Greene County Obits, A

Compliments of Laura Nelle Poland Mallett

Hildred Knight Stolze Acklin, 70, of RD 1, Holbrook, died 
Saturday, Jan. 27, at 4:20 a.m. at the Greene County Memorial Hospital. She 
had been ill for the past two weeks.

She was born Sept. 12, 1908, in Jackson Township, the daughter of the late 
Rex and Nannie McCoy Knight. Her husband, James Stolze, died May 29, 1965.

Most of her life was spent in Jackson Township, Scenery Hill and Bentleyville. 
She was a member of the Holbrook Christian Church.

A graduate of Waynesburg High School in 1927, she attended Waynesburg 
College. She was a retired schoolteacher from the Ringgold School District, 
Washington County, after 32 years of teaching.

She was a member of the Greene County Retired Teachers Association, 
and a former member of the Scenery Hill Grange. 

She was an active member of Harvey's Grange No. 1444, the Greene County Pomona 
Grange No. 63 and the Pennsylvania State Grange.

She is survived by two sisters, Fern Knight and Elsie Knight, both of RD 1, 
Holbrook.

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Friends of Hildred Knight Stolze Acklin, 70, of Holbrook, who died on Saturday, 
Jan. 27, 1979 are being received at the Robert L. Lantz Funeral Home in 
Rogersville. Services will be held on Monday, Jan. 29 at 1 P.M. at the funeral 
home with the Rev. Garvin Hupp officiating.

Burial is to be at Rosemont Cemetery.
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Mary E. Jacobs Adams, 70, of Waynesburg RD 5, died at 10:15 P.M. 
Wednesday, Nov. 21, 1990, in Greene County Memorial Hospital. 

She was born April 15, 1920, in Waynesburg, a daughter of J. Warren and 
Emma Dulaney Jacobs.

Mrs. Adams lived her entire life in Greene County and was a member of 
Washington Street United Methodist Church.

She also was a member of the Whiteley Township Farm Women and East Franklin 
Grange 1709.

Mrs. Adams was a homemaker.

From 1959 to 1975, she was a foster parent for more than 30 children, 
including Shirley, Virginia, John and Kay Staggers and Nellie, Betty and 
Marlene Ashbrook.

Her husband, Charles F. " Quincy" Adams, whom she married Oct. 1, 1938, 
died July 21, 1978.

She is survived by five daughters, Karen Louise Adams at home, Mrs. Thomas 
"Cora Sue" Ducoeur of Charleroi, Kathryn A. Reeves of Waynesburg RD 5, and 
Mrs. Kenneth "Anita Lee" Simms and Mrs. Richard "Lucinda M." Kerr, both of 
Waynesburg RD 5; eight grandchildren; three great grandchildren; two sisters, 
Mrs. Alvan L. "Coradel" Allison of Waynesburg RD 5 and Mrs. Henry B. 
"Helen" Fonner of Waynesburg; and a brother, E. Bryan Jacobs of Waynesburg.

Deceased are a daughter, Linda Ann Adams; a grandson, Kevin Richard Kerr; 
three sisters, Marie Cole, Eleanor Jacobs and Louise Martin; and five brothers, 
Benjamin W. Jacobs, William F. Jacobs, Jasper D. Jacobs, J. Harold Jacobs 
and M. Kent Jacobs.

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Adams- Friends of Mary E. Adams of Waynesburg RD 5, who died Wednesday, Nov. 
21, 1990, will be received from 7 to 9 P.M. Friday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. 
Saturday in the Milliken and Throckmorton Funeral Home Inc., 197 North Maiden 
Street, Waynesburg, where services will be held at 2:30 P.M. Sunday, Nov. 
25, with the Revs. Ralph Brownfield and William Huson officiating. 
Burial in Greene County Memorial Park. The East Franklin Grange will hold a 
memorial service at 7 P.M. Saturday in the funeral home.
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Chauncey D. Ammons, 65, well known Perry Twp. Farmer and 
stockman, died unexpectedly of a heart attack at 9 :45 A. M. Monday, Jan. 
30, 1961, at his home, Mt. Morris, RD 1, Mr. Ammons had not been in good health 
but his death was quite unexpected.

A resident of Perry Twp. Much of his life, he was born March 3, 1895 in 
Monongalia Co., W. Va., a son of the late Simon and Amy Masters Ammons. 
Besides following farming he had worked for sometime at the DuPont factory 
in Morgantown. He was a member of Olive Methodist Church at Pentress, W. Va.

He was married June 17, 1916 to Mary Lemley, who survives with one son, Clyde 
Ammons of Mt. Morris RD 1; one daughter, Miss Alberta Ammons at home; one 
grandson, Albert Ammons, and one sister, Mrs. Winnifer Clark of Mt. Morris 
RD 1, One brother is deceased.
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Susan "Sudie" Ammons, 87, of Waynesburg, RD 1, died at 5:35 
P.M. Wednesday, Oct. 26, 1966, in the Curry Memorial Home, Waynesburg. 
Mrs. Ammons had not been in the best of health since May.

She was born March 7, 1879, in Whitely Township, a daughter of John and 
Elizabeth Spicer Lemunyon.

Mrs. Ammons had lived for many years with her niece, Mrs. Roy Phillips, 
of Waynesburg, RD 1, and she had spent all of her life in the Greene County 
area.

She was affiliated with the Methodist Church.

Her husband, William Ammons, died in 1943.

All that survive are several nieces and nephews; she was the last of her 
immediate family.
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Francis Gertrude Anderson, 65, RD 1, Sycamore, died 9:30 a.m. 
Jan. 30 at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Jane Fordyce, RD 1, Pine Bank. 
Although not in the best of health, death was from an apparent coronary 
occlusion. She was born April 12, 1912, in Morris Township, near Nineveh. 
She was the daughter of the late Melvin and Hazel Miller Rutan.

All of her life was spent in the Waynesburg area. She belonged to the Beulah 
Baptist Church. Her husband, Clarence Vernon Anderson, died May 30, 1958.

She is survived by seven daughters; Mrs. James "Viola" Fordyce, RD 1, Pine 
Bank, Mrs. Shirley Dailey, RD 1, Sycamore, Mrs. Raynor "Ray" Morris, RD 2, 
West Finley, Mrs. David "Opal" Henderson, RD 1, Waynesburg, Mrs. Frieda L. Fox, 
RD 1, Sycamore, Mrs. Frank "Louella" Redman, RD 4, Waynesburg, Mrs. Jacob 
"Doris" Morris, RD 1, Graysville; five sons, Franklin, RD 1, Pine Bank, 
Sylvester, Michigan City, Ind., Vernon, RD 1, Sycamore, Sgt. Ronald "U.S. 
Army", Fort Ord, Calif., Duane, RD 1, Waynesburg; 39 grandchildren; 
seven great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Margaret Toland, R.D. 1 Nineveh, 
Mrs. James "Isabel" Pettit, RD 1, Holbrook, Mrs. Jack "Irene" Morris, RD 1, 
Holbrook; six brothers, Ellsworth Rutan, Toronto, Ohio, James Rutan, Nineveh, 
Carl, Nineveh, Harry, Waynesburg, Herschel, Waynesburg, Wilbert, Prosperity, 
and Richard, RD 3, Waynesburg.

One daughter, three brothers and four grandchildren preceded her in death.

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Friends of Frances Gertrude Anderson, 65, RD 1, Sycamore, who died Jan. 
30 will be received at the Mariner and Milliken Funeral Home from 7 to 
9 P.M. Tuesday and 2 to 4 P.M. and 7 to 9 P.M. Wednesday, Feb. 1. Funeral 
services will be held at the funeral home at 11 A. M. Thursday, Feb. 2. Rev. 
Roscoe Johnson will officiate. Interment will be at Rosemont Cemetery, 
Rogersville.
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Margaret Phillips Ankrom, 77, of Jefferson, died at 9 A. M. 
Monday, Feb. 13, 1984 at her home.

Born June 3, 1906 in Oak Forest, she was a daughter of the late Francis and 
Sarah Brock Phillips.

Her husband, Francis "Jake" Ankrom, preceded her in death Nov. 7, 1972.

She was a homemaker, spending most of her life in the Jefferson area. She was 
a member of the American Legion Auxiliary, Post 954, Jefferson; and the 
Jefferson Baptist Church.

Surviving are three sons, Delbert of RD 1, Jefferson, Ellsworth of RD 1, 
Carmichaels and Robert of Jefferson; five daughters, Bernice Ankrom and 
Mrs. Mabel Cain, both of Brunswick, Ohio, Mrs. Mary Ann Daugherty of 
Grafton, Ohio, Mrs. Shirley C. Zikgray of Strongsville, Ohio and Mrs. Myrtle 
Shadd of Cleveland; 17 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and a sister, 
Lottie Ankrom of Waynesburg.

Preceding her death were a son and a daughter.
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Mrs. Alta Benson Antill, 77, of Cameron, W. Va., RD 4, died at 10 a.m. Thursday,

March 15, 1973 in her residence. Death was unexpected.

Born July 27, 1895 in Greene County, she was the daughter of Everett E.
and Clara McCracken Benson, and was the widow of Homer C. Antill, who 
died in 1962.

Having been a resident of the Cameron area for many years, Mrs. Antill was a 
member of the Quiet Dell Brethren Church, near Cameron.

Surviving her are two sons, Master Sgt. Clarence W. Antill, with the U.S.
Air Force in Anchorage, Alaska; and Benson H. Antill, at home; a daughter,
Mrs. Floyd "Virginia" Corder, Savannah, Ga.; three grandchildren; 
and two sisters, Mrs. John "Maye" Slonaker, San Antonio, Texas; and Mrs. 
Wylie "Olive" Courtwright, Cameron, W. Va.
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Miss Goldie E. Ashby, 86, of West Alexander, RD 1, formerly of 
Wind Ridge, died at 1:10 p.m. Sunday, October 7, 1973 at the Washington 
Hospital following an illness of two months.

She was born February 15, 1887 at New Freeport, a daughter of the late 
Peter and Florence Kinney Ashby.

She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Talbert "Pearl" Nelson of Graysville 
and several nieces and nephews. A sister, Minnie Rice and a brother Oscar 
preceded her in death.

She was a member of the Harmony Presbyterian Church at Wind Ridge and 
for many years was a Sunday School teacher, having taught the Young Adult 
Class of the Church.

She was a school teacher in Richhill Township for several years and had 
worked for the United States Treasury Department in Washington, D.C.

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Friends of Miss Goldie E. Ashby, of West Alexander, RD 1 formerly of 
Wind Ridge who died Sunday, Oct. 7, 1973 are being received from 7 P.M. to 9 
P.M. and from 2 P.M. to 4 P.M. and from 7 P.M. to 9 P.M. in the Robert Lantz 
Funeral Home at Rogersville where services will be held at 1 P.M. Wednesday, 
Oct. 10, 1973 with Robert E. Borland and Oliver Burd officiating. 
Burial will follow in Wind Ridge Cemetery.
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Nancy Jane Shaw Ashby, 69, RD 2, Fairview, W.Va., died Friday, 
August 17 at the Greene County Memorial Hospital.

She was born August 28, 1903, in Pennsylvania, the daughter of the late 
James and Mary Rogers Shaw. Her first husband, George Lake, and her second 
husband, Owen C. Ashby preceded her in death.

Survivors include two sons, William Lake, RD 2, Fairview, W.Va. and Raymond 
Lake of Fairmont, W.Va.; one daughter, Mrs. Glenn "Goldie" Sutterfield, 
Fairmont, W.Va.; and several grandchildren. She was the last of her family.

She was a resident of Rogersville for several years and belonged to the 
Rogersville Methodist Church.

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Friends of Nancy Jane Ashby, 69, RD 2 Fairview, W. Va., are being received 
after 7 P.M. Saturday in the Samuel T. Weaver Funeral Home. Funeral services 
will be held on Monday, Aug. 20 at 1 P.M. from the Samuel T. Weaver Funeral 
Home and Rev, Kenneth C. Thomas will officiate. Burial will be in Rosemont 
Cemetery, Rogersville.
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Terry L. Ashmore, 30, of RD 4, Waynesburg, died Thursday at 10:30 
a.m. in University Hospital, Morgantown. He had been seriously ill for 
the past three months.

He was born Feb. 2, 1947, at Waynesburg, the son of Leon Ashmore of 
Washington and the late Naomi Strosnider Ashmore. He was married to Alice 
Gay Mours who survives. He was employed at Greene County Memorial 
Hospital.

Surviving in addition to his father and his wife are five children, 
Cynthia, Shawn, Michael, at home and Christine and Terry Lynn Ashmore of 
Pittsburgh; and a sister, Sherri Ashmore of Washington.
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