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Laffer, Mrs. D. C. - July, 13, 1876: Coshocton Age - Mrs. D. C. Laffer - Last Sunday, Mrs. D. C. Laffer died after a brief illness, The deceased was a most estimable lady, and the sympathy of this community is extended to the bereaved husband and tree motherless children. Submitted by: Sandy Payne

Landis, Zelpha - Coshocton Tribune, October 15, 1978 - Name: Zelpha Gayle McCormick Landis Age: 97 Occupation: Housewife Death Date: 14 October 1978 Marriage Date: 12 August 1915 Burial: arrangements incomplete at time of obit Birth Place: .Mill Creek Township, Coshocton Co., Ohio Date of Birth: 29 January 1891 Parents: Melville C. and Mary Evaline (Severns) McCormick Membership: Grace United Methodist; Junited Methodist Women?s Group; Many Ha Ha Club; YWCA; Lucille Lafferty W.C.T.U., RSVP, and Golden Age Club. Graduate of Keene High School. Survivors: One son, James M. Landis, Coshocton, OH, and one daughter, Mildred (Mrs. Eugene) Gray, Jenson Beach, FL; one brother, Harry and one sister,. Mary (Mrs. Warner) Perkins, both of Coshocton; one niece, one nephew and several cousins. Preceeded by: Husband, James Uhler Landis (6 Oct. 1954); two brothers. Arrangements: Free Funeral Home, Coshocton, OH Extracted from: Coshocton Tribune, October 15, 1978 Contributed by: Cheryl Blizzard

LANG, Aaron - 86, Warsaw Route 3, died Sunday at 9:30 a.m. at County Memorial hospital after an extended illness. He was born in Colfax, W. Va., April 4, 1875, a son of Stansburg and Palmira Shaw Lang, and was married in 1906 to Sarah E. McCord, who died in 1921. Surviving are two sons, Clarence E., Warsaw Route 3, and Harvey, Lancaster; three brothers, Oak Buckhannon, W. Va., Lon, Warsaw Route 3, and Burt, Canton. One daughter, one brother, and four sisters are deceased. He was a member of Jehovah's Witnesses. Services at the Fischer funeral home, Warsaw, will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday in charge of C.P. Stotler, Crooksville. Burial will be in Darling Run cemetery. Friends will be received at the funeral hoe from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. (Obituary dated December 4, 1961)

LEACH, Mr. Archibald - The Progressive Age Jan 11, 1860 Wednesday - Died at his residence in Adams township, on Sunday the 25th of December 1859, Mr. Archibald LEACH aged 62 years. Mr. LEACH has been a resident of Coshocton County for over 30 years. He lived a respectable life, and died lamented by all who knew him. For many years he had been an exemplary member of the Presbyterian Church. - Submitted by: Norma Karter nckarter@flash.net

Lesczynski, Mary A Navorska - The Port Clinton News Herald 7 August 2004 (Saturday) - Obituaries - Mary A. Lesczynski - Oct. 17, 1934—Aug. 4, 2004 - Mary A. (Navorska) Lesczynski, 69, of Marblehead and formerly of Kelley's Island died Wednesday at St. Vincent Medical Center, Toledo. She was born in Coshocton, the daughter of the now-deceased Howard and Mary Rosetta ( Seward) Navorska. She married Walter Lesczynski on June 24, 1973. Mrs. Lesczynski was the owner/operator of American Handy Crafts of Sandusky. She was a member of St. Michael Catholic Church, Kelley’s Island and St. Joseph Catholic Church in Marblehead. Surviving are her husband, Walter; Daughters Theresa Trumpower of Kelly's Island, Julia Marie Allen of Cleveland; seven grandchildren; one great-grandson; Brother Richard Navorska of Casper, Wyoming; and four nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents. Visitation: 2 to 4 pm. And 7 to 9 pm. Monday at the Neidecker, LeVeck & Crosser Funeral Home, Peninsula Chapel, Lakeside-Marblehead, where a prayer vigil will be held at 8:30 pm. Mass of Christian Burial: 11 am. Tuesday at St. Michael Catholic Church, Kelley's Island with the Rev. Nick Cunningham officiating. The body will lie in state for one hour prior to the service Burial: Kelly's Island Cemetery. Memorials: St. Vincent Medical Center’s Palliative Care Unit or charity of donor’s choice. - Submitted by:Kelly ImKellybar@aol.com

LEWIS, Leonidas J. -The Coshocton Age July 26, 1865 Saturday - Died at New Castle, Coshocton co., O., June 21st ?65, Leonidas J. LEWIS, in his 29th year. Of the youth and early education of Mr. Lewis, I know but little. My acquaintance with him, at most, was limited and some what imperfect. The time of our first introduction was about two years ago, since which I have enjoyed his society several times ? Judging from my knowledge of his family connections, as well as from my acquaintance with him, I am led to say that his youth was characterized by an obedient disposition, a gentle temper, a quiet demeanor and a pleasant loving spirit. As to his literary attainments, through his father died when he was quite young, he succeeded in qualifying himself for any of the common pursuits of life. For several years he had been engaged as clerk in the mercantile business first in Mt. Vernon, then in Columbus, where he labored till his farm was so wasted and weakened by disease that he was compelled to retire from business and return to his home. His disease was consumption; ;which, while it preyed upon his vitals, flutters him with the hope of getting well. Though his physician in Columbus gave up all hope of his recovery before he left there, yet his friends had no idea that his end was so near. He was able to sit up and converse almost to the last. For several weeks before he died there seemed to be, at times, a peculiar seriousness in his mind. When his friends found that he must die, they spoke to him of his views of death. He felt that he was prepared but had not as bright an evidence as he desired. Later they spoke to him, again he said, ?I have experience something in the last two or three days that I never did before ? religion? Also that he had ?loved the church more for the past six or eight months than ever before,? and that he did not ?think now, as in the pasts, that religion would make a young man or young lady older? but thought it ?would be good in health, good in sickness, good in death, and better than all after death?. In his last moments, when his eyes were set in death, he seemed to be conversing in the spirit world telling his former views and how they were changed --- Turning to his mother, brother and sisters, he said, as he was just stepping down into the dark turbid waters of that sea that divides ours from that better land, ?Good-bye all for a while.? Thurs passed away one whom I, too, had learned to esteem. Friends, let him sleep on where we laid him in his bed of earth, and in the Springtime as you visit his resting place to week over his silent dust, let the gentle, opening rose planted on his grave by the hand of affection remind you of a Springtime when that form shall open into a new, a heavenly, a glorious and eternal life. R. A. DISNEY - Submitted by: Norma Karter nckarter@flash.net

Lockard, Robert S. - From The Coshocton Tribune 4 June 1964 (Saturday)- Robert S. Lockard, 70, of 833 Orange st., died at 11:30 pm. Friday at County Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient five days.Mr. Lockard formerly was employed for a number of years at the old Beach Enameling Co., and the H. D. Beach Co., and later at the Buckeye Fabric Finishing Co. He was a member of Sacred Heart church.He was born December 12, 1893 in Coshocton County, a son of George M. and Almina Richards Lockard and was married February 4 1915 to Jennie Marie Hartman, who survives. Others surviving are three daughters Mrs. Ward (Betty) Murray, Warsaw; Mrs. Glenn (Mary) Cooper, Coshocton, and Mrs. Wallace (Katherine) Snedeker, Beaver Falls, Pa.; Two Sons, Leo Lockard, Nellie, Ray Lockard, Route 1; one sister, Grace Hiller, Lorain; a twin brother, Scott Lockard, Canton; twelve grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Four brothers are deceased. Services will be held at 9 am. Tuesday at Sacred Heart Church and burial will be in South Lawn cemetery. Friends may call Sunday and Monday at the Dawson funeral home from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm. Rosary rites will be Monday at 8 pm. At the funeral home.
From The Coshocton Tribune 28 January 1964 - In a will dated July 28, 1945, Robert Lockard leaves his estate to his wife, Jennie, who is also named executrix.
From The Coshocton Tribune -28 January 1964 - Notice of Appointment - Notice is hereby given that Jennie Lockard of 833 Orange Street, Coshocton, Ohio has been duly appointed Executrix of the Estate of Robert Lockard, deceased, late of Coshocton County, Ohio. Creditors are required to file their claims with said fiduciary within four months Dated this 28 day of January, 1964. C. M. Ross, Probate Judge Jan. 31, Feb. 7, 14, 1964
From The Coshocton Tribune 3 January 1965 - In Memoriam - In loving memory of Robert Lockard, who passed away January 3, 1964 A light from our household is gone, a voice we loved is still; a place is vacant in our home that never can be filled. Some may think you are forgotten, though on earth you are no more, but in memory you are with us, as you always were before. Sadly missed by Wife, children and grandchildren. - Submitted by:Kelly ImKellybar@aol.com

LONG, John C. -Progressive Age December 21, 1859, Wednesday - Died at the residence of Robert LONG, Esq. in Millersburg of consumption on Sunday last, Mr. John C. LONG, son of the late Maj. William LONG of Warsaw in the 23rd year of is age. It is a melancholy pleasure to render a slight tribute to the memory of those we loved in life and remember with fond regret, in death. Mr. LONG was raised in this county and has numerous ardent friends whose hearts will be touched at his early exit from the scenes of earth. He was among the most promising young men ? highly intellectual, and with a heart at all times warm and generous. He was a graduate of the Cincinnati Medical College and his friends fondly hoped for him a long and useful career. It has been otherwise ordered ? we all trust for the best. - Submitted by: Norma Karter nckarter@flash.net