Occupation: Sales Office Mgr. Wheeling Steel.
Occupation: Beautician.
Occupation: Carpenter.
Occupation: Carpenter.
Sources conflict on middle initial:
Joseph F. Burkhart -- Hartley
Joseph S. Burkhart -- obituaryObituary:
DEATH SUMMONS JOSEPH BURKHART
WOODSFIELD, O. - Joseph S. Burkhart, 88, died Friday morning
[21 Oct 1949] at his home on Woodsfield Rt. 1. The body was taken
to the Schumacher funeral home.
He is survived by his wife, Jane; one son, Leo of Woodsfield; a
brother, John of the Lewisville road; and two granddaughters, Leonette
of Zanesville and Jane of Woodsfield. Mr. Burkhart was a member of
the St. Sylvester Catholic church in Woodsfield.
Funeral services will be held Monday morning at 9 o’clock in the St.
Sylvester Catholic church. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
The following appeared in The Zanesville Times Recorder (pg 16) on 8 May 1950
PLANNING BIRTHDAY SHOWER OF CARDS
EDWINA, O. - Friends of Mrs. Jane Burkhart, widow of the late
Joseph S. Burkhart who will be 82 years old on May 15 are planning
a birthday card shower for the occasion. Her address is 203 Oak street,
Woodsfield.
Social Security number issued in Ohio prior to 1951.
Graduate of Ohio State University Hospital R. N. A.
Residence: Virginia. Occupation: Mathmatician..
Graduate of College of St. Mary of the Springs, Columbus, Ohio. Residence: Virginia. Occupation: Mathmetician
Clipping from Betty Hartley (exact source unknown):
HAPPY RETIREMENT GEORGE F. BURKHART
A chapter in judicial history is coming to a close
this week in Monroe County's historic courthouse. Friday
will mark George F. Burkhart's last day as Monroe County
Common Pleas Court Judge.
Being a judge is not Burkhart's only service to
residents in Monroe County. He was mayor of Woodsfield
for eight years and prosecuting attorney in the county for
12 years. The judge was also involved in civic activities
through his membership in organizations such as the
Woodsfield Kiwanis Club and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Dealing with court cases in a close-knit county, such as
Monroe, wouldn't be easy, but Burkhart proved equal to the
tasks. In recent years, he was called on to make rulings in
the emotionally-charged teacher's strike.
On the personal side, Burkhart's faith and strength
of character undoubtedly were tremendous factors in helping
him overcome adversities. The 70 year old judge's education,
which was interrupted by WWII, formally began in a one-room
school house. Burkhart himself could be called a gentleman
of the old school, and gentleman is not a term used lightly in
journalistic circles.
He is a man truly deserving of a happy retirement.
Occupation: Registered Nurse
In Memory
Majorie M. Burkhart, 53, of Sugar Tree Road,
Woodsfield, died Monday, December 18, 1978. She was
a member of the St. Sylvester Catholic Church of Woods-
field.
Surviving are her husband, George F. Burkhart;
her father, Raymond M. Smith of Zanesville; two sisters.
Ann Scheldon and Mrs. Lou Wilson, both of Zanesville;
five grandchildren.
Mass was held on Friday, December 22, with
interment at the St. Sylvester Catholic Church Cemetery.DOUBLE MURDERS SHOCK COUNTY
Services were held Friday for the wife and daughter
of prominent Woodsfield attorney George F. Burkhart, victims
of a double murder which shocked and sadened the county.
James Fussell, Jr., 21 of Lewisville, is being held with-
out bond in Monroe County jail, charged with two counts of
aggraviated murder in the shooting deaths of Matjorie Marie
Burkhart, 53, and Erika Lynn Burkhait Cameron, 20. Fussell was
arrested by Sheriff F.L. Sulsburger at a home on Hanson Ridge
Tuesday afternoon.
The two women had been reported missing from their
home on Sugartree Road Monday afternoon when Burkhart
arrived home from Coshocton where he was involved in a trail
and found the women gone and his young granddaughter alone.
The family's 1974 brown compact station wagon which is believed
to have been used to transport the women, was found Monday
night abandoned near Skyvue High School.
The bodies were found Tuesday morning on Pfalzgraph
Ridge in Adams Township by two persons whom Sheriff Sulsberger
bad declined to identify. One of these had seen the station wagon
parked in the ares the previous day and bad returned to the hill-
side after hearning of the "kidnappings".
The 22 caliber relover, believed to be the murder
weapon, was found about 1 1/2 miles from the abandoned car
and has been sent to the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation
for tests.
Burkhart had served 12 years as the Monroe County
Prosecutor, but there seemed to be no connection between
this and the murders, and no motive has been established for
the killings. There were no ransom demands received, and
the Sheriff said the women were killed after their abduction
Monday.
A spokesman for the Sheriffs Office said no persons
other than Fussell had been held in connection with the mur-
ders, and no other persons, were being sought at the present
time.
Alternate name: Cressa Belle Ridgeway (from death certificate of daughter, Eleanor)
The primary cause of death on Eleanor's death certificate is illegible. Sinusitis was a contributory cause.
Army Captain.
Occupation: R. N.