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A family fishing trip ended in tragedy for an Ada family late Saturday evening [July 11, 1959] when 33-year-old Harold J. Raplee drowned on Mill Creek, near Ravia. Raplee, his wife, Addie, and their two children were camping near the creek. Raplee and a friend, Bill Steele, were wading in shallow water, setting out the […]

WOOSTER, O. INS – A 32-year-old Columbus man fell 275 feet to his death Monday [April 26, 1954] while working on the transmitting tower of Station WWST in Wooster. The victim was James G. Roberts, who was painting the tower at the time of the mishap. His brother, Jack, witnessed the accident. James plummeted to […]

PALMDALE – (U.P.), Marine Major Stanley W. Robinson, 52, was dead on arrival at Palmdale Clinic Saturday [June 27, 1953] after being stricken with a heart attack while driving on Angeles Forest Highway. Robinson, a reserve officer, was on military leave from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s office where he was a detective sergeant.

Ernest L. Ray, 29, climaxed a domestic quarrel with his wife by fatally shooting himself in the head while she was in a nearby room, West Los Angeles police reported yesterday. Mrs. Doris Ray said her husband went into the bedroom of their home at 3557 Stoner Ave., West Los Angeles, after they argued Saturday […]

WILLAMETTE — Funeral services for Master Sergeant Charles J. Rhoades (Johnny Gist), son of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Gist, Grapevine Road, will be held Monday, April 6 at 1:30 p.m. from Holman and Hankins in Oregon City. Interment will be at Mt. View Cemetery with Marines in charge. Master Sgt. Rhoades, who was killed […]

Hatfield, Wis.—(UP)—Cpl. Mitchell Red Cloud, Congressional Medal of Honor winner, was laid to rest today in an ancient Indian funeral ceremony. Red Cloud, who served in the Marine Corps in World War II, was killed on a ridge near Chonghyon, Korea, on Nov. 5, 1950, while holding back the enemy while his Army company could […]

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15—(AP)—Korean casualty list No. 152 today reports another Oklahoma soldier has been killed in action [October 27, 1950]. He was Sgt. Clayton L. Roberts, husband of Mrs. Clayton L. Roberts, Rattan. The Navy Cross, awarded posthumously to Sgt. Clayton L. Roberts for his daring action against the enemy the night of October 27, […]

EAST LIVERPOOL, O.—Tech. Sgt. William K. Robinson, 26, of Martins Ferry, Steubenville recruiter for the Marine Corps, was killed about 2:25 this morning [May 27, 1949] when his car struck an abutment at a street intersection in nearby Wellsville. Columbiana County Coroner Ernest Sturgis said he died instantly of a broken neck. He was alone […]

Joseph S. Royal, Jr., former Brownsville resident, died as a result of an automobile accident near Cleveland, Ohio, last Wednesday [September 18, 1946]. He is survived by his wife, Ruth, of Ohio; his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Royal, two sisters, Mrs. Charles Richardson and Sally Royal, and a brother Billy, all […]

A memorial mass for Marine Pvt. Daniel T. Rees, who was killed June 21 [1945] on Okinawa, will be said in St. Rita Chapel, 63rd St. and Oakley Ave., at noon next Sunday. Private Rees was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Rees, 2036 W. Garfield Blvd. He enlisted in service in February, 1943, […]