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Hugh S. Prentice of Chagrin Falls, OH
By Linus Joseph Dewald Jr., Editor
Fall 2001 and Revised 19 Sep 2009

The following material was taken from our Fall 2001 article on "Cleveland, OH Area Obituaries:

1. Hugh S. Prentice was b. c. 1899 at an unknown location and d. c. 4-5 Aug 1970 in Chagrin Falls, OH. Burial was at Knollwood Cemetery. His obituary calls him the grandfather of six, and calls him the brother of:

  1. Mrs. Helen Free of Florida.
  2. Mrs. Lucile Collister of Berea, OH. (SSDI & Iowa State census: b. 3 Jul 1894, MN, obtained her SS# in OH, and d. Apr 1974,Berea, Cuyahoga Co., OH. Both parents b. in IL)
  3. Paul D. Northway of California. The different surname suggests Paul may be a step-brother.

Hugh's obituary identifies his wife as Ethel B. Bryan who may be the same person as Dorothy B. who was b. c. 1897 and d. 8 Jul 1972 in Lake Wales, Florida. In Dorothy's obituary she is called his wife. Dorothy's obituary calls her the sister of Reginald Dryer of Louisville, Ky. Children:

  1. Hugh S. Prentice of Lake Wales, FL.
  2. Dan Prentice of Chagrin Falls, OH.
  3. Ruth Prentice. She m. William Sonnie and lived in Chagrin Falls, OH.

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