The News-Sentinel 1959 - Fulton County Public Library
The News-Sentinel 1959 - Fulton County Public Library
The News-Sentinel 1959 - Fulton County Public Library
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Charles D. Edgington<br />
Funeral services were held this afternoon at the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home for<br />
Charles D. EDGINGTON, 56, 505 Madison street, who died at 8:30 a.m. Saturday in Woodlawn<br />
hospital.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Rev. Richard SUMNER of Macy officiated, and burial was in the I.O.O.F. cemetery<br />
here.<br />
Mr. Edgington was employed at the Shultz Body Shop here.<br />
Tuesday, August 25, <strong>1959</strong><br />
Albert Pontius<br />
Albert PONTIUS, 73, Rochester, died at the McFarland nursing home here at 6 p.m.<br />
Monday of a coronary occlusion. He had been ill for six years.<br />
A native of Akron, he was born Aug. 18, 1886, the son of Frank and Etta BROWN<br />
PONTIUS. He had lived in Rochester for five years, coming here from Akron. He was a retired<br />
carpenter.<br />
Several cousins survive.<br />
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Sheetz funeral home in Akron with the<br />
Rev. D. L. SLAYBAUGH officiating. Burial will be in the Akron cemetery. Friends may call at<br />
the funeral home.<br />
Charles J. Lewis<br />
Charles Jackson LEWIS, 74, East Rochester, died at 1 p.m. today in Woodlawn hospital,<br />
where he was taken this morning. He was the brother of Lee LEWIS, East Ninth street. <strong>The</strong> body<br />
was taken to the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home where final rites are pending.<br />
Wednesday, August 26, <strong>1959</strong><br />
Charles J. Lewis<br />
Charles Jackson “Doc” LEWIS, 73, died of a heart attack at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in<br />
Woodlawn hospital, where he had been admitted only 4 1/2 hours earlier. Mr. Lewis resided at<br />
314 1/2 Clayton street.<br />
A retired cook, Mr. Lewis had been in apparent good health before being stricken at<br />
1 a.m. Tuesday.<br />
Born May 10, 1886, in Sevastapool, he was the son of Ephriam and Emma Jane STUDY<br />
LEWIS. He had spent his eitire life in Rochester except for seven years in Missouri.<br />
A veteran of World War I, he was preceded in death by his wife, Hattie [LEWIS], in<br />
1951. Surviving are a daughter, Velma Lee WILLIAMS, Fort Worth, Texas; one son, John<br />
[LEWIS], in the U.S. Navy, and two brothers, Lee [LEWIS], Rochester, and Bert [LEWIS],<br />
Chicago.<br />
Funeral arrangements are incomplete. <strong>The</strong> Zimmerman Brothers funeral home is in<br />
charge and friends may call there after 7 p.m. Thursday.
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