JEFFERSON COUNTY OHIO - OBIT: MAXWELL, David G. (d. 1967)
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David G. Maxwell, 87, Summoned By Death.
(Steubenville, Oh. newspaper, died 13 Feb. 1967)
David G. Maxwell, former three-term mayor of Mingo Junction, died at
5:20 p.m., Monday in Ohio Valley Hospital, Steubenville, after a lengthy
illness. He was 87.
Mr. Maxwell had been residing with his son, Joseph E. Maxwell of Efts
Lane, Wintersville, since 1963.
Mr. Maxwell was elected mayor of Mingo Junction in  1915 and served
three consecutive terms. In 1947, he was elected mayor of the community
of New Alexandria, again serving three terms.
Retired in 1945
Mr. Maxwell retired in 1945 from the Old Carnegie-Illnois Steel Co., at
Mingo Junction, where he had worked 42 years. He was superintendent of
the plants transportation and labor department.
Active in civi affairs, he helped pioneer the first hospital in
Steubenville and later served on the board of directors of Ohio Valley
Hospital until 1946. He served on the Mingo Board of Education in the
early 1930's and at one time was superintendent of the Mingo Junction
playgrounds. He was past president of the New Alexandria Cemetery
Association and past president of the Farmers Institute Association. He
aslo was a past master of the Liberty Grage.
Elder, Clerk in Church
Mr. Maxwell, was a member of First United Presbyterian Church, Mingo
Jct. serving as an elder and clerk of sessions for many years. A 32nd.
Degree Mason, Scottish Rite, he was a member of Steubenville Lodge 45, F
& AM, and the IOOF of Steubenville.
He leaves three sons, Joseph E. Maxwell of Wintersville, David M.
Maxwell of Fort Myers, Fla., Howard C. Maxwell, of Steubenville; a
daughter, Mrs. W.J. (Alice) Christie of Palo Alto, Ca.; a brother,
Robert B. Maxwell of San Jose, Calif; a sister Mrs. Ella Lowman of
Steubenville; 14 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. His wife,
Mrs. Ina Rhea Kline Maaxwell, died in 1954. He also is preceded in death
by a daughter, two brothers and a sister.
Friends may call at the Murphy-Blaschalk Funeral Home, Mingo Jct., from
2-4 pm., and 7-9 pm., today and Wednesday; Masonic services there
Wednesday, 7:30 pm. by Lodge 45; IOOF services Wednesday, 8 pm at First
United Presbyterian Church, Mingo Junction; Rev. Mr. Moss Rutan; the
body will lie in state in the church from 11 a.m., Thursday until
service time; burial in New Alexandria Cemetery.