Notes:
Bob Moomaw's book listed her maiden name as Dobney, but Vesta's obituray lists 2 brothers named Moorman. A further check of the 1900 census reveals that she was born to a William & Elnora Dafney or Dofeny and Elnora's marriage to Arthur Moorman was a second marriage. The surname is difficult to read. Elnora latter divorced Arthur prior to the 1920 census. In that census, Arthur is living with one of his sons.
(Ashland Times-Gazette, Ashland, Ohio, Monday Evening, July 30, 1956, page 2, column 1).
Mrs. Vesta Mumaw Murr Ill One Week Dies Sunday
Mrs.Vesta Mumaw Murr died at 5:40 Sunday at Samaritan Hospital after an illness of one week.
She was born in Ashland County Sept. 17, 1894 and had been a resident of Savannah the last seven years. She was the daughter of William and Eleanor Fast Dobney [Dolby].
Her husband, Dewey Murr, survives her. Also six children, Mrs. Harry L. Spencer of Elyria, Herbert Mumaw and Mrs. George Smalley of Ashland, Mrs. Harold Watson of Canton, Gerald Mumaw of Mansfield and Mrs. Dean Kline, RD 1, Ashland; 19 grandchildren, three sisters, Mrs. Harold Scott, Mansfield, Mrs. Albert Zimmerman, Ashland and Mrs. Eva Fackler, Belmont, Cal.; two brothers, Oscar and Don Moorman, both of Ashland. She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers and a sister.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Gilbert Funeral Home, with the Rev. John Jason of the Bethel Chapel in Savannah, of which she was a member, officiating. Burial will be in Ashland Cemetery.
Friends will be received at the Gilbert Funeral Home this evening from 7 to 9.