Obituary - Clarence Edward Van Fossen
Contributed to Genealogy Pit Stop
By Virginia (Stevens) Adkins Plumley
Death Notice
East Liverpool Review
8-23-1960 Tuesday
RETIRED WARE EMPLOYE DIES
Clarence Edward Van Fossen, 68,
of 31 1st Street, Newell, WV,
died Monday, August 22, 1960
at 1:15 pm at home following a long illness.
He was born October 31, 1891, in Noble Co., Ohio.
A son of John Willard Van Fossen of Parkersburg, West Virginia
and the late Lydia Crum Van Fossen who died in April 1959.
He has resided in Newell for 12 years.
He was a laborer at Edwin M. Knowles China Co.,
until retiring in 1957 because of his health.
He was a member of the IBOP
and the Methodist Church at Mason City.
Besides his father, survivors include his widow,
Mrs. Icy Nettie Parsons Van Fossen at Home;
2 daughters,
Mrs. Nettie Rowand of Newell, West Virginia and
Mrs. Agnes Duncan of Leetonia, Ohio;
1 son,
Charles Van Fossen of East Liverpool, Ohio;
3 brothers,
Joseph Van Fossen of Chester, West Virginia,
James Van Fossen of Parkersburg West Virginia and
George Van Fossen of Fairmont, West Virginia;
1 sister,
Mrs. Sadie Lent of Leroy, West Virginia and
14 grandchildren.
Services will be held Thursday
at 2pm at the East Liverpool Arner Home for Funerals
by the Rev. Cecil O. Dotson of Chester Church of Christ.
Burial will be in Locust Hill Cemetery,
Chester, West Virginia.
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