Maxine Ellen Sturgeon

Maxine Ellen (Fielder) Sturgeon was a 33-year-old woman from Kanauga, Ohio, who died in the Silver Bridge collapse. Her body was recovered the day of the incident.

Obituaries Given For Bridge Victims
Point Pleasant Register (Point Pleasant, WV) - Published Monday, Dec. 18, 1967; pg. 1

Maxine E. Sturgeon, 33, of Kanauga, O., whose body was recovered from the bridge wreckage Friday night, will be buried in the Beech Hill Cemetery following funeral services at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Mohr-Stevens Funeral Home.

Born at Leon on June 7, 1934, she was the daughter of Charles R. Fielder and the late Elsie Warner Fielder.

Others survivors include three sons, David, John and Lewis all of Point Pleasant; three daughters, Delva of Weston, Sonya and Jaretta, both of Point Pleasant; two sisters, Mrs. Dolly Sturgeon and Mrs. May Byus, both of Point Pleasant; and a brother, Orville R. Fielder of Point Pleasant, Route 1.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. today.