Bernice (Murrell) Robitzer, 95, a resident of Otterbein-Lebanon Retirement
Village since 1991, died Saturday, Sept. 19 , 1998. She was born in Warren
County, Ohio on Feb. 3, 1903.
She taught school from 1920-1927 and worked as deputy treasurer for the
Warren County Treasurer's Office for 10 years . She later moved to Florida
where she worked as secretary for the University of Miami Physics Department.
A private burial was held Thursday, Sept. 24, at the Miami
Cemetery, Corwin. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday,
Sept. 27 at the Otterbein-Lebanon Chapel. Memorials are requested to the
Otterbein-Lebanon Benevolent Care Fund.
Arrangements by Oswald-Hoskins Funeral Home, Lebanon.
Source: "Bernice Robitzer,"
obituary, The Western Star (Lebanon, Ohio), 1998
Copy from the Obituary Collection at the Warren
County Genealogical Society,
by
Deb
Holden
1 June 2011
PROMINENT WAYNE RESIDENT CALLED
Charles Robitzer Dies in Hospital After Operation, Rites Saturday
Following an operation at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton last week, Charles
Robitzer, aged 67, widely known resident of Waynesville died Thursday
at 1 pm, at the hospital.
A native of Cynthiana, Ky., he came to Waynesville in 1904 where he operated
the Wayne Ice & Coal company and Wayne Park, one of the playgrounds
of the Miami Valley. Robitzer was an active member of the Waynesville
Civic Club, Defense Council, Methodist Church and Masonic Lodge.
Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon at the McClure Funeral
Home in charge of Rev. L.C. Radley. Interment was made in Miami
Cemetery, Corwin.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Roy Johnson, Schenectady, N.Y.; a son,
Frederick, New York City; a brother, Louis, of Cynthiana, Ky., and a grandson,
Douglas Johnson, Schenectady, N.Y.
Source: "Prominent Wayne
Resident Called; Charles Robitzer Dies in Hospital After Operation, Rites
Saturday," obituary, The Western Star (Lebanon, Ohio), May
28, 1942
Copy from the Obituary Collection at the Warren
County Genealogical Society,
by
Deborah
L. Holden
1 June 2011
Robitzer Rites Set For Today
Frederick W. Robitzer, 59, formerly of Waynesville, died Sunday of a heart
attack at his home at Lake Hiawatha, Boonton , N.J. He was in the television
and radio business.
Surviving are his wife, Bernice, a sister, Mrs Roy Johnson of Wilton,Conn.,
and his stepmother, Mrs. Jessie Robitzer of Lebanon.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 10 am at Oswald Memorial Home
with burial in Miami
Cemetery, Corwin.
Source: "Robitzer Rites
Set For Today," obituary, The Western Star (Lebanon, Ohio),
March 8, 1962
Copy from the Obituary Collection at the Warren
County Genealogical Society,
by
Deborah
L. Holden
1 June 2011
Jessie Robitzer
Mrs. Jessie L. Robitzer, 88, of Quaker Heights, Waynesville, died there
Friday, Nov. 4.
She was one of the original owners and operators of Wayne Park, which
later became Mill View Park and now is known as Three Centuries.
She was a native of the Roxanna area and was a 60-year member and past
worthy matron of Miami Chapter No. 107, Order of the Eastern Star. She
was also a member of Waynesville United Methodist Church.
Surviving are a daughter, Beatrice Johnson of Mirror Lake, N.H.; a sister,
Merle Kerns of Cleveland; two grandchildren and three great grandchidren.
Memorial services will be conducted Saturday at 2 pm by Rev. L.L. Young
at Stubbs-Connor Funeral Home
Source: "Jessie Robitzer,"
obituary, Franklin (Ohio) Chronicle, November 9, 1977
Copy from the Obituary Collection at the Warren
County Genealogical Society,
by
Deborah
L. Holden
1 June 2011