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Birth & death dates verified from Fairfield Cemetery records, West lafayette, Lafayette Twp., Coshocton Co., OH.

OBITUARY
Historical Newspapers > Coshocton Tribune, The (Coshocton, Ohio) > 1948 > January > 2 [FRIDAY]
Headline: Guernsey Motorist Held After NCTown Man Dies as Auto Plunges Into Creek
Walter John Dennis, 41, Guernsey, was in the Tuscarawas county jail today on a manslaughter charge after a passenger in his car, Isaac Clifton Norman, 39, Newcomerstown, a Coshocton native, was killed Thursday when it went into a creek near Newcomerstown. Mr. Norman, a Moore Enameling Co. employe who lived at the Central Hotel in Newcomerstown, was thought to have been killed instantly about 5 a.m. yesterday when Dennis' automobile, a 1935 Chevrolet, missed the Dunlap Creek bridge on Route 21, south of Newcomerstown, and went into the creek. [3 paragraphs about investigation, charges & bail omitted] Mr. Norman was born Dec 19, 1908 in Coshocton, a son of Emory and Margaret Caton Norman. He was first married to Catherine Kenny, who preceded him in death. On Sept. 11, 1934, he was married to Lena Nay, who survives. Also surviving are one son, Robert Dale Norman, Coshocton, by the former marriage, and two sons, David Lee and Jackie Eugene Norman, Newcomerstown Route, by the latter marriage, two sisters, Mrs. Walter West, West Lafayette, and Mrs. Beatrice Sangstron, Coshocton, and one brother, Virgil Norman, West Lafayette. Short funeral services will be held at 1:15 p.m. Sunday in the Bronnell funeral home, Newcomerstown, with additional rites at 2 p.n. in the Main Street Methodist church, West Lafayette, Rev. Thomas W. Lorenz, Newcomerstown, will officiate and burial will be made in West Lafayette. [Last sentence omitted]

Historical Newspapers > Coshocton Tribune, The (Coshocton, Ohio) > 1945 > September > 16
Headline: FILES SUIT
Charging that his wife claims she does not want her two children, and she prefers to work in an establishment where intoxicants are sold rather than stay home, Isaac Norman has filed suit in common pleas court for divorce from Lena Norman, both of Newcomerstown. Neglect and cruelty are formally charged. The couple was married Sept. 11, 1935. The plaintiff, represented by John A. Schlupp, also seeks custody of the children.