McGlothlin, Robert Wagner

Passed: 1965-10-14

Age: 51

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Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1965-10-15

Information: Rites will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Ravenswood First United Presbyterian Church for Robert Wagner McGlothlin, 51, of Ravenswood, who died yesterday morning in St. Joseph's Hospital, following a long illness.  He was born in Jackson county, a son of the late Earl and Lula Wagner McGlothlin, and was a member of the Ravenswood First United Presbyterian Church.  He was county supervisor for the Farmers Home Administration in Wood, Wirt and Pleasants counties, and was past president of the State Hardware Assoc.  In 1936, Mr. McGlothlin was graduated from the West Virginia University Agriculture School.  He was a veteran of World War II.  Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Grace Needs McGlothlin; two sons, Lt. Ronald E. McGlothlin, Selma, Ala., and Robert K. McGlothlin, Bloomington, Ind.; a daughter, Shari McGlothlin, Ravenswood; and a sister, Mrs. Martin Hofstetter, Ansted, W. Va.  Interment will be in the Ravenswood Cemetery with the Rev. Albert E. Pierson officiating, assisted by the Rev. George C. Weirick.  Friends may call at the Chambers Funeral Home, Ravenswood, after noon today.  The family requests that in lieu of flowers donations be made to the American Cancer Society.     *He was a descendant of two pioneer families of this community, his grandparents being Asa and Virginia Wagner, long time residents of Ravenswood and C. Emory and Rhoda Church McGlothlin of Bend View Farm.  His paternal grandfather was one of the early owners and editors of The Ravenswood News.