Mahoning County OhArchives Obituaries.....Neff, Roy John November 18, 1967 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Jennifer L. Neff ffen@zoominternet.net May 21, 2006, 6:16 pm Youngstown Vindicator, Nov 1967 NEFF, Roy John [Husband of Laura nee NOLL] 8 Apr 1886 to 18 Nov 1967 81y 7m 10d RITES TUESDAY FOR ROY NEFF, PROMINANT CANFIELD CITIZEN CANFIELD-Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Canfield Methodist Church for Roy J. Neff, 81, of 103 E. Main St., Canfield civic and church leader who died Saturday in North Miami, Fla., where he lived a t 12330 NE 4th Ave. A member of the fifth generation of Neffs in Mahoning County, Mr. Neff was 16 years old when his family celebrated the centennial of its settlement in Canfield. Mr. Neff was born in Canfield April 8, 1886, a son of John E. and Harriet Sanzenbacher Neff. After graduating from Union School, he became manager of a general store which he gave up after six years because of impaired hearing. He engaged in insurance and bond business and also was a heating and plumbing contractor, founding the Neff Company in Canfield which is now carried on by his sons, Edward and Charles, on Boardman – Canfield Road. Had Operated Farm Another son, Robert worked with him in the real estate business. Mr. Neff owned and operated a 73-acre farm entirely within the village; now the site of many homes on Fairview and Hood Drive. A fourth son, Richard of Berlin Center, is a building contractor. He was responsible also for the development of 50 acres of the Irving Callahan farm in the northeast area of the village, including the original home site of Judge Eben Newton, now the Parkview Restaurant. Mr. Neff was a lifetime member of Canfield Methodist Church, serving as a member of its official board and in many other capacities through the years. Wintered in Florida A man of broad public spirit, he served as township clerk and treasured and was a member of the Community Club and the local IOOF Chapter. For 27 years he had spent the winters in Florida. Besides his four sons, Mr. Neff leaves his wife, the former Laura Noll, of Pittsburgh, Pa., whom, he married July 29, 1907; two brothers, Martin of Canfield and Cyrus of Homestead, Fla.; 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the Williams Funeral Home and also at the church where the body will lie in state from 1 p.m. until time of service on Tuesday. The family requests that material tributes take the form of contributions to the Canfield Methodist Church. Burials – Roy John Neff - 21 Nov 1967 Laura Mildred Noll Neff - 3 Nov 1973 Canfield Village Cemetery, Section C, Row 7, Canfield, Mahoning Co. OH This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 3.1 Kb