Dorothy A. Sisk and Robert Y. Black

ROBERT Y. BLACK, son of MARY YOUNG and AMOS THEODORE BLACK, was born April 11, 1915 in New Paris, Preble, Ohio,^{168, 3014, 4931} and died April 11, 2002 in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana.^{56, 168} He is buried in Springlawn Cemetery, New Paris, Preble, Ohio.¹⁶⁸

He married DOROTHY A. SISK on April 11, 1961.¹²⁸¹

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Personal Information

Robert Y. Black

• graduated from Jefferson Township High School, New Paris, Ohio, 1937¹²⁸¹
• was a member of the Fellowship Lodge #106, Freemasons¹²⁸¹
• was a member of the New Paris Presbyterian Church, Preble County, Ohio. ¹⁶⁸
• was a US Army Veteran of World War II¹⁶⁸
• was a machinist and gang foreman, Penn Central Railroad¹⁶⁸

Obituaries

News-Sentinel, April 11, 2002¹⁶⁸

Robert Y. Black, 86, of Warsaw, a retired machinist and gang foreman, died Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at Kosciusko Community Hospital. The New Paris, Ohio, native was retired from Penn Central Railroad after 31 years of service. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church and Masonic Lodge 106, both in New Paris, Ohio, and was a World War II U.S. Army veteran. Surviving are his wife, Dorothy A.; stepdaughters Betty A. Eckert of Sebastian, Fla., Barbara Brown of Hobart and Mary Jane Grubbs of Warsaw; 13 stepgrandchildren; 36 stepgreat-grandchildren; and 25 great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two stepsons. Services are 1 p.m. Saturday at Titus Funeral Home, Warsaw, with calling from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday. Burial will be at Spring Lawn Cemetery, New Paris, Ohio. Memorials are to Kosciusko Home Care & Hospice.

Warsaw Times-Union, April 11, 2002¹²⁸¹

Robert Y. Black

Robert Y. Black, 86, of 1929 Chapman Lake Drive, Warsaw, died at 11:10 p.m. April 9, 2002, in Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw,

He was born April 11, 1915, in New Paris, Ohio, to Amos T. and Mae Young Black. On April 11, 1961, he married Dorothy A. Sisk, who survives.

A Kosciusko County resident since 1972, he retired from Pennsylvania Central Railroad after 31 years as a machinist and gang foreman. He was a World War II U.S. Army veteran and a member of New Paris Presbyterian Church and Masonic Fellowship Lodge 106, New Paris, receiving his 60-year pin. He was a 1937 graduate of Jefferson High School, New Paris.

Other survivors include three stepdaughters: Mrs. Bud (Betty Ann) Eckert, Sebastian Fla.; Mes. Bob (Barbara) Brown, 40 and Mrs. Don (Mary Jane) Grubbs, Warsaw; 13 stepgrandchildren: 36 step-great-grandchildren: and 25 step-great-greatgrandchildren. He was preceded in death by two stepsons, four step-grandchildren and one step-great-grandchild.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Titus Funeral Home, Warsaw, with the Rev. Lester Young officiating. Burial will be in Spring Lawn Cemetery, New Paris.

Calling is from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
February 21, 1920253	Jefferson Township, Preble, Ohio	Amos Theodore Black Mary Young Mary Lucille Black Robert Y. Black
April 3, 1930261	Jefferson Township, Preble, Ohio	Amos Theodore Black Mary Young Mary Lucille Black Robert Y. Black
April 10, 19402490	Jefferson Township, Preble, Ohio	Amos Theodore Black Mary Young Leonard Young Robert Y. Black
April 3, 19509513	New Paris, Preble, Ohio	Amos Theodore Black Mary Young Robert Y. Black