Triple funeral services for Richard Dewey, 28, and his children, Sandra, 4, and Stephen Richard, 6 months, were held yesterday at the Norton Funeral Home in Wellington. [They were killed in the Pittsfield tornado on April 11, 1965.]
Rev. Edward Griffith of the Wellington First Methodist Church officiated and burial was in Greenwood Cemetery there.
Mr. Dewey, born June 28, 1936 in Elyria, was a [1955] graduate of Oberlin High School. He was a self-employed plumber.
He was a member of the Wellington Methodist Church, the Wellington Eagles lodge and Tony's Sunoco bowling team.
Both children were born in Oberlin, Sandra on Oct. 16, 1961, and the son on Oct. 2, 1964.
Surviving Mr. Dewey are his wife, Deanna, still in Allen Hospital, and daughter Susan, 5, in Elyria Memorial Hospital; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Dewey of Pittsfield; paternal grandmother Mrs. Ernest Dewey of Oberlin; two sisters, Mrs. Kathryn Kline of Columbia Station and Mrs. Carol Oldfield of Cleveland; and one brother, Thomas of Pittsfield.
Parents of Mrs. Dewey are Mr. and Mrs. Max Cooper of Wellington
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, April 15, 1965, p. 7A.
Triple funeral services for Richard Dewey, 28, and his children, Sandra, 4, and Stephen Richard, 6 months, were held yesterday at the Norton Funeral Home in Wellington. [They were killed in the Pittsfield tornado on April 11, 1965.]
Rev. Edward Griffith of the Wellington First Methodist Church officiated and burial was in Greenwood Cemetery there.
Mr. Dewey, born June 28, 1936 in Elyria, was a [1955] graduate of Oberlin High School. He was a self-employed plumber.
He was a member of the Wellington Methodist Church, the Wellington Eagles lodge and Tony's Sunoco bowling team.
Both children were born in Oberlin, Sandra on Oct. 16, 1961, and the son on Oct. 2, 1964.
Surviving Mr. Dewey are his wife, Deanna, still in Allen Hospital, and daughter Susan, 5, in Elyria Memorial Hospital; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Dewey of Pittsfield; paternal grandmother Mrs. Ernest Dewey of Oberlin; two sisters, Mrs. Kathryn Kline of Columbia Station and Mrs. Carol Oldfield of Cleveland; and one brother, Thomas of Pittsfield.
Parents of Mrs. Dewey are Mr. and Mrs. Max Cooper of Wellington
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, April 15, 1965, p. 7A.
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