So many loved ones were at the Celebration of Life for my daughter Melanie Paul this weekend. She truly was loved. Though she had a lot of struggles, she truly loved the Lord and her family. Rest in peace, Melanie Paul. You were loved and you are remembered!
For me it does not seem real yet.
My family and friends have been so supportive. Life is so short!
Below is a blurry image of a poem my mom, Joyce Orshoski, wrote long ago. Somehow it so very fitting to find this poem today.
A transcription reads:
Remember me with smiles and laughter,
Your head hold high and tall.
If you remember me with only tears,
Then don’t remember me at all.
Alva Humiston passed away on July 18, 1948. His wife, Louise Humiston, died at the home of her son in Marshall, Michigan on July 30, 1956. Mr. and Mrs. Humsiton's gravesite is in Block G at Oakland Cemetery.
Below is a picture of one of the buildings at the Ohio Veterans Home, formerly known as the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Home.
Roy D. Mitchell came to Sandusky, Ohio in 1898 to teach at the Sandusky Business College. In 1907, he became proprietor of the Sandusky Business College. Below is an advertisement for the Sandusky Business College from the January 30, 1908 issue of the Sandusky Star Journal. Principal R.D. Mitchell maintained that young men and women could be successful in life if they had a proper business education.
Roy Mitchell eventually gave up his interest in the Sandusky Business College. He served as Maor of Sandusky from about 1917 to 1919. He was Mayor of Sandusky during the difficult years of the First World War, and during the outbreak of the influenza epidemic. On November 11, 1918, Mayor Mitchell announced that a huge parade would take place in Sandusky to celebrate the end of the Great War.
Former Mayor Roy D. Mitchell died on March 1919, 1934. He and his wife, the former Bertha Hall, are both buried at Sandusky's Oakland Cemetery.
The image above shows a listing of the interments from Holy Angels Church in Sandusky, Ohio, officiated by Rev. John F. McInerney in 1905 and 1906. Burials were at St. Joseph's Cemetery. Several decades of church records have been digitized, and are accessible with a free account at FamilySearch.org.
To access these and many other records, go to the website below. Bowse through the records, which are arranged by county, then city, and then parish.
https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1494476
To learn more about Rev. J.F. McInerney, see his memorial at Find a Grave.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148298201/john_f-mcinerney
Happy hunting!
David and Anna Steinman are buried at Oheb Shalom Cemetery in Erie County, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Steinman were concessionaires at Cedar Point for over thirty years. David Steinman passed away on August 27, 1946. Calling hours for Mr. Steinman were held at Andres Funeral Home in Sandusky, Ohio. Burial was at Oheb Shalom Cemetery. Anna Steinman moved to the Columbus, Ohio area. After her death on August 26, 1968, her remains were brought to Sandusky for burial next to her husband at Oheb Shalom Cemetery.
Recently I learned that an Orshoski cousin has written a book. Another Orshoski descendant is the author of several children's books. It got me to thinking that if Great Grandpa Joe Orshoski had not gotten on that ship and come to America, we would not be here!
Grandpa Joe worked in coal mines in two states, before moving to Bay Bridge to work at the Medusa Cement plant. In 1919, his first wife died and left him with several sons.
He then married again, and had two daughters, and inherited a stepdaughter. The second marriage lasted over 50 years!
Orshoski descendants have worked in a variety of fields, including:
