Mansfield News Journal (Mansfield, Ohio) October 25, 1937
SMITHY DIES
J. W. Myers, 75, operator of a blacksmith shop in Bellville for
over 50 years, died at his home Saturday. He was a member of the
Christian church, and a charter member of the Guerney I. O. O. F. lodge,
No. 306. Surviving are his wife Linnie; two sons, W. and F. Myers, both
of Bellville; three daughters, Mrs. Guy Spayde of Butler, Mrs. E. O.
Kochheiser and Mrs. Mabel Watkins, of Bellville; two sisters, the Misses
Mary Myers of Bellville and Elizabeth of Toledo; 11 grandchildren and
one great grandchild. Funeral services were held today at the home with
Rev. Hamilton officiating. Burial was made in the Bellville cemetery.
(submitted by Ida Maack Recu
Mansfield News Journal (Mansfield, Ohio) June 25, 1955
Guy E. Spayde, 66, a well-known Butler area farmer and member of
the Richland County Fair Board, died early today at his home at the edge
of Butler, He died following a heart attack. Born in Bellville, April
19, 1889, Mr. Spayde spent most of his life in the Butler-Bellville
Community. In addition to being an active member of the fair board, He
was a member of the Bellville Methodist Church and the Bellville Masonic
Lodge. Surviving are his widow, Ruth; four daughters, Mrs. Marshall
Moore, and Mrs. Pete Pasheilich, both of Mansfield; Mrs. Clark Gatton of
Bellville, R. D. 1, and Mrs. Edwin Beveridge, of Butler; 10
grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Charles palm and Mrs. Myrtie Clever,
both of Bellville. Funeral services will be held at the Snyder Funeral
Home in Bellville Monday at 3 p.m. Burial will be in Bellville Cemetery.
Masonic memorial services will be conducted by members of the Bellville
lodge Sunday at 8 p.m. in the funeral home. Friends may call at the
funeral home starting this evening.
(submitted by Ida Maack Recu)
Mansfield News Journal (Mansfield, Ohio) December 29, 1948
Monroe Spayde, 86, died last night at his home on Possum Run
road, Washington township, following a lingering illness. He had been a
life-long resident of the community. Surviving are his widow, Alice;
three sons, A. J. Spayde of Shelby, Avery Spayde of Ft. Wayne, Ind., and
Herbert Spayde of Bellville; a daughter, Mrs. Floyd Goon of Washington
township; a brother, Guy Spayde of Bellville; two sisters, Mrs. Charles
Palm and Mrs. Myrtle Clever, both of Bellville; nine grandchildren and
five great grandchildren. Rev. A H. Perry, pastor of the First Nazarene
church of Mansfield, will conduct funeral services at the Snyder funeral
home in Bellville at 2 p.m. Friday. Burial will be in the Bellville
cemetery.
(submitted by Ida Maack Recu)
Snyder Funeral Home (Bellville, Ohio)
Robert Dale Clever, 89, of Bollinger Road, Bellville, died Friday
evening February 2, 2007 in Knox Community Hospital, Mount Vernon,
following a short illness. He was born July 30, 1917 near Bellville,
attended Bellville School, and remained a lifelong resident. A WWII U.S.
Navy veteran, Robert served in the Pacific Theater, aboard the USS
Yellowstone. He was a member of Irvin Hiskey Post #535 American Legion,
Bellville. A machinist with the Westinghouse Company, Mr. Clever retired
with more than 30 years of service. He was a member of St. Paul Lutheran
Church, Bellville, and had served on the Property Committee of the
church, always eager to help on workdays around the church building. An
avid outdoorsman, Robert enjoyed cutting wood on his small farm, and
fishing the lake behind his home. A sports fan, he closely followed
Clear Fork athletics, continually supporting the Athletic Boosters,
though he never quite forgave the consolidation of Bellville and Butler
schools! He will be remembered for his dedication to his work, always
tinkering around the farm: “you work…you’re healthy,” and how he
allowed his calico tiger cat Molly to rule the roost. He is survived by
daughters Carolyn Stoner of Mansfield and Judy and Chuck Adams of
Bellville; grandchildren Brian and Samantha Stoner of Mansfield, Connie
Stoner of Crestline, Michael and Natalee Stoner of Shreve, Nancy and Bob
Martin of Darlington and Kelli King of Bellville; great grandchildren
Kilee, Seth, Danielle, Dakota, Chris, Randi and Adam; sisters and
brothers-in-law Geraldine and Gene Leedy and Virginia and Lloyd Hull all
of Bellville; a sister-in-law Melzene Clever of Ashland and numerous
nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife Mary Grace
(Crawford) Clever on August 29, 1998; a son-in-law Leonard Stoner; a
granddaughter Lori Adams; a great granddaughter Michelle; and a brother
Howard B. Clever. The family will receive friends Monday, February 5,
2007 from 4-7 pm in the Bellville Snyder Funeral Home. The worship
service, giving glory to God for the life of Robert Clever will be held
Tuesday at 11 am in St. Paul Lutheran Church, 48 Church Street,
Bellville, with the Rev. Doug Pretorius officiating. Burial will follow
in Bellville Cemetery, where American Legion Post #535 will hold
graveside military honors. Memorial contributions to Hospice of North
Central Ohio may be made at the funeral home.
(submitted by Ida Maack Recu)
The Mansfield News (Mansfield, Ohio) August 3, 1933
Charles Lewis Spayde, 77, life-long resident of Bellville, died
Wednesday evening at the home of his daughter, Mrs. E. B. Groff, Ashland
road, after a brief illness. Mr. Spayde is survived by one daughter,
Mrs. Groff; one son, R. B. Spayde of Mansfield; three brothers, Monroe
Spayde of south of this city, Sanford Spayde of Youngstown, Guy Spayde,
Mansfield; two sisters, Mrs. Ralph Clever and Mrs. Charles Palm of
Bellville and five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The body
was removed to the Shafer funeral parlors at Bellville where services
will be conducted Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, and where friends may
call. Burial will be made in the Bellville cemetery.
(submitted by Ida Maack Recu)
Mansfield News Journal (Mansfield, Ohio) April 17, 1964
Mrs. Alberta Ellen Webb, 56, of 1300 Keeler Road, died Thursday
morning as the result of a car-train accident. Surviving are her
husband, Rollan Webb; one son, Richard Lee Swank; one daughter, Mrs.
Doris Ann Bowman; five grandchildren; her father, Fred L. Spayde; three
brothers, Kenneth, John and Carl Spayde; and one sister, Mrs. Homer
Wagner. The body was removed to the Wappner Funeral Home where services
will be held Saturday at 2:30 p.m. conducted by the Rev. John R. Long,
pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church. Burial will be in the Bellville
Cemetery.
Mansfield News Journal (Mansfield, Ohio) April 17, 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Alberta Ellen Webb, 56, of 1300 Keefer
Rd., who died in a car-train collision yesterday morning, will be at
2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Wappner Funeral Home. The Rev. John R. Long,
pastor of the St. Paul Lutheran Church will officiate, and burial will
be in the Bellville Cemetery. Mrs. Webb, a clerk in the Westinghouse
accounting department for more than 16 years, was killed about 6 a.m.
Thursday when the car she was driving was hit by a Pennsylvania freight
train. The accident occurred at the seven-track crossing on South
Illinois Ave. and was the second fatality there in the past five months.
She was born Dec. 10, 1907 in Bellville and had lived in this area all
her life. Friends may call at the funeral home starting after 4 p.m.
today. Survivors include her husband, Rollan Webb; one son, Richard Lee
Swank, 831 Brownwood Rd.; a daughter, Mrs. Doris Ann Bowman of
Grangeville, Idaho; five grandchildren; her father, Fred L. Spayde,
Butler; three brothers, Kenneth Spayde, of Butler; John Spayde, of
Darlington; and Carl Spayde, of Mansfield; one sister, Mrs. Homer
Wagner, also of Mansfield.
(submitted by Ida Maack Recu)
The Mansfield News (Mansfield, Ohio) June 11,
1976
Lexington - Mrs. Maxine M. Spayde, 58, of Mill Run Rd.,
Lexington, died this morning at Mansfield General Hospital after
a long illness. She was born in Morrow County and spent her life
in the Bellville-Lexington area. She was a member of the Empire
Church of Deliverance of Mansfield. Mrs. Spayde is survived by
three sons, Rick of Bellville, Roger and Robert at Home, two
daughters, Mrs. Jack (Sandra) Smart of Lexington and Mrs.
William (Elaine) Bishop of Mt. Vernon; her mother, Mrs. Mabel Hershner
of Butler; six grandchildren; a brother, Wayne Hershner of
Butler and a sister, Mrs. Everett Ogier of Butler. Funeral
arrangements are incomplete at the Snyder Funeral Home in
Fredericktown. (Note: widow of William E. Spayde)
The Mansfield News (Mansfield, Ohio) June 12, 1976
Fredericktown - Services for Mrs. Maxine Spayde, 58, of
Lexington were held at 2 p.m. today in the Snyder Funeral Home
in Fredericktown by Rev. Arna Lewis. Burial was in Lexington
Cemetery. Mrs. Spayde died Friday in Mansfield General Hospital
after a long illness.
(submitted by Ida Maack Recu)
The Mansfield News (Mansfield, Ohio)
August 5, 1932
Mrs. Frank Woodruff [Emma Russell Woodruff], Resident of
Bellville Vicinity Dies At Home
BELLVILLE. Aug. 5. Funeral services for Mrs. Frank Woodruff, 71,
who died at her home two and a half miles north of here Thursday
at 5:45 p.m., will be held at Trinity Evangelical church
Saturday at 2 p.m. with Rev. M. J. Temple officiating. Burial
will be in Bellville cemetery in charge of the A. A. Shafer
funeral home. Mrs. Woodruff had been ill almost a year.
Surviving, besides her husband, are four daughters, Mrs.
Alexander Hedinger of near Sterling, Mrs. Melvin Kochheiser of
near Lexington and the Misses Bertha and Rachel Woodruff at
home; two sons, John W. Woodruff of Washington township and
Charley E. Woodruff at home; a sister, Mrs. Almeda Beal of
Bellville; two brothers, Ed and John Russell of Bellville and
seven grandchildren. (submitted by Ida Maack Recu)
Hamilton Evening News (Hamilton, Ohio)
May 9, 1932
Bernard Focke, vice president of the William Focke Sons
company and one of the pioneers in the meat packing
industry in Dayton, died Saturday afternoon in St.
Elizabeth hospital. He was 72 years of age and resided
at 200 Squirrel road. (submitted by Ida Maack Recu)
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Evening Gazette (Xenia, Ohio) July 19,
1928
GEORGE FOCKE DIES AT HOME IN DAYTON [Geroge John Focke]
George J. Focke, 48, president of the
William Focke Sons Co., meat packing firm of Dayton,
died Wednesday afternoon at his home, 1180 Harmon Ave.,
Oakwood, of heart disease following a long illness. He
had been in ill health since last November.
Mr. Focke was born in Dayton August
29, 1879, son of the late William J. and Wilhelmina
Focke, In addition to being head of the packing firm,
Mr. Focke was president of the Focke Realty Commission
Co., treasurer of the Schaeffer Commission Co.,
treasurer of the Union Stock Yards Co., secretary of the
Greene, Embry and Peterson Co., a director of the
Terminal Cold Storage Co., and director of the Miami
Valley Coated Paper Co, of Franklin. He was a member of
the Knights of St. George, the Knights of St. John and
the Elks lodges, and of the St. Joseph Orphanage
Society.
He is survived by his widow, a son,
William H., five brothers, Albert, Oscar, Frank, Elmer
and Walter, and two sisters, Mrs. Ross Makely and Miss
Irene Focke. Funeral services will be held at Holy
Angels Church, Dayton, Saturday at 9 a.m. Interment in
Calvary Cemetery. (submitted by Ida Maack Recu)
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Mansfield News Journal (Mansfield, Ohio)
December 24, 1938
Marshall A. Kell, 74, a retired hardware merchant, died
at his home here [Lexington] Friday night after an illness of
two years. He was born on a farm three miles south of Lexington,
Sept. 20, 1864, the son of William and Elizabeth Kell, and spent
his entire life in this vicinity. Mr. Kell was the senior member
of the Kell Bros. Hardware company until his retirement three
years ago. He was associated with the hardware business in
Lexington 45 years. His wife, Rose Oberlin Kell, and a sister,
Mrs. Mae Shafer of Lexington, survive. Funeral services will be
held at the late home at 2 p.m. Monday with Rev. Glenn Sauder of
the Lexington Presbyterian church officiating. Burial will be in
the Lexington cemetery. (submitted by Ida Maack Recu
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Mansfield News Journal (Mansfield, Ohio) October
11, 1952
Mrs. Rose Oberlin Kell, 80, died Friday night at the Richland
Hospital following an extended illness. Mrs. Kell, whose home was at 245
Park Avenue West, was born in Bellville, April 2, 1872, the daughter of
J. V. and Emma Spayde Oberlin and had lived in this area all her life.
She was the widow of Marhsall A. Kell, who owned a hardware store in
Lexington at one time and who died Dec. 23, 1938. Mrs. Kell was a member
of the St. Luke's Lutheran church, its Missionary society, and the YWCA.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Charles Stough of Massillon and Mrs.
David Summers of Akron; two brothers, Glenn G. Oberlin of Mansfield, and
several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at the J. H.
Finefrock and Sons funeral home at 3 p.m. Monday, with Dr. Herbert S.
Garnes officiating. Burial will be in the Bellville cemetery. Friends
may call at the funeral home.
Mansfield News Journal (Mansfield, Ohio) October 12, 1952
Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Monday at the J. H.
Finefrock Funeral home for Mrs. Rose Oberlin Kell, 80, of 245 Park
Avenue West, who died at Richland hospital Friday following an extended
illness. Burial will be in Bellville. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs.
Charles Stough, of Massillon, and Mrs. David Summers, of Akron; two
brothers, Glenn G. Oberlin, Toledo, and R. C. Oberlin, of Mansfield.
(submitted by Ida Maack Recu)
News Journal (Mansfield, Ohio) December 17, 1971
Rollin B. Spayde, 74, of 655 Gilbert Ave. died Thursday evening
in Mansfield General Hospital following an extended illness. He was born
Feb. 15, 1897 in Bellville and lived here most of his life. Mr. Spayde
was a retired salesman for the Bissman Wholesale Grocery Co. Surviving
are his wife, Lucille Moxley Spayde; one sister, Mrs. Mary Groff of
Mansfield, and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be
held at the Wappner Funeral Monday at 1 p.m. in charge of the Rev.
Edward Walden, pastor of the St. Timothy Lutheran Church. Burial will be
in Mansfield Cemetery. Friends may call Sunday afternoon and evening.
(submitted by Ida Maack Recu)
News Journal (Mansfield, Ohio) January 4, 1968
Services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday in the Banks Funeral Home,
Loudonville, for Mrs. Pearl Spayde, 69, a former Mansfield
resident, who died Saturday in Daytona Beach General Hospital in
Florida. She had lived in Florida the past 20 years. She is survived by
one daughter, Mrs. John B. Ziegler of Loudonville, one sister, Mrs.
Tressie Mudge in Indiana, 10 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and
one great-great-grandchild. The Rev. T. L. Leatherwood will conduct the
service. Burial will be in Mansfield Memorial Park, Friends may call
anytime in the funeral home. (submitted by Ida Maack Recu)
Mansfield News Journal (Mansfield, Ohio) March
23, 1971
Fred Spayde, 85, of Butler, died Monday night at People's
Hospital following a short illness. He had lived his entire like in the
Butler - Bellville area. He was a retired employe of the Mansfield Tire
and Rubber Co. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Norma Wagner of
Mansfield; two sons, Carl of Mansfield and John of Bellville and several
grandchildren. Services will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. at the Snyder
Funeral Home, Butler, with the Rev. Don Erlinger officiating. Burial
will be in Four Corners Cemetery, Butler. Friends may call from 7-9 p.m.
today and Wednesday afternoon and evening at the funeral home.
(submitted by Ida Maack Recu)
Mansfield News Journal (Mansfield, Ohio) August
20, 1951
Gaylord S. Spayde, 75, a life resident of Bellville, died late
Saturday at his home following a short illness. Surviving are his wife,
Bertha; two daughters, Pauline, of the home, and Mrs. Velma McDanel, of
Bellville, one son, Raymond, of Bellville; four grandchildren; four
brothers, George, Lewis and Lloyd Spayde, of Bellville, and Fred Spayde,
of Butler. Friends may call at the Snyder funeral home where services
will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. with Rev. John Pfhaler of East Orange, N.
J., former pastor of the Bellville Methodist church, officiating. Burial
will be in Bellville cemetery. (submitted by Ida Maack Recu)
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