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Steele, Ervin Dugan

Steele, Ervin Dugan

Male 1875 - 1946  (70 years)

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  • Name Steele, Ervin Dugan 
    Birth 15 Aug 1875  Sciotoville-now part of Portsmouth, Scioto, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 21 May 1946  Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Ridgewood Cemetery, Wellston, Jackson, Ohio, USA 
    Person ID I3725  Shane and Beck
    Last Modified 14 Jun 2023 

    Father Steele, Jasper Newton,   b. 18 May 1846, Centre, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Nov 1921, Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Ervin, Mary,   b. 1856   d. 1920 (Age 64 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 9 Oct 1873  Jackson, Jackson, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Divorce Abt 1890 
    Family ID F1472  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Williams, Joanna Belle,   b. 17 Jan 1876, Franklin Furnace, Scioto, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Dec 1944, Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage 3 Mar 1900  Wellston, Jackson, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Steele, Alice Grace,   b. 1 Aug 1901, Wellston, Jackson, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Dec 1980, McArthur, Vinton, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]
     2. Steele, Harold Benson,   b. 12 Oct 1904, Wellston, Jackson, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Dec 1973, Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]
     3. Steele, Arthur Daly,   b. 12 Oct 1904, Wellston, Jackson, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Dec 1977, Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]
    +4. Steele, Helen Gertrude,   b. 29 Sep 1907, Wellston, Jackson, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Nov 1982, Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]
     5. Steele, Marjorie May,   b. 4 Oct 1911, Wellston, Jackson, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jan 1980, Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F1469  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Jun 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 3 Mar 1900 - Wellston, Jackson, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 21 May 1946 - Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • 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.