OHIO STATEWIDE FILES OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List Issue 212 *********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 01 : Issue 212 Today's Topics: #1 Obit: Robert Storts, 1986, Ross Co ["Ralph W. Cokonougher" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: Obit: Robert Storts, 1986, Ross Co. Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed The following obituary of Robert Storts (a native of Ross County, Ohio) is from 14 April 1986 issue of the Greenfield, Ohio "Greenfield Daily Times". Robert was the son of Roy Storts and Frances (Brown) Storts. "STORTS. Robert B. Storts, 63, of Tucson, Ariz. died Friday, April 11. Mr. Storts was a 32nd degree Mason and a member of the Tucson Mason's Lodge No. 4, the F. & A.M., the Scottish Rites Valley of Tucson and Sabbar Temple, a World War II veteran, and a member of the V.F.W. No. 10056 of Dublis, Wyo. He was preceded in death by two sons, Tony Lynn and Robert Jr., and is survived by his wife M. Louise Storts of Tucson; a son, Richard Storts of Chillicothe; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Orr, Wanda McMurray and Gail Storts, a brother, Francis Storts, all of Ohio, and several nieces and nephews. Service will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Evergreen Mortuary in Tucson with Dr. Richard F. Rowley officiating. The Masonic Sojourners will also officiate. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Mr. Storts was a member of the South Salem Presbyterian Church where a memorial service will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 27." _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 13:37:57 +0000 From: "Ralph W. Cokonougher" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: Obit: Fern Hester, Fern Tapp, 1986, Ross Co. Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed The following obituary, of Ross County, Ohio native Fern Hester Tapp, is from the 19 May 1986 issue of the Greenfield, Ohio "Greenfield Daily Times", page 12. Fern was the daughter of Harold and Nora Hester and lived on Turkey Ridge Rd. in Ross County, Ohio while growing up. "TAPP. Mrs. Fern Hester Tapp, 39, of Walton, Ky., died Thursday, May 15 in Covington, Ky. A stenographer for the R.L. Polk Co., Cincinnati, she is survived by her husband Kenneth; her mother, Mrs. Nora Hester of Greenfield; four brothers, Lawrence, Dwight and Gary, all of Greenfield, and Warren of Leesburg; eight sisters, Mrs. Viola Cokonougher and Mrs. Martha Barnhart, both of Bainbridge, and Mrs. Dorothy Watson, Mrs. Violet Koch and Mrs. Janet Pauley, all of Greenfield, Mrs. Mary Kingery of Circleville, Mrs. Libby Hayden of Cincinnati, and Mrs. Ruth Barrows of Chillicothe. Services were held at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Allison and Rose Funeral Home, 5445 Taylor Mill Pk., Taylor Mill, Ky. Burial was in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Erlanger, Ky." ********************************************** _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 13:40:38 +0000 From: "Ralph W. Cokonougher" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: Obit: Minnie Hester, Minnie Wilson, 1986, Ross Co. Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed The following obituary is from the 2 June 1986, Greenfield, Ohio "Greenfield Daily Times", page 9: "HESTER. Minnie Alice Hester, 95, of Case Convalescent Center and formerly of South Salem, died at 12:43 p.m. Sunday, June 1 in Fayette Memorial Hospital following a lingering illness. Born May 31, 1891 in Ross County, she was the daughter of James Lawson and Addie May Hester Wilson. A member of the South Salem Methodist Church and the South Salem Garden Club and former postmistress at South Salem, Mrs. Hester was preceded in death by her husband Harley E. Hester on June 18, 1956. She is survived by several nieces and nephews and was preceded in death by two brothers and a sister. Service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in Murray's Funeral Home with the Rev. Norman Beckwith officiating. Burial will be in South Salem Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Tuesday." _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 13:43:03 +0000 From: "Ralph W. Cokonougher" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: Obit: William Stroup, 1973, Fayette & Franklin Co Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed The following obituary is from a June 1973 newspaper clipping. The name of the newspaper is not shown on the clipping. "STROUP. William Floyd Stroup, 71, Mt. Sterling Rt. 3, died Tuesday at Berger Hospital, Circleville. Born in Franklin County Jan. 3, 1902, he was the son of Seymour and Laura Garrison Stroup. Surviving are his wife, Hazel Forsythe Stroup, three sons, Edward Stroup, Massachusetts; Franklin Stroup, Tarrelton, and Bryan Eugene Stroup, Circleville; seven daughters, Mrs. Walter (Mabel) Watts, Mechanicsburg; Mrs. James (Betty) Wilks, Blanchester; Mrs. James (Waneta) Hughes, Columbus; Mrs. Jack (Alice) Kuhns, Circleville; Mrs. Gaylord (Edith) Daniels and Mrs. Janet Donaldson, both of Mt. Sterling, and Miss Mary Louise Stroup, at home; two brothers, four sisters, 25 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Porter Funeral Home, Mt. Sterling, officiated by Rev. Robert McNeely. Burial will follow in Pleasant Cemetery, Mt. Sterling. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Wednesday." _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #5 Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 13:45:45 +0000 From: "Ralph W. Cokonougher" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: Obit: Donald Leach, 1973, Highland Co. Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed The following obituary is from an old newspaper clipping of my mother's. She did not list the name of the newspaper, but she did write a date of Sept. 9, 1973 on the clipping. I don't know if this is the date of the paper or the date of death. "LEACH. Donald F. Leach, 59, Leesburg, died Sunday at 6:15 a.m. in Fayette Memorial Hospital, following an illness of one year. He was employed as a signal maintenance operator for the B&O Railroad for 38 years. Born Aug. 9, 1914, he was the son of Austin and Anna Street Leach. Mr. Leach was a member of the Leesburg United Methodist Church, where service will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. Rev. Starling Morrow and Rev. Robert Blaine will officiate. The Patterson Funeral Home, Leesburg, will make burial in Greenfield Cemetery. Friends will be received at Patterson's after 4 p.m. Tuesday. Mr. Leach is survived by his wife, the former Esther Storts; a daughter, Mrs. Barbara Kress, Tipp City, O.; a son, Daryl, Kettering; a sister, Mrs. Mariam Cahill, Chillicothe; two brothers, Howard Leach, Chillicothe, and James Leach, San Diego, Calif., and four grandchildren." _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #6 Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 13:49:05 +0000 From: "Ralph W. Cokonougher" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: Obit: Charles Barnes, 1971, Highland Co. Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed The following obituary is from an October 1971 issue of the Greenfield, Ohio "Greenfield Daily Times": "BARNES. Charles Barnes, 69, 225 McClain av., died Sunday at 6:30 p.m. in Grant Hospital, Columbus. Born May 22, 1902, in Lexington, Ky., he was a son of George and Mary Woolums Barnes. On Aug. 6, 1949, he married the former Elnora Jones, who survives. He was a retired employe of the U.S. Shoe Corporation, where he had worked for 27 years. Surviving in addition to his wife are two sons and seven daughters, Benny, Perry L. and Patricia Ann Barnes, all of Greenfield, Mrs. Lewis (Louise) Weller, of Cincinnati, Mrs. William (Chloe) Garrison, of Worthington, Mrs. James (Ida) Albright, of Columbus, Mrs. Chris Mathews, Boston, Miss., Mrs. Dale (Jeanne) Wilkin, of Grove City, and Mrs. Maurice (Maxine) Shady, Greenfield Rt. 3; 22 grandchildren and three sisters, Mrs. Rhoda Van Winkle and Mrs. Marie Van Winkle, both of Richmond, Ky., and Mrs. Cinda Hall, of Lexington, Ky. Funeral service will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Murray Funeral Home with Rev. Arthur Alexander officiating. Interment will be made in Roads Cemetery. Friends will be received at Murray's after 4 p.m., Tuesday." _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #7 Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 13:51:40 +0000 From: "Ralph W. Cokonougher" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: Obit: Homer Jenkins, 1970, Highland Co. Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed The following newspaper clipping is from an unidentified January 1970 newspaper. Homer Jenkins died 28 Jan. 1970. "DEATHS. JENKINS. Homer L. Jenkins, 54, of Leesburg, died Thursday at 7 p.m. in Mercy Hospital, Columbus. He was injured in an accident Jan. 18, while working at Candle-Lite, Inc., Leesburg. A World War II veteran, he was born May 1, 1916 in Highland County, a son of Lester and Inez Washburn Jenkins. On Feb. 16, 1963, he married the former Laura Bailey, who survives. He was a member of the Hillsboro Veterans of Foreign War Post 3760. In addition to his wife, Mr. Jenkins is survived by his mother, of Greenfield; a stepson, Goble Riggs, of Leesburg; and four sisters, Mary Jenkins, of Greenfield; Mrs. Charles (Mildred) Faulconer, Greenfield Rt. 1, and Mrs. Edwin (Beulah Jane) Wells and Mrs. Donald (Betty) Swaringen, both of Woodstock. He was preceded in death by two brothers and a sister. Last rites will be read Monday at 2 p.m. in the Murray Funeral Home, Rev. Frank Dunn will officiate. Interment will be made in Beaver Cemetery. Friends will be received at Murray's after 2 p.m., Sunday." _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #8 Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 13:54:55 +0000 From: "Ralph W. Cokonougher" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: Obit: Robert Kneisley, 1973, Highland & Fayette Co. Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed The following obituary is from an undated, unnamed newspaper clipping in my mother's scrapbook. Mr. Kneisley died 7 Dec. 1973. "KNEISLEY. Robert L. Kneisley, Sr., 62, 111 North st, died Friday at 7 p.m. in the Veterans Administration Hospital, Dayton, following an illness of two months. He owned and operated Kneisley Hillside Carryout in Greenfield for the past 15 years. Born in Fayette County Sept. 4, 1911, he was a son of John W. and Sylvia M. Free Kneisley. On June 17, 1941, he married the former Clara Jane Davidson who survives. A World War II veteran of the U.S. Army, he was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Marshall, O., and Paint Aerie 1325, Fraternal Order of Eagles, Greenfield, the Greenfield American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Last rites will be read Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the Murray Funeral Home with Rev. Robert K. Blaine officiating. Burial will be in Greenfield Cemetery. Visitation will be at Murray's after 4 p.m. Monday. The Eagles Lodge will hold service Monday at 8 p.m. In addition to his wife, Mr. Kneisley is survived by a daughter and three sons, Mrs. Joanne Litteral, Springfield, Robert L. Kneisley Jr., Greenfield, James W. Kneisley, serving with the U.S. Navy at Tacoma, Wash., and Frederick D. Kneisley, at home; five grandchildren and a brother and a sister, Everett Kneisley, Springfield, and Mrs. Althea Miller, Columbus. Another daughter, Sylvia K. Kneisley, a granddaughter and a sister preceded him in death." _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #9 Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 13:57:04 +0000 From: "Ralph W. Cokonougher" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: Obit: Earl Kerns, 1971, Highland Co. Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed The following obituary is from an October 1971 newspaper clipping, exact date and name of newspaper not known: "KERNS. Earl C. Kerns, 67, 1032 Childs. st, died Sunday at 9 a.m. in Greenfield Municipal Hospital. Mr. Kerns was born Feb. 5, 1904 in Samantha, a son of Oliver and Mary Holmes Kerns. On July 30, 1930, he married the former Virginia Mercer, who survives. He was a member of the Down Bible Student Association. He had been employed for 50 years as a plasterer and contractor. Last rites will be read Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Murray Funeral Home. Brother Ernest K. Penrose will officiate. Burial will be made in Gilboa Cemetery, New Petersburg. Visitation will be held at Murray's after 4 p.m. today. In addition to his wife, Mr. Kerns is survived by his mother, of Greenfield; four sons, Lowell E., of Charleston, W. Va., Donald E., of South Salem, and Charles E. and Richard W. Kerns , both of Greenfield; five daughters, Mrs. Robert (Lois) Mottie, Mrs. Lowell (Marianna) Cohmer and Mrs. David (Helen) Ellis, all of Greenfield, Mrs. Howard (Frances) Wallace, of Springfield, and Mrs. Jerry (Linda) Kidder, of Naughatuck, W. Va.; 24 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Richard (Agnes) Badgley, of Greenfield." _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ______________________________ -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V01 Issue #212 *******************************************