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Monday, April 03, 2017William and Edith (Fowler) Miller, Sr. Karen was a 1964 graduate of Bristol High School and was employed as a cashier at Shaffers Market for several years. She also worked for a time at the Buena Vista Cafe and she sold Avon products.She married Martin P. Emerine on April 10, 1965, they shared 52 years of marriage and many happy memories together, he survives.Karen enjoyed crocheting, gardening and making scrubbies. She was a loving and outgoing lady who dearly loved her family and friends. She will be sadly missed by those who knew and loved her.Besides her beloved husband, Karen is survived by a son, Jeff Emerine, of Bristolville; a brother, Alan (Sharon) Miller of Akron; a sister, Joyce (John) Sines, of Rineyville, Kentuky and a granddaughter, Alexis McCrimmon of Bristolville. She was preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Wendy Emerine; a brother, William Miller, Jr and a sister, Diane Currence.Funeral services will be held 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 28, 2017, at the Carl W. Hall Funeral Home, 533 North Park Ave., Warren, with Pastor Fred Keener officiating.Friends may call from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m., Tuesday at the funeral home.In lieu of flowers the family requests material contributions be made to the Bristolville Church of The Brethren, in Karen’s memory. This obituary may be viewed and condolences can be sent to the Emerine family by visiting www...
Monday, November 28, 2016Ethel Mae (Renshaw) McConnell in Saline County. On June 5, 1951, he married Betty Shea, and she survives. McConnell was a farmer and an Army veteran of the Korean Conflict. He was a member of Buena Vista Community Church, but recently attended Little Chapel Church.He is survived by his wife, Betty McConnell, of Harrisburg; daughter, Sally, and husband, Jeff Phipps, of Harrisburg; sons-in-law, Elvis Riley of Harrisburg and Mike Hernandez of Galatia; one sister, Betty Mazikas of Raleigh; and a sister-in-law, Lucy McConnell of Harrisburg; grandchildren, Jerad and wife, Connie Hernandez, Kari and husband, Cory Ellet, Jason and wife, April Douglas, David Riley, Adam Riley, Emily Phipps, Amy and husband, Nick Mott, and Matthew Phipps along with four great-grandchildren.Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by daughters, Linda Hernandez and Brenda Riley, three brothers, Eugene, Raymond and Harold McConnell and one great-grandchild.Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Reed Funeral Chapel in Harrisburg with Jeff Rush and Darrell Eisenhauer officiating. Burial will follow in Wolf Creek Cemetery in Eldorado.Veterans' rites will be conducted by the Harrisburg and Carrier Mills American Legions, the VFW and the National Guard. Visitation will be 11 a.m. to service time Tuesday at the funeral home. The family asks that in lieu of flowers...
Monday, October 24, 2016Brass Hanger Cleaners and Heritage Funeral Home.Greenwood Cemetery, also referred to as the Pascagoula, Catholic, Lutheran, Sailor, Beach, Protestant or City of Pascagoula Cemeteries, is located on Buena Vista Street. All of these separate identities were merged around the turn of the century into one city cemetery called Greenwood. It contains numerous unmarked graves. The first recorded burial there was in 1848.The entire cemetery has been surveyed and resurveyed over the years. In 1968, tombstone inscriptions were compiled by Mrs. Lester Scheffler, Maida Wright and Rita Krebs. Julian Davis completed a survey of the old section in 1993, preceded by a survey of two additions in 1992 by Betty Rodgers and Katie Steen, and in 1996 an update by Steen and Harry McDonald Sr., after a review of hundreds of obituaries. Margaret Hollister Wolfe and Else Martin subsequently added burials from 1997 to 2003. All are included in "Cemeteries of Jackson County, Mississippi," a major 187 page, hardbound work published in 2008 by JCHGS. It may be purchased at the Pascagoula Public Library's Local Genealogy and History Department for $30, or by sending an order to JCHGS, P. O. Box 984, Pascagoula, MS 39568. Add $5 for postage, tax and handling.Columnist Joanne Anderson may be reached at joandy42@yahoo.com.
Monday, October 10, 2016Sweet, Mae Elizabeth SmithMae Elizabeth Smith Sweet, 93, of Buena Vista, died Saturday, October 8, 2016. Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, October12, 2016, at Harrison Funeral Home and Crematory, Lexington.Thomas, Ruby E.Ruby E. Thomas, 77, of Bedford, passed away on Friday, October 7, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., on Thursday, October 13, 2016, in the Bedford Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in Old Bold Branch Cemetery. Friends may view on Thursday, from 8 a.m. until the time of the service. Arrangements by Bedford Funeral Home.Peters, BrucePetersBruceBruce William Peters, 65, of Bedford, passed away, Wednesday, October 5, 2016. He was the loving husband of Julia Ann Knestout Peters.Born November 1, 1950, in Hyattsville, Md., he was a son of Betty Louise Hartley and the late Sumner Eugene Peters.Bruce is also survived by his children, Cheryl Pron, Pamela Lightner and husband, Billy, Travis William Peters and wife, Faith; grandchildren, Cole Mattox, Emma Lightner, William Lightner, Chloe Bella Peters; sister,...
Monday, September 26, 2016John R. Brumm, age 84, of Storm Lake, died Friday, Sept. 2, 2016 at Buena Vista Regional Medical Center in Storm Lake.??Funeral Mass was held Tuesday, Sept. 6, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Storm Lake. Burial followed in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery. Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake was in charge of the arrangements.John Roman Brumm was born July 18, 1932 in Meyer, the son of Lawrence and Sabina (Mullenbach) Brumm.As an infant, John was baptized at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Meyer where he was later confirmed.John attended school at Sacred Heart Catholic School in Meyer.On Aug. 18, 1953, John was united in marriage to Mary Teresa Kasel at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. They were blessed with 10 children: Karen, Darryl, Donna, Scott, Carmen, Bruce, Nancy, Kurt, Mark and Terry.Throughout his life, John was a hard worker. He began by farming with his father for a few years while living in Meyer. John took up driving truck, taking many long hauls as well as delivering U.S. Mail to Des Moines, hauling gravel, livestock and auto parts.
Monday, August 29, 2016Hall in San Francisco during a demonstration protesting the removal of the Registrar of voters Tammy Haygood on April 2, 2002.Photo: KATY RADDATZ, SFCImage 7 of 27Larry Silva, General Manager of the Buena Vista Cafe, toasts Jeannette Etheredge, the owner of Tosca at Buena Vista Cafe, in San Francisco as Warren Hinckle watches on Wednesday, April 6, 2011. The flowers are for the fact that Buena Vista Cafe has purchases all of the remaining prefect Irish coffee glasses left in the country. lessLarry Silva, General Manager of the Buena Vista Cafe, toasts Jeannette Etheredge, the owner of Tosca at Buena Vista Cafe, in San Francisco as Warren Hinckle watches on Wednesday, April 6, 2011. The flowers ... morePhoto: Alex Washburn, The ChronicleImage 8 of 27Warren Hinckle (at left) with Jeannette Etheredge and Mike Canellos in April 2011.Warren Hinckle (at left) with Jeannette Etheredge and Mike Canellos in April 2011.Photo: Catherine Bigelow, Special To The ChronicleImage 9 of 27Warren Hinckle in January 1970.Warren Hinckle in January 1970.Photo: Barney Peterson, SF Chronicle FileImage 10 of 27Warren Hinckle's press card photo from 1979.Warren Hinckle's press card photo from 1979.Photo: Photographer Unknown, The ChronicleImage 11 of 27Warren Hinckle, in a dispute with the IRS, on April 10, 1973.Warren Hinckle, in a dispute with the IRS, on April 10, 1973.Photo: Bill Young, The ChronicleImage 12 of ...
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Monday, April 03, 2017William and Edith (Fowler) Miller, Sr. Karen was a 1964 graduate of Bristol High School and was employed as a cashier at Shaffers Market for several years. She also worked for a time at the Buena Vista Cafe and she sold Avon products.She married Martin P. Emerine on April 10, 1965, they shared 52 years of marriage and many happy memories together, he survives.Karen enjoyed crocheting, gardening and making scrubbies. She was a loving and outgoing lady who dearly loved her family and friends. She will be sadly missed by those who knew and loved her.Besides her beloved husband, Karen is survived by a son, Jeff Emerine, of Bristolville; a brother, Alan (Sharon) Miller of Akron; a sister, Joyce (John) Sines, of Rineyville, Kentuky and a granddaughter, Alexis McCrimmon of Bristolville. She was preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Wendy Emerine; a brother, William Miller, Jr and a sister, Diane Currence.Funeral services will be held 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 28, 2017, at the Carl W. Hall Funeral Home, 533 North Park Ave., Warren, with Pastor Fred Keener officiating.Friends may call from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m., Tuesday at the funeral home.In lieu of flowers the family requests material contributions be made to the Bristolville Church of The Brethren, in Karen’s memory. This obituary may be viewed and condolences can be sent to the Emerine family by visiting www...
Monday, November 28, 2016Ethel Mae (Renshaw) McConnell in Saline County. On June 5, 1951, he married Betty Shea, and she survives. McConnell was a farmer and an Army veteran of the Korean Conflict. He was a member of Buena Vista Community Church, but recently attended Little Chapel Church.He is survived by his wife, Betty McConnell, of Harrisburg; daughter, Sally, and husband, Jeff Phipps, of Harrisburg; sons-in-law, Elvis Riley of Harrisburg and Mike Hernandez of Galatia; one sister, Betty Mazikas of Raleigh; and a sister-in-law, Lucy McConnell of Harrisburg; grandchildren, Jerad and wife, Connie Hernandez, Kari and husband, Cory Ellet, Jason and wife, April Douglas, David Riley, Adam Riley, Emily Phipps, Amy and husband, Nick Mott, and Matthew Phipps along with four great-grandchildren.Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by daughters, Linda Hernandez and Brenda Riley, three brothers, Eugene, Raymond and Harold McConnell and one great-grandchild.Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Reed Funeral Chapel in Harrisburg with Jeff Rush and Darrell Eisenhauer officiating. Burial will follow in Wolf Creek Cemetery in Eldorado.Veterans' rites will be conducted by the Harrisburg and Carrier Mills American Legions, the VFW and the National Guard. Visitation will be 11 a.m. to service time Tuesday at the funeral home. The family asks that in lieu of flowers...
Monday, October 24, 2016Brass Hanger Cleaners and Heritage Funeral Home.Greenwood Cemetery, also referred to as the Pascagoula, Catholic, Lutheran, Sailor, Beach, Protestant or City of Pascagoula Cemeteries, is located on Buena Vista Street. All of these separate identities were merged around the turn of the century into one city cemetery called Greenwood. It contains numerous unmarked graves. The first recorded burial there was in 1848.The entire cemetery has been surveyed and resurveyed over the years. In 1968, tombstone inscriptions were compiled by Mrs. Lester Scheffler, Maida Wright and Rita Krebs. Julian Davis completed a survey of the old section in 1993, preceded by a survey of two additions in 1992 by Betty Rodgers and Katie Steen, and in 1996 an update by Steen and Harry McDonald Sr., after a review of hundreds of obituaries. Margaret Hollister Wolfe and Else Martin subsequently added burials from 1997 to 2003. All are included in "Cemeteries of Jackson County, Mississippi," a major 187 page, hardbound work published in 2008 by JCHGS. It may be purchased at the Pascagoula Public Library's Local Genealogy and History Department for $30, or by sending an order to JCHGS, P. O. Box 984, Pascagoula, MS 39568. Add $5 for postage, tax and handling.Columnist Joanne Anderson may be reached at joandy42@yahoo.com.
Monday, October 10, 2016Sweet, Mae Elizabeth SmithMae Elizabeth Smith Sweet, 93, of Buena Vista, died Saturday, October 8, 2016. Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, October12, 2016, at Harrison Funeral Home and Crematory, Lexington.Thomas, Ruby E.Ruby E. Thomas, 77, of Bedford, passed away on Friday, October 7, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., on Thursday, October 13, 2016, in the Bedford Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in Old Bold Branch Cemetery. Friends may view on Thursday, from 8 a.m. until the time of the service. Arrangements by Bedford Funeral Home.Peters, BrucePetersBruceBruce William Peters, 65, of Bedford, passed away, Wednesday, October 5, 2016. He was the loving husband of Julia Ann Knestout Peters.Born November 1, 1950, in Hyattsville, Md., he was a son of Betty Louise Hartley and the late Sumner Eugene Peters.Bruce is also survived by his children, Cheryl Pron, Pamela Lightner and husband, Billy, Travis William Peters and wife, Faith; grandchildren, Cole Mattox, Emma Lightner, William Lightner, Chloe Bella Peters; sister,...
Monday, September 26, 2016John R. Brumm, age 84, of Storm Lake, died Friday, Sept. 2, 2016 at Buena Vista Regional Medical Center in Storm Lake.??Funeral Mass was held Tuesday, Sept. 6, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Storm Lake. Burial followed in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery. Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake was in charge of the arrangements.John Roman Brumm was born July 18, 1932 in Meyer, the son of Lawrence and Sabina (Mullenbach) Brumm.As an infant, John was baptized at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Meyer where he was later confirmed.John attended school at Sacred Heart Catholic School in Meyer.On Aug. 18, 1953, John was united in marriage to Mary Teresa Kasel at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. They were blessed with 10 children: Karen, Darryl, Donna, Scott, Carmen, Bruce, Nancy, Kurt, Mark and Terry.Throughout his life, John was a hard worker. He began by farming with his father for a few years while living in Meyer. John took up driving truck, taking many long hauls as well as delivering U.S. Mail to Des Moines, hauling gravel, livestock and auto parts.
Monday, August 29, 2016Hall in San Francisco during a demonstration protesting the removal of the Registrar of voters Tammy Haygood on April 2, 2002.Photo: KATY RADDATZ, SFCImage 7 of 27Larry Silva, General Manager of the Buena Vista Cafe, toasts Jeannette Etheredge, the owner of Tosca at Buena Vista Cafe, in San Francisco as Warren Hinckle watches on Wednesday, April 6, 2011. The flowers are for the fact that Buena Vista Cafe has purchases all of the remaining prefect Irish coffee glasses left in the country. lessLarry Silva, General Manager of the Buena Vista Cafe, toasts Jeannette Etheredge, the owner of Tosca at Buena Vista Cafe, in San Francisco as Warren Hinckle watches on Wednesday, April 6, 2011. The flowers ... morePhoto: Alex Washburn, The ChronicleImage 8 of 27Warren Hinckle (at left) with Jeannette Etheredge and Mike Canellos in April 2011.Warren Hinckle (at left) with Jeannette Etheredge and Mike Canellos in April 2011.Photo: Catherine Bigelow, Special To The ChronicleImage 9 of 27Warren Hinckle in January 1970.Warren Hinckle in January 1970.Photo: Barney Peterson, SF Chronicle FileImage 10 of 27Warren Hinckle's press card photo from 1979.Warren Hinckle's press card photo from 1979.Photo: Photographer Unknown, The ChronicleImage 11 of 27Warren Hinckle, in a dispute with the IRS, on April 10, 1973.Warren Hinckle, in a dispute with the IRS, on April 10, 1973.Photo: Bill Young, The ChronicleImage 12 of ...
