Olive Belle Stokes

b. 1 December 1905, d. 24 December 1997
  • Olive Belle Stokes was born on 1 December 1905 in Missouri.
  • Olive's name is recorded in some places as "Olive I. Stokes" and elsewhere as "Olive Belle Stokes." Likely her middle name was for her maternal grandmother Isabella or her mother's sisterIsabel, but unless/until her birth record is found, it remains an uncertainty.
  • Richard Henry Stokes and Gertrude B. Eyeington appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Canton, Stark County, Ohio, at 616-1/2 Second Street NW. Other members of the household included Olive Belle Stokes.
  • Richard Henry Stokes and Gertrude B. Eyeington appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Canton, Stark County, Ohio, at 157 Faucet Court. Other members of the household included Olive Belle Stokes.
  • She was employed as a grade school teacher, according to the 1930 census.
  • Richard Henry Stokes and Gertrude B. Eyeington appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Canton, Stark County, Ohio, at 2820 Thirteenth Street. Other members of the household included Olive Belle Stokes.
  • She was a public school teacher, according to the 1940 census.
  • The following appeared on 11 August 1946 in The Canton Reposibory: Mrs. Gertrude Eyeington Stokes, 59, of 758 Delverne ave SW, died Saturday afternoon at the residence following a lingering illness.
         She was a resident of Canton 31 years and was a member of Bethel Lutheran Church. Surviving are her husband, Richard H., and a daughter, Olive, second grade instructor at Belden school; a brother, Oliver Eyeington of Buffalo, N. Y., and two sisters, Mrs. A. J. Bundy of Cortland, N. Y., and Mrs. Isabelle Schwert of Angola, N. Y.
         Services will be held Tuesday at 1 p. m. in the Schlrack & Williams parlors with Rev. L. C. Fritschel officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn cemetery. Friends may call at the parlors today and Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p. m.
  • The following appeared on 20 March 1964 in The Evening Independent: In a Canton pedestrian accident, Hugh Montgomery, 71, of 118 Walnut ave SE, Canton, was reported in "fair" condition at Mercy hospital this morning with a fractured right leg.
         Canton police said Montgomery was apparently crossing the street against the traffic light at 3rd st and Walnut ave SE in Canton and was struck by an auto driven by Olive I. Stokes, 58, of 758 Delverne ave SW, Canton. She was not held. The accident happened Thursday at 8 a. m.
  • Olive Belle Stokes died on 24 December 1997 at age 92 in San Bernardino County, California.
  • She was interred at West Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Stark County, Ohio.
  • Last Edited: 9 Jan 2014