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Babitzke, Carol Witt
Name Babitzke, Carol Witt
Age 64
Residence Tucson, AZ
Date of Death Apr. 17, 2003
Place of Death Tucson, AZ
Date of Birth Jan. 16, 1939
Place of Birth Parkersburg, Wood Co., WV
Father Donald Fred Witt
Mother Mary Ruth McDonald Witt
Other Information Graduated from Calhoun County High School and West Virginia University; Married Edward Bert Babitzke on Oct. 5, 1963, at Lackland Air Force Base; Mrs. Babitzke entered the Air Force in 1962. She served in Texas, Alaska, Southeast Asia and Arizona as a personnel officer and received the Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal and Vietnam Service Medal with five bronze stars. She retired as a major in November 1989. Life member of West Virginia University Alumni Association, Germans from Russia Heritage Society and National Rifle Association. She was also a member of American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Beer Can Collectors of America and American Breweriana Association. She enjoyed hunting and fishing. Mrs. Babitzke had been living in Tucson since 1969.

 
Survivors  Husband Edward Bert Babitzke; Brother Donald Witt of Morgantown, WV; two stepsons Edward Babitzke of Sioux City, Iowa and Ricky Babitzke and wife, Nadine, of east Peoria, IL; two nieces, three step grandchildren, and three step grandchildren
Place of Funeral  
Cemetery Edith Ford Memorial Cemetery 
Director Rev. Les Hall
Obituary Published Date and Name of Newspaper Amarillio Globe, April 23, 2003
Submitted by AFOFG
     

On last Saturday August Bohn , of Parkersburg, W. Va., attempted to save his 5 year old son who had fallen into the water, but both were drowned.
Indiana Progress, Indiana Pennsylvania May 27, 1886

"Aunt Peggy" Brown , of Parkersburg, W. Va., is dead, aged nearly a century.
October 1, 1885 Newark Daily Advocate, Newark Ohio

Miss Maud D'Alma , was drowned near Parkersburg, W. Va., on Saturday. Miss D'Alma was a resident of Clearfield and she with her family were traveling with a circus which was showing near Parkersburg, when a cloud burst, the flood striking the tent and tearing it to pieces and carrying Miss D'Alma to a watery grave before any assistance could be rendered.
The Indiana Democrat, Indiana Pennsylvania August 8, 1889

John W. Hall and little son were drowned in the Ohio river at Parkersburg, W. Va. The boy was taken with a fit while swimming. His father attempted to rescue him, when both drowned.
August 10, 1883 Freeborn County Standard, Albert Lea Minnesota

Miss Amelia Gale and Mrs. James Hickman , two centenarians, died on the 15th near Parkersburg, W. Va.
Freeborn County Standard, Albert Lea Minnesota March 27, 1890

Manley Harris and George Hayes were fatally burned on the 7th in a fire at the Argand oil works near Parkersburg, W. Va.
The New Era, Humeston Iowa August 15, 1888

The two year old child of W.H. Hatcher , Parkersdale, W. Va., was fatally burned while playing about a fire.
The Daily Gazette, Fort Wayne Indiana March 18, 1885

Abel Hughes and his wife and child were drowned near Parkersburg, W. Va., on the 10th by being thrown off a bridge into the river by a runaway team.
Freeborn County Standard, Albert Lea Minnesota September 17, 1890

Johnson, W. Burl "Mouse"

Name Johnson, W. Burl "Mouse"
Age 77
Residence Parkersburg, Wood Co., WV
Date of Death Jan. 15, 2001
Place of Death Parkersburg, Wood Co., WV
Father Homer Johnson
Mother Velma Burrows Johnson
Other Information He was a World War II Navy veteran, serving as a frogman with the Underwater Demolition Team 11. He retired in 1985 after 39 years of service with Demuth Glass. He attended Cedar Grove Freewill Baptist Church.
Survivors Wife Pauline McAtee Johnson; Sons Roger D. Johnson of Parkersburg and H. Steven Johnson of Walker; daughter Linda Bush of Walker; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; special friend Neil Horner of Green bank 
Place of Funeral Lambert-Tatman Funeral Home, Parkersburg, WV
Cemetery Riverview Cemetery, Williamstown, Wood Co., WV
Director Rev. Robert Cornell and Rev. David Morgan
Obituary Published Date and Name of Newspaper Calhoun Chronicle
Submitted by AFOFG

Skidmore, Raymond
Parkersburg, W. Va., Jan 2
Died Suddenly
Raymond Skidmore died suddenly this morning of neuralgia of the heart. He was a prominent and wealthly citizen and the owner of a large machine shop. [Mansfield News, Mansfield, Ohio, Jan 2, 1900 - Submitted by Linda Dietz]
Wease, Mrs. Alice
     Mrs. Alice E. Wease, 89, of Parkersburg, formerly of Grantsville, died Saturday, October 1, in Greenlawn Nursing home, following a lengthy illness.

     Born near Letter Gap, she was a daughter of the late Henry and Ollie Isher Burwell.
     She was a member of the Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church, Order of Eastern Star No. 14 in Parkersburg. Grantsville Rebekah Lodge, and Pleasant Hill Farm Woman’s Club.
     Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Emily Stevens of Parkersburg; three sons, Henry Wease of Scott Depot, James Wease of Elkview, and William E. Wease of Clarksburg; one sister, Mrs. Bertha Wagner of Glenville; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
     She was preceded in death by her husband, William.
     Funeral services were held at 2p.m. Tuesday, October 4, in the Stump Funeral Home in Grantsville, with the Rev. Carroll McCauley officiating. Burial was in the Bethlehem Cemetery at Grantsville.
[The Glenville Democrat, October 6, 1977 - Transcribed by Therman Kellar]

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