Don was born in his grandmother Ruttencutter's home in Mason. I believe that his parents were living in her home with Katie's father Will Ruttencutter after Sadie's death.
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Don started out as a high school teacher after he graduated from Ohio University. In 1948 he became a funeral director and eventually took over his father's business. In the late 1930s or early 1940s Don and his father had a contract with the United States Army to remove several hundred bodies from cemeteries in the land which was being prepared for the large T.N.T. plant which was to be constructed just north of Point Pleasant on Route 62. Households in the area were expected to rent any spare rooms to the construction workers. Since the funeral home had three rooms on the third floor and a spare on the second floor, it housed several of the workers, that is, until some of the men came home drunk on the 4th of July. After that Katie Foglesong put an end to it.
Obituary
William Donald Foglesong, 89, of Mason, W.Va., died Monday, Feb. 9, 2004, at his residence. He was born Dec. 9, 1914, in Mason, son of the late William Hoy Foglesong and Martha Katherine Ruttencutter Foglesong. He was the former owner and operator of the Foglesong Funeral Home. He was a member of the Mason United Methodist Church, where he served as Sunday School superintendent for many years. He was a 1931 graduate of Wahama High School, and later became principal, basketball coach and math teacher. A 1935 graduate of Ohio University, he was also a graduate of the Cincinnati College of Murtuary Science. He was a member of the West Virginia Funeral Directors Association, the New Haven rotary Club, and chairman of the board of the Mason County Bank, and was very active in banking. He was the plant manager of Marietta Manufacturing in Point Pleasant, W.Va., and a member of the Clifton Lodge No. 23 of the AF & AM. He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Ellen Foglesong; a brother and sister-om-law, Samuel and Jane Foglesong; and a brother-in-law, W. Ray Proffitt. He is survived by his wife, Jeanne Foglesong of Mason; daughters and sons-in-law, Marilyn and James Johnson III of Atlanta, Ga., and Kathy and Harry Connor of Chattanooga, Tenn.; a daughter, Cinda Foglesong of Kingsport, Tenn.; a son and daughter-in-law, William D. and Nina Foglesong of Hockessin, Del.; a stepson, Mark William Long of Jackson, Ohio; and a sister, Evelyn Proffitt of Mason. He is also survived by grandchildren, Greg Johnson, James Johnson IV, Shari Ellen Johnson, Greg Foglesong, Bob Foglesong, Craig Connor and Kimberly Connor; a step-granddaughter Kelly Newell; three great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Services will be 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12, 2004, in the Mason United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Sam Cale IV officiating. Burial will follow in the Suncrest Cemetery at Point Pleasant. Friends may call at the Foglesong-Tucker Funeral Home in Mason from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2004. Mr. Foglesong will lie in state one hour prior to the church service. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the Mason United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 336, Mason, W.Va., 25260.
Birth28 August 18824230 -- West Columbia, Mason County, West Virginia, USA Death11 May 1962 (Age 79) -- Mason Clinic, Mason, Mason County, West Virginia, USA
Birth5 December 19163430 -- Mason, Mason County, West Virginia, USA Death24 January 1992 (Age 75) -- Pine Lodge, Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA
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