Dwayne
‘Marty’ Wahl
Dwayne “Marty”
Wahl, 23,
of Elyria, former Oberlin resident, died Sept. 8 at Cleveland
Metro-Health
Medical Center as the result of injuries sustained in a one-car
accident
on West Ridge Road.
He was born and lived most
of his life in Oberlin, graduating from Oberlin High School in 1987.
An Army Reservist, he was
called to active duty during Operation Desert Storm, serving as a truck
driver from January to May.
He recently started his
own painting business, Wahl To Wahl Painting. He formerly worked for
Oberlin
IGA.
Survivors include his
mother,
Shari L. Quattlebaum of Houston, Texas; sisters, Jeanne and Carla
Quattlebaum,
both of Houston; grandmother, Jeanne Wahl of Oberlin; and aunts,
Beverly
Hatter of Oberlin and Mary Jane Robinson of Rhode Island.
Services were Sept. 13 at
Cowling Funeral Home with the Rev. Fred Steen officiating. Burial was
in
Westwood Cemetery.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, September 17, 1991, p. 2.
William
O. Wahl
William Otis Wahl, 63, of
225 South Pleasant died on June 3 in Allen Hospital after a heart
attack
at his home.
Born in Oberlin in 1917,
he had lived here his entire life[, graduating from Oberlin High School
in 1938]. He retired in March from Smith and Jones Corp., Elyria, where
he had worked as an assembler. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy in
World
War II and was a golfer.
He is survived by his wife
Annabelle (nee Scott); three daughters, Mrs. Mary Jane Machnauer and
Mrs.
Sherrie Wahl, Oberlin, and Mrs. Deborah Craighead Mayes of Seattle;
four
brothers, Steven of Oberlin, and James, John (Jack) and Sandy, all of
California;
three sisters, Mrs. Marion Nuby, Sandusky, and Mrs. Margaret Campbell
and
Mrs. Barbara Cannon of Oberlin; and five grandchildren.
Services were Saturday
morning
in the Cowling Funeral Home with Rev. James Roberson officiating.
Burial
was in Westwood Cemetery.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, June 11, 1981, p. 2.
Mrs. R. [Reva H.] Wainwright
Mrs. Reva H. Wainwright,
74, wife of the late Lauren F. Wainwright, died at Shangri-La Nursing
Home,
Valley City, at 12:20 a.m. yesterday.
She formerly lived at 240
W. North St., Medina. She was born in Kipton, June 21, 1896 [and was a
1913 graduate of OHS].
Mrs. Wainwright lived in
Medina about 45 years. She was a member of Mallet Creek Methodist
Church.
She is survived by one
daughter,
Mrs. Jay (Helen) Cobb of Hamilton, three grandchildren and four
great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son Robert. Funeral services will be
1:30
p.m. Tuesday from the Waite and Son Memorial Home, 765 N. Court St.,
Medina.
The Rev. David Freeman will officiate. Burial will be in Camden
Cemetery,
Kipton. It has been suggested memorial contributions be made to the
American
Cancer Society. There will be no visitation.
The Chronicle-Telegram,
Elyria, Ohio, Sunday, November 29, 1970, p. F-2.
Elma Wait, 91, enjoyed bowling
Oberlin -- Elma Lorena
Wait,
91, of Oberlin, died Sunday, Dec. 3, 2000, at Welcome Nursing Home,
Oberlin,
following a lengthy illness.
She was born April 16,
1909,
in Pittsfield Township[, graduated from Oberlin High School in 1927,]
and
lived in Oberlin all her life.
She enjoyed bowling.
Survivors include her son,
Joseph Wait of Vancouver, Wash.; brother, William of Canton; sister,
Mary
Bungard of Canton; and eight grandchildren and four
great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Davidson; parents,
Arllis
and Savilla (nee Scott) Bungard; and son, Charles Wait Jr.
Friends may call Wednesday
noon until time of services at 1 p.m. at Cowling Funeral Home, 228 S.
Main
St., Oberlin. Burial will be in Pittsfield Cemetery, Pittsfield
Township.
The Morning Journal,
Lorain,
Ohio, Monday, December 04, 2000.
Thomas F. Wait, 71, of
Elyria, died at his
home today after a long illness.
He was born in Pittsfield
[and graduated from OHS in 1934] but was a 30-year Elyria resident.
He was a former farmer in
Penfield [and] had been employed by Bendix for 30 years until his
retirement
in 1977.
He was a member of UAW
Local
978 and the Elyria Eagles.
Surviving are his wife,
Treva M. (Brown), to whom he was married 35 years; two sons, Lewis R.
Worcester
of Sebastian, Fla., and Anthony C. Vandersommen of Elyria; four
grandchildren;
a great-granddaughter; two sisters, Mrs. Clarence (Ethel) Wilford of
Elyria,
and Anna May Jones of Greenwich.
He was preceded in death
by three brothers.
Visitation will be Sunday
from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.; at Dicken Funeral Home, Elyria, where services
will
be Monday at 11 a.m. with the Rev. G. Mae Booth officiating.
Burial will be at East
Pittsfield
Cemetery.
The Chronicle-Telegram,
Elyria,
Ohio, Friday, November 7, 1986, p. C-2.
Florence
Florence T. Waite died Nov. 26
[27?], 1980, in
In 1922, she returned to the
Miss Waite was born in
She leaves two nieces, a nephew and a
grandniece, Rogely
Boyce ’73.
The
Oberlin Alumni Magazine,
Former Oberlin Boy Died In Cleveland
George S. Waite Died
April 28—Spent Many Years in the Automobile Business
George W. Waite, a former
Oberlin resident and student, died at Cleveland April 28.
Mr. Waite was born at
Leicester,
Mass., January 12, 1866, and was a son of Professor George W. Waite,
who
was superintendent of the Oberlin schools for many years. [He was an
1883
graduate of OHS.]
About 1890 Mr. Waite
became
associated with The White Sewing Machine Company of Cleveland and for
approximately
ten years was in charge of the retail sales department of that company.
The White Company was one of the earliest in the automobile field and
for
a number of years Mr. Waite was sales manager in the automobile
department
of The White Company. Later on he was with the Packard Company as a
salesman,
and about 1913 he, with David A. Shaw, George Salzman and others,
organized
The Grant Motor Car Company, which for several years had its factory at
Findlay. In 1916 The Grant Company moved its plant to Cleveland, where
it continued in business until about 1921. Mr. Waite was sales manager
of that company during its existence and was recognized as a leader in
the department of automobile sales.
For several years past Mr.
Waite has been in failing health and practically retired from business.
He had a very genial personality and his friends were almost
innumerable.
Mr. Waite’s first
wife was
Miss Sherwood, daughter of the late Dr. Sherwood of Elyria. She died
something
over thirty years ago, leaving two children, who survive Mr. Waite,
namely:
Sherwood Waite and Mrs. George Whaley, both of whom live in or near
Cleveland.
Mr. Waite subsequently
married
again and his widow, Mrs. May L. Waite, resides in Cleveland.
The Oberlin
News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, June 5, 1930, p. 8.
Willard
W. Waite
Wellington -- Willard W.
Waite, 77, of Wellington, died Friday, Feb. 7, at Allen Medical Center,
Oberlin.
He was born Aug. 15, 1915
in Worthington. He was a [1931 graduate of OHS and a] resident of the
Wellington
area for many years.
He served in the U.S. Army
as chief warrant officer during World War II.
He owned and operated the
Waite Radio & Electric Co., Wellington, for many years and was
employed
by the Lorain Products Co. for many years.
He was an amateur radio
operator since 1932. He was a past chairman of the Ohio Council of
Amateur
Radio Clubs. He was a member of the Wellington Masonic Lodge 127 for 50
years. He was also a member of the Wellington American Legion and
served
as president and secretary of the Wellington Kiwanis. He was a past
secretary
of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce and also served as secretary of
the
Wellington Hospital Board for more than 20 years. He served on many
boards
as a member of the Pittsfield United Church of Christ.
He is survived by his
wife,
Mary (nee Rauthenbusch) Waite; daughters Rita Youngless of Wellington,
Christine Park of Wellington and Arlene Waite of Lorain; son, Michael
Waite
of LaGrange; brother, Raymond Waite of Wellington; and five
grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his daughter,
Connie Waite; sons Joseph, John and Kenneth Waite; and parents George
and
May (nee Hines) Waite.
Friends may call Sunday
6 to 8 p.m. at Norton Funeral Home, 370 S. Main St., Wellington, where
Masonic services will be held Sunday at 8 p.m. Services will be Monday
at 11 a.m. at Pittsfield United Church of Christ, 17026 Rt. 58,
Wellington.
The Rev. Kenneth Gerhardt will officiate. Burial will be in South
Pittsfield
Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be
made to the Pittsfield United Church of Christ, 17026 Rt. 58,
Wellington
44090.
The Morning Journal,
Lorain, Ohio, Sunday, 9 February 2003.
Last Rites Held on Tuesday For Gladys
Waldecker,
66
Funeral services for
Gladys
Martin Waldecker, 66, wife of Nicholas Waldecker, were held Tuesday
morning
at Sacred Heart Church. Burial was in St. Mary Cemetery, Elyria.
Mrs. Waldecker died
Saturday
at 11:10 p. m. at Elyria Memorial Hospital after an illness of two
months.
Born in Grand Rapids,
Mich.
July 8, 1892, she came to Oberlin at an early age. After graduation
from
Oberlin High School [in 1910], she attended the Conservatory of Music
here.
She was a member of Sacred Heart Church.
The family home is at 43
Groveland.
Besides her husband Mrs.
Waldecker is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Mary Youbell, Arlington, Va.;
a sister, Mrs. Raymond Dyke, Oberlin; a brother, Justin Martin, Elyria;
and three grandchildren.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, May 14, 1959, p. 2A.
Alvah Walker dies at 66; heart attack
Alvah Evan Walker, 66, was
dead on arrival at Allen Hospital last Friday, after suffering an
apparent
heart attack at his home, 38 Morgan.
Born in Oberlin on Nov.
14, 1910, he had lived here all his life. For over 30 years, he owned
and
operated the Oberlin Hardware Store, selling it in 1959. He later
worked
as a supervisor in the Oberlin College Buildings and Grounds
department,
retiring on July 1, 1976. He was a member of First Church and Oberlin
Masonic
Lodge 38 F and AM.
He is survived by his
wife,
Betty, a teacher at Firelands School; two daughters, Mrs. Brenda
Richards,
Lorain and John (Mrs. Robert) MacKellar, Jacksonville, Fla.; and one
grandchild.
Services were Tuesday
afternoon
at the Cowling Funeral Home with the Rev. John Elder officiating.
Burial
was in Westwood Cemetery.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, April 14, 1977, p. 2.
Charles
E. Walker is
victim of crash
Charles E. Walker of
Lorain,
an Oberlin resident for most of his life, died Monday at Lorain
Community
Hospital of complications from injuries he suffered in a motorcycle
accident
over Labor Day weekend. He was 26.
Walker was injured Sept.
2 while riding his motorcycle north on Rt. 60 in Florence Twp. about a
mile south of Rt 113. He failed to negotiate a curve, and was thrown
from
his Honda after it slid off the road and into a guardrail.
He was born in Oberlin and
was a 1977 graduate of Oberlin High School, where he participated in
wrestling
and football. He was a member of the True Light Army Church and was
employed
as a machinist with Grove Industries in Elyria.
Surviving are his wife,
Margarita; sons Charles Jr. and Justin and daughter Kiesha; his
parents,
Rev. and Mrs. R. L. Walker of Oberlin; his grandmother, Mrs. Mamie
McKinney
of Oberlin; his great-grandmother, Mrs. Idella Yates of Girard;
brothers
Richard of Baltimore, Duane of Elyria, Christopher and Sean of Oberlin,
and sisters Barbara Ann and Angela of Oberlin.
His father officiated at
the funeral, which was held yesterday at Cowling Funeral Home. Burial
was
in Westwood Cemetery.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, December 13, 1984, p. 5.
Gerald Albert Walker
Gerald Albert Walker
of Phoenix, Ariz., son of Hazel Walker of Oberlin, died suddenly,
Monday, May 17, 2004, at his mother’s home while visiting his
mother.
Born Nov. 28, 1941, in Oberlin, he [graduated from OHS in 1960 and]
served in the U.S. Air Force from 1960 to 1968, during the Vietnam War.
He owned and operated a floor covering store in Prescott, Ariz.
Mr. Walker is survived by his sons Gerald A. Walker Jr. of Pinetop,
Ariz., and Fred Walker of Queen Creek, Ariz.; daughters Lorna Nevitt
and Shelly Crewse, both of Queen Creek, Ariz.; his companion, Mary Ann
Shiro of Phoenix; brother, Thomas M. Walker of North Canton; 20
grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; mother Hazel Walker (nee
Martin) of Oberlin; brother, Thomas M. Walker of North Canton; and
companion, Mary Ann Shiro of Phoenix. He was preceded in death by his
father, Fred H. Walker.
A private family burial will be held at a later date. Cowling Funeral
Home handled local arrangements.
Oberlin-New Tribune,
Oberlin, Ohio, Tuesday, May 25, 2004, p. 2.
John
Joseph Walker, 65, truck driver
Oberlin -- John Joseph
Walker,
65, of Oberlin, died suddenly Monday, Sept. 11, 2000, at the emergency
room of EMH Regional Medical Center, Elyria.
He was born Nov. 23, 1934,
in Girard and had lived in Oberlin since 1946.
He graduated from Oberlin
High in 1954.
He was a U.S. Army veteran.
Walker was self-employed
as truck driver for many years. He also enjoyed farming.
He was a lifelong member
of the Almighty Church, Oberlin, where he served as bishop. He enjoyed
sports, including high school and college, and bowling.
Survivors include his
wife,
Lee Esther (nee McKinney); sons Carl J. Walker of Cincinnati, John S.
Walker
of Crossville, Tenn., and Michael S. Walker of Lorain; daughters
Annette
M. Walker and Carlene J. Burnett, both of Oberlin, Yvette G. Williams
of
Elyria and Valerie D. Payne of Atlanta; brother, the Rev. Love D.
Walker
of Elyria; sister, Nellie B. Caver of Elyria; and 16 grandchildren and
seven great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents,
Lorenzo
and Pincy Mae (nee Tarver) Walker Sr.; and brother, Lorenzo Jr.
Friends may call Thursday
6 to 9 p.m. at Cowling Funeral Home, 228 S. Main St., Oberlin. Burial
will
be in Westwood Cemetery, Oberlin. Service arrangements are incomplete.
The Rev. Love D. Walker, pastor of Almighty Church, will officiate at
the
services.
The Morning Journal,
Lorain,
Ohio, Tuesday, September 12, 2000
Lorenzo Walker Jr.
Lorenzo Walker Jr. was so
busy that he seldom had a whole day to spend at his home, 125 Grafton.
Saturday he just took the time—worked on a remodeling project,
watched
the Ohio State game and decided because it was such a beautiful day
that
he would barbecue supper outdoors.
“He spent the whole
day
doing just what he wanted to do,” said his sister, Nellie Cavers.
Shortly after 10
o’clock
Saturday night, he went to the kitchen for some cider and collapsed of
a heart attack. He died with his wife Linelle at his side. He was 41
years
old.
Mr. Walker, a
superintendent
with Griffith Blacktop, was chairman of the Oberlin Planning Commission
and co-chairman, with Nora Draves, of the Oberlin High School Booster
Club.
He was one of the originators of the plan for the new OHS football
field
which opened this fall.
He was a member of the
Almighty
Church (True Light Army), which owns Beulah Farm on Hamilton St., and
was
serving as the church’s president; and was a member also of the
loan
board
of the Farmers Home Administration in Medina.
Born on Aug. 4, 1933 in
Girard, he came here as a teenager when the Almighty Church bought
Beulah
Farm in 1946 and his father, Lorenzo Walker Sr. of 185 Quarry Rd., was
called as its minister. He was graduated from Oberlin High in 1953.
In addition to his wife
and his parents, Mr. Walker is survived by five children, all at home;
Anthony, 19, now at Lorain County Community College; Rose, 18, senior
at
OHS; Wayne, 16, sophomore at OHS; Russell, 13, an eighth grader; and
Michelle,
11, a student at Pleasant School. He is survived also by two brothers,
Joseph, 185 Quarry Rd., and Robert 14237 Quarry Rd. Mrs. Cavers lives
at
236 Sumner.
Funeral services were held
yesterday at Rust Church with Rev. Samuel Jones of the True Light Army,
Girard, officiating, and Dr. Sumpter Riley of Rust Church assisting.
Burial
was in Westwood Cemetery.
The family suggested that
memorial contributions be made to the OHS Booster Club stadium fund.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, November 14, 1974, p. 3.
Mabel Cordelia (Holloway)
Mabel Cordelia Holloway was
born in
She attended elementary school in
At
After graduating from university and marrying, Mrs. Walker
worked at a YWCA in
Later, Mrs. Walker became a teacher with the Board of
Education. She taught at Southern Preparatory School, Western Senior
and
Mrs. Walker was the founder of The Bahamas Union of
Teachers. She worked hard for the recognition of the
Mrs. Walker was also an artist. She painted Bahamian scenes
on neckties, scarves and skirts, which she sold. She also painted the
insignia
on the aprons for the Masonic lodges. She was always supportive of her
husband
in his various projects. She assisted in selling The Voice, a small
newspaper
which he edited.
Mrs. Walker lived by principles, "I can do all things
through Christ who strengthens me". She always believed in the
potential
of people, and so encouraged people to achieve their goals. She would
say,
"nothing is impossible" and, "there is nothing called, ‘I
can't’".
Even in her later life, she was always encouraging and helping people.
She
believed in the dignity of work. Her hobbies were reading and gardening.
After retirement, she was in charge of
She was noted for her contribution to The Bahamas when a
primary school, the
Mrs. Walker, the mother of 7 children, died at the age of 85
on
Personalities in Bahamian Education,
http://www.bahamasnationalarchives.bs/Bahamian_Educators/Bahamian_Educators_Walker_Mabel.htm
Michael James Walker
Michael James Walker, 21,
of Oberlin, was pronounced dead last Friday at Elyria Memorial Hospital
following a one-vehicle accident.
Born in Elyria, he lived
most of his life in Oberlin. He graduated from Oberlin High School in
1989.
He worked for Maintenance
Systems, Elyria.
He enjoyed weight-lifting.
Survivors include his
wife,
Mary Lou; a daughter, Carissa Lauren, at home; his parents, Larry and
Judith
Walker of Oberlin; and a grandfather, Harlan Walker of Clendenin, W.Va.
Memorial services were
Monday
morning at the Cowling Funeral Home.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, December 10, 1991, p. 2.
Roland
Walker, 86
Troy -- A memorial service
will be held Thursday for Roland Walker, 86, of Center View Drive, who
died Friday in Samaritan Hospital after a brief illness.
Mr. Walker was born in
Stellenbosch,
South Africa. He came to this country in 1918. He graduated from
[Oberlin
High School in 1924 and] Oberlin College in Ohio with a bachelor's of
arts
degree in 1928 and a master's in biology in 1929. He received a
doctorate
in zoology in 1934 from Yale University.
He was a professor of
biology
at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from 1934 until his retirement in
1972,
when he became professor emeritus. Mr. Walker had researched and
authored
many articles in his field. He was a member of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science, the Phi Beta Kappa Society, Society of
Sigma Xi, and a member of the Rensselaer County Historical Society for
more than 30 years. He was a World War II Army Air Corps veteran.
He was the widower of
Vivian
V. Trombetta Walker. Survivors include a son, David Walker of Piermont,
Rockland County; a daughter, Helen Walker of Cambridge, Mass.; and
three
grandchildren. The service will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the Christ,
Sun of Justice Chapel and Cultural Center, Peoples and Burdett avenues.
There are no calling hours.
Contributions may be made
to the Roland Walker Prize Fund, in care of Department of Biology, RPI,
Troy, NY 12180. Arrangements are by the Morris-Stebbins-Miner and
Sanvidge
Funeral Home, 3412 Hoosick St., Troy.
The Times Union, Albany,
New York, Tuesday, August 3, 1993, p. B11.
Former Resident To Be Buried Saturday
Mrs. John Wall Died in
Denver
Saturday—Had Spent Most of Her Life Here
Mrs. John Wall, former
Oberlin
woman, died in Denver, Colo., Saturday, aged 74 years. She had been for
several years in Denver with her father and two years ago paid a visit
to Oberlin.
Mrs. Wall had been a
resident
here most of her life, coming with her parents when she was about 4
years
of age. She was born January 22, 1860, [and graduated from OHS in
1878].
On February 6, 1879, she was married to John Wall, whose death occurred
in 1912. Four [six] children were born to them, John and Lewis of this
place, Albert and George of Detroit, Mrs. Barbara Atkins of Cleveland
and
Mrs. George Brown of Denver. The latter is accompanying the remains
here.
She was a sister of George
Shanks, who died here a few years ago, and her father William Shanks
was
a former well known resident. He is a veteran of the Civil War and is
now
99 years of age.
Among the older residents
Mrs. Wall was well and favorably known. She was a member of the First
Church
in Oberlin.
The remains will arrive
today from the west and funeral services held at Sedgeman’s
funeral
parlors
Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, the Rev. J. A. Richards
officiating.
Burial will be in Westwood cemetery.
The Oberlin
News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Friday, April 13, 1934, p. 1.
Christine Wallace
Oberlin -- Christine Wallace, 52, went home to be with the Lord on July
27, 2008, following a long illness.
She was born Feb. 14, 1956, in Cleveland, and had lived in Elyria and
Oberlin for many years.
Christine Wallace was a graduate of Oberlin High School [in 1974] and
[of] Lorain Community College majoring in business education.
She was employed as a teacher for the Oberlin early childhood center
for the past 29 years, retiring in 2006.
Christine Wallace was a life-long member of the Almighty Church of
Oberlin, where she was under the spiritual leadership of Mother Wilson
and was a Sunday school teacher. Mrs. Wallace enjoyed watching T.V.,
especially the Sci-Fi channel.
Christine Wallace will be sadly missed by her two sons, Joshua and
Elijah Wallace, both of Elyria; sister, Regina (Willie) Lucas of
Oberlin; brother, Essex Burton of Durham N.C; and a host of nieces,
nephews and other relatives.
Ms. Wallace was preceded in death by her parents, Edward and Ezzie
Wallace and sisters Marjorie Mealings, Gloria Wallace and Dorothy
Wallace.
Friends may call Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2008, at 10 a.m. until time of
service at 11 a.m. in the Carter Funeral Home Chapel, 127 West Bridge
St., Elyria. The Rev. Michael Martin, pastor of the Almighty Church of
Oberlin, will officiate. Burial in Westwood Cemetery, Oberlin.
The Morning Journal, Lorain,
Ohio, Thursday, July 31, 2008.
Christine Wallace
Oberlin -- Christine Wallace, 52, went home to be with the Lord on
Sunday, July 22,2008.
She was a graduate of Oberlin High School and LCCC. Christine Wallace
was a lifelong member of the Almighty Church of Oberlin, where she was
under the leadership of Mother Wisdom.
Friends may call Tuesday, August 5, 2008, at 1 p.m. where memorial
services will be held. The Rev. Michael Martin, pastor of Almighty
Church of Oberlin, will officiate. Burial will be private.
Professional Services entrusted to Carter Funeral Homes Inc., 127 W.
Bridge St., Elyria
The Morning Journal,
Lorain, Ohio, Tuesday, August 5, 2008.
Dorothy Wallace
Dorothy Wallace of Oberlin died unexpectedly Saturday, May 27, 2006 at
Allen Medical Center in Oberlin. She was 51.
Born Nov. 7, 1954 in Cleveland, she moved to Oberlin at a young age.
She attended Oberlin schools[, graduated from OHS in 1974,] and earned
her associate’s degree in applied business and medical
administration
from Ohio Business college.
She worked as an STNA in nursing care centers in the Greater Cleveland
area for more than two decades.
She was a life member of the Almighty Church in Oberlin. Dorothy was a
music enthusiast and a skilled musician being proficient with the
violin.
She enjoyed botanical gardening.
Mrs. Wallace is survived by her son, Jamie Wallace; sisters Christine
and Regina Wallace; a brother, Essex Burton; aunts Janie Wallace and
Minnie Walker; uncle, Aaron Wallace; and a host of other relatives and
many friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, Edward and
Ezzie (nee Anderson) Wallace; and sisters Marge Anderson and Gloria
Wallace.
Services were Saturday, June 3, at Wyers Funeral Chapel in Elyria,
Bishop Michael Martin of the Almighty Church officiating.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, June 6, 2006, p. 2.
Donald L. Walton
Funeral services for
Donald
L. Walton, 18, of 12043 Pyle Rd., who died last Thursday at 5:35 p.m.
at
Elyria Memorial Hospital, were held Monday afternoon at the Cowling
Funeral
Home. Rev. Donald Yaussy officiated and burial was in Westwood Cemetery.
Young Walton died of
injuries
including extensive brain damage, sustained in a bicycle-car accident
on
July 23 near his home. A [1976] graduate of Oberlin High School, he had
lived in this area all his life. He was born in Amherst July 1, 1958.
He
was employed at Harbortown Marine Service, Vermilion.
Donald was a member of
Sundance
Kids 4-H Club, Oberlin 4-H Club and 20th Century Farmers.
He is survived by his
mother
and stepfather, Alice and Donald Robertson, with whom he lived; his
father
and stepmother, Donald and Carol Walton of Birmingham; two sisters,
Tracy,
at home, and Amy of Birmingham; two brothers, Timothy and Michael, both
at home; and grandmothers Mrs. Alice Milan of Wakeman and Mrs. Marion
Walton
of Birmingham.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, August 28, 1976, p. 18.
Dr. F. Champion Ward
Dr. F. Champion Ward, 96, past dean of the College at the University of
Chicago, Ford Foundation vice president and chancellor of the New
School for Social Research, died at his home in North Branford on July
2, 2007. Ward's career spanned the postwar course of American and
international education, beginning with his tenure as the dean of the
innovative College of the University of Chicago in 1947; his years
advising the governments of the newly independent nations of Asia,
Africa and the Middle East; his work as the Ford Foundation's vice
president for education and research; and his term as chancellor of the
New School for Social Research.
Ward was born on Dec. 30, 1910 in New Brunswick, N.J., and spent his
boyhood and college years in Oberlin, Ohio, where his father, Clarence,
was head of the college's art department. After acquiring a master's
degree in philosophy in 1936, Ward earned his doctorate at Yale
University and received a Sterling Fellowship.
From 1937 to 1945 he taught philosophy and psychology at Denison
University, and as associate dean trained military officers for the
army's de-Nazification efforts in Europe.
After the war, Ward began a lifelong association with the University of
Chicago by joining the faculty of the nascent Hutchins College. Within
two years he was appointed dean of the College. For seven years, he and
Chancellor Robert Maynard Hutchins, whose Yale lectures six years
earlier had fired Ward's commitment to reforming American higher
education, fought side-by-side in the battle between their new
interdisciplinary college with its core humanities curriculum and the
university's departmental faculties. The principles and practices that
have evolved from those years of innovation and backlash wrought
changes in American higher education that continue to this day.
After Hutchins' departure, Ward took a leave from Chicago to join the
Ford Foundation and serve as educational consultant to the government
of India. From 1954 to 1959, during which Chicago made him William
Rainey Harper Professor of the Humanities, Ward lived in New Delhi,
India with his family.
At a time of Red Baiting back home and Cold War clumsiness abroad, he
earned Indian educators' trust and respect by refusing to take any
action until he had spent a year immersing himself in the country's
culture and history. A gentle critic of the precipitousness with which
American philanthropies behaved in developing countries, he was soon
enlisted to advise the governments of Burma, Turkey and Jordan as well.
Upon his return to the United States in 1959, Ward began a four-year
stint as director of the Ford Foundation's Overseas Development Program
for the Middle East and Africa, through which he traveled extensively.
In 1963, he was appointed deputy vice president for international
programs, and three years later became vice president for education and
research. During the next five years he also served as chairman of the
White House Task Force on the Education of Gifted Persons, and as a
member of UNESCO's International Commission on the Development of
Education. From 1959 to 1978 Ward also served as a trustee of his alma
mater, Oberlin College.
After his retirement from the Ford Foundation in 1977, Ward served as a
consultant at the World Bank, UA-Columbia Cable Television, the
Association of American Universities and the Connecticut Board of
Higher Education; as well as the Ford, Hazen, Edna McConnell Clark and
Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation.
From 1978 to 1981 he guided the MacArthur Foundation's development of
its "Genius" grants. He also served on the Greenwich Board of
Education, where he successfully fought to retain the town's
neighborhood schools.
In 1980, Ward was appointed chancellor of the New School for Social
Research and acting dean of its graduate faculty, for which he worked
to help restore to its founding, interdisciplinary principles.
A member of the editorial board of the Journal of General Education,
editor of The Idea and Practice of General Education and contributor to
Humanistic Education and Western Civilization and The Knowledge Most
Worth Having, he was the author of numerous articles and reviews.
Ward is survived by his wife, Duira Baldinger Ward; his children,
Geoffrey, Andrew and Helen; seven grandchildren and two great
grandchildren.
Greenwich Citizen,
Greenwich, Conn., Friday, July 20, 2007.
Helen Ward, Fern Whitmer
Killed in
Airliner’s
Crash
Two Young Women on Way
for Holiday Visits with Parents Here
Included in the toll of
177 dead in last week’s tragic holiday airline crashes were two
young
women
enroute here for holiday visits with their parents in Oberlin and
Kipton.
Both were victims of the LaGuardia Field crack-up of the United
Airlines
DC-4 last Thursday evening.
Miss Helen Ward, daughter
of Prof. and Mrs. Clarence Ward, 335 E. College St., and Miss Fern
Whitmer,
daughter of Mrs. Vern Burden of Kipton died in the United Airlines
crash,
said to have resulted from a sudden cross-wind that hit the DC-4 just
as
it was about to take off the LaGuardia Field runway.
Memorial services, with
Dean Thomas Graham of the Graduate School of Theology officiating were
held Sunday for Miss Ward at the East Oberlin Church, where her father
is pastor. Funeral services for Miss Whitmer were Tuesday in Cleveland.
On Museum Staff
Miss Ward was born Sept.
8, 1909, in Portland, Me. A graduate of Oberlin High School in 1928 and
of Oberlin College in 1932, she later attended the Yale School of Drama
in 1933 and 1934. She had traveled extensively and had acted in summer
theaters in northern Michigan. She was formerly on the staff of the
Costume
Art Museum in New York City and when that collection was given to the
Metropolitan
Museum, she became assistant director of the Museum of Modern Art in
New
York.
Airline Hostess
Fern Whitmer, who lives
in Queens, N. Y., was an American Airlines hostess, enroute here with
her
fiancé, Charles J. Shannon, Elmhurst, Long Island, to visit here
mother, and step-father, Mr. and Mrs. Vern Burden, former operators of
Vern’s Tavern, Kipton, and now owners of a store there. Miss
Whitmer,
who
was taking her fiancé home to meet her parents, died in the
crash.
Her fiancé was taken to Queens Hospital, where he died Sunday.
Miss Whitmer was a
graduate
of City Hospital in Cleveland. She had been an airline hostess for
about
a year.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, June 5, 1947, p. 1.
Mrs. Irene D. Ward
Mrs. Irene D. Ward [nee Drake], 66, a former resident of Oberlin, died
at her home in New York City Friday.
Born in Sullivan, she attended high school in Oberlin [graduating from
OHS in 1927], later moved to Albuquerque and, finally, to New York City.
Survivors include one daughter, Alleyan Ward Miller of New York City;
three granddaughters and one sister, Mrs. Ed (Christina) Puscas of
Zanesville.
The body was cremated. Graveside services will be held at a later date
with burial in Sullivan.
The family requests memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
The Chronicle-Telegram,
Elyria, Ohio, Monday, October 28, 1974, p. 10.
Agnes Noble Warden
Mrs. Ernest Nathan
Warden (Agnes Lenora Noble), Oberlin’s
oldest living graduate, died on
Mrs. Warden was born in
Mrs. Warden lived most of her adult
life in Napoleon,
Mrs. Warden had served on the Public
School Board in
Several of Mrs. Warden’s
relatives
have attended
The Oberlin Alumni Magazine, October
1958, p. 29.
Rev. Eugene Lyman Warner
Rev. Eugene Lyman Warner, of Decatur, Ala., a retired Episcopal priest,
husband of Marian Louise Warner, father of Fred Howell Warner of
Midlothian [died August 7, 1993. He was a 1935 graduate of OHS].
Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond,
Va., Tuesday, August 10, 1993, p. B-2.
Ralph Emerson Warner
Ralph E. Warner, professor of Romance Languages and Literatures at the
University of Colorado, died April 30 in Denver, at the age of 50.
Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on June 8, 1906, to John H. Warner, A.M.,
’16, and Estelle Bookman Warner, x’07, Ralph [graduated
from OHS in
1925,] received his A.B. from Oberlin College in 1929 and his A.M. the
following year. He was awarded the Ph.D. degree from the University of
California at Berkeley in 1935, where in addition to his graduate
studies he had been a teaching assistant in Spanish and Portuguese.
That same year he joined the faculty of the University of Colorado,
Boulder, as an instructor and at the time of his death was a full
professor of Romance Languages and Literatures.
He is well-known for his many scholarly publications which include
bibliographies, articles, and book reviews. He was a member of the
Modern Language Association of America, the American Association of
Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, and Phi Sigma Iota. An enthusiastic
philatelist, his articles on Brazilian and Mexican issues and U.S.
Envelopes have been widely read. Ralph was an honorary member of
Sociedade Philatelica Paulista.
Survivors include his wife, Dianne Austin Warner; a son, Lawrence; his
parents; three sisters, Mrs. Mary R. Warner Jenkins, ’36 [OHS
‘32],
Mrs. Estelle Warner Siddall, ’36 [OHS ‘30], and Mrs.
Elsbeth Warner
Dolden, ’34 [OHS ‘30]; and three brothers, Eugene Warner
[OHS ‘35],
John H. Warner, Jr., ’31, and Paul Warner, ’32.
The Oberlin Alumni Magazine,
Oberlin, Ohio, December 1957, p. 31.
Mrs. Evelyn Warren
Mrs. Evelyn Warren, 65,
was found dead in her apartment at 29 ½ W. College last Thursday
afternoon. She has been ill for a short time.
Mrs. Warren, a former Town
Shop employee, was born May 10, 1905, [was a 1925 graduate of OHS,] and
lived in the area all her life.
Her husband, Raymond, died
in 1957. Mrs. Warren is survived by a son James Dulmage of Columbus, a
sister Mrs. Kent Richardson of Lorain and two grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mrs.
Warren were conducted by Rev. Donald Spencer of First Congregational
Church
at the Cowling Funeral Home on Sunday. Burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery
at Norwalk.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, October 8, 1970, p. 4.
Marian
Lilley
Marian L. Warren died
Miss Warren was active in the
Campfire Girls Council, Pi
Lambda Theta national honorary education sorority, AAUW, the PTA
Council,
Ithaca Council of Social Agencies, and the missionary society of the
Presbyterian Church. She was a member of the New York State Association
of
Deans and Counselors, New York State Teachers Association, National
Teachers
Association and the American Personnel and Guidance Association. In
college she
was secretary of her class, and served on the YWCA cabinet and Hi-O-Hi board. After her retirement she
lived in
The
Oberlin Alumni Magazine,
Reita Cole Warren
Reita Warren (nee Cole),
61, of Oberlin died Sunday at Allen Memorial Hospital.
She had lived all her life
in Oberlin and was a 1948 graduate of Oberlin High School. She attended
the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and Cleveland.
She had been a bookkeeper
for Lorain County Bank in the 1960s and was a travel agent for Oberlin
AAA during the 1970s. With her husband, Richard, she owned and operated
Reita’s Yesterday Treasures in Wellington. Mrs. Warren was a
member of
First United Methodist Church.
Survivors in addition to
her husband include a son, Richard Jr. of Oberlin, and her mother,
Marjorie
Cole of Oberlin.
She was preceded in death
by her father, Ralph Cole.
Funeral services will be
held Wednesday at Cowling Funeral Home, Oberlin, with the Rev. Barbara
SilverSmith, pastor of First Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will
be in East Pittsfield Cemetery.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, September 8, 1992, p. 2.
Mrs. Sarah M.
Warren
Sarah M. Warren [nee Graham], 79,
formerly of Zenobia Road, Clarksfield, died Thursday evening at the
Ohio Extended Care Center in Lorain following a long illness.
She was born in Grand Rapids,
Michigan, and had spent most of her life in the Clarksfield area. [She
graduated from OHS in 1917.] She was a member of the Seventh Day
Adventist Church.
Surviving are two sons, James Warren
of Muskogee, Oklahoma and LaVerne Warren of Perrysburg; a stepson,
Herman Warren of Norwalk and eight grandchildren.
Services will be held Monday at 10
a.m. at the Clarksfield Methodist Cemetery with the Rev. Harry Kohles,
pastor of the Clarksfield Seventh Day Adventist Church, officiating.
Arrangements are being made by Gerber Funeral Home, 16 Cooper St.,
Wakeman.
The Chronicle-Telegram, Elyria,
Ohio, Sun., Oct. 8, 1978, p. D-2.
Donald A. Wasserman
Age 72. Beloved husband of Dorothy; dear father of Donald, David
(Leslie), and Deana King (Greg); grandfather of Kelly, Joseph, T.J.,
Corey, Haley, Bradley and Sarah; brother of Sonny, and Sandy Kaiser.
[1949 graduate of OHS.] U.S. Army Veteran. Visitation Friday, 2-4 AND
7-9 P.M. in the chapel at Sunset Memorial Park, 6245 Columbia Rd.,
where services will be held Saturday, Jan. 24 at 11 a.m. In lieu of
flowers, memorials may be made to the Diabetes Assn., 3601 S. Green
Rd., Cleveland, 44122. Arrangements by Dostal Funeral Service
dostalfuneralservices.com.
The Plain Dealer,
Cleveland, Ohio, Friday, January 23, 2004.
Donald A. Wasserman, 72, of Olmsted Township, retired operating
engineer, died Wednesday. Services today. - Dostal, North Olmsted.
The Plain Dealer,
Cleveland, Ohio, Saturday, January 24, 2004.
Anna Ruth (LeRoy) Waterman
Anna LeRoy Waterman, [OHS ’21, OC ’25, died] July 2, 1991,
in San
Rafael, Calif. Born Sept. 15, 1903, in Adams, Natal, South Africa, she
was a library assistant in Williamstown, Mass., for many years. She was
an accomplished craftswoman and won many awards for her silver jewelry
and hooked rugs. She was preceded in death by her husband, Allyn Jay
Waterman ’25, and her parents, Albert Emile LeRoy ’01 and
Rhoda Clarke
LeRoy, Class of 1898. She is survived by sisters Mary LeRoy Funkhouser
’27 and Ethel LeRoy ’22; a brother, Gaylord LeRoy
’30; two daughters,
including Shirley Waterman Lobenthal ’53; two nephews, John LeRoy
’66
and Peter Funkhouser ’56; six grandchildren; and two
great-grandchildren.
Oberlin Alumni Magazine, Oberlin,
Ohio, Fall 1991, p. 33.
[Clyde] Waters, Former
Williams Star
Athlete,
Dead
Bristol, Conn.
(AP)—Clyde
Waters, 55, who ended his 23d season as a football official by working
the Army-Navy game at West Point last November, died of a heart attack
yesterday at his home here.
Waters, one of the most
renowned athletes ever to attend Williams College, had complained only
of a slight illness before he was stricken.
At Williams, where he was
graduated in 1908 [after graduating from OHS in 1903,] Waters won
letters
in baseball, hockey, basketball and football for four consecutive years.
After graduating, he
signed
a contract with the New York Yankees baseball team, but never played in
the major leagues. He was a catcher for two years with Montreal in the
International League and for six years with New Haven in the Eastern
League.
Waters officiated in many
of the East’s major gridiron contests during the last 20 years,
and
numbered
such coaches as Chick Meehan, Jim Crowley and Lou Little among his
friends.
Veteran fans recalled too
that Waters never took kindly to heckling from the crowd and on more
than
one occasion climbed into the stands to settle matters with any overly
persistent annoyers.
Waters Played for Keeps
[“The
Referee’s Sporting Chat” sports column by John M. Flynn]
Clyde Waters, who died
suddenly
in Bristol, Conn., Thursday, was a fine all-around athlete at Williams
College from which institution he was graduated in 1908. He was the
type
of player who battled for everything, rather hard on umpires or
referees,
despite the fact that he later became an outstanding football official,
also an umpire in baseball.
For some years, Clyde
caught
for the New Haven baseball club of the Eastern Association and later
for
the New Haven Colonials, a strong semipro team conducted by George M.
Weiss,
now identified with the Yankees.
Only a short time ago,
Clyde
signed up to officiate in 10 college football games this year.
Two
games at the Yale Bowl and two at Dartmouth were on the list.
The Berkshire Evening
Eagle, Pittsfield, Mass., Friday & Saturday, May 12 & 13,
1944,
pp. 13 & 5.
Football
Official for 23 Years—Was a Star at Williams
At
He leaves a widow and two daughters,
Mrs. Charles Engels of
Terryville and Miss Marjorie Waters of
The
New York Times,
Frank
Howard Waters
F. Howard (Bud) Waters,
prominent varsity athlete in his
college days and retired custodian of the College, died April 19[,
1967,] in
Following graduation [from
The
Oberlin Alumni Magazine,
Mrs. Nell Waters, 72, Dies of Lung Cancer
Mrs. Nell Wilkinson
Waters,
72, resident of Oberlin for more than 50 years and former teacher in
the
public schools here, died last Thursday at Pleasant View Sanatorium
where
she had been since March 31. Death was caused by lung cancer.
Mrs. Waters, born in
Virginia
May 13, 1886, came to Oberlin about 1903 to make her home with her aunt
and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. George Birdseye. She graduated from Oberlin
High
School in 1906, then taught in country schools for two years before
going
to Wakeman for a year.
She taught in Oberlin
elementary
schools for eight years, then went to East Cleveland where she taught
for
17 years until her retirement in 1935.
She completed her college
work in summer sessions and earned her degree from Kent State
University
in 1933.
She married F. H. Waters,
who survives her, in 1939.
Before ill health forced
her to give up outside activities Mrs. Waters did volunteer work at
Allen
Hospital and worked in the Thrift Shop operated by the Oberlin
Woman’s
Club. She was a member of First Church.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, July 24, 1958, p. 1B.
Roberta Watkins
Roberta Annette Watkins,
66, of Oberlin, died Saturday at her home.
Born in Cleveland, she had
lived in Oberlin all her life. A 1943 [1944] graduate of Oberlin High
School,
she was a licensed practical nurse at Allen Memorial Hospital for a
number
of years and was a member of the American Association of Retired
Persons.
Survivors include a son,
Kevin Watkins of Laurel, Md.; daughters, Diantha Watkins of Oberlin,
Tracy
Watkins of Kirkland, Wash., and Joanne Freeman of Honolulu, Hawaii;
stepfather,
Elmer Hamlin of Oberlin; brother Myrle Cooper of St. Paul, Minn.;
sisters,
Hazel Cooper of St. Cloud, Minn., and Bonnie Buster of Shaker Heights;
and six grandchildren.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Luther, in 1986; and by her father, Myrle Cooper.
Friends will be received
Thursday at 10 a.m. until the time of services at 11 a.m. in the
Cowling
Funeral Home, Oberlin. Burial will be in Westwood Cemetery, Oberlin.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, November 9, 1993, p. 2.
Funeral Services For Mrs. [Celestia]
Watson Held This Morning
Oberlin, O., Jan. 17—Mrs. Miles J. [Celestia M.
“Lettie” Myers] Watson passed away Sunday night at her
home, 235 Elm street after a five weeks illness.
Mrs. Watson was born in Mansfield, the daughter of the late Judge Joel
Myers and Anna Mary Harper Myers. She came to Oberlin at an early age
and attended Oberlin High School [class of 1885?], Oberlin Academy and
Oberlin College.
She became associated with the Second Church in Oberlin early in life
and was an important worker in all its activities. She was a charter
member of the Women’s Relief Corps, Past Regent of the D. A. R.,
active in the D. A. C., and associated with the Oberlin Women’s
Club.
Besides her husband, she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Glenn I.
Molyneaux, and three grandchildren, Glenn, Jr., Eileen and William
Molyneaux.
Private funeral services were held at 10:30 this morning at the home on
Elm street.
The Chronicle-Telegram,
Elyria, Ohio, Tuesday, January 17, 1939.
Mrs. Anna Weage
Mrs. Anna [Zipporah] Woodruff Weage died at Seattle, Wash., on June 26
as a result of a second stroke. Three years ago she had one and had
been in poor health ever since. Mrs. Weage was formerly a resident of
East Lorain street and is a sister of C. D. Woodruff of this place. She
graduated from [OHS in 1881 and from] Oberlin [College] with the class
of 1886.
The Oberlin New,
Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, July 11, 1929, p. 1.
Andy David Weaver
New Port Richey, Fla. --
Andy David Weaver, 36, of New Port Richey, Fla., formerly of Oberlin,
died
Sunday, Dec. 14, 2003, of injuries from a motorcycle accident in New
Port
Richey.
He was born Nov. 17, 1967,
in Oberlin and lived in Florida for 10 years.
He [was a member of the
OHS class of 1986 and] graduated from the Lorain County Joint
Vocational
School.
Weaver was a construction
worker in Florida.
He enjoyed cooking,
fishing
and riding his motorcycle and was a member of the Diamonds Motorcycle
Club
of New Port Richey.
Survivors include his
wife,
Karen; sons Mitchell A. Weaver and Tyler J. Weaver, both of Maryland;
stepson,
Matt Clark of Lithia, Fla.; stepdaughter, Cassie Clark of Lithia; his
father,
Dave Weaver of Oberlin; mother and stepfather, Karen and Dale Herrick
of
Oberlin; brother, Tim H. Weaver of Oberlin; sister, Ruth A. Francis of
Oberlin; stepsister, Laura L. Herrick of Elyria; his grandmother,
Phyllis
M. Langdon of Oberlin; and nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death
by his grandfathers Howard Weaver and Howard Langdon; grandmother,
Gertrude
Weaver; and stepbrother, John Herrick.
A graveside service will
be held later at Pittsfield Cemetery.
Arrangements by Cowling
Funeral Home, Oberlin.
The Morning Journal,
Lorain,
Ohio, Tuesday, December 16, 2003.
Catherine Weaver Dies At
Hospital
Oberlin, O. April 14.—Catherine
May Weaver, 37, wife of Professor H. E. Weaver of Oberlin College, died
at 4:20 this morning at Allen hospital, where she underwent an
operation a week ago.
Catherine May, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. O. C. May of North Main street, was born in Oberlin. She was a
[1920] graduate of Oberlin high school and of the Oberlin College class
of 1924, and received her Master’s degree in 1932. She was
married in 1924 to H. E. Weaver, and they lived for some time in
California and in Arizona, returning to Oberlin several years ago. For
the past two years, Mrs. Weaver had been operating a kindergarten
school at her home, 221 Elm street. She was a member of the First
Church, was active in Women’s clubs and in the work of the
Parent-Teacher association.
Besides her husband and parents, she
leaves two small sons, Richard and Larry; one sister, Miss Beulah May
of Ashtabula; and a brother, Gordon C. May of New York City.
Funeral services will be held Sunday
at three o’clock from the Sedgeman funeral parlors. Interment
will be made in Westwood cemetery.
The Chronicle-Telegram, Elyria,
Ohio, Friday, April 14, 1939, p. 2.
Weaver Funeral
Funeral services for Catherine May
Weaver, who passed away early yesterday morning in Allen hospital, will
be held Sunday at three o’clock at Fairchild Chapel, with the
Rev. N. Van der Pyl in charge. Interment will be made in Westwood
cemetery.
The Chronicle-Telegram, Elyria,
Ohio, Saturday, April 15, 1939, p. 2.
Mrs. Felix W. [Mary Magdalene] Weaver
Mrs. Mary M. Weaver [nee Muhich], 45, of 23180 Emmons Rd., Columbia
Station, was found on the floor of the bathroom of her home by her
husband, Felix W., when he returned home yesterday afternoon and was
pronounced dead in Elyria Memorial Hospital at 5:15 p.m. Mrs. Weaver
had been under treatment for a heart ailment, it is reported.
She was born in Campbell, Aug. 28, 1915. [She graduated from OHS in
1935.]
Surviving besides her husband are two brothers, Edward Musich
[Muhich?], of North Ridgeville, and Frank Muhich, of Lorain; three
sisters, Mrs. Harold Knoch, of Ann Arbor, Mich., Mrs. Roy [Kathryn F.]
Sprouse [OHS ‘46], of Grafton and Mrs.
Denver Kelly, of Elyria.
Friends may call at the Sudro-Curtis Funeral Home after 7 p.m. today.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
The Chronicle-Telegram, Elyria,
Ohio, Tuesday, January 10, 1961, p. 14.
Robert A. Weaver
Avon -- Robert A.
''Bobby''
Weaver, 37, of Avon, died Sunday, Jan. 20, 2002, at his home. [He was a
1983 graduate of Oberlin High School.]
Survivors include his
mother,
Louise E. Weaver (nee Foote) of Oberlin; and sister, Sandy Weaver of
Texas.
He was preceded in death
by his father, James L. Weaver Sr., and brother, James L. Weaver Jr.
Friends may call Thursday
from 10 a.m. until time of service at 11 a.m. at Cowling Funeral Home,
228 S. Main St., Oberlin. The Rev. Bryant Carter will officiate. Burial
will be in Westwood Cemetery, Oberlin.
The Morning Journal,
Lorain,
Ohio, Wednesday, January 23, 2002.
Mrs. Ceicle M. Webb
Funeral services for Mrs. Ceicle M. [Cecile May] Webb, 35, will be held
Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 from the Rust M. E. church in Oberlin. Rev.
J. U. Watson will officiate.
Mrs. Webb died suddenly at her home 115 Pine street, Saturday night at
10:15. She was born in Oberlin, January 29, 1902, coming from there to
Elyria four years ago [and was a 1921 graduate of OHS].
She leaves her husband, Clarence, six children, Ruth, Clarence Jr.,
Harold, Phillip, Barbara and Laura; three brothers and three sisters,
Harley J., Otis and Worthy Smith all of Oberlin, Mrs. Bertha Stewart of
Los Angeles, California, Miss Theresa Smith and Mrs. Ella Thompson,
both of Oberlin.
The body will be removed from the Sudro-Curtis Funeral Home to the
church in Oberlin tomorrow noon.
The Chronicle-Telegram,
Elyria, Ohio, Monday, October 4, 1937, p. 2.
Bernice Lucille Webber, 86
Oberlin -- Bernice Lucille
Webber (nee Hatter), 86, of Los Angeles, Calif., formerly of Oberlin,
died
Wednesday, March 7, 2001, at County Villa Terrace in Los Angeles.
She was born May 2, 1914,
in Grand Rapids, Mich.
[She graduated from
Oberlin
High School in 1933.] She had attended Wilberforce University of Ohio
and
upon her retirement in 1965, went on to finish her college studies at
Rutgers
University, New Brunswick, N.J., at the age of 67.
Mrs. Webber lived with her
family in Oberlin until 1941, when she and her sister left to support
the
World War II effort in Washington, D.C., where she was employed by the
Veterans Administration. She was employed as a statistical code clerk
supervisor
at Veterans Administration Regional Headquarters, Newark, N.J., for 35
years, until her retirement in 1965.
Survivors include her son,
Harry Webber of Los Angeles, Calif.; and two grandchildren. She was
preceded
in death by her husband, Harry B. Webber, in 1995; parents, George and
Mary (nee Clukis) Hatter; sisters Grace and Elenore; and brothers
Thornton
and Franklin.
Graveside services will
be Thursday at noon in Westwood Cemetery, Morgan Street, Oberlin.
Cowling Funeral Home,
Oberlin,
is handling arrangements.
The Morning Journal,
Lorain,
Ohio, Thursday, March 15, 2001
Donald
F. Webber
Donald Francis Webber, 77,
of Oberlin, died at his home in New Russia Township on Jan. 12.
Born in Russia Township,
he was a lifelong area resident.
He graduated from Oberlin
High School in 1935 and then studied at the Oberlin School of Commerce.
Mr. Webber served in the
Army during World War II and afterward worked for the Railway Express
Agency
for several years. He worked as a shipping foreman at the Bendix Corp.
in Elyria from 1951 until his retirement in 1981.
He was a member of Sacred
Heart Catholic Church, VFW Post 1079 in Elyria, and the American
Association
of Retired Persons.
He enjoyed bowling,
gardening,
fishing and camping.
Survivors include his
wife,
Mary J.; sons, Ronald A. of Oberlin, Dennis R. of Avon Lake, and
Charles
A. and David W., both of Amherst; daughters, Vicki L. Weitzel of
Oberlin
and Valerie L. Dale of Elyria; 16 grandchildren; nine
great-grandchildren;
a brother, Lloyd A. of Elyria; and a sister, Loretta Neal of Oberlin.
Services were Saturday
morning
at Sacred Heart Church with the Rev. William B. Padavick officiating.
Burial
was in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Elyria.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, January 17, 1995, p. 3.
Lloyd A. Webber
Lloyd A. Webber, 80, of Elyria, passed away Friday, January 18, 2008 at
New Life Hospice in Lorain. He was born November 15, 1928.
Lloyd was a 1947 graduate of Oberlin High School.
He served in the U.S. Army from 1947 to 1951. During the Korean War he
earned Master Sargent and received the bronze star and purple heart
medals for heroic combat action.
Lloyd also graduated from the Northern Ohio Private Police Academy in
1984.
He spent his career with the Prudential Insurance company. Lloyd is
survived by daughters, Julie Hodgson of Fripp Island, South Carolina,
Cindy Ferriman of Northville, Michigan; and a sister, Loretta Neal of
Oberlin.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 29 years, Barbara A. Webber
(nee Dimick).
A private memorial service will be held to honor his life.
The Chronicle-Telegram,
Elyria, Ohio, Saturday, January 19, 2008.
Eleanor Weber, 79, of Palatine, hospital
volunteer,
schoolteacher
By Krystyna Slivinski
Special to the Tribune
Eleanor Weber, 79, of
Palatine
was a retired Chicago Public Schools teacher and a 23-year volunteer at
Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights.
“There was a strong
tradition
of service in her family,” said her daughter, Sheila [W.
(Philip)]
Aszling
[of Chicago]. “Her family also was very educationally
oriented.”
Two of Mrs. Weber’s
siblings
became teachers. Her late father, Lyman Cady, was a theology professor.
A former resident of
Inverness
and Rolling Meadows, Mrs. Weber died Tuesday, Dec. 12, in Church Creek
Health Care Center in Arlington Heights.
She was born [November 1,
1921] in Tsinan, China, where her father worked as a missionary.
Her family returned from
China and settled in Oberlin, Ohio, where Mrs. Weber [graduated from
high
school in 1939 and] obtained a bachelor of arts degree in history from
Oberlin College in 1943. She married a year later and became a
homemaker,
raising her children in Chicago. She volunteered for her children's
parent-teacher
associations and served as a den mother for the Boy Scouts and was a
Girl
Scouts leader in Norwood Park.
In the early 1960s Mrs.
Weber returned to college and received a master’s degree in
education
from
the University of Chicago. After graduating she worked as a
kindergarten
and 1st grade teacher at Brentano Elementary School on Chicago’s
Northwest
Side until 1973, when she retired and moved to Inverness.
Mrs. Weber began
volunteering
at Northwest Community Hospital. She taught baby-sitting clinics for
teens,
served as president of the Northwest Community Hospital Foundation, and
supervised student volunteers. She worked part-time for the last three
years as a receptionist for the hospital’s surgical waiting room.
“She was a teacher
from
the get-go,” said Diane Folkers, a volunteer coordinator at the
hospital.
“Our teens respected her. … She had touched so many of
their lives.”
Besides her daughter, she
is survived by her husband of 57 years, Donald [Robert Weber]; three
sons,
Donald [B. Anchorage, AK,] Scott [(Cynthia) Weber, Grand Rapids, MI]
and
[Keith (Dana) Weber of Martinez, CA]; two brothers, William and Eugene
Cady; a sister, Louise Hall; and seven grandchildren.
A memorial service will
be held later.
Chicago Tribune,
Northwest Edition, Chicago, Illinois, Thursday, December 14 [& 13],
2000, sec. 2, p. 9.
Katherine Anne Webster
Katherine Anne Webster of Oberlin died unexpectedly Monday, Oct. 9,
2006, at the emergency room of Allen Medical Center. She was 42.
Born June 3, 1964, in Oberlin, she graduated from Oberlin High School
in 1981. She lived in Oklahoma for 18 years before returning to Oberlin
six years ago.
She worked in the electronics department at Invacare in Elyria since
returning to Oberlin.
She enjoyed travel, NASCAR, vintage Volkswagen events, and car shows.
Mrs. Webster is survived by her husband, Kevin Webster; sons Steven A.
Webster of Oberlin and Jacob H. Webster of South Amherst; mother,
Johanna K. Watkins of Oberlin; and sister, Johanna E. Pionke of Ft.
Meade, Md. She was preceded in death by her father, Paul Revers.
Private family graveside services were held at Westwood Cemetery.
Cowling Funeral Home handled local arrangements.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Lorain National Bank, 40 E.
College St., Oberlin, Ohio 44074 c/o Katherine Anne Webster.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, October 17, 2006, p. 2.
Ralph Allen Webster III
Ralph Allen Webster III,
50, of Ponca City, Okla., and a former resident of Oberlin, died
Wednesday
in Ponca City after suffering complications from diabetes.
Born in Wilkensburg, Pa.,
he lived in the Oberlin area most of his life.
A 1969 Oberlin High School
graduate, he worked in several industries, including a bicycle factory
and a meat-packing factory.
He enjoyed writing fiction.
Survivors include his
father,
Ralph Jr., and brothers Timothy of Austin, Texas, Thomas and Eddie,
both
of Naples, Fla., and Kevin of Oberlin.
He was preceded in death
by his wife, Virginia, in 1997 and his mother, Dolores Thomas, also in
1997.
Friends may call starting
at 2 p.m. Sunday at Trout Funeral Home in Ponca City.
A graveside service will
be in Canute, Okla., on Monday.
The Chronicle-Telegram,
Elyria, Ohio, Saturday, November 3, 2001.
Earl E. Weekly
Earl Edwin Weekly, 41, of 432 Metcalf Rd., a veteran of World War II,
died in Fairview Park Hospital at 6:22 p.m. Saturday. He had been ill
three weeks, following an operation.
Mr. Weekly was born in Akron Feb. 19, 1921, but lived nearly all his
life in Elyria [after graduating from OHS in 1939]. He was a toolmaker
at the Carlisle Machine and Tool Co., and a member of the American
Rifle Association. During World War II he was a technical sergeant with
the 411th bomb squadron on Guam.
Surviving are his parents, Kathryn and Harold Dearth of Elyria, and a
brother John Weekly, with the U. S. Air Force in Japan.
Services will be Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. in the Sudro-Curtis Funeral
Home with the Rev. Ralph Neighboub officiating, and burial will be in
Ridge Hill Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home.
The Chronicle-Telegram,
Elyria, Ohio, Monday, August 13, 1962, p. 18.
John William Weekly
John William Weekly, 66, of Jacksonville, Ark., died March 27, [1985,]
in the Jacksonville Veteran’s Hospital after a long illness.
Mr. Weekly was born in Elyria and was a graduate of Elyria [Oberlin]
High School [in 1937]. He left the area in the late 1950s when he
joined the Air Force.
He retired from the Air Force as a Technical Sergeant in 1974 with 25
years of service.
He is survived by his wife of 25 years, Juliette (nee Sudau); a son,
John; a step-son, Dana Humphrey of Atlanta, Ga.; and three
grandchildren.
Services were held at the Little Rock Air Force Base Chapel. Rev.
Robert Edwards officiated.
Burial with military honors was at National Cemetery, Jacksonville, Ark.
The Chronicle-Telegram, Elyria, Ohio,
Wednesday, April 10, 1985, p. D-2.
Charles J. Weeks
Charles J[udson] Weeks,
86, of
149 W. College, an active member and a high office holder in several
orders
of the Masonic Lodge, died last Thursday in Welcome Nursing Home where
he had been a patient nine months. [He was a 1902 graduate of OHS.]
Mr. Weeks retired as a
signal
maintenance man for the Penn Central Railroad in 1949. He was born in
Kipton
and had lived in the area all his life. He attended First Church.
Mr. Weeks was a 63-year
member and past master of Masonic Lodge 380 F and AM, 56-year member
and
past high priest of chapter RAM 219, a 40-year member and past
illustrious
master of Elyria Council 86, a 30-year member and past command of
Elyria
Commandery 60, a 60-year member and past worthy patron of Oberlin Pansy
Chapter Order of Eastern Star 34 and a 25-year member of Lake Erie
Consistory.
He was a 32nd degree Mason and a member of the Knights of York Cross of
Honor.
Mr. Weeks’ wife Maud
died
in 1969. Surviving are two sons, Richard A. of Elyria and Charles P. of
Alliance; a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Fuller of 182 E. College; seven
grandchildren;
eight great-grandchildren, and a brother Paul T. of Framingham, Mass.
An Eastern Star service
was held at Cowling Funeral Home Friday, followed by a Masonic service.
Rev. Donald Spencer of First Church officiated at a graveside service
Saturday
afternoon at Westwood Cemetery.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, June 25, 1970.
Charles P. Weeks
Charles P[arsons] Weeks, 83, of Alliance, died Sunday, Oct. 6, 1996,
from injuries incurred in an automobile accident.
Born in Oberlin, Ohio, [and a 1933 graduate of OHS,] he was the son of
the late Charles J. and Maude Parsons Weeks. Surviving are his wife of
60 years, Ruth M. Beans Weeks of the residence; a daughter and
son-in-law, Marsha and Gary Jackson of Northfield; a son, Ronald P.
Weeks of Alliance, a son and daughter-in-law, David L. and Leeanna
Weeks of Akron; a brother, Richard Weeks of Elyria; 10 grandchildren,
and 11 great-grandchildren.
Private family services will be held at a later date. The family
requests that memorial contributions be made to the Stark County Humane
Society, 5100 Peach Street N.E., Canton, Ohio 44720. Charles was a
member of the Ohio Cremation and Memorial Society, Inc. (Ohio Cremation
and Memorial Society, 1-800-633-9720.)
Akron Beacon Journal, Akron,
Ohio, Thursday, October 10, 1996, p. C8.
Funeral service Aug. 6
held for Mrs. Weeks,
85
Mrs. Charles J. (Maude
Adelaide)
Weeks, 85, died Aug. 3 at Welcome Nursing Home where she had lived for
six weeks. Her home had been at 149 W. College.
Services were held Aug.
6 at the Cowling Funeral Home with Rev. Donald Spencer officiating.
Burial
was in Westwood Cemetery.
Born in Vermilion on March
16, 1884, Mrs. Weeks had lived in Oberlin most of her life [and was a
1903
graduate of OHS]. She was a member of First Church; Nineteenth Century
Club; 62-year member and past matron of Pansy Chapter No. 34, Order of
Eastern Star; and Auxiliary of Elyria Commandery No. 60.
Besides her husband she
is survived by two sons, Richard A. of Elyria and Charles P. of
Atwater;
one daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Fuller of Oberlin; seven grandchildren and
seven great-grandchildren.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, August 21, 1969, p. 7.
Paul Thorne Weeks
Paul Thorne Weeks, [OHS ’06, OC ’13, died] September 28,
1990, in
Pompano Beach, Fla. Born November 19, 1890, in Clarksfield, Ohio, he
earned the Ph.D. degree in physics at Cornell U. After serving in the
U.S. Army Mr. Weeks worked in the radio-tube engineering divisions of
Westinghouse Lamp Co. and Raytheon Manufacturing Co. He earned
professional and national accolades for his part in developing the
proximity-fuse tube, subminiature tube, and transistors. He retired in
1960. He was preceded in death by his sister, Lucy Weeks Curtis
’13,
and cousin, Judson Spore ’24. Survivors include his wife, Joie
Miriam.
Oberlin Alumni Magazine,
Oberlin, Ohio, Spring 1991, p. 28.
Richard A. Weeks
Richard A. Weeks, 86, of North Canton, and formerly of Elyria, died
suddenly Tuesday, October 30, 2007. He was born in Oberlin on July 31,
1921 to the late Charles [OHS ‘02] and Maude (Parsons) [OHS
‘03] Weeks.
While growing up in Oberlin, he spent his summers on his
grandparents’ farm in Kipton. He was president of the Oberlin
High School Class of 1939, received a bachelor’s of Naval Science
from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in 1943 and served as a Naval
officer during WW II, sailing on merchant ships in war zones.
In 1947, he received a bachelor’s of Business Administration from
Western Reserve University. After working for the Plain Dealer and
Elyria Chronicle-Telegram, Dick worked 32 years for the Bendix Corp. as
an accountant.
In Elyria, he was a parishioner of St. Mary’s Catholic Church,
coached Little League baseball for 18 years, enjoyed many jazz concerts
at Oberlin College, and was a member of the Eagles.
Living the last 10 years in North Canton with family, he was active at
Holy Spirit Catholic Church as a eucharistic minister and proclaimer of
The Word, and a member of The Canton Horseshoe Club, Veterans of
Foreign Wars and American Legion.
Throughout his life, Dick enjoyed playing tennis, bowling and pitching
horseshoes. Dick had an insatiable love of learning, demonstrated by
his reading and attendance of college classes.
He was a loving and devoted family man.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 53 years, Helen W. Weeks in
1997; sister, Elizabeth Fuller [OHS ‘24]; and brother, Charles
Weeks [OHS ‘33].
He is survived by his sons and daughters-in-law, Philip and Jeanette
Weeks of Green, Richard and Elizabeth Weeks of New York City, John and
Anne Weeks of the home; grandchildren, Michael (Heather) Weeks of
Greenville, S.C., Paul (Alison) Weeks, Thomas, Daniel and Charlie Weeks
all of New York City, Sarah, Timothy and Halle Weeks of the home;
great-granddaughter, Julia Weeks of Greenville.
Friends may call 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Arnold Funeral Home,
Hartville. A Mass of Christian burial will be 10 a.m. Saturday,
November 3, 2007, at Holy Spirit Catholic Church with the Rev. John
Zapp as celebrant. Burial follows in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Elyria.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Holy Spirit Religious
Education and Youth Ministry, 2952 Edison St., NW, Uniontown, OH 44685.
Visit online at www.arnoldfuneralhome.com
The Chronicle-Telegram,
Elyria, Ohio, Thursday, November 01, 2007.
Margaret
C. (Gerrish) Weislogel
Margaret Gerrish Weislogel
died
For a brief time, she was a secretary
for the Fairview Joint
School Board and was secretary/treasurer for the
She leaves a daughter, three
grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her husband and four
sisters,
including Dorothy Henkes ’18 [OHS ‘14], Martha Metcalf
’11 [OHS ‘07]
and Mary
Seiberling ’18 [OHS ‘14].
The
Oberlin Alumni Magazine,
Gilbert
Wellman
Gilbert Walter Wellman
died
at age 74 of an apparent heart attack Monday evening in the Elyria
Memorial
Hospital emergency room.
He was a lifetime Elyria
and Oberlin area resident, graduating from Oberlin High School in 1933
[1934]. He was born in Elyria.
Wellman was a job setter,
retiring in 1976 from Ohio Screw Products in Elyria. Before Ohio Screw
Products he worked at Colson Co., Elyria.
He was a member of the
Lake
Erie Gem and Geology Society and a World War II army veteran.
His hobbies were lapidary
work, woodworking and electronics.
Survivors are his wife of
47 years, Alma; a daughter, Shirley Ann South of Cincinnati; two
grandchildren
and a brother, Paul M. of Elyria.
The Rev. Stephen Hammond
will officiate the services today at 11 a.m. at Cowling Funeral Home.
Burial
in Westwood Cemetery will follow the service.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, November 17, 1988, p. 2.
Flossie Edna Ritzenthaler Wells
Flossie Edna Ritzenthaler Wells died Sept. 16, 1987, in Prescott, Ariz.
She was born May 27, 1889, in Kipton, Ohio[, graduated from OHS in
1906, and was a member of the Oberlin College class of 1913]. Before
her retirement in 1959 she held various teaching positions at schools
in Ohio, North Dakota, Colorado, and Arizona.
The Oberlin Alumni Magazine, Oberlin,
Ohio, Spring 1988, p. 40.
Helen (Brady) Werner
Helen Miriam (Brady) Werner (OHS
class of 1932) died in Louisville, Colorado, on March 4, 2005 of
complications following a broken hip. Helen resided in Boulder,
Colorado, where she and her husband, Myron (also a Class of 1932 OHS
graduate), lived for over 50 years after moving to Colorado first in
1951, returning in Oberlin the next year and building a home, then
returning to Boulder in 1954. A graduate of the Oberlin School of
Commerce, Helen served as a secretary in the Oberlin and Boulder public
schools as well as in the Psychology Department at the University of
Colorado in Boulder. Myron, who was employed as a carpenter at the
University of Colorado, died of a stroke in 1980. Helen and "Mike"
enjoyed entertaining relatives and Oberlin friends in Colorado and
hosting many gatherings of children and grandchildren in their home and
on picnics in the Colorado mountains. They have left behind three
children (Marjorie Bell of Bakersfield, California; John Werner of
Sanford, Florida; and Joel Werner of Boulder) as well as six
grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Nieces and nephews include
Jane (Slater) Spiegelberg and Gary Slater of Oberlin and Kent Slater of
Highland Ranch, Colorado.
Obituary provided by family.
Helen Miriam Werner
Helen Miriam Werner, of Boulder, died of congestive heart
failure Friday, March 4, 2005, at HospiceCare Center of Louisville. She
was 90.
Born May 31, 1914, in Lakewood, Ohio, she was the daughter of James A.
Brady and Miriam E. Goodnough Brady. She married Myron Werner in 1937
in Oberlin, Ohio. He died in 1980.
She graduated from Oberlin
High School in 1932 and from Oberlin Business College.
Mrs. Werner was a secretary at
the University of Colorado, Fairview High School and Martin Park
Elementary. Before moving to Boulder in 1954, she was a secretary in
Oberlin.
She was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Boulder. She
also volunteered at Boulder Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Werner enjoyed music, gardening and cooking.
"She was passionate about Colorado and proud to live in one of the
oldest homes in the Newlands area of Boulder," her family said.
Survivors include a daughter, Marjorie Bell, of Bakersfield, Calif.;
two sons, John Werner, of Sanford, Fla., and Joel Werner, of Boulder;
six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two sisters, Louise B. Brady and Marjorie
R. Slater, and a brother, James A. Brady.
Visitation will be from 9 to 10 a.m. Friday at the Seventh Day
Adventist Church, 345 Mapleton Ave., Boulder.
A funeral service will follow at 10 a.m. at the church. The Rev.
Darrell Rott will officiate. Interment will be at Mountain View
Memorial Park, 3016 Kalmia Ave., Boulder. A reception follows at the
church.
Contributions may be made in her name to HospiceCare of Boulder and
Broomfield Counties, 2594 Trailridge Drive East, Suite A, Lafayette, CO
80026.
M.P. Murphy & Associates Funeral Directors is in charge of
arrangements.
The Daily Camera, Boulder, Colorado, Wednesday, March 9, 2005,
p. A19.
Myron Lee Werner
Myron Lee Werner of
Boulder,
Colorado, former Oberlin resident, died at his home on Sept. 17 after a
long illness. He was 67.
Born in Amherst on July
15, 1913, he lived in Oberlin more than 30 years. He graduated from
Oberlin
High School [in 1932] and Oberlin School of Commerce and was a
journeyman
carpenter, serving as secretary to the Oberlin union for several years.
He and his family moved to Boulder in 1954, where he worked as a
carpenter
for the University of Colorado until retirement in 1970. He also served
in Boulder as secretary for the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners.
He is survived by his
wife,
Helen Brady Werner; two sons, John Werner of Yonkers, New York and Joe
Werner of Boulder; a daughter, Marjorie Lee (Mrs. Evan) Bell of
Bakersfield,
California; sister, Candace Kreeger of Amherst; sister-in-law, Marjorie
(Mrs. Harlan) Slater of 132 Hollywood; and five grandchildren.
Graveside services were
held Saturday at Mountain View Memorial Park, Boulder.
The family suggests that
memorial contributions, if desired, be made to the Kidney Foundation of
Ohio, Cleveland.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, September 25, 1980, p. 2.
Louis Lee West
Louis Lee West, 79, of Oberlin, died suddenly Monday, May 5, 2008, at
Allen Medical Center. He was born October 30, 1928, in Oberlin [and was
a 1948 graduate of OHS].
Mr. West was a brick mason for many years. He was a member of Rust
United Methodist Church, United Methodist Men, the Sparrows Bible Study
Group, NAACP and Union 45 local 34. Louis enjoyed visiting the sick and
shut-ins, gardening, fishing, traveling and loved being active within
the Oberlin community.
He is survived by his wife, Dorothy B. West of Oberlin; son, Darrell T.
West of Cleveland Heights; daughter, Jacquelyn D. Hopkins of
Pittsburgh; four grandchildren; sisters, Vivian West and Betty Oldwine,
both of Dayton, Sue Wells of Memphis; and a host of nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Joe and Gladys Lee West.
Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 8, 2008, at Cowling
Funeral Home, 228 S. Main St., Oberlin. Funeral services will be 11
a.m. Friday, May 9, 2008, at Rust United Methodist Church, Oberlin.
Pastor Lorenzo Smart of Rust United Methodist Church will officiate.
There will be a private family burial at a later date.
The Chronicle-Telegram,
Elyria, Ohio, Wednesday, May 7, 2008.
Margaret West
Margaret H. West (nee
Houghton) of Colorado Springs, Colo., formerly of Oberlin, passed away
Monday, Aug. 19, 2002, at a care center in Colorado Springs. She
was 90.
Born Dec. 23, 1911, in Oberlin, she
graduated from Oberlin High School in 1929. She attended Oberlin
College and the Oberlin Business College.
She worked in a government office in
Lorain for two years, then worked as a civilian in an Army Air Corps
plant in Elyria during World War II.
Following the war, she worked at
Oberlin College as secretary to the director of admissions for five
years. Then she worked as the administrative assistant to the dean of
women for 25 years.
She was a member of First Church for
46 years, where she was a member of the Women’s Association as
well as
a deaconess for many years. She was president of the Senior Forum
women’s club for four years.
Mrs. West is survived by her son,
James West of Colorado Springs; daughter-in-law, Joy West;
granddaughter, Janice Bouska of Salem, Ore.; grandson, James R. West of
Stevenson Ranch, Calif.; and five great-grandchildren, Hannah and Paige
Bouska, and Elizabeth, James, and Matthew West. She was preceded in
death by here parents, Morton and Grace (nee Wood) Houghton; twin
sister, Martha; and sister, Elizabeth Beckley.
Burial will be at Oberlin at a future
date, yet to be determined.
Memorial contributions may be made to
Faith Evangelical Covenant Church, 4965 Barnes, Colorado Springs, Colo.
80917.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, August 27, 2002, p. 2.
Margaret West
Margaret West [nee Ward], 81, of Port Charlotte, Fla., died Nov. 6 at
her residence after suffering an apparent heart attack.
Born in Pittsfield, she was a [1923 graduate of OHS and a] former
resident of Oberlin.
She was a member of Sacred Heart Church, Oberlin.
Mrs. West is survived by a brother, Thomas Ward of Port Charlotte,
Fla.; a sister, Alice Ward Dugan of Port Charlotte, Fla., and several
nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward, in 1978, two
brothers, and two sisters.
A memorial Mass will be held at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in Sacred Heart
Church, Oberlin. The Rev. Robert Bonnell will officiate.
The Chronicle-Telegram, Elyria,
Ohio, Thursday, November 14, 1985, p. B-2.
Eva P. Weston
Eva P. Weston (nee Smith),
84, of Oberlin, died Friday after a long illness.
Born in Nottingham,
England,
she had been a resident of Oberlin since 1917 and was a 23-year
resident
of the John Frederick Oberlin Retirement Center.
A 1925 graduate of Oberlin
High School, she was also a graduate of the Oberlin Business School.
From 1943-49 she was an
assistant in the alumni records office of Oberlin College, and had also
worked as a bookkeeper for Oberlin Savings Bank for 16 years.
She was a member of the
American Association of Retired Persons, serving as secretary of the
Oberlin
chapter.
She is survived by nieces
and nephews.
Mrs. Weston was preceded
in death by here husband, Harold, in 1966; and by four sisters.
Services were Monday
morning
in the Cowling Funeral Home with the Rev. Darrell Woomer officiating.
Burial
was in Westwood Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may
be made to the Oberlin Senior Citizens Association in care of the
Oberlin
Community Center, 80 S. Main St.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, January 26, 1989, p. 2.
Thomas
F. Weston
Thomas F. Weston, 76, of
Oberlin, died July 4 at EMH Regional Medical Center in Elyria after a
short
illness.
Born in Oberlin, he
graduated
from Oberlin High School in 1941 [1943].
He was a World War II
veteran,
serving in the Army Air Corps assigned to the 384th Bomb Group of the
8th
Air Force, and participated in D-Day.
Mr. Weston was employed
at the General Motors Corp. in Elyria, Thew Shovel in Lorain and then
for
29 years at the Maytag Corp. in Bellevue, before retiring in 1986.
He was a member of First
United Methodist Church, and had served as a trustee, usher and
co-director
of the annual resale.
He belonged to the
Cleveland
Wing of the Confederate Air Force, where he served on the maintenance
crew
and had participated in the annual air show at the Lorain County
Regional
Airport.
His interests included the
Boy Scouts, golf, antique cars, story telling, camping, vegetable
gardening
and traveling with his wife and family.
He had taken several trips
to England to retrace his Air Corps assignments and his family roots.
He
recently completed a cruise through the Panama Canal.
He is survived by his wife
of 52 years, Jean (nee Court); sons Michael P. of Amherst and Tom J. of
Cleveland; daughters Christine L. Gerberick of Ashland and Elizabeth A.
Weston and Kathryn S. Vannatter, both of Oberlin; and nine
grandchildren.
A memorial service was
held
at First United Methodist Church on July 9, with the Rev. O. French
Ball
and the Rev. Judith W. Claycombe officiating. Burial was in Milan
Cemetery
in Milan.
Memorial gifts may be made
to the First United Methodist Church.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, July 14, 1998, p. 3.
Margaret West
Margaret H. West (nee
Houghton)
of Colorado Springs, Colo., formerly of Oberlin, passed away Monday,
Aug.
19, 2002, at a care center in Colorado Springs. She was 90.
Born Dec. 23, 1911, in
Oberlin,
she graduated from Oberlin High School in 1929. She attended Oberlin
College
and the Oberlin Business College.
She worked in a government
office in Lorain for two years, then worked as a civilian in an Army
Air
Corps plant in Elyria during World War II.
Following the war, she
worked
at Oberlin College as secretary to the director of admissions for five
years. Then she worked as the administrative assistant to the dean of
women
for 25 years.
She was a member of First
Church for 46 years, where she was a member of the Women’s
Association
as well as a deaconess for many years. She was president of the Senior
Forum women’s club for four years.
Mrs. West is survived by
her son, James West of Colorado Springs; daughter-in-law, Joy West;
granddaughter,
Janice Bouska of Salem, Ore.; grandson, James R. West of Stevenson
Ranch,
Calif.; and five great-grandchildren, Hannah and Paige Bouska, and
Elizabeth,
James, and Matthew West. She was preceded in death by here parents,
Morton
and Grace (nee Wood) Houghton; twin sister, Martha; and sister,
Elizabeth
Beckley.
Burial will be at Oberlin
at a future date, yet to be determined.
Memorial contributions may
be made to Faith Evangelical Covenant Church, 4965 Barnes, Colorado
Springs,
Colo. 80917.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin, Ohio, Tuesday, August 27, 2002, p. 2.
Death Of
Young Man Wednesday Morning
George H.
Westervelt Died After Long Sickness—Private
Funeral Today
George H. Westervelt, oldest son of
Mr. and Mrs. George
Westervelt of 155 North Pleasant street, died at his home Wednesday
morning at
8 o’clock. He had been sick for a long time.
The young man was 23 years of age and
was a graduate of the
high school. He had also studied in the Oberlin Business College. He
was born
in Oberlin at the old home on South Professor street, and had lived
here all
his life. He was a bright young man and had many friends among the
young
people. His parents have the sympathy of every one.
Private funeral services will be held
from the home this
afternoon. The burial will be in Westwood cemetery.
The
Oberlin Tribune, Oberlin,
Ohio, Friday, August 5, 1927,
p. 1.
John Westervelt, 59, dies; nephew of
building
donor
John E. Westervelt, 59,
was found dead at his home, 155 N. Pleasant, Friday noon. He had been
ill
for the past several months.
Funeral services were held
yesterday afternoon at the Cowling Funeral Home with Rev. Frederick
Schumacher
officiating. Interment was in Westwood Cemetery.
Born in Oberlin Nov. 8,
1906, Mr. Westervelt lived his entire life in Oberlin [and was a 1924
graduate
of Oberlin High School]. He was employed at the Thew Shovel Co.,
Lorain.
He was a member of First Church.
He is survived by two
brothers,
Dr. Herbert Westervelt of Benton Harbor, Mich., and William Westervelt
of Decatur, Ill.
Mr. Westervelt was a
nephew
of Edmond C. Westervelt, who gave Westervelt Hall to Oberlin College.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, September 9, 1965, p. 6A.
Alfred
G. Wheeler
Alfred G. “Al”
Wheeler,
longtime athletic director and coach at Peru State College and member
of
the Nebraska Sports Hall of Fame, died June 16 at Charlotte, North
Carolina.
He was 83.
Born in Oberlin, Wheeler
was a [1918 graduate of Oberlin High School and a] 1922 graduate of
Oberlin
College. He was a three-sport letterman, captain of the basketball team
for three years, and was “All Ohio” in basketball and
football his
senior
year. In 1921 he quarterbacked the Oberlin team that upset powerful
Ohio
State, the last time an Ohio team ever defeated OSU.
Wheeler came to Nebraska
after coaching two years at Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles, two
years as freshman coach at Iowa State, and nine years as assistant and
later head baseball, basketball and football coach at Amherst College
in
Massachusetts. After obtaining his Master’s degree at Columbia
University,
he came to Peru in 1938 for what he thought might be only a year or two.
He is survived by his
wife,
Frances, whom he met at Columbia University in 1937. Other survivors
are
his son Al Jr., of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, an entomologist with the
Pennsylvania
department of agriculture, two daughters, Sandra Jane Evans of
Greenwich,
New Jersey and Mary Sue McKnight of Grove City, Pennsylvania; and a
sister,
Bertha Powers, of Elyria.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, June 24, 1982, p. 2.
Alfred G. Wheeler, A.B.,
P.E., died June 16, 1982, at Charlotte, N.C., of kidney failure.
Athletic director and coach at Peru State Teachers College in Nebraska
from 1938 until his official retirement in 1965, he was selected
Nebraska College Coach of the Year in 1952 by the Omaha World-Herald
and in 1960 by the Lincoln Sunday Journal and Star. In 1952 the Rockne
Club of Kansas City named him Little All American Coach of the Year. He
was a member of the Nebraska Sports Hall of Fame and was elected to the
Helms Foundation Hall of Fame in Los Angeles in 1954.
“Coach Al” began his athletic career at Oberlin High School
[class of
1918] as captain and quarterback of the football team and a basketball
player. He went on to play college football, basketball and baseball
[at Oberlin College], earning nine letters. He was captain of the
basketball team for three years and was “All Ohio” in
basketball and
football his senior year.
Mr. Wheeler was the quarterback who completed a seven-yard touchdown
pass to Bill Parkhill ’22, capping an 85-yard drive, in the 7-6
win
over Ohio State in 1921. Parkhill, who died in 1980, kicked the extra
point.
After graduating from Oberlin [College in 1922] Mr. Wheeler went into
professional basketball for a year with the Rosenblum team of
Cleveland. He then coached for two years at Manual Arts High School in
Los Angeles where his teams won a city championship in football and
placed second in basketball. From 1925 to 1927, Mr. Wheeler was
freshman football coach at Iowa State College and assistant to the late
Nelson Metcalf ’12 [OHS ‘08].
He went to Amherst College as freshman football coach and his
team’s
record was marred with only one defeat and one tie. For nine years he
was Amherst’s assistant and later, head baseball, basketball and
football coach. His varsity baseball teams won four Little Three
Championships.
In 1937 he received the master’s in health and physical education
from
Columbia and then went to Peru, where his overall football record was
133-51-12. His football teams won or shared seven Nebraska Conference
titles and his basketball, baseball and track teams all won NCC
championships.
His basketball teams participated in five N.A.I.A. tournaments. In
track, Mr. Wheeler coached two conference champions in an eight-year
period. In 1958, he brought baseball back to the campus after a 35-year
absence. In 1960, he led his team to an 11-6 record. His teams won 75,
lost 65 and won or shared two NCC titles.
For 12 years Coach Wheeler was district chairman of the National
Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). He was a member of the
executive committee for seven years and was president 1953-54.
It was said in the Lincoln Evening Journal Sept. 14, 1965, that Mr.
Wheeler probably was responsible for “more coaching
protégés out in the state and across the nation than
anyone else in Nebraska history.”
Mr. Wheeler leaves his wife, Frances Rudisill, whom he married in 1938,
a son, two daughters from a previous marriage and a sister, Bertha
Powers, formerly of Oberlin. His first wife, Isabelle Hoelzle
‘23k,
died in 1971.
The Oberlin Alumni Magazine,
Oberlin, Ohio, Autumn 1982, p. 95.
Charles E. Wheeler Jr.
Oberlin -- Charles E. Wheeler Jr., 67, of Oberlin, died Wednesday, Nov.
1, 2006, in the Community Regional Medical Center, Lorain, following a
lengthy illness.
He was a lifetime resident of Oberlin. He attended Oberlin High School
(class of 1957?).
Wheeler was a veteran of the U.S. Army and U.S. Merchant Marine Corps
and was once employed as a truck driver.
He attended Rust United Methodist Church in Oberlin. He enjoyed
fishing, playing various card games and animals.
Survivors include his mother, Elizabeth A. (nee Hodge) Johnson, and
stepfather, James Johnson Jr., of Oberlin; sister, Rita Mae White of
Chattanooga, Tenn.; and a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives.
Friends may call Monday at 11 a.m. until the service at noon in the
Carter Funeral Home Chapel, 127 W. Bridge St., Elyria. The Rev. Greg
Ball will officiate.
The Morning Journal,
Saturday, November 04, 2006.
Chas. Wheeler, Political News
Writer, Is Dead
Charles N[ewton] Wheeler, 75, political editor of the Chicago Daily
News, died yesterday in his home at 426 Belmont av. after an illness of
several months. He was former president and a leading spirit in the
Chicago Press Veterans association, whose members were gathered in La
Salle hotel for their annual meeting just as word of Wheeler's death
was received in newspaper offices.
Services will be held in the chapel at 25 E. Erie st., Tuesday, the
time to be set later, and burial will be in Mt. Greenwood cemetery.
There will be a wake in the chapel at 6 p.m. today.
Wheeler was known as the dean of Chicago's political editors, but he
also was a classical scholar who could, and often did, make better
speeches than most of the men he wrote about as a reporter for 53 years.
Known Country Over
Wheeler, who called himself the youngest reporter in Chicago "from the
neck up," had a nationwide acquaintance and had covered political
conventions and campaigns since William Jennings Bryan was nominated
for President for the second time by the Democrats in Denver in 1908.
His last active work was coverage of the 1949 legislative session as
political editor of the Daily News. After the closing all night session
at Springfield, he returned to his hotel at 7 a.m. on July 1 and raised
a baritone voice in a hymn of thanksgiving when he saw a newspaper
headline heralding the conviction of an alleged communist worker. Since
then he worked only a few days after taking a vacation.
Reporter in Joliet
Wheeler came to Chicago in 1907 from Joliet where he had been a street
car conductor, steel worker and reporter for 10 years for Joliet
newspapers. He became political editor of the old Inter-Ocean.
In 1914 he became a member of The Tribune’s staff, where he
worked six years, two of which were spent abroad as chief of the London
bureau and as war correspondent in France during the closing months of
the first World war.
His last 10 years of active work were as political editor of the Daily
News, which he joined in 1939 upon the demise of the Herald-Examiner,
where he first worked in 1921. Twice his newspaper career was
interrupted, first as American spokesman for the De Valera government
of free Ireland and again, for two years before the 1929 depression,
assistant to the president of the Illinois Power and Light company.
Halls His Profession
At the close of his career close friends knew that Wheeler had one
regret. It was that he did not die in harness, to escape illness and
hospitalization. To 200 colleagues at his 70th birthday celebration in
the Red Lacquer room of the Palmer House, he said, "The reporter's
profession is the noblest on earth."
Wheeler was born July 28, 1874, in Steuben, O. [and graduated from OHS
in 1894.] He was married in 1897 to Mary Lowery of Joliet.
Surviving are his widow, Laura, whom he married in 1921; five sons,
Calvin, Patrick, and Charles Jr., all of Joliet, Marshall of
Springfield, and John of Chicago, and a daughter, Mrs. Jerome Holland.
Photograph: C. N. Wheeler
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago, Ill., December 04, 1949.
Charles N. Wheeler
Charles N. Wheeler of 426 Belmont avenue, husband of Laura Hanoon
Wheeler, father of Marshall of Springfield, Ill., Calvin Patrick and
Charles Jr. of Joliet, and John and Mrs. Jerome Holland of Miami
Shores, Fla., brother of Mrs. Mary L. Campbell of Arlington, Va., Mrs.
Ruth Pitcher of Baltimore, Md., Mr. Gyp Wheeler of Detroit, Mich.
Services at home for funeral, Erie at Wabash avenue, Tuesday, Dec. 6,
at 11 a.m. Interment Mount Greenwood. Member of Home lodge, No. 508, A.
F. & A. M., and Chicago chapter, No. 127, R. A. M.
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago, Ill., December 05, 1949.
C. N. Wheeler Rites Will
Be Held Tuesday
Services for Charles N. Wheeler, political writer of the Chicago Daily
News, will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow in the Peoples church of
Chicago, 941 Lawrence av.
Burial will be in Mount Greenwood cemetery.
Wheeler, who was 75, died Saturday in his home at 426 Belmont av. after
an illness of several months. He came to Chicago in 1907 and became one
of Chicago's best known political writers. During his career he was on
the staffs of the old Inter-Ocean, the Herald-Examiner, and for a six
year span The Tribune.
Surviving Wheeler are his widow, Laura; five sons, Calvin, Patrick, and
Charles Jr., all of Joliet; Marshall of Springfield, and John of
Chicago, and a daughter, Mrs. Jerome Holland.
Chicago Tribune, Chicago,
Ill., December 05, 1949.
Clarence
Edward Wheeler
Clarence Edward Wheeler,
73, of Oberlin died March 23 at his home.
Mr. Wheeler was born in
Oberlin and graduated from Oberlin High School. He worked in
construction
and maintenance in the Washington, D.C., area for many years. After his
return to Oberlin, he drove the senior citizens bus.
He served in the Army
during
World War II.
Survivors include his
daughter,
Yolanda Neal, of St. Louis; three grandchildren; one great-grandchild;
mother, Beatrice B. Wheeler of Oberlin; a brother, Avon, of Lorain; and
two sisters, Jennie Francis of Lorain and Margaret “Midge”
Taylor of
Lansing,
Mich.
He was preceded in death
by his father, Clarence.
Services were Monday
afternoon
at the Cowling Funeral Home with the Rev. Charles Mayle officiating.
Burial
was in Westwood Cemetery.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, March 29, 1994, p. 2.
Clyde Wheeler
Oberlin—Word has
been
received
of the death Sunday of Clyde Wheeler, 74, in River Falls, Wis. Born in
Pittsfield, Mr. Wheeler [graduated from OHS in 1909 and] lived in this
area until seven years ago when he moved to River Falls.
Survivors are his wife,
Iona, of River Falls; a brother Carl, of Hallauer Rd.; a son Huber, of
Madison, Wis., and a daughter, Mrs. Wilda Collier of Morency, Mich.
Funeral
arrangements have not been announced.
The Chronicle-Telegram,
Elyria,
Ohio, Tuesday, August 24, 1965, p. 14.
Elfleda M. Wheeler
Oberlin—Elfleda M.
Wheeler,
Hallauer road, died suddenly sometime Sunday morning at her home. She
was
[a 1903 graduate of OHS, was] a member of the Community Church of
Pittsfield,
and had been employed for many years in the offices of the Republic
Steel
Co. in Cleveland and Youngstown.
She is survived by two
brothers;
Clyde of Deshler and Carl of R. D. 1, Oberlin. The body is at the
Cowling-Sedgeman
Funeral Home where friends may call. Funeral arrangements are as yet
incomplete.
The Chronicle-Telegram,
Elyria,
Ohio, Monday, November 14, 1949, p. 2.
Oberlin native
[Elmer William Wheeler] dies in Japan
Oberlin—An Oberlin native [and 1935 graduate of OHS] who would
have
completed 20 years in the Air Force next August has died in Japan, his
relatives have been notified.
He is S-Sgt. Elmer Wheeler, 47, whose wife lives in Columbus. Sgt.
Wheeler had seen more than two months action in Viet Nam this year.
His wife, Eva Lou, reported there had been an explosion near where he
was stationed shortly before he was transferred to Japan. She added she
had not been told whether he was injured in the blast, nor the cause of
his death.
Mrs. Beatrice Wheeler, 118 Locust St., his mother, left for Columbus
Saturday after being notified by a Department of Defense telegram.
Other survivors include a brother, Avon Wheeler, of 1652 East 34th St.,
Lorain, and a sister, Mrs. Cyrus Francis, 1424 West 18th St., Lorain.
His wife said she did not know when, or if, the sergeant’s body
will be
shipped home, but she hoped burial would be in Oberlin.
Portrait Photograph: S/Sgt Elmer Wheeler
The Chronicle-Telegram,
Elyria, Ohio, Monday, December 14, 1964, p. 22.
Ann K. White
Oberlin -- Ann K. White, 74, of Oberlin, died unexpectedly Tuesday,
Dec. 19, 2006, at home.
She was born June 4, 1932, in Alliance and lived in Oberlin for many
years. [She graduated from OHS in 1950.]
Mrs. White worked as a teacher and piano instructor.
She was a member of Christian Missionary Alliance Church of Oberlin,
where she played the piano. She volunteered at charitable events at
nursing homes and hospitals and for other organizations, playing the
piano. She supported many animal rights charities.
Survivors include her sons Jon S. White of Hilliard and Marc S. White
of Bridgewater, Conn.; daughter, Lyn W. White of Cleveland; and four
grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Felix S.
White; and her parents, Thomas S. and Florence Kepler.
Burial is private.
Memorial contributions may be made to the donor's favorite charity.
Arrangements by Cowling Funeral Home, Oberlin.
The Morning Journal,
Lorain, Ohio, Friday, December 22, 2006.
Bertram
Wade White
Bertram Wade White, 83,
Sarasota, died Nov. 20, 2001. He was born May 31, 1918, in Gilbert,
Minn.,
and came to Sarasota in 1983 from Mentor, Ohio. He was an executive at
Fluid Controls Inc. and Hynautic Inc. in Osprey. He graduated from
Oberlin
College and Case University in Ohio and was an Army veteran of World
War
II. Survivors include a son, Timothy of Lancaster, Ohio; and three
grandchildren.
A memorial service will
be later. National Cremation Society, Sarasota chapter, is in charge.
Memorial donations may be
made to Salvation Army, 1701 S. Tuttle Ave., Sarasota, FL 34239; or to
American Cancer Society, 1750 17th St., Suite A, Sarasota, FL 34234.
Sarasota Herald-Tribune,
Sarasota, Florida, Thursday, November 22, 2001, p. BS6.
Mrs. Laurence White
Christine Alexander White,
who came here with her mother in the 1920’s and was graduated
from
Oberlin
High School in 1932, died April 29 in Los Angeles. She is survived by
her
husband, Laurence, to whom she was married in 1933 after he received
his
Oberlin College degree, and her mother, Mrs. Helen Alexander, who now
lives
in Oregon. Other survivors include a sister, Mrs. Kenneth (Libby)
Worcester,
who also lives in Oregon.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, May 9, 1974, p. 9.
Young Lady Dies Here
Miss Eloise White
Passed
Away Thursday Morning
Miss Eloise White, only
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Delmer White of Hollywood avenue, died at
Allen
hospital Thursday morning at 2 o’clock, after an illness of three
weeks.
Miss White was a graduate
of Oberlin high school [in 1928] and the School of Commerce. She had
many
friends who will regret her untimely death.
Funeral services will be
held at Sedgeman’s parlors Sunday afternoon at 2:30. Burial will
be in
Greenwood cemetery, Wellington.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Friday, May 4, 1934, p. 1.
Felix
S. White
Felix S. White, 64, of
Oberlin
died of a pulmonary embolism at Allen Memorial Hospital on Sept. 2.
He was born in Cleveland
and had lived in Oberlin since he was two years old. He was the first
Oberlin
High School student to be able to take courses at Oberlin College and
he
chose to study English literature in his senior year.
After graduating from OHS
in 1948, he attended Baldwin-Wallace College on a football scholarship,
and then served in the Air Force during the Korean War.
Later he was employed by
the Ohio Turnpike Commission and the U.S. Postal Service before working
for the city of Oberlin. He was named street superintendent in 1977,
and
held that post for 15 years before retiring two years ago.
His special interests were
music, good jazz and opera, reading, sports, gardening and his family.
He also loved animals.
Survivors include his
wife,
Ann; two sons, John of Worthington and Marc of Stratford, Conn.; a
daughter,
Lyn White of Cleveland; three grandchildren; and a sister, Dureve Jones
of Oberlin.
Private family memorial
services are being planned.
Memorial contributions may
be made to the Lorain County Animal Protective League.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, September 13, 1994, p. 2.
Mrs. R. [Floy] White Dies
in Oberlin
Born and Educated Here,
Had Lived in Cleveland Many Years; Services Friday
Mrs. Floy W. White, 62,
native of Oberlin, died at the home of her birth, 159 Groveland street,
Wednesday morning, following an illness of two years.
Mrs. White was born in
Oberlin
on February 8, 1879, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Cowan. Educated
in Oberlin she graduated from the high school here [in 1898] and
studied
piano in the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. For a time following her
schooling
she taught grade school in Memphis, Tennessee, until her marriage to
Roy
White, of Cleveland. Mr. White was at one time trainer of the Cleveland
Indians.
Practiced Chiropody
Following her
husband’s
death Mrs. White studied in Cleveland and for ten years practiced
chiropody
with an office located at 105th street and Wade Park. Two years ago,
because
of heart trouble Mrs. White was forced to retire. When her condition
became
serious six weeks ago she was brought to her old home in Oberlin.
She leaves two brothers
and two sisters, Harvey Cowan, 159 Groveland, James H. Cowan,
Washington,
D.C., Mrs. Lenora Gaskin, Washington, D.C., and Mrs. P. G. Mollison,
Chicago,
in addition to nephews and nieces.
Services Tomorrow
Services will be held at
2:00 o’clock Friday at the home with the Rev. Nicholas Van der
Pyl
officiating.
Burial will be in Westwood Cemetery.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, September 11, 1941, p. 1.
Frankell
White
Frankell Wade White,
97, former Oberlin resident, died March
17 in Sarasota, Fla.
She grew up in Oberlin[, graduated
from OHS in 1908,] and
completed the bachelor of arts degree at Oberlin College in 1912. She
taught in
Minnesota for a number of years and was an assistant in the Oberlin
College
library from 1945 until retirement in 1958. She lived in Oberlin until
moving
to Florida two years ago.
She was a member of the First Church
in Oberlin.
She is survived by a son, Wade White
of Sarasota; a
daughter, Jane Eubank of Abilene, Texas; three grandsons and two
great-grandchildren. Her husband, Samuel, died many years ago.
There will be a memorial service
later.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, March 26,
1987, p. 2.
Frederick G. White, 53, Assembler
at Nordson Corp.
Oberlin – Frederick G. White, an assembler at Nordson Corp. in
Amherst,
spent his spare time fishing and painting.
Twice, he won Fish Ohio awards for record-setting fish he had caught.
One was a 15-pound, 31-inch catfish, the other a large trout. His
favorite fishing spot was Spencer Lake near Sandusky.
Mr. White also was a talented artist who painted murals, portraits and
landscapes. He specialized in oil paintings.
"He was a down-to-earth, happy-go-lucky guy," said his wife, Idelle.
"He was very helpful to people. He gave back everything that people
gave to him."
Mr. White, 53, died Saturday at his home in Oberlin. He had been
diagnosed with muscle cancer in February.
He was born in Mount Vernon, O. He had attended Oberlin High School
[class of 1958].
During the Vietnam War, Mr. White serviced aircraft as an Air Force
technical specialist. He served two tours of duty in Vietnam.
Mr. White lived in Detroit before returning to Oberlin 10 years ago.
For nearly 10 years, he assembled hot melt glue application systems at
Nordson Corp.
He was a member of Mount Zion Baptist Church in Elyria.
He enjoyed gardening.
Surviving are his wife, Idelle; daughters, Malica Evans of Woodridge,
Va., and Merissa, Michelle and Mesha, all of Oberlin; sons, Frederick
C. (Rick) of Atmore, Ala., and Darrian of Oberlin; his mother, Iris, of
Oberlin; five grandchildren; six brothers; and three sisters.
Services will be at 1 p.m. tomorrow at Mount Zion Baptist Church, 614
W. River Rd. N., Elyria.
Carter funeral home in Elyria is handling arrangements.
The Plain Dealer,
Cleveland, Ohio, Thursday, May 13, 1993, p. 16D.
Cpl.
White dies in action; city’s first Vietnam victim
Marine Lance Cpl. Gene
White,
22, Oberlin’s first casualty of the Vietnam war, was killed in
action
Friday
in the Huon Dien area. He died of a gunshot wound in the neck.
White’s body will be
returned
to the United States under military escort. Burial will be in Westwood
Cemetery. The family has decided against burial in a national cemetery,
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick White, 131 N. Park, told the
News-Tribune.
Visit from officer
Word of Gene’s death
was
brought to the Whites Saturday morning by a marine officer from
Cleveland.
A telegram from Gen. Wallace M. Greene, Jr., commandant of the Marine
Corps,
followed, giving the few details.
Mrs. White was told that
it would take eight to 10 days for arrival of the body. She has
received
no definite word yet and no arrangements for a funeral service have
been
made.
Cpl. White, born in Mt.
Vernon June 28, 1945, graduated from Oberlin High School two years ago.
After a year at Compton Junior College in California, he enlisted in
the
Marine Corps. After his four-year tour of duty was over he had hoped to
have enough money to complete his undergraduate education and go on to
law school.
“I feel like Gene
died for
a cause he really believed in,” said Mrs. White. “He had
talked with
several
ministers here and expressed his love for his fellow man. He was always
so unselfish. He really wanted to go to Vietnam.”
Wounded previously
White was hit on the
forehead
by mortar shrapnel while participating in a previous operation on July
6.
Besides his parents, White
is survived by seven brothers and three sisters. Tyrone, Larry,
Gregory,
Rita, Karen and Janet are at home; John and Charles (Ricky) live in
Oberlin;
and Fred and Keith of Detroit, Mich.
The family has lived in
Oberlin 23 years.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, July 27, 1967, p. 1.
Lad Drowned in Old Quarry Hole
Death Came to [Harold
P.] White While Swimming – Companions Did All They Could
Was a Senior in the
Oberlin
High School – Many Attended Funeral, Held Monday
One of the saddest
accidents
ever known in Oberlin occurred last Friday afternoon when Harold P.
White
met his death while swimming in Sherburne’s quarry in Henrietta.
That morning the senior
class of the high school of which White was a member, was given a
holiday
and the boys decided to go for a swim. Boarding the 9:30 west bound car
they set out in high spirits. The water was warm, the day pleasant and
the outlook was for a fine swim. White proposed to one of the fellows
that
they swim to the end of the hole, rest on a ledge and then return. The
outward trip was easy, but no ledge was found and the lads were forced
to return the whole distance without rest. Both found it hard, but were
swimming so strongly that none of the fellows realized that they were
in
danger. White’s companion arrived safely, but turned around just
in
time
to hear White cry, “Get a rope, fellows.”
Even then no one realized
the danger and it would have been useless if they had. No rope was
nearer
than the top of the 50-foot bank and it was impossible for those near
at
hand to help him. It was soon over. After a struggle of but a few
seconds
he went down without another word. If he had come up once he could have
been saved, but he failed to rise even a single time.
A rope was procured
immediately,
but the party contained no swimmer of sufficient ability to dive
through
half the thirty feet of water in which he had sunk. For an hour
attempts
were made to drag for the body with hooks, but they were futile.
Nothing
resulted and the boys took the twelve o’clock.
A man who was going
through
town, hearing of the circumstances, offered to try for the body. He
succeeded,
however, in getting down but twenty feet. At 5 o’clock a
professional
diver
was hired by phone from Lorain. Arriving at 9 p. m. with his two
assistants
they drove at once to the scene and set to work. It was after twelve
before
the apparatus was properly placed and the descent made. A crowd of 75
people
had gathered and stayed on in spite of the lateness of the hour. The
diver
was down but a minute and a half, finding the body directly below the
spot
where it went down. It was brought up at 12:05, nearly fourteen hours
after
the drowning. According to the undertakers, a severe cramp in the
stomach
was responsible for the drowning and accounts for the failure of the
body
to rise. It was impossible for the victim to help himself in the least
as both arms and legs were rendered useless. The body was brought back
by Marshal VanAusdale and a delegation of White’s schoolmates,
and was
removed early Saturday morning to the home on East Vine street.
Harold P. White was born
April 8, 1885, in Topeka, Kansas. His father was Edward Harvey White, a
graduate of Oberlin College, and a lawyer of Topeka. His mother was
Caldonia
Scott, daughter of John Scott of this place. Both his parents died
before
he was four years of age, and after living in Chattanooga, Tenn., for
two
years the little fellow was brought to Oberlin by his grandfather. Ever
since that time he has been brought up and educated by his
grandparents,
who loved him as much as their own children. His death has been a
severe
blow to them. As has been said, White was a senior in the local high
school.
Class day was to have been held the night of the disaster, but was
postponed
by a unanimous vote of the class, to this (Tuesday) evening. It was
Harold’s
ambition and intention to enter Oberlin College as a freshman next fall
and after graduating to study medicine. As a boy and young man his life
has been one of which his relatives and friends have every reason to be
proud. In his class he was one of the most popular and respected
members.
The funeral was held
Monday
morning at 9:30 in the home of Mr. Scott, grandfather of the deceased.
Scripture was read by Dr. Tenney, who made some well-chosen remarks
upon
the life and character of the dead boy, and gave many messages of
comfort
to the bereaved relatives and friends. The music was rendered by the
high
school glee club and was most appropriate. The senior class of the high
school marched from the school house to the services in a body. Many
beautiful
floral tributes were placed on and around the coffin, including a large
bunch of cream roses from the class and a wreath from college students.
The pall-bearers were classmates of the deceased. A large crowd
accompanied
the hearse to the cemetery, where Rev. Bickford conducted the burial
service.
The Oberlin News, Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, June 12, 1906, p. 1.
Martha White, 78, worked at Gilford
Oberlin—Martha
Amelia
White,
78, of Oberlin, died Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2001, at Welcome Nursing Home,
Oberlin, following a brief illness.She was born March 1, 1923, in
Oberlin,
and remained a lifelong resident.
Mrs. White was employed
at the former Gilford Instrument Laboratories, Oberlin, as an
inspector,
retiring in 1984 following 17 years' service. She had also worked at
Jack
Knight Cleaners and American Greetings.
She was a member of Rust
United Methodist Church, where she sang in the choir, and a member of
the
NAACP. She enjoyed fishing, camping, bowling, travel and dining out
with
friends and family.
Survivors are her
stepdaughter,
Patti Brown of Barbourville, Ky.; and sisters Elizabeth Johnson of
Oberlin
and Mary Williams Hodge of Miami, Fla. She was preceded in death by her
husband, Samuel White; bothers George W. Hodge, Arthur Hodge, Glen
Hodge
and William Hodge; sister, Alberta Peoples; and her parents, Albert and
Irene (nee Stevens) Hodge.
Graveside services will
be Monday at 10 a.m. in Westwood Cemetery, Morgan St., Oberlin. The
Rev.
Kevin L. Coleman of Rust United Methodist Church and Pastor Charles B.
Mayle of the Christian Missionary Alliance will officiate.
Cowling Funeral Home,
Oberlin,
handled arrangements.
The Morning Journal,
Lorain,
Ohio, Thursday, November 01, 2001
White services
Graveside services for
Martha
Amelia White, 78, a lifelong resident of Oberlin, will be 10 a.m.
Monday
at Westwood Cemetery in Oberlin.
The Rev. Kevin L. Coleman
of Rust United Methodist Church in Oberlin, Pastor Charles B. Mayle of
Christian Missionary Alliance and Pastor Howard O. Jones will
officiate.
Mrs. White died Wednesday at Welcome Nursing Home in Oberlin after a
short
illness.
There will be no
visitation.
She was an inspector at
Gilford Instruments in Oberlin for 17 years before retiring in 1984.
Prior
to that, she worked at Jack Knight Cleaners and American Greetings.
Mrs. White was a member
of Rust United Methodist Church, where she sang in the choir.
She also was a member of
NAACP.
She enjoyed fishing,
camping,
bowling, traveling and dining out with her friends and family.
Survivors include her
stepdaughter,
Patti Brown of Barbourville, Ky., and sisters Elizabeth Johnson of
Oberlin
and Mary Williams Hodge of Miami, Fla.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Samuel; parents Albert and Irene (nee Stevens) Hodge;
brothers
George, Arthur, Glen and William Hodge; and sisters Alberta Peoples and
Ida.
Cowling Funeral Home, 228
South Main St., Oberlin, is handling arrangements.
The Chronicle-Telegram,
Elyria,
Ohio, Saturday, November 3, 2001
Miss Alma Whitehead
Miss Alma Whitehead, a
graduate
of Oberlin high school with the class of 1910, died at the German
hospital
in Cleveland Sunday at the age of 20. Death was due to heart disease.
Miss Whitehead was a
daughter
of Rev. and Mrs. Robert B. Whitehead, until two years ago residents of
Oberlin. She was prominent in school affairs while here and was a
general
favorite with her classmates, to whom her death is a shock. She had
gone
to the German hospital to take a course in nursing.
The Oberlin News,
Oberlin, Ohio, Wednesday, May 8, 1912, pp. 8 & 5.
Oberlin
Boy Met His Death In France
Paul Whitehead in
American
Aviation Service Entered Upon His Great Adventure
Had Been a Member of
Junior High School Class – No Official News Yet Received
Paul Whitehead, of this
place, with the American Aviation Corps in France, has entered upon the
Great Adventure. A cablegram from Miss Edith Metcalf in France was
received
by the young man’s parents, Rev. and Mrs. R. B. Whitehead of 33
College
Place, last Friday. It briefly said that he had been killed, but
whether
he met his death while in combat with the enemy or in some accident is
not yet known. No official report has been received here.
Mr. Whitehead believes his
son had taken part in the big aerial raid in which several hundred
planes
participated. He is led to believe that his son recently completed his
training and was in actual service. This he gathered from Paul’s
last
letter
home.
The young man was a junior
in high school when he made up his mind to enlist in the aviation
service.
He stood the highest in practically all the tests given and was so well
liked by his officers that he was admitted to further training although
he was one year too young for this service. During his stay in France
he
has been sent from one training camp to another, gaining proficiency in
the various duties which the flyers have to perform. Paul was popular
among
his classmates and friends and many people unite with Mr. and Mrs.
Whitehead
in their deep sorrow. Yet they have the consolation that their son
could
have given his life in no better cause, and that his great sacrifice
was
not made in vain.
Paul Whitehead Collided With Another Plane
Young Aviator Fell a
Distance of 2,000 Feet to His Death – Had Completed His Training
Rev. and Mrs. R. B.
Whitehead
have received later word regarding the death of their son Paul who was
in the aviation service in France. The young man was killed in an
accident
in the air when his machine and that of another pilot collided. He fell
the distance of about 2,000 feet. The young man had completed his
training
and was given command of a small attacking plane, which is the ambition
of flyers. He expected orders to send him into actual fighting within a
few days when the accident cut short his career.
Miss Edith Metcalf, who
is with the Red Cross in France, took charge of the remains and a
military
funeral was held. It was largely attended by his mess mates as well as
aviators from other divisions. His comrades brought many flowers and
the
full military service was given.
The Oberlin Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Friday, October 18 & 25, 1918, p. 1.
Rev.
Robert C. Whitehead, 61, Dies Suddenly At
Windham
Born
A graduate of
Mr. Whitehead had just returned to
Extremely active in Scouting, Mr.
Whitehead introduced Cub
Scouting here and had been cub scoutmaster of Pack 51, comprised of 11
Dens. A
year ago he was awarded the Silver Beaver by the Pine Tree Council, Boy
Scouts
of America, in recognition of outstanding service to boyhood.
His other activities included the
chairmanship of Town and
County Church Commission of the Congregational Christian Conference of
Maine;
Presumpscot Lodge, AF & AM, Kiwanis Club; and Pleasant River Grange.
Surviving is his widow, Mrs. Miriam
Macey Whitehead; a
daughter, Mrs. James W. Looney, Cleveland, O.; two sons, Robert C.,
Funeral services will be held at
Photograph: Rev. Robert C. Whitehead
Undated newspaper clipping
probably from the Portland Press
Herald,
Arthur Whitfield
Elyria native,
thoughtful
of others
Arthur Whitfield, 60, of
Columbus, formerly of Elyria, died Saturday at the Regency Manors
Nursing
Home in Columbus after a long illness.
Born in Elyria, he lived
in Columbus most of his life.
Mr. Whitfield had eight
years of education.
He worked as a newspaper
carrier for the Columbus Dispatch. He also was employed by Ohio State
University
for 14 years.
Mr. Whitfield was a member
of the Gospel Lighthouse Church of Columbus.
He enjoyed spending time
with his family, never missing a milestone in any family members’
life.
He was always there to lend a helping hand, earning himself the
nickname
“Roadrunner.”
Survivors include brothers
Billy G. of Lorain and Sam Whitfield of Oberlin; and a host of nieces
and
nephews.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, James and Amie (nee Jones) Whitfield; brothers James
and
John Whitfield; and a sister, Sylvia Jean Hodge.
Friends may call from 7
to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Cowling Funeral Home, 228 S. Main St., Oberlin.
Services will be at 11
a.m.
Wednesday at the Grace Community Church, 1908 W. 20th St., Lorain.
Elder Allen Gibson of the
Grace Community Church will officiate.
Burial will be in Westwood
Cemetery, Oberlin.
The Chronicle-Telegram,
Elyria,
Ohio, Monday, May 17, 1999, p. C2.
Diana Whitfield
Diana Whitfield, 47, of
E. College St., a lifelong resident of Oberlin, died unexpectedly at
Allen
Memorial Hospital on Sunday, June 21, 1998.
Mrs. Whitfield was born
in Oberlin and lived her entire life here; she was a 1968 graduate of
Oberlin
High School. She was an assembler at the Nordson Corporation for 21
years.
Mrs. Whitfield was a
member
of Grace Community Church of Lorain, having served on the usher board
and
the women’s ministry. She also was a member of the church choir
and in
her spare time enjoyed fishing, crocheting and talking on the C.B.
radio;
her handle was “Lady 2-10.”
She is survived by her
husband,
Billy “Pap” Whitfield, known as “999” on the
C.B. radio; sons Donald
Johnson
of Oberlin, Douglas Johnson of Lorain, and Carl Johnson of Fresno,
Calif.;
daughter Angelina Johnson of Cleveland; stepsons Billy Whitfield and
Eric
Whitfield of Lorain, and Billy Whitfield, Jr., of Cleveland;
step-daughters
Katy Armstrong of Cleveland, Tonia Whitfield, Theresa Horton, and Mary
Albright, all of Lorain; a brother, David Albright, Jr., of Elyria; and
sisters Paula Booker and Dorrie Albright of Columbus; and 17
grandchildren.
She was preceded in death
by her parents David and Estella (nee Rucker) Albright.
Services will be held
today
from 7-9 p.m. at Cowling Funeral Home with funeral services scheduled
for
11 a.m. on Wednesday, June 24, at Grace Community Church of Lorain,
with
Elder Allen Gibson officiating. Interment will be at Westwood Cemetery.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, June 23, 1998, p. 3.
John T. Whitfield
Oberlin—Funeral
services
for John Thomas Whitfield, 27, who was shot and killed when police
stopped
the car he rode in after a filling station holdup in Elyria Sunday,
will
be tomorrow at 2 p.m. in the Cowling Funeral Home. Burial will be in
Westwood
Cemetery.
Whitfield, of 133 Lincoln
St., was born in Elyria and had lived in this area all his life. He
attended
schools in Oberlin.
Surviving are his wife,
Virginia, Lorain; two sons, John and Ricky, and three daughters,
Rebecca,
Naomi, and Mary, all of Lorain; his mother, Mrs. Amy Whitfield,
Oberlin,
at whose home he was living; four brothers, James of Cleveland, Pat of
Lorain, Sam of Oberlin and Arthur of Columbus and a sister, Mrs. Sylvia
Hodge, Oberlin.
The Chronicle-Telegram,
Elyria,
Ohio, Wednesday, September 20, 1967, p. 34.
Mr.
and Mrs. Whitney funeral held Sunday
Jay M. Whitney, 72, and
his wife, Grace, 71, of 525 Church St., Kipton, were killed in an auto
accident near Toyah in West Texas last week on Wednesday. They
were
en route to visit their daughter, Mrs. Luella Mandeville, and her
family
in San Diego, Calif.
Funeral services were
Sunday
at the Gerber Funeral Home in Wakeman. Rev. Paul Miguel of Kipton
Community Church and Rev. Alan Campbell of East Oberlin Community
Church
officiated. Burial was in Camden Cemetery.
The Whitneys were killed
in a head-on collision when an approaching car crossed the center
line.
Three persons in the other car, all Californians, were also killed.
Mr. and Mrs. Whitney, both
Camden Township natives, spent their lives in the area. Both were
members of Kipton Community Church.
Mr. Whitney, a retired
carpenter,
was a former school teacher and athletic coach for 10 years in Berlin
Heights
and in Old Fort and Arlington, both in Seneca County. He was a
[1912
graduate of Oberlin High School and a] 1916 graduate of Ohio State
University,
majoring in agriculture.
Surviving are three
daughters,
Mrs. Mandeville, Mrs. Leota Brumby of Kipton and Mrs. Leona Hurst of RD
1, LaGrange, and five grandchildren. A son, Arthur, died in 1946.
Mr. Whitney is survived
by a sister, Mrs. Mary Geist of RD 3, Wellington, and Mrs. Whitney by
three
sisters and four brothers: Mrs. Emma Hayes of Wellington, Mrs. Mabel
Keithley
of Los Angeles, Mrs. Blanche Baker of Kipton, Seth Ingersoll of Elyria,
F. A. Ingersoll of Oberlin, Charles Ingersoll of Kipton and Walter
Ingersoll
of RD 1, Wakeman.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, February 4, 1965.
Lucy Wright Whittlesey
Died—Whittlesey.
In
Woonsocket, R. I., on Tuesday, 17th inst., Lucy E. Wright, wife of W.
Whittlesey,
aged twenty-five years.
The Oberlin Weekly
News,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Friday, October 27, 1882, p. 2.
Minnie Mitchell Wickliffe
Mrs. Gustavus Woodson
Wickliffe (Minnie Mitchell) died in
Mrs. Wickliffe is survived by a
daughter, Mrs. Caroline
Wickliffe Antoine of Washington, D.C., a son, Gustavus Woodson
Wickliffe, of
The
Oberlin Alumni Magazine,
William A. Wickline
William [Alvin] Wicklin,
formerly of Oberlin, died Friday, Feb. 23, 2007. He was 80.
He graduated from Oberlin High School
in 1943, and from the Case Institute of Technology in 1950. He served
in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, and with the Air Force
during the Korean War.
He retired in 1992 as the president
of Kathrein Inc. He had previously served as director of engineering at
Allen Group.
Mr. Wickline is survived by his wife,
Elva (nee Epaves); sons, William A. Wickline Jr., Gregory G. Wickline,
Paul O. Wickline, and Matthew J. Wickline; and nine grandchildren and
three great-grandchildren.
Memorial services were Tuesday, Feb.
27, at Brunner Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Mentor.
Memorial contributions may be made to
Hospice of the Western Reserve, 5786 Heisley Rd., Mentor, OH 44060.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, March 6, 2007, p. 3.
Donald Lee
Widdowson
Donald Lee Widdowson, 26,
of Sandusky, former Oberlin resident, died Sunday morning at the
Cleveland
Clinic after a brief illness.
Born in Amherst, he grew
up in Oberlin and had lived for the past three years in Sandusky, where
he worked as a maitre d’ at the Stone House Restaurant.
He was a 1978 graduate of
Oberlin High School.
He is survived by his
parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Widdowson of Oberlin; four brothers, Wayne of Avon
Lake, Gene of Elyria, James of Oberlin, and Larry of Oberlin; and a
grandmother,
Dorothy Carter of Oberlin.
Services were Wednesday
morning in the Cowling Funeral Home with Rev. Steven Cain, pastor of
the
Amherst Church of Christ, officiating. Burial was in Westwood Cemetery.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, October 10, 1985, p. 2.
Rolland
Leroy Widdowson
Oberlin -- Rolland Leroy
Widdowson, 87, of Oberlin, died Thursday, April 10, 2003, at New Life
Hospice,
following a brief illness.
He was born July 5, 1915,
in Oberlin, and lived in Pittsfield Township all his life.
He graduated from Oberlin
High School [in 1933] and Oberlin School of Commerce and served in the
U.S. Army during World War II.
Widdowson was employed as
a machinist at Elyria Economy Machine and Tool. He also farmed and had
owned and operated a Texaco gas station in Elyria.
He enjoyed woodworking and
gardening.
Survivors include his
daughter,
Donna Sears of Oberlin; brother, Wallace Widdowson of Palmetto, Fla.;
and
three grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. He was preceded in
death
by his wife, Grace Elizabeth Widdowson (nee Heim); and parents Roy and
Eliza (nee Garrett) Widdowson.
Friends may call Monday
from 10 a.m. until time of service at 11 a.m. at Cowling Funeral Home,
228 S. Main St., Oberlin. Burial will be in Pittsfield Cemetery.
The Morning Journal,
Lorain,
Ohio, Friday, April 11, 2003.
Dr.
Charles E. "Ted" Wigton
Marion -- Dr. Charles E.
"Ted" Wigton, 371 Brightwood Drive, Marion, died at 12:25 a.m. Monday,
Oct. 26, 1998, at Marion Manor. He was 75.
A longtime resident of
Marion,
Dr. Wigton was born Jan.10, 1923, in Peking, China, the son of
missionary
parents Charles E. and Elizabeth (Lowry) Wigton, who preceded him in
death.
On June 12, 1948 he
married
Mary Alice "Kay" Wigton in Xenia and she died Sept. 28, 1998.
Surviving are three sons
and one daughter, Charles E. III "Chuck" (Leigh) Wigton, Worthington,
Dr.
David L. (Julie) Wigton, Marion, Daniel S. (Valerie) Wigton, Marion;
and
Melinda A. (Mark) Cathey, St. Petersburg, Russia, where they serve with
Church Resource Ministries. Twelve grandchildren also survive: Matthew,
Grace, Rachel, and Angela Wigton of Worthington, Michael, Andrew and
Christina
Wigton of Marion, Stephanie and Eric Wigton, Marion, and Danielle,
Micah
and Breanne Cathey, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Other survivors include
two brothers, George "Lindy" (Eleanor) Wigton of Auburn, Maine, and
William
(Anita) Wigton of Amherst (Ohio); and many nieces and nephews.
A [1940] graduate of
Oberlin
High School, Dr.Wigton attended Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware,
where
he was a member of Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity. He also attended Case
Western
Reserve University, Cleveland, where he received his bachelor of
science
and doctor of dental science degrees in 1951. He was also a member of
Delta
Sigma Delta fraternity.
A U.S. Army veteran, Dr.
Wigton served three and one-half years during World War II, attaining
the
rank of corporal with the 289th Medical Section. He then served for two
years during the Korean War with the U.S. Air Force Dental Corps at
Selfridge
Field, Mich., and in Tachikawa, Japan, with the Far Eastern Material
Command
(FEAMCOM). He attained the rank of captain in 1953.
Dr. Wigton practiced
dentistry
in Oberlin from 1953 to 1969, when he and his family moved to Marion.
While
in Oberlin, he served as president of the Oberlin Rotary Club, the
Oberlin
Kiwanis Club and the Lorain County Dental Society. In addition, he
served
as chairman of the Oberlin Civil Service Commission.
He practiced general
dentistry
in Marion from 1969 until September 1997 when he retired. He was past
president
of the Marion Academy of Dentistry, a member of the Ohio Dental
Association
and a life member of the American Dental Association. Dr. Wigton was a
member of First Presbyterian Church, Marion, where he served as an
elder,
a deacon and a Stephen's minister.
Dr. Wigton was a longtime
member of the Marion Rotary Club in which he was named a Paul Harris
Fellow
in 1996. He also was a member of Marion Country Club where he enjoyed
the
game of golf and recorded three holes-in-one.
Denzer-Farison-Hottinger
Funeral Home, 360 E. Center St., Marion, is handling arrangements.
Friends
will be received 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Funeral services will be
conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, at First Presbyterian Church,
143
S. Prospect St., Marion, with the Rev. S.A. Anderson officiating.
Burial
will follow in Marion Cemetery where military graveside services will
be
conducted by the Marion County United Veterans Council.
In lieu of flowers,
memorial
contributions may be made to the American Lung Association, Ohio
Wesleyan
University, Case Western Reserve University or First Presbyterian
Church.
Marion Star, Marion,
Ohio, Wednesday, October 28, 1998.
William L. Wigton III
Amherst -- William L. Wigton
III, 86, of Amherst, died Friday, Sept. 21, 2007, at Golden Acres
Lorain County Home, after a lengthy illness.
He was born March 21, 1921, in Peking, China, and moved from China to
Lorain County when he was 4 years old. Wigton was employed at the May
Company Dept. Store as a salesman for 30 years, retiring in 1981.
He was a World War II veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps, stationed in
England
He graduated from Oberlin High School Graduate in 1938 and attended
Oberlin College for one year and Baldwin-Wallace College for three
years. He enjoyed football, golf, reading and automobiles.
Survivors include his wife of 42 years, Anita (nee Valletta); sons Todd
Wigton of Amherst and William ''Chip'' Wigton IV of Oberlin; daughters
Amy LaCarrubba of California, Cindy Bailey of Sharon Center, and
Barbara Kozlowski of Michigan; brother, George L. Wigton of Auburn,
Maine; and eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. He was
preceded in death by his parents, Elizabeth nee (Lowry) and Charles
Wigton Sr.; and brother, Dr. Charles E. Wigton Jr.
Services at Reichlin-Cooley Funeral Home, Lorain, are private. There is
no funeral home visitation.
Memorial contributions may be made to Alzheimer's Association, 12200
Fairhill Blvd., Cleveland, OH 44120; or CHP Regional Foundation - New
Life Hospice, 3700 Kolbe Road, Lorain, OH 44053.
The Morning Journal,
Lorain, Ohio, Tuesday, September 25, 2007.
Alice
Born July 12, 1906, in Clayton, British Columbia, Canada, she moved to
Ohio with her family in 1916 while her father was employed by the New
York Central Railroad. She attended grade school in Cleveland Heights
before moving to Oberlin, where she graduated from Oberlin High School
in 1922 at the head of her class.
She graduated summa cum laude from Oberlin College in 1926 at the age
of 19. She also earned a master’s degree in classics, and went on
to
become a teacher in Aurora, Ohio and at the Washington Female Academy
in Washington, Pa.
She met her husband under the Historic Elm tree on Tappan Square while
he was a student at Oberlin College.
After raising three sons, she returned to work, becoming the director
of the reserve room at the Carnegie Library. She retired in 1968 and
moved to the Seattle, Wash. Area.
She collected egg cups, little pictures, and stamps. She enjoyed
quilting, working crossword puzzles, and playing bridge and Trivial
Pursuit.
Mrs. Wilbur is survived by her son, Frank Wilbur of Oberlin; seven
grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; and sister, Margaret
Pfaffle of Wheaton, Ill. She was preceded in death by her husband of 65
years, Bryson Wilbur, in 1995; and sons William in 2001, and Thomas in
2003.
According to her wishes, a private family service will be held in the
mountains of Washington state, where her ashes and her husband’s
ashes
will be scattered together.
Thomas
Scott Wilbur
Thomas “Tom”
Scott Wilbur
of Edmonds, Wash., brother of Franklin Wilbur of Oberlin, passed away
Friday,
Oct. 17, 2003, after a brief illness. He was 69.
Born April 13, 1934, in
Elyria, he moved with his family to Oberlin in 1935, and graduated from
Oberlin High School in 1953. He attended Washington State University,
then
served in the U.S. Army and married his high school sweetheart, Sally
Staubus
in 1956.
They returned to the
Northwest
where he resumed his studies at WSU. He worked for Burroughs Corp. and
Xerox Corp., and was a cherry orchardist until his retirement in 1987.
During his working years,
he enjoyed hunting, boating on the Columbia River, and camping with
family
and friends. After retirement he learned to sail, developed a love for
travel, and enjoyed cooking and jigsaw and crossword puzzles.
After his wife’s
retirement,
the couple traveled to England, Greece, Italy, the Bahamas, Machu
Pichu,
the Galapagos Islands, the Panama Canal, and throughout the U.S. In
April
1996 they began traveling fulltime in a recreational vehicle, enjoying
sunrises and sunsets and the camaraderie of friends sitting around
evening
campfires.
Mr. Wilbur is survived by
his wife, Sally; sons Scott Wilbur of East Wenatchee, Wash. and Tom
Wilbur
of Mead, Wash.; daughter, Ellen Gerber of Bothell, Wash.;
granddaughters
Laura and Camille Gerber and Jessica and Julia Wilbur; mother, Alice
Wilbur
of Edmonds, Wash.; brother, Franklin Wilbur of Oberlin; and aunt,
Margaret
Pfaffle of Wheaton, Ill. He was preceded in death by his father, Bryson
Wilbur; and brother, William.
The family will gather for
a private celebration to honor the life of this quiet and gentle man.
Memorial contributions may
be made to Evergreen Hospice and Health Care Foundation, 12910 Totem
Lake
Blvd., NE Suite 200, Kirkland, Wash. 98034; or to Deaconess &
Valley
Healthcare Foundation, W. 800 Fifth Ave., Spokane, Wash. 99204; or to a
charity of the donor’s choice.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, October 28, 2003, p. 11.
William
B. Wilbur -- Systems analyst, 69
William B. Wilbur of Greenwood
Village, a systems analyst, died Saturday at Swedish Memorial Hospital.
He was 69.
Services will be at 11 a.m. today at
First Presbyterian Church of Littleton, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd.
Interment will be in Chapel Hill Cemetery.
He was born Oct. 24, 1931, in Ann
Arbor, Mich. On Dec. 6, 1952, he married Jean F. Ritter in Oberlin,
Ohio.
Wilbur was employed at Mountain Bell
Telephone Co. His interests included model trains and playing pinochle.
He is survived by his wife; two sons,
Claude G., Centennial, and Bruce E., Aurora; his mother, Alice I.,
Edmonds, Wash.; two brothers, Thomas S., Pahrump, Nev., and Frank E.,
Oberlin; and a grandson.
The Denver
Post, Denver, Col., Thursday,
March 15, 2001, p. C-9.
William
B. Wilbur
William B. Wilbur, 69, of
Littleton, Colo., former Oberlin resident, died March 10 after a short
illness.
Born in Ann Arbor, Mich.,
he graduated from Oberlin High School in 1949. After his service in the
Marine Corps, he and his wife moved to Littleton.
He enjoyed science fiction
novels, playing his harmonica, computers and model railroading.
Survivors include his wife
of 48 years, Jean (nee Ritter); two sons, Claude of Littleton and Bruce
of Aurora, Colo.; his mother, Alice of Edmonds, Wash.; brothers Thomas
of Pahrump, Nev., and Frank of Oberlin; an aunt, Margaret Phaffle of
Wheaton,
Ill., and one grandson.
The funeral service was
at the First Presbyterian Church of Littleton.
Memorial gifts may be made
to the William B. Wilbur Fund, P.O. Box 2686, Littleton, CO 80161-2686
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, March 27, 2001.
Blanche M.
Wilcox
Blanche M. Wilcox, 95, of
Elyria, died Friday at Oak Hill
Nursing Home, Lorain, after a brief illness.
She was born in Mineral City, Ohio,
[graduated from OHS in
1909,] and lived in Elyria 71 years.
Mrs. Wilcox was a member of the Lake
Ave. United Church of
Christ and the Research Club of Elyria.
Surviving are a son, Wilmer Wilcox of
Elyria; a daughter,
Mrs. Carl (Alice) Danhauser of Westport, Mass.; 10 grandchildren; and
11
great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her
husband, Harland, in 1959;
by a daughter, Ruth Bartlett in 1971; a son, Harland Jr. in 1974; and
by a
granddaughter, Marcia A. Wilcox, in 1974.
A memorial service will be Monday at
4 p.m. at the Lake Ave.
U.C.C. with Dr. Henry W. Bruner officiating.
Burial will be in Ridge Hill Memorial
Park, Lorain.
Memorials may be made to the
Rejuvenation Fund or Music
Committee of the Lake Ave. U.C.C.
The Dicken Funeral Home, Elyria, is
in charge of
arrangements.
The
Chronicle-Telegram, Elyria,
Ohio, Saturday, February 21,
1987, p. B-2.
Mark
Francis Wilcox
Mark F. Wilcox died
A life member of Quill and Scroll, he
received a 25-year
service award from the National Association of Journalism Instructors.
He was a
past president of the Southern California Teachers Association, a
former member
of the library board in
Mr. Wilcox was born
He leaves his wife, the former Alice
Baird, who attended the
Academy 1904-07. They were married in 1910. He is also survived by a
son, John
B. His brother, Murray ’20, is deceased.
The
Oberlin Alumni Magazine,
George
Durand Wilder
George Durand Wilder,
83, a former Philadelphia businessman, died Saturday at Mitsui Memorial
Hospital in Tokyo, where he lived.
Born to missionary parents in
Tientsin, China, he was educated at the China Inland Mission School in
Chefoo[, OHS( class of 1917),] and at Oberlin College. In 1922, he
graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania,
where he played varsity tennis, soccer and basketball.
He served with the Office of
Strategic Services in China during World War II. Afterward, he worked
in United Nations Refugee Relief. In Tokyo, he became involved in
printing and publishing.
From 1967 to 1975, he was a member of
Japan's senior golf team and played in world competition.
Survivors: wife, Midori Ogino Wilder;
sons, James and Richard; 13 grandchildren, three great-grandchildren,
two sisters and a brother.
The
Philadelphia Inquirer,
Philadelphia, Penns., Wednesday, March 28, 1984, p. C16.
Raymond
F. Wilgor
Raymond F. Wilgor, 43, son
of Mrs. James Mate of Oberlin, was dead on arrival at Wetzel Hospital,
New Martinsville, West Virginia, last Thursday morning. His home was
Rt.
303 W.
Wilgor was in a wooded
area
with a hunting party and collapsed with an apparent heart attack while
removing a deer which had been shot.
Born in Cleveland Oct. 8,
1936, he [was a 1954 graduate of OHS and] was superintendent of the
security
guard at Lorain Ford Assembly Plant. He was a member of Grace Lutheran
Church in Oberlin, the Oberlin American Legion, and the Wellington
Eagles
Club.
He is also survived by his
wife, Edna; a daughter, Vicky, and son, Terry, both at home; two
sisters,
Mrs. Charles Jackson of Wellington and Mrs. James Szeliga of Elyria;
and
a brother Richard Wilgor of Wellington.
Services were Monday
morning
in the Norton Funeral Home, Wellington, with the Rev. Paul A. Schwan
officiating.
Burial was in Camden Cemetery.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, December 6, 1979, p. 7.
James H. Wilgor
South Amherst—Services for James H. Wilgor, 40, of Rt. 113, will
be
Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Hempel Funeral Home, Amherst. [He was a 1946
graduate of OHS.]
The Rev. Francis Sidley, pastor of Nativity Church, will officiate and
burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Elyria.
Friends may call at the funeral home today and tomorrow in the
afternoon and evening.
Mr. Wilgor was pronounced dead at Amherst Hospital yesterday morning.
He had a heart ailment the past six years, a spokesman said.
The Chronicle-Telegram,
Elyria, Ohio, Sunday, July 27, 1969, p. C-2.
Roger A. Wilgor
Roger Alan Wilgor, 36, of
6998 Root Rd., North Ridgeville, was pronounced dead at Elyria Memorial
Hospital this morning. He was taken there after being stricken at home,
apparently with a heart attack.
Mr. Wilgor, who was born
in Cleveland, April 7, 1933, [graduated from OHS in 1951, and] lived in
North Ridgeville two years. He was an industrial engineer for the World
Publishing Co., Cleveland, and was attending classes at Baldwin-Wallace
College.
Surviving are his wife,
Arlene (nee Sachs); two sons, Roger and Bruce, at home; his parents,
Mr.
and Mrs. James Mate, Oberlin; two brothers, Richard, Wellington, and
Raymond,
Oberlin; two sisters, Mrs. Charles Jackson, Pittsfield, and Mrs. James
Szeliga, Elyria; his grandmother, Mrs. John Duda, Cleveland.
His father and brother,
James, preceded him in death.
Friends may call at the
Bogner Funeral Home, North Ridgeville, tomorrow from 7 to 9 p.m. and
Sunday
from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Service arrangements will
be announced tomorrow.
The Chronicle-Telegram,
Elyria,
Ohio, Friday, October 3, 1969, p. 18.
[Arthur] Norman Willbond
Word has been received of
the death [in early March] of Norman Willbond, 82, of Strongsville,
brother
of Lillian Clark of Oberlin.
Mr. Willbond was born Feb.
15, 1920, in England, and emigrated to the United States with his
family
in 1923. He grew up in Oberlin and was a superb athlete while he was a
student at Oberlin High School, from which he graduated [in 1939].
Mr. Willbond was a teacher
and a coach and was a supporter of the Strongsville Recreation
Department.
Mr. Willbond is survived
by his wife, Carol (nee Shackleton) of Strongsville; four sons, Roger
and
his wife Barbara, Gordon and his wife Melanie, Michael and his wife
Susan,
and Kevin and his wife, Kim; his sister, Lillian Clark of Oberlin, and
a brother, John Willbond of Brighton Township; seven grandchildren and
two great grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death
by five brothers. Services were conducted last Tuesday at the Jardine
Funeral
Home of Strongsville, followed by a private interment.
The family suggests
memorial
contributions be made to the Strongsville Recreation Department, 21211
Drake Road, Strongsville, 44149.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, March 12, 2002, p. 5.
David Alan Willbond
David Alan Willbond, formerly of Oberlin, died suddenly of natural
causes at his home in Ashfork, Ariz., on Wednesday, July 11, 2007. He
was 62.
Mr. Willbond was born on Oct. 4, 1944, in Oberlin [and graduated from
Oberlin High School in 1962]. He served in the USAF during the Vietnam
War. After his service he returned to Oberlin and as a commercial
artist he owned Stofan’s Camera Store and a commercial art studio
in Elyria during the 1970s.
He later moved to Texas and after many years there he relocated to
Arizona and lived the last 15 years in both Yuma and Ashfork, Ariz.
He enjoyed organizing and selling at flea markets, and the Arizona
sunrises.
David is survived by one son, Robert Willbond of Norwalk, a grandson,
Tony Gilley of Texas, a granddaughter Kayla Willbond of LaGrange and
his mother Helen (nee Monroe) Willbond of Oberlin. He is also survived
by one sister, Jane (nee Willbond) Hensen of Minnesota, four nieces and
nephews and three great-nephews.
He was preceded in death by his father, Ronald Willbond and one
brother, Richard Willbond.
A Celebration of Life service will be held in Arizona. Correspondence
may be directed to Jane (Willbond) Hensen, 62739 160th Ave., Dodge
Center, Minn., 55927.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, July 17, 2007, p. 2.
George E. Willbond
Services for George E.
Willbond,
74, of Oberlin will be at 10 a.m. today in the Cowling Funeral Home.
The
Rev. Robert Bonnell will officiate and burial will be in Westwood
Cemetery.
Mr. Willbond died Saturday in Allen Memorial Hospital after a long
illness.
Born in Nottingham,
England,
Mr. Willbond had lived in Oberlin since the age of nine [and was a 1935
graduate of Oberlin High School].
He enjoyed bowling and
golf.
Survivors include his
wife,
Elizabeth “Betty”; sons, Thomas of Oberlin and William of
Wellington;
daughters,
Karen Kaiser of Fort Wayne, Ind., Marilyn Clapp of Richmond, Ind.,
Lorie
of Oberlin, and Victoria Davis of Lorain; brothers, Ronald F. and
Kenneth
D., both of Oberlin, Norman A. of Strongsville, Robert J. of Elyria,
and
John P. of Wellington; a sister, Lillian Clark of Oberlin; 13
grandchildren
and three great-grandchildren.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin, Ohio, Tuesday, November 21, 1989, p. 2.
Kenneth
D. Willbond
Kenneth D. Willbond, 64,
of Oberlin, died March 7 at Hospice of St. Joseph Residential Center in
Lorain after a two-month illness.
Born in Oberlin, Mr.
Willbond
lived here all his life.
He was a self-employed
painter
and also had been a painter for Clark Brothers Inc. before retiring in
1992.
He served in the Air Force
during the Korean War. He was a member of VFW Post 6941 of Wellington,
American Legion Post 102 of Oberlin, American Legion Post 118 of
Amherst
and the Eagles Club 2051 of Wellington.
He was an Oberlin
volunteer
firefighter for many years. He was also a founding member of the
Oberlin-Wellington
Sno Angels Snowmobile Club, and was an active volunteer for the local
4-H
Club.
He enjoyed hunting,
fishing
and gardening.
Survivors include three
sons, Rick of Oberlin, James “Kent” of North Ridgeville,
and Randy of
Rochester;
a daughter, Kim Metcalfe of Oberlin; eight grandchildren; a sister,
Lillian
Clark of Oberlin; and two brothers, John of Wellington and Norman of
Strongsville.
He was preceded in death
by his wife, Marilyn, in 1995; a daughter, Sharon Willbond, in 1959;
his
parents, George and Lilly (nee Smith) Willbond; and brothers, Ronald in
1993 and George in 1989 and Robert Willbond.
Services were March 10 in
the Cowling Funeral Home with the Rev. Robert Bonnell officiating.
Burial
was in Westwood Cemetery.
Memorial gifts may be made
to the Hospice of St. Joseph in Lorain.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, March 11, 1997, p. 2.
Richard M. Willbond
Richard M. Willbond, 60,
of Oberlin died Monday at his home following a long battle with cancer.
Born in Elyria, he lived
in the Oberlin area all his life [and was a 1958 graduate of OHS].
He had been known by many
as Dick.
He had been owner of Dick
Willbond & Associates, a painting, decorating and papering business
until 1999.
Mr. Willbond also was a
self-employed painter in this area for 40 years.
He was a member of Ducks
Unlimited and National Wildlife Federation. He also was a joint member
of Wakeman and Wellington Fraternal Orders of Eagles.
Mr. Willbond also was a
past member of the Kipton Sportmans Club.
He was an avid fisherman,
hunter, conservationist and loved all aspects of nature.
Survivors include his
wife,
Dee (nee Deiner) of Oberlin; a son, Brian of Helendale, Calif.; a
daughter,
Barbara Giacopelli of Vermilion; four grandchildren; his mother, Helen
(nee Monroe) Willbond of Oberlin; a brother, David of Ashfork, Ariz.;
and
a sister, Jane Ann Hensen of Dodge Center, Minn.
He was preceded in death
by his father, Ronald Frederick Willbond.
An informal celebration
of his life will be 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Wakeman Eagles
downstairs
hall, U.S. Route 20 and state Route 60, Wakeman.
Memorials may be made to
the Wakeman Eagles Aerie 4054 Landscaping Fund, 35 E. Main St., Wakeman
44889 or the American Cancer Society, 43099 N. Ridge Road, Elyria 44035.
Arrangements are being
handled
by the Cowling Funeral Home, 228 S. Main St., Oberlin.
The Chronicle-Telegram,
Elyria,
Ohio, Monday, 21 Aug 2000
Robert
J. Willbond
Robert J. Willbond, 66,
of Elyria, former Oberlin resident, died Dec. 31 at Elyria Memorial
Hospital
after a long illness.
He was a 1944 graduate of
Oberlin High School and was class president and active in sports.
He served in the Navy
Seabees
in motor maintenance for three years in Okinawa and Saipan.
Mr. Willbond retired from
the U.S. Postal Service as a carrier in Elyria in 1986.
He was a member of the
National
Association of Letter Carriers 196, the American Legion Post 12,
Elyria,
and had been an Elyria Little League East manager for many years. He
was
also a member of the First United Methodist Church in Elyria.
Survivors include his
wife,
Joanne, whom he married in 1946; a son, Patrick, of Elyria; a daughter,
Michele Plas of Grafton; two grandchildren; four brothers, Ronald and
Kenneth
of Oberlin, Norman of Strongsville, and John of Wellington; and a
sister,
Lilian Clark of Oberlin.
He was preceded in death
by a brother, George, in 1989.
Private family services
were held Monday at Ridge Hill Memorial Park Cemetery in Amherst Twp.
Memorial contributions may
be made to the St. Joseph Hospital Hospice Program, W. 20th Street,
Lorain;
or the First United Methodist Church in Elyria.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, January 5, 1993, p. 2.
Ronald F. Willbond
Ronald F. Willbond, 76,
of Oberlin, died Sunday at Allen Memorial Hospital.
Born in Nottingham,
England,
he had been a lifelong Oberlin resident [and was a 1934 graduate of
Oberlin
High School]. He was employed in the engineering department of Bendix
in
Elyria, retiring in 1977 after 35 years.
He was a member of First
Church of Oberlin, Masonic Lodge 380 of Oberlin, Royal Arch Masons
Chapter
219, and a charter member of the Lorain County Rose Society.
Survivors include his wife
of 55 years, Helen (nee Monroe); sons, Richard of Oberlin and David of
Uma, Ariz.; daughter, Jane Ann Hensen of Dodge City, Minn.; five
grandchildren
and three great-grandchildren; sisters, Lillian Clark of Oberlin; and
brothers,
Kenneth of Oberlin, John of Wellington, and Norman of Strongsville.
Friends may call from 7-9
p.m. today, July 27, at Cowling Funeral Home, Oberlin. A Masonic
service
will be held at 6:45 p.m. today. Graveside funeral services will be
held
Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. in Westwood Cemetery, Oberlin, with the Rev.
Douglas
Long officiating.
Memorial contributions,
if desired, may be made to the Oberlin Schools Endowment Fund.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, July 27, 1993, p. 2.
Arthur Lyman Williams
Arthur Lyman Williams,
whose
long career on the Conservatory of Music faculty brought him wide
recognition
as a music educator, died Monday in Allen Hospital. He was 70 years old
and had been hospitalized periodically during the last year of
Hodgkin’s
disease.
Funeral services are to
take place today (Thursday) at 11 a.m. at First Church; Rev. Frederick
Schumacher will officiate. Burial will be in Westwood Cemetery.
Mr. Williams was born in
Oberlin. His father, Lyman B. Williams, was a contractor, builder and
carpenter.
Arthur Williams displayed
musical talent early – his brother Paul recalls that he was in a
“boys’
band” which traveled to Washington to perform for president
Woodrow
Wilson.
Young Arthur stood and played a cornet solo during the performance.
Mr. Williams attended
Oberlin
College (where he met his wife Mary, who played trumpet) and in 1925
received
a double degree, an AB from the college and a bachelor’s degree
in
school
music from the Conservatory of Music. He joined the conservatory
faculty
in 1928 as assistant professor of music education and director of bands.
A year later, Mr. Williams
organized Ohio’s first school orchestra contest and its first
Inter-College
band. He served in 1931-32 as president of the Ohio Music Education
Association,
an organization which was to honor him in 1955 with its distinguished
service
award.
Mr. Williams received the
master’s degree from Western Reserve University in 1943 and
served OC
as
director of bands until 1957. He taught until 1968, when he retired as
full professor and was designated professor emeritus.
In Oberlin, Mr. Williams
was a member of First Church and a past chairman of its board of
deacons,
and belonged to the City Club.
Survivors in addition to
his wife include a daughter, Mrs. Tek (Carolyn) Kelley, Chicago, Ill.;
four brothers, Paul of 138 S. Main, Joel of Hemet, Calif., Vernon of
Long
Beach, Calif., and Cranston of Columbus; and a sister, Mrs. Fannie
Eichenlaub
of Greenwich, O.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, February 22, 1973, p. 8.
Cranston
Williams
Cranston (Cran) Williams,
80, brother of Paul M. Williams of 51 Lincoln, died Aug. 13 in the
Masonic
Home in Springfield.
He was born in Oberlin on
May 30, 1896 and grew up here. He was a veteran of World War I. [A
member
of the Oberlin High School class of 1917, he graduated in 1920.] After
working in the Oberlin area several years, he was a salesman for City
Service
Oil Co. in Cleveland and Columbus, living in Columbus until he and his
wife entered the Masonic Home a year ago.
He was active in Masonic
groups and was a past president of the 14th District Masonic Officers
Association,
a member of the American Legion and past commander of the Karl Wilson
Locke
Post 102, and a member of the Burgess Avenue United Methodist Church in
Columbus.
He is survived by his
wife,
Annie; a son, Dr. Alan C. Williams, Columbus; a daughter, Mrs. Barbara
Ann Hutchinson, Billings, Mont.; two brothers, Paul, Oberlin, and Joel,
Hemet, Calif.; a sister-in-law, Mary (Mrs. Arthur) Williams, 143 E.
College;
and four grandchildren.
Graveside service were
held
on Tuesday afternoon at Evergreen Cemetery, South Amherst.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, August 19, 1976, p. 9.
Christopher Williams
Christopher Paul Williams,
48, former Oberlin resident, died Friday morning in Three Rivers,
Mich.,
of an apparent heart attack.
The son of Kenneth and
Lillian
Williams, he was born in Oberlin and graduated from Oberlin High School
in 1956 and Oberlin College in 1960.
For a number of years he
edited the Three Rivers Commercial and also owned and published the
Greater
Guide Magazine of Kalamazoo and Three Rivers.
He was past district
governor
of the District 11 B-2 Lions Club and had received numerous awards for
his work with the blind and deaf. He was also active in the Three
Rivers
Chamber of Commerce and their Community Players Theater.
His parents are both
deceased.
He is survived by a brother, Keith of Geneva, Ill.; a nephew, Robert of
St. Charles, Ill., his aunt and uncle, Helen and Robert Watson of
Chantilly,
Va.
Graveside services were
Tuesday afternoon at Westwood Cemetery, with Rev. John Elder of First
Church
officiating.
Memorial contributions,
if desired, may be made to the Hearing and Speech Action Camp for the
Deaf.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, September 11, 1986, p. 5.
Christopher P[aul] Williams
died Sept. 5, 1986, in Three Rivers, Mich., of an apparent heart
attack. Born June 8, 1938, in Oberlin, Ohio, he was the son of Kenneth
F. William ’26 (instructor of English 1929-38) and Lillian
(Tompkins
’26) Williams.
He was editor of the Three Rivers Commercial, publisher of a guide to
cable television programming Cable TV View, and former president of the
Three Rivers Chamber of Commerce. Active in the Three Rivers Community
Players Theatre, he performed leading roles in many summer productions.
At the time of death he owned the Greater Guide, a
restaurant-and-business publication. He leaves a brother Keith
’56 [OHS
‘52].
The Oberlin Alumni Magazine,
Oberlin, Ohio, Winter 1987, p. 45.
‘Count’
Williams, jazz pianist, dies
Frank “Count”
Williams,
who climaxed a distinguished career of more than 30 years as a jazz
pianist
with earning his bachelor of music degree from Oberlin Conservatory of
Music in 1982 when he was 64, died Sunday at Allen Hospital after a
one-month
illness. He was the oldest known person ever to earn an undergraduate
degree
in Oberlin College history.
Funeral services will be
today at 11 a.m. at Rust United Methodist Church of which he was a
member.
Rev. Arthur Zebbs and Rev. Howard Jones will officiate; burial will be
in Westwood Cemetery.
Born in Ripley on July 10,
1917, Mr. Williams had lived in Oberlin since 1920.
His love of music started
early. He began taking piano lessons through the children’s
department
of the conservatory, and continued his studies with a number of
teachers,
including Leota Apple, mother of Oberlin concert pianist Natalie
Hinderas.
Mr. Williams graduated
from
Oberlin High School in 1936. After service in World War II, he entered
the conservatory under the GI Bill in 1946. He completed two years, but
financial pressures – he had by then a wife and two children
– forced
him
to give up his music studies and take a job with Harshaw Chemical in
Elyria.
He stayed there until his retirement in 1979.
Through all those years,
however, Mr. Williams continued to play jazz after hours – first
with a
band of his own which appeared throughout Ohio and in Pennsylvania, and
then with the Red Carman Quartet. As soon as he retired from Harshaw he
reapplied to Oberlin and passed his piano audition. “It’s
something I’d
always wanted to do,” he said.
Speaking at the time of
his graduation Mr. Williams said, “Although I feel closer to
jazz, I
appreciate
and love the classics. I’ve heard the great jazz pianists,
including
Oscar
Peterson, Teddy Wilson and Art Tatum, who I’ve heard several
times and
who impressed me more than anyone I can think of. And I’ve heard
great
classical pianists in Oberlin, like Horowitz, Serkin and
Rubinstein.”
Surviving Mr. Williams are
a son Reginald of Oberlin, daughter Karen Washington of Elyria, eight
grandchildren
and six great-grandchildren.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, June 27, 1985, p. 5
Joel Williams
Hemet – Graveside services for
Joel Collins Williams, 87, will be at 10:15 a.m. tomorrow at Riverside
National Cemetery, staging area one. He died Monday of congestive heart
failure at Sid Patterson Memorial Hospital in Kerrville, Texas.
McWane Family Funeral Home in Hemet is handling arrangements.
Mr. Williams, who was born in Oberlin, Ohio, lived in Hemet from 1970
until July of this year, when he moved to Texas. He was the owner of a
bowling alley for 20 years. He served in the U.S. Navy as an athletic
instructor during World War II.
He was a life member of the Disabled American Veterans, the Veterans of
Foreign Wars and the American Legion Post 53 in Hemet.
He is survived by his wife, Katheryn.
The Press-Enterprise,
Riverside, Calif., October 27, 1993.
Joel
C. Williams
Joel C. Williams, 87, of
Hemet, Calif., former Oberlin resident, died of congestive heart
failure
at the Sid Peterson Memorial Hospital in Kerrville, Texas, on Sept. 25.
Born in Oberlin, Mr.
Williams
lived here for the first 30 years of his life. He moved to California
in
1937 and had lived in Hemet for the past 23 years.
During World War II, he
served in the Navy as an athletic instructor. He was a life member of
Disabled
American Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and American Legion Post
53.
He built, promoted,
managed
and sold duck pin bowling alleys for 20 years.
He is survived by his
wife,
Katheryn; and nieces and nephews.
Graveside services were
held Oct. 28 with burial in Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside,
Calif.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin, Ohio, Tuesday, November 23, 1993, p. 2.
Mrs.
Haskell Williams Dies at 27; Was WAVE Veteran of World War II
Mrs. Miriam Cornwell
Williams,
27, of 414 S. Professor St., died Sunday at Crile Hospital after an
illness
of over three months. Death was attributed to acute rheumatic fever.
Born in Oberlin on March
9, 1924, Mrs. Williams was graduated from Oberlin High School [in 1943]
before enlisting in the U.S. Navy where she served during World War II
as seaman, first class.
Surviving are her husband,
Haskell Williams; one daughter, Joyce, 5, and two stepsons, Gerald and
Jack Williams of Flint, Mich.; her mother, Mrs. Edwin Cornwell,
Oberlin;
one brother, Edwin W., Oberlin; three sisters, Mrs. Frank Bukovac and
Mrs.
Donald Hartman, both of Oberlin, and Mrs. Ray Meyers of Needles, Calif.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at the Cowling-Sedgeman Funeral Home. Rev. Charles
Bromley conducted the services, and burial was in Westwood Cemetery.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, January 17, 1952, p. 7.
Monica Hobill Williams
Monica Hobill Williams,
daughter of William Hobill of Oberlin, died Saturday, Jan. 27.
She was a former resident
of Oberlin and Amherst [and a 1961 graduate of OHS]. Married to Jan
Williams
of North Ridgeville, she had moved to North Carolina.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, January 30, 1996, p. 2.
Paul M. Williams
Paul M. Williams, 76,
formerly
of Oberlin, died yesterday morning in Rose Hill Nursing Home in
Baryville,
W. Va.
Born in Oberlin, Oct. 14,
1910, he [graduated from Oberlin High School in 1932 and] lived here
until
two years ago when he went to Baryville.
He retired after 24 years
at General Motors in Elyria. Williams was a member of Calvary Baptist
Church
and a deacon.
He rarely missed an
Oberlin
High School sporting event.
Survivors are his wife,
Virginia; daughter, Marilyn Kielar of Baryville; four grandchildren;
and
a brother, Joel Williams of Hemet, Calif.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, April 30, 1987, p. 2.
Reginald
M. Williams
Reginald M. Williams, 57,
of Lorain, former Oberlin resident, died Tuesday, Oct. 2, in Metro
Health
Hospital in Cleveland, following a brief illness.
Born in Lorain, he moved
to Oberlin, and attended Oberlin High School [class of 1962]. He
returned
to Lorain eight years ago.
He served in the U.S. Air
Force.
Mr. Williams enjoyed music
and was an artist in wood works.
Survivors include five
daughters,
Denise Iverson, Michelle Williams, Karla Williams and Adrian Williams,
all of Colorado, and Jennifer Gibson of St. Paul, Minn.; two sons
Gerald
Capers, of St. Paul and Reginald Williams II of Elyria; several
grandchildren
in Denver and Minnesota; two great-grandchildren; sisters Karen
Washington
and Yvette Randleman, both of Elyria, and Mary Owens of North
Ridgeville;
and a brother, Waynne Randleman of Elyria.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, Frank and Lareatha M. (nee Randleman) Williams.
Services were at the
Chapel
of the Carter Funeral Home in Elyria.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin, Ohio, Tuesday, October 16, 2001.
Ruby L. Williams
Ruby L[ucille] Williams [nee Gibbs], 69, Parson Brown Drive, Orlando,
died Wednesday, May 26. Mrs. Williams was a homemaker. Born in Oberlin,
Ohio, [and a 1943 graduate of OHS,] she moved to Central Florida in
1978. She was a Baptist. She was a member of Orange Tree Ladies Golf
Association. Survivors: sons, Kenneth P., Kevin S., both of Orlando;
sister, Thelma Murphy, Oberlin; brothers, George Gibbs, Lorain, Ohio,
Brent Gibbs, Elyria, Ohio. Woodlawn Funeral Home & Memorial Park,
Orlando.
The Orlando Sentinel, Orlando,
Florida, Thursday, May 27, 1993, p. B4.
Shawn K. Williams
Shawn K[irk] Williams, 33, of North Ridgeville died Sunday in Avon Lake.
Born in Oberlin [and a 1986 graduate of OHS], he lived in Sheffield
Lake before moving to North Ridgeville a year ago.
He worked for eight years at the Ford Motor Co. Ohio Assembly Plant in
Avon Lake.
A talented illustrator, he enjoyed art.
Survivors include his wife, Jennifer (nee Howard); a daughter, Sarra
Williams of Oberlin; a son Kevin Williams of Oberlin; his parents, Paul
and Mable (nee Mayle) Williams of Huntington Township; a sister, Cheryl
Watkins of Washington state; and brothers Rick Williams of Huntington
Township, Frank Bristow of Oberlin, Dan Williams of Tucson, Ariz., and
Paul Williams of Strongsville.
Memorial services will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Amherst Kingdom Hall
of Jehovah’s Witnesses, state Route 113, Amherst Township and at
noon
Saturday at the Lorain County Metro Parks’ Day’s Dam
pavilion, at East
31st Street and Norfolk Avenue, Lorain.
The Burr Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Mentor, Ohio, is
handling arrangements.
The Chronicle-Telegram, Elyria,
Ohio, Thursday, March 9, 2000, p. C2.
Timothy Paul
Williams
Timothy Paul Williams, 25
of Elyria, former Oberlin resident, died at home on Nov. 22 after 18
months
with cancer.
Born in Oberlin he grew
up here and attended Oberlin High School.
He worked for Plas
Brothers
Paving Company. He enjoyed fishing and drawing.
Survivors include his
parents,
Leonard G. and Helen of Elyria; brothers, Jack W. Bell of Columbia,
S.C.,
Richard L. Williams of Oberlin; and Roger D., David E., Gregory S., and
Ben D. Williams, all of Elyria; and nine nieces and nephews.
Services were Monday
afternoon
in the Hempel Funeral Home, Amherst, with the Rev. Gene Collings,
pastor
of Temple Baptist Church, Elyria, officiating. Burial was in Evergreen
Cemetery, South Amherst.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin, Ohio, Tuesday, November 27, 1990, p. 2.
Eunice D. Willis
Eunice Dean Willis, 95, Martinsburg, died Sunday, October 18, 1998 at
the Fahrney-Keedy Memorial Nursing Home, Boonsboro, MD.
She was the daughter of the late David Dean and Elizabeth Jones Dean.
She was a retired interior designer from New York.
She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and former church
elder.
She was a member of the PEO Society.
She is survived by one son, David H. Willis, Berkeley Springs; three
grandsons; and eight great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, October 23, at First
Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. Robert S. Hill, Jr. officiating.
Interment will be private.
Contributions can be made to First Presbyterian Church Memorial Fund,
220 S. Queen St., Martinsburg, WV 25401.
Arrangements were by Brown Funeral Home, Martinsburg.
Miscellaneous Morgan County, West Virginia Obituaries
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Life Crushed Out Under Trolley Car
“Tug”
Wilson, Famous
Athlete and Popular Oberlin Boy, Killed Almost Instantly
Early Tuesday Morning
in Accident South of Town—Fell from Bonding Car and Was Picked Up
Dying—Was
Quarterback On Varsity Team in ’05 and Would Have Graduated at
Williams
College Next Spring.
Allan “Tug”
Wilson, son
of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Wilson, North Main street, and a famous athlete,
was killed early Tuesday morning two and a half miles south of Oberlin.
Wilson was employed for
the summer by the Cleveland & Southwestern on their bonding car,
used
in welding the rails. The car, with Wilson and Charles Ludwig, a Case
student
from Cleveland, on board, was bound for Wellington when the passenger
car
due here at 7:30 a.m. from the south pulled into sight.
“Tug” reversed
his car, running it backward toward a switch in order to let the
regular
pass.
The trolley jumped the
wire
and Wilson crawled out to the front of the car to adjust it. In some
manner
he slipped, fell between the rails and the car passed over his chest,
crushing
out his life almost instantly.
Ludwig, as Wilson fell,
threw on the brakes. It was too late. But as the brakes set, the impact
threw the bonding car from the rails into the ditch. Ludwig was unhurt,
however.
Eyewitnesses say that as
Wilson fell from the car his body turned over and fell so that the car
wheels passed over his chest.
Passengers on the regular
saw the accident and rushing from the car ran to the aid of Wilson, who
was breathing when picked up. He only lived a moment after the
accident,
dying long before Dr. Bunce, the C. & S.-W.’s surgeon, who
was
hastily
summoned, could reach the spot.
It was found that Ludwig
was unhurt, and Wilson’s body was at once placed on the regular
car,
brought
to Oberlin and placed in Booth’s undertaking rooms, where it was
viewed
at 10:30 a. m. by Coroner Miller, of Lorain, who was at once called by
phone by Deputy Burge.
The bonding car was badly
wrecked by the accident and Ludwig remained until the wrecking car
could
be run to the scene of the accident. Hugh Smith, another Oberlin boy,
and
a chum of Wilson’s, was working with the welding crew, but was
not on
the
car at the time of the accident, having got off the car at Pittsfield,
before the ill-fated car pulled back to allow the regular to pass.
When the body was brought
to Oberlin There was no one on hand to notify Mr. and Mrs. Wilson of
the
terrible accident, but Rev. Mr. A. B. Allen volunteered to break to the
parents the sad news and at once went to the home.
President Henderson, of
the Oberlin Business College, a friend of the family, was notified of
the
accident and he assumed charge of the funeral arrangements, which,
however,
have not yet been completed. They will, however, undoubtedly be in
charge
of Rev. Mr. Warner, pastor of the First M. E. church, of which the
Wilson
family are members.
Perhaps no Oberlin lad in
recent years has been more popular with his friends and companions than
“Tug” Wilson. Always cheerful, a hard worker in the class
room and on
the
athletic field, “Tug” was immensely popular. As quarter on
the football
team in ’05 he played a star game for Oberlin, often being the
whole
life
of the team. He never had a hard word for anybody, and was always ready
to do more than his share of whatever work was on hand.
Wilson was about 22 years
of age. A year ago he decided to complete his college course at
Williams
college and would have graduated there next spring. At Williams he made
friends as rapidly as he did here and though he could not play football
there last fall, had made a reputation as an athlete and had been
elected
to the most prominent and most sought after society at Williams.
His Neck Broken
Coroner Miller viewed the
remains of young Wilson at Booth’s undertaking rooms at 10:30 a.
m.,
but
said that he could not decide whether a formal inquest was necessary
until
he examined Ludwig.
The latter had notified
the coroner that he could not appear until later as he had to stay with
the car until a superintendent from Cleveland appeared. This
superintendent
had not reached Oberlin when The News went to press and it was not
expected
that the inquest would be begun until after dinner.
Coroner Miller in talking
with a News man said that he believed that the accident was
unavoidable.
What information he had at that time showed that Wilson’s hand
was
caught
by the trolley rope and he was jerked from the car.
Dr. Miller found on
examining
the body that Wilson’s neck had been broken and several ribs
crushed.
His
hands were also burned by the electrical current.
Friends Paid Last Tribute
Funeral Services for
Allan Wilson Held in First M. E. Church Thursday
Pastor, Rev. Mr.
Warner,
Tells of Sterling Qualities of the Deceased—Chums are Pall-bearers
Funeral services for Allan
Reed Wilson, who was killed last Tuesday morning, were held at 10 a. m.
Thursday in the First M. E. church, of which the deceased was a member.
The white casket, placed
at the front of the platform, was heaped high with beautiful floral
tributes,
while the choir rail was draped with smilax tied with sweet peas.
The service, in charge of
the pastor, Rev. Mr. Warner, assisted by Rev. B. E. Edgell, was
impressive
in its simplicity. After an organ voluntary by Dr. Andrews, a quartet,
composed of Miss Jenney, Miss Coss, Mr. Harroun and Mr. Jameson, sang
“Still,
Still With Thee.” Rev. Mr. Warner then read a number of passages
of
Scripture,
chosen by the family. Mr. Edgell offered prayer and the quartet sang
“Cast
Thy Burdens.” Mr. Warner then paid a splendid tribute to the
worth of
the
deceased. At the close of the address the quartet sang “Oh
Paradise.”
The
pallbearers were all close friends of “Tug” Wilson, young
men who knew
him both in the class and on the athletic field. They were: H. A.
Simon,
Howard Waters, Arthur Bradley and Louis Johnson. The burial was at
Westwood.
Mr. Warner’s address
follows:
Allan Reed Wilson was born
Sept. 9, 1886, at Cross Hill Junction, Yorkshire, England, and met his
death by accident July 23, aged nearly 21 years.
He finished his work in
the Oberlin high school in 1904 and in the autumn of that year entered
the freshman class in Oberlin college. At the beginning of his junior
year
last fall he entered Williams college, Williamstown, Mass.
On returning home this
vacation,
he engaged with the Cleveland and Southwestern Electric Railway Co. to
work on their bonding car, and it was while thus employed he met with
the
fatal accident which calls us together now to mourn his loss and pay
our
last tribute of respect. Allan united with this church on probation
under
the pastorate of Rev. J. W. H. Brown in January 1897, and was received
into full membership, together with his brother, Reuben, June 6, of the
same year, at the early age of 11. Thus he committed himself the first
thing to the church and the Christian life, seeking first the kingdom
of
God, according to the Saviour’s desire and command. He was one of
our
Sunday
school and church boys, always willing to do service.
Allan was very much
interested
in athletics and was well known in athletic circles here and at
Williams.
He had the physical qualifications it seems to make him a splendid
athlete,
but he took other things into the game besides mere physical strength:
he took good nature and clean playing, both worth vastly more than any
power of physical endurance. How many places in the game there are
where
a player can easily lose his patience or temper, what opportunities
there
are for bad feeling under defeat, and charges of false playing to the
other
side to cover up one’s own mortification! If athletics have worth
in
development
of the body, they also certainly afford an opportunity for the exercise
of noble, honest principles under great strain and excitement. There
the
honor lies. Athletics and dishonor are worse than nothing. Athletics
and
clean, honest playing are worthy of commendation, and these parents and
friends rejoice in his honor and good nature.
And this good nature was
evident everywhere, not only on the athletic field, but in his college
work, and in all his life. It is a great thing, good nature. There are
two kinds, however, and we need to discriminate. There is a good nature
so called, that is too easily imposed upon, a good nature that yields
its
rights, and is left with nothing except what people choose to give. We
have the underling, the silent, passive, neglected, uncomplaining
sufferer.
But there is a better sort than that: the sturdy, straightforward kind
that takes the bad with the good and makes merry over it, is not
angered
by honest defeat. There is great virtue in a smile, in a pleasant face,
a pleasant disposition, a hearty way. Jesus said: “Woe unto you
when
all
men shall speak well of you, for so did their fathers to the false
prophets.”
That must mean the courting of praise, the endeavor to please by doing
exactly as others would have us do, being all things to all men in the
bad sense of that term, disregarding the claims of righteousness to
gain
honor from men. But going on in the way we think right, being square,
good-natured,
and yet firm, wins the praises of men in this day and age of the
world—that
is, of all truth-loving men. But if such a one should cross the desires
of evil-minded men, he would not be well spoken of by them.
To face the world of joy
and sorrow, of good and evil, of prosperity and misfortune, of light
and
shadow, always with a smile is a great virtue, to keep sweet under
great
provocation, to be good-natured under persecution; “troubled on
every
side,
yet not distressed; perplexed, but not in despair; cast down, but not
destroyed”;
all this is a heavenly grace. In fact it is a great principle that
operates
not only in our common life to-day, but one that leads out into the
darkest
trials of life, that leads up even to the life of the Saviour himself,
who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; who when he suffered,
threatened
not; who bore all adversities with resignation. Again, Allan Wilson was
a common young man who could win honors in college or work on the
streets
or at any kind of manual labor. He was not ashamed of work. He could
put
on the workman’s dress and do his part with no feeling that he
was
below
his station. “Honor and shame from no condition rise; act well
thy
part,
there all the honor lies.” Any honest work was good enough. The
way to
be brotherly with men is to work with them, or at least not feel that
we
are above the thing they are engaged in.
We have one more place to
look, and that is in the home. The parents’ hopes were wrapped up
in
their
boys; they were trying to give them a good education, so that they
might
be noble and useful men, planning and sacrificing for their good,
taking
an intense interest in all their plans and achievements as they should.
The boys had entered earnestly into their parents’ plans, became
enthusiastic
in following them out, talked of them, dreamed of future usefulness and
happiness in their final fulfillment. The boys confided in their
parents;
the parents in turn trusted their boys; all matters were discussed at
home,
and there was the greatest freedom. There was always a filial regard
and
tenderness, obedience, and love. If a young man loves his mother and
tells
her everything, there is great hope for him. The danger is when parents
do not have the confidence of their children, when things are done in
the
dark, and there is not that open, frank dealing with father and mother.
David was heartbroken. His
bitter wail was “O Absalom, my son, my son.” He covered his
face and
cried
with a loud voice. Absalom had killed his brother, and had headed a
rebellion
against his father, and being killed, the father for a time could not
be
comforted. He had been kind to him, loved him as a father, but his
heart
was torn with anguish by his son’s misbehavior and death. He was
more
concerned
over his question: Is the young man Absalom safe? after the battle than
he was over the result of the conflict itself.
“How sharper than a
serpent’s
tooth it its to have a thankless child.” Allan was ideal in the
home,
so
his parents testify.
Now, I have tried to speak
of this young man as I have been led to believe he was. My estimate may
not be perfect, but whether it is or not, there is one thing I wish to
say aside from all reference to him whose body lies before us. I have
spoken
of his life in the church, college, community, sport, and the home, and
have said what it appeared ought to be said, but there is one thing
more
that ought to appeal to every one of us, and that is that a noble life
is not a life that is great in one or two things, but that is great in
many things, great in all things. What good can we say of the dead? we
ask. And we answer, we’ll say what good we can. And there is
generally
some good to be said. However, we believe the noble life is made up of
many parts, good in this, good in that, good all around. If an athlete,
an honest one; if a citizen, a useful one; if a laborer, a faithful
one;
if a church member, an active one. I spoke the names of two noted men
to
a friend of mine. He said, “One is a great man, the other is a
good
man,”
but we are looking to-day for men that are both great and good, all
around
men, square men. Some have one virtue and lack others, are great in
some
of the world’s accomplishments and are deficient in character. We
are
trying
to build up a type of manhood to-day that amounts to a great deal, of
which
many good things can be said, and not only one or two composite
characters,
and not single virtues standing alone among vices. “He’s a
great
financier.”
What of it, if he is? “He’s a great singer, or a great
artist in his
line.”
What of it? We want financiers, musicians and artists and every other
kind
who are good men, who have what Phillips Brooks said Mr. Lincoln had:
the
greatness of real goodness, and the goodness of real greatness.
After all it is only one
thing that makes a life and not many things. A life must be composite
in
a sense, yet it is to be a unit, and a thoroughly great and good man
can
try his hand at anything, and graft different things into his life, but
the one thing that controls all other things is his purpose; it unifies
all the parts and makes them one. Character tells on everything on
which
a good man lays his hand, it is the one talisman that produces
extraordinary
effects everywhere. Character, —the Lord laid down his life that
all
men
might be men of character, building upon a rock which would save them
from
every vehement wind, rain, and flood.
We are here in great
numbers
to-day because we have great respect for the one whose life has been so
suddenly snatched away. Many knew him, and all thought well of him, and
the comforting thought uppermost in the minds of his parents has been
that
he was a good boy, worthy, his life was well-pleasing to them, he was
preparing
for a life of usefulness, and they feel that all is well. There is no
greater
comforting thought than that. He lived his life, without reproach,
short,
but a life does not consist in its length. The father and mother are
here,
the brother is across the sea. May God be gracious to him as the news
comes
to him in that far country, and may he look with tender mercy upon the
home which as been saddened.
The gales of death swing
open and our loved ones pass through, but swing shut again so quickly
that
we cannot get even a glimpse of that which is beyond. They are gone,
and
that is all we know. But there is another opening, the door of hope. As
it swings back on its bright hinges, the look cheers our weary spirits.
We can see through it the golden sunshine of an endless day; we can see
beauty and contentment; we can see the Saviour of men, beckoning even
to
us to come. Thank God, character is eternal; it cannot be dismantled or
torn down, destroyed by fire or flood. Some other things will go down,
fame, crowns, titles, wealth, but not character. The pathway of
character
leads to the door of hope. O, what would we do if it were not for the
eternal
things; what comfort could we find; what peace, what hope could we have
of ever meeting again? O, what would we do if there were no Christ, but
there is, and he will be our Christ, our power, and salvation, and he
can
give us life here and beyond the grave. O, what would we do if Christ
did
not comfort us in our sorrow? O thou mighty One, thou blessed Christ,
help
us.
Other refuge have I none,
Hangs my helpless soul on
thee;
Leave, O leave me not
alone,
Still support and comfort
me;
All my trust on thee is
stayed,
All my help from thee I
bring;
Cover my defenseless head
With the shadow of they
wing.
The Oberlin News, Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, July 23 & 30, 1907, pp. 1, 5 & 7.
Dorothy Strong Wilson
Dorothy Strong Wilson, 81,
former Oberlin resident, died Sept. 27.
Born in Oberlin on Aug.
16, 1910, the daughter of Jarvis and Grace Strong, she was the third of
seven children [and graduated from Oberlin High School in 1927]. In
1932
she married Henry Wood Wilson, who taught for many years in the Shaker
Heights school system. He died in 1982.
She is survived by five
children, Mrs. Garth (Julie) Griffith of Richmond, Va.; Carolyn W.
Bontzol
of Heidelberg, Germany; James K. Wilson of New York City; Joan M.
Wilson
of Richmond, Va.; and Mrs. Edward (Kimberly) Hayes of Coshocton; two
grandchildren;
two brothers, Jarvis Strong Jr. of McLean, Va., and John Strong of
Oberlin;
and a brother-in-law, Edward Wilson of Oberlin.
The date of a graveside
service is pending.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, November 19, 1991, p. 2.
Oberlin Youth Dies After Long
Illness [George R. Wilson]
Oberlin, O., May 26—George Wilson, 15, son of Mrs. Herrick Wilson
of 214 West College street passed away at ten o’clock last
evening at his home, after a lingering illness with heart disease.
He was born in Washington, D.C., but has spent the greater part of his
life in Oberlin. He was a member of the sophomore class of Oberlin High
School [class of 1934].
Besides his mother, he is survived by three brothers, Henry of Ohio
University at Athens, and Lee and Allen, at home.
Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
The Chronicle-Telegram,
Elyria, Ohio, Thursday, May 26, 1932, p. 2.
Funeral Rites Held
Funeral services for Geo. Wilson, who passed away Wednesday night at
his home on West College street, were held at 2:30 this afternoon at
the home in charge of George Sedgeman. Interment will be made at
Westwood cemetery.
The Chronicle-Telegram,
Elyria, Ohio, Saturday, May 28, 1932, p. 2.
Henry W. Wilson
Henry W. Wilson of
Cleveland
Heights, brother of Edward A. Wilson of Oberlin, died Friday in
University
Hospitals after a stroke. He was 71. Services were Monday at Heights
United
Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Wilson was chairman
of the social studies department of Woodbury Junior High School in
Shaker
Heights, where he taught history from 1945 until his retirement in
1966.
He was born in Chicago. The family moved to Oberlin during his
childhood
and lived at 214 West College. [He graduated from Oberlin High School
in
1931.] Mr. Wilson received degrees from Ohio University and Ohio State.
He is survived by his
wife,
Dorothy Strong; daughters, Julia Griffith of Richmond, Virginia,
Carolyn
Bontzol of Heidelberg, West Germany, Joan Wilson of Cleveland Heights
and
Kimberly Hayes of Oxford, Ohio; a son, James, of New York; and a
brother,
Lee, of Allegan, Michigan, in addition to his brother here.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, December 30, 1982, p. 2.
Heart Attack Proves Fatal
Herrick E. Wilson Dies
on Saturday after Brief Illness
Was Fine Student
Funeral Held Tuesday
at the Family Home Under Auspices of the Masonic Lodge
After an illness of only
two days, but following a period of failing health, Herrick E. Wilson,
former assistant health commissioner of the Lorain county health
district,
died suddenly of heart disease at his home, 224 West College street,
Saturday
evening about 5 o’clock.
Mr. Wilson was born in
Bradford,
Pa., February 5, 1884, and came to Oberlin with his parents to live in
1888 [graduating from Oberlin High School in 1902]. He was employed in
Cleveland for several years on the staff of the Smithsonian Institute
as
a paleontologist and for three years was assistant to Dr. McIntosh,
health
commissioner for the Lorain county health district. This position Mr.
Wilson
was obliged to resign last fall because of failing health. In the
discharge
of his duties he gained a wide acquaintance and earned the respect and
high esteem of those with whom his duties brought him into contact. He
was a member of Oberlin Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and was a Past
High Priest of Oberlin Chapter, Royal Arch Masons.
In addition to his wife
Mr. Wilson leaves four small sons, Henry, George, Lee and Allen. A
sister,
Mrs. Alice Wilson Harvey, resides at Mt. Union.
Funeral services were held
at the family home Tuesday afternoon at 2:30. The ritualistic service
of
the Masonic Order was performed at the house. Rev. Van der Pyl read the
service at the cemetery.
Mr. Wilson received the
degree of A.B. from Oberlin College in 1909, the degree of A.M. in
1910,
and the degree of Ph.D. from Chicago university in 1913. He was an
earnest
student, gave conscientious attention to any task he had in hand, was a
man of high ideals and fine character and enjoyed the friendship of
scores
who knew his worth and who mourn his death in the prime of life.
The Oberlin News, Thursday,
January 29, 1925, p. 1.
Herrick Lee Wilson
Herrick Lee Wilson, 66,
of Allegan, Mich., former Oberlin resident and brother of Edward Allen
Wilson of Oberlin, died Oct. 1 in Rochester, Minn.
Born Sept. 19, 1918, in
Washington, D.C., he was the son of Herrick E. and Julia Wilson. He
grew
up in Oberlin and attended Oberlin schools [graduating from Oberlin
High
School in 1937]. A graduate of the College of Wooster, he received
masters
degrees in art and forestry from the University of Michigan.
He served in the Air Force
during World War II and was employed by the department of conservation
in the states of West Virginia and Michigan. He later taught at Hopkins
High School, Allegan, for a number of years, retiring in 1982.
He is also survived by his
wife, Viola, and three children.
Services were in Allegan
with interment in Oakwood Cemetery.
Memorial contributions,
if desired, may be made to the Michigan Heart Association.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, October 11, 1984, p. 5.
Wilbur Peabody’s
sister,
Mrs. Paul A.
Wilson,
dies
Mrs. Paul A. Wilson, 69,
sister of Wilbur N. Peabody, 23 Orchard, died Monday in Pleasant Hill,
Tenn., where she had lived for the past five years.
Rev. Frederick Schumacher
conducted funeral services yesterday afternoon at the Cowling Funeral
Home
and burial was in Westwood Cemetery.
The former Halloween
Peabody
was born in Oberlin and attended the public schools here [graduating
from
Oberlin High School in 1914] and Oberlin Conservatory. She taught music
privately in Lorain County before her marriage.
Besides her husband and
brother she is survived by one son, Alden P. of Park Ridge, Ill., and
two
grandchildren.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, August 19, 1965, p. 7A.
Paul Andrew Wilson
Paul A. Wilson died
Mr. Wilson was born
After receiving the A.B. from Oberlin
(1922) he was
principal of
Mr. Wilson was a member of the
Cleveland Counselor’s Assn.,
the Northeast Ohio Vocational Guidance Assn. and the Gerontology
Society. He
contributed a chapter to the book Grass
Roots Social Welfare, edited by
Alfred de Grazia (NY Press), and wrote a
monograph, “Important Aspects in Counseling Older Workers,”
and a
pamphlet,
“Suggestions for Workers Over Fifty.”
He leaves his wife, Elizabeth, a son
and two grandchildren.
His first wife, Hallowe’en K. Peabody ’19, died in 1965.
The
Oberlin Alumni Magazine,
Charles W. Winder
Charles W[illiam] Winder, 58, of 1298 W. 114th St., Cleveland, was
pronounced dead at St. John’s Hospital in Cleveland yesterday
following
a short illness.
The Cuyahoga County coroner is to rule on cause of death.
Born in LaRue, he had lived in Oberlin for several years and was a
[1935] graduate of Oberlin High School.
Mr. Winder moved about 26 years ago to Cleveland, where he was employed
as a test board operator by the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. He
was a Coast Guard veteran of World War II.
Surviving are his wife, Cleova (nee Horning) to whom he was married 32
years; two sons, William C. of Lakewood and Guy A. of California; a
daughter, Mrs. James (Suzanne) Gerhardinger of Elyria; four
grandchildren; his mother, Mrs. Mary Winder of Mt. Victory; and two
brothers, Robert of Pennsylvania and Paul of Chicago.
Friends will be received tomorrow from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the
Joseph A. Misenick Funeral Home, 12500 Madison Ave., Lakewood.
Funeral services will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at the funeral home, with
burial in Sunset Memorial Park.
The
Chronicle-Telegram, Elyria, Ohio, Thursday, July 11, 1974, p.
D-2.
Cleova H. Winder
Elyria -- Cleova H. Winder (nee Horning), 90, of Elyria,
died Monday, Dec. 25, 2006, at LakeMed Nursing and Rehabilitation
Center in Painesville, following a long illness. She was born in
Cleveland on Jan. 21, 1916, and lived in Elyria since 1987.
Mrs. Winder was a member of the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP)
and Senior Citizens Club, both in Elyria. She graduated from Oberlin
High School in 1933 and from the former Oberlin School of Commerce.
Survivors include her daughter, Suzanne Gerhardinger Kane of
Painesville; sons William Winder of Pigeon Point, Calif., and Guy
Winder of Glasgow, Mont.; and nine grandchildren and 10
great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles
in 1974; sister, Evelyn Edmunds; brother, Delmar Horning; and parents,
Delmar and Kathryn (nee Hoeh) Horning.
There will be no service or funeral home visitation. Burial will be in
Sunset Memorial Park.
Arrangements by Reichlin Roberts Funeral Home, Elyria.
The Morning
Journal, Lorain, Ohio, Wednesday, December 27, 2006.
Penny Hecock Winn
Winn, Penny Hecock, age 57, of Maitland, passed away on Tuesday,
October 18, 2005 at her home, after a long illness. She was born on
December 31, 1947, in Oberlin, Ohio, and moved to Central Florida in
1985. Penny graduated from Oberlin High School in 1966, and after
attending the University of Arizona, she graduated with her MA in
Industrial Psychology from the University of Central Florida. She
served as Director of Organization and Psychology Services for Wilson
Learning. She was a volunteer for the National Cancer Society. She is
survived by her mother, Lucille Hecock of Sandusky, Ohio; three
sisters, Christine (John) Yochem of Huron, Ohio, Sally Henning of
Worthington, Ohio, and Holly (William) Eastin of Durham, North
Carolina. She was predeceased by her husband William Winn in December
of 2002. Burial will be held in Camden Township Cemetery, at the
convenience of the family. A Memorial Service will be held Friday,
October 21, 2005 at 2 PM, at the Collison Family Funeral Home Howell
Branch Chapel. In lieu of flowers the family suggests that donations be
made to the American Cancer Society, or a local Hospice Organization.
Services are entrusted to Collison Family Funeral Homes & Crematory
Howell Branch Chapel, 3808 Howell Branch Road, Winter Park.
407-678-4500.
Orlando Sentinel, Orlando,
Florida, Thursday, October 20, 2005.
Penny Hecock Winn
Penny Hecock Winn of Maitland, Fla., formerly of Oberlin, died Tuesday,
Oct. 18, 2005, at her home, following a long illness. She was 57.
Born Dec. 31, 1947, in Oberlin, she graduated from Oberlin High School
in1966. She attended the University of Arizona and earned her
master’s
degree in industrial psychology from the University of Central Florida.
She served as director of organization and psychology services for
Wilson Learning. She also volunteered for the National Cancer Society.
Mrs. Winn is survived by her mother, Lucille Hecock of Sandusky;
sisters Christine Yochem of Huron, Sally Henning of Worthington, and
Holly Eastin of Durham, N.C. She was preceded in death by her husband,
William Winn.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin, Ohio, Tuesday, October 25, 2005, p. 2.
Mary Margaret Winson, 77
North Ridgeville -- Mary
Margaret Winson (nee Gerhartinger), 77, of North Ridgeville, died
Monday,
Oct. 1, 2001, at Specialty Hospital of Lorain, following a brief
illness.
She was born in Oberlin
and had been a North Ridgeville resident since 1950, moving from
Oberlin.
[She was a 1941 graduate of Oberlin High School.]
Mrs. Winson was employed
in the CSR Department of EMH Regional Medical Center, Elyria from 1979
to 1989. She had previously been employed by North Ridgeville Public
Schools,
in the cafeteria at Lear North Elementary.
She was a member of St.
Peter Catholic Church, North Ridgeville. She had been a Brownie Troop
Leader
many years ago. She enjoyed cake decorating, cooking, baking, making
candy,
crocheting and vegetable gardening.
Survivors include her sons
R. Peter Winson of Homerville, and David and Tom Winson, both of North
Ridgeville; daughters Sally Winson and Rita Winson, both of North
Olmsted,
and Virginia Spisak of Monroe, N.C.; and four grandchildren. She was
preceded
in death by her parents, Ignatius and Gertrude Gerhartinger; and
brother,
Francis Gerhartinger.
Friends may call Wednesday
from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at David Bogner Family Funeral Home, 36625
Center Ridge Road, North Ridgeville. Services at the funeral home
Thursday
at 9:30 a.m. will be followed at 10 a.m. by Mass in St. Peter Catholic
Church, 35777 Center Ridge Road, North Ridgeville. Burial will be in
St.
Mary's Cemetery, Elyria.
Memorial contributions may
be made to St. Peter's Restoration Fund, 35777 Center Ridge Road, North
Ridgeville 44039.
The Morning-Journal,
Lorain,
Ohio, Tuesday, 2 October 2001
Carol Jordan Winter
Mrs. Elmer B. Winter
(Carol E. Jordan) died on
Receiving her master’s degree
from
Oberlin in 1925, [after receiving her bachelor’s degree from
Oberlin in
1924,] Mrs.
Winter taught mathematics in the high school at
Mrs. Winter is survived by her
husband and a six-year old
daughter, Eva.
The
Oberlin Alumni Magazine, March
1947, p. 24.
Betty G. Winters, 78, was
bank teller
Elyria -- Betty G.
''Poppy''
Winters, 78, of Elyria, died Saturday, Oct. 20, 2001, at Good Samaritan
Nursing Home, Avon.
She was born Sept. 5,
1923,
in Oberlin, and was a graduate of Oberlin High School [class of 1941].
Mrs. Winters was a member
of the Lorain County Republican Committee and St. Andrews Episcopal
Church,
Elyria, and its Altar Guild.
She had been employed as
a teller at Lorain County Bank and Elyria Savings and Trust National
Bank.
Survivors include her
husband
of 59 years, Owen A. Winters; daughters Cathie Sprague of Elyria and
Sue
Knoll of Sandusky; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren;
and
her sisters, Carol Neuman of Oberlin and Sandy Cobra of Florida.
Friends may call Wednesday
from 9:30 a.m. until time of service at 11:30 a.m. at Resthaven Memory
Gardens, 3700 Center Road (SR 83), Avon. The Rev. David Straub will
officiate.
Memorial contributions may
be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 12200 Fairhill Road, Cleveland
44120.
Berry Funeral Home,
Westlake,
is handling arrangements.
The Morning Journal,
Lorain, Ohio, October 23, 2001.
Clara
Husted Wolfe
Mrs. Jesse B. Wolfe (Clara A.
Husted), retired missionary to
In 1909, following two years of
teaching high school in
Atlantic Mine,
The Wolfes were missionaries at
various places in
In 1940 the Wolfes retired to
Mrs. Wolfe wrote short stories
connected with the years they
spent in
She leaves her husband; a son, Jesse
Jr., of
The
Oberlin Alumni Magazine,
Tracy Anne Wolfe
Tracy Anne Wolfe,
44, died suddenly at her parents’ home on Colony Drive, on
Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009.
She was a 1983 graduate of Oberlin High School, and the University of
South Florida.
Miss Wolfe is survived by her parents, Kenneth F. and Joyce L. Wolfe of
Oberlin; a sister, Martha Myers of Columbia, Mo.; and a brother,
Kenneth P. Wolfe, of Tampa, Fla. There will be a private family burial
at Westwood Cemetery at a later date. Online condolences may be made to
info@cowlingfuneralhome.us.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, October 27, 2009, p. 3.
Sarah Elizabeth Wolff
Sarah Elizabeth
“Sally”
Wolff, 84, of Traverse City, Mich., former Oberlin resident, died Jan.
20 at Munson Medical Center in Traverse City.
Born Aug. 28, 1909, in
Oberlin,
she was the daughter of Jack and Virginia (Ballard) Wirkler. Her father
was assistant and associate secretary of Oberlin College from 1913-45,
and also directed the OC glee clubs. Mrs. Wolff [graduated from OHS in
1926 and] was a member of the Oberlin College class of 1928, but did
not
graduate because of her marriage to Ralph E. Wolff Sr. in 1927.
She had lived in Traverse
City since 1940 and was a member there of St. Francis Catholic Church
and
its choir, Altar Society and variety club.
She was a volunteer with
the Retired Senior Volunteer Program and was a past president of the
Parent
Teacher Association.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, in 1970, and by a son, Richard, in 1953; and a brother,
Richard Wirkler.
She is survived by three
sons, Ralph E. “Boots” of Traverse City, Robert of West
Bloomfield,
Mich.,
and Jerry of Sante Fe, N.M.; three daughters, Joan Forton of Waterford,
Mich., Virginia Brunn of Rocklin, Calif., and Sally Steele of Grand
Rapids,
Mich.; a brother, Jack Wirkler of California; 30 grandchildren; and 24
great-grandchildren.
Services were Jan. 22 in
St. Francis Catholic Church with burial in Oakwood Cemetery in Traverse
City.
Memorial gifts may be
given
to the St. Francis Organ Fund or the Father Fred Foundation.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin, Ohio, Tuesday, February 1, 1994, p. 2.
Jocelyn Chang Wong
Jocelyn Chang Wong, 75, of Pearl City, a homemaker and teacher, died
Jan. 8, 2005, in Honolulu. She was born in Honolulu [and was a 1947
graduate of OHS]. She is survived by husband Robert T.W.; children
Dorrin, Donald, Douglas and Adrienne; mother Alice Y.S. Chang; brothers
and sisters Dr. Lennig and Dr. Hollis Chang, Rowena Shriber [OHS
‘49]
and Sherlyn Goo; and eight grandchildren. Private services.
The Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Honolulu,
Hawaii, Saturday, January 21, 2005.
Jocelyn Chang Wong, 75, of Honolulu, died Jan. 8, 2005. Born in
Honolulu. Homemaker. Survived by husband, Robert; children, Lorrin,
Donald, Douglas and Adrienne; mother, Alice Chang; siblings, Lennig
Chang, Rowena Shriber, Hollis Chang and Sherlyn Goo; eight
grandchildren. Private service held. Arrangements by Hawaiian Memorial
Park Mortuary.
The Honolulu Advertiser,
Honolulu, Hawaii, Saturday, January 21, 2005.
Carma Elaine Wood
Dolly Wood was born Carma
Elaine Lee on January 27, 1920, to Carlton E. and Mary Lee in Lorain,
Ohio.
The youngest of four and the only girl, she was nicknamed
“Dolly” by
her
three brothers, Ed, Jack and Bob.
As an infant she was
stricken
with Polio, leaving her right arm withered and deformed.
Tragically,
during the next 10 years she broke the same arm twice necessitating
many
surgical procedures over her childhood, some of them highly
experimental
for the time.
Most people would have
been
greatly affected by this incredible bad luck. But not Dolly
Wood.
She learned from her highly active and sports-minded brothers how to be
tough and focused on the future rather than dwelling on the sorrows
inflicted
on her as a child. Never lie, never quit was her credo from
childhood.
While still in public
school,
her family moved from Lorain to Oberlin, Ohio [where she graduated from
OHS in 1940]. As a young girl, she was active in several sports
including
softball, basketball, swimming and track. She would not give
up.
She even had to train herself to write left-handed even though she had
been born right-handed.
But her most notable
achievement
had nothing to do with her physical deformity. For God had
blessed
her with a beautiful, clear, soprano voice, one so clean and pure she
was
immediately noticed by the staff of the prestigious Oberlin
Conservatory
of Music where she was taking private voice lessons. She was
offered
a scholarship to the conservatory while still in high school.
Unfortunately,
for academic reasons she was never able to take advantage of this
wonderful
offer.
That, of course,
didn’t
even slow our indefatigable Dolly. Her singing blessed the halls
of several establishments, churches and organizations, including the
world
famous Sweet Adelines all-female glee club.
Despite her attention to
music as a young woman, she let that attention stray just long enough
to
meet and marry Robert Wood, also a resident of Oberlin, who worked in
Lorain,
Ohio, at an automobile dealer’s as a bookkeeper. They were
married
on July 21, 1940.
As Dolly’s bad luck
continued
to haunt her, Robert was drafted into the United States Army in 1942
and
was sent overseas to fight in Europe while Dolly stayed home, waiting
for
the birth of their first child, with whom she had become pregnant
shortly
before Robert was drafted.
Robert Jr. was born in
March
of 1943. It was two years before he met his dad. Jack,
Bob’s
brother, was born in July 1947.
Dolly conveyed her love
of music to both her sons over the next decade, having them both
trained
on piano and cornet. Bob Jr. went on to play with a US Air Force
band, both playing the French horn and singing. Jack gave up
music
shortly after senior high school.
During the years as the
boys grew to adulthood in Oberlin, Dolly became active in her
community,
rising from dry goods store clerk to become the first woman Civil
Defense
Director in Ohio. She was active in the Order of Eastern Stars
rising
to a major state position within that organization.
After the boys left the
family home, Bob and Dolly decided to move west. They landed in
Roswell,
NM, in 1968 and, after a few years there, moved on to Albuquerque.
Robert retired in the late
1970s and they decided to “see the world.” Or at
least as much of
it as they could visit in a 42 foot trailer.
Eventually, they ended up
in Tucson, when Bob’s health began to fail. Dolly and Bob
amassed
a great fortune here: the best friends anyone could ask for. They
befriended so many people while traveling and later in various Tucson
RV
and mobile home parks it would be almost impossible to list them all in
one place. But two late arrivals deserve special mention.
Dolly was finally blessed
with two great grandchildren, Brian and Eric, both the sons of her
favorite
(and only) granddaughter, Lisa Wood Pattison and her husband,
Jeff.
Her favorite (and only) grandson, Michael Wood, a fireman in Elyria,
Ohio,
and 1st Lieutenant in the Ohio National Guard and his pretty bride,
Michelle,
are just getting their feet on firm marital ground.
But finally Dolly’s
bad
luck struck again with a vengeance. She was diagnosed in November
of 2001 with breast cancer and leukemia. But true to her
now-deceased
brothers Bob and Jack and her still living brother Ed, she fought like
a tiger. She refused to let it get her down, even at the last
when
it attacked and destroyed her whole body. Yes, her body was
ravaged
by this terrible enemy; but never her spirit.
She was transported from
her home to Carondolet-St. Mary’s Hospice on Friday evening,
December
27,
2002, exactly one month before her 83rd birthday. After she was
put
to bed and the pain of the move started to wear away she talked with
the
nurses and her family for a good hour or more. Even laughing on
occasion.
She said goodnight to her
husband of 62 years, her eldest son, 59, and went to sleep. The
following
morning she was in a coma which was not to release her to her final
peace
until a week later.
Carma Elaine Wood;
“Dolly”
passed from her awful suffering at 8:55 PM, Saturday evening, January
4th,
2003, a fighter and a lady right to the very end.
Family-provided obituary.
Death
Takes D. A. Wood
Dudley Allen Wood, Sr.,
Oberlin florist, who died Tuesday night at Allen Hospital, lived his
entire
life, spanning 57 years, in Oberlin at 228 E. College St. He had been
in
ill health for the past four years.
Funeral services will be
conducted tomorrow (Friday) afternoon from his late home at 3:30 by the
Rev. Joseph F. King, pastor of First Church, where Mr. Wood was a
member.
Mr. Wood had been a
florist
and prominent member of the Oberlin business community for the past 15
years. Before that, he owned and operated the Forest City Builders
Supply
Co. in Cleveland. During World War I, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and
was at an officer’s candidate school until medically discharged.
He attended the Oberlin
schools and was graduated [from Oberlin High School in 1911 and] from
Oberlin
College in 1915. He sang with the college glee club, led an active
college
life and was an acknowledged campus leader. For many years, he was in
charge
of Commencement decorations on the Oberlin College campus.
Mr. Wood is survived by
his wife, Catherine, and three sons; Dudley A., Jr., of Oberlin; Thomas
of Rochester, N. Y.; and Walter G., who is a student at Bowling Green
State
University. A brother, James, may come from Texas in time for the
funeral
services.
Friends may call at the
Cowling-Sedgeman funeral home until tomorrow (Friday) morning when the
body will be taken to the home for the afternoon services at which the
family and friends will attend. Burial will be made in Westwood
cemetery.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, March 1, 1951, p. 1.
Harvey
Eugene Wood
Harvey Eugene Wood, 42,
of 209 E. Lorain, died Sunday at Veterans Hospital in Cleveland. He had
been suffering from rheumatoid arthritis for two years prior to his
death.
Born in Oberlin Aug. 29,
1929, he [graduated from Oberlin High School in 1948,] was a U.S. Army
veteran of the Korean War and worked as a machinist for the Nordson Co.
in Amherst prior to enrolling at the University of Akron five years
ago.
He had only one quarter to complete prior to receiving his BA from that
school when he was forced to withdraw two years ago due to illness.
He was a member of Rust
Methodist Church and the American Legion – Willard B. Holmes Post.
Surviving is his mother,
Mrs. Joseph (Pansy) Lyons, 106 E. Vine.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday in the Cowling Funeral Home with the Rev. Moses Williams
officiating.
Burial followed in Westwood Cemetery.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, March 8, 1973, p. 3.
John
A. Wood dies at 66
John A. (Jack) Wood, 66,
was pronounced dead at Allen Hospital Saturday afternoon following an
apparent
heart attack at his home, 334 East College.
Born in Oberlin on May 11,
1916, he was graduated from Oberlin High School in 1934 and received
the
AB degree from Oberlin College in 1938.
He was a World War II
veteran,
serving in Army ordnance. For a number of years, he owned and operated
the Ross Lumber Co., later called the Wood Lumber Co., at 335 South
Main.
After selling that business, he became a supervisor in the Oberlin
College
buildings and grounds department, serving as manager of college rental
housing for the last 11 years. He retired last March.
He was a member of First
Church and had been active in the Karl Wilson Locke post 102 of the
American
Legion, serving as commander, and was a former president of the Oberlin
Chamber of Commerce.
He is survived by his
wife,
Mary Jane; and three sons, John, of North Royalton, and William and
Richard
at Home.
Graveside services were
Tuesday morning at Westwood Cemetery, with the Rev. John Elder
officiating.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, August 26, 1982, p. 2.
John A. “Jack” Wood,
’38,
died Aug. 21, 1982, in Oberlin, following an apparent heart attack. A
lifelong resident of Oberlin, he retired this past spring after 11
years as manager of college rental housing. He applied for work at the
College in 1966 and was picked by Lewis Tower, then business manager,
to work in the service building, where he “did everything at
first”
including filling in for Jerry Stang, now deceased, who was in charge
of rental housing at the time.
Over the years, Jack maintained his wry sense of humor despite
encounters from an occasional destructive tenant, a host of
unmanageable pets and complaints from the neighbors about loud music
coming from his rental properties. In the winter of 1977, when he was
checking a Woodland Ave. student house for heat, frozen pipes or
leakage problems, the female resident was frightened by his presence.
Thinking he was an intruder, she slammed the door in his face and ran
to a neighbor’s to call the police. Four minutes later, the
police
arrived to find that Mr. Wood had followed the student to her
neighbor’s house and had apologized for not introducing himself
properly. “I realized her problem, that she was uneasy being
alone and,
although most of the students know me, apparently our paths had never
crossed before. It’s very flattering to be known as the mad
rapist at
my age,” he said.
Mr. Wood was born in Oberlin, May 11, 1916, the son of John P. and
Jeanette (McCoy ’10) Wood. At the time of his death, he still
lived in
the same home in which he had been reared. He attended Oberlin High
School, [graduating in 1934,] graduated from the College [in 1938] with
a political science degree and then held various sales jobs in the
area. Before joining the Army Ordnance in 1942, he worked for the
Oberlin Savings Bank. The death of his father in 1944 put Mr. Wood in
charge of his father’s building supply business in Oberlin. He
sold
that to Oberlin Elevator and went to work for Lee Ross’s Lumber
Co.,
which he eventually bought in 1958 and sold to the Oberlin Elevator in
1966. While in the lumber business he also built, bought, remodeled and
sold several houses in Oberlin.
Mr. Wood was a former president of the Chamber of Commerce and was a
member of First Church.
He leaves his wife, the former Mary J. Webber ’49, and sons John,
23,
William, 22 and Richard, 20.
The Oberlin Alumni Magazine,
Oberlin, Ohio, Autumn 1982, p. 91.
John P. Wood Dies; Funeral Was Monday
Business Houses Close
to Mark Passing of Well Known Citizen, Lifelong Resident
John Pardee Wood, 68, head
of the Wood Construction Company and prominent Oberlin businessman,
died
at Allen Hospital Saturday morning. Mr. Wood suffered a coronary
thrombosis
on Friday night and was taken to the hospital then.
Born at ?9 East Lorain
street
on April 20, 1876, Mr. Wood spent his entire life in Oberlin, in his
boyhood
living at the family home now occupied by his brother Dudley A. Wood,
at
228 East College street. He attended the Oberlin schools.
Before his marriage in
1915
to Jeanette McCoy he was a salesman for building supplies. After his
marriage
he formed a partnership with his brother James, who now lives in Texas,
under the name of the Wood Construction Company. Mr. Wood was a member
of the First Church, Oberlin Lodge No. 380 F. & A. M., Oberlin
Chapter,
R. A. M., the Chamber of Commerce; and was a director of the Oberlin
Golf
Club.
He is survived by his
wife,
Jeanette, and one son, Tech. Sgt. Jack Wood, home on furlough from
Jackson,
Mississippi; three brothers, Dr. Walter A. Wood of Philadelphia, James
M. Wood of Henderson, Texas, now visiting in Oberlin, and Dudley A.
Wood
of Oberlin; and one sister, Mrs. M. A. Houghton of Oberlin.
Funeral services were held
at the home, 334 East College street, Monday afternoon. Rev. Joseph F.
King, pastor of the First Church, officiated and burial was made in
Westwood
cemetery. Oberlin business houses were closed during the time of the
funeral.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, September 14, 1944, p. 1.
A Teacher of Great Merit; Nobel Woman
Miss Mabel Wood Taught in
Elyria Schools Over Twelve Years
Died Last Night
Principal of Lake Avenue School Passed
Away at 10:45 Wednesday Night at home of Parents in Carlisle –
Principal Here for Several Years – Was Much Loved by Scholars,
Parents and All Who Knew Her
This community was grieved today to learn of the death of Miss Mabel C.
Wood, teacher in the Elyria schools, which occurred at 10:45
o’clock Wednesday night at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Malcolm Wood, of Carlisle, Stop 91 on the green line between here and
Oberlin.
For many years Miss Wood has been connected with the Elyria schools,
and in all that time there has been no more faithful or hard working
teacher than she. She took such a vital interest in the training and
education of the young lives placed in her charge that she sacrificed
more than time and strength – even her health – for their
interests.
From all sides words of praise are heard for this instructor who was a
true teacher and one of noble character. No eulogy seems too effusive
in attempting to depict the womanly virtues which went to make her a
lovable teacher. The scores of boys and girls who came under her care
and attention really loved her as a companion and friend.
The deceased graduated from Oberlin high school in 1892 [1891]. She
came to Elyria to teach in the public schools between twelve and
fifteen years ago. She taught continuously until last April with the
exception of the year preceding the one which closed last June when she
was compelled to remain at home and rest on account of her declining
health.
Feeling considerably rested, after her year’s vacation, Miss Wood
again resumed her work as principal of the Lake avenue building again
last September. Her courage and determination, however, were greater
than her strength, and she was compelled to again give up her work
early last April.
Besides teaching in the Elyria schools for a dozen years or more, the
deceased was principal of the Lake avenue building for above half that
time, and she taught the eighth grade before but when this grade was
transferred to another building last fall, she took charge of the
seventh grade.
Miss Wood is survived by her parents, two brothers and a sister, as
follows: Harry Wood, of Chicago, Robert, who resides at home, and Mrs.
T. C. Metzger of Lorain.
The funeral services will be held at the Wood home next Sunday
afternoon at 2 o’clock. Interment will occur in Carlisle cemetery.
The Evening Telegram,
Elyria, Ohio, Thursday, July 20, 1911, p. 1.
West Ridge
A great many friends paid their last tribute of respect to their
friend, Miss Mabel Wood, Sunday, at the home, which was made desolate
and lonely by death taking from it a life full of hope and a smile that
greeted everybody. While the memory of her will be sweet, still she
will be greatly missed.
The Evening Telegram, Elyria,
Ohio, Thursday, July 27, 1911, p. 8.
Mary Jane Wood
A graveside service at
Westwood
Cemetery will be held today, Nov. 16, at 10 a.m. for Mary Jane Wood
(nee
Webber), 72, of Oberlin, who died Nov. 12 at her home after a six month
illness. The Rev. Tom Keller of Penfield Community Church will
officiate.
Born in Canton, Mrs. Wood
lived most of her life in the Oberlin Area. She was a 1945 graduate of
Oberlin High School and a 1949 graduate of Oberlin College.
She taught for one
semester
at the University of South Dakota in Vermilion, S.D.
Mrs. Wood was a book buyer
and vice president of the National Association of College Stores. She
also
helped establish Copies, Etc. with the late Russell Reynolds.
Before her death, she
worked
part-time as a secretary for Alex Rutstein and Associates.
She enjoyed golf, bowling
and reading.
Survivors include three
sons, Richard of Oberlin, William of Stoughton, Wis., and John of
Atwater,
Ohio; five grandchildren; and a brother, Dr. George H. Webber of El
Paso,
Texas. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Adams Wood; her
parents
George H. and Sarah H. (nee Seesholtz) Webber; and a sister, Ruth A.
Reno.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, November 16, 1999, p. 7.
Former teacher, Mrs. Ona Wood dies
Mrs. Ona Wood (nee
Porter),
90, of 65 Birch Park Dr., New London, died yesterday in Martha’s
Nursing
Home, New London, after a long illness.
A former school teacher
and practical nurse, Mrs. Wood was born in New London and lived in that
area most of her life[, and she was a 1901 graduate of OHS].
She was a member of the
Mayflower Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, Lorain, and the
Fitchville Grange. She was also a member of the First Baptist Church
and
LeRoy Chapter No. 82 Order of Eastern Star.
A daughter, Mrs. Catherine
Stiles, New London, three granddaughters and four great-grandchildren
survive.
Friends will be received
in the Eastman Funeral Home, New London, tomorrow from 2 to 5 and 7 to
9 p.m.
Services will be Monday
at 1 p.m. in the funeral home with the Rev. George Minton officiating.
Burial will be in Fitchville Cemetery.
The Chronicle-Telegram,
Elyria,
Ohio, Saturday, December 15, 1973, p. 14.
Ona Porter Wood, k, died
Dec. 14, 1973, at New London, Ohio, where
she was born June 2, 1883, and where her great-grandfather had been
elected the township’s first constable in 1817. She graduated
from
Oberlin High School in 1901 [and was a member of the Oberlin College
class of 1904].
Prior to her marriage in 1906 to Meade Wood, she was an elementary
teacher at Dunlap, Kan. She and her husband moved in 1917 from New
London to Florida where she taught private kindergarten for two years
and completed two nursing courses at New Port Richey.
In 1932 Mrs. Wood and her daughter, now Mrs. Catharine Stiles, returned
to New London and for 25 years Mrs. Wood did practical nursing. In
addition to her daughter she leaves three granddaughters and four
great-grandchildren.
The Oberlin Alumni Magazine,
Oberlin, Ohio, May/June 1974, p. 44.
Thomas
Wood, 44, killed in Maryland auto accident
Thomas Henderson Wood, 44,
brother of Dudley A. Wood and Walter Wood of Oberlin, was killed
instantly
Saturday in a three-car crash just east of Frostburg, Md. His home was
in Hagerstown, Md.
Three other persons in the
accident were critically injured.
Graveside services, with
Rev. Roger Robbennolt officiating, were held Monday afternoon at
Westwood
Cemetery.
Mr. Wood, born in Oberlin
April 9, 1920, was a [1938] graduate of Oberlin High School and Oberlin
College. He served four years with the Army Engineers Corps in World
War
II. Much of his service was in the South Pacific.
Besides his brothers he
is survived by three children, David, Margaret Louise and Kimberly, all
of Hampton, N. H.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, July 9, 1964, p. 3A.
Walter
Wood Dies at 73
Dr. Walter Allen Wood, 73,
brother of Dudley A. Wood, 228 E. College St., and of Mrs. M. A.
Houghton,
257 E. College St., died at 3 a. m. Monday at Allen Hospital, where he
had been ill for two weeks. Private funeral services, with the Rev.
Joseph
F. King officiating, were yesterday (Wednesday) at the Wood home.
Dr. Wood was born Feb. 19,
1874, in Oberlin. He was graduated from [OHS in 1891, from] Oberlin
College
in 1896 and from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1902.
He practiced medicine for 40 years in Philadelphia and for many years
was
the medical referee for the New York Mutual Life Insurance Co. During
World
War I, he held the rank of major and headed Base Hospital No. 6 in
France.
Dr. Wood, a bachelor, is
survived by two brothers, Dudley Wood of Oberlin, with whom he had made
his home recently, and James M. Wood of Henderson, Tex., and one
sister,
Mrs. M. A. Houghton.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, June 26, 1947, p. 1.
Walter
G. Wood, 75, textbook rep
Oberlin -- Walter Gleason
Wood, 75, of Oberlin, died suddenly Monday, Oct. 29, 2001, at
MetroHealth
Medical Center, Cleveland. He was born July 26, 1926, in Oberlin, where
he remained a lifelong resident.
He served in the U.S. Army
during World War II.
He graduated from Oberlin
High School in 1944 and from Bowling Green State University in 1951.
Wood was employed as a
textbook
representative for CV Mosby Publishing Co. for many years, retiring in
1988.
He was a member of First
Church, Oberlin, and had worked in the Oberlin College Botanical
Greenhouse.
He enjoyed gardening, reading and sketching.
Survivors include his
wife,
Lee (nee Aspinwall); daughters Melissa Mittler of Oberlin and Elizabeth
Connolly of Marietta, Ga.; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild;
and his brother, Dudley Wood of Oberlin. He was preceded in death by
his
parents, Catherine H. (nee Henderson) and Dudley Wood Sr.; and a
brother,
Thomas H. Wood.
Friends may call Wednesday
3 to 6 p.m. at Cowling Funeral Home, 228 S. Main St., Oberlin.
Graveside
services Thursday at 9:30 a.m. at Westwood Cemetery, Morgan Street,
Oberlin,
will be followed at 11 a.m. by a memorial service in First Church, Main
and Lorain Sts., Oberlin. The Rev. William B. Kitchen, pastor, will
officiate.
The Morning Journal,
Lorain, Ohio, Tuesday, October 30, 2001
Mrs. Robert M. Woodbury
Mrs. Ralph J. Reynolds
Two members of one of
Oberlin’s
oldest families have died recently: Alice Fairchild Reynolds, on Jan.
11,
and Mildred Fairchild Woodbury on February 9. They were the daughters
of
James T. and Emma Dickinson Fairchild; their grandfather was James
Harris
Fairchild, who came to Oberlin when the town and college were founded,
graduated with the class of 1838 and was college president from 1868 to
1889.
Mrs. Reynolds was a [1908
graduate of Oberlin High School and a] member of the Oberlin Class of
1912,
and became a college teacher. She was the widow of Ralph J. Reynolds.
Mrs.
Woodbury, OC class of 1916, had a career as a professor of sociology
and
related subjects at Bryn Mawr College. Later, she was the chief of
women’s
work and protection of youth at the International Labor Office, Geneva,
Switzerland. Her husband, Robert M. Woodbury, who died in 1969, for
many
years was chief statistician at the International Labor Office.
The family home of
president
Fairchild was on the corner of S. Professor and Elm Sts.; the James T.
Fairchild home was on Elm St. Both lots are now the site of Fairchild
Hall.
Dorothy Fairchild Graham,
class of 1910, is the surviving sister, as is a niece, Mildred Graham
Vasan.
James A. Reynolds and Mary Reynolds Ebert, children of Alice Reynolds,
also survive.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, February 13, 1975, p. 7.
Robert W. Woodruff
Robert W. Woodruff, 78,
former Oberlin resident, died Dec. 19 in Sedona, Ariz.
A 1937 graduate of Oberlin
College, Mr. Woodruff attended Oberlin High School and Western Reserve
Academy in Hudson. His family lived at 237 W. College St., which served
as a boarding house for young faculty during the 1930s.
He was the maternal
grandfather
of Andrew and Eleanor Ruckman, son and daughter of Andy Ruckman of
Oberlin
and Kay Bigglestone of Tucson, Ariz., formerly of Oberlin.
He is also survived by his
wife of 54 years, Mabel (nee Koehler) of Sedona; daughters, Ann Snowden
of Las Vegas, Nev., and Cynthia Smith of Elko, Nev.; son, Peter of
Woodland,
Calif.; 11 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; a brother, John,
of
Claremont, Calif.; and sister, Florence Hiller of Burbank, Calif.
Burial was in Sedona
Memorial
Cemetery.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, January 5, 1993, p. 2.
George
F. Woods
George Franklin Woods, 50,
of Hyattsville, Md., former Oberlin resident, died July 21 of an
apparent
heart attack in Washington Adventist Hospital, Tacoma Park, Md.
Born in Pikesville, Ky.,
he was a 1961 graduate of Oberlin High School and a Marine Corps
veteran
of Vietnam.
He was employed as a
custodian
in the Oberlin Public Schools until he moved to the Washington, D.C.,
area
in 1985. He worked as a truck driver after leaving Lorain County.
Survivors include his
wife,
Peggie; sons George Jr. of Oberlin and David of Hyattsville; a
daughter,
Elaine of Hyattsville; a brother, Leonard of Cleveland; sisters, Anna
Moore,
Velma Henry and Tondia Vilyus, all of Oberlin, Maureen Woods of
Schaumberg,
Ill., and Paulette Strange of Columbia, S.C.; and his mother, Leona
Woods
of Oberlin.
His father, George, died
in March 1993.
Services were Monday
morning
in the Cowling Funeral Home with Bishop Oney Fitzpatrick officiating.
Burial was in Westwood
Cemetery.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, July 27, 1993, p. 2.
Elizabeth
A. Worcester
Elizabeth `Libby'
Worcester, 87, of Ashland, died Sunday
(May 23, 1999) at Linda Vista Care Center. A private service is
planned. [She
was a 1930 graduate of OHS.]
Memorial contributions may be made to
the American Cancer
Society, P.O. Box 698, Medford, OR 97501.
Mrs. Worcester enjoyed sewing, crafts
and playing the organ.
Survivors include her husband,
Kenneth, Ashland; three
daughters, Patty Duggan, Ashland, Nancy Rogers, Talent, and Dani Biggs,
Prescott Valley, Ariz.; seven grandchildren; and five
great-grandchildren.
Arrangements: Litwiller-Simonsen
Funeral Home, Ashland.
Mail
Tribune, Jackson County,
Oregon, Wednesday, May 26,
1999.
Florene Emma Worcester
Florene Emma Worcester,
85, a resident of Kendal at Oberlin, died Friday, June 20, 1997, at
Allen
Memorial Hospital following a short illness.
Ms. Worcester had been a
lifelong resident of Oberlin. A [1928] graduate of Oberlin High School,
she was the first “A” student at Prospect School and later
became a
first
grade teacher there.
She retired as principal
of the school in 1973. Ms. Worcester was a graduate of the Oberlin
Kindergarten
Training School and earned her bachelor’s degree from Kent State
University
and a master’s degree in education from Colorado State University.
Ms. Worcester was active
in the United Methodist Church where she served as a teacher and
director
of the Bible School and as church school superintendent. She served as
chairperson of many church committees and was a past president of
United
Methodist Women.
Ms. Worcester served as
president of Beta Gamma Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma, Chapter D.J. of
PEO
and Oberlin Ohio Education Association.
Since her retirement in
1973, Ms. Worcester had been curator of Monroe House, Little Red School
House and Jewett House; she had lived at Jewett House from 1977 until
moving
to Kendal in 1993.
She is survived by a
sister,
Gertrude Ryan of Homesite, California. Ms. Worcester was preceded in
death
by sisters Ada Cook and Hazel Schekelhoff, and her parents George and
Minna
(nee Arndt) Worcester.
A memorial service will
be held at First United Methodist Church at a later date with the Rev.
Al Sprague officiating. Burial will be in East Pittsfield Cemetery. The
Cowling Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, June 24, 1997, p. 2.
Kenneth E.
Worcester
Kenneth E. Worcester,
91, of Ashland, died Monday (June 7,
2004) at Ashland Community Hospital. Arrangements: Litwiller-Simonsen
Funeral
Home and Cremation Center, Ashland.
Worcester was born in Oberlin, Ohio,
to Bertha and Edwin Worcester
in 1912 [and graduated from OHS in 1930]. He had three older sisters,
now deceased.
Ken married Elizabeth (Libby)
Alexander in 1933. He managed
the family dairy in Oberlin for 18 years.
He was a strong community leader,
active in many civic
organizations including Rotary, Chamber of Commerce and the school
board.
1950, the family moved to a suburb of
Kansas City,
Missouri, after Ken had accepted a sales position with Nelson Stud
Welding.
Later the family relocated to Fresno and Sacramento, California. In
1972, Ken
and Libby purchased a convenience store with cabins in Smith River,
California,
which they operated for ten years. Ken served as president of the Del
Norte
County Chamber of Commerce while there.
After Ken and Libby retired they
built a home in Ashland,
Oregon. Ken worked as a custodian and general handyman for the Ashland
School
District. He was admired and loved by teachers and students alike. In
1980 the
school annual was dedicated to him. A World War II buff, Ken attended
Heidelberg (Germany) University in 1932, when Hitler was coming into
power. Ken
shared his pre-WWII experiences and memorabilia with the students in
John
Treadway's English and History classes at Ashland High School for many
years.
Ken's wife of 66 years preceded him
in death in 1999. He is
mourned by his daughters, Patty Duggan of Ashland, Dani Biggs of
Sahuarita,
Arizona, and Nancy Rogers of Talent; as well as his grandchildren and
great-grandchildren; his beloved friend, Molly Gruber, and his many
other
friends and relatives.
Private family services have been
held.
Mail
Tribune, Jackson County,
Oregon, Tuesday &
Wednesday, June 8 & 9, 2004.
James C. Worcester
Pittsfield -- James C. ''Jim'' Worcester, 90, of Pittsfield Township,
died Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2007, following a short illness.
He was born April 7, 1917, in Oberlin.
He served on the Pittsfield Town- ship Zoning Board.
Worcester, a master carpenter, helped build a gymnasium addition at
Franklin School in Elyria and then went on to build many custom homes
for Clark Brothers Inc. Later in life, he was a self-employed carpenter
in the Oberlin and Wellington area. He had previously worked at the
Lorain steel mill and also farmed on the family farm. He also sold
apples.
He was active in saving the American Legion Ball Field after the
closing of the Legion post and was involved in rebuilding the
Pittsfield United Church and parsonage after the 1965 tornado. He
enjoyed fishing, hunting, league bowling and gardening.
Worcester served in the U.S. Navy as a Seabee in the Pacific on
Kwajalein and Wake Island from 1943 through 1945 during World War II.
He was a 1934 graduate of Oberlin High school, where he played
basketball, and graduated from the former Oberlin School of Commerce in
1935.
Survivors include his wife of 65 years, Lucille (nee Portman); sons
James C. Worcester Jr. of Golden, Colo., Charles L. Worcester of
Vermilion and David W. Worcester of Pittsfield Township; brother,
Phillip ''Buss'' Worcester of Akron; sisters Eleanor Coe of Amherst and
Maretta "Peg" Van Ausdale of Florida; and four grandchildren and one
great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by his parents, Daniel
Calvert and Magdalene Lavilla Worcester.
Graveside services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Pittsfield East
Cemetery on SR 303. The Rev. Kenneth Gerhardt will officiate and a
reception will follow at Pittsfield Community Church.
Memorial contributions may be made to the donor's favorite charity. To
send online condolence, go to www.norton-eastmanfuneralhome.com.
Arrangements by Norton-Eastman Funeral Home, Wellington.
The Morning Journal,
Lorain, Ohio, Thursday, September 06, 2007.
Mary Elizabeth Worcester
Mary Elizabeth Worcester,
80, lifelong Oberlin resident, died March 7 at the MetroHealth Medical
Center in Cleveland after a short illness.
A 1932 graduate of Oberlin
High School, she helped her late husband, Otis, run the Worcester Shoe
Repair business based in their home.
She enjoyed reading.
She is survived by four
daughters, Lois A. West of Vermilion, Joan Goodenow of Amherst, Beth E.
Hawley of Indianapolis, Ind., and Kathy J. Billington of Toledo; two
sons,
Richard of Amherst and Roger of Elyria; 16 grandchildren; and 21
great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Otis L.; a granddaughter, Barbara Billington; and a
brother,
William Maroney.
Graveside services were
March 10 at Westwood Cemetery.
The Cowling Funeral Home
handled arrangements.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, March 14, 1995, p. 3.
Service held at funeral home for Nina E.
Worcester,
83
Funeral services were held
yesterday afternoon at the Cowling Funeral Home for Mrs. Herman (Nina
E.)
Worcester, 83, of 271 Elm. She died Sunday night at Allen Hospital
after
a six months illness.
Born in Akron Dec. 31,
1882,
Mrs. Worcester had lived in Oberlin for 22 years [and was a 1902
graduate
of OHS]. She was a member of First Methodist Church.
Besides her husband she
is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Mary Alice Bradley of Wellington;
three
sons, Lloyd of Elyria, Max of Racine, Wis., and Kenneth of Louisville,
Ky.; nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Rev. Forest Waller
conducted
the services. Burial was in East Pittsfield Cemetery.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, August 25, 1966, p. 5.
Otis Worcester, Repaired shoes
Otis Worcester, 81, of
Oberlin,
was dead on arrival Thursday at Allen Memorial Hospital in Oberlin
after
a short illness.
Born in Oberlin,
[graduated
from OHS in 1931, and] he was a life-long resident.
He worked in plant
operations
at Parsons Jersey Dairy for 30 years, retiring in 1976. He also
operated
the Worcester Shoe Repair in his home for many years until 1980.
Survivors include his
wife,
Mary E.; sons, Richard of Amherst and Roger of Elyria; daughters, Lois
A. “Pam” West of Vermilion, Joan Goodenow of Amherst, Beth
E. Hawley of
Indianapolis and Kathy J. Billington of Toledo; 16 grandchildren; 21
great-grandchildren;
brother, Howard of Mesa, Ariz.; sister, Aletha Doane of Sun Valley,
Calif.;
stepbrother, Wilbur Williams of Wellington; and step-sisters Marcia
Williams
and Floris Broud, both of Wellington and Helen Dupler of Oberlin.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, Levi and Clara.
Services are private.
Burial
will be in Westwood Cemetery.
The Chronicle-Telegram,
Elyria,
Ohio, Friday, May 6, 1994, p. C2.
Mrs. Ella Worner
Mrs. Ella Maud Worner, 92,
of 2452 Brazilia Dr., Clearwater, Fla., died yesterday at 7:50 p.m. at
Clearwater Hospital.
Mrs. Worner was born in
Oberlin [and graduated from OHS in 1901]. She was a member of Spanish
American
War Veterans Auxiliary of Lorain.
Surviving are three
daughters,
Mrs. Ruth Calancy and Mrs. Gladys Drake, both of Clearwater, and Mrs.
Emma
Peters of St. Petersburg, Fla.; eight grandchildren and 12
great-grandchildren.
A graveside service will
be conducted Saturday at 11 a.m. at Elmwood Cemetery, Lorain, with the
Rev. Ernest L. Stone, pastor of First Congregational United Church of
Christ,
Lorain, officiating.
The Walter A. Frey Funeral
Home, Lorain, has charge of local arrangements.
The Chronicle-Telegram,
Elyria,
Ohio, Thursday, August 8, 1974, p. C-2.
Marjorie V. Worthington
Elyria - Marjorie V.
Worthington
(nee Humphrey), 97, formerly of LaPorte and Elyria, died Friday, Aug.
8,
2003, at Harris Methodist Hospital, Fort Worth, Texas.
She was born Jan. 18,
1906,
in South Amherst. She lived in Elyria from 1970 until she moved to
Texas
in 2001 to live with her daughter, Ada Crawford.
She graduated from Oberlin
High School [class of 1924?] and attended the Oberlin Conservatory of
Music.
Mrs. Worthington and her
late husband, Floyd "Toad" Worthington, owned and operated a trucking
business
and the Frostop Drive-In, both in LaPorte.
She was a member of St.
Andrew Episcopal Church, Elyria, where she sang in the choir, and was a
member of the Oberlin Historical Society. She enjoyed travel, sewing
and
playing bridge.
Survivors include her
daughter,
Ada Crawford, of Azle, Texas; and seven grandchildren, 17
great-grandchildren
and two great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her
husband,
Floyd G. "Toad" Worthington, in 1979; son, Max L. Worthington, in 1998;
daughter, Sarah Urban, in 2001; and brothers Cecil and Oliver Humphrey.
Services will be Monday
at 11 a.m. in St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 300 Third St., Elyria. The
Rev. Frances McNutt, rector, will officiate. Burial will be in LaPorte
Cemetery, Carlisle Township.
Memorial contributions may
be made to St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 300 Third St., Elyria 44035.
Dicken Funeral Home,
Elyria,
handled arrangements.
The Morning Journal,
Lorain, Ohio, Wednesday, August 13, 2003.
Celia Lounette Wotring
LaGrange
Miss Celia L. Notring [Wotring] died at the home of her father, David
[Wotring] on North Main street, Friday evening after an illness of many
months. The funereal was held from the home Monday at 1 p.m. Rev. Yoder
pastor of the M. E. church conducted the services. [Miss Wotring was an
1883 graduate of OHS. She married Robert Erastus McKisson at LaGrange,
Ohio, on Dec. 2, 1891, and they were divorced about Nov. 1900 at which
time she legally changed her name back to Wotring, her maiden name.
Robert McKisson was mayor of Cleveland for two terms in 1895-98.]
The Evening Telegram,
Elyria, Ohio, Wednesday, December 14, 1910, p. 2.
La Grange
Miss Celia Wotring died Saturday afternoon from the effects of cancer.
The funeral of Miss Celia Wotring occurred at the residence Monday
afternoon.
The Evening Telegram,
Elyria, Ohio, Thursday, December 15, 1910, p. 8.
Edman W. Wright
Edman W[ait] Wright, 87, of West Palm Beach, Fla., died Saturday at a
nursing home there.
Formerly of Elyria [and a 1915 graduate of OHS], he had resided in West
Palm Beach for the past 20 years.
A former member of the United Presbyterian Church, Elyria, he was a
member of Lakeside Presbyterian Church, West Palm Beach.
He is survived by a daughter, Ruth W. Wing; five grandchildren; four
great-grandchildren; and a brother, Edmund B. Wright, of Wheaton, Ill.
Graveside services were held Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at Hillcrest Memorial
Park Cemetery, West Palm Beach.
Arrangements were handled by the Mizell-Faville-Zern Funeral Chapel,
West Palm Beach.
The Chronicle-Telegram,
Elyria, Ohio, Wednesday, November 27, 1985, p. B-2.
Miss Etta M. Wright Dies; Funeral Was Monday
Had Been Prominent and
Greatly Respected Resident Here for 62 Years
Funeral services were held
on Monday for Miss Etta M. Wright, 73, who died at Allen Hospital on
Saturday,
December 18. Services were conducted by Rev. Joseph F. King at the
Sedgeman
Parlors and burial was in Westwood Cemetery.
Miss Wright was born in
Bakersfield, Vermont, January 18, 1870, the daughter of G. Frederick
and
Huldah Maria Day Wright. A graduate of [OHS in 1886 and of] Oberlin
College
with the class of ’93, Miss Wright had been a resident of Oberlin
for
62
years. She was assistant in the Oberlin College library from 1895 to
1899
and from 1921 until 1935.
Interested in Oberlin
History
Miss Wright was the author
of a number of articles including “How to Use the Library,”
published
in
the Oberlin College Occasional Bulletin No. I, in 1896, “History
of the
Oberlin Colony and College,” published in the Oberlin College
Alumni
Magazine
in April, 1932, and numerous articles on the history of Oberlin which
have
appeared in the Oberlin News-Tribune.
Prominent in W.C.T.U.
Work
Very active in the W. C.
T. U., Miss Wright was secretary of that organization in Oberlin from
1901
to 1909; president from 1909 till 1924; and secretary-treasurer of the
Lorain County W. C. T. U. organization from 1920 till 1924. She was a
member
of the First Church.
Miss Wright’s
father, a
graduate of Oberlin College in 1859, was a professor in the Oberlin
Seminary
from 1881 to 1907. For many years the family made their home in Elmwood
Place, which was designed and planned by Mrs. Wright.
Miss Wright is survived
by one sister, Miss Helen Wright of Cleveland and a niece, Miss Lena
Berle
of New York City.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Wednesday, December 22, 1943, p. 1.
H.
Emory Wright
H. Emory Wright of Dayton
Beach, Fla., died there on Feb. 1. Mr. Wright was graduated from
Oberlin
High School in 1915 and attended Syracuse University. He is survived by
his wife, Margaret, and two sons, and by his brother, John F. Wright,
1719
Paula Dr., Columbus, also a long-time Oberlin resident.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, February 6, 1975, p. 10.
Services scheduled today for Helen M.
Wright,
103
Services for Helen Marcia
Wright, 103, the oldest alumna of Oberlin College, will be held at the
Cowling Funeral Home at 10 a.m. today. Rev. John Elder will officiate
and
burial will be in Westwood Cemetery. Miss Wright died Tuesday morning
at
the Elyria Home.
Born on Dec. 7, 1879, in
Andover, Mass., she grew up in Oberlin. Her father, G. Frederick
Wright,
taught theology at Oberlin College from 1881-1907 and both parents came
from pioneer families in this area. After graduating from [Oberlin High
School in 1897 and from] Oberlin College in 1902, she taught in public
schools in Massachusetts and Ohio and then became a social worker,
first
with the Associated Charities in Washington, D.C., and later with the
Cleveland
Humane Society and the Cuyahoga County Child Welfare Board.
On retiring in 1946, she
moved back to Oberlin and lived at 132 Elm until going to the Elyria
Home
in 1968. She was active in the local American Red Cross chapter and was
a member of First Church. She enjoyed walking and many Oberlinians
remember
seeing her on her daily walks. For many years she served as president
of
her OC class of 1902.
She is survived by five
nieces and one nephew.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, May 5, 1983, p. 2.
Helen M. Wright died May
3, 1983, at the Elyria Methodist Home, her residence since 1968. She
was 103 years old, which made her the oldest living graduate known to
the College. She was born Dec. 7 1879, in Andover, Mass., and grew up
in Oberlin, the daughter of G. Frederick Wright ’59, professor of
theology 1881-07. She was featured in the Oberlin Alumni Magazine
(Jan-Feb 1980) and was mentioned in the article “Five Alumni have
celebrated 100th birthdays” (Winter 1982).
She retired in 1946 after more than 30 years as a social worker in
Lorain, Washington, D.C., and Cleveland. She worked for the Washington
Associated Charities, the Social Settlement House in Lorain, the
Cleveland Humane Society in the children’s division, the Cuyahoga
County Child Welfare Board and the Associated Charities of Cleveland.
After graduating from [OHS in 1897 and] Oberlin [College in 1902,] she
studied at Boston Normal School and then taught in the public school
systems of Boston and Wauseon, Ohio. She then moved to Washington,
D.C., to do general office work and editing for her brother, Frederick
’97, editor of the magazine Records of the Past.
She was a former board member of the American Red Cross and a member of
the First Church in Oberlin. She was listed as class president until
her death.
She was preceded in death by sisters Mary Berle ’89 and Etta M.
Wright
’93 [OHS ‘86] and her brother.
The Oberlin Alumni Magazine,
Oberlin, Ohio, Summer 1983, p. 74.
Mrs. Nellie K. Wright
Oberlin—Mrs. Nellie
Katharine
[Parsons] Wright, 87, of 124 Woodland Ave., a resident of Oberlin since
1898 [when she graduated from OHS], died last night in Allen Memorial
Hospital
after an illness of several weeks. She was born in Vermilion.
Mrs. Wright was graduated
from Oberlin Academy and received her BA degree from Oberlin College in
1903. She was a member of First Congregational United Church of Christ,
Phi Beta Kappa, and the 19th Century Club. Her husband, Clarence J.
Wright,
died in April, 1932.
Surviving are a daughter,
Mrs. Ernest (Mary) Fisk, and a son, Robert B., both of Oberlin; a
grandson;
two great-grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Charles Weeks of Oberlin.
The Rev. Fred Schumacher
will officiate at the funeral service Saturday at 1:30 p.m. in the
funeral
home. Burial will be in Westwood Cemetery.
Friends will be received
at the funeral home after 2 p.m. tomorrow.
The Chronicle-Telegram,
Elyria,
Ohio, Thursday, January 9, 1969, p. 26.
Randolph “Randy” Wright
Word has been received of
funeral services in Pennsylvania for Randolph “Randy”
Wright, 34. He
died
after a 63-year old man described as a good neighbor walked to a
poolside
party Wright was attending, shot four people and killed himself.
Fifteen people, some with
small children, were at the party when Joseph Shingle walked down the
driveway
with a .30 caliber carbine and a .32 pistol and started shooting.
Guests
ran fro their lives. Edward McCaskey, 34, the host, also died.
A double funeral for
Randolph
Wright and McCaskey was held in Abingdon. Burial was in Pittsburgh. The
tragedy occurred Sept. 7.
There had been no
complaints
to police about the party being loud. Upper Moreland police said
neighbors
told them they were awakened by the gunfire, but not by the party. The
man who did the shooting was a retired carpenter whose motive is not
known.
Mr. Wright is survived by
his wife, Joan, and two sons, Andy, 5, and Ricky 2; his parents, Mr.
and
Mrs. D.W. Wright; four brothers; and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
John
F. Wright of Columbus, also former Oberlin residents.
Randy Wright attended
Oberlin
elementary school and the junior high school and spent two years at
Oberlin
High before his parents moved to Cleveland. He was graduated from
Carnegie-Mellon
in Pittsburgh.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, October 8, 1981, p. 2.
Robert B. Wright
Robert B. Wright, 75, a
lifelong resident of Oberlin, died last Friday night at Lorain
Community
Hospital after an illness of a year and a half.
He was manager of the
state
store in Amherst for over 20 years, retiring in 1975.
He [graduated from Oberlin
High School in 1928,] attended Oberlin College, was a veteran of World
War II, and a member of the H.A.M. 858 Post War Club.
He is survived by a son,
Robert Jr., of Ocean Springs, Miss.; a sister, Mrs. Ernest (Mary) Fisk
of Oberlin; and four grandchildren.
Services were Monday
afternoon
in the Cowling Funeral Home with Rev. John Elder of First Church
officiating.
Burial was in Westwood Cemetery.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, April 12, 1984, p. 2.
Robert B. Wright died
April 6, 1984, in Lorain, after a 1 ½ year illness. He was born
in Oberlin, Jan. 27, 1909, the son of Nellie K. Parsons Wright
’03 and
the grandson of Hattie Brooks Parsons ’82. [He graduated from OHS
in
1928 and was a member of the Oberlin College class of 1932.] He worked
in the Wright grocery store, was assistant to the college electrician
in the ‘40s and was manager of the State Store in Amherst for
over 20
years, retiring in 1975.
He leaves his wife, the former Ethel Rowe, a son, four grandchildren
and sister Mary W. Fisk ’28 of Oberlin.
The Oberlin Alumni Magazine,
Oberlin, Ohio, Summer 1984, p. 68.
Esther P. Rogers Wyckoff
Esther P. Rogers Wyckoff,
85, of Oberlin, died Dec. 18 at Welcome Nursing Home after a long
illness.
Born in Pittsfield
Township,
she lived in Oberlin most of her life and was a 1930 graduate of
Oberlin
High School.
Mrs. Wyckoff worked for
10 years as executive secretary for Oberlin Community Services.
In 1981, she received the
Senior Citizens Award for community service in recognition of
outstanding
achievement in serving the human needs of the Oberlin community.
She was a member of First
United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Wyckoff enjoyed
reading,
sewing and participating in family activities.
Survivors include her
daughters,
Linda Fridenstine and Monte Dale Rybarczyk, both of Oberlin, and Myrna
Reinders of LaGrange; nine grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and
a brother, Forest Rogers of Oberlin.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Monte Dale Wyckoff, in 1978; her parents, William and
Hattie
(nee Schart) Rogers; and a sister, Elizabeth Hastings.
Services were Dec. 20 at
the Cowling Funeral Home, with the Rev. Michael Ausperk officiating.
Burial
was in Westwood Cemetery.
Memorial gifts may be made
to the Oberlin Schools Endowment Fund, 153 N. Main St., Oberlin; or to
the First United Methodist Church, Elm and Professor Sts., Oberlin.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, December 23, 1997, p. 2.
Services Held For Clifford Wynn, 44
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon at the Cowling-Sedgeman Funeral Home for Clifford
Cordin
Wynn, 44, who died suddenly last Thursday at 1 a. m. at his home, 123
N.
Pleasant St., of a heart attack.
Mr. Wynn, born in Elyria
on Oct. 25, 1907, [and a 1925 graduate of OHS,] had lived in this
vicinity
all his life. He was a drill press operator at the Western Automatic in
Elyria.
Surviving Mr. Wynn are one
daughter, Cordynette, Oberlin; his mother, Mrs. Mattie Robinson,
Oberlin;
his father, Charles Wynn, Elyria; and a sister, Mrs. Lovelene House,
Cleveland.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Thursday, June 19, 1952, p. 6.
Sidney
Wynn Jr.
Sidney Wynn Jr., 67, of
Oberlin, died July 6 at his home after a two-month illness.
Born in Cleveland, he
lived
in Oberlin for most of his life. He was a graduate of Oberlin High
School.
Mr. Wynn served in the
Army
during the Korean War.
He worked as a press
operator
at Smith and Jones in Elyria for 28 years; for the past 11 years, he
had
worked as a security officer at Allen Memorial Hospital.
Mr. Wynn attended Mount
Zion Baptist Church. He was a member of the American Legion and the VFW.
He enjoyed fishing,
gardening,
bowling and traveling.
Survivors include his
wife,
Mary B. (nee Gordon); sons Brian of Elyria, Taylor of Oberlin and Alvin
of South Euclid; a stepson, David Moore Sr. of Oberlin; daughters
Saundra
W. Fenn of Elyria and Linda Hodge of Oberlin; step-daughters Charlene
M.
Noble and Rita M. Seavers, both of Oberlin, and Shirley M. Davis of
Columbus;
24 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; a sister, Mildred Hopewell of
Decatur, Ga.; and a stepbrother, Michael Green, of Columbus.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, Sidney Sr. and Ruby (nee Cobb); sisters Betty Jean
Moore
and Ethel Huff and a brother, John Robinson.
Services were July 9 at
the Cowling Funeral Home with the Rev. Fred L. Bell of Mount Zion
Baptist
Church and the Rev. Charles B. Mayle of the Christian Missionary
Alliance
officiating.
Interment was in Westwood
Cemetery.
Oberlin News-Tribune,
Oberlin,
Ohio, Tuesday, July 14, 1998, p. 3.