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Portsmouth Daily Times – March 10, 1921
Mrs. Mary W. Schwamberger
Death about nine o’clock Wednesday night claimed Mrs. Mary Wilhelmina Schwamberger, beloved wife of Joseph Schwamberger, the final summons coming at the home on Lick Run near Wheelersburg. Death was caused by rheumatism after a four weeks illness.
Mrs. Schwamberger, who was 38 years of age, was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Thieken of Lick Run. She was born in Vernon township, Scioto county, and spent practically all her life in that part of the county.
Surviving are the husband, Joseph Schwamberger, four sons, Francis, Leo and Jerome. She also leaves her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Thieken of Lick Run, two sisters, Mrs. Andy Bihl and Miss Minnie Schwamberger at home, and four sons, Frank of Portsmouth, William of New Boston and Louis and Edward at home.
Mrs. Schwamberger was a member of St. Peter’s Catholic church of Wheelersburg.
Funeral services will be held from St. Peters. Church Saturday morning at ten o’clock with Father Thomas Carey in charge.
Burial will be in the Catholic cemetery at Wheelersburg.
The Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY, June 21, 1991
Ralph F. Schwamberger, 73, died Wednesday at Humana Hospital-Suburban.
He was a native of Sciotoville, Ohio, a retired service officer for Veterans Administration, where he worked for 30 years, an Army veteran of World War II and a member of Disabled American Veterans Chapter 89.
Survivors: three sons, Gregory Schwamberger of Elizabethtown, Mark Schwamberger of Columbus, Ohio, and Jeffrey Schwamberger of San Carlos, Calif.; three sisters, Lucille Lauder and Regina Curnutte, both of Portsmouth, Ohio, and Evelyn Craycraft of Marion, Ohio; and a grandson.
Funeral: 10 a.m. Saturday, St. Martha Catholic Church, 2825 Klondike Lane.
Burial: Calvary Cemetery. Visitation: Ratterman's-Bardstown Road, 3800 Bardstown Road, 7-9 p.m. Friday.
Memorial gifts: American Cancer Society.
Portsmouth Times, Saturday, May 23, 1885
"118!"
MORE THAN A CENTURY OF LIFE !!
Death of the Aged Negress, Mrs. Maria Seaton.
Last Thursday a woman died in this city at the remarkable age of one hundred and eighteen years. It seems incredible that such thins can be, but the fact and figures in this case are too well authenticated to admit of doubt. But even this woman would have cut a sorry figure in the days of the Bible patriarchs, and would not have been eligible to membership in any society of old people of the day, when they scored five, six and seven hundred years and one of them came near reaching an even thousand. The dead lady referred to is Mrs. Maria Seaton, a colored woman, who lived with her son Henry Seaton, on Thirteenth street, opposite the colored church. She died of pure old age. She had not been able to take any nourishment for two weeks previous to her death. It is almost impossible for a robust person to live two weeks without nourishment, hence the marvelous vitality of deceased is wonderfully observable. She had every indication of great age. Her skin was thick and shriveled, and she had he appearance of a mummy. It will be a question of interest to psychologists to determine what it was that kept her alive so long after the functions of nutrition had been suspended. Physiology gives it up. Was it an extraordinary manifestation of the vis medicatrix we read so much about, and if so does it go to prove the truth of the theory held by many writers, namely, that it is quite possible for the human race to return to the days of the patriarchs in the matter of long life?
Mary Seaton was born in Virginia and was fourteen years old when the war of the revolution was going on for she recollected having assisted in cooking for Washington’s soldiers on their march through Virginia. This was probably on the occasion of Washington’s march to Yorktown, which was in 1781. If she was 14 years old at that time it makes her 118 years old at the time of her death. She was born in slavery, and at the close of the revolutionary war was owned by a man named Nichols, who came west an settled in Greenup county, Ky. She was sold two or three times after coming to this neighborhood, being in the family of the Thompsons, and finally came into the hands of the Seatons, of Greenup, where she remained until the Emancipation Proclamation set her free. It was customary in the days of slavery for slaves to take the name of their last master, hence Mrs. Seaton’s Kentucky name, which in Virginia was Warren. Dr. Davidson remembers her when a small boy, and says she was then a very old woman.
She remembers having seen Daniel Boone and other pioneers of this section, as well as the famous pioneer preachers whose exploits have made such interesting reading in the Church history of the two States. She was married
three times, and her children are mostly dead or scattered, some of them having been sold South before the war. Henry is the only living son, and he is quite an old man. She never took any medicine in her life, except the "roots and yarbs" that were always popular with the old wives of Virginia, both white and colored.
Mrs. Seaton’s case was mentioned in the Times two or three years ago. The centenarian line is being advanced as the world advances. A few years ago a person of ninety or one hundred years of age was looked upon as a curiosity, but now they are becoming common. Portsmouth advances the record to 118.
Kansas City Star - May 19, 1913-- (Funeral Notice)--
The funeral of Lee Self will be held Monday at 2805 Holly. All friends invited. Interment Forest Hill Cemetery.
Blackwell (Okla.) Journal-Tribune, August, 1998
Funeral Services for Roy Allen Selvy, 81, longtime rural Blackwell resident, were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug 4, in Prairie Chapel United Methodist Church with Rev. Mr. Don Martin officiating.
Burial was in the Blackwell cemetery under direction of Hackler Funeral Home. By request of the family, there was no visitation and the casket was closed at all times.
Mr. Selvy was born March 11, 1917, in Marion, Kansas to Harry Allen Selvy (1890-1955) and Grace Aquila (Padgett) Selvy (1889-1974) and died at his (rural Kay County) home Thursday, July 30, 1998.
He was raised on the farm near Burns (Marion Co.), Kansas and graduated from Burns High School. He also attended El Dorado (KS) Junior College for one year.
He farmed with his father until marrying Frances Eula Van Natta (1918-1995) on May 21, 1941. He was called into military duty Aug. 14, 1941, serving with the Army Coast Artillery, stationed mostly around Boston, Mass. He received his honorable discharge on Dec. 8, 1945.
In that same year, they moved to Kay County (Okla.) to farm, raise cattle and a few quarter horses.
He served on the Prairie Chapel Elementary School board for over 20 years, was master of Weston Grange, Sunday School superintendent, lay leader, church conference delegate and a member of Prairie Chapel United Methodist Church.
Survivors include four daughters, Cynthia Pearl Nicholson (1946- ), Roxboro, N.C.; Roylyn Grace Selvy (1949- ), Coppell, Texas; Nancy Allene Marlman (1954- ), Marcos, Colo., and Harriet Eula Weber (1956- ), Ada, (Okla.); six sisters, Verna Ethel Vincent (1911- ), Wichita, Ks.; Gladys Anita Jewell (1914- ), Peabody, Ks.; Gaila May Henry (1922- ), and Vera Allene London (1919- ), both of Wichita; Grace Harriet Sebert (1925- ), Kansas City, Mo.; and Verda Pearl Stoskopf (1927- ), El Dorado, Ks., and six grandchildren.
He is preceded in death by his wife, Frances Eula Selvy on Aug. 9, 1995, and one brother, Caroll Daniel Selvy (1911-1993).
Portsmouth Daily Times, Friday, May 29, 2003
Harold Semones, 87
Harold C. "Pap" Semones, 87, of New Boston, was born July 28, 1915, and went to be with the Lord on Thursday, May, 29, 2003. A 1933 graduate of Wheelersburg High School, he served during World War II in the South Pacific Theater rising to a rank of II Lieutenant as he served his country in Hawaii. Following the war, he worked in the wire department of Wheeling Steel Mill. He worked as an Ironworker for Local 769 before retiring. Up until it disbanded, he was active in Imanuel Baptist Church as Sunday School Superintendent, teacher and treasurer. On July 26, 1952, he married
Garnet Louise Wintersole. As young newlyweds, they were avid fishermen. He was a gardener extraordinaire who shared generously with those he loved. Un-paralleled in canning, his pickles and jellies were in demand by all who tasted them. A craftsman at rod busting, his finished jobs had perfectly plumb verticals and level horizontals. Visitors to his home were always invited to sit down in the living room where he held court by telling stories that never failed to entertain. Even in death, he is telling a story to those of us left behind, the story of how Jesus saves by grace so that all who believe and will one day be reunited with Pap in heaven.
He is survived by his wife, Louise Wintersole Semones. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ruie Smith Semones and Louis C. Semones, as well as two brothers, Richard L. Semones and Dale E. Semones, and one sister, Jacqueline Semones McCoy.
He was also preceded in death by a stepson, William Joseph Turner. He is survived by a brother, Vernon Dallas Semones, and sisters, Mary Ellen Evans, Ruth Semones Jones and Wilma Semones Holbrook (Joe). Also surviving are a son, William L. Semones (Shirley) of Lucasville, and a stepdaughter, Patricia Turner Bond (Charlie). He is also survived by nine grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, June 2, 2003, at the D.W. Swick Funeral Home in New Boston, with Art Marcum, minister, officiating, with burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens, with military graveside rites by James Dickey Post 23 American Legion. Friends may call Sunday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m.
Portsmouth Times, Dec. 11, 1947
Brooks Shaffer
Brooks Shaffer, 63, who is widely known here, passed away this morning in his home at 112 East Bush st, Kalamazoo, Mich., following a seven-month illness.
A native of Sciotoville, he was born July 7, 1884, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Carmi Shaffer. He spent most of his life in this community and before moving from here to Michigan in 1935, he was employed for 12 years as a molder by the Ohio Stove Co.
Mr. Shaffer was a Mason and belonged to the Iron Molders’ union.
His survivors, many of whom reside here, include his wife, the former Miss Isa Logan to whom he was wed 38 years ago; four children, Mrs. J. D. Linck, 2208 Grandview av, Mrs. Gilbert Fuller, 1209 Fourth st, Leroy and Ralph of Kalamazoo, two grandchildren; three sisters, Misses Gertrude and Nora Shaffer and Mrs. Genevieve Lake of Portsmouth, and a brother, Charles of Cincinnati.
Two brothers and two sisters preceded him in death.
Portsmouth Times, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 1967
Mrs. Isa Shaffer
Mrs. Isa Logan Shaffer, 75, a former Portsmouth resident, died Tuesday, following a heart attack at Kalamazoo, Mich., where she had made her home since 1937. In ill health for the past two years, she was the widow of Brooks Shaffer who died in 1947.
A native of Vanceburg, Ky., Mrs. Shaffer was a member of the Presbyterian Church and the White Shrine in Kalamazoo.
Survivors include two sons, Ralph of Kalamazoo and Leroy of Santa Maria, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. John D. Linck, 1608 Carroll St. and Mrs. Ormand S. Adams, 2334 Micklethwait Rd.; three brothers, Charles Logan of Fort Worth, Tex., Walter Logan of Los Angles, Calif, and Albert Logan of Tampa, Fla.; three sisters, Mrs. William Anderson of Springfield, Mrs. Lucille Wilcox of Dayton and Mrs. Arthur DeGarmo of Los Angles, four grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Funeral services are to be held Friday in Kalamazoo under the direction of Truesdale Funeral Home. Burial is to be in Riverside Memorial Park at Kalamazoo.
Floyd Co., Newspaper, Feb. 5, 1942
There died: John B. Stephens, 66, Monday, at his home at Allen; Pvt. Russell Robinson, of the U.S. Army, last Thursday, in Trinidad; George Frederick Gore, 32, Friday, at Estill; Mrs. Poppie Shepherd, 74, Saturday, at the Beaver Valley Hospital, Martin.
Portsmouth Times, Saturday, Nov. 13, 1965
Virgil Shepherd
Virgil Shepherd, 61, of Worley’s Run, West Portsmouth, died at 2:40 a.m. today at an Athens hospital.
A native of Greenup County, he was a retired employe of Ohio department of highways.
Surviving are his wife, Alice Dyer Shepherd; a stepson, Garland Morgan; his mother Lora Boggs Shepherd, 2132 Sixth St.; five brothers, Ernest Shepherd, 2004 Fifth St., William Shepherd of Lorain, Clyde Shepherd of Piketon, Homer Shepherd of South Shore and Hobart Shepherd of Pataskala; six sisters, Mrs. Rosie Bradley, 2132 Sixth St., Mrs. Belva Pollitt, 2112 Charles St., Bessie Boggs and Cynthia Boggs, both of South Shore, Stella Shepherd of Reynoldsburg and Mrs. Corrine Johnson of Lansing, Mich.
Funeral arrangements are under direction of Windel-Howland Funeral Home.
Portsmouth Daily Times, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2003
Levi Shope, 67
Levi L. Shope, 67, of Minford, died Saturday, Dec. 27, 2003, at Southern Ohio Medical Center.
He was born July 23, 1936, in Portsmouth, a son of Emma Brown Shope the late Trave Shope.
Survivors include a daughter, Letitia Crawford, brothers, Dan, Jim and Howard Shope; sisters Millie Swizee and Laura Shope; and three grandchildren.
Services will be 1 p.m. Friday at Don Wolfe Funeral Home in Sciotoville, with Pastor Larry King officiating, and interment in Sunset Memorial Gardens at Franklin Furnace. Friends may call from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Portsmouth Times, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 1945
Benjamin F. Shover
Benjamin F. Shover, 86, retired farmer of the Friendship community, died at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday at the home of a relative at 3433 Gallia st. New Boston, following a weeks illness.
A native of Greenup co., he was a son of Andrew and Mary Martin Shover. He was a member of the Church of Christ in Friendship.
Surviving are his wife; two sons, Edward Martin and William Franklin of Friendship; one half-brother, Joe of Chicago; a half-sister, Mrs. Emma Fraley of Greenup co.; eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at Friendship Methodist church, Rev. W. F Clay in charge. Burial will be in Friendship cemetery under direction of Emrick funeral home. The body will be at the home of a niece, Mrs. James Wright, 3307 Rhodes av., New Boston until the funeral hour.
