AARON O. CLEVENGER
Aaron O. Clevenger, 88, pioneer resident of Caldwell and Carroll counties, died at 5 p.m. Wednesday at the home of his son, Lee Clevenger, in the Stet community.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon from the Braymer Baptist Church. The Rev. Leon Clevenger will conduct the services. The body will lie in state at the Michael Funeral Home until the hour of the service. Interment will be in the Braymer Evergreen cemetery.
Mr. Clevenger is survived by four sons, Bart Clevenger, Braymer; Leo Clevenger, Carrollton; Amos Clevenger, Nettleton, and Ray Clevenger, Braymer; two daughters, Mrs. Mayme Hawkins, Norborne, and Mrs. Violet Fifer, Stet; one brother Luther Clevenger, Bryamer; three sisters, Mrs. Lettie Griffin, Excelsior Springs; Mrs. Easter Bryant, Cowgill; and Mrs. Cora Mills, Warsaw; 36 grandchildren and 57 great-grandchildren.
The Chillicothe Constitution Tribune, August 23, 1956
DANIEL F. SINGLETON
Dies in Oregon
Friends in the Avalon community have received word from R. F. 'Fenoy' Singleton of the sudden death of his father, Daniel F. 'Greeley' Singleton, who died July 29.
Mr. Singleton was born Aug. 20, 1874, and lived several years in the Dawn community.
Services were held at the Christian church in Gresham, Ore. Interment was in the Forest Lawn cemetery.
The Chillicothe Constitution Tribune, August 23, 1956
MRS. LENA RONEY DIES WHILE VISITING SISTER
Mrs. Lena Ella Roney, 71, of South San Gabriel, Cal., died at 7:30 o'clock this morning at the home of her sister, Mrs. Elmer Ward, two miles southeast of Farmersville.
Mrs. Roney arrived June 10 to visit in her sister's home. Aug. 6 she slipped and fell as she entered the kitchen, returning from the mail box, and suffered fractures of the ankle. She was a patient at the Chillicothe hospital until Aug. 14.
She was born Jan. 21, 1885, at Winterset, Ia., daughter of Oscar and Susan Starkey Tanner. She was the widow of Robert Roney.
In addition to her sister, she leaves two daughters, Mrs. Howard Carter, Redwood, Cal., and Mrs. Ralph Bienhoff, Pico, Cal., four sons, Oscar and Earl Roney, both of Los Angeles; Lawrence Roney, Dunsmuir, Cal., and Robert Roney, Downy, Cal.; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
The Chillicothe Constitution Tribune, August 22, 1956
BODY OF MRS. RONEY WILL GO TO CALIFORNIA
The body of Mrs. Lena Elle Roney, 71, of South San Gabriel, Calif., will lie in state at the Norman Funeral Home until noon Friday. It will be taken to Kansas City and shipped aboard the Santa Fe Chief to the Alexander Freezell Funeral Home in East Los Angeles. Funeral services and burial will be held in California. Mrs. Roney died yesterday. She had been in Livingston County to visit a sister, Mrs. Elmer Ward of near Chula.
The Chillicothe Constitution Tribune, August 23, 1956
Mrs. Ada L. Girdner Dies Here at 96
Came to Livingston County in 1865
Became Ill Last Week
Mrs. Ada L. Girdner, who observed her 96th birthday Sunday of last week, died at 10:10 o'clock this morning at the Chillicothe hospital. She had lived in Livingston County since 1865 and at 1311 Polk street in Chillicothe since 1907.
She had been ill since suffering a stroke last Thursday. She was taken to the hospital yesterday afternoon.
The body was taken to the Gordon Home for Funerals. Services probably will be Friday, with burial at Edgewood cemetery.
Even in her advanced years, Mrs. Girdner did most of her own housework. She enjoyed sewing, cooking, and reading the paper as long as she could.
She was born Ada L. Potter, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Potter, on Aug. 12, 1860, near Danville, Ill. She was 4 years old when she came with her parents to Missouri, and often recalled the trip here. As the family went through Danville enroute to the train, the church bells were ringing and her father told her President Lincoln had been assassinated. The family made the trip by train to Quincy, Ill., and she remembered crossing the Mississippi River by ferry boat to resume the train journey on this side of the river. Livestock was herded below decks and passengers traveled on the upper deck.
The family settled in east of Springhill, Jackson township, in what now is known as the Potter community. Mrs. Girdner attended the first Potter school. She was married in Jackson township July 31, 1881, to Michael P. Girdner. The Rev. James Mack performed the ceremony.
Mr. and Mrs. Girdner farmed until they moved to Chillcothe in 1907. Mr. Girdner died July 28, 1935.
She was a member of the First Christian Church and the Elias Bible Class for many years. Mrs. Girdner was remembered on her birthday this month by the Christian church family, which sent her a large bouquet of gladioli.
Mr. and Mrs. Girdner were the parents of two children. The son, Fred K. Girdner, lives at White Salem, Wash. The daughter, Mrs. Cora Griffith, Glendale, Ariz., died in 1932. There are two grandsons, Roger W. Griffith, Balboa Heights, Panama Canal Zone, and J. Ralph Griffith of Phoenex, Ariz., who has been here with his family. There are five great-grandchildren, Hazel and Roger Jr., children of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Griffith, and Jimmie, Marian, and Patrice Griffith, children of Mr. and Mrs. J. Ralph Griffith.
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The Chillicothe Constitution Tribune, August 22, 1956
GIRDNER FUNERAL RITES WILL BE FRIDAY MORNING
Funeral services for Mrs. Ada L. Girdner, 96, who died Wednesday at the Chillicothe hospital, will be held Friday morning at 10:30 o'clock at the chapel of the Gordon Home For Funerals, conducted by Rev. Arnett Winn. Burial will be on the family lot in Edgewood cemetery.
The Chillicothe Constitution Tribune, August 23, 1956
MRS. IRENE ARCHER'S FATHER DIES AT TRENTON
Funeral services for John Wesley Etter, 76, were held this afternoon at the Willis Chapel Church and burial was in the cemetery there. Mr. Etter was the father of Mrs. Clarence (Irene) Archer of Chillicothe.
Mr. Etter died Saturday evening at his home in Trenton. He had just finished his evening meal and was sitting on the front porch when he was stricken, the Republican-Times reported.
Mr. Etter was born June 11, 1880, in Harrison County, son of Mr. and Mrs. Al Etter. He is survived by his wife, the former Ellen Johnson; four daughters, Mrs. Martha Quackenbush, San Francisco; Mrs. Ollie Fletcher, Kansas City; Mrs. Archer, Chillicothe, and Mrs. Dora Lee Gates, Council Bluffs, Ia.; Two sons, Milton Etter, Omaha, and Buford Etter, Council Bluffs; Two sisters, Mrs. Rosa Deskins, Melbourne, Mo., and Mrs. Lilly Wells, Seneca, Mo.; a brother, Jim Etter, Trenton; 11 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
The Chillicothe Constitution Tribune, August 21, 1956
MRS. MARY BELL AILOR OF MEADVILLE IS DEAD
Mrs. Delbert Ailor of Meadville, the former Mary Belle Foster, died early today at the McLarney hospital in Brookfield.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon from the Meadville Methodist Church, with the Rev. Roy Sturgell officiating. The body will be in state at the Brothers Funeral Home in Meadville.
Mrs. Ailor leaves her husband; a daughter, Mrs. Virgil Kennedy, and a son, Fostor Ailor.
The Chillicothe Constitution Tribune, August 21, 1956
Ernest H. Hamilton Dies Here at 65
He Was in Education Field for Years
Ernest H. Hamilton, 65, of 709 Highland, died at the Chillicothe hospital at 7:40 o'clock Monday evening. Mr. Hamilton was admitted to the Chillicothe hospital Monday morning, following a heart attack.
Funeral services will be held at the Payne Funeral Home in Call, Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock and burial will be made in the family lot in the Humphreys cemetery.
Mr. Hamilton, son of Ralph Hamilton and Lula Cowgill Hamilton, was born March 5, 1891, near Humphreys. He married Miss Florence Buskirk Aug. 10, 1916. He was educated in the Humphreys schools and the teachers college at Kirksville. Mr. Hamilton served as superintendent of schools a number of years. He also owned and operated a cafe in Galt. At the time of his death, he was Missouri representative for the Creative Education Society of Mankato. Mr. Hamilton was a member of the Chillicothe First Presbyterian Church and of the A.F.&A.M. of Galt.
He is survived by his wife, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hamilton of Humphreys, three daughters, Mrs. Harland Shipley and Mrs. Frank Fulkerson, Chillicothe, and Mrs. Robert Fox, Omaha; one son, Harland, Fort Worth, Tex.; three brothers, Howard Hamilton, Hamburg, Ia.; Cecil Hamilton, St. Louis, Robert Hamilton with the armed forces in Japan, and two sisters, Mrs. Homer Harris, Jamesport, and Mrs. Earl Neet, Greely, Colo.
The Chillicothe Constitution Tribune, August 21, 1956
