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	January 2, 1940 Tuesday      Middletown Journal, Middletown, Butler County, Ohio BRIEF ILLNESS PROVES FATAL Mrs. Bertha Fugate, Excello, Died Monday   Cardiac failure and pernicious anemia causes the death to Mrs. Bertha Fugate, of Excello, Monday morning. She died at Middletown Hospital where she was removed Sunday afternoon when she failed to respond to treatment during an illness of three weeks.   Mrs. Fugate was the wife of James Fugate, who survives with six daughters, Mrs. Mollie Proffitt, Mrs. Alma Trimble, Miss Sarah Fugate and Miss Irene Fugate, of Excello, Mrs Ollie Adams, of Holmes, Ky., Mrs. Eula Proffitt, of Ashland, Ky.; three sons, Cecil and Ohmer of Franklin, Owen of Excello, and nine grandchildren.   Mrs. Fugate had been a resident of Excello 10 years, coming here from Clay City, [Powell County], Ky.   The Rev. R. C. Caudill, pastor of First Church of God, will officiate at the funeral Wednesday at 10 A.M. at the McCoy Funeral Home. Burial will be in Woodside Cemetery.	by Vivian Moon 25 April 2007
	December 27,2009   Middletown Journal, Middletown, Ohio Zelma S. FUGATE, age 96, of Middletown, Ohio, passed away Friday, December 25, 2009 at 12:00 Midnight at Atrium Medical Center where she had been a patient for five days. She was born November 24, 1913 in Knott County, Kentucky and moved to Springboro, Ohio in 1954, then to Jamestown, Ohio, and for the last five years lived in Middletown. She was a school teacher for 44 years, teaching at Knott, Rowan, and Perry Counties in Kentucky and then in Springboro, Ohio and Jamestown, Ohio. Preceding her in death were her parents, Nathaniel W., and Drucilla (Hudson) Simpson; her husband, Woodrow Fugate in 1977; two brothers, Travis and Ora Simpson; and one sister, Bertie Lee Smith. She is survived by one brother, Truman (Matilda) Simpson of Springboro, Ohio; three children, Millie (Clay) Dennis of Middletown, Ohio, Lionel (Vicki) Fugate of Middletown, Ohio, and Leila (Donald) Albert of Germantown, Ohio; seven grandchildren, Jennie Saxena, Jeff (Lea) Dennis, Justin (Susan) Dennis, Jill (Bill) Quillen, Steve (April) Craft, Kim (Bruce) Murray, and Laura Albert; 11 great grandchildren; and two great-great grandchildren. Graveside services will be Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. at the Fugate Cemetery in Vest (Knott County), Kentucky. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to a charity of ones choice. Services in Kentucky handled by Hindman Funeral Home, Hindman, Kentucky. Local arrangements by Herr-Riggs Funeral Home, 210 S. Main St., Middletown.	by Vivian Moon 19 October 2010

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