He was born in Portland and graduated from Benson Technical School.
He served in the Army and was active in Salem (Marion County) and Lincoln County ham radio clubs and Oceanlake Elks.
Survivors include his wife, Betty; son, Brian of Salem; stepson, Bill Hitchman of Waldport;
sister, DeVoe Wilson of Lincoln City; and one grandchild.
Joyce Elaine Buta, Ill With Brain Ailment, Expires During Operation.
Joyce Elaine Buta, nine-year old daughter of Mrs. Sarah Rose Buta, 314 Stone street, died suddenly about 5:30 Tuesday afternoon on an operating table in the Memorial hospital of Syracuse as a surgeon was completing a lengthy operation for a serious brain ailment.
Her death was attributed to a ruptured blood vessel tumor in the base of the brain, for which she was being operated. The child was on the operating table for five hours and the operation, performed for the removal of the tumor, was nearly finished when she died.
The girl, who had been in her usual good health, was suddenly stricken ill early on the morning of Dec. 7, apparently while in her sleep. She was as active as usual the night before, when she took her regular tap and acrobatic dancing lession from her instructor, James King. There was no sign of any illness when she retired to bed that night.
During the early morning hours Dec. 7, her eleven-year-old sister, Glenda R. Buta, heard her moan and cry. She became nauseated and then shortly afterward fell asleep again.
Later in the morning, she was assisted downstairs and a doctor was summoned. She could not be fully aroused. She was removed to the Mercy hospital, in a semi-conscious state.
At the time, the girl's illness was believed to be a subarachnoid hemorrhage caused by a vascular congenital anomaly- a condition in which the flow of blood in the vessels of the brain is contrary to the natural or normal order. The abnormal condition, doctors explained, causes a ruptured blood vessel in the brain.
The girl was transferred by ambulance to the Syracuse hospital the same day. There Dr. A. D. Ecker, Syracuse brain specialist, took over the case. After an X-ray examination, it was found the girl was suffering from the ruptured blood vessel turmor and an operation was decided upon.
The child was unconscious four days after she first became ill, but recently, regained full consciousness. She was born in this city, Jan. 19, 1941, a daughter of Joseph and Sarah Rose Hitchman Buta. She was a student in the fourth grade of the Arsenal street school and was a member of Brownie scouts.
She had been studying dancing for about a year.
Courier and Freeman, Potsdam, NY, Wed, Jan 3 1973, page 2
The funeral for Vernon A. Schofell 54, Route 1, Potsdam, was held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Denesha Funeral Home, DeKalb Junction, with the Rev. Edward Sizeland, Protestant chaplain at the St. Lawrence State Hospital officiating. Burial with military rites will be in the Hermon Cemetery.
Mr. Schofell died Saturday (dec 16, 1972) at the Veteran's Hospital at Syracuse, where he had been a patient for six months.
Surviving are his widow, Helen; three sons, Alvinza, Ft. Devens, Mass; Charles, Lisbon; and Robert, at home; a daughter, Carol, West Palm Beach, Fla; his mother, Mrs Clyde Schofell; two brothers, Arnold, Arapahoe, NC, and Alfred, Grantsboro, NC; two sisters, Mrs. Laura St. John, Hermon; and Mrs Irene Cressman, Oriental, N.C.; five grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
He was born Apr 30 1918 at DePeyster, the son of Alvinza and Clyde Hitchman Schofell. He attended local schools.
He married Helen Cook at Vestal, NY Oct 29 1938. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of the Masonic Lodge at Morristown. He was a member of the Cedars Grange.
He was employed for 18 years as a meat cutter at the Peretta Meat Packing Company, Brier Hill.
At the time of his sickness he was employed at the Pahler Packing Company, Potsdam.
WILLIAM HERMAN CLEAR
was born August 16, 1903 in , Beaver Co, PA, and died July 29, 1970 in , Beaver Co, PA. He married (1) SARAH ALICE HITCHMAN April 03, 1925. She was born September 17, 1902, and died November 05, 1943 in Rochester, Beaver Co, PA. He married (2) LAURA AMELIA ZIRAT
Frank Jay Underhill was born September 06, 1918 in Seattle, King, WA. He married Nellie Jean Hitchman April 04, 1946 in Seattle, King, WA. She was born April 26, 1922 in Seattle, King, WA.
