The Parkersburg News
Thursday, April 7, 1966
Mrs. Grace N. Starcher, 71, Water St., Spencer, died Tuesday in the Gordon Memorial Hospital there following a short illness.
Born in Calhoun County, daughter of the late Preston and Elizabeth Carpenter Sampson, she was preceded in death by her husband, Neal Starcher.
Mrs Starcher was a member of the Stoney Point Methodist Church.
Survivors include nine daughters, Mrs Rhoda Griffin, Mrs Eleanor Goodrich, Mrs Ora Bowley, Mrs William Carpenter, Mrs Homer Starcher, Mrs Russell Smith and Edna Starcher, all of Spencer, Mrs Billy King, Blue Ridge, Summitt, Pa, and Mrs James Bowers, Greenville, Tenn., two sons, D.O. and Harold Starcher also of Greenville; two brothers, Will Sampson and Ferrell Sampson, both of Grantsville; one sister, Mrs Herbert Smith, Mt. Zion, W.Va.; 39 grandchildren, and several great-grandchildren.
The Rev. Orland Reynolds will officiate the service Friday at 2 p.m. at the Deo Hardman Funeral Home at Spencer. Burial will be in the Gibson Cemetery, Altizer, Calhoun County.
The Parkersburg News
Thursday, April 7, 1966
Mrs. Grace N. Starcher, 71, Water St., Spencer, died Tuesday in the Gordon Memorial Hospital there following a short illness.
Born in Calhoun County, daughter of the late Preston and Elizabeth Carpenter Sampson, she was preceded in death by her husband, Neal Starcher.
Mrs Starcher was a member of the Stoney Point Methodist Church.
Survivors include nine daughters, Mrs Rhoda Griffin, Mrs Eleanor Goodrich, Mrs Ora Bowley, Mrs William Carpenter, Mrs Homer Starcher, Mrs Russell Smith and Edna Starcher, all of Spencer, Mrs Billy King, Blue Ridge, Summitt, Pa, and Mrs James Bowers, Greenville, Tenn., two sons, D.O. and Harold Starcher also of Greenville; two brothers, Will Sampson and Ferrell Sampson, both of Grantsville; one sister, Mrs Herbert Smith, Mt. Zion, W.Va.; 39 grandchildren, and several great-grandchildren.
The Rev. Orland Reynolds will officiate the service Friday at 2 p.m. at the Deo Hardman Funeral Home at Spencer. Burial will be in the Gibson Cemetery, Altizer, Calhoun County.
Family Members
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Edna May Starcher
1910–1976
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Thelma Louise Starcher Carpenter
1913–1968
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Clifford Starcher
1916–1945
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Hettie Virginia Starcher Runnion
1917–1960
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Rhoda Gay Starcher Griffin
1919–2013
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Harold Preston Starcher
1922–1979
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Eleanor Starcher Goodrich
1923–1979
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Deo Brown Starcher
1925–1981
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Otho Starcher
1927–1963
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Ora F Starcher Bowley
1927–1996
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Edwin Neil "Pete" Starcher
1930–1962
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Elouise Lou Starcher Smith
1930–1970
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Hazel I Starcher
1934–1995
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