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Dr W.A. Siddall

1868 – Mar 1937

Birth1868
DeathMar 1937
CemeteryWestwood Cemetery
Oberlin , Lorain County , Ohio , USA
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Dr. W. A. Siddall Taken By Death; Is Buried Here Dr. William Asa Siddall passed away Friday, March 6, at his home in Aurora. Funeral services were held in Aurora Monday at 2:00 p.m. Burial was made in Westwood Cemetery. Dr. Siddall was born in Oberlin March 9, 1868, the son of Dr. and Mrs. James F. Siddall. He spent his childhood and youth here, graduating from the high school in 1885. After spending a couple of years in study in the Oberlin Academy and College, he entered the dental office of his father as a student where he remained until entering the dental department of the University of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated in 1891. He immediately entered into practice in Oberlin with his father, remaining here until October, 1892, when he moved to Cleveland. His first office was in the Savings and Trust Bank building, East Third street and Euclid avenue. In July 1898, he removed his office to the New England building (now the Guardian building) where he continuously practiced until his retirement on December 1, 1936. Dr. Siddall is a brother of the late Dr. Charles J. Siddall, a dentist of Kalamazoo, Michigan; the late George B. Siddall, a Cleveland attorney; the late John M. Siddall, who for many years was the editor of the American Magazine; and Eugene Siddall, a merchant in Wells, Minnesota. Dr. Siddall was married in August 1894 to Mary I. Beard, a high school classmate. Their four children are Roger of New York, Richard of Aurora, Mrs. Marian Dockhorn of Philadelphia, and Mrs. Frances Woodruff of Cleveland. The family home for more than thirty years was in East Cleveland. In 1933 they moved to Aurora. Dr. Siddall was a member and past president of the Northern Ohio Dental Association, a member and past president of the Cleveland Dental Society, a member of the Ohio State and American Dental Societies, a member of the Rotary Club of Cleveland and the Church of Aurora. The Cleveland Plain Dealer of Sunday has the following editorial in appreciation of Dr. Siddall: ”By the death of Dr. William A. Siddall, within a few days of his 69th birthday, Cleveland loses a citizen being active in professional life. For close to 45 years in this city he had practiced dentistry, the elements of which he learned in his father’s office at Oberlin. Dr. Siddall belonged to a family identified for three generations with Oberlin and Oberlin College. He is the fourth of five sons of the late Dr. James F. Siddall, himself a former resident of Oberlin, who have answered the call of death. One of the others was John M. Siddall who learned newspaper work on the Plain Dealer local staff and became nationally famous as editor of the American Magazine. Another brother was George B. Siddall, for many years a Cleveland lawyer. Still another brother was the late Dr. Charles J. Siddall, a dentist at Kalamazoo. A surviving brother is Eugene Siddall, a merchant at Wells, Minnesota. Oberlin’s interest in the Siddalls does not rest alone however, on the evident activities of the father and his sons. Soon after coming to Cleveland, Dr. William A. Siddall married Annie B. Beard, who had been a classmate of her husband in high school and a classmate through Oberlin College of her husband’s brother George B. Siddall. Mrs. Siddall was formerly a city commissioner of East Cleveland. Here is a many-itemed record of useful community service. The city is made poorer by the passing of Dr. Siddall.” The Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Tuesday, March 9, 1937, p. 1.

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