OBIT:  John Sherman DITCH, 1959, Native of Shady Grove, Franklin County, PA

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HEART ATTACK KILLS HUNTER OPENING DAY

DITCH - Hunting season came to Ohio Monday with the usual careless shooting. 
The first day in the Wayne-Holmes-Medina area claimed one life, by heart 
attack, and wounded four hunters, none seriously. John Sherman Ditch, 73, of 
Burbank died of a heart attack while hunting on a farm near Burbank Monday 
afternoon.

Wooster Daily Record, Wooster, OH, November 17, 1959, pg. 1



DITCH - Burbank, John Sherman Ditch, 73, of Burbank died of a heart attack 
Monday while hunting on a farm near Burbank. Mr. Ditch was born at Shady 
Grove, Pa. and lived all his life at Burbank, except while serving the Erie 
Railroad as track supervisor from 1927-1933 in Greenville & Sharon, Pa.  He 
retired as section foreman in 1954 working for 40 years for the Erie 
Railroad. Mr. Ditch was a member of the Harrisville Lodge F & AM, the West 
Salem Chapter, and Burbank Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife 
Bessie & two brothers, Charles of Wooster and Harry of Burbank. Funeral 
services will be 1 p. m.  Thursday at Burbank Methodist Church, with the Rev. 
Archie Donigan officiating. Burial will be in Burbank Cemetery. Friends may 
call Wednesday afternoon and evening at the Parker Funeral Home in Lodi.

Wooster Daily Record, Wooster, OH, November 17, 1959, pg. 2