Miscellaneous Obituaries Published in The NEWS HERALD

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Source: Ashtabula Weekley Telegraph Dated: May 14, 1850 DIED: In Bristol, Vt. Mar. 24th, of Lung Fever, Capt. David Kellogg, a resident of Monroe, in this county aged 84 yrs.

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Source: Critic - Record Dated: June 26, 1871 A JILTED HERMIT'S DEATH. Samuel Buck died at Conneaut, Ohio, last week, aged 84. Over sixty years ago he was jilted by the girl he loved, and retired to a house built for himself and furnished in good style, where he dwelt alone until he died. Out of the doors he wore garb of man and permitted himself to be addressed as Mr. Buck. In the house he always wore his long hair parted in the middle, and put on female attire, and in this guise would only appear as Miss Buck. Many fine dresses he had worn were found in the hermit's house after he died.
Source: Elkhart Weekly Review Dated: July 13, 1871 The Funny Man at Conneaut. MR. SAMUEL BUCK, an eccentric character well known in the vicinity of Conneaut, died recently near that village at an advanced age. He is represented to have been a man of good family and with a fair education and natural abilities, but possessed of a strange passion to ape the manners of the opposite sex. For many yeas he had lived alone, and with surprising facility he performed all the duties of a housewife and farmer at once. In the morning he would don woman's attire, which became his delicate person well, prepare breakfast, eat, and having put the house in order, would unpin his chignon, exchange his hoop skirts for trowsers, and go out to plough or chop wood, as the case might be, till noon, when he would appear again in the role of a lady cook. He was even fastidious in his tastes, and when attired as a fashionable young woman, with his long kept hair done up a la mode, he would receive and entertain company so gracefully and naturally as to deceive all except those who knew him, and always seemed quite unconcious that he was playing a borrowed part. He was in no sense of the word a lunatic or a hermaphrodite, and what occasioned this strange perversion of the natural instincts can only be a matter of conjecture. Fonts of wood type are said to be in use that he manufactured. Surveying instruments, sun dials, etc., without number, were found in his "curiosity shop," the result of long study and labor. His will was made not long since, bestowing all his earthly possessions - consisting of seventeen hundred dollars in bonds, and as much more in real estate - to a nephew bearing his name, now a resident of Michigan.

1880s


Dated: Dec. 8, 1886 (NOT SURE OF DATES OF ALL THESE OBITUARIES.) JOHN A. ELLIS. Monday between one and two o'clock, the post-office was the scene of a most sudden death. Our aged townsman, J. A. Ellis entered the office to transact some business and standing beside a table, without a sign or indication of illness, he fell over backward, expiring immediately -- disease of the heart being undoubtedly the cause. Mr. Ellis was known throughout the country as an industrious mechanic, being for years, the proprietor of the furnace and machine shops at the Center. For years this establishment was one well and favorable known for the production of plows, stoves, etc. With the advancing years and the decline of health, Mr. Ellis gradually relinquished the business, and for some years no work has been done in his shops. His death, although seventy-eight years old, was most unexpected, and has cast a gloom of sorrow over the entire community. The funeral takes place today at 1:30 p.m. THEODORE B. HOWARD. Tuesday morning still another of the pioneers of Conneaut, went to "that bourne from whence no traveler ever returns." T. B. Howard aged eighty years, if not a native of the town and one of its very earliest settlers, residing here until about 1850, when he removed to the West, returning some ten years ago to spend his declining years among the scenes of his early manhood. Mr. Howard was a man of strong character, and yet a general favorite with those who know him most intimately. He had been ill for a number o weeks yet his death was not considered as imminent. The funeral will be held at his late home, Thursday forenoon at 11 o'clock. EBER SANFORD. Monday morning death removed from our midst, another of the pioneers of this county, who "made the wilderness blossom as the rose." At an early hour, quietly and peacefully sank to rest, Eber Sanford, aged eighty-six years, Mr. Sanford was one of the early settlers, and for years one of the leading farmers of the township, taking great and especial delight in raising the best of live stock. As a citizen he was honest and upright, and as a husband and father, kind and indulgent. (See Dwelling 142 - 1880 Census Conneaut, Ohio) Mrs. R. D. PHELPS. Saturday last, death invailed the home of Mr. R. D. Phelps, in Monroe, claiming as his own, the wife and mother at the youthful age of twenty-seven years. The funeral was held on Monday and was largely attended.

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1900s



(Date & Source unknown at this time) MRS. ORVILLE ADDICOTT Funeral services for Mrs. Orville Addicott, 75, former Conneaut resident were held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Marcy Funeral Home. Mrs. Addicott died Monday at Brown Memorial Hospital. The Rev. William P. Langham Jr., pastor of East Conneaut Methodist Church, officiated at the services. Pallbearers were Gary and Dale Webb, Kenneth Root, Frank E. Hurst, Morris Mowry and Harold Petersen. Rose Chapter 22, Order of Eastern Star, held services at 7 p.m. Wednesday with Worthy Matron Mrs. Rex Redding in charge. Burial was in East Lakeville Cemetery. Friends and relatives attended from Chicago, Ill., Sharon, New Wilmington, West Middlesex, and Albion, Pa. and Newton Falls, O.

Source: Suplement to the Kingsville Tribune Dated: April 1903 MR. PERKINS DEAD The community was saddened at hearing of the sudden death of Charles W. Perkins, which occurred at the home of his daughter Mrs. Selden W. Spencer, at East Hartford, Conn., Friday, April 10. Mr. Perkins had been planning all winter to visit his daughter, but had been obliged to postpone the trip on account of his ill heath and the cold weather. He had been east only a month and was feeling much better than he had before in six months; but he overestimated his strength and as a result was taken Monday evening of last week with a hemorrhage. Tuesday he seemed much better but Tuesday evening he had another hemorrhage, and died after the fourth on Friday morning. Mr. Perkins was born in Shenango County, N.Y., and was in his 71st year. He had been a resident of Kingsville for many years, and was highly esteemed by all. The remains arrived here Tuesday morning, and the funeral was conducted from the Presbyterian church Tuesday afternoon. Internment in Lulu Falls cemetery. The funeral was in charge of Orion Lodge F. & A.M., of which the deceased was a member. As a mark of respect, several business places of the village closed while the funeral was being held. Besides the daughter mentioned above, Mr. Perkins leaves three sisters, Mrs. Charles Eastman of this village and others living in the west.
Source: Riverside Daily Press - Riverside, California Dated: June 13, 1907 MRS. JULIA P. THOMAS, widow of the late John Thomas, of Conneaut township, died at the home of her son, M. L. Thomas, in Meadville, Pa., on Saturday, aged 77 years. Deceased, whose maiden name was Phelps, was a native of Herkimer county, New York, coming to Conneaut Township with her parents in 1847, where nearly her whole life was spent. She leaves three daughters, Mrs. S. D. Ofensend, of Norwood, Ohio, Mrs. J. C. Stanley, of Riverside, Cal., and Mrs. Minnie Emig, of Erie. She is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. H. J. Greenfield of this place, and Mrs. Theodore Scoville, of Constantine, Michigan, the former nearly 81 years of age and the latter nearly ten years older. The remains were brought to Conneautville on Tuesday, and services held in the Methodist church, Rev. O. H. Nickle officiating, and interment in Conneautville cemetery. The children, with the exception of Mrs. Stanley, with their families, were in attendance at the funeral.
Source: Clarion Democrat CAPRON, E. E. - July 8, 1907 - Clarion lost one of its most worthy, capable and efficient business men by the death of Mr. E. E. Capron, which occurred last Sunday morning, July 14, 1907. Mr. Capron's health began to fail last fall or winter after a very severe attack of lagrippe, and it seemed that it developed other complications which made steady inroads upon his vitality finally disqualifying him for business about the first of last January. Notwithstanding everything possible was done, and he made the most earnest efforts to recover; he gradually grew worse. The stroke of death could not be stayed, but it fell peacefully and Mr. Capron laid down to sleep until the dawn of the morning of the resurrection. E. E. Capron was the son of Ephriam and Orpha Capron and was born at Conneaut, Ohio, October 12, 1854. When a young man he got his start in business by helping uncle in his store at Amboy, O., and laid the foundation for a successful career. He afterwards accepted a position as gauger for the Standard Oil Co., to which he gave intelligent and faithful service. Mr. Capron came to Clarion in 1876 and started in the merchandising business, beginning at the corner of Fifth avenue and South Street, and moving to the present location of his store as business expanded and enlarged. He was a safe and conservative business man, careful, just and honorable in all of his dealings with a prime motive at all times to do what was right under all circumstances. By this course and by untiring industry he built up a successful business and an honorable reputation. Mr. Capron and Miss Lottie E. Irvin in Reidsburg were united in marriage Oct. 8, 1874. This happy union was blessed with two children, Charles B. and Orpha E. Capron, both of whom are at home, and with their mother mourn the loss of a dear husband and father. The deceased is also survived by the following brothers and sisters: Chas. B., Austin, Texas; A. J. Capron, Portland, Ore.; D. S. Capron, Kansas City, Mo.; A. M. Capron, Bridgeport, Neb.; Mrs. Mary M. Johnson, Conneaut, O.; and M. F. Capron, Elyria, O. To these relatives go out the tender sympathy of the entire community. The deceased when a young man, united with the Christian church at Conneaut, O. When he came to Clarion, there being no church of his faith he transferred his membership to the Baptist church and proved to be an earnest and faithful Christian man who tried always to be governed by the true christian principles. Before he was prostrated on his sick bed he always insisted that as long as he possibly could do so he must go to church and long after he was able to go alone his wife and son or daughter helped him. His devotion and trust brought him the peace and confidence that supported him at the last. Mr. Capron was a charter member of the Knights of the Maccabees, Clarion Tent. The funeral was held from his late home Wednesday, the stores of town closing from 10 to 12 o'clock to permit all to attend. Beautiful floral offerings were sent by the Maccabees and many other friends. Rev. Wm. F. Fleming conducted the service, assisted by Rev. Dr. S. H. Day and Rev. J. G. Langham. The interment was made in the Clarion cemetery. Mrs. Capron and family desire to tender their most sincere thanks to the merchants of Clarion, to the Maccabees and to the many friends for their kindly sympathy and helpfulness through the sickness and at the death of husband and father. NOTE: See Ephraim Capron Family in 1840, 1850, 1860 Census Records. Edwin E. Capron is in 1860 census.
Source: Conneaut News Herald Dated: Monday, March 1, 1909 VALEORIS LILLY Valeoris Lilly of Farnham, a veteran of the civil war and well known in this vicinity, died Saturday night at the home. Neuralgia of the heart was the direct cause of the death of the deceased, who was 62 years of age. A wife and two children are the only members of the immediate family left by the deceased. The funeral will be held at the Baptist church at Farnham, Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. Rev. Crum of Kingsville will officiate at the service. Interment will be made in the City Cemetery.





1910s


Source: Daily People Dated: Oct. 25, 1913 OHIO'S OLDEST WOMAN DIES. Conneaut, Ohio, Oct. 24 - Mrs. Dorcas Jones, 105 years old, said to be the oldest woman in Ohio, died suddenly here today. Death was the result of natural decay. She has never had a day of illness. Mrs. Jones celebrated her 105th birthday on April 21. The entire city will participate in the funeral ceremonies Sunday.
Source: It was probably published in 1915 in Conneaut News Herald, Conneaut, Ohio and mentions Glenwood Cemetery. HERBERT WILLIAMS - Death of well known and highly esteemed citizen- Valued Foreman of the docks for years. In the death of Herbert Williams which occurred Thursday night at 12:20 o’clock at his home, 278 Park Avenue, all the employees of the Conneaut docks and lake men all the way from Buffalo to Duluth, have lost a friend that all respected and admired. Tuberculosis was the cause of Mr. William’s death, and although he had been ill since last August, he had not been confined to his bed until five weeks ago. Mr. Williams was born in Syracuse, N. Y., on January 12th, fifty-two years ago, and he resided in that city until twelve years ago, when he came to Conneaut to accept the position of general foreman of the docks. At that time his cousin, Captain Erastus Day, was superintendent of the docks, and it was through him that the dock company secured one of its most industrious and faithful employees. Six years ago last November, Mr. Williams was united in marriage to Miss Mary Harns of this city and one daughter, Frances, was born to them. Other near relatives who survive the deceased are one sister, Mrs. Eva L. Barrows, of Morristown, Tenn, and one brother, N. R. Williams of Syracuse. Mr. Williams was a charter member of the local order of B. P. O. Elks, and was also a member of the Order of Foresters of Syracuse. The funeral will be held at the home Sunday afternoon at 2:30, and Rev. R. H. Fairburn of St. Paul’s Episcopal church will officiate. THE FUNERAL OF HERBERT WILLIAMS The funeral of the late Herbert Williams, who passed away Thursday night at his home on Park Avenue was held from the home Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Rev. R. H. Fairburn of St. Paul’s church officiated at the service, speaking with deep feeling of the life of service of Mr. Williams. Beautiful flowers surrounded the remains in profusion. The members of the B. P. O. Elks attended the service in a body. The foremen on Dock 4 at the harbor, who were Mr. Williams’ closest associates acted as pallbearers - Messrs. Henry Buss, Cecil Van Sycle, Henry Lawrence, Hiram Hewes, Henry Kennan, and Charles Getz. Burial was made in the Glenwood cemetery Obituary was submitted by Paula Pitts on September 1, 2004



1920s

Source: Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio Dated: Aug. 15, 1920 MRS. ELIZABETH DEVANEY, wife of Capt. John Devaney, 1233 North Fayette street, who died in Conneaut, O., will be brought back to Saginaw for burial.
Source: Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio Dated: Nov. 27, 1928 Ex-Conneaut Newspaper Man Dead. CONNEAUT, O., Nov. 26. Frank F. Rieg, business manager of the Conneaut Post-Herald until its consolidation with the Conneaut Evening News in 1907, died at his home in Orange, Mass., yesterday, according to word received here. He was the son of John Rieg, the founder of the Conneaut Reporter. His widow survives.
Source: Repository - Canton, Ohio Dated: Jun. 14, 1929 Basil A. Stout - Services were held Friday afternoon from the Tidball and Morgan Funeral Home in Shreve, for the late Mr. Stout, 54, formerly of Shreve, who died in Conneaut, Tuesday. Three sisters, Leafy Dimke of Toledo, Mrs. Moses Saunders and Mrs. Daniel Long, of Shreve, survive.
Source: Repository - Canton, OH Dated: July 5, 1929 DIES FROM INJURIES. ERIE, PA., July 5 - John Bolenbaugh, 22, Conneaut, O., died yesterday of injuries suffered in an automobile wreck. He was a passenger in an automobile that overturned after being forced from the road.
Source: Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio Dated: Sept. 10, 1929 WYLIE FUNERAL IS TOMORROW Tug Captain Spent 54 Years on the Lakes. (Plain Dealer Special) CONNEAUT, O., Sept. 9 - Funeral services for Capt. Edward J. Wylie, Conneaut, veteran lake tug master who died Saturday at the wheel of his tug Texas in Erie Harbor, will be held from his late home here at 10 a.m. tomorrow. Rev. Charles F. Jones, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, will officiate. At 2 p.m. the Masonic Lodge of Ashtabula Harbor, of which he was a member, will hold services in Ashtabula. Capt. Wylie, who was 73, was one of the oldest tugmen on the Great Lakes in length of service. He was a fisherman during his early life but in 1875 shipped out as a fireman on the tug Dexter at Ashtabula. He has been on a tug ever since. He was retired recently and was on extra duty when he died. During his years of service, Capt. Wylie assisted in several rescue expeditions. On one occasion he jumped into the water at Ashtabula Harbor and saved a young man from drowning. He is survived by two sons, John E. and L. W., both of Conneaut.

1930s

Source: Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio Dated: Jul. 27, 1935 CONNEAUT, O., July 26 - Mrs. Isaac Johnson, 90, Conneaut's oldest Finnish resident, died today following a stroke. She and her husband, 87, who survives, celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary recently.
Source: Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio Dated: Dec. 3, 1935 Bury Conneaut Principal Today. CONNEAUT, O., Dec. 2. - Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. tomorrow for Edith Atwater, 60, principal of W. Maine Street School and the oldest teacher in Conneaut schools, who died Saturday.
Source: Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio Dated: Sept. 22, 1936 MARINE NEWS by Q. M. Gravatt W. M. Ford, 61, for years commissioner for the Lake Carriers' Association at the port of Conneaut, died at his home there early yesterday. Mr. Ford was born in Mount Pleasant, Mich. On Sept. 27, 1904 he took position for the Lake Carriers at Conneaut and served in that capacity until the time of his death. He was a member and past exalted ruler of the Elks and at one time served as director of public safety at Conneaut. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon with burial at Conneaut. He is survived by his wife and by one son, Robert Ford, of Buffalo.
Source: Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio Dated: Nov. 12, 1937 Veteran Conneaut P. O. Clerk Dies CONNEAUT, O., Nov. 11. - Harriet C. Flagg, 72, for 35 years money order clerk at the Conneaut Post-office, died today at Stockton, N. Y., where she had been visiting. Miss Flagg retired five years ago.

1940s

Source: Omaha World Herald - Nebraska Dated: Oct. 11, 1943 Mrs. Mary J. Raynor, 86, of Conneaut, O., died Sunday at a Toledo hospital. Survivors: Five sons including Walter V. Raynor, Omaha; two daughters. Services at Conneaut. The family requests no flowers.
Source Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio Dated: Mar. 12, 1944 MARTIN C. BORNE, died in Conneaut, Ohio, Friday March 10, beloved husband of Johanna, father of Rev. Fr. Edmund C. Horne, S. J., and Catherine Devney?. Funeral services Monday, March 13, St. Mary's Church, Conneaut, Ohio 11 a.m. Eastern war time.
Source: Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio Dated: Nov. 11, 1949 JOHN OLAH CONNEAUT, O., Nov. 10 - Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon for John Olah, 74 of Furnace Road, a retired employee of Conneaut Harbor Docks, who died today after short illness. He lived here 55 years. He was a member of the Assembly of God Church. His widow, Mary, two sons, George and Michael of Conneaut, and three daughters survive.

1950s

Source: News-Herald - Conneaut, Ohio Dated: April 22, 1959 JESSE JONES Jesse Arthur Jones 64, of 1349 North Ridge East, North Kingsville, Ohio died in General Hospital at 9:00 a.m. Tuesday. He had entered the hospital for medical care.
Source: Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio Dated: Nov. 15, 1950 WILLIAM E. PETERS CONNEAUT, O., Nov. 14 - Funeral services for William E. Peters, 81, a retired Nickel Plate Road conductor, will be held at 9 a.m. Wednesday in St. Mary's Catholic Church here. He lived in Conneaut, 62 years. His wife, Janet, died in 1948. A brother, E. M. Peters of Salem, survives.
Source: Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio Dated: Dec. 19, 1950 THEODORE BENSON CONNEAUT, O., Dec. 18 - Funeral services for Theodore (Dud) Benson, 40 of Westlake Road, who died this afternoon in Brown Memorial Hospital here, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Marcy funeral home here. A lifelong resident of this section he was a painter for the Nickel Plate road 26 years. His widow, Anna, survives.
Source: Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio Dated: Dec. 19, 1950 Rail Flagman's Plunge Is Fatal CONNEAUT, O., Dec. 18. - A 41 year old Conneaut railroad flagman died early today in a Dunkirk (N.Y.) hospital after he fell from the caboose of a fast freight train a mile west of that city. The man, John Bort of 501½ Liberty Street here, who was a Nickel Plate Railroad flagman 12 years, died of a fractured skull and internal injuries. He reportedly lost his balance on the narrow platform and fell from the train as it traveled on a run from Buffalo to Conneaut. He was taken to Brooks Hospital at 5 a.m. yesterday and died there at 12:12 a.m. today. His widow, Helen; three sisters and eight brothers survive. Services will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday in the home of his father-in-law, Nicholas Cousins, at 439 Monroe Street.
Source: Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio Dated: Dec. 29, 1956 Conneaut Veteran Dies. CONNEAUT, O., Dec. 28, - Dr. Robert E. Stoops of Conneaut died yesterday in Bethesda (Md.) Hospital. He was a retired captain in the U. S. Navy medical service and entered practice here after the close of World War II. Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery.
Source: Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio Dated: July 17, 1959 REV. ERNEST M. MIDKIFF, pastor of Glenville Baptist Church here 20 years ago, died in Conneaut yesterday of a heart attack. Since he had been pastor of First Baptist Church there. A native of West Virginia, he was graduated from the University of Akron attended a seminary in Louisville, Ky., and did postgraduate work at Ohio University. He had taught at Rio Grande College, directed Christian education education work at Trinity Baptist College and held a pastorate in Dayton. Surviving him are his wife, Lydia; a sister, and three brothers. The Rev/ Harold Loughhead, Ohio director of town and country work for the Baptist State Convention, will officiate at funeral services tomorrow in Conneaut.
1960s
Source: Springfield Union - Springfield, Mass. Dated: July 13, 1960 Mrs. Guy E. Shearer Mrs. Nena (English) Shearer, wife of the late Guy E. Shearer and mother of Walter V. Shearer, president of The Plastic Coating Corp. in Holyoke, died in Conneaut, O., recently. Born in New Philadelphia, O., Oct. 16, 1878, she lived for more than 50 years in Conneaut. She leaves three sons, Walter V. of West Springfield, Klun E. of Ashtabula, O., Robert J. of Westfield, N.Y.; a daughter, Mrs. Martha Dudley of Conneaut, 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral will be held at the Marcy funeral home, Conneaut, this afternoon.
Source: Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio Dated: Dec. 6, 1961 MILTON A. RING Plain Dealer Special CONNEAUT, O. - Milton A. Ring, 82, widely known fruit grower and dairyman here, died at his home yesterday. Survivors include his wife, Leonarda, five daughters and four sons. Services will be 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Thompson funeral home, Conneaut. Burial will be in Amboy Cemetery, Lakeville. (now Conneaut)
Source: The NEWS HERALD, Conneaut, Ohio Dated: January 19, 1962 MRS. JOHN H. CLARK Funeral services for Mrs. John H. (Lila C.) Clark, 61, 607 Gore Rd., were held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Thompson Funeral Home. Mrs. Clark died Monday in Brown Memorial Hospital The Rev. Oakey Grow, pastor of Amboy Methodist Church, conducted the services. Pallbearers were Arthur Norton Jr., Arthur Norton Sr., John and Robert Armstrong, Paul Wheeler and Leon Jones. Burial was in Johnston Cemetery Johnston, O., with the Rev. F. C. Landfear of Niles, O., conducting graveside services. Friends and relatives attended from Warren, O.
Source: Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio Dated Mar. 19, 1962 Conneaut Man Dies CONNEAUT, O. - A 51 year old Conneaut man died at 6:15 a.m. in Hamot Hospital, Erie, Pa., of internal injuries received less than three hours earlier in a one-car accident on U. S. 20 at West Springfield, Pa. Hubert D. Smith, 302 Buffalo Street, an engineer with the Pittsburgh Steamship Co., was driving east alone. He failed to negotiate a curve and his car hit a utility pole on the south side of the highway, according to the Pennsylvania State Police. Smith was a past officer of the Marine Engineer Benefit Association, District 2. He also was a member of the Lake Carriers Association. He is survived by his wife Ardis, a son William E., of Conneaut, two step daughters, Ardel Leaman and Mrs. V. Anthony Spano, both of Conneaut, and his mother, Mrs. Edward Smith. Services will be 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Marcy funeral home, Conneaut. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery.
Source: Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio Dated: Mar. 19, 1962. ELLISON PARRISH, CONNEAUT'S FIRST CITY MAYOR, DIES Plain Dealer Special. CONNEAUT, O. - Ellison J. Parrish, Conneaut's first city mayor, died at 4 p.m. yesterday in Longview Hospital in Kingsville, O. He was 96. Mr. Parrish, a Democrat, won the first plurality election when Conneaut achieved city status in 1902. He was a native of Terre Haute, Ind., and moved to Conneaut in 1885. He was employed as a Nickel Plate Railroad trainmaster at the time of his election as mayor. Mr. Parrish was promoted to telegraph superintendent of the railroad and served in this capacity on several of the railroad's divisions. At the time of his retirement in 1931 his head-quarters was in Buffalo. Mr. Parrish and his wife, Pearl, who died in 1952, made their home in Conneaut after he retired. He took an active interest in local politics until some two years ago when he entered the hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Marcy funeral home. Burial will be in East Lakeville Cemetery.
Source: The NEWS HERALD, Conneaut, Ohio - Dated: April 26, 1963 MRS CARL COWEN Mrs. Carl (Kitty) Cowen, 80 of 716 Broad St., died at 10:05 Thursday in Brown Memorial Hospital. She had been in failing health for several months and had been admitted to the hospital last Monday. Death was due to complications. Born in Mill Village, Pa., on April 21, 1883, she was the daughter of William J. and Emma Jane (Wilson) Gourley. She had resided in Conneaut for the 65 years. She and her husband, Carl, had celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary. She was a member of Grace Lutheran Church. Besides her husband, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Richard (Bernadette) Norman, North Hill Dr., and Mrs. Mark (Minnie) Smith, Erie, Pa.; two sons, Arthur, of Westfield, N.Y., and William J., at home. Five grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren also service. Mrs. Cowen was preceded in death by a daughter, Mrs. Emma Cowen Brooks in 1925. Funeral services will be at 2 Monday at Thompson Funeral Home with the Rev. Harlen Miller, pastor of Grace Lutheran Church, officiating. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Sunday afternoon and evening.
Published in The NEWS HERALD, Conneaut, Ohio - April 27, 1963 MRS. GRACE FORTUNE Funeral services for Mrs. Grace Fortune, 83, of 217 Sandusky St., were held at 2 p.m. Friday at Marcy Funeral Home. Mrs. Fortune died Tuesday at Burke Nursing Home, Girard. The Rev. Frederick W. Vaill, pastor of United Congregational Christian Church, officiated. Pallbearers were Robert and Richard Fortune, Marshall Croell, Tait Snyder, Miller Lacey and Robert C. Marcy. Burial was in Glenwood Cemetery. Friends and relatives attended from South Gate, Calif., and Newton Falls, McDonald and Ashtabula, O.
Source: Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio Dated: Mar. 19, 1964 MILES PERKINS, a farmer for many years at Conneaut, died yesterday at Brown Memorial Hospital, Conneaut. He was 88. Mr. Perkins lived at 118 Daniels Avenue, Conneaut. Surviving are his wife, the former Maggie Randall; a daughter of Mrs. Clara Darling; a son, Robert; a stepson, Arthur Klumph; and two step-daughters, Mrs. F. J. Stacey and Ruth C. Klumpf, a retail credit supervisor for The Plain Dealer. Services will be held at the Marcy funeral home, 208 Liberty Street, Conneaut, at 2 p.m. Saturday.
Source: Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio Dated: Oct. 11, 1969 ELMER G. MARQUARDT, former Cleveland resident, Scribner Rd., Conneaut, O., died suddenly Thursday Oct. 9. Survived by wife Lydia (Stachel), sons Kenneth and James Marquardt at home. Donald Marquardt of Macedonia, O., two granddaughters, two sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Murowski, Mrs. Clara Stachel of Cleveland, brother Elroy of Lakewood, O. Friends will be received at Thompson Funeral Home, 345 Main St., Conneaut, O., Friday afternoon and evening where services will be held 3 p.m. Saturday. Burial in Kelloggsville Cemetery.
1970s
Source: Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio Dated: Jan. 20, 1970 C. A. MILLER Dies; Was Shoe Executive Charles A. Miller, 100 last October, who developed the retail shoe business founded by his late father, Philip C., into a chain of 13 stores in Cleveland, Akron, Youngstown and Alliance, died yesterday in Brown Memorial Hospital, Conneaut. Mr. Miller retired in 1960 and since then made his home with a daughter Mrs. Kenneth F. Quinn, at 421 Main Street, Conneaut. GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL BE at Lake View Cemetery at 2 p.m. tomorrow. Among the thousands of customers the Miller stores served were John D. Rockefeller. Surviving besides his daughter are a son, Charles J. and a sister. His wife died in 1958. (There is a picture with the obituary)
Source: Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio Dated: July 27, 1970 C. GROVER MCNULTY, 81, former president of Conneaut city council, died Saturday in his home, 630 Harbor Street, Conneaut. Mr. McNulty worked for 37 years with the Nickel Plate Railroad Co. He retired in 1957 as a foreman in the general car repair division. He was a Conneaut city councilman more than 30 years and served several terms as president. He was a trustee for 21 years of the Brown Memorial Hospital in Conneaut, and a member of the Knights of Columbus and St. Frances Cabrini church, 744 Mill Street, Conneaut, where services will be 9 a.m. tomorrow. Mr. McNulty is survived by his wife, Margaret, two daughters, Mrs. Patricia Kysar, Wilmette, Ill., and Mrs. Jack M. Cuddy, Camillus, N.Y., and a sister.
Source: Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio Dated: June 30, 1971 Truck Driver Killed TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) - A Conneaut truck driver died early this morning in a hospital in Terre Haute, Ind., after a fiery collision on Interstate 70. He was identified as Lawrence Witta, 29. He died about 24 hours after his westbound truck crashed into the rear of another truck near the east edge of Terre Haute. State police said he apparently fell asleep. After impact, his truck overturned a caught fire.
Source: Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio Dated: May 16, 1972 ANTHONY G. GRAZIANO, 63, 262 West St., Conneaut, died at Brown Memorial Hospital, Sunday May 14, beloved husband of Mary, son of the late Angelo and Lena Nicosia Graziano, father of Mrs. George Kaufman, Roger W., brother of three sisters, and three brothers, grandfather of three. Friends may call at the Thompson Funeral Home, 345 Main St., Conneaut, O. TUESDAY 2-4 AND 7-9 P.M. Funeral services will be held at St. Mary's Church at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Burial in St. Gregory's Cemetery, North East, Pennsylvania.
Source: Omaha World Herald - Nebraska Dated: Apr. 12, 1973 KARPF - Henry C., 83 years, 203 N. 62nd St. Survived by wife, Mrs. H. C. Karpf, Omaha; son, Charles T. Morrill, Neb.; sister, Marion Stewart, Conneaut, Ohio; 4 grandchildren. Services, Friday, 4 p.m., Fitch and Cole Memorial Chapel, Further services Saturday, 3 p.m., from the First Presbyterian Church, Morrill, Neb. Interment Forest Law Cemetery, Morrill, Neb. Memorials preferred to Boys Clubs of Omaha, Inc., Uta Halee Home for Girls, or Fonenelle Boulevard Home. FITCH & COLE MEMORIAL CHAPEL, Farnam at 26th St. 344-4777
Source: Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio Dated: Jan. 23, 1977 WILLIAM D. LaPLACE. For nearly 45 years, William D. LaPlace sailed the Great Lakes for the Pittsburgh Steamship Division of the U. S. Steel Corp. and had been captain of various vessels until he retired in 1964. Mr. LaPlace, 72, of Conneaut, died Friday at his home. He is survived by a son, William B. LaPlace of Fairview Park; a daughter, Beth Hunker, of Columbus, and six grandsons. Services will be tomorrow at 11 a.m. in the Marcy funeral home in Conneaut.
Source: Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio Dated: Feb. 10, 1977 Thomas M. Ramsay, 67 Services for Thomas M. Ramsay, 67 of Conneaut, retired vice president of the Lower Lakes Carriers Association, will be at 11 a.m. today at Thompson Funeral home, 345 Main St., Conneaut. Mr. Ramsay died Monday at Brown Memorial Hospital in Conneaut, where he moved from Maple Heights 12 years ago when he joined Lower Lakes. He retired five years ago. Earlier he had worked for Ohio Truck Rental Inc. Surviving are his wife, Julia; daughter, Joyce Mast; son, Thomas; two sisters and two brothers. ----- Source: Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio Dated: Feb. 9, 1977 THOMAS M. RAMSAY, of 288 Wrights Ave., Conneaut, O., formerly of Maple Heights, Died Feb. 6, 1977, Suddenly. Beloved husband of Julia, father of Mrs. Merlin (Joyce) Mast, of Rocky River and Thomas F. Ramsay, of Solon, O., grandfather of six, brother of Mrs. Donald Malcomson of McDonald, O., and Mrs. Robert Madill of Westerville, O., Joseph Ramsay of McDonald, O., and Charles Ramsay of Salem, O. Friends may call at the THOMPSON FUNERAL HOME, 345 MAIN ST., CONNEAUT, O., FROM 2-4 AND 7-9 P.M., WEDNESDAY, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday. Interment will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Hillcrest Memorial Cemetery in Bedford.
Source: Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio Dated: Mar. 13, 1977 Muriel Williams Krasnoff, a former violinist with the Cleveland Women's Orchestra during the 1950s, died Friday in Brown Memorial Hospital, Conneaut. She had been hospitalized with cancer since October. Services will be at 1 p.m. tomorrow in Berkowitz-Kumin Inc. memorial chapel, 1985 S. Taylor Rd., Cleveland Heights. Mrs. Krasnoff, 56, had worked with her husband, Charles, in their Crown Jewelry Store in Conneaut. She had been an active member of Tifereth Israel Temple in Ashtabula since 1958. Survivors also include a son, Richard; daughters, Susan Benton and Rochelle Taylor; three grandchildren, and a nephew.
1980s
Source: Plain Dealer - Cleveland, OH Dated: Dec. 26, 1980 JOHN PRYATELY, 88 of 411 Depot St., Conneaut, O., died Dec. 24, devoted father of Mrs. Joseph Novak, of Highland Heights, Tony Pryately, of Cleveland, and Rudy Pryately, of Conneaut, grandfather of 11, great-grandfather of seven. Preceded in death by wife, Jennie, son, John, two sisters, and two brothers. CALLING HOURS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AT THOMPSON FUNERAL HOME, 345 MAIN ST., CONNEAUT, with Rev. John Welsch officiating. Funeral service 8:30 p.m. Friday. Memorials may be made in his name to Slovenian Home for The Aged in Cleveland.
Source: Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio Dated: Jun. 6, 1982 GLADYS V. VOLLMAN,85, formerly of Conneaut, and Willoughby, O., died Friday in Tampa, Fla., daughter of the late George and Harriet Johnson Love, survived by daughter Mrs. Floyd (Peg) Bromfield of Tampa, Fla., two grandsons, two great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at THE MARCY FUNERAL HOME, CONNEAUT, O.
Source: Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio Dated: Jan. 22, 1984 ROSE C. TULLEY, died Friday, Jan. 20, in Conneaut, O. Born and raised in Conneaut and resided in Cleveland for 30 years, beloved sister of Mrs. Marcella Fink of Cleveland Heights and Lawrence Tully of Conneaut, Aunt to 15 Nieces and Nephews, preceded in death by parents, Eugene and Marie Tully, two sisters and three brothers. Friends may call at the THOMPSON FUNERAL HOME, 345 MAIN ST., CONNEAUT from 2 - 4 AND 7 - 9 P.M., MONDAY and are invited to Services at St. Frances Cabrini Church, Mill St., Conneaut at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Interment will follow in St. Joseph Cemetery.
Source: News Herald - Conneaut, Ohio Dated: March 29, 1986 CARRIE J. JONES Conneaut--Carrie J. Jones 94, formerly of 1931 E. Prospect died Friday in Inn-Conneaut Health Center. She had been a patient there for the past 5 years. A resident of Ashtabula all her life, she was born May 20, 1891 in Plymouth Township, the daughter of Arthur and Julia Billett Fuller. She was a member of East Side Presbyterian Church, a 67-year member of OK Rebekah Lodge No. 329 and a charter member of 55 plus club of Ashtabula YMCA-YWCA. Survivors include a daughter Mrs. Carey (Doris) Campbell of Ashtabula, 10 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren and 9 great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband Jesse, two sisters, a brother and a granddaughter Shirley Terry. Services will be 1 PM. Monday at Zabeck Funeral Home. The Rev. Larry McMellen, pastor of East Side Presbyterian Church will officiate. Interment will be in Eastlake Cemetery , North Kingsville. OH. Next to her Husband. Calling Hours will be held 7 to 9 PM. Sunday. Edgewood Trailer Park Inn Conneaut Nursing Home.
Source: Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio Source: Jun. 28, 1986 DONALD (JOE) KNOX, of Conneaut and Cleveland, died Thursday at University Hospitals, Cleveland. Beloved husband of Ruth, father of Linda Cook, Karen Reed, brother of Thomas and Robert Knox and Mary Jane Meiser, step father of Ronald Block, grandfather of four. Funeral services 9 a.m. Monday St. Mary's Church, Conneaut. Visiting hours Sunday 7-9 p.m. at the Raisian Funeral Home, 581 Harbor, Conneaut
Source: Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio Dated: Nov. 9, 1988 ARTHUR G. LOYD, age 51, of Conneaut, Oh., died Monday. Husband of Lona, father of Lori Krichbaum and Tina Nabors of Cleveland, son of Evelyn and the late Durward, brother of June Brenan and Carol Reese of Cleveland and Wilson Loyd of Parma. Service will be 7 p.m. Thursday at United Church of Christ, Conneaut. ARRANGEMENTS BY MARCY RAINBOW CARE FUNERAL HOME OF CONNEAUT.
1990s
Source: Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio Dated: Mar. 10, 1991 DAVID G. LINDSAY, Jr., 77 of Conneaut, died Mar. 8, survived by wife Pauline, daughters, Leora Stacey, Margaret Murphy, Helen Kenzig. Services Tuesday, Mar. 12, at 10:00 AM at the MARCY FUNERAL HOME, 208 LIBERTY ST., CONNEAUT, VISITATION MONDAY 3-5 & 7-9 Source: Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio Dated: Mar. 11, 1991 David Lindsay, Jr., Conneaut engineer For three years, David G. Lindsay, Jr. was city engineer in Conneaut. Mr. Lindsay, 77, formerly of Cleveland, died Friday at Inn-Conneaut Health Center, where he had been a patient since January. He was born in Pittsburgh. He was a 1941 graduate of the Ohio State University School of Engineering. Mr. Lindsay, who retired in 1983 from Kaiser Engineers, Inc. in Conneaut, was city engineer there from 1963 to 1966. He lived in Cleveland in recent years but returned to Conneaut in 1989. A World War II Navy veteran, he served in the Pacific with the 29th Seabee Reserve Unit 4-20 in Youngstown during the 1960s. In Cleveland, he was a member of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Valley of Cleveland, James K. Ruhl Lodge 731 F. & A.M. Friendship Chapter 480 and the Order of the Eastern Star of Cleveland. He is survived by his wife, Pauline; daughters, Leora Stacey of Canfield, Margaret Murphy of Dover, Del., and Helen Kenzig of Willoughby Hills; five grandchildren; one great-grandchild; a sister; three stepchildren; and three step-grandchildren. Services are 10 a.m. tomorrow at the Marcy Rainbow Care funeral home, 208 Liberty St., Conneaut.

2000s
Courier Newspaper, Conneaut, OH Dewey James Mix - Jan. 9, 1920 - Dec. 13. 2003 Dewey James Mix was born in Ohio on Jan. 9, 1920. He died Dec. 13, 2003 in Tucson, Ariz. He graduated from Conneaut, Ohio High School in 1938 and served in the U. S. Air Force from 1940 to 1943. He was retired from Kaiser Steel in 1983 after 33 years of service. Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Dorothy Murphy Mix of Tucson, Ariz.; two children. Pamela Marie and James Michael; two grandchildren Deena and Claudine; five great-grandchildren and his sister, Doris K. Mix of Roswell, N.M.