Ross County OhArchives Obituaries.....Storts, (Mert) Myrtle (Hester) October 1, 1968 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ralph Cokonougher rcokon@hotmail.com May 11, 2006, 3:48 pm From an old August 1968 newspaper clipping. The newspaper is unknown, but is most likely the "Greenfield Daily Times" of Greenfield, Ohio, or, the "Chillicothe, Ohio "Gazette": Mrs. Myrtle Storts. Mrs. Myrtle Hester Storts, 86, Frankfort Rt. 2, died Thursday at 9:30 a.m. in her residence. Born Dec. 1, 1882 in Ross county, she was a daughter of Joseph and Hannah Long Hester. Her husband, Harrison Storts, died Sept. 6. 1961. She was a member of the Methodist Church. Mrs. Storts is survived by three sons, Maurice H., Homer E. and Roy E., all of Frankfort Rt. 2, and 8 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by two sons, a brother and a sister. Service will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Murray funeral home. Rev. Howard C. Pettit will officiate. Interment will be made in South Salem cemetery. Friends may call at Murray's after 2 p.m., Saturday. Additional Comments: From the 15 August 1907, Greenfield, Ohio "The Greenfield Republican" newspaper, Vol. 7, No. 17: "LOWER TWIN VALLEY. Mr. and Mrs. Harcy Storts, of Pricer's Ridge, and son Alonzo, Sundayed with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hester." ****************************************************** From the 9 Jan. 1908 Greenfield, Ohio "The Greenfield Republican" newspaper, Vol. 46, No. 38: "LOWER TWIN VALLEY. Mrs. Harcy Storts and family were the guests of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hester." ****************************************************** From the Thursday, 19 March 1908 Greenfield, Ohio "The Greenfield Republican" newspaper, Vol. 46, No. 48: "LOWER TWIN VALLEY. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Storts and two children spent Saturday and Sunday with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hester." ****************************************************** From the Thursday, 23 July 1908 Greenfield, Ohio "The Greenfield Republican" newspaper, Vol. 47, No. 14: "LOWER TWIN VALLEY" Mrs. Myrtle Storts and children spent Saturday night with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hester. . . . . . . Left over from last week: Mr. Arthur Long and brother of Owlcreek, called on their uncle Mr. Joseph Hester, Saturday night and Sunday." File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/ross/obits/storts412nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ohfiles/ File size: 2.7 Kb