OBITUARIES
1987
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The Rochester Sentinel
1987
Friday, January 2, 1987
Charles W. Cole
Charles
William COLE, 64, Rt. 1, Roann, died at his home Thursday afternoon.
He
was born Nov. 20, 1922 in Townsend,Wis., to Alex and Sylvia GREWELL COLE. He spent most of his life in the Roann
area. He was a retired TV technician,
having worked for Shoemaker TV, Roann.
He also was a groundskeeper at Highland Hills Golf Course. A member and past commander of the Roann
American Legion, he served on the destroyer, USS McNair, during World War II.
Surviving
are five sons, Michael [COLE], Wabash; Roger [COLE], Highland; Keith [COLE],
Punta Gorda, Fla.; Chris [COLE], Roann, and Charles [COLE] Jr., Nashville,
Tenn.; A daughter, Debbie COLE, Munster; four sisters, Mrs. Robert (Alice)
KEIM, Kalamazoo, Mich.; Mrs. Fred (Mary) LONG, Rochester; Mrs. William
(Rosanna) ROSS, Oakland City, and Mrs. Charles (Sinda) EASTERDAY, Francisco;
three brothers, James [COLE], Oakland City; Francis [COLE], Peru, and Jerry
[COLE], Marion, and six grandchildren.
A brother preceded in death.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Home, Roann, with
the Rev. Lowell BURRUS officiating.
Burial will be in the Roann I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday.
Alice M. Turnipseed
Alice
Mae TURNIPSEED, 55, Macy, died at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Carmel Care
Center, Carmel. She had been ill for
several months.
She
was born Jan. 20, 1931 in Kewanna to George and Geraldine KEENEY ANDERSON. She had lived in Macy 27 years, moving there
from Kewanna. On April 17, 1960 in
Kewanna she married Dean E. TURNIPSEED, who died May 28, 1986. She was a self-employed tax accountant, and
a member of the Macy Mothers Club and the Indiana Society of Public
Accountants.
Surviving
are a daugher, Deana TURNIPSEED, Indianapolis; a son and daughter-in-law,
Timothy and Lauran [TURNIPSEED[, Macy, and two brothers, William [ANDERSON],
Hartford City, and David [ANDERSON], Royal Center.
Services
will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. Lowell BURRUS officiating.
The family will receive friends from 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Plainview Cemetery,
Macy. Memorials may be made to the
Cancer Society.
Ellis C. Powell
Ellis
C. POWELL, 87, Rt. 2, Macy, died at 6:09 p.m. Wednesday at Woodlawn Hospital
where he had been a patient for six days.
He
was born Oct. 8, 1899 in Macy to Elbert and Mary LEFFEL POWELL. He had lived all his life in the Macy
community. On June 23, 1928 in South
Eastern he married Esther P. ZARTMAN, who died Nov. 1, 1985. He was a retired school principal and
mathematics teacher, having taught school for 49 years in Fulton, Marshall,
Starke and Miami counties. He retired in
1969. He was a member of the Macy
United Methodist Church, the National Retired Teachers Association and the
Indiana State Teachers Association.
Surviving
are two daughters, Anita POWELL, at home, and Mrs. John (Carol) HURST, Mentone;
two sisters, Miriam ZARTMAN, Beloit, Wis., and Mrs. Luther (Mary) WEAR,
Lagrange.
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Macy United Methodist Church with the Rev.
Katharine LEHMAN officiating. Burial
will be in the Plainview Cemetery, Macy.
Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. today and 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the
Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester, and at the church Saturday for an
hour before services. Memorials may be
made to the Macy United Methodist Church.
LaVerne Smiley
LaVerne
SMILEY, 90, Canterbury Manor Nursing Home, died at 10 p.m. Thursday at
Canterbury Manor.
He
was born June 3, 1896 in Milford, Ill., to Milton and Annis THOMAS SMILEY. He had lived most of his life in Rochester
and California. On Oct. 5, 1918 in
Rochester he married Ethel KING, who survives.
He was a retired farmer.
Surviving
are two daughters, Margaret VanderHEYDEN, South Bend, and Mrs. Duane (Carole)
FLORIAN, Walkerton; five sons, Julius “Sam” [SMILEY], Tippecanoe; Richard
[SMILEY], Argos; Paul [SMILEY], Rochester; Kenneth [SMILEY], Logansport, and
Jimmy [SMILEY], St. Joe, Mich.; twenty-six grandchildren; twenty-nine
great-grandchildren; a great-great-granddaughter; a sister, Jewell JOHNSTON,
San Diego, Calif., and a brother, Russell [SMILEY], Rochester. He was preceded in death by two sisters,
Dorothy and Gladys [SMILEY], and three brothers, Earl, Glen and Frank [SMILEY].
Services
will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. Donald MAUGHAN officiating.
Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home
Saturday for two hours before services.
Sam W. Woodard
Sam
William WOODARD, 64, of 1106 Tomahawk Blvd., Kokomo, died at 8:05 a.m.
Wednesday at the Howard Community Hospital, Kokomo.
A
former resident of Rochester, he was born May 26, 1922, in Huntsville, Ala., to
Loddie and Lula FERREL WOODARD. He was
married in 1955 to Beverly HUNTER, who survives. He retired from Continental Steel, Kokomo, in 1982.
Survivors
also include four daughters, Jeanette RIGGS, Homosassa, Fla.; Sandra RODRIQUEZ,
Van Nuys, Calif.; Deanna GRAHAM, Cincinnati, and Loretta JAENICKE, Greentown; a
son, Kevin [WOODARD], Indianapolis; eleven grandchildren; two brothers, Thomas
[WOODARD], Phoenix City, Ala., and John [WOODARD], Chattanooga, Tenn.
Services
will be at 3 p.m. Saturday in the Indian Heights Grace Brethren Church with the
Rev. Gerald KELLEY officiating.
Entombment will be in Sunset Memory Gardens Mausoleum, Kokomo.
Frieds
may call at the Ellers Chapel in Kokomo from 3 to 5 and 6 to 9 p.m. today and
at the church Saturday for an hour before services.
Saturday, January 3, 1987
Mitch Keller
Mitch
KELLER, 660 Connecticut, San Francisco, Calif., 94107, and former Texas
resident, died Tuesday morning of a heart attack.
He
and Ann GADY, a former Rochester resident who has lived in San Francisco the
last 18 years, were married in San Francisco on Sunday. He was a telecommunications systems designer
for a private company.
Surviving
with the wife are the mother-in-law, Virginia GADY KLANN, Rochester; three
brothers-in-law, Joe GADY, Rochester, and Rich and Dave GADY, Cape Cod, Mass.,
and nieces and nephews.
Memorial
services were to be held in San Francisco today, with burial in Texas on
Sunday.
Monday, January 5, 1987
William R. Weiland
William
R. WEILAND, 78, Rt. 1, 17 B Road, Tippecanoe, died at 4 a.m. today in the
Mayflower Nursing Home, Plymouth, following a lengthy illness.
He
was born Feb. 6, 1908 in St. Joseph County to Ernest and Ida GOLDT
WEILAND. He moved to Tippecanoe from
South Bend in 1945. He was retired from
farming and the Uniroyal Corporation, Mishawaka.
Surviving
are several nieces and nephews.
There
will be no visitation. Burial and
memorial services will be at a later date.
Arrangements are being handled by the Grossman Funeral Home, Argos.
Vida G. Fish
Vida
G. FISH, 95, Meadow-Vista, Calif., formerly of Talma, died at 1:30 a.m. (4:30 a.m. EST) Friday in Auburn Faith
Hospital, Auburn, Calif.
She
was born June 10, 1891 at Talma to Alva and Deliah DAVIS COPLEN. She also had resided in Arizona and
Michigan. In 1910 in Fulton County she
married Esthel R. FISH, who died in 1965.
She attended the Talma United Methodist Church.
Surviving
are two daughters, Mrs. Thomas (Mary) HUMBARGER, Tucson, Ariz., and Mrs. Lawson
(Winifred) BARRET, Douglas, Ariz.; two sons, Charles W. [FISH], Meadow-Vista,
and Herbert C. [FISH], LaBelle, Fla.; eighteen grandchildren; eighteen
great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; and a brother, Artimus
“Bill” COPLEN, Talma. Preceding in
death were two sons, Donivan and James [FISH]; four sisters, including Olive
WENGER, and a brother, George W. [COPLEN].
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. Les TAYLOR officiating.
Burial will be Reichter Cemetery, Rochester. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today, and Tuesday
from 9 a.m. until services.
Archie J. Marriott
Archie
J. MARRIOTT, 73, of 326 Oxford Drive, Arcadia, Calif., formerly of Rochester,
died at 1 a.m. (4 a.m. EST) Saturday in a Los Angeles Hospital. He had been in failing health since May.
He
was born July 24, 1913 near Argos to Frank and Minnie COOVERT MARRIOTT. He had resided in California since
1946. On Nov. 11, 1957 in Las Vegas,
Nev., he married Dorothy MASTEN, who survives.
He graduated from Rochester High School and Southwestern Law School, Los
Angeles. He had been vice president and
general manager of Security Title Co., Los Angeles, and vice president of
Chicago Title Co., Chicago, prior to retirement. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in the Packfic
Theatre. He was a member of the Masonic
Lodge, Arcadia; Scottish Rite Lodge, South Bend; Al Malaikh Shrine Temple, Los
Angeles; San Gabriel Valley Shrine Club, Arcadia Kiwanis Club (a past-president),
and the Church of the Good Shepard.
Surviving
with the wife are two sons, Scott and Richard [MARRIOTT], both at home; two
sisters, Mrs. Ross (Orpha) BLACKETOR, Rochester, and Mrs. Bessie NAFE, South
Bend, and nieces and nephews. Three
brothers, Marion, Loren and Virgil [MARRIOTT], preceded in death.
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. Russell WILBUR officiating.
Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 6 p.m. Wednesday,
and on Thursday from 9 a.m. until services.
Tuesday, January 6, 1987
Archie J. Marriott
The
calling hours for Archie MARRIOTT are from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Foster
& Good Funeral Home, Rochester, not 2 to 6 p.m. as printed Monday.
William P. Snyder
William
P. SNYDER, 44, San Francisco, Calif., died at 12:30 p.m. Friday in the Franklin
Hospital. He had been ill for one year
with cancer.
He
was born Jan. 30, 1942 in Nappanee to Bus and Isabel HAIMBAUGH SNYDER. He had lived in California for 15 years,
after moving from Hobart. He worked for
Transamerican Occidental Life Insurance Company, San Francisco.
Surviving
with the parents, Bus, Logansport, and Isabel, Rochester, are two sons, Greg
[SNYDER], Arkansas, and Jeff [SNYDER], Tennessee; a sister, Karen KENNIGER,
Valparaiso, and a nephew, Don DUSICH, Tempe, Ariz.
Cremation
took place in California.
G. Raymond Burkett
G.
Raymond BURKETT, 78, Spooner, Wis., died at 10:40 a.m. Monday at Parkview
Hospital, Fort Wayne, where he had bee a patient for two weeks. Formerly of the Athens commnity, he had
moved to Spooner in 1959.
He
was born Nov. 9, 1908 in Chicago to Roscoe and Orpha ROWE BURKETT. On Dec. 31, 1928 in Peoria, Ill., he married
Ann SISSEL, who survives. He was a
retired farmer and owner of a wholesale bait business in Wisconsin. He was a former Sunday School teacher and
member of the Athens United Methodist Church, member and past president of the
Famous Akron Jonah Club, and former member of the board of directors of the
Fulton County REMC.
Surviving
with the wife are two daughters, Mrs. Tad (Patricia) HENDERSON, Spencerville,
and Mrs. Larry (Juanita) KUHN, Leo; a son, Robert [BURKETT], Benton Harbor,
Mich.; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Jack
(Ferol) HAMMOND, North Manchester, and Mrs. Bud (Jean) GATES, Fulton, and a
brother, Norman [BURKETT], Tippecanoe.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Orville [BURKETT], and a sister.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. Wayne JOHNSON officiating.
Burial will be in the Athens Cenmetery.
Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, and Thursday from 9 a.m.
until services.
Irene McGee
Irene
McGEE, 76, 1224 Rochester Blvd., died at 3 p.m. Monday at her residence.
She
was born Feb. 6, 1910 in Richland Township to Charles and Ellen Mae HASSENPLUG
SANDERS. She had lived all of her life
in Fulton County. On July 12, 1930 in
Rochester she married Clifford McGEE, who survives. She was a member of the Whippoorwill Community Church.
Surviving
with the husband are a daughter, Mrs. Richard (Aletha) RANSTEAD, Rochester; a
son, Charles F. [McGEE], Elk Grove, Ill.; three grandchildren, Karen, David and
Richard RANSTEAD, Rochester; three great-grandchildren, Karissa, Aaron and
Staci RANSTEAD, Rochester; a sister, Mrs. James (Delta) BLANTON, Coldwater,
Mich.; three brothers, Carl SANDERS, Pensacola, Fla., the Rev. Lloyd SANDERS, Centre,
Ala., and Jay SANDERS, Rochester, and several nieces and nephews.
Services
will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. C. J. MOWRER officiating.
Burial will be in the Richland Center I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Wednesday.
Helen M. Lawson
Helen
M. LAWSON, 88, former resident of Leiters Ford, died at 10:50 p.m. Monday at
Canterbury Manor Nursing Home, Rochester, where she had resided for the past
five years.
Arrangements
are pending at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Wednesday, January 7, 1987
Ethel L. Blacketor
Ethel
Lorraine BLACKETOR, 71, Four Seasons Mobile Home Estates, died unexpectedly at
9:30 p.m. Tuesday at Woodlawn Hospital following an apparent heart attack.
She
was born July 31, 1915 in Rochester’s Ebenezer neighborhood to Seymour and Anna
WOLF BLACKETOR. She was a graduate of
Rochester High School and a lifetime resident of this ciy.
Retired
as a sales clerk and a Fulton County Library staff member, Miss Blacketor had
been an extremely active member of this community. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, where she was a
deaconess, assistant church school superintendent, church librarian and a
member of the Board of Christian Education.
She was a 30-year member of the Easter Seal Society, serving as
president for 23 years and also as secretary and vice presedent. She was a member of RSVP and was its
volunteer of the year in 1982-83; a member of the Council on Aging, delivering
meals to the homebound beginning in the fall of 1980, and a member of the board
of the Fulton County United Ministries, having served as its secretary, as
secretary of its Christmas Basket program, and secretary of its task force on
mental health.
She
also was a member of the Fulton County Historical Society, Prill School Museum
Association and Rochester Woman’s Club.
She also had been a Red Cross Grey Lady and a volunteer in the Woodlawn
Hospial gift shop.
Surviving
are three sisters, Mrs. Glen (Deloris) McGREW, Fulton; Mrs. Paul (Bonnie)
DAVIS, Aurora, Ill., ad Mrs. Cecil (Bernice) RHODES, Athens; and a brother,
Hugh Robert [BLACKETOR], Medford, Ore.
Two brothers, Merle and Otto [BLACKETOR], and two sisters, Anita WHEADON
and Mary Marie BLACKETOR, preceded in death.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. Donald MAUGHAN officiating.
Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Thursday,
and on Friday from 9 a.m. until services.
Memorials
may be made to the Mini Bus Program or Easter Seal Society.
Ethel Smiley
Ethel
KING SMILEY, 88, a former resident of Argos, died at Miller’s Merry Manor
Nursing Home, Plymouth, at 4:35 p.m. Tuesday.
Arrangements
are pending at Grossman Funeral Home, Argos.
Dean Johnson
Dean
JOHNSON, 11669 19th Road, Argos, died at 3:18 a.m. today at Holy Cross Parkview
Hospital, Plymouth, shortly after admittance.
Arrangements
are pending at the Grossman Funeral Home, Argos.
Helen M. Lawson
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
for Helen LAWSON, 88, former resident of Leiters Fod. She died at 10:50 p.m. Monday at Canterbury Manor Nursing Home where
she had been a resident for five years.
The
Rev. Robert HANSEN will officiate.
Burial will be in the Leiters Ford I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Thursday,
and on Friday from 9 a.m. until services.
Mrs.
Lawson was born June 18, 1898 in Leiters Ford to John and Ellen WAGONER
VanKIRK. She had lived all of her life
in the Leiters Ford community. On Sept.
20, 1920 in Leiters Ford she married Earl James LAWSON, who died April 13,
1972. She was a member of the Leiters
Ford United Methodist Church.
Surviving
are two daughters, Mrs. Robert (Rosalie) LANCASTER and Eloise LAWSON, both of
Rt. 4, Rochester; two sons, Albert [LAWSON], Chicago, and John [LAWSON],
Tacoma, Wash.; eight grandchildren, and eleven great-grandchildren. Preceding in death were a grandson, Greg
LANCASTER, in 1973; a sister, Carrietta CASTLEMAN, and two brothers, George and
Albert [VanKIRK].
Thursday, January 8, 1987
Ethel Smiley
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Friday in the Arogs Congregational Christian Church for Ethel
“Pinky” SMILEY, 88, Miller’s Merry Manor Nursing Home, Plymouth, formerly of
Argos, who died at 4:35 p.m. Tuesday.
She
was born Oct. 1, 1898 in Greensburg to William and Rosie KING. She had lived most of her life in Marshall
and Fulton counties. On Oct. 4, 1918 in
Rochester she married Vern SMILEY, who died Jan. 1, 1987. She formerly worked in the dietary
department of the Talma School system, and attended the Argos Congregational
Christian Church.
Surviving
are two daughters, Margaret VanderHEYDEN, South Bend, and Caroll FLORIAN,
Walkerton; five sons, Julius “Sam” SMILEY, Tippecanoe; Richard [SMILEY], Argos;
Paul [SMILEY], Rochester, Kenneth [SMILEY], Logansport, and Jimmy [SMILEY], St.
Joseph, Mich.; twenty-six grandchildren; twenty-nine great-grandchildren, and a
great-great-grandson.
The
Rev. Ray HALTERMAN will officiate.
Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call at the Grossman Funeral
Home, Argos, from 7 to 9 p.m. today.
Ruth P. Metzger
Ruth
P. METZGER, 85, of 112 W. South St., Argos, died at 12:52 a.m. today in
Woodlawn Hospital.
She
was born June 8, 1901 in Ohio to Charles and Eva DABUS JENKINS. She moved o Argos in 1935 from Laketon. On Aug. 11, 1923 in St. Joseph, Mich., she
married George METZGER, who died Dec. 30, 1971. She was a member of the Argos United Methodist Church.
Surviving
are two sons, Gene [METZGER], Colorado springs, Colo., and Jack [METZGER],
Argos; fifteen grandchildren; seventeen great-grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs.
Clara MATSON, Pickaway, Ohio.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Satuday at the Grossman Funeral Home, Argos, with he Rev.
Jack RHOADES officiating. Burial will
be in the New Oak Hill Cemetery, Plymouth.
Friends may call from 3 to 9 p.m. Friday.
Memorials
may be made to the Argos EMS.
Dean M. Johnson
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Grossman Funeral Home, Argos, for Dean M.
JOHNSON, 65, of 11669 19th Road, Argos, who died at 3:18 a.m. Wednesday at Holy
Cross Parkview Hospital, Plymouth, shortly after admittance.
He
was born Dec. 4, 1921 in Egeland, N.D., to Glenn and Martha HALLER
JOHNSON. He had lived most of his life
in the Argos community. On Nov. 2, 1941
in Marshall County he married Marjorie COWEN, who survives. He was a retired carpenter and farmer, and attended
the Poplar Grove United Methodist Church.
Surviving
with the wife are two daughters, Mrs. Jerry (Beverly) GATES, Argos, and Mrs.
Tim (Barbara) HACKETT, Tippecanoe; two sons, Dennis [JOHNSON], Argos, and Randy
[JOHNSON], Plymouth; ten grandchildren, and two brothers, Wilbur “Duz” and Paul
[JOHNSON], both of Rochester. A brother
and three sisters preceded in death.
The
Rev. Robert HANSEN and the Rev. Keith SMITLEY will officiate. Burial will be in the Poplar Grove Cemetery,
Culver. Friends may call at the
Grossman Funeral Home, Argos, from 3 to 9 p.m. Friday.
Memorials
may be made to the Argos EMS or Argos Little League.
Friday, January 9, 1987
1st Lt. Daniel E. Williams
A
jet fighter plane slammed into a muck field and flashed into a fireball at 3:42
p.m. Thursday near Fulton, killing Air Force pilot 1st Lt. Daniel Ellis
WILLIAMS, 24, Jackson, Tenn.
Williams,
an acive duty flier assigned to the Grissom Air Force Base 434th Tactical
Fighter Wing, a reserve unit, was engaged to marry Kaye F. COOKSEY,
Chicago. He had been a Grissom since
April, 1986.
“The
muck and fire just flew,” said witness Lyman KING, who was spreading manure
nearby when the crash occurred. He had
just stopped to watch three fighters practice, as they often do in the skies
above his hog and dairy farm half a mile west of Indiana 25 and a mile south of
Fulton.
The
plane was an A-10 Thunderolt II, a single-pilot, twin engine fighter designed
to kill enemy tanks.
“We
don’t know what caused the accident,” said Grissom Air Force Base spokesman
Master Sgt. Dayton P. STRICKLAND shortly after the crash.
A
lonely A-10 circled the crash site until dark, hoping to find a trace of the
pilot, who was not identified until this morning. Grissom response crews arrived shortly before 5 p.m. They immediately secured the site and began
looking for classified matter and explosives carried on board.
Officials
would not describe the classified material, but said the explosives included
practice ammunition and the ejection seat charges, designed to push the pilot
from the airplane.
Sentinel
Motor route driver Mick COX also had just paused fom his work to watch the
planes when the crash occurrd.
“You
know how those old biplanes do the loop?
Well, he did the loop and he just ran out of room,” Cox said. “I watched him go down. I watched him go down. I never sen him (parachute).
“I’d
say it was 45 or more degrees, that he just slammed into the ground. He flew right into the ground. He didn’t scrimp or scrape or nothing. I don’t know if the control jammed or what,
but I think he was just too low.”
King’s
wife Helen watched from near her back door, about a quarter-mile norheast of
the
crash
site. She said, “One was a lot lower
than the others. I thought it was going
to hit our barn.”
Barbara
and Larry RENTSCHLER, who live about a half-mile from the crash site, also are
used to seeing the planes flying overhead.
“I
saw three going ove the house,” Mrs. Rentschler said. “Then there were two.”
The
couple said they heard a boom, and thought it may have been a jet breaking the
sound barrier.
“We
never thought it crashed. When I saw
the smoke, I knew” something had gone wrong, Mrs. Rentschler said.
Rentschler,
a constuction worker, said the two other jets that had been flying with the other
plane circled until the Air Force Arrived.
“We
found a piece in our yard,” about the size of a small plate, Mrs. Rentschler
said.
The
A-10s were on a routine training mission when the crash occurred. The fighters often practice maneuvers in the
area, which is about 25 miles north of Grissom.
Gunnery
practice sessions are typically at Camp Atterbury and Jefferson Proving Grounds
in the southern part of the state, said A-10 pilot Maj. Charlie STENNER.
The
camoflauge-colored plane went down just south of County Road 900 South, making
a rut in the rich black muck estimated by a Fulton fireman to be about 10 feet
deep, by 40 feet long and 40 feet wide.
An
explosive specialist team from Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska is at the
crash site, as was a crew fom Ft. Benjamin Harrison near Indianapolis.
Information
from the site will be forwarded to the Air Force Investigation and Safety
Center at Norton A.F.B. Norton
officials should announce findings about the cause of the crash in about 30
days, accoding to Grissom officials.
Mrs.
King watched the crash with her 13-year-old granddaughter and her
schoolmate. “There was one big ball of
fire just all at once,” she said.
She
saw no parachute.
Mrs
King rushed inside her home, called the Fulton-Liberty Township Fire Department
and state police. “I figured there
wasn’t anything I could do beyond that,” she said.
Firemen
found a charred and melted remains of the parachute, apparently unpacked.
King
drove his tractor and manure spreader back to his house and then drove his
truck to the fire. Three or four other
people who had seen the explosion from Indiana 25 had already driven
there. “Something malfunctioned, I
bet,” he said.
In
March, the Kings will have lived on their Holstein dairy farm on County Road
200 West, just north of County Road 900 South, for 42 years.
“We
have always feared something like this might happen,” Mrs. King said.
About
30 years ago, Mrs. King said, a propeller-driven plane from Grissom landed in
the field on the east side of their home. “He
was lost,” Lyman King said. “He just
landed the plance, walked over to the house and asked if he could use the phone
to call the base.”
“They
came and got him: Lyman King said.
The
fatality is a reminder of the risk involved in military life, Master Sgt.
Strickland said.
“The
flight surgeon said there was no way he (the pilot) could live,” Strickland
said, from the scene Thursday night.
They
believe he’s in the ground, and there’s no way he could have survived,” he
said.
“Traditionally,
there is a memorial service, usually within a week,” Strickland said.
“Base
people feel a loss, a grief,” he said.
“It’s part of military life.
It’s a part of defending your country..
It’s a reminder that even though we’re in peacetime, due to the nature
of our business it’s risky. “The
training mst go on,” he said.
Hudson D. Smith
Hudson
D. SMITH, 71, of 2722 Riviera Dr., Titusville, Fla., formerly of the Akron
area, died unexpectedly at 2:25 p.m. Thursday at the Jess Parrish Hospital,
Titusville, where he had been a patient since Sunday. He had been in failing health for six months.
He
was born Dec. 5, 1915 in Akron to Henry and Tressie UTTER SMITH. He lived most of his life in the Akron
area. He moved to Titusville 16 years
ago.
On
Dec. 18, 1936 in Rochester he married Iness GOOD, who survives. He was a retired apartment manager and
former officer and member of the Full Gospel Businessmen’s Association.
Surviving
with the wife are three daughters, Charlotte OVERFIELD, Sharpesville, Fla.,
and Carol E. DIELMAN and Sonia D.
FILLYAW, both of Titusville; a son, Gary L. [SMITH], Akron; twelve
grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Boyd (Edith)
POWELL, Akron.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester, with
the Rev. James MALBONE officiating.
Burial will be in the Akron Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, and on Sunday
from 9 a.m. until services.
Saturday, January 10, 1987
Hudson D. Smith
Calling
and services for Hudson D. SMITH, 71, Titusville, Fla., will be at the Foster
& Good Funeral Home in Akron, rather than in Rochester as reported Friday.
Friends
may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today, and on Sunday from 9 a.m. until
services. Services will be at 2 p.m.
Sunday.
Also,
the funeral home was misinformed of the address of a surviving daughter. Charlotte OVERFIELD lives in Kokomo, not
Sharpsville, Fla.
Mr.
Smith, formerly of the Akron area, died unexpectedly Thursday afternoon at the
Jess Parrish Hospital, Titusville.
Monday, January 12, 1987
Roy Yarian
Roy
YARIAN, 83, Miller’s Merry Manor, Peru, formerly of Mexico, died at 9:41 a.m.
Sunday in the Dukes Memorial Hospital emergency room.
He
was born Jan. 4, 1904 in Miami County to Wilson and Ellen FOUTS YARIAN. On Dec. 24, 1927 in Gilead he married
Margaret Elizabeth DAWALD, who died Dec. 15, 1986. He was a retired farmer in the Gilead area and a member of the
Denver United Methodist Church.
Surviving
is the foster family, The Rev. Dr. Daniel and Christena BIGGS, Brazil, Ind.,
and two foster grandchildren, Joseph Roy and Shannon Mar BIGGS, Brazil; a
brother, George [YARIAN], Fort Wayne, and a sister, Mary SAUSERMAN, Roann.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the McCain Funerl Home with the Rev. Richard
BENNETT officiating. Burial will be in
the Greenlawn Cemetery, Mexico. Friends
may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Peter S. Shafer
Peter
S. SHAFER, 44, Lake Manitou, died at 1:30 a.m. this morning at his
residence. He had been in ill health
for 10 years.
He
was born Aug. 14, 1942 in Rochester to David W. and Elizabeth “Betty” YOUNG
SHAFER. He was a lifetime resident of
Rochester, except for eight years in California. On Aug. 9, 1961 in Bakersfield, Calif., he married Penni L.
ZILHAVER, who survives.
He
was owner and operator, with his son Michael, of the Fun Services games
business. He was active in the Fulton
County Players amateur theater group as an actor and director, and also was
active in the Rochester Little League program.
He was president of the Little League Umpires Association at the time of
his death.
A
former Fulton County probation officer, Mr. Shafer had been active in local
politics, and had been the announcer for Rochester High School basketball games
since 1969 and of RHS football games since 1974.
Surviving
with the wife are four sons, Michael, Mark, Dan and Rob [SHAFER], all of
Rochester; five grandchildren; the mother, Betty SHAFER, Rochester; the maternal
grandmother, Lois MUDGETT, Rochester; an aunt, Betty STRAUSS, Pasadena, Calif.,
and an uncle, John SHAFER, Prescott, Ariz.
He was preceded in death by his father, David, on Oct. 15, 1981; an
infant brother, Michael [SHAFER], and an uncle.
Memorial
services will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the New Life Church in the
Rochester Civic Center with the Rev. Brian TAMMANY officiating. There will be no visitation. Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F.
Cemetery following cremation.
Memorials
may be made to the Rocheser Little League or the New Life Church Building Fund
through the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Rochester, which is handling
arrangements.
Timothy J. Wildermuth
Private
services were held this morning at the Harrison Funeral Home, Akron, for
Timothy J. WILDERMUTH, 39, Albuquerque.
He
was born Oct. 14, 1947 to Hugh and Annetta MARSH WILDERMUTH, who survive. He was a graduate of North Miami High School
and attended Anderson College and Purdue University. He had worked in construction in West Virginia, and recently had
done finishing work for museums and office buildings in Albuquerque.
Surviving
with the parents, of Akron, are three sisters, Mrs. Keith (Wanda) SMITH,
Frankfort; Mrs. Jerry (Anne) McKIMMY, Decatur, Mich., and Mrs. Charles
(Virginia) BATES, West Virginia, and nieces and nephews.
The
Revs. James MALBONE and Terry CANFIELD officiated. Burial was in he Akron Cemetery.
Memorials
may be made to the library of the Akron Church of God.
Tuesday, January 13, 1987
Ruth Rogers
Ruth
ROGERS, 91, of 925 South Union St., Warsaw, died at 1:55 p.m. Monday at the
Prairie View Nursing Home, Warsaw.
She
was born Aug. 18, 1895 in Metea to Mr. and Mrs. Charles PETERSON. She moved to Warsaw from Rochester two years
ago. On Sept. 15, 1943 in Plymouth she
married Raymond ROGERS, who survives.
As a young woman she had owned and operated a beauty shop in
Indianapolis. She was a member of the
First Baptist Church, Warsaw.
Surviving
with the husband are two daughters, Mrs. Merle (Nora Ella) LONG,
Jeffersonville, and Mrs. Robert (Rhea) DILLMAN, Tucson, Ariz.; two sons, James
[ROGERS], Mentone, and the Rev. Francis ROGERS, Springfield, Ohio; a sister,
Mary LONG, Warsaw; fourteen grandchildren, and eighteen great-grandchildren. A daughter preceded in death.
Services
will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the King Memorial Home, Mentone, with the
Rev. Ken MARKEN officiating. Burial
will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Friends may call after 4 p.m. today, and on Wednesday until services.
Robert M. Ensign
Robert
M. ENSIGN, 93, Rt. 3, Rochester, died at 8:05 p.m. Monday at Woodlawn
Hospital. He was admotted on Jan.
4. He had been ill only a few days.
He
was born Sept. 28, 1893 in Long Point, Ill., to John Henry and Jessie F. LAMP
ENSIGN. He had lived in Rocheser 43
years, coming from Willow Springs, Ill.
On Nov. 26, 1924 in Worthington, Minn., he married Grace F. ADKINS, who
survives. He was a retired millwright,
a member of AARP, the John Birch Society and the First Christian Church.
Surviving
with the wife are a daughter, Mrs. Herbert (Gloria) BALLENGER, Rochester; a son
John[ [ENSIGN], Peru; four grandchildren, Gregory and Todd ENSIGN, Peru; Mrs.
Dennis (Krystal K.) SMITH, Kewanna, and Kenton K. BALLENGER, St. Louis; two
great-grandchildren, and a sister, Millie BROWN, California. He was preceded in death by two sisters and
a brother.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. Teal YOUNCE officiating.
Burial will be in the Mt. Hope Cemetery, Athens. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday
and on Thursday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Memorials may be made to the Senior Citizens Minibus Fund.
Wednesday, January 14, 1987
Florence Eizinger
Florence
EIZINGER, 94, formerly of 1026 Jackson Blvd., died at 9:35 a.m. today at
Centerbury Manor Nursing Home where she had lived for nine years.
She
was born Oct. 29, 1892 in Warsaw to Edward and Augusta LINN KNEPPER. She came to Rochester in 1964 from
Mentone. On Jan. 19, 1915 in Tippecanoe
she married G. Allen EIZINGER, who died March 5, 1978. She was a member of Grace United Methodist
Church.,
Surviving
are two daughters, Mrs. Andrew (Treva) RITENOUR, Argos, and Mrs. Don
(Donabelle) PFEIFFER, Rochester; a son, Dale A. [EIZINGER], Rochester; ten
grandchildren; twenty great-grandchildren, and a sister, Pearl MARSH,
Plymouth. Two sisters and two brothers
preceded in death.
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester. Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F.
Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 8
p.m. Thursday, and on Friday from 9 a.m. until services.
Bertha Kader
Bertha
EWING KADER, Sanford, Fla., formerly oif Rochester, died Monday at a Sanford
hospital. She was born in Rochester to
William and Margaret NICODEMUS EWING and attended Rochester schools. She was married to William KADER of Peru;
they owned and operated Kader Jewelry Store on East Eihth Street in Rochester. She was a member of the Rochester First
Baptist Church and a charter member of its Guild Alumni Circle.
Surviving
are two sons, John [KADER], Sanford, Fla., and Raymond [KADER], Clearwater,
Fla.; a daughter, Dorothy BETHEA, and several grandchildren, all of Tampa, Fla.;
a niece, Mrs. Phil (Katie) McCARTER and her children, Anne, David, John and Joe
[McCARTER]; a niece Joan EWING, and a sister-in-law, Amelia EWING. All are of Rochester. Her husband; two brothers, Joe and Delbert
[EWING], and two sisters, Marie SWINDEMAN and Edith EWING, preceded in death.
Services
were to be today at the Gramkow Mortuary.
Memorials may be made to the Pine Crest Baptist Church, Sanford.
Thursday, January 15, 1987
Cecil M. Taylor
Cecil
Milton TAYLOR, 70, Mt. Sterling, Ohio, died today in Doctors North Hospital,
Columbus, Ohio.
He
was born May 1, 1916 in Rochester to Charles and Ella FUGATE TAYLOR. He married Wilma LANDS, who survives. He was a retired carpentsr and member of the
American Legion and VFW, both of Washington Court House, Ohio.
Surviving
with the wife are two daughters, Mrs. Dan (Barbara) GERHARDT, Mansfield, Ohio,
and Mrs. Daniel (Tamara) MALKOFF, Dublin, Ohio; two grandsons, Taylor and Benji
GERHARDT, Mansfield; two rothers, Floyd [TAYLOR], Castleton on the Hudson,
N.Y., and Howard [TAYLOR], Rochester, and two sisters, Dola CONWAY and
Annabelle PAWLICK, both of Michigan City.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Porter Funeral Home, Mt. Sterling, Ohio,
with the Rev. Melvin R. RITTS officiating.
Burial will be in the Bethel Cemetery, Mt. Sterling. Fridnds may call Friday from 6 to 9 p.m.
Friday, January 16, 1987
Emma M. Thrush
Emma
Marie THRUSH, 71, Youngtown, Ariz., formerly of Rochester, died at 10:30 a.m.
Thursday in Sun City, Ariz. She was a
sister-in-law of Esther THRUSH, Rochester.
Services
are tentatively planned for Tuesday morning at Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home,
Rochester.
Saturday, January 17, 1987
Emma M. Thrush
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Rocheser, for
Emma Marie THRUSH, 71, Youngtown, Ariz., formerly of Rochester and Milwaukee,
Wisc.
She
died at 10:30 a.m.Thursday at the Royal Oak Healthcare Center, Sun City, Ariz.,
after several months of failing health.
Friends
may call from 2 to 4 p.m. Monday and from 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral
home. The Rev. Russell WILBUR will
officiate. Burial will be in the
Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
She
was born Nov. 2, 1915 in Chili, to Sam and Matilda ADAMSON. She had lived in Youngtown, Ariz., for 18
years.
Surviving
are 23 nieces and nephews, and a sister-in-law, Miss Esther THRUSH,
Rochester. Her husband, Ralph THRUSH,
died May 31, 1970.
Eileen Corey
Mrs.
Eileen [COREY], 85, formerly of 211 South Street, Argos, died at 1 a.m. today
at Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth.
Funeral
arrangements are pending at the Grossman Funeral Home, Argos.
Monday, January 19, 1987
Eileen Corey
Eileen
COREY, 84, of 211 W. South St., Argos, died at 1 a.m. Saturday at Miller’s
Merry Manor Nursing Home, Plymouth.
She
was born Jan. 1, 1902 in Fort Wayne to Timothy and Deborah CARROLL
McCARTHY. She moved to Argos in 1945
from Fort Wayne. On Oct. 27, 1947 in
Plymouth she married Fred O. COREY, who died Dec. 7, 1970. She was a retired nurse.
Surviing
are two nephews, Timothy McCARTHY, Valparaiso, and John McCARTHY, Fort Wayne,
and two nieces, Roseann DANIEL, Crystal Lake, Ill., and Joann KIRKHOFF, Fort
Wayne. A sister and three brothers
preceded in death.
Services
were to be at 10 a.m. today at the Grossman Funeral Home, Argos, with Father
Raymond BALZER officiating. Burial was
to be in the Maple Grove Cemetery, Argos.
Lawrence McLean
Lawrence
McLEAN, 54, of 10860 W. 14th Road, Plymouth, died at 3:08 p.m. Saturday at his
home. He had been in failing health for
three years.
He
was born July 9, 1932 near Rochester to Mack and Jessie Mae PICKENS McLEAN, who
prceded in death. He had lived in
Plymouth 12 years, previously residing in Kewanna and Rochester. On Oct. 9, 1969 in Rochester he married
Barbara Ann CONLEY, who survives. He
was a press operator at the Torin Corp., Rocheser. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean War and
attended the Gospel Lighthouse Church, Plymouth.
Surviving
with the wife are four sons, Allen and David [McLEAN], both of Warsaw; John
[McLEAN], Logansport, and Michael [McLEAN], Rochester; a step-daughter,
Lorraine KNIGHTBURK, Argos; three grandchildren; three sisters, Roseanna SMITH,
Akron; Janice GINN, Rochester, ands Nina Sue PHELPS, Melvindale, Mich., and a
brother, Darrell [McLEAN], Schererville.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Grossman Funeral Home, Argos, with
Pastor Creed ALLEN officiating. Burial
will be in the Maple Grove Cemetery, Argos.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Norman E. Gregory
Norman
E. GREGORY, 53, of 808 High St., Logansport, died at 3:35 p.m. Friday at St.
Joseph’s Hospital, Kokomo.
He
was born Feb. 5, 1933 in Rochester to Omer and Ruth RICHMOND GREGORY, who
preceded in death. On Dec. 31, 1949 in
South Bend he married Marilyn J. HOLLAND, who survives. He was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist
Church and United Steel Workers of America Local 3261. He retired from Rockwell International as a
spring maker in 1981.
Surviving
with the wife are four sons, David [GREGORY], Logansport; Kim [GREGORY],
Sacramento, Calif.; Brian [GREGORY], Irvine, Calif., and Joe [GREGORY],
Logansport; two daughters, Darla POWLEN, Lucerne, and Carol HILL, Pensacola,
Fla.; three brothers, Harold CLEVENGER, Walkerton; Robert GREGORY, Bremen, and
Harry GREGORY, Argos; three sisters, Anna Mae MILLER and Metha CROUSSORE, both
of Rochester, and Wilnetta FRY, San Antonio, Texas, and ten grandchildren.
Services
were to be at 11 a.m. today at the Kroeger Funeral Home, Logansport, with
Pastor Mike McCABE officiating.
Cremation will follow the service.
Memorials may be made to St. Joseph’s Hospital Oncology Department
(Hospice), Kokomo.
Harold L. Donaldson
Harold
L. DONALDSON, 81, died at 7 a.m. today at Dukes Memorial Hospital, Peru.
Arrangements
are pending at the McCain Funeral Home, Denver.
Elenor Young Zimmerman
Elenor
“Ellie” YOUNG ZIMMERMAN, 72, Aurora, Colo., formerly of Rochester, died Sunday
at the Aurora Presbyterian Hospital.
She
was born Oct. 24, 1914. She was married
to Ralph ZIMMERMAN, who preceded in death.
She was a resident of Rochester from 1954 to 1986, then moved to her
daughter’s home in Aurora.
Surviving
with the daughter, Mrs. Vern (Marilyn) MYERS, are a step-son, Ed ZIMMERMAN, Denver,
Colo., and a brother, Charles HOKE, Lafayette.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Aurora Chase Funeral Home.
Dollie Manns Ousley
Dollie
MANNS OUSLEY, 76, a former Silver Lake resident, died at 7:55 a.m. Saturday at
Miller’s Merry Manor Nursing Home, Warsaw, where she had been a patient four
months. She had been in failing health
about two years.
She
was born May 3, 1910 in Salyersville, Ky., to Morgan and Martha MINNIX
MULLINS. She moved to Silver Lake in
1942 from Salyersville. On Sept. 10,
1966 in Silver Lake she married Leonard OUSLEY, who survives. She was a member of the Silver Lake
Pentecostal Church of God.
Surviving
with the husband are three daughters, Mrs. Merrill (Grace) AZBELL, Wabash; Mrs.
Duane (Becky) SPANGLE, Claypool, and Mrs. Lamoine (Della) LECKRONE, Akron; five
sons, Gene MANNS and Dayton MANNS, Claypool; Ed MANNS, Rochester; Ortie MANNS,
Milford, and Mitch MANNS, Silver Lake; three step-daughters, Mrs. Jim (Edith)
OUSLEY, Martin, Ky.; Mrs. Stewart (Evalee) CAMPBELL, Odessa, Fla., and Mrs.
Willie (Lucille) WRIGHT, Logansport; twenty-eight grandchildren; seven
step-grandchildren; thirty-three great-grandchildren, and ten
step-great-grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Floyd (Lilly) PERKINS and Mrs.
Marge EARHART, both of Forrester, Ohio; Mrs. Rolla (Anna) MILLER, Findlay,
Ohio, and Mrs. Vernie HOWARD, Kentucky, and a brother, Roy MULLINS, Ocala,
Fla. A son, two grandchildren, a
step-grandchild, a great-grandchild, a brother and a sister preceded in death.
Services
will b e at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Silver Lake Pentecostal Church of God with
the Revs. Aaron STANLEY and Albert WHITTAKER officiating. Burial will be in the Pleasant Hill
Cemetery, North Manchester. Friends may
call from 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and on Wednesday from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Foster
& Good Funeral Home, Akron, and at the church Wednesday for an hour before
services.
Tuesday, January 20, 1987
Simon M. Deeb
Simon
Morris “Si” DEEB, one of Rochester’s most honored and respected citizens, has lost
his long battle with illness. He died
at 7:10 p.m. Monday in South Bend Memorial Hospital. A patient for two weeks, he had been in failing health several
years.
He
was born Feb. 25, 1927 in Goshamburg, Nev., to immigrant Lebanese parents,
David and Amelia TOOMEY DEEB. One of 11
children, he moved with the family to Indiana in 1929 and grew up in the Twelve
Mile area. He graduated from the former
Metea High School. He was married Sept.
12, 1948 in New Richmond, Ind., to Della A. MARTIN, who survives. He was graduated from Purdue University in
1949.
After
teaching in Lucerne, Grass Creek and Metea, Mr. Deeb came to Rochester High
School as vocational agriculture teacher in 1943. He made the agriculture department one of the most successful in
Indiana. His students won many soil and
livestock judging championships, both statewide and nationally.
Several
of Mr. Deeb’s former students became high school agriculture teachers, and five
of his former students earned college doctorate degrees.
He
retired from RHS during the 1984-85 term because of illness. During his 32 years with the school, he was
honord numerous times by his peers and his community.
He
received the U.S. Office of Education’s Honorary American Farmer Degree for
outstanding work with the Future Farmers of America.
He
was voted an Outstanding Friend of the Purdue Extension Service and received
the Purdue Agricultural Alumni Association’s Certificate of Distinction for
outstanding achievements in the enhancement of the agricultural profession.
In
1980, his friends organized the Si Deeb Agricultural Scholarship Fund which
awards stipends to Fulton County students for post-high school education in
agriculture.
Mr.
Deeb received the Rochester/Lake Manitou Chamber of Commerce Community Service
Award in 1984.
Mr.
Deeb served his community in other ways.
He was a former member of the Fulton County Council, a 24-year member of
the committee that conducts the annual auction of 4-H livestock during the 4-H
Fair, a longtime member of the 4-H Fair Board, a former member of the Rochester
Water Works board, and had been active in Democratic Party work.
He
was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, the John Purdue Club, the
Rochester Classroom Teachers Association, the Indiana State Teachers Association
and the National Education Association.
He was a past president of the Indiana Agriculture Teachers
Association. Surviving with the wife
are three daughters, Mrs. Michael (Amelia Jayne) GRETZ, Lake Forest, Ill.; Mrs.
James (Connie) SNYDER, Rochester, and Mrs. Mark (Deborah) WILLIAMS, Mahomet,
Ill.; a son, Dr. Dennis DEEB, Crown Point; six grandchildren, Meredith and
Whitney GRETZ, Lake Forest; Benjamin and Emily SNYDER, Rochester, and Daniel
and Clayton DEEB, Crown Point; five sisters, Mary MILLER, Mexico; Sarah ABOOD,
Lansing, Mich.; Ann BATEY, Corpus Christi, Texas; Verna WHEELER, Indianapolis,
and Elizabeth RAYL, Kokomo, and two brothers, Mose [DEEB], Twelve Mile, and
John [DEEB], Ocala, Fla. Preceding in
death were a granddaughter, a sister and two brothers.
Services
will e at 11 a.m. Thursday in Grace United ZMethodist Church with the Rev.
Russell WILBUR officiating. Burial will
be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester, from
2 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, and at the church for an hour before services. Memorials may be made to the Si Deeb
Agricultural Scholarship Fune, in care of James SNYDER, 301 E. Ninth St.
Edgar A. Miller
Services
for Edgar A. MILLER, Grand Bay, Ala., were conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday in the
South Crest Chapel of Lane Funeral Home, Rossville, Ga., with the Rev. J.N.
HOWARD officiating. Burial was in the
Lakewood Memory Gardens, Rossville.
Mr.
Miller, 67, died Jan. 10 of injuries sustained in a car accident.
He
was born May 22, 1919 in Peru to Edgar and LaVirgia DUNN MILLER. He was married to Willie Lou ESKEW of
Chattanooga, Tenn., who preceded in death.
He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, Fourth Armored Division,
serving in Normandy.
Surviving
are a son, Jack E. MILLER, U.S. Marine Corps, Okinawa, Japan; a daughter,
Sandra OVERSHINER, Grand Bay; three grandchildren; two sisters, Evelyn
FLETCHER, Elkhart, and Mary A. WEIR, Huntington, and nieces and nephews. A son, William [MILLER], preceded in death.
Harold L. Donaldson
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the McCain Funeral Home, Denver, for Harold L.
DONALDSON, 81, Miller’s Merry Manor, Peru, a former resident of Rt. 3, Peru.
The
Revs. Richard VOORHEES and Austin GABLE will officiate. Burial will be in the Greenlawn Cemetery in
Mexico. Friends may call from 2 to 4
and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday.
Mr.
Donaldson died at 7 a.m. Monday in Dukes Memorial Hospital, Peru.
He
was born in Miami County on April 28, 1905 to Edmund O. and Sarah Ann KRANING
DONALDSON. On June 6, 1935 in North
Manchester he married Vernice M. BOND, who died March 27, 1981. He was a retired farmer and a member, deacon
and Sunday School teacher of the Mexico First Brethren Church. A graduate of Manchester College, he taught
school at North Grove and at Denver in Miami County, during the 1930s. He was a former director of the Peru Trust
Co., a former member and past president of the Miami County Fair Board, a
member and former director of the Miami County Farm Bureau, and a member and
former treasurer of the Miami County 4-H governing board.
Surviving
are a daughter, Mrs. Kenneth (Delores) HATTERY, Rt. 1, Twelve Mile; two
grandsons, Troy and Kendel HATTERY, Rt. 3, Peru; a brother, James [DONALDSON],
Rt. 3, Peru, and two sisters, Ruth CHAPIN, Peru, and Esther SMITH, Macy. Preceding in death was a sister, Marie
FISHER.
Wednesday, January 21, 1987
[no obits]
Thursday, January 22, 1987
Orvel L. Rice
Orvel
Louis RICE, 61, Rt. 2, Kewanna, died at 1:28 a.m. today in Woodlawn Hospital.
He
was born April 13, 1925 in Cass County to Mr. and Mrs. Fred RICE. His first marriage was to Darlene COX. His second marriage was in 1980 to Lyndia
GAUMER. He formerly was an auto body
repairman at the Acme Body Shop in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. An Army veteran of World War II, he was a
member of the Kewanna VFW Post.
Surviving
are four sons, Ronald and Steven [RICE], both of Lake City, Fla., and Jerry and
Michael [RICE], both of Rt. 1, Kewanna; a daughter, Patricia A. TUCKER, Lake
City, Fla.; three step-daughters, Rena DECK, Lafayette; Alvene STAPLES,
Logansport, and Leah BARNHILL, Peru; three brothers, Fred [RICE], address
unknown; James [RICE], Logansport, and Raymond [RICE], Santa Fe, Calif. a
sister, Stella HERRILL, Santa Fe, Calif. seven grandchildren, and five
step-grandchildren. The parents
preceded in death.
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Kewanna. Burial will be in the Bruce Lake Cemetery,
with military rites. Friends may call
after 10 a.m. Saturday.
Judge Dale C. Showley
Judge
Dale C. SHOWLEY, 82, of 1953 Mississippi Ave., Englewood, Fla, died Wednesday
in Englewood Hospital.
He
was born March 26, 1904 in Fulton County to Arthur and Bertha KERSEY
SHOWLEY. He was married to Mary DOLGAS,
who survives. He lived in Flint, Mich.,
from 1926 to 1964 when he retired to Englewood. He was a municipal judge for the city of Flint for 18 years and
was a member of the Englewood Elks Lodge.
Surviving
with the wife are two sons, Gerald [SHOWLEY], Montrose, Mich., and Arthur
[SHOWLEY], Kewanna; a daughter, Mrs. Leo (Kathleen) SENIFF, Flint; two sisters,
Letha LAYMAN, Walton, and Elnora SHURTE, Phoenix, Ariz; two brothers, Ralph
[SHOWLEY], Kewanna, and Harlin [SHOWLEY], Rochester; nine grandchildren, and a
great-grandchild.
The
Funeral Mass will be Friday with Father Joe HRABOVSKY officiating. Burial will be in Englewood, Fla. Arrangements are being handled by the Lemon
Bay Funeral Home, Englewood.
Cozette B. Gordon
Cozette
B. GORDON, 77, of 102 Erwin St., Peru, died at 5 a.m. Wednesday at Miller’s
Merry Manor Nursing Home, Peru.
She
was born March 4, 1909 in Marshall County to Edward and Sarah CLEMONS
FENIMORE. On Feb. 25, 1929 she married
Howard GORDON, who survives. She was a
member of the Salem Christian Church, Peru.
Surviving
are a daughter, Sue HAWKINS, Peru; three grandchildren, and four
great-grandchildren.
Services
will b e at the Salem Christian Church, Peru, at 1:30 o.m. Friday with the
Revs. William SHEWMAN and Lavern CLARK officiating. Friends may call at the Flowers-Leedy Funeral Home, Peru, from 3
to 9 p.m. today. Burial will be in the
Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Memorials
may be made to the Salem Christian Church building fund.
Robert L. Conley
Robert
Lee CONLEY, 58, of 1201 Monroe St., died at 1 a.m. today at his home. He had been in failing health since
September 1986.
He
was born June 15, 1928 in Salyersville, Ky., to Bernie and Trinie COOPER
CONLEY, who preceded in death. He had
lived in Rochester since 1946. On March
24, 1951 in Plymouth he married Mildred L. COCHRAN, who survives. He retired as a steel metal worker from
Safway Steel Corp., in 1986. He was a
member of the United Steel Workers of America, Manitou Moose Lodge, American
Legion, Eagles Lodge and Fathers Auxiliary of the VFW.
Surviving
with the wife are a daughter, Mrs. Walter (Beverly) VonEHR, Rochester; two
sons, Master Sgt. Samuel E. MacLAIN, Fort Benjamin Harrison, and Danny J.
CONLEY, Rochester; nine grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; three sisters,
Mrs. Vester (June) PATRICK, Salyersville, Ky.; Julie CONLEY, Portsmouth, Ohio,
and Mrs. Dean (Bessie) ENYART, Rochester; five brothers, Wheeler and Wade
[CONLEY], both of Rochester; Bill [CONLEY], Salyersville; Forest [CONLEY],
Lucasville, Ohio, and Bernie [CONLEY] Jr., Hinckley, Ill. He was preceded in death by a sister, Trixie
PUCKET, and three brothers, Walter, Ross and Russell [CONLEY].
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester, with
Pastor Olin J. CORBITT officiating.
Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday
and on Sunday from 10 a.m. to services.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Friday, January 23, 1987
Esther M. Kemnetz
Services
were to be at 1:30 p.m. today at the Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Kewanna,
for Esther M. KEMNETZ, 71, Rt. 6, Rochester, who died at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday at
her home.
She
was born Dec. 16, 1915 in Cass County to Ervin and Maude BURTON BRUCE. On Oct. 18, 1944 in Medaryville she married
Clarence F. KEMNETZ, who survives. She
was member of the Indian Creek Christian Church, Lucerne.
Surviving
with the husband are two sisters, Lois MARKLEY, Logansport, and Ruth REED,
Kewanna; a brother, Carl BRUCE, Lucerne,
and nieces and nephews.
The
Rev. George HAPNER was to officiate.
Burial was to be in the Kewanna I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Kewanna.
Saturday, January 24, 1987
Mae C. Morris
Mae
C. MORRIS, 72, Rt. 1, Macy, died at 11 a.m. Friday at Wabash County Hospital in
Wabash.
She
was born Sept. 23, 1914 in Mobile, Ala., to Charley and Nora HOLCOMBE
COLE. She was married to Alden B.
MORRIS. She was a retired school
teacher, having taught for 25 years in the North Miami School District and also
in the Baldwin County, Ala., school system.
She was a member of the Loxley, Ala., Baptist Church and attended the
Gilead United Methodist Church. She was
a member of the Indiana Sate Retired Teachers Association.
Surviving
are three daughters, Mrs. Richard (Jan) BENNETT, Fort Wayne; Nan MORRIS,
Churubusco, and Colleen MORRIS, Rt. 1, Macy; two sons, Roy M. [MORRIS], West
Lafayette, and Michael [MORRIS], Rt. 1, Macy; two grandsons, Jason MORRIS and
Justin BENNETT; a sister, Gladys GRIFFIN, Chickasaw, Ala., and two brothers,
Zelma COLE, Mobile, Ala., and Otis COLE, Loxley, Ala. A brother preceded in death.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron, with the Revs.
Robert LOUGHEED, Robert GIDLEY and Lowell BURRUS officiating. Burial will be in the Akron Cemetery. Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Sunday,
and on Monday after 9 a.m. Memorials
may be made to he Cancer Society or the Gilead United Methodist Church.
George G. Winterrowd
George
Glen WINTERROWD, 74, Rt. 2, Rochester, died at 6:20 a.m. today at his home
after a six-month illness.
Born
April 15, 1912 in Marshall County to J.D. and Nellie MAYS WINTERROWD, he lived
here 42 years after moving from South Bend.
On Oct. 1932, in Winamac he married Hazel B. GARNER. He was a retired Sealed Power employee and
farmer.
Surviving
with the wife are a daughter, Mrs. James (Jacksie) REIKEN, Mentone; four sons,
Robert K. and Ronald [WINTERROWD], both of Rocheser; Garry [WINTERROWD], Fort
Wayne, and Robin [WINTERROWD], Warsaw; nine randchildren; two
great-grandchildren; four sisters, Alta BEST, Plymouth; Elma FANNING,
Tippecanoe; Delta SCHROME, Bremen, and Mrs. Denzil (Waunita) ELLIOTT, Plymouth,
and two brothers, Wayne and Robert Max WINTERROWD, both of Rocheter.
Arrangements
are pending at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Floyd Hudson
Floyd
“Tiny” HUDSON, 55, Huntington Beach, Calif., died Thursday morning after a
one-year illness.
He
was born Jan. 5, 1932 to Vern and Mary FOUTS HUDSON. His mother, Mary HUDSON EVEREST, survives. He married Joan REED on July 5, 1953, who
survives.
Also
surviving are three sons, Randy, Mike and Scott [HUDSON], all of California;
three brothers, Don [HUDSON], Englewood, Fla.; Larry [HUDSON], Gladstone, Ore.,
and Jerry [HUDSON], Akron; four sisters, Betty CLARK and Mildred YEOMAN, both
of Fort Wayne; Doris NORDMAN, Hudson, Fla., and Marsha HELM, Bunker Hill, and a
grandson.
Services
and burial will be Monday afternoon at Westminster Memorial Park in
Westminster, Calif. A local memorial
service for family and friends will be at 1 p.m. Monday in the Olive Branch
Church of God, Miami County Road 1200 North, with the Rev. Lowell BURRUS
officiating.
Dora P. Zumbaugh
Dora
Pearl ZUMBAUGH, 78, formerly of Rt. 3, Rochester, died at 5:45 a.m. today at
Woodlawn Hospital. She had resided the
last year at Canterbury Manor Nursing Home.
She
was born Feb. 22, 1908 in Marshall County to Harry and Della HECKAMAN
STRANG. She moved here 47 years ago
from Plymouth. She was married May 17,
1927 in Plymouth to Elson John ZUMBAUGH, who died May 1, 1973. She had been employed for 17 years by the
former Armour Creamery in Rochester, then owned and operated the former
Northside Market on Old U.S. 31 North.
She was a member of the Ladies Auxiliaries of the Eagles Lodge, Moose
Lodge, American Legion and VFW.
Surviving
are a daughter, Mrs. [John A.] (Margaret) HELT, Rt. 2, Rochester; a son, Lamar
“Pete” ZUMBAUGH, Peru; seventeen grandchildren; eighteen great-grandchildren;
two sisters, Mrs. Charles (Marjorie) MATTERN, Plymouth, and Mrs. Paul (Ruth)
BACKLUND, Turlock Calif., and two brothers, Dale Edward STRANG, Nappanee, and
Delbert STRANG, Ashtabula, Ohio.
Preceding in death were a daughter, Jean BRINEY; a son, Wayne
[ZUMBAUGH]; two brothers, Ernest and Fred [STRANG], and three sisters, hazel,
June and Iva [STRANG].
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Monday in the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester, and
burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 3 to 9 p.m. Sunday, and on Monday from 9
a.m. until services.
Monday, January 26, 1987
Nancy A. Guise
Nancy
Alice GUISE, 95, Bowling Green, Ky., died at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Medco
Center, Bowling Green, Ky. She moved to
Kentucky in 1982 from Mentone.
She
was born Sept. 29, 1891 in Fulton County to Albert L. and Amanda PLANTZ
EASTERDAY. She was married near Leiters
Ford to James Hugh GUISE, who died in 1967.
She was a member of the Burket United Methodist Church.
Surviving
are a son, John ROADARMEL, Claypool; a sister, Irene WALTERS, and a niece,
Phyllis ROBEY, both of Bowling Green, Ky.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the King Memorial Home, Mentone, with the Rev.
Don POYSER officiating. Burial will be
in the Mentone Cemetery. Friends may
call from 2 to 8 p.m. today.
George G. Winterrowd
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester, for
George Glen WINTERROWD. The Rev. Junior
BOSE will officiate. Burial will be in the
Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends
may call from 3 to 9 p.m. today, and on Tuesday from 9 a.m. until services.
Memorials
may be made to the American Cancer Society or the Fulton County Historical
Society.
Mr.
Winterrowd, 74, Rt. 2, Rochester, died at 6:20 a.m. Saturday at his home
following a six-month illness.
George W. Harvey
George
W. HARVEY, 84, of 1217 Elm St., died at 8:14 a.m. Sunday at Canterbury Manor
Nursing Home where he had been a patient for four months. He had been in failing health for three
years.
He
was born July 16, 1902 near Royal Center to Frank and Jenny STRASSER
HARVEY. He had lived in Rochester for
26 years, moving from near Talma where he had lived for a number of years. On Feb. 8, 1923 in Monticello he married
Amanda WINEGARDNER, who survives. He
was a retired farmer and a member of the Fulton Baptist Church.
Surviving
with the wife are seven daughters, Donnabelle ROGERS, Mrs. Francis (Marjorie) CAVE
and Mrs. Norman (Doris) WARNER, all of Rochester; Mrs. Doyle (Betty) PUTMAN,
Argos; Mrs. Fred (Carol) KINDIG and Mrs. Mike (Barbara) HOLLOWAY, both of
Mentone, and Linda BRENNAN, Palmdale, Calif.; thirty grandchildren; forty-one
great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; a sister Mrs. Ernest
(Mabel) ALLEN, Stewart, Fla., and a brother, Dewey [HARVEY], Monticello. He was preceded by two sons, Donald and
George [HARVEY] Jr.; a grandson, Timothy ROE, and a granddaughter.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with Pastor Olin CORBETT officiating.
Burial will be in the Fulton Cemetery, Fulton. Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and on Wednesday from 9
a.m. until services.
Tuesday, January 27, 1987
Vivian F. Borneman
Vivian
Faye BORNEMAN, 87, formerly of Rt. 3, Rochester, died at 1 a.m. today at
Canterbury Manor Nursing Home. She had
been ill for several months.
She
was born March 15, 1899 in Great Bend, Kan., to William R. and Loretta KINNEY
BUNTING. In 1922 she married James
CARTER. In 1939 in Indianapolis she
married William C. BORNEMAN, who died May 20, 1971. They came to Rochester in 1939 from Greenfield and owned and
operated the former Island Park Restaurant on Old U.S. 31 North.
Surviving
are nieces and nephews. Four sisters
and three brothers preceded in death.
Private
services for the family will be conducted at the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral
Home, Rochester. Burial will be in the
Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Wednesday, January 28, 1987 to Friday, January
30, 1987
[no obits]
Saturday, January 31, 1987
Jay Garver and
Dana Russell
The
investigation of the deaths of Jay GARVER, 37, and Dana RUSSELL, 23, continues
today as county, state and city police cooperate on the area’s only double
homicide in recent memory.
An
unidentified man has been held since yesterday in the Fulton County Jail in
connection with the invesigation, although there have been no arrests or
charges made as of this morning, authorities said.
Garver
and Russell were shotgunned early Friday morning in Garver’s house on the north
shore of Lake Manitou.
Fulton
County Sheriff Rich McLOCHLIN said today the murders occurred some time after 1
a.m., but was reluctant to divulge details of the ongoing investigation.
Police
questioned five people Friday and plan to question more people today. None of the people initially interviewed
were suspects, said the sheriff.
The
bodies were taken to Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis Friday
evening for autopsies by forensic pathologist Dr. John PLESS.
Garver
was on the sofa in the living room of his house when he was shot. He is believed to have been sleeping when
shot. Russell was shot at the foot of
stairs. No gun has been recovered.
McLochlin
declined to discuss a possible motive for the murders, “I don’t know for sure,”
he said. “There’s nothing real
conclusive. I don’t know why it
happened.”
Russell
was staying in Garver’s house while her boyfriend Gary GARVER, Jay’s brother,
serves a state prison term related to drunken driving charges, authorities
said.
Police
discovered the bodies after Jack WREGLESWORTH, Rochester, went to the house and
couldn’t rouse anyone. McLochlin today
said Wreglesworth went inside the house and saw Garver and Russell but thought
they had been beaten and were badly injured.
He fetched county police.
Garver’s
house is at the end of Pearl Street.
Footprints
in the snow around the two-story frame home and out onto the lake ice led
police on a trail to Four Seasons Mobile Estates. McLochlin declined comment today on the significance, if any, of
the footprints. “We’re still
investigating,” he said.
“All
the agencies involved worked great.
City, county, and state police, and the coroner’s office. The neighbors have been real cooperative
too,” McLochlin said.
Dana
Jeanne RUSSELL, 23, Rt 1, Box 54, Rochester, was born May 25, 1963, in Franklin
to Rex and Judith LEVY RUSSELL. She
came here from South Bend in 1980 and was a 1981 Rochester High School
graduate. She worked at Schultz’s
Variety Store.
Survivors
include her mother, Judith LEVY, Rochester, and father, Rex RUSSELL, North
Lauderdale, Fla.; two sisters, Rebecca and Claudia RUSSELL, both of Rochester;
four brothers, Jeff RUSSELL, Richardson, Texas, Steve RUSSELL, Mishawaka,
Melvin [RUSSELL], Rochester, and David [RUSSELL], Carrolton, Texas; paternal
grandmother Mrs. Verlin RUSSELL, Tipton, and several aunts, uncles and nephews.
Her
funeral arrangemets are pending at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Funeral
arrangements for Jay GARVER are pending at Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home,
Rochester.
Gail M. Pletcher
Gail
M. PLETCHER, 69, of rural Elkhart County, died at 8:15 p.m. Friday in Americana
Nursing Center, Elkhart.
She
was born April 10, 1917 in Rochester, to Robert R. and Carrie OVERMEYER
MOORE. She married Robert C. PLETCHER
on Dec. 1, 1942 in Culver. He died June
27, 1985 in Elkhart. She was a member
of the Bethel United Methodist Church, Elkhart, where she was secretary for 20
years.
Surviving
are a daughter, Mrs. Jerry (Mary Ellen) HATTON, Bloomington; two grandchildren;
a sister, Mrs. Robert (Vivian) RENFRO, Dallas, Texas, and a brother, Robert H.
MOORE, West Miami, Fla. Preceding in
death were a son, Terry Allen PLETCHER, 46, and three sisters.
Friends
may call from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Hartzler-Gutermuth Funeral Home,
Elkhart. Funeral services will be at 10
a.m. Monday with the Rev. James B. WILLYARD officiating. Burial will be in the Richland Center
I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Memorial contributions
may be made to the church.
Monday, February 2, 1987
Dana J. Russell
Private
services were to be conducted at 1 p.m. today at the Foster & Good Funeral
Home, Rochester, for Dana Jeanne RUSSELL, 23, Rt. 1, Rochester, who was found murdered
at a Lake Manitou home Friday.
Burial
was to be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Memorials
may be made to the Jayne Ann Good Scholarship Fund.
Harold J. Garver
Private
family services were to be conducted today at Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home,
Rochester, for Harold Jay GARVER, 37, Rt. 7, Rochester, who was found murderd
Friday in his home.
The
Rev. Donald BOWMAN was to officiate and burial was to be in the Rochester
Citizens Cemetery.
Memorials
may be made to Trinity United Methodist Church or the Rochester High School
Christian Athletic Fund.
He
was born Aug. 11, 1949 in Logansport to Garold J. and Donna M. KNARR
GARVER. He had lived most of his life
in Fulton County. He was co-manager of
Garver Motors and Garver Tree Service, a member of Trinity United Methodist
Church, a 1967 graduate of Rochester High School, and attended Indiana State
University for two years.
Surviving
are the mother, of Rochester; two sons, Jason and Thomas Jay [GARVER], both of
Rochester; the paternal grandmother, Pauline GARVER, Logansport; a brother,
Gary [GARVER]; four uncles; an aunt, and nieces and nephews. His father died Nov. 30, 1985, and his
grandfather died in June 1981.
Charles R. Raymer
Charles
R. “Chuck” RAYMER, 67, of 1633 Jefferson St., died at 3 p.m. Saturday at his
home following a two-year illness.
He
was born Sept. 12, 1919 in Rochester to Charles R. and Grace BEATTIE RAYMER
Sr. He had lived all but 13 years of
his life in Rochester. On Nov. 5, 1977
in Rochester he married Marjory L. THOMAS, who survives. He was a retired employee of Louderback Auto
Agency and a member of the First Christian Church, Rochester.
Surviving
with the wife are two step-daughters, Mrs. Marco (Donna) ZANANDREA, Clinton,
and Mrs. David (Rebecca) BREWER, Rochester; three grandchildren, Tomi and Mitzi
MELTON and Derek BREWER; two sisters, Mrs. Elliott BAILEY and Mrs. Howard
(Kathleen) WERTZBERGER, both of Rochester; an uncle, and nieces and nephews.
Private
family services will be Tuesday at the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home,
Rochester, with the Rev. Teal YOUNCE officiating. Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday. Memorials may be made to the Fulton County
Cancer Fund.
Florence N. Vaughn
Florence
N. VAUGHN, 77, of 630 Arlington Place, Chicago, died at 9:15 p.m. Sunday at the
Masonic Medical Center, Chicago. She
had been in failing health for two years.
She
was born Sept. 7, 1909 in Kewanna to John and Myrtle DOYLE DOWNS. She had lived most of her life in
Chicago. On Nov. 19, 1933 in Chicago
she married Benjamin Y. VAUGHN, who preceded in death. She was a retired bank secretary.
Surviving
are two nieces, Mrs. Jim (Gloria) REED, Akron, and Mrs. Bob (Alberta) KEENE, Rocheser;
a nephew, John McCLOUGHAN, Greenburg, Ky., and other nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a sister, Rosie
McCLOUGHAN, Fulton County, another sister, a brother and a half-brother.
Graveside
services will be a 10 a.m. Thursday at the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery with the
Rev. Lowell BURRUS officiating. Foster
& Good Funeral Home, Rochester, is handling arranvgemens. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer
Association.
Tuesday, February 3, 1987
Nellie King
Word
has been received of the death of Nellie KING, 89, Tucson, Ariz., formerly of
Fulton Avenue, Friday at her home.
Surviving
are the husband, Lester KING; a son, Richard [KING]; four grandchildren; two
great-grandchildren; a brother, D.J. WINEGARDNER, Columbia City, and a sister,
Esta ASPINWALL, Nyona Lake.
Burial
was in Tucson, Monday.
Everett W. Best
Everett
W. BEST, 88, of 1105 Hill St., Rocheter, died at 6:30 a.m. today in Woodlawn
Hospital. He had been in failing health
for two years.
He
was born on Sept. 15, 1898 in Washington, Ind., to Frank O. and Margaret DIXON
BEST. He had lived in Rochester since
1937, moving from Mooresville. On Jan.
26, 1926 in Danville he married Lucille E. WHITSON, who survives. He was a retired farm manager of 26 years
for the Otto McMahan Farms, was superintendent of the Fulton County Highway
Department for 13 years until retiring Jan. 1, 1977, a member and past elder of
the First Presbyterian Church, past master of Brooklyn Masons Lodge, past
master of Rochester Masons, member of the Rochester Royal Arch Masons, South
Bend Scottish Rite and Fort Wayne Mizpah Shrine Temple. He had been past worthy patron of the
Rochester Eastern Star for 13 years.
Surviving
with the wife are a daughter, Mrs. Ernest (Virginia) McQUEARY, Rochester; two grandchildren,
Mrs. Frank (Charlann) TURNER, South Bend, and Gary CLEVENGER, Rochester; eight
great-grandchildren, and nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Hazel DORSETT, and four brothers,
Robert, Ervin, Joe and Dick [BEST].
Services
will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. John RAMSEY officiating.
Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Wednesday
and on Thursday from 9 a.m. until services.
Eastern Star memorial services will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday, followed by
Masonic services at 7:30 p.m. Memorials
may be made to the First Presbyterian Church.
Wednesday, February 4, 1987
Kelly Shepherd
Kelly
SHEPHERD, 90, formerly of Rt. 2, Claypool, died at 10:45 a.m. Tuesday in
Miller’s Merry Manor Nursing Home, Wabash, following an illness of several
months.
He
was born Jan. 1, 1897 in Floyd County, Ky., to William and Elizabeth HALE
SHEPHERD, and came to this area in 1946.
On Dec. 24, 1917 he married Sally K. SHEPHERD, who died June 22,
1976. He worked on the Nickle Plate
Railroad, was retired from the Dalton Foundry, Warsaw, and was a member of the
United Methodist Church, Mt. Sterling, Ky.
Surviving
are five daughters, Mrs. Woodrow (Rhoda) TACKETT, Means, Ky.; Mrs. Delphia
SHEPHERD, Sharpsville, Ky.; Mrs. Sadie TEETER, Lagro; Mrs. Quinton (Nawasa)
VIRES, Columbia City, and Mrs. Wheeler (Vada) CONLEY, Rochester; four sons,
Okie [SHEPHERD], Means, Ky.; Lee [SHEPHERD], Mentone; Joe C. [SHEPHERD],
Warsaw, and Cecil [SHEPHERD], Winchester, Ky.; sixty-one grandchildren, and
ninety great-grandchildren. A daughter,
two sons and eleven brothers and sisters preceded in death.
Services
will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Eastin-Taul Funeral Home, Mt. Sterling,
Ky. Burial will be in the Shepherd
Cemetery, Salyersville, Ky. Friends may
call from 2 to 9 p.m. today at the
Titus Funeral Home,Warsaw, and on Friday from 2 to 9 p.m. at the Eastin-Taul
Funeral Home, Mt. Sterling, Ky.
Thursday, February 5, 1987
[no obits]
Friday, February 6, 1987
Ralph E. Fretz
Ralph
E. FRETZ, 66, of 3075 Illion St.,Tippecanoe, died at 6:45 a.m. Thursday at his
home following a six-month illness.
He
was born April 18, 1920 in Tippecanoe to John and Vida FIELDS FRETZ. He had lived his lifetime in the area. On Oct. 28, 1942 in Bourbon he married Donna
Jean JOYCE, who survives. He was
retired from farming and the Flory’s Sawmill, had worked many years for the
Farm Bureau Co-op in Tippecanoe, was sexton and treasurer of the Summit Chapel
Cemetery Association, sexton of the Tippecanoe and Argos Maple Grove
Cemeteries, and a 26-year member of the Tippecanoe Volunteer Fire Department.
Surviving
with the wife are five sons, Melvin, David and Robert [FRETZ], all of
Tippecanoe; Miner [FRETZ], Bremen, and Phillip [FRETZ], Winona Lake; twelve
grandchildren; two great-grandchildren, and four sisters, Edna ABBOTT, Fort
Wayne; Alice SWAGER, Angola; Virginia HOAGLAND, North Manchester, and Cora
BOWERS, Athens. A granddaughter,
step-granddaughter and a brother preceded in deah.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Grossman Funeral Home, Argos, with the Rev.
Larry TURLEY officiating. Burial will
be in the Summit Chapel Cemetery southeast of Bourbon. Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Saturday
and on Sunday after 9 a.m. until services.
Memorials
may be made to the Tippecanoe EMS, Tippecanoe Fire Department, American Cancer
Society or Summit Chapel Cemetery Association.
Norabelle Paschall
Norabelle
PASCHALL, 88, formerly of Rt. 1, Kewanna (Prairie Grove community), died at 1
p.m. Thursday in the Carlisle Nursing Home, South Bend.
She
was born Feb. 3, 1899 in Richland Township to John W. and Eldora OVERMYER
FLORA. She had lived most of her life
in this county, moving to South Bend in 1980.
She was married in St. Joe, Mich., to Berlin PASCHALL, who preceded in
death. She had operated a farm and had
been a member of the Fulton County RSVP and the former Prairie Grove EUB
Church.
Surviving
are a son, Albert FLORA, South Bend, and cousins.
Services
will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. Donald BOWMAN officiating.
Burial will be in the Richland Center I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Sunday and
on Monday from 9 a.m. until services.
Saturday, February 7, 1987
Mary H. Hoffert
Mary
H. HOFFERT, 78, 1729 Bancroft Ave. (College Sqhare Apartments), died at 5:30 a.m. today at Woodlawn Hospital following
a five-year illness.
She
was born Dec. 7, 1908 in Holyoke, Mass., to Joseph and Nellie KAWECKI. She moved to Indiana in 1966 from
Massachusetts. On Nov. 2, 1974 at New
Paris she married George J. HOFFERT, who died in July 1986. She was a member of the Rebekah Lodge,
Rochester, and the Second Congregational Church, Holyoke.
Surviving
are five daughters, Alberta COLTY, Rochester; Mrs. Richard (Maxine) PFLIEGER,
Seward, Neb.; Mary J. LaLONDE, Rochester Hills, Mich. Mrs. Donald (Patricia)
ARNETT, Portageville, Mo., and Mrs. Michael (Constance) TAYLOR, Jackson, Mich.;
two sons, Karl FERRET, Holyoke, and Robert DAVIES, Carlsbad, Calkf; sixteen
grandchildren; two great-grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. George (Wanda)
PETERS, New Port Richey, Fla., and Mrs. Charles (Elizabeth) GRIFFIN,
Holyoke. A brother preceded in death.
Private
services will be held; there will be no visitation. Burial will be in the St. Jerome Cemetery, Holyoke. Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Rochester,
is handling arrangements.
Memorials
may be made to the Fulton County Cancer Fund or the American Cancer Society.
Richard H. Tschantz
Richard
H. TSCHANTZ, 44, Fort Wayne, died at 7:57 a.m. Friday in Parkview Memorial
Hospital, Fort Wayne, following an extended illness.
He
was born Dec. 9, 1942 in Fort Wayne to Harold F. and Marjorie A. KAUFMAN
TSCHANTZ. He lived in Columbia City as
an adult before returning to Fort Wayne.
On Sept. 5, 1966 in Fort Wayne he married Terrie K. HAVILAND, who
survives. He was an insurance salesman
and a member of the Laud Christian Church, Columbia City.
Surviving
with the wife are a son, Scott H. [TSCHANTZ], and three daughters, Stacey L.,
Susan J. and Lisa J. [TSCHANTZ], all at home; the mother, Marjorie A. TSCHANTZ,
Columbia City, and a sister, Maralyn A. NEWELL, Rochester.
Services
will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the D.O. McComb and Sons Funeral Home, with the
Rev. James CLIFFORD officiating. Burial
will be in the Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday, and on
Monday before services.
Monday, February 9, 1987
Robert E. Fields
Robert
E. FIELDS, 62, of 312 Clover Hill Ave., Colonial Heights, Va., died at 8 p.m.
Saturday in Southern South Side Regional Medical Center Hospital, Petersburg,
Va. He had been in failing health for
one year.
He
was born March 26, 1924 in South Bend to Joshua and Dottie COWEN FIELDS. He had lived in Virginia since 1982. He previously resided in Rochester and
Culver, and had lived in New Carlisle for 26 years. In January 1949 in Leiters Ford he married Freda PHELPS, who died
in March 1975. In September 1982 in
Colonial Heights, Va., he married Annie M. VAUGHAN, who survives. He was retired from South Bend Lathe, where
he had worked for 31 years. He was in
the U.S. Air Force during World War II.
Surviving
with the wife are a daugher, Dianna ELEY, and a son, Steven FIELDS, both of
Rochester; three grandchildren, Jan ELEY, Rochester, and Jasmine and Joshua
FIELDS, North Liberty; a step-daughter, Mrs. Josie RADCLIFFE, and a
step-granddaughter, Becky RADCLIFFE, both of Chesapeake, Va.; the mother,
Dottie FIELDS, Rochester; a sister, Violet HULL, South Bend; a brother, Gary
[FIELDS], Rochester, and nieces and nephews.
The father died in 1965.
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. Douglas REDFORD officiating.
Burial will be in the Leiters Ford I.O.O.F. Cemetery where the American
Legion and VFW will conduct military rites.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and on Wednesday
from 9 a.m. until services. Memorials
may be made to the American Diabetes Association.
Tuesday, February 10, 1987
Mabel M. Armey
Mabel
M. ARMEY, 71, of 1442 Orkney Court, South Bend, died at 9:57 p.m. Sunday at Memorial
Hospital, South Bend.
She
was born Oct. 16, 1915 in Richland Center to Clinton and Wilnettie McCLURE
ALDERFER. She moved to South Bend from
Warsaw in 1942. On Dec. 21, 1935 in
Valparaiso she married Dean H. ARMEY, who survives. She worked at South Bend Toy for 30 years, retiring in 1981. She was a member of the Eastern Star,
Amaranth and AARP.
Surviving
with the husband are a daughter, Sharron PEYLO, Mishawaka; a son, Terry
[ARMEY], Hillsdale, Mich.; five grandchildren; three sisters, Louetta MARTENS,
Eastman, Ga.; Edith CLEVENGER, Rochester, and Eva Glen HARTMAN, South Bend, and
a brother, Lester ALDERFER, Richland Center.
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Welsheimer’s Funeral Home, 521 North William
St., South Bend. Friends may call from
2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today. Interment
will be in the Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens Mausoleum, Osceola.
Vernon R. Billman
Vernon
R. BILLMAN, 76, of 101 W. Plum St., Argos, died unexpectedly Monday in his
home.
Arrangements
are pending at the Grossman Funeral Home, Argos.
Wednesday, February 11, 1987
Vernon R. Billman
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Grossman Funeral Home, Argos, for Vernon R.
BILLMAN, 76, of 101 W. Plum St., Argos, who died unexpectedly in his home
Monday.
The
Rev. Jack RHOADES will officiate.
Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery, Argos. Friends may call from 3 to 9 p.m. today and Thursday after 9 a.m.
until services.
Memorials
may be made to the Argos United Methodist Church.
Mr.
Billman was born May 11, 1910 at Hanna to William and Elsie KOSANKE
BILLMAN. On Sept. 8, 1932 in
Bloomington he married Lena LISTENBERGER, who died Nov. 18, 1972. He had worked with the U.S. Internal Revenue
Service at Cincinnati, Ohio, until retiring in 1965. He was a U.S. Navy vetera of World War II, former treasurer of
the Marshall County 4-H Fair Board, auditor of the Marshall County Chapter of
American Red Cross, a 1933 graduate of Indiana University, and a member of the
Argos United Methodist Church and Argos Lions Club.
Surviving
are a daughter, Mrs. Ed (Dianne) WEST, Indianapolis; a son, Dan [BILLMAN],
Rushville, and five grandsons. A
brother, Wally [BILLMAN], prcceded in death.
Robert Dielman
Memorial
services will be at 7 p.m. today at the Adair Funeral Home, Tucson, Ariz., for
Robert DIELMAN, formerly of Rochester, who died Feb. 9.
He
was the son of Dr. and Mrs. F.C. DIELMAN, formerly of Fulton.
Surviving
are the wife, Rhea [DIELMAN], Tucson; two daughters, Connie BURROUGHS, Chicago,
Ill., and Kathy BARR, Scottsdale, Ariz., and a son, Robert Scott [DIELMAN],
Washington, D.C.
Memorials
may be made to Heart Research Fund, University Medical Center, 1501 W.
Campbell, Tucson, Ariz., 85724.
Theodore Wallace
Theodore
“Ted” WALLACE, 70, Star City, died at 2:52 p.m. Tuesday in Methodist Hospital,
Indianapolis, after a 2 1/2 year illness.
He
was born Dec. 4, 1916 in Pulaski County to Harrison and Mary BURKETT
WALLACE. He had lived all his life in
the Star City area. On Aug. 1, 1945 in
Winamac he married Rosanna SWOPE, formerly of Macy, who survives. He was a retired dairy farmer and served in
the U.S. Army Engineer Corps in World War II.
Surviving
with the wife are a daughter, Christine KOPKEY, North Manchester; three sons,
Leslie [WALLACE], Fairbury, Ill., and Tom and Rick [WALLACE], both of Winamac;
twelve grandchildren; a sister, Esther CASHEN, Elkhart, and three brothers,
Leonard [WALLACE], Mishawaka, William [WALLACE], Winamac, and James [WALLACE],
Crosslake, Minn. A sister preceded in
death.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Frain Mortuary, Winamac, with the Rev. Rex CHARLES
officiating. Burial with military
graveside services will be in the Star City I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Thursday and on Friday from 8 a.m. until services.
Robert B. Zimmerman
Robert
Byron ZIMMERMAN, 74, of Rt. 7 (Barrett Road), Rochester, died at 2 a.m. today
at Woodlawn Hospital where he had been a patient since Monday. He had been in failing health for several
years.
He
was born May 19, 1912 in Rochester to William and Mabel NORMAN ZIMMERMAN and
had lived his entire life in this community.
On Aug. 2, 1951 in Silver Lake he married Mary Alice Van DUYNE, who died
July 13, 1985. He retired from Bendix
Corp., South Bend, in 1969, was a member of UAW Local No. 9 and the Fulton
County Coon Hunters Association.
Surviving
are five daughters, Mrs. Robert (Doris) GOUDY, Portage; Mrs. Nick (Nancy) KEEL,
Wichita Falls, Texas; Mrs. David (Cathy) GINTHER and Mrs. Ralph (Bonnie) CLUPPER,
both of Rochester, and Mrs. Sandra WITHAM, Palestine; five sons, Thomas ROSE,
Rockford, Ill.; Carl ROSE, Crown Point; Joe Bob ZIMMERMAN and David ZIMMERMAN,
both of Rochester, and John ZIMMERMAN, Akron; thirty-three grandchildren;
several great-grandchildren, and three sisters, Mrs. Stanley (Anita) SAMUELSON
and Mrs. Nina WAECHTER, both of Rochester, and Mrs. Lura KIRKENDALL, Nashville,
Tenn. Three sisters, Mrs. Wilma
McKINNEY, and Martha and Mary Jean ZIMMERMAN, and two brothers, Dale and Ralph
ZIMMERMAN, preceded in death.
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester, with the
Rev. Teal YOUNCE officiating. Burial
will be in the Mt. Zion Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Thursday and on Friday from 9 a.m. until
services. Memorials may be made to
Woodlawn Hospital Home Health Care Service.
Alfred E. Hertzfeldt
Alfred
E. HERTZFELDT, 86, a resident of Canterbury Manor Nursing Home since 1982,
formerly of Weyauwega, Wis., died at 4:15 a.m. today at Woodlawn Hospital.
He
was born Feb. 10, 1901 in the town of Royalton, Weyauwega, Wis., to Charles and
Mathilda HANDRICH HERTZFELDT. He had
lived most of his life in Wisconsin. On
April 26, 1927 he married Alma STURM, who died in 1970. He was a retired farmer and member of St.
Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Weyauwega.
Surviving
are several nieces and nephews, including Mrs. Larry (Violet) SEIWERT,
Rochester, and a sister-in-law, Ella HERTZFELDT, Canterbury Manor Nursing
home. He was preceded in death by six
brothers and a sister.
Local
arrangements are being handled by Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Thursday, February 12, 1987
Alfred E. Hertzfeldt
Services
will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Weyauwega,
[Wis.] for Alfred E. HERTZFELDT, who died Wednesday.
Burial
will be in the Oakwood Cemetery, Weyauwega.
Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Cline-Hanson-Dahlke
Funeral Home, Weyauwega.
Foster
& Good Funeral Home, Rochester, is handling local arrangements.
Eleanor Malott
Loa
Eleanor MALOTT, 61, North Manchester, died at the L Jolla-Screpps Hospital, San
Diego, Calif., at 1 a.m. Wednesday.
She
was born April 25, 1925 in South Bend to Charles and Bernice BLUE
LEININGER. On May 15, 1948 in Beaver
Dam she married Ronald MALOTT, who survives.
A retired teacher, she was a 1946 graduate of Manchester College and a
member of the North Manchester United Methodist Church, the North Manchester
Historical Society, the Athenean Club at North Manchester, and the Wabash
County Retired Teachers Association.
She helped start the elementary library program for North Manchestr
Community Schools during the 1965-66 term.
She also helped start the REACH Program in North Manchester and was its
treasurer at the time of her death.
Surviving
with the husband are a son, Tim [MALOTT], Del Mar, Calif.; a daughter, Mary
MALOTT, at home; a brother, Kermit LEININGER, Fort Wayne, and two
grandchildren. A son and a sister
preceded in death.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in the North Manchester United Methodist Church with
the Revs. William O. LUTRULL and Carl LEMNA officiating. Burial will be in Oaklawn Cemetery, North
Manchester. Friends may call at the
DeLaughter Mortuary in North Manchester after 7 p.m. Friday, and from 2 to 9
p.m. Saturday. Memorials may be made to
the North Manchester REACH Program.
Pauline Lowe
Pauline
LOWE, 74, Wabash, died at 10:05 a.m. Wednesday at Wabash County Hospital. She and her husband were former summer
residents at Lake Manitou.
She
was born Sept. 15, 1912 in Wabash to Eugene and Caroline ALBRIGHT MARKS. On Oct. 6, 1934 in Fort Wayne she married
Clifford LOWE, who died in Aug. 1952.
She was retired from Honeywell and Markohn, Wabash, was a member of St.
Matthew’s United Church of Christ, past president and member of Beta Sigma Pi
Sorority, member of the Women’s Clubhouse and past president and member of
Markettes.
Surviving
are a daughter, Mrs. Max (Marjorie) RIDENOUR, and a brother, Robert MARKS, both
of Wabash; four grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. A brother preceded in death.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at St. Matthew’s United Church of Christ, Wabash,
with Dr. Winfield STROUT officiating.
Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Friday at Grandstaff-Henten-Miner
Funeral Home, Wabash.
Oscar E. Shafer
Oscar
E. SHAFER, 92, of 701 E. Main St., Peru, died at 9:25 p.m. Wednesday in
Veterans Hospital, Marion.
He
was born Jan. 8, 1895 at Stateline to John Q. and Victoria HURLESS SHAFER. He was married to Blanche SCOTT, who died in
1930. He later married Gladys BUSBEE
JARRETT, who survives. He was retired
from Lees Furniture, was a member of the South Bend Eagles Lodge, the Peru
American Legion and the Peru First Christian Church. He was a World War I U.S. Army veteran.
Surviving
with the wife are a daughter, Connie HALL, Peru; a son, Frederick SHAFER, North
Hollywood, Calif.; two step-daughters, Carol WESTWOOD, Rochester, and Lillian
HARLEMAN, Peru; three step-sons, George JARRETT, Mexico, Don JARRETT,
Jacksonville, Fla., and Jack JARRETT, Lakeland, Fla.; a grandchild; three
great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandchild, and step-grandchildren and
step-great-grandchildren. A son and
sister preceded in death.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Flowers-Leedy Funeral Home, Peru, with
the Rev. Roger GARDNER officiating.
Burial will be in the Converse Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday.
Friday, February 13, 1987
Allie G. Nicks
Allie
Gertrude [NICKS], 94, Rt. 2, Rochester, died at 6:50 p.m. Thursday at Woodlawn
Hospital where she had been a patient since Monday. She had been ill one week.
She
was born Aug. 11, 1893 in Moulton, Iowa, to William C. and Sara E. MITCHEL
HOWELL. She moved to Rocheter from
Chicago in 1944. On Feb. 2, 1916 in
Leon, Iowa, she married John M. [NICKS], who preceded in death. She was a member of the First Presbyterian
Church, Rochester.
Surviving
are a son, Donald A. [NICKS], Rochester; nine grandchildren; two
great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Nina HALE, Rochester, and Mrs. Cecil
ANDERSON and Mrs. Eva LARSON, both of Genoa, Ill., and nieces and nephews. A sister, Mrs. Georgia GALLOWAY, and a
brother, Roy HOWELL, preceded in death.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester, with
the Rev. John RAMSEY officiating.
Burial will be in the Athens Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 to 7 p.m. Saturday, and on Sunday from 10 a.m.
until services.
Marguerite Z. Hogle
Marguerite
Z. HOGLE, 90, Rochester Nursing Home, formerly of Waterhaven Apartments, died
at 11:58 a.m. Thursday at the nursing home.
She
was born April 4, 1896 in Kokomo to William and Katherine DANVER. She moved to Rochester from Chicago, Ill.,
17 years ago. In January 1913 in
Chicago she married Kenneth HOGLE, who died in 1959. She was a member of St. Andrew’s Catholic Church, Chicago.
Surviving
are a daughter, Mrs. Norma VANCE, Wheadon, Ill., three grandchildren, Joyce Ann
VANCE, San Diego, Calif; Mrs. Roberta DeWINE, Houston, Texas, and Rick VANCE,
Escondido, Calif., and three great-granddaughters. Two brothers preceded in death.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph Catholic Church with Father Richard
PUETZ officiating. Burial will be in the
Crown Point Cemetery, Kokomo. Friends
may call from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Rochester.
Kenneth J. Castleman
Kenneth
J. CASTLEMAN, 72, of 530 W. Ninth St., died at 835 a.m. today at Woodlawn
Hospital.
Arrangements
are pending at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Saturday, February 14, 1987
Kenneth J. Castleman
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester, for Kenneth
J. CASTLEMAN, 72, of 530 W. Ninth St., who died at 8:35 a.m. Friday at Woodlawn
Hospital. He had been ill two
years. The Rev. John RAMSEY will
officiate.
He
was born Sept. 30, 1914 in Marshall County to Clyde and Florence KELLY
CASTLEMAN. He had lived most of his
life in this area. On May 19, 1973 in
Macy he married Eleanor Juanita LEWIS, who survives. In addition to farming, for 16 years he was a Mayflower [employee]
in Indianapolis, and in Dec. 1983 retired as custodian with Tippecanoe Valley
School Corporation. He was a member of
the First Presbyterian Church, Rochester, and Masonic and I.O.O.F. Lodges,
Rochester.
Surviving
with the wife are a daughter, Mrs. Rebecca Sue DERRY, Sanford, Fla.; a son,
Kent J. CASTLEMAN, Oviedo, Fla.; his mother, Florence CASTLEMAN, Canterbury
Manor Nursing Home, four granddaughters, Evie Marie DERRY, Diane Denise DERRY,
Cheri Moan, and Laurie Maureen CASTLEMAN, all of Orlando, Fla.; three
step-children; sixteen step-grandchildren, and a foster-sister, Eva McKEE
CHRISTOPHER, New London, Conn.
Burial
will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. on Sunday and on Monday from 9 a.m.
until services. The I.O.O.F. Lodge will
conduct memorial services at 7 p.m. Sunday.
Allie G. Nicks
Allie
Gertrude NICKS, 94, Rt. 2, Rochester, died at 6:50 p.m. Thursday at Woodlawn
Hospital where she had been a patient since Monday. She had been ill one week.
She
was born Aug. 11, 1893 in Moulton, Iowa, to William C. and Sara E. MITCHEL
HOWELL. She moved to Rochester from
Chicago in 1944. On Feb. 2, 1916 in
Leon, Iowa, she married John M. NICKS, who preceded in death. She was a member of the First Presbyterian
Church, Rochester.
Surviving
are a son, Donald A. NICKS, Rochester; nine grandchildren; two
great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Nina HALE, Rochester, and Mrs. Cecil
ANDERSON and Mrs. Eva LARSON, both of Genoa, Ill., and nieces and nephews. A sister, Mrs. Georgie GALLOWAY, and a
brother, Roy HOWELL preceded in death.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester, with
the Rev. John RAMSEY officiating.
Burial will be in the Athens Cemetery.
Friendfs may call from 2 to 7 p.m. Saturday, and on Sunday from 10 a.m.
until services.
Monday, February 16, 1987
Evan C. Welling
Evan
C. WELLING, 9 months, of 931 W. Franklin St., Elkhart, died at 2:57 p.m.
Saturday in Wiler Children’s Hospital, Chicago, Ill. He had been ill three
months. He was born April 23, 1986 in
Chicago to Craig and Sue KIMBEL WELLING, who survive.
Surviving
with the parents are a brother, Blair [WELLING], at home; the grandparents,
George and Donna KIMBEL, Elkhart, and Leon and June WELLING, Leiters Ford, and
a great-grandmother, Mildred LAMBKA, Elkhart.
Services
will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Westbrook-Metz-Clouse Funeral Home, Elkhart, with
Evangelist Terry PHILLIPS officiating.
Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today. Burial will be in the Rice Cemetery, Elkhart.
Zelma L. Collins
Zelma
L. COLLINS, 75, Logansport, formerly of 712 Fulton Ave., died at 2:40 p.m.
Sunday in Chase Convalescent Center, Logansport.
She
was born May 8, 1911 in Mt. Vernon, Ill., to David H. and Lillie SIMS
BENARD. On Jan. 11, 1930 in Hammond she
married William H. COLLINS, who died May 7, 1974. She was retired from the former A&P Food Store in Rochester
and was a member of the Ninth Street Christian Church, Logansport, and the
World War II Mothers. She had lived in
Rochester from 1945 until 1973, then moving to Logansport.
Surviving
are two daughters, Phyllis M. ESHELMAN, Logansport, and Diane SHEW, Belleville,
Mich.; two sons, John F. [COLLINS], Logansport, and William H. [COLLINS],
Indianapolis; three sisters, Juliett BIRKNER and Dolly SLEDGE, both of Mt.
Vernon, Ill., and Alice CHAVEZ, Chicago; four brothers, James and Ralph
[BENARD], Salk Village, Ill.; Lester [BENARD], Mt. Vernon, Ill., and Clarence
[BENARD], Benton, Ill.; thirteen grandchildren, and six
great-grandchildren. Five brothers and
three sisters preceded in death.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at McCloskey-Hamilton-Gundrum Funeral Home,
Logansport, with Dr. Sam YOUNG officiating.
Burial will be in the Plainview Cemetery, Macy. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. today.
Dorothy M. Gaumer
Dorothy
M. GAUMER, 86, of 1212 Rochester Blvd., died at 8:25 p.m. Sunday at Woodlawn
Hospital where she had been a patient for three weeks. She had been ill for three weeks. She was born July 20, 1900 in Martinsville
to Adam and Mary LAFARY BRYANT. She
moved to Rochester from Palestine, Ill., and had lived here with a daughter for
23 years. On June 1, 1922 in Rockville
she married Basil GAUMER, who died Sept. 6, 1950. She was a member of the First Christian Church, Rochester.
Surviving
are three daughters, Mrs. Stanley (Judy) MUSGRAVE, Rochester; Mrs. Kenneth
(Carol) APPLE, Palestine, Ill., and Mrs. Patricia WIRE, Indianapolis; twelve
grandchildren, twenty great-grandchildren, and two
great-great-grandchildren. A daughter,
Elizabeth REEDY, formerly of Rochester, another daughrter, a son, two sisters
and a brother preceded in death.
Services
will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. Teal YOUNCE officiating.
Burial will be in the Hilldale Cemetery, Martinsville, with graveside
services at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Friends
may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Kenneth J. Castleman
Services were at 10:30 a.m. today
at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester, for Kenneth J. CASTLEMAN, 72,
of 530 W. Ninth St., who died at 835 a.m. Friday at Woodlawn Hospital. He had been ill two years. The Rev. John RAMSEY officiated. Burial was in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
He
was born Sept. 30, 1914 in Marshall County to Clyde and Florence KELLY
CASTLEMAN. He had lived most of his life
in this area. On May 19, 1973 in Macy
he married Elenor Juanita LEWIS, who survives.
In addition to farming, for sixteen years he had worked with the
Mayflower Van Lines moving and storage company at Indianapolis as an
owner/operator. In December 1983 he
retired as a custodian with the Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation. He was a member of the First Presbyterian
Church, Rochester, and the Masonic and I.O.O.F. lodges, Rochester.
Surviving
with the wife are a daughter, Mrs. Rebecca Sue DERRY, Sanford, Fla.; a son,
Kent J. CASTLEMAN, Oviedo, Fla.; the mother, Florence CASTLEMAN, Canterbury
Manor Nursing Home; four granddaughters, Evie Marie DERRY, Diane Denise DERRY,
Cheri Moan and Laurie Maureen CASTLEMAN, all of Orlando, Fla.; three
step-children; sixteen step-grandchildren; several step-great-grandchildren,
and a foster-sister, Eva McKEE CHRISTOPHER, New London, Conn.
Tuesday, February 17, 1987
Sidney R. Sadler Jr.
Sidney
R. SADLER Jr., 69, Rt 1, Rochester, died in Highlands Regional Medical Center,
Lake Placid, Fla., at 5 a.m. today.
He
retired Nov. 18, 1977 as executive director of the Fulton County Office of the
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service. He had held that position for 15 years and had been with the ASCS
for 22 years.
Mr.
Sadler was born May 24, 1917 in Elliott, Ill., to Sidney R. and Keiza RANDSDEM
SADLER Sr. In 1936 in Wabash he married
Dorothy M. THOMAS, who survives. He was a member of Grace United Methodist
Church, American Legion, VFW and Moose, all of Rocheser, and the Lake Placid
Elks. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of
World War II.
Surviving
with the wife are two sons, Richard [SADLER], Kewanna, and Terry [SADLER],
Crown Point; two daughters, Sandy GATES, Kewanna, and Patricia CONKLE, Grand
Kaymen Island, B.W.I.; a brother, Edward B. [SADLER], Logansport; ten
grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
A sister preceded in death.
Arrangements
are pending at Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Kewanna.
Mrs. O. W. Gentry
Mrs.
O. W. GENTRY, 90, Waterhaven Apartments, died this morning. She was the mother of Mrs. Gale “Mickey”
HARRISON.
Rites
are pending at Ellers Mortuary, 725 South Main St., Kokomo. Logal arrangements are being handled by
Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Rochester.
Ina G. Postill
Ina
G. POSTILL, 87, of Miller’s Merry Manor Nursing Home, Peru, died there at 12:30
a.m. today. She formerly resided in
Mexico.
She
was born May 22, 1899 in Cass County to Martin L. and Clarissa Ellen FENAMORE
CONNER. On June 23, 1923 in Rochester
she married Bert William POSTILL, who died July 9, 1975. She was a member of the Mexico Baptist
Church and its Missionary Circle and Bible Study group, was a former employee
of Peru Bubble Lite Factory, Wallace Factory, and Sherrill Corporation, Mexico,
and formerly was employed by the Mexico Brethren Home.
Surviving
are a daughter, Mrs. Don (Betty Lou) OWENS, Mexico; five grandchildren, and
four great-grandchildren. She was
preceded in death by a brother, Elmer [CONNER], and two sisters, Fay MAUS and
Etta BEST.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the McCain Funeral Home, Denver, with the Revs.
James LUND and Jay NICKLESS officiating.
Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery, Mexico. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday.
Glenn O. Squires Sr.
Glenn
O. SQUIRES Sr., 64, of 527 Fulton Ave., died at 1:51 a.m. today at Woodlawn
Hospital following an illness of two years.
Arrangements
are pending at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rocheter.
Wednesday, February 18, 1987
Evelyn M. Harsh
Evelyn
M. HARSH, 82, of 404 N. Johnson St., Akron, died at 12:20 a.m. today at
Woodlawn Hospital. She had been ill for
two weeks.
She
was born Jan. 30, 1905 in Fort Wayne to George and Ida COX. On April 15, 1931 in Fort Wayne, she married
Darl HARSH, who survives. She was a
retired Avon salesperson and a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Rochester.
Surviving
with the husband are a son, James M. HARSH, Akron; a granddaughter, Angela
HARSH, Fort Wayne, and two grandsons, Michael and Matthew HARSH, both of
Akron. Two brothers and a sister
preceded in death.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the St. Joseph Catholic Church, Rochester, with
Father Richard PUETZ officiating.
Burial will be in the Akron Cemetery.
Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Hartzler Funeral
Home,Akron, where the Rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Memorials may be made to the Cancer Society
or Heart Fund.
Grace E. Gentry
Services
will be at 10 a.m. Saurday at Ellers Mortuary, 725 S. Main St., Kokomo, for
Grace E. GENTRY, 90, of 300 E. Fourth St. (Waterhaven Apartments), who died
Tuesday in her residence. The Rev.
Frank VOSS will officiate. Burial will
be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Kokomo.
Friends
may call from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday. Memorials may be made to the Senior Citizens’ bus fund.
Mrs.
Gentry was born Sept. 6, 1896 in Ella, Ky., to Logan and Mattie WHITE
WINFREY. She moved to Rochester in 1977
from Kokomo. On June 5, 1915 in Howard
County she married Otha W. GENTRY, who died March 23, 1980. She was a member of the Forest Lawn Nazarene
Church in Kokomo, Rochester Senior Citizens and the Older Hosier Federation.
Surviving
are six sons, Burrell W., Harold D., and Gerald E. [GENTRY], all of Kokomo;
Paul W. [GENTRY], Bokeelia, Fla.; retired Col. William T. [GENTRY], Orlando,
Fla., and S. Richard [GENTRY],
Wyomissing, Pa.; three daughters, Mrs. Gale (Mickey) HARRISON, Rochester, Mrs.
Lois Jean MILLER, Mishawaka, and Mrs. Ben (Esther) STEVENS, Gifford, Ill;
twenty-six grandchildren, and twenty-eight great-grandchildren. A brother and four sisters preceded in
death.
Glenn O. Squires Sr.
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester, for
Glenn O.SQIRES Sr., 64, of 527 Fulton Ave., who died at 1:51 a.m. Tuesday.
The
Rev. Donald BOWMAN will officiate.
Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery with military
rites. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and
6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, and on Friday fom 9 a.m. until services.
Mr.
Squires was born on Feb. 28, 1922 in rochester to Rube and Mary TALLEY
SQUIRES. He had lived all of his life
in this community. On Dec. 24, 1947 in
Rochester he married Betty CUNNINGHAM, who died Feb. 28, 1985. He retired in 1982 as a truck driver with
McMahan-O’Connor. He was a member of
Teamsters Local 364, was a World War II U.S. Army veteran of the European,
African and Pacific theaters, and a member of the VFW.
Surviving
are two daughters, Mrs. Jean Ann McCLAIN, Hinesville, Ga., and Mrs. Linda
AMICH, Rochester; three sons, Glenn [SQUIRES] Jr., Colorado Springs; Jim
[SQUIRES], Blackshear, Ga., and Randy [SQUIRES), Macy; eleven grandchildren; a
brother, Arthur [SQUIRES], Logansport; three half-sisters and two
half-brothers.
Allie Williams
Allie
WILLIAMS, 73, Rt. 5, Rochester (Tiosa), died at 2:30 a.m. today at Woodlawn
Hospital where she had been a patient for four days. She had been in failing health for several years.
She
was born April 22, 1913 in London, Ky., to Felix and Ann COBB GILBERT. She moved to Rochester in 1937 from
Kentucky. On May 23, 1931 in London,
Ky., she married Clarence C. WILLIAMS, who survives. She was a member of the London Baptist Church and Richland Center
Naomi Rebekah Lodge.
Surviving
with the husband are a daughter, Mrs. Doyle (Janie) FLORY, Rochesteer; three
sons, Ronald L. [WILLIAMS], at home Clarence Carl [WILLIAMS], Logansport, and
Tom W. [WILLIAMS], San Antonio, Texas; six grandchildren; two
great-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Earl (Minnie) WILLIAMS Portage; four
brothers, Sam [GILBERT], Demotte; James [GILBERT], Portage; John [GILBERT],
East Gary, and William “Bill” [GILBERT], Chesterton. A son, Felix [WILLIAMS], died in 1955; two sisters also preceded
in death.
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Tiosa Brethren Church with the Rev. Don
PETERS officiating. Burial will be in
the Richland Center I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday and 9 to 11 a.m.
Saturday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester, and Saturday at the
church an hour before services.
Donald J. Barnes Jr.
Donald
J. BARNES Jr., 66, Akron, died at 11:39 p.m. Tuesday at Woodlawn Hospital.
He
was born March 25, 1920 in Jackson County, Tenn., to Donald J. and Georgia
CLARK BARNES Sr. On Nov. 20, 1941 he
married Emma CLEMONS, who survives. On
April 19, 1967 he married Florence Ethel WINEGARDNER, who died Jan. 22, 1984. He retired from Pike Lumber, Akron, Nov. 1,
1986.
Surviving
are five daughters, Erma SCARLETT, Peru, Linda CHAPA, Milford, Georgia COOK and
Delores SMYTH, Peru, and Barbara BABCOCK, Rochester; a son, Larry [BARNES],
Akron; three step-sons, Wayne and Larry DEPOY, Denver, and Joe DEPOY, Peru; two
step-daughters, Marilyn SAYLOR and Bonnie MYERS, Denver; forty-one
grandchildren; seventeen great-grandchildren; the step-mother, Effie HUTSEL,
Akron, Ohio; a brother, Tyler BARNES, Birmingham, Ala.; two sisters, Lucille
MITCHELL, Akron, Ohio, and Edna MYERS, Decatur; a half-brother and two
half-sisters. He was preceded in death
by a sister and a step-son.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the McCain Funeral Home, Denver, with the Rev.
Norris KING officiating. Burial will be
in Westlawn Cemetery, Denver. Friends
may call from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday.
Ernest W. Anderson
Ernest
W. ANDERSON, 77, Urbana, Ill., died at 9:15 p.m. Tuesday.
He
was born May 10, 1909 near Mentone to Ora and Minnie LAIRD ANDERSON. He moved to Urbana from Muncie. On May 23, 1935 in Rochester he married
Irene DAVIDSON, who survives. He had
taught at Ball State and Illinois universities. He was a graduate of Purdue and Ball State universities, a member
of the Urbana Church of Christ, a retired U.S. Army colonel, having served
during World War II, and was a member of military and education associations.
Surviving
with the wife are a daughter, Dr. Jeanne A. ANDERSON, Augusta, Ga.; a son, Max
W. [ANDERSON], Los Angeles, Calif., and two grandchildren. A sister died in 1986.
Services
will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Renner-Wikoff Funeral Home, Urbana, Ill. Friends may call after 7 p.m. Friday at the
King Memorial Home, Mentone, where another service will take place at 10 a.m.
Saturday. Burial will be in the
Sycamore Cemetery, Fulton County.
Thursday, February 19, 1987
Rufus F. Shidaker
Rufus
F. SHIDAKER, 88, of 1108 Hill St., died at 12:25 a.m. today in Woodlawn
Hospital where he had been a patient for two days.
He
was born Sept. 17, 1898 in Aubbeenaubbee Township to Mathias M. and Ellen
CARROTHERS SHIDAKER. After retiring
from farming 11 years ago he moved to Rochester from the Zion Community, 14
miles west of Rochester.
Surviving
are two sisters, Mrs. Bertha BITTERLING, Rochester, and Mrs. Ola MOLTER,
Goodland, and nieces and nephews. He
was preceded in death by two sisters, Bessie YOUNG and Hattie PLANTZ; an infant
sister, and five brothers, Jonas, Delbert, Joseph, George and Russell
[SHIDAKER] (the latter on Dec. 12) and an infant brother.
Services
will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester, with
the Rev. Sam OVERMYER officiating.
Burial will be in the Moon Cemetery.
Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Friday and on Saturday from 9 a.m.
until services.
Jennie R. Johnston
Funeral
services were at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Bubb Funeral Home, Mishawaka, for Jennie
R. JOHNSTON, 79, of 307 W. Marion St., Mishawaka, who died at 8:30 a.m. Sunday
in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, while visiting there.
Burial was in St. Joseph Valley Cemetery.
Her
parents were Ray and Orpha ANDERSON WOODCOX.
She was raised in the Burton area and graduated from Argos High
School. Her husband, Wilford W.
JOHNSTON, died in 1966.
Surviving
are a daughter, Betty K. WATTS, Mishawaka; two grandchildren; five
great-grandchildren, and a brother, Elmer WOODCOX, Phoenix, Ariz.; and Leaf
Lake, Minn. Two brothers, Cecil and
Robert WOODCOX preceded in death.
Sidney R. Sadler Jr.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Kewanna, for
Sidney R. SADLER Jr., 69, Rt. 1, Rochester, who died Tuesday in Highlands
Regional Medical Center, Lake Placid, Fla.
The
Rev. Russell WILBUR will officiate.
Burial will be in the Grass Creek Cemetery with military rites. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Friday, and on
Saturday after 8 a.m. until services.
Memorials
may be made to the Cancer Society.
Friday, February 20, 1987
[no obits]
Saturday, February 21, 1987
Dr.
Harold L. Method
Services
were conducted Thursday in Chicago for Dr. Harold L. METHOD, 68, of Near North
Side, Chicago, who died Monday in Northwestern Memorial Hospital. He had been ill for two years. Burial was in St. Ann’s Cemetery,
DesPlaines, Ill.
He
was born in July 1918 in Duluth, Minn.
On May 3, 1943 in Holy Name Rectory he married Margaret NELSON, daughter
of N.O. and Ethel NELSON, formerly of 617 Jefferson St.
He
had been medical director of The Chicago Tribune since 1975 and a Chicago
physician and surgeon for more than 40 years.
He had been on the mecdical staff of Passavant Memorial Hospital (now
Northwestern Memorial Hospital) since 1952, and was president of the Passavant
staff from 1965 to 1967. He also had
been a Northwestern University Medical School faculty member since 1950.
A
1936 graduate of East Chicgo Washington High School, Dr. Method received a
bachelor of science degree from Northwestern University in 1940 and graduated
from Northwestern Medical School in 1944.
At
Northwestern, he won All-American and All-Big 10 honors as a guard on the
Football team and was named to the Northwester Football Hall of Fame. In 1964 he was one of 25 college football
players of the 1939 season to receive 25th anniversary awards from Sports
Illustrated magazine for achieving outstanding post-collegiate success in their
chosen careers. In 1976 he was named to
the Indiana Football Hall of Fame.
While
on the staff at Passavant he served under Dr. Lowell DAVIS, father of Mrs.
Nancy REAGAN, and followed Dr. Davis as chief of staff.
A
brother--in-law of Dr. Method is John NELSON of Leiters Ford, athletic dirctor
of Culver Community High School.
Olive Hoffmeister
Olive
HOFFMEISTER, 96, Rochester Nursing Home, formerly of Indiana Avenue and Fourth
Street, died at 7 a.m. today.
Surviving
are nieces and nephews, including Mrs. Olive Jane HATHAWAY.
Sevices
will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Rochester. Burial will be in the Rochester Citizens
Cemetery. Fridnds may call two hours
prior to services.
Vera M. Calhoun
Vera
M. CALHOUN, 75, Delong, died early Friday morning at her home. She had been in failing health for a year.
She
was born July 31, 1911 near Delong to Oscar and Nettie MAHLER MONESMITH. She was a lifetime area resident. In February 1930 in Rochester she married
Loy F. CALHOUN, who died in 1975.
Surviving
is a daughter, Mrs. Dale (Sharon) HIGHT, Lakeville. Preceding in death were a son, Carl CALHOUN, in 1971, and two
sisters.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Bonine Funeral Home, Culver, with the Rev. Robert
HANSEN officiating. Burial will be in
the Monterey I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends
may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday.
Dorothy L. Pippenger
Dorothy
L. PIPPENGER, 85, of 1100 Washington St., a resident of Canterbury Manor since October
1986, died at 5:45 p.m. Friday at Woodlawn Hospital. She had been ill for five months.
She
was born Aug. 30, 1902 in Milford Junction to Bert and Cecil Marie HANEY
DAUSMAN. She moved to Rochester in 1973
from Arlington Heights, Ill. On Sept.
17, 1925 she married Edward E. PIPPENGER, who died in May 1956.
Surviving
are a daughter, Mrs. Cinda G.. PIPPENGER, Urbana, Ill.; a grandson, Corey
SPENCER, Urbana; a brother, Raymond H. DAUSMAN, Harvey, Ill., and a sister,
Mrs. Nadine PERKINS, Lambertville, Mich.
She was preceded in death by a sister, Mrs. Trella STRAKA.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Foster & Good Funeral Home with the Rev.
Donald MAUGHAN officiating. Burial will
be in the Baintertown Cemetery, New Paris.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday and on Tuesday for
an hour before services.
Monday, February 23, 1987
John Sowers
Services
were Saturday in Mason, Ohio, for John SOWERS, 55, Mason, who died Feb. 18, in
Mason. Burial was in Plainview
Cemetery, Macy.
He
was born Dec. 23, 1931 in Macy to Ross and Faun SOWERS. On March 30, 1956 he married Eula Mae
JOHNSON, who survives.
Surviving
with the wife are two daughters, Brenda and Laura [SOWERS], a son, Kelly
[SOWERS]; two sisters, Dorothy SAVAGE and Evelyn SOWERS, and a granddaughter.
Olive Hoffmeister
Services
were at 11 a.m. today at Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Rochester, for Olive
HOFFMEISTER, 96, Rochester Nursing Home, formerly of Indiana Ave. and Fourth
Street, who died at 8:10 a.m. Saturday in Woodlawn Hospital. The Rev. Teal YOUNCE officiarted. Burial was in the Citizens Cemetery,
Rochester.
She
was born Oct. 3, 1890 in Kouts to Charles and Keziah BRODY WILLIAMSON. She moved to Rochester from Gary 35 years
ago. In 1918 she married Herman HOFFMEISTER,
who died in 1972. She was a member of
the First Christian Church, Kouts.
Surviving
are nieces and nephews, including Mrs. Olive Jane HATHAWAY, Rochester. A brother and a sister preceded in death.
Charles J. Rathburn
Charles
J. RATHBURN, 60, the Rochester High School tennis coach and a Rochester Middle
School mathematics teacher for 14 years, died at 6 p.m. Saturday at Northwest
Community Continuing Care in Arlington Heights, Ill.
He
had been in failing health for seven months.
He
was born Aug. 6, 1926 in Chicago to Charles and Victoria JURCZAKIEWICZ
RATHBURN. He moved to Rochester in 1969
from Chicago, and resided at 1217 Bancroft Ave.
Mr.
Rathburn brought Rochester High School teams from obscurity to prominence. He had been the RHS boys tennis coach the
last seven years and was the RHS girls tennis coach during the 1984-85 and
1985-86 seasons.
His
1982 boys team won the school’s first Northern Lakes Conference championship
and its 18 victories set an RHS record. His boys team won four straight Logansport sectionals starting in
1981. Two of his players were named
honorable mention all-state - Mike MARRS in 1982 and Scott ZENT in 1983.
A
1944 graduate of David G. Farragut High School, Chicago, Mr. Rathburn received
his bachelor of science degree in education from Drake University, Iowa, in
January 1950 and a master of science in education degree from Indiana
University in August 1976. A middle
school mathematics teacher for 19 years, he was a member of the Rochester
Classroom Teachers Association, Indiana State Teachers Association, National
Educators Association and the Indiana Tennis Coaches Association. In the summer of 1986 he was nominated by
the ITCA for the National High School Coaches Association as Coach of the Year
award. He was a U.S. Army veteran,
serving in the Pacific Theater during World War II and also serving during the
Korean War.
Surviving
are a son, Charles [RATHBURN] Jr., Rochester; two sisters, Miss Loretta
RATHBURN and Mrs. Marlene CRAIG; a niece, Cathy CRAIG, and a nephew, Rick
CRAIG, all of Schaumburg, Ill., and a niece, Laureen MICH, Bartlett, Ill.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with Father Richard PUETZ officiating.
Friends may call from noon until services on Tuesday. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer
Society.
Rochester
Community Schools will close early Tuesday in honor of Mr. Rathburn. Elementary schools will close at 12:40 p.m.
and the high school and middle school at 12:50 p.m.
Elsie P. Sheets
Elsie
P. SHEETS, 88, Rt. 1, Twelve Mile, died at 9 a.m. Saturday in Dukes Hospital,
Peru. She had been in failing health
for two years.
She
was born March 7, 1898 in Ripley county to Frank and Marie HEITKAMP
BOLDRY. She had lived most of her life
in Cass County. On Dec. 31, 1923 in
Logansport she married Emory C. SHEETS, who died march 5, 1968.
Suviving
are a daughter, Mrs. Marvin (Donna) KELLEY and a son, Doyle [SHEETS], both of
Twelve Mile; thirteen grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren. A sister, Mrs. Lola THOMPSON, and three
brothers, Rufus, Floyd and Everett [BOLDRY[, preceded in death.
Services
will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Fulton, with
the Rev. Tim SHAPIRO officiating. Friends
may call from 3 to 9 p.m. Monday.
Burial will be in the Greenlawn Cemetery, Mexico.
Tuesday, February 24, 1987
[no obits]
Wednesday, February 25, 1987
Elnora Ferris
Elnora
FERRIS, 72, oif 500 Grove St., Argos, died at 4:06 a.m. today in Holy Cross
Parkview Hospital, Plymouth. She had
been a patient for one week. She was
born Nov. 2, 1914 in Indiana to Eugene and Laberta GUNKLE MEREDITH. She moved to Argos from Plymouth 15 years
ago. On March 16, 1935 in Elkhart she
married Ed FERRIS, who died Sept. 3, 1986.
Surviving
are two sisters, Mrs. Lucille WARNACUT, Plymouth, and Mrs. Jane MILLER, Austin,
Texas, and three brothers, Richard [MEREDITH], South Bend; Glendon [MEREDITH],
Plymouth, and Gordon [MEREDITH], Argos.
A son preceded in death.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Grossman Funeral Home, Argos, with the Rev. Ray
HALTERMAN officiating. Burial will be
in Maple Grove Cemetery, ARgos. Friends
may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and on Friday after 9 a.m. until
services. Memorials may be made to the
Marshall County Heart Fund.
Thursday, February 26, 1987
[no obits]
Friday, February 27, 1987
Paul E. Mathias
Services
were to be at 3:30 p.m. today in Second Presbyterian Church, Bloomington, Ill.,
for Paul E. MATHIAS, 83, of 2105 E. Lincoln, Westminster Village,
Bloomington. A Rochester native, he
died at 10 p.m. Wednesday in Martin Health Care Center, Bloomington, foillowing
a three-month illness. Graveside
services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery with
the Rev. Samuel OVERMYER officiating.
Mr.
Mathias was born May 1, 1903 in Rochester to John Wesley and Ida MOORE
MATHIAS. He moved to Bloomington 25
years ago after having resided in Hinsdale, Chicago, and Springfield, Ill. On Nov. 6, 1926 in Chicago he married
Lucille RINEHART, who surviv es. A 1927
graduate of Chicago Law School, he joined the Illinois Legislative Reference
Bureau, Springfield, drafting bills for the Illinois General Assembly. In 1933 he joined the Illinois Farm Bureau
as associate general counsel and in 1950 he became general counsel for the
Illinois Farm Bureau, retiring in 1968.
He continued privae law practice until retiring in 1982.
He
had served as president of school boards and trustee boards in Hinsdale, was
president of the Hinsdale Board of Education and was a 1970 delegate to the
Illinois Constitutional Convention as chairman of the Education Committee. He had served on the General Council Board
of Regents governing theee Illinois universities. He had been a trustee of the Hinsdale Union Church, and was
president of the Board of Trustees of the Second Presbytrian Church,
Bloomington.
Surviving
with the wife are two sons, John Paul [MATHIAS], South Lake Tahoe, Calif., and
Richard L. [MATHIAS], Kenilworth, Ill.; six grandchildre; three
great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Helen CROCKER, Plymouth, and Mrs. Donna
Fae BAUER, Rockford, Ill., and nieces and nephews. Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester is handling local
arrangements.
Maude J. Kale
Maude
J. KALE, 81, of 848 Park St., died at 9:20 p.m. Thursday in Woodlawn Hospital
where she had been a patient for two weeks.
She
was born April 15, 1905 in Leiters Ford to Charles F. and Mahala FIFER
HETZNER. She had lived most of her life
in this community, and also lived in Wyatt for five years. On Jan. 8, 1926 in Rochester she married
Walter L. KALE, who died March 16, 1974.
Surviving
are a daughter, Mrs. Dean (Florence) SHERK, Wyatt; a son, Robert [KALE],
Rochester; five grandchildren, Beth FOSTER, Sharon HELT and Donn KALE, all of
Rochester; Tom KALE, Maryland Heights, Mo.,and Dean SHERK, Wyatt; three
step-grandchildren, and nieces and nephews.
Two sisters, Mable JELDERKS and Pearl BRINGHAM prceded in death.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester, with the
Rev. Donald MAUGHAN officiating. Burial
will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Saturday and on Sunday from 10 a.m.
until services.
Saturday, February 28, 1987 to Tuesday, March
3, 1987
[no obits]
Wednesday, March 4, 1987
Edna L. Benedict
Edna
L. BENEDICT, 59, Peru, died Monday at Indianapolis Methodist Hospital.
She
was born April 13, 1927 in Momence, Ill., to Walter and Katherine MADISON
BROWNFIELD.
Surviving
are a son, Timothy DENTON, Rocheter; a daughter, Sherry BENEDICT, Denver; four
grandchildren; two sisters, Evaline KOLEY, Rensselaer, and Katherine RUSSELL,
Lake Village; four brothers, Raymond [BROWNFIELD], Morocco; Maurice
[BROWNFIED], California; Cecil [BROWNFIELD], Lake Village, and Marion
[BROWNFIELD], Colorado.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Sheets-Love Funeral Home, Lowell, with Pastor
Irad ALLEN officiating. Burial will be
in the Shrontz Cemetery, Momence, Ill.
Friends may call from 4 to 10 p.m. EST today.
Thursday, March 5, 1987
William Polk
Word
has been received of the death in Tampa, Fla., Sunday of William R. POLK, 73,
of 323 Rogers Terrace, Lakeland, Fla.
He
was born April 7, 1913 in Kosciusko County to Lewis John and Clara Elizabeth
GOBLE POLK Sr. He was married to Mary
HARTZLER, who preceded in death. He had
been an industrial engineer for Ball Brothers in Muncie. He moved to Lakeland from Muncie 12 years
ago.
Surviving
are two sons, Carlton B. POLK and Randall W. POLK, both of Tampa; two brothers,
Cecil POLK, South Carolina, and Donald POLK, Denver, Colo.; sister, Mary
DAVENPORT, Wabash, and two grandchildren.
Graveside
services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Oak Hill Burial Park in Lakeland with
the Rev. Stanley SMITH officiating. In
charge of arrangements is the Thornton-Holcom Memorial Home, 1833 S. Florida
Ave., Lakeland, Fla. 33803.
Laura E. Moyer
Laura
Eva MOHER, 78, Rt. 2, Kewanna, died at 3:03 p.m. Wednesday in Holy Cross
Parkview Hospital, Plymouth.
She
was born Dec. 27, 1908 in Cass County to Charles E. and Myrtle NICHOL
COSTELLO. On June 23, 1929 in Royal
Center she married Everett R. MOYER, who died May 14, 1976. She was a member of the Fulton County Farm
Bureau.
Surviving
are two daughters, Marlene JONES, Stone Mountain, Ga., and Joan TRUAX,
Pittsboro; two sons, Robert [MOYER], Plymouth, and George [MOYER], Union,
Mich.; a sister, Celia COSTELLO, Kewanna; two brothers, Harold [COSTELLO],
Kewanna, and Charles [COSTELLO], Chatsworth, Ill.; nineteen grandchildren, and
twenty-two great-grandchildren. A son,
four brothers, and a sister preceded in death.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Kewanna, with
the Rev. Howard WESTERN officiating.
Burial will be in the Grass Creek Cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Friday and on Saturday after 8 a.m.
Martha Brovont
Mrs.
Thomas (Martha) BROVONT, 47, Rt. 6, Rochester, died at 2:40 a.m. today at
Methodist Hospital, Rochester, Minn.
Arrangements
are pending at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Friday, March 6, 1987
Lloyd See
Lloyd
SEE, 81, South Linden Road, Argos, died at 12:30 p.m. Thursday at Mayflower
Nursing Home, Plymouth.
He
was born Aug. 22, 1905 near Argos to Jesse and Lucy BARTHOLOMEW SEE. A lifetime resident of the Argos area, was a
retired farmer, a member of the Jordon Baptist Church, Argos; Eagles Lodge,
Plymouth, and Marshall County Farm Bureau.
He served with the U.S. Army in France during World War II.
Surviving
are a sister, Mrs. Cleo (Ombra) CLER, Chicago; a niece, Beverly TAYLOR, Boise,
Ida, and grandnieces and grandnephews.
A brother, George SEE, died in July 1986.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Grossman Funeral Home, Argos, with the Rev. Arley
MITCHAM officiating. Burial will be in
New Oak Hill Cemetery, Plymouth.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today and on Saturday from 9 a.m.
until services.
Edna M. Van Trees
Edna
May Van TREES, 78, Rt. 7, Rochester, died at 11:50 p.m. Thursday in Woodlawn
Hospital.
Donald E. Dickinson
Word
Has been received of the death of Donald E. DICKINSON, 77, of 409 Albert St.,
Argos, who died Feb. 18, in Weslaco, Texas.
He had been ill several months.
He
was born March 30, 1909 in Chicago to Cloyd and Nell IDEN DICKINSON. He moved to Argos in 1930 from Chicago. On Dec. 19, 1936 in South Bend he married
Maud WRIGHT, who survives. He was owner
of Indiana Dental Laboratory, Argos, and a member of Plymouth Masonic Lodge.
Surviving
with the wife are two daughters, Sunnie HARLEY, Concord, Calif., and Judith
MORRIS, Plymouth; eight grandchildren; a great-grandchild; a sister, Eleanor
PRETORIUS, Urbana, and a brother, Harry [DICKINSON], LaPorte.
A
memorial service and burial are being planned by the Grossman Funeral Home,
Argos.
Martha Brovont
Services
will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Grace United Methodist Church for Martha Jean
BROVONT, 47, Rt. 6, Rochester, who died at 2:40 a.m. Thursday at Methodist
Hospital, Rochester, Minn.
The
Revs. Russell WILBUR and F.G. KUEBLER will officiate. Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday
at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester, and on Sunday at the church for
an hour before services.
She
was born Sept. 21, 1939 in South Bend to Thomas and Lois ELSEY DUGDALE, who
survive. On Jan. 14, 1961 in Mncie she
married Tom D. BROVONT, who survives.
She moved to Rochester in 1963 from Marion. She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, its WSCS,
American Cancer Society, Adult Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and Woodlawn
Hospitl Auxiliary.
Surviving
with the husband are a daughter, Julia Kim BROVONT, at home; two sons, Jeffrey
Roy [BROVONT], Lafayette, and Douglas J. [BROVONT], Bloomington; the parents,
Marion; three sisters, Mrs. David (Nancy) McKINLEY, Fort Wayne; Mrs. Matt
(Lois) WOZNIAK, Tempe, Ariz., and Mrs. Larry (Mary) PIO, Elkhart; three
brothers, Thomas [DUGDALE], Bradford, N.H.; Ned [DUGDALE], Greentown, and David
[DUGDALE], Newbury, N.H., and nieces and nephews.
Memorials
may be made to the Leukemia Foundation or Grace United Methodist Church.
Rollin W. Maher
Rollin
W. MAHER, 74, of 519 N. Cherry St., Mesa, Ariz., died at 8:30 p.m. Thursday in
Mesa Lutheran Hospital of leukemia.
On
Sept. 24, 1960 in Mesa he married Dorothy BAKER ROMIG, formerly of Fulton, who
survives.
Surviving
with the wife are a son, Kenneth [MAHER], Mexa; two grandchildren, and two
great-grandchildren.
Arrangements
are pending at the Larry Melcher Funeral Home, Mesa. Burial will be in the Queen of Heaven Cemetry, Mesa.
Walter W. Engel
Walter
W. ENGEL, 84, Rt. 1, Culver, died at 4:55 p.m. Thursday in Woodlawn Hospital
following a brief illness.
He
was born Aug. 15, 1902 in Fulton County to John and Catherine WISELY
ENGEL. He was a lifetime area resident
and was a retired farmer. On April 20,
1935 in Crown Point he married Leona OVERMYER HATFIELD, who survives.
Surviving
with the wife are four daughters, Mrs. Darlene JOHNSON, Rochester, Mrs. Joan
McCUNE, Culver; Mrs. Doris CLARK, Griffith, and Mrs. Lynne KLITZMAN,
Churubusco; three sisters, Mrs. Julia STORTS, Avon Park, Fla.; Mrs. Marjorie
HOWELL, East Chicago, and Mrs. Doris JURKA, Oak Lawn, Ill.; a brother, Donald
[ENGEL], Crown Point; twenty-two grandchildren, and seventeen
great-grandchildren. A daughter and
three sons preceded in death.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Gospel Lighthouse Church, Delong, with the Rev.
Floyd ALLEN officiating. Burial will be
in the Ora Cemetery. Friends may call
at Bonine Funeral Home, Culver, from 2 to 9 p.m. Saturday, on Sunday from 9
a.m. until noon, and at the church from 1 p.m. until services. Memorials may be made to the Heart Fund or
Manitou Training Center.
Saturday, March 7, 1987
Edna M. Van Trees
Edna
May Van TREES, 78, Rt. 7, Rochester, died at 11:50 p.m. Thursday at Woodlawn
Hospital, where she had been a patient for two weeks.
She
was born May 22, 1908 in Huntington County to James and Florence LEE
COMPTON. She moved here in 1960 from
Bluffton.
She
was married March 23, 1951 in Bluffton to Charles A. Van TREES, who
survives. She was a Fuller Brush
representative and a member of the First Baptist Church.
Surviving
with the husband are a daughter, Mrs. J. Patricia CHALFANT, Los Angeles; three
grandchildren, Aimee CHALFANT, Los Angeles; Beth WEDDLE, Austin, Texas, and
Chris ULLMAN, Houston, Texas.
Services
wil be at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 12, in the Foster & Good Funeral Home,
Rochester, with the Rev. Donald MAUGHAN officiating. Burial will be in the Woodlawn Cemetery at Warren, Ind. Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Wednesday,
and on Thursday for an hour before services.
Monday, March 9, 1987
[no obits]
Tuesday, March 10, 1987
Michael G. MacDonald
Michael
G. MacDONALD, 24, of 970 Nineteenth Road, Tippecanoe, formerly of Rochester,
was killed Monday when his car collided with a semi-truck.
The
accident occurred at Indiana 10 and 331 in Marshall County shortly before 6
p.m., police said. They said the truck
driver, who was not identified, was not hurt.
Mr.
MacDonald was born April 21, 1962 in Paoli to Gary and Laura HARRIS
MacDONALD. He had lived in the
Tippecanoe and Rochester areas for 18 years.
He was employed by Harmony Press, Bourbon, and was a member of the
Plymouth Church of Christ. On Aug. 15,
1981 in Rochester he married Angie NEWCOMER, who survives.
Surviving
with the wife are a son, Seth [MacDONALD], and three daughters, Sara, Rachel
and Jessica [MacDONALD], all at home; the parents, of Tippecanoe; three
sisters, Mrs. David (Billie Joe) BUZBEE, Logansport; Mrs. Kenneth (Lisa)
HOOLEY, Etna Green, and Laurie MacDONALD, Tippecanoe, and the paternal
grandmother, Ruth MacDONALD, Plymouth.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Johnson Funeral Home, Plymouth, with John
CLAYTON officiating. Burial will be in
the New Oakhill Cemetery, Plymouth.
Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Wednesday. Memorials may be made to the Plymouth Church of Christ.
Wednesday, March 11, 1987
Voris D. Zartman
Voris
D. ZARTMAN, 90, Rt. 1, Rochester, died at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in Woodlawn
Hospital. He had been in failing health
for eight years.
He
was born Nov. 17, 1896 in Liberty Township to Charles and Mary BAKER ZARTMAN
and was a lifetime area resident. On
Sept. 19, 1920 in Liberty Township he married Edna M. SURFACE, who
survives. He was a retired farmer,
attended the Fulton United Methodist Church, was a veteran of World War I, was
a former member of Producers Livestock Marketing Board, Rochester American
Legion, Fulton Lions Club and was active in the Fulton County Farm Bureau
Co-op.
Surviving
with the wife are a daughter, Mrs. Lorene H. BILLMAN, Hollywood, Fla.; a son,
Raymond J. [ZARTMAN], Rochester; seven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren,
and nieces and nephews. Two
grandchildren, a brother and two sisters preceded in death.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Fulton, with the
Rev. Edward OWENS officiating. Burial
will be in the Fulton Cemetery with military rites by the Rochester American
Legion and VFW posts. Friends may call
from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, and on Friday from 9 a.m. until services. Memorials may be made to charity.
Thursday, March 12, 1987
Harry N. Conrad
Harry
N. CONRAD, 89, Forest Lodge Mobile Park, Logansport, died at 1:20 a.m.
Wednesday at Miller’s Merry Manor, Logansport.
He
was born July 20, 1897 in Cass County to George W. and Dora May GRAY
CONRAD. On Feb. 25, 1936 he married
Fern WEST, who died April 18, 1977. He
was retired from farming and RBM, Logansport.
Surviving
are four sisters, Thelma McKINLEY, Winamac; Ethel WORKING, Rochester; Ida
HINES, Logansport, and Edith FERGUSON, Palm Harbor, Fla. Two brothers preceded in death.
Services
will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Fisher Funeral Chapel, Logansport, with
the Rev. Raymond SKELTON officiating.
Burial will be in the Bethlehem Cemetery, Twelve Mile. Friends may call from 3 to 9 p.m. Friday. Memorials may be made to the Cancer Society.
Friday, March 13, 1987
[no obits]
Saturday, March 14, 1987
Byron C. Hill
Byron
C. HILL, 79, 419 Pontiac St., Rochester, died at 2:20 a.m. today in the
Veteran’s Administration Hospital, Ft. Wayne, where he had been a patient since
Thursday.
Arrangements
are pending at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Monday, March 16, 1987
Byron C. Hill
Graveside
services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery for Byron
C. HILL, 78, of 419 Pontiac St., who died at 2:20 a.m. Saturday in Veteran’s
Administration Hospital, Fort Wayne. He
had been a patient for two days and in failing health for five weeks.
The
Rev. Russell WILBUR will officiate. VFW
and American Legion military graveside rites will be conducted.
Friends
may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
and on Tuesday from 10 a.m. until services.
Mr.
Hill was born Aug. 14, 1908 in Fulton County to Melvin L. and Ludy CARR
HILL. He had lived all his life in this
area. In Auckland, New Zealand, he
married Sibyl A. SCOBIE, who died June 4, 1981. He was employed by Baxter Drugs for 34 years before
retirement. He was an Army veteran of
World War II, serving in the Pacific and South Pacific theaters, and was
stationed at Pearl Harbor when the Jpanese attacked on Dec. 7, 1941. He was a former member of the VFW.
Surviving
are two sons, Melvin HILL and Ray TURNER, both of Rochester; four
grandchildren, Heather, Staci, Tony IACOVILLI, Chicago, and Wendy HILL, Mexico;
a sister, Mrs. Donald (Isabel) HENDERSON, Rochester, and nieces and
nephews. He was preceded in death by a
daughter, Sharon IACOVILLI, and a sister and a brother.
Calvin B. Drake French
Calvin
B. Drake FRENCH was stillborn at 4:53 p.m. Saturday in Dukes Memorial Hospital,
Peru. He was the son of Calvin B. DRAKE
and Kristine E. FRENCH, both of Peru, who survive.
Surviving
with the parents are a brother, Charles FRENCH, at home; the maternal
grandmother, Nancy FRENCH, Kewanna; the maternal great-grandmothers, Elsie
INGRAM, Logansport, and Bonnie MOORE, Manteno, Ill., and the paternal
grandparents, Charles and Irene DRAKE, Peru.
Graveside
services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Kewanna I.O.O.F. Cemetery with the
Rev. Brian HIGH officiating.
Arrangements are being handled by Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home,
Kewanna.
Mary J. Beaudoin
Mary
Jane BEAUDOIN, 91, of 1707 Madison St., Apt. 1, died at 1:27 a.m. Sunday in St.
Joseph Hospital, Kokomo. She had been
in failing health for two years.
She
was born Oct. 21, 1895 in Fulton County to Jeremiah and Rachel RALSTON
ANGLEMYER. She was a lifetime
resident. On Oct. 10, 1914 in Fulton
County she married Roscoe J. CONRAD, who died Sept. 7, 1969. On Oct. 14, 1936 in Fort Wayne she married
Harold E. BEAUDOIN, who died Aug. 8, 1978.
She was a member of the First Baptist Church, Past Noble Grand’s Club
and Evergreen Rebekah Lodge and was a charter member of Home Circle Extension
Homemakers Club.
Survving
are two daughters, Mrs. Lloyd (Rachel) CRAIG, Rochester, and Mrs. Grace L.
BRUBAKER, Kokomo; a son, the Rev. Byron E. CONRAD, Sacramento, Calif.; a
step-daughter, Mrs. Ruth KERN, Sednoa, Ariz.; a step-son, Walter BEAUDOIN,
Bradley, Ill; ten grandchildren; seventeen great-grandchildren; eight great-great-grndchildren;
step-grandchildren; step-great-grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Ruth A.
McKINLEY, Leesburg, Fla. Five sisters
preceded in death.
Services
will be at Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Rochester, with the Rev. Donald
MAUGHAN officiating. Burial will be in
the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Further arrangements are pending.
Tuesday, March 17, 1987
Mary J. Beaudoin
Services
for Mary Jane BEAUDOIN, 91, of 1707 Madison St., Apt. 1, will be at 11 a.m.
Wednesday in the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Rochester.
The
Rev. Donald MAUGHAN wil officiate and burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F.
Cemetery. Friends may call from 3 to 9
p.m. today, and on Wednesday from 9 a.m. until services.
Mrs.
Beaudoin died at 1:27 a.m. Suday in St. Joseph Hospital, Kokomo.
Mabel M. Smith
Mabel
M. SMITH, 93, formerly of Peru and Denver, died at 6:43 p.m. Monday in Dukes
Memorial Hospital, Peru.
She
was born in Cass County Oct. 23, 1893 to Frank and Gertrude EIDSON
WINTERS. She was married to Orton H.
SMITH in Onward in 1912; he died June 21, 1970.
She
had been a nurse’s aide at Dukes Hospital for 35 years, retiring in 1970 at the
age of 76. She was a member of the
Denver United Methodist Church and had been a 50-year member of the Main Street
United Methodist Church in Peru. She
also was a member of the Peru Rebekah Lodge, Eastern Star, Daughters of
America, Ameranth, and the Ladies Society of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Engineers.
Surviving
are three daughers, Juanita ALLMAN, Denver; Audrey SIEGFRED, Peru, and Beulah
HAYNES, Plainfield; five grandchildren; twenty-one great-grandchildren; seven
great-great-grandchildren, and two nephews.
Two grandsons and a brother, Frank L. WINTERS, preceded in death.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the McCain Funeral Home, Denver, with the Rev.
Richard BENNETT officiating. Burial
will be in the Deer Creek Cemetery at Onward.
Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Wednesday. Rebekah services will be at 8 p.m. Wednesday.
Wednesday, March 18, 1987
O. C. Hartle
O.
C. HARTLE, 80, of 4304 E. County Road 200 South, LaPorte, died Tuesday in
LaPorte Hospital.
He
was born July 21, 1906 in Leiters Ford to Walter and Jessie HARTLE. He was married April 16, 1932 in South Bend
to Mary DAVIS, who survives. He moved
to LaPorte in 1959 from Leiters Ford.
He was a member of the Michigan City Moose Lodge and was retired from
the Whirlpool Corp.
Surviving
with the wife are three daughters, Mrs. Connie DUNLAP, Argos; Mrs. Jean FAIN,
LaPorte, and Mrs. Beverly OSBORN, Plymouth; a son, Gerald “Bud” HARTLE,
Salisbury, N.C.; fourteen grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren, and three
step-grandchildren. Preceding in death
were a grandson, two brothers and a sister.
Services
will be at noon EST Friday in the Haverstock Funeral Home, LaPorte, with the
Rev. Mark JONES officiating. Cremation
will follow. Friends may call from 3 to
9 p.m. EST Thursday, and on Friday until services. Burial of ashes will be later at the Leiters Ford I.O.O.F.
Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the
Heart Fund.
[NOTE: See Tombaugh, Fulton County Indiana Births, 1882-1920: O. C. Harold HARTLE, born
to Walter S. and Jessie WAGONER HARTLE, July 21, 1906.]
Thursday, March 19, 1987
[no obits]
Friday, March 20, 1987
Arthur V. Zellers
Arthur
V. ZELLERS, 88, Kewanna, died at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at his home.
He
was born July 24, 1898 in Union Township to James J. and Norma FULLER
ZELLERS. On July 11, 1919 in St.
Joseph, Mich., he married Julia METZGER, who died April 2, 1932. On July 7, 1933 in Rochester he married
Bernice BALDWIN, who survives. He was a
retired farmer and trucker. He and a
brother owned the first cornpicker in Fulton county. He was a member of the First Baptist Church, Kewanna.
Surviving
with the wife are four daughters, Virginia COOK, Atlanta, Texas; Naoma SEIDEL,
Rochester, Marilyn WILLIAMS, Indianapolis, and Nedra BAHLER, Warsaw; three
sons, Virgil and Herbert [ZELLERS], both of Kewanna, and Wayne [ZELLERS],
Indianapolis; two sisters, Margaret DUDECK and Elizabeth ZELLERS, both of South
Bend; sixteen grandchildren; two step-grandchildren, and ten
great-grandchildren. A daughter, four
brothers, a step-brother and a sister preceded in death.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Kewanna, with the
Rev. Sam OVERMYER officiating. Burial
will be in the Kewanna I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Friends may call after 3 p.m. Saturday and on Sunday from 9 a.m. until
services.
Rex V. Good
Rex
V. GOOD, 82, of 214 W. Walnut St., Lapaz, died at 12:30 a.m. today at his home.
He
was born May 6, 1904 in Minnesota to John R. and Minnie GYLMN GOOD. On Dec. 10, 1921 in Rochester he married
Bessie WOODCOX, who died Dec. 7, 1975.
He was retired from the Studebaker Corp., did plumbing and heating in
the Lapaz area and was a member of the Lapaz Church of God.
Surviving
are two daughters, Bonnie MARTIN, Lapaz, and Betty KLINE, Niles, Mich.; two
sons, John [GOOD], Big Rapids, Mich., and Robert [GOOD], Lapaz; sixteen
grandchildren; forty great-grandchildren; four sisters, Edith HARVEY and Mabel
RATZLAFF, both of Anderson, and Lela AUTREY and Opal ZISSLER, both of
California, and a brother, Willard [GOOD], St. Paul, Minn. A brother and a son preceded in death.
Services
will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday at the Lapaz Church of God with the Rev. Donald
UNSELL officiating. Burial will be in
New Oakhill Cemetery, Plymouth. Friends
may call from 2 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the Johnson Funeral Home, Plymouth. Memorials may be made to Lapaz Church of
God.
Saturday, March 21, 1987
Ellen B. Dudgeon
Ellen
Beall DUDGEON, 80, Route 3, Rochester, died at 7:15 p.m. Friday at home. She had been in poor health for a year.
Born
Nov. 30, 1906, in Monticello, Ill., to Martin and Sadie ABNER BOOTS, she was
married Jan. 17, 1942 in Rochester to Arlie A. DUDGEON. She was a homemaker and a member of the
Naomi Rebecca Lodge No. 875, Richland Center.
Survivors
include her hsband; one sister, Miss Kitty BOOTS, Rochester, and one brother
George BOOTS, Oak Park, Ill. Two
brothers preceded in death.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. Teal YOUNCE officiating.
Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Richland Center. Friends may call from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m.
Sunday. There will be a Rebecca Lodge
service at 7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the cancer fund.
Anna A. Horgesheimer
Word
has been received of the death of Anna Augusta HORGESHEIMER, 69, a native of
Delong.
She
died March 6 at her home in Holiday Island, Ark. Services were March 10, with burial in the Benton County Memorial
Park at Holiday Island.
She
was born May 6, 1917, and was married Dec. 24, 1938 to John HORGESHEIMER, who
survives. Before retirement to Holiday
Island, she was an agent for the C. J. Frank Insurance Agency and organized the
Girl Scout swimming program in Hammond, Ind.
She was the Red Cross safety instructor for 15 years and taught Girl
Scout swimming in Lansing and Calumet City, Ill. She was a member of the Eureka Springs Methodist Church and the
Holiday Island Auxiliary Fire Department.
Surviving
with the husband are a son, Jerry [HORGESHEIMER], Ogden, Utah; a daughter,
Bonnie HICKLE, Memphis, Tenn.; a sister, Orpha H. LOUGH, Rt. 3, Rochester;
seven grandchildren, and an uncle, nieces and nephews.
Memorials
may be made to the Ladies Auxiliary Fire Department, Holiday Island, Ark.
72632.
Ina I. Hatfield
Ina
Iona HATFIELD, 77, Grace Village Retirement Center, Winona Lake, died at 12:20
a.m. Saturday at her residence.
She
was born May 22, 1909 in Akron to Frank and Rosetta WARREN SWARTZLANDER. On Aug. 23, 1927 in Akron she married Glen
K. HATFIELD, who died May 31, 1971. She
was a homemaker and a member of the Olive Branch Church of God.
Surviving
are a daughter, Joyce MOORE, Akron; two sons, Billy [HATFIELD], Mentone, and
Thomas [HATFIELD], Macy; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; a
sister, Ruth SWARTZLANDER, Akron; and several nieces and nephews. A sister and a brother preceded in death.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Akron, with
the Rev. Lawrence SEE officiating.
Burial will be in the Akron Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Monday and from 9 a.m. until
services Tuesday.
Monday, March 23, 1987
C. Lester Karn
C.
Lester KARN, 79, Rt. 4, Rochester, died at 11:30 a.m. Friday at home after a
sudden illness.
Born
Dec. 5, 1907 in Dayton, Ohio, he married Mable HILAND on March 13, 1944 in
Berrien Springs, Mich. He had lived in
Aubbeenaubbee Township for two months after moving from South Bend. He was a retired truck driver.
Surviving
with the wife are two daughters, Miss Darline KARN, South Bend, and Mrs.
Patricia KUYKENDOLL, Rochester; three sons, LeRoy and Eugene KARN, both of
South Bend, and Darvin KARN, Rochester; twenty-three grandchildren; two
great-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Clara SMITH, Hornbrook, Calif.; two
brothers, Ray KARN, Dowagiac, Mich., and Franklin KARN, Lowell, Ark.
Services
will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Bonine Funeral Home, Culver, with the Rev.
Floyd ALLEN officiating. Burial will be
in the Culver Masonic Cemetery. Friends
may call from 2 p.m. today.
Richard L. Moore
Richard
L. MOORE, 72, of 29 E. Pierce St., Coldwter, Mich., and Winter Haven, Fla.,
died Sunday morning at Winter Haven Hospital.
He
was born Jan. 21, 1915 in Akron to Orville and Fannie ROBBINS MOORE. on Jan. 11, 1935 in North Manchester he
married Mable RATLIFF, who survives. He
had been a Surge milking equipment dealer and had worked with an urban
development project for the city of Coldwater.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church, Coldwter.
Surviving
with the wife are a son, Ronald [MOORE], Phoenix, Ariz.; four grandchildren;
two great-grandchildren, and a brother, Gordon [MOORE], Goshen.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the First Baptist Church, Coldwater, with the
Rev. David L. FOX officiating. Burial
will be at 3:30 p.m. in the Akron Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Gillespie
Funeral Home, 27 Marshall St., Coldwater, Mich.
Clifford L. Geyer
Clifford
L. GEYER, 80, of 306 Indiana Ave., Argos, died at 7:10 p.m. Friday following a
three-week illness.
He
was born Aug. 23, 1906 near Bremen to David and Sarah MANGUS GEYER. He moved to Argos in 1975 from Plymouth,
where he owned and operated Geyer Plumbing and Heating Co. On April 1, 1928 in Goshen he married Perma
BARTS, who survives. He was a member of
the Plymouth Wesleyan Church.
Surviving
with the wife are a daughter, Mrs. Bonnie BAKER, Argos; seven grandchildren;
six great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Ethel LEEPER, Warsaw, and Mrs.
Marjorie HARDY, Bremen, and a brother, Ray [GEYER], Bonita Springs, Fla. A son, David [GEYER], three sisters and two
brothers preceded in death.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Plymouth Wesleyan Church with the Rev. James
VERMILYA officiating. Burial will be in
the Argos Maple Grove Cemetery. Friends
may call at the Grossman Funeral Home, Argos, from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today
and on Tuesday at the church for an hour before services. Memorials may be made to Marshall County
Chapter of the American Cancer Society.
Tuesday, March 24, 1987
Donald E. Baugher Sr.
Donald
E. BAUGHER Sr., 65, Tippecanoe, died at 12:40 a.m. Monday in the emergency room
at Kosckusko Community Hospital, Warsaw.
He
was born Feb. 6, 1922 in Warsaw to Forrest and Pearl BUELL BAUGHER. He moved to Tippecanoe from Warsaw in
1974. On Nov. 9, 1942 he married Carol
BLACKFORD, who survives. He had worked for Warsaw Plating Works for
21 years, and in 1970 retired from Hasdons, Warsaw. He was a World War II veteran, and a member of the Warsaw
American Legion and the Disbaled American Veterans.
Surviving
with the wife are three sons, Donald [BAUGHER], Jr., LaPorte; Calvin [BAUGHER],
Warsaw, and Randy Lee [BAUGHER], Rochester; eight grandchildren; three sisters,
Mrs. John (Eleanor) CRAIG, Warsaw; Mrs. George (Lucille) SMITH, Cassopolis, Mich.,
and Mrs. John (Maxine) KIRSCH, Evansville, and three brothers, Harold [BAUGHER]
LaPorte, and Jack and Forrest [BAUGHER], Warsaw.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Titus Funeral Home, Warsaw, with the
Rev. Larry TURLEY officiating. Burial
will be in Oakwood Cemetery where the Warsaw American Legion will conduct
military rites. Friends may call from 3
to 9 p.m. today.
Wednesday, March 25, 1987
Olive L. Reuschling
Olive
L. REUSCHLING, 91, Marinette, Wis., formerly of 1113 Hill St., died Sunday in
the Luther Home at Marinette. She moved
there four years ago from Rochester.
She
was born March 7, 1896 in Marinette.
She had lived in Star City before moving to Rochester. She was married June 28, 1933 in Logansport
to William P. REUSCHLING, who died Sept. 23, 1969.
Services
were in Marinette. Burial was to be
this morning at the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. The Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester, was in charge of
local arrangements.
Frank A. Long
Frank
A. LONG, 89, Rt. 5, Mount Vernon, Ill., died at 4 a.m. today in St. Joseph
Medical Center, South Bend.
He
was born March 3, 1898 in Terre Haute.
He was a retired farmer and accountant.
Surviving
is a daughter, Mrs. Elaine MITCHELL, Mentone.
Services
will be at 3 p.m. Friday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester, with
the Rev. Rodney RUBERG officiating.
Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call on Friday for an hour
before services.
Tot W. See
Tot
W. SEE, 94, Kokomo, died at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday at Windsor Estates Nursing Home
in Kokomo.
She
was born Jan. 28, 1893 near Leiters Ford to George and Nancy STAHL SALES. She was married Oct. 3, 1910 to Donald
APPLEMAN, who died in 1939. On Dec. 5,
1943, she married Earl SEE, who died Jan. 29, 1968. She was a member of the Leiters Ford United Methodist Church, a
charter member of the WCS of the church, a 50-year member of the Akron Eastern
Star, and a member of the Zion Missionary Church near Leiters Ford.
Surviving
are a daughter, Dorothy KISTLER, Kokomo; a son, Kenneth APPLEMAN, Fort Myers,
Fla.; eleven grandchildren, and thirteen great-grandchildren. Preceding in death were two daughters, a
son, two brothers and a sister.
Services
will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home in Kewanna
with the Rev. Herschel DYER Jr., officiating.
Burial will be in the Leiters Ford I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Thursday, and
on Friday from 8 a.m. until services. Memorials
may be made to the Leiters Ford United Methodist Church.
Thursday, March 26, 1987
Vera F. VanBuskirk
Vera
Friederika VanBUSKIRK, 79, Rt. 1, Roann, died at 3:10 p.m. Wednesday in
Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis.
She
was born Nov. 3, 1907 in Woodbury, N.J., to Charles W. and Vera M. MAMMEN
GRAY. On March 20, 1932 in Pekin, Ill.,
she married James VanBUSKIRK, who survives.
She was a graduate of Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio. She was treasurer of the Roann Paw Paw
Carnegie Public Library Board, a life member and former board member of the
Honeywell Foundation in Wabash and a member of the Harrison Cass and the Wabash
County Historical Society. She was the
1979 recipient of the Jane Award given by the Wabash County Extension
Homemakers.
Mrs.
VanBuskirk also was a member of the “Roann Threesome,” which gave musical
programs and a lincoln program throughout much of Indiana. She wrote and directed an historical
pageant, “Roann Remembers,” presented in 1953 for the Roann Centennial and
again in 1966 for the state sesquicentennial with the finale used that year at
the Indiana State Fair.
Surviving
with the husbnd are two daughters, Mrs. Eleanor DRAPER, Roann, and Mrs. Ross
(Priscilla) BURDGE, Akron; three sisters, Mrs. Tyng (Isabel) MUNNS, Lombard,
Ill.; Mrs. Sarah ARESON, Clinton, and Mrs. Milton (Eleanor) GROSSMAN, Miami,
Fla.; two brothers, Rozwell [GRAY], East Peoria, Ill., and Frederic W. [GRAY],
Hampton, Va., and six grandchildren.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Home, Roann. Burial will be in the Roann I.O.O.F.
Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 9
p.m. Friday. Memorials may be made to
the Roann Paw Paw Carnegie Public Library Trust Fund or the Heart Fund.
Durward B. Shaffer
Durward
B. SHAFFER, 83, Canterbury Manor Nursing Home, died there at 4:10 p.m.
Wednesday following an extended illness.
He formerly resided at 106 Logan St., Argos.
He
was born April 12, 1903 in Tippecanoe to John E. and Elizabeth S. HARDESTY SHAFFER. He was a lifetime resident of Marshall
County. On Sept. 8, 1923 in Cassopolis,
Mich., he married Edna L. WILLIAMS, who survives. He was a graduate of Valparaiso University. He had been a school teacher at Tippecanoe,
a farmer and a sheet metal draftsman.
He was retired as head custodian of Argos Community Schools.
Surviving
with the wife are seven daughters, Mrs. Virginia ASH, Kouts; Mrs. Jeanice
SHAFFER, South Bend; Mrs. Rosemary BROCKUS, Lapaz; Mrs. Demaris TORRES, Niles;
Mrs. Millicent SHAFFER, Bremen; Mrs. Pat HENSLEY, Plymouth, and Mrs. Karen
MENDENHALL, Star City; two sons, Victor [SHAFFER], Rochester, and Dee
[SHAFFER], Pensacola, Fla.; twenty-one grandchildren; twenty-seve
great-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Doris ANGLIN, Etna Green, and two brothers,
James and Robert [SHAFFER], both of Plymouth.
Three grandsons, a sister and a brother preceded in death.
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Grossman Funeral Home, Argos, with the Rev.
Jack RHOADES officiating. Burial will
be in the New Oak Hill Cemetery, Plymouth.
Friends may call from 2 to 5 and 6 to 9 p.m. Friday.
Friday, March 27, 1987
Cressia L. Downs
Cressia
L. DOWNS, 46, Lake Manitou, died at 1 p.m. Thursday in University Hospital,
Indianapolis. She had been seriously ill
for two weeks.
She
was born Oct. 15, 1940 in Magoefin County, Ky., to George and Bessie WHITE
KING. She moved to Rochester from Knox
23 years ago. On March 24, 1962 in
Culver she married James M. DOWNS II. who survives. She, with her husband, was a co-owner and operator of Culligan
Soft Water Service, Rochester. She was
a charter member of the Rocheter Garden
Club, a board member of the Fulton County Chapter of the American Cancer
Society, a member of the Women of the Moose and the First Baptist Church.
Surviving
with the husband are the father, of Knox; a daughter, Elizabeth L. [DOWNS], and
a son, James M. [DOWNS] III, both of Rochester a grandson, Grant Morton DOWNS;
four sisters, Mrs. Robert (Christal) STINEBACK, Beverly Shores, Mich.; Mrs. Don
(Barbara) SHORTER, Knox; Mrs. Dale (Delores) BJORKS, Mishawake, and Mrs. Tom
(Kathy) McMENAMIN, Chicago; six brothers, Jason [KING], Maui, Hawaii; Mark
[KING], Chalmers; Daniel, Gary and Tom [KING], all of Knox, and Jerry [KING],
Walkerton, and the mother-in-law, Helen SMITH, Rochester. The mother preceded in death.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. Teal YOUNCE officiating.
Burial wil be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m.
Sunday. Memorials may be made to the
American Cancer Society.
Hyder F. Todd
Hyder
F. TODD, 85, of 294 Tyler Ave., Peru, died at 9:12 a.m. Thursday in Dues
Memorial Hospital, Peru.
He
was born Oct. 19, 1901 in Fenters County, Tenn., to Calup and Amanda TODD. On July 24, 1960 he married Arlene MORRIS,
who survives. He was retired from
Stokley-Van Camp, Peru, and was a member of the First Church of God, Peru.
Surviving
with the wife are a brother, Mitchell [TODD], Olivehurst, Calif.; three
sisters, Hattie HURST, Laurhill, Fla.; Lela CARTER, Harriman, Tenn., and Leone
PENN, Bangor, Maine; a step-sister, Mary HICKS, Spring City, Tenn., and
cousins.
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Flowers-Leedy Funeral Home, Peru, with the
Revs. Tom BROWN and Francis GOUGH officiating.
Burial will be in the Akron I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today. Memorials may be made to the First church of
God, Peru.
Saturday, March 28, 1987
[no obits]
Monday, March 30, 1987
Jackie Gallahan
Jackie
GALLAHAN, 70, Rt. 4, Peru, died at 12:12 p.m. Friday at Dukes Memorial
Hospital, Peru.
She
was born Nov. 8, 1916 in Wellsville, N.Y., to John and Louella HOYT
STANTON. In 1950 she married Russell
“Bun” GALLAHAN, who survives. She was a
member of the Peru Eastern Star, Dukes Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, Women’s
Auxiliary of the Elks and Moose lodges, and the Mexico Church of the Brethren.
Surviving
with the husband are two daughters, Susan ANDERSON, Peru, and Dawn VanUTT,
Indianapolis, and a granddaughter, Tracey MOSLEY, Peru.
A
memorial service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Mexico Church of
the Brethren with the Rev. Don RITCHEY officiating. Arrangements are being handled by Flowers-Leedy Funeral Home,
Peru. Memorials may be made to the
Haiti Relief Fund at the Mexico Church of the Brethren.
Ruth Smith
Ruth
SMITH, 90, Peabody Retirement Home, North Manchester, formerly of Rt. 1, Silver
Lake, died at 4:41 p.m. Sunday at Wabash County Hospital, Wabash.
Burial
wil be in the Akron Cemetery. Further
arrangements are pending at the Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron.
Frances H. Van Duyne Read
Frances
Helen Van DUYNE READ, 80, of Four Seasons Mobile Estates, and Avon Park, Fla.,
died at 6 p.m. Friday in Highland Regional Medical Center, Sebring, Fla. She had been ill six months.
She
was born Dec. 16, 1906 in Rochester to Fred H. and Adda Bell CARRITHERS
MOORE. She was a lifetime resident of
Fulton County. On May 3, 1941 in Goshen
she married Joe Van DUYNE, who died Sept. 18, 1973. On April 30, 1976 in Rochester she married J. Harold “Bead” REED, who
survives. She was a 1924 graduate of Rochester
High School, attended Indiana Universit for two years, was a member of Chi
Omega Sorority, and was a former member of Tri Kappa Sorority.
Surviving
with the husband are a step-daughter, Mrs. Carolyn READ WESTON, Morocco; a
brother, Hugh [MOORE], Rochester a niece, Mrs. Jerry (Barbara Ann) SCHLEIGER,
Bloomington, Minn.; an aunt, Mrs. Reba SHORE, Rochester, and cousins.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Rochester;
with the Rev. Donald MAUGHAN officiating.
Burial will be in the Mt. Zion Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday and on Tuesday from 9
a.m. until services.
Laura L. Sheets
Laura
Lee SHEETS, 75, of 501 W. Third St., died at 6 a.m. Saturday at her home. She had been in failing health for two
years.
She
was born Sept. 3, 1911 in Fulton County to Pete and Grace MILLER CAMPBELL. She was a lifetime county resident. On June 18, 1942 in Argos she married Arthur
T. SHEETS, who died Aug. 28, 1968. She
retired from Topps Manufacturing in 1984 following 40 years of service.
Surviving
are a daughter, Mrs. Jack (Joyce) SMILEY, Rochester; two grandsons, Marc and
John [SMILEY], both of Rochester; a sister, Mrs. Lois OVERMYER, Logansport, and
a brother, Edward [CAMPBELL], Rochester.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. Donald MAUGHAN officiating.
Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m.
today, and on Tuesday from 9 a.m. until services. Memorials may vbe made to the Cancer Society or other charity.
Viola Wood
Viola
WOOD, 85, Denver, died at 1 p.m. Sunday at her home.
She
was born May 24, 1901 in Cass County to Christopher and Mary Ann MILLER
MINNEMAN. She married Timothy WOOD, who
died Feb. 23, 1960. She was a retired
Rochester school teacher and was a member of All Saints Church, Logansport.
Surviving
are three sisters, Bernadine COLEMAN, Royal Center, Nellie FOUTS, Denver, and
Agnes FOUTS, Logansport. She was
preceded in death by two sistes.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Kroeger Funeral Home, Logansport, with
Father Charles KLINE officiating.
Burial will be in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Logansport. Friends may call Tuesday from 3 to 8 p.m.;
the Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Albert W. Young
Akron’s
oldest resident, Albert William YOUNG, 101 years of age, died at 8:15 p.m.
Saturday in Kosciusko Community Hospital where he had been a patient since
Thursday afternoon. He had been in
failing health about one year. He
resided on North Mishawaka Street.
He
was born May 31, 1885 to David and Laura KESSELING YOUNG on the family farm in
Miami County east of Gilead. He lived
most of his life in Akron, except for four years in Chicago. On May 19, 1909 in Chicago he married Bankie
Amelia HOFFMAN, who died Dec. 22, 1967.
He was a retired farmer, former telegraph operator for the former Erie
Lackawanna Railroad, member of Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church of Akron,
the former Knights of Pythias of Akron, and Miami County Farm Bureau.
Surviving
are a daughter, Mrs. Helen MILLER, Akron two sons, Cleo W. and Ralph L.
[YOUNG], Akron; five grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; three
great-great-grandchildren, and nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a son, Robert [YOUNG], two brothers
and two sisters.
Services
will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Foster & Good funeral Home, Akron, with
the Revs. Ora MYERS and Merlyn COX officiating. Burial will be in the Akron Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. today, and on Tuesday from 9
a.m. until services.
Tuesday, March 31, 1987
Ronald Eugene Zent
Ronald
Eugene ZENT, 45, Rt. 2, Rochester, died Monday evening following a one-car
accident near Kenton, Ohio.
Arrangements
are pending at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
According
to the Ohio State Patrol, the accident occurred at 4:25 p.m. Monday when Zent
was driving alone on State Road 31 just southeast of Kenton.
For
unknown reasons his 1985 Honda Civic left the left side of the road and hit a
guard rail, police said. The car then
flipped and landed upside down on the guradrail before coming to rest on its
wheels.
Zent,
who was not wearing a seat belt when the crash happened, was taken to Harding
Memorial Hospital, Kenton. Kenton is roughly
60 miles east of Decatur, Ind., and about the same distance south of Toledo.
A
graduate of Rochester High School, he for a time held the school single-game
basketball scoring record with 39 points at Marion during the 1960-61 season.
Zent
was named to the first team of the Central Indiana Conference All-Star
selections in both basketball and football for 1960-61. He was the only RHS athlete to win such
honors. Rochester was a longtime member
of the CIC before switching to the Northern Lakes Conference.
During
the last several years, Zent, who raised veal calves, had been an active leader
of Rochester Little League baseball activities.
Ruth Smith
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron, for Ruth
SMITH, 90, Peabody Retirement Home, North Manchester.
Formerly
of Rt. 1, Silver Lake, she died Sunday at 4:41 p.m. in Wabash County Hospital,
Wabash.
The
Rev. Paul GRAHAM will officiate the services, and burial will be in the Akron
Cemetery. Friends may call today from 3
to 9 p.m. and on Wednesday after 9 a.m. until services.
Mr.
Smith was born Oct. 24, 1897 to Asa Bacon and Leota SCHINDLER CALLOWAY. On Nov. 10, 1915 she married Cecil SMITH,
who died Dec. 9, 1983. She was a member
of the South Pleasant United Methodist Church, Silver Lake.
Surviving
are a granddaughter, Kathy SMITH, Dayton, Ohio; a sister, Lola HOFFMAN, South
Bend; a daughter-in-law, Lucille SMITH, Dayton, Ohio, and nieces and
nephews. A son, Don [SMITH], died in
1968, and three brothers also preceded in death. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association or the
South Pleasant United Methodist Church.
Velma H. Shrimplin
Word
has been received of the death of Velma HERATH SHRIMPLIN, 85, a former
Rochester resident. She died at 4:30
p.m. March 23 in Lakeland Healthcare Center, Lakeland, Fla.
She
was born Nov. 6, 1901 in Brook. She
moved to Lakeland from Rochester in 1970.
On Nov. 26, 1919 in Kentland she married Manford SHRIMPLIN, who died
Sept. 11, 1973.
Surviving
are a sister, Forence JENSEN, Goodland; four grandchildren, and fifteen
great-grandchildren. She was preceded
in death by two sons, two brothers and two sisters.
Services
were Saturday at the Gerts Chapel, Goodland, with the Rev. Lee EMERSON
officiating. Burial was in Morris
Chapel Cemetery, Iroquois County, Ill.
Wednesday, April 1, 1987
Harry E. Pontius
Harry
E. PONTIUS, 74, Rt. 5, Rochester, died at 2:20 p.m. Tuesday in Woodlawn
Hospital where he was admitted Monday.
He
was born Nov. 17, 1912 in Argos to William and Grace HORNER PONTIUS. He was a lifetime resident of Marshall and
Fulton counties. On Sept. 19, 1936 in
Argos he married Della E. WEIDNER, who died May 8, 1980. He was retired from Bendix Corp., South
Bend.
Surviving
are two daughters, Mrs. Frank (Betty) FOSTER, Argos, and Mrs. Homer (Bertha)
GELLER, Rochester; a son, George [PONTIUS], Rochester; fifteen grandchildren;
twelve great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Mary FISH, Fayetteville, N.C.,
and Mrs. Corabelle BERGER, South Bend.
A daughter, a grandson and a brother preceded in death.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Grossman Funeral Home, Argos, with the Rev. Teal
YOUNCE officiating. Burial will be in
Maple Grove Cemetery, Argos. Friends
may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Thursday. Memorials may be made to the Heart Fund,
Cancer Society or Diabetes Association.
Ronald E. Zent
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester, for
Ronale Eugene ZENT, 44, Rt. 2, Rochester.
Mr.
Zent died at 5:30 p.m. Monday in Hardin Memorial Hospital, Kenton, Ohio, of
injuries sustained in a one-car traffic accident earlier in the day.
The
Rev. Donald MAUGHAN will officiate, and burial will be in the Rochester
I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call
from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, and on Friday from 9 a.m. until
services. Memorials may be made to the
Rochester Little League.
Mr.
Zent was born Dec. 15, 1942 in Rochester to Orton and Clarabelle HUNTER
ZENT. He was a lifetime resident of
Rochester. On Aug. 18, 1963 he married
Judy Lynn VERNON. On Aug. 9, 1984 in
Las Vegas, Nev., he married Paula A. PLANTZ, who survives.
He
was a farmer, veal grower and livestock feed sales representative for Custom
Blend Corp., Oak Hill, Ohio. He
graduated from Rochester High School in 1961, Western New Mexico University in
1965 with a bachelor of science degree in education, and from Ball State
University with a master’s degree in education.
He
taught high school sociology and psychology at Peru from 1965 to 1969, LaVille
from 1969 to 1972, and North Central from 1972 to 1973. He was head baseball coach at Peru and head
basketball coach at LaVille. He also
was a golf coach. He was active in the
Rochester Little League for many years, was a member of the Manitou Moose and
Masonic lodges, Scottish Rite and Mizpah temples, South Bend, and was a 32nd
Degree Mason.
Surviving
with the wife are two sons, Jeff and Scott [ZENT], Rochester; three
step-children, Kimberly PLANTZ, Robert PLANTZ and Kelly PLANTZ, Rochester; the
mother, Clarabelle ZENT, Rochester; a sister, Carol LANGE, LaPorte; a brother,
Mike ZENT, Rochester, and a granddaughter, Ashley ZENT, Rochester. His father died Nov. 5, 1973.
Eva B. Killion
Eva
B. KILLION, 86, Canton, Ohio, died at 9 a.m. Tuesday in Brewster Park Nursing
Home, Brewster, Ohio. She had been ill
six years.
She
was born Nov. 30, 1900 in Talma to Charles T. and Anna Viola DEAMER JONES
Sr. She had lived most of her life in
Canton, Ohio, and Washington D.C. She
married Arthur F. KILLION, who died Jan. 17, 1939. She was a member of the Macy United Methodist Church.
Surviving
are two sons, Jack [KILLION], North Canton, Ohio, and Charles L. ]KILLION],
Vienna, Va.; five grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs.
Marjorie BRYANT, Rochester. She was
preceded in death by three brothers, Charles T. “Casey” JONES Jr., July 16,
1970; Herman [JONES\, March 24, 1970, and Aaron [JONES], Aug. 8, 1952.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. Katharine LEHMAN officiating.
Burial will be in the Plainview Cemetery, Macy. Friends may call Friday from 9:30 a.m. until
services.
Thursday, April 2, 1987
[no obits]
Friday, April 3, 1987
Dewey L. Zolman
Dewey
L. ZOLMAN, 91, Athens, died at 8:30 a.m. today at his home. He had been in failing health for a number
of years.
He
was born Nov. 29, 1895 in Fulton County to James C. and Elizabeth BROCKEY
ZOLMAN. He had lived in the area all
his life. On July 5, 1919 in Rochester
he married Mary Amelia CLINGENPEEL, who survives. He was a retired farmer and electrician. He attended Athens United Methodist Church,
was a World War I U.S. Army veteran, member of the Rochester Eagles Lodge, and
initiated the restoration of the Prill School House, which he attended as a
boy.
Surviving
with the wife are a son, Richard S. [ZOLMAN], Warsaw; five grandchildren; ten
great-grandchildren; a sister, Trudie NELSON, Citrus Heights, Calif., and nieces
and nephews. Preceding in death were a
daughter, Dorothy M. BENSON, on March 25, 1986; two infant sons; a sister, Mrs.
Faye WAGONER, and two half-sisters and two half-brothers.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester, with
the Rev. Doris LUTTRULL officiating.
Burial will be in the Athens Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, and on Sunday
from 10 a.m. until services.
Saturday, April 4, 1987
[no obits]
Monday, April 6, 1987
Robert L. Musselman
[Saturday traffic accidents in Miami County
killed the son of State Rep. Raymond MUSSELMAN, R-Peru, and a young woman who
was employed at Marshall Eectric, Rochester.
Dead are Robert Lee MUSSELMAN,
42, Rt. 3, Peru, and Lori Kay CARLSON, 21, Deedsville.]
Musselman
died at the scene of a 10:30 p.m. one-car crash on Old U.S. 31 north of Peru as
he was returning home from Peru.
State
police said his northbound car left the right side of the road, hit a concrete
abutment and flipped over several times.
Mr. Musselman was thrown from the car before it landed on its top.
He
was co-owner, with his father, and the manager of Musselman Farms Inc., and
Musseman Grain and Trucking Co.
He
was born June 18, 1944 in Peru to Raymond E. and Nina CARSON MUSSELMAN, who
survive. On March 1, 1975 he married
Dorothy G. EISBRENNER, who survives. He
served in the U.S. Army Reserves and was a member of the Mexico Church of the Brethren
and the Peru Moose Lodge.
Surviving
with the parents and wife are three sons, Rod [MUSSELMAN], West Lafayette, and
Ryan and Derek [MUSSELMAN], at home, and a sister, Janet OLSON, Duluth, Minn.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the McCain Funeral Home,Denver, with the Rev.
Don RITCHEY officiating. Burial will be
in Greenlawn Cemetery, Mexico. Friends
may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.
Lori Kay Carlson
[Saturday traffic accidents in Miami County
killed the son of State Rep. Raymond MUSSELMAN, R-Peru, and a young woman who
was employed at Marshall Eectric, Rochester.
Dead are Robert Lee MUSSELMAN,
42, Rt. 3, Peru, and Lori Kay CARLSON, 21, Deedsville.]
Miss
Carlson died at 11:35 a.m. Saturday in Dukes Memorial Hospital at Peru
following a one-car crash at 9:45 a.m. that day.
Police
said the accident occurred on Miami County Road 1000 North a mile and a half
west of Deedsville.
A
sister, Kandi CARLSON, was a passenger.
Kandi Carlson told police the car was going west when the occupants saw
a car begin backing from a driveway as the Carlson car crested a hill.
Lori
Carlson apparently swerved to avoid the vehicle, lost control of the car, and
it hit a utility pole, police said.
Kandi
Carlson, 20, was treated at Dukes for bruises.
Lori
Carlson was born Jan. 15, 1966 in Rochester to Jerry L. and Kathy A. SEE
CARLSON, who survive. She was a 1984
graduate of North Miami High School, a member of the Deedsville United
Methodist Church, and was employed by Marshall Electric, Rochester.
Surviving
with the parents are three sisters, Kelly Diane, Kandi Dawn and Sarah BriAnn [CARLSON],
all at home; the paternal grandparents, Francis and Martha CARLSON, Rochester,
and the maternal grandparents, Harry and Donna SEE, Deedsville.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Deedsville United Methodist Church with
the Revs. Norris KING and David NEELEY officiating. Burial will be in the Deedsville I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Friends
may call from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the McCain Funeral Home, Denver,
and on Tuesday at the church for an hour before services.
Madge F. Moore
Graveside
rites at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Peru, were to be at 11 a.m. today for Madge F.
MOORE, 80, Denver, who died Thursday while vacationing in Benton, Ky. The Rev. Norris KING was to officiate.
She
was born Dec. 7, 1906 in Fort Wayne to Blanche SMITH. She was a retired Indiana Bell telephone operator.
Surviving
are her friends, the Dorothy HUNTER family, Denver, with whom she had lived for
the last 25 years.
Arrangements
were handled by McCain Funeral Home, Denver.
Tuesday, April 7, 1987
Pearl Sullivan
Pearl
SULLIVAN, 75, Rt. 1, Mentone, died at 10 p.m. Monday at her home.
Arrangements
are pending at the Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron.
Mildred E. Kale
Mildred
E. KALE, 72, Hammond, died at 8:30 p.m. Sunday in St. Catherines Hospital, East
Chicago.
She
was born Aug. 6, 1914 in Henry, Ill., to John and Cora LAYMON TOMB. She was married to Paul KALE, who died in
1974. She retired as a nurse’s aide at
St. Catherines Hospital in 1983, was a member of the Visiting Nurses
Association, Epsilon Sigma Alpha Beta Nu chapter, and Covenant Presbyterian
Church, Hammond.
Surviving
are four daughters, Pat CLELAND, Munster; Linda LUNDY and Roselyn KALE, both of
Hammond, and Marjorie PEARSON, Merrillville; a son, Charles [KALE], Denver,
Colo; seven grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Donald (Mary) KING, Rochester;
Marge SCHIER, Fort Madison, Iowa, and Toni KIRK, Merritt Island, Fla. Two sons, Dennis and Larry [KALE], preceded
in death.
Services
will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Covenant Presbyterian Church with the Rev. E. Crowell COOLEY and Dr. John EASTWOOD
officiating. Graveside services will be
at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.
at the Bocken Funeral Home, 7042 Kennedy, Ave., Hammond.
Wednesday, April 8, 1987
Carl T. Corcoran
Carl
T. CORCORAN, 72, Wolf Point Road, Lake Manitou, died at 6:40 p.m. Tuesday in
Woodlawn Hospital following an illness.
He
was born April 4, 1915 in Logansport to Thomas and Sadie CONNORS CORCORAN. On Oct. 30, 1937 he married Virginia PARSON,
who survives. He was a retired
machinist with Penn Central Railroad.
He was a member of All Saints Catholic Church, Logansport, and the
Rochester VFW, American Legion, and Eagles and Moose lodges.
Surviving
with the wife are a son, Tom [CORCORAN], Logansport; three daughters, Bette
ANGLE, Indianapolis; Rita KOCHEL, Royal Center, and Jerry CULP Logansport; a
brother, James “Boze” [CORCORAN], Logansport; twelve grandchildren; fourteen
great-grandchildren, and nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by three brothers and four sisters.
Services
will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the Kroeger Funeral Home, 711 E. Market St.,
Logansport, with Father John KENNY officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Logansport, with military
rites. Friends may call from 2 to 9
p.m. Thursday.
Orval O. Paul
Memorial
services were conducted March 28 at Dunwoody United Methodist Church in
Atlanta, Ga., for Orval O. PAUL, 1081 Bailiff Ct., Atlanta, Ga. 30319. Formerly of Akron, Mr. Paul died March 26.
The
Rev. James W. HENLEY Jr., officiated; cremation followed.
Mr.
Paul was born Sept. 10, 1912 in Gilead to Verl and Lou PAUL. On April 11, 1936 he married Octava C. COX,
who survives. He moved to Atlanta in
1986. He was retired from General
Electric Co. He had been head of the
Masonic Lodge of Disko.
Surviving
with the wife are a daughter, Mrs. Janet MARION, Atlanta; a sister, Mrs. Marie
MYERS, Chili; three grandchildren, David, Steve and Sandra MARION, Atlanta, and
a sister-in-law, Mrs. Jeanne JONES, Rochester.
Albert Grogg
Albert
GROGG, 77, Rt. 7, Rochester, died at 2:45 p.m. Tuesday at his home following an
illness of five years.
He
was born Feb. 18, 1910 in Auburn to Oscar and Laura PEPPLE GROGG. He moved to Rochester from Auburn in
1948. On Feb. 14, 1935 in Auburn he
married Mary Elizabeth KESSLER, who died Feb. 21, 1981. He was retired from McMahan-O’Connor
Construction Co., as plant supervisor after 38 years service, was a member of
Operators Union 103, Kokomo, and was a farmer.
Surviving
are a daughter, Mrs. Clayton (Shirley Ann) STICE, Denver, Colo.; two sons, Gene
R. and Dan [GROGG], both of Rochester six grandchildren, Robert PORTER and
Bobby HUTCHINSON, Colorado; Chris and Brandi GROGG, Rochester, and Marci
KRAWCZYK and David GROGG, Grand Rapids, Mich.; two great-grandchildren, and a
sister, Mrs. Harold (Sue) STUMP, and a brother, Sam GROGG, both of Auburn. A sister and three brothers preceded in
death.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with Father Richard PUETZ officiating.
Burial wil be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m.
Thursday, and on Friday from 9 a.m. until services. Memorials may be made to the Fulton County Cancer Society or the
Fulton County Humane Society.
Pearl Sullivan
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron, for Pearl
SULLIVAN, 75, Rt. 1, Mentone, who died at 10 p.m. Monday at her home.
The
Rev. Albert WHITAKER will officiate, and burial will be in the Akron
Cemetery. Friends may call today from 4
to 8 p.m.
Mrs.
Sullivan was born June 1, 1911 in Pike County, Ky., to George Grant and Sara
Elizabeth PRATER DAUGHERTY. On Oct. 31,
1929 in Pike County she married Ernest SULLIVAN, who died in 1971.
Surviving
are a daughter, Gail SAGUN, Mentone; six grandchildren, Kathy TACKETT and Mary
SPAULDING, both of Mentone; Ron SPAULDING Jr., Silver Lake; Harold VanDOREN,
Akron, and Misty and James SAGUN, Mentone; three great-grandchildren, Wendy,
Anthony and Trevor, and two sisters, Dora SLONE, Jamboree, Ky., and Hazel ALLEN
SMITH, Mishawaka. Four brothers and two
sisters preceded in death.
Thursday, April 9, 1987
Donald Dickinson
Memorial
services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the Grossman Funeral Home, Argos,
for Donald DICKINSON, 77, of 409 Albert St., Argos who died Feb. 18 while
wintering in Texas.
The
Rev. Jack HOADES will officiate. Burial
will be in the Maple Grove Cemetery, Argos.
Friends may call for an hour before services.
Memorials
may be made to the Argos United Methodist Church.
Friday, April 10, 1987
Thelma Brown
Thelma
“Jackie” BROWN, 63, Rt. 1, Macy, died at 3 p.m. Thursday at Phelps Regional
Hospital, Rolla, Mo. She had been in
failing health for several years.
She
was born Sept. 14, 1923 in Kokomo to Oscar and Nellie JACKSON. She had lived most of her life in Miami
County. On Sept. 14, 1941 in Mexico she
married Orval “Hap” BROWN, who died July 25, 1975. She was a member of the Macy United Methodist Church and the
Eagles, American Legion and VFW ladies auxiliaries.
Surviving
are two daughters, Miss Judy Kay [BROWN], Rt. 1, Macy, and Mrs. Beverly Sue
ELLABARGER, Kokomo; six grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; a brother,
Marvin [JACKSON], Detroit, Mich., and a half-brother, Leroy KIDD,
Indianapolis. She was preceded in death
by a son, Terry J. BROWN, in 1979, and two brothers, Harold and John [JACKSON].
Services
will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home,
Rochester. Burial wil be in the
Greenlawn Cemetery, Mexico. Friends may
call from 3 to 8 p.m. Saturday, and on Sunday from 10 a.m. until services.
Saturday, April 11, 1987
George M. Bearss
George
M. BEARSS, 82, formerly of the Reiter neighborhood southwest of Rochester, died
at 6 p.m. Friday in Dukes Memorial Hospital, Peru. He had been in failing health for several weeks.
He
was born Sept. 6, 1904 in Fulton County to George R. and Jesse McBRIDE
BEARSS. A farmer, he had lived most of
his life in Fulton County. On Nov. 23,
1927 in Fulton County he married Merceda Eleanor BOYD, who died Jan. 11,
1980. On Nov. 9, 1981 in Mexico he
married Clara SNYDER, who survives. He
was a member of the First Baptist Church, the Gideon Society and the Indiana
Farm Bureau.
Surviving
with the wife are two daughters, Mrs. Don (Frances) SMITH, Logansport, and Mrs.
Juan (Janis) GARCIA, Pueblo, Mexoco two sons, Wendell B. BEARSS, Rochester, and
Gresham A. “Bud” BEARSS, Berne; three step-daughters, Mrs. Kermit (Anita)
BURROUS, Mexico; Mrs. Bill (Virginia) LANGSTON, Orlando, Fla., and Mrs. Bill
(Vivian) CLARK, Littleton, Colo. fifteen grandchildren; four
great-grandchildren; fourteen step-grandchildren, and five
step-great-grandchildren. He was
preceded in death by a brother, Gresham [BEARSS].
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. Donald E. MAUGHAN officiating.
Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 6 p.m.
Sunday. Memorials may be made to
charity.
Gordon T. Drudge
Gordon
T. DRUDGE, 71, Rt. 2, Akron, died at 6:58 a.m. today in Woodlawn Hospital of an
apparent heart attack. He had been in
failing health for several years.
He
was born July 9, 1915 near Silver Lake to Charles and Bertha EBER DRUDGE. He lived in the Silver Lake, Akron and
Burket areas all his life. His first
marriage was to Lois BOWEN, who preceded in death. On May 1, 1983 he married Miriam MITCHELL, sho survives. He was a retired farmer and was retired from
he county highway department. He was a
member of Akron United Methodist Church, Warsaw American Legion and the VFW,
and was a World War II U.S. Army veteran, having served in Africa.
Surviving
with the wife are two step-daughters, Mrs. Jack (Hannah) NOLEN, Rochester, and
Mrs. Darrell (Priscilla) SLONE, Silver Lake; two step-grandchildren; two
sisters, Elizabeth GOOD, Rochester, and Mrs. David (Vera) LIVENGOOD, Fort
Wayne, and nieces and nephews. He was
preceded in death by four brothers, Merl, Harley, Homer and Wayne [DRUDGE].
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday a the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Akron, with
the Rev. Merlyn COX officiating. Burial
will be in the Akron Cemetery. Friends
may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8
p.m. Monday, and on Tuesday from 9 a.m. until services.
Monday, April 13, 1987
Sandra K. Walgamuth
Sandra
K. WALGAMUTH, 46, Rt. 2, North Webster, died at 5 a.m. Saturday in Memorial
Hospital, South Bend, following an extended illness.
She
was born Sept. 24, 1940 in Athens to Mark and Catherine PERSONETT VanLUE. She moved to North Webster in 1964 from
Akron. On June 14, 1958 she married
Arden WALGAMUTH, who survives.
She
was a secretary and receptionist for her husband’s dental office. She was a member of the North Webster United
Methodist Church, South Shore Ladies Golf Association and North Webster Lady
Lions.
Surviving
with the husband are the mother, Mrs. Catherine VanLUE, Rochester; two
daughters, Kristin [WALGAMUTH], at home, and Mary [WALGAMUTH], Cromwell; a son,
Mark [WALGAMUTH], Arlington, Va.; three sisters, Mrs. Jane WELLS, Syracuse Mrs.
Charlotte JOHNSON, Elmhurst, Ill., and Mrs. Nancy DENTON, San Bernardino,
Calif.
Graveside
services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Akron Cemetery. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday
at the North Webster United methodist Church with the Rev. O. Rex LINDEMOOD
officiating. Friends may call at the
Harris Funeral Home, County Road 1000 North and Indiana 13, Syracuse, today
from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Memorials
may be made to the American Cancer Society.
George Bearss
The
name of a step-son, David SNYDER of Mexico, was inadvertently omitted from the
list of survivors of George BEARSS that was submitted to The Sentinel Saturday.
Mr.
Bearss, 82, formerly of the Reiter neighborhood, died at 6 p.m. Friday in Dukes
Memorial Hospital, Peru. Services were
to be today at the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Rochester.
Rolland Brock
Rolland
“Casey” BROCK, 71, Rt. 7, Rochester, died at 3:20 a.m. today in Woodlawn
Hospital.
He
was born July 11, 1915 in Monroeville to Edward and Ilo MARTIN BROCK. On Nov. 3, 1947 in Chicago he married
Gertrude WILLRATH, who survives. He was
retired from the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad as a switchman, was a World War
II Navy veteran and a member of the Rochester Moose and VFW lodges.
Surviving
with the wife are three sons, Paul [BROCK], Portage; Gene [BROCK], Nyona Lake,
and John [BROCK], Chicago; two daughters, Dena JUDGE, Crossett, Ark., and Judy
IPPOLITO, Lake Station; two sisters, Pat WIRTZ, Columbus, Ohio, and Evelyn
CAREY, Rochester, Minn.; fifteen grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Flowers-Leedy Funeral Home, 105 W. Third
St., Peru. Burial will be in the
Ever-Rest Memorial Park, Cass County.
Friends may call from 2 to 5 and
7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday.
Tuesday, April 14, 1987
Lucille M. Rynearson
Lucille
M. RYNEARSON, 78, Rt. 3, Rochester, died at 7:10 a.m. today in Woodlawn
Hospital. She had been ill two weeks.
She
was born March 2, 1909 near Tiosa in Fulton County to Clyde and Bessie
TOWNE. She had lived most of her life
in Richland Township. On June 23, 1923
in Niles, Mich., she married Ellis N. RYNEARSON, who died Sept. 8, 1964. She was a member of the Whippoorwill
Community Church.
Surviving
are a daughter, Mrs. Kenneth (Betty) STEININGER, Rochester; three sons, Paul
[RYNEARSON], Rochester Francis [RYNEARSON], Columbus, Ohio, and Larry
[RYNEARSON], LaPorte; eleven grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Harold
(Marjorie) MADDUX, Athens; Mrs. Ermil (Evelyn) SHULTZ, South Bend; Mrs. Estel
(Katherine) CRALL, Rochester, and Mrs. Norma Jean STARR, Kewanna, and three
brothers, Vernon [TOWNE], Indianapolis; Jack [TOWNE], Marseilles, Ill., and
Junior [TOWNE], Rochester. Preceding in
death were a daughter, Margaret [RYNEARSON]; a sister, Mary WINTERS, and three
brothers, Harold, James and Emmerson [TOWNE].
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. John ANDREWS officiating.
Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Wednesday,
and on Thursday from 9 a.m. until services.
Memorials may be made to the Whippoorwill Community Church.
John R. Billiard
John
T. “Jack” BILLIARD, 61, Rt. 3, Logansport, died at 3:10 p.m. Monday at his
home.
He
was born Feb. 19, 1926 in Kokomo to Thomas and Mabel L. OLIPHANT BILLIARD. On March 29, 1947 in Logansport he married
Jean ZIMMERMAN, who survives. For the
past 30 years he had been a bus driver for Southeastern School Corp., and a
farmer. He was a member of the
Logansport Baptist Temple and Cass County Farm Bureau.
Surviving
with the wife are two sons, Michael and Kent [BILLIARD], both of Logansport;
two sisters, Barbara WILLIAMS, Macy, and Jeanette McCLOSKEY, Logansport, and
seven grandchildren. A daughter and a
brother preceded in death.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in the McCloskey-Hamilton-Gundrum Funeral Home,
Logansport, with the Rev. Keith PHILLIPS officiating. Entombment will be in Ever-Rest Memorial Park. Friends may call from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Wednesday. Memorials may be made to the
Cass County Cancer Society.
Wednesday, April 15, 1987
[no obits]
Thursday, April 16, 1987
Patricia E. Helt
Patricia
E. HELT, 53, of 1101 Hibiscus St., McAllen, Texas, was dead on arrival at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Valley Regonal
Hospital in McAllen. She apparently
suffered a coronary attack.
She
was born June 6, 1933 in Rochester to Milo and Thelma DuBOIS CARR. She was married Sept. 11, 1954 in Rochester
to Charles E. HELT, who survives. They
resided on a farm on Olson Road west of Rochester until moving to Columbus. They had lived in McAllen for eight
years. Mrs. Helt was a manager of the
Hibiscus Arms Apartment Hotel Complex in McAllen and was a member of Epsilon
Sigma Alpha Sorority. In Rochester, she
had attended the First Christian Church.
Surviving
with the husband are a daughter, Molly HELT, Albuquerque, N.M.; two sons, Scott
E. [HELT], Marion, and Samuel [HELT], Ontario, Calif.; the mother, of
Rochester; a sister, Mrs. Linda WILSON, Rochester; a brother, Edward CARR,
Columbia City; an aunt, Helen MILLER, Rochester, and an uncle, Leo DuBOIS,
Canton, Ohio.
Services
will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. Teal YOUNCE officiating.
Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday.
Lester W. Patterson
Word
has been received of the death of Lester William PATTERSON, 82, Sebring, Fla.,
who died March 30 in Sebring.
He
was born Dec. 20, 1904 in Chicago to Thomas and Kathryn GRIFFIN PATTERSON. He was married to Frances Jo PATTERSON. He was a retired supervisor in the laundry
and cleaning business. In 1979 he moved
to Sebring from Rochester. He was a
member of the Catholic Church.
Surviving
with the wife are a son, Charles E. [PATTERSON], Sebring; a sister, Bess EARL,
Oak Brooke, Ill.; four grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.
Friday, April 17, 1987
[no obits]
Saturday, April 18, 1987
Marsha E. Kotterman
Marsha
Elaine KOTTERMAN, 18, Macy, died at 7 p.m. Thursday evening at her home.
Born
Feb. 7, 1969 in Rochester to Harold L. KOTTERMAN and Nancy Jo SOUTHERTON, she
was a senior at North Miami High School and a student at the Upper Wabash
Vocational School, where she belonged to OEA.
She was a member of the Macy Christian Church and a parttime employee of
the Rochester 3D Store.
Surviving
with the parents are step-father, Nyles “Nick” BROWN, Macy; step-mother Donna
KOTTERMAN, Reynoldsville, Penn.; maternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Richard
ROBERTS, Indianapolis, and Mr. and Mrs. Sherl SOUTHERTON, Kokomo; paternal
grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Harry KOTTERMAN, Macy; step-grandparents Mr. and Mrs.
Eugene BROWN, Peru, Mr. and Mrs. George TAPPER, Reynoldsville, Penn., and
Dorothy SOUTHERTON, Kokomo; step-brothers David BROWN, Warren, Ind., Darren
BROWN, Petroleum, Ind., Craig FELLER, Council Bluffs, Ia., and Paul SIVERLING,
Falls Creek, Penn.; one sister, Tina MOYER, Nappanee; three step-sisters, Donna
ISBELL, Anniston, Ala., Tracy SIVERLING, Reynoldsville, Penn., and Tammy GREGG,
Felton, Calif.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the Macy Christian Church, with Rev. David WELSH
officiating. Burial will be in
Plainview Cemetery, Macy. Friends may
call from 2-9 p.m. Sunday at the
Flowers-Leedy Funeral Home, Peru.
Memorials may be made to the Macy Christian Church AGAPE Fund.
Edna Coleman
Edna
COLEMAN, 81, Canterbury Manor Nursing Home, died at 4:25 a.m. today at Woodlawn
Hospital.
Among
the survivors is a daughtr, Geneva RAKER, Route 1 Rochester. Arrangements are being handled by G. H.
Hermann Funeral Home, Indianapolis.
Omer Sayger
Omer
SAYGER, 69, formerly of Rochester, died at 12 a.m. Friday of cancer at the Good
Samaritan Hospital in Dayton, Ohio.
He
was born Aug. 9, 1917 in Athens to Herschel and Mary BURNETTE SAYGER. He was a veteran of World War II and was
retired from the Delco plant in Dayton.
Surviving
are the wife, the former Joy DARROUGH; two sons, Tony [SAYGER], Dayton, and Don
[SAYGER], Wright-Patterson Air Force Base; a daughter, Sally [SAYGER], in
Japan; seven grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Lowell (Willodean) COLLINS, Mrs.
Harry (Nancy) BAKER, Mrs. William (Maude) COLEMAN and Mrs. Jack (Laura)_ LEWIS,
all of Rochester; four brothers, Maurice [SAYGER], Akron, and Harry, Walter and
John [SAYGER], all of Rochester, and nieces and nephews. Preceding in death were the parents and two
brothers, Leroy and Otis [SAYGER]; the latter was Mr. Sayger’s twin.
Services
will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the Tobias Funeral Home, Beavercreek Chapel
in Dayton, Ohio.
Joyce Ellen Cooley
Joyce
Ellen COOLEY, 47, 527 W. Fifth St., died Friday night at her home.
Born
Dec. 30, 1939 in LaPorte County to Oca and Elsie SHEI HUNSLEY, she had lived
here for 27 years, having come from Wanatah.
On Dec. 15, 1960 she married Bernard “Shorty” COOLEY. She was a homemaker, a member of Parents
Without Partners and the Ladies Auxiliaries of the American Legion and Eagles.
Survivors
include two daughters, Beverly and Rita COOLEY, both of Rochester, and one son,
Dwight COOLEY, California; two brothers, Ovid HUNSLEY, Wanatah and William
HUNSLEY, Hanna, Ind.; and several nieces and nephews.
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Monday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester, with
the Rev. Teal YOUNCE officiating.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 3-8 p.m. Sunday and from 9
a.m. until services Monday.
Monday, April 20, 1987
Edna Coleman
Services
were to be today at 1 p.m. in the G.H. Herrmann-Madison Chapel, Indianapolis,
for Edna M. COLEMAN, 81, Rochester, formerly of Indianapolis, who died Saturday
in Woodlawn Hospital. Burial was to be
in the Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis.
She
was born Jan. 20, 1906 in Rushville and was married to S. Curtis COLEMAN, who
preceded in death.
Surviving
are a daughter, Geneva RAKER, Rochester; four grandchildren, Susan WISEMAN, Amy
BROWN, and Steven and Scott RAKER, and seven great-grandchildren.
Blanche I. Ricks
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Rannells Funeral Home, Koontz Lake Chapel, for
Blanche I. RICKS, 83, whose body was found Saturday near Walkerton.
Mrs.
Ricks disappeared from the nursing home Jan. 9.
The
Rev. Richard REYNOLDS will officiate, and burial will be in the Roselawn
Cemetery, Francesville. Friends may
call from 3 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, and on Wednesday from 9 a.m. until services.
Mrs.
Ricks was born March 19, 1903 in Medaryville to Orlando and Lena RUIEN ARCHER. She moved to Koontz Lake from Leiters Ford 12
years ago. On Sept. 11, 1920 in
Michigan City, she married Chester RICKS, who died Dec. 16, 1980. She was a former member of the Francesville
United Methodist Church and a past president of its WSCS, and was a member of
the Koontz Lake Fire Department’s Women’s Auxiliary.
Surviving
are two sons, Kenneth [RICKS], Leiters Ford, and Earnest [RICKS], Koontz Lake;
three daughters, Fern O’NEILL, Memphis, Tenn.; Betty DAUGHERTY, Haines City,
Fla., and Evelyn NORRIS, Koontz Lake; fifteen grandchildren; thirty-five
great-grandchildren, and seven great-great-grandchildren.
Melvin H. Hunter
Melvin
H. HUNTER, 72, Rt. 7, Rochester, was dead on arrival at Woodlawn Hospital at 9
a.m. Saturday. He had been in failing health
for eight years.
He
was born July 20, 1913 in Pulaski County to David W. and Lillian GOOD
HUNTER. He was a lifetime resident of
Fulton County. On April 3, 1941 in
Portland, he married Betty P. WALLACE, who died Oct. 24, 1978. He was a retired machinist with Bendix
Corp., South Bend, a member of the Rochester First Baptist Church, the Fulton
County Historical Society, the Father’s Auxiliary of the VFW, the Fulton County
Campers Association, the former Pinhook Grange Hall. He was a retired member of UAW Local Union 9.
Surviving
are three daughters, Mrs. Carol MELTON, Rochester, and Ms. Barbara and Ms.
Melva HUNTER, both of Marion; two sons, David and Steve [HUNTER], both of
Rochester; eleven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren, and a brother, Clurel
[HUNTER], Peru. Four brothers preceded
in death.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home,
Rochester, with the Rev. Donald MAUGHAN officiating. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today, and on Tuesday from 8:30 a.m. until
services. Burial will be in the Hamlet
Cemetery, near Talma. Memorials may be
made to the American Cancer Society and the American Heart Fund.
Lester D. Holloway
Lester
D. “Sonny” HOLLOWAY, 59, Rt. 5, Rochester, died at 3 p.m. Saturday at the
Veterans Administration Hospital, Fort Wayne.
He
was born Dec. 23, 1927 in Rochester to Elven and Ruth BECHTOL HOLLOWAY. He had lived all his life in this
community. On July 16, 1952 in
Rochester he married Clara E. FOLEY, who survives. He was retired due to ill health from Farm Bureau Co-op where he
had been employed for a number of years.
He was a U.S. Army Veteran of World War II, having served in the Pacific
Theater.
Surviving
with the wife are two daughters, Mrs. Glen (Rose) McVAY and Mrs. David (Debbie)
BOWYER, and two sons, Dan and Mike [HOLLOWAY], all of Rochester; seven
grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Fred (Rose) McGLOTHIN and Mrs. Wanda CHALK,
both of Rochester, and three brothers, Howard, Marvin and Bernie [HOLLOWAY], all
of Rochester. He was preceded in death
by his parents and four brothers, Theodore, Gerald, Walter and Russell
[HOLLOWAY].
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. Harvey HOWE officiating.
Burial will be in the Citizens Cemetery, Rochester, where the American
Legion and VFW will conduct military rites.
Friends may call from 2:30 to 9 p.m. today, and on Tuesday from 9 a.m.
until services.
Frank E. Frettinger
Frank
Edward FRETTINGER, 65, Rt. 3, Rochester, died early Saturday morning at his
home of an apparent coronary attack.
He
was born May 14, 1921 in Jasper County to John and Della GOODWIN
FRETTINGER. He had lived most of his
life in the Rochester area. On Sept. 1,
1951 in Lawrenceburg he married Thelma J. MOON, who survives. He was a farmer and a World War II U.S. Air
Force veteran, was a member of the Jordan Baptist Church, near Argos, and
taught its Young Marrieds Sunday School Class.
Surviving
with the wife are three daughers, Mrs. Ray (Peggy) CASEY, Carmel; Mrs. Rick
(Patricia) EADS, Macy, and Miss Sue FRETTINGER, at home; a son Dan
[FRETTINGER], Carrollton, Texas; three grandchildren, Dawn, Joel and Dustin
CASEY, Carmel; three sisters, Miss Mildred FRETTINGER, Rochester, and Mrs.
Virgil (Hazel) DARKWOOD and Mrs. Richard (Gladys) AMBROSE, both of Chicago, and
four brothers, Roy, Walter and David [FRETTINGER], all of Rochester, and Ralph
[FRETTINGER], Westville. He was
preceded by a brother, William [FRETTINGER], in 1980, and his parents.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home,
Rochester, with the Rev. Arley MITCHUM officiating. Burial will be in the Moon Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and on Wednesday from 9
a.m. until services.
Tuesday, April 21, 1987
Rose A. Ault
Rose
Ann AULT, 89, formerly of Argos, died at 4 a.m. today at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Everett (Pauline) RUSSELL, Rochester.
Arrangements
are pending at the Grossman Funeral Home, Argos.
Essie Morrill
Essie
LEFFERT MORRILL, 92, formerly of Argos, died at 6:30 a.m. Monday in the Pilgrim
Manor Nursing Home, Plymouth.
She
was born July 12, 1893 in Argos to Gabriel and Savilla LEFFERT. She was a lifetime Argos resident. On Oct. 10, 1914 in Aros she married Herbert
MORRILL, who died July 1, 1972. She was
a member of Argos Congregational Christian Church and Whippoorwill Ladies Aid
Society.
Surviving
are four sons, Gabriel and Arthur [MORRILL], both of Argos; Harold [MORRILL],
Greenville, Tenn., and Carl [MORRILL], Syracuse; nine grandchildren, and twelve
great-grandchildren. A daughter, Ruth
FORD, three brothers and a sister preceded in death.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Grossman Funeral Home, Argos, with the
Rev. Ray W. HALTERMAN officiating.
Burial will be in the Maple Grove Cemetery, Argos. Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. Memorials may be made to the Argos
Congregational Christian Church.
Wednesday, April 22, 1987
Rose A. Ault
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Argos Congregational Christian Church for
Rose Ann AULT, 89, Rt. 1, Rochester.
Formerly of Argos, she died at 4 a.m. Tuesday at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Everett (Pauline) RUSSELL.
The
Rev. Ray HALTERMAN will officiate.
Burial will be in the Culver Masonic Cenetery. Friends may call at the Grossman Funeral Home, Argos, from 2 to 8
p.m. today, and at the chrch on Thursday from 10 a.m. until time of services.
Mrs.
Ault was born Oct. 19, 1897 in Culver to Jacob and Anna MAHLER CROMLEY. She had lived all her life in the Culver,
Argos and Rochester communities. On
Dec. 25, 1914 in Culver she married Herman W. AULT, who died March 5,
1959. Prior to retirement she was an
employee of the former Kelly Hospital, Argos.
She was a member of the Argos Congregational Christian Church and its
women’s organization.
Surviving
are two daughters, Mrs. Lloyd (Irma Dean) HOSIMER, Beech Grove, and Pauline
RUSSELL, Rochester; nineteen grandchildren; thirty-five great-grandchildren,
and three great-great-grandchildren.
Preceding in death were three daughters, Anna Mae WILFERT, 1948;
Margaret HITTLE, 1973, and Olive McVEY, 1986; a son, Norman [AULT], 1961; two
sisters, and two brothers.
Memorials
may be made to the Argos Congregational Christian Church.
Thursday, April 23, 1987
[no obits]
Friday, April 24, 1987
Mable Gaumer
Mable
GAUMER, 80, formerly of 530 W. Ninth St., died at 7:10 a.m. today in Canterbury
Manor Nursing Home, where she had resided since 1974.
She
was born July 28, 1906 in Rochester to Dan and Mary MAURY KELLEY. She was a lifetime resident of
Rochester. On June 26, 1934 in Alvin,
Ill., she married Leonard L. GAUMER, who died June 3, 1955. She retired in 1971 as a school teacher at
the Reiter and Lincoln schools. She was
a graduate of Ball State University, received a master’s degree from Manchester
College, and was a member of the First Christian Church.
Surviving
are a daughter, Mrs. Jane MILLS, Salem, Oregon; a son, John K. GAUMER, a school
teacher in Izmir, Turkey; four grandchildren, Jay, Grady and Karen MILLS,
Oregon, and Dan MILLS, Germany; three great-grandchildren; a brother, Eugene
KELLEY, Rochester, and two sisters, Mrs. Ruth ROCKEY, Rochester, and Mrs.
Cecile CARRUTHERS, Winona Lake.
There
will be no visitation. Burial will be
at the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery at 1:30 p.m. Saturday with the Rev. Teal
YOUNCE officiating. Zimmerman Brothers
Funeral Home, Rochester, is handling arrangements. Memorials may be made to the First Christian Church.
Saturday, April 25, 1987
Robert E. Cooper
Robert
Eugene COOPER, 92, South Fir Road, Argos, died at 6:55 p.m. Friday at Woodlawn
Hospital, where he had been a patient two days. Arrangements are pending at the Grossman Funeral Home in Argos.
Monday, April 27, 1987
Robert E. Cooper
Services
were to be at 2 p.m. today at the Grossman Funeral Home, Argos, for Robert E.
COOPER, 92, of 16450 S. Fir Road, Argos, who died at 6:55 p.m. Friday at
Woodlawn Hospital.
The
Rev. Jack RHOADES will officiate.
Burial will be in the Maple Grove Cemetery, Argos.
Mr.
Cooper was born Sept. 27, 1894 in Hoopston, Ill., to Alex and Rebecca LEAVERTON
COOPER. He moved to the Argos community
65 years ago from Illinois. On Feb. 9,
1917 in Argos he married Hazel A. JOHNSON, who survives. He was a retired farmer.
Surviving
with the wife are two daughters, Mrs. Bernice TOTH, Mishawaka, and Mrs. LaMar
(Eunice) LEFFERT, Etna Green; two sons, LeRoy [COOPER], Plymouth, and Eugene E.
[COOPER], Argos; fourteen grandchildren; fourteen great-grandchildren, and five
great-great-grandchildren. Preceding in
death were two granddaughters, four sisters, Della TYLER, Rose HATTEN, Sadie
LONGLAND, and Lula PETTY, and three brothers, William, Alonzo and Newberry
[COOPER].
Memorials
may be made to the Diabetes Association.
Mary B. Beehler
Mary
B. BEEHLER, 65, Rt. 2, Kewanna, died at 5:24 p.m. Saturday at Woodlawn
Hospital.
She
was born Aug. 18, 1921 in Marshall County to Byron and Ethel Mae PONTIOUS
WAGONER. On Oct. 8, 1940 in Rochester
she married Leonard BEEHLER, who survives.
She was a member of the Grass Creek United Methodist Church, the Ladies
Aide Society, and the Missionary Society.
Surviving
with the husband are a daughter, Sheila WARNER, Miami, Fla.; two sons, Charles
[BEEHLER], Kokomo, and Bruce [BEEHLER], Kewanna; a brother, Jim [WAGONER],
Woodland Hills, Calif.; four sisters, Virginia GARVER and Dorthy ZEHNER, Argos;
Pearl GREIWANK, Lagrange, and Martha BOUGHTON, Houston, Texas; eleven
grandchildren, and a great-grandchild.
Services
will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Grass Creek United Methodist Church with
the Rev. Ronald MOORE officiating.
Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. today, and
Tuesday after 8 a.m. until one hour before services at the Harrison-Metzger
Funeral Home, Kewanna. Memorials may be
made to the diabetes association.
Otis Vires
Otis
VIRES, 75, of 8790 E. 19th Road, Argos, died about 8 p.m. Sunday at the home of
his grandson, Enoch WAGERS Jr., with whom he had lived for 10 years. He had been in failing health for 15 years.
He
was born March 21, 1912 in Jackson, Ky., to Jim and Rhoda DUNAWAY VIRES. He moved to Argos in 1951 from Jackson. On March 13, 1937 in Hazard, Ky., he married
Bertha NAPIER, who died Feb. 12, 1976.
He was retired from Bremen Castings Corp., Bremen, was a former coal
miner, served in the Pacific Theater with the U.S. Army during World War II,
and was a member of the UAW, Bremen.
Surviving
are a daughter, Mrs. Larry (Kathy) HORN, Plymouth; two step-daughters, Mrs.
Alberta MILLER, Argos, and Mrs. Reva Mae WESLEY, Somerset, Ky.; a
foster-daughter, Mrs. George (Louise) BOULAS, Argos; a step-son, Berchel ROBERTS,
Hazard, Ky.; twenty-three grandchildren; twenty-nine great-grandchildren, and
twelve great-great-grandchildren. He
was preceded in death by a son, James [VIRES], in 1939 a granddaughter, and
three brothers, Pierce, Ewen and Sim [VIRES].
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Church of Jesus Christ, Argos, with the Rev.
Lloyd HOWARD officiating. Burial will
be in the Maple Grove Cemetery, Argos, where military rites will be conducted
by the Argos American Legion Post.
Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Grossman Funeral
Home, Argos, and on Wednesday at the church for an hour before services.
Tuesday, April 28, 1987
Virginia Peterson
Virginia
PETERSON, 80, of 102 Yale St., Mentone, died at 1:22 a.m. today in Kosciusko
Community Hospital, Warsaw.
She
was born march 3, 1907 in Milford to Charles and Ida KAISER WOODLING. She had lived in Mentone since 1943. On June 29, 1926 in Warsaw she married C.
Byron PETERSON, who died in 1950. She
was retired after more than 20 years’ ownership of Pete’s Lunch. She was a member of the First Baptist Church
of Mentone, the Mentone Reading Club and the Scrambled Egg Symphony Band, was a
past matron of the Eastern Star and was founder of the Mentone Home Economics
Club.
Surviving
are two daughters, Mrs. Larry (Carol) FLENAR, Mentone, and Mary Ann PETERSON,
Spokane, Washington; two sons, Donald [PETERSON], Mentone, and Merrill E.
[PETERSON], Milford; two sisters, Ellen KARSTEN, Oakland, Calif., and Alice
VERMILLION, Florida; three brothers, George [WOODLING], Connecticut, and Reid
and Robert [WOODLING], both of Warsaw; sixteen grandchildren, and twenty-one
great-grandchildren. Preceding in death
were a son, Ted [PETERSON], in 1985, and a brother and a sister.
Services
will be Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at the King Memorial Home, Mentone, with the
Rev. Ken MARKEN officiating. Burial
will be in the Mentone Cemetery.
Friends may call after 2 p.m. Wednesday.
Leonard Mikesell
Word
has been received of the death Friday morning of Leonard MIKESELL, 78, Signal
Mountain, Tenn. He formerly lived in
Rochester.
He
was born to George and Minnie MIKESELL.
He married Mary Ellen JONES, formerly of Rochester, who survives. He moved to Signal Mountain in 1971 from
Harvey, Ill.
Surviving
with the wife are two daughters, Mrs. William (Beverly) UHLEAN, Blue Island,
Ill., and Mrs. Clem (Barbara) HUFF, Signal Mountain; five grandchildren; a
brother-in-law, Robert O. JONES, Lake Manitou, and nieces and nephews.
Services
were Monday at the Lane Funeral Home, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Wednesday, April 29, 1987
Robert C. Ward
Word
has been received of the death of Robert C. WARD, 77, of 351 Manley, Sebastian,
Fla., formerly oif Rochester. He died
at 9 p.m. Friday at his home.
He
was married to Vera WARD. He was a
retired quality control employee of the Rochester Sealed Power plant and was a
self-employed photographer. He moved to
Florida in 1975.
Surviving
with the wife are a daughter, Cindy MORGAN, Concord, N.C., and a brother
Emerson WARD, South Carolina.
Family
memorial services followed cremation in Florida.
Zachary Andrew Fisher
Zachary
Andrew FISHER was stillborn at 9:46 a.m. Tuesday at Logansport Memorial
Hospital to Stephen E. and Bobbi S. GASAWAY FISHER, Rt. 1, Royal Center.
Paternal
grandparents are Arthur and Mary FISHER, Kokomo. Maternal grandparents are Robert and Dorothy GASAWAY,
Kokomo. Paternal great-grandmother is
Delia BROCK, Charlotte, N.C.
Graveside
services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Kistler Cemetery, Royal Center, with
the Rev. John DREXLER officiating.
There will be no visitation.
Arrangements are being handled by Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Royal
Center.
Dale Lichtenwalter
Miss
Dale LICHTENWALTER, 82, formerly of 906 Main St., and retired Rochester High School
teacher, died this morning in Alexandria, Va.
Services
are tentatively set for Saturday.
Arrangements are being handled by Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home,
Rochester.
Thursday, April 30, 1987
Dale Lichtenwalter
Graveside
seervices for Miss Dale LICHTENWALTER, 85, Alexandria, Va., will be at 11:15
a.m. Saturday in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. The Rev. Donald MAUGHAN will officiate.
Friends
may call from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home,
Rochester.
Formerly
of 906 Main St., Miss Lichtenwalter died at 6:15 a.m. Wednesday in
Alexandria. She had lived in Alexandria
for several months with her niece. She
had been ill for seven weeks.
Miss
Lichtenwalter was born Jan 2, 1902 in Rochester to Dr. Lincoln and Fila RINER
LICHTENWALTER. She was a lifetime
resident of Rochester. She received a
bachelor’s degree from Indiana University and master’s degree from Purdue
University. She was a retired school
teacher, having taught at Gas City, Akron and Rochester High School. She retired from RHS in 1967 after 35 years’
teaching. She was a life member of the
Fulton County Historical Society, a member of the DAR, Rochester First Baptist
Church, Tri Kappa Sorority and the Indiana and National Retired Teachers
associations.
Surviving
are the niece, Mrs. Paul Don (Peggy) WAGONER, Alexandria, Va.; three
great-nieces and nephews, Scott, Craig and Kristen WAGONER, Alexandria, and a
great-grandnephew, Ryan Scott WAGONER.
Preceding in death were three brothers, Devon, Everett and Alden [LICHTENWALTER],
and two sisters, Pauline LICHTENWALTER and Ruth LICHTENWALTER.
Memorials
may be made to the First Baptist Church or Fulton County Historical Society.
Mary B. Messersmith
Mrs.
Mary B. MESSERSMITH, 88, Rt. 1, Culver (Fulton County Road 700 North), died at
4:55 p.m. Wednesday in Holy Cross parkview Hospital, Plymouth, after a short
illness.
She
was born May 30, 1898 in Indianapolis to Edward and Sarah ROUND POTTAGE. She moved to the Fulton County area eight
years ago from Indianapolis. She
attended the Calvary Baptist Church in Indianapolis and was a member of the
Queen Esther Chapter of the Indianapolis Eastern Star. She was married in Indianapolis to Charles
MESSERSMITH, who died in 1945.
Surviving
are a daughter, Mrs. Ulysses (Juanita) BREWER, Culver; a grandson, Kenneth
BREWER, Logan, Utah; a great-granddaughter; a great-grandson, and a
great-great-grandson.
Graveside
services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in te Washington Park Cermetery East, 1100
E. Washington St., Indianapolis. The
Rev. Lance PERCY, will officiate. There
will be no visitation. Memorials may be
made to the American Heart Association.
The Bonine Funeral Home, Culver, is in charge of arrangements.
Mabel R. Nieder
Services
were conducted Wednesday for Mabel Rose NIEDER, 69, Rich Hill, Mo., who died
Saturday in Bates County Memorial Hospital, Butler, Mo. Burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery at Butler.
She
was a sister of Murrell SUTTON, Eugene SUTTON, Virgil SUTTON and Mrs. Mel (Lora)
KERN, all of Rochester, and Mrs. Paul (Ruby) THOMPSON, Macy.
She
was born May 4, 1917 in Bates County, Mo., to the Rev. Elmer and Rosa FENNEWALD
SUTTON. She was married March 17, 1938
in Bates County to Marvin W. NIEDER, who survives. She was a member of the First Assembly of God Church in Butler.
Surviving
with the husband, brothers and sisters are two sons, William [NIEDER], of
Butler, and Eldon [NIEDER], of Rich Hill; two daughters, Olive HUNT, Rich Hill,
and Kay GAYMAN, Butler; eleven grandchildren, and eight
great-grandchildren. Preceding in death
were an infant son, Elmer Troy [NIEDER], twin of Eldon; a great-grandson, and
two sisters, Naomi VanMETER and Effie EPPERSON.
Friday, May 1, 1987
Clark Coffman
Clark
COFFMAN was stillborn at 6:52 p.m. Thursday in Dukes Memorial Hospital,
Peru. His parents are Chris COFFMAN and
Betty CLARK, Rt. 2, Macy.
Surviving
with the parents are the maternal grandparents, Bill and Betty CLARK,
Knoxville, Tenn.; the paternal grandparents, Richard and Carolyn COFFMAN, Rt.
2, Macy; the maternal great-grandmother, Margaret GAITHER, Hickory, N.D.; a
sister, Jesse CLARK COFFMAN, and aunts and uncles.
Private
family graveside services will be held.
Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Fulton, is handling arrangements.
Norman Swihart
Norman
SWIHART, 87, a resident of Miller’s Merry Manor West, Wabash, for 10 months,
died at 12:45 p.m. Thursday at Wabash County Hospital. He had been a patient for two days, and had
been in failing health for the past three years.
He
was born April 1, 1900 in the Beaver Dam area northeast of Akron to Edward and
Josephine STOFFER [SWIHART]. He had lived most of his life in
Akron and Silver Lake. In 1920 in
Rochester he married Mildred R. SHOWALTER, who died Feb. 12, 1965. He was a mechanic and for a number of years,
was owner-operator of the former Palace Garage, Akron. He attended the Roann Church of the Brethren
and was a member of the Warsaw Moose Lodge and Modern Woodmen of America. He was a World War I Army veteran.
Surviving
are three sons, Col. F. L. SWIHART, Ocoee, Fla., Richard Gene [SWIHART],
Kalamazoo, mich., and Harry Edward [SWIHART], Silver Lake; eight grandchildren;
twelve great-grandchildren, and nieces and nephews. Preceding in death were four sisters and two brothers.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Akron, with
the Rev. Lowell BURRIS officiating.
Burial will be in the Akron Cemetery, Akron. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today and on
Saturday from 9 a.m. until services.
Natalie Rouch
Natalie
WAMPLER ROUCH, 33, of 3101 Portge Blvd, Fort Wayne, died Wednesday at her home.
She
was a Plymouth High School graduate, a 1975 graduate of Ball State University,
a 1977 graduate of Indiana University, a member of Delta Gamma Sorority, and
worked for North American Van Lines for the past eight years.
Surviving
are the husband, Mark R. ROUCH, Fort Wayne, and the father, Lloyd C. WAMPLER,
Indianapolis.
Services
will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday in Peace Chapel, Crown Hill Cemetery,
Indianapolis. Kluehn Funeral Home, Fort Wayne is handling arrangements.
Saturday, May 2, 1987
Janet L. Chilton
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Grossman Funeral Home, Argos, for Janet L.
“Jan” CHILTON, 38, of 5770 E. 18th Road, Argos.
Mrs.
Chilton died Thursday morning of accidental electrocution in an outbuilding on
the family farm, according to the Marshall county coroner.
Elder
Robert RETTINGER will officiate the services, and burial will be in the Walnut
Church of the Brethren Cemetery southeast of Argos.
Friences
may call from 2 to 8 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. through services on
Sunday. Memorials may be made to the
Marshall County Cancer Society.
Mrs.
Chilton was born Oct. 6, 1948 in Argos to Harley and Emma CRUM BERGER. She was a lifetime resident of the Argos
community. She was married Dec. 5, 1970
in Argos to Charles O. CHILTON, who survives.
She and her husband operated a mobile home maintenance repair service from
their home.
Surviving
with the husband are a son, Jason W. [CHILTON], at home three aunts, Mabel
PERMAN and Gladys KEPCHA, both of Plymouth, and Ethel CLARK, Mishawaka, and two
uncles, Homer BERGER, South Bend, and Howard BERGER, Plymouth. A sister died in infancy.
Monday, May 4, 1987
Donald L. Calhoun
Donald
Lee CALHOUN, 36, Leiters Ford, died at his home Saturday afternoon.
Fulton
County Coroner Joyce GOOD said the death was due to carbon monoxide poisoning,
apparently self-inflicted.
Mrs.
Good said Calhoun was pronounced dead at the scene after his wife found his
body at 3:20 p.m. Saturday in a truck in the family garage. Mrs. Good said an autopsy on Sunday at
Woodlawn Hospital determined the cause of death as carbon monoxide poisoning.
He
was born Feb. 24, 1951 in Rochester to Russell and Frances HITE CALHOUN. He had lived most of his life in Leiters
Ford. On Dec. 20, 1975 in Culver he
married Mary S. BASILE, who survives.
He attended IUPUI at Fort Wayne and Indianapolis where he was studying
dental technology.
Surviving
with the wife are two sons, Cory and Clint [CALHOUN], at home; the parents, of
Leiters Ford; two sisters, Mrs. Harold (Phyllis) SUTTON, Kewanna, and Mrs. Bill
(Janet) FISHER, Culver; a brother, Dennis [CALHOUN], Leiters Ford, and nieces,
cousins, aunts and uncles.
Services
will be at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. Teal YOUNCE officiating.
Burial will be in the Leiters Ford I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. today and
on Tuesday from 9 a.m. until services.
Lottie M. Mackey
Lottie
M. MACKEY, 57, Rt. 1, Kewanna, died at 2:15 a.m. Sunday in St. Joseph’s Medical
Center, South Bend. She was born Dec.
17, 1929 in Lucerne to Otto R. and Mary WHITE McCLAIN. On Sept. 4, 1948 in Logansport she married
Joseph O. MACKEY, who survives. She was
a personnel clerk at Switches in Leiters Ford and was a member of the Pleasant
Hill United Methodist Church, Lake Bruce.
Surviving
with the husband are three sons, Michael J. and James A. [MACKEY], Logansport,
and Stephen P. [MACKEY], Radford; four sisters, Fannie ENYART and Bessie
GRUBBS, Warsaw; Mae RINGLE, Akron, and Pearl JONES, Pittsburgh, Pa., and six
grandchildren. Preceding in death were
three brothers and three sisters.
Services
will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church
with the Rev. Dennis INGLE officiating.
Burial will be in the Lake Bruce Cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Tuesday at the Harrison-Metzger
Funeral Home, Kewanna, and on Wednesday at the church for an hour before
services.
Donald A. Jefferies
Services
were at 11 a.m. Friday at Winteregg-Linn and Haggard Funeral Home, Decatur, for
Donald A. JEFFERIES, 81, Decatur, who died at 11 a.m. Wednesday at his home
following an extended illness. Burial was in Decatur Cemetery.
He
was born Oct. 25, 1905 in Fulton County to Ancil and Lena CLIFTON
JEFFERIES. On Oct. 19, 1935 he married
Bernice BUTT, who survives. He retired
in 1970 as a salesman for Meredith Publishing Co. He was a member of St. Mark’s United Methodist Church and the
Decatur Masonic Lodge.
Surviving
with the wife are two daughters, Mrs. Roger (Marilyn) ELEY and Mrs. James
(Karen) MARTIN, both of Fort Waynd; a sister, Mrs. David (Maurine) KREIG,
Muncie, and three grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to St. Mark’s United Methodist Church.
Pearl A. Nickels
Services
were to be at 11:30 a.m. today at Landis-Loy Mortuary, Lafayette, for Pearl A.
NICKELS, 99, who died at 7:10 a.m. Friday in Comfort Retirement and Nursing
Home, Lafayette, where she had been a resident since October 1977. She had been in failing health for several
years.
The
Rev. Donald W. BIXBY was to officiate and burial was in Rest Haven Memorial
Park.
She
was born Feb. 19, 1888 in Monon. On
Sept. 2, 1906 in Fulton County she married Alva J. NICKELS, who died in
1952. She was educated in Fulton County
schools and had been a resident of Lagayette since 1926. She was a member of Grace United Methodist
Church, Lafayette, the Carpenters Auxiliary, Womens Christian Temperance Union,
and Tippecanoe County Home Demonstration Club.
Surviving
are four daughters, Mrs. Helen SHAW, Frankfort; Mrs. Lawrence (Alma) DUNNEWOLD,
Bradenton, Fla.; Mrs. Gus E. (Laurol) POHLMAN, Carmel, and Mrs. Howard (Esther)
JOHNSON, Fort Myers, Fla.; twelve grandchildren; eighteen great-grandchildren,
and two great-great-grandchildren. A
son, two brothers, a sister and a grandson preceded in death.
Memorials
may be made to Grace United Methodist Church, Lafayette.
[NOTE: See Tombaugh, Fulton County Indiana Marriages 1836-1983: Alva NICKELS married
Blanche P. ASHLEY, Sept. 2, 1906.]
Gretchen E. Gearhart
Private
graveside services were to be at 10 a.m. today at Laketon Cemetery, Laketon,
for Gretchen Eileen GEARHART, 70, Rt. 1, Silver Lake, who died at 8 p.m.
Saturday at her home.
She
was born April 24, 1917 in Kokomo to Roscoe and Lena MOORE McQUISTON. On April 10, 1949 she married Donald J.
GEARHART, who survives. She was a
retired factory worker.
Surviving
with the husband are a son, Mick BOWERS, Silver Lake; three daughters, Elaine
SHEPHERD, South Dakota; Cindy BARNETT, Silver Lake, and Mindy BRUCE, Bourbon;
twenty-nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Arrangements
were handled by DeLaughter Mortuary, North Manchester.
Paul Harper
Paul
“P.A.” HARPER, 59, Rt. 3, Rochester, died at 8 a.m. Saturday in South Bend
Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient for two weeks.
He
was born Feb. 22, 1928 in Akron to George and Mildred SHRIVER HARPER. He had lived most of his life in Fulton
County. On Aug 29, 1948 in Rochester he
married Edith L. BARKER, who survives.
He was a farmer and was employed by Talma Fastener Corp., Talma. He was a member of the Akron Church of God.
Surviving
with the wife are a daughter, Jeannine HARPER, Rochester; a son, Daniel
[HARPER], Gas City; the mother, Mildred HARPER, Akron; two sisters, Mrs. Al
(Jolane) FUTRELL, Bakersfield, Calif., and Mrs. William (Geraldine) SHEARS,
Bourbon; three brothers, Merle, George Jr., and Arthur [HARPER], all of
Rochester, and nieces and nephews.
Preceding in death were the father in 1966 and two brothers, Edward and
Richard [HARPER].
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. James MALBONE officiating.
Burial will be in the Citizens Cemetery, Rochester. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. today and
on Tuesday from 9 a.m. until services.
Tuesday, May 5, 1987
Billy D. Conley
A
local boy was killed Monday night in a one-car accident in Marshall
County. Two passengers in his vehicle
were admitted to Woodlawn Hospital.
Billy
D. CONLEY, 17, Rt. 2, Rochester, was pronounced dead at the scene on Indiana
331 near Tippecanoe by the Marshall County coroner.
At
about 11 p.m. Conley’v vehicle was traveling south when he missed a curve. The vehicle left the roadway, hit a
guardrail, flipped over while airborne, and struck a tree.
The
passengers, John JACKSON, 16, Rochesester, and Audra STRANG, 20, Bremen,
received minor injuries. A Woodlawn
Hospital spokeswoman said today the two were doing fairly well and are listed
in stable condition.
Conley
was born July 18, 1969 in St. Joseph, Mich., to Kenneth E. and Barbara PENLEY
CONLEY, who survive. He moved to
Rochester 4 1/2 years ago from Bridgman, Mich.
He had attended school in Rochester and was employed by Lux Corp.,
Nappanee, as a stock mover.
Surviving
with the parents are a sister, Miss Angle CONLEY, at home; three brothers,
Kevin Lyn and Harold Dwight [CONLEY], both at home, and Sgt. Kenneth Dale
CONLEY, Malmsprom Air Force Base, Great Falls, Mont.; the maternal grandmother,
Rena LEITZ, Benton Harbor, Mich.; the paternal grandmother, Jettie SNOW
JOHNSON, Bluewell, W. Va.; a niece; a nephew, aunts; uncles, and cousins.
Services
have been set tentatively for 2 p.m. Thursday at the Foster & Good Funeral
Home, Rochester, with Pastor James DAVISON officiating. Burial will be in the Rochester Citizens
Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 8
p.m. Wednesday, and on Thursday from 9 a.m. until services.
Dr. Jaime G. Ramos
Dr.
Jaime G. RAMOS, 54, Rt. 6, Rochester, died unexpectedly of an apparent heart
attack at 8 p.m. Monday at his home.
He
had practiced family medicine in Fulton County for 11 years.
Dr.
Ramos opened offices in Rochester and Fulton in August 1976 after six years as
an emergency physician at the Elgin Mental Health Center in Hanover Park,
Ill. He later concentrated his practice
in Rochester.
A
native of the Philippines, he received his medical degree from Manila Center
University in Manila, P.I. His medical
service before going to Hanover Park included a year of rotating internship at
Chicago’s Norwegian-American Hospital, general practice residency at St. Joseph
Hospital in Kirkwood, Mo., and house physician at Garfield Park (Ill.)
Community Hospital.
Born
Oct. 31, 1932 in Cebu City, he came to the United States in 1958. He was married Oct. 13, 1959 in Hanover Park
to Ofelia NAGTALON, who survives. He
was a member of the Rochester Elks Lodge, Rochester/Lake Manitou Chamber of
Commerce, and state and national medical associations.
Surviving
with the wife are a son, Joseph N. RAMOS, and a daughter, Jessica N. RAMOS,
both at home; a brother, Manuel RAMOS, a captain in the Philippine Army, and
two sisters in the Philippines, Aurora and Lily [RAMOS]
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in the St. Joseph Catholic Church with Father
Richard PUETZ officiating. Burial will
be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Zimmerman Brothers
Funeral Home in Rochester, where the Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m.
Wednesday. Memorials may be made to the
Heart Fund.
Wednesday, May 6, 1987
Ethel F. Tinkey
Ethel
F. TINKEY, 76, Rt. 1, Claypool, died at 10:35 p.m. Monday at the Rosegate Care
Center, Columbus, Ohio. She had been
ill about a year.
She
was born Jan. 17, 1911 in Niles, Mich., to Charles and Della REGENOS
MORTIMORE. In 1929 she married Boyd
HOWARD, who died in 1964. In 1970 she
married Clarence TINKEY, who died in March 1986. She was retired from Sears Company, was a member of the Burket
United Methodist Church, Warsaw Eastern Star and Jolly Good Neighbors Home
Demonstration Club.
Surviving
are two daughters, Mrs. Don (Wilma) SMITH, Sparta, N.J., and Mrs. Russell
(Bonita) HARDESTY, Columbus, Ohio; two step-daughters, Mrs. Larry (Shirley)
POLK, Leesburg, and Mrs. Garwin (Peg) EATON, Burket; two step-sons, Norman and
Merle TINKEY, both of Akron; four grandchildren; fourteen step-grandchildren;
sixteen step-great-grandchildren; a sister, Eva KEHLER, Milford, and a brother,
Graydon REGENOS, Gillburg, Ill.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Burket United Methodist Church with the
Rev. Don POYSER officiating. Burial
will be in the Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw.
Friends may call at the King Memorial Home, Mentone, after 2 p.m.
Thursday and at the church on Friday for an hour before services. Memorials may be made to the Burket United
Methodist Church or the Cancer Society.
Rev. Richard Harris
The
Rev. Richard HARRIS, 96, Delong, died at 5:25 a.m. Tuesday in Miller’s Merry
Manor Nursing Home, Culver, where he had been a resident since 1981.
He
was born Sept. 3, 1890 in Tuscaloosa, Ala., to Thomas and Emma HILL
HARRIS. He moved to Delong 17 years ago
from Alabama. He was a retired Minister
of the Delong First Baptist Church.
Surviving
are a sister, Mrs. Ogalee BRIDGES, Delong, and nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a sister and a
brother.
Graveside
services will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the Leiters Ford I.O.O.F. Cemetery
with the Rev. Warrner HARRIS officiating.
There will be no visitation.
Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Rochester, is handling arrangements.
Thursday, May 7, 1987
[no obits]
Friday, May 8, 1987
2nd Lt. Robert Duzan Jr.
Marine
Corps 2nd Lt. Robert DUZAN Jr., 26, died about 6 a.m. Thursday during a
training exercise at Yuma, Ariz.
Marine
officials said Lt. Duzan was jogging with fellow members of the 2nd Land
Battalion when he apparently suffered a heart attack.
He
was born Aug. 23, 1960 in San Diego, Calif., to Robert H. and Phyllis Jean
HOLLOWAY DUZAN. He was a member of the
Mentone Masonic Lodge.
A
1978 graduate of Rochester High School, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy Sept. 1,
1978. In 1981, he was selected for the
U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md.
Upon graduation from the Academy in 1985, he received a commission as a
second lieutenant in the Marine Corps.
He had been stationed at Yuma for a year.
Surviving
are the parents, of Rt. 2, Rochester; three sisters, Mrs. Jerry (Debra) MILLER,
Warsaw; Mrs. Greg (Dona) LOWE, Rochester, and Mrs. Doug (Dana) TYLER, North
Manchester; a nephew, Richard Erick MILLER, Warsaw; the paternal grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. DUZAN, Rt. 1, Akron, and aunts, uncles and cousins.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. Russell WILBUR officiating.
Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery with military rites by
a U.S. Marine Corps honor guard.
Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday, and on Monday from 9 a.m.
through services. Masonic rites will be
at 7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Saturday, May 9, 1987
Joe Smith
Joe
SMITH, 66, of 7340 County Road 34, Butler, died at 5:35 p.m. Thursday in DeKalb
Memorial Hospital, Auburn.
He
was born April 14, 1921 in Rochester to Ernest and Bertha BRYANT SMITH. On Dec. 31, 1950 in Rochester he married
Zola BRADLEY, who survives. He retired from
teaching in the Eastside School District, DeKalb County, in 1982 after 37 years
of service. He was a World War II U.S.
Army veteran, a member of the Butler American Legion, and member and past
president of the St. Joe Lions Club.
Surviving
with the wife are two sons, Jerry [SMITH], Hammond, and Michael [SMITH],
Butler; a brother, James [SMITH], LaGrange; a sister, Nellie Mae HOOKER,
Indianapolis, and a granddaughter, Megan SMITH.
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at Feller Funeral Home, Waterloo, with the Rev. James
CAISTER officiating. Burial will be at
1 p.m. Monday in Sycamore Cemetery, Talma.
Friends may call today from 2 to 9 p.m.. Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association.
Monday, May 11, 1987
Alta M. Crabb
Alta
M. CRABB, 87, a resident of the Rochester Nursing Home since Dec. 31, 1985,
died there at 5:26 p.m. Sunday. She
formerly resided at 217 Pontiac St.
She
was born March 26, 1899 near Rochester to John and Gertrude McCLOSKEY
BOWMAN. She had lived most of her life
in Fulton County. On Nov. 1, 1923 in
Fulton she married Clifford CRABB, who died in 1951. Several cousins survive.
Services
will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. Donald MAUGHAN officiating.
Burial will be in the Salem Cemetery, southwest of Rochester. Frienda may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday,
and on Wednesday for an hour before services.
Ruth E. Wipperman
Ruth
E. WIPPERMAN, 70, of 129 W. Fifth St., died at 11:28 p.m. Sunday shortly after
admission to Woodlawn Hospital.
She
was born June 24, 1916 near Logansport to Herbert and M. Eva VERNON
RHOADES. She moved to Rochester from
Kewanna nine years ago, living here with a daughter. On Feb. 24, 1937 in Cass County she married Lee WIPPERMAN, who
died Dec. 29, 1974. She was retired
from Chamberlin Products Co., Akron.
She attended the Lucerne Presbyterian Church and was a charter member of
the Kewanna VFW Ladies Auxiliary.
Surviving
are three daughters, Mrs. Stanley (Betty) ELLISON, Rochester; Mrs. Charles
(Eva) WOODHOUSE, Dalhart, Texas, and Mrs. Devon (Alberta) MOORE, Kewanna; nine
grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Evelyn BOEHME,
Logansport, and a brother, Albert [RHOADES], Kewanna. A brother, Vernon [RHOADES], preceded in death.
Services
are set tentatively for 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Foster & Good Funeral
Home, Rochester, with the Rev. Olin CORBETT officiating. Burial will be in the Ever-Rest Memorial
Park, Logansport. Friends may call from
2 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, and on Wednesday from 9 a.m. until services.
Tuesday, May 12, 1987
David A. Feece
David
Allen FEECE, 28, Rt. 4, Rochester (Tippecanoe Shores), was pronounced dead by
Fulton County Deputy Coroner Junior D. GOOD at 5:30 p.m. Monday of apparent asphyxiation
due to carbon monoxide poisoning. The
incident is being investigated by Coroner Joyce GOOD.
Mr.
Feec’s body was found by a neighbor woman at 4:10 p.m. Monday on the garage
floor at his residence.
He
was born Jan. 5, 1959 in Plymouth to Gerald and Mable CAPRON FEECE. He had lived most of his life in the Leiters
Ford community. He had been a mechanic
for the past 10 years for Schmal’s Auto Repair Service, Leiters Ford, and was a
1977 graduate of Culver Community High School
Surviving
with the parents, of Leiters Ford, are a brother, Sgt. Gary FEECE, with the
U.S. Army in Germany; a niece Laurie [FEECE], Lafayette, and aunts, uncles and
cousins.
Services
will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. Robert HANSEN officiating.
Burial will be in the Leiters Fort I.O.O.F. cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Thursday,
and on Friday for an hour before services.
Wednesday, May 13, 1987
Irene Kuhn Blair
Irene
KUHN BLAIR, 74, Bonita Springs, Fla., formerly of Rt. 1, Akron, died at 2:20
p.m. Monday at Naples (Fla.) Community Hospital. She had been ill for three months.
She
was born March 14, 1913 in Macy to Clarence and Ruth WELLER SAMPSEL. On Oct.16, 1937 in South Bend she married
Francis “Fritz” FREESE, who died Sept. 1, 1949. On Feb. 28, 1953 in Valparaiso she married Harold KUHN, who died
July 9, 1976. On Sept. 1, 1984 in
Claypool she married Raymond BLAIR, who survives. She was retired from the former Chamberlin Products Co., Akron,
and was a member of the Athens United Methodist Church.
Surviving
with the husband are three sons, Michael FREESE, Phillip FREESE and Andrew
FREESE, all of California; three grandchildren, and a brother, Homer SAMPSEL,
Rochester.
Memorial
services will be announced at a later date.
Arrangements are being handled by the Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron. Memorials may be made to Athens United
Methodist Church.
Ielda Kirby
Ielda
J. CRABB KIRBY, 79, Kewanna, died at 4:08 p.m. Tuesday at Woodlawn Hospital.
She
was born June 11, 1907 in Leiters Ford to Arthur and Geneva MERHLING
CRABB. On July 19, 1978 in Rochester
she married Donald KIRBY, who survives.
She was retired as cashier for United Telephone Co. of Indiana following
45 years of service. She began working with
United Telephone as a telephone operator.
She was a member of the First Baptist Church, Kewanna, was its pianist
and a member of its Missionary Society, was a former member of Kewanna Business
Girls Club, and as a high school student played piano for the silent movies at
the Kewanna movie theater.
Surviving
with the husband is a brother, Ray CRABB, Kewanna. She was preceded in death by a half-brother.
Services
will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Kewanna,
with the Rev. Ronald C. PURKEY officiating.
Burial will be in the Kewanna I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call after 5 p.m. today and on
Thursday after 8 a.m. until time of services.
Charles M. Schwab
Charles
M. SCHWAB, 79, Rt. 4, Rochester, died at 5:25 p.m. Tuesday at Holy Cross
Parkview Hospital, Plymouth, following an illness.
Arrangements
are pending at the Bonine Funeral Home, Culver.
Thursday, May 14, 1987
Charles M. Schwab
Services
will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Bonine Funeral Home, Culver, for Charles M.
SCHWAB, 79, Rt. 4, Rochester (Tippecanoe Shores). He died at 5:25 p.m. Tuesday at Holy Cross Parkview Hospital,
Plymouth, following a short illness.
The
Rev. John KIEFER will officiate. Burial
will be in the Monterey I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Friday.
Mr.
Schwab was born Oct. 3, 1907 at Sumption, Ill., to Charles and Julia ANDERSON
SCHWAB. He moved to Aubbeenaubbee
Township in 1960 from LaPorte. He was
retired from New York Blower Co., LaPorte.
Surviving
are three sisters, Mrs. Pearl CRANMER, Blue Mound, Ill.; Mrs. Mary EDWARDS, Old
Fort, Ohio, and Mrs. Mildred GALLANT, Fostoria, Ohio, and a brother, Francis
SCHWAB, Lakeville. Two brothers
preceded in death.
Ferda G. Riddle
Ferda
G. RIDDLE, 94, Rt. 5, Rochester, died at 12:10 p.m. Wednesday at Canterbury
Manor Nursing Home, Rochester, where she had been a resident for nine
months. She had been in failing health
for the past year.
She
was born Jan. 28, 1893 near Tiosa to Joseph and Amenda LIGHT MAUS. She lived her entire life in the Tiosa
area. On Sept. 7, 1913 she married
Raymond RIDDLE, who died March 13, 1975.
She was a lifetime member of Tiosa First Brethren Church, its women’s
Missionary Society, and the Waht-Not Club.
Surviving
are two nephews, Joe and Richard LEWIS, both of Rochester; a niece, Mrs. Ralph
(Francis) AUGHE, Tarpon Springs, Fla.; three grandchildren, Mrs. Roxann MURPHY,
Rochester; Edward LEWIS, Twelve Mile, and Jerry LEWIS, Rochester, and five
great-grandchildren. She was preceded
in death by a son, Kenneth Andrew [RIDDLE], May 13, 1918; a sister, Mrs. Jessie
G, LEWIS; a niece, Mrs. Martha SCOTT, and a nephew, Robert LEWIS.
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester, with
the Rev. Don PETERS officiating. Burial
will be in the Reichter Cemetery, northeast of Rochester. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. today, and
on Friday from 9 a.m. until services.
Timothy Reece
Timothy
Gene REECE, 35, of 607 Clayton Ave., died at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at his home
due to an illness.
He
was born March 8, 1952 in Crawford County, Ohio, to Charles F. and Fern H.
MILEY REECE. He moved to Rochester 18
months ago from Urbana in Wabash County.
He was formerly employed by Robertson Transformer, Rochester, as a
meterial handler, and attended the New Life Church. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War.
Surviving
are a son, Timothy [REECE], Jr., Wabash; the father, Galien, Ohio, and sisters
and brothers.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the
Foster & Good funeral Home, Rochester, with the Rev. Brian TAMMANY
officiating. Friends may call for an
hour before services. Burial will be in
the National Cemetery, Marion.
Friday, May 15, 1987
Robert Grandbois
Robert
GRANDBOIS, 67, Delong (Tippecanoe Shores), died at 2:20 a.m. Thursday in
Memorial Hospital, South Bend, following a three-month illness.
He
was born Jan. 7, 1920 in Fargo, N.D., to Wilbrod and Josephine PARENT
GRANDBOIS. He had lived most of his
life in Hammond, moving to Delong seven years ago. On Nov. 21, 1939 in Fargo, he married Arlene M. SWEENEY, who
survives. A World War II Army veteran,
he received the Purple Heart. He
retired in 1979 after 37 years’ service as a powerhouse operator for Standard
Oil Co., Whiting. He was a member of
St. Anne’s Catholid Church, Monterey, where he was a eucharistic minister. He was a member of the Winamac Knights of
Columbus, the Leiters Ford Senior Citizens, the American Legion, the Disabled
American Veterans chapter of Hammond, the Culver Eagles Lodge, the Amoco
Annuitants Club of Whiting, and the American Association of Retired Persons.
Surviving
with the wife are six daughters, Susan FISHER, Highland; Roberta DANCHO,
Paramount, Calif.; Janice WRIGHT, Dyer; Catherine GARRETSON, Indianapolis;
Marian GRANDBOIS, Griffith, and Mary ELLIS, Hammond; three sons, Joel
[GRANDBOIS], Manhattan Beach, Calif.; Tech. Sgt. David GRANDBOIS, U.S. Arir
Force, Incirlik, Turkey, and Mark [GRANDBOIS], Hammond; twenty-six
grandchildren; four sisters, Albertine TESSIER, Beatrice NESS and Berneice
TESSIER, all of Fargo, and Genevieve DENIS, Portland, Ore.; a brother, Paul
[GRANDBOIS], Fallbrook, Calif., and nieces and nephews.
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at St. Anne’s Catholic Church, Monterey, with Father
John KIEFER officiating. Friends may
call from 5 to 9 p.m. today, and on Saturday after 8 a.m. at the Frain Mortuary, Winamac, where a scriptural wake
service will be conducted at 8:30
p.m. today. On Sunday, friends may call
from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Burns-Kish Funeral Home, Munster, where services
will be at 10 a.m. Monday with Father Richard AMELING officiating. Burial will be in the Chapel Lawn memorial
Gardens, Schererville.
Saturday, May 16, 1987
Henry A. Cox
Graveside
rites for Henry Austin COX, 65, Oologah, Okla., formerly of Rochesrter, were at
11 a.m. Tuesday in the Ft. Gibson National Cemetery.
Musgrove-Merriott-Smith
Funeral Service handled arrangements.
Mr.
Cox died May 9 in the Veteran’s Administration Hospital at Muskogee, Okla.
He
was born Feb. 1, 1922 in Paden, Okla., to James and Ida SLOAN COX. In 1947 he married Dorothy MILLER COX, who
survives. As residents of Rochester, he
and Mrs. Cox owned the People’s Cafe, and he also worked for McMahan-O’Connor
Construction Co. Prior to retirement he
was employed by the maintenance department of the Oologah school system as a
carpenter.
Surviving
with the wife are two step-sons, Richard D. and William D. BAKER, Rochester;
three half-sisters, Augusta MACHEN, LaMarada, Calif.; Annel PRICE, Lincoln,
Calif., and Lonia SCHULER, Ontario, Calif; six grandchildren, and three
great-grandchildren.
Monday, May 18, 1987
Evert B. Hoesel
Evert
B. HOESEL, 83, of 455 Liberty St., Culver, died at 10 a.m. Saturday at his
home. He had been in failing health for
a year.
He
was born Feb. 22, 1904 at Lake Bruce to John and Cora BRUCE HOESEL. On Dec. 6, 1925 in Rochester he married
Sadie CARTER, who survives. He moved to
Culver 62 years ago from Leiters Ford. He was a retired Marshall County school
teacher, having taught for 33 years, and was owner-operator of the Rees Theater
in Plymouth. He was a member of the
Culver Grace United Church of Christ and the Culver Masonic Lodge.
Surviving
with the wife are a daughter, Mrs. John (Sandra) MIDDLETON, Culver; two sons,
John D. [HOESEL], Culver, and Richard C. [HOESEL], Plymouth; nine
grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
A sister, Lucile IRVINE, preceded in death.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Culver Grace United Church of Christ
with the Rev. Walter VONDEROHE officiating.
Burial will be in Pleasant Hil Cemetery, Lake Bruce.
Friends
may call after 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Bonine Funeral Home, Culver, where the
Culver Masonic Lodge will conduct memorial services at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Memorials may be made to the Culver Grace
United Church of Christ.
Keith Showalter
Keith
SHOWALTER, 69, Auburn, brother-in-law of Ruth FIEDLER of Rochester, died at 1
a.m. Saturday in Clearwater, Fla., where he spent the winter months.
His
son, Wayne [SHOWALTER], was Rochester High School English and journalism
teacher and junior high coach from the 1965-66 through the 1968-69 terms. He now teaches at Brownsburg.
Mr.
Showalter was one of the founders of the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame. He was a retired basketball coach and
history teacher at Logansport, Auburn and Vincennes schools.
Surviving
with the son are the wife, Grace [SHOWALTER]; another son, Dalen [SHOWALTER],
Glen Falls, N.Y., and five grandchildren.
Services
wil be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Fuller Mortuary at Auburn.
Tuesday, May 19, 1987
Floyd C. Sands
Floyd
C. SANDS, 76, of 1239 Lake Shore Drive, died at 12:07 a.m. today at Woodlawn
Hospital where he had been a patient since Friday. He was born Nov. 13, 1910 in
Muscodea, Wis., to Hubert and Anna SANDS.
He moved to Rochester five years ago from Mesa, Ariz. On March 26, 1929 in Chicago he married
Agnes B. PETERSON, who survives. In
1976 he retired from the Pennsylvania Railroad after 30 years’ service. He was a member of the Moose Lodge in
Arizona.
Surviving
with the wife are two daughters, Mrs. Pete (Marlene) POKRAJAC, and Mrs. Edward
(Geraldine) JENDRZEJEWSKI, both of Chicago; a son, Floyd C. [SANDS], Jr.,
Hickory Hills, Ill.; eleven grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren, and a
brother, Earl [SANDS], Clearwater, Fla.
He was preceded in death by a grandson and a brother, Donald [SANDS]
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. Russell WILBUR officiating.
Burial will be in the Chapel Hill Cemetery, Chicago. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Wednesday,
and on Thursday from 9 a.m. until services.
Wednesday, May 20, 1987
Opal O. Hart
Opal
O. HART, 82, Maple Street, Mentone, died at 6:10 a.m. Tuesday in Kosciusko
Community Hospital, Warsaw. She had
been in failing health for three years.
She
was born Aug. 23, 1904 in Kosciusko County to Franklin and Minnerva EVANS
SCHOOLEY. She moved to Mentone from
North Manchester four years ago. She
was a nurse’s aide at the Peabody Retirement Home, North Manchester, prior to
retirement. On July 10, 1921 near
Milford she married Kenneth A. HART, who died June 9, 1970. She attended the First Brethren Church,
North Manchester.
Surviving
are two daughters, Mrs. Ralph (Linda) PENROD, Pierceton, and Mrs. James (Helen)
MICHAEL, Fort Myers Beach, Fla.; three sons, David [HART], Milford; Russell
[HART], Mentone, and Jack [HART], Warsaw; nineteen grandchildren and
twenty-seven great-grandchildre.
Preceding in death were three sons, including Allen [HART], who died in
1985, and a grandson.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at King Memorial Home, Mentone, with the Rev.
Dale HART, Liberty Baptist Church, Rochester, a grandson, officiating. Burial will be in the Palestine
Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4
and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday.
Gertrude M. Meinke
Gertrude
M. MEINKE, 87, of Miller’s Merry Manor, Warsaw, formerly of Rt. 3, Rochester,
died at 7:24 p.m. Tuesday at the nursing home.
A resident there since 1978, she had been in failing health for two
years.
She
was born Jan. 11, 1900 in Mishawaka to William and Mary BUSHMAN KOHLER. She moved to Rochester from Mishawaka. On June 9, 1920 in Edwardsburg, Mich., she
married Frank A. MEINKE, who survives.
Surviving
with the husband, also a resident of Miller’s Merry Manor at Warsaw, are a
granddaughter, Mrs. Bruce (Karen S.) EMMONS, Rochester, and a grandson, Dennis
K. STRONG, Indianapolis. She was
preceded in death by a daughter, June STRONG, in 1973; a grandson, two sisters,
and six brothers.
Services
will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with Pastor Dan HUHN officiating.
Burial will be in the Fairview Cemetery, Mishawaka. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday
and on Friday for an hour before services.
Thursday, May 21, 1987 to Friday, May 22, 1987
[no obits]
Saturday, May 23, 1987
Margaret I. Toomire
Margaret
Irene TOOMIRE, 72, of 913 Pontiac St., died at 5:30 p.m. Friday at the home of
her daughter in Whiteland. She had been
in failing health for three months.
She
was born April 15, 1915 in Rochester to Ralph and Ruth NELLANS WEBER. She had lived most of her life in this area
except for nine years in South Bend. In
September 1943 in South Bend she married Senn Kiefer TOOMIRE, who died in
1952. She was a member of Trinity
United Methodist Church.
Surviving
are a daugher, Mrs. Kim (Nancy) MILES, Whiteland; a brother, Walter WEBER, Rt.
2, Akron; six nieces and two nephews. A
brother Arthur [WEBER], died in 1954.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. Donald BOWMAN officiating.
Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Monday,
and on Tuesday from 9 a.m. until services.
Robert Q. Tucker
Robert
Quentin TUCKER, 66, County Road 17-7409 Argos, died at 12:45 a.m. Today at
Woodlawn Hospital where he had been a patient for 17 days..
He
was born Sept. 26, 1920 in Kosciusko County near Mentone to Royse and Opal
BESON TUCKER. He moved to the Argos
community 39 years ago after having lived at Plymouth and Winona Lake. On Dec. 25, 1946 in Leesburg he married
Helen I. GRIMM, who survives. He was a
retired employee of the R.R. Donneey Corp., Warsaw, had served as a Marshall
County commissioner, had served on the Walnut Township School Board, was a U.S.
Air Force veteran of World War II, and was a member of the Argos United
Methodist Church.
Surviving
with the wife are three daughters, Mrs. Tom (Barbara Ann) BROWN, Argos; Tami K.
TUCKER, Argos, and Taylor University, and Mrs. Andrew (Mary D.) O’DONNELL,
Zionsville; two sons, Gary L. [TUCKER], Indianapolis, and Terry L. [TUCKER],
Battle Creek, Mich.; ten grandchildren, and a brother, Joe [TUCKER],
Mentone. He was preceded in death by a
sister, Mary Jane HILL, and a brother, John TUCKER.
Arrangements
are pending at Grossman Funeral Home, Argos.
Martha T. Love
Martha
T. LOVE, 83, Rt. 1, Denver, died at 10:30 p.m. Thursday at her home.
She
was born July 10, 1903 in Smithville, Tenn., to Fate and Mollie McGINNIS
PACK. She moved to the Denver community
in 1939 from Tennessee. On Aug. 27,
1922 in Smithville, Tenn., she married William J. LOVE, who died Sept. 1,
1962. She attended the First Brethren
Church, Roann, and farmed with her husband.
Surviving
are two sons, Glenn [LOVE], Chili, and William L. [LOVE], Mexico; five
daughters, Violet MOSELEY, Peru; Ruth CONNER, Markle, Edna LINN and Evelyn
HOSTETLER, both of Mexico, and Geraldine BROWER, Macy; three brothers, Richard
[PACK], Barnwell, S.C.; Sam [PACK], Sparta, Tenn., and Lucion [PACK], Boyd,
Texas; thirteen grandchildren, and twenty-five great-grandchildren. Preceding in death were five brothers, a
grandchild and two great-grandchildren.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Home, Roann, with
the Rev. Donald RITCHEY officiating.
Burial will be in the Greenlawn Cemetery, Mexico. Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Sunday.
Monday, May 25, 1987
[no paper - holiday]
Tuesday, May 26, 1987
Alfreda H. Winger
Alfreda
H. WINGER, 78, Four Sesons Mobile Home Estates, died at 11:10 p.m. Monday in
Canterbury Manor Nursing Home. She had
been in failing health for four years.
She
was born April 11, 1909 near Fowler to Charles and Sophia ANDERSON
HENNING. On June 15, 1968 in Newcastle
Township she married Orley S. WINGER, who survives. She was a member of the First Christian Church, Rochester, and
was retired from the Rochester Sentinel after more than 30 years’ service.
Surviving
with the husband are a son, Thomas Eugene DeWEESE, Milwaukee, Wis.; two
step-children, Mrs. John (Mary Jo) OVERPECK, Elkhart, and the Rev. Dorman O. WINGER,
Crawfordsville; six grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren. A brother, Rudy HENNING, preceded in death.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Revs. Dorman O. WINGER and Teal YOUNCE officiating. Burial will be in the Citizens Cemetery,
Rochester. Friends may call from 2 to 9
p.m. Wednesday, and on Thursday from 9 a.m. until services.
Delbert E. Hunter
Delbert
E. HUNTER, 76, Rt. 2, Rochester (near Talma in Newcastle Township), died
unexpectedly at 7:25 p.m. Sunday at Woodlawn Hospital shortly after
admittance. He had been in failing
health for one week.
He
was born Feb. 26, 1911 in Warsaw to Lloyd and May BOYER HUNTER. He had resided at his present residence
since the age of six. From the age of
seven he was raised by William and Loretta DEAMER. On Sept. 28, 1933 in Mentone he married Geraldine “Jerry”
HAIMBAUGH, who survives. He was a
semi-retired farmer, a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church, had been a member of
the Board of Supervisors of the Fulton County Soil and Water Conservation
District for over 30 years, and was on the board of directors of the
International Carnival Glass Association.
Surviving
with the wife are a daughter, Mrs. Ronnie (Patsy) UTTER; a grandson, Steven
UTTER, and a great-granddaughter, Melody UTTER, all of Rochester; four sisters,
Mrs. Everett (Annabelle) RATHFON, Rochester; Mrs. Wanitta ZIEGLER, Kingsley,
Mich.; Mrs. Irene LEBO, Punta Gorda, Fla., and Mrs. Bud (Carolyn) FIVECOATS,
Mentone; four brothers, Bob and Chuck [HUNTER], both of Mentone; Deverl
[HUNTER], Rockaway Beach, Mo., and Junior [HUNTER], St. Joseph, Mich., and
nieces and nephews.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Revs. James MINEAR and Junior BOSE officiating. Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F.
Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 9
p.m. Wednesday, and on Thursday from 9 a.m. until services.
Memorials
may be made to the Fulton County Soil and Water Conservation District or
Bethlehem Baptist Church.
Christine M. Mayhew
Services
were at 2 p.m. Monday in the Medaryville Church of Christ for Christine Marie
MAYHEW, 17, Medaryville. She died
Friday at 9 a.m. as the result of a car accident south of Medaryville.
The
Rev. Keith WARNER officiated and burial was in the Whitepost Cemetery,
Medaryville.
She
was born Aug. 31, 1969, in Gary to Wayne and Evelyn MOLDEN MAYHEW, who
survive. She was a senior at West
Central Junior/Senior High School, a member of the Medaryville Christian
Church, president of OEA, was the high school drum major during her junior and
senior years, and was a two-time recipient of the Abby Tiede Award.
Surviving
with the parents are a brother, Bobby [MAYHEW], and a sister, Julie [MAYHEW],
at home; the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne MAYHEW Sr., Medaryville;
the maternal grandparents, John MOLDEN, Wheatville, and Edith MOLDEN, San
Pierre.
The
Querry-Ulbricht Funeral Home, Medaryville, handled arrangements.
Ethel Stanley
Ethel
M. STANLEY, 93, Rt. 6, Rochester, died at 6:15 p.m. Monday in Woodlawn
Hospital. She had been in failing
health for several years.
She
was born June 30, 1893 in Adamsboro to Charles M. and Eva Belle ANDERSON
FIDLER. She moved to Fulton County in
1919 from Cass County. In January 1917
in Cass County she married Glen R. STANLEY, who died March 2, 1959. She formerly attended the Fulton United
Methodist Church and was a former member of the Evergreen Rebekah Lodge.
Surviving
are two daughters, Mrs. Caroline McCROSKY, Rochester, and Mrs. Hugh (Ruth)
SMITH, macy; two grandchildren, Mark ZARTMAN, Logansport, and Mrs. Vernon
(Joan) KNIGHT, Bay St. Louis, Miss.; seven great-grandchildren, and two
great-great-grandchildren. A son,
Delmar Ross STANLEY, and a brother, Jesse FIDLER, preceded in death.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, with the Rev.
Vernon KNIGHT officiating. Burial will
be in the Fulton Cemetery. Friends may
call from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, and on Friday from 9 a.m. until services.
Memorials
may be made to charity.
Hilda I. Jackson
Hilda
I. JACKSON, 76, a resident of the Rochester Nursing Home for the past five
years, died at 8:55 a.m. Saturday at Woodlawn Hospital. She had been in failing health for five
years. she formerly lived on Wallace
Avenue.
She
was born Nov. 2, 1910 in Athens to Franklin A. and Eliza Jane McGEE MOORE. She had lived all her life in Fulton
County. On May 20, 1950 in Fulton she
married Oris V. JACKSON, who died Nov. 8, 1963.
Surviving
are a step-daughter, Mrs. Henry (Carol) GURLEY, Elwood, Ill.; two step-sons,
Richard JACKSON, Marion, Ill., and Don JACKSON, Florence, S.C.; five
step-grandchildren, and five nieces and nephews, Roy SWARTZ and George HATTERY,
both of Rochester; Dee SWARTZ, South Bend; Elizabeth NELSON, Milaca, Minn., and
Nick SWARTZ, Valparaiso. She was
preceded in death by a step-son, Robert JACKSON.
Services
will be at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home,
Rochester. Burial will be in the Athens
Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8
p.m. today.
James Wolford
James
WOLFORD, 73, Rt. 5, Rochester, died at 11 a.m. Saturday in Woodlawn
Hospital. He had been in failing health
for a number of years.
He
was born Feb. 28, 1914 in Jamboree, Ky., to George and Isabelle PRATTER
WOLFORD. He moved to Rochester one year
ago from Jamboree. He was a retired
coal miner.
Surviving
are two sisters, Mrs Lona ESTEP, Rochester, and Mrs. Ada JUSTICE, Paw Paw, Ky.,
and a brother, Freddie [WOLFORD], Jamboree, Ky.
Private
family services will be in Kentucky.
The Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester, is in charge of
arrangements.
Robert Q. Tucker
Services
were scheduled for 4:30 p.m. today at the Argos United Methodist Church for
Robert Quinten TUCKER, 66, Argos, who died at 12:45 a.m. Saturday in Woodlawn
Hospital.
The
Rev. Jack RHOADES was to officiate.
Calling was at the church until time of services. Graveside services and burial will be at 1
p.m. Wednesday at the Fort Custer National Cemetery, Battle Creek, Mich.
Darlene Lasater
Darlene
LASATER, 75, of 1220 Pontiac St., died at 4:10 a.m. today at Woodlawn Hospital
following an illness of several weeks.
Arranements
are pending at the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Rochester.
Wednesday, May 27, 1987
Darlene Lasater
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Rochester, for
Darlene LASATER, 75, of 1220 Pontiac St.
She died at 4:10 a.m. Tuesday in Woodlawn Hospital following an illness
of several months.
The
Rev. Donald MAUGHAN will officiate.
Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday,
and on Friday from noon until services.
Mrs.
Lasater was born Dec. 30, 1911 in Weaubleau, Mo., to Alford M. and Bessie
MOURNING HARDING. She moved to
Rochester 38 years ago from Newton Falls, Ohio. She was married to Carl LASATER, who died in 1941. She was a seamstress, retiring in 1982 from
Hart Schaffner & Marx where she was a former president of the Amalgamated
Clothing and Textile Workers Union Local.
Surviving
are two sons, Clair Eugene [LASATER], Rochester, and Carlos H. [LASATER],
Berwyn, Pa.; a grandchild, Ian LASATER, and a sister, Mrs. A. C. (Malee)
JOHNSON, Rochester.
Memorials
may be made to the Manitou Training Center.
Irene Kuhn Blair
Memorial
services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Athens United Methodist Church for
Irene KUHN BLAIR, 74, Bonita Springs, Fla.
Formerly of Rt. 1, Akron, she died at 2:20 p.m. May 11 in the Naples
(Fla.) Community Hospital following a three-month illness.
The
Rev. Wayne JOHNSON will officiate.
Burial will be in the Athens Cemetery.
There will be no visitation.
Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron, is in charge of arrangements. Memorials may be made to the Athens United
Methodist Church.
Delbert J. Stockberger
Delbert
J. “Del” STOCKBERGER, 45, of 296 Race St., died at 12:50 p.m. Tuesday in Holy
Cross Parkview Hospital, Plymouth, where he was admitted a short time before
his death.
He
was born Aug. 27, 1941 in Rochester to Harold and Lucy SUSDORF STOCKBERGER. He had lived all of life in this
community. On Nov. 15, 1975 in Akron he
married Jennell GEIGER, who survives.
He was a supervisor with Sealed Power Corp., Rochester, and Sutton’s
Excavation Service, Rochester, was a former agent for the Prudential Insurance
Co., and was a U.S. Army veteran.
Surviving
with the wife are four daughters, Krista [STOCKBERGER], at home; Patty and
Kathy [STOCKBERGER], both of Rochester, and Mrs. Scott (Betsy) TEEL, Akron; a
son, John [STOCKBERGER], Rochester; two grandchildren, Eric and Ashley TEEL,
Akron; the mother, Lucy STOCKBERGER, Rochester; two sisters, Mrs. Byron (Joyce)
VanDOREN and Mrs. Mary BABCOCK, both of Akron; a brother, Dennis [STOCKBERGER],
Rochester, and nieces and nephews. He
was preceded in death by his father.
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester, with
the Rev. Russell WILBUR officiating.
Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery where the American
Legion and VFW will conduct military rites.
Friends may call from 3:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday and on Friday from 9 a.m.
until services.
Frank T. Gearhart
Frank
T. GEARHART, 102, a resident of Canterbury Manor Nursing Home, Rochester, for
the past six years, died there at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.
He
was born Jan. 11, 1885 near Disko in Wabash County to John and Emma HILEMAN
GEARHART. He had lived all his life in
the Disko and Akron areas. On June 11,
1909 in Markle he married Edna McPEAK, who died in 1968. He was a retired section foreman for the
former Erie Lackawanna Railroad.
Surviving
are five daughters, Miss Opal GEARHART, Akron; Mrs. Ogden (Dorothy) ALGER and
Mrs. Charles (Ruth) MILLER, both of North Manchester; Mrs. Howard (Sharon)
MEENEN, Macy, and Mrs. Tom (Joan) HARRIS, Fulton; nine sons, Ray [GEARHART],
North Manchester; Floyd, Harold, Max, Bill and Roger [GEARHART], all of Akron;
Larry [GEARHART], Fulton; Dick [GEARHART], Winamac, and Donald [GEARHART],
Silver Lake; forty-one grandchildren, and several great-grandchildren and
great-great-grandchildren. He was
preceded in death by infant twin sons, Leonard and Leo [GEARHART]; two sisters,
and six brothers.
Services
will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Akron. Burial will be in the Akron Cemetery. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday,
and on Friday for an hour before services.
Lucy M. Steins
Lucy
May STEINS, 94, Sacramento, Calif., a former Argos resident, died Saturday in
Sacramento.
She
was born July 25, 1892 in Newton, Kan., to David and Laura LOLMAUGH. She was married to Walter STYLES, who
preceded in death, and Ernest STEINS, who also preceded in death.
Surviving
are three daughters, Mrs. Robert (Vada Mae) WALKER, Elk Grove, Calif.; Mrs.
Gladys M. POPOVICH, Fayetteville, N.C., and Mrs. Lester (Helen M.) CAVINESS,
Carthage, N.C.; two sons, Clyde A. STYLES, Phoenix, Ariz., and James R. STYLES,
Voorhes, N.J. She was preceded in death
by a sister, Caroline EAGLEBARGER.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the Grossman Funeral Home, Argos, with the Rev.
Jack RHOADES officiating. Burial will
be in the Maple Grove Cemetery, Argos.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday.
Eugenia Stewart
Eugenia
STEWART, 70, Rt. 4, Rochester, died at 11:23 a.m. Tuesday in Woodlawn
Hospital. She was admitted on Sunday.
She
was born Oct. 14, 1915 in Kosciusko County to Ralph and Lena WHITNEY. She was married to George E. STEWART, who
preceded in death.
Surviving
is a sister, Naomi JESTER, Brazil.
Services
will be at 9 a.m. Thursday at the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. Armond RITTER officiating.
Burial will be in the Westlawn Cemetery, Denver. There will be a brief visitation at 8:30
a.m. at the funeral home.
Ethel Stanley
Rebekah
services will be conducted at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Zimmerman Brothers
Funeral Home, Fulton, by the Evergreen Rebekah Lodge for Ethel STANLEY, 93, who
died at 6:15 p.m. Monday in Woodlawn Hospital.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Friday with the Rev. Vernon KNIGHT officiating. Burial will be in the Fulton Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday,
and on Friday from 9 a.m. until services.
Memorials may be made to charity.,
Thursday, May 28, 1987 to Friday, May 29, 1987
[no obits]
Saturday, May 30, 1987
Antonio DeMarco
Antonio
“Tony” DeMARCO, 68, College Square Apartments, died at 2:02 p.m. Friday at
Woodlawn Hospital.
He
was born July 1, 1918 in Clarksburg, W. Va., to Louie and Barbara BALCASTRO
DeMARCO. He moved here 50 years ago
from West Virginia. He was married in
1946 to Anna WALTERS. He had been
employed for over 30 years by Sealed Power Corp., Rochester before
retirement. He was a member of the
Manitou Moose Lodge, the Eagles Lodge and the Fathers Auxiliary of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars.
Surviving
are a daughter, Mrs. Larry (Barbara Ann) KEFFABER, Wabash; three sons, Dennis
E. DeMARCO and Morris A. DeMARCO, both of Rochesrter, and Martin Lynn DeMarco
HAFFEY, Columbus, Ohio; ten grandchildren; a great-granddaughter, and two
brothers, Frank and John [DeMARCO], both of Akron, Ohio. A sister and two brothers preceded in death.
Services
will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. Teal YOUNCE officiating.
Friends may call for two hours before services. Memorials may be made to the Manitou
Training Center.
Monday, June 1, 1987
Tressie J. Towne
Tressie
J. TOWNE, 76, of 302 Fulton Ave., died at 12:20 p.m. Saturday in Woodlawn
Hospital, where she had been a patient 10 days. She had been in failing health six months.
She
was born June 11, 1910 in Twelve Mile to John and Pearl VANATTA MUSSELMAN. She moved here 50 years ago frm Twelve
Mile. She was married Feb. 4, 1937 in
Logansport to Harold H. TOWNE, who died in December, 1954. She was a former employee of Hart Schaffner
& Marx and also had operated a children’s day care facility for several
years. She was a member of the Burton
United Methodist church.
Surviving
are two daughters, Mrs. Delores STAGGS, Phoenix, Ariz., and Mrs. Steve (Lorene)
GREER, Denver, Ind.; a son, Byron TOWNE, Rochester; eleven grandchildren; three
great-grandchildren; five sisters, Mrs. Harry (Flossie) KOTTERMAN, Rt. 1, Macy;
Mrs. Ethel RHOADES, Logansport; Mrs. Donald (Dortha) LOWMAN and Mrs. Elsie
RUSH, both of Rochester, and Mrs. George (Gertrude) TOWNSEND, Twelve Mile; five
brothers, Roy [MUSSELMAN], Logansport, and Ralph, Wayne, Richard and Leonard
[MUSSELMAN], all of Twelve Mile. A
sister, Evelyn EHLINGER, and twin brothers, Floyd and Lloyd [MUSSELMAN], preceded
in death.
Services
will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. Sam OVERMYER officiating.
Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. today, and
on Tuesday for two hours before services.
Marjorie Bauer
Marjorie
THOMPSON BAUER, 74, Rt. 1, Logansport, died at 4 a.m. Sunday in Miller’s Merry
Manor Nursing Home, Logansport. She had
been ill one year.
She
was born Feb. 2, 1913 in Rochester to Edward THOMPSON and Hertha THOMPSON
GRAEBER. She moved from Rocheter to
Logansport in 1943. She was married
July 9, 1954 in Rochester to Edward BAUER, who died July 10, 1972. She was retired from RBM in Logansport and
was a member of the Rochester Trinity United Methodist Church and the United
Auto Workers Union.
Surviving
are a brother, E. D. “Buss” THOMPSON, Rt. 1, Walton; a step-son, Robert BAUER,
Detroit, Mich.; an aunt, Eva KINDIG, Rt. 5, Rochester; two uncles, Marion
“Bill” SEVERNS, Rt. 5, Rochester, and Orville SEVERNS, Rt. 3, Rochester, and
cousins. Preceding in death were a
brother, Lloyd THOMPSON, and a step-son, Frederick BAUER.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Revs. John COX and Donald BOWMAN officiating. Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F.
Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4
p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, and on Wednesday from 9 a.m. until services. Memorials may be made to the Fulton County
Humane Society.
Elizabeth R. Weiland
Elizabeth
R. WEILAND, 70, of 17112 S. Fir Road, Tippecanoe, died at 12:45 p.m. Saturday
in Bremen Community Hospital. She had
been in failing health four years.
She
was born April 15, 1917 in Necedah, Wis., to Henry and Rose BAUMGHART
BECKER. She moved to the Tippecanoe
area from Wisconsin in 1945. She was
married Dec. 8, 1945 in Necedah to Eric Frederick WEILAND, who died Sept. 13,
1986. She was a member of the Calvary
Lutheran Church of Plymouth and the Tippecanoe Progress Club.
Surviving
were two daughters, Claudeen HOLLAR and Mrs. Richard (Becki) MONTAGUE, both of
Plymouth; four grandchildren, and two brothers, Lawrence [BECKER], Necedah, and
Henry [BECKER], Neillsville, Wis.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Calvary Lutheran Church in Plymouth with the
Revs. Robert HERRING and Roger ROHDE officiating. Burial will be in the Argos Maple Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the Grossman Funeral
Home, Argos, from 3 to 8 p.m. today and from 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, and at the
church on Tuesday for an hour before services.
Memorials may be made to the Bremen Community Hospital or the Marshall
County Cancer Fund.
Tuesday, June 2, 1987
Bennie D. Johnston
A
Colorado man died Monday of internal injuries suffered in an accident at U.S.
31 and Indiana 14.
Bennie
D. JOHNSTON, 59, Lakewood, Colo., died at Woodlawn Hospital after the 1:15 p.m.
accident.
Also
injured in the accident was his wife, Luva L.B. JOHNSTON, 66, and a Marion,
Indiana couple, Cleo L. PRICE, 72, and Marie M. PRICE, 67.
Mrs.
Johnston, transferred to St. Joseph Medical Center in Fort Wayne with a
fractured left leg and fractured upper spine is listed in critical but stable
condition in the intensive care unit, a spokeswoman said today.
The
Prices were treated and released from the emergency room at Woodlawn
Hospital. He suffered right shoulder
pain and she suffered a dislocated left thumb.
Indiana
State police said today the Johnston vehicle, Traveling East on Indiana 14
failed to yield the right of way to the southbound Price vehicle. The Johnstons were hit broadside.
State,
county, and city police investigated the accident, which occurred at an
intersection commonly called “Junkyard Junction.” On May 8, an early evening accident at that location with the
exact same circumstances hospitalized three Rochester residents.
Johnston
is at least the fourth person killed at the intersection in ten years. Since U.S. 31 was opened on May 25, 1973, 16
persons in 14 traffic accidents on the highway. His death is Fulton County’s first traffic fatality of 1987. At this time last year, the county had
suffered four traffic deaths.
Wednesday, June 3, 1987
Harold Gelbaugh
Harold
GELBAUGH, 63, Warsaw, died at his home Tuesday morning.
He
was born March 21, 1924 in Rochester, and had lived in Warsaw most of his
life. He was married June 17, 1947 to
Berry HIMES, who survives. He retired
in 1981 from Zimmer’s in Warsaw.
Surviving
are three daughters, Karen SAINER, Winona Lake; Mrs. JoAnn BOWERMAN, Warsaw,
and Leslie GELBAUGH, North Webster; a brother, Adam [GELBAUGH], Warsaw; a
sister, Mrs. Dorothy HARRELL, Warsaw; three grandchildren, and four
step-grandchildren.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in the Titus Funeral Home, Warsaw, and burial will
be in the Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw.
Friends may call from 3 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday.
Don Rains
Don
RAINS, 64, Frankfort, brother of Betty GREEN of Rochester, died at 11:45 p.m.
Saturday in the Frankfort hospital.
He
was a well-known fast-pitch softball player in the Frankfort area, and had
played in softball games during the Blueberry Festibal in Plymouth.
Friends
may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Fry Funeral Home in Frankfort.
Roy E. Smith
Roy E. SMITH, 80, Rt. 1, Akron, died at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday