Living

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Russell married Helen Eileen Temple on 5 Aug 1944. Helen (daughter of Cleve Ernest Temple and Geneva Gertrude Cotter) was born on 26 Jul 1918; died on 6 Feb 2016 in Montgomery County, Ohio, USA; was buried in Miami Valley Memory Gardens, Springboro, Warren County, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Obituary:

LENTZ, Helen Eileen, age 97, of Centerville, OH passed away on February 6, 2016.

Helen was born on July 26, 1918 in Dayton to the late Cleve and Geneva Temple. She graduated from Steele High School in 1937 and attended Sinclair Community College from 1938-1941. Helen did clerical work for WPAFB from 1942-1944.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Russell, in 2000. Helen is survived by her sons, Edward R. (Andrea) Lentz and David (Janet) Lentz; grandchildren, Temple, Wheeler, Stephen (Carrie), and Ryan Lentz; great-grandchildren, Morgan, Harper, and Ryan Jr.; sisters, Ruth Sawyer and Virginia Chandler; and numerous nieces and their families.

Family will greet friends from 10:00-11:00am on Thursday, February 11, 2016 at Routsong Funeral Home, 81 N. Main St., Centerville with a funeral service following at 11:00am. Burial in Miami Valley Memory Gardens.

The family would like to extend special thanks to Lucy Howard and Vicki Price and their families for their friendship through the years and the people at Lincoln Park Manor for their recent kindness.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to any charity of your choice.

? + unknown. unknown was born in cir 1885. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
Interment Number 91278
Surname Temple
Given Name Cleve Ernest
Lot Number 414
Lot Letter F
Section Number 122
Tier Number
Tier Letter
Grave South spc
Burial Date 11 Aug 1992
Death Date 8 Aug 1992
Age 100
Birth Date 8 Aug 1892
Birth Place OH
Undertaker Morris
Miscellaneous
CombinedName Temple, Cleve Ernest

Cleve married Geneva Gertrude Cotter on 9 Aug 1913 in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA. Geneva (daughter of Simon Kenton Cotter and Emma B. Shane) was born on 14 Feb 1895 in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA; died on 1 Apr 1943 in St. Elizabeth Hospital, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA; was buried on 3 Apr 1943 in Woodland Cemetery, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Music and entertainment supervisor, Longfellow School, Dayton, Ohio

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Buried:
Interment Number 56494
Surname Temple
Given Name Geneva G.
Lot Number 414
Lot Letter F
Section Number 122
Tier Number
Tier Letter
Grave
Burial Date 3 Apr 1943
Death Date 1 Apr 1943
Age 48
Birth Date
Birth Place Springfield OH
Undertaker Whitmer
Miscellaneous
CombinedName Temple, Geneva G.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: toolmaker

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The Kenton Cotter family was living on Hartford (?) Street, Springfield, Ohio, at the time of the 1900 Census (see 1900 Ohio Census, Clark County, Roll 1246, Book 1, E.D. 19, Ward 1, Precinct D, page 277a). At the time of the 1930 census, the family was living Montgomery County, Ohio.

Buried:
Section T, Lot 298

Simon married Emma B. Shane on 5 Oct 1887 in Clark County, Ohio, USA. Emma (daughter of Joseph Shane and Sarah Jane Kress) was born on 17 Sep 1869 in Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio, USA; died on 24 Dec 1943 in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA; was buried on 27 Dec 1943 in Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
Section T, Lot 298

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1848, McGillivray Township, Huron (now Middlesex) County, Ontario, Canada
• Census: 1870, Springfield Township, Clark County, Ohio, USA

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James L. Cotter emigrated to Ontario, Canada, in 1835 with his father, and he later settled in the Park Hill, Ontario, area. In the "History of Middlesex County," James is listed as a warden and pathmaster for the year 1845. He is recorded as having owned land in Middlesex County, Ontario. The land was in McGillivray Township, Lot 23, Concession 9, and was purchased on 17 Dec 1842. His brother, George, purchased the neighboring lot, No. 22, on the same day; their brother, John, purchased Lot No. 20 on 18 Mar 1844 . However, James Cotter is also listed on the 28 September 1837 map of McGillivray Township as owning that same lot number. James Cotter appears in the 1848 census of Canada West (Ontario). He is listed on page 3, McGillivray Township, Huron (now Middlesex) County. Around 1848, James Cotter moved to Clark County, Ohio. He filed a Declaration of Intention for Naturalization in Clark County, Ohio, on 20 March 1861, but apparently never completed the naturalization process. At the time of the 1850 census, James and Maria (name given as Mary in the census) were living in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. James' age was given as 26, and his occupation was sawyer. Maria's age was given as 25. At the time of the 1860 census, the family was living in German Township, Clark County, Ohio. Included in the census is Anna Cotter, aged 66. He is listed in the 1880 census of Clark County, Ohio. James Cotter was a member of The Champion City Guard, Company A, Seventh Infantry, Ohio National Guard, during the Civil War. He purchased land from William T. Haley in the city of Springfield, Ohio, on 13 July 1855, and from James T. Warder on 14 December 1870, in Springfield Township. Around 1881, the James Cotter family moved to Illinois, settling near Claremont in Richland County. James Cotter purchased land from Robert B. and Ellen Patrick in Richland County, on 27 November 1882. The property is described in the deed as the northwest fourth of the southeast quarter of Section 26, township 4, North Range (numbered 14 west), "containing 40 acres, more or less." The property was sold by his heirs to Mary Cotter Melrose, James's daughter, for $800 on 28 November 1902, following the death of James's second wife in August 1902. James is buried in Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Ohio, in Lot 242 of Section L. This plot was purchased by Ann Cotter on 18 April 1899.

Buried:
Section L, Lot 242

James married Anna Maria Harrison on 6 Oct 1849 in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA. Anna died before 1866; was buried in cir 1865 in Mount Zion Cemetery, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Maria Harris
• Buried: 8 May 1903, Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA

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Buried:
Section L, Lot 242

Moved from Mt. Zion to Ferncliff, 8 May 1903

Joseph + Sarah Jane Kress. Sarah was born in cir 1840. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]