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The Marion Star from Marion, Ohio • 7

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The Marion Stari
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a THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1956 THE MARION STAR, MARION, OHIO PAGE 7 Deaths and Funerals Mrs. Saul Hecker Mrs. Ida Mae Hecker, 63, wife of Saul Hecker of 910 Westwood died at 7:35 p.m. Wednesday in General Hospital. She had been ill two and one-half years.

Born May 2, 1893, in Franklin Furnace, she was a daughter of John and Amanda Jane Renshaw in marriage, resident 45 karioner was in 1912, years, she came here from Franklin Furnace. She was a member of Oakland EUB Church, was church treasurer 32 years, was a member of the Onward Bible Class and was a member of the Women's Society. Surviving with her husband two daughters, Mrs. Clyde Born of 126 Canby Ct. and Mrs.

Phillip Boyd of 122 W. Columbia three grandchildren; three brothers, Kenneth Burke of N. State Claude Burke of Avondale Ave. and Earl Burke of Franklin and three sisters, Mrs. Charles Furnace, Blair of Avondale and Miss Pearl Burke and Mrs.

Charles Oppy, both of Franklin Three sisters and a brother preceded her in death. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 1:30 p.m. in the Oakland Church. H. V.

Falor will officiate. Bulley. will be in Chapel Heights Memory Gardens. Friends may call at the Boyd Funeral Home after 10 a.m. Friday then after 11 a.m.

Saturday at the church. Mrs. Len Thompson Mrs. E. LaVerna Thompson, 76, wife of Len Thompson of 431 Olney at died at 9:45 p.m.

Wednesday home. She was ill some time, suffering from a heart ailment. Born Aug. 8, 1880, near Magnetic Springs, she was a daughter of Benjamin F. and Kathryn Jones McCombs.

March 18, 1899, she married William T. Jones who died Nov. 29, 1950. Her marriage to Mr. Thompson was May 29, 1953.

Surviving with her husband are five daughters, Mrs. Ruby Macklin of near Delaware, Mrs. Marjorie Myers of 474 W. Church Mrs. Wilma Martin and Mrs.

Doris Martin, both of Columbus and Mrs. Mary Newlove of 333 Bradford St. in Marion; three sons, William F. Jones of 878 Congress L. Burdette Jones of 138 S.

Seffner Ave. and Delmar T. Jones of 370 Fies 16 grandchildren, and 18 great-grandchildren. Five and five sisters preceded her in death. The body was removed to the Merle H.

Hughes Mortuary on Mt. Vernon Ave. A stepdaughter, Miss Gaylene Thompson, survives also at the Olney Ave. address. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 1 p.m.

in the Merle H. Hughes Mortuary. Rev. Norman Renn of Mount Vernon, formerly of Marion will officiate. Burial will be in Chapel Heights Memory Gardens.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 7:30 tonight. Ashley A. Alspach Ashley Asrow Alspach, 83, of 368 Monroe St. died at 5:30 a.m. today He was ill one week.

A nathome: Fairfield County, he was a carpenter by trade. Born Oct. 13, 1873, was the son of John Wesley Alspach and Margaret Tussing Alspach, natives of Pennsylvania. April 5, 1896, he marrarion Rosa Sept. F.

7, 1953. Jacobs who died Surviving are a son, D. P. Alspach of 226 Uhler four daughters, Mrs. Ira Ballinger of Fostoria, Mrs.

L. E. Lobdell Delaware, Mrs. Marion Seckel of 341 Thew Ave. in Marion and Mrs.

W. F. Willauer of 223 S. High seven grandchildren, and five greatgrandchildren. ed Funeral Saturday at services 3 p.m.

will in be the conduct- Merle H. Hughes Mortuary on Mt. Vernon Ave. Rev. C.

R. Wendell will officiate. Burial will be in Millcreek Cemetery at Ostrander. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7:30 tonight. John E.

James John E. James, 45, of 385 W. Columbia St. died at 7:10 Wednesday in a Columbus hospital. He was ill eight years.

Previously, he had been a foreman at Commercial Steel Casting Co. Feb. 19, 1911, in Durbin, 0., he was a son of John D. and Eva D. Rimbolt.

James, the father a native of Logan County and a the mother of Hardin County. March 25, 1934, in Marion, he married Lilliemae Packer. He was a member of Marion Lodge 889, Loyal Order of Moose. Surviving are his widow; his son, J. Russell James at home; two sisters, Mrs.

Frank Case of 791 Bennett St. and Mrs. Richard Sherman of 360 Fahey and a brother, Everett James of 369 Milburunerei services will be conducted Saturday at 10 a.m. in the Merle H. Hughes Mortuary on Mt.

Vernon Ave. Rev. W. L. Stafford will officiate.

Burial will be in Marion Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7:30 tonight. Harvey W. Peters Harvey W. Peters, 75, of 891 Wilson Ave.

died at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at home. He had been ill four weeks. A resident of Marion 26 years, he came here from Brush Ridge and retired three years ago from his work at the American Malleable Casting Co. Born April 26, 1881, in Grand Township, he was a son of Wilson and Louisa Bibler Peters.

Dec. 24, 1906, in Upper Sandusky, he married Kathryn Schmidt. Surviving are his widow; two of 460 Brightwood Dr. and Mrs. daughters, Mrs.

Francis Hartman Mabel Turney of near Bucyrus; three grandchildren, Gene, Marlene and Gary Turney, and a brother, Ava Peters of Meeker. A son, Richard, preceded him in death. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 10:30 a.m. in the Schaffner-Denzer Funeral Home on E. Center St.

Rev. M. E. Hollensen will officiate. Burial will be in Grand Prarie Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 7:30 tonight. Marcus H. Vinkel CRESTLINE-Marcus H. Vinkel, 65, died at the home of his brother and sister-in-law, Dr. and Mrs.

Martin H. Vinkel on W. Bucyrus St. Wednesday at 1 p.m. He suffered a heart attack.

Mr. Vinkel, an oil field laborer, came to Crestline. July 24 from Midwest, Wyoming, because of ill health. He was born in Denmark, 18, 1891 to Nis and Dorthea Anderson Vinkel. He was never married.

Surviving is one brother, Dr. Martin H. Vinkel, at whose home he died. He was a veteran of World War a member of the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the IOOF in Midwest. Friends may call at the Robert F.

Beck Funeral Home where services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday. Rev. John Yoder of the Seventh Day Adventist Church will officiate. Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery.

David F. Bennett UPPER SANDUSKY Funeral services for David F. Bennett, 62, of Upper Sandusky will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Bringman Co. Funeral Home in Upper Sandusky, Rev.

Paul Rohrbaugh officiating. Interment will be made in Old Mission Cemetery here. Friends may call at the funeral home tonight from 7 until 9, Friday afternoon from 2 until 5 and Friday night from 7 to 9. Mr. Bennett died Wednesday morning in the Wyandot Memorial Hospital following a long illness.

Charles Edward Smith GALION-Charles Edward Smith, 50, of N. Columbus St. died unexpectedly at 11:57 p.m. Wednesday in Galion Community Hospital following a heart attack. He had just come to work in Galion on Sept.

4. He was a meat cutter in Weaver's Delicatessan Store on N. Market St. He was born in' Columbus June 16, 1906 to William and Jennie Smith. On Jan.

21, 1927 he mar- Hotpoint Automatic WASHER SPECIAL $15888 Regular. $249.95 ALL PORGELAIN Inside and Out Protection against rust HOTPOINT Matching DRYER Regular $189.95 SPECIAL $14777 NOW BOTH WASHER Hotpoint and DRYER $29995 Fully Guaranteed EASY TERMS WARNER'S 136 S. Main St. "Where Your Dollar Goes Farthest" Phone 2-0244 ried Lillie Elizabeth Weaver at Greenup, Ky. He is survived by his wife, two sons, Charles 0.

of Delaware and Robert D. of Ashley; two daughters, Mrs. Robert Shoaf of bury and Mrs. Winifred W. Davenport of Cheshire; his father in Columbus, eight grandchildren and one brother, Maurice of Powell.

He came here from Cheshire. He was a member of the Sunbury Methodist Church, Sunbury Masonic Lodge and the K. of P. Lodge at Kilbourne. The Snyder Funeral Home here will remove the body tonight to the Ramsey Bennett Brown Funeral Home in Delaware where services will be held at 2:30 p.m.

Saturday. Funeral Services- Eugene W. -Friday 2:30 p.m. Bristoll Funeral Home, Carey, Rev. Richard Hughes, burial Spring Grove Cemetery, Carey.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 tonight. Elmer D. Kuenzli-Friday 2:30 p.m., Nevada Lutheran Church, Rev. K. R.

Roberts; burial Nevada Cemetery. Friends may call at the Bender and Lucas Funeral Home in Nevada until Friday noon then at the church after 1 p.m. Robert Cooper-Friday 1 p.m., Van Horn Funeral Home, Lakeview, burial Sunset Cemetery, Columbus. Mrs. Oren Clevenger, Former Resident, Dies Mrs.

Glenna M. Clevenger, 72, of 48 E. New England Worthington, widow of Oren Clevenger, died Wednesday in Doctor's Hospital, Columbus. She was a former resident of Marion. She was at one time on the faculty of Defiance College, where she taught art, and was a member of the Eastern Star, the Historical Society and the Methodist Church, all in Worthington.

Surviving are two sons, Robert of Youngstown and Paul of Cleveland; two grandchildren and two brothers, Ralph Morris of Cleveland and Relle Morris of Los Angeles. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at the Corbin Funeral Home in Worthington. Burial will be made in Marion Cemetery here. Friends may call at the funeral home.

George Eldridge Tuttle, Former Resident, Dies George Eldridge Tuttle, 78, formerly of Marion, died Tuesday in Mason City, Iowa, in the hospital. His home was in Mason City. Many years ago both he and his wife were linotype operators for The Marion Star, about the time of World War I. Born Oct. 30, 1877, he was a native of Fitchburg, Mass.

He was a member of Marion Lodge 70, AM. Surviving are his widow and two brothers, and Sarnia, a Ontario, sister, Canada, Frank and Harry Tuttle and Miss May Tuttle, both of London, Ont. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. in the Merle H. Hughes Mortuary on Mt.

Vernon Ave. Rev. W. C. Eyster will officiate.

Burial will be in Marion Cemetery. Masonic services will be conducted at the grave by Winthrop P. Ames, master of Lodge 70. Pallbearers will be men associated with Mr. Tuttle previously in printing at The Marion Star office.

The body is to arrive here tonight and friends may call at the funeral home after 9 a.m. Friday. Asking Annulment NEW YORK (P) Former tennis star Gertrude (Gussy) Moran, famed for wearing lace edged panties under her short court skirt, has filed an annulment action against her husband of five weeks. Miss Moran, 31, was married Aug. 7 to Thomas J.

Corbally, 35- year-old industrial engineer. Since then, she contended Wednesday in State Supreme Court, she and Corbally never lived as man and After retiring from tennis competition Miss Moran became a radio-TV sports commentator. Corbally's attorney said his client would not contest the suit. HE CAN'T WIN INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (P) Bill Fagan, Indianapolis television producer, sprinted across the street and convinced a policeman the meter was running fast and that he hadn't parked overtime.

But he paid a $2 fine The policeman charged him with jaywalk-, ing. Concert 'Kickoff' Dinner Scheduled Plans are being completed by the Marion Concert Association for the "kickoff" dinner meeting. Monday night and the week of membership campaign continuing through Saturday. The dinner will be at 6:30 at the YMCA under direction of Mrs. Lewis Wills.

Reports of team chairmen and captains will be heard. A worker from New York City, Harold M. Welch, will be the speaker. Headquarters for the membership campaign will be the H. Schaffner Co.

store and in charge will be Mrs. A. G. Birch, Mrs. Claude Hines and Mrs.

Richard Mills. A large number of people have been at work soliciting membership renewals as a pre-campaign activity. One of the most encouraging aspects is the large number of newcomers to the city who are inquiring about the association and the concerts to be sponsored here, spokesmen of the organization said today. It is expected that a large number of new memberships will assure an outstanding season, workers commented. New Ohio Press Club To Open in Columbus COLUMBUS, Ohio (P)-The new Press Club of Ohio opens Monday in the Deshler-Hilton Hotel, Harold W.

Carlisle, club president, announced today. Carlisle, executive editor of the Ohio State Journal, said about 50 per cent of the charter memberships have been issued, enabling the club to open.Quarters are in the west side of the hotel formerly occupied by the Spanish Room. The organization of newspaper, radio and television workers connected with news handling succeeds the old Columbus Press Club, a World War II casualty. Carlisle said formal opening ceremonies will be staged later in the season. STOP THAT ITCH! IN JUST 15 MINUTES If not pleased, your 40c back at any drug store.

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