road, Elyria.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, February 11, 1992, p. 2.
Horace Judson Smith
Horace Judson Smith, 73, died in
Horace Smith was born on
Mr. Smith is survived by his wife and
his son Alan, ’43.
The
Oberlin Alumni Magazine,
H. Wallace Smith
H. Wallace Smith, 73, of
RD 1, Hallauer Rd., died Jan. 30 at his home following a long illness.
Born in Wheeling, W. Va.,
on Jan. 12, 1901, Smith lived here since 1908 [and graduated from
Oberlin
High School in 1920]. He worked as a teller at the Oberlin Savings Bank
for 25 years prior to his appointment as city auditor by city manager
Vic
Zahm in 1945. He remained city auditor until his retirement in 1966.
Surviving are his wife,
Geneva; 2 sons, Dr. Stanley W. of Columbus and William L. Smith,
Hallauer
Rd.; eight grandchildren; two great-grand children; a brother, Joseph
D.
of Park Rapids, Minn. He was preceded in death by a brother, Lyndon.
Private graveside services
were held at Camden Cemetery under the direction of the Cowling Funeral
Home.
The family suggests that
memorial contributions be made to the American Cancer Society.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, February 7, 1974, p. 4.
Ida Ruth
(Mills) Smith
Ida Mills Smith died
Following graduation [from OHS in
1916 and from
In 1925 she married Herbert E. Smith,
a landscape engineer.
They lived in
After moving to
She leaves children Eugene H. ’50 and
Nancy R. Smith-Hewett,
six grandchildren and a sister, Alice Sloan of Oberlin. Her husband
died in
1966.
The
Oberlin Alumni Magazine,
Irene B. Smith (nee Baldauf)
Irene [Harriet] B. Smith (nee Baldauf), 81, died Saturday, Sept. 9,
2006, at Good Samaritan Nursing Home, Avon, after a short illness.
Born in Elyria, she lived in the area her entire life. She graduated
from Oberlin High School [in 1943]. She worked as a head teller at
First National Bank and later retired as manager of the Second Street
Elyria office.
She enjoyed golfing, animals and, in later years, enjoyed bird
watching. She was a great cook, and one of the family favorites was her
homemade donuts. She had a special sense of humor and enjoyed being
with her family.
Survivors include daughters Carolyn Bryda and Diana Carroll, both of
Elyria; four grandchildren; a sister, Helen Penfound; and a brother, Ed
Baldauf of Elyria. She was preceded in death by her husband of 51
years, Hubert J. Smith; sisters Edith Davenport and Ethel Reinders; and
brothers Herb and Leonard Baldauf.
Friends may call 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Busch Funeral Home,
114 Second St., Elyria, where services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, with
the Rev. Tom Kowatch of St. Mary's Church officiating. Interment will
be at St. Mary's Cemetery, Lake Avenue, Elyria.
Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 12200 Fairhill Road, Cleveland, OH 44120.
The Chronicle Telegram, Elyria, Ohio, Sunday, September 10, 2006.
Irwin A.
Smith
Irwin Addison Smith
died at his home in
Mr. Smith was born in
A former president of Oberlin Alumni
Club in
Mr. Smith is survived by his wife and
a sister, Emma Jane
Smith, of
The
Oberlin Alumni Magazine, March
1947, p. 24.
James A. Smith, 36, dies
after long illness
James Albert Smith, 36,
of 281 Grafton, died on July 30 in Lorain Community Hospital after a
long
illness.
Born in Greenville, South
Carolina on Dec. 22, 1943, he graduated from Oberlin High School in
1962
and received the AB degree in economics from Swarthmore College in 1967.
He served in the U.S.
Foreign
Service until 1974 and then was employed by Sister Cities
International,
Washington, D.C. After returning to Oberlin, he worked for the Center
for
Integrate Services and was a loan officer at the Oberlin Savings Bank
until
1979. He was a member of Rust United Methodist Church.
Surviving are his former
wife, Karen of San Rafael, California; son, Ramsey D., and daughter
Lauren
(“Sandi”), both of San Rafael; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jess Smith of 281
Grafton; sister, Dianne Smith, Cleveland; and grandfather, W.D. Smith,
91 Maple.
Services were Saturday
morning
in Rust United Methodist Church with Rev. James Roberson, assisted by
Rev.
Charles Mayle, officiating. Burial was in Westwood Cemetery.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, August 7, 1980, p. 2.
Mrs. William L. [Joyce Marie] Smith
Mrs. Joyce Marie Smith,
Hallauer Rd., died Jan. 16 in Allen Hospital following a long illness.
[She was a 1946 graduate of Oberlin High School.]
She is survived by her
husband,
William L. Smith, four children, Mrs. Barbara Marshall of Oberlin,
Lynn,
a student at Ohio State, Stanley, of Connecticut, and Allen; her
mother,
Mrs. Bertha Powers of Hallauer Rd.; a sister, Wanda Snoble of Elyria;
and
a brother, Allen Powers of Rt. 20 W.
The family requests that
memorial donations be made to the American Cancer Society.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, January 24, 1974, p.8.
Mrs. Kate Belle
Smith
Vermilion—Mrs. Kate
Belle Smith, 81, died Sunday at 1:30
p.m. at her home at 930 State street, following an illness of several
years.
She was born November 2, 1872, in Vermilion and had lived there all her
life
[but was an 1891 graduate of OHS].
Mrs. Smith was employed as a cost
accountant by the
Wakefield Brass Company from 1913 until 1943 when she retired. Her
husband
George died many years ago.
Survivors are a brother John Thompson
of Vermilion and
several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held from
the Edward M. Fisher
Funeral Home Wednesday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Earl T. English, pastor
of the
Vermilion Congregational Church, officiating. Burial will be made in
Maple
Grove cemetery, Vermilion.
Friends may call at the funeral home
until time of service.
The
Chronicle-Telegram, Elyria,
Ohio, Monday, February 8,
1954.
Kenneth
Smith, 47, dies in Longmont, Colorado
Kenneth J. Smith, former
Oberlin resident and brother of Robert Smith of 246 West College, died
March 8 in Longmont, Colorado. He was 47.
Mr. Smith was a machinist
at Eaton Metal Products of Denver. Born in Elyria on March 5, 1933 he
was
the son of the late Carlton and Mae Morgan Smith. He attended Oberlin
Schools
and was graduated from Oberlin High School in 1952. He was a veteran of
the Korean war, serving from 1953-55. In Longmont where he moved in
1970
he was a member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church.
Besides his brother in
Oberlin
Mr. Smith is survived by his wife, the former Marlene Nelson whom he
married
in 1956; three sons, Greg and Jeff, at home, and Brian, with the U.S.
Army
in Fountain, Colorado; and one daughter, Deborah (Mrs. James) Plumb of
Johnston, Colorado.
Services were held March
12 in Longmont and burial was in Foothills Garden of Memory.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, March 20, 1980, p. 8.
Lottie Smith
Oberlin -- Lottie
Smith (nee Jones), 74, of Oberlin, died
Monday, Dec. 13, 2004, at Anchor Lodge Nursing Facility, Lorain, after
a brief
illness.
She was born
She graduated from
Mrs. Smith was employed by
She was a member of
Survivors include her husband of 51
years, William L. Smith;
daughter, Wanda Walton of
Friends may call Monday from
Memorial contributions may be made to
Breast Cancer Research
Foundation,
Arrangements by Toft Funeral Home and
Crematory,
The Morning Journal,
Margaret T. Smith, 58, former Langston teacher
Margaret T. Smith [nee Parker], 58, of Oberlin died Thursday at Allen
Memorial Hospital, Oberlin, after a long illness.
She was born in Oberlin and had lived in the city all her life. She
taught special education in the Langston Middle School, Oberlin, until
she retired in 1986 for health reasons.
Mrs. Smith was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Oberlin. She was
president of the Board of Christian Education at the church. She was a
life member of the NAACP and past president of the local chapter.
She was past president of the United Negro Womens Business and
Professional Club and past president of the Womens Progressive Club.
She was a member of Leadership Lorain County.
Mrs. Smith graduated [from OHS in 1948 and] from Ashland College with a
bachelor’s degree in 1977. She was a member o f the Alpha Kappa Alpha
sorority.
Survivors include a daughter, Diana of Oberlin; sons, Michael of
Cleveland, Lionel and Mark both of Oberlin; 10 grandchildren; by two
great-grandchildren; sisters, Annabelle Wahl, Louise Huston and Wilma
Daniels all of Oberlin; and by a brother, Robert Scott of Oberlin.
Friends may call Sunday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the Cowling Funeral Home,
Oberlin. Services will be held Monday at 1 p.m. at Mt. Zion Baptist
Church. The Rev. Fred L. Steen, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be
in Westwood Cemetery, Oberlin.
Memorial contribution, if desired, may be made to the Margaret Smith
Library Fund, Langston Middle School.
The Chronicle-Telegram, Elyria,
Ohio, Saturday, January 28, 1989, p. B-2.
Mary J. Smith
Mary J. Smith (nee
Johnson),
63, formerly of Oberlin, died Nov. 28 at her home in Cleveland after
suffering
a heart attack.
Born in Oberlin, she
graduated
from Oberlin High School in 1946 and later from the Oberlin School of
Commerce.
She retired in 1986 from Wade Park Veterans Administration Hospital.
She
had previously worked at Brecksville VA Hospital and for the VA and
Social
Security Administration, both in Washington, D.C.
She was a member of Rust
United Methodist Church.
Survivors include a son,
Marcus A. of Cleveland; daughters, Adrienne “Tish” stationed with the
Army
at Fort Hood, Texas, and Andera “Needi” and Alice, both of Cleveland;
three
grandchildren; brothers, Thomas Johnson of Oberlin and Joy Johnson of
Los
Angeles; and a sister, Hettie Belle Rucker of Dover, Del.
Mrs. Smith was preceded
in death by brothers, Alexander, Harry B., Benjamin J., and Charles T.
Johnson; her mother, Susie Johnson Randleman; and her father, Harry
William
Johnson.
Services were Dec. 4 at
the Cummings and Davis Funeral Home, East Cleveland. Burial was in
Evergreen
Cemetery, Maple Heights.
Memorial gifts may be
directed
to the family in care of the funeral home.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, December 10, 1991, p. 2.
Philip
Smith, O.H.S. Grad in 1911, Dies in Virginia
Philip Smith, 55, a former
resident of Oberlin, died Aug. 29 in a hotel in Norfolk, Va., from a
heart
attack brought on by the extreme heat. Funeral services were held
Wednesday,
Sept. 1, in Roanoke, Va.
Mr. Smith came to Oberlin
in 1902 with his mother, Mrs. Fanny Rice Smith, and his brother and
sister,
Shirley and Ernest. The family lived for three years at 245 N. Pleasant
St. and then Mrs. Smith built the house at 204 N. Professor St., now
owned
by Oberlin College. That was the family home till her death in 1917.
Mr. Smith was graduated
from Oberlin High School in 1911 and was a member of the class of 1914
at Virginia Military Institute. He served in World War I and in 1917 he
married Miss Margaret Davis Buckner of Roanoke, Va.
Besides his wife, Mr.
Smith
is survived by two sons, Philip Landen and Edward Buckner, and one
daughter,
Shirley; and by his sister, Miss Shirley Smith, a teacher at New Jersey
College, New Brunswick, N. J.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, September 9, 1948, p. 4.
Raymond Clinton Smith
Raymond Clinton Smith, 85,
former Oberlin resident, died in Las Vegas, Nev., on April 3.
Born in Oberlin [and a
1932
graduate of OHS], he worked at Bendix Westinghouse in Elyria and as a
mail
carrier for the Oberlin post office for many years.
After moving to Las Vegas,
he was a school crossing guard and worked in property management.
Survivors include his wife
Janet (nee Martin); sons, Louis of Oxnard, Calif. and Robert of Stone
Mountain,
Ga.; a sister, LaVerne Swann of Cleveland; and many grandchildren,
nieces
and nephews.
He was preceded in death
by his parents and a brother, Robert S.
Graveside services were
held on May 1 at Westwood Cemetery with the Rev. Charles Mayle, pastor
of Oberlin Christian Missionary Alliance Church, officiating.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, May 7, 1996, p. 2.
Funeral will be today
for Robert E. Smith, 17
Robert Earl Smith,
17-year-old
Oberlin High School Sophomore, died Sunday night in Elyria Memorial
Hospital.
He had been ill with cancer for two years; his parents are Mr. and Mrs.
Earl J. Smith Jr., 308 Lincoln.
Funeral services will be
conducted at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow in Mt. Zion Baptist Church by Rev. Fred
L. Steen. Burial will be in Westwood Cemetery.
Amputation of one leg in
March 1967 halted Smith’s basketball, baseball, and swimming
activities,
but not his vigor. With the aid of Rev. Fred L. Steen and the Mt. Zion
Baptist Church congregation, he was fitted with an artificial leg and
used
it skillfully in bicycle riding and walking about town. He also
continued
cultivating his talent for wood carving and had just completed a set of
fish for his mother before his death.
He had hoped to become an
artist. He last attended school at OHS in January.
Born in Simpson County,
Miss., Robert lived in Oberlin most of his life.
Surviving in addition to
his parents are four brothers, LeRoy of Detroit, Mich., and Clinton,
Larry,
and Milton, all at home; four sisters, Ruby of Detroit, and Barbara,
Delores
and Indiana, all at home; and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Obie
Gilmore
of Detroit, and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Smith Sr., 143 Lincoln.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, May 8, 1969, p. 5.
Robert Eugene Smith
Robert Eugene Smith, 64,
of Oberlin, died Jan. 12 at Allen Memorial Hospital after an apparent
heart
attack.
Born in Elyria, he lived
most of his life in Oberlin.
He graduated from Oberlin
High School in 1949 and was a machinist at USS/Kobe Steel in Lorain for
37 years, retiring in 1988.
After retiring he opened
Smith’s Antiques in Oberlin.
Mr. Smith was a member of
Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
He enjoyed the outdoors.
Survivors include his
wife,
Katherine A.; daughters, Kathleen Smith of Keene, N.H., Eileen Smith of
Manchester, N.H., and Susan Schubert of Oberlin; and three
grandchildren.
He was preceded in death
by a son, Timothy Smith; and a brother, Kenneth Smith.
Services were at Sacred
Heart Church on Monday afternoon with the Rev. William B. Padavick as
celebrant.
Memorial gifts may be made
to the Oberlin School Endowment Fund, in care of the Oberlin Board of
Education.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin, Ohio, Tuesday, January 17, 1995, p. 3.
Robert
S. Smith
Robert S. Smith, 59, of
40 Locust, died on Saturday at Lorain Community Hospital after a long
illness.
Born in Oberlin, Mr. Smith
[was a 1935 graduate of OHS and] had lived here all his life. He was
employed
by Lorain County Community College in the graphic arts department until
1974, when he left because of illness.
He was a member of the Mt.
Zion Baptist Church and a World War II Army veteran.
He is survived by three
daughters, Mrs. Delores Dirks of Los Angeles, Calif., Diane of Elyria
and
Linda of Palo Alto, Calif.; two sons, Robert and Roger of Oberlin; a
sister,
Mrs. Lavern Swann, Cleveland; a brother, Raymond, of Canoga Park,
Calif.;
and four grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon in the Mt. Zion Baptist Church with Rev. Fred Steen,
the pastor, officiating. Burial was in Westwood Cemetery.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, October 23, 1975, p. 6.
Mrs. Ruby M. Smith
Mrs. Ruby M. Smith, 74,
widow of Frank E. Smith, who died in June 1947, passed away Sunday at
10:55
a.m. in Elyria Memorial Hospital. Her home was at 325 twelfth street.
She
had been ill for three months.
Mrs. Smith was born in
Oberlin
July 12, 1874, [graduated from OHS in 1891] and had lived in Elyria for
47 years. She was a member of the First Methodist Church; Elyria
Chapter
165, Order of Easter Star, Pythian Sisters, Dames of Malta and Women’s
Relief Corps.
Surviving are three sons,
Harry M. Smith of Northfield, Ill., Richard E. and Robert E. of Elyria;
a brother, Harry E. Morgan, sr., of Oberlin and a sister Miss Grace
Morgan,
also of Oberlin. Five grandchildren also survive.
The body is at the Harold
Dicken Funeral Home where friends may call and from where services will
be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. Dr. James A. Sivard will officiate and
burial
will be made in Brookdale cemetery. The Pythian Sisters will conduct a
service at the grave.
The Chronicle-Telegram,
Elyria, Ohio, Monday, June 27, 1949, p. 2.
Ruth Ann Smith
Oberlin College librarian
Ruth Ann Smith [nee Rogge], 87, of Oberlin died Friday at Allen Memorial Hospital in Oberlin after a short illness.
Born in Lorain, she had lived in Oberlin for most of her life [and was a 1930 graduate of OHS].
Mrs. Smith worked as a librarian at Oberlin College’s library.
She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Oberlin.
She was a past matron of the Pansy Chapter 34 of the Order of Eastern Star and a member of the Literary and Social Club.
Survivors include her daughters, Barbara Getty of Medina and Donna
Grote of Vermilion; seven grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and
a sister, Mary Vrabel of Lorain.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Andrew J.; a son, George
Andrew; and her parents, John H. and Lucy Francis (nee Perry) Miller.
Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the Cowling Funeral Home,
228 S. Main St., Oberlin, where an Eastern Star service will be at 7
p.m.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home, where the Rev.
French Ball of First United Methodist Church and the Rev. Judith
Claycomb of York United Methodist Church will officiate.
Interment will be in Westwood Cemetery, Oberlin.
The Chronicle-Telegram, Elyria, Ohio, Saturday, June 20, 1998, p. C2.
Miss Theresa E. Smith
Oberlin—Miss Theresa
Elizabeth
Smith, 81, of 120 North Park St., formerly active in club and welfare
organizations
here, died last evening in the home of her sister, Mrs. Ella Thompson,
139 East Lorain St. She had lived there since October.
Miss Smith was one of the
founders of the Phylis Wheatley Center here and was a past president of
the Woman’s Club for 10 consecutive years. She was a past vice
president
of Allen Memorial Hospital Auxiliary.
Born in Oberlin [and a
1906
graduate of OHS], Miss Smith lived in this area all her life. She was a
caterer here for many years until five years ago.
In her early years Miss
Smith had taught school in Alabama. She was a member of Rust Methodist
Church.
Survivors besides the
sister
are two brothers, Harley J. Smith of Oberlin and Worthy W. Smith,
serving
with the Merchant marines, and a niece whom she reared, Mrs. Ruth Webb
Brooks of Cleveland.
Friends may call at the
Cowling Funeral Home tomorrow and Sunday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Services will be Monday
at 1:30 p.m. at the funeral home. The Rev. Melvin Bateman will
officiate.
Burial will be in Westwood Cemetery.
The Chronicle-Telegram,
Elyria,
Ohio, Friday, June 18, 1965, p. 18.
Timothy Alan Smith
Timothy Alan Smith, 35,
died Sunday at his parents’ home in Oberlin after a six-month illness.
Born in Oberlin where he graduated from Oberlin High School [in 1975],
he earned a bachelor’s degree in geology from [the] University of
Cincinnati in 1979.
Mr. Smith lived in Denver from 1980 until returning to Oberlin several
months ago.
While in Colorado, he co-owned Broadway Kitchen Studios where he was
involved in design and sales.
He enjoyed skiing and hiking.
Survivors include his parents, Robert and Katherine of Oberlin; and
sisters, Kathleen of Cranbury, N.J., Susan Schubert of Oberlin and
Eileen of Manchester, N.H.
Friends will be received 7-9 p.m. Tuesday at Cowling Funeral Home, 288
S. Main St., Oberlin.
Services will be 10 am. Wednesday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church,
Oberlin, with the Rev. Robert Bonnell officiating.
Family suggests memorials be made to the Oberlin School Endowment Fund.
The Chronicle-Telegram,
Elyria, Ohio, Monday, September 2, 1991, p. B-2.
Virginia Charlotte Smith
Virginia Charlotte Smith,
91, of Oberlin, died Jan. 21 at Welcome Nursing Home.
Born in New Cumberland,
W.Va., she graduated from [Oberlin High School in 1922 and from]
Oberlin
College in 1926. She also took some library science courses at Simmons
College in 1930.
Miss Smith joined the
staff
of the Oberlin College library in 1928 and retired in 1968 as a
cataloger.
After retiring, she continued to work part-time for several years.
She loved to travel and
was especially impressed with the beauty of the Great Smoky Mountains.
She also enjoyed swimming, hiking, cooking and music.
There are no immediate
survivors
and no services are planned.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, January 31, 1995, p. 3.
Wanda P. Snoble
Elyria -- Wanda P. Snoble
(nee Powers), 87, of Elyria, died Tuesday, June 24, 2003, at Elyria
United
Methodist Village, following a brief illness.
She was born June 24,
1916,
in Oberlin [and was a 1935 graduate of OHS]. She moved to Elyria from
Oberlin
62 years ago.
Mrs. Snoble was employed
by the Elyria City Schools as a library assistant and worked in many
elementary
schools and Northwood Junior High School.
She was a member of First
United Methodist Church, Elyria, and its Elizabeth Stevens Circle and
had
worked as church librarian for several years. She was a member of the
YWCA'S
Y Niners arts and crafts group and enjoyed bridge, needlework,
needlepoint,
crocheting, ceramics and reading.
Survivors include her
daughter,
Jane Fowls of Elyria; sons John Snoble of Columbus and Roger Snoble of
Los Angeles, Calif.; and 12 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred J. Snoble, in 1995;
sister,
Joyce Smith; and brothers Allen Powers and Eugene Powers.
Friends may call Thursday
from 11 a.m. until time of service at noon at First United Methodist
Church,
312 Third St., Elyria. The Rev. Beth McKee, chaplain of Elyria United
Methodist
Village, and the Rev. Daniel Reinke, associate pastor of the church,
will
officiate. Burial will follow in Brookdale Cemetery, Carlisle Township.
Memorial contributions may
be made to First United Methodist Church, 312 Third St., Elyria 44035;
or Elyria United Methodist Village, 807 West Ave., Elyria 44035; or a
charity
of the donor's choice.
Bauer-Laubenthal Funeral
Home, Elyria, is handling arrangements.
The Morning Journal,
Lorain, Ohio, Wednesday, June 25, 2003.
Fred Ray Snyder Jr.
Mattoon, Ill. - Fred Ray Snyder Jr., 82, Mattoon, former custodian,
died Tuesday (Oct. 7, 2003). [He was a 1941 graduate of OHS.]
Graveside services: 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Dodge Grove Cemetery, Mattoon.
Visitation: noon to 1:15 p.m. Thursday, Schilling Funeral Home,
Mattoon. Memorials: American Cancer Society or Lincolnland Hospice.
Herald & Review, Decatur, Ill., Wednesday, October 8, 2003, p. A7.
Ora Elizabeth Solida
Ora Elizabeth Solida (nee
Springer), 85, of Norwalk, former Oberlin resident, died Aug. 21 at the
Gaymont Nursing Center in Norwalk.
Born in Oberlin, she was
a 1928 graduate of Oberlin High School.
She worked as a hostess
at the Oberlin Inn for 21 years, retiring in 1962 and moving to Norwalk.
Survivors include a son,
Allen of Sandusky; two daughters, Anita Wauthier of Rockwood, Tenn.,
and
Sharon Simmons of Norwalk; nine grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren;
two great-great- grandchildren; a brother, Leonard Springer of Fremont;
and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, James H.; a sister, Alta Springer; and three brothers,
Harold, Ralph and Earl Springer.
Services were Aug. 23 in
the Kubach-Smith Funeral Home, Norwalk, with the Rev. Glenn Springer
officiating.
Burial was in Maple Grove
Cemetery in Vermilion.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, August 29, 1995, p. 3.
Clinton Jesse Sonner
Clinton Jesse Sonner, 22,
remembered at Oberlin High School as a top-notch wrestler and equally
active
in soccer, died Tuesday morning at University Hospital, Columbus, of
leukemia
after a year’s illness.
Rev. John Elder will
conduct
the service 11 a.m. today at First Church. Burial will be in Westwood
Cemetery.
“Clint,” born in Columbus
Nov. 13, 1963, lived in Oberlin all his life. A graduate of OHS in
1982,
his chief extracurricular activities were wrestling and soccer. In his
senior year he qualified for the state wrestling tournament in Columbus.
After graduation he
enrolled
at Baldwin-Wallace College and spent his freshman year there. He then
transferred
to Ohio State University, but was forced to give up his studies there a
year ago. He had aspired to be a history teacher and wrestling coach.
Sonner was also active in
Boy Scouts and a member of the Lorain County National Guard Unit.
He is survived by his
mother
and stepfather, Robert and Carolyn Homstead and his father, David
Sonner,
and stepmother Diana Carterson, all of Oberlin; two brothers, his twin,
Matthew, a Ranger in the U.S. Army, stationed at Fort Benning, Ga., and
David, a senior at OHS; grandparents, Wilhelmina Sonner and Arline
Carl,
both of Columbus.
The family suggests
memorial
contributions, if desired, be made to the Oberlin High School wrestling
program, sent in care of the high school.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, February 27, 1986, p. 5.
Pfc.
John Souris, Killed in Action in Italy
Pfc. John R. Souris, 23,
Oberlin High School graduate and son of Mr. and Mrs. George Souris of
Amherst,
was killed in action in Italy on April 18.
Pfc. Souris attended
Oberlin
High School only in his senior year. He was graduated in 1940 and
entered
the service in November, 1941, going overseas in June, 1943. He was
with
the paratroopers until recently when he was transferred to the infantry.
Besides his parents he
leaves
three sisters, Susanna and Georgia, at home, and Mary Jane, in New York.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, May 10, 1945, p. 4.
Earl Spaulding Died in Elyria Wednesday
Had Undergone Operation for Appendicitis—Funeral to be Saturday Afternoon
Earl [Ellsworth] Spaulding, eldest son of E. W. Spaulding of North
Pleasant street, died at Memorial hospital, Elyria, Wednesday afternoon
at 2:30 o’clock. His death followed an operation for a severe
case of appendicitis.
Mr. Spaulding was born in Oberlin in 1887 and most of his life spent
here. He was a [1908] graduate of Oberlin high school and was a
prominent athlete. For three years he was a quarter back on the
football team. He was married ten years ago to Miss Elsie Hull.
One year they spent in the Canadian Northwest and for the last five years have been residents of Elyria.
Mr. Spaulding was associated with his father and brother, Carl, in the
Spaulding Coal & Supply Company, of which he was president. The
company has been enjoying a good business.
He had a wide circle of friends here and in Elyria who will be pained to learn of his death.
Funeral services will be held from the home on East Broad street at two
o’clock Saturday afternoon. The burial will be in Elyria.
The Oberlin Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Friday, March 16, 1923, p. 1.
Ohio News – [Arthur Brainard] Spear Dies In
Detroit
Columbus, O., Nov.
29.—Word
reached Columbus of the death in Detroit of Arthur B. Spear, former
cashier
of the Oberlin bank, which was wrecked by Cassie Chadwick. Spear [OHS
class
of 1884] was released from the penitentiary Feb. 28 after serving all
save
four months of a seven-year sentence for his participation in the
Chadwick
loans.
The Coshocton Daily Age,
Tuesday, November 29, 1910, p. 6.
A. B. Spear Died Of Typhoid
Was Ill Several Weeks
before the End Came
Was Employed by Bell
Telephone Company as Traveling Auditor
Arthur B. Spear died in
Harper hospital, Detroit, on Monday, after an illness of aobut five
weeks
with typhoid fever.
He was first treated at
his home, but when his case became desperate he was taken to the
hospital,
where an operation disclosed the ravages the disease had wrought upon
the
unfortunate man. The bowls had been perforated, allowing poisonous
matter
to escape into the abdominal cavity, and there was no possible chance
of
saving the man’s life.
He had been living with
his family for several months prior to his illness.
The Oberlin News, Oberlin,
Ohio, Wednesday, November 30, 1910, p. 1.
Frank Bernhard
Spelbrink Jr.
Frank B. Spelbrink died Aug. 2, 1983, in Moore Memorial Hospital,
Pinehurst, N.D. [N.C.?], after a heart attack. He was born Dec. 4,
1919, in Oberlin [and graduated from OHS in 1937]. While a student at
College he was a member of the varsity track team and a member of the
“O” Club. After graduation [from Oberlin College in 1941] he was
employed at Goodyear Aircraft in Akron and then became a lieutenant
colonel in the USAF. Before retiring to “Seven Lakes,” N.C., he and his
family lived in Rochester, N.Y., where he was an administrative
supervisor at Eastman Kodak. He was also president of the Oberlin
Alumni Club there.
He leaves his wife, the former Helen Bennett ’42, two children, three
grandchildren and sisters Marguerite Brown ’36 [OHS ‘32], Frances
Eisenhauer ’38 [OHS ‘34] and Helen Schilling ’39 [OHS ‘34].
The Oberlin Alumni Magazine,
Oberlin, Ohio, Winter 1984, p. 74.
David Bryan Spencer
David Bryan Spencer, 24,
of Oberlin, died in an auto-truck accident near Rockledge, Fla., on
Friday.
He had been working as an
auto mechanic near Fort Myers for the past several months.
He was born in Youngstown
and lived most of his life in Oberlin. He graduated from Oberlin High
School
in 1983 and was a varsity letterman in soccer.
He enjoyed fishing and
woodworking.
Survivors include his
parents,
Judith Spencer of Avon Lake, Donald and Kathy Spencer of Oberlin; and
three
sisters, Melanie Spencer of Bangor, Maine, Shelley Spencer Ahmadi of
Wheaton,
Md., and Christine Spencer of Oberlin.
Friends may call today
(Thursday)
from noon until the time of services at 1 p.m. in the Cowling Funeral
Home.
The Rev. Michael Morse of Washington, D.C., will officiate. Burial will
be in Westwood Cemetery.
Memorial contributions,
if desired, may be made to the David Bryan Spencer Memorial Education
Fund
for Alcohol Substance Abuse Education in the Oberlin School System, in
care of the CareUnit of Allen Memorial Hospital.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, December 30, 1988.
Young Woman [Adaline A. Sperry] is Taken by
Death Friday
After Long Illness Mrs.
Walter Sperry Passed Away at Her Home on E. College Street
Was a Graduate of
Kindergarten
Training School and Taught for Some Time—Had Attractive Personality
Adaline Allen Sperry, wife
of Walter Sperry, passed away last Friday after a long illness, which
she
bore with patience and unfailing hope. She was born July 5, 1897, the
daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Allen, at Hamlet, N. Y. She came to Oberlin in
1909,
graduating from the High School here in 1916. She prepared herself for
teaching at the Oberlin Kindergarten Training School, graduating with
the
class of 1918. After a short period of teaching, she was married to
Walter
Sperry, son of E. E. Sperry of this town. She died at the youthful age
of 26.
Mrs. Sperry was a young
woman of genial manners and attractive personality. During her long and
trying illness, her pleasant smile always greeted those who came to see
her. Her concern during her illness seemed to be more for others than
for
herself. She made a brave fight to regain health, but she had no fear
of
whatever might come. She lived not quite long enough to get the full
experience
of life, yet long enough to get the deep experience which suffering
brings
to youth. Her character was enriched by it, and her religious
experiences
were greatly deepened. Young as she was, she had left a deep impression
upon those who knew her best and loved her most.
She is survived by her
husband,
her mother, the wife of Mr. E. R. Hopkins, and a sister, Mrs. Gordon
Scott.
Her circle of friends was large, and the great profusion of flowers
indicated
the esteem in which she was held.
Services were held at the
late home on East College Street, on Monday afternoon, conducted by Dr.
Van der Pyl of the United church. She was laid to rest at Westwood.
The Oberlin Tribune,
Oberlin, Ohio, Friday, December 21, 1923, p. 1.
Charles Sperry
Charles M. Sperry, 80, of
Oberlin, died July 2 at Allen Hospital after a two-day illness.
A native and lifelong
Oberlin
resident [and a 1924 graduate of Oberlin High School], he worked as a
trust
officer at Cleveland Trust and at Garden Trust in Cleveland until World
War II. After Army service he was employed by Lorain County Savings and
Trust Bank, retiring in 1970.
He was a member of the
Karl
Wilson Locke American Legion Post 102.
His wife, Helen, died in
1978.
Graveside services were
held on Friday at Westwood Cemetery with Rev. Robert Bonnell, pastor of
Sacred Heart Church, officiating.
Memorial contributions,
if desired, may be made to the Allen Memorial Hospital special family
room
fund.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, July 11, 1985, p. 5.
Helen Sperry dies at age 68
Helen G. (Mrs. Charles M.)
Sperry, perhaps the foremost businesswoman in Oberlin, died Tuesday
evening
at her home, 19 Locust, after several years of ill health. She was 68.
Born in Oberlin July 27,
1909, Helen Marie Gorske was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Gorske,
long-time Oberlin residents. Her father was a tailor here for many
years.
A graduate of Oberlin High
School [in 1926] and Oberlin Business College, Mrs. Sperry started to
work
for the Burgner Agency, which handled insurance and real estate,
immediately
after completing her business training.
On Jan. 1, 1948, she and
her brother Paul R. bought the firm which became the Sperry-Gorske
Agency.
She retired in 1975 and sold her interest to Paul.
Mrs. Sperry was a member
of Sacred Heart Church, where services, with Rev. Robert Bonnell
officiating,
will be held today at 9:30 a.m. Burial will be in Westwood Cemetery.
Surviving are her husband
Charles M., whom she married in 1941; and three brothers, Howard, 343
East
College; Walter, 152 East College; and Paul, 134 Fairway.
The family suggests that
memorial contributions, if desired, may be made to Allen Hospital.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, May 25, 1978, p. 8.
Mary D. Sperry
Mary Dorothy Sperry, 78,
sister of Charles Sperry of 19 Locust, died on Dec. 30 in Hialeah,
Fla.,
following a long illness.
Born April 2, 1898 in
Pleasant
Hill, Mo., she came to Oberlin as a small child, attended the Oberlin
public
schools, [graduated from Oberlin High School in 1915,] and graduated
from
Oberlin College in 1919. From 1921-23 she was an assistant in the
dean’s
office at the Oberlin Graduate School of Theology, then worked as a
secretary
in Cleveland and Detroit until moving to Florida in 1935. There she was
secretary to the president of the Taylor Construction Co. which built
several
of the large hotels in the Miami area. She continued to make her home
in Hialeah after her retirement.
Graveside services at
Westwood
Cemetery were held on Wednesday morning with Father Robert Bonnell
officiating.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, January 6, 1977, p. 7.
W. L. Sperry Dies in Detroit
Funeral Services Are
There Today For Well Known Former Oberlin Resident
Walter Lyman Sperry, 48,
former Oberlin resident and son of the late Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Sperry,
died at his home in Detroit Monday after a brief illness.
Mr. Sperry was born on
August
30, 1894, at Pleasant Hill, Missouri, and moved to Oberlin with his
parents
when he was six years old. He graduated from Oberlin High School in
1913
[1912] and from Oberlin College in 1917.
After studying at the
Harvard
School of Business Administration he held a position in the Cleveland
Trust
Company for some time, and later was an investment counsel in
Cleveland.
About four years ago he moved to Detroit where he was engaged in
similar
work.
Mr. Sperry is survived by
his wife, the former Esther Carson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. S.
Carson;
a brother Charles, now in military service; and a sister, Miss Mary
Sperry
of Miami, Florida.
Funeral services are being
held today (Thursday) in Detroit.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, May 13, 1943, p. 1.
Mrs. Carl F. Spitler Dies of Heart Attack
Bernice Hart Spitler, 60,
wife of Carl F. Spitler, executive vice-president of the Peoples
Banking
Co., died Sunday at 7:30 p.m. at her home, 61 Willard Ct. Death was
caused
by a heart ailment; she had been ill for a long time.
Born near Sullivan, Jan.
31, 1897, Mrs. Spitler came to Oberlin with her family in 1907. She was
a member of First Methodist Church, the Woman’s Society of Christian
Service
of the church and the American Legion Auxiliary. She was a former
member
of the Pythian Sisters.
Besides her husband she
is survived by a son, Rollyn, Henrietta; a daughter, Mrs. Marilyn
Grace,
Fort Belvoir, Va.; one sister, Mrs. Russell Kern, Palmetto, Fla.; and
twin
granddaughters.
Rev. William K. Hogg
conducted
funeral services yesterday at Cowling-Stang Funeral Home. Interment was
in Westwood cemetery.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, December 19, 1957, p. 1B.
Rollyn
C. Spitler
Rollyn C. Spitler, 60, of
Panama City Beach, Fla., former Oberlin resident, died Nov. 5 in Gulf
Coast
Community Hospital, Panama City, after a short illness.
He grew up in Oberlin[,
graduated from Oberlin High School in 1943,] and was assistant manager
at the Lorain County Bank, Oberlin office, retiring five years ago.
A World War II veteran,
he was a member of the Oberlin American Legion.
He is survived by his
wife,
Ruth; twin daughters, Sandy and Sally; both of Oberlin; and a sister,
Marilyn
Grace of Panama City Beach.
Private family services
were held with interment in Evergreen Forest Lawn Cemetery, Panama City.
Memorial contributions,
if desired, may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, November 13, 1986, p. 2.
Sandra Elizabeth Spitler
Ms. Sandra Elizabeth
“Sandy”
Spitler, 52, of Panama City, Fla., passed away Wednesday, March 19,
2003,
at a local hospital. She was born in Oberlin, Ohio, [graduated from OHS
in 1968,] and had lived in Panama City since 1990, moving here from
Oberlin.
Sandy had been the office manager for Lincare in Panama City for 10
years.
She enjoyed singing karaoke with her friends, traveling, and loved her
cats, especially "Spooky." She is survived by her identical twin sister
and best friend, Sally Agent and her husband, Michael, of Panama City;
an aunt, Marilyn Grace of Panama City Beach; an adopted stepdad, Joe
Sterling
of Panama City; a special friend, Jay Primus of Cleveland, Ohio; and
numerous
other friends. Private funeral services will be held at a later date.
Contributions
may be made in Sandy's name to the American Cancer Society, 2012-A
Lisenby
Ave., Panama City, FL 32405. Kent-Forest Lawn Funeral Home, 2403
Harrison
Ave., Panama City, Fla. 32402 is handling arrangements.
The News Herald, Panama
City, Florida, Thursday, March 20, 2003.
Harold
Church Spore
Harold C. Spore died Sept.
11[, 1975,] at his home in
Mr. Spore was a member of the Tulsa
Audubon and the Oklahoma
Ornithological Societies,
The
Oberlin Alumni Magazine,
Former Resident Dies After Long Illness
Body of Attorney
Charles
Squire Brought to Oberlin
The funeral of Charles
Albert
Squire, a former resident of Oberlin, and a graduate of Oberlin
college,
whose death occurred at Chicago last Friday, was held at the home of
the
brother of the deceased, Harry I. Squire, 187 West Lorain street,
Sunday
afternoon at 2 o’clock. Services were conducted by Rev. Jason Noble
Pierce,
pastor of the Second Congregational church. Interment was made in
Westwood.
Rev. Mr. Price read the
following sketch of Mr. Squire, who leaves a number of friends in
Oberlin:
Charles Albert Squire was
born four miles west of Elyria, Ohio, October 7, 1869. He was third
among
seven children of Isaac Squire and his wife, Martha Manning Squire. His
death is the third in the family circle, he being survived by his
parents,
who lived in Oberlin for about twenty-five years, but now reside in
Lorain,
by his sisters, Mrs. C. D. Herrick of Oberlin, Mrs. Luetta Seimens of
Ritzville,
Wash., and Mrs. Anson A. Cheyney of Oberlin, and by his brother, Harry
I. Squire, of this place.
Coming to Oberlin for
education,
he prepared for college at the Oberlin high school [class of 1888],
from
which he entered Oberlin college, completing his course and graduating
in 1892. Having chosen the law as his profession he entered the law
office
of William B. Bedortha, Esq., where he pursued his studies, completing
his professional training at Kent college, Chicago, and being admitted
to the bar in the state of Illinois in 1895.
On January 5, 1897, he was
united in marriage with Miss Margaret B. Schick of Chicago. They made
their
home in Chicago, where Mr. Squire practiced law and where they have
since
resided. One daughter, Margaret, was born October 22, 1903.
In his work Mr. Squire was
successful, not only because of ability and thorough training, but
because
of his personal gifts for friendship as well. The kindness, sympathy
and
devotion which characterized his life won friends to him and held them.
His health had been failing for the last five years, but he bravely and
cheerfully kept at work. A complication of ailments of tubercular
nature
rendered his recovery impossible, but with death staring him in the
face
he carried forward his duties, persisting in reaching his office,
though
he required assistance to mount any elevation, and until seven weeks of
his death refused to lay down the duties of his chosen profession. With
patience and fortitude he awaited the end, passing away at a quarter
before
six on the afternoon of Friday, July 26, aged 42 years, 9 months and 19
days.
The tender and loving
sympathy
of a wide circle of friends goes out for the bereaved. To the wife and
daughter, to the brother and sisters, to the father and mother, and to
others more and less closely related in ties of affection, may the
memory
of a brave, unselfish and Christian life, devoted to the best interest
of others and laboring for the welfare of his family and friends, prove
a consolation and comfort in this hour of trial. And may the God of
Peace
bring strength to human hearts and sustain us through all the
afflictions
of life, receiving us at last into the fullness of his joy in life
eternal.
Classmates of Mr. Squire
in Oberlin college acted as pallbearers.
The Oberlin News,
Oberlin Ohio, Wednesday, July 31, 1912, p. 8
Funeral to be today at 1:30 for Mrs.
Squires,
traffic victim
Edna Elsie Squires, 72,
wife of Charles P. Squires, Quarry Rd., was instantly killed in a
head-on
automobile collision on Rt. 82 near Strongsville Sunday afternoon. She
was a passenger in a car driven by her husband.
Funeral services will be
held today at 1:30 p.m. at the Cowling Funeral Home. Burial will be in
Westwood Cemetery.
Other driver cited
Reports from Strongsville
police indicated that a car driven by a Bellevue man, Edward Logan, 22,
crossed the center line on a curve and hit the Squires auto. Logan was
cited for driving left of center.
Belonged to Grange
Mrs. Squires, born in
Russia
Township Sept. 26, 1894, had lived all her life in this area [and was a
1914 graduate of OHS]. She was a member of Oberlin Grange and state and
national granges.
Besides her husband she
is survived by one son, Paul, Quarry Rd.; one daughter, Mrs. Claude
(Gertrude)
Pierce of Kent; one brother, Robert Sedelke, RD 1; one sister, Mrs.
Hattie
Braun, RD 1; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Oberlin News-Tribune,Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, December 29, 1966, p. 14.
Robert Hills Squires Sr.
Amherst -- Robert Hills Squires Sr., 93, of Amherst, died Friday, June
13, 2008 after a short illness at Golden Acres Lorain County Nursing
Home.
He was born September 14, 1914 in Flint, Michigan. His family moved to
Oberlin, Ohio where he was raised and graduated in 1933 from Oberlin
High School.
He was employed by Jack & Heinz, a defense contractor in Bedford,
Ohio. He worked on many nuclear power plants in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and
Michigan. He retired as a steamfitter and welder from Local 42 Plumbers
and Pipefitters in Norwalk, Ohio. He was a member of St. Joseph
Catholic Church, Amherst.
He enjoyed dancing, playing cards, bowling, softball and golf.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 41 years, Marie (nee Franklin), his sisters, Dorothy McVeigh and Eleanor Kasper.
He is survived by his daughter, Marilyn (Barry) Becker of Alpharetta,
Georgia, a son Robert H. (Janis) Squires Jr. of Amherst, a sister Lois
Hutchinson of Oberlin, grandchildren; Pam Becker Dean of Buffalo Grove,
Illinois, Scott Becker of Florence, Kentucky, RaeDene Norton of Boston,
Mass., Jenifer Becker of Chicago, Illinois, Becky Hensley of Sarasoto,
Florida, Daniel Squires of Wakeman, Brett Squires of Amherst; four
great grandsons and two step-great granddaughters.
Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 A.M. Saturday, June 21, 2008 at St.
Joseph Catholic Church, Amherst, with Rev. Lawrence N. Martello,
pastor, officiating. Family will receive friends at church one hour
prior to the mass. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery, Amherst.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Amherst Public Library, 221 Spring Street, Amherst, OH 44001.
Arrangements were handled by Garland-Misencik Funeral Home.
The Morning Journal, Lorain, Ohio, Tues., June 18, 2008.
Sanislow
family
struck
by road tragedy, fire - Donald Stanley
By Judy Phillips
A teenage son, riding his
bicycle home along Rt. 58, run down by a motorist and left to die on
the
berm. Then, in the middle of the night the night before his funeral –
fire
that destroyed the family home.
That was the stunning
sequence
of events this week for the Edward Sanislow family. Their home was at
10862
Rt. 58 N.
Their son, Donald Ray
Stanley,
15 was hit by a car not far from the family home early Friday morning.
Seen by a passing motorist lying unconscious on the roadside, his
demolished
bike nearby, a passing motorist called Allen Hospital about 3 a.m.
Donald
was taken to Lorain Community Hospital by ambulance. He died there at
7:50
a.m. of head injuries.
The family returned from
visitation hours at Cowling Funeral Home Monday night and went to bed
but
shortly before 2 a.m. the home was in flames. Mr. and Mrs. Sanislow and
their surviving children, Robert, 13, John, 10, Peggy, 9, and Charles,
6, escaped after Mrs. Sanislow was awakened by the smell of smoke.
In borrowed clothes the
Sanislow parents and the four children came to the Cowling Funeral Home
for the service at 11 a.m. Tuesday.
There were “quite a few”
persons at the service, said Dick Cowling of Cowling Funeral Home.
Oberlin volunteer firemen
(Russia Township has a fire protection contract with the city) had
answered
the call to the Sanislow home at 1:53 a.m., and found the two-story
frame
house completely engulfed in flames by the time they arrived. House and
contents were a total loss.
Cause of the fire has not
been determined but family members said that the blaze started in a
downstairs
bathroom and spread throughout the house within a matter of minutes.
Fortunately
all the Sanislows were sleeping in first floor rooms.
Sanislow ran to his
brother’s
home – the Richard Sanislows live a quarter mile away – shouting for
them
to call the fire department.
He ruled out faulty wiring
as a cause of the fire because, he said, Ohio Edison had cut off
service
because of nonpayment.
What was left of the
Monday
night the Sanislows spent with the Richard Sanislows and their parents,
the Wesley Sanislows, who also live nearby. Tuesday night they went to
the L&K Penny Pincher Inn on Rte 58 N.
The three older children
were back in school yesterday after their parents brought them in about
10 a.m. Robert is in the middle school, John and Peggy at Prospect,
Charles
in kindergarten at Eastwood.
Donald Stanley, a freshman
at Oberlin High School, had been hit by a southbound car in front of
the
Wesley Sanislow home last Thursday evening as he was returning on his
bicycle
from a visit with friends in town.
Driver of the car was
Christine
Bodnar, 21, of 450 West Lorain, who turned herself in Friday afternoon
after learning of the fatal accident. She told sheriff’s deputies that
she had thought she hit a mailbox or a post, not a person, as she was
returning
home from Lorain about 3 a.m.
Help for the Sanislows is
already being organized in several quarters.
The Oberlin Community
Services
Council has had volunteers calling eager to give assistance, secretary
Mrs. Esther Wyckoff told the News-Tribune.
Housing is the most urgent
need, Mrs. Wyckoff said. Caseworker Robert Wharton was to meet with the
Sanislows yesterday afternoon and by today the council office should
have
information on clothing and other needs. The council will accept cash
as
well as other donations.
Notices have been
distributed
to all staff members in the city school system over the signatures of
the
building principals, inviting all who care to contribute food, clothing
or money. Contributions are to be taken to the individual school
offices.
Collection will be made next Wednesday. Sizes for the children’s
clothing
are 14 for Bobby and John, 12 for Peggy and 8 for Chuckie. Mrs.
Sanislow
wears an 18-20 and Sanislow a 38-40 tall.
Russia Township trustee
Martha Verda is organizing the township effort. Donations of clothing,
money for clothing and canned goods may be left at her home, 11206
Oberlin
Rd. A call to her will bring someone to pick up the gifts if necessary.
Actual cash will not be presented to the family.
Sanislow is employed at
A & C Auto Parts, 7001 Leavitt Rd. A company representative told
the
News-Tribune that employees and the company made a cash contribution to
the Sanislows for funeral expenses. Clothing is also being collected
from
among employees, several of whom have children of comparable age and
size.
There is no outside solicitation.
Mrs. Sanislow said the
family’s
fire loss was not covered by insurance, her husband’s co-workers said.
Born in Louisville, Ky.,
Feb. 17, 1963, Donald had lived in Oberlin all his life.
Rev. Don Ingram, pastor
of the Church of the Open Door, conducted the funeral service. Burial
was
in South Murray Ridge Cemetery.
Besides his parents,
brothers
and sister he is survived by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley
Sanislow
and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stanley of Louisville, Ky.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, May 18, 1978, pp. 1-2.
Frances
Frances (“Penny”) Cooke
Stansfield died May 4[, 1974,] in
Prior to her marriage to George
Stansfield in 1941, Mrs.
Stansfield studied at the
In addition to her husband, Mrs.
Stansfield leaves two
daughters, a sister, Helen (Mrs. S. E. Cool), ’28, and a brother,
William, ’25.
The
Oberlin Alumni Magazine,
Mary
McCloy Steck
Mrs. John Morris
Steck (Mary Hunter McCloy) died in
Born in
Mrs. Steck was a faithful member of
Surviving are two sons and two
daughters, all graduates of
southern colleges, and six grandchildren; two sisters, Elizabeth
McCloy, ’13 of
The
Oberlin Alumni Magazine,
[Rose Olive] Wilmot [Stedman] Funeral
The body of Mrs. Rose
Wilmot
Stedman who died at Gates Mills after a year’s illness was brought to
Hardscrabble
cemetery for interment in the Wilmot family lot there on Tuesday
afternoon.
[She was an 1876 graduate of OHS.]
Mrs. Stedman was a direct
descendant of one of the early pioneers of Liverpool Township, who came
here from Connecticut in the late 1700’s. She was the youngest daughter
of Plina and Ehisha Wilmot and a sister of Phoebe Wilmot, all of whom
are
resting in the oldest plot at Hardscrabble cemetery.
The Chronicle-Telegram,
Elyria,
Ohio, Thursday, June 16, 1932, p. 14.
Interment Services Held Here For Edward
Strieby
Steele
An interment service for
the ashes of Edward Strieby Steele, of the Oberlin College class of
1872
[and OHS class of 1866], was held Friday afternoon, January 23, in
Westwood
Cemetery, in the presence of a few friends. Dr. W. F. Bohn was in
charge
of the service. Mr. Steele’s death occurred January 3 in a Glendale,
California
hospital. His ashes were interred in the James Steele lot in the
Oberlin
cemetery, beside those of his wife, Grace Avery (King) Steele, who died
in 1932.
He is survived by a niece,
Miss Helen S. Pratt, of the Oberlin class of 1906 who lives in Los
Angeles.
Mr. Steele was born in
Farmingdale,
Illinois, April 20, 1850, the son of James Steele, Oberlin Theological
Seminary 1840, and Minerva (McConoughey) Steele who was graduated from
Oberlin College in 1845. The father, James Steele, was one of the “Lane
Seminary Rebels” whose coming to Oberlin was the occasion of the
founding
of the Oberlin Theological Seminary. It was James Steele who “led” the
Amistad captives back to Africa in 1839-40. The family’s home was in
Oberlin
for a number of years.
Contributed to Oberlin
Herbarium
Edward Steele’s career
included
teaching, preaching, writing, and scientific research. In 1889 he was
an
editor of the Century Dictionary. He later went into government
service,
and for twenty-seven years was associated with the Smithsonian
Institution
and the department of agriculture. He and his niece, Miss Pratt, have,
together, collected and sent to the Oberlin herbarium 350 named
specimens
of Southern California plants, since he moved to Los Angeles in 1932.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, January 29, 1942, p. 3.
Bruce McAuslan Stenger
Bruce McAuslan Stenger was born in Coonoor, South India on April 9,
1912, to Baptist Missionary parents Seth Wilmer Stenger and Minnie
Downie Stenger. He was the fourth of four children and one of two boys.
He left India to further his education in the U.S., graduating from
Oberlin High School in 1930. Later he attended Ohio State University
and graduated from Redlands University in Southern California about
1936.
He met and married Ruth Cutler in Southern California and together they
had three children: Michael Bruce Stenger, Barron Cutler Stenger, and
Kathleen Stenger. Kathleen died in a tragic parachuting accident at age
21 in 1967.
Bruce worked in various defense industry positions during World War II,
primarily at California Institute of Technology. He always dreamed of a
career as a doctor but the war thwarted that goal, and he worked his
adult life in the pharmaceutical industry for both Upjohn and Lederle
(American Cynamid).
After all the children had left home, he lived for a time in Hayden
Lake, Idaho before finally settling in Flagstaff, Arizona. He lived
there until his death on January 23, 1990, at the age of 77.
Bruce Stenger was a gentle, caring, quiet man who loved his family and
the outdoors. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and camping. At various times
he dabbled in painting, knitting and woodcarving.
He is missed.
Obituary provided by Michael B. Stenger.
Catherine Stennett, 84, OSU alumna
Oberlin -- Catherine E.
Stennett, 84, died Saturday, April 14, 2001, at the Oberlin Medical
Center.
She had been longtime resident of Oberlin. She graduated from [Oberlin
High School in 1934 and from] Ohio State University.
Mrs. [Miss] Stennett was
an active member of First United Methodist Church, Oberlin.
A memorial service will
be held Saturday at 11 a.m. in First United Methodist Church, 45 S.
Professor
St., Oberlin, with the Rev. O. French Ball officiating.
Strowder's Funeral Home,
Cleveland, handled arrangements.
The Morning Journal,
Lorain, Ohio, Tuesday, April 24, 2001
Lawyers’ secretary dies at 86 [Florence E.
Stetson]
Florence Edith Stetson,
86, for more than half a century a stenographer for outstanding
attorneys
in Elyria, died at 2:30 p.m. yesterday in the Rebel Nursing Home. She
had
been ill a year.
Miss Stetson was born
April
7, 1880, in Oberlin, the youngest child and second daughter of R. R.
and
Mary E. Read Stetson. She was graduated from Oberlin High School in
1899
and attended Oberlin Business College.
After doing stenographic
work in the law office of W. E. Bedortha of Oberlin and secretarial
work
for Prof. John Fisher Peck of the Oberlin Academy and Prof. Morrison of
Oberlin, she started work for the law firm of Ingersoll and Stetson in
Elyria in the fall of 1904.
Miss Stetson continued as
stenographer for H. W. Ingersoll for 42 years until his death in 1946,
and then was in the office of Judge Harold Ewing until she retired Dec.
31, 1959.
Miss Stetson was the first
woman in Lorain County to be commissioned a notary public. She was one
of the early members of the YWCA and was clerk for the Elyria Library
Board
for nearly 50 years until her retirement in 1960.
She was a member of the
Washington Avenue Christian Church, was superintendent of the primary
department
for that church for many years and served in women’s groups of the
church.
A brother, Frank A.
Stetson,
and Elyria lawyer for 57 years until his death in 1960, and a sister,
Mrs.
May C. Bristor, who made her home with Miss Stetson until her death in
1963, preceded her.
Surviving are two nieces,
Mrs. Ray Thompson, Elyria, and Mrs. G. L. Car