Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-09-09
FUNERAL SERVICES
Are NOT ARRANGED
Death Came Peacefully For
Noted Speaker and
Civic Worker

wednesday light 10 learn of the
sudden death of one of our most
esteemed citizens, Common Pleas
Judge William A. Hunt, who pass
ed away quietly while seated in a
chair in his library at the 214
West Fifth Street residence.
Judge Hunt had prepared to re-
tire for the night. After donning
his pajamas and dressing gown,
he sat down in chair to listen
to the radio news. Mrs. Hunt
was seated in the same room when
the judge suddenly slumped over.
Death was attributed to heart
attack.
Earlier this summer, Judge Hunt
had undergone two weeks treat
ment in Magruder Memorial Hos
pital but he had returned to his
duties and his active public speak
ing career.
Funeral arrangements We're not
completed as the News went to
press, pending arrival Of the chill
dren from St. Louis, Los Angeles
and Fort George Meade, Mary
land. The body is at the Gerner
and Wolf Funeral home,
Issues Proclamation
Mayor Carl Becker has issued
proclamation asking that all
business and public places within
the city be closed during the hour
Gf funeral services in honor Of
Judge Hunt who gave so much of
his time to youth work, public
speaking and civic programs.
Born in Davis County, Iowa, on
December i6, 1888, Judge William
A. Hunt was 81 years of age. With
his wife, Grace, he moved to Port
Clinton from Ottumwa, Iowa, in
1910. On arrival here, Atty. Hunt
opened law offices in the OLD
Postoffice Building.
After the death of the late
Judge A. w. Allyn, members of
the Ottawa County Republican
Central Committee and Bar As
sociation endorsed Atty. Hunt for
the judgeship. Former Governor
John w. Bricker appointed Mr..
Hunt to fill the unexpired term
and he assumed the judgeship OH
January 9, l943. He had been re-
elected in 1914 and 1948.
Surviving are the bereaved wi
dow, Grace; one daughter. Mrs.
Dorothy Hales, st. Louis; two
sons, Major William A. Hunt, Jr.,
Ft. George Meade, Maryland, and
Paul Hunt, Los Angeles; five
grandchildren; his mother, Mrs.
Clara Hunt, Davis County, Iowa;
one brother, Atty. Elmer Hunt,
Denver, Colorado, and several
niecea and nephews.
One of the mos outstanding
fraternal workers in Ohio, Judge
Hunt was a past Lieutenant Gov
ernor of the Kiwanis district, past
president of the local Kiwanis
club, 32nd degree Scottish Rites
Mason, member Of the Masonic
Blue Lodge. Shriners, Knights of
Templar, Knights of Pythias, Odd
Fellows, Elks, Eagles, Ohio Bar
Association, Ottawa County Bar
Association, Port Clinton Chamber
Of Commerce, Eastern Star, Moose
Lodge, the Christian Church and
was an active Boy Scout official.
William A. Hunt was a gradu-
ate Of the University of Iowa,
Iowa City, with the degrees of
Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts
and Bachelor of Laws. He was
admitted to the Ohio Bar in De-
cember, 1912, and began the prac-
tice of law in Columbiana Coun-
ty, Ohio. After practicing there
for several years, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hunt moved to Iowa where he
continued his law practice.
He served eight years as city
solicitor in Ohio and Iowa, and six
years as U. S. Referee in Bank
ruptcy.
During the war years, Judge
Hunt was commander of the Citi-
zens Defense Corps, Port Clinton
Defense Council.
One of the most outstanding
speakers in Ohio, Judge Hunt was
constantly in demand to fill speak
ing engagements throughout the
state. He was a recognized auth
ority on the Constitution and the
Declaration of Rights, various
historical events and local history.
Judge Hunts love for children
was one of his outstanding traits.
He had long been active in Boy
Scout work and he assisted in
many other youth movements in
this city. During his residence
in Port Clinton, Judge Hunt had
been speaker at numerous Memoir
ial Day and other civic programs.
Ohio's Chief Justice Carl v.
Weygandt was a personal friend
of Judge and Mrs. Hunt, and had
visited them within the past few
days. The late Common Pleas
Judge had many other well known
pepsons among his thousands of
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