FULTON
COUNTY INDIANA
OBITUARIES
1931
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1931
Friday, January 2, 1931
Marcey
EIDSON, aged 72, a life long resident of Fulton county, died Wednesday evening
at 5 o’clock at the Kelley Hospital in Argos, from burns which he received on
Christmas Day, Funeral services for the
deceased were held from the Grossman Chapel at Argos this afternoon with Rev. Hiley BAKER of Argos in
charge. Burial was made in the Reichter
Cemetery near Talma.
Eidson
received his fatal burns when he attempted to kindle a fire with gasoline instead
of kerosene the can exploding throwing the flaming fuel over his clothing. Eidson at the time he received his burns was
staying at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bert LEEDY, six miles north of this city on the Michigan Road while the
Leedys spent two days in Chicago with relatives.
After the
explosion Eidson rushed into the yard his clothing a mass of flames. Clem VOLPERT of Plymouth, who was on his way
to this city saw Eidson in the yard and
grabbing a blanket from his car smothered the fire on the aged man’s
clothes. Volpert then went into the Leedy home where he
extinguished the flames which were rapidly eating their way through the dwelling.
Volpert
then placed Eidson in his car and took him to the Kelley Hospital in
Argos. Eidson’s head, face and
shoulders were badly scarred. Death was
due to faulty action of the kidneys
during his suffering period. Eidson was
a painter and a carpenter.
The
deceased was born on a farm near Tiosa the son of Barney and Sarah EIDSON. After the death of his wife many years ago
Eidson has lived by himself in Tiosa. A
daughrter, who lives in South Bend and
a brother, Attorney Jacob EIDSON, survive as do a number of nephews and nieces. Mrs. Barney PERSCHBACHER is a niece.
Kathleen
Fern [CHURCH], eight months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs., Jesse CHURCH, died
Friday morning at 7:30 in the Church home at 1527 College Avenue. Death followed an illness of two days with
pneumonia.
Besides
the parents the child is survived by one sister, Mary Ellen [CHURCH], and
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles TAYLOR.
Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 at the home with Rev. REED, pastor of the
Macy Christian Church in
charge. Burial will be made in
the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Saturday, January 3, 1931
Funeral
services were held this morning in Culver for William SNYDER, aged 70, who died
at his home Wednesday morning after a long illness. A number of relatives including the widow and son survive.
Monday, January 5, 1931
Word was
received here by relatives Sunday of the death of Mrs. Dennis STOCKBERGER, 34,
which occurred at Springfield, Missouri.
While it was generally known that her health had been poor for a number
of years, the announcement of her demise came as a shock to her many friends
and relatives here as it was not generally known that she was fatally ill.
Her death was due to a complication of diseases.
Mrs.
Stockberger, prior to her leaving Rochester with her husband, was one of the
well known young ladies of the community.
She was a [1915] graduate of Rochester High School and a member of the
Tri Kappa Sorority. She was a member of
the Presbyterian church. For a number of years prior to her marriage she
was employed in the office of The Rochester Sentinel and enjoyed a wide business and social
acquaintance.
Olive
Gladys HARDIN was born in Moorsburg, Pulaski County, Indana on September 20,
1896, the daughter of William H. and Caroline HARDIN. She was married to Dennis STOCKBERGER of this city on March 31,
1920. A child, William Joel
[STOCKBERGER], died in infancy.
Surviving
are the husband, her father, three sisters, Mrs. F. S. WILLOUGHBY,
Indianapolis, Mrs. Harry GARMAN, Kewanna, Mrs. Levi P. MOORE, Rochestr,
two brothers, William H. HARDIN Jr.,
Toledo, Ohio, and G. M. HARDIN, Rochester.
Her mother and sister, Mrs.
Gene COPLEN, preceded her in death.
The body
is being brought to Rochester for burial but arrangements for the funeral have
not been completed as yet.
Samuel
HOFFMAN, aged 87, pioneer resident of Fulton county, Civil War veteran and the
last charter member of the Rochester Evangelical Church died at his home 302
West Fourth Street at 4:15 p.m., Sunday from a complication of diseases
incident to old age. He had been ill for the past four
years, a greater portion of which time he was bedfast.
The
deceased was born on a farm near Sanducky, Ohio, on December 10, 1843 the son
of Frederick and Elizabeth HOFFMAN. He
was educated in the schools at Sandusky and later owned a farm near Sandusky, Ohio. When he was 18 years of age Mr. Hoffman enlisted in the Northern
army and fought for three years, with the 25th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
Mr.
Hoffman took part in most all of the important battles on the western front
during the Civil War and marched with Sherman to the sea. He was discharged with the rank of Sargeant.
Hoffman after his discharge returned to his home and three years later
came to this county to reside settling on farm west of this ciy where he lived
for many years or until the time he
retired and moved to this city.
Mr.
Hoffma was the last charter member of the Rochester Evangelical church. His
family and four other families all members of the Evangelican Church in
Ohio, formed the local church in 1874. Since the church was organized three
different edifices have housed the organization, the first one a frame
structure, which was built by the charter members, having burned. Mr. Hoffman was a trustee of the local
church for 20 years and for 16 years was superintendent of the Sunday School.
Mr.
Hoffman was a member of the local post of the Grand Army and the Evangelical
church. Survivors are the widow who was
Emma J. HOFFMAN, and son, William [HOFFMAN].
Funeral services will be held from the home at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday with
Rev. P. G. KUEBLER in charge. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows
cemetery. Friends may view the body at
the home until the hour of the funeral.
Funeral services for Mrs. Aaron ROUCH,
76, who died Saturday evening at 7:30 in her home six miles northwest of
Fulton, were held Monday afternoon at 1:30 at the Bethel U.B. Church. Rev. G. CHAMPLIN officiated and burial was
made in he Salem Cemetery,
northwest of Fulton.
Mrs.
Rouch’s death was due to complications of diseases and followed an illness of
several years.
Rosanna
[LINDEN], daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob LINDEN, was born in Ohio, but had
lived in the Fulton community for many years.
Upon reaching womanhood, she was married to Aaron ROUCH, and if Mrs. Rouch had lived the couple would
have celebrated their golden wedding anniversary Saturday, January tenth. She was a member of the Bethel U.B. Church.
Surviving
are her husband and daugher, Mrs. Minnie NICHOLS, who lives at home, and two grandchidren.
Funeral
services for Mrs. Ida HOOVER, 72, who died Saturday afternoon at her home
in Congress Park, Ill., will be held
at the home of her brother, Charles Harter, west of Akron Tuesday morning at
10:30. Mrs. Hoover had been an invalid
for several years, a victim of paralysis.
Ida
[HARTER], daughter of Frederick and Lucinda HARTER, was born west of Akron
Sept. 16, 1859. In January, 1876, she
was united in marriage to Absolom HOOVER, who died in 1916.
Survivors
are one brother, Charles HARTER, of Akron, one daughter, Mrs. Inez BLOOM, of
Congress Park, Ill., four gradchildren and one great-grandchild. Trella
[HARTER] and Otis HARTER, of Rochester, are cousins of the deceased.
The body
will arrive in Rochester late tonight and funeral services will be in charge of
Rev. Clyde MILLER, pastor of the Akron M.E. church. Burial will be made in the Akron I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Billy
Richard [RANS], 14 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy RANS, north of Kewanna,
died at noon Monday at the Cass county hospital in Logansport, the result of
swallowing a grain of corn which lodged in the tube leading to the lungs. The child accidentally swallowed the corn last Tuesday and since that
time has been in a very serious
condition and all efforts to save his life proved fruitless.
Survivors
are the parents, four sisters and five brothers. Funeral arrangements have not been made.
Joseph M.
DERROUGH, aged 40, manager of the Rochestr plant of Armour and Company, was
found dead at 7:30 o’clock Monday morning in his room in the Barrett Hotel by the hotel porter when he went to
call him. Indications point to suicide,
but Coroner A. E. STINSON who conducted the investigation refused to give out
his verdict saying that he would
reserve the same for several days, while he conducts a further
investigation. The deceased lived at 6832 East End Avenue
Chicago.
Walter
TRAVIS, the porter, as has been custom since Mr. Derrough came to this city ten
weeks ago, always called him at 7 o’clock each morning. This morning Travis made his call as usual but received no response. He reported to Hugh McMAHAN, owner of the
hotel, that Derrough had not answered his knock and asked what he sould do
about it.
When 7:30
passed and Mr Derrough had not come down to the lobby, Mr. McMahan told Travis
to again knock on the door of the apartmet and if he received no response to go
into the room and awaken Derrough
as he might be sleeping soundy. Travis
then retraced his steps
to Derrough’s door.
Travis
received no response to his knock and to his call. He then walked into the room.
He found Derrough under the bed with only his feet extnding out from
under the piece of furniture. Travis made a quick survey of the room which
was covered with blood and hurriedly
ran down the stairs and repored his discovery to Mr. MrMahan.
McMahan
called a local doctor, then officers and Coroner Stinson. Derrough’s death had evidently occurred
sometime before midnight, the local doctor and Coroner Stinson determined. He had
bled to death from a cut on the left side of the throat which was three inches
long and two inches deep and had severed the jugular vein.
It is
believed that Derrough cut himself during a moment of despondency. He had
removed his clothing except his underwear and socks and then had donned a pair
of trousers which were part of a
tuxedo suit The walls of the room were
spattered with blood as was hie bed and the
floor of the room and also the clothes closet.
After the
jugular vein had been severed Derrough had evidently stumbled about the room as
the blood from the wound had fallen into his opened grip which he had placed in
his clothes closet. How he happened to
fall under the bed is one of the unexplainable mysteries connected with the
death of the executive.
It was
first thought that perhaps Derrough had accidentaly cut his throat while
shaving but this theory was discounted when all of his shaving paraphernalia
was found intact. His shaving brush was in its case and the cap on
his shaving cream was also closed. His
razor, a straight one, was closed while bood was on the blade.
Why
Derrough committed suicide, if that was his means of death, is a mystery. He was second in authority in the product
division of Armour & Co., with which concern he had been employed for the
past seven years. His removal to this
city was a promotion instead of
demotion as it was hinted in this city this morning. He had planned to move his family to this city today from Chicago. In his grip was found a $15,000 life
insurance poicy, one of several
policies which he carried.
Derrough
was about the hotel all day Sunday. The
last persons to see him in the lobby at 4 o’clock Sunday afternoon report he
appeared cheerful and that if ever had anything which was worrying him he gave
little indication of his feeling. He
was a man of great restraint and very unemotional according to his fellow
empoyees and persons who knew him best.
The
theory has been advanced that Derrough might have been murdered as the door to
his room was found unlocked and his razor closed. As far as his associates knew he had no enemies and his business connections while with Armour &
Company in Chicago never resulted in
ill feeling towards him.
Derrough’s
body was moved to a local undertaking parlor where it was prepared for
burial. Relatives from Chicago and
Champaign, Ill, are expecrted in this city this evening, as well as Armour
& Company officials from Chicago.
Little
could be learned of Derrough’s life here.
He was a member of the Masonic lodge, the Methodist Church and the
Kiwanis Club of this city. He was born
near Champaign, Ill., where his father still resides. In additon to the father, his wife and two children, three
brothers ssurvive. It is thought burial
will take place at Champaign, Ill.
Tuesday, January 6, 1931
The
funeral of he late Dennis STOCKBERGER will be held on Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the
residece of Levi P. MOORE, 217 West Eighth Street. Rev. Daniel PERRY will officiate and burial will be in the
I.O.O.F. Cemetery. The funeral will be
private, the relatives and close friends of the family attending.
Funeral
services for Billy Richard RANS, 14 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy RANS, of
Kewanna, who died Monday at the Cass county hospital in Logansport, will
be held at 2:00 Wednesday
afternoon at the Kewanna Baptist church.
Rev. FOX will officiate and burial will be made in the Kewanna I.O.O.F.
cemetery.
Wednesday, January 7, 1931
Schuyler
HECKAMAN, of Akron, received word of the death of his father, Jacob HECKAMAN,
aged 76, which occurred at his hoime in Bremen yesterday., The deceased, who was the father of 14
living children, conducted one of the largest stock dealing enterprises in
Marshall county.
Funeral
services for Mrs. Emma BARNES, 89, were held at the Ditmire funeral home in
Macy Tuesday afternoon, Rev. E. P. WHITE having charge. Mrs. Barnes died following injuries received in a fall several days
ago.
Mrs.
Barnes [Emma ROBBINS] was born February 2, 1841, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
ROBBINS. She was united in marriage
with Elijah BARNES and to this union one daughter was born. Mr. Barnes and
daughter died many years ago. A number
of years of Mrs. Barnes’ life was
spent in teaching school.
Burial
was made in the Rochester I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Thursday, January 8, 1931
The
fourth tragic death to result in this vicinity within the past two weeks
occurrd near Akron at 12:10 o’clock Thursday afternoon when David KELLER, 53,
was instantly killed while falling
timber on his farm two and one-half miles northeast of Akron. An examination by physicians who were summoned to the home revealed Keller
had suffered skull fractures.
Norman
MOORE and son Estil [MOORE], neighbors of Keller, who were assisting him in
falling trees for a supply of wood, were the only witnesses of the fatal
accident. According to the elder Moore the three workmen had
just completed the felling of a large red oak tree and as the tree struck the ground it rolled
in such a manner that one of its larger branches struck Keller a crushing blow on his head. Keller’s death, according to the Moores, who
escaped injury, was instantaneous, the victim never uttering a gasp or sound by
the time they reached his
side.
The
accident victim was immediately removed to his home where physicians were
summoned to no avail. Coroner Dr. A. E.
STINSON was notified of the violet death and his verdict will undoubtedly be
given late today. The victim was well
known throughout the eastern section
of Fulton county, having resided throughout his entire life on the farm
where he met his death.
David,
son of John and Margaret KELLER, was born on April 2, 1878. On April 19, 1924, he was united in marriage
to Mary HEIGHWAY, who survives. Mr.
Keller upon
reaching maturity followed the occupation of
farming and had made a wide acquaintance of
friends in the vicinity of Akron.
Besides the widow, a sister Mrs. Mary MOORE, of near Akron ssurvives.
Funeral
arrangemets which were not available at press time today will be carried in
tomorrow’s issue.
A number
of the local employees of the Armour plant motored to Champaign, Ill., this
morning where they attended the funeral of Joseph DERROUGH, former manager of
the plant whose lifeless body was found in his room at the Barrett Hotel last
Monday morning.
Friday, January 9, 1931
Funeral
services for David KELLER, who was instantly killed Thursday while falling
timber on his farm, will be held Saturday afternoon, 1:30 o’clock at the Akron
Methodist church. Rev. J. S. JOHNS of the Mentone Christian
Church will officiate. Burial will
be made in the Akron
I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Coroner
A. E. STINSON today gave a verdict of suicide in the death of Joseph M.
DERROUGH, aged 40, manager of the local branch of the Armour Company in
East Rochester, who was found dead
in his room at the Barrett Hotel last Monday morning by a porter when he went to call him for the
day. Derrough bled to death from a
self-inflicted wound, a cut on the
left side of the throat which was three inches long and two inches deep and which had severed the jugular vein
Coroner Stinson said.
Derrough,
according to Coroner Stinson must have been conscious for at least 20 minutes
after he had cut his throat. Derrough’s
family discount the suicide theory saying he had no reason to end his life as he had neither domestic nor
financial worries Detectives who investigated the case say that had Derrough
been attacked he would have been able to utter a cry of distress as he was
neither bound nor gagged when he was found.
Derrough
was found under the bed in his room clad only in his underwear, socks and
trousers. The walls, floor and clothes
closet in Derrough’s room were spattered with blood as was his bed and the
inside of his grip which contained insurance policies totaling $15,000. A blood-covered razor belonging to Derrough,
found in his grip, is believed to have been the instrumet which was used by Derrough in cutting his
throat.
Before
arriving at his verdict Coroner Stinson took depositions from Hugh McMAHAN,
landlord of the Barret Hotel, S. K. GUNTHER a traveling salesman of
Indianapolis who occupied a room
adjoining the one in which Derrough died, Walter TRAVIS porter at the hotel who
found the body, Oliver DERROUGH of Champaign, Ill., father of the decesed and
C. S. HOWARD of Cincinnati, Ohio, a traveling salesman who occupied a room on
the second floor directly under the
one in which Derrough died. Funeral
services for Derrough were held Thurday afternoon at Champaign, Ill.
Derrough
came to this city 10 weeks ago to manage the Armour plant. While here he made a number of friends. He had been in the employ of the Armour
Company for the past nine years
during which period he rose to the position of first assistant manager of the
produce department. Derrough was of a
rather nervous disposition. Two bottles
which had contained Dr. Miles
Nervine tablets each of 25 tablet capacity were found in his room one of which
he had entirely consumed and all
but seven of the other on the day he committed suicide.
Saturday, January 10, 1931
John
WAGONER, age 75, passed away at the home of his son, Olin WAGONER in Newcastle
Township Friday evening at 8:30. The
deceased had been bedfast for four weeks, and
in poor health for the past several months.
John, son
of Jacob ad Rebecca WAGONER, was born near Leiters Ford, March 13, 1855.
Practically all his life was spent in Fulton County, he having moved to
Newcastle Township ten years ago. He
always foillowed the occupation of farming and was a member of the Methodist Church.
Surviving
are the widow, and son, Olin of near Talma, two daughters, Mrs. Ed PONTIOUS of
Rochester ad Mrs. Walter HARTLE of Leiters Ford, twelve gradchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Funeral
services will be held at the M.E Church at Leiters Ford Monday at 1:30 p.m.
with the Rev. KENNEDY of Talma and Rev. GREEN of Leiters Ford officiatig. Burial will be made at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery at Leiters Ford.
Monday, January 12, 1931
Mrs. Mary
Elizabeth MILLER, mother of Charles G. Miller, of Kewanna, died at four o’clock
Monday morning at her home in Star City.
Death followed a four weeks’ illness.
Surviving are three sons, J. L. [MILLER] and Wm. E. MILLER of Toledo,
Charles G. [MILLER] of Kewanna, ad
two daughters, Mrs. Bard WASHBURN, South Bend, and Mrs. Frederick HARDERICK, of
Logansport. Funeral arrangements have
not been made.
Nelson
COOK, 74, prominent retired farmer of Denver, died Saturday night at 9:30,
death being due to paralysis. Mr. Cook
had been in ill health for several years ad his condition had been regarded as critical the past three
weeks.
Before
moving to Denver 21 years ago Mr. Cook lived at Chili. Surviving are his wife, who was formerly
Miss Amy LOWE, of Rochester, a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth KEIM, of near Green Oak.
Fueral
services will be held Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock at the home Burial will be made in the Chili cemetery.
Sanford
Edgar FINNEY, 58, life-long resident of the Argos community, died Sunday
morning in his hoime two miles southwest of Argos. Death foillowed an illness of one year.
The
deceased was the son of John and Alzina FINNEY and was born on a farm in
Marshall County, March 15, 1873. He was
married to Anna HAYNES who died 20 years ago.
Surviving
are his mother, Mrs. John HARRIS, of Winfield, Kansas; two sons, John FINNEY,
of San Francisco, and Carl FINNEY, of South Bend, one brother, Carl FINNEY, Culver, and three sisters, Mrs. James
ALVEY, South Bend, Mrs. William KLINE, Culver and Mrs. L. L. MILLER, Argos.
Funeral
services will be held Tuesday afternoon at one o’clock at the Argos Christian
church. Burial will be made in South
Bend.
Following
a week’s illness, Mrs. Anna MILLER, 51, of Warsaw, former resident of Argos, died Monday morning at 5:30 at the
Kelly Hospital in Argos.
The
deceased was born on October 11, 1879 and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
BLOUGH. Upon reaching womanhood she was
married to Hampton MILLER. For a number
of years Mr. and Mrs. Miller lived in Argos,
moving to Warsaw about eight years ago.
She was a member of the
Argos Christian Church.
Besides
the husband she is survived by her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth BLOUGH, three
sisters, Mrs. Ida LOLALMORE, of Chicago, Mrs. Willias [sic] FLORA, of Wyoming
and Miss Mary BLOUGH. Two brothers also survive.
Funeral
services will be held Thursday afternoon at two o’clock at the Christian Church
in Argos. Rev. Hiley BAKER will
officiate and burial will be made in the Argos Maple Grove cemetery.
The
infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd BANER, near Argos, died Monday morning at the
Kelly hospital a few hours after birth.
Tuesday, January 13, 1931
Friends
in this city have received word of the death of Mrs. H. F. MYERS of Albion,
Ill., which occurred Monday morning.
Mrs. Myers was the mother of Mrs. William DEEMS, of Huntington and often visited her
daugher when the Deems family resided in this city.
Wednesday, January 14, 1931
[no obits]
Thursday, January 15, 1931
Merton
BOOKWALTER, aged 50, who lives on a farm a mile and half northeast of Athens
and who was a trveling salesman for the Ritemore Company, a proprietary
medicine house, was found dead in his
car in front of the Albert FRIDAY home six miles southwest of this city in the Antioch neighborhood at
3:40 p.m. today. The body was found by
Mr. Friday after his dogs continually
barked which barking aroused his suspicions.
Going to the car the engine of which was still running, Friday found
that Bookwalter was dead. Death it is
thought had occurred 10 minutes before Friday found the body which was still
warm. It is believed a heart attack was the cause of the
death. Coroner A. E. STINSON was
called. Tim KEIM, a farmer living near
the Friday home, stated that he was forced to pull around the Bookwalter
automobile which was standig in the middle of the road with a load of corn just
a few minutes before Friday found
the body. Bookwalter is survived by his
widow. He had lived in the Athens neighborhood but short time.
Friday, January 16, 1931
Coroner
A. E. STINSON today rendered his verdict in the death of Merton BOOKWALTER,
aged 53, of near Athens, who was found dead in his car Thursday afternoon by Albert FRIDAY, a farmer who lives six
miles southwest of this cirty in the Burton neighborhood. The Bookwalter car at the time of
Bookwalter’s death, was standing in front of
the Friday home with the engine running. Friday made an investigation of the Bookwalgter car after his
dogs had aroused his suspicions by their barking.
Coroner
Stinson in his verdict stated that Bookwalter had died of a heart attack due to
a badly dilated heart and organic heart trouble. Bookwalter had been a patient of Coroner Stinson who had warned
him not to overexert himself as his heart would not permit of such
exercise.
Coroner Stinson believes that Bookwalter had
been forced to crank his car which exertion
proved too greaat for him and caused his death.
The
deceased was born in Cass county near Twelve Mile on Dec. 24, 1878, the son of
William and Rachel EURITT BOOKWALTER.
He lived for many years in Macy, also at Peru and South Bend. For the last 18 months he has resided on
what is known as the Tom BRYANT farm
a mile and a half northeast oif Athens.
At the
time of his death Mr. Bookwalter was employed as a salesman for the R. E.
Ritemore Drug Company in this territory and it was while he was at his work
that death came upon him. Mr.
Bookwalter had been subject to heart trouble for the past eight years
following an attack of influenza.
Surviving
him are a wife, Jenneatte, his parents, one daughter, Miss Marjorie BOOKWALTER,
of California; three sisters, Mrs. Verne ENYEART, Macy; Mrs. Edith WOLFE, of South Bend; Mrs. Ida COMBS,
northern Michigan and one brother John [BOOKWALTER] of Macy.
Funeral
services will be held Sunday afternoon at two o’clock in Macy at the M.E.
church with Rev. E. P. WHITE in charge.
Interment will be in the Plainview cemetery in Macy.
Saturday, January 17, 1931
Funeral
services for Mrs. J. W. FOOR, who died at her home east of Rochester, will be
held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at Church of God in Rochester. Rev. T. J. STEEBERGEN will officiate and buria will be made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Monday, January 19, 1931
Mrs. Ida
CARTER, 71, resident of Rocheser for 60 years died Monday morning at 8:55 in the home of her daugher, Mrs. Charles
Willard, 1425 Bancroft Avenue, death being due to complications of
diseases. Mrs. Carter suffered a stroke
of paralysis 12 years ago and had been
an invalid since that time.
Ida
[STEVENS], daughter of Jacob and Bethany STEVENS, was born on February 16, 1859
in Montgomery County, Ohio and moved with her parents to this community when
a young girl. On August 21, 1879 she was married to Lot M. CARTER, who died 37
years ago. She was a member of the Baptist Church and the F.H.C. Club.
Surviving
are two daughters, Mrs. Marie ORT, of Mishawaka, and Mrs. Charles WILLARD, of
Rochesrter; three sisters, Mrs. J. L. BABCOCK, of Rochester; Mrs. Rilla
CUSHMAN, of Lafayette, and Mrs. Mary C. JONES, of Dayton, Ohio; and one
brother, Schuyler STEVENS, of Kokomo.
Two grandsons and eight great-grandchildren also survive.
Funeral
services will be held at the Willard home Wednesday afternoon at two
o’clock. Rev. J. B. GLEASON will be in
charge and burial will be made in the Citizens cemetery.
Mrs.
Beverly BUSSERT, 50, of South Bend, died Monday morning at 10:30 at Woodlawn
Hospital in Rochester. Death ws due to
brights disease and followed a year’s
illness. Mrs. Bussert had been a
patient at the local hospital for the past three months.
The
deceased [Beverly BUSH] was born in Tiosa and had lived all of her life in
Fulton County with the exception of the past eight years, during which time the
Bussert family had resided in South Bend.
She was the daughter of the late Mrs. Charles BUSH.
Surviving
are her husbad and one son, Wilbur [BUSSERT], of South Bend. A sister, Mrs. Neal STAUFFER, lives in
Hillboro, Kentucky.
Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
Mrs.
Frank MONTGOMERY has received word of the death of Frank WINGERD, 70, which
occurred Saturday afternoon at his home in Delphi. Death was due to a heart attack. Mr. Wingerd is a former resident of Newcastle Township and
had many friends in this community.
Surviving
are his wife and seven children. A
daughter, Miss Lorene [WINGER], was an art instructor in the Rochester schools
two years ago. Funeral services were
held in Delphi Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Mary
MURRAY, aged 80, a life-long resident of the Grass Creek community passed away
at the home of her daughter Mrs. Dollie MAUDLIN, of Grass Creek Monday
morning. The deceased, who for some
time has made her home with Mrs. Maudlin and another daughter, Mrs. George WADDUP, also of Grass Creek, had
been in ill health for a number of months suffering from a complication of
diseases.
Mrs.
Murray, whose maiden name was Mary BOWMAN, was united in marriage to Owen
MURRAY upon reaching womanhood, and to this union three children were born, two
of whom survive. Mr. Murray passed away in the year of
1902. The deceased was a member of the Grass Creek United Brethren church, at
which edifice funeral services will be conducted on Wednesday morning at 10
o’clock. Burial will be made in the
Grass Creek cemetery.
Marjorie
Jean [ALDRIDGE], two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orville ALDRIDGE, living
northwest of Kewanna, died Sunday night at ten o’clock at the home of her
parents. The child had been ill for
three weeks with pneumonia. An
operation was resorted to Saturday
morning whan a tube was inserted into the lung. The child is survived by one brother, Robert
Howard [ALDRIDGE], and the parents. No
funeral arrangements have as yet been made.
Otto
CAPLE, 80, former resident of Rochestr, died Saturday in a hospital in Miami,
Florida. Death followed an illness of
three weeks.
The Caple
family lived many years in the vicinity of Rochester where Mr. Caple was well
known as a grower of fruits and vegetables.
Sixteen years ago the family moved to Miami where they have since resided.
Besides
the wife, Anna A CAPLE, he leaves four children, Harry [CAPLE], of Heraldsberg,
California, John [CAPLE], of Miami; Ruth DELGADO, of Ponce, Porto Rico, and Lillian KEIM, of Rochester; a sister,
Mrs. Finley CLAY, near Rochester.
Funeral
services were held at the home in Miami Monday.
Becoming
critically ill on the street shortly before noon Saturday after going to
Logansport to see his doctor, Henry REICHARD, 73 years old, of this city,
veteran cigar maker who was better
known as Bob WHITE, died at 12 o’clock in the Stag cigar shop, 210 Fourth
street, where he was taken by Patrolman Charles DEANE.
W. A.
MILLER, 1802 Spear street, one of the proprietors of the Stag cigar store,
aided Patrolman Deane to carry the sick man into the store and they made him as
comfortable as possible on a lounge and then called a physician. Reichard died before he could be given medical attention.
The body
was removed to the Chase Mortuary on the order of Coroner M. S. STEWART and was
prepared for burial. Death was believed
due to heart disease.
Reichard
has been working on a farm near Logansport for several months. He had worked
at his trade in this city last summer. He had worked in many cigar shops in this
city in other years.
White’s
identification was made possible through a hunting license issued here which he
had in his clothing when he died.
Survivors are his wife and son who live in Fort Wayne The body will probably be taken to Fort
Wayne for burial. White was a member of
the Cigar- makers Union
Mrs. J.
W. FOOR, 54, life-long resident of Fulton County, died at 10:10 Friday morning
in the Foor family home four and one-half miles east of Rochester on the Fort
Wayne road. Mrs. Foor had been ill
since October and death was due to complications of diseases.
Martha L.
[RICHARDSON], daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Riley RICHRDSON, was born in Fulton County on April fifth, 1876. In 1896 at Green Oak she was married to J.
W. FOOR. Mrs. Foor was a member of the Church of God and the Mooseheart
Legion.
Surviving
are her husband; two daughters, Mrs. Lennie DARR, of South Bend, and Miss Alta
FOOR; five sons, Orin [FOOR] of Huntington, Osee [FOOR], East Chicago, Harvey
[FOOR], Gridley, Illinois, Leslie [FOOR], South Bend, and Ralph [FOOR] at home;
four brothers, Francis [RICHARDSON], Riley [RICHARDSON] and Charles RICHARDSON,
of Spokane,Wash.; four sisters, Mrs. Emma GOOD and Mrs. Mary GOOD, of
Rochester; Mrs. James WATSON, Lutherville, Wis., and Mrs. Sadie SWARTZLANDER,
of Akron.
Burial
arrangements have not been completed.
Doris Ann
[OVERMYER], three months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd OVERMYER, of Lake
Bruce, died at 1:30 Friday morning.
Death followed an illness of two weeks.
Surviving are the parents and two brothers.
Funeral
services will be held Sunday morning.
Tuesday, January 20, 1931
Frank
STETSON, of this city, received word today from Beecher SWEET, of Los Angeles,
California, telling of the death of his brother, William SWEET, of
Riverside, Californie. Mr. Sweet, who formerly lived in Rochester,
died on January ninth. Surviving are
two brothers, Beecher [SWEET], of Los Angeles, Arthur [SWEET], of Miami,
Florida, and a sister living in Kansas.
Funeral
services for Mrs. Beverly BUSSERT, who died at Woodlawn hospital yesterday
morning after a three-months illness due to Bright’s disease, will be held from
the Methodist church here at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday with the Rev. T. L. STOVALL in
charge, assisted by Rev. T. J.
STEENBERGEN. Burial will be made in the
Sand Hill cemetery. The body was moved
this afternoon to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dan BUSSERT, 430 West Eighth
street, where it will remain until the
hour of the services
Wednesday, January 21, 1931
Mrs.
Lelia Fern ROUCH, 23, died Tuesday afternoon at 12:30 in her home three miles
southwest of Lucerne. Death was due to
complications which developed followig the birth of a son on January twelfth.
Lelia
Fern [McCROSKEY], daughter of Earl and Bertha McCROSKEY, was born in Fulton
County in September 1907, and upon reaching womanhood was married to Charles
ROUCH.
She was a member of the Bethel United Brethren Church.
Surviving
are her husband, parents, two sons, Paul Eugene [ROUCH], aged two, and Dwight
LeRoy [ROUCH], one week. Another son,
Dean [ROUCH], died when only six weeks old.
A sister, Mrs Ola BEVINGTON, near Walnut, and two sons, Lloyd [ROUCH]
and Russell [ROUCH], at home,
also survive.
The body
has been removed to the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl McCROSKEY,
northwest of Fulton. Funeral services
will be held Thursday afternoon at one o’clock at the Bethel U.B. church with
Rev. G. R. CHAMPION in charge. Burial
will be made in the Salem cemetery.
Relatives
here have received word of the death of John GOTTSCHALK, 14, son of Mr and Mrs.
Harry GOTTSCHALK, of Bunker Hull, which occurred Monday. The youth died in a hospital in Kokomo
following a mastoid operation. Funeral
services were held Wednesday in Bunker Hill.
Thursday, January 22, 1931
John A.
BRAMAN, 81, life long resident of Fulton County, died at nine o’clock Thursday morning in his home at 501 Manitou
Avenue, this city. Death followed an
illness of several weeks with
complications of diseases incident to advanced years.
The
deceaed was born in Fulton County, February 11, 1849 the son of John and Rachel
BRAMAN. On November 24, 1870 he was
married to Mattie BURTON. He was a
charter member of the Red Man lodge.
Surviving
are his wife, one daughter, Elma SQUIRES, of Stillwell, Oklahoma, and a son,
Albert L. [BRAMAN], of Rochester two brothers, Schuyler [BRAMAN], of
Rochester, and Antony [BRAMAN], of
Shelbyville, Ill.
Funeral
services will be held Saturday afternoon at two o’clock at the residence. Burial will be made in the Citizens
Cemetery.
Henry
FISHER, 85, well known retired farmer, of Mexico, died at his home Wednesday afternoon,
following a two weeks’ illness caused by a stroke of paralysis. Mr. Fisher was a cousin of Henry A. BARNHART, of Rochester, and was well known in
this community.
Surviving
are his wife, who was formerly Isabelle AULT, two sons, Ira FISHER, of Mexico,
Tony FISHER, of Denver, and a daughter, Bertha FISHER, of Mexico. Funeral
services will be held Friday afternoon at 1:30 at the Mexico Church of
the Brethren with Rev. Frank FISHER officiating. Burial will be made in the Greenlawn cemetery.
Mrs.
William EILER, 51, wife of Rev. EILER, former pastor of the Rochester United
Brethren church, died Wednesday afternoon at four o’clock at a hospital in
Lafayette, Indiana, death being due
to uremic poisonng. Mrs. Eiler was
taken suddenly ill Sunday, her condition gradually growing worse until the end.
The Eiler
family lived in Rochester for a couple of years, moving from here to Fremont,
Indiana last October. Surviving are her
husband, daughter, Thelma [EILER], and son, Linden [EILER], both at home.
Funeral
services will be held Saturday afternoon at one o’clock at the U. B. Church in
Huntington, Ind. The body will be taken
to Huntington Saturday morning.
Herman HARTUNG, 82, one of the well known
business men of Rochester passed away at his home at 2:30 o’clock Thursday
afternoon. Death resulted from an
attack of pneumonia the deceased
being ill for only two or three days.
Herman,
son of Christian and Johanna HARTUNG, was born in Langrewlesen, Germany, Dec.
23, 1849, and came to this country in the year of 1852. On June 23rd, 1872 he was united in marriage to Charlotte
KIRCHOFF, the ceremony being performed in Ft. Wayne. Mr. Hartung moved to Rochester in the year 1884, where he
has been engaged in the tailoring business.
The deceased who was a member of the Lutheran church is survived by two
sons, Carl [HARTUNG] and Herman
[HARTUNG]. Funeral arrangements will be
announced in Friday’s issue of the News-Sentinel
Among the
out-of-town people here yesterday to attend the funeral of the late Ida CARTER
were: Mr. and Mrs. Schuyler STEVENS., daughgter and granddaughter, of Kokomo;
Mrs. Alma PETTY, Bert STEVENS and Mrs. Ed STEVENS, of Peru; Mrs. John
ZIMBRO and Glen CUSHMAN, of South Bend;
Mrs. Marie ORT and Jacob MONEYSMITH, of Mishawaks.
Friday, January 23, 1931
Funeral
services for Herman HARTUNG, who died Thursday afternoon following a few days
illness with pneumonia, will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 at the Lutheran
church. Rev. Wm. J. SCHROER will
officiate and burial will be made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Saturday, January 24, 1931
Mrs. John
HOOVER received word this afternoon of the death of her mother, Mrs. A. C.
MITCHELL, aged 77, which occurred in the Morris hospital at Plymouth. Mrs. Mitchell has been ill for several
years. She was taken to the hospital
for treatment three months ago.
Survivors are five daughters, Mrs. Helen HERMAN, of Macy; Mrs. Edna HARE
and Mrs. Margaret DASER, Indianapolis; Mrs. Jean BELT of Plymouth and Mrs.
HOOVER. No funeral arrangements have been made for Mrs. Mitchell who was
a pioneer resident of this county.
Robert
RANNELLS, 63, former resident of Rochetr, died at his home on the south side of
Bass Lake Friday evening. Death
resulted from an attack of heart trouble.
The deceased was a son of the
late Jacob RANNELLS; he is survived by the wodow and six children. Funeral services will be held at Knox Monday
afternoon.
Monday, January 26, 1931
Lester L.
ULERICK, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil ULERICK, three miles southeast of
Fulton, and a senior in the Metea high school, died Saturday afternoon at theee
o’clock. Death followed an illness of
six days with pneumonia.
Lester
L., son of Cecil and Hazel ULERICK, was born in Cass County on May second,
1912. Surviving are the parents, two
brothers, Onis [ULERICK] and Estel [ULERICK], a sister, Miss Zella [ULERICK], all at home, and three
grandparents.
Funeral
services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 at the Bethlehem Church near
Twelve Mile. Rev. JOHNSON will
officiate and burial will be in the adjacent cemetery.
Funeral
services for Mrs. A. C. MITCHELL, 77, who died Saturday morning at 11:30 at the
Morris Hospital in Plymouth, were held Monday afternoon at the Christian Church
in Macy. Burial was made in the Plainview cemetery.
Malinda
Jane [CARVEY], daughter of Avery and Angeline CARVEY, was born in Miami County
on November 30th, 1853, and moved to Fulton County when a young girl. Upon reaching womanhood she was
married to William BELT and after his death married A. C. MITCHELL, well known
pioneer resident of Rochester. Mrs.
Mitchell was a member of the
Christian Church.
Surviving
are five daughters, Mrs. Helen CLEMANS, of Macy; Mrs. Edna HARE, of
Indianapolis; Mrs. June BAIR, of Plymouth; Mrs. Joyce HOOVER of Rochester, and
Mrs. Margaret VASEY, of Indianapolis; four grandchildren; one brother, Palmer
CARVEY of Perrysburg, and a sister, Margaret CARVEY, of Macy.
Mrs.
Mitchell had made her home with her daughter in Plymouth since the death of Mr.
Mitchell, less than a year ago. She has
been an invalid for a number of years, and only a few days ago was removed from the daughter’s home to the hospital
after her condition became critical.
Mrs.
Martha RUPE, 81, life long resident of the Argos community, died Saturday at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. M. L. BREWER, northeast of Argos Death followed an illness of several months
with complications of diseases incident to advanced years.
Mrs. Rupe
[Martha CHAPMAN] was the daughter of the late Mr and Mrs. Clinton CHAPMAN, and
was born near Argos on November 12, 1849.
Her husband, J. C. RUPE, died three years ago. Two daughters, Mrs. BREWER and Mrs. Elda SLASEL, of Argos, survive.
Funeral
services will be held Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock at the Brewer home. Rev. Hiley BAKER, pastor of the Argos
Christian Church, will officiate and burial will be made in the Argos cemetery.
Mrs. Joe
YEAZEL and children, Mr. and Mrs. Fred YEAZEL and son and Mr. and Mrs. Fred
BATZ, and two sons, attended the funeral of Mrs. David YEAZEL, 76, of
Plymouth, Sunday afternoon. Services were held at the Mission church and
burial was made in the Oak Hill cemetery.
The
deceased formery lived on a farm west of Rochester. Her husband died seven years ago. Surviving are seven sons, four daughters, 40 grandchildren and
ten great-grandchildren.
A baby,
born Saturday to Mr. and Mrs. Herbert HAMMOND, near Leiters Ford, died a short
time after birth. The infant was buried
in the Culver cemetery.
Tuesday, January 27, 1931
Relatives
and friends of Mrs. Gus HABICK, Leiters Ford resident, received word of her
death yesterday. Mrs. Habick, with her
husband and son, Gus [HABICK] Jr., had gone to Astor, Florida November 1st., to spend the winter. Mr. Habick is a retired business man having operated a sporting goods store in
Indianapolis for many years. For the past
several years the Habicks have been
living in the Leiters Ford community where they have a home at the Germany bridge and a cottage on the
river between Leiters and Delong.
The body
will be brought to Indianapolis Thursday and services will be held there
sometime Friday.
Wednesday, January 28, 1931
Wayne
WORREN, three and one-half year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell WORREN,
residing three miles west of Argos, died at five o’clock this morning at the
home of his parents after a
lengthy illness. The child is survived
by four brothers and aisters and the
parents. No funeral arrangements
have been announced.
Funeral
services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at the Bethel Church at Akron for
Lewis C. PERRY, 71, who died Monday afternoon at his home in Logansport. Death
followed a long illness with paralysis.
Mr. Perry, who was a former resident of Akron, had lived in Logansport only a short time.
Surviving
are his wife and the following children: Mrs. Fred BAMMERLIN nnd Mrs. Mabel
ESCHELMAN, Logansport; Kenneth [PERRY], of Peru; Albert [PERRY], Warden
[PERRY], Mrs. Florence KRISS, Mrs. Emma KUHN and Mrs. Iva NELSON all of
near Akron; Mrs. June HARTZLER,
Twelve Mile, and Mrs. Catherine HOLLE, Silver Lake.
Thursday, January 29, 1931
Relatives
here have received word of the death of James KEEL, 89, which occurred
Wednesday at his home in Aztec, New Mexico.
Mr. Keel was the son of the late William and Elizabeth KEEL and was
raised in the Green Oak community. He
had lived in New Mexico for the past 25
years, moving there from Fulton county.
Surviving are one daughter and two granddaughters. He was the brother of the late J. T. and
Schuyler KEEL of this city.
Friday, January 30, 1931
Mrs. W.
V S. NORRIS, 70, well known resident of
Mt. Olive community six miles south of Rochester, died at one o’clock Friday
morning. Death followed a two weeks
illness with complications of
diseases.
Celia May
[HEDGES], daughter of Allen and Margaret HEDGES, was born in Miami County,
December 19, 1861 and moved with her parents to Fulton County when only
ten years of age. On February ninth, 1887, she was married to
W. V. S. NORRIS. Mrs. Norris was a member of the Fulton Baptist Church
and was a very active and faithful worker.
Surviving
are the husband, three sons, Elmer L. [NORRIS], of Indianapolis; Hugh V.
[NORRIS], and Orton [NORRIS], of Fulton, two daughters, Mrs. Cleo FORD and Mrs.
Lola EWER, of Fulton and nine grandchildren.
Funeral
services will be held Sunday aftrnoon at two o’clock at the Fulton Baptist
Church. Rev. Leslie DUNCAN will
officiate and burial will be made in the Fulton I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Mrs. Ola
HAND, 56, of this city, died at 9:35 Thursday morning at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Mae POFFENBARGER, 562 N. Fisher St., Wabash. Mrs. Hand has been suffering from a
complication of diseases for past six months.
She had been bedfast during
that time.
The
deceased was born in Wabash County, August 12, 1874 the daughter of John and
Priscilla HETTLER. She grew up in the
Wabash community and after her marriage on July 27, 1893, to John HAND, She moved with her husband to Laketon,
where they made their home for eight
years. From Laketon they moved to
Fulton county where Mrs. Hand made her
home until six months ago when she went to live
with her daughter. The death of Mr.
Hand occurred 19 years ago. She was a
member of the Rochester Baptist Church.
She is
survived by five children: Mrs. Mae POFFENBARGER, of Wabash, Glen HAND and Opal
BURTON, of Flint, Michigan; Mrs. Glen BUTT, of Denver, and Don HAND
ofAlexandria; seven grandchildren; one brother, Carl HETTLER, near Claypool,
and four sisters, Mrs. Ruth BROOKS, Claypool, Mrs. Fred GOLTRY, of Roann, Mrs
Owen LESTER and Mrs. Charles SWANK,
of North Manchester.
Funeral
services will be held Saturday afternoon at two-thirty at the Rochester Baptist
church with Rev. J. B. GLEASON officiating.
Burial will be made in the Leiters Ford cemetery.
Saturday, January 31, 1931
Wilson
BRUGH, Civil War veteran and retired merchant of Leiters Ford, died at five
o’clock Saturday morning at his home in Leiters Ford, death occurring on his
84th birthday anniversary. Mr. Brugh
had been ill for several years with complications of diseases incident to advanced years.
Wilson,
son of William and Eliza BRUGH, was born near Angola, Ind., on Jan. 31, 1847,
and moved to Leiters Ford 42 years ago from Steuben county. Mr. Brugh’s first wife, Amanda SCHULTZ, died
in 1876 and on March 29, 1877, he was married to Elizabeth MOUNTZ.
For many
years Mr. Brugh owned and operated a dry goods store in Leiters Ford and since
his retirement this business has been carried on by his son, O. J. BRUGH. Mr. Brugh served in the army during the entire Civil War period and was one of
the last three surviving veterans in
Aubbeenaubbee township. He was a member
of the Leiters Ford Methodist church.
Surviving
are his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Emma FOULK, of Wterloo, Ind.; two sons, Oscar
J. [BRUGH], Leiters Ford, and William [BRUGH], of Angola; three sisters, Mrs.
Callie SALES, Monterey; Mrs. Alice GINTHER, Leiters Ford; Mrs. Ida CORBETT,
Rochester; two brothers, Charles [BRUGH] and Eli BRUGH, Grand Rapids, Mich.;
eight grandchildren and one
great-grandchild. A daughter, Gertrude
Mae [BRUGH], died in infancy.
Funeral
services will be held Monday aftrnoon at two o’clock at the family residence
with Rev. L. GREEN officiating. Burial
will be made in the Leiters Ford I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Monday, February 2, 1931
W. W.
STOKES, jeweler of Akron, received word yesterday appprising him of the death
of his sister, Mrs. Mary JONES, which occurred Sunday afternoon at her home in
Toronto, Ont., Canada.
Tuesday, February 3, 1931
James
Albert BRIGHT, aged 46, who has been the town marshal at Akron for a number of
years, died at his home on East Walnut street in that city at 4:30 o’clock
Monday afternoon from spasmodic croup.
The croup followed an attack of the flu.
Mr.
Bright became ill Sunday morning after he had made his round of inspection of
Akron. He returned to his home and
immediately went to bed. Monday morning
he was seized with the croup and despite medical effort choked to death from
the disease.
The
deceased was born on a farm in Newcastle township on Oct. 9, 1884, the son of
Jesse
and Malissa BRIGHT. He was a life-long resident of Fulton County. Prior to accepting the position as town
marshal at Akron he worked in the Strong store at Akron.
On Jan.
20, 1910, he was married to Nellie COOK who survives as does the father and six
children, Margaret [BRIGHT], Kenneth [BRIGHT], Bobby [BRIGHT], Joe
[BRIGHT], George [BRICHT] and Betty
Lou [BRIGHT], all at home. A son,
Charles [BRIGHT], was killed on June
12, 1929 in an automobile accident one mile east of this city on the Barrett cement road when a portion of the
steering apparatus broke, causing the car to strike a pole
Mr.
Bright had been a member of the Modern Woodman’s lodge for the past 22
years. Funeral services are to be held
from the Saint’s church at Akron Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock with the
Rev. Dale OLDHAM in charge. Burial will
be made in the Nichols cemetery five
miles northwest of Akron.
John
Oliver ZARTMAN, aged 70, who is better known as Jesse ZARTMAN, died at the home
of his daugher, Mrs. Harry HATCH in Macy this morning at 9 o’clock following
a several years illness due to a
complication of diseases. For several
years the deceased was an invalid.
Mr.
Zartman was born Nov. 25, 1861, on a farm north of Macy known as the Zula
ZARTMAN farm and was one of 11 children who were born to George and Mary
ZARTMAN. He has lived his entire
lifetime in Fulton and Miami counties.
He was a farmer. His wife who
was Mary SHAFFER died several years ago.
Survivors
are the two children, Mrs. HATCH, and s son Charles [ZARTMAN], who live at
Macy, two brothers, James E. [ZARTMAN], of Denver, and William P. [ZARTMAN], of
Akron, and two sisters, Mrs. Emma SOWERS, of Akron, and Mrs. Dora PACKARD,
of Lucerne, and a number of
grandchildren, nephews and nieces. He
was a member of the Macy Christian church.
Funeral
services are to be hed from the Christian church at Macy at 2 o’clock Thursday
afternoon with the Rev. C. M. REED in charge.
Burial will be made in the cemetery at Mt. Zion.
Twelve
Mile, Feb. 3, - Alpha BOCKOVER, 43,
father of nine children, committed suicide by hanging at his home here
yesterday.
Bockover,
a C & O. railroad section worker, was found in his garage about 8
o’clock. He had been absent for two
hours.
He had
fastened a small rope around a rafter of the building and jumped from a fender
of his automobile. His feet were but a
few inches from the floor, witnesses said.
The
victim’s neck was broken, Coroner M. B. STEWART said. The body was found by two of the step-daughters, Mary and Anna
ROSIER.
Survivors
include the wife; three step-children, Benjamin [ROSIER], Mary [ROSIER] and
Anna [ROSIER]; six children, Lucille [BOCKOVER], Richard [BOCKOVER], Jane
[BOCKOVER], Ira [BOCKOVER], David [BOCKOVER] and Russell [BOCKOVER]; his father, Elisha BOCKOVER, a brother,
Alfred [BOCKOVER], all of Twelve Mile; two sisters, Mrs. Florece LORENZ of
Logansport, and Clara NIXON of Roann.
Bockover
has been a resident of Twelve Mile for the past several years. Despondency over the conditionof his wife
who is an invalid, and financial curcumstances were considered the cause of the
act.
Following
finding of the body, John CARSON and William SIDALL, neighbors, were
called. Sheriff ZERBE and Coroner
STEWART were notified.
A small
half-inch rope was used by Bockover
Funeral
services are to be held at the Skinner church near here at 10 o’clock Wednesday
morning. Burial is to be made in the
adjoining cemetery.
Wabash,
Feb. 3. - Injuries received when a
party of friends “belled” him after his
marriage on last November 8, resulted in the death yesterday of Ervin
Leslie PARKS, 22, of near Disko, at
the Wabash county hospital. In a
scuffle during the belling one lung was torn loose and his condition became
such that he had to submit to an operation at the hospital here two weeks ago.
He was
the son of Mary and Lon PARKS and was born in Newton county on January 29,
1909. On November 8 last year he
married Vera Esther MONTELL of near Spikerville. A few evenings after the marriage a group of friends “belled” the
couple and he was injured when he resisted attempts of the other youths to drag
him down a flight of stairs.
He is
survived by his widow; three brothers, James [PARKS], George [PARKS] and
Everett [PARKS] at home and one sister, Mary [PARKS], of Kokomo.
Wednesday, February 4, 1931
[no obits]
Thursday, February 5, 1931
Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. RINEHART were called to Culver Thursday noon by the death of their
eight weeks old granddaughter, Barbara Ann DAVIS, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Guy DAVIS. The child’s death was due to pneumonia and followed a short
illness. The parents and three brothers
survive.
Friday, February 6, 1931
Funeral
services for the small daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy DAVIS will be held at the
Mt. Hope Church north of Leiters Ford at 1:30 p.m. Sturday. Burial will be made at the Leiters Ford I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Saturday, February 7, 1931
William
STAFFORD, aged 91, a pioneer citizen of Argos passed away at his home on Sugar
street Friday morning at 11:30 o’clock, after a brief illness from
pneumonia. On Thursday Mr. and Mrs. Stafford held open house to their many
friends in honor of their 64th wedding anniversaty.
The
deceased, who was a veteran of the Civil war and a member of the G.A.R. had
been a resident of the Argos community throughout his entire life and in
earlier years followed the occupation of farming. He is survived by the widow, two daughters, Mrs. Dr. WILSEY, oif
Argos, Mrs. Claude MAIS, of Los Angeles, Calif., and a son, Clair STAFFORD, of
Kansas City, Mo.
Fueral
services will be held at the Stafford home Tuesday afternoon at two
o’clock. Burial will be made in the
Maple Grove cemetery.
Monday, February 9, 1931
Mr. and
Mrs. Roy BRUBAKER were called to Plymouth Sunday by the death of her uncle, B.
F. WELLS. Funeral services will be held
Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 at the Plymouth Methodist church and burial will be
made in South Bend. Mr. Wells is the
father of Rev. S. A. WELLS, former pastor of the Rochester United Brethren
church.
Mrs.
Elizabeth EULER, 87, passed away at the Frank BEMENDERFER home, five miles south
of Athens Sunday morning after a few weeks illness from pneumonia. The
deceased, who leaves no immediate relatives, was born in Germany on
April 27th, 1843 and had been a
resident of the United States for the past 60 years.
For a
number of years Mrs. Euler resided in the Mt. Zion neighborhood where her
husband who preceded her in death 17 years ago, followed the occupation of
farming. The deceased was a member of the Mt. Zion church and took an active
interest in church work during her
residency there.
Funeral
services in charge of Rev. C. M. REED, will be held at the Macy Christian
church, Tuesday afteroon at 2:30.
Burial will be made in the Mt. Zion cemetery.
Frank
Edwin McKEE, 53, well known farmer of Union Township, died shortly after
midnight Monday morning in his home on the Winamac-Rochester road, two and
one-half miles north of Kewana. Death was due to heart trouble and followed
an illness of several weeks.
The
deceased was born near Kewanna on January 13, 1878, the son of Jesse E. and
Lavina McKEE, and all of his life had been spent in that community with the
exception of 13 years, during which time he lived in Piper City, Illinois. On June 16, 1900 at Kewanna he was married
to Bertha SHAY. He was a member of the
Methodist Church in Piper City, and since
returning to Fulton County had attended the Community Church at the
Bruce Lake Station.
Surviving
are his wife; two children, Clifford R. [McKEE], at home, and Mrs. Mabel A
BOMA, of Piper City, Illinois; four grndchildren, four sisters, Mrs. Nellie
COUGHENOUR and Mrs. Edna ZELLERS, of
South Bend; Mrs. Fanny OWENS, Winamac and Mrs. Bert GILLESPIE, of Kewanna; four
brothers, Jesse [McKEE], of Piper City, Ill., Herbert [McKEE], of Rochester; Lewis [McKEE], Royal Ceter and
Clarence [McKEE] of Fowler.
Funeral
services will be held Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock, the place to be
announced later. Rev. GILMER, of
Kewanna, will officiate.
Tuesday, February 10, 1931
George W.
MARSHALL, 70, died Tuesday morning at ten minutes of four in his hoime one and
one-half miles southwest of Talma.
Death followed an illness of several months with complications of
diseases.
George W,
son of Lewis and Katherine MARSHALL, was born in Ohio on September 14, 1861 and
came to Fulton County when a child On
October first, 1891 he was married to Lydia O’BLENIS. For many years Mr. and Mrs. Marshall lived on a farm near
Rochester, moving to the Talma vicinity
six years ago. He was a member of the
Grand View Evangelical Church.
Surviving
are his wife, three children, Frank B. [MARSHALL], at home, William LeRoy
[MARSHALL], of South Bend and Mrs. Sarah O’DELL, near Talma; a brother and
sister, John MARSHALL, of
Rochester, and Mrs. George KERLER of the Whippoorwill
neighborhood.
A son, Robert Claude [MARSHALL] died five years ago.
Funeral
arrangements will be announced in Wednesday’s News-Sentinel.
Mrs.
Leonard V. SHRIVER, 28, of Lake Bruce, died at 3:45 Monday afternoon at the
Cass County hospital in Logansport.
Death was due to heart failure following child birth.
Agnes
Fern [MURRAY], daughter of James and Nellie MURRAY, was born on February 17th,
1902 and had lived in Fulton County for the past 20 years. In Rochester in 1923 she was married toi Leonard V. SHRIVER.
Survivors
are the husband, parents, infant daughter, one brother, Ralph MURRAY, of
Leiters Ford; two half-brothers, O. G. MURRAY, of Kewanna, and O. CHAPMAN,
of Monterey.
Funeral
services will be held Thursday afteroon at two o’clock at the Lake Bruce
Community Church. Rev. C. Y. GILMER
will officiate and burial will be made in the Moon ceetery
Wednesday, February 11, 1931
Funeral
services for George W. MARSHALL, near Talma, who died Tuesday morning, will be
held Thursday afternoon at two o’clock at the Grandview church. Burial will be made in the Richland Center
cemetery. Mr. Marshall was formerly
engaged in the real estate
business in Rochester.
Frank
BARKMAN, 72, prominent retired farmer of Newcastle township, where he had spent
his entire life, died suddenly Tuesday evening at 5 o’clock at the home of his
sister, Mrs. Mary Kessler, eight
miles northeast of Rochester. Death was
due to a heart attack. Mr Barkman had
been in failing health for several years but his condition had not been
regarded as serious.
B. Frank,
son of John and Nancy BARKMAN, was born on April 16, 1858, on a farm near the Possum Hollow school house in
Newcastle township. Upon reaching
manhood he was married to Deliah
SWARTZLANDER, and following her death a few years ago he made his home with his sister. He was a member of the Baptist Bethlehem
church and had always been active in
all church work as well as in all civic affairs of the community.
Surviving
are three daughters, Mrs. Mina NELSON, of Burket; Mrs. Della HOFFMAN, of
Rochester, and Mrs. Ruth SHERWOOD, of Athens; nine grandchildren, two brothers
and two sisters, John BARKMAN, of
Michigan, who is spending the winter in Florida, Martin L. BARKMAN, of South
Bend, Mrs. Dora SHOBE, of Rochester and Mrs. Mary KESSLER.
Funeral
services will be held Friday afternoon at one o’clock at the Bethlehem Baptist
church. Burial will be made in the
Hamlett cemetery.
Thursday, February 12, 1931
John L.
RHODES, 57, life-long citizen of Argos, died in the Elkhart General hospital at
4 o’clock Thursday morning as the result of injuries received in an auto
accident which occurred a mile ad
a half east of Union Mills at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. C. N. SWOGGER, an
employee of the Argos State Bank, who was accompanying Rhodes on a business
trip to Coldwater, Mich.,
received minor cuts and bruises.
According
to word received from Elkhart today the Argos men were driving eastward on U.S.
Route 112 when a westbound Plymouth sedan owned and driven by Vance FOSTER,
49,
a salesman of 45 Owen Ae., Detroit, met in a
head-on collision with the Rhodes’ Chevrolet
coach with such terrific impact that both machines were completely
demolished.
Dr.
FRYBARGER, of Bristol, who was summoned to the scene brought the injured men
into the Elkhart hospital where it was found Rhodes was suffering from
fractured ribs and a punctured kidney.
Foster received a fracture of his left arm and severe cuts, while
Stogger’s injuries were found to be of minor consequence.
The body
of Rhodes was removed to his home in Argos early today in an Argos
ambulance. The coroner of Elkhart
county has not as yet given his verdict in regard to the responsibility for the
accident.
The
accident victim was born in Argos on April 11, 1873, the son of William and
Clara RHODES, and has resided in that town throughout his entire life. For a number of years he was owner of the Argos Greenhouses in
which business he made a wide acquainance of friends throughout Marshall and
Fulton counties.
Survivors
are the widow, four daughters, Mrs. Grace McMILLEN, of Argos, Mrs. Robert W.
WALTERS, of Richland Center, Mrs. Francis BURKETT, of Leiters Ford, Mrs.
Florence GARMAN, of Richfield, Ohio, and a son William RHODES, of New York City
and two brothers, Bert [RHODES] of
Beloit, Wis., and Jesse [RHODES] of Argos.
Funeral
arrangements will not be announced until word has been rceived from distant
relatives. Mr. Rhodes was a member of
the Christian Church at Argos.
Surprises
come, even after anticipation of an event, to cause public concern and
regret. This is peculiarly true today
when it became known that a good citizen had answered the call of nature and
passed to higher life, after years of happy citizenship in Rochester. Benjamin F. SHEWARD was highly respected by
any acquainances, friends and relatives because of his affable nature,
kindliness and suavity on all occasions.
For a
number of years he was engaged as proprietor of the grain and seed store on
North Main street. He was always a
steady worker, early and late, giving to all tasks the best he knew.
During the construction of the Rochester water works system he was one
of the strong arm men and did his part
effectively and honestly. He also
served as a member of the Rochester
city council for two terms.
He was a
member of the Rochester Lodge No. 79, F&AM for a long term of years; also
of Rocheser Chapter No. 70, O.E.S., from which he retired a few years ago by
reason of his condition of health, and the Loyal Order of Moose. His church affiliation was with the Christian Church of this city, where he
was regarded as a pillar of strength in the vineyard of the Master. In all his ways his emulation was squared by the teachings of the
Nazarane, thus it is conceded that a
righteous man leaves his fellows bereft of his presence to gain the glory won by a spledid life on earth.
Benjamin
Frank SHEWARD, son of Nimrod D. and Caroline E. (MERCER) SHEWARD, was born
February 3, 1863, passed to his estate beyond, at the home, in this city, 1015 Pontiac street, Thursday,
February 12, 1931, aged 68 years and 9 days.
On
Ocrtober 30, 1904, Benjamin Frank Sheward and Arwesta HULSE were united in the
holy bonds of wedlock, this union typifying the founding of a truly American
home. Surviving are the widow, a
daugher, Mrs. Herbert FUNSETT, of
Arena, Wis., and a step- daughter, Mrs.
Carl Van TRUMP of this city.
Alexander
PENCE, aged 67, well known and progressive business man and farmer of Wabash
county died at his home near Roann yesterday morning following an illness of
several months with heart trouble.
Earl Eugene POWELL, aged 19, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wallace POWELL of near Denver died Wednesday morning at Putnamville after
a five day illness due to spinal meningitis.
Private funeral services were held this afternoon at the cemetery at
Gilead. The deceased has a number of relatives near Rochester
and in Macy.
Funeral
services for B. F. BARKMAN, will be conducted by Rev. J. B. GLEASON and Rev. C.
S. DAVISSON at the Baptist Bethlehem Church Friday afternoon at one
o’clock. Burial will be made in the
Hamlett cemetery Mr. Barkman died
suddenly Tuesday evening at the home
of his sister, Mrs. Mary KESSLER, notheast of Rochester, following a heart attack.
Friday, February 13, 1931
Mrs. Dent
E. [Mabel E. OSBORN] SWIFT died at 1:30 Friday morning in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. S. H. MUSSEMAN in Macy. Mrs. Swift
had been in ill health for several
years and her condition had been regarded as serious for the past few
months
Mr. and
Mrs. Swift lived in Rochester for several years, moving from here to Macy. Mr. Swift is a traveling salesman. Surviving are her husband, her father,
George OSBORN, of Culver, a brother,
Clarence [OSBORN], of Culver.
Funeral
services will be held at the Macy Methodist Church Sunday afternoon at
2:30. Burial will be made in the Macy
[Plainview] cemetery.
Funeral
services will be held Saturday afternoon at two o’clock at the Walkerton United
Brethren Church for Mrs. Colista C. VERMILLION, 70, who died Wednesday at the
home of her son, Fred W. VERMILLION,
517 Fourteenth Street, Rochester.
Burial will be made in the
Walkerton cemetery.
Mrs.
Vermillion [Colista C. WILLIAMS] had made her home in Rochestr for the past
four months, having come here with her husband and son and family four months
ago from Owen County. She was born in a log cabin in Kansas, which
is now the present site of Topeka,
the daughter of Rev. William and Anna WILLIAMS. She was a member of the
Desciples of Christ Church in Ada, Ohio, having joined when 18 yeas of
age and when her father was pastor of
the church in Ada.
Surviving
are her husband, W. R. VERMILLION, and three sons, Fred [VERMILLION], of
Rochester, Roy M. [VERMILLION], of Walkerton, and Ralph D [VERMILLION], of South Bend.
Saturday, February 14, 1931
Mrs.
Addie SINGER, 77, former resident of Kewanna, died Friday evening in the home
of her niece, Mrs. William WILSON, 1514 Main Street, Rochester, where she had
made her home for several
months. Death followed a week’s illness
with the influenza.
The
deceased [Addie FOX] was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvani on August 6,
1853, the daughter of John and Marie FOX, and most of her life had been spent
in Indiana In 1872 in Kewanna she was married to William SINGER, who is now
deceased. After leaving Kewanna Mrs.
Singer resided for several years in Colorado, coming from there to Rochester to
make her home with ner niece. She was a
member of the Christian Church.
Surviving
are one gradson and one granddaughter, living in Weston, Colorado and a
brother, Jacob FOX, also of Colorado.
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at two
o’clock at the Christian Church in Kewanna. Rev. BULGER will officiate and burial will
be made in he Kewanna cemetery.
Funeral
services of J. L. RHODES who was killed in an accident near Elkhart, will be
held at the Argos Christian church Sunday afternoon at three o’clock, in charge
of Rev. Hiley BAKER. Interment will be
made in the Maple Grove cemetery.
Mr. and
Mrs. George BARKMAN, Mr. and Mrs. R. P. TRUE, Mr. and Mrs. Herman METZLER, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles STAHL, Miss Belle MONTGOMERY, Mr. and Mrs. Ezra JONES and Amos
DRUDGE attended the funeral of B. F. BARKMAN held Friday afternoon at the Bethlehem Baptist church.
Monday, February 16, 1931
Lake
Odess, Michigan, Feb. 16 (U.P.) - Three
boys were drowned when their iceboat crashed through thin ice on Lake Jorda
last night and sank.
Two of
the boys were Robert HOFFMAN, 15, and James HOFFMAN, 14, brother and sons of
Albert HOFFMAN, superintendent of schools here. The identity of the third youth has not yet been determined.
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Albert
Hoffman was formerly superintendent of schools at Argos and also served as
principal in the Plymouth high school.
The lads’
parents were reared at Argos. Mr.
Hoffman is the son of Mrs. John HOFFMAN and Mrs. Hoffman is the daugher of Mr.
and Mrs. Joe RULE.
Mrs.
Hoffman and Mr and Mrs. Rule received word of the drowning last night and left
this morning for Odessa to be with the grief stricken parents.
Robert,
the older of the two lads, would have been 16 years of age today. The lads’ parents have been residents of
Odessa for the past three years.
The first
news dispatches stated that the lads had drowned when an autoimobile which they
were driving broke through the ice.
Relatives of the dead lads at Argos today stated that it was an iceboat
they were using.
The
bodies of the two youths will be brought back to Argos for burial. Funeral services will be held at Odessa
probably Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs.
Evadean HARBAUGH, 24, wife of Dale HARBAUGH, who is the principal of the
Richland Center high school, died Sunday morning at 1:30 at the Kelly Hospital
in Argos, following a week’s illness
Death was due to influenza which developed foillowing the birth of a daughter.
Evadean
Sherlin [LEEDY], daughter of Ezra and May LEEDY, was born at Tiosa on Sept 19, 1906, and all of her life had been
spent in the Tiosa community. On Aug.
18, 1927, in South Bend she was
married to Dale Harbaugh. She was a
member of the Christian church at
Tiosa.
Surviving
are her husband, parents and infant daughter, Patsy Jeanette [HARBAUGH]. Funeral services will be held Tuesday
morning at ten o’clock at the Tiosa Brethren church. Rev. GEORGE, of Nappanee, will officiate and burial will be
made in the Richlad Center cemetery.
The body
has been removed to the home of Mrs. Harbaugh’s parents.
IN MEMORIAM
Mable
Ethel SWIFT was born in Bijou Hills, Brule county, South Dakota, [and died
Friday, February 13, 1931], age 43 years 1 month and 13 days.
At the
age of 5 years her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. OSBORN, moved back to Indiana, their narive state. This move took them back to the old Osborn
homestead, 4-1/2 miles northwest
of Culver, Ind., where Mable spent her girlhood days and received her education near her home.
A good
many years ago she united with the M.E. church near the old home and was an
active church worker up to the time of her illness.
On June
22, 1916 she was united in marriage to Dent E. SWIFT, moving to Winamac, Ind,
where they lived nearly 10 years. While
at Winamac she took an active and sincere
interest in various activities for the betterment of the Christian life.
From
Winamac they moved to Rochester where they resided up to Mrch, 1930, and on
account of her condition growing worse moved to Macy where she also looked upon
as home
Mable, as
she liked to be called, loved her friends, loved her home, she always had a
smile for the aged and a smile for the young and always a welcome to our home
and was a most devoted wife and a home maker.
Her last
days of illness was marked by a strong will power to avoid causng any more work
or heart aches to those near and dear to her that she could possibly avoid and
wore a smile when she
talked of death. She left this life leaving
behind an inspiration of how much
more dearly and sweet life would be to wear a pleasant smile through
pain and sorrow and a pleasant hello
to all. And, as it seems to the writer,
to live the life more that God had
intended.
She
leaves behind to mourn her loss a husband, Dent E. Swift, of Macy; Geo. W.
OSBORN, her father and Clarence OSBORN a brother of Culver, Indiana, and a host
of near relatives and friends.
Tuesday, February 17, 1931
Foster
HASLETT, 69, retired produce dealer and practically a life long resident of
Rochester, died at 8:15 Monday night at his home at 612 North Madison
street. Death was due to pneumonia which developed
following an attack of influenza. He
had been ill for the past week.
The
deceased was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on January third, 1862 and came
to Rochester when a small child. He is
the last of a family of four children.
For many years Mr. Haslett and his brother, Stewart [HASLETT], were
engaged in the produce business, having
their establishment on North Main street in Rochester. They later sold their business to BEYER BROS.
Surviving
are his wife, who was formerly Nora Reno CAPON, two nieces, Mrs. G. C. MARKS,
of Anderson and Mrs. Paul BURKE, of Gary, and a nephew, Fred HASSLETT, of Gary.
Funeral
services will be held Thursday afternoon at two-thirty o’clock at the
residence, in charge of Rev. D. S. PERRY.
Burial will be made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Mrs. Naaman MOORE, 58, two miles east of
Athens, died Tuesday morning at six o’clock following an illness of only a
week. Death was due to heart failure
and erysipelas. Mrs. Moore had
lived all of her life in Henry Township and was one of the best known residents of the Athens community.
Emma
[KELLER[, daughter of Jonathan and Margaret KELLER, was born in Henry Township
on November 10, 1860, and on January 17th, 1891 she was married to Naaman
MOORE.
Survivors
are her husband, one daughter, Mrs. Mabel HARTMAN, of Akron, a son, Estel
[MOORE], at home and four grandchildren.
The youngest grandchild, Gail [HARTMAN], had lived with his grandparents
since babyhood.
The
deceased was a sister of David KELLER, who was killed a few weeks ago when
struck by a falling tree.
Funeral
arrangements have not been made.
Wednesday, Feb ruary 18, 1931
Jacob J.
KING, 72, prominent resident of Henry township, died Wednesday morning at 1:30
in his home in Akron, death being due to carcinoma of the pancreas Mr King had been ill for five weeks, however, his condition had only been
regarded as serious for the past few
days.
Jacob J.,
son of George and Rachel KING, was born on a farm near Disko, in Wabash county,
on March 15, 1858, and practically all of his life had been spent in the
Akron community. He had lived in Akron for 12 years. On Dec. 24, 1881, he was married to Emma
Jane GRINDEL, who passed away 13 years ago.
Later he married Mrs. Margaret ZOLMAN, of Rochesrter. Mr
King was a member of the Masonic lodge and Evangelical church.
Surviving
are his wife, four daughters, Mrs. A. E. STINSON, of Athens, Mrs. Lola BROWN,
of North Mancheser, Mrs. Fay MEREDITH, of Akron and Mrs. Ferrell SMITH, of
Laketon; six grandchildren; three
brothers, William KING, of Rochester, Orlando KING, of Wabash and Joseph KING,
of Tracy, Calif.; one half-sister, Mrs. Willis LEININGER, of Akron.
Funeral
services will be held Friday afternoon at two o’clock at the Akron Methodist
church. Rev. Clyde MILLER will
officiate ad burial will be made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Sidney
Leslie MAY, 13 year old son of Mrs. Peter BARAKAUSKAS, 411 Jefferson street,
died at 3:20 Tuesday afternoon. The
youth had been a semi-invalid for the past five years, having been injured in an accident while attending the
Sherwood Boys’ School in Chicago.
Sidney
Leslie was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Jan. 18, 1918, the son of
Samuel Milton and Agnes STEWART MAY, and came to America when three years of
age. His father is deceased.
The youth
had lived in Rochester for the past three years coming here with his mother and
step-father three years ago from Chicago.
He was a pupil in the seventh grade at the Lincoln school and attended
the Grace Methodist Sunday school. The
child was exceptionally bright, despite his physical condition and was the
master of eight foreign languages.
Survivig
are his mother and step-father, who is a chemist for Armour & Co.
Funeral
services will be held Thursday afternoon at two o’clock at the Zimmerman
Brothers funeral home, 1410 Main street, with Rev. T. L. STOVALL in
charge. The body will lie in state at
the funeral home from 12 to 1. Burial
will be made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
The
infant daughter of Joseph and Neva CUNNINGHAM died a few hours after birth
Tuesday. Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 at the home and bural was made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
OBITUARY
Evadean
Bernice [SHERLAND HARBAUGH], daughter of Arthur O. and Mae SHERLAND, was born
near Tiosa, Indiana, September 1906 and departed this life February 15, 1931,
at the age of 24 years, 4 months and 26 days.
Most all of her life has been spent near the present home in Tiosa.
Later in
life, her mother having married Ezre LEEDY of Tiosa, Evadean was adopted into
his home and has been a kind daughter indeed.
Love united their hearts and the union has been full and complete. She was unselfish and cheerful in the many things she did for
both mother and daddy. When but a child she would gladly leave her
play to help with so many little tasks
that the load might be lighter for those she loved so dearly.
Nor has
this zeal ever been broken. She was
always kind to her school-mates and other friends. Her school work was a joy to her and much care was taken to
prepare her work in an original and artistic manner.
She
attended High School at Richland Center for three years and completed her
fourth year at Rochester with the class of 1924. To prepare herself for teaching she attended Manchester College
the year of 1924 and 1925 and since then had completed a two year course by attending summer terms.
She was a
primary teacher in her home school at Tiosa for four years and was considered
one of the outstanding teachers of the county.
Kindness and love won many little hearts and her work was made easy.
They soon were taught to say Miss Evadeen which to her was the modest
way to say Miss Lady.
During
her first week at college she met nnd learned to love the young man of her
choice. This love grew into a more
sacred relationship and on August 18th, 1927, she was married to Dale HARBAUGH, of South Bend, Indiana.
She has
been a real pal and helpmate. Ever
ready and willing to help with the plans of home and school. Being a great lover of nature and spent many
hours studying and collecting specimens of wood, stones and flowers.
The house
in which she lived was made a home for the one she loved. Into this home, on February 9th came a
little daughter, Patsy Jeanette [HARBAUGH].
In a few days the happy mother was stricken with the flu, and in her
weakened condition was not able to win the fight for live. All the care
that loving and skilled hands could give was supplied, but God saw fit to call his angel hoime. She was brave to the end and while in a
seemingly unconsious condition was heard to say, “The Lord is caring for me.”
Evadeen’s
Christian life was begun when she was but a girl of ten, and she was a member
of the Tiosa Christian Church. Her life
speaks as a true witness for her Savior.
She
leaves to mourn her passing other thn the heartbroken hsband and parents, the
little daughter, Patsy Jeanette, her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. ROGERS of
Tiosa, her husband’s parents and
brother, Mr and Mrs. Melvin HARBAUGH and Noble HARBAUGH of South Bend, nd many
other relatives and friends.
Funeral
services were held at the Tiosa Brethren Church, Tuesday morning, with Rev.
GEORGE, of South Bend, officiating.
Burial was made in the Richland Center I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Thursday, February 19, 1931
[no obits]
Friday, February 20, 1931
Mrs. Mary
DuBOIS CLEMANS, 29, died at 5:30 Friday morning in her home at Adamsboro, near
Logansport, Ind. Death followed an
illness of two weeks with complications
of diseases.
Mary,
daughter of Thomas and Cora DuBOIS, was born in 1901 on the DuBois homestead near Nyona Lake, in Fulton County,
and most of her life was spent in that
community. Upon reaching
womanhood she was married to Merrett CLEMANS.
She was a member of the Chapel
Church, south of Green Oak.
Surviving
are her husband, two daughters, Jean [CLEMANS] and Clara Mae [CLEMANS], two
sisters, Mrs. Ethel DUEY, near Macy, Mrs. Mabel GEYER, near Nyona Lake; three brothers, Kourt [DuBOIS] and
Ross [DuBOIS], of Nyona Lake, and Howard
[DuBOIS], of Rochester. Her
father died just a few months ago.
Funeral
services will be held Sunday afternoon at two o’clock at the Chapel Church and
burial will be made in the adjacent cemetery.
Following
an illness of six years with diabetes, Mathias “Mott” BAUER, 82, retired
carpener and pioneer resident of Monterey, died Wednesday evening at eight
o’clock.
The
deceased was born in Germany on July 2, 1852, son of Jacob and Elizabeth BAUER,
and came with his parents to America when only three years of age. He had lived in Monterey since 1860 and on
October 6, 1880 he was married to Mary Ann CRIST. He was a member of the
St. Ann Church.
Survivors
are the widow, and the following children: Joseph [BAUER] and Fred [BAUER], of
Monterey, Victor [BAUER], of Chicago; Jacob [BAUER], of Ora; Mrs. Wm. HARDMAN
and Mrs. Helen LUCAS, of South Bend, and Mrs. Louis LONG, of Oklahoma.
Funeral
services will be held Saturday morning at nine o’clock a the St. Ann Church in
Monerey with Rev. John SCHALL in charge.
Burial will be made in the St. Ann cemetery.
John C.
GOODRICH, 79, a resident of the Lucerne community for the past 25 years, died
Thursday night in his home three miles east of Lucerne.
A
daughter, Mrs. Orie CUNNINGHAM, of Roanoke, Ind., and several grandchildren
survive. Funeral services will be held
Saturday afternoon at two o’clock at the Ditmire Funeral Parlors in Fulton. Burial will be made in the Rochester
I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Relatives
and friends here have been informed of the death of Mrs. Margaret A. HETZNER,
72, of Peru, which occurred at her home in that city, 260 West Third street,
early Thursday morning, following a several months illness. Surviving are her husband, J. D. HETZNER,
and a daugher, Mrs. Alice MILLER, wife of Clyde MILLER, former manager of the Boston Store. Funeral services will be held Saturday at
two o’clock at the Fetter-Allen
funeral home in Peru.
Saturday, February 21, 1931
Charles
AMISS, well known in the vicinity of Silver Lake and Akron, passed away
yesterday afternoon at his farm home southeast of Silver Lake. Death was due to heart trouble and
pneumonia.
Monday, February 23, 1931
Martin L.
PATTERSON, 85, one of the prominent citizens of Akron, who for the past two
years has resided at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Roy Jones of this city,
passed away in Milton, Fla., Sunday.
Mr. Patterson and Mr. and Mrs. Jones were spending the winter
months in Florida. Death resulted from a severe attack of
indigestion, the deceased having been in ill health for the past four or five
weeks.
Martin
Luther, son of Daniel and Ruth PATTERSON, was born at Middleton, Henry county,
Indiana on May 25th, 1846 and when still a young man he moved to Henry
township where he resided until the
past couple of years. In early life, he
followed the occupation of farming and
school teaching, later retiring from these voctions to enter into a partnership
in the hardware business with his
brother, William [PATTERSON], in Akron.
He continued in the latter
business for a long period of years until advanced age forced his
retirement. The deceassed was a member
of the Akron Mthodist church, and the Masonic and I.O.O.F. lodges of that city. Upon reaching his maturity Mr. Patterson was united in marriage
to Deborah BAKER, who passed away when still quite young. A son, Charles PATTERSON, who was born to
this uion, died in Texas three years ago.
On September 9, 1877, Mr. Patterson was married to Viola HAKINS, the ceremony taking place in
Akron. Mrs. Patterson preceded her
husband in death on Dec. 30th, 1929. A
daughter, Mrs. Roy JONES was born to this union, who with six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren,
survive.
The body
will arrive here tomorrow at which time funeral arrangements will be announced.
E[dwin]
H. McDOUGLE, age 77, passed away at his home in Fulton Monday morning at
7:45. Mr. McDougle had been bedfast for
three weeks suffering from complications.
He had been in ill health for
the past year.
Born in
Fairfield County, Ohio, July 8, 1853, he came with his father and mother to
Fulton County in a covered wagon 63 years ago.
On December 3, 1876, he was united in marriage to Martha TILTON who
preceded him in death. He followed the
occupation of a farmer and was a
member of the United Brethren Church in Fulton.
Surviving
are two sisters, Mrs. Emma STUDEBAKER of Fulton and Mrs. Martha BUREN of
Bremen, Ohio and three children, Mrs. H. L. TROUTMAN of Detroit, Mrs. F. B.
TROUTMAN of Elmhurst, Illinois and Walter McDOUGLE of Rochester.
Funeral
services will be held at the Fulton U.B. church Wednesday afternoon at two
o’clock with Rev. H. W. FRANKLIN officiating.
Burial will be made at Metea.
Mrs.
Samuel HOFFMAN, 56, former Argos resident, died Monday morning at 6:30 in the
Epworth hospital in South Bend. Death
followed an illness of only one week with complications of diseases.
Mary
[WHITE], daugher of Frank and Clara WHITE, was born in Argos on Nov. 2, 1874,
and all of her life had been spent there, with the exception of the past two
years during which time the family had lived in South Bend. She was a member of the Argos Christian
church.
Surviving
are her husband, two daughters, Elizabeth [HOFFMAN] and Nathalie [HOFFMAN],
both at home; three brothers, John WHITE, of Wyoming, Harry [WHITE] and James
WHITE of Argos, and two sisters, Mrs. Minnie WILLIAMS and Dessie [WHITE], of South Bend.
Funeral
services will be held Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock at the residece
in South Bend. Rev. Hiley BAKER, pastor of the Argos
Christian church will officiate, and
burial will be made in the new Oak Hill cemetery in Plymouth.
Funeral
services were held this afternoon at the Mentone Baptist church for James
VanDORAN, aged 72, of Warsaw, a former resident of this city who died Saturday
at 12:30 p.m. at his home in Warsaw.
Burial was made in the Mentone cemetery. Death followed a
lingering illess of several months with complications. VanDoran had resided in Warsaw for the past 14 years moving there from this
city where he had operated a blacksmith and buggy repair shop for many years.
He was a member of the Baptist church.
Mr. and Mrs VanDORAN only recently celebrated their 50th wedding
anniversary.
Surviving
are his widow, Mrs. Laura VanDORAN; four daughters, Mrs. Carl RATHFON, of
Texas; Mrs. Fred McCARTER, of Indianapolis; Mrs. Stanton FOTHERGILL, of Kakarusa, and Mrs. Mck
HAIMBAUGH, of Mentone; and two sons,
Logan VanDORAN, of Warsaw, and Harold VanDORAN, of Akron.
George
Leroy [PERDUE], one-day-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar PERDUE, who live on East
Tenth street, died this morning.
Survivors are the parents, a brother and a sister. Burial
was made in the Odd Fellows cemetery this afternoon.
Harvey
DAVIS, aged 42, an overseas veteran of the World War and the father of
five small children, one a babe in
arms, committed suicide at 11 o’clock this morning by hanging himself in the
barn at his farm home five miles southeast of Akron. The suicide was
committed in the presence of his wife and his sister-in-law, Miss Elma
KAMP, of Akron who pleaded with him to spare his life.
Ill
health and his inability to again lease a farm which he had tenanted for the
past six years are given as the cause foir the suicide. The farm which Davis had tenanted is known
as the Ed CASE farm and is located
on the Miami-Fulton county line in Fulton county.
Davis was
very deliberate in his plans to commit suicide. At 10:45 o’clock this morning he enterd the house and after
kissing each of his children said goodbye to them and notified his wife that she need not prepare
dinner for him and started for the barn.
Miss Kamp
sensed the impendig tragedy and foillowed her brother-in-law to the barn. She found him standing on a sill at the
north end of the barn adjusting a rope around a hayfork track. Miss Kamp asked Davis what he intended to do
and he said “end it all.”
Miss Kamp
ran back to the house and told her sister what her husband planned to do. Miss Kamp and Mrs. Davis then returned to
the barn, and both pleaded with Davis not to kill himself reminding [him] that
he had five small children, who were dependent on him The two women tried to pull Davis from the sill but he was beyond
their reach.
Davis
went on about his plans and seeing that his wife planned to catch him when he
jumped calmly shortened the rope which he had tied to the hayfort track so that
his wife could not reach him.
Davis
then bid his wife and sister-in-law goodbye and then jumped from the sill. His
wife had placed herself at the lowest point of the arc which was made by her
husband’s body as it
swung through the air. This point permitted the toes of Davis’ feet
to be just above her finger-tips.
Mrs.
Davis then grabbed a box and caught her husband’s dangling body and supported
it while Miss Kamp rushed to the home of a neighbor, Charles SWIHART, and told
him of the tragedy. Swihart cut down
the body thinking that perhaps Davis had been unsuccessful in his suicide
attempt.
When the
body was cut down it was found that life was extinct. Coroner A. E. STINSON was
called from this city and after an examination found that Davis had broken his
neck when he made his leap from the barn sill. Death was instantaneous according to Coroner Stinson.
The
deceased was born on a farm southwest of Akron the son of John and Mary
DAVIS. He was educated in the schools
of Henry township and was also a student in the Akron High School. He went from this county in the draft during
the World War and after a short training period at Camp Taylor, Ky., was sent
overseas where he servd for a year with an artillery unit.
Survivors
include the widow, who was Fay KAMP and three sons, Francis [DAVIS], Richard
[DAVIS] and Marvin [DAVIS], and two daughers, Wannetta [DAVIS] and Mildred
[DAVIS], four brothers, Charles [DAVIS] of Mentone, Ross [DAVIS], Voris [DAVIS]
and Clyde [DAVIS] of Akron, and two sisters, Mrs. Clifford WILHOIT of Akron,
and Mrs. Daisy LeMAR of Philadephia, who is the wife of Dr. C. LeMAR who is now
in Europe taking a post-graduate course in medicine.
Voris
[LOWE], Peter [LOWE] and John LOWE, who live in and near this city are uncles
of the dead world war veteran. Davis
has been rather peculiar according to one of his relaives which was ascribed to
his experiences in the world war. No
funeral arrangements have been made.
Tuesday, February 24, 1931
Mrs.
Albert BRIGHT, of Akron, gave birth to a posthumous child Monday. The child was born dead and burial was made
in the afternoon in the Nichols cemetery. Mrs. Bright’s husband, who was the
town marshal at Akron, died the first of the month - - - - - - attack of spazmodic
croup.
Friends
here have received word of the death of Mrs. Kate HINER, pioneer resident of
Miami county. Mrs. Hiner died follwig a
long illness.
Funeral
services for Harvey DAVIS, aged 42 who committed suicide yesterday morning by
hanging himself in the presence of his wife and sister-in-law Miss Elma KAMP
will be held Wednesday afternoon at
2 o’clock from the Methodist Church at Akron.
Rev. Clyde MILLER and Rev. D. A.
CRIST will be in charge. Burial will be
made in the cemetery at Akron. The Akron American Legion post of which
organization the deceased was a member
will have charge of the services at the graveside.
Following
the suicide the body of Mr. Davis was brought to a local undertaking parlor
where it was prepared for burial. It
will remain there until Wednesday morning when it will be returned to the home
which is located on a farm five miles southeast of Akron on the Fulton-Miami
county line.
Davis
committed the suicide by hanging himself from a rope which he had tied around a
hay fork track in the barn at his country home. Death was caused by a broken neck according to Coroner A. E.
STINSON.
Mrs.
Davis and Miss Kamp tried to prevent Davis from killing himself but he refused
to listen to their pleading calmly bidding them goodbye as he adjusted the rope
around his neck and jumped from a
sill at the north end of the barn.
Ill
health and his inability to again lease the farm which he had tenanted for the
past six years are given as the cause for the suicide. Survivors are the widow, five children all
at home, four brothers and two sisters.
Funeral
services for Martin L. PATTERSON, who died Sunday in Milton, Fla., will be held
Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Roy JONES,
429 West Fifth street. Rev. T. L.
STOVALL will officiate and burial will be made in the mausoleum in this city.
The body of Mr. Patterson accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Jones arrived here Tuesday afternoon.
Wednesday, February 25, 1931
Miss
Frances McDONOUGH, aged 72, who lived on a farm one and half miles west of Grass Creek and who has been a life
long resident of Fulton county, died in the St. Joseph Hospital at Logansport
at 12:40 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. Her
death followed an operation which was performed last Thursday. Miss McDonough has been ill since
Christmas. Her condition had been
critical for several days. Surviving is
one brother, George [McDONOUGH],
who lives near Grass Creek. The body
was moved from the hospital to a mortuary in Logansport, where it was prepared
for burial. It will remain at the
funeral parlor until Thursday morning
at 10 o’clock when funeral services will be held from the St. Ann’s Catholic
Church at Kewanna of which organization the deceased was a member. Father Edward BONNEY will be in charge. Burial will be made in the St. Ann’s
cemetery at Grass Creek.
Mrs.
Sarah Elizabeth NAFE, 93, practically a life long resident of the Loyal
community and one of the oldest pioneers of Fulton County, died Tuesday evening
at 5:45 in the home of her son, Earl
NAFE, west of Rochester. Death followed
an illness of one week with
pneumonia
The
deceased was born in Sandusky County, Ohio on November fourth, 1837, the daughter of Peter and Mary MEHRLING, and
came to Fulton County when only 12 years of
age. On April 19, 1860 she was
married to James H. NAFE, the ceremony being performed at the home of her parents northwest of Leiters
Ford. Mr. Nafe passed away on July 8th,
1915. Mrs. Nafe was always very active
and took an interest of all the affairs of the community in which she lived so long. She was a member of the Advent Church.
Surviving
are four sons, Clyde [NAFE], of El Paso, Texas, Charles A. [NAFE], of Chicago,
Eugene [NAFE] and Earl [NAFE], west of Rochester, 14 grandchildren and 12
great-grandchildren.
Funeral
services will be held Saturday afternoon at 1:30 at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Nave. Burial will be made in the
Leiters Ford cemetery.
Jerome
SWIHART, aged 54, a former resident of this city, was found dead in bed in his
room in the Hoitel Wise at Elkhart last night by an employee of the hotel. He had been ill since Monday. Coroner
Eugene HALDERMAN of Elkhart was called and is conducting an investigation to
determine the cause of Swihart’s death.
Mr. Swihart, who was an expert accountant and a lawyer, served as clerk
of Rochester for several terms. He has
been a resident of Elkhart for the
past five years. Survivors are a
daughter, two brothers and sis sisters.
The
body probably will be brought back to this city
for burial.
The
funeral services which were held this afternoon for Harvey DAVIS, farmer of
near Akron, who committed suicide Tuesday morning in the presence of his wife
and sister-in-law, Miss Elma KAMP, were largely attended. The services were held in the Methodist
Church at Akron. Burial was made in the
cemetery at Akron. The Akron American
Legion Post of which organization the deceased was a member had charge of the
services at the graveside.
Word was
just received here today by friends of the death of Mrs. Vida CORNELIUS, 73,
former Rochester resident, in Long Beach, Calif. She passed away last Thursday, Feb. 19 and funeral services were
held on Saturday. Details of her death
were sent here by letter by Mrs. John
BARR, who is spending the winter in Long Beach. She wrote to Mrs. Harry PAGE.
Mrs.
Cornelius suffered injuries which led to her death when she slipped and fell
while getting out of the bath tub. It
is thought that she injured her kidneys.
She was taken to a hospital but
gradually grew worse until the end.
The body
will be brought to Rochester by relatives in April for burial in the cemetery
here.
Mrs.
Cornelius [Vida WALLACE] was born in Rochester and was the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert WALLACE, prominent citizens of the community. She married Fred CORNELIUS, who preceded her
in death in 1911. Shortly after his
demise she moved to Long Beach with her daughter Ann [GUYNN] and outside of
periodical visits back here has made
that her home ever since. She is
survived by her daughter, Mrs. Everett GUYNN, with whom she made her home.
Thursday, February 26, 1931
The
funeral services for the late Jerome SWIHART, who was found dead in a room at a
hotel in Elkhart Tuesday night, will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock from
the Church of God at Elkhart. Burial
will be made at Elkhart. Swihart, who
was a traveling salesman, is a former resident of this city. He served three terms as clerk of the town
of Rochester. Coroner Eugene HOLDEMAN
of Elkhart is conducting an investigation into the death of Mr. Swihart.
Rochester
friends received word yesterday of the death of Mrs. Esther FRANKLIN, former
resident of this city, which oiccurred in Cincinnati, Ohio on February
18th. Funeral services were held in Cincinnati last Friday. The deceased who was the widow of the late
Benjamin F. FRANKLIN, is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Helen WOLFF, of
Chicago, and Mrs. Florence MICHAELSON, of Cincinnati.
Friday, February 27, 1931
M. A.
CHESTNUT received word of the death of his mother, Mrs. Emma CHESTNUT, which
occurred at her home at Iron Mountain, Michigan, Thursday morning. No particulars as to the cause of death were received. Mrs. Chestnut was a former resident of this community, having
moved from here about fifteen years ago.
The body will be brought to Mexico where the funeral services will be
held Sunday afernoon at 2:30. Burial
will also be made at Mexico.
Saturday, February 28, 1931
Funeral
services were held Friday afternoon for Thomas GARN, aged 81, farmer who lives
one-half mile north of Culver. Burial
was made in the cemetery at Culver.
Death, which occurred Wednesday night, followed a stroke of paralysis suffered
a week previous.
Friends
in this city have received word of the death of William FEENEY, a sergeant of
detectives in the Indianapolis police department, which occurred Thursday
afternoon in a hospital at
Indianapolis from double pneumonia. Mr.
Feeney was taken ill last Tuesday. The
deceased was well known in this city where he had spent many summers at Lake
Manitou.
Dr. J. W.
EIDSON, aged 72, of Plymouth, who was well known in this city, was stricken
dead with apoplexy at the door of his home in Plymouth at noon yesterday
after returning from his downtown
office. At one time Dr. Eidson, who was
born and reared near Tiosa, was
prominent in medical circles in northern Indiana, but for the past few years
had practiced law. He served as deputy
prosecutor and also as justice of the peace at Plymouth. Dr. Eidson’s health started to fail at the
time his brother, Marcy EIDSON, received burns on Christmas Day at the Bert
LEEDY home north of this city which caused his death. Survivors are the widow
and a son. Barney PERSCHBACHER, of this
city is a nephew of the deceased.
Monday, March 2, 1931
Mrs. Ida
May BAGGERLY, age 55, died at the St. Joseph Hospital in Logansport, Sunday
morning at five o’clock. Mrs. Baggerly
was removed to the hospital one week ago.
She suffered a stroke of paralysis two weeks ago.
Ida May
[KELLY], daughter of John and Matilda KELLY, was born in Benton County,
Indiana, October 20, 1875. Upon
reaching womanhood she was united in marriage to John BAGGERLY who survives. They have lived in the Fulton community for
the past ten years.
Surviving,
other thn the husband, are one sister, Mrs. Jennie SIX of Lafayette and one
brother, Elmer KELLY of South Bend.
Funeral
services will be held Tuesday morning at ten o’clock at the Fulton United
Brethren Church with Rev. W. H. FRANKLIN officiating. Burial will be made in the
I.O.O.F. cemetery at Alexandria, Indiana.
Mrs.
Emily SNIDER, 89, who spent most of her life in the Deedsville community, died
Sunday morning at 11:30 in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Alice Lambert,
Maywood, Illinois. Death followed an illness of two weeks with
kidney trouble.
The
deceased [Emily BODEN] was born at Bluffton, Ind., the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
BODEN. Upon reaching womanhood she was
married to Solomon SNIDER, who passed away
30 years ago. Since her husband’s
death she had made her home with her children.
She was a member of the United Brethren Church at Twelve Mile.
Surviving
are four daughters, Mrs. Alice LAMBERT, of Maywood, Ill., Mrs. Mary MILLER, of
Twelve Mile, Mrs. Sarah MERLEY, of Akron, and Mrs. Elizabeth KOTTERMAN, of Deedsville; one son, Oliver
SNIDER, north of Akron; 13 grandchildren
and 12 great-gradchildren. A
son, Bert SNIDER, died a year ago.
The body
was brought to Akron Sunday night.
Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at the Bunnell Funeral Home in Plymouth for Merle MOON, 30, former
residet of Argos, who died a few days ago at his home in Chicago.
Death was due to ulcers of the stomach, and followed a short illness.
Mr. Moon
is survived by his father, L. C. MOON, now living in Hobart, Ind., and several sisters. Those attending the funeral from Rochester were: Rev. F. C. MOON, Mr. and Mrs. Elzie
BLACKBURN and family, and Mrs. Bert LEEDY.
Tuesday, March 3, 1931
Mrs.
Catherine WALTERS, 85, one of the best known pioneer residents of Richland
Township, died Monday afternoon at 4:30 in her home three miles west of
Richland Center. Death followed an
illness of two weeks with pneumonia and complications.
Catherine
[JOHNSON], daughter of John and Mary JOHNSON, was born in Sandusky County,
Ohio, on March 19, 1845, and was one of a family of seven children. In 1850 the
Johnson family moved to Fulton County, the trip being made by oxen
team. On October 26, 1865 she was
united in marriage to Robert WALTERS, the ceremony taking place at the home of her parents and all of her
married life was spent in the home where she died. Mrs. Walters was a
life-long member of the Bethel Methodist Church.
Surviving
are three daughters, Mrs. C. E. ANDERSON, of Plymouth, Mrs. Charles SHAFER, of
Indianapolis and Mrs. Irvin WALTERS, of Richland Township, two sons, Irvin
[WALTERS] and Perry WALTERS, of Richland Towship; four grandchildren, Robert M.
[WALTERS] and Russell WALTERS, of Richland Township; Gaylord SHAFER and Miss
Lora SHAFER, of Indianapolis. Mrs. Fred
AGSTER, of Rochester, is a sister.
Funeral
services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 at the Methodist Church in
Rochester. Rev. T. L. STOVALL will
officiate and burial will be made in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Andrew
CRIPPEN, who was engaged in the cement vault business in Chili, died at eleven
o’clock last evening. Death was due to
influenza. Mr. Crippen was well known
in Rochester where he had often visited.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock in Chili.
Wednesday, March 4, 1931
Through
an error the name of Mrs. Ida OVERMYER, of Richland township, a daughter, was
omitted from the list of survivors of he late Mrs. Catherine WALTERS.
Edward
BARRETT, aged 26, of Lucerne, died in a hospitl at So. Bend Monday night
following a short illness. He is
survived by his mother, three brothers and two sisters.
Thursday, March 5, 1931
Samuel
BEEBER, 88, Civil War veteran and a former resident of Rochester, died
Wednesday morning at 5:30 at his home in Los Angeles, California, according to
word received by his niece, Miss
Belle BEEBER. Deah was due to a heart
attack and followed a short
illness.
Mr.
Beeber is the last of seven brothers, all of whom served in the Civil War. For many years he lived in Rochester, where
he followed the trade of painter. Five
years ago Mr. and
Mrs. Beeber moved to California, where they had
since resided, returning frequently on visits. Only last summer they spent three months here with their niece,
Miss Beeber.
Surviving
are his wife and son, Morton BEEBER, whose address is unknown.
Funeral
services will be held Friday afternoon in Los Angeles. Burial will be made there.
George
Washington DUFF, aged 84, died at five o’clock this morning at the home of his
son, George, who lives on a farm seven miles southwest of Argos. Death was due to complications incident to
old age. He had been ill for several
years. The deceased was born in Ohio on
June 1 1864, and lived in that state until seven years ago when he came to
Indiana He was a farmer. Survivors are the widow and nine children,
George [DUFF] at whose home he
died, Mrs. Oren MUSSEMAN, Macy; Mrs. Harry MASTELLAR, of Akron, who is now enroute by motor to Florida; Mrs. Charles
EDINGTON, Mrs. Bert ALWARD, Ralph [DUFF]
and Joseph DUFF, Lansing, Mich.; Mrs. Clyde BASHORE, St. John, Mich.,
and W. W. DUFF, of North
Mancheser. Funeral services will be
held from the Poplar Grove church west
of Argos at 2 p.m. Saturday with the Rev. Hiley BAKER of the Argos
Christian church in charge. Burial will be made in he Poplar Grove
cemetery.
Friday, March 6, 1931
By the
will of the late Samuel BECHTELHEIMER who died a few years ago at his home near
Disko, his widow received all of his property including a store and the
building which housed it at Disko
which was owned by the deceased. Delno
BECHTELHEIMER is name executor of his father’s estate.
Hiram
Henry RARRICK, 65, former resident of Leiters Ford, died at five o’clock Thursday afternoon at his home in South
Bend, following a two weeks’ illness.
Death was due to erysipelas,
heart trouble and other complications.
The
deceased was born in Leiters Ford on April 9, 1865 the son of Stephen and Sarah
RARRICK and lived all of his life in that community with the exception of the
past ten years. Since living in South Bend he was employed
as a watchman for the Grand Trunk
railroad.
Mr.
Rarrick was married in Milford, Ind., on August 18, 1892 to Eva GOOD. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge in
Kewanna, the Knights of Pythias in South Bend, and the Maccabees in Monterey.
Surviving
are his wife, two sisters, Mrs. Emma LOFTUS, of Gary, and Mrs. Alice LORING, of
Michigan; a brother, Schuyler [RARRICK], of Canada, who was at his brother’s
bedside when he passed away. There are
also a number of nieces and nephews, among them being Mrs. Hazel METZGER, of South Bend, whom Mr. and Mrs.
Rarrick raised.
Funeral services
will be held Sunday afternoon at 1:30 at the Methodist Church in Leiters Ford
with the Rev. S. WELLS, of Kokomo, officiating. Masons from Kewanna will have
charge of the services and burial will be made in the Leiters Ford
cemetery.
Saturday, March 7, 1931
Charles
James MOORE, 37, formerly of Athens and who had served in the United States
Army for a number of years, died Friday at a hospital in Fort Bliss, Texas,
according to word received here by relatives.
The cause of his death was not given in the message.
The
deceased was born in the Athens community on March 15, 1893 the son of Isaac
and
Sarah Elizabeth MOORE. In 1916 he enlisted in the United States
Army and served until 1925,
re-enlisting in 1928. Surviving are three
brothers, David [MOORE], of Denver, Ind., William [MOORE], of Athens, and
Clarence [MOORE] of Indianapolis; three sisters, Mrs. Effie COX, near Millark, Alfretta CAMP, of Akron, and Rethal
MOORE, of Newcastle.
The body
will be returned here for funeral services and burial. Upon arrival here the body will be taken to
the Foster funeral parlors where it will remain until the day of the
funeral. Services will be held at the
Mt. Hope church in Athens and burial will be made in the adjacent
cemetery. The date of the funeral will
be announced in Monday’s News-Sentinel.
Monday, March 9, 1931
Mrs.
Harvey McKEE, 34, died shortly after noon Monday at the Woodlawn hospital, the
result of complications which developed following a serious operation. She had been ill for the past five weeks and submitted to
the operation ten days ago.
Jewell
[OLSEN], daughter of Theodore and Margaret OLSEN, was born in Tennessee on Oct.
12, 1896, and came to Fulton county with her parents when a small child. The remainder of her life was spent here and 15 years ago in St. Joseph,
Mich., she was married to Harvey McKEE.
Mr. and Mrs. McKee lived on a farm northwest of Rochester for several
years and only last week Mr. McKee moved his family to a farm near Bruce Lake
Station.
Mrs.
McKee was a member of the Home Makers Club and attended Richland Center
church. Before her marriage she
attended the Baptist church in Rochester.
Surviving are her husband, three children, Jean [McKEE], Eva [McKEE] and
Betty [McKEE], her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Theo OLSEN, east of Rochester, three
sisters, Mrs. Clyde COLLINS and Mrs. Irvin MYERS, near Bruce Lake Station, and
Mrs. Owen SEVERNS, of Peru, and a brother, Howard OLSEN, of Rochester.
The body
will be removed to the McKee home as soon as the roads are passable. Funeral arrangements will be announced
later.
Mrs.
Salvina FOGLESONG TURNER, 56, died Monday morning at six o’clock at the home of
her son, A. E. FOGLESONG, in Leiters Ford.
Death was due to complications of diseases and followed an illness of
two years.
The
deceased had lived in Leiters Ford for the past year and a half, moving there
from Burlington, Ind. Surviving are
three sons, A. E. [FOGLESONG], Robert [FOGLESONG] and Levon FOGLESONG, of
Leiters Ford.
Funeral
arrangements have not been completed.
OBITUARY
Samuel O.
BEEBER, was born Oct. 24, 1842, in White Deer Valley, Pa., and passed out at
West Los Angeles, Caif., March 4, 1931.
He was
born the son of George and Mary Ann BEEBER having six brothers and one
sister. The family moved to Rochester,
Ind., number of years before the Civil
war.
Six of
the brothers with their father volunteered to serve in the Civil War and all
served but the father who was barred from service by physical
disabilities. They took part in hard fought battles but lived to tell the story,
four being commissioned officers, two Capt. and two Lieut., Samuel being the
last of the family.
In Oct.
1925 he moved to California and is survived by his widow, Laura E. BEEBER, and
four nieces: Miss Belle BEEBER, of
Rochester, Mrs. Ruth TODHUNTER, Kokomo;
Mrs. Mary PARKER, Argos and Maud BEAGLES, South Bend, Ind.
Tuesday, March 10, 1931
The body
of Charles MOORE, former resident of the Athens neighborhood, who died last
Saturday in the base hospital at Fort Bliss, Tex., will arrive in this city
early Thursday morning over the
Erie railroad. The funeral service will
be held from the Church of God at
Athens Thursday at 2 p.m. Rev. T. J. STEENBERGEN will be in charge. Burial will be made in the Athens cemetery.
Funeral
services for Mrs. Harvey McKEE, who died in the Woodlawn hospital Monday
following an operation, will be held from the Community church at Bruce Lake
Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock.
Rev. William BULGER of Kewanna will have charge of the services assisted
by Rev. T. J. GILMER. Burial will be
made in the Bruce Lake cemetery.
Wednesday, March 11, 1931
The
members of the LeRoy Shelton American Legion post will have charge of the
funeral services for the late Charles MOORE, of Athens, who died Saturday at
the base hospital in Fort Bliss,
Texas. The services are to be held at
the Church of God in Athens, Thursday
afternoon at two o’clock, and members of the Legion are asked to meet at
the church at 1:45.
Charles
Arnold WHITTENBERGER, 71, formerly city councilman and at one time street
commissioner of Peru died last night at his home in Peru following a stroke of
apoplexy. Mr. Whittenberger was well
known in this city and has a number of relatives in Fulton county. He had spent many summers at his cottage on
Wolfe’s Point.
Thursday, March 12, 1931
Rochester
friends have just received word of the death of H. E. HALEY which occurred at
his home in Selina, Ohio, the latter part of January. Death was due to diabetis and
complications. Mr. Haley was
engaged in the real estate business in this community at one time and is the one that laid out Fairview
Heights on the east side of Lake Manitou.
Funeral
services for Mrs. Ethel M. SEIGERT, aged 42, of 528 North Logan Street,
Mishawaka, a former resident of Fulton, will be held from the home in Mishawaka
at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon. The
Rev. Clyde C. YOEMAN pastor of the First Methodist Church of Mishawaka, will officiate. Burial will be made in the Fairview Cemetery
at Mishawaka. The deceased whose
maiden name was [Ethel M.] POORMAN, was born in Fulton on July 9, 1888 and had
been a resident of Mishawaka for the past 21 years. Mrs .Seigert died Tuesday
night at 10:10 o’clock followig an illness of 20 minutes from acute
indigestion. Survivors besides the
husband, Herman SEIGERT, are the mother, Mrs. Gillie BIERWIRTH, and three
brothers, James Earl POORMAN, Omer Lee POORMAN and William L. POORMAN, all of
Mishawaka.
Friday, March 13, 1931
OBITUARY
Mrs.
Jewell McKEE, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore OLSEN, was born at Grassy
Cove, Tenn., Oct. 12, 1896, and departed this life March 9,1931 at the age of
34 years, 4 months and 25 days. When she was a year and a half old she moved
with her parents to Paxton, Ill.,
and later she came with her parents to Rochester, Ind., where she grew to
womanhood.
She
[Jewell OLSEN] was united in marriage to Harve A. McKEE, March 25, 1916. To
this union four children were born, Heniletta [McKEE], who died in infancy;
Jean [McKEE], Eva [McKEE] and Betty [McKEE], survive with the husband and
father.
She also
leaves one brother, Howard OLSEN, of Rochester, Ind., three sisters, Mrs. Clyde COLLINS, Mrs. Irvin MEYER, of near
Kewanna, Ind., and Mrs. Owen SEVERNS, of Peru, Ind., her mother and father, Mr.
and Mrs. Theodore OLSEN, of Rochester, Ind., and many other relatives and friends.
She
became a member of the Baptist church in Rochester, Ind., at the age of
nineteen years and died in this faith.
She was
an obedient daughter, a loving wife and mother and a good neighbor. Her many friends will greatly miss her.
Saturday, March 14, 1931
[no obits]
Monday, March 16, 1931
Calvin
Kuhn BITTERS, son of William and Catharine KUHN BITTERS, was born at Bloomsburg,
Penn., January 18, 1855, entered celesstian life Sunday evening, March 15,
1931, from his home 1102 Jefferson street, Rochester, Ind., aged 76 years, 1
month and 27 days.
The
deceased came to Indiana with his parent when he was a child of two years, thus
nearly his entire life has been spent in Fulton county, the family home being
at Akron. In his young manhood Cal was
a brick mason, having worked with his father and brothers in the construction
of several business buildings in Rochester.
He was a graduate in Science in 1878, and again in law in 1880, at
Valparaiso College. Until the present
he has maintained a law and insurance office in Masonic Temple building, being
quite successful and holding the friendship of many citizens.
Mr. Bitters
served as Reporter for the Fulton Circuit Court for over thirty-five years, and
was a respected member of the Fulton County Bar. Politically he was a consistent Jeffersonian Democrat, a staunch
supporter of the Federal Constitution, and an untiring advocate of the
Eighteenth Amendment. In his relations
to spiritual thought he was a confirmed Methodist, always squaring his actions
by his measure of love for the Divine Will.
On
November 10, 1886, Calvin K. Bitters and Miss Mary A. MERCER were united in
marriage in this city. To their union
twin daughters were bor, Edith [BITTERS] and Edna [BITTERS], and they and their
mother are left to lament the loss they feel.
Three sisters and three
brothers survive, viz.: Mrs. Estle GAST, Mrs. Sadie REID, Mrs. Jessie DAY,
of Akron; Dr. Franklin P.
BITTERS, Indianapolis; Martin M. BITTERS, Rochester; Chester C. BITTERS,
Elkhart, Ind.
Funeral
services will be conducted at the home, Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock,
Rev. Thomas L. STOVALL, Grace M.E. Church, in
charge. Interment at I.O.O.F. cemetery.
James
CULP, 57, well known farmer living south of Green Oak, died at five o’clock
Saturday evening. Death was due to
complications of diseases and followed an illnes of only one week.
The
deceased was born in Virginia but practically all of his life had been spent in
Fulton county. He was a member of the
Fulton Baptist church. Surviving are
his wife, who was formerly Margaret PETTY, four brothers and two sisters.
Funeral
services will be held Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock in Chili. Burial will be made in the Chili cemetery.
Mrs. O.
L. CRAIG, aged 89, who moved to this county a few months ago from Kansas, died
this morning at the home of her grandchildren, Mr. and Mrs. Oval McINTYRE, who
live on a farm, one and half miles
northeast of Athens. Death was caused
by pneumonia which developed following an attack of the flu. The deceaased had been ill but two
weeks. Obituary and funeral arrangements will be carried in
the News-Sentinel Tuesday.
Mrs.
James CARTER, aged 68, life-long resident of Wayne township, died this morning
at her home six miles southwest of Kewanna.
She had been ill for the past nine years with kidney trouble and complications. The deceased [Minnie M. CRAWFORD] was born on a farm near Logansport on June 5, 1862,
the daughter of Thomas and Nancy CRAWFORD.
In October, 1888, she was married to James CARTER, who survives as do
two daughters, Mrs. Nettie GREER, Kewanna, and Mrs. Emma STEEL, Denver, five
sons, John [CARTER], Thomas [CARTER],
and William [CARTER], of Kewanna, and Fayette [CARTER] and Merle [CARTER] at home, a sister,
Mrs. Reba SPHLINK, of Detroit, Mich., two brothers, Walter [CRAWFORD] of
Logansport, and John [CRAWFORD], of Indianapolis, a half-sister, a step-sister and 18 grandchildren and
great-grandchildren. Funeral services
will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2
o’clock from the hoime with the Rev. Thomas BULGER, of Kewanna, in charge. Burial will be made in the Grass Creek cemetery.
Tuesday, March 17, 1931
Miss Mary
PRILL, aged 16, an honor student of the Junior Class in the Rochester High
School, died this morning at 9:40 o’clock at her home 1129 South Elm street, a
victim of infantile paralysis. The
deceased had been ill for the past two months but only seriously since Saturday
night at which time she lapsed into unconsciousness rallying only for short
periods until she passed away.
The
student body of the Rochester High School was greatly shocked this morning when
the death of Miss Prill was announced by Principal Fred RANKIN. The deceased was an honor student and was
well liked by both her fellow pupils and her teachers. In student activities Miss Prill was a member of the Girl’s
Reserves. Prior to her entrance into
high school Miss Prill was a student at
the Columbia grade school building.
Miss
Prill was born in this city on March 7, 1915 and had resided here all of her
life. She was a daughter of Ray and
Nellie McHENRY PRILL. Her mother
preceded her in death several years ago.
Miss Prill was a regular attendant at the Baptist Sunday School in this
city.
Survivors
are her father, who is employed as a baker in Logansport, four sisters, Devoris
[PRILL], Chicago, Mildred [PRILL], Zola [PRILL] and Elizabeth [PRILL] at home
and three brothers, Donald [PRILL] who is an enlisted man in the Navy, Claude
[PRILL] and Gerald
[PRILL] at home.
No
funeral arrangemets have been made pending receipt of word from the brother,
Donald, but because of the nature of the disease from which Miss Prill died,
the services will have to
be private.
The body
of Mrs. Diana V. CRAIG, aged 89, widow of Abel CRAIG, who died Monday morning
at the home of her grandchildren, Mr. and Mrs. Oval McINTYRE, who live on
a farm north of Athens will be
taken to Lyndon, Kansas, her former home for funeral services and burial. Death was caused by pneumonia which folowed a two weeks’ illness
caused by the flu. She [Diana V. HACKETT] was the daughter of
William and Mary HACKETT and was born
in Seneca county, Ohio.
After her
marriage the deceased moved to this county in 1863 and with her husband settled
on a farm near this city. In 1896 Mr.
and Mrs. Craig moved to Lawrence, Kans., where they took up a claim. Later they
moved to Lyndon, Kans., where Mr. Craig died several years ago.
Mrs.
Craig then came to this county to live.
Survivors are a daughter, Mary [CRAIG], at Hawthorne, Cal., and a son,
Bert [CRAIG] of this city, 9 grandchildren and 22 great- grandchildren.
Wednesday, Marcy 18, 1931
Funeral
services for the late Mrs. Diana CRAIG, who died at the home of her
grandchildren, Mr. and Mrs. Oval McINTYRE near Athens Monday, will be held from
the home of her son, Bert CRAIG,
4414 West Street , Thursday afternoon at 1 o’clock. Rev. A. L.
LONGENBAUGH pastor of the United Brethren Church will be in charge. The body will then be shipped to Lyndon, Kans, Mrs. Craig’s former
home, where it will be buried at
the side of her husband, Abel CRAIG, who died several years ago.
Funeral
services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the residence at
1129 South Elm street for Miss Mary PRILL, member of the junior class of the
Rochester high school who died Tuesday
morning after a short illness from infantile paralysis. The service will be conducted by Rev. J. B. GLEASON, pastor of the First
Baptist church of which religious
denomination the deceased was a member.
Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery. Due to the nature of the disease from which
Miss Prill died the funeral services will
be private. So that friends may
view the remains it has been arranged to place the casket of Miss Prill at the front window in her home
from 12:00 p.m. Thursday until the hour of the
funeral
OBITUARY.
Mrs. Mary
Estella [POLLEY] HARDMAN, 50, of 662 Woodlawn Ave., Massilon, Ohio, died at the
city hospital after a short illness.
She is survived by her husband, B. F. HARDMAN; two sisters, Mrs. Charles
MARCELLUS, Defiance, Ohio, and Mrs. Flora
WILSON, Kewanna, Ind., and four brothers, Philo [POLLEY] and Lewis
POLLEY, of Rochester, Frank POLLEY of
Kewanna and Alvin POLLEY of Leiters Ford.
Mrs. Hardman was a member of
the Wesley Methodist church and Eastern Star Lodge. Funeral services were
held on February 27th at 2:00 o’clock at the residence and at 2:30 at
the Wesley Methodist church. The Reverends Grant PERKINS and J. V. ORRIN,
former pastors of the church officiating.
Intermet was made in Rose Hill Memorial Park.
Thursday, March 19, 1931
[no obits]
Friday, March 20, 1931
Mrs.
Hannah Katherine BELT, 76, life long resident of Fulton County, died at ten
minutes of six Friday morning at the home of her daugher, Mrs. Henry OVERMYER,
1812 24th street, in South Bend. Mrs. Belt had been ill for several weeks at
her daugher’s home and Monday fell and fractured her hip wen attempting to get
out of bed.
The
deceased was born in Fulton County, the daugher of Joseph and Nancy
ROBBINS. Forty-six years ago she was
married to John BELT, now deceased. For
many years Mrs. Belt lived with Mr. and
Mrs. Charles KEPLER, in Rochester, going to South Bend after she became ill.
Mrs. Belt
was a member of the Baptist Church in Rochester and the Rebekah Lodge at Green
Oak. Surviving are her daughter, Mrs.
Overmyer, of South Bend, two sons, Glen
BELT, of Hollywood, California, and Rex BELT, of San Diego, California,
and seven grandchildren.
Funeral
services will be held here Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at the Baptist Church with
Rev. J. B. GLEASON in charge. Burial
will be made in the Shelton cemetery south of
Rochester.
Saturday, March 21, 1931
Mrs. J.
D. PONTIOUS, 67, former resident of Rochester, died Friday evening at her home
in Hammond, Ind. Death was due to
paralysis and followed a week’s illess.
Mr. and
Mrs. Pontious moved to Hammond from Rochester 35 years ago. Her maiden name was Elizabeth CLARK. She was a member of the Baptist church,
Rebekah and Maccabee lodges.
Surviving
are her husband, two sisters, Mrs. Lulu RICHMOND, of Goshen, and Mrs. Barney
WILHELM, of Hammond, and a brother, Fred CLARK, of Peru. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at one o’clock at
Hammond. Burial will be made in the
Hammond cemetery.
Monday, March 23, 1931
William
B. NUTT, aged 87, one of the pioneer farmers of Indiana and widely known here,
died at his home on 1320 Monroe street at 1:30 Saturday afternoon after a
month’s illness from paralysis. His death had not been unexpected due to his
age and the seriousness of his illness.
He was
born in Montgomery county near Crawfordsville, Ind., on Feb. 18, 1884, and as a
young man moved with his parents to Benton county where he took up the
occupation of farming. He was among the few pioneers left living
who could recall herding cattle on the
prairies of Benton county before there were any fences erected and land
was put under cultivation. He owned and operated a farm in Benton
county for many years.
Twenty-four
years ago he moved to Rochester and since then has led a retired life. His wife, who was Malvina LIPSCOMBE,
preceded him in death some years ago.
He was a member of the
Christian church.
He is
survived by three sisters, by two sons, Oliver [NUTT] of Safford, Ala., and Roy
[NUTT], of Kewanna, by two daughters, Mrs. William GRAY, of Fulton, and Mrs.
Frank NEWCOMER, of Indianapolis, by fourteen grandchildren and five
great-grandchildren.
The
funeral was held Monday afternoon at the home with Rev. Roy M. JOHNSTON of the
Christian church officiating. Burial
was in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Funeral
services were held Monday afternoon at 2:30 at the Grossman Chapel in Argos for
Mrs. Sylvester BEACH, age 21, who died Saturday morning at Battle Creek,
Mich. Mrs. Beach was the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. L. W. LOWREY, of Argos, and a former resident of that place. Survivors are one child and the parents, Rev. Paul REISEN, pastor
of the Argos M.E. church, officiated
and burial was made in the Maple Grove cemetery at Argos.
Mrs. Mary
GILBERT COOK, aged 83, died Sunday morning at one a.m. at her home in
Culver. Mrs. Cook suffered a stroke of
paralysis two weeks ago and was in ill health since that time.
Mrs. Cook
was born in Paris, France, November 10, 1847, and came to America with her
parents when she was three years of age.
She was left an orphan when she was five years old and moved with some distant relatives to
near Providence, O. There on July 12,
1866, she was united in marriage to William COOK, who survives her. They moved to the Richland Center community
where they resided for 30 years. Their
residence has been in Culver for the past 17 years. She was a member of the Bethel church which is located near
Richland Center.
Mr. and
Mrs. Cook were believed to have been married longer than any other couple in
Marshall county. They would have
celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary July 12.
Survivors
other than the husband are five sons, Frank [COOK], of LaPorte, Fred [COOK] and
William [COOK] of South Bend, Ed [COOK] of Culver, Dan [COOK] of near
Leiters Ford and one daughter,
Mrs. Anna KALEY of South Bend, and 24 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
Funeral
services will be held at Richland Center Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock with
Rev. F. WILMERT of the Culver Evangelical church officiating. Burial will be made in the adjoining
cemetery.
Sarah
Luetta POLLEY, 62, life long resident of Fulton county, died Saturday morning at her home in Kewanna. Death followed an illness of only one week
with influenza and complications.
The
deceased was born near Tiosa on Nov. 13, 1868, and upon reaching womanhood she
was married to Frank POLLEY. She was a
member of the Kewanna Methodist church.
Surviving
are her husband and four children, Mainard POLLEY, Mrs. Cleo GALATINE and Mrs.
Malvella QUERRY, all of South Bend, and Mrs. Lola DIXON, of LaPorte; a sister,
Mrs. Rena COUEN, of South Bend, and a brother, Alva CRANFIELD, of Buchanan,
Mich.
Funeral
services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 at the Kewanna Christian church. Rev. PEARSON will officiate and burial will
be made at the I.O.O.F. cemetery at Leiters Ford.
Following
an illness of ten months, Mrs. Mary E. BIDDINGER WAGONER, 66, died at 9:30
Sunday evening in her home three miles north of Leiters Ford. Death was due to complications of diseases.
Mary E.,
daughter of Jonas and Sarah BIDDINGER, was born in Fulton County on June 22,
1864 and all of her life was spent in the Leiters Ford community. On November 6th,
1898 she was married to W. Lee WAGONER. She was a member of the Church of God.
Surviving
are her husband, five sons, Harvey [WAGONER], of Logansport, Byron [WAGONER],
of Leiters Ford, Lewis [WAGONER], of Midland, Michigan, Aaron [WAGONER], of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin and
Frank [WAGONER], at home. There are 14
grandchildren.
Funeral
services will be conducted Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock at the Leiters
Ford Methodist church. Rev. Samuel
STRANG, of Lapaz, will officiate and burial will be made in the Leiters Ford I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Tueday, March 24, 1931
Friends
in Macy have received word of the death of Archie B. WILKERSON, aged 44, a
former resident of Macy, who died while being taken to the Veterans hospital in
Dayton, O., from Peru Sunday
afternoon. During the World War he was
a member of Company I of 152nd Infantry, 185th Division. No funeral arrangements have been made.
Wednesday, March 25, 1931
Milton
Wayne KESSLER, 50, Aubbeenaubbee Township farmer, died suddenley at eleven
o’clock Tuesday night in his home one mile north of Leiters Ford. Death was due to neuralgia of the
heart. Mr. Kessler had been aubject to
heart attacks but his condition had never been regarded as serious.
The
deceased was born near Royal Center on August 25, 1870, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Sidney KESSLER. On February second,
1903 he was married to Jane COLEMAN, at Royal Center and 16 years ago they
moved to the Leiters Ford community. He
was a member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge at Royal Center.
Surviving
are the widow, three sons and one daughter, Sidney L. [KESSLER], and Ralph E.
[KESSLER], of South Bend, Wayne C. [KESSLER] ad Betty Ruth [KESSLER], at home; twin granddaughters, Wava
[KESSLER] and Jean KESSLER, and two grandsons, Joe [KESSLER] and John Milton
KESSLER, all of South Bend; two sisters, Mrs. A. D. LYONS, Logansport, and Miss Ida KESSLER, of Chicago.
Funeral
services will be held Friday morning at 1:30 at the home with Rev. C. B. ROUCH,
Morocco, Ind., officiating. Burial will
be made in Royal Center.
Thursday, March 26, 1931
Mrs.
Fredrica BRIGHT, 83, well known pioneer resident of Akron, died Wednesday
evening at six o’clock in the A. A. TATMAN home in Akron. She had been bedfast for the past two months and death was due to heart
trouble and complications.
Fredrica
[GAST], daughter of Andrew A. and Marie GAST, was born in New York City in
October 1847 and came with her parents to Akron when a child. In 1870 she was married to David BRIGHT, now
deceased. Mrs. Bright was a member of
the Evangelical Church.
Surviving
are two sons, Homer [BRIGHT] and Ernest L. [BRIGHT], of Los Angeles,
California, two daughters, Mrs. Daisy GRAHAM, of Windsor, Ontario, Canada and
Maude BRIGHT, of Bellefontain, Ohio; three brothers and one sister, A. A. GAST
and R. N. GAST of Akron, A. A. GAST
and Mrs. Della WILLIAMS, of Los Angeles, California; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral
services will be held Friday afternoon at two o’clock at the Akron Methodist
Church.
Rev. MILLER will officiate and burial will be made in the I.O.O.F.
cemetery.
Funeral
services for Milton KISTLER, 60, will be held Friday afternoon at 1:30 at the
home, one mile south of Leiters Ford, with Rev. C. B. ROUSH, of Morocco,
Ind., officiating. The K. of P. lodge will be in charge. Burial will be made in Royal Center. Mr.
and Mrs. John Preston MOODY, of Fremont, Ind., are in Leiters Ford to
attend the services.
Friday, March 27, 1931
Harvey
CLARY has received a telegram telling of the death of his nephew, Alton CLARY, aged 28, of St. Louis, who was killed
in an automobile accident near Effingham, Ill., on Wednesday night. The deceased who was a traveling salesman
for supplies used in beauty
parlors was entoute from Indianapolis to his home in St. Louis when the
accident occurred. The details of the accident were not learned
by Mr. Clary. The body was removed to the home of the father, George CLARY, in
Chicago where funeral services are to be held
Saturday. The deceased was well
known in this city. While enroute to
this city last New Years Eve to spend the holiday with his uncle he was held up
by two bandits near Meixco who relieved him of his car and $58.
Frederick
HARTLE, 74, well known farmer residing in the Mt. Hope neighborhood near
Leiters Ford passed away at his home at 5 o’clock Thursday evening. Death resulted from diabetes and complications after an illness
of a year’s duration. The deceased had
resided in that locality for the past 31 years.
Frederick,
son of Jacob and Helen HARTLE, was born in Pontiac, Ill., on Sept. 20,
1854. On Feb. 26, 1878, he was united
in marriage to Youse HARTLE. The
deceased was a member of the Mt. Hope Methodist Protestant church.
Survivors
are the widow, two sons, Alvin [HARTLE] of Culver, and F. E. HARTLE, of South
Bend; a brother, Samuel [HARTLE], who resides in California and three
grandchildren.
Funeral
services in charge of Rev. COLLINS will be held at the Mt. Hope church Sunday
afternoon at one o’clock. Burial will
be made in the [Leiters] Ford cemetery.
Paul
YATES, 22, life-long resident of Argos, passed away at his hoime on 319 East
Fremont street Thursday morning at nine o’clock. Death resulted from a tubercular infection of the throat.
Paul, son
of Charles and Grace YATES, was born on November 11th, 1908 and attended the
Argos school where he made a wide acquaintance with the younger people
throughout that community. Upon
completion of his school work he engaged in various forms of employment until his health forced his
retirement. Survivors are the parents,
two brothers, Walter [YATES] and William [YATES], and two sisters, Helen
[YATES] and Jennie
[YATES], at home.
Funeral
services will be held at the Argos Christian Church Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Interment will be made in the Poplar Grove
cemetery.
Rochester
residents were informed Friday morning of the death of Mrs. Joseph
HEFFLEFINGER, 70, which occurred Thursday evening at 7:15 in her home in
Gary. She had been in failing health for several months and death was
due to paralysis.
Mrs.
Hefflefinger’s maiden name was Dora PEARSON, daughter of the late Nelson and
Polly PERSON, and was born and raised in Miami County near Peru.
Mr. and
Mrs. Hefflefinger lived in Rochester for a number of years, moving to East Gary
three years ago. Surviving are her
husband and several children. One
daughter, Mrs. Wash HAMLETT, lives in Rochester but has been at her mother’s
bedside for several weeks.
Funeral
services will be held Sunday afternoon in Peru. The funeral party will pass through Rochester enroute to Peru
around noon Sunday.
Saturday, March 28, 1931
Funeral
services for Mrs. Joseph HEFFLEFINGER, formerly of Rochester, who died Thursday
evening in her home in East Gary, will be held Monday afternoon at two o’clock
at the United Brethren Church in Peru.
Interment will be made in the Mt. Hope Cemetery in Peru.
Frank
ROBINSON, 60 year old Tippecanoe resident, was found dead, his neck broken,
under a pile of debris and framework in the ruins of an old house on the
Eldridge SPENCER farm near Tippecanoe
Friday evening by a son.
Fred
Robinson, returning home from work across the fields where he had been cutting
wood, stopped at the old house to see how his father was getting along. He found his father’s body lying under some
timbers. He ran to the side of his
father who lay still and found that
the body was quite lifeless.
He ran to
a nearby home and summoned aid. Coroner
R. E. JOHNSON was called from Plymouth and expressed the belief that Robinson
had been dead an hour or more before being discovered. The body was removed to the Robinson home at
Tippecanoe. Coroner Johnson found
Robinson’s neck had been broken and that one limb also snapped several places.
Robinson was
killed when some timbers in the old house, which he had been wrecking, gave way
and crashed down upon him. He was
working alone in the building at the time.
He is
survived by his wife and four sons, Perry ROBINSON, southwest of Tippecanoe,
Oliver ROBINSON, north of Tippecanoe and Clifford [ROBINSON] living in
Tippecanoe and Fred [ROBINSON] at
home. Mrs. GALBREATH of near Pierceton
is a daughter.
Friends
and relatives of Mrs. Dee HIATT, aged 29, were shocked to learn of her death
which occurred at 8:15 Saturday morning in her home at 310 Pontiac Street. Death followed an illness of only one week
and was due to heart trouble and complications which developed following an
attack of influenza.
Alta Fern
[ALDERFER], daughter of Clinton and Wilnett ALDERFER, was born in the
Whippoorwill neighborhood on May 10, 1901 and all of her life was spent in
Fulton county. On January 20, 1921
she was married in Culver, Ind., to Dee HIATT.
She was a member of the
Grandview Evangelical Church.
Surviving
are her husband, four daughters, Lulu Wilnetta [HIATT], nine, Katherine Alberta
[HIATT], seven, Clara Bernice [HIATT], five and Lucille Janetta [HIATT], two;
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clinton
ALDERFER, near Rochester; five brothers, Lester [ALDERFER]] and Ralph [ALDERFER], of Fulton county, Vern
[ALDERFER], of Mishawaka,, Carl
[ALDERFER] and Lee [ALDERFER], of Argos; five sisters, Mrs. Glen HARTMAN, of
South Bend, Mrs. Walter CLEVENGER, of Rochester, and Florence [ALDERFER], Mabel
[ALDERFER] and Luetta ALDERFER, at home; her grandmother, Mrs. Henry ALDERFER, of Tiosa.
Funeral
arrangements have not been made.
Monday, March 30, 1931
Funeral
services for Mrs. Dee HIATT, 29, who died Saturday morning following a week’s
illness with influenza and complications, were held at two o’clock Monday
afternoon at the Evangelical Church.
Rev. Phillip HANEY, of Nappanee, officiated and was assisted by
Rev. F. G. KUEBLER. Burial was made in the Richland Center
cemetery.
Samuel L.
SMITH, 77, retired farmer, died suddenly at eleven o’clock Monday morning at
his home in Akron, death being due to a heart attack. Mr. Smith had been in failing health for some time but his
condition had not been regarded as serious.
The
deceased was born near Gilead on September 18, 1853, the son of Lewis and
Abigail SMITH. All of Mr. Smith’s life
was spent in the Gilead community with the exception of the past 15 yers, during which time he had lived
in Akron. He was a member of the
Evangelical Church.
Surviving
are his wife, who was formerly Mary Jane SHILLING; two children, Ross SMITH and
Mrs. Cora DUKES, both of Lakeland, Florida; four brothers, William [SMITH],
Charles [SMITH] and Jacob [SMITH], of Akron, and Frank L. [SMITH], of
Huntington; one sister, Mrs. Mary SEITNER, of Wabash; four grandchildren.
Funeral
arrangements have not been made pending word from the son and daughter in
Florida.
Following
an illness of six weeks, Benjamin F. GROGG, 74, six miles southeast of Akron,
died at 9:15 Monday morning. Death was
due to heart trouble and complications.
Benjamin
F.., son of John and Mary GROGG, was born in Perry Township, Miami County,
October ninth, 1857, and all of his life was spent in the Gilead
community. Upon reaching manhood he was
married to Anna MORRIS. He was a member
of the Gilead Masonic lodge.
Besides
his wife he is survived by three children, Miss Sarah E. GROGG, of Kokomo, Mrs.
Martha MALOTT, of Seattle, Washington, and Clarence L. [GROGG], at home; eight
grandchildren, and a brother, John H. GROGG, of Roann.
Funeral
arrangements will be announced in Tuesday’s News-Sentinel.
Miss Kosa
HODGES, 44, of Argos, died Monday morning at a hospital in Logansport Monday
morning. Private funeral services will
be held Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock at the home of her mother, Mrs.
Martin HODGES, in Argos. Burial will be
made in the Reichter cemetery.
Ferman E.
STARK, 74, well known citizen of Argos, passed away at his hoime at 222 W.
Williams St., 10:30 o’clock Saturday evening, following an illness of several
months duration from a dropsical condition.
Until ill health overtook the deceased he was actively engaged in the
occupation of farming and stock buying.
Ferman E.
Stark was born in Germany on May 21, 1856 and moved to this country with his
parents when but a year and a half of age.
He had bee a resident of the Argos community since 1880. The deceased was a member of the Argos
Methodist church and the I.O.O.F. lodge
also of that city. Survivors are
the widow and a step-daughter, Mrs. Susie ROSS BREACLUSE.
Funeral
services in charge of Rev. Paul REISEN will be held at the Methodist church on
Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock.
Burial will be made in the Poplar Grove cemetery.
Tuesday, March 31, 1931
Funeral
arrangements for Samuel L. SMITH, 77, retired farmer who died Monday morning at
his home in Akron, will be held Thursday afternoon at two p.m. at the Methodist
Church in Akron. Services will be in
charge of Rev. Clyde MILLER. Burial
will be made in the Akron I.O.O.F.
cemetery.
Funeral
services for Benjamin F. GROGG, 74, living six miles southest of Akron, who
died Monday morning will be conducted at the Gilead Methodist church Wednesday
afternoon at 2 o’clock. Rev. John H. HUNKLE, of Bristol, Indiana will
officiate. Burial will be made in the
adjoining cemetery.
Mrs.
Sarah Ann NOFTSGER, 87, one of the best known pioneer residents of Fulton
County, died at 12:30 Tuesday afternoon in the home of her sister, Mrs. Rachel
S. THOMPSON, 214 E. Seventh Street. Death followed an illness of one month with
influenza and complications.
Sarah Ann
[MITCHELL], daughter of William and Barbara MITCHELL, was born in Louisville,
Kentucky on December 14, 1843 and came to Fulton County when a child. November 2nd, 1865 she was married to
Benjamin N. NOFTSGER, and for many years the
couple lived in Henry Township where Mr. Noftsger operated a general
store and served as postmaster in the locality known as Grant.
Nearly
fifty years ago Mr. and Mrs. Noftsger moved to Rochester, where Mr. Noftsger
became engaged in the grain and elevator business. He passed away on July 17th, 1929, and since that time Mrs. Noftsger had made her home with her son and
sisters.
Surviving
are an adopted son, Benjamin E. [NOFTSGER], of Rochester; four grandchildren
and three great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Rachel S. THOMPSON,
Mrs. Ed KIME and Mrs. Salome
MINTER, and one brother, George MITCHELL, of Battle Creek, Michigan.
Funeral
arrangements will be announced in Wednesday’s News Sentinel.
Mrs.
Margaret OSWALD, 84, passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Vida
BRINGHAM, 4 miles west of Monterey Monday evening at 8 o’clock. Death resulted from an attack of Bronchial
pneumonia. The deceased who has been
blind for the past six years has
been bedfast for over a year and a half.
Margaret
[SHANANZY], daughter of Michael and Mary SHANANZY, was born on May 1st, 1847,
and had resided in the Monterey community for the past six years coming
there from Goodland, Ind. Upon reaching womanhood the deceased was
married to J. H. KEEGHLER who
preceded her in death. Later in life
she was united in wedlock to J. H. OSWALD, who passed away several years
ago. Followig are the survivors, a son
J. W. OSWALD, of Los Angeles, Calif.;
two daughters, Mrs. Inez ROWE, Newton Center, Mass., and Miss Vida BRINGHAM, of Monterey; a brother John SHANANZY,
of Goodland, Ind., and three
grandchildren, Mrs. Chas. KIESTZER, Willard BRINGHAM, both of Monterey, and
Miss Margaret ROWE, of Newton Center, Mass.
Funeral
services will be held in Goodland, Ind., probably Thursday.
Christopher PETERS, 80, for many years a
resident of the Lake Bruce neighborhood, passed away at his hoime in that
vicinity Monday, after an illness of two years duration from a complication of
diseases. Until ill heatlth forced his
retirement he was engaged in farming.
The deceased’s wife preceded him in death three years ago.
The
following children survive: Henry
[PETERS], of Winamac; John [PETERS], of Cincinnati, Ohio; Cliff [PETERS], of
Pulaski; Charles [PETERS], of Culver; William [PETERS] of Monterey; Mrs. Emma
WENTZEL, of Kewanna; Mrs. Anna REINHOLT, of Monterey and Miss Nellie [PETERS]
at home. Funeral services will be held
at the Greenland church near Bruce Lake on Wednesday afternoon at two
o’clock. Burial will be made in the
Bruce Lake cemetery.
Charles
SCHACHT, 69, of Monterey, section foremen for the Erie railroad, died Monday
afternoon at 1:50 at his home in Monterey.
Death was due to a heart attack and came very unexpected.
The
deceased was born in Germany on Aug. 22, 1861, the son of Fred and Dora
SCHACHT. Mr. Schacht was the oldest
section foreman in years of service for the Erie railroad from Marion, Ohio, to
Chicago and was soon to be retired on a pension.
Surviving
are four brothers, William [SCHACHT], John [SCHACHT], Robert [SCHACHT] and
Henry [SCHACHT], of No. Judson; two sisters, Mrs. Minnie ECKERT, of
Medaryville, and Mrs. Emma LEMKE, of North Judson. Two brothers, Gus [SCHACHT] of Rochester and Fred [SCHACHT] of
Preston, Iowa, are deceased.
Funeral
services will be held Wednesday afternoon at the James DOUGHERTY home in North
Judson. Rev. L. P. GREEN will
officiate.
Levi
SNYDER, 75, a brother of Michael SNYDER of Kewanna and Mrs. Michael MILLER, of
Grass Creek, died Tuesday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Cleo RUBY, in Marion. Death was due to paralysis. In addition to the daughter and brother
and sister he is survived by one
son, Carl SNYDER, of Fort Wayne, and a grandson, Levi RUBY.
Wednesday, April 1, 1931
Funeral
services for Mrs. Srah Ann NOFTSGER, who died Tuesday afternoon following a
month’s illess, will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 at the United Brethren
church. Rev. J. E. LONGENBAUGH will be in charge and burial will be made
in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Charles
SWARTWOOD, 71, of Frankfort, Ind., formerly of Rochester, died at eight o’clock
Tuesday evening at the Mayo Brothers Hospital in Rochester, Minn. Mr. Swartwood had been in failing health for two years and his condition had
been regarded as serious the past five
mnths. He was taken to the Mayo
Brothers hospital a few weeks ago and had submitted to two major operations within ten days.
Charles,
son of John and Lydia SWARTWOOD, was born in Rochester on April 8, 1860 and
lived in this city until thirty years ago when he moved to Frandfort. Mr. Swartwood held a position in the office of the Nickel Plate Railroad and
was a member of the Masonic Lodge in
Frankfort and of the Knights of Pythias in Rochester.
Surviving
are his wife, who was formerly Mrs. Mabel FUNK, a sister, Mrs. Horace SHELTON,
of Rochester, and a brother, Sam SWARTWOOD, who is in Florida.
Funeral
arrangements will be announed in Thursday’s News-Sentinel.
Rolland [SMITH] Jr., eleven months old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Rolland SMITH, four miles east of Kewanna, died at 3:30
Wednesday morning, death being due to spinal meningitis. The
child became suddenly ill Monday morning and Tuesday was taken to a hospital in Logansport.
Surviving
are the parents. Private funeral
services will be held Friday afternoon at two o’clock at the home with Rev.
Henry BULGER in charge. Burial will be
made in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Kewanna.
Mary Ann
[HOFFMAN], infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank HOFFMAN, 1-1/4 miles east of
Akron, died at 1:40 Tuesday afternoon.
Death was due to intestinal flu and
followed a three days’ illness.
The child
was born on September 28, 1930. A
brother, Richard [HOFFMAN], survives besides the parents. Funeral services will be held Thursday
morning at ten o’clock at the
Bethel Church, 3-1/2 miles northeast of Akron. Rev. Floyd HEDGES, of Garrett, Ind., will officiate and burial
will be made in the adjacent cemetery.
Thursday, April 2, 1931
The
residents of Akron were greatly shocked late Wednesday afternoon when word of
the death of Robert SRIVER, aged 20, popular member of the senior class of the
Akron High School became known. Death occurred at the home of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John SRIVER who live
on a farm five miles north of Akron, at 4:35 p.m. Death was caused by bronchial pneumonia. A week ago a carbuncle developed on the
youth’s neck and on Monday he
contracted pneumonia, which resulted in his death.
The
deceased was undoubtedly the most popular student in the Akron High
School. In addition to having played on
the school basketball team during the
past four years during which period
the team several times won the county championship and also the sectional
championship in 1929 he was also a member of all the clubs in the school and
took part in all school activities. His
death was a great shock to members of other high school basketball teams in Fulton County as Sriver was a
true sportsman.
Sriver
matriculated in the Akron High School in 1927 after having attended grade
school in a school house near his father’s home. Had he lived Sriver would have graduated from the Akron high school in May.
The
deceased was born on March 22, 1911 on a farm north of Akron. He was the son of John and Mary SRIVER. Other than the parents he is survived by
five brothers, Orville [SRIVER], Harry [SRIVER] and Garland [SRIVER] at home,
Estel [SRIVER] of Silver Lake and
Cloyd [SRIVER] of South Bend and a sister Miss Nondas [SRIVER] at home.
Funeral
services will be held from the Methodist Church at Akron at 2 o’clock Friday
afternoon with the Rev . Clyde F. MILLER pastor of the church in charge. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery at Akron.
Friday, April 3, 1931
James H.
WATSON, 83, former resident of Argos, passed away at the home of his
granddaughter, Mrs. Katherine McGUIRE, Cincinnati, Ohio on April 1st. Death resulted after suffering a stroke of
paralysis. For a number of years the
deceased was employed in the
printing business at Argos and for a short time worked at his trade in a
Rochester printing plant.
Mr.
Watson is survived by three sons, Homer [WATSON], of Morrison, Ill.; Jay
[WATSON], of Middleton, Ohio, and Frank [WATSON], who resides in California.
Mr.
Watson preceded him in death on Sept. 7th, 1916. The body which arrived in Argos at noon today, will lie in state
at the Grossman chapel until the hour of the funeral which will be held at the Methodist church three
o’clock Sunday afternoon. The Rev. Paul
A. REISEN will have charge of the
services. Burial will be made in the
Maple Grove cemetery.
Funeral
services for Charles SWARTWOOD, former residet of Rochester, who died Wednesday
night at the Mayo Brothers’ Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, will be held Saturday morning at nine o’clock at the
Swartwood home in Frankfort, Ind. The
body will then be brought to
Rochester and can be viewed from one to two at the Zimmerma Bros. Funeral home. Burial will
be made in the Citizen’s Cemetery and there will be graveside services in charge of the Knights of
Pythias Lodge of this city, of which the deceased was a member.
Saturday, April 4, 1931
Mrs.
William BOGGESS, age 41, passed away at her home near Wolf’s Point, Lake
Manitou at 10:30 o’clock Saturday morning.
Death was due to pneumonia.
The
deceased [Rosa TRUE] was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin TRUE and was born
November 3, 1890. Surviving other than
the husband is one son, Clarence [BOGGESS]. Three children by a former marriage also survive.
Funeral
services will be held Monday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock from the Val Zimmerman
funeral parlor. Burial will be made at
the Citizens cemetery.
Monday, April 6, 1931
Mrs.
Sylvia A. REA, 77, a resident of Rochester for 20 years, died Saturday
afternoon at 1:30 in the family home at 129 East Fourteenth street. In February Mrs. Rea was ill with bronchial
pneumonia but was thought to be on the road to recovery. Two weeks ago she suffered a relapse and her condition gradually grew worse.
Sylvia
[GREEN], daughter of Henry and Lydia GREEN, was born in Marysville, Ohio on
December 28th, 1854 and on December 28th, 1876 was married to Oliver A.
REA. For many years Mr. and Mrs. Rea lived in Culver, Indiana, moving to
Rochester in 1911. Mr. Rea passed away a short time after moving
here. The deceased was a member of the
Methodist Church.
Surviving
are one son, Dr. R. H. REA, of Tacoma, Washington; a daughter, Miss Lucretia
[REA], at home; a grandson, Robert J. [REA], of Tacoma; two brothers, John L.
GREEN, of Kenton, Ohio, and Ellis GREEN of West Mansfield, Ohio.
Funeral
services will be held Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock at the home. Rev. T. L. STOVALL will officiate and burial
will be made in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Dr. S. E.
RAMSEY, 83, retired physicia of Macy, died at 8:30 Monday morning at the Dukes
memorial hospital in Peru. Dr. Ramsey
had been ill with the flu for the past three
weeks, and four days ago he suffered a stroke of paralysis. Since that time he had been a patient at the hospital.
Dr.
Ramsey had lived in Macy since 1911, moving there from Peru, where he practiced
medicine for over 35 years. He was a
charter member of the Knights of Pythias lodge of Peru.
Surviving
are his wife, Julia RAMSEY, two sons, Leo [RAMSEY], of Peru, and Ivan [RAMSEY],
of Akron; three grandchildren and one great-grandchild. The body has been removed to the home of the son, Ivan, in Akron. Funeral services will be held Wednesday
morning at 10:30 at the Methodist Church in Gilead. Rev. WHITE, of Akron, will officiate and burial will be made in the Gilead cemetery. The K. of P. Lodge, of Peru, will have
charge of the graveside services.
Tuesday, April 7, 1931
Mrs.
Scott WHITTENBERGER, 74, life long resident of Akron, died Monday evening at
8:30 in her home on North Mishawaka Street.
Death was due to pernicious anemia and followed an illess of two years.
Indiana
[SLAYBAUGH], daughter of John and Elias SLAYBAUGH, was born in Akron on October
7th, 1867 and on October fifth, 1876 was married to Scott WHITTENBERGER. She was a member of the Methodist Church
and Eastern Star chapter.
Surviving
are her husband, three children, Mrs. W. D. STOUT and Otis WHITTENBERGER, both
of Akon, and Asa WHITTENBERGER, of Indianapolis. There are 12
grandchildren.
Funeral
services will be held Thursday afternoon at two o’clock at the Methodist Church
in Akron. Rev. Clyde S. MILLER will
officiate and burial will be made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Mrs.
Jennie HAECKER, aged 57 years, passed away at her residence six miles southeast
of Kewanna at four o’clock Tuesday morning.
Death resulted following eight months illness from a complication of diseases.
Jennie
[WAGONER], daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George WAGONER, was born in Huntington
County, this state, on September 21, 1873.
Deceased is survived by the husband,
two sons, John E. [HAECKER] of Massilon, Ohio and Harry V. [HAECKER], of
Kewanna, four daughters, Mrs. Opal
BEAL, Mrs. Hazel STEVENS, of Huntington County, Mrs Leota ZINTSMASTER, of
Wabash county and Mrs. Clela SCHEINKEL, of Markle, Ind.
Short
funeral rites will be held at the Haecker home at 11 o’clock Wednesday morning,
from where the body will be taken to the home of Mrs. Stevens, Markle,
Ind. The funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon
2:30 o’clock at the Six Mile Church, Wells County, and burial will be made in the adjoining cemetery.
Mrs. Emma
ELLIOTT, 65, pioneer resident of the Fletcher’s Lake neighborhood in the
southwestern part of Fulton County, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John
LANDIS north of Lucerne at 2:45
o’clock Monday afternoon. The husband,
Alfred [ELLIOTT], passed away five
years ago.
Survivors
include the daughter at whose home she died; Richard ELLIOTT of Logansport and
two grandchildren, Ruth LANDIS of Lucerne and Dorothy ELLIOTT of Logansport.
Funeral
rites will be conducted from the Fletcher’s Lake M.E. Church Wednesday
afternoon at 2 o’clock. Interment will
take place in the adjoining cemetery.
Wednesday, April 8, 1931
Charles
Fremont SMITH, aged 73, life-long resident of Macy and Fulton county, passed
away at his hoime in Macy at 11:30 Wednesday morning. The deceased had been in ill health from a complication of diseases for the past year. Mr. Smith was well known throughout both
Fulton and Miami counties in which communities he followed the trade of carpentry
until forced into retirement on
account of ill health.
Charles
Fremont, son of Russell and Sarah SMITH, was born in Fulton county on March 22,
1858. On Nov. 5th, 1884 he was united
in marriage to Laura YOST. The deceased
was a member of the I.O.O.F. lodge of Macy.
Survivors are the widow, three daughters, Mrs. Emma SHAW, Mrs. Bessie
EDWARDS, of Macy; Mrs. Mae SMITH, Marion; two sons, Mort [SMITH] of Marion, and Harvey [SMITH] of
Macy; one brother, John [SMITH], of Macy;
eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral
services in charge of Rev. KENNEDY of Silver Lake will be held at the Smith
home Friday afternoon at two o’clock.
Burial will be made in the Plainview cemetery.
Mrs.
Hazel RIPPEY, aged 42, of Niles, Mich., a former resident of this city, died at
her home in Niles at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday following an operation which was
performed last Saturday. The decased, who was the daughter of Joseph
and Myrtle BARRETT, was a resident of
this city until 15 years ago when she moved to Niles with her husband, Bert
RIPPEY. Survivors are the husband, mother
and a sister, Mrs. Grace MARTIN, of Clifton, N.J. Funeral services will be held from the home of the mother on
South Elm street here Friday afternoon
at 2:30 o’clock with the Rev. T. L. STOVALL in charge. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery.
Relatives
received word here yesterday of the death of Mrs. Mary COX, of Canton,
Ohio. Mrs. Cox is the sister of Mrs.
Caroline BAILEY of this city and is well known here where she has visited often. Mrs. Cox owns a cottage at the lake.
John
CLARK, aged 80, for many years a carpenter in South Bend and formerly town
clerk at Royal Center, died in South Bend yesterday from cancer. Survivors are the widow, three sons and a brother. Funeral services will be held at Grass Creek
Thursday afternoon followed by
burial in the cemetry at Grass Creek.
OBITUARY
Kosa B.
[HODGES], daughter of Martin and Sophia HODGES, was born in Marshall county 44
years ago and passed away on March 29th, 1931, after an illness of three weeks
duration. The deceased had resided at
the place of her birth throughout her entire life.
Survivors
are the mother, Mrs. Sophia HODGES, a brother Elmer [HODGES] of So. Bend; three
sisters, Mrs. Irene CROCA, of Argos; Mr. Lucille SARBER, of Muncie and Leah [HODGES] at home, besides several
nieces and nephew.
Funeral
services in charge of Rev. KENNEDY were held at the Hodges residence Wednesday
aftrnoon at 2 ‘clock April 1st; and interment was made in the Reichter
cemetery.
Thursday, April 9, 1931
Mrs. John
GYSIN, of Culver, Saturday underwent a Caesarian operation at the Kelley
hospital in Argos. She was expecting a
bab and was very anxious that it be born on her husband’s birthday. When
the physicians were advised that the birthday came on Saturday they had alread decided that an operation was
necessary and asked the exact hour of her husband’s birth. They learned that it was four o’clock in the
afternoon and arranged for the operation at that time. The operation was performed. A little daughter was born at the exact hour
her father had first come into the world.
But the mother (Emma W. GYSIN] died within a short time after the birth.
Friday, April 10, 1931
Harvey
BROWN, 83, died Friday morning at 8:30 in the home of his son, Clay [BROWN],
4-1/2 miles west of Kewanna, death being due to a stroke of paralysis. Mr. Brown
had been in failing health for the past year but his condition had only
been regarded as serious the past ten
days.
Mr. Brown
had resided in Pulaski County most of his life but had made his home with his
children for the past year. He was a
member of the Victor Chapel church near Grass Creek.
Surviving
are four children: Mrs. D. B. HUDKINS, Clay [BROWN] and Frank BROWN of Kewanna,
and Herbert BROWN, of Cleveland, Ohio.
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 1:00 at the Victor
Chapel and burial will be made in the Mull cemetery.
Funeral
services were held Friday afternoon in Talma for William MICKEY, 61, for many
years a resident of the Talma community and formerly highway superintendent
in Fulton County. Mr. Mickey died Wednesday evening in the
home of his sister, Mrs. David STUKEY, in South Whitley, following a week’s
illness with bright’s disease.
Mr.
Mickey was a member of Methodist church in Talma and the Masonic lodge. Surviving are one brother, Oliver MICKEY, of
Leesburg; three sisters, Mrs. Louise
STUKEY, of South Whitley; Mrs. Salem BUSSERT, of Rochester ad Mrs. Lucy
FORE, of Tippecanoe, and one daughter, Betty [MICKEY].
Mrs. Mary
STREBE, 65, of Wabash, district deputy for the Woman’s Benefit Association, was
found dead in bed at a hotel in Peru, Wednesday morning. Death was pronounced due to a cerebral hemorrhage.
Mrs.
Strebe was well known in Rochester having visited this city on numerous occaions.
Her last visit here was on March 30th and 31st and while here a banquet
was given in her honor.
Funeral
services will be held Saturday morning at 10:30 in Wabash and the body will be
taken to Auburn, Ind., for burial.
Among the Rochester people who will attend the funeral are: Mr. and Mrs.
F. P. McFADDEN, Mrs. Fred WESTWOOD and Mrs. Laura BABCOCK. Mrs. McFadden is a cousin of the deceased.
Saturday, April 11, 1931
Aaron J.
PLANK, age 74, life long resident of the Twelve Mile neighborhood, passed away
at his home one mile north of Twelve Mile at eleven o’clock Friday
evening. Death was due to paralysis after Mr. Plank was ill for
the past two months.
Aaron,
son of Jonathan and Mary PLANK, was born in Denver, Indiana, April 28, 1856. He followed the occupation of farming and
was a member of the Twelve Mile United Brethren Church. Survivors are one son, Omer [PLANK], and two
daughters, Mrs. Laura JONES and Mrs.
Lavina HILL, all of Twelve Mile.
Funeral
services will be held Monday afternoon at 1:30 at the Twelve Mile U.B.
Church. Rev. COOK of Alexandria will
officiate and burial will be made at Mexico.
Frank L.
RUNNELLS, 58, former resident of Richland Center community, died Friday
afternoon at 2:15 in his home in Peru.
Death followed an illness of several months with complications of
diseases.
The
deceased was born in Fulton county, near Richland Center, on Dec. 1, 1872, the
son of James H. and Elizabeth RUNNELLS. Upon reaching manhood he was married to
Iva NEWCOMB, also of Richland Center.
For the past 30 years Mr. ad Mrs. Runnells had lived in Peru where he was engaged in the
insurance business. He was a member of
the Richland Center Methodist church, having united when a young man.
Surviving
are his wife and four children, Omer C. [RUNNELLS] and Joseph [RUNNELLS], of
Peru; Ora Russell [RUNNELLS], of Argos, and Alice Gay ATKINSON, of California;
and five grandchildren.
Funeral
services will be held tomorrow afternoon at two o’clock at the Richland Center
church. Burial will be made in the
Richland Center cemetery.
Monday, April 13, 1931
Through
an error in Saturday’s News-Sentinel the names of Mrs. Elizabeth RUNNELLS and
Bert RUNNELLS, of Richland Center, mother and brother of the late Frank L. RUNNELLS, were omitted in the list of
survivors. Funeral services for Mr.
Runnells, Peru insurance man, were held Sunday afternoon at the Richland Center
church. Burial was made in the cemetery there.
John
WICKIZER, aged 57, editor and owner of the Argos Reflector for the past 20
years, died at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon at his home in Argos. Death was caused by heart trouble. He had been ill since Wednesday. The deceased, who was one of Argos’ most
public spirited citizens, served as postmaster for eight years, during which
period he was instrumental in obtaining city carrier service in Argos. He is survived by his widow.
Edward S.
BAIR, aged 73, well known retired farmer and for many years a resident of the
Tiosa community northeast of this city, died Sunday evening at his home, 317
East Tenth Street, from blood
poisoning which developed from a scratch on his right hand which scratch he suffered last Monday. Mr. Bair cared for the wound at the time but
despite his precaution the
poisoning developed. Anti-tetanus serum
was given but to no avail.
The
deceased was born on a farm near Culver, Indiana on March 9, 1858, the son of
Peter and Margaret BAIR. For the past
50 years he has been a resident of Fulton county during which period he followed the occupation
of farming near Tiosa until he retired six years ago
when he moved to ths city.
Mr. Bair
was married to Lavina PERSCHBACHER on January 7, 1883 who preceded him in death
on November 24, 1919. On May 9, 1926,
Mr. Bair married Clara BECKNER, who
survives him as does a son Mahlon [BAIR], who lives on the Bair home place
near Tiosa. Mrs. Elma STOCKBERGER, Melrose, Mass.,
formerly of Rochester, Miss Amanda BAIR
and Mrs. Ida NORTH of South Bend. A son
and daughter preceded Mr. Bair in death.
Mr. Bair was a regular attendant at the St. Paul Lutheran Church at
Tiosa.
A short
funeral service will be held from the home at East Tenth Street at 1:30 o’clock
Wednesday afternoon after which the body will be taken to the St. Paul’s
Lutheran Church at Tiosa where services
will be held. The services will be in
charge of the Rev. W. SCHROER. Burial
will be made in the Reichter Cemetery.
Miss Olga
CARPENTER, aged 14, of Argos, died at the home of her sister, Mrs. Hazel ROMIG
of Plymouth, Sunday evening after a several months illness. Heart trouble was given as the cause of the death. During the past three months Miss Carpenter
has had scarlet fever, measles and the flu the combination of diseases
weakening her heart. The deceased was
born in Argos on February 27, 1917 and was the daughter of David and Stella
CARPENTER. Survivors are the mother
and sister. Funeral services will be
held from the Poplar Grove Methodist Church near Argos at 3 o’clock Tuesday
afternoon with the Rev. E. A. RIESEN in charge. Burial will be made in the Poplar Grove cemetery.
Clare A.
ZERBE, age 74, of Tiosa, died at 5:30 Sunday evening at the home of her sister,
Mrs. George B. DAVIS, in South Bend, death being due to a complication of
diseases, she had been bedfast for the last nine weeks.
The
deceased was born in Richland Township, Fulton County, on October 12, 1856, and
passed away on April 12, 1930, age 74 years and six months. She was the oldest daughter of James and
Almira [HARMON] WRIGHT, pioneer residents of Fulton County.
On July
9, 1889 she was married to Jacob W. HISEY, who only lived a short time after
their marriage; she was afterwards married to Peter ZERBE on December 18, 1895,
and who has prceded her in death.
Mrs. Zerbe
had lived practically all her life in Richland Township and Tiosa, and was a
member of the Tiosa Christian Church.
Surviving
are one sister, Mrs. George B. DAVIS of South Bend, and several nephews and
nieces. Three brothers, William
[WRIGHT], Delbert H. [WRIGHT] and Joseph A. WRIGHT, and two sisters, Mrs. A. C. FIESER and Mattie WRIGHT, have
preceded her in death.
Funeral
services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 at the Tiosa Brethren
Church. Burial will be made in the
Reichter Cemetery.
Mrs.
Francis Allen SHAMBARGER, aged 64, died at 8:55 o’clock this morning at her
home two miles southwest of Macy following a stroke of apoplexy which she
suffered at midnight. Prior to the
stroke Mrs. Shambarger had been in excellent health. She never rallied after suffering the stroke.
The
deceased was born near Gilead on August 20, 1867 the [daughter] of Isaac and
Susanna SECRIST. With her husband,
Lewis SHAMBARGER, she moved to the farm near Macy six years ago to reside. She was a member of the Christian Church at
Macy.
Survivors
are the husband and seven children, Mrs. Susie ALLEN and Mrs. Gertrude WRIGHT
of Macy, George [SHAMBARGER] and Jacob [SHAMBARGER] of Deedsville, Alfred [SHAMBARGER] of Macy, James
[SHAMBARGER] of Peru and Daniel
[SHAMBARGER] of Tyner.
The
funeral arrangements have not been made.
Tuesday, April 14, 1931
Funeral
services for Mrs. Lewis SHAMBARGER, who died at her home near Macy Monday
morning following a stroke of apoplexy, will be held from the Macy Christian
church at 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon.
Rev. T. H. SPACHT, of Mexico, will be in charge. Burial will be made in the Macy cemetery.
Frank
DOWNS, 78, retired farmer and well known pioneer resident of this community,
died at five o’clock Tuesday morning.
Death followed an illness of several years with complications of
diseases. Mr. Downs had lived in
Rochester for the past few years, moving here from a farm near Bruce Lake.
The
deceased, the son of George and Ann DOWNS, was born in Jennings county, Ind.,
May 13, 1852, and came to Fulton county when a child. The remainder of his life was spent in Miami, Pulaski and Fulton
counties. He is the last of a family of
ten children.
Surviving
are his wife, formerly Edna CRIPE, whom he married on Jan. 28, 1877; two daughters,
Mrs. Charles BAILEY, of Rochester, and Mrs. Charles TARKINTON, of Peru; one
granddaughter, Miss Stella Von BAILEY, of Rochester.
Funeral
services will be held at the Foster chapel Wednesday afternoon at two
o’clock. Burial will be made in the Citizens
cemetery.
Mrs.
Matilda O’BLENIS, 86, passed away at her home a half mile north of the
Pendleton river bridge at 8:1 5 o’clock
Tuesday morning. The deceased had been
in ill health from a complication of diseases for the past several years.
Survivors
are two daughters, Mrs. Minnie RICE, of near Rochester; Mrs. Don McGRIFF, of
Hammond, two sons, John [O’BLENIS], of near this city, and Foster [O’BLENIS], of Andrews, Ind., and one
sister, Mrs. Mary BUTLER, of Roann. As
only meager details of the aged
lady’s death were available at press time today, a more complete obituary and funeral announcements will be
carried in Wednesday’s issue of this newspaper.
John W.
WICKIZER, aged 58, editor of the Argos Reflector for the past 25 years and one
of the most prominent citizens of Argos, passed away at his home in that city
at 2:30 o’clock Monday afternoon following a heart attack. Mr. Wickizer’s death was entirely
unexpected. He had been ill since last Wednesday.
Mr.
Wickizer was born on a farm one and a half miles south of Argos and was the son
of John and Martha WICKIZER. When he
was very young his parents died. Mr.
Wickizer after much hardship was able to educate himself and later was a school
teacher in Marshall county. He also
followed the occupation of a farmer for several years.
Twenty-five
years ago Mr. Wickizer purchased the Argos Reflector and soon became a power in
the southern half of Marshall county.
Although he was a democrat Mr. Wickizer operated his paper as an
independent. Mr. Wickizer was a booster
for Argos and through his paper
fostered many business enterprises and other enterprises for the betterment of
Argos.
Mr.
Wickizer served as postmaster of Argos for two terms or during the time that
Woodrow Wilson was the President of the United States. During his tenure of office Mr. Wickizer was able to secure city carrier
service for Argos. He was a member of
the Christian church of Argos and also the Masonic and the Eastern Star lodges
and the Argos band. His
only survivor is his widow who was Cora DAVIS.
Funeral
services will be held from the Argos Christian church at 2 o’clock Thursday
afternoon with he Rev. Hiley BAKER, pastor of the church, in charge. Burial will be made in the Maple Grove cemetery east of Argos.
J. E. BEYER NAMED AS LONGWORTH PALLBEARER
In the
lost of pall bearers at Aiken, S.C., for Nicholas LONGWORTH, speaker of the U.
S. House of Representatives, who passed away at Aiken on Thursday last, was J.
E. BEYER, of Winona Lake, former resident of this city, who has been spending
several winters at the South Carolina resort in the mountains. The late Speaker Longworth, of Cincinnati,
also owns a home at Aiken where he and Mr. Beyer became acquaintances.
[The
News-Sentinel, Rochester, Indiana, Thursday, April 14, 1931]
Wednesday, April 15, 1931
Dennis
EUSTACE, aged 21, of 14 So. Seventh street, Beech Grove, Ind., western suburb
of Indianapolis, died at 7:35 o’clock this morning in Woodlawn hospital from
injuries which he received at 6:15
a.m. in an auto accident one mile south of Winamac on State Road 29. Eustace was brought to this city in an
ambulance and died five minutes after his arrival at the local hospital.
Eustace
had left Indianapolis Tuesday evening at 11:45 o’clock in a large White truck
owned by the Kibler Trucking Company, 19th and Martindale Avenue in
Indianapolis. He was riding with
Roibert HOUSE, aged 21, of 817 Villa Avenue, Indianapolis. House was employed by the trucking company
but Eustace was not and was only riding with House as company.
House has
been making trips twice a week to this city.
The trucking company has a contract with the Atlantic and Pacific Tea
Company to deliver produce and vegetables to their various stores in this
section of the state. Before the time
of the fatal accident the two men had unloaded goods at A&P stores in
Kokomo, Peru and Logansport.
House in
a statement to Coroner A. E. STINSON said that the wheels of the giant truck
locked as he attempted to go around a corner south of Winamac on the state
road. This caused the truck to turn over coming to rest on
its top with all four wheels in the air.
House was able to free himself
but it was necessary to lift the truck to free Eustace.
Eustace
was brought to ths city in an ambulance from Winamac but died before he could
be given medical aid. An examination of
the body by Coroner Stinson showed that his death had been caused by a fracture of the skull. Luckily House escaped without a
scratch. The truck was badly damaged. Its contents were spilled over the state
road.
The dead
man has been making his home with his brother, who is employed as a section
worker by the Big Four railroad at Beech Grove. Efforts were being made today to get in touch with the brother
but up until press time all efforts had failed. The body is now at a local undertaking parlor.
Eustace
has been out of work for the past six months.
He was engaged to Miss Alice HOUSE, a sister of Robert House, with whom
he had been riding on the truck. The
dead youth and Miss House were to
have been married on April 26, invitations for the marriage having been placed in the mail Tuesday.
Mrs. Mary STUKEY, 77, died Tuesday
morning at eleven o’clock in her home three miles east of Talma, following a
heart attack. She was ill only a few
hours and her death came very unexpected.
Mary
[MENTZER], daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth MENTZER, was born in the Talma community in May, 1854 and all of her
life was spent there. Upon reaching womanhood she was married to George
STUKEY, who passed away seven years ago.
She was a member of the
Baptist Church.
Surviving
are one daughter, Mrs. Ida FIELDS, near Tippecanoe; a son, Rudy [STUKEY], who
lived with his mother; two sisters, Mrs. S. Y. GROVE, of Talma, and Mrs. Sarah
WHANGUE, of Chicago; two brothers, Samuel MENTZER, of Mentone, and Aleck MENTZER, of Fort Wayne.
Funeral
services will be held Friday afternoon at two o’clock at the Tippecanoe
Methodist Church. Burial will be made
in the cemetery north of Tippecanoe.
Herbert
Wood HARTER, aged 38, who lived on a farm one and a half miles west of Akron,
in State road 14, was instantly killed Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock when he
was struck by lightning, while he
was driving a tractor preparing a field on his farm for the planting of corn. The body was found at 7:30 o’clock by two
neighbors who went in search of Mr. Harter at the request of his widow who
became alarmed at his absence.
Harter
left his home at one o’clock yesterday afternoon to plow the field with his
tractor. Neighbors believe that Harter
was struck by lighting shortly before 4 o’clock because a very sharp bolt of lightig flashed at that time.
After
Harter was killed his tractor ran through a rail fence, which bounded the
cornfield and into a wheat field. In
passing through the rail fence two of the rails caught between the plow points.
Marks in
the wheat field show that the tractor made five complete trips around the field
before the rails, which had so forced the front wheels that they caused the
tractor to operate in a circle,
dropped off the plow points.
As soon
as the rails dropped from the plow points the tractor again went through the
rail fence and thence across the field which Harter had been plowing and
through another rail fence into a
woods.
The
tractor progressed into the woods to a distance of 50 feet when one of the
front wheels of the tractor climbed to the top of a stump which was 30 inches
high. The tractor continued to pull
until one of the rear wheels which drive it cleared the ground. When the rear wheel of the tractor was off
of the ground it left the farming implement without traction.
Mrs.
Harter did not become alarmed about her husband when he did not return for his
supper at the regular hour because he often worked until night fall in the
spring months but when he failed to
return home at 7 o’clock Mrs. Harter called two of her neighbors, John LAUTZ and Earl SHIMER and informed tham of
her husband’s absence.
The two
men started in search of Mr. Harter and found his lifeless body at 7:30
p.m lying over one of the fenders of
his tractor. The engine of the tractor
was still running when the body ws
discovered.
Coroner
A. E. STINSON was called who found that Mr. Harter had died because of being
struck by lightning. There are three
burned marks on the body, one across the left side of the head, another across the chest and the last
across the abdomen. The left arm, which
was lying across the fender of the tractor, was badly seared from the heat of
the engine.
The
deceased is a descendant of one of the pioneer families of Fulton county. He was born on what is known as the Harter
homestead west of Akron on May 16, 1892.
He was the son
of Dr. Andrew and Evelyn HARTER. His father for many years practiced medicine
in this county and also operated an
elevator in Rochester.
The dead
youth had spent his entire life in this county. He was educated in the public schools of Akron. He was married to Miss Willa PEARSON, of
Akron, Aug. 19, 1914 who survives as does a daughter, Emmaline [HARTER], a
brother Howard [HARTER], of Mishawaka,
an uncle Charles [HARTER], of near Akron, and an aunt, Mrs. Sarah BROULLETTE,
of Akron.
The
funeral arrangements had not been made at press time.
Thursday, April 16, 1931
The
funeral services for the late Herbert HARTER, who was killed Tuesday afternoon
when he was struck by a bolt of lightning while plowing a cornfield with a
tractor at his home 1-1/3 miles
west of Akron on Road 14, was held this afternoon from the home. Rev.
Clyde MILLER of the Akron Methodist Church assisted by he Rev. Dale
OLDHAM were in charge of the
services. Burial was made in the Odd
Fellows cemetery at Akron. The
funeral was largely attended. The deceased was not the son of the late Dr.
and Mrs. Andrew HARTER as it was
stated in the News-Sentinel yesterday.
Herbert Harter’s father was a stockbuyer for many years in Fulton county.
Olive May
[ZANER], six year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd ZANER, who live on a farm
five miles north of Argos, died at 4 o’clock Wednesday afternoon in the Kelly
Hospital at Argos from burns which
she received that morning when oil which she had spilled over her clothing
during a time when she was not being watchd by her mother caught on fire.
Olive
with her brother Roy [ZANER], were playing in the kitchen of their home while
the mother was in the summer kitchen washing clothes. A short time prior Mrs. Zaner had placed papers in he kitchen stove and had saturated them with
coal oil so that they would be ready
in event it became cold enough to require a fire, to start the fire to assist
in warming their home.
While it
is not definitely known it is thought Olive May decided to fire the paper and
secured a match for the purpose. It is
also thought the child poured more oil on the papers a part of which spilled over her clothing
and when she struck the match and touched it to the paper in the stove an expllosion occurrd the fire igniting her
clothing.
The
child’s screams attracted her mother who rushed into the room. Mrs. Zaner picked up a rug from the kitchen
floor and attempted to smother the flames.
After she had smothered the
fire Mrs. Zaner called neighbors and the child was taken to the Kelly
Hospital for treatment.
After an
examination at the hospital doctors despaired of the child’s life. Olive was badly burned about the face and
body. Some of the burns on the body
were very deep. Mrs. Zaner was also badly burned about the hands in
her attempt to save her daughter.
Another
report was circulated in the Argos community that the child had received her
burns when she attempted to enliven a fire in the kitchen stove with a
poker. The fire according to the above
mentioned report had been started by the mother who was then called away from
the kitchen for a few minutes. As the
little girl poked the fire the flames burst forth igniting her clothing. This story is given little credence.
Mr. Zaner
is a stockbuyer in the Argos community.
He was in Chicago with a load of hogs when his daughter met with the
fatal accident. Mr. Zaner was not aware
of his daughter’s death until his return home.
He was called and located at the Union Stockyards in Chicago and
returned immediatey by automobile to his home in Argos. He was at his daughter’s bedside when
she passed away.
Survivors
are the parents, a sister, June [ZANER]], aged 14, two brothers, Paul [ZANER],
aged 10, and Roy [ZANER], aged 4. No
funeral arrangemets have been made.
Albert
BRIGHT, 75, life long resident of Fulton County, died Thursday morning at 11:30
at his home one and one-half miles south of Tiosa. Death followed an illness of several months with heart trouble.
Albert,
son of George and Rachel BRIGHT, was born in Henry Township, August 31,
1855. All of Mr. Bright’s life was
spent in the Akron community, where he followed the occupation of farming until
one year ago when he moved to a farm near Tiosa.
Surviving
are his wife, who was formerly Margaret HALTER; a daughter, Mrs. Eva Grace
SHIVELY, of Richland Center; two grandsons; three brothers, Jesse [BRIGHT],
Frank [BRIGHT] and George [BRIGHT], of Akron; two sisters, Mrs. Emma JUDD, of
Iowa, and Mrs. Mary WEST, of Rochester.
Funeral
arrangements will be announced in Friday’s News-Sentinel
Friday, April 17, 1931
Funeral
services for the late Albert BRIGHT, a life long resident of Fulton county, who
died at his hoime one and a half miles south of Tiosa Thursday morning
following a heart attack, will be
held from the Nichols church, 14 miles northeast of Rochester, Saturday at
2 p.m. Burial will be made in the cemetery adjacent to the church.
Mrs.
Irene ELEY, 58, former resident of Tiosa and Argos, died Thursday morning at
her home in Logansport. Death followed
an illness of one year with complications of diseases.
Surviving
are one son, Lon ELEY, of Logansport; two sisters, Mrs. Abe BROCKEY, of Talma
and Mrs. Melvina LAMBERT, of Logansport, and a brother, Stephen BARRETT, of
Tippecanoe. Her husband, Lou ELEY, died
five years ago.
Funeral
services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 at the Talma Christian
church. Burial will be made in the
Reichter cemetery.
Saturday, April 18, 1931
John
GREGORY, 71, retired farmer and a life long resident of Fulton county, died
Friday evening at 10:15 in his home at 1212 College Avenue. Death ws due to intestinal flu and followed
an illness of two weeks.
John, son
of Clark and Julia GREGORY, was born in Fulton county, January 1, 1860. In 1887 he was married to Mary DURKES. He was a member of the Evangelical
church. Surviving are his wife, a son,
Albert [GREGORY], of South Bend, and a foster-son, Elliott YOUNG, also of South
Bend; two brothers, one sister and two grandchildren.
Funeral
services will be held Monday afternoon at two o’clock at the Evangelical
church. Rev. F. G. KUEBLER will
officiate and burial will be made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
The
funeral of John WICKIZER held Thursday afternoon was the largest one ever held
in Argos, not only friends in Argos and vicinity being present but many from
South Bend, Plymouth, Bourbon, Culver, Rochester and other cities came to pay
their respects to one who had lived in
Argos all his life and one who was alive to all the interests of the town
and vicinity. All the business houses were closed. The church was filled, many remaining
outside
throughout the ceremony and several others
returned to their homes before the ceremony closed. The burial
was in the Maple Grove cemetery where the Masonic fraternity had charge of the service. There were many flowers, testifying to the
high esteem in which Mr. Wickizer was
held.
Monday, April 20, 1931
The
remains of the late Mrs. Vida CORNELIUS who died at the home of her daughter in
Long Beach, Cal., in December after a fall in a bathtub, will arrive in this
city sometime Wednesday friends in this city were advised today. The body will be taken to the Val Zimmerman Undertaking Parlor where it will
be kept until the arrival of the daughter from California at which time the
funeral arrangements will be announced.
Mrs.
Joseph LEVI, 73, prominent resident of this city, died Sunday noon in her home
at 1000 Pontiac Street following an illness of five months. Death was due to complications of diseases.
The
deceased, whose maiden name was Theresa HEINSIMER, was born in Cincinnati,
Ohio, October 27, 1857. In Lexington,
Kentucky on September 20, 1881 she was married to Joseph LEVI and all of their
married life was spent in Rocheter, with the exception of six years in Worchester, Mass.
Surviving
are her husband and two daughters, Mrs. Lester ALLMAN, of Columbus, Ohio, and
Miss Jeanette [LEVI], at home. A son,
Albert [LEVI], died a year ago.
Short
funeral services will be held at eight o’clock this evening at the home with
Rev. D. S. PERRY in charge. The body
will then be taken to Columbus, Ohio and services conducted by Rabbi TARSIAH will be held in that city
Tuesday morning. Burial will be made in
the Greenlawn cemetery.
Mrs.
James KEPLER and Mrs. Charles KEPLER, of this city, have received word of the
death of their sister, Mrs. C. H. DEWALD, 70, which occurred at 4:20 Saturday
afternoon in her home in Armour,
South Dakota. Death followed an illness
of several years with complications of
diseases.
Amanda
YODER, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah YODER, was born on March 27, 1861 near
Denver, Ind. Upon reaching womanhood
she was married to C. H. DEWALD. Mr.
and Mrs. Dewald had lived in Armour,
South Dakota about 30 years, moving there from Iowa.
Surviving,
other than the above named sisters, of [Rochester], a daughter, Mrs. Orlen
KING, of Idaho; eight grandchildren; three brothers, George YODER, of Adair,
Iowa, Ben YODER, of Peru, and John YODER, of Macy.
Funeral
services were held in Armour Monday afternoon at 2:30. Burial was made in that city.
Mrs. E.
Q. LAUDEMAN and daughter, Miss Faye LAUDEMAN and Walter BELDING who were
seriously injured Sunday in the crash which claimed the life of Rev.
LAUDEMAN have more than a fighting
chance to live attaches of the Linville Memorial Hospital at Columbia City reported at 2:30 p.m. Mrs. Laudeman has not regained
consciousness. Miss Laudeman is
conscious only a part of the time while Mr. Belding is near rational.
Funeral
services for E. Q. LAUDEMAN will be held in the Evangelical church, this city
on Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock.
The body which will arrive in Rochester this afternoon will be taken to the home of a daughter,
Mrs. Dwight GREEN, West 11th street, from where
it will be removed Tuesday morning to the
Evangelical church where it will lie in state up until the hour of the
funeral. Burial will be made in the
Mausoleum. The former pastor occupied
the pulpit of the Evangelican church during the years of 1904, 1905 and in
1918.
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Columbia
City, April 20. - A Fort Wayne man was
killed, his widow and daughter were criticaly hurt, his son and another youth
were seriously injured and two other persons were less seriously injured at
10:45 a.m. Sunday when two automobiles collided at the intersection of state
road 14 and the old Columbis City-Huntington road, six miles south of here.
Edwin G.
LAUDEMAN, 63, of 3922 South Calhoun street, Fort Wayne, a former pastor of the
First Evangelical church is dead. His
neck was broken and he is thought to have died instantly.
Mrs.
Ellen LAUDEMAN, hiw widow, is in a critical condition at Linvill Memorial
hospital here. She has a basal skull
fracture.
Miss Faye
L. LAUDEMAN, 35, their daughter, also is in a critical condition. All of the ribs on her left side are broken,
and she suffered fractures of the clavicle, and scapular bones.
Claude
LAUDEMAN, Jr., 11, gradson of Mr. and Mrs. Laudeman, suffered internal injuries
and is in a serious condition.
Willard
BELDING, 17, son of W. C. BELDING of 1232 Byron Street, Huntington, has a skull
fracture and other injuries. His
condition is serious. His twin brother,
Walter [BELDING], was brought to
the hospital for treatment for a fractured shoulder and later was released.
Their
father was driving one of the automobiles.
He escaped with bruises and cuts.
Laudeman
was driving west on state road 14, which is known as the Illinois road and runs
off of West Main street in Fort Wayne.
Belding who was takig his sos on a fishing trip, was going north on the
Columbia City-Huntington road.
The two
cars reached the center of the intersection at the same time, according to
information gathered by Sheriff H. O. STOCKER, of Whitley county, who was
called immediately. The force of the
crash sent the machines off the road in different directions.
Both cars
hit a concrete abutment, the Belding car splintering under the impact and
rolling over on its side. The Lauderman
car hit the abutmet and went into the ditch, but remained erect.
State
road 14 is a through highway. The
intersection is clear and approaching cars may be seen for a considerable
distance. Belding is said to have
slowed down for the intersection and then, misjudging the distance and speed of
the Laudeman car, started across in second gear.
Three
ambulances were called, the DeMoney and Luckenbill machines from ths city each
bringing two of the injured to the hospital.
The other and less seriously hurt of the victims were brought in by passing motorists.
The
Laudeman party was enroute to Rochester, where Mr. Laudeman had held a
pastorate, to visit a daughter, Mrs. Dwight GREEN. Mrs. Green and her husband were called here last night to take charge of the body, which is
at the DeMoney funeral home, 125 East Van Buren street. The body will lie in state from noon Monday
until 10 p.m. after which it will be sent
to Rochester.
Mr.
Laudeman was a minister of the Evangelical faith for many years. He was a native of Bremen, Ind., and was
educated at North Central college, Naperville, Ill. He served twice as
pastor of the First Evangelical church of Fort Wayne, one of the periods
being the full term of five years. His second pastorate there was concluded in
1918.
He also
served the church at Rochester twice and held pastorate at Winona Lake and at
Dayton, Ohio. After completing his
second pastorate at Fort Wayne he became identified with
the Indiana Anti-Tuberculosis society and had
his headquarters at Indianapolis.
Returning to Fort Wayne he
entered the Gunder real estate firm and was with them from 1921 to 1925.
He closed
business activities in 1925 because of ill health and had only recently become
active again.
Surviving
besides the widow, son and two daughters mentioned is a granddaughter, Mary
Kathleen GREEN of Rochester.
Tuesday, April 21, 1931
Funeral
services for Russell NEFF, 30, who died a few days ago in Dothan, Alabama, will
be held at 10:30 Wednesday morning in Anderson, Ind. Mr. Neff is the son of Rev. and
Mrs. Henry NEFF. Rev. Neff was
formerly pastor of the Presbyterian church here.
Lydia
[BARKMAN], eleven-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles BARKMAN of the
Whippoorwill neighborhood, northwest of Rochester, died Monday afternoon at
four o’clock. Death was due to inflamatory rheumatism and
followed an illness of thirteen days.
The child
was born on December 12, 1919 and all of her life had been spent in this
county. She was a student at the
Whippoorwill school.
Surviving
are her parents, three sisters, Marion [BARKMAN], Ruth [BARKMAN] and Esther
[BARKMAN], and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo BARKMAN. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock at the Grand
View church. Burial will be made in the Richland Center cemetery.
Mrs. Dora
STROHM, 68, former resident of Rochester and Macy, died Monday night at the
Miami County Home. Death foillowed an
illness of several months with complications of diseases.
Mrs.
Strohm had been an inmate of the home since the death of her husband, Sylvester
STROHM, last October. Funeral services
will be held Wednesday morning at 10:30 at the Ditmire funeral parlors in
Macy. Rev. WHITE will officiate and
burial will be made in the Macy
cemetery.
Wednesday, April 22, 1931
Mrs.
George BRYANT, 69, southeast of Talma, died at ten o’clock Wednesday morning
following an illness of two years.
Death was due to complications of diseases.
Mary L.
KUHN was born in Fulton County on September sixth, 1861 and upon reaching
womanhood she was married to George S. BRYANT.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryant had lived in the
Talma community for the past 27 years, moving there from near
Akron. She was a member of the Talma Christian Church.
Surviving
are her husband, two sons, D. M. BRYANT, of Los Angeles, California, and Ernest
BRYANT, of Lafayette; two daughters, Mrs. Nellie BALL, of Silver Lake, and
Mrs. Verdie BROCKEY, near Talma; a
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Fern BRYANT, of South Bend; nine grandchildren and a
brother, Jacob KUHN, of Carroll County.
Funeral
arrangements have not been completed pending word from the son in California.
Mrs. Flora YOUNG, 68, widow of the late
Levi YOUNG, died at 12:15 Wednesday afternoon in her home at 924 Monroe
Street. Death was due to peritonitis
and followed an illness of only six
days.
Mrs.
Young, before her marriage to Levi Young on March 20, 1914, was Mrs. Flora
BALZER. Several nephews and nieces
survive. Mr. Young died last December.
Due to
the fact that all of her relatives live out of the city it was impossible to secure
a complete obituary. This, with the
funeral arrangements, will appear in Thursday’s News- Sentinel.
Sanford
Francis KINDIG, 42, a carpenter living eight miles northeast of Rochester in
the Olive Bethel neighborhood, died at 12:30 Wednesday morning at Woodlawn
hospital where he had been a patient
for the past two weeks. Death was due
to complications which developed following an operation for appendicitis.
The
deceased was born in Fulton County, August 18, 1880, the son of Orville and
Elferetta KINDIG, and all of his life had been spent in Fulton County.
Survivors
are his wife, who was formerly Thelma BRYANT; mother, Mrs. Elferetta KINDIG, of
Rochester; three sisters, Mrs. Elmer WIDEMAN, of Akron, Mrs. Tressa RICHARDSON,
of Everett, Wash., and Mrs. Justin HALL, of Rochester; two brothers, Thornton [KINDIG], of Logansport and
Vernon K. [KINDIG] of Akron.
Funeral
services will be held Friday afternoon at two o’clock at the Athens United
Brethren Church. Rev. Daniel SLAYBAUGH
will officiate and burial will be made in the Mt. Hope cemetery.
Funeral
services for Mrs. Vida CORNELIUS, who died several weeks ago at her home in
Long Beach, California, will be held at the Mausoleum in Rochester Thursday
afternoon at two o’clock. The body of
Mrs. Cornelius arrived in this city Wednesday.
Thursday, April 23, 1931
Funeral
services for Mrs. Florence E. YOUNG, 68, who died shortly after noon Wednesday,
will be held Saturday afternoon at two o’clock at the residence, 924
Monroe Street. Rev. JOHNSTON, pastor of the Christian
church, will officiate and burial will be
made in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
The
deceased was born in Rochester on April 14, 1862 the daughter of David and Mary
CARR. In 1914 she was married to Levi
YOUNG, who died December fourth, 1930.
She was a member of the Rebekah lodge.
Surviving
are one brother, Frank [CARR], and the following nephews and nieces: Howard
CARR, of Plymouth; Andrew MOON, Logansport; Fred CARR, Los Angeles, Pearl SEARS, Mead, Pa.; Wrethel PAPPAS, Ethel
CARR and Ruth HANSON, of Chicago.
Funeral
services for Mrs. George BRYANT, near Talma, who died Wednesday morning, will
be held Friday afternoon at two o’clock at the Talma Methodist Church. Burial will be made in the Nichols cemetery.
Committal
services for the late Mrs. Vida CORNELIUS, who died at the home of her daughter
in Long Beach, California in December, were held at the mausoleum this
afternoon. Rev. Daniel S. PERRY was
in charge. Mrs. Cornelius, who was a
former resident of this city, suffered injuries when she fell in
a bath tub which caused her death.
Friday, April 24, 1931 to Saturday, April 25,
1931
[no obits]
Monday, April 27, 1931
Clinton
PARTRIDGE, 70, pioneer citizen of the Tiosa neighborhood, passed away at his
home 7:30 o’clock Monday morning after an illness of two weeks. Death resulted from anemia from which disease Mr.
Partridge had suffered for some time.
The
deceased was born in the vicinity in which his death occurred on July 9,
1851. Upon reaching manhood Mr.
Partridge was united in marriage to Mary BUGBY. Until ill health compelled his retirement he was engaged in the
occupation of farming. Surviving with
the widow are the following
children: Lee PARTRIDGE, of Chicago,
Francis [PARTRIDGE] and Olive [PARTRIDGE], at hoime; Merritt PARTRIDGE of
California; May [PARTRIDGE] and Mina [PARTRIDGE], of Washington, D.C., and Mrs.
Florence ARCHER, of Toledo, Ohio.
Funeral
arrangements were not available as this issue went to press.
Mrs.
Malinda SIPLE, 77, died Sunday evening at 7:30 in the home of her son, Ross C.
[SIPLE], three miles north of Argos, death being due to dropsy. Mrs. Siple had been in ill health for the past three years but her
condition had only been regarded as serious two weeks.
The
deceased was born in Henry County but moved to Fulton County when a child. The remainder of her life was spent in the
Argos community. Her husband, John C.
[SIPLE], died several years ago.
Surviving,
other than the son, Ross C., are one grandson, a brother, William DEARDOFF, of
Culver, and a sister, Emma DEARDOFF, of Mishawaka.
Funeral
services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 at the Christian Church. Rev. Hiley BAKER will officiate and burial
will be made in the Maple Grove cemetery.
Miss Mary
Edith KERCHER, aged 34, passed away Saturday morning at the home of her
parents, seven miles southeast of Akron.
Death resulted from tuberculosis after an illness of two years duration. The deceased had been a resident of the
Enterprise neighborhood which lies east of Gilead throughout her entire life.
Mary
Edith, daughter of David and Katherine KERCHER, was born on a farm east of
Gilead on July 15th, [1896] and attended school in that locality where she made
a wide acquaintance of friends. She was
a member of the Brethren Church and took an active interest in church work until ill health forced
her retirement to her home. Survivors
are the father, a brother Leroy KERCHER, of Gilead, and two sisters, Mrs.
Charles KEIM, of Akron, and Mrs.
Oscar WELLER, of Roann.
Funeral
services were held Monday afternoon, two o’clock at the Gilead Methodist
church, with Rev. Dale OLDHAM, of Akron, officiating. Burial was made in the Gilead cemetery.
Tuesday, April 28, 1931
(By
Albert W. BITTERS]
Neighbors
and friends of Mrs. James F. KEPLER were surprised and shocked about 10:30
o’clock Monday morning when Mrs. Herman METZLER called at her home and found
her where she had fallen on the
floor, following a stroke of paralysis.
Mrs. Kepler had finished her family washing, was happy and feeling
buoyant over the anticipated visit of her daughter and
little gradson, Jimmy, from Indianapolis. Only an hour before she had been in the home
of Mrs. Metzler, explaining her
pleasure over the coming together of loved ones. It seems a co-incident that Mrs. Metzler returned her call as
quickly, just to borrow a newspaper for an article in which both ladies were interested and her entry
seemed as though prompted by fate,
as Mrs. Metzler helped her in a seat, called Mrs. Cal HOOVER, and
telephoned for her husband.
Mrs.
Kepler was conscious, said she had fallen, that her head pained, but the cause
was evident, since her right side was limp.
Drs. KING and LECKRONE were called.
Mr. Kepler hastened to her, but the patient soon lapsed into
unconsciousness and thus remained to the
last. She peacefully passed away
about 4:30 this morning.
Julia Ann
YODER, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah YODER, was born near Denver, in Miami
county, April 15, 1878, entred the sphere beyond, at her home, 1127 Main
street, Tuesday morning, April 28,
1931, aged 53 years and 13 days.
The
deceasd was united in marriage with James F. KEPLER on May 6, 1896. To their union five children were born,
Gussie [KEPLER] and Ada [KEPLER] preceded the mother to the higher life. Those remaining are Mrs. Edna PLUNKETT,
Indianapolis, Orlando [KEPLER] and
Vera [KEPLER] at home, her sorrowing husband and one grandson. There
were elevan children in the Yoder family, of whom there are three
brothers, John [YODER], of Macy, Ben [YODER], of Peru and George [YODER] of
Adair, Iowa; and one sister, Mrs.
Charles KEPLER, of Rochester, living.
Mrs. Kepler lost two sisters in eight months, one in Dakota buried on the
day Mrs. Kepler was stricken.
“God
moves in mysterious way His wonders to perform.” Was it an incident or chance that kinship should meet in a union
of love on the coral strand with such close events? Who can measure their
joy or compare that scene with the sadness left for husband and children
who will miss the presence, loyalty and
love of wife and mother as expressed by her in the home life?
She kept the light buring in her heart day by day, an inspiration to
neighbors, friends and family,
leaving an example worthy of the hosts to follow.
Funeral
services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:45 at the residence 1127 Main
street, with Rev. F. G. KUEBLER pastor of the Evangelical church
officiating. Burial will be made in the
I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Frank
McGUYER, 49, a veteran of the World War, died at noon Tuesday in he Fulton
County Home following an illness of several months with dropsy and
complications. The deceased was taken
seriously ill while passing through this city on November seventh, 1930, and
was taken to the County Home where he had been a patient ever since.
Several
attempts had been made to get in touch with a brother and sister, the former
supposed to be living in Chicago and the latter in Pennsylvanie, but all efforts
failed. It was only a few days ago it
was learned that McGuyer had served in the World War and plans were being made
to try and have him placed in a government hospital.
The body
has been removed to the Foster chapel.
The
second death as the result of an automobile accident near Columbia City on
Sunday, April 19th, occurred in that city Monday evening at 7:40 when Mrs.
Ellen LAUDEMAN, 60, succumbed at the Linville hospital. Her husband, Rev. Edwin Q. LAUDEMAN, former
pastor of the Rochester Evangelical church, was instanty killed in the crash.
Rev.
Laudeman was killed and his widow injured when their automobile collided with
one driven by W. C. BELDING, of Huntington, at the intersection of state road
14 and the old Columbia City-Huntington road.
Mrs. Laudeman’s skull was fractured.
A
daughter, Miss Faye Laudeman, and a grandson, Claude Laudeman Jr., 11, are
still patients at the Linville hospital but both are recovering from the
injuries received in the wreck. Miss Laudeman had all of her ribs on her
left side fractured, a fractured skull and other serious injuries. The Laudeman youth also had a fractured
skull. Two other persons injured in the accident are recovering.
The
Laudeman party was enroute to Rochester to visit Rev. and Mrs. Laudeman’s
daughter, Mrs. Dwight GREEN, when the accident occurred.
The body
of Mrs. Laudeman will be brought to Rochester Wednesday and funeral services
will be held at 2:30 at the Evangelical Church. Rev. E. Garfield JOHNSON, of Fort Wayne, will officiate and burial will be made in
the Mausoleum.
Surviving
other than the two daughters, Miss Faye {LAUDEMAN] and Mrs. Fern GREEN, are two
grandchildren, Claude LAUDEMAN, Jr. ad Mary Kathleen GREEN.
Funeral
services for Clinton PARTRIDGE, 79, near Tiosa, who died Monday morning, will
be held Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock at the residence. Rev. KENNEDY, pastor of the Talma Christian church, will be in
charge and burial will be made in the Reichter cemetery.
Wednesday, April 29, 1931
John M.
MILLER, 78, well known retired farmer, died Wednesday mornig at 7:30 in his
home at 221 East Ninth Street, death being due to complications of
diseases. Mr. Miller had been in failing health for three years and
his condition had been regarded as serious the past four months.
The
deceased, the son of George and Hester MILLER, was born in Miami County, near
Wawpecong, on November 11, 1852 and came to Fulton County when a child. On June sixth, 1872 he was married to
Panthier BLACKETOR, who passed away on February 17, 1930. Before moving to Rochester, Mr. and Mrs.
Miller lived for many years on a farm west of the Woodrow school. He was a member of the Red Men lodge and
united with the Ebenezer Baptist
Church in 1888.
Surviving
are three sons, Herman [MILLER], Lovall [MILLER] and Phil [MILLER], two
sisters, Mrs. Abe BLACKETOR and Mrs. James ONSTOTT and two brothers, Gideon
[MILLER] and Clem V. [MILLER], all of Rochester. A son died in infancy.
Funeral
services will be held at the home Friday afternoon at two o’clock with Rev.
J.B. GLEASON in charge. Burial will be
made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Jonathan
DuBOIS, 85, who had spent practically all of his life in the Green Oak
community, died at eight o’clock Wednesday morning in his home south of
Rochester on Federal Road 31. Death was due to heart trouble and followed
by an illness of two years He had been bedfast for the past six months.
Jonathan,
son of Mathusalem and Rachel DuBOIS, was born on the farm west of Green Oak, now
owned by Charles KEIM, on May 4, 1845.
All of his life had been spent in that community with the exception of
two years in Kansas.
Survivors
are a brother and sister, Henry M. [DuBOIS] and Mary [DuBOIS], with whom the
deceased lived and a large number of nephews and nieces.
Funeral
arrangements have not been made.
William F. ZARTMAN, age 66, who was well
known here where he had often visited, died Monday evening at six o’clock at
his hoime near Mexico, Indiana. Mr.
Zartman had been in failing health
for about two years and his death was attributed to heart disease.
Mr.
Zartman had been up and about the house as usual, Monday and his death came
sudden and unexpectedly while he was seated in a chair.
William
Franklin, son of Benjamin and Lucy (MOHLER) ZARTMAN was born April 7, 1865 at
Macy. On October 30, 1889 he was united
in marriage to Rosanna BENDER who
with six children survives. The
children are Mrs. Walter BEMENDERFER of Plymouth, formerly of Rochester, Mrs. George CHURCH of Mexico, Mrs. Sam
HARRELL of Mexico, Mrs. Clarence STUBEN
of Deedsville, John [ZARTMAN] of Mexico and George [ZARTMAN] at home.
Funeral
ervices will be held Friday afternoon at 2:30 at the Brethren Church in
Mexico. The Rev. Frank FISHER of Mexico
will be in charge. Burial will be made
in the Mexico Cemetery.
Thursday, April 30, 1931
Minnie
Estella [MATHEWS], 10-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harley MATHEWS, south
of Talma, died at four o’clock Wednesday afteroon at Woodlawn hospital. Death was due to sugar diabetes and followed
an illness of only one week.
The child
was born on April 17, 1921. She was a
student in the Talma school and attended Sunday School at the Talma Christian
Church. Surviving are her parents, two beothers, Ernest [MATHEWS] and Herman
[MATHEWS], three sisters, Mary [MATHEWS], Martha [MATHEWS] and Mildren
[MATHEWS], grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen MATHEWS, of Talma and Mrs. Amanda
DUDGEON, of Richland Center.
Funeral
services will be held Friday afternoon at 2:30 at the Richland Center
Church. Rev. KENNEDY of Talma, will
officiate and burial will be made in the Richland Center cemetery.
Mrs.
Catherine GOODNER, 80, died Wednesday evening in the home of her son, Noble
Goodner, two miles west of Mt. Olive, death being due to complications of
diseases incident to advanced
years. Mrs. Goodner had been in failing
health for some time but her condition had only been regarded as serious the past
week.
The
deceased [Catherine GLICK] was born in Indiana on October 8, 1844, the daughter
of Aaron and Lucinda GLICK. On November
fourth, 1869 she was married to Joseph T. GOODNER. The deceased had lived in Fulton county for 28 years, coming here
from Vermillion County,
Illinois. She was a member of the
Fulton United Brethren Church.
Surviving
are four dughters, Mrs. J. S. WHITLOCK, Pueblo, Colorado and Mrs. Omer ROUCH,
Fulton; two sons, J. A. GOODNER, Indianapolis, and Noble GOODNER, near Mt.
Olive; one sister, Mrs. Silas GILLESPIE, Georgetown, Ill.; one brother, M. W.
GLICK, Hamilton, Mo. Also fourteen
grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral
services will be held Friday afternoon at two o’clock at the Fulton U.B.
Church. Rev. H. W. FRANKLIN will be in
charge and burial will be made in the Salem cemetery.
Jonathan
Deyo DuBOIS was born May 4, 1845, at Green Oak, died Apr. 29, 1931, at his home
north of Green Oak, less than a mile from his birthplace. He was the son of Mathuselam and Rachel
DuBOIS, being the fourth child of a family of nine.
Mr.
DuBois had been in poor health for six years, but seriously ill for two
weeks. He
leaves in the home to mourn a brother Henry M.
[DuBOIS] and a sister Mary E. [DuBOIS],
who devotedly and tenderly cared for him through his illness.
Those who
preceded him in death besides the parents were his sisters, Mrs. Ruth CORBIN
and Miss Katherine DuBOIS and his brothers Wilhemus [DuBOIS], Francis M.
[DuBOIS], George W. [DuBOIS] and Phillip [DuBOIS].
He is
also survived by numerous nephews and nieces who will miss “Uncle Jont” as he
was familiarly called.
Mr.
Dubois was of a genial friendly temperament and for this reason will be missed
in his home community. He was a man of stern integrity and a
follower of the Golden Rule.
Funeral
services will be held from the Mud Lake Chapel Friday at 10 a.m. with Rev. C.
S. DAVIDSON in charge with burial in the adjoining cemetery.
Friday, May 1, 1931
Funeral
services for John Edgar McCAUGHEY, 83, life long resident of Wayne Township,
who died Wednesday evening at 10:30 in his home near Grass Creek, will be held
Saturday morning at ten o’clock at the Fletcher’s Lake Church. Rev. HANSTRA, pastor of the Lucerne Presbyterian Church, will
have charge and will be assisted by neighboring pastors, Rev. DAY and Rev. MAHAFFEE. Burial will be made in the Fletcher’s
Lake cemetery.
John
Edgar, son of David E. and Lavina McCAUGHEY, was born in Wayne Township on
November 24, 1847 and on January 18th, 1875 he was married to Hannah
BEATTIE. Mr. McCaughey followed the
occupation of farming and was one of the best known residents in the Grass Creek community. He had been a member of the Presbyterian
church since childhood and for
several years had been an elder in the Lucerne church.
Surviving
are one son, Walter McCAUGHEY, of Croswell, Michigan, three daughters, Mrs.
Harry WINN, Mrs. Wilbur ELLIOTT and Mrs. Sherman HIZER, all of Lucerne;
four sisters, Mrs. Margaret ELLIOTT, of
South Bend; Mrs. Charles SMITH, Clark, South Dakota, and the Misses Martha [McCAUGHEY] and Hannah McCAUGHEY, of
Rochester; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Mrs. McCaughey passed away in 1926.
Mrs. Earl
WICKS has received word of the death of Mrs. Alice REYNOLDS, of Harvey,
Illinois, which occurred Thursday at the home of her daughter Mrs. Norman
GALLETTE. Mrs. Raynolds lived in
Rochester for a number of years.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs.
Fred M. JESSE and Mrs. GALLETTE, both of Harvey, Ill.
The body
will be returned here for burial, funeral services to be held Saurday afternoon
at two o’clock at the Richland Center church.
Saturday, May 2, 1931
Charles
LUCKENBILL, age 90 years and a Civil war veteran, died Friday evening at five
o’clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Anna SAVAGE in Macy. Mr. Luckenbill had been ill for two weeks, suffering from
bronchial pneumonia.
Charles,
son of Solomon and Mary LUCKENBILL, was born at Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania,
December 29, 1840. When a boy he moved
with his family to Indiana and
settled near Ebenezer. He has
lived in Macy for the past five years.
On August 16, 1866 he was
united in marriage to Margaret JENISON who preceded him in death.
Mr.
Luckenbill was an earnest church worker, having been a member of the Methodist
church since early childhood. He fought in the Civil war and was wounded
in the battle of the Wilderness.
Survivors
are two sons, Alonzo LUCKENBILL, of Akron and Lorenzo [LUCKENBILL] of Leiters
Ford, and two daughters, Mrs. Ella CROFT of Indianapolis and Mrs. Anna SAVAGE of Macy.
Funeral
services will be held Monday afternoon at two o’clock at the Macy Methodist
Church. Rev. E. P. WHITE will officiae
and burial will be made in the Ebenezer cemetery.
Monday, May 4, 1931
Funeral
services were held from the First Methodist church at Marion today for Billy
[HAYS], five-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ned HAYS, of Marion. Burial was made in the cemetery at
Marion. The deceased was a
great-grandson of Mrs. Mary DRAKE of this city. He was born in Marion on
Jan. 15, 1926. Death was due to
pneumonia which followed the flu. It
was at first thought the child had scarlet fever. Survivors other than the parents and great-grandmother are the
grandfather Ben DRAKE, of Tulsa, Okla., a brother, Jimmy [HAYS] and a sister Nancy [HAYS], and a number of
aunts and uncles. The mother, Mrs.
Hays, was formerly Miss Mabel DRAKE of
this city.
John E.
OVERMYER, 76, well known Union Township farmer, died at 9:15 Monday morning in
his home three miles north of Kewanna.
Death was due to complications of
diseases and followed an eight months illness.
The
deceased was born on August 11, 1855 on a farm 3-1/2 miles south of Monterey
the son of Daniel and Sarah OVERMYER.
Upon reaching manhood he was married to Emma BURNS who died on September
17, 1880. On Mar. 25, 1882, he was
married to Matilda GARMAN, now deceased.
Mr. Overmyer was a member of the Evangelical Church.
Surviving
are three daughters, Mrs. Lottie HUNNESHAGEN and Mrs. Maude HUEY, of Kewanna;
Mrs. Lela CLARK, of Rochester; two sons, Daniel [OVERMYER], of Tippecanoe and Irs [OVERMYER], of Kewanna; two
sisters, Mrs. L. A. ADAMS, of Culver, and Mrs.
Hattie GORSELINE, of Rochester; two brothers, Luicalin [OVERMYER] and
Schuyler OVERMYER, of Kewanna; three half-brothers, Frank OVERMYER, of Culver,
Isaac OVERMYER of Winamac and Benjamin OVERMYER of Delong; two half-sisters,
Mrs. Ed WENTZEL and Mrs. Anna LEWIS, of Monterey.
Funeral
service will be held Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock at the Bruce Lake
Reform Church. Burial will be made in
the adjacent cemetery.
Smith
HIGGINS, former resident of Akron, died at five o’clock Monday at his home in Anderson, Ind. Death was due to pneumonia and foillowed an
illness of only a few days.
Mr.
Higgins was born and raised at Silver Lake.
For many years he was employed as a telephone lineman in Akron, retiring
two years ago and moving to Anderson.
He was a member of the Saints
Church in Akron.
Surviving
are his wife, formerly Harriet McMILLON, two sons, Lyman [HIGGINS] and Fred [HIGGINS],
of Anderson. A son, Roy [HIGGINS], died
a year ago. Funeral services will be
held Wednesday at 1:30 at the Silver Lake Saints Church. Rev. OLDHAM, of Akron, will officiate and
burial will be made in the Silver Lake cemetery.
Tuesday, May 5, 1931
Ancita
Coleen [GOOD], five-weeks old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dale GOOD, West Fourth
street, died Monday evening following a few days illness with pneumonia. Surviving are the parents and one sister. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at three o’clock
at the home with Rev. I. E.
LONGENBAUGH in charge. Burial was made
in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Funeral
services were held from the Culver Methodist Church this afternoon for Mrs.
John REEDER, aged 73, who has been a residet of Culver for the past 20
years. Mrs. Reeder passed away Sunday
after an illness of two and a half months.
Dean
WYANT, salesman of the A. B. SHORE CLOTHING CO., was called to Marion today on
account of the death of his father, Jacob K. WYANT, which occurred early today
in the Indianapolis Methodist
hospital. Mr. Wyant, whose home is in
Marion had been confined to the
Indianapolis hospital for the past several weeks.
Wednesday, May 6, 1931
Mrs.
George EXAVER, 75, two miles north of Monterey, died at four o’clock Wednesday
morning. Death was due to heart trouble
and foillowed an illness of two years.
Margaret
Samantha PONTIOUS was born on October first, 1855 near Monterey and all of her
life had been spent in that community.
On September 24, 1876 she was married to George EXAVER. The deceased was a member of the St. Ann’s
Catholic Church.
Surviving
are her husband, four sons, Leo [EXAVER], of South Bend, George [EXAVER] and
Charles [EXAVER], of Chicago, John [EXAVER] at home; two daughters, Mrs. Francis KINTZ, of South Bend and Mrs.
Mary Ann SCHOZER.
Funeral
services will be held Friday morning at nine o’clock at the St. Ann’s Catholic
Church. Rev. SCHALL will officiate and
burial will be made in the Monterey cemetery.
Thursday, May 7, 1931
[no obits]
Friday, May 8, 1931
Henry E.
TUTTLE, aged 64, who lved on the George ADAMS farm on the north bank of the
Tippecanoe river, in Richland township, four miles northwest of this city, died
at 5 o’clock Thursday afternoon. Death
was caused by complications following the flu.
The
deceased was born in Knox county, Ohio, on April 27, 1867, and came to this
county with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clinton TUTTLE, when he was quite young.
Mr.
Tuttle was a veteran of the Spanish American War and served with Company B of
the 159th Indiana Volunteers, which company was recruited in this city. He was also a member of the Moose Lodge of this city.
Survivors
are the widow and two children by his first marriage, Clinton [TUTTLE], of
Logansport, and Mrs. Roy McFARLAND, of Mishawaka, five grandchildren and five
step-children, three brothers, Harry [TUTTLE], of Warsaw, Frank [TUTTLE], of
Cromwell and Dell [TUTTLE], of
New Hampshire. J. B. McDONALD, of
Cromwell is a half-brother.
The
funeral services will be held from the United Brethren church here Sunday
afternoon at 2 o’clock with the Rev. I. E. LONGENBAUGH in charge. The services will be in charge of the A. H. Skinner Post of Spanish American
War Veterans of this city of which the deceased was a member and the Moose Lodge.
Saturday, May 9, 1931
[no obits]
Monday, May 11, 1931
Mrs. Anna
STADDEN age 89, died at the home of her son, John, three miles west of Leiters
Ford Monday morning at 1:30. Death was
due to complications incident to old age.
The deceased had been ill for
several years.
Mrs.
Stadden was born in England and came to this country when quite young. Mr. Stadden has been dead fifteen
years. Surviving are four children,
Will [STADDEN] of Star City, Louis
[STADDEN], Culver, John [STADDEN] of Leiters Ford and Mrs. May SEELEY of Spokane,Washington. Two daughters, Mrs. Mary KILSO and Mrs.
Gertie DIX preceded their mother in
death.
Funeral
services will be held Wednesday at one o’clock at the residence and burial will
be made in the Monterey Cemetery. Rev.
COLLINS of the Zion M. P. Church will be in charge of the services.
Funeral
services were held Monday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed ARTER, in
Akron, for her father, Isaac Lewis THOMPSON, 83, who died Saturday morning at
eleven o’clock. Rev. Dale OLDHAM officiated and burial was
made in the Akron I.O.O.F.
Cemetery.
Mr.
Thompson’s death foillowed an illness of three weeks with complications of
diseases incident to advanced years.
The
deceased was born in Henry County, Indiana on August 28, 1847 the son of Abner
and Jane THOMPSON. Sixty-seven years
ago he came to Fulton County and the remainder of his life had been spent in the Akron vicinity where he followed
the occupation of a brick mason. In 1874, in Akron, he was married to Miss
Anna SHARP.
Surviving
are two daughters, Mrs. Ed ARTER and Mrs. Merrill WHITTENBERGER, both of akron;
seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Tuesday, May 12, 1931
[no obits]
Wednesday, May 13, 1931
Michael
BAPPERT, aged 84, veteran of the Civil Wr and one of Peru’s best known and
highly respecrted citizens and the father of Miss Lillian BAPPERT, who for many
years was the head of the English
department in the Rochester High School, died at his home in Peru early Tuesday morning after an illness of
almost a year’s duration. His death was
due to ailments common to old age. Mr. Bappert was well known in this city
where he had often visited.
Mr.
Bappert was born in Bavaria, Germany, 84 years ago, and came to this country
with his mother at the age of five, his father having died two years
before. At the age of 17 Mr. Bappert
enlisted in Co. F. of the 12th Kentucky infantry, at the beginning of the Civil
War and continued to serve the
Northern side during the entire war.
Mr.
Bappert was taken captive in the early months of the war and held prisoner in
the notorious Libby Prison near Richmond, Va., for many months before he was
released in an exchange of prisoners.
Later Mr. Bappert reenlisted and marched with Sherman to the sea. In a skirmish near Atlanta, Ga., on August
3, 1864 he was shot through his left knee necessitating amputation of the limb
just above the knee. The wound was a
very serious one the third amputation
being necessary to save his life.
Mrs.
Bappert preceded her husband in death nearly ten years ago and since that time
Mr. Bappert has made his home with a daughter, Miss Lillian BAPPERT, who now is
a member of the Peru High School
faculty. Other surviving children are
Mrs. Chas. HOWES, of Atchison,
Kansas, and George BAPPERT of Rosedale, Miss.
The
deceased was a member of the Methodist church, the Odd Fellows, Knights of
Pythias and the W. B. Rayburn Post of G.A.R
Funeral arrangements will not be made until the arrival in Peru of the son from Mississippi.
Mrs.
Esther Elizabeth FOSTER, 82, a resident of the Argos community for the past ten
years, died Tuesday afternoon at one o’clock at the Kelly hospital. Mrs. Foster had been confined to the hospital for three weeks
suffering from a broken hip.
The
deceased was born in London, England, August 11, 1848, and came to the United
States ten years ago. Surviving are
five children: Mrs. Sarah JAMES, of
Denver, Colorado; William KRINGLE, Detroit, Michigan; L. FOSTER, of Chicago;
Mrs. Clara AUSTIN, Pontiac, Michigan; and Allen KRINGLE, of England.
Funeral
services will be held Saturday afternoon at three o’clock at the Grossman
chapel. Burial will be made in the
Maple Grove cemetery.
Warsaw,
Ind., May 13. - Charles THOMPSON, 42,
former Warsaw resident, committed suicide at Phoenix, Ariz., at an early hour
this morning by shooting himself.
Further particulars were not
learned by relatives at Claypool but it is believed that he committed suicide because of a recent estrangement
with his wife.
Mr. and
Mrs. Thompson and two children moved from Warsaw to their present home in
Arizona two years ago. Shortly after
their arrival Mr. and Mrs. Thompson separated.
Mr. Thompson was born in Claypool where he spent the early part of his
life. Durig his residence in Warsaw he was employed at
the Ford garage as a mechanic.
He is
survived by his wife, two children, Lucile [THOMPSON] and Junior [THOMPSON],
his father, Robert THOMPSON, of Claypool; four brothers, George THOMPSON, of
North Manchester; Albert THOMPSON, whose address is not known; Jerome THOMPSON, of Iron Mountain,
Mich., and Clarence THOMPSON, of Claypool, and
one sister, Mrs. Ardilla DODGE of Porter, Wis. Mrs. Thompson was formerly Lily WRIGLEY, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George WRIGLEY, of northeast
of Warsaw.
Thursday, May 14, 1931
Russell
SCOTT, aged 26, who was employed at the Cloverleaf Creamery on North Main
Street during the past winter died last night in a hospital at Decatur local
employees of the creamery company were informed today. Scott’s death was due to typhoid fever
following a week’s illness. Scott came
to this city from Huntington. He had
resided in Decatur but six
weeks. Survivors are his wife
and child. The body will be taken back
to Huntington for burial.
Friday, May 15, 1931
Funeral
services for Benjamin GUISE, 51, of Indiana Harbor, were held at one o’clock
Friday afternoon in the home of his sister, Mrs. Melvin MAHLER near
Delong. Rev. L. A. GREEN officiated and
burial was made in the Lake Bruce cemetery.
Mr.
Guise, who was employed as a craneman at the docks in Indiana Harbor died
suddenly Wednesday the result of injuries received in a fall. The deceased was born in Delong the son of
George and Rosetta GUISE and for the past 25 years he had lived in Indiana
Harbor.
Surviving
are his parents and sister, of Delong, and another sister, Mrs. Clara HINES, of
California.
Funeral
services were held at Silver Lake today for Jacob HANEY, aged 75, owner of the
Haney hotel at Silver Lake, who died Tuesday afternoon after an illness of a
week with heart trouble. He is survived
by his widow and two daughters. Mr.
Haney was well known by traveling men
as he had operated the hotel bearing his name for nearly 40 years.
Saturday, May 16, 1931
Robert M.
OSBORN, 68, former residet of Rochester and the Richland Center community, died
Friday evening at 8:45 in the home of his son, J. G. Osborn, 719 E. Howard
Street, South Bend. Death was due to
paralysis and followed an illness of two years.
The
deceased was born in Fulton County on April 14, 1863. For many years he lived on a farm in Richland township, moving to
Rochester in 1916. For six years he
lived here, then moving to Argos where he operated a shoe store. For the past few years he had made his home
with his son in South Bend. His wife,
formerly Ella GIBSON, whom he married in Fulton County January 1889, died four years
ago.
Surviving
are two sons: J. G. OSBORN, of South
Bend, and Harry M. OSBORN, of Tiosa; three grandchildren; one sister, Mrs.
Frank MORGAN, of Argos; a half-brother,
William McCOY, of California; three half-sisters, Mrs. Oran MILLER and
Mrs. Joe THOMPSON, of Rochester, and Mrs. Claude COLE, of South Bend.
Funeral
services will be held Monday afternoon at two o’clock (3 o’clock daylight
saving time) at the son’s home in South Bend.
Burial will be made in the Richland Center cemetery in Fulton County.
Monday, May 18, 1931
Mrs. R.
F. POWELL, of this city, has received word of the death of her brother, Samuel
B. ZARTMAN, 60, which occurred at his home in Benton Harbor, Mich.,
Monday. Death was due to apoplexy.
Mrs. Powell will attend the funeral.
The citizenship of Rochester, as well as
many friends throughout Fulton county, will regret to learn of the demise of
Ernst VonEHRENSTEIN, his passing having occurred at the home, corner of Ninth and Jefferson Streets,
about eleven o’clock this morning, due to a
physical ailment of several months’ duration.
The deceased
was a well-known citizen, having taken up his residence in Rochester about the
year 1874. For some years he was
engaged in the monument and marble business, but in later years engaged in the work of driving wells, and in that
latter capacity formed a wide acquaintance.
He came to America from Germany in his young manhood and established
his home here as an American citizen,
earning the confidence and respect of his fellows which continued to the last.
An
obituary and biographical data will appear in tomorrow’s News-Sentinel, it
being too late to collect the necessary information for today’s issue.
Mrs.
Harry BRUGH has been informed of the death of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Willliam
BARNES, of White Bluffs, Wash. Mr.
Barnes is a former resident of Rochester.
Tuesday, May 19, 1931
(By
Albert W. BITTERS)
As
announced in previous issue of News-Sentinel, it is now incumbent that
something eulogistic b e presented concerning the life of an esteemed old
citizen whose demise was noted yesterday.
Ernst Von
(STEUDEMANN) EHRENSTEIN, son of Emil and Thusnelda HUNDTWALTHER EHRENSTEIN was
born in Liebie, Germany, June 24, 1852, passed to celestial life Monday, May
18, 1931, aged 78 years, 10 months, 24 days.
In his
infancy his parents moved to Hamburg, where his youth was spent and attended
private school. Agreeable to custom in
Germany he was taken into the national army and served approximately two years. He was of a long lineage of German military dignitaries whose history has been a source of
personal as well as family pride, his father being commissioned a Lieutenant Colonel. Even the name “Ehrenstein” is significant of nobility, from the foillowing, as conveyed to this
writer only a few days before his transition.
His family ancestry extended
back to 1730 with a degree of certainty.
His great-grandfahter was
made a Knight by the Emperor and acceding to custom, the family
thereafter assumed the name of
their castle “Ehrenstein,” hence the deceased was Baron Ernst von Ehrenstein. The
family crest, of “Stamwappen des Ehrenstein” is an heirloom of
inheritance suggestive of royal
blood.
Following
the military service of Mr. Ehrenstein he entered the German Forest Reserve
duty, under the command of his uncle, Sleigiemund von Ehrenstein and then came
to America and eventually settled in
Rochester, attracted by kinship, about the year 1874. Here he met the sweetheart who later was his life companion. He next returned to Germany for a brief
stay, but the call of Ameirca was
insistent and was to cast his life line.
He returned to America in 1876
and in his experience traversed Atlantic ocean thirteen times.
On May
17, 1877, he was united in marriage with Miss Ellen M. KEWNEY, of
Rochester. To their union five children
were born, the first, Charles Eugene
[VonEHRENSTEIN] deceased in infancy; Ernst Leon [VonEHRENSTEIN] and
Emily M. [VonEHRENSTEIN], at home; Mrs. Grover TILLETT, Peru; Harriett Ellen
[Von EHRENSTEIN], Chicago. Three grandchildren, Jean Ellen TILLETT and
Mary Louise TILLETT and Martha Anne
TILLETT (twins).
May 17,
1927, Mr. and Mrs. VonEHRENSTEIN celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary, and
it seems a coincidence that his passing occurred next day following the 54th
annidersary.
Mrs.
VonEHRENSTEIN preceded her husband to higher life last September 27th. There are no other immediate relatives
living in America.
On the
evening of August 20, 1879, the deceased presented his petition to Rochester
Lodge No. 79, F&AM, the same being referred to the late Brothers, Isaiah W.
WALKER, Andrew T. BITTERS and James F.
COLLINS. He was elected and made an
Entered Appearance Sept. 17; passed
as a Fellowcraft Oct. 15 and was given his Master Mason’s degree Nov. 19, 1879. On the later date, 1929, Rochester Lodge
celebrated his fiftieth anniversary in
Masonry with fitting observance. He was
a thirty-second degree Mason on both
the York Rite and Scottish Rite branches, having Blue Lodge and Royal
Arch membership in Rochester; Knight Templar at Plymouth; Scottish Rite,
Indianapolis; Royal Select Master, Huntington and the Shrine at Murat Temple,
Indianapolis. Both Mr. and Mrs.
VonEhrenstein were charter members of Rochester Chapter No. 70, Order Eastern Star,
dating April 14, 1887.
In his
early youth, Mr. Ehrenstein was confirmed a member of the German Lutheran
church. During his citizenship in
America, the ancient fraternity was his church and Masonry constituted his
religion. In that capacity he was loyal
to the last, his joy being to serve in capacity of a character prominent in the
Master’s degree. Aye, Brethren, one of
the three is finally taken without the
gates of the city. His rough aslar has
been measured by the 24-inch gauge, plumbed and squared to perfect proportions
and the trowel has spread the cement for its placement in the spiritual
building, that house not made with hands.
That his transition marked
the happiest day of an eventful life, the realization of the ancient secret
he conscientiously conceived locked
in faithful breast, now made luminant in the glory of celestial sphere. So
mote it be.
Funeral
services will be conducted at the residence, Ninth and Jefferson Streets,
Wednesday, 2:30 o’clock, Rev. S. C. DAVISSON in charge, Rev. Harold W.
TURPIN assisting. Interment at I.O.O.F. cemetery. Cortege and grave service assigned to
Rochester Lodge No. 79, F&AM.
Wednesday, May 20, 1931
Funeral
services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 at the Denver Methodist church
for Mrs. William GUISE, 86, who died Sunday evening following an illness of
three years, during which time she was
blind. She was a former resident of the
Bruce Lake neighborhood and was a
sister-in-law of Mrs. Caroline SHONK, of Rochester. Mr. Guise died five years
ago.
Mrs. Mary
DRAKE, 89, one of the best known pioneer citizens of this city, died at six
o’clock Tuesday evening in her home at 1407 Main Street. Death was due to complications of diseases
which followed an attack of pneumonia.
She had been ill for the past eight weeks.
Mary
[NORRIS], daughter of Patrick and Bridget NORRIS, was born in County Tipperary,
Ireland, on September 29, 1841. When
she was only four years of age the Norris family came from Ireland to Montreal,
Canada, her mother and brother dying during the ocean voyage. From Canada the family came to Sandusky,
Ohio, where most of her girlhood was
spent.
After
completing her education the deceased taught school and on December 25, 1866,
she was married to Hezekiah S. DRAKE, the ceremony being in Ohio. A few years later the
couple moved to Fulton County and for 25 years
resided on the DRAKE farm two and one-half miles southeast of Rochester on the
Wabash road. In 1897 they moved to
Rochester, Mr. Drake dying several years later.
Mrs.
Drake had always been very active and had traveled a great deal. Only last winter she visited her son in
Texas, returning home just a short time before she was taken ill.
She was a
member of the Grace Methodist Church here for many years but a short time ago joined
with the Catholic church in which faith she was educated when a child.
Surviving
are two sons, Benjamin H. [DRAKE], of Brownwood, Texas; six grandchildren, Mrs.
H. M. GRAY, and Mrs. Marion ASKEW, of Tulsa, Oklahoma; Fred DRAKE, of Chicago;
Mrs. Edgar HAYS, of Marion, Fred [DRAKE] and Joe DRAKE, of Brownwood, Texas and
four great-grandchildren.
Funeral
services will be held Thursday afternoon at two o’clock at the residence with
Rev. John SCHALL, of Monterey, priest in charge of the St. Joseph Cathoic
Church here, will officiate. Burial
will be made in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Thursday, May 21, 1931
[no obits]
Friday, May 22, 1931
Charles
Alonzo DAWSON, aged 54, passed away at 7:30 o’clock Friday morning at his home
at 800 East 12th street, after being bedfast for the past six weeks. Mr. Dawson had been suffering from a disease
of the spine.
Charles,
son of Samuel and Rachel DAWSON, was born north of Athens, Feb. 9, 1877. He was a life long resident of the Rochester
community and was married here July 7, 1896 to Flotilla May GARNER, who
survives. Mr. Dawson followed the
occupation of a painter and paper hanger.
He was a member of the Baptist church and of the Eages lodge, No. 435
of South Bend. The deceased was a member of the Rochester
fire department years ago.
Other
than the widow he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Marie MILLER of South Bend
and Mrs. Neva CUNNINGHAM of South Bend, one brother, Joe [DAWSON], of Hammond and two sisters, Mrs. Katie WETTLES
and Mrs. Belle RIEDENBECK, both of Chicago.
Funeral
arrangements have not been announced.
Saturday, May 23, 1931
J.
DUNKELBARGER, 86, died Saturday morning at 5:25 at his home in Ora, Ind.
followig a three weeks’ illness. Death
was due to heart trouble and complications incident to advanced years.
The
deceased was born in Cartington, Ohio, the son of Peter and Julia Ann
DUNKELBARGER. He had lived in Ora for
47 years moving there from Van Wert, Ohio.
Surviving
are his wife, Mrs. Maude DUNKELBARGER, a daughter, Mrs. Ona BENNETT, of Shelby,
Michigan, two sons, Bank [DUNKELBARGER] and Olg [DUNKELBARGER], of Ora, 12
grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at the home with Rev.
ASHLEY, of Winamac, in
charge. Burial wil be made in a
cemetery in Center Township near Ora.
Funeral services for Charles DAWSON will
be held Sunday afternoon at two o’clock at the residence, 800 East 12th
Street. Rev. I. E. LONGENBAUGH will
officiate and burial will be made in
the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Mrs. B.
F. OVERMYER, of Leiters Ford, has received word that Mr. and Mrs. Theron BAKER,
of Linesville, Pennsylvania, were killed near Folkston, Georgia, on May
sixth, when their automobile was
struck by a train. Mr. Baker formerly
lived in Aubbeenaubbee township, owning the farm near Leiters Ford which is now
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry FERNBAUGH.
Mr.
Baker’s first wife died while residents of the Leiters Ford community and he
was only re-married a short time ago.
Mr. Baker still retained his I.O.O.F. membership at Leiters Ford. He is survived b one daugher, Mrs. C. H.
BROOKINS, of Fort Wayne, Ind.
Mrs.
Charles TOMB, aged 37, died very suddenly at her home three miles northeast of
this city in the McKinley neighborhood Friday at 3 o’clock. Death was due to an infection of the limb which followed an attack of the
flu. The deceased whose maiden name was
Cora LAYMAN had been ill but a week.
She was born in Illinois on June 17, 1894 and had been a resident of
this county for the past 12 years. Mrs.
Tomb was a member of the Evangelical
Church. Survivors are the
husband and six children all at home, Mary [TOMB], Mildred [TOMB], Dorothy [TOMB], Marjorie [TOMB],
Lena [TOMB] and John [TOMB], the parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Freeman LAYMAN, of Radium, Minn., seven brothers, Roy
[LAYMAN] of this city, Harry
[LAYMAN] of Chicago; Clyde [LAYMAN], Ivan [LAYMAN], Charles [LAYMAN], Frank
[LAYMAN] and Bert [LAYMAN] of Radium, Minn., and two sisters, Mrs. Lily MELCINA and Miss Mary LAYMAN
both of Radium, Minn. Funeral
services will be held from the
Evangelical Church at 2 o’clock Monday afternoon with the Rev. F. G. KUEBLER in
charge. Burial will be made in the Odd
Fellows cemetery.
Monday, May 25, 1931
Rochester
friends have received word of the death of Mrs. William BOTT, of Rensselaer,
which occurred Sunday morning following a stroke of paralysis. The deceased was a former resident of Star
City and was a very active church worker.
Funeral services will be Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock at the
residence.
Mrs.
Sarah LIDECKER, 69, well known resident of Akron, died at 2:30 Monday
morning. Death was due to heart trouble
and paralysis and followed an illness of five years.
The
deceased was born in St. Joseph county, near Bremen on June 28, 1841, the
daughter of Mary and Michael SMITH.
Forty years ago she was married to V. J. LIDECKER and all of their
married life had been spent in Akron.
She was a member of the Evangelical Church.
Surviving
are her husband; a sister, Mrs ----- ----, of South Bend; and Lewis SMITH of
Mound City, Missouri.
Tuesday, May 26, 1931
Funeral
services for Mrs. Sarah LIDECKER, who died at her home in Akron Monday morning
will be held from the Christian Church at Akron Wednesday afternoon at 2
o’clock. Rev. LONG of Wabash and Rev.
MILLER of Akron will be in charge.
Burial will be made in the Odd
Fellows cemetery at Akron.
Tabor W.
GINN, 90, Civil War veteran and practically a life long resident of the Delong
community, died Monday afternoon at the Soldiers Home in Lafayette, following a
two days’ illness. Death was due to
complications of diseases incident to advanced years.
The
deceased was born in Henry County, Indiana on May 13, 1841. Upon reaching manhood he was married to
Sarah E. ZOOK, in Newcastle, Ind., who died 20 years ago. Mr. Ginn was a member of the Aubbeenaubbee
township G.A.R.
Surviving
are two sons, Charles C. [GINN] of Delong and Thomas L. [GINN], of Phoenix,
Arizona. Two daughters are deceased.
Funeral
services will be held Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock at the Leiters Ford
chapel with Rev. GREEN in charge.
Burial will be made in the Athens cemetery.
Word has
been received here of the death of Mrs. Ancil JOHNSON, 38, of Denver, Colorado,
daughter of Mrs. Ira McVEY, west of Rochester.
Death followed a long illness.
Mr. and
Mrs. Johnson had lived in Denver for the past eleven years, moving there from
Warsaw. Her maiden name was Flossie
McVEY. Surviving are her husband, two
daughters and a son, Clarabelle [JOHNSON], Lucile [JOHNSON] and Mark [JOHNSON];
her mother; two sisters, Mrs. Jesse BEVELHEIMER, of Peru, Miss Troba McVEY, of
Indianapolis, and a brother, Raymond McVEY, of Denver, Colorado.
Funeral
services were held Tuesday in Denver and burial was made there.
Wednesday May 27, 1931
Funeral
services for Jean Mae [CESSNA], 20-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dale
CESSNA, of Mishawaka, were held Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. MORTIMORE, in Mishawaka. Burial
was made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery in Rochester. The child died Monday at the Epworth hospital in South Bend
following a two weeks illness with pneumonia.
The child’s father is a former resident of Rochester.
Thursday, May 28, 1931
John M.
ROBINSON, 75, well known retired farmer of Liberty towship, died at one o’clock
Thursday afternoon in his home two miles west of Fulton. Death was due to complications of diseases
incident to advanced age and followed an illness of two years.
John M.,
son of William and Margaret ROBINSON, was born in Ohio Aug. 27, 1855. In 1880 he was married to Elnora WHITNEY and
for the past 32 years the couple had lived in the Fulton community.
Survivors
are his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Dessie BUSENBURG, of Crown Point and Mrs
Lelia RANS, of near Culver; one son, Harry ROBINSON, of Peru; two sisters,
Mrs. Anna STARKE and Mrs. Emma
DEVY, of Ohio; two brothers, William [ROBINSON], of Carthage, Ind., and Thomas
[ROBINSON], of Missouri.
Funeral
services will be held Sunday afternoon at two o’clock at the home with Rev. H.
W. FRANKLIN in charge.
Friday, May 29, 1931
[no obits]
Saturday, May 30, 1931
[no paper - holiday]
Monday, June 1, 1931
Funeral
services were held this afternoon for Abner McCAY, 66, who died Friday night at
10:30 in his home one and one-half miles southwest of Green Oak. Services were held at the residence with
Rev. FRANKLIN, pastor of the Fulton United Brethren church, in charge. Burial was made in the Rochester
I.O.O.F. cemetery.
The
deceased was born in Montgomery county, Ind., on June 29, 1865, the son of
George and Hannah McCAY. In 1895 he was
married to Effie Pearl COOK, who passed away six years ago. Mr. McCay,
who followed the occupation of farming, had lived in Fulton county for the past 20 years, moving here from
Winamac. He was a member of the Rrairie
Grove United Brethren church.
Survivors
are five children: Mrs. C. L. DOWNS, of
Mishawaka; Mrs. O. V. NORRIS, of Mary; Mrs. Aletha ANDERSON, of Rochester; Mrs.
Ralph SHONK, of Leiters Ford; Charles
[McCAY], of Mishawaka; three brothers, Stephen [McCAY], of Fulton, Thomas
[McCAY] and Jasper [McCAY], of Rochester and a sister, Mrs. Jennie WILSON,
of Kewanna.
Word was
received here this morning of the death of Mrs. Swan NELSON in Chicago on last
Saturday. Her maiden name was Arizona
DAUGHERTY and she was born in Fulton
county on March 11, 1871, the daughter of William and Nancy Jane
DAUGHERTY. This information came in the
form of a telegram from H. L. DULANEY, a son.
The
funeral will be held at Athens on Tuesday, June 2, at 2 p.m., according to the
wire.
Mrs.
Nelson is survived by her husband, by a son, Harold L. DULANY, Dallas, Texas,
two sisters, Mrs. Grace BLACKBURN, Huntington, Mrs. Bessie DAVIDSON, Hammond,
and brother, Leroy DAUGHERTY, Huntington.
Friends
of Miss Marjorie DAVIDSON, 20, formerly of this city, were shocked to hear of
her sudden death which occurred Friday night at 11:45 at the home of her
father, Frank P. DAVIDSON, Jr., in Elkhart.
Death was due to pneumonia and followed an illness of only three days.
Miss
Davidson was born in Chicago on March 14, 1911 and after the death of her
mother, which occurred when she was only seven years of age, she lived with her
uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Gregson in this city. For the past five years she had lived in
South Bend with her cousin, Mrs. R. W. MILLER, formerly Miss Vera GREGSON. She graduated from the Central Senior high
school in South Bend in the class of 1929 and since that time had been a long
distance operator for the Indiana Bell Telephone company.
Surviving
are her father and step-mother, of Elkhart; her grandfather, Frank P. DAVIDSON,
near Rochester, uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey GREGSON, of Rochester, and numerous other relatives.
Funeral
services will be held Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock at the Evangelical
Church
in Rochester.
Rev. F. G. KUEBLER will have charge and burial will be made in the
I.O.O.F. Cemetery. The body will lie in
state at the church here from one to two o’clock.
Relatives
here have received word of the death of Mrs. Nora KILMER, wife of Frank KILMER,
which took place Sunday morning at 6:30 at her home in Pasadena,
California. Death was due to
complications of diseases and followed a long illness.
Mrs.
Kilmer was formerly Miss Nora WIKLE, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William WIKLE, and was born and raised in the Burton
neighborhood west of Rochester. Mr. and
Mrs. Kilmer had lived in California for a number of years.
Bruce
LOVE, of Rochester, is an uncle of the deceased and O. W. KILMER is a
brother-in-law.
Lulu M.
[GUNTER], five-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence GUNTER, who live
near the Chicago Nipple Company plant in East Rochester, died early Saturday
after a few weeks illness caused by erysipelas. Survivors are the parents and seven brothers and sisters. The funeral services were conducted from
the home Sunday afternoon by Rev. Daniel PERRY. Burial ws made in he cemetery at Star City.
Tuesday, June 2, 1931
Frank
NELSON, age 65, a former resident of Rochester, died at his home in Kokomo
Monday evening at 6:30 o’clock. Mr.
Nelson had been in ill health for the past two months, and had just returned Saturday from Mayo
Brothers Hospital, having undergone an operation there for cancer.
The
deceased was born near Mentone, Indiana and lived in this city for several
years where he followed the occupation of a stock buyer. Upon reaching manhood he was united in marriage to Julia BLUE of Mentone, who
survives him.
Funeral
seervices will be held at the home in Kokomo Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 and
burial will be made at Kokomo.
The death
of Mrs. Sarah Victoria MILLS, 82, occurred at the home of her son, Eugene
Mills, in Deedsville, Monday evening at 9:30, after a four weeks’ illness with
paralysis.
[Sarah
Victoria SECOR], daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth SECOR and was born in Huron
County, Ohio, January 5th, 1849. On
August second, 1866 she was married to William MILLS, who died a number of
years ago. She was a member of the Macy
Christian Church.
Surviving
are six sons, Isaac [MILLS], of Jennings County, Ind.; Eugene MILLS, of
Deedsville; Charles [MILLS], of Akron; William [MILLS], Hollandsberg, Ohio; Ira
[MILLS], of Hollandsberg, Ohio, and Edward [MILLS], of Buchanan, Michigan; a
foster-daughter, Mrs. John ALLEN, of Muncie; 21 grandchildren and 23
great-grandchildren.
Funeral
services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 at the Perrysburg Baptist
Church. Burial will be made in the
Plainvew cemetery in Macy.
Wednesday, June 3, 1931
The
Kiwanis Committee in charge of finding a stone which will serve as the base for
the bronze plaque for the Isaac BROWN
Memorial announced this morning that a beautiful stone had been delivered to a monument factory
and would be made ready within a few days.
The
committee consisted of A. L. WHITMER, Percy SMITH and Oren HENDRICKSON
and they spent many days motoring over Fulton
County and adjoining territory in search of a suitable boulder. They wanted a natural granite stone of
sufficient size and with a fairly flat
surface on one side and this was rather difficult to find. The one finally selected was located on the farm of George BLACK, county treasurer,
about four miles southeast of Fulton.
It was brought to Rochester by a truck donated by the Fulton County
Motor Co.
The
immense rock, which is a reddish grey in color and is a natural Indiana stone,
will be set on a concrete base on the grave and the bronze tablet set in flush
on the top flat surfact.
The
dedication of the memorial to the famed “Bird and Bee Man” will take place on
the afternoon of June 21st with the Indiana Audubon Society and the Rochester
Kiewanis Club in charge of the program.
Members of the Brown family will be the guests of honor at the
unveiling.
Thursday, June 4, 1931
Funeral
services for John B. RUSH, 84, farmer living east of Lake Manitou, who
committed suicide Tuesday night by drowning himself in a gravel pit on the farm
of his step- son, Frank MARTIN, 7-1/2
miles northwest of Plymouth, will be held Friday morning at ten o’clock. The services will be conducted at the
Presbyterian church in this city and burial will be made in the Mt. Zion cemetery southeast of Rochester.
Mr. Rush
had been in failing health for several years suffering from a nervous
breakdown. He also recently submitted
to a major operation at Woodlawn Hospital in this city and despondency over his
condition is given as the reason for ending his life. Mr. and Mrs. Rush had
been living at her son’s home for the past month.
The
deceased had lived in Fulton County for the past 35 years and was a member of
the Presbytrian church here. In 1916 he
was married to Mrs. Mary SHACKELFORD.
Surviving
are his wife, a niece, Mrs. George F. GRAHAM, of Republic, Michigan; one
brother; a step-son and step-daughter.
Mrs.
Jacob EISENMAN and Mrs. Frank DURKES have received word of the death of their
father, Lewis GARBERSON, 81, which occurred on June first at his home in
Boyne City, Michigan. Death foillowed an illness of two weeks with
pneumonia.
The
deceased was born in Marion County, Ohio, March 16, 1850, the son of Isaac and
Emmaline GARBERSON. Upon reaching
manhood he was married to Emma BARKDULL.
In 1879 Mr. Garberson moved to a farm nine miles west of Rochester, in
the Prairie Grove neighborhood, where he resided until 30 years ago when he
moved to Boyne City, Michigan. He
was a member of the Prairie Grove church.
Surviving
are three sons: Len [GARBERSON], of
Vaughnsville, Ohio, Vess [GARBERSON], of Marquette, Michigan and Fred
[GARBERSON], of Texas; five daughters, Mrs. George DEAMER, of Many, Louisiana;
Mra. Harold FRASER, of Detroit; Mrs. Jacob EISENMAN and Mrs. Frank DURKES, of
Rochester, and Miss Viola GARBERSON, who
lived with her father; 22 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. His wife and a daughter preceded him in death.
Friday, June 5, 1931
Mrs.
Jennie MUNNSELL, 77, a resident of the Argos community for over 30 years, died
Thursday in the Marion HINES home, north of Argos. Death was due to complications of diseases and followed an
illness of severl weeks.
The
deceased was a member of the Argos Methodist Church. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. J. SIPLE, of Argos, Mrs.
George ANDERSON, Plymouth, Mrs. Shan
BROAN, of Payne, Ohio, and one brother, Olden McCLESH of Payling [?],
Ohio.
Funeral
services will be held Saturday afternoon at two o’clock at the Argos Methodist
church with the Rev. P. A. REISEN in charge.
Burial will be made in the Maple Grove
cemetery, northeast of Argos.
Kewanna,
June 5th. - Kewanna relatives have
received word of the accidental death of V. H. GARNER, 36, which occurred on a
highwy near Dante, West Virginia, when the auto he was driving upset in a ditch along the highway.
Garner,
who is a World War Veteran, is a brother of Mrs. W. BEAVER who resides near
Kewanna, left the Beaver home last Monday morning at 3 a.m. enroute to his
former home in West Virginia, where he was to get his family and bring them
back to Union township where he had
rented the Eli MEISER farm. The sister
stated that her brother planned to make the trip to Dante by six o’clock that same day and it is believed he
either became drowsy or was perhaps
driving too fast at the time the accident occurred.
Only
meager details of the accident were available here and it is not known whether
he was killed outright or died later from injuries. Dan [BEAVER] and Riley BEAVER, nephews of the deceased left immediately for Dante, however plans for
the funeral have not as yet been received.
Survivors
are the widow and five children, sister, Mrs. W. M. BEAVER and a brother,
Alfred GARNER, both of Kewanna.
In a
recent story in The News-Sentinel in a recent issue rgarding the Isaac W. BROWN
memorial it stated that the Fulton County Motor Company donated the truck for
bringing in the huge stone to be used as a base for the bronze plaque. This was an error as Armour & Co donated
one of their trucks and it was used to haul in the rock.
Saturday, June 6, 1931.
Mrs.
George DEYO, 70, former resident of this community, died Friday evening at her
home in Plymouth. Death was due to
Brights disease and followed an illness of six months.
The
deceased was the daughter of the late Emanuel and Elizabeth GOSS and was born
on a farm eight miles southwest of Rochester.
Upon reaching womanhood she was married to George DEYO. All of
their married life was spent in Fulton county with the exception of the past 10 years, during which time they have
lived in Plymouth. She was a member of
the United Brethren church.
Surviving
are her husband, three daughters and one son, Mrs. Mabel WARE, of South Bend,
Mrs. Florence ORR, of Mishawaka, Mrs. Maude COX, of Plymouth, and Harry DEYO, of Iowa, and one sister, Mrs.
John HAGAN, of Rochester.
Funeral
services will be held Monday afternoon at 1:30 at the United Brethren church in
Plymouth. Burial will be made in the
Rochester I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Monday, June 8, 1931
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Tuesday, June 9, 1931
John R.
BAKER, a life-long resident of Fulton county, died at 6:30 o’clock this morning
at his home at 427 N. Jefferson street after several years illness due to
cancer of the stomach. The deceased
has been critcally ill for the past 10 days.
During his illness he received
treatmet twice in Indianapolis hospitals.
The
deceased was born on a farm near Kewanna on Dec. 25, 1856, the son of Benjamin
and Sarah BAKER. He has spent his
entire lifetime in Fulton county. For
many years he lived on a farm near Bruce Lake.
Two years ago he retired and moved to this city.
Survivors
are the widow whose maiden name was Ella BAKER whom he married in Kewanna on
Oct. 4, 1881, and the following children:
Ira F. BAKER, Oakland, Calif.; Mrs.
E. G. WILSON, Morrow, Ohio; Mrs. L. A. SINGER, Cincinnati, Ohio; Jay V.
BAKER, LaPorte; Dr. Ermal C. BAKER, Indianapolis and Mrs. Harry KREAMER, of
Kewanna.
Mr. Baker
was converted under the ministry of the Rev. L. DUSTMAN in the Light
schoolhouse three miles south of Monterey in the year of 1880 and since that
time has lived a devout Christian life.
He was a member of the Pleasant Hill Evangelical church at Lake Bruce.
Funeral
services will be held from the Pleasant Hill church Thursday afternoon at 2:30
o’clock with the Rev. I. J. STEENBERGEN in charge. Burial will be made in the cemtery adjacent to the church. Friends may review the remains at the
residence from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Thursday.
Wednesday, June 10, 1931
Charles
Alonzo YOUNG, 75, life long resident of Henry Township, died at one o’clock
Wednesday morning in his home one and one-half miles east of Akron. Death was due to heart trouble and followed
an illnss of five years.
The
deceased was born on a farm near Akron on July fifth, 1856 the son of Jacob and
Elizabeth YOUNG. Fifty years ago he was
married to Kathryn ESHELMAN.
Surviving
are his wife, four daughters, Mrs. Amon BUCHER, Mrs. Arthur HERROLD, Mrs.
Tressie BALL and Mrs. Mearl BUCHER, all of Akron; a brother, Melvin YOUNG, of
Akron, and a sister, Mrs. William KING, of Peru.
Funeral
services will be held Friday afternoon at two o’clock at the Akron Methodist
Church. Rev. Clyde MILLER and Rev. Lee
HILL will be in charge and burial will be made in the I.O.O.F. cemetry in Akron.
In
reporting the death of John R. BAKER in Tuesday’s issue of this newspaper the
obituary should have stated that he was born in Kewanna and that his residence
in this city was taken up last
fall. The paragraph pertaining to the
survivors should have read “the widow whose maiden name was Ella BRUCE,” while the
initials of a daughter who survives is
hereby corrected to Mrs. E. D. WILSON and not Mrs. E. G. WILSON. The deceased passed away at 6:30 Tuesday morning at his home in
this city.
Thursday, June 11, 1931
Chas. H.
APPLEMAN, former recorder of Fulton Co., died at 12:30 Thursday morning at his
home in Star City, death being due to complications of diseases. Mr. Appleman had been in ill health for several years and had
been bedfast for the past 15 weeks.
Mr.
Appleman, who was past 60 years of age, was a telegraph operator for the Erie
Railroad for several years and moved to Rochester from Leiters Ford. He was elected County Recorder on the
Republica ticket and served two terms from 1915 to 1919. Shortly after moving to this city his wife died and later he was married to
Mrs. Ella NORMAN.
Mr. and
Mrs. Appleman have lived in Star City for several years and for some time
operated a motion picture theatre.
Three years ago he was forced to retire on account of his failing health. He was a member of the I.O.O.F. Lodge at Amboy.
Surviving
are his wife and five children: Leo
[APPLEMAN] ad Mabel [APPLEMAN], of Los
Angeles, California; Ruth [APPLEMAN] of Minnesota; Audrey FOLEY, of Pennsylvania, ad Donald [APPLEMAN] of
LaFontaine, Ind. Funeral services will
be held Sunday at two p.m. at the
Christian Church in Star City. Burial
will be made in the mausoeum in
Rochester.
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Mrs.
APPLEMAN suffered a stroke of paralysis early Thursday morning and remains in a
semi-conscious condition. Her daughter,
Mrs. William ZIMMERMAN, of Rocheter, is at her bedside.
Mary
Elizabeth ELLINGER, 13, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George ELLINGER, Mishawaka,
formerly of Argos, died at 7 o’clock Thursday morning at the Kelly hospital
in Argos. The child had been ill since February and death was due to heart
trouble.
Mary
Elizabeth was born near Lake Maxinkuckee on March 13, 1918, and all of her life
with the exception of a few years, had been spent in Argos. She was a patient at a hospital in Mishawaka
for several weeks and recently was removed to the Kelly hospital.
Surviving
are her parents, four sisters and seven brothers, all at home. Funeral services will be held Sunday
afternoon at three o’clock at the Poplar Grove church, west of Argos. Burial will be made in the adjacent cemetery.
Friday, June 12, 1931
Coming as
a shock to her friends in this community is the death of Mrs. Elizabeth
FORDYCE, 42, which occurred at 12:45 Friday afternoon in her home on the North
Shore Drive of the Lake. Mrs. Fordyce had been ill for the past ten
days and death was due to heart trouble.
Elizabeth
MARTIN was born in Garrett, Ind., on April 2nd, 1889 and in September, 1923 was
married to Byron F. FORDYCE. The
Fordyce family had lived at Lake Manitou for
the past seven years, moving here from Indianapolis. Mr. Fordyce died a year ago while on a
business trip in the northern part of the state.
The
deceased was a member of the W. R. C., of this city, and of the Jane Line class
of the Baptist Sunday School.
Surviving
are the mother, Mrs. MARTIN, of Broughton, Ohio; a step-son, James FORDYCE, at
home; two sisters and two brothers.
Funeral arrangements have not been made.
Relatives here have received word of the
death of Mrs. C. H. HOFFMAN, 70, of Fostoria, Ohio, which occurred at her home
Thursday morning. Death followed an
illness of eight weeks with
complications of diseases.
The
deceased was formerly Miss Viola Candis ALSPACH, daughter of the late Oliver
and Minerva ALSPACH, and was born and raised on a farm south of Rocheser. Upon reaching womanhood she was married to
C. H. HOFFMAN and for the past 30 years they had lived in Fostoria, Ohio. Surviving are her husband and one son, Roy
[HOFFMAN], of Fostoria; two brothers, Charles ALSPACH, of Rochester, and Eli
ALSPACH, of Peru; five sisters, Mrs.
Arthur BRUBAKER and Mrs. Charles RICHARDSON, of Rochester, Mrs. Emma
CLOUD and Mrs. James CLEMANS, of
Macy, and Mrs. Scott WHITMORE, of Pulaski, New York.
Funeral
services will be held Saturday afternoon at two o’clock in Fostoria. Those who are in that city for the services
are Mrs. Arthur Brubaker, Mrs. Charles Richardson and Charles Alspach, of this
city; Mrs. Harry WAGONER, near Talma, Mr. and Mrs. James CLEMANS and Mrs. Eli ALSPACH, of Peru and Ermal
SMITH, of South Bend.
Mrs. Etta
L. FREEL, 43, well known resident of Kewanna, died at 6:50 Thursday evening at
Woodlawn hospital where she had been a patient for several weeks. Death was due to dropsy and followed a four months illness.
Etta L.
[GRIMES], daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. M. GRIMES, was born in Darlington,
Ind. She had been a resident of Kewanna
since 1909 and on February 9, 1909, was married to Grover FREEL. She was a member of the United Brethren
church at Prairie Grove.
Surviving
are her husband, her mother, Mrs. William CLARK, of Kewanna, and six sons,
Basil [FREEL], Ermal [FREEL], Chester [FREEL], Ivan [FREEL], Dale [FREEL] and
Marvin [FREEL], all at home. Funeral
services will be held Sunday afternoon at 1:30 at the Kewanna Baptist church
with Rev. FOX in charge.
Ralph
BALDWIN, 21 year old son of Ollie BALDWIN, near Kewanna, was accidentally shot
to death by a five year old boy in Three Oaks, Michigan, Friday morning. No details of the accident were given in the message to the boy’s father.
Baldwin
had been employed by the Ackerman Construction Co. in Michigan for the past three months. Surviving are his father, a brother, Hugh
BALDWIN, of Kewanna, and three
sisters, Mrs. Ruby CRABB, Miss Goldie BALDWIN, of Kewanna, and Mrs. Vernice
PRATT, of South Bend.
Mr.
Baldwin and T. L. HARRISON, of Kewanna, left for Three Oaks as soon as informed
of the accident.
Saturday, June 13, 1931
The
funeral services for the late Mrs. B. F. FORDYCE, who died at her cottage on
the north shore of Lake Manitou at noon yesterday after a heart attack will be
held from the St. Joseph Catholic church at 10 a.m. Monday with Father John
SCHALL in charge. Burial will be made
in the Odd Fellows cemetery.
John
Wesley THOMAS, 51, 1516 Wallace Avenue and practically a life long resident of
this city, dropped dead Friday evening, between six and seven o’clock, at the
farm home of Mrs. Jennie
BEMENDERFER. Death was pronounced due
to heart trouble by Coroner A. E. STINSON.
Mr.
Thomas was doing the evening chores on the Bemenderfer farm as had been his
custom for several months. When he did not return to the house Mrs.
Bemenderfer went to investigate and found him dead in the barn yard. Mr. Thomas had been in ill health for the
past two years but his condition had not been regarded as serious.
The
deceased was born in Fulton County on June second, 1880, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. George THOMAS. He had lived in
this community all of his life with the exception of a few years spent in
Arkansas. On January 12, 1901 he was
married to Laura Belle DAUGHERTY.
Surviving
are his wife, a daughter, Miss Effie [THOMAS], in South VBend; a son, Benjamin
[THOMAS], at home; his aged father, George THOMAS, a brother, David [THOMAS], and two sisters, Mrs. Kate
EYTCHESON and Mrs. Elizabeth MERLEY, all of Rochester.
Funeral
services will be held Sunday afternoon at two o’clock at the United Brethren
Church. Rev. I. E. LONGENBAUGH will
officiate and burial will be made in the Citizens cemetery.
Mrs.
Jettie STUBBS, 46, former resident of Kewanna, died Friday in her home in
Winamac, following a six weeks illness.
Jettie
[PARCEL], daughter of John and Hanna PARCEL, was born in White county, Indiana,
but practically all of her life was spent in Kewanna and Winamac
communities. On Sept. 11, 1908, in Rochester she was married
to Vern E. STUBBS.
Surviving
are her husband, five children, Theo. [STUBBS], of California, Mrs. Vernis
COCHREN, of Niles, Mich.; Donald [STUBBS], Walter [STUBBS], Orval [STUBBS]
and Lotte [STUBBS] at home; father,
John PARCEL, of Kewanna; a brother, Cecil [PARCEL], of Star City; four sisters, Mrs. Polly FOGLESONG, of
Kewanna; Mrs. Blony LAWSON, of Boon, Iowa; Mrs. Ada GLENN, of Danville, Mich.,
and Mrs. Arch DUNN, of Argos.
Funeral
arrangements have not been made pending arrival of relatives from a distance.
The
infant son of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. LLOYD, of Kewanna, died Friday evening shortly
after birth at the Cass county hospital in Logansport. The child, which had been named Edward
[LLOYD], Jr., was buried Saturday afternoon in the I.O.O.F. cemetery in
Kewanna.
Wayne and
Union township residents were shocked to learn of the death of Miss May KUMLER,
61, life-long resident of Grass Creek neighborhood who ended her own life by
drowning herself in a watering tank on the William FEIDNER farm, two miles west
of Grass Creek. The body was discovered submerged in the
tank early this morning by Mr.
Feidner, the deed evidently being committed during the early hours of
Saturday morning.
Miss
Kumler, who was employed as a housekeeper at the Feidner home had been in ill
health for the past five or six years and at occasional times suffered
melanchoia attacks. It was during one
of these attacks that Miss Kumler decided to end her life, as a note which was
left on the kitchen table
stated: “Couldn’t sleep last night,
this is the ony thing to do, forgive
me.”
The
deceased was well known throughout the southwestern part of Fulton county,
where she was actve in both church and social affairs.
May,
daughter of John J. and Almeda KUMLER, was born on a farm near Grass Creek on
January 14th, 1870, and had resided in that vicinity throughout her entire life
with the exception of a few years
spent in Rochester where she was employed in the county treasurer’s office by
her father who served two terms in that office. She also assisted her brother H. B. KUMLER, who held this office
in recent years. The deceased was
graduated from the Grass Creek high
school and also the Hutington Business College.
Following
the completion of her education she planned to take up the profession of school
teaching but ill health prevented her plans from materializing. Miss Kumler was a member of the United Brethren church at Grass Creek, from early
childhood. Survivors are three brothers, Harley B. KUMLER, Roy
KUMLER, of Kewanna, Frank KUMLER, of this
city and three sisters, Mrs. A. J. MURRAY, of Grass Creek; Mrs. Carrie
PHILLIPS, of Portland, Ore.; and Mrs.
Rev. E. E. HEIMBURGER, of Thorntown, Ind.
Funeral
services will be held at the Grass Creek United Brethren church on Tuesday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Burial will
be made in the Grass Creek cemetery.
Fueral
services for Ralph BALDWIN, 21, son of Ollie BALDWIN, of Kewanna, who was accidentally shot to death by a
five-year-old boy in Three Oaks, Mich., Friday, will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:15 at the
Bruce Lake Community church. Rev. C. Y.
GILMORE will officiate and burial will
be made in the adjoining cemetery.
Monday, June 15, 1931
Funeral
services were held Sunday afternoon at 2:15 o’clock from the Bruce Lake
Community Church for Ralph BALDWIN, aged 21, of Kewanna, who was accidentally
killed Friday afternoon by a five-year-old boy, Charles SMITH, of Three Oaks,
Mich. The services were in charge of Rev. C. Y. GILMORE. Burial was made in the Bruce Lake cemetery. Baldwin, who was a noted athlete while he
was a student in the Kewanna high school, was shot while he slept on a couch by the child who was playing
bandit. The Smiths are unable to
explain how the child got the loaded gun which was kept hanging on the wall of
the kitchen. At the time of the
fatal shooting Baldwin was a guest in the Smith home.
Levi
BAKER, 65, life-long resident of the Wagoners Station community, southeast of
this city, passed away at his farm home at 9:45 o’clock Sunday morning. Death resulted from a stroke of paralysis which was suffered
ten days ago. Mr. Baker was well known
throughout both Fulton and Miami
counties being engaged for a number of years in the saw mill and lumber busiess at Wagoners Station.
Levi, son
of Phillip and Ann (SHOEN) BAKER, was born on a farm near Green Oak on October 13th, 1866 and on Dec. 22nd.,
1891 he was united in marriage to Martha Jene WYRICK, the ceremony taking place
at Fulton. During the earlier years of
the deceased’s life he followed the
occupation of farming and later operated a saw mill on his farm near Wagoners. He was a member of the Macy Christian church, the Knights of
Maccabees and the I.O.O.F.
fraternal organizatios. Surviving with
the widow are two sons, Virgil BAKER,
of Fulton; Joe BAKER, of Rochester; one daughter, Mrs. Ethel CAIN, who
lives with her parents, four
grandchildren, Dorothy [BAKER] and Dick BAKER, of Fulton; Betty BAKER, of Rochester and Robert CAIN of
Wagoners; three brothers, Jake [BAKER] and George [BAKER] who reside south of Green Oak and William BAKER, east
of Rochester.
Funeral
services will be held at the Macy Christian church Tuesday afternoon at 2:30
o’clock with C. M. REED, pastor officiting.
Burial will be made in the Macy Plainview cemetery.
Tuesday, June 16, 1931
Several
Rochester people yesterday attended the funeral services at Elkhart for Amos
HERMAN, aged 80, father of Rev. M. O. HERMAN of Huntington, former pastor of
the Evangelical church here. Mr. Herman
died last Friday after an illness of several months. He had often visited
his son while he was pastor of the local church.
Elias J.
SHRIVER, aged 82, a life long resident of Fulton county, died at 7:30 o’clock
Monday night at his home two miles southwest of Akron. Death was due to diseases incident to old age. The deceased had been ill for the past two years, a portion of
which time he was bedfast.
Mr.
Shriver was born in Champaign county, Ohio on December 21, 1838 and was the son
of Jesse and Ruth SHRIVER. When he was
very young Mr. Shriver’s parents moved to
Fulton county to reside. He was
married to Minerva Jane MOORE who preceded him in death.
Survivors
are eight children. The daughters are
Mrs. Ella HARTMAN, Akron, Mrs. Ida HARTMAN, Rochester, Mrs. Rose BLACKBURN,
Kokomo, Mrs. Faye GARDNER, Rochester
and the sons, John [SHRIVER] of Durand, Mich., Clarence [SHRIVER] of Macy,
Chester [SHRIVER] of Akron, and Jesse [SHRIVER] of Macy.
Funeral
services will be held from the Christian Church at Akron, at 2 p.m.
Wednesday. The Rev. Simon KROFT of
Akron will be in charge of the services assisted by Rev. E. SAUSAMAN. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows
cemetery at Akron.
Wednesday, June 17, 1931
Albert
FAULSTITCH, 67, a prominent farmer residing south of Delong, passed away at his
home Tuesday evening following a four days’ illness from acute
indigestion. He had been a resident of that community for over 64
years and had a wide acquaintance of friends throughout the western portion of Fulton county.
Albert,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip FAULSTITCH, was born in New York state on April
10th, 1864, and moved with his parents to the vicinity of Delong when he was
but three years of age. Surviving are
his wife, who was formerly Mrs. Ida VANDERGRIFT, near Rocheter, three sons, Roy [FAULSTITCH], Oak Park, Ill.; Walter
[FAULSTITCH], of Delong; Charles [FAULSTITCH] of Chicago, and
three daughters, Mrs. Ruth MAHLER, of Culver, Ind., Mrs. Jennie THOMPSON, of
Atlanta, Ga., and Miss Daisy [FAULSTITCH] at home. Two step-sons, Albert [VANDERGRIFT] and Haroild VANDERGRIFT,
reside in Moorhead, Minn., and a step-daugher, Mrs. James CALLOWAY, in Canada.
Funeral
services will be held in the Delong Methodist church on Friday afternoon, two
o’clock. Interment will be made in the
Leiters I.O.O.F. cemetery.
John H.
GRINDLE, 63, well known Henry Township resident where he lived his entire life,
died Wednesday morning at 4:30 in his home on North Mishawaka Street, in
Akron, death being due to
complications of diseases. Mr. Grindle
had been in failing health for some
time but had been serious since Last September. For the past eleven weeks he had been
bedfast.
John H.,
son of Abraham and Mary GRINDLE, was born on December 18, 1867 on a farm two
miles south of Akron. On December 7,
1890 he was married to Lucinda MILLER,
who passed away in 1910. On
August third, 1913 he married Mary DAVIDSON.
Mr. Grindle followed the occupation as a salesman and for four years
held a position with the office of the Northern Indiana Power Company in this
city. He was a member of the Akron
Methodist
Church.
Surviving
are his wife and one sister, Mrs. Charles SMITH, of Akron. Funeral services will be held Thursday
morning at ten o’clock at the home in Akron with Rev. C. S. MILLER, of the Methodist church in
charge. The body will then be taken to
Springfield, Ill., where a short service will be held at 10 o’clock Friday
morning at Union Chapel near that
city. Burial will be made in the
Union Chapel cemetery.
Thursday, June 18, 1931
Mrs.
William F. ABBOTT, aged 44, died very suddenly at her home on Main street in
Fulton Wednesday evening from a heart attack.
Coroner A. E. STINSON was called and rendered a verdict of death from a
heart attacke. The deceased had suffered
with heart trouble for several years but her death was entirely unexpected.
Verna
Ellen NEWTON was born on a farm near Fulton on June 14, 1887. She was the daughter of Sylvanus and Barbara
NEWTON. She has spent her entire
lifetime in this county. She was a
member of the United Brthren church in Fulton.
Survivors
are the husband whom she married on Feb. 16, 1908, the father who resides in
this city, six children, Oscar [ABBOTT], Denver, Colo.; Mrs. Opal CUTLER, of
Warsaw; Orpha [ABBOTT], William
[ABBOTT], Alvin [ABBOTT] and Elden [ABBOTT] all at home and three sisters, Mrs. Nora DEFABRITIS,
Sidney, Mrs. Alice BABCOCK, Messick, Mich.,
and Mrs. Thursa ENYEART, of Culver.
Funeral
services will be held from the Fulton United Brethren church 2 p.m.
Friday. Rev. H. W. FRANKLIN, pastor of
the church, will be in charge assisted by Rev. R. E. NYBARGER, pastor of the
Holiness church at Fulton. Burial will
be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery
at Fulton.
Mrs.
Francis KRATZER has received word of the death of her brother, Frederick
WATERMAN, of Boston, Mass., which occurred at Galveston, Tex., Tuesday. The deceased was visiting his brother at the
time his death occurrd. Mr. Waterman
was a noted concert and opera singer.
Burial will be made at Galveston.
Friday, June 19, 1931
Funeral
services will be held at the residence Saturday afternoon at two o’clock for
Harrison C. BREWER, 80, who died Wednesday night in his home three miles
northeast of Argos. Burial wil be made in the Maple Grove
cemetery.
Surviving
are his wife and two sons, F. E. [BREWER] and Marion BREWER, both of Argos.
Price
O’DELL, 62, former resident of this city, died Wednesday at the St. Joseph
hospital in South Bend following a five days illness of pneumonia.
The
deceased was born in Fulton county, Dec. 18, 1861, and moved to South Bend
eight years ago. He was employed by the
Northern Indiana Railway company.
Surviving are six children:
Elvin O’DELL, of Walton; Isaac O’DELL, Rochester; Carl O’DELL, South
Bend, Gladys [O’DELL], James [O’DELL] and Joanna O’DELL, at hoime.
Funeral
services were held Thursday afternoon at the Sprague chapel in South Bend. Burial was made in Fairview cemetery in that
city.
Saturday, June 20, 1931
Benjamin
RANTZ, a farmer livig near Gilead, dropped dead on the banks of a creek near
Gilead at noon yesterday. Coroner A. A.
NEWELL of Peru reported death due to a heart attack.
Benjamin
Franklin AUSMUN, 82, well known pioneer resident of Liberty Township, died at
3:15 Friday afternoon in his home on South Main Street in Fulton. Death was due to dropsy and heart trouble
and followed an illness of two years.
The
deceased was born on April 6, 1948 in Brown County, Ohio, the son of Eli and
Mary AUSMUN and is the last of a family of ten children. When ten years of age he came with his
parents to Fulton county where he has since resided. For 16 years he taught school and later followed the occupation
of farming. On March 1, 1885 he was
married to Sarah B. WELBORS. He was a member of the Fulton United
Brethren church.
Surviving
are his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Carl EMRICK, of Fulton, and four
grandchildren. Two sons preceded him in
death. Funeral services will be held
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at the Fulton
U.B. Church. Rev. W. F. FRANKLIN will
officiate and burial will be made in
the Fulton cemetery.
Mr. and
Mrs. Newton SPARKS, of Fulton, have been called to Cleveland, Ohio, by the
death of their son, LeRoy Ellsworth [SPARKS], 38, who died Thursday night
following a year’s illness with
tuberculosis.
Mr.
Sparks was born in Cass county on April 24, 1893 and most of his life was spent
in the Fulton community. Upon reaching
manhood he was married to Catherine WEEDER and for several years they had lived in Cleveland where he was
employed in the artificial silk
mills.
Surviving
are his wife, parents, three sons, LeRoy [SPARKS], Carl [SPARKS] and Glen
[SPARKS], and one daughter, Matilda Lee [SPARKS], three sisters, Mrs. Fay
CALLOWAY, Lucerne; Mrs. Marie BENTON, Peru, and Mrs. Fern HURLBURT, of Bruce
Lake, two brothers, Lester [SPARKS],
of Philadelphia and Elzie [SPARKS], of Fulton; a half-sister, Mrs. May JOHNSON, of Walton, and a
half-brother, James SPARKS of Lake Cicott.
Funeral
services will be held Monday aftrnoon at two o’clock in Cleveland. Burial will be made there.
Monday, June 22, 1931
Mrs. Ella
BARKMAN, of this city, has received word of the death of her brother, Lum HORP,
82, which occurred Sunday morning at 6:30 at his home in Elbing, Kansas. Funeral services will be held at the home
Tuesday afternoon.
Samuel W.
GOSS, 65, of 1641 Kenwood Avenue, Evanston, Ill., a former resident of this city and a retired Methodist minister,
dropped dead Sunday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles BELOW of
Evanston as he was preparing to go on a picnic party with his wife, daughter and two
grandchildren. Death was due to heart
attack which was super- induced by
the heat. Mr. Goss had not been in the
best of health for the past three weeks.
Word of
the death was received in this city yesterday by Mrs. Martha SEYMOUR, a
sister. Mrs. Seymour because of ill
health will be unable to attend the funeral services which will be held from the home in Evanston
Tuesday afternoon followed by burial in the cemetery at Naperville, Ill.
The deceased was born on a farm southwest of this city on October 18, 1865 the son of Jonas and Mary GOSS. He was a graduate of the Rochester High School and Wabash College. Mr. Goss decided to enter the ministry. He then took a divinity course at Northwestern