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     Ruth Helen Oakes was born on 7 October 1897 at Benton Co., AR. She married John Preston Boling, son of Charles Albertus Boling and Mary Ellen Payne, no children. Ruth Helen Oakes died on 26 May 1990 at age 92.

     Shirley Alice Oakes was born on 29 March 1927 at Piatt Co., IL. She married Daniel Anthony Rita. Shirley Alice Oakes died on 5 June 2012 at Browns Mills, Burlington Co., NJ, at age 85

Obituary (Findagrave.com):

Shirley A. Rita of Columbus died Tuesday, June 5, 2012, at Deborah Heart and Lung Center in Browns Mills. She was 85.

Mrs. Rita was born in Goose Creek, Ill., and had lived in the Burlington County area for many years.

She was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.

An expert seamstress, Mrs. Rita was a 4-H sewing club leader for many years, and also taught quilting to many classes for many years. With a few of her quilting friends, she made the New Jersey State Quilt for the Bicentennial Celebration.

An avid reader, she was a supporter of the Burlington County Library; she was a member of Sacred Heart Church in Mount Holly, and a former member of the Altar Rosary Society.

Wife of the late Daniel Rita, Mrs. Rita is survived by four children, Rose Falkner and her husband, Thomas, of Westminster, Md., Daniel Rita and his wife, Phyllis, of Mount Holly, Cheri Acker and her husband, Edward, of Charlottesville, Va., and Patti Windle and her husband, T.K. of Maui, Hawaii. She also is survived by eight grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and a sister, Barbara Mitchell of Lafayette, Ind.

Friends and relatives are invited to visit with the family, from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, at Perinchief Chapels, 438 High Street, Mount Holly. Interment will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Hainesport.

Contributions in her name may be made to Soldier's Angels, 5068 U.S. Highway 64 East, Franklinville, NC 27248.

The schedule for Mrs. Rita's Mass will be published in Friday's newspaper or will be at www.perinchief.com on Thursday, after 10 a.m.

Perinchief Chapels, Mount Holly

Burlington County Times, June 7, 2012.

She was buried in June 2012 at Sacred Heart Cemetery, Hainesport, Burlington Co., NJ, Findagrave #91880771.

     Walter Moss Oakey III and an unknown person were divorced in 1967. He died in May 1985.

     Charles Randolph Oakley was born on 9 November 1875 at Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH.¹ He married Valona Blanche Chilton. Charles Randolph Oakley died on 26 May 1939 at Winona Lake, Kosciusko Co., IN, at age 63 Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Death Certificates; Year: 1908 - 1995; Roll: 01, via ancestry.com. He was buried in May 1939 at Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw, Kosciusko Co., IN, Findagrave #104795612.

     Clarence Ebert Oakley was born on 11 December 1883 at Pike Co., IL.¹ He was the son of William L. Oakley and Sarah Griffin.² Clarence Ebert Oakley married Winona Harvey on 1 September 1904 at Pike Co., IL. Clarence Ebert Oakley married Leota Eleanor DeVault, daughter of Elbert S. DeVault and Sarah Ellis Harrison, on 19 June 1910 at Pike Co., IL.¹ Clarence Ebert Oakley lived in April 1930 at Lake Worth, Palm Beach Co., FL, census p.5A. He died on 29 June 1932 at Lake Worth, Palm Beach Co., FL, at age 48

Obituary -- (Findagrave.com):

Former co-owner (with his brother, Lucien) of the Oakley Theater in Lake Worth, Florida. He was a son of William L. Oakley & Sarah Griffin.

He married Winona Harvey on Sept. 1, 1904 in Pike County, Illinois. They had a son, Everette C. Oakley. He next married Leota Eleanor DeVault on June 19, 1910 in Pike County, Illinois. They had at least 3 children:

1.)William E. Oakley b.Aug. 17, 1911 Pleasant Hill, Pike, IL d.Feb. 19, 1920 Pittsfield, Pike, IL. Buried West Cemetery, Pittsfield, Pike, IL.

2.)Juanita Estelene Oakley Barnes b.Oct. 6, 1914 Pleasant Hill, Pike, IL d. Jan. 30, 1972 Fort Worth, Tarrant, TX. Cremated, Laurel Land Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas.

3.)Margaret Oakley b. 1917.

He was buried in July 1932 at Pinecrest Cemetery, Lake Worth, Palm Beach Co., FL, Findagrave #136701319.

     Everett C. Oakley was born circa 1906 at Pike Co., IL.¹ He was the son of Clarence Ebert Oakley and Winona Harvey.¹ Everett C. Oakley lived in April 1930 at Tallula, Menard Co., IL, census p.2B.

     Juanita Estelene Oakley was born on 6 October 1914 at Pleasant Hill, Pike Co., IL.¹ She was the daughter of Clarence Ebert Oakley and Leota Eleanor DeVault.¹ Juanita Estelene Oakley married Wendell Reed Barnes, son of Eilliam Read Barnes and Agnes Lucretia Nelson. Juanita Estelene Oakley died on 30 January 1972 at Ft. Worth, Tarrant Co., TX, at age 57.

     Judith Lynn Oakley was born on 14 April 1936 at Nacogdoches Co., TX. She was the daughter of Schreiber Lucian Oakley and Katherine Bazer. Judith Lynn Oakley died on 3 December 2016 at Italy at age 80.

     Margaret Oakley was born on 19 August 1917 at Pike Co., IL.¹ She was the daughter of Clarence Ebert Oakley and Leota Eleanor DeVault.¹ Margaret Oakley married Clifford Housh, son of John Clarence Housh and Minnie J. Cheek, on 17 December 1937 at Montgomery Co., TX, no children. Clifford was previously married to Bettye Irene Smith. Margaret Oakley died on 25 December 1986 at Tarrant Co., TX, at age 69. She was cremated at Tarrant Co., TX.

     Schreiber Lucian Oakley was born on 22 February 1905 at Pittsfield, Pke Co., IL.¹ He was the son of Leota Eleanor DeVault. Schreiber Lucian Oakley married Katherine Bazer, daughter of Bolen Everett Bazer and Mary Elizabeth Pugh. Schreiber Lucian Oakley died on 27 May 1954 at Beaumont, Jefferson Co., TX, at age 49

Obituaries:

S. L. Oakley, Local Movie Official, Dies
S. L. Oakley, 49, widely-known motion picture executive and a resident of this city for nine years, died at this home, 2325 Long avenue, at 7:02 a.m. Thursday following a lingering illness.

Mr. Oakley was vice-president and general manager of the Jefferson Amusement company and was also vice-president and general manager of that company's chain of east Texas theaters. He had been connected with the company for 27 years.

MR. OAKLEY went to work for the Jefferson Amusement company April 27, 1927, as a Beaumont theater manager. In November of that year the Jefferson theater was opened and he became assistant manager of it.

Later he served as city manager of east Texas theaters working in Nacogdoches, Marshall and Jacksonville. Later he became district manager of the east Texas chain with headquarters in Nacogdoches.

FROM THAT POSITION he was transferred to the Dallas office of the company where he took over the booking department.

He returned to Beaumont in 1945 as vice-president and general manager of the Jefferson Amusement company and of the East Texas Theaters, Inc.

Mr. Oakley was educated in the schools of his home town in Pittsfield, Ill., and later attended Columbia university.

HE WAS A member of the Beaumont club, the Town club, the Beaumont Country club. He also belonged to the Dallas Variety club, a national organization of showmen. He was active in the program of boys' work carried on on a national level by this club.

He also was an honorary member of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes and belonged to the First Baptist church.

HE WAS A director of both the Jefferson Amusement company and of the East Texas Theaters, Inc.

A moment of silence will be observed in all theaters of both corporations during the hour of the funeral services scheduled for Friday.

Funeral services will be held at the First Baptist church at 3 p.m. Friday. Dr. T. A. Patterson, pastor of the church, will officiate. Interment, under the direction of the Roberts and Pipkin-Brulin funeral home, will be in a local cemetery.

PALLBEARERS HAVE been designated as E. N. Armstrong, Max Wertheim, Fred Minton, Dr. Julian Fertitta, Irving Cohn, E. D. Hayle, Sam Landrum, Mortie Marks, L. C. Kyburz and Pete Navarro.

All friends of the family have been designated as honorary pallbearers.

MEMBERS OF THE family have requested that no flowers be sent but that money to be spent for these tributes be donated to the cancer fund.

Surviving are his wife; one son, Stephen Gordon Oakley, and one daughter, Judity Lynn Oakley, all of this city; two sisters, Mrs. Clifford Housh of Houston and Mrs. W. R. Barnes of Fort Worth and two uncles, Charles Oakley of Pittsfield, Ill., and Charles DeVault of Dallas.


OBITUARY - (THE POST'S TEXAS NEWS SERVICE)

Beaumont Rites Today for Oakley
BEAUMONT -- S. L. Oakley, 49, widely know theatre executive, died at his home here Thursday morning after a lengthy illness. He had undergone a throat operation about a year ago.

Oakley was vice president and general manager of the Jefferson Amusement Company and also was vice president and general manager of the East Texas Theatres, Inc.

Funeral service will be held at the First Baptist Church here at 3 PM Friday with Dr. T. A. Patterson officiating. Burial will be in a Beaumont cemetery.

Surviving are his widow; one son, Stephen Gordon Oakley; one daughter, Judity Lynn Oakley, who graduated from Beaumont High School Wednesday night, all of Beaumont; two sisters, Mrs. Clifford Housh of Houston and Mrs. W. R. Barnes of Fort Worth.

He was buried in 1954 at Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Beaumont, Jefferson Co., TX, Findagrave #104653915.
Note: Samuel DeVault is shown on the 1910 Census for Pike County, Illinois as the grandson of Elbert DeVault. It is surmised that he was the son of Leota, and was the same individual as "Schrieber" Oakley, age 14, shown in the 1920 census. But it is also possible that Sam could have been the son of May or Margaret DeVault. Note that a Matthew Schreiber, age 26, single, appears in the 1910 census living with his brother John at Woodville, just east of Pike County, Illinois.

     Valona Oakley was born on 22 December 1909 at Mansfield, Richland Co., OH.¹ She was the daughter of Charles Randolph Oakley and Valona Blanche Chilton. Valona Oakley lived in January 1920 at Portsmouth, Scioto Co., OH. She lived in April 1930 at Chicago, Cook Co., IL. She married John Loren Cue, son of Leroy Cue and Maude Evelyn Wilt, on 23 March 1932 at Jackson Boulevard Christian Church, Chicago, Cook Co., IL. Valona Oakley died on 25 February 1977 at Uvalde, Uvalde Co., TX, at age 67.

     William E. Oakley was born on 17 August 1911 at Pleasant Hill, Pike Co., IL.¹ He was the son of Clarence Ebert Oakley and Leota Eleanor DeVault.¹ William E. Oakley died on 19 February 1920 at Pittsfield, Pike Co., IL, at age 8. He was buried in February 1920 at Pittsfield West Cemetery, Pittsfield, Pike Co., IL, Findagrave #122922669.

     William L. Oakley was born on 23 September 1840 at Ohio per 1900 census, or 1839 per headstone.^2,1 He began military service on 12 August 1862 Civil War service, Co. B, 116th Ohio Infantry, PVT, enlisted, mustered out on 3 MAY 1863 at Winchester, Virginia. He married Sarah Griffin on 5 November 1864 at Athens Co., OH, Three children born, all living as of the 1900 census.² William L. Oakley lived on 1 June 1900 at Pleasant Hill Twp., Pike Co., IL, farming.² He died on 27 November 1919 at age 79. He was buried in 1919 at Perry Wells Cemetery, Pleasant Hill, Pike Co., IL, Findgrave #43812439.

     Charles Yates Oakman was born on 12 August 1880 at Belfast, Northern Ireland.¹ He married Margaret (?).¹ Charles Yates Oakman died on 3 July 1941 at Queens Borough, New York Co., NY, at age 60.

     James Walter Oakman was born on 12 September 1922 at Queens Borough, New York Co., NY.¹ He was the son of Charles Yates Oakman and Margaret (?)¹ James Walter Oakman married Eleanor Virginia Loos, daughter of Bertram John Loos and Eleanor Marie Hartinger. James Walter Oakman died on 18 May 1968 at Kettering Memorial Hospital, Dayton, Montgomery Co., OH, at age 45

Obituary -- Dayton Daily News, Dayton, Ohio, Monday, 20 MAY 1968, p.47 (Niewspapers.com):

OAKMAN, J. Walter, age 45, of 6342 Siena St., Centerville, passed awy Saturday at Kettering Memorial Hospital. He was an investigator for the U.S. Civil Service Commission. Survived by his wife, Virginia; 1 daughter, Margaret, Dayton; 1 son, John of Dayton; 1 sister, Mrs. Eileen Goldner of Garden City, N.Y; 1 brother, Harold Oakman of Short Hills, N.J. Private funeral services 2 p.m. Monday at the cemetery. Burial Miami Valley Memory Gardens with Rev. Paul J. Masquelieu officiating. There will be no viewing. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to the Kidney or Heart Fund. Memoral services at Southminster Presbyterian Church. Date to be announced. Arrangements by the Hoyne Funeral Home, 3471 Far Hills Av.

He was buried in May 1968 at Miami Valley Memory Gardens, Springboro, Warren Co., OH, Findagrave #154226746.

     Juanita Neeter Oaks married Daniel Robert Buchanan.

     Mary Gertrude Oaks married David Frederick Pfeiffer, son of William Edward Pfeiffer and Radia Mae Crecelius. Mary Gertrude Oaks was born in 1923.

     Julia Ann Oatman was born in 1809. She married Isaac Snider. Julia Ann Oatman died in 1894. She was buried in 1894 at Conrad Hottel Cemetery, White Cloud, Harrison Co., IN, Findagrave #30299605.

     Margaret Oatman was born circa 1815. She married Joseph Brumbach, son of John Brumback and Elizabeth Rothgeb, before 1842 at LaSalle Co., IL.

     Alva Mason Ober was born on 11 May 1918 at Clark Co., OH. He was the son of Melby Franklin Ober and Minit Anne Waugh. Alva Mason Ober married Frieda Marie Gregg, daughter of Swan Gregg and Horense Orel Anderson, on 11 May 1939 at Champaign Co., OH. Alva Mason Ober died on 10 October 1996 at Franklin Co., OH, at age 78. He was buried in October 1996 at Jenkins Chapel Cemetery, Urbana, Champaign Co., OH, Findagrave #92143351.

     Beverly May Ober was born on 7 November 1942 at Woodstock, Champaign Co., OH. She was the daughter of Alva Mason Ober and Frieda Marie Gregg. Beverly May Ober died on 11 January 2000 at age 57.

     Catherine A. Ober was born on 11 February 1831 at Hopewell Twp., Cumberland Co., PA.¹ She was the daughter of Jacob Ober and Catherine Myers. Catherine A. Ober married John Reuben Diehl, son of Levi Diehl and Maria Magdalena Hamsher, on 28 November 1850 at Cumberland Co., PA. Catherine A. Ober died on 26 June 1892 at Bloom, Wood Co., OH, at age 61.

     David Ober married Caroline E. Diehl, daughter of Levi Diehl and Maria Magdalena Hamsher.

     Eloise Ober was born circa 1926 at Clark Co., OH.¹ She was the daughter of Melby Franklin Ober and Minit Anne Waugh.¹

     George Raymond Ober was born on 23 June 1886 at Ross Co., OH.¹ He was the son of Phillip Ober and Elizabeth Jane Starr.¹ Occupation: Blacksmith, per death certificate. George Raymond Ober died on 22 April 1960 at Arlington, Rush Co., IN, at age 73. He was buried on 25 April 1960 at East Hill Cemetery, Arlington, Rush Co., IN.
Note: Did not marry.

     Henry Ober was born in 1742 at Rapho Twp., Lancaster Co., PA. He married Veronica Stauffer, daughter of Johannes Stauffer and Catherine Schenk. Henry Ober died on 13 July 1822 at Donegal Twp., Lancaster Co., PA.

     Homer Ober was born circa 1919 at Clark Co., OH.¹ He was the son of Melby Franklin Ober and Minit Anne Waugh.¹

     Jacob Ober was born on 30 June 1793. He was the son of Michael Ober and Catherine Oberholzer. Jacob Ober married Catherine Myers. Jacob Ober died on 15 August 1854 at age 61.

     James D. Ober was born on 6 January 1948. He was the son of John Francis Ober and Marilyn Bruss. James D. Ober died on 15 August 1996 at Springfield, Clark Co., OH, at age 48.
Note: Did not marry.

     Jane W. Ober was born circa 1923 at Springfield, Clark Co., OH.¹ She was the daughter of John Mason Ober and Marie R. Seider.¹