FULTON
COUNTY INDIANA
OBITUARIES
1932
The News-Sentinel
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1932
Saturday, January 2, 1932
Mrs.
Essie Bell BURNS, 43, died Thursday evening at 6:35 at her home five miles
southwest of Akron, death being due to cancer.
Mrs. Burns had been in ill health for two years, but her condition had only been regarded as serious
the past five weeks.
Essie
Bell [NYE], daughter of Gilbert and Ida NYE, was born July 1, 1888, in Henry
township and all of her life had been spent in that community.
On Sept.
2, 1905, she was married to Oliver BURNS.
Mrs. Burns was a member of the Omega United Brethren church, three miles
southwest of Akron.
Surviving
are her husband, parents, one son, Verl [BURNS], at home; four daughters, Mrs.
Florence BOWEN, Peru, Lamona [BURNS], Treva [BURNS] and Lena [BURNS], at home; one brother, Clifford NYE, of Akron;
four sisters, Mrs. Myrtle DAVIS, Mrs. Lucretia KUHN, of Akron; Mrs. Mauna
BONAR, Mt. Comfort, Ind.; and Carmen SPENCER, of Indianapolis, and one
grandson.
Funeral
services were held Saturday afternoon at 1:30 at the Methodist church in
Akron. Rev. I. E. LONGENBAUGH, of
Rochester, officiated and burial was made in the Akron I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Monday, January 4, 1932
Everett
Lowell [COPLEN], six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs Leroy COPLEN, who reside on the
county line road north of this city, passed away at the McDowell hospital in
Warsaw at one o’clock Monday
morning Death followed an operation for
glandular trouble. The child had been in a serious condition for the
past two weeks.
Everett
Lowell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Coplen, was born on June 25th, 1925. He is survived by his parents, a brother,
Carl [COPLEN], and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey COPLEN and Mr and Mrs Jess
ROHRER. Funeral services in charge of
Rev. WEAVER will be held
Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock at the Brethren church, south of Argos. Burial will be made in the adjacent
cemetery.
Funeral
services were held Sunday morning at nine o’clock at the St. Matthew’s Roman
Catholic church in South Bend, for Patrick Edward WALSH, 52, former resident of
Kewnnna, who died Friday night at his home, 1136 East Bowman Street, South
Bend. Burial was made in Kewanna.
The
deceased was born in Kewanna January 29, 1878 and lived all his life in
Kewanna, with the exception of the past four years, during which time the Walsh
family had resided in South Bend. He
was employed as an inspector at the Bendix Corporation.
Survivors
are his wife, formerly Mary FLANNIGAN, four children, Patricia [WALSH], John
[WALSH], Corinne [WALSH] and Allen [WALSH] at home; a sister, Mrs. Margaret
McDONOUGH, of Kewanna; two brothers, John J. WALSH, of Logansport, and William
WALSH of Kewanna.
The
infant son of Mr. and Mrs. George SAYGERS, west of Argos, died a few hours
after birth, Saturday night. Burial was
made Sunday in the Poplar Grove cemetery.
Tuesday, January 5, 1932
Harry
HAMLETT has received word of the death of his daughter, Mrs. John S. MORRIS of
Chicago, which occurred Monday evening.
Death was due to pneumonia. Funeral
services and burial will be in
Chicago. Mrs. B. F. GRAHAM, a sister,
will attend the funeral.
Mr. and
Mrs. Oren HENDRICKSON have been called to Rockford, Illinois by the death of
her father, Rev. A. W. HAINES, 85, who died Tuesday morning at 3:30 following
a week’s illess with
paralysis Rev. Haines, a retired
Mthodist minister, had often visited at the Hendrickson home and had many friends here. He is survived by five children.
Funeral
services for Mrs. Wilbur STOUT, aged 35, who lived on a farm three miles
southwest of Silver Lake, were held at the United Brethren Church at Silver
Lake yesterday. Mrs. Stout died
Saturday night after a short illness caused by diabetes.
Wednesday, January 6, 1932
Argos,
Ind., Jan. 6 - Charles SWIHART, age 34,
of Argos, was instantly killed Monday night when an Indiana railroad traction
car struck his automobile which was stalled on the tracks at 38th and Dearborn streets in Indianapolis.
His
brother, Clifford SWIHART, and the latter’s wife told officers they were
enroute to Noblesville. Clifford Swihart said he was driving the
automobile He did not know that Dearborn street ended at 38th, he said, and
the automobile skidded on to the tracks.
They saw
an interurban approaching, he said, and Charles attempted to drive the auto off
the tracks while Mr and Mrs. Clifford Swihart pushed.
The
interurban struck the car killing Charles Swihart. Clifford and his wife, who live near Noblesville, were held for a
coroner’s investigation.
The three
had left the home of the men’s parents, Mr and Mrs. John F. SWIHART, six miles
east of Argos, after a holiday visit
Charles Swihart was planning to return to Cleveland, O., where he was employed after leaving his
brother and sister-in-law in
Noblesville. The parents had not
yet been informed of the accident late this morning. Two sisters, Mary
[SWIHART] at home, and Mrs. Hazel SMITH, who lives with her husband on her father’s farm, and the brother also
survive.
The
family was visited by tragedy earlier in the day when Everett Lowell COPLEN,
age six, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy COPLEN and grandson of Mrs John Swihart’s
brother died in McDonald hospital, Warsaw.
The child had been ill three weeks of a throat infection and his condition
took a turn for the worse when he developed hemorrhages. He died while enroute to the Warsaw hospital.
Nrs. Rosannah OVERMEYER, 69, passed away
at her farm home near the Burton church at 1:10 o’clock Wednesday
afternoon. Death resulted from a complication
of diseases after an illness of three month.
The deceased had been a resident of Fulton county throughout her entire life and had a wide
acquaintance of friends in the northwest section of the county.
Rosannah
[ZINK], daughter of Joseph and Emaline ZINK, was born on a farm in the South
Germany neighborhood on April 19th, 1863.
On April 4th, 1886, she was united in marriage to Frank L. OVERMEYER who
preceded in death on Sept 7th, 1925.
For a number of years.the
deceased resided in the Richland Center community, later removing to a farm
near the Burton church where she
lived for the past 43 yers. Mrs.
Overmeyer was a member of the Evangelical church. Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Carrie MOORE, and Mrs. Dennie
HUDKINS, both of near Burton Two sons
preceded her in death, Glen OVERMEYER, son, having passed away December 4th at
his home in Indianapolis.
Funeral
services in charge of Rev. HANDSCHU of Bruce Lake will be held Friday afternoon
one o’clock at the Burton Church. Burial
will be made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery in Rochester.
Mrs. Sam
WILHOIT, of Akron, has received word of the death of her grandson, Robert Lee
DEERING, six weeks old son of Mr. and Mrs. David DEERING, of Pulaski, Va. The
child’s death was due to pneumonia.
The body will be brought to Akron for burial. Mrs. Deering was
formerly Miss Esther WILHOIT.
Rochester
friends of Mrs. Rufus B. FELTIN, nee Elizabeth PLATT, former teacher in the local high school, were appprised
today of the death of her husbad which occurred at noon Monday, in Phoenix,
Ariz. The following obituary appered in
Tuesday’s issue of the South Bend
Tribune:
Rufus B. FELTEN, aged 37, since 1924 an
instructor in mechanical drawing at Central Senior High School, died at noon Monday
in Phoenix, Ariz., where he had gone with Mrs. Felton in October. He was forced by ill health to resign his duties here in
September.
Mr. Felten was born June 14, 1894 in Milwaukee,
Wis. He was gaduated from the
University of Wisconsin in 1923 and came to South Bend in November, 1924. He had taught in Milwaukee, Madison and Janesville, Wis., from 1918
to 1924. In June, 1929, he mrried Miss
Elizabeth PLATT, instructor of
English in the local school.
He leaves two brothers, Clarence FELTEN,
Detroit, Mich., and Hilbert FELTEN, Phoenix, and one sister, Mrs. Sidney
FRENCH, of Franklin, Ind. Mr. Felten
was swimming coach at the high
school three years. Funeral
services will take place in Milwaukee.
Thursday, January 7, 1932
Edward A.
EASH, 32, well known young farmer of the Tiosa community, died at 5 o’clock
Tuesday morning at a hospital in Tucson, Ariz., death being due to a throat
affliction. Mr. Eash had been in ill
health since last February and had gone to Arizona seven weeks ago. He was accompanied on the Arizona trip by
his wife.
The
deceased was born in Fulton county on Oct. 26, 1899, the son of Frank and Emma
EASH, and all of his life had been spent in the Tiosa vicinity. On Jan. 19, 1922, he was married to Gertrude BARKMAN. Mr. Eash was a member of the I.O.O.F. lodge.
Surviving
are his wife and four children: Phyllis
Rosemary [EASH], aged seven, Rachel Ann [EASH], five, Forrest [EASH], three and
Carrol Jean [EASH], 16 months. The
children are being cared for by
their aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Edward EASH, near Tiosa.
The body
will arrive in Rochester Saturday afternoon at 1:32 and will be taken to the
Eash home one mile south of Tiosa. Funeral arrangements will not be made until
Mrs. Eash and the body of her husband
arrive.
Mrs.
Chas. KILMER has received word that Mrs. Nancy CHANDLER had passed away
Wednesday evening at the Emily Flinn Home at Marion, Ind. The funeral service will be held here Friday afternoon at the Church of
Christ at 2 p.m., Rev. WALLENBURG officiating. Burial in Odd Fellows cemetery.
Friday, January 8, 1932
Funeral
services were held at Saybrook, Illinois yesterday for Mrs. E. A. NEWCOMB, aged
72, a former resident of Mentone who passed away Tuesday at the home of her
daughter in Pana, Ill. Mrs. Newcomb’s death was caused by
mumps. She had bee ill but a few days. Survivors are the husband, three sons and
two daughters.
Saturday, January 9, 1932
Walter
HAAG, aged 55, a laborer who has been rooming at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John
GINTHER, 417 Clayton Street for the past two years was found dead in bed
this morning by Mr. Ginther. Death according to Coroner A. E. STINSON was
caused by neuralgia of the heart.
Haag’s
body was found by Mr. Ginther at 7:30 a.m. when Ginther went to investigate
after Haag had failed to respond to a call to come to breakfast. Haag had been complaining of pains in the
region of his heart for several days.
Haag retired last night at 6 o’clock which was two hours earlier than he
usually went to bed.
Little is
known of Mr. Haag. He for several years
was employed as a plumber and as a janitor in Chicago. He was married twice One of his wives was a Rochester woman whose
maiden name was Versa SHEETS.
Through a
letter which was found on his person, Coroner Stinson has been trying to reach
some of his relatives. They are two
brothers, William [HAAG] and Fred [HAAG] and a sister, Mrs. Flossie ADAMS all
of Hammond and a daughter in East Chicago.
Pending
word from the relatives no funeral arrangements have been made. The body of Mr. Hag has been moved to a
local undertaking parlor where it has been prepared for bueia.
Monday, January 11, 1942
Mrs.
Julia WORK, a former resident of Plymouth, died at her home in Los Angeles,
Calif., Saturday according to word which friends received in Plymouth. Mrs. Work in 1899 established the Julia Work
training school two miles north of Plymouth on Road 31. The
school is now known as Brightsides.
The ashes of Mrs. Work will be returned to Plymouth for burial.
Coroner
A. E. STINSON today received word from Fred HAAG, of Hammond, that relatives
would claim the body of Walter HAAG, who was found dead in his bed at the
home of John GINTHER last Saturday
morning. Death was due to heart
trouble. Haag had been a resident of
the Ginther home for the past two years.
Fred Haag is a brother of the dead man. He has another brother, a sister and a daughter living in
Hammond. The body of the dead man was moved to a local undertaking parlor
Saturday where it has been prepared for burial.
Interment will be made in a cemetery here.
Funeral
services were held Monday afternoon at the Macy Methodist Church for Mrs.
William J. BOOKWALTER, 83, who died Saturday afternoon at two o’clock at her
home in Macy following a week’s illness
with a severe cold Rev. E. P. WHITE was
in charge and was assisted by Rev. C. M. READ.
Burial was made in the Plainview cemetery.
Rachel
Ann [EWITT], daughter of John and Mary EWITT, was born on a farm west of Twelve
Mile on May 16, 1847. On November --,
1874 she was married to William J. BOOKWALTER the ceremony having been
performed at the Bethlehem Church, west of
Twelve Mile. Mr. and Mrs.
Bookwalter had lived in Macy for many years, moving there from Cass
County. She was a member of the Macy
Methodist Church.
Surviving
are her husband; three daughters, Mrs. Edith WOLFE, South Bend; Mrs. Verne
ENYEART and Mrs. Ida COMBS, both of Macy; one son, John BOOKWALTER, of
Macy. Another son, Newton BOOKWALTER,
died a year ago.
Henry M.
FRETZ, 70, of Auburn, Ind., died at his home Sunday morning at 3:30. Benjamin F. FRETZ, of Rochester, is a
brother of the deceased. Mr. and Mrs.
B. F. FRETZ have been in Auburn since
Friday and Mr. and Mrs. Ray FRETZ, who accompanied them, returned home Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Howard DuBOIS will go to Auburn
Tuesday to attend the funeral.
The
funeral services for Walter HAAG will be held Tuesday morning at 10:30 o’clock
in the Val Zimmerman funeral parlors.
Burial will be made in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Funeral
services were held at Gilead this afternoon for Abner WAITE, aged 81, of Peru,
father of Tom WAITE, of Akron. Mr.
Waite died last Friday night in the Dukes Memorial Hospital in Peru after four
months illness. For many years he was
employed by the Peru Mercantile Company.
Other survivors are two daughters and a brother. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge.
Tuesday, January 12, 1932
Funeral
services for the late Walter HAAG, who died last Saturday at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. John GINTHER in East Rochester where he boarded was held this morning
from the Val Zimmerman funeral parlor.
Adj. Jacob DeVRIES of the United Christian Volunteers Post of this city was in charge of the
service. Burial was made in the Odd
Fellows cemetery. Haag died followig a
heart attack which he suffered while he slept.
Friends
in this city have received word of the death of E. E. RUNNER, aged 68, a former
resident of Rochester, who died at his home in Palisade, Colo., on the
afternoon of Monday, January 4, from a heart attack. According to word which was received here Mr. Runner’s death was entirely unexpected.
He had
that day taken a long drive in his car then came home and wrote several letters
and after feeding the chickens suffered the fatal heart attack.
The
deceased was born in Yorkville, Ill. In
1899 he moved to this city and resided here until 1926 when he moved to
Palisade, Colorado after purchasing a ranch there.
While in
this city Mr. Runner engaged in farming and also operated a dairy. He was a devout Methodist. His membership was kept in the church at
Tippecanoe He had given much
money to the Methodist mission work.
Survivors
are his sister, who always made her home with him, and brother. Burial was made in the cemetery at Stanley,
Kansas.
Wednesday, January 11, 1932
Funeral
services were held at the Bethel Church near Kewanna this afternoon for Mrs.
Lafayette BALL, aged 79, who died at her home in Kewanna Monday from a
compliction of diseases incident to old age.
Mrs. Ball for many years was a resident of Cass county.
Finley
CLAY, aged 76, who for many years lived on a farm two miles east of this city
on the Fort Wayne road, died this afternoon at 1:50 o’clock at the home of his
son, Ed, two and half miles
northwest of this city on the Monticello road
Death was due to a stroke of
paralysis which he suffered two weeks ago. Survivors are three sons, Ed [CLAY] at whose home he died, Roy [CLAY] of Gary, and
Marty [CLAY] of Chicago. Funeral
arrangements will be announced
later.
Funeral
services were held at Culver this afternoon for Michael KEEN, aged 91, who died
at his home in that city Monday night after a short illness due to
pneumonia. Mr. Keen, who is survived by three daughters, moved to
Culver from this city in 1889.
Thursday, January 14, 1932
Friends
and relatives here have rceived word of the death of Mrs. C. H. GORDON, aged
46, which occurred Wednesday night at a hospital in Whiting. Death was due to complications of diseases and followed an illness of
between two and three months duration.
Mrs.
Gordon was formerly Miss Amy SMITH, of this city. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Edwin SMITH and was
born and raised in the Mt. Zion community.
She attended the Rochester college and for a number of years was
employed as a bookkeeper in this city.
During the World War she accepted a government position in Washington,
D.C. She was married to Gordon in
Washington and for several years they continued to live in the East, later moving to Whiting, Ind.
Surviving
are her husband, two daughters, a brother Bert SMITH and a sister, Mrs. NORMAN,
both of Koomo. Mrs. George TOBEY,
southeast of Rochester, and Mrs. Victor TOBEY, of Talma, are cousins. Funeral services will be held Friday
afternoon at one o’clock at the
residence, 1245 Davis Drive, Whiting.
Burial will be made in that city.
Finley
CLAY, aged 76, who for many years lived on a farm two miles east of this city
on the Fort Wayne road, died Wednesday afternoon at 1:50 o’clock at the home of
his son Ed. who resides two and
one-half miles northwest of Rochester on the Monticello road. Death was due to a stroke of paralysis. Mr. Clay had been in ill health for a year
and bedfast for the past four
weeks.
The
deceased, who was a life-long resident of Fulton county, was born on a farm
near Richland Center on Oct. 2, 1885.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan CLAY. In 1875 he was married
to [Lorah] HOOVER who died ten years ago.
Mr. Clay followed the
occupation of a farmer all of his life.
He was a member of the Christian church.
Survivors
are three son, Ed [CLAY] at whose home he died, Roy [CLAY] of Gary, and Marty
[CLAY], of Chicago, a sister, Mrs. Dora BUTLER, of Rossville, N.M., and a
brother,
William [CLAY], of this city.
The body
will lie in state at the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home on South Main street
until the hour of the services at 2 p.m. Friday.
Rev. John
WALLENBERG, pastor of the Christian church, will be in charge Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows
cemetery.
Friday, January 15, 1932
Mrs. Edna
DOWNS, 74, died at 5:55 Thursday evening at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Charles BAILEY, south of the city, following an illness of six weeks. Death was due to heart trouble and
complications.
Edna
[CRIPE], daughter of Hile and Hannah CRIPE, was born on a farm two and one-half
miles south of Rochester on March 19, 1857.
On January 28, 1877 she was married to Frank DOWNS, who passed away on
April 14, 1931. Mr. and Mrs. Downs
spent most of their married life on farms in Fulton, Miami and Pulaski
counties. A few years ago they retired
and moved to Rochester. When a youg
woman Mrs. Downs united with the Ebenezer church and later transferred her
membership to the Baptist Church in this city.
Surviving
are two daughters, Mrs. Charles BAILEY, of Rochester, and Mrs. Charles
TARKINGTON, of Peru; oe granddaughter, Miss Stella Von BAILEY, of Rochester;
two sisters, Mrs. Andrew BABCOCK and Mrs. Mart FORD, both of Rochester.
Funeral
services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at the Baptist Church. Rev. J. B. GLEASON will be in charge and
burial will be made in the Citizens cemetery.
John
BUTLER, aged 90, who resides on a farm one-half mile north of Roann, died
Thursday shortly after 1 p.m. of heart trouble. The aged man, who was a Civil War veteran, was the uncle of Mrs.
George BLACK and Mrs. Winona HOOVER.
Mr. Butler had been in ill
health for several months but
fall out of bed which he suffered last week is believed hastened his death.
The
deceased was born in Miami county on a farm close to Gilead in 1841. He was the son of William and Nancy
BUTLER. After the death of his father,
Mr. Butler moved to a farm two miles north of Fulton where he lived for many
years. Sixty-two years ago last
November he ws married in this city
to Miss Mary CLARK whose father owned what is now known as the KENTUCKY STOCK
FARM, two and half miles north of this city.
Shortly
after his mrriage Mr. and Mrs Butler moved to a farm near Gilead and twenty
years ago moved from Gilead to the farm near Roann. Mr. Butler served with the northern army during the Civil
War. He was one of three Civil War
veterans who lived in Paw Paw township, Wabash county. These vetrans held a reunion each year.
Mr.
Butler was a Mason having been initiated into that lodge in this city in
1861. He later transferred his
membership to Gilead, also was a member of the Church of God. His only survivor is his widow.
Funeral
services will be held from the Olive Branch Church of God near Gilead at 10
a.m. Monday Burial will be made in the
cemetery at Gilead.
Saturday, January 16, 1932
[no obits]
Monday, January 18, 1932
Mark
WICKS, aged 87, part owner of the ANCHOR FLOUR MILLS, died at 3:15 o’clock this
afternoon at his home at 1101 South Jefferson Street. Death was due to a stroke
of paralysis which he suffered in September. Mr. Wicks has been a miller here for the past 20 years moving to
this city from Akron. Survivors are his
son, Earl [WICKS] of this city, a
daughter and a sister. Funeral
arrangements have not been made.
The heirs
of the late Samuel HARSH, aged 82, who died at his home on the county line road
14 miles northeast of this city ten days ago from cancer, have received word
from the Treasury Department that a
part of the old money which they had sent in and which had belonged to Harsh had been redeemed.
Back of
the redemption of the money lies an interestig story. The heirs of Mr. Harsh did not know that he had very much
money. Several days ago some men were
rebuilding a line fence at the rear of the Harsh farm and came upon an old
bucket.
Examining
the bucket the fence builders were surprised to learn that it contained a large
quantity of paper money which was badly molded. In addition to the money the bucket ejected the watch of Mr.
Harsh’s wife who died 20 years ago.
Over the money and watch was some paper and a little dirt.
The heirs
consulted several bankers about the molded certificates and they were advised
to send them to the Treasury Department at Washington for redemption. This they did and recently word was received that approximately $1,000 would be
sent in exchange for the old money.
After the
finding of the bucket containing the money the Harsh home was searched and
nearly $400 in money was found secreted in vatious places and bank books
showing that he had on depoit in two banks nearly $1,000.
A further
search is to be made for more monty as it is believed that Mr. Harsh may have
buried some money somewhere on his farm.
Since the death of his wife Mr. Harsh has lived by himself.
During
his last illness several of Harsh’s relatives cared for the aged man but at no
time did he tell them that he had any
money hidden anywhere. It is now
thought Harsh did not realize now
ill he was or he would have told of the money.
Mrs.
Lettie Faye BOWEN, 34, wife of Edson BOWEN, well known Henry Township farmer,
died Saturday evening at 6:05 at Woodlawn Hospital, death being due to cancer
of the liver. Mrs. Bowen had been ill for seven weeks and
the last two weeks she had been bedfast.
Friday she submitted to a major operation at the hospital here.
The
deceased [Lettie Faye BRYANT] was born on a farm near Athens, March second,
1897, the daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth BRYANT, and all of her life had been
spent in that community. On June 10,
1916 she was married to Charles Edson BOWEN and their present home is four and one-half miles southwest
of Akron.
Surviving
are her husband, parents, one son, Belford Daniel [BOWEN], and three daughters,
Lena Elizabeth [BOWEN], Jaunita Pearl [BOWEN] and Lovy Aletha [BOWEN]; two brothers, Guy [BRYANT] and Omer
BRYANT, of Rochester; five sisters, Mrs. Ethel HILL and Mrs. Tressie WALTZ, of
Huntington, Mrs. Beulah WOOD, of Rochester, Mrs. Lucile LAMBERT, of South Bend, Miss Eldora BRYANT of
Athens.
Funeral
services were held Monday afternoon at two o’clock at the Omega Church. Rev. STRANG, of Lapaz, officiated and burial
was made in the Omega cemetery.
George
Verly [BOOHER], 18-month-old son of Dr. and Mrs. Verly S. BOOHER, passed away
at the home of his parents, 720 Jeferson street at 3:45 o’clock Saturday
afternoon. The little child, who was the victim of an attack
of double pneumonia, had been in ill health several weeks.
George
Verly Booher, who was born July 9th, 1930, is survived by his parents, a
brother, Richard [BOOHER], grandparents, Mr and Mrs. Henry BOOHER, of
Shelbyville, Ind., and a great-grandmother,
Mrs. Sarah MEYES.
Funeral
services were held two o’clock Monday afternoon in the Methodist church with
Rev. T. L. STOVALL officiating. Burial
was made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Tuesday, January 19, 1932
Mark
WICKS, 87, Civil War veteran and part owner of the ANCHOR FLOUR MILLS in this
city, died Monday afternoon at 3:15 at the Lakeview hospital in Chicago where
he had been a patient for the past two
months. Death was due to complications
of diseases.
Mark, son
of George W. and Susan [FRAWLEY] WICKS, was born in Pennbrook, N.Y., on Aug. 7, 1844, and came to Akron,
Ind., in 1887. He was married to Elnora
PUGH, of Tuscola, Ill., who died a few years ago. Mr. Wicks, who followed the occupation as a miller all his life, moved to Rochester
25 years ago, coming here from Akron.
He was a member of the
following Masonic orders: Blue Lodge,
Chapter and Commandry.
Surviving
are one son, Earl WICKS, of Rochester, and a sister, Mrs. Jennie HEWITT, of Los
Angeles, Calif. A son, Dr. Seth WICKS,
is deceased.
The body
will arrive in Rochester Wednesday afternoon and be taken to the home of Mr and
Mrs. Earl Wicks, 1101 Jefferson street.
Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at two o’clock at the Christian church
in this city and burial will be made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery in Akron. Masons will be in charge of the services.
B. F.
BRIGHT, 63, well known Henry Township farmer, died at ten o’clock Monday
morning at his home one-half mile west of Akron. Death followed an illness of three years with complication of diseases.
The
deceased was born in Akron on Oct 29, 1869, and all of his life had been spent
in that community. He was the son of
Milo and Theobe BRIGHT, and on May 17, 1893, he was married to Leone APPLEMAN. He was a member of the Methodist church.
Surviving
are his wife, one son, Milo Paul BRIGHT of Sparta, Wis., two grandchildren,
Robert Paul [BRIGHT] and Marilyn Lee BRIGHT; two sisters, Mrs. Harry DURHAM,
of Elkhart, and Mrs. John BRENEN, of
Benton Harbor, Michigan; two brothers, Milo [BRIGHT] and Grant BRIGHT, of Seattle, Wash.
Funeral
services will be held Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock at the Akron Methodist
church. Rev. Clyde MILLER will
officiate and burial will be made in the Akron I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Mrs.
Lottie ZIGLER GRAY, 76, former resident of Fulton, died at 7:30 Monday evening
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Arna LOWMAN in Huntington, Ind., following a
two weeks illness.
Mrs. Gray
had lived in Huntington for the past 30 years, moving there after the death of
her husband, William GRAY. Her first
husband was William ZIGLER and they were the
parents of three children: Mrs.
Arna LOWMAN, of Huntington; John ZIGLER, of New York, and Mrs. Mary CLEMANS, deceased.
Funeral
services will be held Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock at the Lowman home,
902 Kintz street, Huntington. Burial
will be made in that city.
Dr. A. E.
STVENS, aged 86, died at 8:30 o’clock last night at the home of his niece, Miss
Minnie STEVENS, in Argos Death was due
to a complication of diseases from which
the aged and highly respected doctor had suffered for the past two
weeks.
Dr.
Stevens was born in Kendallville on Jan. 20, 1845. He was one of the few doctors remaining in the state who served
as a doctor with the northern army during the Civil war.
Following
the war Dr. Stevens opened an office in Culver where he practiced medicine
until ten years ago when he retired and moved to Argos to make his home with
his niece.
Dr.
Stevens was highly regarded by his fellow doctors and he was often called in
consultation by them. In his early
years as a doctor Dr. Stevens rode a horse to call on his patients. He was married to Minerva Jane ALYLEN in
December, 1866. She preceded him in
death on June 17, 1916.
Survivors
are two sons, Guy [STEVENS] and Roy [STEVENS], who reside at Culver, and a
daughter, Mrs. Bessie EDDINGER of Hammond.
The sons and daughter were at the bedside when Dr. Stevens passed away.
The
funeral services will be held from the Maxinkuckee church one-quarter of a mile
east of Lake Maxinkuckee at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon. Burial will be made in the Poplar Grove
cemetery near the church.
A
stillborn baby was born Monday to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond TABLER, of
Marshtown. Short funeral services were
held at the home Tuesday morning at 9:30 and burial was made in the Fulton cemetery. Rev. R. E. NYBARGER pastor of the Fulton
Pilgrim Holiness church, was in
charge. Mrs. Tabler was formerly Miss
Lavon FRY, of Fulton.
Wednesday, January 20, 1932
Wiley JOHNSON, aged 84, life long resident of
Fulton county, died at his home at 1314 College Avenue at 9:30 o’clock Tuesday
evening. Death was due to diseases
incident to old age. He had been in failing health for the past
two years and bedfast for the last five weeks.
Mr.
Johnson was born on a farm near this city on Aug. 16, 1847 His parents were Amos and Lida JOHNSON. For many years he lived on a farm in Liberty
township. He has been a resident of
Rochester for the past 25 years.
Survivors
are the widow, who was Effie DOUGLAS, and whom he married in this city on Dec.
24, 1886, two sons Alvin [JOHNSON] and Amos [JOHNSON] and a daughter Mrs.
Charles RICHARDS, all of this city.
The
funeral services will be held from the home at 2 p.m. Thursday with the Rev. I.
E. LONGENBAUGH in charge. Burial will
be made in the Salem cemetery west of Mt. Olive.
Mrs.
Rosetta GUISE, 74, of Indiana Harbor, died Tuesday at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Mel MAHLER, near Delong, following an eight weeks’ illness with heart
trouble. She had been at the home of her daughter for three weeks.
Surviving
are two daughters, Mrs. Clara HEINZ, of California, and Mrs. MAHLER. Funeral arrangements have not been made,
pending word from the daughter in California.
Thursday, January 21, 1932
Mrs.
Laura Belle NELLANS, 69, former resident of Newcastle Township where she spent
most of her life, died Thursday morning at four o’clock at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Estel BRYANT, five
miles northwest of Akron. Death was due
to brights disease and heart trouble and followed an illness of six months
The
deceased [Laura Belle WRIGHT] was born on February 24, 1862 in Fulton
County the daughter of Samuel and Mary
WRIGHT. Thirty-seven years ago she
married Risden NELLANS who died eight
years ago. Practically all of her life
had been spent in Newcastle township with the exception of the past three
years, during which time she had lived in Indianapolis. She was a member of the Christian Church at Talma.
Surviving
re two sons, Ray [NELLANS] and Charles [NELLANS], of Indianapolis; two
daughters, Gladys NELLANS, of Indianapolis, and Mrs. BRYANT. Seven grndchildren also survive.
Funeral
arrangements have not been made.
Friday, January 22, 1932
George R.
PRATT, 64, died at 4:30 Thursday evening at his home three miles west of
Kewanna, death being due to dropsy. Mr.
Pratt had been in ill health for nine years but his condition had only been
regarded as serious the past 13 weeks.
The
deceased was born on November 25, 1867 in Carroll county but practically all of
his life had been spent in the Kewanna community. Thirty-five years ago he was married to Mertie CLAYBURN. Mr.
Pratt was a member of the Evangelical Church at Bruce Lake and the Maxinkuckee Lodge.
Surviving
are his wife; two sons, Omer [PRATT], of South Bend and Russell [PRATT], of
Macy; three daughters, Mrs. Rosy HOTT, of Michigan, Mrs. Meda HOOVER, of
South Bend, and Miss Freida PRATT,
at home; one brother, Charles PRATT, of Delphi.
Funeral
services will be held Sunday afternoon at two at the Church of Christ in Kewanna.
Rev. H. F. BULGER will officiate and burial will be made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Mrs.
Schuyler BRAMAN, 70, life long resident of Fulton County, died at 11:50 Friday
morning at her home in East Rochester.
Death was due to cancer of the stomach and followed an illness of a year.
Rebecca
Hanna [WYNN], daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John WYNN, was born on a farm near
Richland Center on October fifth, 1861.
On March 21, 1906 she was married at the Evangelical parsonage in this
city to Schuyler BRAMAN. Mr. and Mrs.
Braman had resided in Rochester the past 25 years, moving here from Richland
Township. She formerly belonged to the Evangelical church in this city.
Surviving
are her husband; a son John BRAMAN, of Rochester; two sisters, Mrs. Harrison
MARTIN and Mrs. Nicholas ROBBINS, both of Rochester; two grandchildren and five step-children.
Funeral
services will be held Sunday afternoon at two o’clock at the Church of God in
Rochester. Rev. Daniel SLAYBAUGH, of
Akron, will officiate, and burial will be made in the Rochester I.O.O.F. cemetery. The body will lie in state at the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home until the hour of the funeral.
Miss Della LEITER has received word of
the death of Mrs. Mary ALLMAN which occurred Thursday at the home of her
son-in-law and daughter, Rev. and Mrs. A. T. BRIGGS, in Greencastle, Indiana.
Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at two o’clock at the
Advent church in Argos and burial will be made in the Argos cemetery. Mrs. Allman lived in Rochester with the
Briggs family when Rev. Briggs was pastor of the Methodist Church. Several Rochester friends will attend the
services.
An agreement
made shortly after the close of the Civil War was fulfilled last week when
Adolph HUNNESHAGEN, aged 85, well known resident of the Bruce Lake
community, attended the funeral of a
comrade, Abner WAITE, who died in a Peru hospital. The funeral services were
held at the home of Mr. Waite at Gilead.
Mr. Hunneshagen and Mr. Waite were members of Company A of the 26th Ind.
Vol. They were close friends during
their service in the army and both
were mustered out at the same time.
After the war when both were attending a reunion they made an agreement
that whoever died first the other would attend his funeral. This
pledge Mr. Hunneshagen, who is very active, fulfilled. Mr. Hunneshagen drove his car to Gilead for
the service. Only one other member of
Company A except Mr. Hunneshagen
now survives. He is William BARNETT, of
Iola, Kans., who because of his health
was unable to attend Mr. Waite’s funeral.
Saturday, January 23, 1932
Relatives
here have received word of the death of Burl COLLINS, 73, former resident of
Fulton county, who died on Jan. 12 at his home in Jonesboro, Ark Death was due to paralysis and followed an illness of 1 day. Surviving are his wife and one son,
Sollie COLLINS, of Jonesboro. Burial was made in Jonesboro.
Funeral
services for Mrs. Laura Belle NELLANS, 69, who died Thursday at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Estel BRYANT, northwest of Akron, were held Sturday aftrnoon at
two o’clock at the Nichols church. Rev. Daniel SLAYBAUGH officiated and burial
was made in the Nichols cemetery.
Monday, January 25, 1932
Mrs. Ola
Armeda REEVES, 37, lifelong resident of Argos, passed away at her home 110 East
Logan street at 5:30 o’clock Saturday evening.
Death resulted from pneumonia after an illness of two weeks.
Ola
[SWIHART] REEVES, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis SWIHART, was born on July 1st,
1894. In the year of 1925 she was
united in marriage to Jesse REEVES, who survives. Surviving with the husband are two daughters, Jesse Amella [REEVES]
and Margaret May [REEVES]; three sisters, Mrs. Harley GARNER, Mrs. C. E HOLCOMB
and Miss Iona SWIHART; two brothers, Jess [SWIHART] and Milo SWIHART, all of
Argos.
Funeral
services were held at two o’clock Monday afternoon at the Walnut United Brethren
church with the Rev. WEAVER, of Tippecanoe, officiating. Interment was made in an adjacent cemetery.
Tuesday, January 26, 1932
Mrs. Harl
BURNS, 64, former residet of Fulton County, died Monday morning at eleven o’clock at her home in Bourbon. Death was due to complications of diseases
and followed an illness of six weeks.
Aretta
[MASTELLAR], daughter of William and Katherine MASTELLAR, was born in the Mt.
Zion neighborhood, southeast of Rochester, on June 28th, 1868. Upon reaching womahood she was married to
Harl BURNS and 27 years ago they moved to Bourbo from this community.
She was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Survivig
are her husband, one son, Ferrel BURNS, of Mentone, three brothers, Clarence
MASTELLAR, of Mt. Zion, Tully MASTELLAR, of Rochester and Herbert
MASTELLAR, of Elkhart.
Funeral
services will be held Wednesday afternoon at the Presbyterian Church in
Bourbon.
Funeral
services were held in Logansport this afternoon for Miss Jean CLOSSON, aged 23,
who died at her home there last Sunday night after a two years illness caused
by lung trouble. Miss Clauson was well known in this
city. She was a member of the Tri Kappa
Sorority. Survivors are the mother,
four sisters and three brothers, all of Logansport.
Wednesday, January 27, 1932
Mr. and
Mrs Joshua BLACKETOR today attended the funeral held at Mackinaw City, Mich.,
for Mrs. Catherine HARTGROW, wife of William “Doc” HARTGROW, who died at her home in Mackinaw City last Sunday. Mrs. Hartgrow was 83 years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Hartgrow, who have been married
for 64 years, moved with their family to Mackinaw City, Mich., thirty years ago
from this county.
Mrs. Mary
Ellen DUEY, 70, died at six o’clock Tuesday evening at her home at Millark,
southeast of Rochester, death being due to pernicious anemia. Mrs. Duey had been in ill health for several years but her
condition had only been regarded as serious the past month.
Mary
Ellen [GERELLE], daughter of Samuel and Ellen [BRINKERHOFF] GERELLE, was born
in Wyandotte County, near Upper Sandusky, Ohio, on February 23rd, 1860 and came to this community 48 years ago
from Tiffan, Ohio. Upon reaching
womanhood she was married to Albert DUEY, who passed away July 21st, 1937. She was a member of the Christian Church.
Surviving
are nine children; John [DUEY] and George DUEY, of Macy; Phillip [DUEY], well
known radio star of New York City; Mrs. Hattie NICHOL, of Chicago; Mrs.
Anna SMITH of Indianapolis, Mrs. Meda BERGER, of Gilead; Mrs. Mary RUNKLE,
north of Millark; Mrs. Zella CLEMANS,
of Macy, and Miss Edith [DUEY], at home.
Eleven grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and two brothers,
Phillip GERELLE, of Florida, and George GERELLE, of Sandusky, Ohio, also
surive.
Funeral
services will be held Friday afternoon at one o’clock at the residece. Rev.
Duaine NICHOL, of the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago and son-in-law of the
deceased, will officiate and burial
will be made in the Greenlawn cemetery at Mexico.
F. M.
WEAVER, 86, former resident of Akron, died Tuesday evening at 8:10 at the hoime
of his daughter, Miss Jesse WEAVER and Mrs. R. R. CARR, in Akron. Death was due to paralysis and followed an
illness of a week.
Surviving
are the two daughters and one son, Dean D. WEAVER, of Battle Creek,
Michigan. Funeral services will be held
Friday afternoon at two o’clock at the Methodist Church in Akron and burial will be made in the Akron cemetery.
A
complete obituary will be carried in Thursday’s News-Sentinel.
Thursday, January 28, 1932
Earl
McCROSKEY, aged 50, prominent Liberty township farmer, who resides 11 miles
southwest of Rochester, ended his life at his home at 5:30 o’clock Wednesday
afternoon by putting the muzzle of a
shotgun to his head and firing it with a small rod. The full charge of
the 12-gauge gun entered the head near the right eye, tearing away the
upper part of the skull.
The body
was found by Mrs. McCroskey who heard the report of the gun. McCroskey committed suicide while sitting on
a chair in the granary near the barn at his farm. After Mrs. McCroskey found the body of her husband she notified
her son Randall, who was milking cows in the barn.
Randall
satisfied himself that life was extinct in his father’s body and then notified
Coroner A. E. STINSON. Coroner Stinson
and Sheriff Ora CLARK, drove to the McCroskey farm where they obtained
statements from members of the family.
Coroner Stinson pronounced
death was caused vby McCroskey’s own hands.
The body was moved to an undertaking parlor in Fulton where it was
prepared for burial.
The dead
man has been despondent for some time.
Two weeks ago he announced to members of his family “that I won’t be
here much longer.” Tuesday McCroskey
held a sale at his farm and the
livestock which was offered for sale did not command as high price as McCroskey thought they should have brought.
Wednesday
morning Mr. McCroskey seemed a little more depressed than he had for sometime
and his sons, Randall and Lloyd, fearing that he would carry out his threat to
kill himself secreted all of the firearms on the farm except the single
barrelled shot gun which McCroskey used to end his life. This gun the sons of the dead man were
unable to find and it is now
believed that McCroskey hid this gun purposely to be used later by himself
in committing sucide.
Mr.
McCroskey was in Fulton Wednesday afternoon a short while before he killed himself. Several of his friends asked him
how his sale had gone and he replied to all of them, “rotten.” He appeared as though he were laboring under
a heavy mental strain. A short time
before he committed suicide Mr. McCroskey helped a man employed by Tim BAKER,
local horse buyer, to place a halter
on a horse which Baker had purchased at the sale.
Mr. McCroskey
was born on a farm west of Fulton on March 21, 1880. He was one of eight children who were born to Lewis and Nancy
McCROSKEY. He was educated in the public schools of Wayne and Liberty
townships. He spent his entire lifetime
living on farms in Fulton county. In
1904 he was married to Miss Bertha MULLIN.
Survivors
are the widow, two sons, Randall [McCROSKEY] and Lloyd [McCROSKEY], both at home, a daughter, Mrs.
Ralph BELLINGTON of Walton, the mother who lives near Grass Creek, six
brothers, Virgil [McCROSKEY], Buchanan, Mich; Clarence [McCROSKEY], Conn
[McCROSKEY], Delbert [McCROSKEY], Harley [McCROSKEY] and Cecil [McCROSKEY], all of whom live on farms near Fulton,
and a sister, Mrs. Gertie BOWMAN, of Fulton.
A son-in-law, Charles ROUCH, of Fulton also survives.
The
deceased was a member of the Bethel United Brethren church. The pastor of the church, Rev. E. R.
CHAMPLIN, will be in charge of the funeral services which will be held from the home at 10:30 o’clock Saturday
morning. Burial will be made in the
Salem cemetery
four and a half miles west of Fulton.
Daniel
Franklin McINTIRE, 73, died Thursday morning at 6:10 at his home five miles
northwest of Akron, death being due to complications of diseases. Mr. McIntire had been ill for the past year and had been bedfast
for a month.
Surviving
are his wife, who was formerly Ella BARNES, three sons and three daughers:
Ralph [McINTIRE], of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Oval [McINTIRE], of Akron, and Clarence [McINTIRE], of Athens; Mrs. Dessie HENDERSON, of Akron, Mrs.
Alice DAINE, of Gilead, and Mrs.
Hattie BUCHER, of Silver Lake; one brother, William [McINTIRE], near Akron, and 14 grandchildren. The deceased was a member of the Saint’s
Church.
Funeral
arrangements have not been completed.
Funeral
services for Francis Marion WEAVER, 86, Civil War veteran, who died Tuesday
night at the home of his daughters, Miss Jesse WEAVER and Mrs. Floy CARR, in
Warsaw, will be held Friday afternoon
at two o’clock at the Methodist Church in Akron. Burial will be made in the Akron I.O.O.F. cemetery.
The
deceased was born on September 28, 1845 in Williams County, Ohio, the son of
Thomas and Elma (HAINER) WEAVER, and was one of a family of nine children. When 17 years old he enlisted in Company D,
Kent, Ohio Cavalry and later was trasferred to the first Batallion, Veterans
Reserve Corps where he served until the close of the civil war. In 1868 he came to Indiana from Ohio and in
1872 was married to Mary BERLIN, who died on July 26, 1929. For many years Mr.
Weaver was engaged in the real estate business in Akron. Since the death of his wife he had lived
with his daughters in Warsaw.
Surviving
are one son, Dean D. WEAVER, of Battle Creek, Mich.; two daughters, Mrs. R. R.
CARR and Miss Jesse WEAVER, of Warsaw; five grandchildren and five great-
grandchildren; a niece and nephew, Mrs. Charles HALDERMAN and Charles E. DAY,
both of Akron.
Friday, January 29, 1932
Funeral
services for Daniel E. McINTIRE, 73, who died Thursday at his home five miles
northwest of Akron, will be held Saturday afternoon at two o’clock at the
Saints Church in Athens.Rev. D. L.
SLAYBAUGH will officiate and burial will be made in the Athens cemetery.
Saturday, January 30, 1932
William
W. MEAD, aged 61, died at his farm home three miles east of Kewanna early
Friday morning after an illness of seven weeks caused by heart trouble. He was the son of Joseph and Harvey [sic] MEAD and was born on a farm near Royal
Center on Dec. 3, 1870. He had been
a farmer during his entire life and had resided on farms in Cass, Fulton
and Pulaski counties. Survivors include the widow and two sisters,
Mrs. Chas. ARMSTRONG, of South
Bend, and Mrs. Don FOGLESONG, of Kewana.
Funeral services will be held from the home at 1:30 p.m. followed by
burial in the Mt. Hope cemetery at Logansport.
Mrs.
Bertha KERNS, 52, passed away at her home 10 miles southwest of Kewanna at 3:15
o’clock Sunday morning Death resulted
after a five weeks illness from heart trouble. The deceased had been a resident of the Lucerne
neighborhood throughout her entire life.
She
[Bertha HENDEE] was the daughter of Oliver and
Susie HENDEE of Royal Ceter.
Survivors
are the husband, Otha KERNS, her parents, two daughters, Mrs. Violet BERKSHIRE,
and Mrs. Thella HOLCOMB, both of Royal Center; a son Gaylord [KERNS], at home, and three brothers. Funeral arrangements had not been made as this
issue of the News-Sentinal went to press.
The
funeral services for Earl McCROSKEY, farmer living eleven miles southwest of
this city, were held this morning from his home. The services were largely attended. Burial was made in the
Salem cemetery near Fulton. McCroskey
during a period of despondency
committed suicide Wednesday evening by shooting himself through the head
with a shot gun.
Monday, February 1, 1932
One of
Rochester and Fulton County’s most prominent citizens, Marion C. REITER,
peacefully passed away at 10:15 o’clock Sunday evening, at his home, 1008
Fulton avenue. Death resulted from
complicatios which followed as the result of a stroke of paralysis which was suffered nine years ago. Mr. Reiter, however had only been confined
to his bed for the past five
weeks. Through his business, civic, and
political activities, the deceased had made a
wide acquaiatnce throughout this and adjoining counties and was held in
high esteem by every one with
whom he came in contact.
Mrion
Chase [REITER], son of Jacob M. and Susan REITER, was born in Bucyrus, Ohio, on
February 4th, 1856, and when a lad of but 12 years of age, he removed with
his parents to Fulton county settling
on a farm seven miles southwest of Rochester.
He obtained his education in
the country schools and later attended the Rochester city schools. Upon
reaching manhood he was united in marriage to Anna Estella LYON, on
April 12th, 1883, the ceremony being officiated by the Rev. A. M. WORK.
In the
early business career of the deceased he operated a dry goods and shoe store in
Rochester. During the administration of
President McKinley, he was appointed as postmaster of Rochester, in which office he served for two terms. After completing a most efficient
record in the Rochester postoffice he
was employed as bookkeeper for the A. J. BARRETT LUMBER CO. for a number of years. In 1922, Mr. Reiter was elected Trustee of Rochester township,
and during his two terms of office he sponsored and assisted in the building of
a modern consolidated school, five
miles southwest of this city which was named in his honor, the Reiter school. With the completion of his last term as
trustee, which terminated in the
year of 1926, Mr. Reiter retired from active business. He was a member of the Presbyterian church,
the Knights of Pythias and the I.O.O.F. lodge of this city.
Survivors
are the widow, a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Mary REITER, of this city; two brothers,
Henry A. [REITER], of Rochester, and Judge Virgil S. REITER, of Hammond. A
son David L. REITER, preceded his father in death a year ago last
November.
Funeral
services in charge of Rev. Harold W. TURPIN will be held at the home, 1008
Fulton Ave., on Wednesday afternoon two o’clock. Interment will be made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Miss
Isabell Edith SCHALL, aged 10, daughter of Harry and Hazel SCHALL of Monterey,
died yesterday of pneumonia. She had
been ill but one week. Miss Schall was
born at Monterey on April 16, 1921,
and had spent her entire lifetime there.
She was a student in the
public school there. Services will be
held from the Methodist church at Monterey at 2:30 o’clock Wednesday afternoon
with the Rev. L. G. GREEN, pastor of the church officiating.
Burial will be made in the cemetery at
Monterey.
Tuesday, February 2, 1932
Star
City, Feb. 2. - Dr. George William
WASHBURN, 67, a prominent Pulaski county resident, died at his home here Monday
morning after a sickness of eight months.
Death was unexpected.
Dr.
Washburn was stricken with paralysis about eight months ago and his condition
has been serious. He was born in Royal
Center February 20, 1865, and received his early education there. He
later was graduated from the Eclectic School at Cincinnati and the Rush Medical
College of Chicago.
He began
practice in Monon, where he remained for some time before moving to
Pulaski. There he practiced for two
terms and about 34 years ago moved to Star City where he has since
remained. He was twice elected Pulaski
county coroner.
Survivors
include the widow, Mrs. Anna Noel WASHBURN; a daughter, Dorothy WALLING, of
Ault, Colo, and an adopted son, Darl WASHBURN, of Severence, Colo.
Dr.
Washburn was a member of the Knights of Pythias and was formerly affiliated
with the Royal Center Baptist church.
Funeral
services were conducted from the Star City M.E. Church Tuesday afternoon with
Rev. HAGENBROOK and Rev. ARCHIBALD officiating. Interment was made in the
I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Thomas
CLARK, 46, a life-long resident of Newcastle township, died at his home
southeast of Talma Monday at 1 p.m after a three weeks illness due to a
complication of diseases. Mr. Clark was born on a farm in Newcastle
township and followed the occuption of
a farmer during his entire lifetime.
He was a member of the Christian church at Mentone. Survivors are the widow, who was Bertha
BRYANT, two daughters, Helen [CLARK] and Elizabeth [CLARK] at home, the mother
who resides near Palestine, and three brothers, Delbert [CLARK], Akron; Elmer [CLARK], Palestine; and Charles
[CLARK], of Claypool. The funeral
services will be held from the Mentone Baptist church at 2 p.m. Wednesday
with Rev. Thomas JOHNS in charge. Burial will be made in the cemetery at
Mentone.
Wednesday, February 3, 1932
Word has
been received here of the death of William SMITH, aged 91, of Emporia, Kans.,
which occurred yesterday. Mr. Smith,
who was a veteran of the Civil War, was born in Logansport. He served
with the 55th Indiana Volunteer Infantry during the war. After the conclusion of the war Mr. Smith
moved to Emporia, Kans., where he followed the occpation of a stone cutter. Survivors are the widow, who was Miss
Josephine TRUETT, of Emporia, three
daughers, Susie [SMITH], Nellie [SMITH] and Nettie [SMITH], all of Emporia; two
brothers, George SMITH, of this city, and Judge John B. SMITH, of Logansport,
and a sister Mrs. Lucinda KEISER, of
Walton. A nephew, Morgan SMITH, and
niece Mrs. Mary RHODA reside in
this city. Burial will be made at
Emporia.
Thursday, February 4, 1932
Richard
REED, aged 75, prominent resident of Bourbon, dropped dead yesterday afternoon
while seated at the dinner table at his home.
The Marshall county coroner pronounced death due to apoplexy. The
funeral services wil be held Friday.
Mrs.
Lizzie SNYDER COOK, southeast of the city, has received word of the death
of her sister, Mrs. Susanna BANTA,
which occurred Wednesday at her home in Logansport. Another sister, Mrs Ida TOLEN, of Logansport, died two months
ago and a broher John HEFFLINGER is ill at a government hospital in No. Dakota.
Friday, February 5, 1932
Funeral
services were held from the Akron Methodist Church this afternoon for the late
Mrs. Irvin SMITH, aged 69, who died at the home of relatives in Warsaw
Wednesday following a stroke of
paralysis which she suffered a week ago.
Interment was made in the cemetery at Akron.
Mrs.
Smith was born on a farm near Perrysburg where she resided during her early
life. Following her marriage Mrs. Smith
resided in Akron with her husband. For
the past ten years both Mr. and Mrs. Smith have resided with their children in
Warsaw. She was a member of the Methodist Church at Akron.
Mrs.
Smith has been an invalid for the past thirteen years. At that time she suffered a stroke of
paralysis. Several days ago she
contracted a heavy cold which caused her to suffer another stroke of paralysis which caused her death. Her husband is also very ill. He was unable to attend the funeral today.
Survivors
are the husband, four daughters, Mrs. Carla SHAMP, Warsaw, Mrs. Winnie MILLER,
Akron, Mrs. Maude GRANDSTAFF, Sullivan and Mrs. Ethel WILLIAMS of East Chicago;
three sons, Herbert [SMITH], Gernie [SMITH] and Vernon [SMITH] all of Warsaw;
two sisters, Mrs. Harvey NIXON and Mrs. Charles STANTON both of Peru and one
brother Siggle STEELE of Peru and twelve grandchildren and one
great-grandchild.
Daniel
Robert CARSON, 76, passed away at 9:30 o’clock Friday morning at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. Walter McGUIRE, on South Main street. Death resulted from a complication of diseases. Although the deceased had been in ill health for several years
his condition had not been regarded as
serious until the last two weeks. Mr.
Carson, who had been a resident of this
city for the past several years, was widely known throughout Cass,
Fulton and Miami counties. For a long period of years he was engaged in
farming operations near Twelve Mile
and upon retirement from the farm he removed to Rochester.
The
deceased was born on May 4th, 1856 in Bartholomew county, Ind. Upon reaching manhood he was united in
marriage to Lucy McCASTILIN. He was a
member of the United Brethren church of Twelve Mile and also the I.O.O.F. lodge
of that town. Surviving are the widow,
one daugher, Mrs. Walter McGUIRE, of this city; four sons, J. M. CARSON, of
Chicago, F. D. [CARSON] and O. R. CARSON, of Logansport, and Everett CARSON, of
Twelve Mile. A sister, Mrs. Mary
PENNOCK, resides in Logansport.
Funeral
services in charge of Rev. LEUWELLEN, of Waterloo, will be held at the Twelve
Mile U.B. Church two o’clock Sunday afternoon.
Short services will also be held at
the McGuire home at one o’clock Sunday.
Burial will be made in the Spring Creek cemetery, near Logansport.
William
PAGE, 75, passed away at his home north of Delong, Thursday evening. Death Resulted from paralysis after an
illness of several weeks duration.
Obituary and funeral arrangements will be announced in Saturday’s issue
of the News-Sentine.
Saturday, February 6, 1932
Friends
here have received word of he death of Mrs. Charles SEE which took place Friday
evening at 9:45 at her home in Oakland, Calif.
Death followed an illness of several months duration.
The See
family formerly lived in Rochester, moving from here several years ago to
Oakland, Calif. Surviving are her
husband, three sons, Harry [SEE], Gordon [SEE] ad Donald [SEE] ad one daughter,
Mrs. Elsie OLIVER, all of Oakland.
Funeral services will be held
Monday in Oakland.
Funeral
services will be held Monday at Pendleton for Mrs. Mary KIRTLAND DARLINGTON, a
former resident of this city who died at her home in Pendleton Thursday. Mrs. Darligton, who was a school
teacher, was born in this city. The
family home was at the corner of
Pontiac and Fourth streets. Her father
who built the building at 504 N. Main
street for many years operted a book store in this city. Mrs. Darlington had been in ill health for a number of years. She visited friends in this city last
summer. Burial will be made in the Mt. Hope cemetery at Logansport.
Wabash,
Ind., Feb. 6. - In a quaintly worded
will, written by himself, John W.
BUTLER, aged Civil war veteran who recently died in Roann, directs the
division of his property. Mr. Butler was 90 years of age and the will
was written Feb. 24, 1923. The names of
Wm. LYNN and F. O. CROW are signed as witnesses.
Mr.
Butler makes his wife, a nephew and three cemeteries the chief beneficiaries of
his will.
Mrs.
Butler, who is a few years younger than her husband, is to have all the real
estate, money, stocks and bonds held at the time of the testator’s death “to
have and control as long as she remains my widow.”
“And
now,” continues this clause of the will, “I will my wife to execute my wishes
with the assistace of my nephew, Warren I. BUTLER.”
Specfic
bequests made to cemeteries include $150 to the Moyer cemetery, “situated
on the bank of Squirrel Creek on the
county line betwixt Wabash and Miami county,” the interest to be used for the upkeep of the cemetery;
$250 to the Gilead cemetery and $150 to the Mt. Olive cemetery five miles south of Rochester on the Michiga
road.
specific bequest of $1,500 is made to his
nephew, Warren I. Butler.
Monday, February 8, 1932
Charles
ELLIOTT, aged 55, ticket agent at Tippecanoe was instantly killed shortly after
noon Sunday when the auto which he was driving was struck by an east-bound
Nickel Plate passenger train at the crossig at Tippecanoe.
Mr.
Elliott was going home for his dinner and it is believed his mind must have
been preoccupied on some other matter as he was aware that the east-bound train
which was due right around the noon
hour was running 20 minutes behind schedule.
The auto and body of the victim were carried almost a half mile down the
tracks before the engineer brought his train
to a stop.
Members
of the crew picked up the horribly mangled body and took it into Bourbon where
a Bourbon undertaker had been notified to meet the train. The victim had been struck in such a manner
to suffer decapitation. The automobile
was completely demolished.
Mr.
Elliott is survived by the widow and two daughters. He had been employed by the Nickel Plate railroad for a number of
years. Funeral arrangements have not as
yet been announced.
Timothy
E. COAKLEY, 63, well known resident of this city and an employee of the Erie
railroad for 52 years, dropped dead at five o’clock Sunday evening in
Huntington Death was due to hemorrhages of the stomach.
Mr.
Coakley’s death came as a great shock to his family and friends as he seemingly
was enjoying good health. He had spent
the week end at his home here and Sunday received a call to report at Huntington in the evening
to serve as a brakeman on a westbound freight train which was scheduled to leave that city at five o’clock Mr. Coakley left Rochester at 1:32 and had reported for duty whe he suddenly
dropped dead.
Timothy
E, son of Timothy and Margaret COAKLEY, was born in Toledo, Ohio, on July 1,
1868. He came with his parets to
Rochester when a small boy and had spent most of his life here, with the exception of a few years in New York
City. He had been in the employ of the Erie railroad 42 years and most the
the time had served as a telepgraph operator
However, recently he had been
an extra conductor. On Nov. 25, he was
married to Miss Kathryn LANGSDORF.
When a
young man Mr. Coakley gained quite a reputation as a baseball player, having
been the star center field for the RED FELLOWS team managed by Alex RUH.
Mr.
Coakley was a member of the Railroad Trainmen Brotherhood and the Moose
lodge. Surviving are his wife; one
daughter, Miss Donnabelle [COAKLEY] at home, and a brother, John COAKLEY, of Beloit, Wis.
Funeral
services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 at the home The body will lie in state at the residence,
410 Main Street, until the hour of the funeral
Burial will be made in the
I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Odie E.
HART, 56, passed away at his home three miles west of Deedsville at six o’clock
Monday morning, following a week’s illness from pneumonia. The deceased was well known in Henry township where he resided for a
long period of years.
The
deceased, who was the son of James and Elizabeth HART, was born on a farm north
of Akron in the year of 1876 and upon reaching his manhood he was united in
marriage to Anna KARN. About twenty years ago he moved to the
Deedsville community where he was engaged in farming. Mr. Hart was a member of the Deedsville United Brethren church
and the I.O.O.F. and Rebekah lodges.
Surviving with the widow, are a son, Neal [HART], at home, a daughter,
Mrs. Erid KINDIG, of Deedsville, his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth HART; a sister,
Mrs. Pearl WHITTENBERGER of Akron, and
two grandchildren. The father preceded
the deceased in death three years
ago. Funeral arrangements will be
announced later.
Robert
Larry [CULP], five-day-old son of Mr and Mrs. Charles CULP, of Cushing, Okla.,
died Sunday morning at the home of Mrs. Culp’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Harley FULTZ, 430 West Ninth
street. Short services will be held at
the Fultz home Sunday afternoon with Rev. T. J. STEENBERGEN in charge. Burial was made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Friends here have received word of the
death of George W. JOHNSON which occurred a few days ago in California. Mr. Johnson was formerly field man for the
Texaco Oil Company and resided in
Rochester for several months. The
deceased, accompanied by his wife, left this
city for Californi a year ago for the benefit of his health. He was a member of the American Legion Post of this city.
The body
was taken to Muscatine, Iowa and funeral services were held there Monday
afternoon. Burial was made in
Muskatine.
Tuesday, February 9, 1932
Funeral
services for the late Timothy COAKLEY, Erie railroad brakeman, who died suddenly
Sunday evening in the Huntington yards as he was about to board his train, will
be held from the home on North Main
street Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock.
Rev. Thomas STOVALL, pastor of the Grace Methodist church, will be in
charge. The brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen of Huntington, of which
orgnization the deceased was a member, will have charge of the services at the graveside in the Odd
Fellows cemetery. Dr. R. S. GALBREATH, Coroer of Huntington county who
held an inquest following the death of Mr. Coakley, pronounced death was caused
from an acute heart attack which developed from a chronic case. Mr.
Coakley died while in the arms of Charles ELIOT of Huntington, an Erie
brakeman. Mr. Coakley had been on top
of his train and had descended to talk to Mr Eliot when his death occurred.
William
GLASSFORD, 81, died at 11 o’clock Monday night at the home of his niece, Mrs.
Charles CHAPIN, four miles southeast of Macy.
Death was due to complications of disease due to advanced years.
The
deceased was born on June 1, 1851, in Eaton, Ohio, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Alexander GLASSFORD. His parents died
when he was quite young and he was raised by Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan POTTERFIELD. In later years, Mr. Glassford, who never married, made his home with Mr. and Mrs. Noah COVER,
but during the past four years had lived with his niece, Mrs. Chapin.
Surviving
are two nieces, Mrs. Charles CHAPIN and Mrs. Ed GALLIPO, and a nephew, John
GLASSFORD, all of near Macy. A brother,
George GLASSFORD, died a few years
ago.
Funeral
services will be held Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock at the Ebenezer
church, near Macy, and burial will be made in the adjacent cemetery. Rev. ELLERS will be in charge of the services.
Funeral
services for Odie HART, 52, near Deedsville, who died Monday morning following
a week’s illness with pneumonia, will be held Wednesday morning at 10:30 at the
Deedsville U.B. Church. Rev. MINEAR, of
Athens, will officiate and burial will be made in the Akron I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Wednesday, February 10, 1932
Within
less than a period of two hours, Wednesday morning, death dealt a swift hand in
the claiming of the lives of two well-known Rochester citizens, George NORRIS
and Otto SHERBONDY. Both of these
gentlemen were about their regular duties of business yesterday and the news of their sudden demise, which
was current on the streets of this city shortly
before noon today was almost unbelievable
Otto S.
SHERBONDY, aged 56, passed away at his home, 456 East 9th street, at 10:45
o’clock this moirning after an illness of but thirty minutes duration. Death resulted from a cerebral hemorrhage
which was suffered while he was sitting in a chair at his home this morning.
Although Mr. Sherbondy had not been enjoying his usual health for some
little time, his condition had not
been regarded as serious and his death came as an overwhelming shock to his family and many friends.
Otto
Sherman [SHERBONDY, son of George and Mary SHERBONDY, was born at Pleasant
Plains, Huntington county, Indiana April 16th, 1877. He had been a resident of
Rochester for the past 18 years, coming here from Warsaw, Ind. On September 30th, 1915, Mr. Sherbondy was united in marriage to
Ada M. SOUTHARD, of this city, and to this union two sons were born. The
deceased foillowed the occupation of plumbing and was well known throughout
Fulton and adjoining counties. The
deceased was gifted with a rich b aritone voice and had been in quartet and choral organization work in this and
other cities for a long number of
years. He was a member of the Christian
church and the Knights of Pythias lodge of this city.
Surviving
with the widow are two sons, Howard [SHERBONDY] aged 12 and Richard [SHERBONDY],
8, two sisters, Mrs. Chas. POWELL, and Miss Laura SHERBONDY, both of this city, a brother, Bruce SHERBONDY,
of Elkhart, and the mother, Mrs. Mary SHERBONDY, also of this city.
Funeral
arrangements will be announced in tomorrow’s issue oif this newspaper.
George
NORRIS, 71, was taken ill at midnight Tuesday and his death occurred at nine
o’clock Wednesday morning at his home, 117 West Second Street. Death was due to a heart attack.
George G.
[NORRIS], son of George W. and Elizabeth NORRIS, was born on Aug. 13, 1860, in
Dayton, Ohio. He came with his parents
to Fulton county when a small child and
the remainder of his life was spent here. On Dec. 3, 1885, he was married to Martha NORRIS. Mr. Norris followed the occupation of a brick mason and was a
member of the Brick Mason Union.
Surviving
are his wife; one son Roy [NORRIS], of South Bend; two daughters, Mrs. Albert
LESLIE, of South Bend, and Mrs. Harry COLTRAIN, of Los Angeles, Calif.; a
sister, Mrs. Charles EMMONS, of Kewanna, and a brother, Frank [NORRIS], of
Kankakee, Ill.
Funeral
arrangements have not been made.
Miss
Emmaline ZABST, 81, died at 3:30 this afternoon at the Fulton County Home
following an illness of several weeks duration. Death was due to complications of diseases due to advanced years.
The
deceased was born in Fulton county, the daughter of George and Lucinda ZABST
and is the last of a family of seven children.
She had been an inmate of the County Home for 33 years. Private funeral services will be held at ten
o’clock Thursday morning at the Ditmire
funeral parlor inFulton, with Rev. H. W. FRANKLIN in charge. Burial will be made in the Salem cemetery.
Thursday, February 11, 1932
James
Austin ZELLER, 72, life long resident of Henry Township, died at 4:15 Wednesday
afternoon at his home three miles west of Akron, death being due to
complications of diseases. Mr. Zeller had been in ill health for the
past year but had only been bedfast four weeks.
The
deceased was born on a farm near Akron on June 26, 1859. Upon reaching manhood he was married to Mary
E. THOMPSON, now deceased. Surviving
are three children: Mrs. Charles SAYGERS and Mrs. Blanche WILLIAMS, of Athens,
and Ray ZELLER, of Chicago. Several grandchildren also survive.
Funeral
services will be held Friday afternoon
at two o’clock at the U.B. Church in Athens.
Burial wil be made in the Mt. Hope cemetery.
Funerl
services for Otto SHERBONDY will be held at 2:30 o’clock Friday afternoon at
the Christian church, Rev. H. F. BULGER, of Kewanna, assisted by Rev. J.
WALLENBERG and Rev. T. L. STOVALL, will officiate. Burial will be made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Mrs. John
BRYANT of this city has received word of the death of her father, Charles
BERNARD, 64, which occurred Wednesday evening in Sherwood, Ohio. Death was due to heart trouble. Mr.
Bryant had made his home in Rocheser with his daughter for the past two years, returning to Sherwood only six weeks
ago to visit another daughter, Mrs. Erma Haver.
Mr.
Bernard was born in Sherwood, Ohio and most of his life was spent there. He was a retired farmer and a member of the
United Brethren Church. His wife,
formerly Cora DURFEY, is deceased.
Surviving
are four daughters, Mrs. Roy KARNS, Toledo, Ohio; Mrs. Erma HAVER, Sherwood,
Ohio; Mrs. John R. BRYANT, Rochester; Bertha BERNARD, Cleveland, Ohio, and a son, Wayne BERNARD, of
Cleveland. Funeral services will be
held in Sherwood Saturday.
Funeral
services for George NORRIS, 71, who died suddenly Wednesday morning at his
home, 117 West Second Street, will be held Friday afternoon at two o’clock at
the Zimmerman Bros. Funeral
Home. Body will lie in state from 12
o’clock Friday until hour of funeral.
Rev. D. S. PERRY will officiate and burial will be made in the I.O.O.F.
cemetery.
Mrs.
Frank MANN has received word of the death of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Ben
GEPHART, which occurred Wednesday at a hospital in Lafayette.
Friday, February 12, 1932 to Sturday, February
13, 1932
[no obits]
Monday, February 15, 1932
Thomas
POWELL, 84, Civil War veteran of Macy, died Sunday afternoon at 12:50 at the
home of his daugher, Mrs. Ina RICHARDS, in South Bend, death being due to
complications of diseases incident to advanced years. He had been in ill health for several years but was bedfast only four days.
Thomas,
son of James and Sarah POWELL, was born in Fulton county, Octber 21, 1847 and practically all of his life had
been spent in the Macy community. When
he was 17 years of age he enlisted in
the army and served all during the Civil War.
For 50 years he followed the
occupation of a carpenter. Upon
reaching manhood he was married to Elaura ALSPACH and following her death
married Maretta McKINZIE. He was a
member of the Methodist Church, which he
joined following the close of the Civil War, I.O.O.F. Lodge and G.A.R..
Surviving
are five children Mrs. Ina RICHARDS, of South Bend; Mrs. Ella WATKINS, of
Rochester; LeRoy [POWELL] and James H. POWELL, of Indianapolis, and Reed POWELL, of Macy.
Military
funeral services, in charge of World War veterans, will be held Tuesday
afternoon at 1:30 at the Methodist Church in Macy. Rev. E. P. WHITE will officiate and burial will be made in the
Plainview cemetery. The body will be
brought to Macy at ten o’clock Tuesday morning and will lie in state until the
hour of the services.
Abraham
IMHOFF, 69, died suddenly Sunday morning at 5:30 at his home in Denver. Death was due to heart attack. Funeral services will be held Tuesday
afternoon at two o’clock at the
United Brethren church in Denver.
Burial will be made in Chili.
Tuesday, February 16, 1932
Coming as
a shock to reatives and friends is the death of Roy CLAY, 21, which occurred at
10:30 Tuesday morning at the home of his wife’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
HOOVER, at 1131 Monroe Street,
death being due to acute kidney brouble.
He had only been ill since
Friday evening.
Roy, son
of Ed and Vernie [DENISTON] CLAY, was born on August 26, 1910 on a farm
northwest of Rochester and all of his life had been spent in this
community. On May 10, 1930 he was
married to Miss Miriam HOOVER.
Surviving
are his wife; one son, Richard [CLAY]; father, Ed CLAY; three brothers, Howard
[CLAY], Homer [CLAY] and Roscoe [CLAY], and two sisters, Mrs. Pauline SNYDER and Mrs. Mildred NEWMAN, all of
Rochester. Funeral arrngements have not
been completed.
Mrs.
Verly BOOHER received word of the death of her uncle, John OVERMAN, of
Amboy. Dr. and Mrs. BOOHER will attend
the funeral which will be held Wednesday afternoon.
An infant
son of Mr. and Mrs. John YIKE, 326 N. Ohio street, which was born yesterday
afternoon died ast night. Burial was
made in the Odd Fellows cemetery this morning.
Wednesday, February 17, 1932
Funeral
services for the late Roy CLAY, who died at his home yesterday following a
short illness caused by kidney trouble, will be held from the Zimmerman
Brothers Funeral Home on South Main
street at 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18.
Rev. John WALLENBERG, pastor
of the Christian church, will be in charge. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery. The body will lie in state at the
Zimmerman Brothers funeral parlor from noon Thursday until the hour of the service at which time
friends of the deceased may view the body.
Thursday, February 18, 1932
Friends
in this city have received word of the death of Miss Anna OPPENHEIM which
occurrd at her home in North Manchester Wednesday morning after an illness of
six months duration. Survivors are two
brothers and three sisters. Funeral
will be held Friday afternoon with
burial in Wabash.
Judge
Hurd HURST of Peru, who was the special judge in a suit to set aside a will
made by the late Mrs. Mary BRUCE of
near Bruce Lake late yesterday held the maker was of sound mind when she executed the will. Mrs. Nellie B. MESNER was named
administratrix. She was required to
furnish bond of $12,000.
Rochester
relatives have received word of the death of Frank GOULD, of Pasadena,
Calif. Death was due to pneumonia. Mr. Gould was the husband of Bernice
STINSON, a former Rochester girl.
Harvey
Marcellus DAVIS, aged 79, who for many years was employed in Rochester as a
baker, passed away this morning at the Lutheran Home for the Aged and Infirm at
Kendallvile at 4 o’clock. He entered this home last November.
Mr. Davis
was the son of James and Leah (nee NEWCOMB) DAVIS and was born Jan. 18, 1853,
on a farm eight miles north of Columbia City.
April 3,1876, he was married to Susanna ZERBE. She preceded him in death a number of years ago He was a life long member of the Lutheran church. The only immediate survivor is a sister who resides in Guthrie, Ohio. [?]
A
memorial wreath will be established in his honor by a number of individuals and
organizations. Any person who wishes to
contribute any amount, large or small, towards this memorial, kindly call the
Lutheran minister, 283-M. Funeral
arrangements will be made later.
Mrs. S.
Y. GROVE, of Talma, has received word of the death of her brother, Alex
MENTZER, 86, which occurred late Wednesday afternoon at his home in Fort
Wayne. Death was due to complications of diseases incident to advanced years.
Mr.
Mentzer formerly lived at Mentone and was well known in the Talma and Mentone
communities. Surviving are two
children, Roy [MENTZER] and Fern MENTZER, of Fort Wayne; two sisters, Mrs. S.
Y. GROVE, of Talma and Mrs. Sarah WANG, of Chicago, and a brother, Samuel
MENTZER, of Mentone. Funeral services
will be held Friday afternoon at two
o’clock at the Baptist church in Mentone.
Burial will be made in the Mentone cemetery.
George GRIFFITH, 73, well known retired
farmer living five miles southwest of Argos, died Wednesday afternoon at
2:30. He had been ill since last
summer.
The
deceased was born on a farm near Argos on April 22, 1858, and had spent all of
his life in that community. He was a
member of the Argos Methodist church.
Survivors
are his wife, two sons, Oscar [GRIFFITH], of Argos and Lee [GRIFFITH], of
Chicago, three daughters, Mrs. Roscoe LEE and Mrs. Carlson HONN, of Plymouth
and Mrs. Frank GREENLEE, of South Bend.
Funeral services will be held Saturday aftrnoon at two o’clock at the Methodist church in Argos. Rev. Paul REASON will officiate and burial
will be made in the Maple Grove
cemetery.
Friday, February 19, 1932
Jeff
JONES, aged 82, for many year a resident of Macy, died at 9:45 o’clock
this morning at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Murry WHISMAN at Deedsville.
Death was caused by heart
trouble. Three months ago the deceased
suffered a stroke of paralysis which has caused him to be bedfast since that
time.
Mr. Jones
was born on a farm in Cass county in January, 1850. For many years he resided on farms near Macy. Three years ago because of ill health he was
forced to give up farming since which
time he has been living with his children.
In 1882
he was married to Eva WHITESS, who died several years ago. Survivors are three daughters, Mrs. Susie
HAMMOND, of Macy; Mrs. Glen SHOEMAKER, of Denver and Mrs. WIDEMAN, and two
sons, Frank [JONES] of Denver and Clarence [JONES] of Dayton, Ohio.
The
funeral services will be held from the Chapel at Perrysburg, Sunday afternoon
at 2 o’clock. Rev. John BALSBAUGH will
be in charge. Burial will be made in
the cemetery at Mexico.
Mrs. Anna
Marie NORMAN, aged 21, wife of Ernest NORMAN, died at the Woodlawn hospital at
5 p.m. Thursday as the result of child birth.
The baby, Anna Judel [NORMAN] is
still alive. Mr. and Mrs. Norman
lived on a farm two and a half miles north of Macy. Mrs. Norman had been a patient in the hospital since Tuesday.
The
deceased [Anna Marie SLISHER] was born on Oct. 15, 1910 at Hammond. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
SLISHER. She has been a resident of
Macy for the past 12 years at which
time her parents moved to Macy from Hammond.
Eighteen months ago she was
married to Ernest Norman. She was a member of the Christian church at
Macy.
Survivors
are the husband, daughter, father, five brothers, William [SLISHER] and Carl
[SLISHER], of Hammond, Dee [SLISHER] and Paul [SLISHER] of near Macy, Charles
[SLISHER] who makes his home with his father in Macy and a sister Zada
[SLISHER] who also lives with her
father.
The
funeral services will be held from the Christian church at Macy Sunday
afternoon at 2 o’clock with the Rev. C. M. REED, pastor of the church, in
charge. Burial wil be made in the Plainview cemetery west of Macy.
Funeral
services for the late Harvey Marcellus DAVIS, who died Thursday morning at the
Lutheran Home for the Aged and Infirm at Kendallvile, will be held at the
Lutheran church here Sunday
afternoon at 2 o’clock in charge of Rev. Wm. J. SCHROER. Burial will take place at the I.O.O.F. cemetery. A number of memorial wreaths have been established in his
honor. If any person wishes to
contribute towards this memorial any sum, large or small
kindly call the Luthera pastor at 283-M.
Saturday, February 20, 1932
Mrs. May
(STADDON) SEELEY, 60, former Fulton county lady passed away at the home of her daughter who resides in
Spokane,Washington. For a number of
years the deceased resided in
Leiters Ford, but left that town about 14 years ago to make her home in the
West.
Survivors
are two daughters, Mrs. Don ROBINSON, of Converse, Mable [SEELEY], of Spokane,
Washington; a son, Delois SEELEY, who lives in the West; two [sic] brothers,
John STADDON, of Leiters Ford, Louis STADDON, of Culver, and William STADDON
of Headlee, Ind. A son, Oren [SEELEY], preceded his mother in
death during the World War. Funeral
services will be held Monday afternoon two o’clock in the Luckenbill Chapel,
Leiters Ford. A minister from Converse
will have charge of the services.
Burial will be made in the Leiters Ford cemetery.
The body
will arrive at Leiters Ford at one o’clock Monday afternoon.
Mrs.
Blanche ARMSTRONG has been called to South Bend because of the death of her
brother, Lemuel PATSEL, aged 65, who died there Thursday at the home of his
sons George [PATSEL] and Floyd [PATSEL] following a two days illness. Mr. Patsel had often visited in this city.
For many years he resided in Plymouth.
The funeral services will be held in South Bend Sunday afternoon.
Argos,
Ind., Feb. 20. - Dr. W. A. OYLER,
former Argos physician, died Wednesday in Cicero, Ind. He wss a resident of Argos for a number of
years. Funeral services were held in
Argos Friday.
Monday, Feruary 22, 1932
Mrs. John
LOWE, 63, life long resident of Fulton county, died Sunday afternoon at 1:45 at
her home north of Rochester in the Mt. Olive neighborhood, death being due
to complications of diseases. Mrs. Lowe had been in ill health for three
years but her condition had only
been regarded as serious the past six weeks.
Minnie
[PENCE], daughter of John and Mary PENCE, was born southeast of Rochester on
March 17, 1868, and in 1884 married to John LOWE. Prctically all of her married life had been spent in the Mt.
Olive community. When she was 14 years
of age she united with the Methodist church at Union and later transferred her
membership to the Mt. Olive church.
Surviving
are her husband, two sons, Edward [LOWE] and Isaac [LOWE], near Rochester;
three daughters, Mrs. Edith WELLER, Mrs. Bessie WHYBREW and Mrs. Mary FISHER,
all of Liberty township; 17
grandchildren, three sisters, Mrs. Retta LOWE and Mrs. A. E. KOFFEL, of Fulton, and Mrs. John OLIVER,
southeast of Rochester.
Funeral
services will be held Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock at the Fulton U.B.
church. Rev. FRANKLIN will officiate
and burial will be made in the Fulton cemetery.
Frank W.
MORGAN, 66, owner of the Argos Telephone Co., and one of the most prominent
residents of that town, died Sunday morning at three o’clock at the Kelly
hospital. Death was due to
complications of diseases and followed a four months illness.
The
deceased was born in Cass county, October 11, 1865, the son of Charles and
Susan
MORGAN, but moved to the Argo community when a
small child. Upon reaching manhood he was married to Eleanor OSBORN. For several years Mr. Morgan followed the
occupation of a farmer, later
buying an interest in the Argos telephone company. At the time of his death he was sole owner of the company. He was a member of the Argos Improvement
Club.
Surviving
are his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Maude STEGER, of Argos, Miss Flo MORGAN, a
teacher in the Newcastle schools; a son, Carl [MORGAN], of Miami, Fla.; two
brothers, Rev. I. B. MORGAN, of Greensburg, Ind., and Dr. Charles A. MORGAN, of
Indianapolis; a sister, Mrs. Bertha CAPLE, of Angola, Ind.
Funeral
services will be held Tuesday afternoon at the Methodist church in Argos with
Rev. Paul REASON in charge. Burial will
be made in the Maple Grove cemetery.
The Argos
Telephone Co. office will be closed Tuesday p.m. between two and three, during
the hour of the funeral, in respect to Mr. Morgan.
Funeral
services for Mrs. May SEELEY, formerly of Fulton county, who died at the home
of her daughter in Spokane, Wash., will be held Tuesday afternoon at two
o’clock at the Luckenbill Chapel in Leiters.
Burial will be made in the Leiters Ford cemetery.
Tuesday, February 23, 1932
Cliff
OVERMYER today received word of the death of Charles STUART which occurred at
New London, Wis., Sunday evening. Mr. Stuart was a former resident of this city
and while living here was employed by BEYER BROTHERS. His death was entirely unexpected. The body will be taken to
Warsaw for burial.
Relatives
here have received word of the death oif Reuben DAVIS, 65, of Peru, which
occurred at 2:45 Monday afternoon at the Dukes hospital in Peru. Death was due to complications which developed following an operation. A son, Harvey [DAVIS], of Peru, one
grandson, and a brother, William DAVIS, east of Rochster, survive. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at two o’clock in
Peru.
Mr.
William BALL received word late last night of the death of his sister, Mrs.
Almedia PARRETT, 73, of East 10t Street, this city. Death resulted at 8:30 o’clock Monday evening following stroke of paralysis which was suffered at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Bruce
FOUST, of Mishawaka, where Mrs. Parrett was visiting.
The
deceased [Almedia BALL], who was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John BALL, was born
on a farm north of this city. Her
husband preceded her in death 19 years ago.
Mrs. Parrett is survived by her daughter, of Mishawaksa, and a brother,
William [BALL], of this city. She was a
member of the Methodist church. Funeral
arrangements had not been announced as this issue of the News-Sentinel went to press.
Wednesday, February 24, 1932
Mrs. Anna
HILL, aged 82, widow of the late John R. HILL, died at her home two and a half
miles southwest of this city at 10:45 o’clock this morning. Death was caused by complications incident
to old age and followed an illness of six weeks.
The
deceased [Anna ANDERSON] was born on March 26, 1849, in the Province of
Vestergotland, Sweden. She was a
daughter of John and Sarah ANDERSON.
She was educated in the
schools of her native and. She was
married in Sweden on Dec. 3, 1878.
Fifty-two
years ago she came to this country and 28 years ago gtook up her residence in
Fulton county, coming here from Paxton, Ill.
Her husband died 14 years ago.
Survivors
are a daughter, Miss Hilda HILL, who lived with her mother, a sister, Mrs. John
HANSON, who resides on a farm east of this city, and a brother and a sister who
live in Sweden. Mrs. Hill was a member
of the Lutheran church.
Funeral
arrangements have not as yet been completed, but in all probability the
services will e held from the home at 2 p.m. Friday with Rev. Harold TURPIN,
pastor of the First
Presbyterian church in charge. Burial
will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery.
Relatives
here have received word of the sudden death of John W. BARKMAN, 70, former
resident of this city, which occurred Tuesday evening in Orlando, Fla. The cause of his death was not given in the message.
John W.,
son of John and Nancy BARKMAN, was born on a farm near Rochestr and the earlier
part of his life was spent in Fulton county.
Upon reaching manhood he was married to Emma JONES. For several years Mr. and Mrs. Barkman spent
their summers at Bayview, Mich., and
in the winters resided in Florida.
Surviving are his wife, one daughter, Miss Izora [BARKMAN], two sisters,
Mrs. Mary KESSLER and Mrs. Dora NELLANS, of Rochester, and a brother, M. L. BARKMAN, of South
Bend.
Funeral
services will be held in Orlando and the body will be kept there until spring
when it will be brought to Rochester for burial in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Samuel
PONTIUS, 91, for a long period of years a resident of Henry township, passed
away at the home of his son-in-law, Hugh MILLER, two miles south of Akron, at
3:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. Death resulted from a complication of
diseases inherent with advanced years. For the past four or five years Mr. Pontius
had made his home with grandchildren
and his son-in-law, all of whom resided in Henry township. The deceased was born in Starke county on March 16, 1841.
Mr.
Pontius, who followed the occupation of farming, until ill health prevented,
resided in Miami county for a number of years.
Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Mildred LIMEBAUGH, of Akron, and a son, Warren PONTIUS, of Lima,
Ohio. A daughter, Mrs. Hugh MILLER, preceded her father in
death.
Funeral
services will be held at the Akron Brethren church Thursday afternoon at 3
o’clock and burial will be made in the Gaerte cemetery.
Rev. Geo.
SWIHART, of Roann, will have charge of the services.
Mrs.
Sarah ALBERT, 63, life-long resident of Union township, died Tuesday morning at
her home two miles southeast of Kewanna.
Death was due to an attack of influenza and followed a two weeks illness.
The
deceased (Sarah WALTERS] was born near Kewanna on March 12, 1868, the daughter
of Margaret and Matthew WALTERS.
Twenty-seven years ago she was married to Rufus ALBERT. She was a
member of the Prairie Grove United Brethren church.
Surviving
are her husband, one brother, Arthur WALTERS, of Fulton; three sisters, Mrs.
Maggie POWNALL, of Fulton, Mrs. Mary KEPLINGER, of Rochester and Mrs. Emma COLLINS, of Farmville, Va. Funeral services will be held Thursday
morning at 10:45 at the Prairie Grove church with Rev. Guy CHATMAN, of Fulton,
in charge. Burial will be made in the Shaffer cemetery.
Funeral services for Miss Almeda PARRETT,
73, of this city, who died Monday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Bruce
FOUST in Mishawaka, will be at one o’clock Thursday afternoon at the Foust
home. Burial will be made in South
Whitley.
Surviving
Mrs. Parrett are the one daughter, one brother, William BALL, of Rochester, and
four sisters, Mrs. Jesse WOLF, of Rochester, Mrs. Angie CRAIG, of Indianapolis,
Mrs. Minnie KRUTCH, of Jackson, Mich.,
and Mrs. Margaret HALL, of Mishawaka.
Mrs.
Angie Craig, of Indianapolis, Mrs. Jesse Wolf, Miss Dessie WOLF, Mr. and Mrs.
William BALL and Admiral SMITH will attend the funeral services.
Thursday, February 25, 1932
Indianapolis,
Feb. 25. - The Rev. George C. CHANDLER,
76 years old, pastor of Memorial Baptist Church since 1920, died last night at
his home, 2424 West St. Clair Street, following a heart attack.
Born in
London, England, Marc 30, 1853, the Rev. Mr. Chandler sailed to Canada when he
was 15 years old. He studied in the
schools of Toronto, McMaster seminary and Toronto university and was ordained
in the ministry in June, 1889.
The Rev.
Mr. Chandler held three pastorates in Ontario, one as a student pastor, before
accepting a call to the pulpit at Elwood in 1895. He served there until 1901, when he went to Maraquoket, Ia., but
in 1907 returned to the Elwood church, serving until 1910.
In 1910
he became pastor of the church at Rochester and left there in 1918 to accept
the pastorate of the Second Mt. Pleasant Church, near Franklin. He served there until 1920 when he was
transferred to Memorial Church.
Because
of his activity in connection with the Lavelle-Gossett post, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, the Rev. Mr. Chandler was made an honorary member of the post
last November. He was a member of the Blue lodge Masons of
Rochester and the Royal Arch Masons of
Plymouth.
The Rev.
Mr. Chandler served as secretary of the Indianapolis Baptist conference from
1927 to 1929.
Funeral
services will be conducted by the Rev. Clive McGUIRE, executive secretary oif
the Federal Baptist Churches of Indianapois, at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon at
the Memorial Church. Burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery.
Surviving
are the widow, Mrs. Emily May CHANDLER; a son, Harvey W. CHANDLER, of
Indianapolis; a daughter, Mrs. B. M. HANNA of Rockford, Ill.; two brothers, the Rev. A. E. CHANDLER of
Sterling, Col., and the Rev. John CHANDLER of Mountain Home, Ia., and five
grandchildren.
John HILL
today received word of the death of his sister, Mrs. Charles SCHMOSS, aged 66,
which occurred at her home in Downers Grove, Ill., last night following an
operation for gall stones which she
underwent several days ago. The
deceased was born on a farm ten miles
west of Rochester. For many
years she lived in Akron where her husband operated a barber shop.
Survivors are the husband, son and daughter, all of Downers Grove, Ill.;
two brothers, John of this city and Ed
[HILL] of Long Beach, California; and a sister, Mrs. Will WILSON of Monterey. Burial will be made at Downers Grove, Ill.
Charles
H. McWHORTER, 70, died at 6:30 Thursday morning at his home in the Bethel
neighborhood, near Argos. Death was due
to complications of diseases and followed an illness of several years.
The
deceased was born near Bourbon on November 18, 1861, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Hiram McWHORTER. Mr. McWhorter followed
the occupation of farming and practically all of his life had been spent in the Argos community.
Surviving
are his wife, three daughters, Mrs. Lois ZUMBAUGH, Mrs. Lida BANBACTON and Mrs.
Wilma LUTY, all of the Bethel neighborhood.
A son died eight years ago.
Funeral services will be held Saurday afternoon at two o’clock at the
Bethel Church with Rev. HART, of Inwood, and Rev. REISEN, of Argos, in
charge. Burial will be made in the
Bethel cemetery.
Funeral
services for Mrs. Anna HILL, who died at her home two and a half miles west of
this city yesterday will be held from the residence at 2 p.m. Friday. Rev. H. W. TURPIN will be in charge. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.
William
ZOOK, aged 78, for many years a prominent resident of Liberty township, died at
11:50 p.m. Wednesday at the home of his daughter-in-law, Mrs. John ZOOK,
613 California Avenue, South Bend
from wounds which he inflicted at 2:30 o’clock Wednesday afternoon. Ill health is given as the cause of the
suicide.
Mr. Zook
had been visiting in this city with his son, County Recorder John ZOOK, for
several days. He left this city
Wednesday morning at 10:50 o’clock by bus for South Bend and arrived in that
city at 12:30 o’clock. He went from the
bus station directly to the home of his daughter-in-law where he had been
residing during the winter because of his health.
Mr. Zook
greeted Mrs. Zook and conversed with her also Mrs. Howard PRAHR who makes
her home with Mrs. Zook. He then
retired to his bedroom on the second floor of the Zook home. At 2:30
o’clock both women were startled when they heard a revolver shot. Investigating they found that Mrs. Zook
while lying on a bed in his room had shot himself through the head with a 32
calibre revolver.
Mrs. Zook
called a doctor who stated that it would be only a matter of hours until death
would claim Mr. Zook. The bullet had
passed through the head from the right temple to the left temple. County
Recorder John Zook was notified by his wife.
He left immediately for South Bend and was at his father’s bedside when
he passed away.
The
coroner of St. Joseph county was called a short time after the shooting. He released the bodfy of Mr. Zook after
death had occurred and it was brought to Fulton in an ambulance to be prepared
for busial. This morning John Zook
received a letter from his father written a short time after he had arrived in
South Bend yesterday but there was no mention in the letter that he was contemplating suicide.
Mr. Zook
had accompanied his father to the bus yesterday morning and at that time the
elderly gentleman seemed to be in his usual health and did not appear to be
suffering under any great mental
strain.
Mr. Zook
was born near Hagerstown on December 20, 1853.
He came to this county with his
parents, John and Mary ZOOK, when he was nine years old. He has resided practically all of his life in Liberty township and for 50
years was engaged in the real estate business.
Mr. Zook
was a prominent republican. He served
as assessor of Liberty township for a number of years. He was for two terms superintendent of the
Fulton county road system.
The
deceased was married to Miss Mary POTTER of this city 60 years ago. She preceded him in death several years
ago. His only survivor is his son
John. Mr. Zook was a member of the Odd Fellows lodge and the United
Brethren church at Fulton.
The
funeral arrangements have not been completed.
The
funeral services will be held from the United Brethren Church at Fulton at 2
o’clock Saturday afternoon. Rev. W. H.
FRANKLIN pastor of he church will be in charge. Burial will be made
in the cemetery at Fulton.
Friday, February 26, 1932
Funeral
services were held this afternoon at Mentone for Mrs. Lulu THOMPSON, aged 59,
wife of Horace THOMPSON, Mentone merchant who died Wednesday afternoon
from cancer after an illness of
three to four years. Burial was made in
the cemetery at Mentone.
Billy
Gene [CONRAD], infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel CONRAD, died at 5:15 Friday morning, two and one-half hours
after birth, at the home of Mrs. Conrad’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. George KNIGHT,
1541 Audubon Avenue. Surviving are the
parents. Short funeral services were held at three p.m. at the
residence with Rev. F. G. KUEBLER in charge.
Burial was made in the Citizens
cemetery.
Saturday, February 27, 1932
Mrs. Mary
Elizabeth MILLER, 78, a life long resident of Wayne township passed away at her
farm home near Grass Creek, Friday.
Death resulted from an attack of pneumonia which the aged lady suffered only a few days
ago.
Mary
Elizabeth [SNYDER], daughter of George and Rosanna SNYDER, was born on a farm
in Wayne township, this county on Oct. 29th, 1854. On Nov. 23rd, 1876 she was united in marriage to Michael MILLER.
Mrs. Miller was a member of the Grass Creek U.B. church. Survivors are three daughters, Mrs. Ethel
HUDKINS, of Griffith, Ind., and Mrs Pearl HAROLD, of Grass Creek, Mrs. Della
GARBERSON, of Vaughnsville, Ohio, and two sons, Alvin MILLER, of Grass Creek and Oliver MILLER, of Kewanna.
Funeral
services will be held Sunday afternoon at one o’clock at the United Brethren
church in Grass Creek. Interment will
be made in the Round Lake cemetery, at Grass Creek.
Marion
WHARTON, 27, formerly of Kewanna, passed away at his home 1163 Donald street,
South Bend Saturday morning, following a brief illness of double
pneumonia. The young man had been a resident of Kewanna for
all of his life with the exception of the past six years which were spent in
South Bend.
He is
survived by his widow, who was Edith CALVIN, two children, Mariam [WHARTON]
aged 5, and William [WHARTON] aged 2, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William B. WHARTON, of Kewanna, a brother Harlan
[WHARTON] of South Bend and three sisters,
Mrs. H. F. BULGER, of Kewanna, Esther [WHARTON] and Elsie [WHARTON] at
home.
Funeral
arrangements had not been announced as thi issue of the News-Sentinel went to
press.
John
MYERS, 51, former resident of Leiters Ford, passed away at his hoime Saturday
morning at Battle Creek, Mich., following an illness of several mnths
duration. He had been a resident of Battle Creek for the past
six years. The deceased is a brother of
Trustee Bert MYERS, of this city. Funeral arrangements and more detailed
report will appear in Monday’s issue of the News=Sentinel.
Monday, February 29, 1932
Relatives
here have received word of the death of Bernice BABCOCK which occurred Sunday
at Marion. The deceased was the eldest
son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus
BABCOCK, of Converse. Funeral
services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1:30. Burial will be made in
Converse.
Mr.
Babcock and A. G. GOODWIN, of this city, were schoolmates.
Mrs.
Elsie Mae FOOR, aged 62, passed away at her home five miles north of this city,
8:15 o’clock Sunday evening. Death
resulted from dropsy after an illness of four months duration.
Elsie Mae
[SCHOOLCRAFT], daughter of James M. and Phoebe SCHOOLCRAFT, was born on a farm
in the Mt. Zion neighborhood on March 5th, 1869, and had been a resident of
Fulton county for practically all of her life.
On Dec. 24th, 1889 she was united in marriae to Parlee E. FOOR, who
survives. Mrs. Foor was a member of the
Sand Hill Methodist church. Surviving
with the husband are five sons, Osa V. [FOOR], of Frankfort, Dof FOOR of
this city, Jesse L. [FOOR], of
Kingsbury, Ind., James D. [FOOR], of Wanatah and Harold [FOOR], at home; two brothers, Leroy
SCHOOLCRAFT, of Oaks, N.D., Billie SCHOOLCRAFT, of Evergreen, Texas, a sister
Mrs. Edna BATS, of Oak, N.D., and five grandchildren.
Short
services will be held at the house at 1:20 followed by services at the Metodist
church in Rochester at 2 o’clock. Rev.
R. L. SHURTE, assisted by Rev. T. L. STOVALL, will be in charge.
Burial will be made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Frank
SKINNER, 74, well known retired farmer of the Macy community, died Sunday night
at his hoime one mile west of Macy.
Death was due to heart trouble and followed a six weeks illness.
Frank,
son oif Calvin and Mary (WILSON) SKINNER, was born in Iowa in 1858. Fifty years ago he was mrried to Anna KINDIG
and five years following their marriage they moved to the Macy community where they have since resided. Mr. Skinner is the last of a family of eight
children.
Surviving
are his wife, three daughters, Mrs. Stella SMITH, of Akron, Mrs. Maude SAVAGE,
of Indianapolis, Mrs. Mary CALLOWAY, of Macy, and one son, August SKINNER, of Morocco, Ind. Nine grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren also survive.
Funeral
services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 at the residence with Rev. C.
M. READ, pastor of the Christian church in charge. Burial will be made in the
Perrysburg cemetery.
Following
a five days illness with pneumonia Mrs. Louisa WOOLLEY, 83, died at 7:45 Monday
morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank ROHRER, five and
three-fourths miles northwest of Argos
on the Fulton-Marshall county line.
The
deceased [Louisa LEWIS] was born in Miami county on May 18, 1848, the daughter of Samuel and Mary LEWIS. Upon reaching womanhood she was married to
Albert WOOLLEY. For many years Mr. and Mrs. Woolley lived at
Denver, but since his death 20 years
ago she had divided her time between her home in Denver and that of her
daughter near Argos. Mrs. Rohrer is the only survivor.
Short
services will be held at the Rohrer home Wednesday afternoon at one
o’clock. The body will then be taken to
Denver where services in charge of Rev. John CLARK will be held
at 2:30.
Burial will be made in the Chili cemetery.
Mrs.
Vesta Viola [NICHOLS] BLOSSER, 43, life-long resident of Union township, died
Saturday afternoon at 12:50 at her home in Kewanna. Death was due to complications of diseases and followed an illness of several weeks.
The
deceased was born in Kewanna, Dec. 24, 1882, the daughter of William and Alta
NICHOLS. On Nov. 26, 1907, in
Rochester, she was married to E. J. BLOSSER.
She was a member of the First Baptist church in Kewanna and the Rebekah
lodge.
Surviving
are her husband, two daughters, Lucile [BLOSSER] and Lois [BLOSSER], at home;
mother, Mrs. Alta NICHOLS, of Lafayette and Warren NICHOLS, of Kentland a
half-brother Willard NICHOLS, of Fulton; two sisters, Mrs. Pearl RITTER, of
Kalamazoo, Mich., and Mrs. William
RANS, of Kewanna.
Funeral
services were held Monday afternoon at 2:30 at the Baptist church with Rev. W.
J. FOX in charge. Burial was made in
the Kewanna I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Funeral
services for Isaac ENGLE, 79, two and one-half miles north of Akron, who died
Friday at the McDonald hospital in Warsaw, were held Monday afternoon at two
o’clock at the Beaver Dam U.B. church.
Rev. MINER, of Athens, officiated and burial was made in the Nichols cemetery north of Akron.
Isaac,
son of George and Sarah ENGLE, was born in Ohio Oct. 7, 1853, and came to
Fulton county when a young man.
Surviving are his wife, three daughters, Mrs. Frank DICKEY and Mrs. William DICKEY, of Akron,
Mrs. Norton REED, of Culver; eight grandchildren, four great-grandchildren;
three brothers, John [ENGLE] and Jacob [ENGLE] of Beaver Dm, David [ENGLE] of
near Warsaw; two sisters, Mrs Kate JEFFERIES and Mrs. Anna JEFFERIES, of Mentone.
Roy
DILLMAN, 58, near Akron, died Friday at the home of his son-in-law in Plymouth,
death following a year’s illness. Mr.
Dilman had lived in the Akron community for 20 years and followed the occupation of a bridge [ - - - - omitted - - -
-].
Surviving
are four daughters, Mrs. Cleo LaRUE, of Plymouth, Mrs. Devur LaRUE of Akron,
Mrs. Chloe WORDEN, of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Charlotte KAWINSKI of Roann, Ind.; two grandchildren.
Funeral
services were held Sunday afternoon at two o’clock at Log Bethel. Rev. Charles ROSS, of Atwood, officiated and
burial was made in the Log Bethel cemetery.
Funeral
services for John MYERS, 51, former resident of Fulton county who died Saturday
morning at Battle Creek, Mich., following a year’s illness with paralysis, were
held Monday afternoon at one o’clock at the Leiters Ford Methodist church. Rev. GREEN officiated and burial was made in the Leiters Ford cemetery.
John, son
of George and Louise MYERS, was born at Leiters Ford on Feb. 2, 1881. All of his life had been spent in the Leiters
Ford community with the exception of the past six years during which time he
resided in Battle Creek.
Surviving
are three brothers, Bert MYERS, of Rochester, Walter [MYERS], of Leiters Ford
and Arch [MYERS], of Monroe, Wis.; two sisters, Mrs. Wanda MAHLER, of
Culver, and Mrs. Lida ROSE, of
Battle Creek.
The funeral services of Marion WHARTON,
27, who died Saturday at his home in South BEnd following a short illness with
pneumonia, were conducted Monday afternoon at two o’clock at the Christian church in Kewanna. Rev. H. F. BULGER was in charge and
burial was made in the [Kewanna
I.O.O.F. cemetery].
Mrs.
Sarah J. KEISTER HESS, passed away at 6:45 o’clock Saturday evening at her
home, 331 Indiana Ave., this city, following a ten days ilness from pneumonia.
Mrs. Hess
was born Sept..27, 1851, at Jamestown, Pa., where she lived until the age of
12, when she moved with her parents to Lake Cicott, Ind., where she grew to
womanhood. On Oct. 24, 1869, she was
united in marriage to Enos M. TIMMONS and to this union five children were born: Mrs. LINCOLN (deceased); Mrs. George BROWN,
of Plymouth; William A. [TIMMONS], of
New Paris; Mrs. Conrad SCHAFER, of Rensselaer, and Charlie [TIMMONS], who died at the age of 4
years. Her husband passed away Oct. 26,
1912. Mrs. Timmons was united in
marriage to Amos E. HESS on July 28, 1917.
Survivors besides the children are the husband, two sisters and three
brothers, twelve gandchildren and 17 [great]-grandchildren.
The body
was taken to the home of her daughter, Mrs. George Brown, Lake Ave., Plymouth,
where funeral services will be conducted Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock. The
services will be in charge of Rev. LONGENBAUGH of the Rochester United
Brethren church, of which the deceased wsas a member.
Tuesday, March 1, 1932
Funeral
services for Mrs. P. E. FOOR, who died Sunday evening at her home five miles
north of the city will be held Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock at the
Methodist church in Rochester. Short
services will also be held at the house at 1:30. Rev. S. L. SHORTE will be
in charge and will be assisted by Rev. T. L. STOVALL. Burial will be made in the I.O.O.F.
cemetery.
William
ZOOK, son of John and Mary ZOOK, was born near Hagerstown, Ind., December 20,
1853, and departed this life at the home of Mrs. John ZOOK, South Bend,
Ind., at 11:50 p.m. Wednesday,
February 24, age 78 years, two months and four days. He was united in
marriage to Mary POTTER, at Kewanna, Ind., March 12, 1874, and to this
union three children were born: Edna May
[ZOOK], born January 31, 1875; John L. [ZOOK] born October 28, 1877;
Laura Bell [ZOOK], born March 16, 1880.
Edna May died January 31, 1875; Laura Bell died October 9, 1899 and Mrs.
Mary ZOOK died February 18, 1903. John
L. survives.
William
Zook was of a family of five children, four boys and one girl. The sister is the only one surviving.
He came
to this county with his parents at the age of nine years, residing nearly all
of his life in Liberty township. For 40
years he was engaged in real estate business, served as assessor of Liberty township for several
years. He was for two terms
superintendent of Fulton county public roads.
In politics he was a prominent republican. He was also a member of the
Odd Fellows Lodge of Fulton and a member of the Fulton United Brethren
church. A good citizen, pleasant in disposition, sociable
and friendly to everybody. A man of
high ideas and good attainments, who
will be missed on the streets of Fulton and missed as a citizen of Fulton county.
He leaves
to mourn his only son, John L. Zook, county recorder; daughter-in-law, Mrs.
John ZOOK and two granddaughers, Janet [ZOOK]
and Janice ZOOK; one sister, Mrs. Emma STUDEBAKER, of Wyandotte, Michigan;
other relatives and a host of friends.
Wednesday March 2, 1932
Mrs.
William DELP has received word of the death of her grand-nephew, Robert SMITH,
aged 13, of Parker, who was killed Monday evening when a Big Four freight train
struck his bicycle. Mrs. Smith was a
daugher of Sam VanBLARICOM, who was a resident of this city for many years. Following is an account of the accident
which claimed Robert Smith’s life,
which account was taken from a Richmond newspaper: “Robert, age 13, son of the Rev. and Mrs. M. E. SMITH, of Parker, in Randolph
county, was killed late Monday when a Big Four railroad switch engine struck
the bicycle from which he was passing newspapers. The accident occurred at the crossing near the Rickey elevator in
Parker. His father and mother were attending a meeting of the Richmond district Methodist Episcopal
conference at Hagerstown at the time
of the accident. Rev. Mr. Smith, a
member of the Examining board of minisgterial candidates, was called from a
board meeting and informed of the death of his son.”
Lucile
[FRY], 12-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence FRY, of Monterey, died at
4 o’clock Wednesday morning. Death was
due to chronic Bright’s disease and followed a two years illness. Surviving
are the parents and two brothers. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2:30 at the
Methodist church in Mointerey. Burial
will be made in the Monterey cemetey.
Thursday, March 3, 1932
Mrs.
Isabelle R. JACKSON, aged 67, passed away at her farm home, one-half mile north
of the Pendleton bridge, in Richland township, Wednesday evening at five
o’clock. Death resulted from heart trouble, following an
illness of several years duration. Mrs.
Jackson had been a resident of Fulton
county throughout her entire life and had made a wide acquaintance of friends
throughout the northern sections of this county.
Isabelle
R. [KESSLER], daughter of George and Sarah KESSLER, was born on a farm in
Newcastle township April 22, 1863. She
was united in marriage to Charles E. JACKSON on Sept. 12, 1883, and to this
union one daughter, Alice [JACKSON], was born.
The daughter preceded her mother in death on Aug.5, 1903. Survivors are the husband, one brother, M. E.
KESSLER, of Detroit, Mich., four sisters, Media [KESSLER], Dora [KESSLER], Mary
[KESSLER] and Hattie [KESSLER], and three brothers, Lewis A. [KESSLER],
Del [KESSLER] and an infant brother
preceded Mrs. Jackson in death.
Funeral
services will be held at the farm residence Friday afternoon at two o’clock
with the Rev. A. S. DAVISSON officiating.
Burial will be made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery at this city.
Mrs. J.
W. BYRER, 72, well known resident of Talma, died at one o’clock Thursday
afternoon foillowing a six year illness.
Death was due to nervous trouble and complications.
Mary
BYBEE, daughter of Pleasant and Nancy BYBEE, was born in Marshall county on
August 18, 1859, and practically all of her life had been spent in the Talma
community. On March 11, 1882, she was married in Rochester to J. W. BYRER.
Surviving
are her husband, former Fulton county assessor, two sons, Charles BYRER, of
Fort Wayne, and Ferd BYRER, of South end; four daughters, Miss Celia [BYRER],
at
home, Mrs. Grace HOOVER and Mrs. Nancy WARREN,
of South Bend, and Mrs. Cleo KALENBECK, of Fort Wyne; eight grandcvhildren; a
twin sister, Mrs. Sarah BUSENBURG,
of Rochester; three brothers, Lawson BYBEE, northeast of Rochester, Neal
BYBEE, of Detroit, Mich., and Melvin BYBEE, of South Bend.
Funeral
arrangements will be announced in Friday’s News-Sentinel.
Following
a few days illness with pneumonia Mrs. Jane LISEY, 72, died at 11:30 Thursday
morning at her home in Kewanna. The
deceased was a life long resident of Union township.
Jane
[GUISE], daughter of Benneville and Ann GUISE, was born in Union township on
March 2, 1860, and on March 28, 1882, she was married to William LISEY. She was a
member of the Methodist church.
Surviving
are five children, Mrs. Jake ACKERMAN and Mrs. Guy URBIN, of Kewanna; Harry
LISEY, of Attica; John F. LISEY, of Detroit, and Mrs. Orville WHARTON, of
Rolling Prairie, Ind.; seven grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Caroline SHONK,
of Rochester, and Mrs. Mary Lucy SLICK, of Kewanna and three brothers, George
GUISE of Monterey, and Daniel [GUISE] and Charles GUISE of Kewanna.
Funeral
arrangements have not been completed.
Mrs.
Cordelia NAFE, past 85 years of age, died Wednesday afternoon at the Hadley
Hospital in Muskegon, Michigan accordig to word received here by her niece,
Mrs. Frank HOFFMAN. Death followed an
illness of two weeks.
Cordelia
[ERNSPERGER], daughter of Christopher and Anna ERNSPERGER, was boon in Ohio but
all of her girlhood was spent on the Ernsperger farm west of Rochester. Upon reaching womanhood she was married to
Dr. George NAFE and for many years they lived in Fremont, Michigan. Followig Dr. Nate’s death she had lived with
her daughter, Mrs. June BOYER, in Muskegon, Michigan. She was a life long member of the Methodist church and had always
been active in church and club work
Surviving
are two children, Mrs. June BOYER, of Muskegon, and John NAFE, of Detroit,
Michigan. Funeral services will be held
Friday afternoon at the Boyer home in
Muskegon and burial will be made in Fremont, Mich.
Harvey
Joseph [LEWIS], two-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey LEWIS, was found dead
in bed at 4:30 Thursday morning at the home of Mr. Lewis’ parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Lee LEWIS, southwest of Rochester. The
child had been suffering from a severe cold for some time but his condition was not regarded as serious. Surviving are the parents and grandparents.
Friday, March 4, 1932
Funeral
services for Mrs. J. W. BYRER, who died Thursday aftrnoon at her home in Talma,
will be held Saturday afternoon at two o’clock at the Methodist church in
Mentone. Rev. W. S. KENNEDY will be
in charge and burial will be made in the Mentone cemetery.
Miss
Marjorie Alberta WAGONER, 17-year-old daughter of Charles C. WAGONER, a student
in the Rochester high school, died at 10:30 Thursday evening at the Wagoner
home, five miles southeast of the
city Death was due to lymphatic
lenchaemia and followed an illness
of three months.
Marjorie
Alberta, daughter of Charles C. and Nellie (WESTWOOD) WAGONER, was
born Jan. 3, 1915, on a farm four miles
southwest of Rochester. All of her life
had been spent in this community. She was a member of he Grace Methodist
church and was a freshman in high
school.
Surviving
are her father and step-mother; a step-brother, Robert WAGONER; grandfather,
James WESTWOOD, of Rochester; grandmother, Mrs. WAGONER, near Rochester, and a
great-grandmother, Mrs. William LOVATT, of Fulton
Funeral
services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at the Zimmerman Brothers
Funeral Home with Rev. C. S. DAVISSON in charge. Burial will be made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery in Rochester.
Funeral
services for Mrs. Jane LISEY, of Kewanna, who died Thursday will be held
Saturday afternoon at two o’clock at the Methodist Episcopal church in Kewanna.
Short
services will be held Saturday morning at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lee LEWIS,
southwest of Rochester, for their grandson, Harvey Joseph [LEWIS],
two-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey LEWIS, who was found dead in bed Thursday morning. Burial will be made in the Leiters Ford cemetery.
Saturday, March 5, 1932
Word was
received here today of the death of Edwin W. WELCH, 48, at Long Beach, Calif.,
on Feb. 29. Death was the result of
pneumonia. He was born in Fulton
county, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Cornelius WELCH, but has lived in Caifornia for the last 17 years. The Welch’s have visited here in recent
years, where they have many friends from the days when they resided in the community.
Surviving
are the parents, the widow, Harriet WELCH, a daughter, Mrs. Margaret WELCH [?], a brother, Marion [WELCH], and a
sister, Mrs. Marguerite BURNSIDE, all of California.
The
funeral was held on Wednesday with Rev. Roy KLINE officiating. Entombment was made at the Sunnyside
mausoleum.
Monday, March 7, 1932
Edward
HATTERY, 77, for many years a prominent farmer of the Macy community, was found
dead in bed Sunday morning at 6:30 at his home in Perrysburg. Dr. NEWELL, Miami county coroner, who was
called stated death ws due to heart trouble.
The
deceased was born on a farm near Green Oak on Dec. 24, 1855, and over 50 years
ago he was married to Vina BRIGGS. For
many years Mr. and Mrs. Hattery lived on a farm three miles southwest of Macy
on Federal road 31. Three years ago
they retired and moved to Perrysburg.
Surviving
are his wife, four sons, Roy [HATTERY], of South Bend; Ralph [HATTERY] of
Phoenix, Ariz.; Clarence [HATTERY], of Denver, and Ernest [HATTERY], of Macy;
two daughters, Mrs. Josephine WALTERS, of Huntington; Mrs. Ora NYE, of Peru;
one sister, Mrs. Anna HAMILTON, of
Oklahoma; 11 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Funeral
services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 at the Baptist church in
Perrysburg. Rev. GOLDEN will be in
charge and burial will be made in Greenlawn cemetery at Mexico.
Funeral services for Mrs. A. C. TROUTMAN,
64, who died Saturday morning at her home in Lima, Ohio, following a year’s
illess with cancer, were held Monday afternoon at two o’clock at the Methodist church in Akron. Rev. Lester ARTER, of Rochester, nephew
of the deceased, officiated and was
assisted by Rev. MILLER, of Akron.
Burial was made in the Akron I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Vina
[ARTER], daughter of Phillip and Phoeba ARTER, was born in Stark county, Ohio.
Upon womanhood she was married to John TAYLOR and after his death she
married A. C. TROUTMAN. The deceased lived in Akron for many
years. She was a member of the Pythian
Sisters and Methodist church.
Surviving
are her husband, two sons, Elmer TAYLOR, of Toledo, Ohio, and Emmett TAYLOR, of
Akron; father, Phillip ARTER, of Akron; five brothers, John [ARTER], William [ARTER] ad Ed [ARTER], of Akron,
Sam [ARTER], of Rochester and Frank
[ARTER] of Talma; two sisters, Mrs. Richard PERSONETT, of Akron, and
Mrs. Ben WILTSHIRE, of Macy.
The body
arrived in Akron Mnday morning and was taken to the son’s home where it
remained until the hour of the funeral.
Following
a two weeks’ illness James Willard COPLEN, 68, died Sunday morning at three
o’clock at the home of his nephew, Roy COPLEN, northwest of Akron. Death was due to paralysis.
Mr.
Coplen was born on April 27, 1865 on a farm near Mentone and practically all of
his life had been spent in that community.
His wife, who was formerly Flora EATHELMAN, died three years ago.
He was a member of the Saints Church.
Funeral
services will be held Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock at the Saints Church in
Athens. Rev. Daniel SLAYBAUGH will be
in charge and burial will be made in the Mt. Hope cemetery at Athens.
Mrs. Lura
BABCOCK, of this city, today received word that Mrs. J. C. BABCOCK, 78, former
resident of Akron, passed away at her home in Citronelle, Ala., on Thursday,
March 3. Death resulted from a stroke
of paralysis. Funeral services were
held at her son, Claire Babcock’s
home in Citronelle, Sunday afternoon and burial was made in a cemetery in
that city.
Mrs.
Babcock, who was Nancy LONG prior to her marriage, is survived by a son and
daughter who reside in Alexandria, Ind., a son Claire BABCOCK, of Citronelle,
Ala., and a son Fred [BABCOCK],
who resides in Elkhart.
Mrs. Mary
Maude SOMMERS, aged 51, of Grass Creek, passed away at the Cass County Hospital
Saturday afternoon. Death followed an
operation for the removal of gall stones.
The deceased had been in ill health for the past five weeks and this was
the second operation which she had
undergone.
Mary
Maude [MURRAY], daughter of Archimulus and Hannah MURRAY, was born on a farm in
Wayne Township Dec. 23, 1880, and had been a resident of that community throughout her entire life. On June 4th, 1902 she was united in marriage
to George Melvin SOMMERS. Mrs. Sommers
was a member of the Grass Creek United Brethren church and the O.E.S. of
Kewanna. Survivors are the husband, and
three sons, Harold [SOMMERS] and
Adam [SOMMERS], of near Grass Creek and Leola [SOMMERS] who resides at
home.
Funeral
services were held Monday afternoon at two o’clock at the Grass Creek United
Brethren church with the Rev. Mrs. HOLLINGSWORTH and Rev. SANSTRAH in
charge.
Burial was made in the Grass Creek cemetery.
Earl
MIKESELL, 44, former resident of Newcastle township, died Saturday evening at
five o’clock at a hospital in South Bend.
Death followed an illness of two years with diabetes.
Earl, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Asa Mikesell, was born on a farm in Newcastle township and
spent all of his life in the Talma community with the exception of the past six
or seven years, during which time he had lived in South Bend.
Surviving
are his wife, Mrs Loretta MIKESELL, and parents, Mr. and Mrs. Asa MIKESELL, of
South Bend. Funeral services will be
held Tuesday morning at 11 o’clock at
the Christian church in Talma with Rev. W. S. KENNEDY officiating. Burial will be made in the Hamlett cemetery.
Tuesday, March 8, 1932
James
Thomas MASON, aged 87, resident of Rochester for 20 years, died at 12:45
Tuesday morning at his home at 1601 Main Street, following a ten days
illness. Death was due to influenza.
The
deceased was born in Lickig County, Ohio on April 25, 1844, the son of Thompson and Mary MASON. For 35 years he lived in Ohio, 20 years in
Illinois, moving to Indiana in
1899, where he has since resided. He
followed the occupation of farming until 20 years ago when he retired and moved
to Rochester. He united with the
Methodist Episcopal Church when a young
man and had always been a faithful member.
Surviving
are his wife, Rachel MASON; four sons, Rev. A. A. MASON, of Altoona, Kansas;
Jacob [MASON], of Greenville, Ia.; Henry [MASON], of Oakwood, Illinois and Walter [MASON], of Rochester; three
daughters, Mrs. Minnie CRAWFORD, of Danville, Illinois; Mrs. Olive DAVIS,
Colisop, Illinois and Mrs. Mabel TYRRELL, of Rochester; eighteen grandchildren and fourteen
great-grandchildren. A son, John
[MASON], preceded his father in death.
Funeral
services will be held at the Grace Methodist Church, Thursday, March 10 at 2:30
o’cloc. Rev. T. L. STOVALL will
officiate. Burial will be made in the
Rochester I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Friends
here have received word of the death of Mrs. Charles MAYS, of Kokomo, which
occurred Sunday following a stroke of paralysis. Funeral services will be held at eleven o’clock Wednesday morning in Kokomo. Mrs. Mays is the mother of Clyde MAYS, who
has a cottage on he north shore of
Lake Manitou. Mr. and Mrs. William
DAULTON and Mr. and Mrs. William FENSTERMACHER, of this city, will attend the
funeral.
Wednesday, March 9, 1932
Cyrus
Francis BELT, aged 82, died Tuesday afternoon at his home at 1401 Elm street,
death being due to complications of diseases due to advanced years. He had been ill for several months.
The
deceased was born on a farm near Five Corners on Jan. 22, 1850, the son of
Dorsey and Nancy (BRYANT) BELT. Mr.
Belt is the last of a family of seven brothers and three sisters.
He had spent his entire life in this community and for many years
followed the occupation of a
ditcher. He was a believer in the Christian
faith.
Surviving
are his wife, formerly Harriet CONFER, whom he married on Oct. 10, 1890;
six children, Mrs. William MORRIS and Charles
BELT, of South Bend; Mrs. Bert ERB, of Wabash, Louise [BELT], of St. Louis,
Mo.; W. H. BELT, of Rochester, and Mildred [BELT] at home; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Funeral
services will be held Thursday afternoon at two o’clock at the residence, with
Rev. Fred YEAZEL in charge. Burial will
be made in the Shelton cemetery south of
Rochester.
Amos
Andrew ALDERFER, aged 69, well known farmer, dropped dead while doing the
chores at his farm home one-half mile west of State Road [US] 31 on the
Marshall and Fulton county line road Tuesday evening at 4:30 o’clock. Although Mr. Alderfer had been in ill health his death was a severe shock to
his family and many friends in that community.
Mr.
Alderfer was born on a farm west of Bouron on April 9, 1863, and moved to
Fulton county when still quite young, where he has since resided The deceased followed the occupation of farming and had a wide
acquaintance of friends throughout the northern section of the county.
Surviving with the widow is an adopted daughter, Miss Leona LEWIS, and
a sister, Mrs. Kathryn POWERS, of
South Bend.
Funeral
services will be held Friday afternoon at two o’clock at the Richland Center
church. Interment will be made in an
adjacent cemetery.
Robert
Donald ICE, 24, passed away at the Newcastle, Ind., sanitarium at 6:45 Wednesday morning. Death resulted from a complication of
diseases after an illness of over a
year. The deceased had been a
resident of this city throughout his entire life with the exception of a few months spent in the Newcastle
sanitarium.
Robert
Donald, son of George and Etta ICE, was born in this city in the year of
1908. On March 3, 1923, he was united
in marriage to Mildred CRIM, the ceremony being performed in this city. The deceased was employed as a day laborer up until ill health
forced his retirement. Survivors are the widow ad father, Geo. Ice,
of Rochester. Funeral arrangements had not been announced as this issue of he
News-Sentinel went to press.
Curtis
MILLS, aged 72, died at his home four miles southeast of Akron at 9 o’clock
this morning. Death was due to cancer
from which he had suffered for the past 18 months. The deceased has been a resident of Fulton county for the past 21
years, moving here from Grant county
which was his birthplace. Mr. Mills
lived on the farm near Akron for the past 11 years and prior to that time for 10 years on a farm in Liberty
township. His parents were Job and
Elizabeth MILLS. Mr. Mills was a member
of the Baptist Church at Fulton.
Survivors are the widow, a
son, Albert [MILLS], of Elkhart, five grandchildren and one
great-grandchild. Funeral
arrangements will be announced later.
Mrs.
Clara McGREW, 43, wife of D. C. McGREW, who operates a fox farm south of
Rochester, in Liberty township, died suddenly at 1:15 Wednesday afternoon. She had been ill for the past week with a severe cold and her condition had not
been regarded as serious. Surviving
are her husband and three children. A
complete obituary and funeral arrangement
will be carried in Thursday’s News-Sentinel.
Thursday, March 10, 1932
Relatives
here have received word of the death of Kerg G. BARKMAN, 45, of Muncie, which
occurred Wednesday morning at the Ball Memorial Hospital in that city Death resulted from injuries he received Saurday night when his automobile
skidded on state road 67, west of Yorktown, rolling down an embankment.
The
deceased was a former resident of Rochester nnd was the son of Henry and Louisa
BARKMAN. When he resided here he was
employed as a brakeman of the Erie Railroad.
For several years he had been a tool maker for the Mallory Company, Indianapolis. He was a
member of the Eagles, Modern Woodman and Red Men’s lodges.
Surviving
are the wife, formerly Miss Dora KLISE, of Rochester; two daughters, Hildred
[BARKMAN] and Jennie [BARKMAN], both at home; two sisters, Mrs. Goldie KISER,
of Mishawaka, and Mrs. Sylvia COPENHAVER, of South Bend; father, Henry BARKMAN,
of Mishawaka; two brothers, Ray BARKMAN, of Chicago, and J. BARKMAN, of
Osceola, Ind.
Funeral
services will be held Friday afternoon at four o’clock at the home. The body will be brought to Rochester
Saturday morning for final rites and burial in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Mrs.
Clara McGREW, 43, passed away at her home one mile east of Mt. Olive, 1:15
o’clock Wednesday afternoon. Death
resulted from a complication of diseases which followed a severe cold which the
deceased contracted about three weeks ago.
Clara
[LaBOUNTY], daughter of Edward and Amanda LaBOUNTY, was born on a farm south of
Fulton on July 17th, 1888. On March
16th, 1907 she was united in marriage to Christopher McGREW, who with three
children survive. Mrs. McGrew had been
a resident of the Mt. Zion
neighborhood for the past 12 years.
Survivors are the husband, her mother, Mrs. Anna ZENTER, east of
Rochester, two grandchildren, a sister, Mrs. Russell EASTERDAY of Culver and
two brothers, Lester LaBOUNTY, of Culver and Herbert LaBOUNTY, of Logansport.
Funeral
services will be held at the McGrew home on Friday afternoon at two
o’clock. Burial will be made in the
Fulton cemetery.
Funeral
services for Curtis MILLS, 72, who died Wednesday morning at his home four
miles southeast of Akron, will be held Friday morning at ten o’clock at the
residece. Rev. F. C. MOON, of
Rochester, will officiate and the body will be taken to Marion, Ind. for
burial.
Funeral
services for Robert Donald ICE, 24, who died Wednesday at a sanitarium in
Newcastle, Ind., will be held Friday afternoon at two o’clock at the Zimmerma
Bros. funeral home. Rev. John WALLENBURG, pastor of the
Christian Church, will be in charge and
burial will be made [ ---- omitted ----].
Friday, March 11, 1932
Stephen
BRINGHAM, aged 71, farmer living west of Monterey, died this morning following
a stroke of paralysis which he suffered three weeks ago. Survivors are two children. John BRINGHAM of
this city is a cousin.
Word has been received here by relaives
of he death of Guy V. BUSENBURG, which occurred at his home in Seattle, Wash.,
on March 5. He was a former resident of
this county. His parents were Mr. and
Mrs. Melvin BUSENERG [sic].
Death was caused by pernicious
anemia following an illness of two months. Survivors are the wife and a daughter.
Saturdy, March 12, 1932
[no obits]
Monday, March 14, 1932
Mrs. Mary
Catherine HENDRICKSON, 88, well known pioneer resident of Fulton county, died
Sunday afternoon at three o’clock at the home of her son, Reuben HENDRICKSON, 1031 Madison street, this
city. Death was due to heart trouble
and complications of diseases due to advanced years. She had been ill for four weeks.
The
deceased was born in Franklin county, Ky., on June 20, 1843, the daughter of
William and Armena MINTON. When only
four and one-half years old she moved with her parents to Fulton county and the
remainder of her life was spent here.
On March 31, 1864, at Kewanna, she was married to Chrineyance C.
HENDRICKSON and all of their married life was spent in the Kewanna and Fulton communities. For over four years she had lived here with her son. She was a member of the Fulton U.B. church
Surviving
are four daughters, Mrs. Richard MURPHET, of Royal Center; Mrs. Louella LINDEN
and Mrs. Chas. NICKELS, of Kewanna, Mrs. Henry COOK, of Fulton; two sons, Jacob HENDRICKSON, of Fulton, and Reuben B.
HENDRICKSON, of Rochester.
Funeral
services will be held Tuesday morning at 10:30 at the Fulton United Brethren
church. Rev. FRANKLIN will officiate and
burial will be made in the Grass Creek cemetery.
Alphonso
Parley HARDING, 81, prominent retired merchant of Kewanna, died Sunday morning
at 3:30 at his home in Kewanna following a six days illness. Death was due to pneumonia.
Alphonso
Parley, son of Alonzo and Martha HARDING, was born in southern Indiana on April
30, 1850. In Osgood, Ind., on 1887, he
was married to Sarah GOLDTRAP and two years later Mr. and Mrs. Harding moved to
Kewanna. For 45 years Mr. Harding
operated a general store in Kewanna,
retiring from active business five years ago.
He was a member of the Masonic
lodge.
Survivors
are: One son, A. P. HARDING, Jr., Grand
Forks, N. Dak.; a daughter, Mrs. Vera S. CALVIN, of Kewanna; a stepson, A. C.
GOLDTRAP, of Casper, Wyo.; two half-sisters, Mrs. Erna McGUIRE and Mrs. James
BISSONETT, both of Tampa, Fla.
Funeral
services will be held Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock at the home with Rev.
Harold TURPIN, pastor of the Methodist church in charge. Burial will be made in the Kewanna I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Following
an illness of only one day Mrs. Emma J. WILLIAMS, 74, of Argos, died at 11
o’clock Sunday morning. Death was due
to indigestion.
The
deceased was born in Ohio on May 19, 1857, and had lived in Argos for the past
three years, moving there from Indianapolis.
She was a member of the Argos Methodist church.
Surviving are the husband, W. E.
WILLIAMS; one daughter, Mrs. Perry FREELAND, of South Bend; a sister, Mrs. J.
W. SOUTH of Indianapolis.
Burial
will be in Aurora but definite funeral arrngements have not been made.
Howard
Ezra HUNT, three-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ted HUNT, died Sunday morning
at the Hunt residence near Lake Bruce.
Death was due to complications of diseases. The parents are the only survivors.
Funeral
services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 at the Community church at
Lake Bruce and burial will be made in the Lake Bruce cemetery. Rev. C. Y. GILMER will officiate.
Tuesday, March 15, 1932
Relatives
have received word of the death of Mrs. Gus MACKEY which occurred Saturday at a
hospital in Los Angeles, Calif, following a lingering illness. Surviving are the husband and one daughter. Funeral services were held Monday and burial
was made in Los Angeles. Mr. Mackey
is a former resident of Rochester.
Joseph F.
ZINK, aged 71, died at the home of his daughtr, Mrs. Claude BRUBAKER, 140 North
Jefferson Street, at 4:15 o’clock this morning. Death was caused by paralysis.
The deceased had been in ill health for the past 30 years.
Mr. Zink
was a life long resident of Fulton county and for many years operated a
huckleberry marsh near Richland Center bearing his name. He was born on a farm in Richland township
on October 10, 1860. His parents were
Joseph and Emmeline ZINK. He followed the occupation of a farmer until his
health forced him to retire 20 years ago.
Mr. Zink
was a member of the Evangelical Church at Grand View. Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. BRUBAKER and Mrs. Della
RAPHAELDT, LaPorte, a son Joseph [ZINK], Akron, two brothers, Louis [ZINK],
Enid, Oklahome, and Enoch [ZINK], of Argos, 15 grandchildren and 3
great-grandchildren.
His wife,
who was Martha Ellen ALEXANDER and whom he married in 1881 preceded him in
death. The funeral services will be
held from the church at Richland Center at 1:30 p.m. Thursday with the Rev. F. O. KUEBLER in charge. Burial will be made in the cemetery at Richland Center.
Wednesday, March 16, 1932
W. J.
DOLPH, 64, former resident of Rochester, died suddenly at 5:30 last evening at
his home eight miles northwest of Monticello.
Death was due to a heart attack.
The
deceased was born in Fisher, Illinois, oin December ninth, 1867 the son of
Robert and Alice DOLPH. In 1891 in
Champaign, Ill., he was married to Anna REAMS.
Mr. and Mrs. Dolph lived in this community for 15 years, moving from
Rochester to Elkhart and later to a farm near Monticello. While a resident of Rochester he was a
member of the I.O.O.F. and
Eagle Lodges.
Surviving
are his wife, four daughters ad one son:
Mrs. W. S. ALEXANDER and Mrs. Lester HOON, of Elkhart; Mrs. Robert
TRIMM, of Coldwater, Michigan; Mrs. Marie
HEETER, of Chicago and Robert DOLPH, of White Pigeon, Mich. His mother, who lived in Fisher, Ill., three
brothers ands one sister, also survive.
Funeral
services will be held at the home at one o’clock Thursday afternoon and burial
will be made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery in
Rochester. Short services will be
conducted at the grave.
Thursday, March 17, 1932
Mrs. Etta
WAGGAMAN, of Kokomo, wife of David WAGGAMAN, died at her home there yesterday
morning after an illness of six weeks.
Death followed a stroke of paralysis
which she suffered on June 31.
Mr. and Mrs. Waggaman for several years were employed at both the Fairview and Colonial Hotels at
Lake Manitou during which periods they operated the dining rooms in both of the hostelries. While here Mrs.Waggaman made a large circle
of friends. Survivors are the husband
and son, Ned [WAGGAMAN], a brother and a sister. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at Kokomo
followed by burial there.
Friday, March 18, 1932
Alec
HUTCHINSON, 68, farmer living north of Tippecanoe, died at 2:30 Friday
mornineat at a Warsaw hospital. Death
was due to tonsilitis and followed an illness of less than a week. His wife died a year ago.
Mrs.
Walter McGUIRE received word yesterday of the death of her brother, Everett
CARSON, aged 38 of Twelve Mile. The
deceased had been in ill health for the past two years during which period he
underwent three operations. The funeral
will be held Saturday at Twelve
Mile.
Debolt
KLINE, aged 75, died at his home three miles southwest of Argos at 4 o’clock
this moirning after an illness of a year’s duration which followed a stroke of
paralysis. The deceased was born on a
farm in what is known as the Washington neighorhood east of Culver on December 22, 1856. His parents were Debolt and Elizabeth
KLINE. During his entire lifetime he has lived on farms near Argos
and Culver. He was a member of the
Methodist Church at Argos. Survivors are the widow who was Stella
NEWHOUSE ROMING, three brothers, Will [KLINE] and John [KLINE] of Culver and
George [KLINE] of Plymouth and a sister, Mrs. John NELSON of Plymouth. The funeral services will be held from the
Richland Center Church at 2 p.m Sunday with Rev. Paul REISER in charge. Burial will be made in the Richland Center
cemetery.
Saturday, March 19, 1932
[no obits]
Monday, March 21, 1932
Harry E.
JEWELL, 42, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. JEWELL, of Rochester, died at 11 o’clock
Monday morning at his home three miles west of Kewanna, death resulting from
double pneumonia. For a number of years
Mr. Jewall was seriously ill but had improved to such an extent that he was
able to resume his occupation of farming.
Two weeks ago he was taken ill with influenza and later double pneumonia
developed.
Harry
Edward JEWELL, was born on Dec. 3, 1889, on a farm on the west side of Lake
Manitou and all of his life has been spent in Fulton county. Upon reaching manhood he was married to Miss
Sylvia COLLINS. For severl years Mr.
and Mrs. Jewell lived on a farm south of Rochesrter on State Road 25, moving
from there to their present home in the Kewanna community.
Surviving
are his wife, three children, Carlos [JEWELL], Charlotte [JEWELL] and Walter
[JEWELL], all at home; parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. JEWELL, of Rochester; a
brother, Lewis JEWELL, of Robinson, Illinois, and a sister, Mrs. Robert KEIM,
near Green Oak.
Funeral
arrangements will be announced in Tuesday’s News-Sentinel.
Mrs.
Sherman SIPPY, 56, well known Henry township resident, died Monday morning at
6:55 at her home on East Rochester street in Akron, death being due to heart
trouble. Mrs. Sippy had been in ill health for three years but her condition
had only been regarded as serious the past three weeks.
The
deceased was born Dec. 8, 1875, in Wabash county, east of Disko, the daughter
of Aaron and Jane [KROFT]. Thirty-nine
years ago she was married to Sherman SIPPY.
For a number of years Mr. and Mrs. Sippy lived on a farm west of Akron,
but 12 years ago retired and moved
to Akron. She was a member of the Macy
Methodist church.
Surviving
are her husband, two daughters, Mrs. Dochia SHERMAN, east of Akron, and Mrs.
Margaret SHANK, of South Bend; two sons, Robert SIPPY, of Meadsville, Pa.,
and David SIPPY, at home; five
brothers, Lester [KROFT], of Lenville, Mich.; Simon [KROFT] and Adolph [KROFT],
of Akron; Ruthford [KROFT], of So. Bend, and Ulysses [KROFT], of Burket; one sister, Mrs. Henry HOOVER, of
Wenatchee, Wash., and 15 grandchildren.
Funeral
arrangements have not been completed.
Friends
here have received word of the death of Mrs. Florence TUCKER [WINTER], of
Logansport, which occurred Sunday afternoon at her home at 718 E. Market
street, following a stroke of
paralysis.
Mrs.
Winter was an active worker in the Logansport Baptist church and was president
of the woman’s division of the Logansport Baptist Association. Only last Thursday she presided at the annual spring conference held in Royal Center. She was one of the best known soloists in Cass county and recently appered on the
program of the Rochester Baptist Ladies Aid
quarterly social.
Surviving
are her husband, J. Burt WINTER; three sons, James M. [WINTER] and Donald K
[WINTER], of Logansport, and William E. [WINTER\, of Peru, Ill.; one
sister, Mrs. Minnie BENNING, of
Phoenix, Ariz.
Funeral
services will be held Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock at the Baptist Temple in
Logansport.
Tuesday, March 22, 1932
John B.
NEW, aged 88, manufacturer of Indianapolis who has spent his summers at his
cottage on Wolfe’s Point at Lake Manitou for a number of years, was buried in
Indianapolis yesterday friends in this city were advised. Mr. Neu died last Friday after several days’
illness caused by pneumonia.
Mentone,
Ind., March 21. - Clifford KEESECKER,
45, native of this place, died Sunday night at Holy Cross hospital, Chicago,
from a fracture of the skull and other injuries suffered in an automobile accident at Chicago.
Alone in
his car, Keesecker was enroute to a barber shop when another motor vehicle
crashed into his machine, overturning it
He is
survived by his wife, his mother, Mrs. Alfred KEESECKER, of Mentone and three
sisters.
The body
was brought to Mentone Tuesday and funeral services will be conducted from the
Thomas WHETSTONE residence, south of Mentone Wednesday afternoon at 2:30
o’clock. Burial will be at the
Palestine cemetery.
Word has
been received here of the death of Egbert M. SHEPHERD, 55, former resident of this city, and for many years identified
in the printing business in LaPorte.
Mr. Shepherd passed away 9:40 a.m. Sunday at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Irene Need, of Cleveland, Ohio,
in which city he had resided for the past five years.
Egbert
M., son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrw SHEPHERD, was born in this city on January 17th,
1877 and received his education in the Rochester city schools. Upon completig his schooling he took up the
printing trade and was employed for a long period of years as a compositor and
pressman by Mr. H. A. BARNHART, who at that time was publisher of the
Sentinel. Upon reaching maturity he was
united in marriage on Dec. 27th, 1899, to Miss Dessie CRUMP, of Kewanna, who survives.
The
deceased was a resident of LaPorte for a period of 16 years where he was a
member of the printing firm of Chase & Shepherd and also one of the owners
of the LaPorte Times. Mr. Shepherd was
a member of the Masons and Knights of Pythias of LaPorte.
Other
survivors are a son, Egbert SHEPHERD, and a daughter, Mrs. Irene NEED, both of
Cleveland, two sisters, Mrs. Charles F. FOOR, of Danvers, Mass., and Mrs. A.
B. EHERENMAN, of LaPorte where funeral
services in charge of the Masonic lodge were held at the
Christian Science chapel at 3:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon.
Burial
was made in the Pine Lake cemetery.
Samuel
LEECH, four year old son of Dr. and Mrs. John LEECH, of Indianapolis, formerly
of Akron, died Monday evening at the St. Vincents hospital in
Indianapolis. The child had been ill
for the past week with mastoid trouble and later spinal meningitis developed.
Surviving
are the parents; a brother, John [LEECH]; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ora LEECH,
of Akron and James GILL, of Mentone. The body was brought to Akron Tuesday. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
Funeral services for Harry E. JEWELL, who
died Monday morning at his home three miles west of Kewanna following a two
weeks illness with pneumonia, will be held
Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock at the United Brethren Church in
Fulton. Rev. FRANKLIN will officiate and burial will be made in the Fulton
I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Funeral
services for Mrs. Sherman SIPPY of Akron, will be conducted Wednesday afternoon
at two o’clock at the Saints Church in Akron.
Rev. Daniel SLAYBAUGH will be
in charge, assisted by Rev. H. G. BROWN, of Anderson. Burial will be made in the Akron I.O.O.F.
cemetery.
Wednesday, March 23, 1932
Funeral
services for Samuel LEECH, four year old son of Dr. and Mrs. John LEECH, of
Indianapolis, formerly of Akron, who died Monday at the St. Vincents hospital,
will be held Thursday morning at nine o’clock in Indianapolis. The body will be brought to Akron for burial in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Edwin B.
COOK, 81, retired Kewanna merchant, died at two o’clock Tuesday afternoon at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. Myrtle HENDRICKSON, 9309 30th street, in South
Bend. Death was due to pneumonia and
followed a 12 weeks illness.
The
decesed was born in Grant county, March 21, 1851, the son of Robert and Susanna
COOK, and on Feb. 28, 1872, he was married to Isabelle PRIOR. For many years he lived in Kewanna where he
operated a grocery store. After leaving
Kewanna he resided in Rochester for a few years, going to South Bend six years
ago to live with his daughter. He was a
member of the U.B. church in South
Bend.
Surviving
are the daughter and one brother, George COOK, of Indianapolis.
Funeral
services will be held Thursday morning at 10:30 at the Methodist church in
Kewnnna with the Rev. H. F. PIERSON officiating. Burial will be made in the Kewanna I.O.O.F. cemetery. The
body has been removed to the Harrison funeral home in Kewanna and will be taken to the church at 9:30 Thursday
morning where it will lie in state until the hour of the funeral.
Mrs. Mary
E. SHIVELY, 78, practically a life-long resident of Henry township, died at
four o’clock Tuesday evening at the home two miles southwest of Akron. Mrs. Shively had been ill since Christmas with complications of diseases incident
to advanced years.
Mary E.
[HEETER], daughter of Noah and Susan HEETER, was born in Montgomery county,
Ohio, June 6, 1865, and moved with her parents to Fulton county when a small
child. Upon reaching womanhood she was
married to William SHIVELY, a Civil war veteran, who passed away 13 years
ago. She was a member of the Athens
U.B. church.
Surviving
are eight children, Elmer [SHIVELY], of Akron; Charles [SHIVELY] and Everett
[SHIVELY], of Talma; George [SHIVELY], of Montana; Martin [SHIVELY], of Niles. Mich.; Noah [SHIVELY], of Roann;
Mrs. Ida BRYANT, of Athens, and daughter Ola
[SHIVELY] at home. Several
grandchildren and great-grandchildren survive.
Funeral
services will be held Friday afternoon at the Athens U.B. chuch at 1:30
with Rev. C. J. MINOR officiating. Burial will be made in the Mt. Hope
cemetery.
Following a year’s illness with heart
trouble Basel Howard BOGGS, 53, died at 7:30 Wednesday morning at his hoime in
Argos. Mr. Boggs was a life-long
resident of the Argos community.
The
deceased was the son of James and Rebecca BOGGS and was born on July 15,
1880. In 1902 he was married to Mrs.
Cora SINK. He was a member of the
Eagles Lodge and Argos Methodist church.
Survivors
are one step-son, Florence SINK; four brothers, Bert [BOGGS], William [BOGGS]
and Lewis BOGGS, of Argos, and Charles BOGGS, of Kansas; two sisters, Mrs. Etta THOMAS, of Inwood, and Mrs. John
DOWNING of Bourbon.
Funeral
services will be conducted Friday afternoon at the Argos M.E. church. Burial will be made in the Maple Grove
cemetery.
Thursday, March 24, 1932
Friends
in Macy have received word of the death of Rev. Milton H. JACKS, aged 68, which
occurred Tuesday afternoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ethel GINSBERG,
2001 North Tacoma street,
Indianapolis. Rev. Jacks who was a
retired Christian minister had been
ill for three months. He was
pastor of the Macy Christian Church for several years. Survivors
are two daughters and seven sisters.
Word was
received here early today of the death of William Nelson RICHTER, 70, which
occurred at his home in Monon, Ind., Wednesday afternoon, following an illness
from pneumonia. During the years of 1898 to 1904 Mr. Richter
was a co-partner of George V. DAWSON in the drug business in this city and
during this period of time he made a wide acquaintance of friends throughout
Rochester and Fulton county.
The
deceased, who was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles RICHTER, was born on a farm
near Akron and upon reaching manhood he was united in marriage to Minnie MILES,
who survives. Mr. Richter had operated
a drug store in Monon for the past number of years. He was a member of the
Masonic lodge. Surviving are two sons,
Ralph [RICHTER], of Monon, and Calvin RICHTER, who resides in Ohio.
Funeral
services will be held at the home in Monon Saturday and interment will be made
in the Akron cemetery.
Friday, March 25, 1932
[no obits]
Saturday, March 26, 1932
Mrs.
Addie Agnes LOWNES, age 49 years, died at her home two miles east of Fulton
Saturday morning at 1 o’clock. Death
was due to a cancer, from which she had been ill one year.
Addie
Agnes [RANTZ], daughter of James and Ageline RANTZ, was born at Mantino,
Illinois, May 9, 1882. In November 1905,
she was united in marriage to Louis HUBERT
who preceded her in death. On
January 4, 1912 she was married to Elmer LOWNES who survives. She had lived
in the Fulton community for 16 years and was a member of the Baptist Church at Fulton.
Survivors,
other than the husband, are four children, Harvey HUBERT and Mrs. Elgy
RENTSCHLER, of Fulton, Clyde [LOWNES] ad
Lucille LOWNES, at home and one
grandchild.
Funeral
services will be held Monday at nine o’clock at the Fulton Baptist Church. Reverend H. W. FRANKLIN will officiate and
the body will be taken to Mantino, Illinois where short services will be
held. Burial will be made at Mantino.
Monday, March 28, 1932
Clifford
C. OVERMYER, 50, well known poultry and produce dealer dropped dead while at
work in his office at 429 North Main Street, this city shortly before noon
today. Coroner A. E. STINSON who was called, attributed
death was due to a heart attack. Mr.
Overmyer had been in ill health for the past two years, however according to
friends and Mrs. Overmyer, he was
from all appearance in good health when he left for work this morning.
Lawrence
BRIGHT, of this city, an employee of Mr. Overmyer’s discovered the body of his
employer shortly after one o’clock this afternoon, after he had returned from
his poultry route which he made this morning.
The fatal attack evidently struck Mr. Overmyer shortly before the noon hour while he was
seated at his office desk. When found
by Mr. Bright the body lay in a half
concealed position on the office floor and as none of the office fixtures
had been moved about in any way, it is
believed death ws instantaneous.
The
deceased, who is well known throughout this and adjoining counties is survived
by the widow and six children. A more
complete obituary will be carried in Tuesday’s issue of the News-Sentinel.
Mrs.
Clara SNYDER, 59, died at one o’clock Monday morning at her home two and
one-half miles south of Kewanna, death being due to heart trouble. She had been in failing health for the past two years but her condition
had only been regarded as serious since Saturday.
Clara
[NOGGLE], daughter of W. D. and Martha NOGGLE, was born in Wabash county on
Jan. 4, 1873, and moved to Fulton county when quite young. On Feb. 22, 1893, at Marshtown, she was
married to J. S. SNYDER. She was a
member of the First Baptist church and Rebekah lodge.
Surviving
are the husband, six sons, Lloyd [SNYDER], Orville [SNYDER], W D. [SNYDER] and
Hubert [SNYDER], all of South Bend, John W. [SNYDER], of Reno, Nevada, and Paul [SNYDER], of Fort
Wayne; two brothers, Arthur NOGGLE, of Marion, Ind., and John NOGGLE, of
Toledo, Ohio., and one sister Mary CUSHONER, of Culver.
Funeral
arrangements have not been made pending word from the son in Nevada.
Peter W.
LOWE, 65, prominent farmer living three miles south of Rochester on State Road
25, died at 8:20 Sunday evening following a three weeks illness. Death was due to heart trouble. Mr. Lowe had been subject to heart attacks
for the last three years but his concition had only been regarded as serious
since March 4.
Peter
Wycoff [LOWE], son of Isaac and Ellen LOWE, was born near Gilead on Oct. 28,
1866, and was one of a family of seven children. When a child he moved with his parents to Fulton county and the
remainder of his life was spent in the Rochester community. On Oct.
29, 1893, he was married to Miss Maude DOWNS and for the past 21 years
they have lived in their.present
home.
Mr. Lowe
was a member of the I.O.O.F. and Encampment lodges. He had a wide acquaintance throughout Fulton county and took an
active interest in community welfare and republican political activities.
Surviving
are his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Carl NEWCOMB and Mrs. Harry ROSENBURY, of
Rochester; two grandchildren, Joanna NEWCOMB and Richard Lowe ROSENBURY; two
sisters, Mrs. Amy COOK, of Denver, Ind., and Mrs. Charles BROWER, of Dayton, Ohio; two brothers, John
[LOWE] and Voris LOWE, of Rochester.
Funeral
serives will be held Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock at the residence. Rev.
C. S. DAVISSON will be in charge and will be assisted by Rev. J. B.
GLEASON, pastor of the First Baptist church.
Burial will be made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery. Members of the I.O.O.F. lodge will attend in a body and will be
in charge of the service at the grave.
Following
an illness of several months duration, Charles Franklin WALTZ, 62, died at
three o’clock Saturday afternoon at the Fulton County Home. Death ws due to complications of diseases.
The
deceased was born in Miami county, the son of Henry and Sarah WALTZ, but
practically all of his life had been spent in Rochester. He followed the occupation of a carpenter.
Surviving
are his father, Henry WALTZ, aged 92, north of Rochester; four sisters, Mrs.
Wilfred GUISE and Mrs. John BRUNSON, near Rochester; Mrs. Alva HALL and Mrs.
Fred DAVISSON of Nebraska.
Private
funeral services will be held at ten o’clock Tuesday morning at the Zimmerman
Bros. funeral home. Rev. F. G. KUEBLER
will be in charge and burial will be made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery. The body will lie in state at Zimmerman
Bros. funeral hoime until the hour
of the services.
William
H. BRIGHT, 76, life long resident of Akron, died Sunday evening at 7:15. Death was due to heart trouble.
The
deceased was the son of William and Mahalia BRIGHT and upon reaching manhood
was married to Nettie SAYGER. For many
years Mr. Bright operated a threshing machine.
Survivors
are his wife; one son, Clifford BRIGHT; one daughter, Mrs. Harold NORMAN, of
Gilead, and four grandchildren. Funeral
services will be held Tuesday afternoon
at two o’clock at the Akron Brethren church. Burial will be made in the Akron I.O.O.F. cemetery.
John Adam
LEFFERT, 81, life long resident of Argos, passed away at his farm home two
miles west of that town Saturday evening at nine o’clock. Death resulted from a complication of
diseases, following an illness of two years duration.
John, son
of Harman and Constance LEFFERT, was born on a farm west of Argos on August
25th, 1849, and had resided in the vicinity of his birth throughout the
remainder of his life, following the
occupation of farming. Upon reaching
his majority he was united in
marriage to Catherine GAST who preceded him in death 21 years ago. The deceased was a member of the Plymouth Catholic church. Survivors are three daughters, Mrs.
Emma WEIDNER, Mrs. J. O’HARA and Mrs.
S. E. DRAKE, all of Argos, and a son, John
LEFFERT, of Kokomo.
Funeral
services will be held Tuesday morning at the Plymouth Catholic church. Burial will be made in the Catholic cemetery
in that city.
Tuesday, March 29, 1932
Funeral
services for Charles C. OVERMYER, who dropped dead while at his office shortly
before noon Monday, will be held at the Evangelical church Thursday afternoon
at two o’clock with the Rev. F. G. KUEBLER in charge. Burial will be made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Charles
Clifton [OVERMYER], son of Boyd and Eldora OVERMYER, was born on a farm near
Richland Center, on July 27, 1882. The
deceased resided in the community of his
birth for a period of 20 years, he then came to Rochester where he took
a position with the BEYER Poultry and
Produce Co. On April 30, 1910, he was
united in marriage to Ruby E. LOUGH, the ceremony being performed in this
city. After serving a number of years
in the employment of the Beyer Co., Mr. Overmyer accepted a position as manager
of the Miami Produce Co., in which capacity he served for five years. About 15 years ago Mr. Overmyer resigned and
started in the poultry and produce business for himself and had built up
an extensive trade throughout Fulton
and adjacent counties. The deceased was
a member of the Evangelical church and the I.O.O.F. and Eagle fraternal orders
of this city.
Surviving
are the widow, three daughters, Florence [OVERMYER] and Harriett [OVERMYER], at
home, Mrs. Henrietta GARVEY, oif LaCrosse, Ind.; two sons, Robert [OVERMYER]
and James [OVERMYER], at home; a step-son, Theodore COMBS, of Delong; the father, Boyd [OVERMYER], of
this city; a sister, Mrs. Will FISSEL, of Granger, Ind.; two half-sisters, Mrs. Walter BRYAN, of Richland Center,
Esther OVERMYER, of this city, and two half-brothers, Ray OVERMYER, of Richland
Center and Roy OVERMYER, of this
city.
Dr. Dow
HAIMBAUGH, of this city, has received word of the death of his niece, Miss
Nadene ARNSBERGER, 22, who died Monday afternoon at 4:30 at the McDonald
Hospital in Warsaw. Death was due to
kidney trouble and followed an illness of several weeks duration.
Miss
Arnsberger lived with her parents for several years on the BARNHART farm,
northwest of Rochester. At the time she
was taken ill she was employed in a drug store in Warsaw. Besides her parents she is survived by one
sister, Miss Charlene [ARNSBERGER],
and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Obe HAIMBAUGH, of Newcastle Township.
Funeral
services will be held Wednesday afernoon at two o’clock at the Warsaw Methodist Church. Rev. GIBBS will officiate.
Funeral
services for Mrs. Clara SNYDER will be held in the First Baptist church in
Kewanna on Wednesday afternoon at three o’clock. The Rev. W. J. FOX will have charge of the servoces.
Interment will be made in the Kewanna I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Funeral
services for Noh Walter HAYES, 23, who died at his hoime in Peru Sunday evening
will be held from the Fetter-Allen mortuary, Peru, at 11 o’clock Wednesday
morning. The deceased who was the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Stanton HAYES was well known to many Rochester and Fulton
county people.
Wednesday, March 30, 1932
Mrs. Leslie
E. DUNKIN, 33, wife of Rev. DUNKIN former pastor of the Baptist Church in
Fulton, died at two o’clock Wednesday afternoon at the hospital in Goshen. Death was due to complications of diseases and followed an illness of only
two days. Surviving are the
husband and two children. The Dunkin family moved to Goshen the first
of the year when Rev. Dunkin was appointed pastor of the Baptist Church there.
Thursday, March 31, 1932
Frnk
NORRIS, 73, well known resident of Kewanna, died at ten o’clock Thursday
morning. death being due to paralysis.
Mr. Norris had been ill for the past eight weeks.
The
deceased was born in Clinton, Ind., but moved to Kewanna when a child and the
remainder of his life was spent there.
For 20 years he trveled for the Malleable Steel Range Co.
He was a member of the I.O.O.F. lodge and Kewanna Christian church.
Surviving
are his wife, who was formerly Sadie WEARY; one daughter, Mrs. Edna NORRIS, of
Kankakee, Ill.; eight grandchildren, Marion NORRIS, of Hammond, Everett NORRIS,
of East Chicago, Frank P. GOSS, of St. Paul, Minn; Ernest [CARTER] and Frederick CARTER and Mrs. Everett HOESEL,
of Culver; Alice [NORRIS] and Shirley
NORRIS, of Kankakee, Ill.; seven great-grandchildren and one sister,
Mrs. Carrie WIMMER, of Culver.
Funeral
services will be held Sunday afternoon at two o’clock at the Kewanna Christian
church. Rev. BULGER will officiate and
burial will be made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Mrs.
Almeda LOWMAN DUNKIN, 32, wife of Rev. Leslie E. DUNKIN, former pastor of the
Fulton Baptist Church, died Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock at the Vincent
hospital in Goshen. Death was due to spinal meningitis and
followed an illness of only two days.
Almeda,
daughter of Arna M. and Eva LOWMAN, was born in the Mt. Olive neighborhood near
Fulton on July sixth, 1899, and nine years ago she was married to Leslie E.
DUNKIN. She was a member of the Baptist
Church in Huntington.
Rev.
Dunkin served as pastor of the Baptist church in Fulton for two years, having
been transferred to Goshen the first of January.
Surviving
are her husband; three small daughters, Edith [DUNKIN], Dorthea [DUNKIN] and
Miriam [DUNKIN]; parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. LOWMAN, of Huntington; two brothers, Shirley L. [LOWMAN], Washington,
D.C., and Nevin [LOWMAN], of
Huntington; three sistrs, Mrs. Martha BAIRD, of South Whitley; Mrs. Paul
WINSLORD, of Warren, Ind. ad Mrs. Georgia WESTFALL, of Huntington.
Funeral
services will be held Friday afternoon at two o’clock at a funeral home in
Goshen and burial will be made in the Pilgrims Rest cemetery in
Huntington. The casket will be opeed at the cemetery.
Mrs.
Susan ROBERTSON, 88, died Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Stella AGLE, one=half mile west of Macy, death being due to
bronchial pneumonia. The deceased had
been an invalid for 12 years and during the past five years had lived with her daughter.
Susan
[KITZMILLER], daughter of William and Susan KITZMILLER, was born on February
ninth, 1844 and practically all of her life had been spent in Peru. Surviving are three sons: William
[ROBERTSON], of Erie, Ind.; Jesse [ROBERTSON] and Louis [ROBERTSON], of Peru; two daughters, Mrs.
Mary ROBINSON, of Peru and Mrs.
Mary AGLE, of Macy; 17 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and one
great-great-grandchild.
Funeral
services will be held Friday morning at ten o’clock at the Drake funeral home
in Peru. Burial will be made in the Mt.
Hope cemetery in Peru.
John BIXLER, aged 84, a former resident
of Argos, died this morning at his home in Atwater, Ohio, from complications
incident to old age. The deceased was
born on a farm near Argos in 1848 and lived in that community until 14 years
ago when he moved to Atwater,
Ohio. Survivors are three
daughters, Mrs. Goss K. BLOCK, of Indianapolis, Catherine [BIXLER], of
Winterhaven, Fla., and Edna [BIXLER], of Atwater, Ohio; a brother, Adam
[BIXLER], of Argos, two nephews and a niece who reside in Plymouth. The body will be brought to the Grossman funeral chapel at Argos Friday from
which establishment a funeral
service will be held Saturday at 2 p.m.
Rev. Hiley BAKER, pastor of the Christin church at Argos will be in
charge of the services. Burial will be
made in the Maple Grove cemetery east
of Argos.
Friday, April 1, 1932
Caus G.
HILL, 88, farmer resident of this community for the last nine years, died at
his home southwest of Rocheter early Friday morning as the result of
complications resulting from old
age. He had been in failing health
several years and had grown considerably worse during the last year.
He was
born in Boros, Vestergotland, Sweden, on June 21, 1844. He left his home and arrived in New York
City on May 27, 1869, and later came West to Paxton, Ill., where he lived until coming to this community in
1923. During his residence in this
country he made two trips back to his
old home in Sweden.
He is
survived by a sister living in Sweden and by a niece, Miss Hilda HILL, with
whom the deceased resided in recent years.
The
funeral will be held at 2:30 Sunday at the Val Zimmerman funeral parlors. Rev.
Harold W. TURPIN, First Presbyterian church, will officiate.Burial will be
in I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Naaman
TUCKER, aged 17, died at 2 o’clock this morning at the home of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ono TUCKER, 1409 College Avenue, following a heart attack. The youth had been an invalid all of his life.
He was born on a farm nearAkron on April 18, 1914.
The
deceased came to this city from Marion six years ago. For many years the Tucker family resided on a farm near
Akron. The youth was a member of the
Church of God.
Survivors
are the parents, a sister Helen [TUCKER] and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert
TUCKER of near Mentone, and Naaman NOFTSGER, who resides on a farm midway
between Akron and Rochester.
Funeral
services will be held from the Omega church southwest of Akron at 1:30 p.m.
Sunday with Rev. J. T. STEENBERGEN, pastor of the local Church of God, in
charge. Burial will be made in the
cemetery at Akron.
Mrs.
Maggie D. WINKLER, 54, died at 5:15 Friday morning at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. W. E. LINDLEY, three miles north of Rochester, death being due to complications of diseases. She had been in ill health for 23 years but
her condition had only been regarded
as serious the past ten weeks.
The
deceased was born in DuBois county Jan. 12, 1878, the daughter of Eliza and
Jane KAYS. On Sept. 2, 1895, she was
married to Frederick A. WINKLER. She
had lived with her daughter for the past four years, coming here from
Huntingburg, Ind. She was a member
of the Christian church at Duff,
Ind.
Sirviving
are her husband, two sons, Charles E. WINKLER, of Fort Sheridan, and Millage
WINKLER, of Oakland City, Ind.; four daughters, Mrs. W. E. LINDLEY, Viola
[WINKLER] and Fern WINKLER, north of Rochester,
and Mrs. Leo FOWLER, of Detroit, Mich.; one sister, Mrs. J. F. KELLENS, of
Huntington, and two brothers. S. A. KAYS, of Mt. Carmel, Ill., and William C. KAYS, of Oklahoma, and 12
grandchildre.
Funeral
arrangements have not been made pending the arrival of relatives.
Nadene
ARNSBERGER was born Jan. 16, 1910, at Fort Wayne, Ind., and departed from this
life March 28, 1932, at the age of 22 years, 2 months and 10 days. She moved to the vicinity of Mentone, Ind., at a tender age where she lived until
6 years ago when she made her home in Warsaw, remaining there until the time of
her death.
She
united with the First Baptist church of Mentone at the age of 15 years, later
changing her membership to the First Methodist church of Warsaw. She was a member of the “Come Join Us” Sunday school class and the
Wesleyan Guild of this church.
She has
been employed at the Woods Pharmacy for the past three years, always
anxious to do her bit and never
complaining in spite of her poor health.
By her one demure manner she gained many lasting friends by whom she
will be sorely missed.
Among the
nearest relatives and friends in bereavement are: Her mother, Mrs. Herschel LEHMAN, her father, Mr. Lee ARNSBERGER,
her sister, Charlene ARNSBERGER, her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Obe HAIMBAUGH
and Mr. and Mrs. George ARNSBERTER,
her dear friend, Carl GILL, who did so much to make her last days happy,
and several aunts, uncles and cousins.
Saturday, April 2, 1932
Mrs.
Lillie HILBURN has received word of the death of her aunt Mrs. Elizabeth HIRSCH, which occurred at 2 o’clock this
morning at her home at 2141 North Harlem
Avenue, Chicago. Death was due
to diseases incident to old age. Mrs.
Hirsch was well known in this
city. She had spent many summers at
Lake Manitou. Mrs. Hilburn will attend
the funeral services of her aunt
which will be held Monday.
Mrs.
Sarah MORRIS, 86, widow of the late Dr. James MORRIS, of Fulton, died Friday
afternoon at three o’clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mae DeWITT, 2123
John Street, in Fort Wayne. Death was
due to paralysis and followed an illness of two months.
Sarah
[SARGENT], daughter of Caralton and Sarah SARGENT, was born in Miami county,
Oct. 16, 1845. On May 28, 1872, she was
married to Dr. James Morris and for many years they lived in Fulton. Since the death of her husband 12 years ago
she had lived in Fort Wayne. The
deceased was a member of the Fulton Baptist church.
Surviving
are one daughter, Mrs. Mae DeWITT and one son, Otto MORRIS, both of Fort Wayne;
five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held
Sunday afternoon at two o’clock at the Baptist Temple in Fulton and
burial will be made in the Fulton
I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Friends
here have received word of the death of Miss. Helen HOOKER, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Blainard HOOKER, of Lafayette, which took place Wednesday in
Indianapolis. The girl’s father, Blainrd Hooker, was former
principal of the Rochester high school.
The Hooker family moved from Rochester in 1898.
Funeral
services were held at the home in West Lafayette at three o’clock this
afternoon.
Funeral services for Mrs. Maggie D.
WINKLER, 54, who died Friday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. E. LINDLEY,
north of Rochester, were held this afternoon at one o’clock at the Zimmerman Bros. funeral
home. Rev. STEENBERGEN was in charge
and the body was taken to Mt.
Carmel, Ill for burial.
Monday, April 4, 1932
Thomas
CLEMANS, 78, well known retired farmer living one and one=half miles south of
Macy, died at 10:15, Monday morning.
Death ws due to complications of diseases incident to advanced years and followed with an
illness of two years.
Thomas,
son of Thomas and Delilah (WILDMAN) CLEMANS, was born on Oct. 6, 1854, near
Macy and all of his life had been spent in that community. Over 50 years ago he was married to Samantha BRYANT and
after her death was married to Helen BELT.
He was a member of the Macy Christian church.
Surviving
are his wife, one son, James CLEMANS, northeast of Macy; one grandson, Herbert
[CLEMANS], and one great-grandson, Jimmy [CLEMANS]; one brother, John CLEMANS,
of Akron, and one sister, Mrs. Margaret WHITMORE, of Pulaski, New York.
Funeral
services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 at the Christin church
in Macy with the Rev. C. M. READ,
pastor, officiating. Burial will be
made in the Plainview cemetery at Macy.
Mrs.
Henry ZEMP, 68, of Walnut, died suddenly at three o’clock Monday morning Death was due to apoplexy.
The
deceased was born in Stark county, Ohio, on June 18, 1863, the daughter of
Daniel and Elizabeth MARKLEY. In March,
1883, she was married to Henry ZEMP.
She was a member of the Brethren church at Tiosa.
Surviving
are her husband, two sons, Henry ZEMP, of Bremen, and Claude ZEMP, of Argos;
six daughters, Mrs. Dora KOONTZ, of Bremen; Mrs. Eva LAWSON and Miss Hazel
ZEMP, of Mishawaka; Mrs. Della FISHBURN, Mrs. Ada HANS and Miss Chloe ZEMP, of
Argos; five brothers, Milton MARKLEY,
of Rochester; Henry MARKLEY, of Bourbon,
John MARKLEY, of Donaldson; Harvey MARKLEY, of Plymouth and Chancey MARKLEY, of Argos; three sisters, Mrs.
Emma THOMAS, of Bowmant, Idaho; Mrs. Susan BURROWS and Mrs. Ada CHRISTIAN, of
Argos.
Funeral
services will be held Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock at the Tiosa
church. Rev. Ora LEMERT, of Tyner,
Ind., will be in charge and burial will be made in the Bremen cemetery.
Robert
[LARIMER], seven-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Luther LARIMER, of Argos, died
Saturday evening at ten o’clock. Death
was due to pneumonia and followed a two weeks illness.
Surviving
are his parents, grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. COLDWATER, of Knox, and Mr. and
Mrs. Luther LARIMER, near Goshen.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning at 9:30 at the Umbaugh funeral home in
Argos. Rev. Paul REISER will officiate
and burial will be made in a Goshen
cemetery.
Tuesday, April 5, 1932
Mrs.
Julia ZELLERS, 33, wife of Arthur ZELLERS, well known Union Township farmer,
died at 8:45 Tuesday morning at her home four miles northeast of Kewanna. Death
was due to pneumonia and followed an illness of only one week.
Julia
[METZGER], daughter of David and Elizabeth METZGER, was born in Kewanna on June
28, 1898, and all of her life had been spent in the Kewanna community. On July 11, 1919, in St. Joseph, Mich., she
was married to Arthur Zellers.
Surviving
are her husband; father, David METZGER, of Kewanna; four children, Marjorie
[ZELLERS], Virginia [ZELLERS], Naomi [ZELLERS] and Virgil [ZELLERS] and one
sister, Mrs. Sylvia GILLESPIE, of Kewanna.
Funeral
services will be held Thursday afternoon at two o’clock at the Baptist church
in Kewanna, with Rev. J. W. FOX officiating.
Burial will be made in the Kewanna I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Mrs.
Sarah May PEFLEY, 62, well known resident of the Argos community, died at 1:30
Tuesday morning at the home of her sister, Mrs. Harry Dillon, four miles
southwest of Argos. Death was due to
heart trouble and other complications.
The
deceased [Sarah May PEEPLES] was born in Marshall County, May third, 1869, the
daughter of George and Catherine PEEPLES.
She was a member of the Methodist church at Culver.
Surviving
are three sons, Lowell [PEFLEY], Omer [PEFLEY] and Sherman [PEFLEY], and one
daughter, Miss Myra [PEFLEY], all of Argos; two sisters, Mrs. Harry
DILLON, Argos, and Mrs. H. S.
SPEYER, of Culver. Funeral services will
be held Thursday aftrnoon at two
o’clock at the Culver Methodist Church.
Rev. FERNES and Rev. WENGER will be in charge and burial will be made in
the Washington cemetery near Culver.
Ruth
Elaine [NEISWANGER], 21 months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russel NEISWANGER,
died Monday eveing at the family home in Inwood. Private funeral services
were held Tuesday afternoon at the residece wih Rev. Hiley BAKER, of
Argos, officiating. Burial was made
in the Maple Grove cemetery near Argos.
The body
of the late Thomas CLEMANS, well known farmer of the Macy community, who died
Mondy after a long illness, will lie in state at the Christian church in Macy
from 10:30 a.m. Wednesday until the
hour of the funeral, 1:30 p.m., so that friends may have an opportunity to view
the body. The services will be
conducted by the Rev. C. M. READ,
pastor of the Macy Christian church.
Burial will be made in the Plainview cemetery at Macy.
Culver,
April 5. - Lieut. Col. Harold C. BAYS, senior tactical officer, of Culver
Military acdemy, died early yesterday morning at his home here. He has been seriously ill for mort than three weeks.
Col. Bays
was a graduate of Culver. For several
years he had been camp commander and executive officer of the woodcraft school
of the Culver summer schools.
He began
his military career at an early age. He
was a student in high school at Sullivan, his hoime city, at the outbreak of
the Spansh-America war. He left school
to enlist in the Thirty-first U.S.
Volunteers. When he returned from the
war he entered Culver.
He is
survived by his widow and three sons.
Two of the sons are graduates of Culver and the youngest son, now 11
years old, is attending the Woodcraft school.
The other
two sons are John William [BAYS], a lieutenant, junior grade, in the U.S. Navy,
and Harold [BAYS], stationed at Ft. Benjamin Harrison.
Wednesday, April 6, 1932
Mrs. Mary
SADLER, 72, well known resident of Wayne township, died Tuesday evening at 8:30
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Joe Hizer, Jr., southeast of Grass Creek,
death being due to heart trouble. Mrs. Sadler had been in ill health for
several months but her condition
had only been regarded as serious the past two days.
Mary
[PERISH], daughter of Mr and Mrs. Charles PERISH, was born Oct. 7, 1859, in
Crediton, Devonshire, England. When a
young woman the deceased came to the Grass Creek community with her mother and
the remainder of her life was spent there.
She was married to Cresswell SADLER in Kewanna, who passed away last
August. She was a member of the
Episcopalian church.
Surviving
are two daughters, Mrs. Joe HIZER, Jr., near Grass Creek and Mrs. Gus MANGO, of
Brooklyn, N.Y., and three sons, Ted [SADLER], Sidney [SADLER] and Alvin
[SADLER], of Grass Creek.
Funeral
arrangements have not been made. The
body of Mrs. Sadler was removed from the daughter’s home to the Sadler
residence southwest of Grass Creek Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs.
Albert BALDWIN, 25, died at four o’clock this morning at her home in
Kewanna. Death was due to pneumonia and
followed an illness of only one week.
Athene
Lavaughn FARNER was born in Kewanna on Oct. 13, 1907, and all of her life had
been spent there. On Oct. 13, 1923, in
St. Joseph, Mich., she was married to Albert BALDWIN.
Survivors
are her husband; mother Mrs. Minnie BENNETT, near Kewanna four children, Alberta
[BALDWIN], aged 7, Albert [BALDWIN]
Jr., 4, Dorothy [BALDWIN], 3 and
Beverly Ann [BALDWIN], 2; one half-brother, Major FARNER.
Funeral
arrangements will be announced in Thursday’s News-Sentinel.
Thursday, April 7, 1932
Funeral
services for Mrs. Mary SADLER, aged 72, who died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Joe HIZER, southeast of Grass Creek Tuesday evening, will be held from the
U.B. church at Grass Creek at 10 a.m. Friday.
Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery at Kewanna. An Episcopalian rector from Logansport will
be in charge of the services.
The
funeral aserives for the late Mrs. Albert BALDWIN, who died at her home in
Kewanna yesterday after a week’s illness caused by pneumonia will be held
Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock from
the home of her mother, Mrs. Minnie BENNETT, who lives on a farm three and a half miles northeast of Kewanna. Rev. W. J. FOX will be in charge. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery at Kewanna.
Albert
NIXON today received a telegram announcing the death of his brother, Frank
[NIXON], who died in a hospital in Chicago last night after a long illness
caused by cancer of the stomach. Mrs. Nixon died several days ago. The body will be returned to this city
for burial.
Funeral services were held this afternoon
from the community church at Bruce Lake for the late Frank PRICE, who died at
his home in Deep River, Ind., Monday.
Rev. H. F. BULGER, pastor of the
church, was in charge. Burial was made
in the Bruce Lake cemetery. Mr.
Price, who was a former resident o the Bruce Lake community, died Monday after
a short illness.
Annie
Laird BAXTER, the second of twelve children of John and Mary BAXTER, was born
near Glasgow, Scotland, Jan. 24, 1855, and died March 13, 1932, aged 77 years,
2 months and 13 days.
She came
with her prents to American when 9 years of age. They settled on their farm which is now a part of Masury, Ohio,
and where four brothers, Thomas [BAXTER], Abraham [BAXTER], Alexander [BAXTER],
Francis BAXTER and three sisters, L. S. CARR, Mrs. Geo. WILSON, Mrs. Mary OFFENSEND still reside; a
sister, Mrs. Harry HODGE resides at
Riverside, Calif., two sisters and one brother preceded her in death; a sister
Jean [BAXTER] being laid to rest in the Atlantic Ocean on the voyage to
America. On June 19, 1879, she was married to Silas WIKE,
Stonebobo, Pa.
All her
life she has been a faithful devoted member of the Christian church. The greatest pleasure of her life was
working for the comfort and pleasure of others, never tiring or thinking of herself. She was respected and loved by all who knew
her. She leaves to mourh her passing her husband, S. WIKE, four
sons, J. B. WIKE, Enon Valley, Pa., Frank WIKE, Wesley, Pa.; Fred [WIKE] and
Wm. S. WIKE, of Masury, O.; two daughters, Hazel J. WIKE, Youngstown, O., Mrs.
Guy SHADEL, Delong, Ind., grandchildren, great-grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends.
A
precious one from us has gone
A voice we loved is stilled,
A place
is vacant in our home
Which never can be filled.
Funeral
services conducted by Rev. Geo. NEAL of the Enon Valley, Pa. Presbyterian
church. Intermant in Findley cemetery,
Mercer, Pa.
Friday, April 8, 1932
The
funerl services for the late Frank NIXON, who died in Chicago Wednesday night
following a long illness caused by a cancer of the stomach, will be held from
the Val Zimmerman funeral parlor at 2
p.m. Saturday. Rev. T. J. STEENBERGEN
will be in charge. Burial will be made
in the Mt. Hope cemetery near Athens.
The body arrived in this city this afternoon over the Erie railroad and
was taken to the Val Zimmerman funeral parlors where it will lie in state until the hour of the
funeral.
Charles
L. ALSPACH, 63, well known resident of this city, died Friday morning at 12:40
at Woodlawn Hospital. Death was due to
complications which developed following an operation for gall stones and
apppendicitis ten days ago.
Charles
Luther [ALSPACH], son of Oliver and Minerva ALSPACH, was born on a farm south
of Rochester on June 12, 1868 and all of his life had been spent in this
community. On August second, 1888 he
was married to Miss Anna M. JENKINS, who passed away two years ago. March fifth of this year he was married to
Mrs. Ethel E. KENDALL, of Chicago. Mr.
Alspach followed the occupation of a carpenter and for four years was janitor
of the court house. He was a member of
the I.O.O.F. and Encampment lodges.
Surviving
are his wife; daughter, Mrs. Karl HARTUNG, of this city; four grandchildren;
one brother, Eli AOSPACH, of Peru; four sisters, Mrs. Emma CLOUD of Peru; Mrs.
Charles RICHARDSON and Mrs. Arthur BRUBAKER, of Rochester; Mrs. James CLEMANS,
near Macy, and Mrs. Scott WHITMORE, of Pulaski, New York.
Funeral
services for the family and immediate friends will be held Sunday afternoon at
2:30 at the residence, 100 Bancroft Avenue, with Rev. D. S. PERRY
officiating. Burial will be made in the
I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Saturday, April 9, 1932
The
I.O.OF. lodge will have charge of the Chas. ALSPACH funeral services which will
be held tomorrow afternoon, 2:30 o’clock at the residece 1100 Bancroft
Ave. Rev. D. S. PERRY will officiate.
Mrs.
Nancy J. HISEY, 88, a resident of Rochester for over 50 years, died suddenly at
6:30 Saturday morning at the home of her son, Albert HISEY, 936 Park Street,
death being due to a heart
attack. Mrs. Hisey had been in ill
healh since February 20th, but her condition had not been regarded as serious. She was engaged in preparing breakfast when
stricken.
Nancy J.
[SHIRK], daughter of Adam and Anna SHIRK, was born in Union County, Ohio on
February 25, 1844, and was one of a family of six children. On March 16, 1865 she was married to John C.
HISEY and in 1880 Mr. and Mrs. Hisey came to Rocheter where the remainder of
their lives were spent. Mr. Hisey died
in 1927 and since that time Mrs. Hisey had made her home with her son. The deceased was a member of the old
Christian church.
The son,
Albert M. HISEY, is the only survivor.
A daughter, Arminta Jane PARKER, died in 1926. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock at
the Val Zimmerman funeral parlors and burial will be made in the I.O.O.F.
cemetery.
Mrs.
Charles KILMER has received word of the death of Mrs. Lian DAVENPORT which
occurred last Monday at her home in Springfield, O. Death wss due to paralysis and followed a ten days illness. Mrs. Davenport was formerly Miss Lina SHIELDS and was born and
raised in Fulton county.
Monday, April 11, 1932
Harold
Van TRUMP, 56, editor and newspaper publisher, died at 3:15 Monday morning at
his home 319 West Eighth steet after an illness of over a year. Death was due to a pulmonary abcess. He had been semi-conscous during the past
week and a henorrhage brought his life to a sudden end. Last
spring while in Deland, Florida, he was stricken with pneumonia and for a time was very seriously ill. Later he recovered sufficiently to return to
Rochester but never regained his
health. He underwent several operations
which at the time helped him
considerably. However in recent
months he again grew worse and gadually lost strength until the end.
“Herd”
Van TRUMP, as he was known to his friends and associates, had an active career
in journalism that occupied all of his business life. Starting as a young man he first took
employment in the Rochester Sentinel where he learned the printers trade in the
press room. He became foreman of
the plant and then worked into the writing and advertising as well as the business end of the
publication. Later he and his broher
Floyd leased the Sentinel and were
its publishers for two years.
Afterwards they founded the Van Trump Company and built
up a prosperous commercial printing plant along
with their publication of the Fulton County
Sun, a weekly newspaper.
Later the
Sun was sold out and for a time the Van Trump Company was a job printing plant
alone. In 1923 Harold Van Trump again
chose to enter the journalism field here and with the co-operation of others The Van Trump Company
purchased the Sun and the Republican, consolidating them into the Daily
News. In Dec. 1, 1924, he retired from
the newspaper and printing business in Rocheser when he disposed of his inerest
to The Barnhart Van Trump Company which acquired The Sentinel and The Daily
News and began publication of The
News-Sentinel.
Mr. Van
Trump left Rochester several times during his business career and was a
managing officer on the In1uirer, Owensboro, Ky., The Leader, Marion, Ind., The
Times, LaPorte, Ind., The Plain Dealer,
Wabash, Ind., and the News-Sun, Deland, Fla.
He also directed several
advertising projecrts and was a publicity representative for the Indiana
Farm Bureau.
All
through his career as a journalist Mr. Van Trump made a reputation as a
fearless editor who never hesitated to enter a battle in community or political
matters. He was a brilliant writer at all times and had
unusual ability to ferret out facts in whatever ccse might be under consideration. He was very active in politics during his
life, being a militant campaigner and
at one time was the democratic candidate for mayor of the city.
Harold
Van Trump was born Sept. 1, 1875, in Rochester, the son of Jacob and Lavina Van
TRUMP. He was married on Dec. 16, 1899,
to Sarah SCALES, of Marion, Ind., and to
this union one child was born.
He is
survived by his wife, his daughter, Mrs. Fred RITCHIE, of Lebanon, Ind., his
mother, Mrs. Lavina Van TRUMP, of Rochester, and two brothers, Floyd [Van
TRUMP[ and Carl [Van TRUMP], of this city.
He was a member of the K. of P. lodge.
The
funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon at the home, 319 W. Eighth street, at
2:00 o’clock, wit Rev. D. S. PERRY and Rev. Joseph B. GLEASON officiating. Burial in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Chas
GAULT, former residet of Deedsville, passed away in the city hospital,
Indianapolis, seven o’clock Saturday evening.
Death resulted following the amputation of his leg which operation was
necessitated three days ago on account of an infection.
Charles,
son of Wesley and Anna GAULT, was born at Deedsville, Ind., on Dec. 18th,
1877. Upon reaching manhood he was
united in marriage o Elsie LEEDY. for
the past 25 years Mr. Gault was a
brakeman on the Nickle Plate Railroad and had made a wide acquaintance of friends along the
entire extent of his run from Michigan City to Indianapolis. He was a member of the Fletcher
Methodist Church, Indianapolis and the Masonic Order. Survivors are the widow, a son Leroy [GAULT], two daughters,
Marjorie [GAULT] and Lodena
[GAULT], all at home; three brothers, Joe GAULT, of Indianapolis; Marcus
GAULT of New Mexico, Sylvester
[GAULT], address unknown; three sisters, Mrs. Moe MOHLER, of Peru, Mrs. Lucinda
FITES, of Boklin, California, Miss Louise GAULT, who resides with the mother,
Mrs. Anna GAULT, Deedsville.
Funeral
services will be held at ten o’clock Wednesday morning at the home in
Indianapolis. The body will be brought
to the home of his brother-in-law, Lee LEEDY, at Deedsville where a brief
ceremony will be conducrted and interment will be made in the Deedsville
cemetery.
Mrs. Nora FULTZ and daughter, Miss
Mildred FULTZ, attended the funeral of Harry B. HUNTER, 56, which was held
Monday afternoon at the Hunter residence in Wabash. Mr. Hunter died Friday
evening following a week’s illnes with Brights disease.
Harry B.
Hunter was born in Fulton County in 1876 and was the son of Nelson G. and Mary
L. HOLMES HUNTER. When only three years
of age he moved to Wabash with his parents
and the remainder of his life was spent there.
Surviving
are his wife and one son, Nelson G. HUNTR, Jr., a student at Purdue University;
parents, Judge and Mrs. Nelson HUNTER of Wabash.
Relatives
here have received word of the death of H. B. TURNER, which took place Saturday
night at his home in Union Mills, Ind.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday
afternoon in that city. The
deceased was the only uncle of Nona [TURNER], Isabel [TURNER], Marie [TURNER], Sam [TURNER] and Ray TURNER, of this
city.
Miss
Evelyn JONES, commercial teacher in the Rochester high school has been called
to Terre Haute by the death of her father.
Her place is being taken by Miss Irene SAMPSEL.
Tuesday, April 12, 1932
Funeral
services for Charles GAULT, brakeman on the Nickel Plate railroad and a former
resident of Deedsville, were held Tuesday morning at his home in
Indianapolis. The body was then taken to the home of Lee LEEDY, in
Deedsville, where brief services were held and burial was made in the Deedsville cemetery.
Wednesday, April 13, 1932 to Thursday, April
14, 1932
[no obits]
Friday, April 15, 1932
John
McGRIFF, 77, died Thursday evening at seven o’clock at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Elsie Sanders, four miles southwest of Richland Center. Death was due to heart trouble and dropsy and followed an illness of
two weeks.
The
deceased was born near Delphi on Oct. 13, 1854, the son of Thomas and Elsie
McGRIFF and moved to the Argos community when a child. He was a member of the Christian church.
Surviving
are two daughters, Mrs. Elsie SANDERS and Mrs. Charles TOWNE, of Argos; three sons, Benjamin [McGRIFF] and
Albert [McGRIFF], near Argos; three half-
sisters, Mrs. William WISERT, of Bourbon, Mrs. Amanda MOORE, of Beaumont,
Texas, and Mrs. Minnie ZULT, of
Argos; five half-brothers, David [McGRIFF] and Parker McGRIFF, of Argos, William [McGRIFF] and Lawrence McGRIFF, of
Plymouth and Thomas
McGRIFF, of Lakeville.
Funeral
services will be held Sunday afternoon at two o’clock at the Richland Center
church with Rev. Hiley BAKER, of Argos, in charge. Burial will be made in the Richland Center cemetery.
Saturdy, April 16, 1932
Mrs.
Lenora GRAHAM, 80, died at seven o’clock Friday evening at her home one-half
mile east of Athens, death being due to anemia of the brain. She had been in ill health for several months but her condition had only
been regarded as serious the past three weeks.
Lebora
[PEART], daughter of Jesse and Julia PEART, was born on Novemer 6, 1851 in
Jackson County, Ohio. Upon reaching
womanhood she was married to Carlton J. GRAHAM, who passed away on January 19,
1911. The deceased had lived in her present
home the past 27 years. She was a
member of the Eastern Star chapter in Akron and the Athens United Brethren
Church.
Surviving
are two sons, Earl GRAHAM, at home, Clyde GRAHAM, of Rochester; nine
grandchildren, among them being Ethel ROBBINS, of Ekhart, whom Mrs. Graham
raised and one sister, Mrs. Sally
DAVIS, of Columbus, Ohio. A son,
Everett [GRAHAM], died a few
years ago.
Funeral
services will be held Monday aftrnoon at two o’clock at the Athens U.B. Church.
Rev. L. E. LONGENBAUGH will officiate and burial will be made in the
I.O.O.F. cemetery in Rochester.
Monday, April 18, 1932
Mrs.
Birda METZGER, 38, former resident of Kewanna, died Sunday night at ten o’clock
at the home of her father, Jacob Metzger, 214 East Broadway, in South Bend,
following a week’s illness. Death was
due to intestinal flu ad pneumonia.
Birda,
daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth METZGER, was born in Peru, Ind., on May 12th,
1893. When a small child she moved with
her parents to Kewanna and all of her life had been spent there with the
exception of the past six years during whch time the Metzger family had lived in South Bend. She was employed at the Ball Band factory in
that city, and was a member of the
Rebekah lodge and Methodist Church in Kewanna.
Surviving
are her father, Jacob Metzger and two sisters, Mrs Hazel METZGER, of South Bend, and Mrs. Warren GILLESPIE, of
Kewanna. Her mother and a brother
are deceased.
Funeral
services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 at the Kewanna Methodfist
Church. Rev. COOK, pastor of the South Bend Grace Methodist Church, will be in
charge and burial will be made in
the Kewanna I.O.O.F. cemetery. The body
will lie in state at the Harrison funeral home in Kewnna until the hour of the
funeral.
Tuesday, April 19, 1932
[no obits]
Wednesday, April 20, 1932
Charles
WALTERS, Jr., 13-day-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles WALTERS, of Talma, died
Tuesday evening. Short services will be
held at the home Thursday afternoon at two
o’clock and burial will be made in the Talma cemetery.
Thursday, April 21, 1932
James
CLEMANS, 73, well known farmer living one mile east of Akron, died shortly
after noon Thursday following an illness of several months duration. Death was due to complications of diseases.
Mr.
Clemans was born on a farm one-half mile from where he died and all of his life
had been spent in that community. Upon
reaching manhood he was married to Rebecca FEECE and following her death married Lydia CLEVENGER, who passed
away two years ago. Surviving are two
daughters, Mrs. Bessie KINDIG, who lived with her father, Mrs. Rebecca RHODES,
of Fort Wayne; son, Everett CLEMANS, of
Akron, and a foster son, Max FEECE,
of Rochester.
Funeral
arrangements will be announced in Friday’s News-Sentinel.
Mrs. J.
W. ZECHIEL, 77, died at nine o’clock Thursday morning at her home three miles
east of Leiters Ford, death being due to pneumonia. She had been ill with a cold for the past two weeks but her condition had only been
regarded as serious since Saturcay.
The
deceased [Margrit C. AGSTER] was born in Sandusky County, Ohio in December,
1854 the daughter of Jcob nnd Margaret [AGSTER] and came to Fulton County when
a child. On February 20, 1876, in
Marshall County, she was married to John Wesley ZECHIEL. She
was a member of the Zion Evangelical Church northwest of Rochester.
Surviving
are her husband, one daughter, Mrs. David SULT, near Leiters Ford, and a
brother, Fred AGSTER, of Rochester; three grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren.
Funeral
services will be held Saturday afternoon at two o’clock in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. David SULT. Rev. HANDSCHU will
officiate and burial will be made in the Zion
cemetery. [NOTE: Margrit C.
Zechiel, 1854-1932; John W. ZECHIEL, 1849-1932, bur. in South Germany cemetery, Richland Twp.,
Fulton Co., Ind. - WCT].
Argos
relatives have received word of the death of Frank SOUTH, 30, which occurred
Thursday morning at a hospital in South Bend.
Death was due to a fractured skull which he received Monday when he fell
from a load of bailed hay.
Surviving
are his wife, who was formerly Miss Morine STEVENSON, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles STEVENSON, of Argos; two children; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Asa
SOUTH, of South Bend, three sisters
and a brother.
Funeral
arrangements have not been completed.
Friday, April 22, 1932
Funeral
services for James CLEMANS, who died Thursday afternoon at his home one mile
east of Athens, will be held Sunday afternoon at two o’clock in the United
Brethren Church in Athens. Burial will be made in the Mt. Hope
cemetery.
Saturday, April 23, 1932
The death
of two prominent citizens of Argos were recorded Friday morning, when Abraham
BUSBY aged 68, died at the home of his sister, Mrs. Vide TRUAX, four miles
east of Plymouth, and Mrs. Pearl
VANDORN, aged 40. Funerals of both will
be held Sunday afternoon at Argos.
Mrs.
Pearl VANDORN died at 10 a.m. Friday at the Kelley Hospital after a week’s
illness caused by double pneumonia. She was born near Plymouth on August 21,
1891 and had lived in Argos for
the past 16 years. Her parents were Mr.
and Mrs. Douglas NEISWANGER.
Survivors
are the husband, Edward VANDORN, a son, Frank [VANDORN], and a daughter, Helen
[VANDORN], both at home, the parents who reside in South Bend and two sisters, Mrs. Edith GASTIL, Los Angeles,
Cal., and Mrs. Ethel BLAKELY, of South Bend.
The
deceased was a member of the Christian Church, the Rebekah Lodge and the
Crescent Club of Argos. Mrs. Vandorn
was a worker in the Christian Church at Argos teaching a Sunday school class and was a member of
the choir.
The
funeral services will be held from the Argos Christian Church at 2 p.m. Sunday
with the Rev. Hiley BAKER in charge.
Burial will be made in the Maple Grove cemetery northeast of Argos.
Abraham
BUSBY died at 9 a.m. Friday at the home of his sister Mrs. Vide TRUAX after a
year’s illnss caused by ulcers of the stomach.
The deceased had been bedfast for the past 12 weeks.
Mr. Busby
was born on a farm near Argos on July 22, 1863, and was a son of Benjamin and
Rachel BUSBY. He had resided in
Marshall county all of his life, the greater portion of which was on a farm near Argos. His only survivor is his sister.
The
funeral services will be held from the Grossman Chapel at Argos at 2 p.m.
Sunday. The services will be in charge
of Rev. Paul REISER, pastor of the Argos Methodist church of which organization
the deceased was a member. Burial will
be made in the Maple Grove cemetery at
Argos.
Monday, April 25, 1932
Mrs.
Harriet E. BRUCE, 66, a life long resident of Rochester, died at 5:30 Monday in
her home at 1100 Elm Street, death being due to heart trouble. She had only been bedfast the past week.
Harriet
E. [INGRAHAM], daughter of George W. and Julia (SMITH) INGRAHAM, was born in
Rochester on April sixth, 1866, and on July 14, 1900 she was married to Richard
J. BRUCE. She was a member of the
Baptist Church, Jane Line Sunday School class, and American Legion Auxiliary.
Surviving
are one son, George BRUCE, of Chicago one brother, G. Frank INGRAHAM, of Gosport, Pa., and one sister,
Mrs. Harvey K. WRENRICK, of Los
Angeles, California.
Friends
in this city received word Saturday afternoon of the death of A. D. HUGHES,
aged 78, a former resident of this city, which occurred earlier that day at his
home in Wayland, Mich., from hardening of the arteries and heart trouble. Mr. Hughes while a resident of this city
operated a plant for the rebuilding of milling machinery. The plant was located in the old shoe
factory building in East Rochester. Mr.
Hughes moved his plant to Wayland, Mich., fourteen years ago.
He was a member of the Methodist Church. Survivors are the widow, two sons, Don [HUGHES], of Wayland, and
Harold [HUGHES] of Denver, Colorado and two daughters, Mrs. Harold DELP of
Wayland, and Mrs. Fred DEARDORFF of South Bend and five grandchildren.
The funeral services will be held at Wayland Wednesday with burial
at Wayland.
Tuesday, April 26, 1932
Louis
KLINE, 46, farmer living one mile north of Bruce Lake, died at 5:30 Tuesday
morning following a two weeks’ illness.
Death ws due to pneumonia.
The
deceased wa the son of Christopher and Elizabeth KLINE and was born on the same
farm where he died. Upon reaching
manhood he was married to Miss Mae OVERMYER.
He was a member of the
Methodist Church.
Surviving
are his wife, two sons, Louis [KLINE] and Marion [KLINE]; one brother, Adam
[KLINE], near Bruce Lake; two sisters, Mrs. Nettie WERNER, of Winamac, and
Mrs. Ira WAITE, of Logansport. Funeral services will be held Thursday
afternoon at two o’clock at the Zion
Methodist Church. Burial will be made
in the Pleasant Hill cemetery south of Bruce Lake.
Funeral
services for Mrs. Harriett BRUCE, who died Monday morning in her home on Elm
Street, will be held Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock at the Baptist
Church. Rev. J. B. GLEASON will be in
charge and burial will be made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Wednesday, April 27, 1932
Mrs.
Mosey NEWELL, former resident of Akron, died Tuesday morning at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Dessie Meredith, at Beaver Dam.
Death followed an illness of one week with heart trouble.
Surviving
are her husband; one son, Eugene [NEWELL], of Hammond; one daughter, Mrs.
Dessie MEREDITH, of Beaver Dam; seven grandchildren; one brother, William
O. PRILL, of Rochester; two
sisters, Mrs. Mary McINTYRE, of Athens, and Mrs. Bertha PRILL of Rochester.
Funeral
services will be held Thursday morning at the Meredith home and burial will be
made in the Akron I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Arthur
TILTON, a state game warden of Rensselaer, who often worked in this
county, was found dead in the garage
at the rear of his home in that city yesterday. Death had been caused from monoxide gas which had formed in the
garage while Tilton was working on the engine of his car.
The deceased was a second cousin of A. J. MURRAY of Grass Creek.
Thursday, April 28, 1932
Cecil
[CASTLE], eight-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil CASTLE, 817 Lawndale Avenue,
South Bend, was fatally injured at 6 o’clock Tuesday afternoon when struck by
an automobile driven by J. H. WHITMARK, 607 Baine Ave., South Bend. The child died at the Epworth hospital in
South Bend two hours after he was struck by the car. He did not regain consciousness.
The lad’s
parents are both former residents of this city. The father is sometimes known as Cee CASTLE and Howard
CASTLE. They moved to So. Bend from
Rochester some time ago. Lawrence “Friday” CASTLE, who resides on
South Franklin Avenue is an uncle of the
dead lad. He is now in South
Bend.
Cecil had
been playing with other children near his home and was returning to his friends
after he had gone to his home and obtained a cloth to place over his eyes. He was placing the cloth across his eyes
prior to playing the game of “blind man’s bluff” and was thought not to
have seen the car as he ran across the street.
The youth
ran into the rear fender of Mr. Whitmark’s auto and was thrown to the
street. Coroner B. J. BOLKA questioned
the driver of the car Wednesday and exonerated him from blame.
The child
was born in South Bend Oct. 21, 1923.
He attended the Muessel school.
He is survived by his parents, three sisters, Marie E. [CASTLE], Ellen
M. [CASTLE], of South Bend and Mrs.
John KERN, of Miami, Fla, brother Paul L. [CASTLE], of South BEnd, also
survives.
Mrs.
Josephine D. STINSON, 82, life long resident of Fulton County, died at 7:30
Wednesday evening at her home in Athens.
Death was due to Arterio Sclerosis and followed an illness of only six
days. Mrs. Stinson spent the winter in
Florida and arrived home only last Thursday.
Josephine
D. [DAVIDSON], daughter of Stephen and Catherine DAVIDSON, was born on April
21, 1880 in Fulton County. On April 21,
1878 she was married to Archibald S. STINSON, who passed away fifteen years ago. She was a member of the Christian Church.
The
deceased is the last of a family of six children. Those to precede her in death were: John B. DAVIDSON, of
Ellensburg, Washington; Samuel Clinton DAVIDSON, of Lewiston, Idaho; Sara J. (McCLUNG] and Ella McCLUNG and
Almeda STINSON, of Fulton County.
Surviving
are one son, Dr. A. E. STINSON, of Athens, and one grandson, Dr. Dean K.
STINSON, of Rochester.
Funeral
services will be held Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock at her home in Athens. Rev. J. WALLENBURG, of Rochester, and Rev.
MINOR, of Athens, will be in charge and burial will be made in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Mrs.
Lydia SMITH, aged 86, widow of the late Daniel SMITH died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Charles R. COPLEN who resides on a farm three miles north of
Athens, at seven o’clock Wednesday
evening. Death was caused by
cancer. She had been ill for a year and
bedfast or six weeks.
Mrs.
Smith was born on a farm near Palestine Lake in Kosciusko county on March 10,
1846. She was the last survivor of a
family of nine children who were born to Daniel and Nancy Ann HIPSHER. On March 1868 she was married to Daniel
SMITH. They lived on a farm in Kosciusko County for 12
years and 52 years ago moved to a farm in Newcastle township six miles northeast of Rochester. Mrs. Smith lived there until December 1,
1931, when because of her physical
condition she moved to the home of her daughter, Mrs. Coplen.
Surviving
are four sons, Ernest [SMITH], Leiters Ford, Omer [SMITH], Huntington, Thurman
[SMITH], Talma, and Foy [SMITH] of Athens, two daughters, Mrs. Frank MIKESELL of South Bend, and Mrs. COPLEN,
twenty-two grandchildren and 34 great-grandchildren. The deceased was a member of the Bethlehem Baptist Church.
The
funeral services will be held from the Bethlehem Baptist Church at 1:30 o’clock
Friday afternoon with the Rev. C. S. DAVISSON in charge. The cortege will leave the home of Mrs. Coplen at 1 p.m. Burial will be made in the Mt. Hope cemetery
[east] of Athens.
Laura Belle OVERMYER, 72, died Wednesday
evening at the home of her son, Albert OVERMYER, one mile east of Metea,
following a two weeks illness. Death
was due to pneumonia.
The
deceased was born ner North Manchester on December First, 1860, the daughter of
Leason and Ellen HOOVER. Upon reaching
womanhood she was married to James B. OVERMYER, who passed away seven years
ago.
Surviving
are six sons, Albert [OVERMYER], of Metea; James [OVERMYER], Edgar [OVERMYER]
and Oscar [OVERMYER], near Logansport, John [OVERMYER], of Delphi, Roy [OVERMYER], of Hawaiian Islands; three
daughers, Mrs. Henry ROPHERMEL and
Mrs. Fate SCHMSHER [sic], of Logansport, and Mrs. Clayburn POPE, of
Elkhart, Alabama.
Funeral
services will be held Saturday afternoon at two o’clock at the Spring Creek
Church. Rev. FANSLER will have charge
and burial will be made in the Spring Creek
cemetery.
Friends
here have received word of the death of Miss Dora FRITZ, 47, which occurred
recently at the home of her sister, Mrs. Eliza SAUERS in Fort Wayne. Funeral services were held at the Markle Methodist church and
burial was made there.
The
deceased had often visited in Rochester and Akron when her sister, Mrs. Abner
THOMPSON, was a resident of Fulton County.
Friday, April 29, 1932
Funeral
services were held from the Twin Branch Christian church in South Bend this
afternoon for Cecil CASTLE, aged 8, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil CASTLE, of South
Bend, who was killed Tuesday when he
ws run down by a car driven by J. W. WHITMARK.
The lad was playing “blind man’s bluff.” The services were in charge of the lad’s uncle Rev. E. W. CASTLE.
Bruial was made in the Highland cemetery at South Bend. Relatives from this city attended the
services.
Saturday, April 30, 1932
Ray
MORTS, 51, well known farmer of Liberty township, died at 8:30 Friday evening
at his home two miles east of Fulton.
Death was due to complications of diseases and followed an illess of four weeks.
Ray, son
of David and Emma MORTS, was born on June 16, 1880, on a farm near Chili. When only three years of age he moved with
his parents from Chili to Liberty
township and the remainder of his life was spent in the Fulton
community. On Nov. 19, 1900, he was married to Miss Laura
KINZIE, the ceremony having been performed at Mexico. He ws a member of the Fulton Baptist church.
Surviving
are his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Gail GABLE, of Ft. Wayne and Mrs. Fern
SUTTON, of Fulton two grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Myrtle BEVELHEIMER,
east of Fulton.
Funeral
services will be held Sunday afteroon at two o’clock at the Fulton Baptist
Church. Rev. C. A. WADE will be in
charge and burial will be in the Fulton I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Monday, May 2, 1932
Mrs.
Louis OVERMYER, aged 81 years, succumbed Saturday afternoon, two o’clock at her
home in Tiosa. Death resulted from a
stroke of apoplexy. Mrs. Overmyer had
been a resident of this county for 48
years and resided in Rochester for a number of years while her husband was
employed as deputy sheriff and courthouse janitor.
Mrs.
Overmyer was born on January 4th, 1851 and on April 5th, 1872 she was united in
marriage to Henry OVERMYER, having been married for 60 years last April
5th. The deceased was a member of the Tiosa Brethren Church. Survivors are the husbnd, four sons, George D. [OVERMYER] of Mishawaka, Frank
[OVERMYER], of Tiosa, Henry
[OVERMYER] and Carrie [OVERMYER], of South Bend; three [sic] daughters,
Mrs. Lillie BECK of Tiosa; Mrs. Daisy LEITER of Pierceton and one sister, Mrs.
Rebecca JOY, of Wabash.
Funeral
services in charge oif Rev. Oren LAMBERT were held Monday afternoon, two
o’clock at the Tiosa church. Interment
was made in the Sand Hill cemetery.
Mrs.
Isabelle KROFT, aged 53, passed away at her home four miles south of Akron at
ten o’clock Saturday morning. Death
resulted from apoplexy, the deceased having suffered ill health for the past
several years. She had been a resident
of the vicinity of Akron for the past seven years, coming there with her
husband from Montana.
Isabelle
[FEIDNER], daughter of Jacob and Mary FEIDNER, was born on a farm near Macy, on
April 4th, 1879. Upon reaching
womanhood she was united in marriage to Adolph KROFT, who survives. Mrs. Kroft was a member of the Evangelical
church. Surviving with the husband are
two sisters, Mrs. Jacob SMITH, of near Akron, Mrs. Sarah BUSE, of Huntington; two half-sisters, Mrs.
Louise HOLDEMAN, of Texas, Mrs. Mary
HENDERSON, of Louisiana and three half-brothers, Obediah F. [BARNES], of
Miami, Fla., John F. [BARNES] of
Elkhart and Marion BARNES, of California.
A son passed away in infancy.
Funeral
services in charge of Rev. Daniel SLAYBAUGH were held Monday afternoon at the
Church of God, in Akron. Burial was
made in the Akron I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Edward
ENGLE, age 55, died Sunday afternoon at three o’clock at his home 1-1/2 miles
south of Monterey. Death was caused by
heart trouble from which he took sick Saturday. Mr. Engle had been in ailing health for some time.
Living in
the Monterey community most of his life, he followed the profession of
farming. In 1904 he was united in
marriage to Minnie REINHOLDT. He was
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob. ENGLE.
Survivors
are five brothers, Louis [ENGLE] of Missouri, Henry [ENGLE] of Indianapolis,
Peter [ENGLE] of Ohio, Albert [ENGLE] of Knox and John [ENGLE], one sister, Mrs. Jennie MISER
of Monterey, one son, Louis [ENGLE] at home and one daughter, Mrs. Dorothy
BONNIE of North Judson and two grandchildren.
Funeral
services will probably be held Wednesday at the Monterey Methodist Church.
Tuesday, May 3, 1932
Charles
Collins THOMPSON, aged 64, died at his home near Millark Monday afternoon at
1:30 o’clock following an illness of six weeks which started with influenza and
terminated in pneumonia. The deceased was born on a farm west of
Akron. He was the son of Admiral and Susan THOMPSON. He has resided in Fulton county all of his
life. Survivors are his wife and
daughter, Mrs. Ruth NORRIS, of Macy, six grandchildren and a brother,
Frank [THOMPSON] of Athens. The funeral services will be held Wednesday
at 2 p.m. from the Omega Church
southwest of Athens with the Rev. Daniel SLAYBAUGH of Akron in charge. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows
cemetery at Athens.
H. A.
ARVIN, aged 45, of Indianapolis, well-known locally for his connection
throughout Indiana as representative for the Western Ammunition Company and
also as the inventor of the Arvin heater for automobiles died at his home in
Indianapolis Sunday friends in this city have been advised. Death was caused by an attack of heart
trouble. Mr. Arvin visited in Rochester less than two weeks
ago. He was a noted trapshooter. His wife who died six yers ago was Mary
MEREDITYH. He was a member of the Masonic
lodge. Funeral services will be held in Indianapolis
Wednesday morning at 9 o’clock after which the body will be brought to this city for burial eside that of his
wife in the Odd Fellows cemetry.
Survivors are a brother and three sisters.
[NOTE:
Margaret MEREDITH ARVIN, 1888-1926, bur in Rochester I.O.O.F., but no stone
found by this compiler for H. A. ARVIN. - WCT].
Wednesday, May 4, 1932
Isaiah
NYE, 82, well known retired farmer of Henry township, died Tuesday afternoon at
3:30 at his home one mile east of Athens.
Death was due to a gangrenous infection which developed in a
bunion. He had been ill for the past
six weeks.
The
deceased was born in Wyandotte County, Ohio on June 22, 1850, the son of Jonas
and Leah H. (SWARTZLANDER) NYE and moved with his parents to Fulton County when
a small child. Upon reachng manhood he
was married to Ellen CLEVENGER.
Surviving
are his wife, two sons, Reilly [NYE], of Mchigan City, and Chester [NYE] of
Athens; two brothers, Grant [NYE] of South Bend, Schuyler [NYE], of Marion, one
half-brother, Gilbert NYE, near Akron, and one sister, Mrs. Alfretta KINDIG, of
Akron.
Funeral
services will be held Thursday afternoon at two o’clock at the Church of God in
Athens. Rev. SLAYBAUGH will be in
charge and will be assisted by Rev. C. H. MINOR. Burial will be made in the Mt. Hope cemetery at Athens.
The body
of the late H. A. ARVIN, of Indianapolis, who died suddenly Sunday from a heart
attack was buried this afternoon in the Odd Fellows cemetery at the side of his
wife who died six years ago. Arvin was the representative in Indiana for
the Western Cartridge Company. A number of the company officials
accompanied the body to this city.
Thursday, May 5. 1832
[no obits]
Friday, May 6, 1932
Lee
PURVIS, aged 19, died at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy MILLER who live on a farm
southwest of Akron Thursday evening at 7:30 o’clock. Death was caused by sinus
trouble. He had been ill since
last November. Mr. Purvis had made his
home with Mr. and Mrs. MILLER for the
past 11 years. He had been taken from
the White Institute near Wabash by Mr. and Mrs. Miller. He has several brothers and sisters but
their addresses are unknown. He was born on July 5, 1912, but his
birthplace is unknown. The deceased was
a member of the Modern Woodmen’s lodge and the Brethren church at Akron. Funeral services will be held from the Christian church at Akron at 2
p.m. Saturday with Rev. George SWIHART of Roann in charge.
Burial will be made in the Gaerte cemetery southeast of Akron.
Word has
been received here of the death on May 1st of Mrs. Cora L. EASTMAN, 73, at the
Windemere Hotel in Chicago where she lived.
She was well known in Rochester having visited the late L. M. BRACKETT
one of her relatives here often in years past.
Mrs. Eastman [Cora L. BRACKETT] was the daughter of Colonel and Mrs.
Joseph BRACKET and lived most of her life in Rock Isand, Ill. She was a teacher in the schools there for
37 years being assistant principal most of that time. She is survived by a son and a daughter. The funeral was held at Rock Island on
Tuesday.
Funeral
services for John W. BARKMAN, who died in Florida in February will be held
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at the Val Zimmerman funeral parlors. Rev. J. B. GLEASON, pastor of the Baptist church, will be in
charge and burial will be made in the Hamlett cemetery. The family
of the deceased, who just arrived from Florida, will spend a few days here with reltives before leaving for
their home in Bayview, Mich. Mrs.
Barkman is a sister of E. T. JONES
of this city.
William
BALSBAUGH, aged 43, of Denver, died at 6:30 o’clock this morning in the
Marshall county hospital at Plymouth from injuries which he received at 8
o’clock last night when a truck on
which he was riding was struck by an automobile driven by Dr. R. E. COIL,
optometrist of South Bend and Fort Wayne.
Balsbaugh and Charles FLORA, aged 10, also of Denver, were riding on the
back of a truck driven by Mrs. Mary FLORA, mother of the lad.
Saturday, May 7, 1932
Mrs.
Elizabeth HARRIS, 70, died at two o’clock this morning at her home one-fourth
of a mile east of Bruce Lake, death being due to hardening of the arteries and
heart trouble. The deceased had been in
ill health for several years but her condition had only been regarded as serious the past week.
Elizabeth
[NEFF], daughter of David and Mary NEFF, was born in Pennsylvania on September
30, 1862, and moved with her parents to Fulton County when a young girl. The remainder of her life was spent in this
county and upon reaching womanhood she was married to Wilfred HARRIS. She was a member of the Evangelical church.
Surviving
are her husband, five [?] children, John [HARRIS], at home; Mrs. Esta
DAWSON, of Delphi, Mrs. Adam KLINE and Mrs.
Letha HOTT, of Bruce Lake; 11
grandchildren; five sisters and one brother, Mrs. Dan WILDERMUTH, Mrs.
J. E. TROUTMAN, Mrs. Mary
ANDERSON, Mrs. Perry WALTERS, Mrs. Michael EASH and Thomas NEFF, all of near
Rochester. A son, Melvin HARRIS, was
accidentally killed nine years ago.
Funeral
services will be held sometime Monday at the home and burial will be made in
the Sharon [Moon] cemetery.
Monday, May 9, 1932
Mr. and
Mrs. John METZGER, who live on a farm near Tiosa, received a telephone call
from Battle Creek, Mich., Sunday evening telling of the drowning of their
three-year-old grandson, John
METZGER. The lad was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Irvin METZGER. He was playing with
several of his brothers and sisters when he fall into a horse trough. Before his parents could arrive on the scene
and rescue the child death had occurrd.
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin
Metzger moved to Battle Creek, Mich., eight years ago. Two years ago two of their children died with diphtheria. Besides the parents the dead boy is survived
by six brothers and sisters. Burial
will be made at Battle Creek. Mr. and
Mrs. John Metzger left for Battle Creek after they had rceived word of their
grandson’s death.
Mrs.
Martha SEAMAN, 81, former resident of Rochester, died Saturday evening at eight
o’clock at the Methodist Hospital in Gary.
Death was due to complications of diseases and followed an illness of
several months.
Martha
Ann [EWER], daughter of Squire and Lucinda (CLYMER) EWER, was born on November
first, 1851, near Peru, Ind., and when a child moved with her parents to a farm
near Seneca, Illinois. She taught
school for several years and later attended Northwestern University. While there she met Rev. Robert Brown SEAMAN, whom she married in
1879. To them were born three
children: Mrs. Carey E. MELVILLE, of
Worcester, Mass., Mrs. Arthur W.
POST, of Gary, and Mrs. Roy W. KING, of Beloit, Wisconsin. All three daughters were with her at the
time of her death.
While in
the active work of the ministry Rev. and Mrs. Seaman served the following
charges in Illinois, Sparland, LaPrairie Center, Wyoming, Maquon, Eureka,
Minook, Princeville,
Watseka, Lewiston, Momence, Dwight, El Paso and Lexington. When Rev.
Seaman retired they made their home in Rochester. She was a member of the Methodist Church, Eastern Star chapter and W.R.C. in
this city.
Besides
the three daughters she is survived by a sister, Mrs. Fred WELCH, of McAllen,
Texas; two brothers, Merrill EWER, of Sioux City, Iowa, Wallace EWER, of
Dresden, Kansas; and three
grandchildren, Maude [SEAMAN], Robert [SEAMAN] and Martha MELVILLE.
Funeral
services will be held Tuesday afternooon at 1:30 at the Methodist church. Rev. T. L. STOVALL will be in charge and
burial will be made in the Mausoleum.
The body will lie in state at the church from one to 1:30.
Tuesday, May 10, 1932
Mrs.
Bertha NEEVES, 80, died at 12:45 Tuesday morning at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Dean Nightlinger, 512 East Eighth Street.
Death was due to cancer of the stomach.
She had been ill for the past
year and a half and bedfast three months.
Bertha
May [DONOVAN], daughter of Amos and Sarah Anna DONOVAN, was born near Homer,
Illinois on September 26, 1882 and was one of a family of five children,
three brothers and one
sister. When a small child she moved
with her parents to a farm near Chrisman, Illinois. In March, 1898 she was united in marriage to A. G. MANNING,
of Sidell, Illinois.and to this
union two children were born: Nola
[MANNING], now Mrs. Dean NIGHTLINGER, and Melva Viola [MANNING], deceased. She was again united in marriage in 1917 to F. O. NEEVES, of Chrisman,
Illinois, who survives. Mrs. Neeves
lived in Illinois until two years
ago when she moved to a small farm east of Rochester. She was a member of the
Methodist Church and the Royal Neighors, of Chrisman, Illinois and the W.B.A., of Rochester.
Surviving
are her husband and daughter; foster-daughter, Miss Mildred [NEEVES];
step-daughter, Mrs. Harvey PARK, of Hazel Crest, Illinois; three brothers, Sam
[DONOVAN] and Ralph DONOVAN, of Chrisman, Ill., and Willis DONOVAN, of
Kankakee, Ill.
Short
funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at 9:30 at the Nightlinger home
with Rev. C. J. MINER in charge. The
body will then be taken to Chrisman, Illinois where services will be held
Thursday afternoon at 1:30. Burial will
be made in Chrisman.
Wednesday, May 11, 1932
Mrs. Sam
WENGER has received word of the death of her brother-in-law, George MORFOTT,
83, which occurred Tuesday morning at his home in Willard, Ohio. He is
survived by one son, Delmar [MORFOTT], at home, three grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at the home and burial will
be made in Bucyrus, Ohio. He was a former resident of Rochester.
Thursday, May 12, 1932 to Friday, May 13, 1932
[no obits]
Saturday, May 14, 1932
Charles
Albert HOOVER, 66, dropped dead while working at his feed and grinding mill in
Akron at four o’clock Friday afternoon.
Death resulted from heart attack, the deceased having been in ill health
for the past several months. Mr. Hoover
was well known throughout the eastern section of this county and Wabash
county. He had been a resident of Akron
for the last eight years,
moving there from Laketon, where he was engaged in business.
Mr.
Hoover was born in Wabash county on January 15th, 1866 and upon reaching
manhood was united in marriage to Virginia JONTZ. Surviving with the widow are three step-children, Mrs. George
BOLLEY and Theodore JONTZ, of Akron, Mat JONTZ, of Gary; a sister Mrs. Samuel
ROGERS, of Laketon, and two brothers, Henry HOOVER of Wenatche, Wash., and
Grorge HOOVER of Laketon.
Funeral
services in charge of Rev. GILLILAND of Gilead, will be held Sunday afternoon
at 2:30 o’clock at the Laketon Wesleyan Methodist Church. Burial in the Laketon cemetery.
Monday, May 16, 1932
Mr. and
Mrs. James D. BROWN, of 1415 Elm street, have received word of the death of
their granddaughter, Shirley Frances [BROWN], one-year-od daugher of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry BROWN, of Traverse City, Mich.
The child died yesterday but no details of the death were given in the message. Burial will be made in Traverse City.
Francis STETSON,
received word last nght of the death of his sister, Mrs. Charles KLECKNER, of
Logansport, who died in the Cass county hospital there at 5:30 o’cock following an operation. The deceased had been ill for several
years. She was taken to the hospital
ten days ago for the operation. Mrs.
Kleckner was born in this county. She
has been a resident of
Logansport for the past 30 years.
Survivors are three brothers, Chas. [STETSON] of Miami, Fla., George STETSON, of Logansport, and Francis
[STETSON], oif this city, and a
sister Mrs. John BANNISTER, of Logansport.
Funeral arrangements have not been
made.
Edward
WENTZEL, 93, a lifelong resident of Fulton county, died Sunday afternoon at two
o’clock at his home near Bruce Lake.
Death followed a long illness with complications of diseases incident to
advanced years.
Surviving
are three sons, Harry [WENTZEL], Charles
[WENTZEL] and Peter [WENTZEL] and a daughter, Mrs. Joe MAHLER, 22
grandchildren and two great- grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Tuesday
afternoon at two o’clock at the Zion
Church. Burial wil be made in
the Bruce Lake Cemetery.
Harry
SARBER, 81, father of Harry SARBER, Jr., of Leiters Ford, died Saturday at his
home in Plymouth, death being due to heart trouble. Funeral services for Mr. Sarber, who was a retired farmer, will be held Tuesday at
two o’clock at the Methodist Church in Plymouth.
Tuesday, May 17, 1932
Louis
“Butch” NEISWANDER, aged 49, of Peru, who has spent several summers at Lake
Manitou, committed suicide yesterday by shooting himself through the head with
a revolver. The act was prompted by
despondency over his continued illness.
The body was found by Louis DUCKWALL, his roommate, when he returned
from a business engagement. Survivors
are the mother and sister, both of whom reside in Peru.
Wednesday, May 18, 1932
Daniel
Edward DAVIS, 59, died at 12:45 Wednesday afternoon at his hoime southwest of
Macy in Liberty Township. Death
followed a several months illness with complications of diseases. The deceased was born in Miami County in
February, 1873 the son of William
Henry and Elizabeth DAVIS. He
had lived in Liberty Township for the past 14 years. Surviving are two brothers and one sister. Funeral services Friday afternoon at two
o’clock at the Church of Brethren in
Mexico with Rev. Howard FLORA and Rev. Walter BALSBAUGH in charge. Burial will be made in the Mexico cemetery.
Funeral services for Mrs. Charles
KLECKNER, of Logansport, a former resident of this city will be held from the
Pierce and Easterday Funeral Home at Logansport Thursday at 2:30 p.m.
Burial will be made in the Citizen’s cemetery here. Mrs. Kleckner, who is a sister of Francis
STETSON, died in the Cass county hospital at Logansport last Sunday following
an operation.
Clem V.
LEONARD, 72, promnent resident of Rochester, died suddenly at ten o’clock Tueday evening at her home at
817 Pontiac street. Death was due to an
acute heart attack.
Linda
Jane [VanTUYL], daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles VanTUYL, was born in Preble
county, Ohio, on Nov. 16, 1859, and on Jan. 13, 1887, in Middletown, Ohio, was
married to Clem V. LEONARD. Forty-two
years ago they moved to Rochester where they have since resided. Her husband is a well known cigar
manufacturer and was former Fulton county
auditor.
Mrs.
Leonard was a member of the First Baptist church, its active orgnizations and
in this work had made a wide
acquaintance of friends throughout both city and county.
Surviving
are her husband; four daughters, Miss Ada LEONARD, of Middletown, Ohio; Mrs.
Helen DeBRULER, of Rochester; Miss Mildred Ann LEONARD and Mrs. Katherine
DETAMORE, of South Bendf; two grandsons, Robert L. DeBRULER, of Rochester, and David L. DETAMORE, of South Bend; three
brothers, W. S. VanTUYL, of Leavenworth,
Kansas; E. B. VanTUYL, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and a sister, Mrs. Ella
OZER, of Miami, Fla.
Funeral
services will be held at the home Friday afternoon at four o’clock. Rev. H. Gerald GAIGE, of Ithaca, Mich.,
former pastor of the Rochester Presbyterian church, will be in charge and will
be assisted by Rev. J. B. GLEASON.
Burial will be made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery. The body will lie in state at the residence until two o’clock
Friday afternoon.
Thursday, May 19, 1932 to Saturday, May 21,
1932
[no obits]
Monday, May 23, 1932
Mrs.
Caroline Elizabeth BAILEY, aged 81, one of the pioneer residents of Rochesrter,
died at her home at 432 E. 9th St., Sunday night following a heart attack. The body was found by her son-in-law,
Stephen PARCEL, shortly after 9 o’clock when he went into the house to make an investigation as he was
returning from downtown when he saw a light burning in Mrs. Bailey’s bedroom.
Mrs.
Bailey had sufferrd with heart trouble for the past year and had had several
bad atttacks. Mr. Parcel because of the
light in the home and as it was long past Mrs. Bailey’s hour for retiring
thought that perhaps Mrs. Bailey had suffered another heart attack. His deduction proved true. He found Mrs. Bailey’s lifeless body in her
bed The body was still warm indicating that death had occurred only a
few minutes before Mr. Parcel made his
investigation. There was no sign
of a struggle.
Mrs.
Bailey had spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Parcel and told her daughter that she
felt as well as ever and seemed in unusually good spirits when she returned to
her home shortly after six
o’clock. Her granddaughter Miss Stella
Von BAILEY called at her home just before
seven o’clock and prsented her with a cake. Mrs. Bailey told her granddaugher that she would cut a portion of the cake before
retiring. An examination which was made
after Mrs. Bailey’s
body was found showed this to be true. After eating some of the cake Mrs. Bailey
had carefully wrapped the same
and placed it away for safe keepig.
The
deceased was born on a farm near Kenton, Ohio, on November 9, 1850 and was one
of eight children of Jacob and Ann ROTH.
On November 11, 1871 she was married to Elliott BAILEY at Kenton,
Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey came to this
county to reside immediately. Mrs.
Bailey has lived here since that time except for one year which was spent in
Culver. For fifty years Mrs. Bailey had
resided in her home on East Ninth St.
Survivors
are two sons, Simon K. [BAILEY] and Charles H. [BAILEY] of this city, a
daughter, Mrs. Stephen PARCEL, a sister, Mrs. Andrew BORN, of Kenton, Ohio, six
grandchildren, nine great-grandchidren and one great-great-grandchild.
Mr.
Bailey prceded his wife in death. He
was killed in a runaway accident on June 29, 1908. A step-son, Stella K. BAILEY, who was reared by Mrs. Bailey, died
at his home in this city on November 19, 1923.
Mrs.
Bailey was christened in the Methodist Church when a young girl. The funeral services will be held from the
home of Mrs. Parcel at 467 East Ninth Street, at 2 o’clock Wednesday
afternoon. Rev. J. E. WALLENBURG,
pastor of the Christia Church, will be in charge. The burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery. The body of Mrs. Bailey has been moved to
the home of Mrs. Parcel, where it will lie in state until the hour of the
funeral.
Mrs.
Margaret WEIGLE, 23, passed away at her home 301 East 14th street at two
o’clock Monday morning. Death resulted
from complication of diseases following an illness of four months duration. The deceaased had been a resident of this community throughout
her entire life.
Margaret
[BALLENGER], daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank BALLENGER, was born on a farm near
this ciy on March 6th, 1909 and in the year of 1925 she was united in marriage
to John WEIGLE, the ceremony being
performed in Rochester. She is survived
by three daughters, Betty [WEIGLE],
Natricia [WEIGLE] ad Joann [WEIGLE]; four [sic] brothers, Thomas [BALLENGER], Allen [BALLENGER]
ad Oliver [BALLENGER, all of Rochester
and a sister, Sarah [BALLENGER], who resides in Warsaw.
Funeral
services in charge of Rev. T. J. STEENBERGEN will be held at the home on
Tuesday at 1:30 o’clock. Burial will be
made in the Nichols cemetery northeast of Rochester.
Mrs.
Martha Francis DAWSON, aged 72, passed away at her home four and a half miles
northwest of Akron at 5 o’clock a.m. Sunday.
Death resulted from heart trouble from which disease she had been afflicted
for the past seven months. The deceased
had been a resident of the Akron
community ever since her childhood and had a wide acquaintance of friends throughout Fulton County.
Martha
Francis [STINSON], daughter of John and Elizabeth STINSON, was born in
Chillicothe, Ohio on November 25th, 1860.
She moved to Fulton county with her parents when quite a young child, where she has since resided. On Oct. 29th, 1878 she was united in
marriage to Samuel B. DAWSON, the ceremony being performed in Rochester. Nine children, seven of whom survive, were
born to this union. Mrs. Dawson was a
member of the Athens U.B. Church. Surviving are four sons, John [DAWSON] of
Akron, Frank [DAWSON], of near
Akron, Dee F. [DAWSON] and J. Paul [DAWSON, both of Logansport, three daughters, Mrs. Lillian HELTZEL, of
Akron, Mrs. Gladys CHAMBERS, of Corvallis, Ore., and Mrs. Ruth CARR, of Argos; a sister, Mrs. William KENGLE, of
Vinita, Okla.; a brother. Ed
STINSON, of Kansas City, Kans., ad 23 grandchildren.
Funeral
services will be held at the home Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock with the
Rev.
J. E. LONGENBAUGH officiating. Burial will be made in the Mt. Hope cemetery
at Athens.
Mrs.
Margaret R. SHOEMAKER, 73, practically a life long resident of Henry township,
died at 5:40 Monday mornig at her home five miles northeast of Akron. Death was due to sugar diabetes and followed an illness of two weeks.
Margaret
[MILLER], daughter of Jerry and Anna MILLER, was born in Ohio on September 23,
1859 and moved to Fulton county when a small child. On March 11, 1883 she was married to Isaac SHOEMAKER.
Surviving
are her husband and twelve children: Clyde [SHOEMAKER] of Warsaw; Ralph
[SHOEMAKER], of Boseman, Montana; Carl [SHOEMAKER], Earl [SHOEMAKER] and Forrest [SHOEMAKER], of Los Angeles,
California; Floyd [SHOEMAKER], of Milford;
Russell [SHOEMAKER] and Roy [SHOEMAKER] and Glen [SHOEMAKER] of
Cleveland; Lester [SHOEMAKER], of New York; Mrs. Elva KARNS, of South Bend, and
Mrs. Edna CHAPMAN, of Los Angeles; one brother, John MILLER, of Silver Lake; 18
grandchildren and three
great-gradchildren.
Mrs. Roy
JONES, of this city, has received word of the death of her aunt, Mrs. H. H.
KEEGAN, 74, which occurred Sunday afternoon at her home in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
Mrs.
Keegan will be remembered as Miss Ida HAKINS, daughter of George and Abigail
HAKINS, and was born and raised on a farm one-half mile west of Macy. She also was a former resident of the Akron community.
Surviving
are husband and five children: Ed
KEEGAN, of Chandler, Oklahome,
Cosette CARTER and Homer KEEGAN, of Oklahoma City, Ercelle FAIDLEY and
Arthur KEEGAN, of Los Angeles, and one sister, Mrs. Victoria STRATTON, of Los
Angeles. The late Mrs. M. L. PATTERSON, was a sister of the deceased.
Friends
in this city have received word of the death of Mrs. Corrine THOMPSON, wife of
John THOMPSON, which occurred at her home in Indianapolis Saturday after an
illness of one week. Mrs. Thompson was born in Peru. Her maiden name was [Corrine] FALK. The funeral services were held this
afternoon at Indianapolis. Survivors
are the husband, two daughters, mother,
three sisters and two brothers.
Tuesday, May 24, 1912
Mrs.
Julia Ellen HOOVER, 69, one of the best known residents of the city, died at
nine o’clock Monday evening at her home at 128 West Sixth Street. Death was due to complications of diseases and followed an illness of two years.
Julia
Ellen [CORBETT], daughter of Andrew J. and Nancy Ann CORBETT, was born on a
farm near Royal Center on April 13, 1863.
When small child she moved with
her parents to Rochester and the
remainder of her life was spent here.
Upon reaching womanhood she was married to Charles C. HOOVER, the
ceremony having been performed in Washington, D.C. Mr. Hoover passed away a few years later. For a number of years Mrs. Hoover and her
sister- in-law, Miss Trude HOOVER,
had lived together in the family home.
She was a member of the
Presbyterian Church and Pythian Sisters.
Surviving
are one brother, Bert CORBETT, of Denver, Colorado; two aunts, Mrs. Lydia
ELLIOTT, of San Diego, California and Mrs. Ellen THRUSH, of Rochester, and four
sisters- in-law, Miss Trude HOOVER,
Mrs. Ida CORBETT, Mrs. Jane HOOVER and Mrs. Margaret REES.
Funeral
services will be held Thursday afternoon at two o’clock at the residence. Rev. Harold TURPIN will be in charge and
will be assisted by Rev. George LOZIER.
Burial will be made in the
I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Wednesday, May 25, 1932
Ernest E.
KEPLER, 43 former resident of Fulton County, died at two o’clock Tuesday
afternoon at a hospital in Chicago.
Death was due to diabetes and followed an illness of only a few hours.
The
deceased was the son of Charles and Rachel KEPLER and was born and reared in
the Tiosa community. When a young man
he went to Chicago where he has since resided.
At the time of his death he was half owner of the South Park Manor
garage in that city. He was a member of
the Tiosa Brethren Church.
Surviving
are his wife, two daughters, Isabel [KEPLER] and Evelyn [KEPLER], one brother,
Fred E. KEPLER, all of Chicago, and one sister, Mrs. Clyde BALL, of Rochester.
The body
was brought to the home of Mrs. Ball, 1224 Jefferson Street, this city,
Wednesday afternoon. Fueral services
will be held from the Ball home Thursday morning at ten o’clock. Burial
will be made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Friends
in this city were advised ate yestrday of the death of Al ROBERTS, aged 58,
plumber of Culver. Roberts suffered a
stroke of paralysis Sunday from which he never rallied. He is survived by his widow and son.
Thursday, May 26, 1932
[no obits]
Friday, May 27, 1932
Friends
here have received word of the death of the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E.
E. VIRGILS. The child, who was named
Betty Lou [VIRGILS], was born on May 17, and died three days later. Mrs. Virgils will be remembered here as Miss
Camilla LAWS, former teacher
in the Rochester high school.
Lon WARE,
aged 54, of 519 Webster Street, Huntington, a fireman on the Erie railroad and
a former resident of this city, dropped dead this afternoon at 2:20 o’clock
while switching his engine in the
local yards. Death according to Coroner
A. E. STINSON was caused by heart trouble.
Ware had
just completed his run on the Erie local from Hammond. His son, Floyd WARE, and his step-daugher, Mrs. Leo BEEHLER, of this city were
at the station to meet him.
The son
had driven here from Huntington for his father so that he could be present
tonight when he and his step-sister, Miss Iona HAMLETT, graduated from the
Huntington High School.
Mrs.
Beehler was riding on the engine with her step-father when he was seized with
the heart attack. Ware stopped his
engine just a moment before he died evindntly sensing that death was near.
Ware’s
lifeless body was removed from the cab of his engine and taken into the
Erie
depot.
It was later moved to a local undertaking parlor. Ware had been in good health and his death was entirely unexpected. He had worked all of this week.
Surviving
are the widow, seven children and five step-children. Ware was a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen at
Huntington and the local post of Spanish-American War Veterans.
He had
served with the company which was recruited in this city at the opening of the
Spanish-American War.
Saturday, May 28, 1932
Funeral
services for the late Lon WARE, of Huntington, Erie railroad firea who died
while on his engine in the Erie yards here Friday afternoon from a heart attac,
will be held from the United
Brethren church here Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. The services will be in charge of Rev. I. E. LONGENBAUGH,
pastor of the church, assisted by Rev. William SERVER, of Huntington. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows
cemetery here. Mr. Ware was born on a farm near Kewanna on Feb.
22, 1880. He was the son of John and
Elizabeth WARE. For several years he
operated the ERIE RESTAURANT in this city.
He entered the Erie service on
Jan. 18, 1910. The widow, seven
children and five step-children survive.
Wiliam
CORBETT, well known resident of the Argos community where he lived his entire
life, died Friday night at a hospital in Chicago. No details were available Saturday due to the fact that all of his near relatives were at his
bedside when the end came. The body
will be returned to Argos for
funeral services and burial.
Tuesday, May 31, 1932
Funeral
services were held at two o’clock Tuesday afternoon at the Athens Church of God
for Mrs. Emma Rebecca BALLENGER, 63, who died Saturday night at nine o’clock at
her home in Athens. Rev. Daniel SLAYBAUGH, of Akron, was in
charge and was assisted by Rev.
STEENBERGEN. Burial was made in the Mt.
Hope cemetery.
Emma
Rebecca [SHRIVER], daughter of Daniel and Eliza SHRIVER, was born in Stark
County, Ohio, on Noveber 20, 1868. Upon
reaching womanhood she was married to Allen BALLENGER and for many years they
had lived in the Athens community. She
was a member of the Church of God.
Surviving
are her husband, two sons, Harvey [BALLENGER] and Marvin [BALLENGER], and a
daughter, Mrs. Luella B. RHODES, all of near Athens.
Mr. and
Mrs. Sam FRIEND have received word of the death of her sister-in-law, Mrs.
Hiram COPLEN, which occurred Tuesday morning at her home in Franfort. Funeral services will be held Thursday mornig at ten o’clock at the home in
Franfort. Burial will be made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery here.
George W.
CALLISON, 80, died at 7:30 Monday evening at his home at 1519 South Jefferso
street. Death was due to Bright’s
disease and followed an illness of three weeks.
The
deceased was born in Warsaw on March 23, 1852.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. James O’BLENIS and Mrs. Mary
WOODFORD. Funeral services will be held
Wednesday morning at the U.B. church.
Rev. I. E. LONGENBAUGH will officiate and burial will be made in the Claypool cemetery.
Mrs.
Gertrude SMITH, age 54, passed away Sunday evening at the Woodlawn Hospital in
Rochester. She had been brought there
Sunday afternoon from her home in Kewanna.
Mrs. Smith had been ill but one
day suffering from obstruction of the bowels
Gertrude
[INGRAM], daughter of Lewis and Gobith INGRAM, was born in Ohio March 23,
1877. She moved to the Kewanna neighborhood
when quite small and has resided in that community all of her life. On April 29, 1902, she was united in
marriage to Elmer SMITH who preceded
her in death two years ago. She was a
member of he A.O.O.G lodge at Bruce
Lake.
Survivors
are one daughter, Mrs. Thelma VanMETER of Kewanna, one son, Chester SMITH of
Kewanna, four brothers, Mel [INGRAM] and Lee INGRAM of Kewanna and William [INGRAM] and Elmer [INGRAM] of
Lucerne and two sisters, Mrs. Mary THOMAS
and Mrs. William MATTAO [?] of Grass Creek. Two gradchildren also survive.
Funeral
services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 at the Kewanna Christian Church
with Rev. H. F. BULGER in charge.
Burial was made in the Kewanna I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Wednesday, June 1, 1932
Mrs.
Eliza Anna STEININGER, 68, practically a life-long resident of Fulton County,
died at 6:30 Tuesday evening at the home of her son, George Steininger on North
Main Street. Death was due to heart
trouble and followed an illness of several years.
Eliza
Anna [BEEHLER, daughter of Geoge and Mary BEEHLER, was born in Richland
Township on May 8, 1864 and in 1884 was married to Howard STEININGER. Her husband was a minister and served as pastor of many oif the rural
churches in the county.
Surviving
are five children: Irvin [STEININGER], of Auburn; Forrest [STEININGER]. pf
Royal Center; Herman [STEININGER], of Richland Township; George [STEININGER],
of Rochester, and Mrs. Charlotte O’DELL, of Butler, Ind.; four brothers, George
BEEHLER, of Battle Creek, Michigan; Frank BEEHLER, of Redlands, California;
John BEEHLER, of Harberg, Oklahoma,
and Phillip BEEHLER, of Richland Township; one sister, Mrs. Catherine MOW, of Richland Township and
19 grandchildren. Her husband and three
children preceded her in death.
Funeral
services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 at the Grand View Evangelical
Church. Rev. STEENBERGEN will be in
charge and burial will be made in the South Germany cemetery.
Funeral
services will be held at ten o’clock Thursday morning at the residence for Mrs.
Anna May COPLEN, 67, former resident of Rochester, who died Monday at her home
in Frankfort. Following the services
the body will be brought to Rochester for burial in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
The
deceased [Anna May SCHAAF], oldest daughter of Joesph and Mary SCHAAF, was of a
family of eight children. On June 16,
1888 she was married to Hiram E COPLEN.
Surviving
are the husband; three sons, Clarence E [COPLEN], of Chicago, Marcus [COPLEN
and Howard [COPLEN], of Frankfort; three grandchildren; four [sic]
brothers, Charles SCHAAF, Lima,
Ohio, John SCHAAF, Rochester, Marcus SCHAAF, Lansing, Michigan, and one sister,
Mrs. J. Bennett LOWE, Brook, Ind., and other relatives.
Roy
BOWEN, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clem BOWEN, former residents of the Akron and
Gilead communities, died Wednesday morning at his home in Plymouth. Death was due to quincy and followed an illness of only a few days.
Thursday, June 2, 1932
Alvin
Clarence BURNS, aged 74, passed away at his home in Akron Wednesday afternoon
at 4 o’clock after an illness of over seven years duration. Death resulted from paralysis and accompanyig diseases
inherent with advanced years. The
deceased had been a resident of Henry
township throughout his entire life with the exception of a few years.
Alvin
Clarence, son of George and Nancy BURNS, was born on a farm west of Akron on
May 2, 1858. In March of the year 1881
he was united in marriage to Sarah WHITCOMB. Until ill health prevented, Mr. Burns followed the trade of a
decorator and painter throughout
the eastern part of the county where he had a wide acquaintance of
friends. Survivors are the widow, a
son, Carl BURNS, of Chicago, and two grandchildren.
Funeral
services in charge of Rev. Daniel SLAYBAUGH will be held Friday afternoon at
two o’clock at the Akron Saints Church.
Burial will be made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery at Akron.
Funeral
services for Roy E. BOWEN, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clem BOWEN, who died
Wednesday morning at his home in Plymouth, will be held Friday afternoon at two
o’clock at the United Brethren Church
in Plymouth. Rev. PRICE of Donaldson
will be in charge and will be
assisted by Rev. GROVE, of Plymouth.
Mr. and Mrs. Bowen, former residents of the Akron and Gilead communities,
moved from Donaldson to Plymouth a short time ago.
L. C.
WARING, who died sometime Wednesday at his home in Decatur, was the owner of The ROCHESTER GLOVE FACTORY, an
insttution which was very active in this city at one time. The
factory was brought here through the activity of Rochester business men and
developed into a prosperous bueiness employing at one time one hundred girls
and women. The building located
just adjacet to The News-Sentinel plant was purchased by the Rochester business
men and later deeded to Waring after it had operated for a number of years.
In the
last few years the canvas glove business declined gradually and finaly resulted
in the factory being closed. While machinery and equipment still remains,
the building has been unoccupied since.
Efforts to purchase or lease the building in recent years failed as Mr.
Waring wished to sell the property with all its equipment and would listen to
no other proposition. Just what
will be done with the property now is not known here.
Decatur,
June 2 - Death came unexpectedly yesterday morning to Lawrence C. WARING, one of the city’s most prominent and
favoorably known business men. Mr.
Waring was founder of the WARING GLOVE COMPANY in this city, a business which he
recently sold. He was 71 years of age.
Mr.
Waring, a bachelor, lived alone at First and Monroe Streets. His body was found in the bathroom of his
home about 1 p.m., when two friends began a search after Mr. Waring had failed to make his usual
business calls.
Coroner
J. C. GRANDSTAFF in his verdict said that death was due to a stroke of apoplexy
and that Mr. Waring had been dead from 6 to 8 hours when found.
Mr.
Waring was born at Greenville, O., in 1861.
He spent his boyhood in Mississippi, where at the time of his death he
owned a 1000 acre plantation. He came
to this part of Indiana at the age of 15 and for many years was employed by the
Cloverleaf railroad, holding
positions in Bluffton, Fort Wayne, Hartford City and Marion. He established the Waring Glove company here in 1903. He had various business interests in Fort
Wayne and was at one time a director of the First National Bank
He was a
thirty-second degree Mason, a member of the Blue lodge and the Knights
Templar at Bluffton, the Scottish Rite and
Mystic Shrine at Indianapolis and the Knights of Pythias in Decatur. He was a member of the Episcopal Church at
Fort Wayne.
A
brother, William WARING, and a niece, Mrs. W. D. SANDERS, reside at Columbus,
Miss. Funeral arrangements have not
been made pending word from them.
Friday, June 3, 1932
Mrs.
Laura LEAP, 77, four miles west of Kewanna, died Thursday morning at 8:25 at
the home of her son, Scott Pennington, in Indianapolis, death being due to
complications of diseases. She had been in ill health for the past
three yers but her condition had only been regarded as serious the past three
months. For several weeks she had been
cared for in the home
of her son
Laura
[SMITH], daughter of Eli and Patsy SMITH, was born on September 10, 1854 in
Boone County. Upon reaching womanhood
she was married to B PENNINGTON, who
passed away 35 years ago. In
September 1912 she was married to W. B. LEAP and since that time had lived on a farm west of
Kewanna. She was a member of the
Baptist Church in Indianapolis.
Surviving
are her husband, two sons, Roscoe PENNINGTON, of San Francisco, California, and
Scott PENNINGTON, of Indianapolis; two brothers, Timothy SMITH, of Miami, Florida, H. SMITH of North Salem and
a sister, Mrs. George SCHMITE, of North Salem; six step-children, Mrs. Dolly
DULL, of Monroe, Michigan, Mrs. Ray KILE, of South Bend, Mrs. George McDANIEL,
of Advance, Mrs. Ada KENEY, of Kewanna, Norman LEAP, at home, and Oral LEAP, of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Funeral
arrangements have not been made pending word from the son in California.
Fred O.
DYER, aged 51, for several years a prosperous insurance agent of Logansport,
was found dead in his car near Shoals, Ind., late Thursday afternoon under
circumstances indicating that he had
committed suicide by the use of opiates.
It is believed that he had taken strychnine to commit suicide.
Dyer left
his home in Logansport three weeks ago for the southern part of the state where
both he and Mrs. Dyer have relatives.
Despondency over charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor
girl which had been filed against him in the Cass county circuit court sometime
ago are believed to have been the cause for the suicide.
Dyer was
well known in this city. Last spring he
engaged in alleged fight with Richard HITSCHEW, aged 80, at his boat landing on
the east side of Lake Manitou. In this
scuffle Hitschew received injuries which caused him to undergo an operation for
the removal of one eyeball. The sight
in the other eye is greatly impaired.
Dyer was
placed on trial here in October after he had spent several months in jail for
failure to appear here at the first time his trial was set down. He was found guilty by a jury on a charge of assault and battery. Dyer was give a fine. Hitschew has a $10,000 damage suit on file in Cass county against Dyer because of
the injuries which he received in the scuffle at the lake here.
Dyer’s
body was discovered by a farmer of near Shoals. The farmer had passed Dyer’s Chevrolet car parked at the side of
the road about 5 o’clock Thursday morning as he was on his way to spend the day fishing on
East White River. When he retured that
evening from his fishing trip the car was still parked at the side of the road.
This
aroused the farmer’s curiosity. He got
out of his machine and made an investigation.
It was then that he found Dyer’s lifeless body in the back seat of his
car, covered
with a blanket. Dyer had removed his shoes, vest and coat which were lyig in the
front seat. A mason jar with a small amount of what appered to be water was
on the floor of the machine. There was
no poison bottle that officers could find.
Two notes
were found on Dyer’s clothig One was
addressed to his wife and the other to
his son, Fred [DYER] Jr. The
note to his wife, Dyer gave an indication as to why he had committed suicide when he stated that the
criminal case on file against him at Logansport, because of his alleged intimacies with
a minor girl was a frame up and that there was no use to stand trial. He
also ssid his mind had been affected by worry over the case.
Dyer in
his note to his wife which was of some length told her where he had been
recently. He asked that he be buried in
the cemetery at Shoals, beside the body of their daughter, who was killed several years ago in an automobile
accident at Champaign, Ill. Dyer also pointed out in his letter the suit of
clothes in which he wished to be buried.
The note to the son was a
personal one, the message of a father to a son.
The body
was moved to an undertaking parlor in Logansport where it was prepared for
burial. The coroner of Martin county
will hold his inquest Saturday.
Indications pointed that the
body had been laying in the car for several days. Mrs Dyer and son, Fred, Jr., as soon as they received word yesterday of the death of Mr Dyer, left
Logansport for Shoals, in an automobile.
Besides the widow and son, Dyer is survived by his mother, Mrs. Mary
DYER, of Berwyn, Illinois
Saturday, June 4, 1932
Rochester
friends today received word of the death of Howard Angus MERRICK, 44, which
occurred last Friday at the home of his mother, Mrs. Meade MERRICK, of
Glendora, Calif. Funeral services were held last Monday
afternoon and burial was in the Glendora
cemetery.
Mr.
Merrick was born in Rochester on April 10th, 1888 and received his early
education in the local schools, later removing to California with his
parents. The deceased’s father, Meade MERRICK, preceded him in death
just three months ago. He is survived
by his mother, his wife, one
daughter, Mrs. Nadine KERR, and a sister, Mrs. Fay BUCHANAN.
Funeral
services for Richard TEA, 86, Civil WAr veteran and former resident of the
Argos and Tippecanoe communities, were held Saturday morning at the Summit
Chapel east of Tippecanoe. Burial was
made in an adjoining cemetery. Mr. Tea died Tuesday at the Soldiers Home in
Danville, Ill., where he had been since 1908.
A son in California is the only surviving relative.
Funeral
services were held this morning at 10 o’cock from the undertaking parlor at
Loogootee, Ind., for Fred O. DYER, 51, well known Logansport insurance agent,
who Thursday ended his life near
Shoals. Rev. O. M. KILLION, Loogootee
Methodist minister had charge of the services.
Burial was made in the Mt. Union cemetery, three miles northeast of
Loogootee. A number of Logansport
friends of Mr. Dyer and the family, attended the services. Coroner Michael DODSON, of Martin county,
who yesterday morning conducted an inquest
into the death, reported at once that his verdict would be death by
strychnine poisoning taken with
suicidal intent. A bottle still
containing a quantity of strychnine was found in the seat of Dyer’s car.
Monday, June 6, 1932
Ivan
COFFIN, aged 80, of Akron passed away at Woodlawn hospial Saturday evening, at
9 o’clock from injuries received when he was struck by an auto driver by Robert
FLOHR, seven o’clock that evening
at a point one mile east of Akron. Mr.
Coffin, who is a truck farmer,
suffered a factured skull, a broken back and mangled arms and legs. He passed away without regaining
consciousness.
According
to details of the tragic accident given by Claude HOFFMAN, a neighbor of the
victim, Hoffman and Coffin had been doing their trading in Akron and left that
town in Hoffman’s auto just a few
moments before seven o’clock for their farm homes which lie a short distance east of Akron.
When they
arrived at the first road which turns north Hoffman pulled his car to the south
side of the road and Coffin climbed out of the machine, gathered up his bundles
and started to cross the highway to
walk northward to his home, a short distance away. Just at this time a Chevrolet sedan driven by Robert FLOHR, who
was accompanied by his cousin, Earl FLOHR, was approaching from the east at a
fair rate of speed and although warnings were sounded by Hoffman and Flohr, Mr.
Coffin continued northward without looking in the direction of the oncoming
auto. Flohr in a frantic effort to
avoid hitting the man veered his car into the ditch but just as he did so Coffin walked directly into the left
front end of the machine with struck
his body with a terrific impact.
The
injured man was immediately taken into Akron where an ambulance was secured and
he was removed to Woodlawn hospital, where his injuries were found to be of
such serious nature that all efforts
of the attending surgeons to save his life proved futile and he passed away shortly after nine o’clock. Eye
witnesses of the accident state that Flohr did everything in his power to prevent striking the
farmer and it is believed he will be exonerated of blame.
Ivan, son
of Loren J. and Catherine COFFIN, was born in the Bethel church neighborhood, 4
miles northeast of Akron on January 20th, 1882. He had been a resident of
Henry Township throughout his entire life. Upon the death of his parents he settled on a small truck farm,
located a mile and a quarter northeast of Akron where he lived alone, following
the occupation of farming. The deceased
was a member of the Log Bethel Church of God. Survivors are a brother, Daniel COFFIN, of North Wenatchee,
Wash., and two sisters, Mrs. Odessa PERRY, of Silver Lake and Mrs. Jacob EBER
of near Akron.
Funeral
services in charge of Rev. Victor YEAGER were held Monday afternoon, two
o’clock at the Log Bethel church.
Burial was made in an adjacent cemetery.
Mrs. Mary
WALTERS BOWERSOX, 79, died at eleven o’clock Saturday evening at her home three
miles south of Leiters Ford. Death was
due to complications of diseases and
followed an illness of several years.
The
deceased was born on December 5, 1852 in Pennsylvania and moved with her
parents to Leiters Ford when a small child.
Upon reaching womanhood she was married to Jefferson BOWERSOX, who
passed away ten years ago. She was a
member of the Saints Church.
Surviving
are two daughters, Mrs. Martha POORMAN, of Rochester, Mrs. Ida BRUGH, of Grand
Rapids, Michigan, and two sons, Roy BOWERSOX, of Leiters Ford and Frank
[BOWERSOX] of Ora. Another son, William
BOWERSOX, died several years ago.
Funeral
services will be held at 1:30 Tuesday afternoon at the Leiters Ford Methodist
Church. Rev. STRANG, of Laketon, will
be in charge and burial wil be made in the Leiters Ford I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Mrs. Lily SMOTHERS BROWN, 40, of South
Bend, will be buried Tuesday afternoon at the Leiters Ford I.O.O.F. Cemetery,
following services in South Bend at one o’clock central standard time. The deceased died Sunday foillowing an
illness of complications of diseases.
William
LOUDEN, aged 70, who lived at Rutland a mile west of Hibbard, was buried Sunday
afternoon in the Poplar Grove Cemetery one and one-half miles northeast of Lake
Maxinkuckee in a casket which he made for himself 10 years ago Louden hewed the casket from a black walnut log whch he cut from
a tree in the woods on his farm. Louden
who was a farmer and painter
dressed the walnut and placed the handles and corners on the casket. His
daughter Ruth STEVENS of Hammond lined the casket for him. Its probable cost would have been $700. During the past ten years Louden has kept the casket in his
home where he often displayed it to
visitors. He cared for the walnut
regularly. Louden died Friday following
a short illness caused by Bright’s disease.
Survivors are the widow, two daughters and a son. A number
of people residing in the northwest part of Fulton county attended the Louden funeral services.
Tuesday, June 7, 1932
Mrs.
Harley WYNN, 39, passed away at her home in Kewana at 2:45 o’clock Monday
afternoon following an illness of four weeks duration. Death resulted from a complication of
diseases, followig a major operation.
Mrs. Wynn had been a resident of the Kewanna neighorhood for the past twenty years.
Edna A.
[MARTIN], daugher of Thomas and Epsiban E. MARTIN, was born at Brook, Ind., on
March 17, 1893. On November 28th, 1914,
she was united in marriage to Harley WYNN, the ceremony being performed at
Kentland, Ind. Mrs. Wynn was a member
of the Kewanna Christian Church.
Survivors are the husband, five sons and three daughters, all at home, four brothers, Ernest [MARTIN],
Claudius [MARTIN] and Charles MARTIN, all of
Brook, Ind., Andrew MARTIN of Danville, Ill., and three sisters, Lilly
HANCHER of Valparaiso, Mrs. Rosie DEAN,
of Urbana, Ind., and Mrs. William KOCH, of Kewanna.
Funeral
arrangements were not available at the time this issue of the News-Sentinel
went to press.
Rochester
friends of Mrs. Perry BLACKBURN received news of her death which oiccurred at
her home in Huntington Monday evening.
Mrs. Blackburn was engaged in duties about the yard at her home when she became ill and went
into her home where she passed away in a very
few moments. Death was due to
heart trouble.
The
deceased resided on a farm between Athens and Akron for a number of years and
about 15 years ago was a resident of Rocheter where her husband ws employed by
the Erie R.R. Mrs. Blackburn was
formerly Miss Grace DAUGHERTY. She is
survived by her husband, two daughters and two sons. Funeral arrangements were not given in the brief message
which was sent to this city.
Mrs.
George VanBLARICON, 70, former resident of Rochester, died Tuesday morning at
three o’clock at her home on Ninth Street in Peru. Death was due to heart trouble.
The
deceased was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William ARVEN. Surviving are one sister, Mrs. Henry
VanBLARICON, of California; one daughter, Mrs. Vant MAHONEY, of Peru, and a nephew, Orval ARVEN, of
Liberty Township.
Funeral
arrangements have not been made.
Peru,
June 7. - Mrs. Minnie JONES, 45, widow
of the late Samuel JONES, of Denver, was found dead at her home at 11 o’clock
Monday morning her body suspended from a transom, in an apparently suicidal
attempt. Ill health and despondency
over the recent death of her husband is blamed for the action.
A clothes
line fastened to the door knob and thrown over the transom had been used for
the deed. The body was found by Mrs. Al
MAUS, a neighbor, who investigated when she
failed to receive a response to a call.
Mrs Jones had resided alone since the death of her husbend in February.
She is
survived by a daughter, Mrs. Martin JONES of near Tweve Mile.
The
funeral will be conducted from the Church of the Brethren in Mexico, Wednesday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock and burial will take place in the Green Lawn cemetery.
Wednesday, June 8, 1932
Funeral
services for Mrs. Perry BLACKBURN, who died suddenly at her home in Huntington
Monday evening, will be held Thursday afternoon at two o’clock at the
residence, 333 East Randolph Street in
Huntington. The deceased was a former
resident of Fulton county.
Mrs.
Sarah HISSONG, 80, died at two o’clock Wednesday morning at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Bertha Allertin, one mile east of Lake Maxinkuckee. Death was due to heart trouble and followed
an illness of only an hour.
The
deceased was born on a farm near Lake Maxinkuckee on February 28, 1852 and all
of her life had been spent in that community.
Her husband, Samuel HISSONG, died in 1894. She was a member of the Methodist Protestant Church.
Surviving
are three children, Mrs. Bertha ALLERTIN, and Harry HISSONG, of Lake
Maxinkuckee, and Mrs. Daisy SOUTH, of South Bend; one sister, Mrs. Flora MILES,
of Cabool, Missouri, and two brothers,
Dan MARKS, of Culver, and George MARKS, of Plymouth. Funeral arrangements have not been made.
Thursday, June 9, 1932
Robert
RANNELS, former well known business man of Rochester, dropped dead suddenly at his home in South Bend about two
o’clock Thursday afternoon. He was 51
years of age. While it was known he had been sufferig from
a heart ailment his health had been
good generally and his unexpected death came as a shock to his friends
and relatives. During the morning he had said he felt
unusually well.
He was in
business in Rochester for many years having grown to manhood in this
community. He was the owner of what is
now the Ross Book Store and afterwards he was in the sales department of The Rochester Bridge Company. Since then he had been empoyed in Chicago
and South Bend.
He is survived
by his wife, Mrs. Edna RANNELLS, a son John [RANNELLS] of Chicago, a daughter,
Mrs. Tad BROWN, his mother, Mrs. John BARR, a sister, Mrs. A. L. DENISTON, a
step-sister, Mrs. Harry PAGE, two step-brothers, Earl BARR and Guy BARR, all of Rochester and two step-daughters
of South Bend.
Funeral
arrangements and other details will be given in Friday’s issue of this
newspaper.
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah HISSONG,
who died Wednesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Bertha ALLERTIN, near Lake
Maxinkuckee, will be held Friday afternoon at two o’clock at the Poplar Grove [church]. Rev. WOOTEN will be in charge and burial
will be made in the Poplar Grove cemetery.
Isaac R.
KALEY, 81, retired farmer, died at eleven o’clock Wednesday evening at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Richard FRY, near
Delong. Death was due to heart trouble
and pneumonia and foillowed a three weeks illness.
The
deceased was born near Culver on August 20, 1850 the son of Reuben and Mary
KALEY and was one of a family of ten children.
All of his life had been spent in the community between Delong and Culver. In 1871 he was married to Catherine ZECHIEL,
who died four years ago.
Surviving
are three daughters, Mrs. Clara FRY near Delong, Mrs. Ida AMSTUTZ, of
Mishawaka, and Miss Pearl KALEY, of Newcastle; one son, Simon KALEY, near
Delong; five grandchildren and
eight great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Sarah MEYERS, near Culver; one half-sister, Mrs. John
MARSHALL, of Devils Lake, Wisconsin; four half- brothers, Thomas KALEY,
of Knnsas, Joseph KALEY, St. Joseph, Michigan, John KALEY, Bass Lake and Samuel KALEY, near Culver.
Funeral
services will be held Saurday afternoon at two o’clock at the Zion church near
Culver, with Rev. D. A. KALEY, of South Bend, a cousin of the deceased,
officiating. Burial will be made in the
Zion cemetery.
Friends
and relatives at Leiters Ford have received word of the death of Miss
Louise RICE, 18-year-old daughter of
Mr and Mrs. William RICE, of Blue Island, Illinois. The girl was well known
in Leiters Ford where she had often visited.
Her mother was formerly Betty BRUGH, of Leiters Ford. Funeral services will be held Saturday
afternoon in Blue Island and burial will be made there.
Mrs.
Marie Louise FLYNN, 74, former resident of Rochester, died at 11:30 Thursday
morning at her home 107 East Jackson Street, Plymouth, following a six weeks
illness. Death was due to asthma
and complications.
Marie
Louise [RICHTER], daughter of Mr and Mrs. Frank RICHTER, was born in Fulton
County on January fifth, 1858. I 1876
was married to John Nelson FLYNN, who passed away April first, 1930. All of Mrs. Flynn’s life had been spent in
Fulton County with the
exception of the past 11 years during which time she had lived in
Plymouth. She was a member of the
Presbyterian Church.
Surviving
are one son, Clarence [FLYNN], of Plymouth, a granddaughter, Barbara [FLYNN],
also of Plymouth; two brothers, A T RICHTER, of Plymouth and Fred W. RICHTER, of Niles, Michigan; two sisters,
Mrs. C. E. GLASS, of Detroit, and Mrs. Charles R. SMITH, of Huntington.
Funeral
services will be held Saturday at three o’clock at the Bunell Funeral home in
Plymouth. Rev. F. E. KLINE will be in
charge and burial will be made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery in Rochester.
The body will lie in state at the Bunnell funeral home until the hour
of the funeral.
Friday, June 10, 1932
Funeral
services for Mrs. Lucy A. CONNOR, aged 70, of Macy will be held from the
residence of her daughter, Mrs. Earl LOWE east of Macy at 2 o’clock Saturday
afternoon and burial will take place in
the cemetery at Chili. Mrs. Connor died
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lowe, Wednesday night after a lingering
illness. She was the widow of the late
LeRoy CONNOR. Survivors include two
children, Mrs. LOWE and Mrs. Lon LUCKENBILL, of Akron, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral
services for Robert RANNELLS, who died suddenly at his home in South Bend
Thursday afternoon, will be held at the A. L. DENISTON home, 1310 South Main
Street, on Saturday morning, 10:30 o’clock.
Rev. Harold TURPIN, of the Presbyterian church will officiate.
Burial will be made in I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Saturday, June 11, 1932
Betty
MAHLER, five year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie MAHLER eight miles north
of Leiters Ford, died late Friday afternoon.
Death was due to rheumatic fever and a spnial abcess. The child had been ill for the past two and
one-half weeks.
Surviving
are her parents, a brother and a sister.
The brother is just recovering from a serious illness. Funeral services will be held Sunday
afternoon at two o’clock at the Poplar
Grove church and burial will be made in the adjacent cemetery.
Samuel
HEETER late yesterday rceived a telegram stating that his brother, James
HEETER, aged 61, of St. Louis, Mo., had been killed in an accident in that city
earlier in the day. No details as to how the accident occurred
were contained in the telegram. As the
deceased was a railroad worker, it is thought he may have been killed while
following his occupation. William
Heeter, another brother of the dead man, who lives near Delong, has left for
St. Louis. James Heeter was born on a farm in
Aubbeenaubbee township and was a son of Levi and Susannah HEETER.
He has resided in St. Louis for the past 12 years. Survivors are the widow, ten children, two
brothers, Samuel [HEETER] and William HEETER, and a sister, Mrs. Addie PENDLETON, of near
Delong. Burial will be made in St.
Louis.
Monday, June 13, 1932
Mrs. W.
C. ZARING, who resided at Twenty-third Street and College Avenue in
Indianapolis, died very suddenly Saturday night from a heart attack. She had suffered with heart trouble for
several years. The deceased was the
mother of E. Cooper ZARING. She had
often visited in this city. Mrs. E. C.
Zaring was visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. P. TRUE at the time of her mother-in-law’s
death. She left immediately for
Indianapolis.
Tuesday, June 14, 1932
Mrs.
Earle A. MILLER and Mrs. Frank KUMLER, received word Monday of the death of
their brother, Norman E. BRADY, 62, of Waukegan, Illinois. Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Kumler had been with their brother last week,
returning home Saturday evening.
Another sister, Mrs. Paul S.
EMRICK of Lafayette, Ind., was with him when the end came
Mr. Brady
formerly lived in this county, but moved to Waukegan 40 years ago.
Wednesday, June 15, 1932
William
SCOTT, aged 35, of this city, died at 12:45 p.m. today in a hospital at Wabash
from injuries which he received in an auto accident near that city at 9 o’clock
last night. Death was due to a
fractured skull and loss of blood, the coroner of Wabash county who held his
inquest this afternoon, announced.
Scott
received his injuries when a Ford coupe which he was driving sideswiped a large
truck owned by Ben HENRY and Harry BANKER, of Portland. Ralph CONYERS, of Portland, was the driver of the truck The owners of the vehice were with him at
the time the crash occurred.
Scott was
enroute to Marion accompanied by his wife while the truck was beng driven to
Logansport for a load of merchandise when the crash occurred. While it has not been determined just what caused the
accident, it is believed that Scott either fell asleep or that a tire on the left front wheel blew out, thus
leaving the car unmanageable. A left
front tire on the Scott car was deflated, it was found this morning when the
car was examined.
The
tragedy which caused Scott’s fatal injuries occurred on a curve in State Road
[US] 24, a mile west of Wabash. Scott
was moved to the Wabash hospital in an ambulance. It was found that his left arm was crushed so badly that it was
necessary to amputate the member
midway between the elbow and shoulder.
Scott also suffered a fracure of the skull above the left temple and many bad bruises.
It is
believed Scott received the injuries to his arm because he was resting the same
on the left door after he had lowered the glass. From the first, hospital attaches despaired of saving the life of the injured man because he
had lost so much blood between the time the accident occurred and the time he was brought to the hospital.
Scott was
conscious throughout the morning or until within an hour of the time of his
death. He made a statement at the
hospital this morning in which he stated that he was to blame for the accident in which he was
injured. Wabash officers who made an
investigation of the crash exonerated
the driver of the truck from any responsibility for the accident.
Mrs.
Scott received only a few minor cuts and bruises in the accident. The Ford coupe in which Mr. and Mrs Scott
were riding was practically demolished.
The left side of the car was crushed so badly that evan a portion of the
engine was crumpled as though it were an eggshell.
The
deceased was born in this city where he attended the public schools. After he finished his schooling Scott was
employed in restaurants both here and in Logansport During the last few
years he has been engaged in the advertising game He was a World War veteran.
The body
will be returned to this city for burial.
Survivors are the widow and the mother, Mrs. Martha BLINN, of this
city As the members of Mr. Scott’s
family were in Wabash it was impossible to obtain an obituary. He had been living in an apartment in the
Chamberlain building on East Eighth street.
Thursday, June 16, 1932
Funeral
services for William J. SCOTT, who passed away in the Wabash city hospital
yesterday as a result of injuries received in an auto-truck crash which
occurred near that city Wednesday evening, will be held at the Zimmerman Bros
funeral home, Friday afternoon at 2 o’cock.
Rev. Joseph B. GLEASON will have charge of the services.
The
deceased, who was the son of Marion and Martha SCOTT, was born on a farm near
Athens, on February 10th, 1897.
Practically all of his life had been spent in Rochester and immediate
vicinity, where he was employed as an electrical appliances salesman by
several
local business men. On November 17th, 1930 he was united in marriage to Emma
GULLEY, the ceremony being performed
in this city. Survivors are the widow
and his mother, Mrs. Martha SCOTT.
The Leroy
Shelton Post of the American Legion will be in charge of the funeral rites. Mr. Scott was a World War veteran and a
member of the local Legion post. Burial
will be made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Friday, June 17, 1932
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Monday, June 20, 1932
Mrs.
Lydia Ann ABBOTT, 82, well-known resident of Fulton, died at nine o’clock Sunday evening at the home of her son,
William Abbott, on North Main Street in Fulton. Death was due to heart trouble and followed an illness of only
one day.
The
deceased [Lydia Ann ULCH], was born on October 22, 1850 in Ohio the daughter of
George and Elizabeth ULCH. Forty-seven
years ago she was married to Francis ABBOTT, who died January 20, 1928.
She was a member of the Futon United Brethren Church.
Surviving
are one son, William ABBOTT, of Fulton; two daughters, Mrs. Olive FISHER, of
Delong, and Mrs. Mary SHAFER, of Marion; four step-children, 15 grandchildren and eight
great-grandchildren.
Funeral
services will be held Tuesday morning at 10:30 at the Fulton United Brethren
church Rev. H. W. FRANKLIN will be in
charge and will be assisted by Rev. Ralph NIBARGER. Burial will be made in the Fulton I.O.O.F. cemetery.
John
MAHONEY, 89, retired farmer of Newcastle Township, died Sunday morning at 8:30
at the home of his son, William Mahoney, northest of Rochester. Mr. Mahoney had only been ill since Thursday and death was due to a stroke of
paralysis.
John, son
of Dennis and Mary MAHONEY, was born in Cork, Ireland in 1844 and came to this
country when ony eight years old For a
number of years Mr. Mahoney farmed in
Newcastle township, later retiring and moving to Mentone. Following the death of his wife four years ago he had made his home with
his son.
Surviving
are the one son, William [MAHONEY], two grandchildren, Mrs. Minerva EVERSOLE,
of Tippecanoe, and Dennis MAHONEY of Emporia, Kansas and one great- grandchild,
James MAHONEY, Jr.
Funerl
services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 at the Tippecanoe Church.
Mrs.
Julia CLARK, aged 75, died at the home of her daugher, Mrs. O. P. Cornell, 609
Indiana Avenue, at 8 o’clock Sunday morning
Death was due to hardening of the arteries and followed an illness of
fifteen weeks duration. The deceased
was born at Reading, Penn., on November 10, 1856 She was the daughter of Christian and Katherine MILLER. Mrs. Clark, who was the widow of Charles
CLARK, has been a resident of this city for the past fourteen years. For many years she resided in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Clark was a lifelong member of the
Lutheran Church Survivors ar two sons, Frank C. RUTAN of Rocheter and
Charles SMITH of Fort Wayne,
two daughters, Mrs. George REAM and Mrs. O. P. CORNELL, two sisters and two
brothers. Mrs. Amanda LANE of this city
is a sister. Funeral services will be
conducted from the home of Mrs. Cornell at 2:30 p.m Tuesday with the Rev. W.
J. SCHROER pastor of the Luthern
Church in charge. Interment will be
made at the Citizens Cemetery.
Hammond,
Ind., June 30 (U.P.) - Mr. and Mrs.
DeLon SHOBE of Hammond, were killed instantly today when Shobe drove his auto
into the path of a Chicago-bound Monon passenger train at a crossing near Dyer.
The
couple went after milk for the youngest of their theee children each morning
and often took the children with them.
They were left at home today.
Shobe
drove onto the tracks fom a gravel side road, apparently not seeing the approaching Monon train. The automobile
was reduced to wreckage and hurled 100 feet.
The Shobes were killed outright.
The
family formerly lived in Fulton County.
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The
victims of the early morning tragedy are well known in this city and Akron
where they have a number of relatives.
The husband, who is the son of Dan SHOBE, was born on a farm near Athens and spent his boyhood days
in the vicinity of Akron and Athens.
Mrs. Shobe, nee Valura
ENGLE, of Akron, is survived by her father, John ENGLE of Beaver Dam, two sisters, Mrs. Ralph DAY and Mrs Fred
STEFFEY, both of Akron, and a broher Jack
ENGLE, of Warsaw.
Mrs.
Shobe’s father and brother, Jack, of Warsaw departed early today for Hammond
after receiving word of the accident.
Herb
[SHOBE] and Sam SHOBE, of this city, who are cosins of DeLon Shobe, stated that
there were three small children, the eldest nine and the youngest a baby of a
year made orphans by the
accident.
Up until
press time today no word had been received by local relatives concerning
funeral arrangemets.
Tuesday, June 21, 1932
Funeral
services for Jmes Henry BRUCE, 74, who died Sunday at his hoime near Winamac,
were held Tuesday afternoon at the Evangelical Church near Lake Bruce. Burial was
made in the Pleasant Hill cemetery.
The deceased had spent all of his life in the Winamac and Bruce Lake communities Surviving are one son, James BRUCE and a
broher, Charles [BRUCE], all of
Kewanna.
The
bodies of Mr. and Mrs. DeLon SHOBE of Hammond, who were instantly killed Monday
morning when Mr Shoe drove his automobile into the path of a Chicago bound Monon passenger train at a crossing near
Dyer, will be brought to the home of Mrs. Shobe’s father, John ENGLE, in Beaver
Dam, Wednesday afernoon. They will lie
in state at he Engle home until ten o’clock Thursday morning when funeral
services will be held at the Beaver
Dam Church. Burial will be made
in the Akron I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
DeLon
Shobe is the son of Dan SHOBE, former resident of Fulton County, and is a
nephew of John [SHOBE], Herb [SHOBE] and Sam SHOBE, of Rocheser Mrs. Shobe, before her marriage was Miss
Valura ENGLE, former resident of Akron and Beaver Dam
A number of Rochester relatives and friends
will attend the funeral services
Wesnesday, June 22, 1932
[no obits]
Thursday, June 23, 1932
Wesley
ZECHIEL, today attended the funeral of his brother Jacob [ZECHIEL], who died at
Culver Tuesday. Burial was made in the
Culver Cemetery. The deceased who was
86 years of age was well known in this city.
Friday, June 24, 1932
Mrs. Carl
WARNKE, aged 37, of Logansport, died in a hospital at Logansport yesterday following
an opertion. It was the fifth opertion
Mrs. Wrnke submitted to in the last two years.
Mr. and Mrs. Warnke for sevral years operated a barbeque stand at the
Fulton-Cass county line on Road 25.
Saturday, June 25, 1932
[no obits]
Monday, June 27, 1932
Mrs. Hugh
A. BARNHART, of this city, has received word of the death of her grandmother,
Mrs. Sarah ANSPAUGH, which occurred at her home in Eaton, Ohio. The
deceased was 102 years of age.
Mrs. Barnhart is confined to her home with a sprained ankle and will be
unable to attend the funeral services.
Mrs.
Charles LISTON died Sunday afternoon at three o’cock at her home in
Wapecong. The deceased ws a
sister-in-law of Mrs. James LISTON of this city. Funeral services will be
held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 at the home.
Silver
Lake, June 27. - Injuries received when
thrown from the back of a mule caused the death Saurday of Gerald SHEWMAN, 7,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray SHEWMAN, at the family home four miles southwest of
here The animal kicked the child in the
head after he had fallen to the
ground The lad died a few hours after
being injured, death being due to a fractured skull.
Gerald,
his brother, Russell [SHEWMAN], 10, and their father had hitched the mule and
were going with it to the fields.
Gerald had got on its back for the ride when the animal reared and threw him.
The child
was carried into the house and Dr. W. C. HOSMAN of Akron was called, but
medical attention failed to save his life.
Surviving
besides the parents and brother are three sisters, Ruth [SHEWMAN], Esther
[SHEWMAN] and Edith [SHEWMAN].
Funeral
services were held this afternoon at the Methodist church in Akron, Rev. E. H.
KENNEDY officiating. Burial was made in
the Odd Fellows cemetery at Akron.
Tuesday, June 28, 1932
Dr.
Francis A. SCHOAF, aged 77, prominent physician and citizen of Kokomo for the
past twent years died yesterday afteroon at his cogttage, the “Kickapoo” on the
east shore of Lake Manitou,
following a two week’s illness The
death was attributed to heart trouble.
Dr. Schoaf had been in ill health for the past two years.
The
deceased was the father-in-law of Fred S PURNELL of Attica representative in
Congress from the Ninth District. Dr.
Schoaf passed away as his wife was getting him a glass of water which he had
requested. The body was brought to this
city to a local undetaking parlor It
was later moved to Kokomo.
Dr.
Schoaf who had been a summer residet of Lake Manitou for a number of years was
born in Wallace, Ind., September 17, 1855, and was graduated from Wabash
college. He married Rebecca INLOW in 1881 and began the practice of
medicine in Yeddo, Ind. His first wife, who was the mother of Mrs Purnell,
was killed in a railroad accident at Hillsboro, 22 years ago.
On October
7, 1911, he married Lucille McCARTY, Kokomo, who survives. Other survivors include a daughter, Jane
SCHOAF, 20, a son, Bus SCHOAF, 14; a brother, D. C. SCHOAF of Wallace, and a
sister, Mrs. Hugh McCREARY of Kingman.
A brother, Edgar [SCHOAF], died three weeks ago.
Funeral
arrangements have not been completed, but burial will be in Veedersburg.
Mrs. John
LOWE, 75, prominent resident of Akron, died at 2:30 Monday afternoon at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Tim BAKER, 1118 Main Street in Rochester. Death followed an illness of several months
duration.
Mrs.
Lowe, whose maiden name of Salome LONGENECKER, was born in Miami County on
January 20th, 1857. Her marriage to
John LOWE occurred on October second,
1878. She was a member of the
Akron Methodist Church and a charter member of the Gilead Chapter Number 246,
Order of Eastern Star, later transferring her membership to the Akron chapter.
Surviving
are her husband; one son, Ross LOWE, of Logansport; two daughters, Mrs. Marie
BAKER, of Rochester, and Mrs. Nina STUCKER, of Akron; four grandchildren, Velma
[LOWE], Dean [LOWE] and Tim LOWE, of Logansport, and Jack STUCKER, of Akron.
Funeral
services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 at the resdence in
Akron. Rev. Clyde MILLER will be in
charge and burial will be made in the Gilead cemetery. Mrs. Lowe
was removed to her home in Akron Tuesday morning where she will lie in
state until the hour of the
service.
Wednesday, June 29, 1932
Friends
in this city today received word of the death of Mrs. Cornelius WELCH, aged 79,
former resident of this city which occurred in her home in Long Beach, Cal.,
last Friday. Death was caused by a
complication of diseases. She had been
ill since Christmas. Mrs. Welsh was bor in Mansfield, Ohio and was
the daugher of the late Isiah and Huldah
WALKER. When quite young her
parents moved to this county. The
Walker family home was on the site
of the present Carnegie Library.
Fifty-nine years ago she was married to Mr. Welch. They lived here until 1905 when they moved
to Glendora, Cal., and later to Long
Beach. Mr. and Mrs. Welch have
visited here several times since they moved to California to make their home. Mrs. Welch was a member of the Presbyterian Church and the
Eastern Star
Lodge of this city. Survivors are the husband, daughter, Mrs Margaret BURNSIDES
who lived with her parents, son
Marion [WELCH] of Glendora, Cal., sister Mrs. Sam TERRY of Almeda, Cal., and
four grandchildren. Funeral services
were held Monday at the home in Long Beach followed by burial in Englewood
Cemetery at Long Beach.
William
C. KERN, age 73, passed away at the home of his nephew, George HOTT, at Leiters
Ford Tuesday moring. Mr. Kern suffered
a heart attack and died shorty afterward.
William,
son of Casper and Elizabeth KERN was born in Indianapolis October 25, 1858 and
had been a resident of the Leiters Ford neighborhood for the past two years,
coming here from Indianapolis to
make his home with his nephew. He was a
retired painter and decorator.
Surviving
are one sister of London, England and a nephew, George KERN of Indianapolis. Gus HABICK, a close friend of the family and George HOTT both of
Leiters Ford visited with Mr.
Kern’s sister in London, England three years ago when they were abroad.
Funeral
services will be held Thursday afternoon at two o’clock at the Luckenbill
Chapel in Leiters Ford with Rev. L. P. GREEN officiating. Burial will be made in the Leiters Ford
I.O.O.F. cemetery.
John C.
LUEY, 76, well known farmer residing in Wayne township on the Cass-Fulton
county line north of Lucerne, died at his home yesterday afternoon at 3 o’clock
following a sickness of a few days.
Luey had
undergone a minor operation about two weeks ago and was recovering when he
suffered a hemorrhage from which he failed to rally.
Survivors
include the widow, Mrs. Sarah LUEY; two sons, Russell [LUEY] at home, and
Walter [LUEY] of Grand Mound, Ia.; two daughters, Mrs. Mary VanMETER, South
Bend, Ind., and Mrs. Edna STINEMETZ, city; four grandchildren, Roy [STINEMETZ]
and Harry STINEMETZ and Robert [LUEY] and Charles LUEY.
Funeral
services are to be conducted from the home Thursday at 2 o’clock and from the
Indian Creek Christian church at 2:30 o’clock.
Burial will take place in Indian Creek cemetery.
Thursday, June 30, 1932
An error
was made in Wednesday’s issue in listing the survivors of William C. KERN, 73,
of Leiters Ford. The name of his nephew
living at Leiters Ford is George HOTZ instead of HOTT, and the deceased’s sister
in London is Mrs. Louisa HAASS. Mr. and
Mrs. George KERN, cousins from Indianapolis, attended the services which were
held Thursday afternoon at
the Luckenbill chapel.
Friday, July 1, 1932
Miss
Louise METZLER, talented daughter of Attorney and Mrs. Arthur METZLER, of this
city, passed away at Woodlawn Hospita at 11:50 o’clock Thursday evening. Death
resulted from a nervous colapse which was suffered last Tuesday
morning. Although attending physicians
despaired for her life from the time of the breakdown, Miss Metzler rallied
Tuesday evening and was apparently making a slight gain until a relapse was
suffered Thursday morning and she
gradually grew weaker until the end.
Louise,
daughter of Arthur and Helen METZLER, was born in this city on January
6th,1907. Upon her graduation from the
Rochester High School Miss Metzler entered DePauw
University where she specialized in English,
for a three-year course. She then took
up orchestra work and at the time
of her death was a member of the Bon John Girls orchestra of New York City. Miss Metzler, during a tour of Europe which was completed last
March, suffered an attack of typhoid
fever and since her dismissal from the Hanover Hospital in Germany she had been unable to regain her
health. The deceased was a member of
the Methodist Church and the Tri
Kappa Sorority, of this city. Survivors
are her parents, and a sister, Mrs.
Robert KING, of San Diego, California.
Funeral
services in charge of Rev. T. L. STOVALL, will be held at the Methodist Church,
Sunday afternoon at theee o’clock.
Burial will be made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
T. C.
SLATER, aged 87, familiarly known at Akron as “Daddy” SLATER passed away at his
home in that city at noon yesterday after a several years illness caused by
dropsy. He had been confined to his bed for several
months.
Mr.
Slater’s death leaves but two other Civil War veterans in Henry township. They are Dr. A. A. CASE and Johnathan GINN
both of whom reside in Akron.
Mr. and
Mrs. Slater moved to Akron from Mentone twelve years ago. For a number of years he was the caretaker
at the Exchange Bank in Akron.
The
deceased was born in New York state. He
enlisted in the Union Army from that state Survivors are his wife and an
adopted son, Orley [SLATER] of Plymouth.
Funeral
services will be held from the home in Akron at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon
with the Rev. Clyde MILLER in charge.
Burial will be made in the cemetery at Akron.
Friends
in this city today received word of the death of Dr. L. A. STEPHENSON, aged 87,
well known resident and dentist of Wabash which occurred at his hoime in that
city at 2:15 o’clock Thursday afternoon.
Death was caused by pneumonia.
At his bedside were his wife and his brother Rome STEPHENSON of South
Bend, a former resident of this city, Mrs R. C. STEPHENSON and Mrs. Lalla
LAYMAN of Kokomo a niece. Dr.
Stephenson who was a veteran of the Civil War had often visited in this city. The funeral services are to be held in
Wabash Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock.
Saturday, July 2, 1932
John
DAMAS received a long distance telephone call at noon today telling of the
death of his step=father Henry POEHLS which occurred at Algoma, Wisconsin. Death was due to a heart attack. He had
been ill for the past three weeks. Mrs.
Poehls died just a year ago today.
Mr. Damas will go to Algoma for the funeral.
Tuesday, July 5, 1932
Mrs. Mary
Ann WALSH, aged 71 passed away at her farm home five miles southwest of Kewanna
Saturday evening at 9:45 o’clock, death resulting from a complication of
diseases after an illness of three
days’ duration.
The
deceased who was born in Ireland on Sept. 27, 1861, came to this country when
quite a young girl and upon reaching womanhood she was united in marriage to
James WALSH. Mrs. Walsh had been a
resident of the Kewanna neighborhood for practically all of her life. She was a member of the St. Ann’s
Church, of Kewanna. Surviving are a
son, Kerry WALSH, of Kewanna, a
daughter, Mrs. Mary WARE, of Kewanna, two sisters, Della O’CONNER, of Winamac,
Mrs. Joan ODDRESS of Monticello and two brothers, Tom
O’CONNER, of Chicago, and Van O’CONNER, of
North Vernon, Ind.