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 Chappell, Nebraska, when he suffered a fatal heart attack on May 26. He and his wife, Mary Beers Smith, ’07, were on their way to attend her 55^th class reunion at Oberlin. [He was a 1909 graduate of OHS and a 1913 graduate of Oberlin College.] He was a retired storekeeper of the Oregon State Highway Department. This involved the purchase and distribution of engineering equipment and supplies throughout the state.
Horace Smith was born on August 3, 1888. He married Mary Catherine Beers on May 29, 1917. Positions he held before going to the Oregon State Highway Department in 1943, were foreman, stock department, Diamond Rubber company, and correspondent, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. In 1913-15 he attended the Palmer School of Chiropractic, receiving the D.D. degree and practicing for 12 years. Then he operated his own fruit ranch near Salem, Oregon, 1927-43. He retired in 1955.
Mr. Smith is survived by his wife and his son Alan, ’43.
The Oberlin Alumni Magazine, Oberlin, Ohio, October 1962, p. 38.

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 Dec. 11, 1979, in Seattle. She was born in Pittsfield, Ohio, March 31, 1898.
Following graduation [from OHS in 1916 and from Oberlin College in 1920] she studied at the Oberlin Business College and then worked in a law office in Cleveland. In 1921-22 she was assistant to the College registrar, Isabel Wolcott. She then was secretary-stenographer for the American Forestry Co. in Boston (1922-24) and secretary to the president of Heidelberg College (1924-25).
In 1925 she married Herbert E. Smith, a landscape engineer. They lived in Framingham, Mass., Patchogue, N.Y., Flint, Mich., and Stony Brook, N.Y., before moving to Seattle in the 1950’s. While in Flint, Mrs. Smith conducted a private nursery school in her home and was president of the city council of parents and teachers.
After moving to Seattle, Mrs. Smith worked in the purchasing department at the University of Washington. She was promoted to buying assistant in 1961 and has been retired since 1968.
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, Oberlin, Ohio, March/April 1980, p. 44.

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 Detroit on March 20, 1947, after an illness of two years. He was 63.
Mr. Smith was born in Bunker Hill, Illinois, on August 31, 1882, the son of Irwin and Eliza Squire Smith. [He graduated from OHS in 1899.] In 1910 he was married to Bess Margaret Finley. At Oberlin [College] he majored in physical education, and after graduation [in 1910] became physical director for the Brick Church Institute in Rochester, New York. From 1911 until 1918 he taught physical education and history at Rayen High School in Youngstown, Ohio. Mr. Smith went to Detroit in 1918 where he became connected with the Burroughs Adding Machine Company. His work also took him to Knoxville, Tennessee.
A former president of Oberlin Alumni Club in Detroit, Mr. Smith was one of the most active and successful officers which the club has ever had.
Mr. Smith is survived by his wife and a sister, Emma Jane Smith, of Detroit.
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 Dec. 18, 1929, in Sharpsburg, Ky., and lived in Oberlin since 1939.
She graduated from Oberlin High School in 1950 and attended the former St. Joseph's School of Nursing in Lorain.
Mrs. Smith was employed by Oberlin College in food service for 45 years, retiring in 1991.
She was a member of Christ Temple Apostolic Church, Oberlin, and its usher board, missionary union and dining room committee and sang in the choir. She enjoyed cooking, sewing and gardening.
Survivors include her husband of 51 years, William L. Smith; daughter, Wanda Walton of Altadena, Calif.; sons Billy Smith and Phillip Smith, both of Oberlin; sister, Alice Scruggs of Sharpsburg; and eight grandchildren and one great- granddaughter. She was preceded in death by her parents, Johnny and Pearl (nee Davis) Jones; sister, Eddie Griffin; and a niece.
Friends may call Monday from 11 a.m. until time of funeral service at 1 p.m. at Christ Temple Apostolic Church, 370 W. Lincoln St. District Elder Laurence Nevels will officiate. Burial will be in Westwood Cemetery, Oberlin.
Memorial contributions may be made to Breast Cancer Research Foundation, 654 Madison Ave., Suite 1209, New York, NY 10021.
Arrangements by Toft Funeral Home and Crematory, Sandusky.
The Morning Journal, Lorain, Ohio, Thursday, December 16, 2004.

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 Tulsa, Okla., of aplastic anemia. After 38 years with the Sun Oil Co. and its predecessors in Tulsa, he retired as chief gauger of the West Tulsa refinery in 1958. Prior to joining MidContinent Petroleum (later Sunray and then Sun Oil) in 1920, he taught physical education and coached freshman football and baseball at Oberlin, 1914-16 and 1917-18. During the intervening year, he taught at a high school in Minneapolis. He was an aerial observer in the Army Signal Corps 1918-19.
Mr. Spore was a member of the Tulsa Audubon and the Oklahoma Ornithological Societies, All Souls Unitarian Church and Carson-Wilson American Legion Post. In recent years he and his wife (Clara Oltman ’15) divided their time between their residence in Tulsa and a wilderness home in eastern Oklahoma’s Cookson Hills. The Spores were married in 1922. A native of Florence, Ohio, Mr. Spore was born July 4, 1893. [He graduated from OHS in 1910 and from Oberlin College in 1914.] His father, Clarence J. Spore, attended the Academy, 1878-79. In addition to his wife, he leaves daughters Alice ’48 (Mrs. Harold Howes) and Janet ’51 (Mrs. John Slater) and eight grandchildren.
The Oberlin Alumni Magazine, Oberlin, Ohio, November/December 1975, p. 36.

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 Lydia Cooke Stansfield
Frances (“Penny”) Cooke Stansfield died May 4[, 1974,] in Detroit of cancer. She was born in Oberlin, Feb. 18, 1916[, graduated from OHS in 1933, and was a member of the Oberlin College class of 1937]. Her father, the late Frank T., conducted a Kodak film and finishing business in various downtown Oberlin locations for 40 years prior to 1951.
Prior to her marriage to George Stansfield in 1941, Mrs. Stansfield studied at the Merrill-Palmer School and was supervisor of the Municipal Nursery School at Wyandotte, Mich. From 1966 to 1973, she was a department head for the market-Opinion Research Co. in Detroit.
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, Oberlin, Ohio, November/December 1974, p. 37.

Mary McCloy Steck
Mrs. John Morris Steck (Mary Hunter McCloy) died in Fredericksburg, Virginia, on October 5, 1959, after an illness of several years.
Born in Macau, China, in 1891, she was the daughter of Thomas and Mary McCloy, pioneer Scottish missionaries in China and Japan. She was educated by private tutors until she entered Oberlin High School [from which she graduated in 1909]. In 1909 she entered Oberlin College and received her A.B. degree in 1913. She taught physical education in South Bend, Indiana, for a year, returning to Japan to teach in the YWCA in Tokyo until 1919. She returned to the states in 1919 and married John Morris Steck, a fellow YMCA worker, also from Japan. (Mr. Steck died in 1943). They made their home in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where their four children were born and educated.
Mrs. Steck was a faithful member of Salem Church, near their farm, and taught an adult Sunday School class there for over thirty years. During a teacher shortage she served for ten years as an elementary school teacher.
Surviving are two sons and two daughters, all graduates of southern colleges, and six grandchildren; two sisters, Elizabeth McCloy, ’13 of La Jolla, California, and Mrs. Frances McCorkle (’13-’14), of La Mesa, California.
The Oberlin Alumni Magazine, Oberlin, Ohio, May 1960, p. 38.

[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