Tuesday, June 10, 2008

CLARA LEWIS - Obituary

Lewis, Miss Clara
The East Liverpool Tribune
Clara Lewis, aged 20, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Lewis, died about noon yesterday (May 24, 1906) at the home of her parents near "Hail Deadening," a few miles north of the city. Death was due to typhoid fever following a brief illness.
The funeral was announced last night to take place Saturday morning at 10 o'clock burial to occur in the Madison church cemetery. The Rev. C. L. V. McKee will probably have charge.
Miss Lewis is survived by her parents and three sisters and one brother as follows: Ada Lewis, at home; Mrs. Joseph Crawford, Mrs. Harry Walters, of this city, Walter Lewis at home.
The young lady was well known in this city, and the news of her sudden death was received with deep regret. She had been a member of church since girlhood and possessed many beautiful traits of character that endeared her to her friends.

REV. T. H. HALL - Obituary

Hall, Rev. T. H.
The East Liverpool Tribune
May 20. 1906
The body of the Rev. T. H. Hall will arrive on the 10:30 train this morning from Hurffville, N. J., and will be removed to the home of Alfred Harrison in Seventh street. Funeral services will be hed a the Harrison home tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Complying with the dying wish of the deceased, his body will be laid to rest along side that of his mother in the Spring Grove cemetery. The Rev. Drs. Jones and Lane will conduct the services.

ELIZABETH CLUPPER - Obituary

Clupper, Mrs. Elizabeth
The East Liverpool Tribune
MRS. ELIZABETH CLUPPER
Died Yesterday at Her Late Home in East Palestine
George Wilson, of Klondike, received word yesterday afternoon (June 11, 1906) of the death of his grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Clupper, which occurred yesterday morning at East Palesting after a lingering illness of cancer. She was 77 years old, and a native of Mahoning county.
A husband and two children survive. Wli living at East Palestine and Mrs. Elsie Wilson, of East End. the deceased was a member of the Lutheran church and was held in high esteem by all.
No particulars were received in regard to the funeral, but it will likely beheld Wednesday.

WILLIAM W. WARRICK - Obituary

Warrick, William W.
The East Liverpool Tribune
William W. Warrick, aged 78 years, one of the best known citizens of Washington, Pa., died yesterday (May 28, 1906) of a stroke of paralysis. He had been engaged in the grocery and the milling business for a number of years with a brother, G. M. Warrick. He leaves two sons, Thatcher, at New York, and W. Wiley, of Pittsburg, and a daughter, Mrs. Ely, also of Pittsburg. A number of distant relatives also survive in this city.

EDNA CRIDER - Obituary

Crider, Edna
The East Liverpool Tribune
Edna, the 8 -year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Crider of the North Side, died at 7 o'clock last night (May 28, 1906) after a brief illness of peritonitis following funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. J. G. Reinartz, pastor of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran church officiating. Interment will be made in Riverview. The child was attending school when stricken. she was a promising pupil and was idolized by her parents to whom her sudden death comes as a deep shock. Mr. Crider, the father, is president of the kilnmen's local No. 9, and is employed at the Laughlin plant No. 2.

MICHAEL CALLAHAN - Obituary

Callahan, Michael
The East Liverpool Tribune
POTTER MEETS DEATH UNDER TRAIN WHEELS
Michael Callahan Killed Near Canonsburg, Pa.
Young Companion Suffers the Same Fate
Two Were Walking on Track and Did Not Hear Warning Signals.
Michael Callahan, aged 23 years, of 314 West Third street, was run down by a freight train on the Chartiers branch of the Pennsylvania railroad near the Canonsburg, Pa., station Saturday night (June 9, 1906) and killed.
Kenzie Hart, the son of a policeman at Canonsburg, was a companion of Callahan and he was also killed.
The body of Callahan was taken to his late home last night and the funeral will probably be held Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock at St. Aloysius church, interment being at St. Aloysius cemetery.
The men had been on a little evening jaunt and were returning home by an indirect route from their trip. A shifting engine was backing some cars down the track and hearing no signal, the two men kept on the track and were run down.
The bodies were soon found and as soon as identity was established a telephone message to the police of this city told of the death of Callahan. Patrolman Clifford Dawson advised the parents of the young man of his death.
Michael Callahan, sr., and a son John went to Canonsburg Sunday morning and returned last night with the body.
Callahan had been employed at the Canonsburg pottery since last September as a batter-out. He was expected home soon. He was a member of the East Liverpool Council, Knights of Columbus, and was a popular young fellow.
He always took an interest in baseball and achieved some reputation as a pitcher. His parents, brothers, John, William and Jerry, and sisters, Mrs. Joseph Bastian and Mrs. William Schepp, survive.

WILLIAM FORTUNE - Obituary

Fortune, William
The East Liverpool Tribune
July 6, 1906)
William Fortune, aged 47, is dead at his late home in Third street after a long illness of a complication of diseases. He was employed for a number of years in the potteries of the city and enjoyed a wide acquaintance.
The funeral will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock, the services being conducted by the Rev. Dr. J. C. Taggart.
Deceases is survived by his wife and two children, Mrs. Charles Graham of Cleveland, and Mrs. H. A. Foutts, of East Liverpool; his mother, Mrs. Ellen Fortune, of Nashville, Tenn.; three sisters, Mrs. H. Clark, of Pittsburg; Mrs. William Quinn, of Nashville, Tenn.; Mrs. R. logan, of Holland, Kansan, and a brother, Harry Fortune, of Pittsburg.