Steele, Ervin Dugan

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Ervin Steele was a coal miner in the Wellston, OH area during his young adult years. He moved his family to Huntington, WV in 1913, at age 38, when the local Wellston coal mines closed and he needed employment. He went to work for his brother Robert, who owned a Furniture store in Huntington, and the great influenza epidemic of 1918 resulted in the evolution of "The Steele Funeral Home" from the furniture store. Ervin became the undertaker of the Steele Funeral Home and remained in that position until he retired in 1941. Ervin was a 32nd degree Mason.
I never saw my grandfather, Ervin, without his being clothed in a suit and tie, except in his home where he would remove the suit coat but still had his tie on. He was very distinguished looking as one would expect an undertaker to be. As a child I remember that he and his brother Robert, my uncle Bob, had the baldest and shiniest heads I ever saw. Grandpa Steele always gave me a nickle when he came to visit and drove a 1937 Packard - a great, classic automobile. Comments by: Arthur D. Steele, Jr.

OBIT (Huntington Herald Dispatch, May 22, 1946) : Ervin D. Steele, 75, 835 Twelfth Avenue, who had been associated with the Steele Funeral Home since 1913 died at his home last night. Burial will be in an Ohio cemetery but other arrangements are incomplete. The body is at the funeral home. Mr. Steele was a patient in a Huntington hospital recently but recovered sufficiently to return to his home. Death was unexpected. He was born in Sciotoville, O., August 15, 1871, and came to Huntington in 1913. He was the brother of R. R. Steele of the Steele Funeral Home. Mr. Steele was a member of the Methodist Church and was a 32nd Degree Mason. Surviving are two sons, Harold and Arthur Steele of Huntington, three daughters, Mrs. Alice Raines of Wilkesville, 0., Mrs. Harry Ouenon of Keystone, W.Va., and Mrs. T. A. Martufi of the Twelfth Avenue address; one sister, Mrs. Rhoda Braley of Wellston, O., and two brothers, J. D. Steele of Tonkawah, Okla., and R. R. Steele. His wife preceded him in death more than a year ago.

Ervin married Williams, Joanna Belle on 3 Mar 1900 in Wellston, Jackson, Ohio, USA. Joanna was born on 17 Jan 1876 in Franklin Furnace, Scioto, Ohio, USA; died on 9 Dec 1944 in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA; was buried . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alice married Raines, Elby "Lavoyd" on 20 Aug 1923 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA. Elby was born on 28 Aug 1897 in Russell, Greenup, Kentucky, USA; died on 8 Nov 1973 in Athens, Athens, Ohio, USA; was buried . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
Woodmere Cemetery, Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA

Family/Spouse: Tolliver, Garnet K. Garnet was born on 15 Oct 1904 in Catlettsburg, Boyd, Kentucky, USA; died on 22 Aug 1963 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA; was buried . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sayre, Kathleen. Kathleen was born on 17 Mar 1907 in Williamson, Mingo, West Virginia, USA; died on 10 Sep 1994 in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA; was buried . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Art Steele was grocery clerk and grocery delivery man in his young years, 1925 to 1929 (approx.). Then Art became a milkman and delivered milk to the "South-Side" of Huntington, WV for many years, approx. 1929 to 1957. He worked for Guyan Creamery, Sunrise Creamery, and Kennedy Dairy, which later became Borden's Dairy. He worked in-plant at Borden's approx. 1957 to 1959 when he could no longer walk a milk route and he retired from Bordens's when his arthritic knees became to painful to enable him to work. He was badly crippled with arthritis.

Arthur married Trowbridge, Margaret Irene on 9 Jan 1929 in Gallipolis, Gallia, Ohio, USA. Margaret (daughter of Trowbridge, Malcolm and Sams, Nora Kate) was born on 7 Mar 1906 in St Albans, Kanawha, West Virginia, USA; died on 16 May 1970 in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA; was buried on 19 May 1970. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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OBIT: Mrs. Helen Steele Quenon, 74, of 2202 Donald Ave., Huntington, W. Va. died Monday Nov 22, 1982, in St Mary's Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at beard Mortuary by the Rev. Frank E. Bourner. Entombment will be in Woodmere Abbey of Remembrance. She was born Sept. 29, 1908, in Wellston, OH, a daughter of the late Erwin and Joann Williams Steele. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry A. Quenon; and by a son, Harry A. Ouenon Jr. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church. She was also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Charles (Barbara) Hoy of Anaheim, Calif., and Mrs. Calvin (Sue) Wilson of Placentia; and seven grandchildren. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Beard Mortuary. (The Herald-Dispatch, Tuesday, November 23, 1982)

Helen married Quenon, Harry Arthur on 20 Aug 1928 in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA. Harry (son of Quenon, Maximillian and Souleyret, Realie) was born on 24 Aug 1905 in Farmington, Marion, West Virginia, USA; died on 17 Dec 1977 in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA; was buried . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marjorie married Martufi, Theodore Anthony on 20 Aug 1941 in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA. Theodore was born on 4 Apr 1904 in Hinton, Summers, West Virginia, USA; died on 21 Nov 1987 in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA; was buried . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]