Belmont County, Ohio

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Belmont County Obituaries


Leona Van Fossen


Aged Belmont Woman, Leona VanFossen, Dies

Mrs. Leona VanFossen, aged 93, and ill for some time, died Friday night a 10 o'clock at the home a niece, Mrs. Alice Dietrich, at Belmont. She had been a resident of Belmont for the past 16 years.

Mrs. VanFossen was born at Mt. Olivet on April 14, 1864, the daughter of Reuben and Margaret Rowley Taylor. She was married to Sim VanFossen who preceded her in death, as did their only son, Clyde. She leaves only nieces and nephews.

The body was taken to the Kelly-Kemp Funeral Home, and was then returned to the Dietrich residence at Belmont, where services were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. They were conducted by the Rev. T. Homer Smith of Belmont Methodist Church, and burial was made in the Northern Cemetery in Barnesville.


From the Barnesville Enterprise, July 4, 1957



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