Notes:

1900 Census, Ohio, Vol. 92 E.D. Sheet 3, Line 28, Liberty twsp., Logan County has John living with wife Laura; three daughters, May (Alda Mae, Cecil F., and Adda B. (Addie); three sons, Floyd P., Willis R., and Percy R.

1920 Census, Ohio, Vol. 123, E.D. 191, Sheet 11, Line 75, 220 Oakland Square, Bellefontaine, Logan County has John living with wife Laura, four sons, Floyd P., Willis, Ray P., and Hershal R.; one granddaughter Dorothy I. Bolen

1890 Census, Indiana, Richland twsp., Grant County, page 359, dwelling #826, has Laura living with her parents, age 9 month.

OBITUARY - Bellefontaine Examiner, dtg Friday, July 8, 1935, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio.

PARALYSIS CAUSES DEATH - Funeral of Mrs. Laura Ellen Strayer To Be Held Saturday - Mrs. Laura Ellen Strayer died Thursday at 2:15 p.m. of paralysis after an illness of but a few days. She was stricken Tuesday at her family home, 220 Oaklanor some time. Living in the home with her were her son, Herschel Strayer, and wife and baby son and another son, Ray Strayer.
Laura Ellen Sower-Strayer was born Sept. 5, 1859, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Sower. When she was quite young they moved to a farm near Tremont City, later moving to the vicinity of West Liberty. She was the only daughter in a fafhhers having preceded her in death.
She was united in marriage with John E. Strayer, July 11, 18885, his death occurring in August of 1923. They moved to a farm in the vicinity of West Liberty, later moving to West Liberty, then to Bellefontaine.
The deceased was the mother of seven children. Those who remain are Mrs. Ernest Yoder, of West Liberty; Floyd P. Strayer, of Urbana; Willis W. Strayer, Ray Strayer and Herschel Strayer, of Bellefontaine. There are 12 grandchildren and threng. One granddaughter, Mrs. Dorothy Bolen Stevens, who now resides in Lima, was reared by Mrs. Strayer from infancy.
The following brothers remain, John Sower, of West Liberty; Rev. Grant Sower, of Ferry, Mich., and Edward E. Strayer of Campbell, Calif.
Mrs. Strayer was long a member of the Congregational church in West Liberty. She was a loving mother and always helpful and considerate.
Services will be held Saturday at 1:30 p.m. in the Leonard & Eichholtz Funeral Home with Dr. C.E. Rice pastor of the Lutheran church, in charge. Burial will be made in the West Liberty cemetery.



Funeral Services - Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio, dtg. July 1935.

MRS. STRAYER IS BURIED - Services for Mrs. Laura Strayer were held in the Leonard & Eichholtz Funeral Home Saturday at 1:30 p.m. with Dr. C. E. Rice, pastor of the Lutheran church, in charge.
The following pallbearers served at the burial in West Liberty cemetery. Floyd, Willis, Ray and Herschel Strayer and Ernest Yoder and Glenn Willitts.




Death certificate: Vol: 7878, Cert. NR. 43968, Logan County, Ohio

Family/Spouse: John Edward Strayer. John was born on 15 Jul 1861 in West Liberty, Logan County, Ohio; died on 19 Aug 1923 in West Liberty, Logan County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

OBITUARY - West Liberty Banner, dtg September 14, 1916, Log
an County, Ohio.

Alda Mae, daughter of Edward and Laura Strayer, was born in Champaign county, near West Liberty, September 28, 1883, and departed this life at the home of her parents in West Liberty, Ohio September 8, 1916, aged 32 years, 11 months and 1

She was united in marriage to John H. Bolen, March 15, 1906. To this union three children were born - two sons and one daughter.
In early life she united with the Christian Church at West Liberty, and was a faithful worker in the church, Sunday School, and Endeavor Society of which she was a member.
After moving from this vicinity to Bucyrus she became affiliated with the United Brethren Church and was a member of the same at the time of her death.
She had been ill for a period of about three years, but about six weeks ago was brought to the home of her parents. She was very patient in her sickness and the end came as a sweet relief from her suffering, but was a painful separation
r loved ones. During her illness she was tenderly cared for by her mother and loved ones who did all they could to make her comfortable. The home she once made happy with friendly welcome and a kindly smile is broken, but God knows best.
She is survived by her husband, two sons, Edward Hartley and Raymond Robert, and one daughter, Dorothy Isabell; also her parents, two sisters, and four brothers, and many other relatives and friends.

Be near to bless me when I wake,
Ere thro' the world my way I take;
Abide with me till in Thy love
I lose myself in Heaven above.

The funeral services were held at the home on Newell street, Sunday afternoon, at one o'clock, in charge of Rev. E.C. Hamilton. There were many beautiful flowers, and a large assemblage of relatives and friends present to pay a last tr.air View cemetery.
The following relatives and friends from a distance were present at the funeral: Wm. Bolen, Byhalia; C. A. Bolen, Fostoria; Mrs. Thomas Patterson, Mrs. Robert Reeder, Mrs. Cora Rock, Mrs. John Lippincott, James Funk and daughter, Gertr,wcett, wife and daughter, and Mrs. Shick, Bellefontaine; J.J. Prater, Mrs. Foreman Prater, Mrs. Elmer Prater, Northfield; Irwin Prater and wife, Rushsylvania; H.U. King and wife Urbana; Mrs. Ben Phenegar and Walter Phenegar, DeGra ff; Ray Sidesinger and wife, Continental; Mrs. Cora Stinchcomb, Springfield.




More About ALDA MAE STRAYER:
Burial: Buried in Fairview Cemetery, Lot 41, West Liberty Cemetery, LoganCounty, Ohio.
Death Certificate: Vol. 2047, Cert. Nr. 56824, Logan County, Ohio.

Alda married John H. Bolen on 15 Mar 1906 in Logan County, Ohio. John was born on 19 Apr 1881 in Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio; died in Aug 1932 in Mansfield, Richland County, OH; was buried in Mansfield Cemetery, Richland County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Walter Glenn Willits. Walter was born on 19 Jul 1888 in Ohio; died on 10 Nov 1959 in West Liberty, Logan County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Notes for ADDIE BELLE STRAYER:
1900 Census, Ohio, Vol. 92, E.D. 114, Sheet 3, Line 28, Lib
erty twsp., Logan County, has Addie living with parents, age 10.

Addie was employed as a telephone operator.

OBITUARY - Bellefontaine Examiner, dtg. July 26, 1955, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio.

MRS. ERNEST L. YODER DIES - West Liberty Women, 65, Had Been Ill Two Years - Mrs. Ernest L. (Addie Belle) Yoder, 65, died at 1:50 p.m. Monday at her home in West Liberty. She had been ill two years and bedfast since April.
She was born April 26, 1800, in Salem township, Champaign county, a daughter of Ed and Laura Sowers Strayer.
Surviving are her husband, to whom she was married Dec. 9, 1916 and four brothers, Floyd Strayer, Urbana, Herschel Strayer, 721 south Main street, Bellefontaine, Ray P. Strayer, R.F.D. 4, Bellefontaine, and Willis Strayer of Dayton. A so, and two sisters are dead.
The deceased was a member of the West Liberty Methodist church where funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday. Rev. Virgil Hair, of Midway, former pastor of the church, will officiate assisted by Rev. Gilbert Thomas of the McKeessl be made in West Liberty Fairview cemetery.
Friends may call at the Troyer-Lynn funeral home in West Liberty after 7 p.m. Tuesday and until noon Thursday.

Family/Spouse: Ernest Leroy Yoder. Ernest was born on 8 Aug 1885 in Ohio; died in Jun 1965 in West Liberty, Logan County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

-Obituary - Bellefontaine Examiner - July 28, 1961, Logan County, Ohio -

FLOYD P. Strayer, 68, of 734 South Main Street, Urbana, was stricken by a heart attack at 6:45 p.m. on South Main street sidewalk, in that city and was pronounced dead on arrival at the Urbana Mercy Hospital, where he was taken by thse of West Liberty and previous to moving to Urbana 49 years ago was a teacher in Logan County schools. He was born September 12, 1893, a son of John E. and Laura (Sowers) Strayer. He was associated with the Urbana public schools fo r 34 years and served as Principal of the Central Ward school for a number of years, retiring in 1955. He was a member of the Urbana Methodist church and a life member of the National Education Association. Survivors are his widow, Gladys; thre e sons, Paul of Toledo; Robert of Rfd 2, Urbana; and William of Columbus; a daughter Miss Dorothy Strayer of Columbus and two brothers, Willis Strayer of North Palm Beach, Florida and Ray R. Strayer of Miami, Florida, both former Bellefontaine r esidents. One brother, Hershel Strayer of Bellefontaine and two sisters, Mrs Ernest Yoder and Mrs. Glenn Willets of West Liberty are deceased. One son Floyd Jr., gave his life in action in 1945 when he was shot down over Burma while serving in t he United States Army Air Force. Funeral services will be held Monday at 10:30 a.m. in the Neff funeral home, Urbana, with Rev. Ralph E. Simester, pastor of the Urbana Methodist church officiating. Burial will be in the St. Paris Cemetery.






More About FLOYD PEARL STRAYER:
Burial: Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Cemetery, St Paris, Champaign County, Ohio

Notes for GLADYS KATHERINE KITE:
Gladys was a school teacher.
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[Br?U2derbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 3, Social Security Records: U.S., SS Death Benefit Records, Surnames Beginning with S, Date of Import: Sep 29, 1996, Internal Ref. #1.112.3.78302.157]

Individual: Strayer, Gladys
Birth date: Jun 21, 1896
Death date: Mar 1975
Social Security #: 278-34-9338
Last residence: OH 43081
State of issue: OH


More About GLADYS KATHERINE KITE:
Burial: Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Cemetery, St Paris, Champaign County, Ohio

Floyd married Gladys Katherine Kite on 24 Dec 1919 in Bellefontaine, Ohio. Gladys was born on 21 Jun 1896 in St. Paris, Ohio; died after 21 Jun 1974 in Riverside Hospital, Columbus, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

OBITUARY - Bellefontaine, Ohio, Logan County, Ohio, dtg August 5, 1971 -
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WILLIS W. STRAYER, 76 North Palm Beach, Florida, where he resided with a son, Willis Richard Strayer and family, died Tuesday in that city following a prolong illness. He was a former resident of Bellefontaine, a retired employee of thed Wright Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio.
He was born June 3, 1895, in Logan County. His wife, the former Lova Fultz, preceded him in death in 1935. Survivors with his son are five grandchildren. Mr. Strayer was a member of the Bellefontaine Lutheran Church.
The body will arrive in Bellefontaine Friday afternoon, being sent to Columbus by plane, and will be received here by Eichholtz funeral home. Funeral rites will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m. at the funeral home and burial will follow in tmetery, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio.

Willis married Lova Leona Fultz on 18 Jun 1930 in Bellefontaine, Ohio. Lova was born on 18 Feb 1904 in Bellefontaine, Ohio; died on 23 Apr 1935 in Bellefontaine, Ohio; was buried in Philadelphia Cemetery, Union Township, Logan County. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obituary - Bellefontaine Examiner

RAY P. STAYER , 72, 5756 Devonshire Boulevard, Miami, Florida, formerly of Bellefontaine died Tuesday at 10:15pm in the hospital where he was admitted last Saturday. Death followed several years of ill health. Mr. Sowers was born in West Libe rty, October 30, 1898, a son of John and Laura (Sowers) Strayer, and was an employee of the former New York Central Railroad for many years. Mr. and Mrs. Strayer left Bellefontaine in 1962 to make their home in Florida.

Funeral services will be held Saturday at 10am at the St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Miami, followed by the cremation, the ashes to be interred in St. Thomas Columbarium Church Gardens.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to Mrs. Ray P. Strayer or Miss Agnes Armitage at the Strayer address in Miami, to be added to the building fund for a retirement home for the parishioners of the Episcopalian church.

Birth recorded in Logan County, Ohio, Vol. 3, 1893-1908, Page152.

1900 Census, Ohio, Vol. 92, E.D. 114, Sheet 3, Line 28, Liberty twsp., Logan County, has Percy living with parents, age 1.

1920 Census, Ohio, Vol. 123, E.D. 191, Sheet 11, Line 75, 220 Oak Land Square, Bellefontaine, Logan County, has Ray living with parents, age 21.

Ray married Opal Frances Bean on 30 May 1939 in Bellefontaine, Ohio. Opal was born on 10 Mar 1904 in West Liberty, Logan County, Ohio; died on 4 Jan 1994 in Belleontaine, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1920 Census, Ohio, Vol. 123, E.D. 191, Sheet 11, Line 75, 220 Oak Land Square, Bellefontaine, Logan County, has Herschel living with parents, age 17.


- OBITUARY - Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio, dtg August 1959

Herschel Robert Strayer, 56, 721 south Main Street, died at 1025 p.m. Saturday in Mary Rutan Hospital. Hospitalized on several occasions, he had last been a patient at Mary Rutan hospital Dec. 12.
He was an engine dispatcher for the New York Central System for 37 years. Born July 28, 1902, in West Liberty, a son of John Edward and Laura Sower Strayer, he was graduated from Bellefontaine high school in 1921. In 1939 he married tol

The deceased became ill about five years ago when he experienced such tired feeling that a local physician advised a series of blood tests be taken for confirmation and diagnostic reasons. He entered University hospital, Columbus, whedt
rles Doane, confirmed that Mr. Strayer was ill of a disease of the bone marrow which is unable to manufacture red blood cells. While at the hospital in Columbus, four blood transfusions were administered and his health then improved.
In the earlier stages of the disease only a pint of blood was needed every three or four weeks but it progressed so rapidly that he received 71 pints in 1957 and many more than 100 pints in 1958. He had a rare type of blood, A-Negatit co-operative in having this type of blood available at regular intervals via the Red Cross blood program.
Surviving with his wife are a son, John Robert, of Pensacola, Fla., and three brothers, Floyd Strayer, Urbana; Willis Strayer, Dayton and Ray P. Strayer, R.F.D. 4, Bellefontaine.
The deceased was a member of the First Lutheran Church and of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Eichholtz funeral home in charge of Rev. Olen A. Peters. Burial will be made in West Liberty Fairview cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home.------

Herschel married Agnes Helene Angle in Aug 1930 in Degraff, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

After the death of Edward's mother, no one was able to care for him, his brother Robert and his sister Dorothy. Dorothy was taken in by her mother's parent and Edward, along with his brother Robert, was placed in the Richland County Childreo e in Mansfield, Ohio. Room and board, plus clothes was paid by his father. Later, they moved to the Crawford County Children's Home that was recently opened and was much better for it had far less children and was more like a big family. It wa s a very unhappy part of their life. The superintendents were a retired couple with 3 children of their own. Edward was in the 7th or 8th grade at the time. In 1920, when his father remarried, he came to live in Mansfield with his brother, Rob ert. In 1923, Edward was forced to drop out of school in his junior year when his father burned his hands in order to help out with the family. Edward went to work for the Ohio Brass Company in Mansfield. He was able to finish hiseducation b y taking extension courses at Lincoln University in Cleveland, Ohio. Edward stayed with the Ohio Brass up to the time he retired.

Edward married Naomi G. Etzwiler in 1928. Naomi died on 6 Apr 1966 in Richland County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edward married Zelma Reed on 25 Nov 1933. Zelma was born on 30 Jan 1911; died in Jul 1980 in Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio; was buried in Mansfield Memorial Park. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Robert Raymond was placed in the Richland County Home after his mother died. Later, with his brother, Edward, they were transferred to the children's home in Crawford County. His father re-married in 1920 when he was able to leave the homei e with his father and step-mother. After graduation from Mansfield High School, he worked as a radio announcer for a short time before the station moved to Akron. He then worked at the Mansfield Tire and Rubber Company until he went to work at t he Mansfield Printing Company where he retired as a plant supervisor after 41 years.

Family/Spouse: Nellie Lindecker. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Dorothy was very young when her mother died in 1916. She was raised by her grandparents, John Edward and Laura Sowers Strayer.

Dorothy married Clarence Hobart Stevens on 6 Nov 1930 in Visalia, Kentucky. Clarence was born on 4 Jun 1902 in Lima, Allen County, Ohio; died on 6 Jul 1961 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dorothy married Chauncey K. Haynes on 23 Oct 1965. Chauncey was born on 14 Nov 1902 in Newport, Ohio; died on 2 May 1982 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Paul William Bauser. Paul was born on 4 Mar 1910; died on 25 Oct 1985 in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Helen married Horace Gladden Swysgood on 10 Feb 1928. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Wynn. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jim Ewing. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Albert Edward , Jr. Wendling. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Second Lieutenant Floyd K. Strayer, Serial Number 02059641, served in the United States Air Force, 9th Bomber Squadron, 7th Bomber Group, Heavy, during World War II and was killed at sea during action at Great Coco Island in the South Pacift s noted from the World War II Honor Roll Tablets of the Missing in Action or Buried at Sea, which is located at the Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines. Floyd received the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.

Family/Spouse: Peggy Ann Hubbard. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary Ullom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Helen Louise (Baker) Aldridge [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Mary Jane Drake [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Pegi Channell [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Alice Mary Harnett. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Marta Belle Bright [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ruth married Furman Shaw Woodard, Rev. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gary married Inge Marianne Porath [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Samuel Earl , Sr. Slick [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Rosemary Dillon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lynda Breckenridge. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joan married Russell Sherman Strayer [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Katherine married Nicholas Noah Lumbreeze [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Karen married Daniel , Jr. Esquinas [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Karen married Gary Lee Swisher [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary Yelom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bruce married Linda Sue Witkes [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Connie married Ronald Frank Shaffer [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Roberta married Walter Craig Wilson [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Jeannie Leslie [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Kathleen Brandon [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Floyd married Angelica R. Worbanich [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]