OBITS: MAXWELL, Wilmer Jefferson County Ohio

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DEATH CLAIMS W.L.MAXWELL 
Grocery Store Owner Dies at 85. 

Monday, July 15th. 1857 
Wilmer L. Maxwell, 85, of 321 Woodlawn Rd., a life resident of Steubenville, 
died Sunday at 12:35 a.m. in his home. He had been in failing health two 
years and seriously ill three days. Before retiring 20 years ago he owned 
and operated Maxwell's Grocery Store on Pennsylvania Avenue for 30 years. 
Mr. & Mrs. Maxwell had celebrated their 52nd. Wedding anniversary, July 5. 
Born Dec., 4, 1871, in Unionport, Ohio, he was a son of the late David 
Wakefield (Correction; it is Wakeman) and Caroline Cable. Mr. Maxwell was 
a member of the LaBelle View Methodist Church. 
He leaves his widow, Mrs. Anna Johnson Maxwell; two daughters, Mrs. Wilma 
M. Yeomans of Washington, D. C., Mrs Ruth Weiss of St. Louis, Mo.; 
two brothers, David G. Maxwell of New Alexandria, Ohio, Robert Maxwell of 
San Jose, Calif.; a sister, Mrs Ella Loham of Steubenville and seven 
grandchildren. A brother, Oliver Maxwell, and a sister, Mrs. Rose Lowmill 
(correction: Lowmiller), preced him in death. Friends may call at the 
McClave Funeral Home from 7 p. to 9p.m. today and from 2p.m. to 4p.m. and 
from 7p.m. to 9p.m. Tuesday. Services will be in McClave Chapel Wednesday 
at 2p.m. The Rev. Mr. Ray Krepps and the Rev. Mr. J. E. Manton will 
officiate. Burial wil be in Union Cemetery.