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William S Eakman

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William S Eakman

Birth
Death
2 Jul 1959 (aged 79)
Burial
Walnut Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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Wm. S. Eakman Taken Today
William S. Eakman, 79, prominent farmer of Rt. 1, Patriot died in Holzer Hospital at 2:10 a.m. today. He had been a patient there since June 10. He had farmed in the Patriot community for 48 years and was a member of the Red Men Lodge at Cadmus, Cadmus Grange and of the Olive Methodist Church for 45 years.
He was born in this county on Feb. 3, 1880, to the late Euria and Nancy Dalton Eakman. He married Addie Rice July 3, 1911. She survives along with a son and daughter, Wendell Eakman of Dayton and Mrs. George J. (Marcine) Etppright of Austin, Tex., a brother and sister, Grover Eakman of Arabia and Mrs. John (Goldie) Hefner of Ironton. A brother and three sisters preceded him in death.
Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Olive Methodist Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery under the direction of the Wetherholt-Elliott-Sanders Funeral home. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2: p.m. Friday, and the body will lie in state at the church for an hour prior to the service.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Thursday, July 2, 1959
Wm. S. Eakman Taken Today
William S. Eakman, 79, prominent farmer of Rt. 1, Patriot died in Holzer Hospital at 2:10 a.m. today. He had been a patient there since June 10. He had farmed in the Patriot community for 48 years and was a member of the Red Men Lodge at Cadmus, Cadmus Grange and of the Olive Methodist Church for 45 years.
He was born in this county on Feb. 3, 1880, to the late Euria and Nancy Dalton Eakman. He married Addie Rice July 3, 1911. She survives along with a son and daughter, Wendell Eakman of Dayton and Mrs. George J. (Marcine) Etppright of Austin, Tex., a brother and sister, Grover Eakman of Arabia and Mrs. John (Goldie) Hefner of Ironton. A brother and three sisters preceded him in death.
Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Olive Methodist Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery under the direction of the Wetherholt-Elliott-Sanders Funeral home. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2: p.m. Friday, and the body will lie in state at the church for an hour prior to the service.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Thursday, July 2, 1959


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