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Eugene Billy Addlesburger |
Marietta Times
NEW MATAMORAS — Eugene Billy Addlesburger, 64, of New Matamoras Route 3 died at 12:10 p.m. Wednesday (Sept. 12, 2001) at the Arbors at Marietta.
He was born Jan. 8, 1937, to George Sanford and Mildred Farnsworth Addlesburger. He retired after 11 years from Ford Brothers Trucking Co., where he worked as a diesel mechanic.
He is survived by four sons, Richard Addlesburger and his wife, Amy, Clifford Addlesburger and his wife, Brenda, George Addlesburger, and John Addlesburger, all of New Matamoras; two daughters, Cathy Mahoney and her husband, Ralph, of Marietta, and Charlotte Bishop of New Matamoras; 11 grandchildren, Trisha Mahoney, Becky Gessel, Richard Jr., Bruce, Shane, Trent, Tanna, Clifford, Sonny, Kurt and Cory Addlesburger; two great-grand children, Abby and Brook Mahoney; one brother, Kenneth “Sam” Farnsworth and his wife, Loretta, of New Matamoras; and three sisters, Clara Laurick of Parkersburg, Alice Adams of New Matamoras and Rose Stewart of Belmont, W.Va.
He was preceded in death by one grandson, Bradley Addlesburger.
Services are at 11 a.m. Saturday at Hadley Funeral Home in New Matamoras with the Rev. Frank Conley officiating. Burial is in Newport Cemetery in Newport. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Services for Daymond K. Adams, 73, of 208 Sheldon Ave. will be at 230 p.m. Saturday in McClure-Schafer Funeral Home with the Rev. Curtis Ward of Columbus officiating. Burial in Barker Cemetery.
Mr. Adams died at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday (April 29, 1992) in Marietta Memorial Hospital after an illness.
He had lived at Marietta most of his life. He was a minister in the Apostolic faith and Veteran of World War II. He was born Sept. 13, 1918, at Newport to Kent and Lulu Skinner Adams.
Mr. Adams is survived by his wife, the former Nora J. Hearn, whom he married Aug. 13, 1946’ one son, Melvin of Marietta; five daughters, Connie Kuhn and Kay Martin, both os Marietta, Patty Adams at Home, Ruth Best of Newport; 16 grand children; three great-grand children; one brother, Richard of Newport; and four sisters, Martha Haines and Audrey Robinson, both of Akron, Vina Mitchell of Dennison and Edna Lyons of Fleming.
He was receded in death by one brother, Hayden Adams; and two sisters, Ann Adams and Mary Eddy.
March 1979
Henry H. Adams 87, of 310 Washington St., died at 6:30 a.m. today at Selby General Hospital.
Born Nov. 26, 1891 at Graysville he was a son of Joseph and Priscilla Scott. Adams
He retired in 1953 from the River Gas Co. He was a member of Wadsworth Lodge No. 385 F&AM. .He served in the United States Army during World War I.
He married Ethel Rinard on Oct. 11, 1917. She survives with two daughters, Mrs. Frank (Alma) Wetherholt of Marietta and Mrs. Herbert (Jean) Fenton of Williamstown; two sons, Edward G. of Findlay Gary S. of Houston Texas; nine grandchildren and seven step grandchildren and a sister, Miss Mary Adams of Malta.
He was preceded in death by three brothers and two sisters.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Hadley Funeral Home with the Rev. Rowland Fredericks officiating. Burial be in East Lawn Memorial Park. Friends may call after noon tomorrow
Marietta Times
NEWPORT Richard W. Adams. 75, of Newport Route I died at 11:45 p.m. Wednesday (Sept. 25, 1996) at Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center in Cambridge.
He was born Feb. 28. 1921, in Rea’s Run near Newport, to the late Kent and Sarah Skinner Adams. He attended Newport High School and served in the United States Army during World War II. He was a sheet metal worker in construction work.
He was a member of Number Nine Community Church: Sheet Metal Workers Union Local 33: Loyal Order of Moose Lodge 1823: Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Lodge 1701: and Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 458.
On Aug. 31, 1940, he married Grace L. Fleming who survives with four stepdaughters. Janet Goddard and her husband, Alfred. Penny Dalton and her husband, George. and Carolyn Sue Owens, all of Marietta, and Lola Richards and her husband, Paul, of Atlanta. Ga. Also surviving are 11 step grandchildren: 14 step- great-grandchildren: several nieces and nephews: and four sisters. Martha Haines and Audrey Robertson, both of Cuyahoga Falls, Edna Lyons of Fleming and Vena Mitchell of Dennison.
He was preceded in death by one sister, Mary Eddy: and two brothers, Daymond and Hayden Adams.
Services are at 10:30 am. Saturday at McClure-Schafer Funeral Home with the Rev. Paul Goodwin officiating. Burial is in Barker Cemetery. Friends may call up until the hour of the services at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Salvation Army, 136 Front St.. Marietta, or to the charity of the donor’s choice.
January 22, 1976
Mrs. Kathryn L. Adamson, 77, of 114 Mound Dr. died at 11:20 p.m. yesterday in Marietta Memorial Hospital.
She was born July 14, 1898, at Fleming, a daughter of the late Perley and Elizabeth Ann Martin Johnson, Her first husband, Jesse L. Bowen, died Oct. 3, 1936. Three sons and one daughter survive the marriage, Ralph Bowen, Marietta, Corwin Bowen, Whipple, Gene Bowen, with the U.S. Navy in Florida and Mrs. C. Richard Bosworth, Kennett Square, Pa. There are 14 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
In 1964, she was married to Emil J. Adamson, who died in 1972. Three stepsons and one stepdaughter survive, Robert B. Adamson, Whittier, Calif., Jerry Bartmess, Roanoke, Va., Dean Bartmess, Chicago, and Mrs. Ruth Brown, Chillicothe. One sister and one brother survive, Mrs. Verna Robinson and Herman Johnson, both of Marietta. One stepson, Paul Adamson, three brothers and six sisters preceded her in death.
Mrs. Adamson was a member of Harmar Hill Church of Christ.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in McClure-Schafer Funeral Home, with Jess Nutter and Fred Dennis officiating. Burial will be in Warren Chapel Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home this evening and tomorrow.
December 13, 1979
Services for Mata Adamson, 90. of 146 Wells St., will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the McClure-Schafer Funeral Home with the Rev. Robert Ruse presiding. Burial will be in East Lawn Memorial Park.
Mrs. Adamson died Wednesday afternoon at Marietta Memorial Hospital.
She was born June 29, 1889, at Leith Run to Adolph and Eveline Berentz Miller. She was married Feb. 18, 1909, to Perley C. Adamson who preceded her in death.
She is survived by four daughters. Mrs. Paul (Alta) Smith, Mrs. James (Evelyn) Mildren. and Mrs. George (Freda) Hill of Marietta and Mrs. Aldin (Ella) Harris of Warner. A sister, Cora Knowlton of Woodsfield, seven grandchildren and 10 great- grandchildren also survive.
A brother preceded her in death.
Friends may call at the funeral home.
AKRON — Private graveside services for Lucile Rea Adamson, 90, of Akron, will be held In Newport Cemetery with the Rev. Kurt Landerholm officiating. There will be no calling hours. Billow-Fairlawn Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Newport United Methodist Church. P.O. Box 357, Newport. Ohio 45768.
Mrs. Adamson died Tuesday (April 16, 1991) In Akron.
She was a member of the Church of Our Saviour; The Woman’s City Club; and the Alumni Association of Alpha Sigma Alpha of Ohio University. She had taught for 36 years in the Akron Public Schools. She was born In Newport and had lived in Akron since 1919.
Mrs. Adamson is survived by two nieces, Sue Fraser Close of Akron and Mazie Stitt of Sudbury, Mass.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Carl B. Adamson.
John E. Adamson, 74, former superintendent of Washington Co. Children’s Home and a retired teacher in Washington Co. schools, died Thursday at 4 a. m. at his home at Matamoras following illness, He had not been well since he and his wife were in a traffic accident on Nov. 28 on U. S. Rt. 40 near Columbus, when his car skidded on ice, turned around several times and struck a large truck. Mrs. Adamson suffered severe bruises on her forehead, face and nose; and both suffered from shock.
Mr. Adamson was born Feb. 27, 1873 at Hohman, near Matamoras, and was a son of Barnett and Priscilla Duvall Adamson. He studied at Matamoras High School and prepared himself for teaching in Marietta and in the normal training school of Ohio University.
He taught school in Washington Co. for 33 years, and served as a teachers’ examiner for a number of years. He also was a district superintendent of schools in Washington Co.
Mr. and Mrs. Adamson assumed their duties as superintendent and matron of Washington Co. Children’s Home on June 1, 1921 and retired on Sept. 27, 1929. Following retirement from the Children’s Home, they lived in Marietta and in the Devol’s Dam neighborhood until 1945, when they moved to, Matamoras.
John Burton Adkins
John Burton Adkins was a graduate of Dannison University, Granville, Ohio. He served 22 years in the United States Air Force, retiring in June of 1987. He was assigned to MacDill AFB twice, with the joint Communications Support Element and with Special Operations Command Central, United States Central Command. He was a veteran of the Vietnam Was and also served overseas in Hawaii and Italy. He held the senior parachutist rating. Lt. Col. Adkins had been awarded the Bronze Star Medal, The defense Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, and the Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster; he was a member of the Air Force Association and the Armed Force, The communications Electronics Association. After his retirement from the Air Force, he established and managed the Tampa office of Booz, Allen, and Hamilton, a major technical management consulting firm. He is buried at National Cemetery, Bushnell, Florida.
Homer Burton Adkins
One of the world's best chemists died at age 57. Dr. Adkins was born at Newport, Ohio January 16, 1892. He was the son of Alvin Adkins and Emily Middleswart Adkins of Newport, Ohio. He graduated from Denison University, Grandville, Ohio in 1915. He was a Phi Beta Kappa. He received his Master's from Ohio State and his Ph. D. in 1918.
He was first an associate professor at University if Wisconsin and was made a full professor four years later in chemistry department. He specialized in the field of catalysis. In 1938, Denison University conferred an honorary Doctor of Science degree upon him. In recognition of his outstanding researches in organic chemistry, particularly in the field in the National Academy in 1942. He was a member of the American Chemical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the London Chemical Society.
He was the research director of students in organic chemistry at the University at his death. He was the author or co author of three chemistry texts. 160 scientific papers, and 30 formal reports issued by the U. S. Office of Scientific Research and Development or transmitted to the Secretary of War.
The Presidential Medal of Merit was awarded to Dr. Adkins in 1948 in recognition of this outstanding work as official investigator in charge of four research contacts between the University of Wisconsin and the U. S. Office of Scientific Research.
He was generally recognized as one of the most outstanding and most prolific organic chemists America has produced. As a teacher he was precise, lucid, and interesting. As a research man he was brilliant. His published papers and books were models of clear scientific exposition.
During both World Wars he made important scientific contributions to the war effort. In World War II, particularly, he devoted nearly all of his time to the direction of war research in several centers throughout the United States.
He was married on February 21, 1917 to Louise Spivey who had been a Denison University classmate. They had three children, Susanna Dorothea (Mrs. Gordon Chadek), Nancy, (Mrs. Ellsworth Dailey), and Roger Adkins.
He was stricken on June 20, 1949, at the height of his career by a coronary occlusion, which occurred during a meeting of the Eleventh National Chemistry Symposium in Madison Wisconsin. The attack proved fatal on August 10, 1949. He was buried in the Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison, Wisconsin. - Mrs. Elgin Adkins.
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