Elsie May Maurice Obituary

Urbana Daily Citizen
March 8, 1954

Miss Elsa (sic) [Elsie] Maurice Funeral Services To Be On Tuesday

Funeral services for Miss Elsa (sic) [Elsie] May Maurice, 71, of Thackery, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Thackery Lutheran church with the Rev. Wilho Paananan, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Terre Haute cemetery.

Miss Maurice died at 8 p.m. Friday after an illness of about eight weeks. She made her home with sister-in-law Mrs. Burt (sic) [Obert] Maurice, at Thackery.

Born in Clark county March 19, 1883, Miss Maurice was the daughter of Ben (sic) [Van] Horn Maurice and Mary Elizabeth Littlejohn. She was a member of the Lutheran church in Thackery and had lived in Champaign county for the past 22 years.

She has no survivors.

Friends may call at the Baker funeral home from Sunday night until services at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in teh funeral home which will precede the church services.

Carrie Gertrude Connor Maurice Obituary

Urbana Daily Citizen
September 8, 1964

Mrs. Carrie C. (sic) [G.] Maurice

ST. PARIS -- Mrs Carrie Connor Maurice, 84, of Thackery, died at 5:30 a.m. Monday in the Champaign Nursing Home, where she had been a patient two years.

She was born in Adams Township, Champaign County, July 20, 1880, the daughter of Benjamin and Eliza Ward Connor.

The widow of O.V. Maurice, she was a member of the Zerkle Lutheran Church in Thackery.

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Laurel (Alta) Irvin, of Springfield; five grandchildren; a number of great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Baker Funeral Home, St. Paris, with the Rev. Luther Buckholtz officiating. Burial will be in Terre Haute Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home from Wednesday evening until time of services.

Estell Deaton Maurice Obituary

July 7, 1950
Urbana Daily Citizen

County Native Succumbs in Ashtabula Home

E.D. Maurice, 51, Champaign county native and former Urbana school teacher, who had been superintendent of the Ashtabula city schools for 10 years, died at 4:30 a.m. Thursday in his Ashtabula home following a stroke.

He attended a board meeting at the high school Wednesday night, apparently in good health, but suffered the stroke about 2:00 a.m. after returning home. He was unconscious until the time of his death, two and a half hours later.

A native of Thackery, Supt. Maurice went to Ashtabula from Canton, being appointed superintendent of the city schools in that city in May 1940, a position he held until the time of his death.

Previously he taught in the Urbana schools, spent seven years as head of LaRue schools, was superintendent of Stark county's school system for five years, and served as principal of the Terre Haute schools.

He attended Wittenberg college, receiving a bachelor or arts degree, then took graduate work at Ohio State and Harvard universities.

He was a member of Harmony lodge No. 8 F. & A.M.

Survivors include his wife Beulah; two sons, James, at home, and William of Cleveland; a daughter, Mrs. Mary Greenawalt of Ashtabula; a sister, Mrs. Laurel Irvin of Springfield, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. O.V. Maurice of Thackery.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Saturday by Reb. Wallace Johnson in Messiah Lutheran church at Ashtabula, while family services will be held at the Zerkle Lutheran church, Thackery, at 2:00 p.m. Sunday. The local Masonic lodge will have a part in the Sunday services at Thackery.

Burial will be made in Terre Haute cemetery.

Obert Vada Maurice Obituary

May 21, 1951
Urbana Daily Citizen


Arrange Services for O.B. Maurice Victim Of Attack

Funeral services for Obert B. (sic) [V.] Maurice, 71, of Thackery, who died unexpectedly on Saturday, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Thackery Lutheran church.

Mr. Maurice suffered a heart attack in his home early Saturday and was taken to Springfield Mercy hospital only twelve hours before his death.

He was born in Clark county July 21, 1879, a son of Van Horn and Mary Littlejohn Maurice. He attended Lawrenceville high school in Clark county. A retired farmer, he had resided in Champaign county 51 years. He was a member of the Thackery Lutheran church.

Surviving are his wife, the former Carrie Conner; a sister, Miss Elsa (sic) [Elsie] M. Maurice, who resided with Mr. and Mrs. Maurice; a daughter, Mrs. Laurel (Alta) Irvin of near Springfield; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. A son preceded him in death one year ago.

The Rev. David Scharf, pastor, will be in charge of the services. Burial is to be in Terre Haute cemetery.

Friends may call at the Baker funeral home at St. Paris until 11 a.m. Tuesday, when the body will be taken to the church to lie in state until time for services. Friends may call there, too, but the casket will be finally closed at 2 p.m., the family said.

Albert Clinton Stone Obituary

June 12, 1963
Urbana Daily Citizen

Bert Stone

ST. PARIS -- Bert Stone, 87, of 140 W. Troy St., St. Paris, died at 4:45 a.m. today in Champaign County Hospital.  He had been hospitalized for two weeks.

He was born in Miami County, Cec. 30, 1875, the son of Robert and Anna Bell Stone. He has been a Champaign County resident for the past 63 years.

Stone had been a member of the First Baptist Church of St. Paris since 1901, and was a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge.  He was employed at a local furniture store for 38 years until his retirement.

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Buelah Morris (sic) [Beulah Maurice], of St. Paris, a son, Robert Stone, with the U.S. Army in Korea; a brother, Clarence, of Casstown; four grandchildren. His wife, the former Ida Johnson, died in 1951.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Baker Funeral Home, St. Paris, with the Rev. Alfred Nothstine officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Thursday.

Ida Bell Johnson Stone Obituary

August 13, 1951
Urbana Daily Citizen
Urbana, Champaign, Ohio


Mrs. Bert Stone Succumbs Sunday in St. Paris Home

Mrs. Ida Bell Johnson Stone, 77, wife of Bert Stone of St. Paris, died in her home at 6:15 p.m. Sunday following an illness of eight months.

She was born June 4, 1874 in Allen county, Ind., the daughter of David and Sarah Ella Simms Johnson and was married to Mr. Stone on December 20, 1900.

Mrs. Stone came to Champaign county from Illinois 65 years ago. She was a member of the St. Paris Baptist church, it's (sic) Ladies Aid Society and the American Legion Auxiliary.

Surviving besides her husband are a daughter, Mrs. Beulah Maurice of Springfield; a son, Sgt. Robert J. Stone, with the U.S. Army in Korea, and a brother, John Johnson of Springfield.

The body was taken to the Baker funeral home in St. Paris where friends may call this evening and until time of services. Time of services will not be announced until word is received from the son in Korea.

August 14, 1951
Urbana Daily Citizen
Urbana, Champaign, Ohio

Arrange Service For Mrs. Stone On Wednesday

Funeral services for Mrs. Ida Bell Johnson Stone, 77, wife of Bert Stone, who died 6:45 p.m. Sunday in her St. Paris home, will be at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Baker funeral home at St. Paris.

The Rev. Rex G. Van Court will officiate at the services and burial will be in Evergreen cemetery, St. Paris.

Ugh. Slave owners. Dammit.

Cramming in as much research as I can in the last hours before my trial Ancestry membership runs out. Researching the Littlejohn arm this morning (Estell : Obert : Van Horn and Mary Littlejohn Maurice.

Discovered that Mary's grandparents and great-grandparents were slave owners in Virginia in the early 1800s. This is the first arm of all of my ancestors and all of David's ancestors that I've found who were slave owners. And I'm SOOOOO disappointed. I'm sitting here literally on the verge of tears, knowing that my ancestors 'owned' other human beings. I'm disgusted, humbled, and sad.