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Muskingum County, Ohio

Funeral services for Mrs. Lucy V. Harris, 65, of 1351 Bristol street, who passed away Saturday evening at Good Samaritan hospital will be conducted Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock at the Dean funeral home chapel. Rev. Homer McDaniel pastor of Trinity Methodist church will officiate and burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery.

The Times Recorder
Jan. 4, 1940

Last rites for Michael Nolan, 62, well known resident of Sonora who died Tuesday at Bethesda hospital from pneumonia will be conducted Saturday morning at 9 o'clock at St. Thomas Catholic church. Burial will be in Mt. Calvary cemetery. The body will be removed to the home of a nephew, John Nolan, Sonora this morning. Survivors include three brothers and a sister. Thomas J. and John, both of Sonora; Cornelius Nolan, Eastman street, and Miss Mary Nolan of North Sixth street.

Last rites for John Davis Church, 13 month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Church, Zanesville, Rt. 5, who died Tuesday evening at Bethesda hospital following three days illness, will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Dean funeral home chapel. Rev. James H. Kinney will officiate and interment will be in Greenwood cemetery.

Funeral rites for J. F. Shilling, 78, who died Tuesday evening at his home, Kensington avenue, South Zanesville, following a long will be conducted Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the South Zanesville Methodist church. Rev. J. W. Mahone will officiate and burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery. The body will lie in state at the church from noon until 1 o'clock. The body was removed to the residence Wednesday morning from the William Thompson & Son funeral home. White Cottage.

The Times Recorder
Jan. 5, 1940

Funeral and burial services for Kenneth Richard Webb, three- day- old son of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Webb, Frazeysburg, who died early Thursday morning at Good Samaritan hospital will be conducted at the grave in the Frazeysburg cemetery Friday morning at 10:30 o'clock. Rev. W. H. Koppert, pastor of the Frazeysburg Methodist church will officiate.

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Smith Davis, 26, who died early Thursday morning at her home in Roseville following a lengthy illness will be conducted Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Roseville Lutheran church. Rev. W. E. Bucholtz will officiate and burial will be in Rose Hill cemetery. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Smith, she was a lifelong resident of the Roseville community. She was a member of the Roseville Lutheran church. Surviving are her husband Othel Davis; a daughter Patricia Ann, her parents; four brothers, Ray, Paul, Wilbur and Harold Smith, and a sister, Miss Mildred Smith all of Roseville. The body was removed to the home of her parents Thursday evening from the Cannon & Cannon funeral home, Roseville.

Last rites for Mrs. Katie Harding, 58, of 1025 Ohio street, died Wednesday evening at her home following six days' illness, will be conducted Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the late residence. Rev. J. K. Braun, pastor of Pilgrim church, and Rev. Paul Wachs, of the First Methodist church, will officiate and burial will be in Greenwood cemetery.

The Times Recorder
Jan. 6, 1940

Last rites for Harry Adrian, who died Thursday morning at his home, 59 South Sixth street, will be conducted Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Bateman funeral home chapel. Rev. Paul N. Runk, pastor of the First Church of Christ, will officiate and burial will be in Memorial Park cemetery. The body will remain at the funeral home.

The Times Recorder
Jan. 8. 1940

Mrs. Emma Bieber, 70, passed away Sunday morning at 11:15 o'clock at her home, 339 Wayne avenue following three months' illness from heart trouble. A lifelong resident of Zanesville, she was a member of Trinity Lutheran church and the Ladies Aid society. She was the last of a family of twelve.
Surviving are her husband, George Bieber, of the home; a daughter, Mrs. Gene Greiner, of Wayne avenue, and six grandchildren. The body will be removed to the late residence Monday afternoon from the Mader-Peoples funeral home. Funeral arrangements were incomplete last night. Burial in Greenwood cemetery.

Mrs. Mary A Kennedy, 37, of 1114 Superior street, passed away Sunday morning at 4:30 o'clock at Bethesda hospital after several years' illness. She was the wife of Merton Kennedy. Mrs. Kennedy was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist church on Indiana street. Surviving besides the husband, are a son, Merton, Jr., her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Brunner, of Roseville, and two sisters, Mrs. Mildred Carson, Zanesville, Rt. 2, and Mrs. Lucille Fouley of East Fultonham. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Seventh Day Adventist church. Burial will be in the Roseville cemetery. The body will be removed to the home Monday evening from the William Thompson & Son funeral home, White Cottage.

Miss Emma E. Engle, 83, of Oak Forest, Pa., passed away Sunday afternoon at the home of her niece, Mrs. George Samford, Roseville, from burns sustained Wednesday morning. According to reports she was standing near an open grate at the Samford home when her clothing ignited. Miss Engle had just come to the Samford home two weeks ago to spend the winter. Surviving are three nephews and two nieces. The body will be removed to Rogersville, Pa., Tuesday where services will be held in the Methodist church at 2 o'clock that afternoon. Burial will be in Rosemont cemetery there. The Cannon & Cannon funeral home, Roseville is in charge.

The Times Recorder
Jan. 9, 1940

Funeral rites for Mrs. Barbara Eleanor Self, 99, oldest resident of Zanesville, who died Sunday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. H. Starrett, 212 Brighton boulevard, will be conducted Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Starrett residence. Rev. F. A. Shiltz, pastor of the Sonora Methodist church will officiate and burial will be in the Norwich cemetery. The body was removed to the home where she died Monday evening from the William Thompson funeral home, White Cottage.

Funeral services for William Henry Schramm, 53, who died Monday morning at 4 o'clock at his home, 935 Marietta street, following a short illness of bronchitis, will be conducted Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock at St. Nicholas Catholic church. Burial will be in Mt. Olives cemetery. The deceased had been employed at the Zanesville Stoneware company for a number of years. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Mary Schramm, also of the home;  a brother Fred, also of the home; two sisters, Mrs. Frank Smith, 935 1/2 Marietta street and Mrs. Ed Mercer, of Columbus; a nephew, Herbert Smith, of Richards avenue, and a niece, Mrs. Frank Kondrath of Dayton. The body will rest at the Keck funeral home until time for the services.

Zanesville Signal  Saturday 
February 11, 1950

   Albert C. (Happy) Tracy, 52, of Roseville, died suddenly last night at his home following a heart attack.
   A native of McLuney, he had lived for a number of years at South Zanesville. He moved to Roseville 21 years ago. He was son of Clark and Margaret Dusenberry Tracy.
  Mr. Tracy served as marshal at Roseville for five years before his health failed four years ago.
   He was a member of the Eagles lodge at Crooksville, the Zanesville chapter of the DAV, and the Roseville American Legion. He was a veteran of World War I, having served as a sergeant in Company A, 145th Infantry of the 37th division. Mr. Tracy served in the European theater and later with the National Guard in Mexico.
   Surviving are his widow, Irene; two sons, John Tracy of Roseville and Robert Tracy of the home; two sisters, Mrs. Anna Pratt of near New Lexington, and Bertha Roth of this city; four brothers, Marion, Frank and Edward, all of South Zanesville, and Rube Tracy of this city, and a granddaughter, Charlene Ann Tracy of Roseville.
   Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Cannon and Cannon funeral home at Roseville with Rev. Eddie Capewell, chaplain of the Roseville American Legion officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery.

Zanesville Signal, Zanesville, Ohio
1897

Mrs. Esther Shirer one of the oldest women of northern Muskingum, county died at 4 o'clock yesterday morning at her home in Adams Township. Mrs. Shirer was born 5 December 1807 in Somerset County, Pennsylvania and when two years old she was brought to Muskingum County, where she has since lived. Her home was first in the north part of Washington Township but after residing these fifteen years the family moved to Salem Township where in 1830 she was married to Valentine Shirer of Adams Township. Deceased was a daughter of Daniel and Hannah Gaumer early pioneers of this county and had she lived until the 5th of next December she would have been 90 years old. Mrs. Shirer was an aunt of Hon. D H Gaumer of the Signal, a sister of Mr. Gaumer's father. The husband of Mrs. Shirer died in 1881. They were the parents of eleven children eight of whom are living and three are residents of this county. They are Mrs. Armetta Lacy and Mrs. Eliza J Vensel of Madison Township and Mrs. Samuel W Sutton of Adams township. The other children live in Iowa and Kansas. The funeral was held this afternoon at Bethesda M E Church of which denomination the deceased was a long and faithful member. Rev. Thomas Wood, the pastor conducted the services. The natural infirmities of old age were the cause of her death.

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