Monday, April 30, 2012

Here is a sign for the pub Gloria Jean (Liggett) and Donald  Lee McComb operate on U.S. 36 near lock Seventeen

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Mass celebrated in memory of Helen Liggett

A candle was lit for Helen Liggett this morning at St. Paul Church in Akron where the 8:30 a.m. Mass was celebrated in her memory. It was the 22-month anniversary of her death on June 26, 2010.

 

Helen will be listed in the Mass Intentions for the Mother's Day Mass at Holy Cross Cemetery on Waterloo Road in Akron. Fr. Thomas McGovern, retired pastor of St. Matthew Church, will celebrate the Mass at 11 a.m. on Sunday, May 13. Each attendee will be given a flower to place on the grave of a loved one.

Friday, April 20, 2012

Della Liggett dies at 83

Della Mae Liggett, 83, formerly of Tuscarawas and Uhrichsville, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Friday April 20, 2012 at Green Meadows Health and Wellness Center in Louisville. Born on May 22, 1928 in Tuscarawas she was a daughter of the late Eugene and Helen (Canfield) Reneker. Della is also preceded in death by her beloved husband, William Fenton Liggett who she married on October 22, 1967 and a brother, Bob Reneker.

Della graduated from Tuscarawas High School and was a member of Grace United Methodist Church. She worked for IGA Food Liner in Uhrichsville as a cashier before devoting her life to her family as a homemaker. She enjoyed collecting stamps and Match Box cars.

She is survived by her children, Sheldon Scott Liggett and his partner, Steve Johnson of Akron, William Patrick Liggett and wife, Monica, of Dover, Mrs. Bill (Joyce) Terazzi of Bullhead City, AZ., and Mrs. Donald (Jean) McComb of Gnadenhutten; a brother, Clifford Reneker of Dover; sisters, Gloria (George) Shepherd of Louisville, Geraldine Waldron of Uhrichsville, and Cheryl Flanagan of Missouri; 6 grandchildren; many great grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Services for Della, officiated by Pastor Hombre Liggett will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday April 23 at the R.K. Lindsey Funeral Home in Dennison. Interment will follow beside her husband in Uhrichsville’s Union Cemetery. Visitation will be on Sunday from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Those wishing to honor her memory by a charitable contribution are encouraged to do so to the Alzheimer’s Association, 225 N. Michigan Ave., Floor 17, Chicago, IL 60601 www.alz.org

Monday, April 16, 2012

My family in the 1940 census


This is the just-released 1940 census page which lists my family. We lived on McKee Road in Mill Twp., Tuscarawas County, Ohio.  McKee Road was the corporation limits of Dennison, Ohio.  

Our famly:
Liggett, Harry D., head, age 44, born Ohio, foreman Ohio Power Co.
Lillian, M., wife, 41, born W.Virginia
William F., son, 21, son, born  W. Vrginia
Betty, daughter, 18, born Oho
Wilma M., daugher, 16, born Ohio
Harry D.C., son, 10, born Ohio
Bilderback, William, father-in-law, 72, born Pennsylvania

My parents lived in Collier, WV, when they were first married. My mother and brother William were born there.  Living with the family in 1940 was my grandfadther, William Bilderback

Mary Morgan, 68, lived on one side. On the other side was Ben Fox, 30, a miner, wife Harriet, 31, daughters Alma,10, Joan, 5, and son Robert, 6 months.

Sunday, April 08, 2012

9 attend April 8 class lunch

The guys outnumbered the gals 5 to 4 at the noon luncheon Thursday, April 8, 2012 of the D.H.S. Class of 1948 at the Pro’s Table, 878 E. High Ave., New Philadephia. Gals from left are Carme (Cirincione) Wells, Ethel (Marty) Kleski, Pat (Foutz) Bente and Nodie (Boughton) Dudgeon. Guys are Harry Liggett, John Brown, Bill Dudgeon, Frank Angelo and George Phinney, (Photo by Dee Phinney)