The Coshocton County Beacon October 11, 2017 - Page 6

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OCTOBER 11, 2017
|  OBITUARIES
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machinery, including a combination grain/cart feed
mixer that was featured in Farm Journal Magazine. Th e
grain/feed mixer is still in use today.
Raymond has been a Farm Bureau member since
1946. He belongs to the National Corn Growers Assn., and
Corn Collectors of America Organization. He has also
shared his time serving on the Keene School Board, Th e
Th ree Rivers School Board, the Original Hospital Board
Building Committee, Producers Livestock Committee,
and the Coshocton Fleece and Lamb Committee.
Raymond and Margaret Lou have also opened up their
home to agricultural visitors from as far away as Kenya
and Australia.
He entered an International Corn Growers Contest
and won the championship trophy in Toronto, Canada
in 1975, after having won the National Championship
that year, beating out corn growers in Illinois, Iowa, and
Indiana.
Raymond is survived by his daughter, Phyllis (Lee)
Debnar of Millersburg. Grandchildren, Larene (J) Hall
& LaVonna (Greg) Gress. Great grandchildren, Brandan
(Ashley) Smith, Brittleigh Smith (Mike Unger), Zanon
Ray Hall, & Landan Gress. Great great grandchildren,
Jace Allen & Lillian Smith. Sister-in-law, Gwen Snyder.
COSHOCTON - Raymond
Simon Pew, 97, life-long
area farmer, died Tuesday,
October 3, 2017 at his
residence.
He was born Dec. 23,
1919 in Coshocton to the
late Seldon and Lizzie
(Hoff man) Pew.
Raymond was a member
of the Keene United
Methodist Church. He
resided on the family farm
where he had lived since he
Pew
was 16 years old. He began
his school career in 1926, as a young farm boy he attended
the Miller one room school located in Keene Township.
After setting for the Boxwell school exam he then began
his high school career at Keene High School graduating in
1937. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in May of 1942 because
his draft number was coming up. He served four years in
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