The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-02-20
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MRS. CATHERINE Eek

Nick Ech, Oh l0UU pennsylvania Ave.
died Saturday at 1890 a. m. in City
hospital following a brief illness.
Mrs. Eek was born in Metz, Ger.
many, and came to East Liverpool
about so years ago. She was mem.
ber of St. AIMS Catholic church anC
the Protected Home circle.
She leaves three sons, Peter Eek
Leo Eek and Albert Eek of East Liv-
erpool; five daughters, Mrs. Anna Nc
Neil of Cleveland, Mrs. Helen Hurlel
of Rochester, Pa, and Mrs. Catherine
Woods, Miss Mary Eek and Mrs. Edna
Neil of East Liverpool, II grandchild-
rem and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
at 8 a. m. in St. AIMS Catholic church
by Rev. Father William P. Maxwell
Burial was in Riverview cemetery.
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MRS. BEN DAVIDSON
Mrs. Anna Mountford Davidson
wife of Ben F. Davidson Of 139 West
Fourth street, died Saturday at $50
a. m. in City hospital from a cerebral
hemorrhage suffered late Thursday
night.
Mrs. Davidson was returning to her
home from a social and was stricken
on the street near her home. She was
taken to her home and later removed
to the hospital.
She was lifetime resident of East
Liverpool. Besides her husband, she
leaves one son, George Salsberry of
East Liverpool; step-daughter, Mrs
Samuel Henry of East Palestine; two
sisters, Mrs. Henry Greenwood and
Mrs. Harry Larkins of East Liver
pool; four brothers, George Mount
ford and William E. Mountford of
East Liverpool and Frank Huff and
Harry Huff of Chester, and six grand
children.
Funeral services were held Monday
at 2 p. m. in the Dawson funeral
home by Rev. J. F. Dimit of Alliance,
former pastor of the First Methodist
Protestant church. Burial was in
Riyerview cemetery
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WILLIAM w. RUPP
Grafton, w. Va.-William Wesley
Rupp, Ga years old, for 18 years an
employe of the Carr China company
died last week at his residence in
Parkview.
For the past year, Mr.. Rupp had
been seriously i'll of complications.
A native of Lisbon, Ohio, the de-
ceased was born on June II, 1876, a
son of the late Henry Rupp and Annet
Smaltz Rupp.
Six Children Survive
Survivors include his widow, Mary
Agnes Lynch Rupp; one brother, Fred
Rupp, Lisbon, UTo; two sisters, Mrs.
Jesse Shepherd, Salem, Ohio, and Mrs
Ella Patterson Of the state of New
Jersey; three grandchildren, and the
following sons and daughters:
William Rupp, Cameron; Mrs.
Helen Freeze, at home; Hugh Rupp,
Newark, Ohio; Henry Rupp, Grafton +;
Charles Rupp, at home, and Miss
Mary Rupp, also at home.
RESIDED here 10 I ears
For 3S years, Mr.. Rupp had been
a potter. After being employed in
Cameron for II years, Mr.. Rupp came
to Grafton in 1922 and accepted en-
ployment as skilled artisan with the
Carr China company, and had worked
for the local pottery continuously
since that time, until i'll health inter-
vened
Funeral services were conducted at
2:3O o'clock Saturday afternoon, Feb.
l5 at the First Christian church, with
the Rev. O. J. Howearth, of Wells
burg, former local pastor, officiating.
Interment was made in Woodsdale
Memorial Park, under the direction of
G. II. Bartlett.
BYRON FOUTTS, SIR.
Byron Foutts, Sr., SO, died Thurs
day at 1890 a. m. in his home at
644 st. Clair avenue following an i'll
ness of three months.
Mr.. Foutts was a life long resident
Of East Liverpool. He was a pioneer
in the pottery industry, having worked
at the packing trade for 81 years.
Until his retirement December I, he
had been foreman Of the packing shed
at f. M. Knowles China Company for
the past "a years.
He leaves his widow, Mrs. Frances
Foutts; two sons, Ray Foutts and
Byron Foutts, Jr. Of East Liverpool;
two grandchildren, Jacqualine Ray and
Bobbie Foutts
Funeral services will be held Sun
day afternoon from the Dawson