FULTON
COUNTY INDIANA
OBITUARIES
1988
The Rochester Sentinel
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1988
Saturday, January 2, 1988
Robert L. Sheets
Robert
L. SHEETS, 72, North Mishawaka Street, Akron, died at 2:05 p.m. Friday in Fort
Wayne Lutheran Hospital. He had been in
failing health about a year.
He
was born Feb. 12, 1915 in Akron to Albert LeRoy and Goldie WILHOIT SHEETS. He had lived all his life in the Akron
area. He was married Nov. 21, 1941 in
Akron to Evelyn Dawn SECOR, who survives.
He was retired from Safway Steel Products in Rochester.
Surviving
with the wife are a son, Stephen M. SHEETS, North Manchester, and two nephews,
Arnold SHEETS, San Diego, Calif., and Dennis SHEETS, Indianapolis. A brother, Emerson SHEETS, preceded in
death.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Monday in the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Akron. Burial will be in the Akron Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9
p.m. Sunday, and on Monday from 9 a.m. until services.
Marjorie M. Sellers
Marjorie
M. SELLERS, 65, Rt. 1, Culver (Fulton County Road 700 West), died at 9:15 p.m.
Thursday at Miller’s Merry Manor Nursing Home, Culver.
She
was born Oct. 16, 1922 in Culver to Everett and Bell HEDGES LOWE. She was a lifetime area resident. She was married in 1938, to Tony CHANEY, who
died in 1968. She was married in 1968
to Phillip SELLERS, who died in 1986.
She was a retired employee of Culver Military Academy.
Surviving
are the mother, Mrs. Bell LOWE, Leiters Ford; a step-daughter, Mrs. Anita
BOTTORFF, Knox; two step-sons, Larry SELLERS, Leiters Ford, and G. Duane
SELLERS, Haysville, Kan.; nine step-grandchildren; several
step-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Virginia ADAMS, El Cajon, Calif.,
and Mrs. Bonita THOMAS, Plymouth, and two brothers, Alfred LOWE, Cassopolis,
Mich., and Harold LOWE, Rochester. Two
sisters and two brothers preceded in death.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Bonine Funeral Home, Culver, with the Rev. Don
FRANKLIN officiating. Burial will be in
the Bass Lake Cemetery. Friends may
call after 2 p.m. today. Memorials may be made to the Fulton County
Cancer Association.
Howard Clemons
Services
for Howard CLEMONS, 60, Miller’s Merry Manor Nursing Home, Wabash, will be at
10:30 a.m. Monday in the Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron, with the Rev. Henry
BRADLEY officiating. Burial will be in
the Gaerte Union Cemetery. Friends may
call from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday.
Formerly
of the Akron area, Mr. Clemons died at 6 a.m. Thursday in Miller’s Merry Manor
Nursing Home.
He
was born Aug. 26, 1927 in Baxter, Tenn., to Haskel and Vola M. MAYNARD
CLEMONS. He was married to Mary HOWARD,
who died in 1974. He was a roofer and
was a member of the Full Gospel House of Prayer, Akron.
Surviving
are a daughter, Melissa CLEMONS, Lawrencebuerg, Ky.; two sons, Erven CLEMONS,
Akron, and Virgil CLEMONS, Lawrenceburg, Ky.; four grandsons; two
granddaughters; two sisters, Emma Jean SONAFRANK, Peru, and Helen CARPENTER,
Akron, and three brothers, Harold Dean CLEMONS, Akron; Joseph Frank CLEMONS,
Silver Lake, and Robert Carl CLEMONS, Akron.
Ethel M. McLochlin
Ethel
Mae McLOCHLIN, 88, Rt. 7, Rocheser, died at 9:40 p.m. Thursday in Woodlawn
Hospital.
She
was born March 4, 1899 in Fulton County to Arnett and Catherine SOUTHERN
VANATA. She had resided in Fulton
County all her life. She was married Jan.
26, 1921 in Kewanna to Omer “Pat” McLOCHLIN, who died Nov. 27, 1961. She was a member of St. Ann’s Catholic
Church, Kewanna.
Surviving
are a daugher, Mrs. Ray (Madeline) MYERS, Rt. 7, Rochester; a son, Francis E.
“Pat” McLOCHLIN, Rochester a granddaughter; three grandsons; several
great-grandchildren, and a brother, Clifford VANATA, Fulton. A brother, Henry VANATA, preceded in death.
Services
were to e at 11 a.m. today in St. Ann’s Catholic Church with Father Kenneth
BOHLINGER officiating, assisted by Father Cornelius KELLY. Burial was to be in St. Ann’s Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer
Society or the Heart Fund.
Monday, January 4, 1988
Tina Marie Rausch
A
Rochesrer native died in her burning Winamac home shortly after saving her two
children.
Tina
Marie RAUSCH, 22, Rt.1, Winamac, died at 11:30 a.m. Saturday.
She
and a friend, Reuben SMITH, had just lifted her two children, ages 2 and 4,
from the house, said Winamac volunteer fireman, Howard WENTZ.
“She
hoisted some kids out and fell back in the window,” fireman Brad GOBLE said.
Firefighters
knew she was in the house but could not get to her. “I couldn’t get in because it was burning,” said Goble. He was one of the first firemen to reach the
house, which is about seven miles northeast of Winamac on the Tippecanoe River.
“We
tried going in the front and back both but couldn’t get in very far because of
the flames,” Goble said. Firemen fought
the blaze for about four hours.
Pulaski
County Coroner Daniel FRAIN said cause of death has not been determined. Blood samples have been sent to medical
examiners in Indianapolis, he said.
Winamac Fire Chief David BARR was to go to the fire scene with a State
Fire Marshal’s office examiner today.
Mrs. Rausch was born Nov. 7, 1965 in Rochester. She had lived most of her life in Pulaski County.
Surviving
are a daughter, Jessika STOTLER, and a son, Daniel STOTLER, both at home; her
mother and step-father, Katherine and Clayton JONES, Rt. 2, Winamac; a sister,
Mary Ellen JONES, Rt. 2, Winamac, and the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer MAHLER, Rt. 1, Culver.
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Frain Mortuary, Winamac, with the Rev.
William MATHYS officiating. Burial will
be in the Winamac Cemetery. Friends may
call from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and after 8 a.m. Wednesday. Memorials may be made to a trust fund
established for the two children.
Byrd Spaulding
Byrd
SPAULDING, 48, Rt. 1, Tippecanoe, died at 2 a.m. Saturday in Parkview Holy
Cross Hospital, Plymouth.
He
was born Aug. 30, 1939 in Mingo, W.
Va., to Sherman and Romaine BAISDEN SPAULDING. He lived the past 25 years in Indiana. He was married Dec. 9, 1964 to Norma POLLOCK, who survives. He was a self-employed carpenter.
Surviving
with the wife are two step-sons, Roger POLLOCK, Tippecanoe, and Gary POLLOCK,
Rochester; a sister, Velma MAYNARD, Logan, W. Va., and three brothers, Leonard
SPAULDING, Lenore, W. Va.; Scott SPAULDING, Denver, Colo., and Sherman
SPAULDING Jr., Kermit, W. Va.
Private
services were to be today at 10 a.m. in the King Memorial Home, Mentone, with
the Rev. Chad BURKHART officiating.
Burial was to be in the Mentone Cemetery.
Ambrose S. DeHaven
Ambrose
Samuel DeHAVEN, 76, Sunset Acres Mobile Home Court, Akron, died at 4 a.m. Sunday at his home.
He
was born Oct. 8, 1911 in Demoines, N.M., to Oliver and Fara BUTTERBAUGH
DeHAVEN. He had resided most of his
life in the Akron and Gilead communities.
He was a retired farmer and pattern maker for International Harvester in
Indianapolis. He was a World War II
U.S. Army veteran, having served in the Pacific Theater.
Surviving
are a sister, Mrs. William (Mae) DAWALT, Rochester; nieces, and nephews. Preceding in death were a sister, Ruth
POWELL, in 1981, and a brother, Oliver DeHAVEN, in 1984.
Services
will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Akron,
with the Rev. Robert LOUGHEED officiating.
Burial will be in the Omega Cemetery near Akron. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8
p.m. Tuesday and from 10 a.m. until services Wednesday.
Emerson E. Johnson
Emerson
E. JOHNSON, 77, Athens and Lake Placid, Fla., died at 11:28 a.m. Saturday in
the Lake Placid Hospital.
Arrangements
are pending at the Foster & Good Funeral Home in Rochester.
Lloyd M. Thompson
Lloyd
M. THOMPSON, 86, formerly of Argos, died at 2:45 a.m. Sunday in the Indiana
Veterans Home at Lafayette, where he had resided the past 11 years.
He
was born June 8, 1901, near Argos to Irvin and Hulda DAVIS THOMPSON. He had resided in the Culver, Rochester and
Argos communities. He was a World War
II U.S. Army veteran, having served in the European Theater.
Surviving
is a niece, Marjorie BARTLETT, Granda Hills, Calif. He was preceded in death by two sisters, Mable YOUNG in 1982, and
Tempest THOMPSON, and a brother, Neil THOMPSON.
Services
will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Grossman Funeral Home, Argos, with the Rev.
Jack RHODES officiating. Burial will be
in the Maple Grove Cemetery, Argos. Friends
may call for an hour before services.
Tuesday, January 5, 1988
Ray Baker
Ray
BAKER, 97, formerly of Rt. 1, Rochester, died at 1:45 p.m. Monday in the
Rochester Nursing Home.
He
was born March 29, 1890 in Miami County to Philip and Daisy WAGONER BAKER. He lived all of his life in Fulton
County. He was married Jan. 24, 1925 in
South Bend to Sarah I. ESTABROOK, who died June 10, 1987. He was a retired farmer and a member of the
Rochester Church of Christ.
Surviving
are three sons, Oris BAKER, Rt. 6, Rochester; Jerry BAKER, Rt. 5, Rochester,
and Philip BAKER, Glendale, Ariz.; six granddaughters; two step-grandsons, and
four great-grandsons. Two brothers and
a sister preceded in death.
Services
will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Rochester,
with Elder Milam ANDERSON officiating.
Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday
and after 9 a.m. Thursday. Memorials
may be made to the Fulton County Senior Citizens mini-bus fund.
Ambrose S. DeHaven
Services
for Ambrose Samuel DeHAVEN have been changed to 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Foster
& Good Funeral Home, Akron. Burial
has been changed to the Marion National Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. today and from
10 a.m. until services Wednesday.
Charles M. Scott
Charles
M. SCOTT, 76, Rocking Circle Estates, Tucson, Ariz., formerly of Argos and
Culver, died Sunday in the St. Joseph Medical Center, Tucson.
Arrangements
are pending at the Grossman Funeral Home, Argos.
William D. Grimes
William
D. GRIMES, 68, Rt. 1, Rochester (Park Road and Fortna Drive), died at 8:50 a.m. Monday in Woodlawn Hospital.
He
was born Aug. 20, 1919 in Noble County to Orvin and Maggie KILGORE GRIMES. He moved here from Columbia City 35 years
ago. He was married May 25, 1946 in
Columbia City to Donnabelle BUCKLES, who survives. He was a foreman for McMahan-O’Connor Construction Co., for 30
years, retiring in 1985. He was a U.S.
Army veteran of World War II, serving in the European Theater. He was a member of the I.O.O.F. and the
American Legion of Rochester.
Surviving
with the wife are three daughters, Deanna GRIMES, Peru; Mrs. Marvin (Debby)
DAVIS, Rochester, and Mrs. Dave (Donna) PALENIK, Mishawaka; two sons, Duane
GRIMES and Darry GRIMES, both of Rochester; four grandchildren, Christopher and
Megan GRIMES and Lesley and Rebekah DAVIS, all of Rochester, and two sisters,
Mrs. Walter (Fredonna) DURST and Mrs. Robert (Annabelle) NORTON, both of Fort
Wayne. A brother, Sheridan [GRIMES],
died in 1978.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Foster & Good Funeral Home,
Rochester. Burial will be in the
Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery with the American Legion conducting graveside
services. Friends may call from 2 to 4
p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and from 9 a.m. until services.
Wednesday, January 6, 1988
Sydney C. Vincent
Sydney
C. VINCENT, 80, Rt. 4, Rochester, died at 12:25 a.m. Tuesday in Pulaski
Memorial Hospital, Winamac.
He
was born June 22, 1907 in Bolton, Miss., to Lewis and Maggie A. THOMPSON
VINCENT. He had lived in the King’s
Lake area of Aubbeenaubbee Township for 20 years. He was married June 11, 1935 in Chicago, Ill., to Birt JONES, who
survives. He was a World War II U.S.
Army veteran. He had owned and operated
a taxi cab in Chicago. He was a member
of the First Christian Church, Rochester, Supporters to Oppose Pollution, and
the Leiters Ford Lions Club.
Surviving
with the wife are a daughtter, Janyth V. JACKSON, Chicago; two sons, Sydney
VINCENT II, Chicago, and Darryl James VINCENT, San Francisco, Calif.; three
grandchildren; a great-grandson; nieces, and nephews. A brother preceded in death.
Services
will be at 9 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) Sunday at the A.A. Rayner and Sons
Funeral Home, 318 E. 71st St., Chicago.
Burial will be in the Lincoln Cemetery, Chicago. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. EST
Thursday at the First Christian Church, Rochester, and on Sunday prior to
services. Local arrangements are being
handled by Frain Mortuary, Winamca.
Thursday, January 7, 1988
Charles M. Scott
Charles
Monroe SCOTT, 76, Tucson Estates, Tucson, Ariz., died Sunday at St. Joseph
Medical Center, Tucson.
He
was born Oct. 30, 1911 in Culver to Charles and Dessie WARREN SCOTT. He moved from Culver to Tucson in 1953. He was employed by the Civil Service in
Hawaii during World War II. He owned
and operated Scott’s Upholstery Shop in Tucson until his retirement.
Surviving
are a sister, Mrs. Ronald (Claribel) [QUIVEY], Culver; a half-brother, Joe
BOETSMA, Hope Sound, Fla., and a niece, Mrs. Darwin (Alice) HARTMAN, Plymouth.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Poplar Grove United Methodist Church with the
Rev. Keith SMITLEY officiating. Burial
will be in the Poplar Grove Cemetery.
Friends may call at the church for an hour before services. Arrangements are being handled by Grossman
Funeral Home, Argos. The family
requests no flowers.
Friday, January 8, 1988
Bessie L. Huston
Bessie
L. HUSTON, 90, Rt. 3, Logansport, died at 9:50 p.m. Thursday at Miller’s Merry
Manor Nursing Home, Logansport.
She
was born July 19, 1897 in Amboy to Elmer E. and Anna DAILEY RYNEARSON. She was married May 12, 1917 in Logansport
to Andrew HUSTON, who died Nov. 11, 1962.
She was a member of the Faith Lutheran Church and the Extension
Homemakers Club of Washington Township in Carroll County.
Surviving
are four daughters, Mrs. Orville (Helen L.) BURKETT, Rt. 1, Akron; Mary A.
NALE, Salem, and Margaret R. BRYANT and Phyllis A. McVAY, both of Loganspot;
fifteen grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; seventeen great-grandchildren;
six step-great-grandchildren; a sister, Fern KLINE, Monon, and a brother, Fred
RYNEARSON, Logansport. Preceding in
death were a son, a daughter, a grandchild, two sisters and a half-sister.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Faith Lutheran Church with the Rev. Jerry
SCHULTZ officiating. Burial will be in
the Rock Creek Cemetery. Friends may
call from 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday
in the McCloskey-Hamilton-Gundrum Funeral Home.
Saturday, January 9, 1988
[no obits]
Monday, January 11, 1988
Laila Maude Snyder
Laila
Maude SNYDER, 87, Fort Wayne, died Saturday night in the Lawton Nursing Home.
She
was born April 23, 1900 in Fulton County to David and Sarah Ellen BROOKER. She moved to Fort Wayne in 1923. She married Paul A. SNYDER, who died in
1978. She was a buyer for Frank’s Dry
Goods Store, where she worked for 35 years.
Surviving
are a daughter, Mary F. SCHNEIDER, Fort Wayne; a son, Thomas W. SNYDER,
Elenton, Fla.; nine grandchildren; two sisters, Mildred HUDKINS and Nobelene
SPENCER, both of Rochester, and nieces and nephews.
Services
will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Mungovan and Sons Memorial Chapel, 2114
S. Calhoun, Fort Wayne. Burial will be
in the Covington Memorial Gardens.
Friends may call from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. Memorials may be made to the Salvation Army
or to Audiences Unlimited.
Marjorie M. Hazen
Marjorie
M. HAZEN, 64, Rt. 2, Knox, died at 7:10 p.m. Saturday in Starke Memorial
Hospital, Knox.
She
was born March 22, 1923 in Knox to Charles and Minnie MEINKE FEAR. She lived her entire life in Knox. She was married April 19, 1944 in Knox to
Russell HAZEN, who survives. She was a
member of the Grace Tabernacle Church of Knox.
Surviving
with the husband are five sons, Steve and Danny [HAZEN], Grovertown; Richard
and Roger [HAZEN], Plymouth, and Randy [HAZEN], Knox; five daughers, Shirley
IMEL, Rochester; Sharon PIETSCH and Patti ROONEY, Lapaz; Donna PLETCHER,
Batavia, Ill., and Melody STACY, Knox; a brother, Charles FEAR Jr., Rochester;
twenty-two grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. EST Wednesday in the Grace Tabernacle Church on Indiana 23 at
Knox with Pastor Mark BOOTH officiating.
Burial will be in the Eagle Creek Cemetery, Knox. Friends may call from 8 to 10 p.m. EST today
and from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. EST Tuesday at Rannells Funeral Home, Hamlet
Chapel, and for an hour before services at the church.
Alex H. Flora
Alex
H. “Bud” FLORA, 44, Denver, died at 8:35 p.m. Sunday at Manor Care, Wabash.
He
was born Feb. 19, 1943 in Miami County to Howard and Mary KANTNER GLEE
[FLORA]..
Surviving
are the father, Howard and step-mother, Erma FLORA, Denver; three
step-brothers, Richard GRAF, Logansport; Larry GRAF, Kokomo, and Michael GRAF,
Denver, and two step-sisters, Madelyn PUTNAM, Pascoag, R.I., and Karen
MUSTACHIO, Chili.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in he McCain Funeral Home, Denver, with the Rev. John MISCHLER officiating. Burial will be in the Westlawn Cemetery, Denver. Friends may call from 3 to 5 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.
Tuesday, January 12, 1988
Maude Snyder
Not
mentioned in Monday’s obituary of Laila Maude SNYDER were the following who
preceded in death: a son, Roland Paul [SNYDER]; four sisters, and a brother.
Services
will be a 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Mungovan and Sons Memorial Chapel, 2114 S.
Calhoun, Fort Wayne. Burial will be in
the Covington Memorial Gardens. Friends
may call from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today. Memorials may be made to the Salvation Army or to Audiences
Unlimited.
Gladys E. Sennett
Gladys
E. SENNETT, 80, Macy, died at her home Monday evening. She was the widow of Dr. SENNETT, Macy.
Arranements
are pending at the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home in Rochester.
Emerson E. Johnson
Word
has been received of the death of Emerson E. JOHNSON, 77, Athens and Lake
Placid, Fla. He died at 11:28 a.m. Jan.
2, in the Lake Placid Hospital.
He
was born April 10, 1910 in Athens to Charles and Laura NICODEMUS JOHNSON. He lived most of his life in the Athens
community. He spent the last 12 winters
in Lake Placid. He was married Aug. 4,
1950 in Macy to Florence Juanita CUTSHAW, who survives. He was a retired maintenance director for a
former mobile home manufacturing company in Bourbon. He served in the U.S. Army in World War II with the European
Theater.
Surviving
with the wife are a daughter, Mrs. James (Sue Ann) BRUBAKER, Rt. 4, Rochester;
a son, Richard L. JOHNSON, Akron; five grandchildren, Ben and Kim BRUBAKER,
Rochester, and LaDonna, Sondra and Brian JOHNSON, Akron; a sister, Mrs. Iduma
YEATER, Monticello; nieces, and nephews.
Six sisters, three brothers and a niece preceded in death.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. Wayne JOHNSON officiating.
Burial will be in the Athens Cemetery.
Friends may call on Thursday from noon until services. Memorials may be made to the American Heart
Association.
Wednesday, January 13, 1988
Ruth E. Overmyer
Ruth
E. OVERMYER, 53, Rt. 1, North Webster, died Tuesday in her home.
She
was born March 21, 1934 in Clinton County to Abraham and Florence SMITH
CALDWELL. She moved from Akron to the
North Webster area in 1966. She was
married Feb. 11, 1961 to Frank OVERMYER, who survives. She was a member of the American Legion
Auxiliary at Syracuse and the Akron United Methodist Church.
Surviving
with her husband are a daughter, Mrs. Jeff (Colena) ORT, North Webster, a son,
Collin OVERMYER, at home two grandchildren, and a brother, Donald CALDWELL,
Akron.
Services
will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday in the Harris Funeral Home, Rt. 2, Syracuse, with
the Rev. Ronald BOWMAN officiating.
Burial will be in the North Webster Cemetery (Mock Addition). Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9
p.m. Thursday.
Gladys E. Sennett
Services
for Gladys E. SENNETT, 80, Rt. 2, Macy, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the
Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Rochester, with the Rev. Katharine LEHMAN
officiating. Burial will be in the
Plainview Cemetery, Macy. Friends may
call from 3 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and from 9 a.m. until services Thursday. Memorials may be made to the Manitou
Training Center.
Mrs.
Sennett died Saturday of an apparent heart seizure. She was found in her home Monday by her son.
She
was born Aug. 2, 1907 in Sullivan County to William and Hanna BAXTER. She moved from Indianapolis to Macy 50 years
ago. She was married Sept. 17, 1936 in
Indianapolis to [William K.] “W. K.” SENNETT M.D., who died Aug. 22, 1976. She was a registered nurse and had assisted
Dr. Sennett with his medical practice in Macy.
She was a member of the Macy United Methodist Church and the Macy
Eastern Star. She was a graduate of the
Indianapolis City Hospital School of Nursing.
Surviving
are two sons, John K. SENNETT, Indianapolis, and Robert W. SENNETT, Warsaw, and
a sister, Mrs. Frances HARRIS, Terre Haute.
Two brothers and five sisters preceded in death.
John L. Sowers
John
L. SOWERS, 90, Miller’s Merry Manor Nursing Home, Logansport, died at 2:22 a.m.
today at Logansport Memorial Hospital.
He
was born May 10, 1897 in Rockville to George and Mary Ellen SOWERS. He had been a resident of Gosport most of
his life. He was married to Luella
MONTGOMERY, who died in 1985. He was a
retired farmer.
Surviving
are two daughters, Mrs. Norma HAMSHER, Nappanee, and Mrs. Warren (Mary)
SIMMONS, Fulton; a son, Gaylord SOWERS, South Whitley; fourteen grandchildren,
and twenty-two great-grandchildren. He
was preceded in death by a daughter, Phyllis SHEARER, in 1983, and an infant
grandson.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. George HAPNER officiating.
Burial will be in the South Whitley Cemetery. Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 9 a.m. until
services Friday.
Robert M. Carr Jr.
Robert
M. CARR Jr., 46, of 1325 Cherry St., Huntington, formerly of Peru, died at 3:40 a.m. Tuesday in the Lutheran Hospital,
Fort Wayne.
He
was born Feb. 8, 1941 in Peru to Robert M. and Katherine Elizabeth BOELTER CARR
Sr. He moved to Huntington 14 years ago
from Peru. He was married Nov. 21, 1961
in Peru to Caroline DOUGLASS, who survives.
He was a sales representative for Tecumseh Corrugated Box Co., Van Wert,
Ohio, a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, Huntington, and treasurer of
the Huntington County Republican Party.
Surviving
with the wife are a son, Robert M. CARR III, at home; a daughter, Mrs. Kent
(Susan) SEABOLT, Huntington; a granddaughter; his mother and father, Peru, and
a brother, Daniel CARR, Fort Wayne.
Services
will be at 10 a.m. Friday in the Deal and Robbins Funeral Home, Huntington,
with the Rev. Lamar INES officiating.
Burial will be in the Gardens of Memory, Huntington. Friends may call from 3:30 to 5 p.m. and
from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday. Memorials
may be made to the Trinity United Methodist Church.
Robert E. Carr
Robert
Edwin CARR, 62, of 501 E. Main St., Silver Lake, died at 10 p.m. Tuesday at his
home.
He
was born June 10, 1925 in Lake Township of Kosciusko County to Artie and Hazel
BALL CARR. He lived in the Silver Lake
area his entire life. He was married
Sept. 18, 1949 at the Center United Methodist Church, Silver Lake, to Edith
SHEWMAN, who survives. He was a retired
employee of Strauss Elevator. He was a
member of the Silver Lake Lions Club and the Center United Methodist Church and
its administrative council and choir.
He also was a former trustee and janitor of the church.
Surviving
with the wife are three sons, Milton, Michael, and Marlin [CARR], all of Silver
Lake; a daughtter, Mrs. Tim (Connie) CONDRA, Roanoka; six grandchildren; three
sisters, Beth KARN, Rochester; Mrs. Don (Mabel) BOUSE, Silver Lake, and Mrs.
Gene (Gladys) TULLY, Fort Wayne. A
sister and a brother preceded in death.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Center United Methodist Church with the Rev.
Michael CRABILLE officiating. Burial
will be in the Lakeview Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the Strong
Funeral Home, Silver Lake, and an hour before services at the church. Memorials may be made to the Center United
Methodist Church.
Thursday, January 14, 1988
Delores Werner
Delores
WERNER, 58, Rt. 2, Rochester, was pronounced dead on arrival at South Fulton
Hospital in Atlanta, Ga., at 3:40 p.m. Wednesday. She suffered an apparent heart attack at the Atlanta
International Airport when returning home from a visit to relatives.
Mrs.
Werner moved to this area about 40 years ago from Monterey. She was born Oct. 27, 1929 in Knox to Earl
and Neva HOLLINGSWORTH MILLER. She was
married May 16, 1948 in Knox to Billy D. WERNER, who died July 12, 1986. She had been employed since 1976 by Hart
Schaffner & Marx and was a member of the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary.
Surviving
are a daughter, Mrs. William (Georgina) BRAMAN, Jacksonville, Fla.; two sons,
Scott A. WERNER, Rochester, and Mark E. WERNER, Sarasota, Fla.; four
grandchildren, Matthew BRAMAN and Andrea BRAMAN, Rochester, and Zachary and
Shay WERNER, of Sarasota; two sisters, Mrs. Merillat PATTY, Fort Myers, Fla.,
and Mrs. Ramona BIGGS, Bee Branch, Ark.
A brother, Meredith [MILLER], preceded in death.
Services
will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. James KRAFT officiating.
Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday and
from 9 a.m. Saturday until services.
Russell L. Swihart
Russell
L. SWIHART, 83, of 203 S. Maple St., Akron, died at 3:57 p.m. Wednesday at
Woodlawn Hospital where he had been a patient since Monday. He had been in failing health for six years.
He
was born Jan. 21, 1904 in Wabash County to Frank and Bertie KLINE SWIHART. He had lived most of his life in the Akron
area. He was married Oct. 22, 1927 in
Rochester to Carrie L. CHURCHILL, who survives. He attended the former Beaver Dam School and was in the United
States Army from 1922 to 1925. He
retired from farming in 1964. He was a
member of the Fulton County Historical Society.
Surviving
with the wife are three daughters, Mrs. Alvin (Pauline) RUFF, Akron; Mrs. Gene
(Norma Lee) HAMMOND, North Manchester, and Mrs. Gene (Judy) MONTAGUE, Akron;
two sons, Leroy SWIHART, Wabash, and Jack SWIHART, Macy; twenty-one
grandchildren, and twenty-one great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two sisters and a brother.
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home in Akron with
the Rev. Lowell BURRIS officiating.
Burial will be in the Akron I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday and from
9 a.m. Saturday until services.
Memorials may be made to charity.`
Gail Clements
Word
has been received of the death of Gail WILLOUGHBY CLEMENTS, 88, Chattanooga,
Tenn. She died in the Chattanooga
Memorial Hospital at 12:20 a.m. Friday, Jan. 8.
She
was born Jan. 28, 1899 in Milford, Ill., to Thomas Jesse Ney and Charlotte E.
WASHBURN WILLOUGHBY. She was married to
Arthur Wheeler HENDRICKSON Dec. 29, 1920; he died Nov. 16, 1946. She was married to Olen R. CLEMENTS May 5,
1975; he died June 8, 1981. She was a
retired editor of The Oblong (Ill.) Ledger and was a member of the Tyner United
Methodist Church in Chattanooga and the Daughters of the American
Revolution. She had written for an
encyclopedia, had been a correspondent for Time Magazine and was bookkeeper for
the Chicago Child Care Society. She had
lived most of her life in Chicago.
Surviving
are a daughter, Doris H. SEAL, Chattanooga; two sisters, June DENNERLINE,
Spring Hill, Fla., and Doris DAVIS, Lawrenceville, Ill.; four grandsons; seven
great-grandchildren, and six nieces and nephews. A son and two brothers preceded in death.
A memorial service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Kewanna United Methodist Church with the Rev. Dennis INGLE officiating. The remains will be interred at the Grass Creek Cemetery. Friends may call from 1:30 a.m.[sic] to 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home in Kewanna.
Friday, January 15, 1988
Steven L. Conrad
Steven
L. CONRAD, 41, 1530 Sunset Drive, died unexpectedly at 6 a.m. today at his home
of an apparent heart attack.
He
was born March 15, 1946 in Kendallville to Harold and Mary LONG CONRAD, who
survive. He moved here 10 years ago
from Albion. He was married March 1,
1986 in Rochester to Marianne DENISTON, who survives. He was manager of the Rochester Thermogas Co., a member of the
First Presbyterian Church and the Rochester Optimist Club, and a veteran of the
Vietnam War.
Surviving
with the wife and parents are a daughter, Stacey CONRAD, Albion; two sons,
Craig CONRAD and Jason CONRAD, Albion; two step-sons, Cyle WAGONER and Cory
WAGONER, Rochester, and two brothers, Ronald [CONRAD], of Troy, Ohio, and
Richard [CONRAD], Albion.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in the First Presbyterian Church, Rochester. Friends may call from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.
tomorrow in the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home and an hour before services at
the church. Memorials may be made to
the First Presbyterian Church.
Marie Shafer
Marie
SHAFER, 88, Denver, died at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at her home.
She
was born in Miami County March 28, 1899 to William O. and Dora WOLF GRAFT. She was married on Dec. 26, 1925 in Peru to
Walter L. “Beanie” SHAFER, who died Jan. 18, 1979. She and her husband owned and operated Shafer Grocery in Denver
until retiring in 1950. She was a
member of the Denver Baptist Church.
Surviving
are a niece and a nephew, Vivian MARQUIS and Clifford GRAFT, both Rt. 4,
Peru. Preceding in death was a brother,
I. V. GRAFT.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the McCain Funeral Home, Denver, with the Rev. Jeff
SEXTON officiating. Burial will be in
Westlawn Cemetery, Denver. Friends may
call from 3 to 8 p.m. Sunday.
Roy Hupp
Roy
HUPP, 88, Skylane Apartments, Plymouth, died at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in Holy
Cross Parkview Hospital, Plymouth.
He
was born Feb. 18, 1899 in North Manchester.
He was married in 1940 in Mishawaka to Erma GUSTIN, who died March 24,
1985. He was a U.S. Army veteran of
World War I and a retired tool and die maker.
He had made models of many Marshall County buildings and area
courthouses.
Surviving
are a brother, Ray HUPP, Grand Rapids, Mich.; nieces, and nephews.
Services
will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Johnson Funeral Home, Plymouth, with the
Rev. Douglas REDFORD officiating.
Burial will be in the Bedford Cemetery, Monon. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today.
Earl O. Ridout Jr.
Earl
O. RIDOUT Jr., 56, Indianapolis, died at 12:30 p.m. Thursday in Methodist
Hospital at Indianapolis. On Aug. 18,
1985, he became the 26th heart transplant recipient at Methodist Hospital.
Mr.
Ridout was a nephew of Mrs. Otis (Beulah) BURKETT of Rochester.
He
was born Jan. 24, 1931 in Erie, Pa., to Earl and Ledolia BURKETT RIDOUT
Sr. He had lived most of his life in
Indianapolis. He was married March 21,
1975 in Indianapolis to Jerolyn K. MILLER, who survives. He was with the Indianapolis Fire Department
for 28 years, retiring Dec. 18, 1984 as captain of Fire Station 15. He was a member of the Indianapolis
Firefighters Local Union, the Indiana Firefighters Association, and the Seerley
Creek Christian Church and was an Army veteran of the Korean War.
Surviving
with the wife are two daughters, Pamela SUTHERLAND, Wannamaker, Ind., and Robin
GRUBBS, Indianapolis a son, Earl E. RIDOUT, Indianapolis, and seven
grandchildren.
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Monday at the G. H. Hermann Funeral Home, 5141 Madison Ave.,
Indianapolis. Burial will be in the
Floral Park Cemetery West in Indianapolis.
Friends may call at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester, from
3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, and at the
G.H. Hermann Funeral Home from 2 to 9 p.m. Sunday.
Saturday, January 16, 1988
Marjorie I. Richter
Marjorie
I. RICHTER, 56, deputy Fulton County recorder and a former county recorder,
died at 7 p.m. Friday in South Bend Memorial Hospital, where she had been a
patient since Jan. 5. She had been in
failing health for six years.
A
lifetime resident of the Fulton and Rochester communities, Mrs. Richater lived
on Rt. 1, Rochester, on the west side of Lake Manitou.
She
was born June 8, 1931 in Rochester to Lloyd and Hazel WOLF WIDEMAN. She was married Nov. 18, 1951 in Rochester
to Dean RICHTER, who survives. Mrs. Richer
served two four-year terms as Fulton County recorder, starting Jan. 1, 1975,
and later became deputy recorder. She
served a total of 19 years in local county government. Before that, she had been an employee of the
Rouch and Smiley Insurance Agency. She
was a member of the First Baptist Church, the Fulton County Republican Women’s
Club, and the Women of the Moose.
Surviving
with the husband are two daughters, Mrs. David (Tracey) BEEMAN, Elwood, and
Mrs. Chris (Lee Ann) MEYER, Muncie; two sons, Charles Albert RICHTER, Austin,
Texas, and Timothy J. RICHTER, Philadelphia, Pa.; three grandchildren, Jennifer
and Jessie RICHTER, Austin, Texas, and Arlo MEYER, Muncie; the mother, of
Rochester; a sister, Mrs. Jack (Phyllis) SHORT, Rochester; two brothers, Fred
WIDEMAN, Arlington Heights, Ill., and Paul WIDEMAN, Memphis, Tenn., and nieces
and naphews. The father preceded in
death.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the First Baptist Church 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. Monday at the Foster & Good
Funeral Home, Rochester, and at the church on Tuesday for an hour before
services. Memorials may be made to the
First Baptist Church.
Harry O. Warner
Harry
O. “Sam” WARNER, 79, of 1809 Oakwood Drive, died at 12:52 p.m. Friday in
Woodlawn Hospital. He had been in
failing healh for 3 1/2 months.
He
was born May 19, 1908 in Elgin, Ill., to Alva and Vernie NELSON WARNER. He had lived in North Liberty, Ind., before
moving here in 1943. He was married
Jan. 2, 1937 in Kokomo to Josephine GORDON, who survives. He was an operator of heavy equipment for a
number of years, and for five years he was a business agent of the Operating
Engineers Local Union in Kokomo.
Surviving
with the wife are a daughter, Mrs. Elvin (Ellen) JONES, Lansing, Kan.; two
sons, David [WARNER], Warsaw, and Robert [WARNER], Twelve Mile; seven
grandchildren; one great-grandson, and a sister, Mrs. Nellie BEEM,
Clarkesville, Tenn.
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Monday in 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 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday,
and on Monday from 9 a.m. until services.
Roy F. Brown
Roy
F. BROWN, 62, Columbia City, died at 12:40 a.m. Friday in the Veteran’s
Administration Medical Center in Marion.
He had been ill for several years.
He
was born on Oct. 31, 1925 in Albany, Ky., to Garfield and Minnie BIRD
BROWN. He served in the U.S. Army
during World War II and was a roofer in the Fort Wayne area until he became
ill.
Surivors
include five sons, Jeff and Roy A. [BROWN], Rochester; Roy [BROWN] Jr., League
City, Texas; Rick [BROWN], Hattiesburg, Miss., and Michael [BROWN], Hobart;
three daughters, Lisa BROWN, Rochester, Kay MATTHIS, Baycliff, Texas, and Wanda
IZARD, Dickonson, Texas; nineteen gradchildren; two sisters, Jessie SMITH and
Vergie RHOADES, Hagerstown, and a brother, Edwin BROWN, Albany, Ky.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Smith and Sons Funeral Home in Columbia Ciy
with the Rev. Dale MOSER officiating.
Burial will be in St. Matthews Cemetery near Columbia City. Friends may call for an hour before services
Allen R. Davidhizar.
Allen
R. DAVIDHIZAR, 46, Middlebury, died at 10 a.m. Friday when his milk truck
collided with a train at the 10th Road Amtrak Crossing near Lincoln Highway
East in Plymouth.
He
had lived in the Goshen area all his life and was a milk hauler for Milk
Marketing, Inc. in Goshen. His route
brought him into Fulton County.
He
was born April 23, 1941 in Goshen to Harold and Jane (McKEE) DAVIDHIZAR,
Goshen, who sruvive. He was married
Feb. 20, 1965 to Julia HERSHBERGER, who also survives. He was a member of the Silverwood Mennonite
Church in Goshen.
Also
surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Randy (Jennifer) WEINLEY, Goshen; a son, Mark
DAVIDHIZAR, at home, and a brother, John H. DAVIDHIZAR, Goshen.
Services
will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the Yoder-Culp Funeral Home in Goshen with the
Rev. Robert GERHART officiating. Burial
will be in the Forest Grove Cemetery in Middlebury. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday. Memorials may be made to the Silverwood
Mennonite Church.
Brett G. Myers
Brett
G. MYERS, 28, Rt. 6, Rochester, was found dead at 7 p.m. Friday in his home on
Indiana 25 South, across from Caston School.
Indiana
Sate Police said this morning they are investigating the death as a possible
self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
Arrangements
are pending at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Dale Sheetz
Dale
SHEETZ, 72, Akron, died at 9:11 p.m. Friday in Woodlawn Hospital shortly after
admission. He had suffered an apparent
coronary attack.
Mr.
Sheetz had owned the former Sheetz Funeral Home in Akron for many years. After selling that business, he was
associated with the Foster & Good Funeral Homes in Akron and Rochester.
Arrangements
are pending at the Foster & Good Funeral Home in Akron.
Monday, January 18, 1988
Dale Sheetz
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Akron, for
Dale SHEETZ, 72, Akron, who died at 9:11 p.m. Friday in Woodlawn Hospital
afrter an apparents coronary attack.
The
Rev. Merlyn COX will officiate, and burial will be in the Akron Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. today and
from 9 a.m. until services Tuesday.
Memorials may be made to the Manitou Training Center or the Akron United
Methodist Church Building Fund.
Mr.
Sheetz was born May 22, 1915 in Fulton to Elmer and Emma BEATTIE SHEETZ. He moved from Fulton to Akron community 66
years ago. He was married Aug. 25, 1946
in Lagro to Edith L. FRANCE, who survives.
He was a licensed funeral director and embalmer who owned and operated
the Sheetz Funeral Home in Akron from 1941 until 1978. He was an assistant manager of the Foster
& Good Funeral Home in Akron and an associate of Foster & Good Inc.
from 1983 until his death. He was a
1935 graduate of Akron High School and a 1939 graduate of the Indiana College
of Mortuary Science. He was a veteran
of World War II, serving in the U.S. Navy and the Marine Corps as a medic in
the Pacific Theater. He was a member of
the Akron United Methodist Church, the Rochester Masonic Lodge, the Fort Wayne
Scottish Rite Temple, the Mizpah Shrine Temple at Fort Wayne, the Modern
Woodman of America, the Indiana Funeral Directors Association for over 45 years
and the National Funeral Directors Association.
He
was a past master of the Akron Masonic Lodge, a past president of both the
Akron Lions Club and the Akron Chamber of Commerce, and a former member of the
Akron Volunteer Fire Department.
Surviving
with the wife are a daughter, Mrs. Duane (Janet) HACKWORTH, Akron; a grandson,
Marcus HACKWORTH, Akron, and two nephews.
Preceding in death were a sister, in infancy, and a brother, Dean
[SHEETZ], in 1971.
Brett G. Myers
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home in Rochester
for Brett G. MYERS, 28, Rt. 6, Rochester.
The Rev. Russell WILBUR will officiate, and burial will be in the
Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Friends
may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, and on Wednesday from 9 a.m. until
services. Memorials may be made to the
Manitous or the Tri-Ep Drama Club of Rochester High School.
Mr.
Myers died Wednesday evening at his residence.
He was born Oct. 31, 1959 in Rochester to John W. “Bill” and Ramona A.
CAYWOOD MYERS. He lived his entire life
in this area. He was a graduate of
Rochester High School, had attended Ball State University, and was studying
accounting at Ivy Tech, Logansport, at the time of his death. He was a member of Grace United Methodist
Church, Rochester, and the former Fulton County Players amateur theater
group. He had toured with the Sounds of
Hope in Europe.
Surviving
with the parents are a sister, Mrs. James (Raynee) FARIS, Rochester; a brother,
Jon Richard MYERS, Rochester; the maternal grandmother, Marjorie HANSON,
Rochester; aunts, uncles, and cousins.
He was preceded in death by a cousin.
Tuesday, January 19, 1988
Jack K. Bick
Jack
K. BICK, 52, of 1107 W. 13th St., died at 5:55 p.m. Monday in Woodlawn Hospital
after an apparent coronary attack in his home.
He
was born May 10, 1935 in Rochester to Andrew and Martiena GEIGER BICK. He was married June 27, 1954 in Leiters Ford
to Marcia Sue KISTLER, who survives. He
was self-employed at Jack Bick and Sons Inc. Transit-Mix Concrete. He was a member of the Rochester Masonic
Lodge, South Bend Scottish Rite, Mizpah Shrine Temple at Fort Wayner, Manitou
Shrine Club, Manitou Moose Lodge and the Rochester Eagles Lodge. He was a past president of the Rochester
Jaycees. He attended Franklin College
and was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity.
Surviving
with the wife are two daughters, Mrs. Richard (Debbra Kay) GROVES, Fort Wayne,
and Mrs. Richard (Tacy Lynn) DAWSON, Indianapolis; a grandson, Kyle Coleman
GROVES, Fort Wayne; his father, Andrew “Jack” BICK, Lake Manitou, and a
brother, Jim D. BICK, Rochester.
Preceding in death were his moher and an infant son, Dennis [BICK].
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. Teal YOUNCE officiating.
Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetry. Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Wednesday
and from 9 a.m. until services Thursday.
Masonic memorial services will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral
home. Memorials may be made to the
American Diabetes Association.
Wednesday, January 20, 1988
Raymond J. Reinhold
Raymond
J. REINHOLD, 72, Rt. 1, Monterey, died at 5:30 a.m. today at his home. Arrangements are pending at the Bonine
Funeral Home, Culver.
Hazel N. Lockwood
Hazel
N. LOCKWOOD, 94, of 3972 W. Delta Drive, Marion, formerly of Rochester, died at
12:16 p.m. Tuesday in the Colonial Oaks Health Care Center where she had lived
for three years.
She
was born Dec. 10, 1893 in Miami County to Abner and Ida CLARK ALSPACH. She had lived in the Macy community and in
Rochester from 1969 to 1983, then moved to Marion. She was married in April 1920 to Waldo E. LOCKWOOD, who died Nov.
13, 1969. She was a member of the Mt.
Olive United Methodist Church, Marion.
Surviving
are two daughrters, Mrs. Carl (Ruth) SOMMER and Mrs. Ralph (Jeanne) CAIN, both
of Marion; eight grandchildren; twenty-two great-grandchildren, and ten
great-great-grandchildren. She was
preceded in death by a son, Robert [LOCKWOOD], three sisters and five brothers.
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Friday in the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester, with
Pastor Bill ROGERS officiating. Burial
will be in the Deedsville I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 9 a.m. until
services Friday.
Ida B. Gerlach
Ida
B. GERLACH, 85, Rt. 1, Burnettsville, died Tuesday morning at her home.
She
was born May 10, 1902 in White County to George and Mary EINIG GERLACH. She had lived in White County all her
life. She was a member of St. Elizabeth
Catholic Church, Lucerne, and its Altar and Rosary Society.
Surviving
are a sister, Monica GUNDRUM, Rochester; a brother, Arthur GERLACH, Royal
Center; nieces and nephews. A brother
and six sisters preceded in death.
Services
will be at 10 a.m. Friday in St. Elizabeth Catholic Church with Father Gordon
WAGONER officiating. Burial will be in
the South St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery near Pulaski. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Thursday and from 8 to 9:30 a.m.
Friday in the Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Royal Center. The Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m.
Tursday. Memorials may be made to St.
Elizabeth Catholic Church.
Thursday, January 21, 1988
Jennifer Diane Robinson
Word
has been received of the death of Jennifer Diane ROBINSON, 14, Bonham,
Texas. She received a heart and lung
transplant Dec. 22 at the Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Okla, and
died of complications Dec. 23.
Services
were Dec. 26 at the Owens Funeral Home Chapel in Wolfe City, Texas.
She
was born Oct. 21, 1973 in Denison, Texas to Edward and Judy WALTERS ROBINSON.
Surviving
with the parents are a brother, Clint [ROBINSON], at home; the paternal
grandparents, C.W. and Dorothy ROBINSON, Wolfe City; an uncle, Delford BOWEN,
Rochester; three aunts, Sharon WALTERS FITES, Akron, and Juanita TEGHTMEYER and
Lovey MATHIAS, both of Macy, and a great-aunt, Fern BOWEN, Macy. The maternal grandparents, Earl and Leona BOWEN
WALTERS, preceded in death.
Raymond J. Reinhold
Services
for Raymond J. REINHOLD, 72, will be at 9:30 a.m. Friday in the St. Anne’s
Catholic Church, Monterey, with the Rev. Gerald BORAWSKI officiating. Burial will be in the St. Anne’s Cemetery,
Monterey.
Friends
may call at the Bonine Funeral Home, Culver, from 2 to 9 p.m. today. The Rosary-scripture services will be at 8
p.m. today at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to St. Anne’s Catholic Church or to the
Alzheimer’s Foundation.
Mr.
Reinhold, Rt. 1, Monterey, died at 5:30 a.m. Wednesday at his home following a
two-year illness.
He
was born Jan. 29, 1915 in Monterey to Charles G. and Addie KELLER
REINHOLD. He had lived in Monterey all
his life. He was married Sept. 12, 1939
in Monterey to Grace WATSON, who survives.
He was a retired dairy farmer and was a member of St. Anne’s Catholic
Church, the American Milk Producers Association, the American Quarter Horse
Association, and saddle clubs. He was
the director of the Pulaski County Horse and Pony Club for many years.
Surviving
with the wife are two sons, James REINHOLD and Joe REINHOLD, both of Monterey;
seven grandchildren; a brother, Clem REINHOLD, Monterey, and a sister, Mrs.
Olive OLSON, Plymouth. A brother,
Charles [REINHOLD], died in 1984.
Friday, January 22, 1988
George Boocher
George
BOOCHER, 84, Kewanna, died at 11:20 a.m. Thursday in the Methodist Hospital,
Indianapolis.
He
was born March 8, 1903 in Wabash County to Ezra and Alice CRILL BOUCHER. He was a retired farmer.
Surviving
are a sister, Ruby TALBOTT, Kewanna; a brother, Leroy BOOCHER, Claypool;
nieces, and nephews. Four brothers and
a sister preceded in death.
Services
will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Kewanna, with
the Rev. Dennis INGLE officiating.
Burial will be in the Fairview Cemetery at Servia. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m.
Saturday. Friends may call after 5 p.m.
today and from 8 a.m. until services Saturday.
Saturday, January 23, 1988
[no obits]
Monday, January 25, 1988
Katherine L. Crum
Katherine
L. CRUM, 59, of 11623 18th Road, Argos, died at 3:55 a.m. today at her
home. She had been in failing health
for two years.
She
was born Nov. 11, 1928 in Bourbon to John J. and Opal E. SMITH MILLER. She lived in Marshall County all of her
life. She was married March 28, 1948 in
Inwood to Myrl A. CRUM, who survives.
She was a 30-year member of the Argos American Legion Ladies Auxiliary
and a member o the former Gilead Methodist Church southwest of Argos.
Surviving
with the husband are two daughters, Paulette L. McCALVIN and Mrs. Richard
(Patricia A.) WILLIS, both of Argos; two sons, Annis CRUM and Richard CRUM,
both of Argos; six grandchildren; the mother, of Fairbury, Ill.; two sisters,
Mrs. Jacob (Ida) SCHER, Fairbury, and Mrs. Robert (Virginia) BLOCK, Liberty
Mills; three brothers, Robert G MILLER, Lake of the Woods in Bremen, Marshall
MILLER, Bloomfield, N.M., and Orland MILLER, Knoxville, Tenn. Two brothers, John and Eddie [MILLER], were
killed in the Korean War; the father also preceded in death.
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in the Grossman Funeral Home, Argos. Burial will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery,
Plymouth. Friends may call from 2 to 8
p.m. Wednesday and from 10 a.m. until services Thursday. Memorials may be made to the Marshall County
Cancer Society.
Tuesday, January 26, 1988
Melvin L. Buzbee
Melvin
L. BUZBEE, 76, Rt. 1, Rochester, died at 6:45 p.m. Monday at Miller’s Merry
Manor Nursing Home, Logansport.
He
was born Aug. 3, 1911 in North Grove to Jesse and Jessie STANLEY BUZBEE. He moved here 25 years ago from Cass
County. He was married Nov. 16, 1935 in
Peru to Francis Louise BOLDRY, who survives.
He retired in 1972 from carpentry, and he had operated Buzz’s Saw Shop
since 1963. He was a member of the Peru
Carpenter’s Union.
Surviving
with the wife are a daugher, Mrs. Melba K. SAMUELS, West Lafayette; a son,
Billy [BUZBEE], Loansport; eight grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren, and
a half-sister, Mrs. Ann FURNIVALL, El Paso, Texas. A brother and a sister preceded in death.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Fulton, with
the Rev. Bruce FRY officiating. Burial
will be in the Greenlawn Cemetery, Mexico.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and after 9
a.m. Thursday. Memorials may be made to
the American Cancer Society.
Ann Elizabeth McIntyre
Ann
Elizabeth McINTYRE, 69, Rt. 4, Rochester, died at 6:38 p.m. Monday in Pulaski
County Memorial Hospital, Winamac.
She
was born Sept. 30, 1918 in Meadows, Ill., to Walter and Sarah DUNCAN
ROSZHART. She moved here from Chicago
37 years ago. She was married Oct. 11,
1933 in Chicago to Wilbur A. McINTYRE, who survives. She was a member of the Plymouth Missionary Church.
Surviving
with the husband are four daughters, Mrs. Sharon FOSTER, St. Louis, Mo.; Mrs.
Sheila JACOBS, Granger; Mrs. Nancy COOK, Shaumburg, Ill., and Mrs. Michaelene
STUTZMAN, Rochester; fourteen grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. A sister and four brothers preceded in
death.
Services
will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home,
Rochester. Burial will be in the
Washington Cemetery, Culver. Friends
may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6
to 8 p.m. Wednesday and from 10 a.m. until services Thursday. Memorials may be made to the Plymouth
Missionary Church.
Daniel L. Markley
Daniel
Lewis MARKLEY, 38, Raleigh, N.C., died at 3:10 a.m. today at Duke University
Medical Center, Durham, N.C., after open-heart surgery.
He
was born Oct. 10, 1949 in Fulton County to Lewis and Lois BRUCE MARKLEY. He was married July 8, 1972 in Monroeville,
Pa., to Marlene M. FIORITO, who survives.
He graduated from Caston High School in 1967 and from Purdue University
in 1971. He had been employed by Pan Am
Airlines for 10 years and RCA Co. for 7 years, and was with the General
Electric Co., at the time of his death.
He was a member of the Church of Christ, Cary, N.C.
Surviving
with the wife are a son, Brian D. MARKLEY, at home; a daughter, Nicole M.
MARKLEY, at home; a sister, Sue Marie BRUMETT, Dayton, Ohio, and his parents,
Rt. 4, Logansport.
Services
will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the McCloskey-Hamilton-Gundrum Funeral Home,
Logansport, with the Revs. Daniel PONGRATZ and Gene SELLERS officiating. Burial will be in the Ever-Rest Memorial
Park Cemetery. Friends may call fom 2
to 9 p.m. Friday.
Carl B. Bruce
Carl
B. BRUCE, 70, Rt. 2, Lucerne, died at 6:24 p.m. Monday in Logansport Memorial
Hospital.
He
was born March 6, 1917 in Cass County to Ervin and Maude M. BURTON BRUCE. He was married Sept. 29, 1938 in Logansport
to Sheari MARSH, who survives. He was a
retired farmer and a member of the Indian Creek Christian Church near Lucerne.
Surviving
with he wife are two daughters, Alice Ann NICHOLS, Lucerne, and Jean CLOUD,
Rochester; a granddaughter; four step-grandchildren; seven
step-great-grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. Ruth REED, Kewanna, and Mrs.
Lois MARKLEY, Logansport. A sister preceded
in death.
Services
will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in the Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Royal
Center, with the Rev. Gene SELLERS officiating. Burial will be in the Indian Creek Christian Cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Wednesday and
from 9 a.m. until services Thursday.
Memorials may be made to the Heart Fund.
Wednesday, January 27, 1988
Eugenia Prathaftakis
Eugenia
PRATHAFTAKIS, 1511 Main St., died this morning in California.
Arrangements
are pending at the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Rochester.
Thursday, January 28, 1988
Eugenia Prathaftakis
Eugenia
“Gene” MATTIX PRATHAFTAKIS, 1511 Main St., died at 6:25 a.m. PST Wednesday in
the Lancaster Community Hospital, Lancaster, Calif., after an 18-day
circulatory illness. She was visiting
her granddaghter in California at the time of death.
She
was born in Peru to Calvin and Coa Fern BRIGGS JOHNSTON. She moved from Ohio to Rochester 55 years
ago. She was married Dec. 2, 1942 to
Paul MATTIX, who died Nov. 28, 1977. She
was married Dec. 1, 1980 in Rochester to George PRATHAFTAKIS, who
survives. She was a retired head
secretary for the Sealed Power Corp. and the former owner and operator of
Chamberlain’s Bar and Lounce. She was a
member of the First Christian Church of Rochester. She was a Rochester High School graduate.
Surviving
with the husband are a daughter, Mrs. Sonja “Sunny” STREBIN, Kokomo; four
grandsons, Scott BURKINS, Ohio; James RANSTEAD, Pomona, Calif.; and Matt and
Andy NARD, Rochester; two granddaughters, Mrs. Richard (Pamela) ROGERS, Edwards
Air Force Base, Calif., and Mrs. Rodney (Sherri) EILER, Muncie; three
step-sons, Michael, Chesterton, and Phillip and John [PRATHAFTAKIS], both of
Rochester; two step-daughters, Mrs. Kathy BRYANT, Rochester, and Mrs. Tina
TURNIPSEED, Fulton; eight step-grandchildren, and five
great-grandchildren. Two daughters,
Bebe Sue BURKINS, Oct. 4, 1958, and Michele “Micki” SKIDMORE, May 4, 1984,
preceded in death.
Services
are pending at the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Rochester.
Mildred M. Peters
Mildred
M. PETERS, 77, 386 W. 12th St., Peru, died at 11:15 p.m. Wednesday in her home.
She
was born July 30, 1910 in Zionsville to Bert and Mable STARKEY MILLS. She was married Oct. 11, 1941 to Layman R.
PETERS, who survives. She was 1932
graduate of Purdue University with a degree in home economics. She was a secretary for the Main Street
United Methodist Church from 1972 to 1981.
She was a member of the Main Street United Methodist Church, the Psi
Iota Xi sorority and the Alpha Xi Delta Sorority.
Surviving
with the husband are a brother, Brent MILLS, LaRoy, N.Y.; a son-in-law, Thomas
WINKS, and three grandsons, Scott, Robert and Thomas [WINKS]. A daughter, Linda WINKS, preceded in death.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Eickenberry-Eddy Funeral Home, Peru, with
the Rev. Michael STECK officiating.
Burial will be in the Mt. Hope Cemetery. Peru. Friends may call from 3 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday. Memorials may be made to the Main St. United
Methodist Church.
Philip A. Van Matre
Philip
A. Van MATRE, 51. of 200 Emerald Lane, Washington Courthouse, Ohio, formerly of
Fulton, died Monday at the Bethesda Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, following a
coronary attack.
He
was born Nov. 1, 1936 at Berne to Howard and Lillian B RUNSON Van MATRE. He was married Sept. 22, 1956 to Karen “Jo”
EDGINGTON, who survives. He was a sales
manager for Mid-Ohio Chemical Co., and was a former vocational agriculture
teacher at Caston High School. He was a
graduate of Purdue University and Poling High School and a member of the Purdue
Alumni Association and the Fulton United Methodist Church.,
Surviving
with the wife are three sons, Greg [Van MATRE], Sidney, Ohio; David [Van MATRE], Washington Court House, and
Brian [Van MATRE]. Sidney; his mother,
Portland; a sister, Mrs. Stuart (Sharon) SCHAEFFER, Austin, Texas; two
brothers, Sidney [Van MATRE],
California, and Chris [Van MATRE],
Houston, Texas.
Services
will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Baird-Freeman Funeral Home, Portland, with
the Rev. John BELLAMIE officiating.
Burial will be in the Gravel Hill Cemetery, Bryant. Memorials may be made to the Heart Fund or
the American Cancer Society through Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home at
Rochester or Fulton.
Friday, January 29, 1988
Ruby F. Roller
Ruby
F. ROLLER, 92, Chase Center, died at 10:02 p.m. Thursday at the Chase
Convalescent Center.
She
was born Dec. 5, 1895 in Logansport to Phillip and Etta CHILCOTT BUSARD. She was married March 8, 1916 in Noble
Township to Claude W. ROLLER, who died Sept. 17, 1973. A farm wife, she was a member of the Shilow
United Church of Christ, Logansport.
Surviving
are a foster-daughter, Dorothy TAYLOR, Rt. 2, Macy; four grandchildren; eight
great-grandchildren; nieces, and nephews.
A son and two brothers preceded in death.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Fisher Funeral Chapel, Logansport, with the
Revs. Raymond JONES and Todd MATSON officiating. Burial will be in the Shiloh Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Saturday. Memorials may be made to the Shiloh United
Church of Christ.
Saturday, January 30, 1988
Eugenia Prathaftakis
Memorial
services for Eugenia “Gene” PRATHAFTAKIS are tentatively plannded for Wednesday
in the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home in Rochester.
She
died at 6:25 PST Wednesday in the Lancaster Community Hospital, Lancaster,
Calif., after an 18-day circulatory illness.
Cremation followed.
Ruth Bammerlin
Ruth
BAMMERLIN, 82, of 105 North St., Akron, died at 9:52 p.m. Friday in Kosciusko Community
Hospital, Warsaw.
She
was born Nov. 5, 1905 near Gilead to Elmer and Glee BUTT FITES. She lived all her life in the Akron and
surrounding area. She was married Aug.
10, 1930 to Albert William BAMMERLIN, who died June 1946. She was a registered nurse and had been
employed by the late Dr. Dean STINSON for many years until his death in April
1974. She was a graduate of Deedsville
High School and in 1927 she received her nursing degree from the former Methodist
Hospital (now Parkview Hospital) in Fort Wayne. She was a member of the Akron United Methodist Church and its
Women’s Friendship Circle and choir, the Gilead Eastern Star, and the Perry
Township Home Economics Club.
Surviving
are a son, Lyle BAMMERLIN, Akron; two granddaughters, Beth and Betsy BAMMERLIN,
both of Akron; four sisters, Mrs. Grace WAECHTER and Mrs. Roy (Evelyn)
SCHIPPER, both of Akron; Mrs. Uriah (Mary) WEIRICK, Mexico, and Mrs. George
(Normalene) WAGNER, Rochester; two brothers, Paul FITES, Rt. 2, Akron, and
James FITES, Wabash; nieces and nephews.
A brother, Ralph [FITES], preceded in death.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at 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 9 p.m. Monday and from 9 a.m. until services
Tuesday. Eastern Star services will be
at 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral
home.
Monday, February 1, 1988
Martha J. Ault
Martha
J. AULT, 70, Rt. 2, Rochester (Green Oak community), died at 2:40 a.m. today in
Dukes Hospital, Peru.
She
was born March 7, 1917 in Onward to Ernest and Clarissa BUTTON CLICK. She lived all her life in Fulton
County. She was married Aug. 27, 1959
in Logansport to C. Miller AULT, who survives.
She was a member of the Macy Christian Church, the Manitou Garden Club,
the Pleasant Hour Club, and the Bid-e-Wee Club.
Surviving
with the husband are a son, Carl D. AULT, Rt. 2, Rochester; four daughters,
Mrs. Richard (Jane) BURNS, Rt. 2, Rochester; Mrs. Ralph (Judy) OUSLEY,
Indianapolis; Mrs. Lester (Dana) GURNEY, Marion, and Mrs. Ed (Margaret)
HARTMAN, LaPorte; eleven grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. George (Hazel) SUTTON,
Fulton, and three brothers, Don, Earl and Robert CLICK, all of Denver. Four brothers and a sister preceded in
death.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home,
Rochester, with the Rev. David WELSH officiating. Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesday
and from 9 a.m. until services on Wednesday.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Jennie M. Jenkins
Jennie
M. JENKINS, 78, Winamac, died Friday at the Medco Center, South Bend.
She
was born July 27, 1909 in Brook to Samuel and Winnie WICKS CURTS. She lived in Winamac most of her life. She was married Dec. 28, 1926 in Brook to
George D. JENKINS, who died July 27, 1974.
Surviving
are a daughter, Betty M. HOFFMAN, Rt. 1, Rochester; a son, Billy G. JENKINS,
Winamac; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; six step-great-grandchildren;
five step-great-great-grandchildren, and a sister, Bernice LANDIS, North Bend,
Wash.
Services
were to be at 11 a.m. today in the Frain Mortuary, Winamac. Burial was to be in the Winamac Cemetery.
Marion Severns
Marion
“Bill” SEVERNS, 82, Rt. 5, Rochester, died at 7:15 a.m. Sunday in Canterbury
Manor Nursing Home.
He
was born April 7, 1905 in Rochester to Frank and Sadie RUSSELL SEVERNS. He lived all his life in Rochester. He was married Feb. 22, 1950 in Rochester to
Lola HEETER, who survives. He was a
retired farmer. He was a member of the
Trinity United Methodist Church, a 62-year member and a past noble grand of the
Rochester I.O.O.F., and a member of the Mt. Horeb Encampment and the Evergreen
Rebekah Lodge. He was the Indiana State
I.O.O.F. Man of the Year in 1977.
Surviving
with the wife are a sister, Mrs. Oral (Eva) KINDIG, Rt. 5, Rochester; a
brother, Orville SEVERNS, Rt. 3, Rochester; two nieces, and two nephews. A sister, Mrs. Hertha GRAEBER, preceded in
death.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Trinity United Methodist Church with the
Rev. Donald BOWMAN officiating, assisted by the Rev. William SIMPSON. Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F.
Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4
and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Zimmerman
Brothers Funeral Home, Rochester. The
Rochester I.O.O.F. will conduct services at 8 p.m. Tuesday. Memorials may be made to Trinity United
Methodist Church or the American Cancer Society.
Eugenia Prathaftakis
Memorial
services for Eugenia “Gene” PRATHAFTAKIS, 1511 Main St., will be at 5 p.m. Wednesday in the Zimmerman
Brothers Funeral Home, Rochester, with the Rev. Rodney EILER officiating. Burial will be in the Mt. Zion family
plot. Friends may call from 3:30
to 5 p.m. Wednesday. Memorials may be made to the Diabetes
Association or the Heart Fund.
She
died at 6:25 PST Wednesday in the Lancaster Community Hospital, Lancaster,
Calif., after an 18-day circulatory illness.
Margaret L. Crimmins
Margaret
L. CRIMMINS, 73, Rt. 2, Lucerne, was one of two persons killed at 7:05
p.m. Friday in a head-on collision on
U.S. 24 West, 4 1/2 miles west of Logansport.
She
was born Feb. 1, 1914 in Harrison Township of Cass County to Earl and Verdie
BAIR WINN. She was married March 27,
1932 in Logansport to Leo J. CRIMMINS, who survives. She was a member of the Metea Baptist Church, the Harrison
Township Home Economics Club and the Cass County Farm Bureau.
Surviving
with the husband are a son, Richard L. CRIMMINS, Rt. 2, Lucerne; a daughter,
Lois J. PASCHEN, Rt. 5, Logansport; eight grandchildren; nineteen
great-grandchildren, and a brother, Donald B. WINN, Walton. A granddaughter and a great-grandson
preceded in death.
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Royal Center,
with the Rev. Robert K. STUCK officiating.
Burial will be in the Zion Cemetery near Lucerne. Friends may call after 2 p.m. today and from
8 a.m. until services Tuesday.
Fred Taylor
Fred
TAYLOR, 75, Rt. 6, Logansport, died at 5:09 a.m. today at St. Elizabeth’s
Hospital, Lafayette.
He
was born Sept. 24, 1912 in Manton, Mich., to Walter Eugene and Ada Rose MIX
TAYLOR. He was married July 28, 1946 in
Idaville to Ruby Irene HUMPHREY, who survives.
He was a retired farmer and a member of the Burnettsville Baptist
Church. He was an Army veteran of World
War II.
Surviving
with the wife are a daughter, Lenora Jo ARMBRUSTER, Akron; two sons, Fred Leroy
TAYLOR and Ted Eugene TAYLOR, both of Logansport; three brothers, Herman
TAYLOR, Luther, Mich.; William TAYLOR, Detroit, Mich., and Burton TAYLOR,
Milford, and a sister, Ada MAULUS, Theodoska, Mo. Three brothers, two sisters and a son preceded in death.
Services
will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Fisher Funeral Chapel, Logansport, with
the Rev. Ron LUELLEN officiating.
Burial will be in the Davis Cemetery, Burnettsville. Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. Military graveside rites will be conducted.
Tuesday, February 2, 1988
Dona M. Hays
Dona
M. HAYS, 78, Citadel Nursing Home, Mesa, Ariz., died at 8 a.m. Saturday in the
nursing home.
She
was born April 30, 1908 to Sophia THORRINGTON.
She was married Jan. 14, 1934 to Howard C. HAYS, who died Jan. 1, 1963.
Surviving are a son, Philip HAYS, Apache Junction, Ariz.; five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; two brothers, Oral THORRINGTON, Kokomo, and Emmett THORRINGTON, Macy, and a sister, Ica Floy EDING, Phoenix, Ariz.
She
will be cremated in Mesa.
Wednesday, February 3, 1988
Letha Hott
Letha
HOTT, 90, formerly of Rt. 4, Rochester, died at 6:25 p.m. Tuesday in Canterbury
Manor Nursing Home where she had lived for three years.
She
was born Jan. 26, 1898 in Lake Bruce Station to Wilford and Elizabeth NEFF
HARRIS. She lived all her life in the
community west of Rochester. She was
married May 13, 1925 in St. Joseph, Mich. to Milo J. HOTT, who survives at
home. She was a member of the Wesley
Methodist Church, Sharon.
Surviving
with the husband are a son, John V. HOTT, Rt. 7, Rochester; a granddaughter,
Mrs. Diane SHEETZ, Akron; four grandsons, Jack and Jim HOTT, Rochester; Joe
HOTT, Kewanna, and Michael HOTT, Jeffersonville, and eleven
great-grandchildren. A granddaughter,
Melody [HOTT]; two sisters, Ester DAWSON and Betsy KLINE, and two brothers,
John and Milburn HARRIS preceded in death.
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Friday in the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester. Burial will be in the Moon Cemetery, west of
Rochester. Friends may call from 3 to 8
p.m. Thursday and from 9 a.m. until services Friday.
Randy A. Shanks
Randy
Alan SHANKS, 25, Houston, Texas, formerly of Fulton, died at 12:24 a.m. Tuesday
in Phoenix, Ariz.
He
was born March 10, 1962 in Fulton County to Thomas J. and Olive M. LUNSFORD
SHANKS. He had lived in Houston the
past two years. He was a construction
employee.
Surviving
are his parents, Rt.1, Rochester; three sisters, Mrs. Steve (Pam) BALDWIN,
Kewanna; Mrs. Steve (Kathy) MOSS, Twelve Mile, and Mrs. Jay (Laurie)
HILDEBRAND, Portage, Mich., and the maternal grandmother, Mrs. Clara LUNSFORD,
Logansport. A brother, Tom [SHANKS],
preceded.
Arrangements
are pending at the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Fulton.
Edna L. Moyer
Edna
L. MOYER, 81, Los Angeles, Calif., died at 4 a.m. Jan. 25 in the Hollywood
Presbyterian Medical Center after heart failure.
She
was born April 18, 1906 in Livingston County, Ill. to Perry and Isabel
BERKSHIRE HAWKINS. She was a former
resident of Rochester and Akron and moved to California in 1972. she was married to K.V. JONES, who died in
1951. She was married to Charles M.
MOYER, who preceded. She was a member
of the First Methodist Church, Rochester.
She was the clerk treasurer from 1952 to 1955.
Surviving
are a son, Charles K. JONES, Los Angeles; a step-son, Donald M. MOYER,
Brownsburg, and a brother, George HAWKINS, Connecticut.
She
will be buried in the Paoli Community Cemetery.
Mary L. Stewart
Mary
Lou STEWART, 52, formerly of Rochester, died Tuesday in Winchester, Ky., where
she had lived for 11 years.
She
was born Nov. 20, 1935 in Battle Creek, Mich., to Joseph and Gaytha MELLON
STEWART. She was a graduate of the Ball
State University nursing program and was working for the Clark County (Ky.)
Health Department at the time of her death.
She previously had worked in several hospitals in that area.
Surviving
are three daughters, Lisa SMITH, Winchester; Ronda ARMSTRONG, Lexington, Ky.,
and Marla MROZINSKI, LaPorte; a son, Ross ARMSTRONG, Maysville, Ky., and three
grandchildren.
Graveside
services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Oak Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek,
Mich. The Shaw Funeral Home, Battle
Creek, is in charge of arrangements.
Thursday, February 4, 1988
Randy A. Shanks
Services
for Randy Alan SHANKS, 25, Houston, Texas, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the
Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Fulton, with the Rev. Richard BYERS
officiating. Burial will be in the
Fulton Cemetery.
Friends
may call from 3 to 9 p.m. Friday and from 9 a.m. until services Saturday. Memorials may be made to charity.
Mr.
Shanks died at 12:24 Tuesday in Phoenix, Ariz.
Richard O. Eiler
Word
has been received of the death of Richard O. “Dick” EILER, 69, of 3 Meranda
Circle, Wesley Manor, Frankfort.
A
former Mentone resident, Mr. Eiler died Dec. 23, 1987 in the Wesley Manor
health care facility.
He
was born Dec. 28, 1917 in Warsaw to Clarence and Blanche WELCH EILER. He was married Marc 28, 1937 in Mentone to
Tressa P. McGOWEN, who survives. He was
a graduate of Mentone High School. He
worked in the physical plant at Purdue University for 30 years and was the
assistant superintendent of maintenance when he retired in 1980. He was a member o the First Baptist Church
of Lafayette, the Lafayette Masonic Lodge, the Scottish Rite, the Valley of
Indianapolis, Hope Chapter 5, the Eastern Star, the Bethany Shrine and the Home
Hospital Auxiliary
Surviving
with the wife are a son, Edward E. EILER, Lafayette; a daughter, Mrs. Gordon J.
(Janice E.) GILL, Frankfort; five grandchildren, Matthew and Timothy GILL, both
of Frankfort, and Kent, Lauren and Ross EILER, all of Lafayette; three sisters,
Mrs. Bethel GORDON, Tippecanoe; Mrs. Walter (Katherine) MIEKLEY, Cincinnati,
Ohio, and Mrs. Clifford (Winifred) KEULER, Brodhead, Wis., and two brothers,
Robert EILER, San Diego, Calif., and Carroll EILER, Leesburg. Two brothers, Leonard and Lewis [EILER],
preceded in death.
Services
were Dec. 28 at the Hippensteel Funeral Home Chapel, Lafayette, with the Revs.
Duncan McNABB and William BLESSING officiating. Entombment was in the Tippecanoe Memory Gardens Mausoleum, West
Lafayette. Memorials may be made to the
National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory medicine, 1400 Jackson
St., Denver, Colo., 80206.
Bernie F. White
Bernice
F. “Bernie” WHITE, 76, of 228 W. Main St., Peru, died at 3:30 a.m. today in the
Rochester Nursing Home.
She
was born April 16, 1911 in Cass County to Bert ad Stella RINEHART BYERS. She was married June 20, 1945 to Edgar
WHITE, who died Aug. 16, 1986. She was
the first pianist for the Peru Circus and she played calliope in the circus
parade. She was a musician and taught
organ and piano. She was the organist
and/or choir director for several local churches.
Surviving
are a sister, Kathryn SHOLTY, Peru; nieces, and nephews. Three brothers and a sister preceded in
death.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Flowers-Leedy Funeral Home, Peru, with the
Rev. Loyd HOLIFIELD officiating. Burial
will be in the Ever-Rest Memorial Park Cemetery, Cass County. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9
p.m. Friday.
Frank A. Meinke
Frank
A. MEINKE, 91, formerly of the Richland Center community and Mishawaka, died at
12:27 a.m. today at Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw. He had resided in Miller’s Merry Manor
Nursing Home in Warsaw since 1977.
He
was born May 11, 1896 in Elkhart County to Bernard and Martha STARK
MEINKE. He was married June 3, 1920 in
Edwardsburg, Mich., to Gertrude M. KOHLER, who died May 19, 1987. He was retired from Bendix Corp., South
Bend, and was an Army veteran of World War I.
Surviving
are a granddaughtter, Mrs. Bruce (Karen) EMMONS, Rochester; a grandson, Dennis
K. STRONG, Indianapolis; a sister, Ida MEINKE, Los Angeles, Calif., and a
brother, Walter MEINKE, Sturgis, Mich.
A daughter, June STRONG, and a great-grandson preceded in death.
Services
will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Foster & Good Funeral Home in Rochester
with the Rev. Dan HUHN officiating.
Burial will be in the Mishawaka Fairview Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday and
an hour before services on Saturday.
Friday, February 5, 1988
Lyman B. Frick
Lyman
B. FRICK, 80, of Mexico, died at 6 a.m.
today in Duke’s Memorial Hospital.
Born
Nov. 14, 1907 in Loree to Lewis and Mary Ida BISH FRICK, he married Frances
OYLER on June 30, 1934 in Banquo. She
survives. He had lived in Mexico since
1908. He was a 65-year member of the
Mexico United Methodist Church and a 50-year member of the Mexico Masonic
Lodge. He graduated from Jefferson
Township High School, Mexico. A
longtime school bus driver, he owned and operated Frick Service Station,
Mexico, from 1929 to 1947. He owned and
operated the Frick Hardware Store in Fulton from 1947 until 1975, when he
retired.
Surviving
with the wife are two sisters, Esther FRICK and Ruth FRICK, both of Mexico, and
five cousins.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Mexico United Methodist Church with the Rev.
Phil LUTZ officiating. Burial will be
in the Greenlawn Cemetry, Mexico.
Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the McCain Funeral Home,
Denver, and an hour before services at the church Sunday.
Mary Knepper Hollingsworth
Mary
KNEPPER HOLLINGSWORTH, 64, Kokomo, died at 11:56 a.m. Thursday at St. Vincent’s
Hospital in Indianapolis. She had been
ill for about three months following heart surgery.
A
former resident of Rochester, she moved to Kokomo in 1968. She was born March 20, 1922, in Dorton,
Ky. She was married in 1968 to Jack
HOLLINGSWORTH, who survives.
Surviving
with the husbandf are a daughter, Patricia KNEPPER HOOVER, Rochester; four
grandchildren, April HOOVER, Cranston, R.I.; Aaron and Adam HOOVER,
Indianapolis, and Autumn HOOVER, Rochester three sisters, Martha MILLER, Silver
Lake, Della KENNEDY, Virginia, and Delphi POTTER, Kentucky, and a brother, Sam
ROGERS, West Virginia. Four brothers,
John, Carl, Sylvester and Verlie ROGERS, preceded in death.
Services
will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the Ellers Mortuary, 725 S. Main St., Kokomo. Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. and 6 to
8 p.m. Sunday. Burial will be in the
Albright Cemetry, Kokomo. Memorials can
be made to the American Lung Association.
Saturday, February 6, 1988
Cora Wagoner
Cora
WAGONER, 95, a former Fulton resident who had resided at Canterbury Manor
Nursing Home for two years, died at 9:30 p.m. Friday at the nursing home.
Arrangements
are pending at Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Fulton.
Monday, February 8, 1988
Cora A. Wagoner
Services
for Cora A. WAGONER, 95, formerly of Fulton, will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in
the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Fulton, with the Rev. John ANDREWS
officiating, assisted by the Rev. John BERRIEN. Burial will be in the Fulton Cemetery.
Friends
may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Monday and from 9 a.m. until services on
Tuesday. Memorials may be made to the
Manitou Training Center.
Mrs.
Wagoner died at 9:30 p.m. Friday in Canterbury Manor Nursing Home where she had
lived for two years.
She
was born Jan. 21, 1893 in Kansas to Eli and Elvira SMITH LONG. She moved from Fountain County to Fulton
County in 1939. She was married in July
1914 in Kansas to Jacob WAGONER, who died June 14, 1954. She was a member of the Fulton Baptist
Church.
Surviving
are three daughters, Mrs. Elvira JAMES, Phoenix, Ariz.; Elpha B. WAGONER,
Canterbury Manor Nursing Home, and Mrs. Albert (Ellen M.) WALSH, Rt. 2,
Kewanna; a son, Leonard B. WAGONER, Rt.
5, Logansport; twelve grandchildren; thirty-one great-grandchildren; eight
great-great-grandchildren, and a brother, Jesse LONG, Wichita, Kan. A son, Jacob M. “Cullie” WAGONER, Feb. 15,
1985, two brothers and four sisters preceded in death.
George Poffenbarger
Services
for George POFFENBARGER, 78, Rt. 2, Middletown, were to be at 10 a.m. today in
the Ballard and Sons Funeral Home, Middletown, with the Rev. Brian MILLER
officiating. Burial was to be in Miller
Cemetery.
Memorials
may be made to the Henry County Humane Society or the Lions Club leader dog
program.
Mr.
Poffenbarger died Thursday evening in St. Vincents Hospital, Indianapolis.
Born
in Madison County, he was a dairy farmer for 40 years until retiring in
1975. He had lived in Sulphur Springs
since 1930. He was a charter member o
the Sulphur Springs Lions Club, and rceived the Master Key Award. He belonged to the Jefferson Township Farm
Bureau and several dairy organizations.
He
was prceded in death by his wife, Thelma [POFFENBARGER], in 1986. Survivors include two sons, Robert
[POFFENBARGER], Rochester, and Martin [POFFENBARGER], Middletwon; three
sisters, Mrs. John ELLISON, Middletown, Mrs. Frank GOLDSMITH, Andrson, and Mrs.
Thelma RATHBUN, Middletown, and nieces and nephews.
Robert O. McMahan
Robert
Otto McMAHAN, Pebble Beach, Calif., formerly of Rochester, died Friday after a
short illness.
He
was born to Otto and Carrie TOWNSEND McMAHAN.
He moved to Fresno, Calif. in 1936 and to Pebble Beach in 1964. He was married to Kay LIZENBY, who preceded
in death. He was a graduate of
Rochester High School, DePauw University, Greencastle, and the Harvard Graduate
School of Business. He started the
central division of McMahan Furniture Stores in the Central Joaquin Valley of
California.
Surviving
are a son, Michael McMAHAN, Pebble Beach, and a daughter, Mrs. Marcia ZELUS, Australia.
Family
services were conducted.
Florence L. Leffert
Florence
L. LEFFERT, 66, of 15729 Michigan Road, Argos, died at 6:35 a.m. today in her
home. She had been in failing health
for six months.
She
was born Dec. 6, 1921 in Hammond to Guss and Minnie PHILLIPS PREUSS. She lived all of her life in the Culver and
Argos communities. She was married June
25, 1941 in Plymouth to Harry D. LEFFERT, who survives. She was a member of the Argos United
Methodist Church and was a member and past president of the Culver Homemakers
Club.
Surviving
with the husband are a son, Ronald LEFFERT, Plymouth; three grandchildren,
Melinda J. and Ronda LEFFERT, both of Sellins Grove, Pa., and Andy LEFFERT,
Rochester, and a great-granddaughter.
Two sisters, Mrs. Evelyn NULL and Mrs. Beverly McLEAN, preceded in
death.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Grossman Funeral Home, Argos, with the Rev.
Jack RHOADES officiating. Burial will
be in the Maple Grove Cemetry, Argos.
Friends may call from 2 to 5 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and from 9
a.m. until services Wednesday.
Memorials may be made to the Argos United Methodist Church.
Louise C. Cover
Louise
C. COVER, 86, Denver, died at 3:43 p.m. Saturday in Miller’s Merry Manor
Nursing Home, Peru.
She
was born Aug. 24, 1901 in Peru to Joseph and Matilda KRAUSKOPF FIETZ. She was married April 11, 1920 in Peru to
Lawrence Claude COVER, who died Nov. 16, 1962.
She attended the Denver Baptist Church.
Surviving
are a daugher, Joan COVER, Denver; two sons, Charles L. and John L. COVER,
Sanford, Fla.; fifteen grandchildren; forty great-grandchildren; four
great-great-grandchildren, and a sister, Ellen RICHARDSON, Fort Wayne. A daughter, Mary [COVER], a sister and two
brothers preceded in death.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the McCain Funeral Home, Denver, with the Rev.
Jeff SEXTON officiating. Burial will be
in the Westlawn Cemetery, Denver.
Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Alida B. Lease
Alida
Blanche LEASE, 82, Rt. 1, Rochester, died at 8 p.m. Sunday in Canterbury Manor
Nursing Home.
Arrangements
are pending at the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home in Rochester.
Tuesday, February 9, 1988
Graydon S. Roe
Graydon
S. ROE, 78, Logansport, died at 12:45 a.m. Monday at Miller’s Merry Manor
Nursing Home, Logansport.
He
was born April 25, 1909 in Spencerville, Ohio to Fred T. and Bertha M. SCHMIDT
ROE. He was married Feb. 12, 1956 to
Barbara CUNNINGHAM, who survives. He
retired in 1970 after 16 years with he Indiana Motor Bus Co. He was manager of the Logansport bus station
from 1964 to 1968, and previously had been a bus driver and ticket agent. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II.
Surviving
with the wife are two sons, Dennis ROE, Royal Center, and James Graydon ROE,
Richmond, Va.; a daughter, Gail Leigh BRIGGS, Richmond, Va.; a sister, Nadine
SRIVER, Talma; five grandchildren; a niece, and a nephew.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Kroeger Funeral Home, Logansport, with the
Rev. Art MALONEY officiating. Burial will
be in the Ever-Rest Memorial Park, Logansport, with military rites. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m.
Wednesday. Memorials may be made to the
American Lung Association or the Cass County Heart Fund.
Clifford R. Southerton
Clifford
R. SOUTHERTON, 87, Macy, died at 4:30 p.m. Monday in Canterbury Manor Nursing
Home.
He
was born Aug. 14, 1900 in Miami County to George J. and Eva HARTMAN
SOUTHERTON. He lived all of his life in
the Macy Area. He was married Jan. 20,
1925 to Vera SLUSSER, who died May 2, 1943.
He was married May 25, 1953 to Esther NEFF, who died April 2, 1985. He owned and operated Cliff’s Garage, Macy,
for 55 years. He was a longtime trustee
and sexton of Plainview Cemetery, Macy, a member of the Macy Christian Church
and a former member of the Macy Volunteer Fire Department.
Surviving
are a daughter, Mrs. Robert (Carolyn) GOHN, Rochester; two grandchildren,
Robert GOHN Jr., Cincinnati, Ohio, and Mrs. Terry (Kathy) HUDSON, South Bend; two
great-grandsons; two step-sons, Robert and Richard NEFF, Rt 2, Macy; a
step-daughter, Mrs. Marjorie McDOWELL, Rt. 6, Rochester; eleven
step-grandchildren; eleven step-great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Cecil
FROBISH, Onarga, Ill.; Mrs. Carrie JENKINS, Rochester, and Mrs. Elzie ZARTMAN,
Fulton, and two brother, Lee SOUTHERTON, Macy, and Roy SOUTHERTON,
Indianapolis.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in the Macy Christian Church with the Rev. David
WELSH officiating. Burial will be in
the Plainview Cemetery, Macy. Friends
may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home,
Rochester, and an hour before services Thursday at the church. Memorials may be made to charity or to the
church.
Alida Lease
Services
for Alida LEASE, 82, Rt. 1, Rochester, will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in 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 4 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and from 9 a.m. until services on
Thursday. Eastern Star services will be
at 8 p.m. Wednesday. Memorials may be
made to the Salvation Army or the Manitou Training Center.
Mrs.
Lease died at 8 p.m. Sunday in Canterbury Manor Nursing Home.
She
was born Nov. 2, 1905 in Fulton County to Andrew and Lillian DuBOIS
BABCOCK. She lived all her life in
Fulton County. She was married Sept. 8,
1929 to Herrold J. LEASE, who survives.
Through the efforts of Mr. and Mrs. Lease and their family, the Babcock
Scholarship Fund was established. This
fund has helped hundreds of Rochestr High School graduates attend college. She was a member of the Rochester Eastern
Star, the Rochestger Women’s Club and the Green Oak Club. She was a graduate of Kewanna High School.
Surviving
with the husband are two sons, Howard J. and James E. LEASE, both of Rt. 1, Rochester; five grandchildren,
Matthew LEASE, Rochster; Warren LEASE, Macy; Jeffrey LEASE, Logansport; David
LEASE, Zanesville, Ohio, and Mrs. Carl (Marcia) BUCK, Charleston, S.C., and
five great-grandchildren. A brother
preceded in death.
Emil Schultz
Emil
SCHULTZ, 89, South Bend, died at 8:26 p.m. Sunday in Michiana Community
Hospital.
Born
June 16, 1898 in Germany, he had lived in South Bend most of his life. He was married Oct. 24, 1937 in Rochester to
Evelyn TOWNE, who survives. He was a
self-employed shoemaker and had worked for Dodges and Studebaker, retiring in
1962.
Surviving
with the wife are a daughter, Carol SCHULTZ, South Bend; a son, Herbert Lee
SCHULTZ, South Bend; a sister, Emma [SCHULTZ], West Germany, and two brothers,
Gustaze [SCHULTZ], Alberta, Canada, and Godfried [SCHULTZ], East Germany.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Hollis-Palmer Funeral Home, South
Bend. Burial will be in the Highland Cemetery,
South Bend. Friends may call from 6 to
8 p.m. today.
John Nolan
John
NOLAN, 74, Rt. 4, Rochester, died unexpectedly at 10 p.m. Friday at his home.
He
was born May 1, 1913 in Memphis, Tenn., to Andrew and Lucile NOLAN. He moved from Culver to Aubbeenaubbee
Township five years ago. He retired
from Culver Military Academy in 1980.
There
are no known survivors.
Graveside
services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Leiters Ford I.O.O.F. Cemetery with
the Rev. Michael HAYDEN officiating.
There will be no visitation.
Bonine Funeral Home, Culver, is in charge of arrangements.
Wednesday, February 10, 1988
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Thursday, February 11, 1988
Ralph D. Paul
Services
for Ralph D. PAUL, 86, of 1215 Lakeshore Drive, are tentatively set for 1 p.m.
Saturday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester, with the Rev. Russ
WILBUR officiating. Burial will be in
the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday and from 10 a.m. until services
Saturday. Memorials may be made to the
Salvation Army.
Mr.
Paul died at 8:13 a.m. Wednesday shortly after admission to Woodlawn
Hospital. He had been in failing health
for three months.
He
was born Oct. 9, 1901 in Stoughton, Mass., to Samuel and Harriet C. SCOTT
PAUL. He moved from New York City to
the Rochester and Roann areas in 1972.
He was married May 2, 1981 in North Manchester to Ruth K. ULLERY, who
survives. An electrical engineer, he
was retired from Dravo Engineering Corp., New York City. He was a graduate of Worcester Polytchnic
Institute in Massachusetts. He was a
member of the Manitou Moose Lodge.
Surviving
with the wife are a step-son, Arthur BURGE, Kokomo; a niece, Mary SCOTT, and a
nehew, Joseph SCOTT, both of New York.
A brother Allard PAUL, preceded in death.
Friday, February 12, 1988
Orville J. Nickels
Orville
J. NICKELS, 81, of 1944 E. Donald St., South Bend, died Thursday at his home.
He
was born may 9, 1906 in Royal Center to Joseph H. and Lydia N. COMPTON
NICKELS. He moved to South Bend from
Rochester in 1967. He was married April
30, 1927 in South Bend to Lula “Dolly” TUCKER, who survives. He had been a farmer in the Rochester area,
and was a member of the Howard Park Senior Citizens Club, South Bend.
Surviving
with the wife are two sisters, Thelma E. STONE and Flossie WHITNEY, both of
South Bend; a brother, Ivan M. NICKELS, Kokomo; nieces and nephews.
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Welsheimer Funeral Home, 521 N. William St.,
South Bend, with the Rev. Bruce HAUPALAINEN officiating. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday. Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m.
Saturday in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Roy Harts
Roy
HARTS, 95, Rt. 1, Amboy, died at 10:15 p.m. Wednesday in the Marion General
Hospital.
He
was born Feb. 14, 1892 in Leiters Ford to Benjamin and Almeda HEMMINGER
HARTZ. He was married Nov. 12, 1914 in
Amboy to Opal STREBIN, who died Aug. 15, 1953.
He was a retired farmer. He was a
member of the Miami County Farm Bureau and the McGrawsville United Methodist
Church.
Surviving
are three sons, John and Donald HARTS, both of Amboy, and Richard HARTS,
Rochester; a daughter, Mrs. Mildred YOUNCE, South Bend; eight grandchildren,
and fourteen great-grandchildren. Four
sisters and three brothers preceded in death.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in the Laird Funeral Home, Amboy, with the Rev.
Tom HOEHNER officiating. Burial will be
in the Santa Fe Cemetery, Rt. 5, Peru.
Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday.
Ruth M. Garshwiler
Ruth
M. GARSHWILER, 95, formerly of Bippus, died at 7:10 a.m. Today in the Miller’s
Merry Manor Nursing Home, Huntington.
She
was born Sept. 24, 1892 in Huntington County to George and Matilda HAMSELMAN. She was married Dec. 1, 1917 to Frank
GARSHWILER, who died March 15, 1950.
She was a member of the St. John’s United Church of Christ, Bippus.
Surviving
are a son, Bill GARSHWILER, Bippus; a daughter, Mrs. Charles (Evelyn)
GRADELESS, Rochesrter; seven grandchildren; seventeen great-grandchildren, and
two sisters.
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Monday in the Deal Funeral Home, Andrews. Burial will be in the St. John’s Cemetery,
Bippus. Friends may call after 7 p.m.
Saturday and from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday.
Mildred I. Wearly
Mildred
Irene WEARLY, 75, Rt. 1, Claypool, died at 7 .m. Thursday in the Kosciusko
Community Hospital.
She
was born July 1, 1912 in Greentown to Joseph and Ida Mae FRENCH SAUL. She moved from LaFontaine to Beaver Dam in
1966. She was married April 12, 1931 in
the home of Rev. C. I. GOBLE to William Otis WEARLY, who survives. She was a custodian for the Mtropolitan
School District in Wabash County for 12 years.
She was a member of the LaFontaine Christian Church, the Wabash Eagles
Lodge and the Wabash Moose Lodge.
Surviving
with the husband are a son, Otis Dee WEARLY, Silver Lake; four daughters, Mrs.
Donald (Willamae) BAER, Wabash; Mrs. Jim (Ruth Ann) OSWALT, Birmingham, Ala.;
Mrs. Marjorie MORRIS, Rochester, and Mrs. Bud (Bertha Jo) GODDEN, Wabash;
twenty-one gandchildren, and twenty-one great-grandchildren. A daughter, a brother and a sister prececed
in death.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the Garrett and Sloane Colonial Mortuary, Wabash,
with the Rev. Dale FRENCH officiating.
Burial will be in the Akron Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday.
Saturday, February 13, 1988
Herrold J. Lease
Herrold
J. LEASE, 81, Rt. 1, Rochester, died at 3 p.m. Friday in Canterbury Manor
Nursing Home.
He
was born Dec. 4, 1906 in Wayne Township to Henry O. and Susan BRUCE LEASE. He lived most of his life in Fulton
County. He was married Sept. 8, 1929 to
Alida B. BABCOCK, who died Feb. 7, 1988.
He owned and operated H. J. Least Office Machines from 1945 to
1969. He also farmed. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and of
the Rochester Community School Board for several years at which time he and his
wife established the Babcock Scholarship Fund for Rochester High School
graduates. He was a former director of
the Letiers Ford State Bank.
Surviving
are two sons, Howard J. and James E. LEASE, both of Rochester; five
grandchildren, Mathew LEASE, Rochester; Warren LEASE, Macy; Jeffrey LEASE, Logansport;
David LEASE, Zanesville, and Mrs. Carl (Marcia) BUCK, Charleston, S.C.; five
great-grandchildren, and three brothers, Howard O. LEASE, Tustin, Calif.; Homer
E. LEASE, Beaverton, Ore., and Harris D. LEASE, Rt. 2, Kewanna. A brother and a sister preceded in death.
Graveside
services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery with the
Rev. Teal YOUNCE officiating. Friends
may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday in the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home,
Rochester. Masonic rites will be conducted
at 8 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the Salvation Army or the Manitou Training
Center.
Lowell M. Staner
Lowell
M. STANER, 79, of 7121 McCook Ave., Hammond, died about noon Thursday in his
home of an apparent coronary attack.
He
was born Jan. 1, 1909 near Argos to Charles and Nora MYERS STANER. He moved from Argos to Hammond 48 years
ago. He spent most of the summers at
his farm at Old U.S. 31 and Indiana 110.
He was married May 24, 1941 in New American to Helen ILER, who
survives. He joined Inland Steel Corp.
in 1940 and retired as a foreman in 1974.
He was a member of the Inland Steel Management Club.
Surviving
with the wife are three brothers, Oliver STANER, Argos; Richard STANER,
Windsor, Pa., and Robert STANER, Lapaz; nieces and nephews. An infant son and a brother, Billy [STANER],
preceded in death.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Monday in the Grossman Funeral Home, Argos. Burial will be in the Maple Grove Cemetery,
Argos. Friends may call from 3 to 8
p.m. Sunday and from 9 a.m. until
services Monday.
W. Dean Reed
W.
Dean REED, 64, Rt. 2, Kewanna, died at 10:30 a.m. Friday at his residence after
an extended illness.’
He
was born May 12, 1923 in Liberty Township to Clarence and Mabel EASTERDAY
REED. He lived all of his life in
Fulton County. He was married June 26,
1946 in South Bend to Audra CHAMP, who survives. He was a retired farmer.
He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, and a member of the New Life
Church, Rochester, and of Gideons International.
Surviving
with the wife are a daughter, Mrs. Wayne (Ruth) BUTLER, Bucyrus, Ohio; a son,
Donald REED, Rt. 6, Rochester; four grandchildren, and two brothers, Dwight
REED, Rt. 2, Kewanna, and Harold REED, Indianapolis.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Monday in the New Life Church, Rochester Civic Center, with
the Rev. Brian TAMMANY officiating.
Burial will be in the Fulton Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday, and for an hour before
services Monday at the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Fulton. Memorials may be made to Gideons
International or the New Life Church.
William P. Warren Sr.
William
P. WARREN Sr., 70, of 3441 E. VanBuren 149, Phoenix, Ariz. 85008, died at 4
a.m. Friday following emergency surgery at Humana Hospital, Phoenix.
He
was born April 26, 1917 near Rochester.
He moved to Phoenix from the Rochester area in 1956. He was married to Gwendolyn MOORE, who
survives. He was a member of the
Masonic Lodge, the Scottish Rite Bodies and the El Zaribah Shrine. He was a retired employee of the Garrett
Corporation, Phoenix.
Surviving
with the wife are a son, William “Bill” WARREN Jr., Phoenix; a daughter, Sharon
AYLESWORTH, Phoenix; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; a sister,
Mary ODEN, Rochester; nieces, and nephews.
A grandson preceded in death.
Services
will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Mercer Mortuary, Phoenix. Burial will be in the Greenwood Cemetery,
Phoenix. Memorials may be made to the
Scottsdale Foundation for the Handicapped,
7507 E. Osborn Road, Scottsdale, Ariz., 85251.
Monday, February 15, 1988
Lillian A. Kamp
Lillian
A. KAMP, 64, Rt. 2, Akron, died at 11:35 a.m. Sunday at her home.
She
was born May 14, 1923 in Miami County to Ernest H. and Alice “Lavon” SANDERSON
BODKIN. She was married July 21, 1945
in Miami County to Forrest KAMP, who survives.
She was a member of the Akron Church of God.
Surviving
with the husband are three daughters, Mrs. Don (Betty) HUDSON, Etna Green; Mrs.
Rick (Gloria) PARSON, Roann, and Mrs. Jasper (Sara Jane) DULIN, Rochester; nine
grandchildren; her mother, of North Manchester, and two sisters, Helen
KISSINGER, North Manchester, and Mrs. Raymond (Lucille) DOERING, Akron.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron, with the
Revs. James MALBONE and Lowell BURRUS officiating. Burial will be in the Akron Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and
from 8 a.m. until services Wednesday.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Fannie McQuillan Enyeart
Fannie
McQUILLAN ENYEART, 71, Warsaw, formerly of Bourbon and Tippecanoe, died at 2:10
a.m. today at the Mason Health Care Facility, Warsaw.
She
was born June 14, 1916 in Hawkins County, Tenn., to Ott and Mary WHITE McCLAIN.
She was married in 1951 to Gerald
McQUILLAN, who died in 1974. She was
married in 1975 to Garland ENYEART, who died in 1981. She was a retired employee of the Bendix Corp., having worked for
22 years at the Boubon plant. She also
was co-owner of the North Webster Antique Store. She was a member of the Argos Church of Jesus Christ.
Surviving
are four daughters, Mrs. Ray (Barbara) HARRELL, Rantoul, Ill.; Mrs. Thelma
CRESS, Brookville; Mrs. James (Patricia) HENSLEY, Tippecanoe, and Mrs. Joyce
ROE, Warsaw; a son, John A. SMITH, Tippecanoe; sixteen grandchildren; thirteen
great-grandchildren; two step-daughters, Mrs. Anne STUTZMAN, Nappanee, and Mrs.
Patty Sue BURKHALDER, Warsaw; two step-sons, Keith ENYEART, North Webster, and
Kenneth ENYEART, Houston, Texas; three sisters, Mrs. Calvin (Mae) RINGLE,
Akron; Mrs. Bessie GRUBBS, North Webster, and Mrs. Pearl JONES, Pittsburgh,
Pa.; nieces, and nephews. Two sisters
and a brother preceded in death.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Argos Church of Jesus Christ with Pastor
Blaine PENNINGTON officiating. Burial
will be in the Reichter Cemetery, near Talma.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and from 9
a.m. until noon Wednesday at the Grossman Funeral Home, Argos, and for an hour
before services at the church.
Wilma M. McGlothin
Wilma
May McGLOTHIN, 64, Leiters Ford, died at 2:35 p.m. Sunday at Methodist
Hospital, Indianapolis.
She
was born Aug. 17, 1923 in Kokomo to Elmer “Doc” and Violat L. SWEENEY
SHEPHERD. She moved from Rochester to
Leiters Ford 32 years ago. She was
married July 2, 1948 in South Bend to Woodie E. McGLOTHIN, who survives. From 1955 to 1973 she and her husband owned
and operated the Wil-Wood Cafe in Leiters Ford. She was assistant postmaster at Leiters Ford for nine years and
the postmaster for the past year before retiring due to illness. She was a member of the United Methodist
Church, Leiters Ford.
Surviving
with the husband are three daughters, Mrs. Fritz (Patricia) PLOTHOW, Plymouth;
Mrs. Bill (Victoria) RUSSELL and Mrs. Ron (Bettie) GROSS, both of Leiters Ford;
ten grandchildren; and her step-father, Lloyd REDDINGER, Rochester. Her mother, a granddaugher and two brothers,
Dean and Buddy SHEPHERD, preceded in death.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Leiters Ford United Methodist Church with
the Rev. Michael C. HAYDEN officiating.
Burial will be in the Leiters Ford I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in
the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester, and an hour before services
Wednesday at the church.
Tuesday, February 16, 1988
Lena E. Rogan
Lena
E. ROGAN, 80, formerly of Argos, died at 9 p.m. Monday at the MEDCO Nursing
Center, South Bend.
Arrangements
are pending at the Grossman Funeral Home, Argos.
Wednesday, February 17, 1988
Lena E. Rogan
Services
for Lena E. ROGAN, 80, of 6114 S. Gotham St., South Bend, will be at 11 a.m.
Friday in 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 9 p.m. Thursday.
Memorials may be made to the South Bend Memorial Hospital Neonatal Unit.
Mrs.
Rogan, formerly of Argos and Plymouth, died at 9 p.m. Monday at the MEDCO
Nursing Center, South Bend.
She
was born Nov. 14, 1907 in Muncie to David and Minnie MOORE HITE. She was married Dec. 7, 1923 in St. Joseph,
Mich., to Cornelius P. ROGAN, who died in 1968. She was a member of the Hi Neighbor Club and the Whippoorwill
Ladies Aid.
Surviving
are a daughter, Mrs. Roger (Phyllis) JACOX, South Bend; three sons, Patrick
ROGAN, Homosassa, Fla.; Don ROGAN, Plymouth, and Lowell ROGAN, Gas City;
seventeen grandchildren; twenty-five great-grandchildren; two sisters, Ruth
REDMAN, South Bend, and Mrs. Maxine BECK, Elkhart, and three brothers, Loyal
HITE, Raymod HITE and Arnold HITE, all of Plymouth. Preceding in death were a son, Robert [ROGAN], in 1970; a sister,
Erma PAXTON, and a brother, Dale HITE.
Nyona S. Casbon
Memorial
services for Nyona S. CASBON, 71, will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the Mt. Vernon
Chapel in the Washington Park East Cemetery, Indianapolis, with the Rev. Joe
EMERSON officiating.
Mrs.
Casbon, Kokomo, died at 6:04 a.m. July 17, 1987 in the Forest Park Health Care
Center, Kokomo. She donated her body to
science. The body has been cremated.
Ellers
Mortuary, Kokomo, is handling arrangements.
Thursday, February 18, 1988
Glennis M. Crowel
Glennis
M. CROWEL, 88, Peabody Retirement Home, North Manchester, died at 2 p.m.
Wednesday in the Peabody Health Care Center.
She
was born June 24, 1899 in Kosciusko County to William and Jennie SANDERSON
HIPPENSTEEL. She moved from Rochester
to the retirement home in November 1974.
She was married Sept. 28, 1918 to John Robert CROWEL, who died June 14,
1967. She was a member of the First
Christian Church, Rochester.
There
are no close survivors.
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Peabody Retirement Home chapel with the Rev.
Richard CRAIG officiating. Burial will
be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Friends may call for an hour before services. Memorials may be made to the Peabody Retirement Home. Arrangements are being handled by the Bender
Funeral Home, North Manchester.
Leo D. Zimmerman
Leo
Daman ZIMMERMAN, 79, Maple Lane Drive, Tinley Park, Ill., died unexpectedly at
11:30 a.m. Wednesday in South Suburban Hospital, Hazelcrest, Ill.
He
was born Aug. 24, 1908 in Rochester to Leo George and Blanche SMALLES
ZIMMERMAN. He moved from Rochester to
the Chicago area 50 years ago. He was
married July 30, 1947 in Chicago to Jeanette C. BURGELMAN, who died Sept. 12,
1980. He was retired from the U.S.
Postal Service. A memer of the U.S. Air
Corps during World War II, he served in the Southwest Pacific Theater with the
“Jolly Roger” Bombing Squadron. He was
a graduate of Rochester High School, attended the University of Chicago, and
was a member of the St. George’s Catholic Church, Tinley Park.
Surviving
are a daughter, Mrs. Wilhelm (Virginia B.) PROMER, Chicago; a granddaughter,
Katherine E. PROMER, Chicago, and three brothers, Herbert, Major and James
ZIMMERMAN, all of Rochester. Two
brothers preceded in death, Emerson [ZIMMERMAN] in 1981 and Val [ZIMMERMAN] III
in 1979.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. Kenneth BOHLINGER officiating.
Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Graveside military rites will be conducted
by the American Legion and the VFW.
Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. today. The Rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. tonight. Memorials may be made to the St. Joseph
Catholic Church, Rochester.
Don E. Beattie
Don
E. BEATTIE, 79, 311 East Donmoyer, South Bend, died at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at
St. Joseph Medical Center, South Bend.
He
was born March 1, 1908 in Rochester to James W. and Elizabeth GOSS
BEATTIE. He was married Aug. 31, 1952
in Osceola to Ruby WHEATLEY, who survives.
He was a member of the Crest Manor Church of the Brethren, South
Bend. He was in the U.S. Marine Corps
from 1927 to 1931.
Surviving
are a son, Michael [BEATTIE], Albuquerque, N.M.; a step-daughter, Mrs. Linda
STEDMAN, Ionia, Mich.; a grandson; two step-grandsons; and a
great-granddaughter.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Guisinger Colonial Chapel, 3718 S. Michigan
St., South Bend, with the Rev. David BIBBEE officiating. Burial will be in the Southlawn Cemetery,
South Bend. Friends may call from 2 to
4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday.
Memorials may be made to the Crest Manor Church of the Brethren.
Friday, February 19, 1988
Mabel J. Barnhart
Mabel
J. [BRAGINTON] BARNHART, 97, of 403 Indiana St., Argos, died at 12:50 a.m.
Thursday at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Little Rock, Ark.
She
was born March 12, 1890 near Crown Point.
She lived most of her life in the Argos community. She was married Oct. 29, 1921 in Hammond to
Earl B. BARNHART, who died in October, 1958.
She was a member of the United Methodist Church, Argos.
Surviving
are a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy KOWALSKI, Fairfield Bay, Ark., and a brother,
Walter BRAGINTON, Woodlawn, Ill.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Monday in the Grossman Funeral Home, Argos, with the Rev.
Jack RHOADES officiating. Burial will
be in the Maple Grove Cemetery, Argos.
Friends may call from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday. Memorials may be made to the Argos United Methodist Church.
Robert C. Thomas Sr.
Robert
C. THOMAS Sr., 72, 208 E. Walnut St., Argos, died at 10:05 p.m. Thursday in the
Holy Cross Parkview Hospital, Plymouth.
He
was born July 12, 1915 in Argos to Frank and Laura SIMMONS THOMAS. He lived all of his life in this
community. He was married to Violet
SANDBURG, who preceded in death. He was
married April 16, 1947 in Argos to Mary Belle REX, who survives. He owned and operated Bob’s Service Station,
200 E. Walnut St., Argos, for over 40 years.
Surviving
with the wife are a son, Robert C. THOMAS Jr., at home; a step-son, Joe REX,
Argos; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Bruce
(Vivian) VanDerWEELE, Argos; two nieces, and a nephew. A son died in infancy.
Services
will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in the Grossman Funeral Home, Argos, with the Rev.
Jack RHOADES officiating. Burial will
be in the Argos Maple Grove Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday and from 10
a.m. until services Sunday. Memorials
may be made to the Argos EMS or the Diabetes Association.
Donald H. Bayless
Donald
H. BAYLESS, 71, Rt. 3, Frankfort, and Rt. 1, Kewanna (Lake Bruce), died at 9:40
a.m. Thursday in Logansport Memorial Hospital.
He
was born Nov. 5, 1916 in Lucerne to Samuel J. and Clarissa WHITE BAYLESS. He was married to Ruth WAGONER, who died
Dec. 22, 1979. He was married Nov. 9,
1965 to Betty J. BRANDT, who survives.
He had been a train conductor for 25 years and a real estate salesman
for McKinnley Real Estate, Winamac, before retiring. He was a member of the Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church,
Lake Bruce, and the Lake Bruce Association.
Surviving
with the wife are a son, Gerry D. BAYLESS, Bargersville; a daughter, Elizabeth
Ann OLOW, Santa Anna, Calif.; twin step-daughters, Jean URBIN, Kewanna, and
Jane UNGER, Muncie; three grandchildren; nieces, and nephews. A son and two sisters preceded in death.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church with the
Revs. Dennis INGLE and Larry NEWBERG officiating. Burial will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Lake Bruce. Friends may call afer 2 p.m. Saturday and
from 9 a.m. until noon Sunday in the Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Kewanna,
and for an hour before services at the church.
Memorials may be made to the Cancer Society.
Saturday, February 20, 1988
Donald H. Bayless
Services
for Donald H. BAYLESS, 72, Rt. 3, Frankfort, and Rt. 1, Kewanna (Lake Bruce),
will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, rather than on Monday as previously reported.
The
rites will be at the Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church, Lake Bruce, with
the Revs. Dennis INGLE and Larry NEWBERG officiating. Burial will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery.
Friends
may call at the Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Kewanna, after 2 p.m. today and
from 9 a.m. until noon Sunday, and at the church for an hour before
services. Memorials may be made to the
Cancer Society.
Mr.
Bayless died at 9:40 a.m. Thursday in Logansport Memorial Hospital.
Also,
a son, was misidentified previously. He
is Terry D. BAYLESS, Bargersville.
Virginia E. Keim
Virginia
E. KEIM, 71, Rt. 1, Roann, died at 1:40 a.m. today at Dukes Memorial Hospital
in Peru. Rites are pending at McCain
Funeral Home, Denver.
Monday, February 22, 1988
R. Allan Unzicker
R.
Allan UNZICKER, 25, Rt. 1, Claypool, died at 1:45 a.m. Saturday in his home
after an extended illness.
He
was born Jan. 23, 1963 in Rochester to James and Mary LADSON UNZICKER. He was married Dec. 28, 1984 in Mentone to
Lou Ann BAKER, who survives. He was a
farmer. He was a member of the First
Baptist Church, Mentone, and was an assistant Sunday School teacher and active
with the youth of the church. He was a
1981 graduate of Tippecanoe Valley High School.
Surviving
with the wife are a son, Jeffery Allan [UNZICKER], at home; his parents, James
and Mary UNZICKER, Rt. 1, Claypool; three sisters, Laura and Tami UNZICKER,
both of Claypool, and Sonya GALLOWAY, Grand Rapids, Mich., and both
grandmothers, Melissa UNZICKER, Claypool, and Mildred LADSON, Mentone.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in the First Baptist Church, mentone, with the
Rev. Ken MARKEN officiating. Burial
will be in the Sycamore Cemetery, southwest of Mentone. Friends may call after 2 p.m. today in the
King Memorial Home, Mentone.
Virginia E. Keim
Virginia
E. KEIM, 71, Rt. 1, Roann, died at 1:40 a.m. Saturday at Dukes Memorial
Hospital, Peru.
She
was born July 6, 1916 in Miami County to Walter and Ethel BURGER CLEMANS. She was married Nov. 23, 1944 in Gilead to
James Eugene “Gene” KEIM, who survives.
She was a retired employee of Chamberlin Products Co., formerly of
Akron. She was a member of the Ebenezer
United Methodist Church, near Deedsville.
Surviving
with the husband are two daughters, Shelby Diane SWEET, Leo, and Jerilyn Lea
MASI, Rt. 1, Roann; a grandson, Aaron Christopher MASI, Rt. 1, Roann, and two
sisters, Louise WAHLIG, Athens, and Charlene FITZPATRICK, Rt. 2, Macy.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the McCain Funeral Home, Denver, with the Revs.
Robert LOUGHEED and Lowell BURRUS officiating.
Burial will be in the Enerprise [Tombaugh] Cemetery, near Gilead. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9
p.m. today.
Charles E. Frakes
Charles
Edward FRAKES, 64, of 420 S. Franklin St., Winamac, died at 6:05 a.m. today at
Pulaski Memorial Hospital, Winamac.
He
was born June 23, 1923 in Portland to Dewey and Goldie OVERLA FRAKES. He moved from Portland to Winamac 39 years
ago. He was married oct. 8, 1948 in
Walkerton to Fay M. STINEMETZ, who survives.
He worked in the maintenance department for Hart Schaffner &
Marx. He was a World War II veteran and
a life member of the Winamac VFW.
Surviving
with the wife are two daughters, Kimberly LOWRY and Paula GARNER, both of
Winamac; two sons, Perry and Stacy FRAKES, both of Winamac; eight
grandchildren; his mother, Goldie FRAKES, Bryant, and two sisters, Duetta
BELLIS, Bryant, and Mary TULLIS, Geneva.
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Frain Mortuary, Winamac, with the Rev.
William MATHYS officiating. Burial will
be in the St. Peter’s Cemetery, Winamac.
Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and after 8 a.m.
Wednesday. The Winamac VFW will conduct
military graveside services. Memorials
may be made to the cancer fund.
Tuesday, February 23, 1988
Barbara J. Collins
Barbara
Jean COLLINS, 62, Rt. 1, Macy (Nyona Lake), died at 1:05 a.m. today at Woodlawn
Hospital.
She
was born May 4, 1925 in Logansport to Everett O. “Davy” and Lillian HOWELL
CROCKETT. She was married April 14,
1946 to Walter N. “Sparky” COLLINS, who survives. She was employed as the vital statistics clerk at the Cass County
Health Department. She was a member of
the Macy United Methodist Church, the Business and Professional Women’s Club,
the Miami County Home Extension Club, the VFW Ladies Auxiliary and the Macy
Eastern Star.
Surviving
with the husband are three daughters, Dr. Lucinda K. WRIGHT, Davenport, Iowa;
Sharon L. CROUSSORE, Logansport, and Catherine L. COLLINS, Logansport, and five
grandchildren.
Services
will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Fisher Funeral Chapel, Logansport, with the
Rev. Katharine LEHMAN officiating.
Burial will be in the Fulton Cemetery.
Friends may call from 3 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday. Eastern Star services will be Wednesday
evening. Memorials may be made to the
Macy United Methodist Church.
Wednesday, February 24, 1988
[no obits]
Thursday, February 25, 1988
Kenneth C. Jones
Kenneth
C. JONES, 59, Rt. 6, Rochester, died at 4:03 a.m. today in Woodlawn Hospital,
where he was admitted about 9:50 p.m. Wednesday. Death was unexpected.
He
was born April 19, 1928 in Detroit, Mich., to Norton and Kathryn BECKER JONES. He moved here in February 1957 from
Frankfort, Ind. He was married May 28,
1949 in Frankfort to Margaret WORD, who survives.
Mr.
Jones had managed the former Local Finance office in Rochester for 23
years. Since 1975 he had been with
Farmers and Merchants Bank in Rochester, where he was an assistant vice
president at the time of death. He was
a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church and the Rochester Elks Lodge. He served with the U.S. Army during the
Korean War.
Surviving
with the wife are two daughters, Mrs. Ted (Nancy) BAKER, Lancaster, Pa., and
Mrs. David (Janet) FORNEY, rural Warsaw; a son, Joseph A. [JONES], of Columbus;
four grandchildren, Erica BAKER, Nova, Mich.; Jaime and Heather BAKER,
Lancaster, Pa., and Kurt JONES, Columbus; the father, of Frankfort; two
sisters, Mrs. Donald (Jerine) BRITTAIN, Alexandria, La., and Mrs. Henry (Mary)
PAWLOSKE, Michigan City, and two brothers, James E. [JONES], Frankfort, and
Jerry T [JONES], Michigan City. The mother
died last year.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the St. Joseph Catholic Church with Father
Ken BOHLINGER officiating. Burial will
be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
The Rosary wil be recited at 8 p.m. Friday in the Foster & Good
Funeral Home, Rochester, where friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8:30 p.m.
Friday.
Zethel V. Clemans
Zethel
V. CLEMANS, 86, of 127 Tacome Ave., Logansport, died at 10:15 p.m. Wednesday at
her home.
She
was born July 15, 1902 in Twelve Mile to Fulton and May MORRIS WOODHOUSE. She was married in August 1933 to Merritt
CLEMANS, who died Jan. 19, 1966. She
was a member of the Fulton Baptist Church.
Surviving
are two sons, Leo WOODHOUSE and Jay CLEMANS, both of Logansport; seventeen
grandchildren; nineteen great-grandchildren; a step-daughter, Clara Mae
WINEGARDNER, Rt. 2, Rochester; a step-son, Dean CLEMANS, Fontana, Calif., and a
sister, Vivian HOLLINGER, Logansport. A
brother preceded in death.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Fisher Funeral Chapel, Logansport, with
the Rev. John BERRIEN officiating.
Burial will be in the Fulton Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday.
Friday, February 26, 1988
James G. Newcomb
James
Gould “Doc” NEWCOMB, 80, of 229 W. Eighth St., formerly of the Woodrow
Community, died at 4:45 p.m. Thursday in St. Vincent’s Hospital, Indianapolis,
following a seven-week illness.
He
was born Oct. 17, 1907 in Fulton County to Elmer M. and Effie BLACKETOR NEWCOMB
and had lived all his life in this area.
He was married March 20, 1931 in Rocheser to Donna I. BROOKS, who
survives.
A
retired farmer and Rochester businessman, he was a trustee of the First Baptist
Church, worthy patron of the Eastern Star, and a member of the Masonic Lodge,
the Scottish Rite, the Optimist club, the Past Worthy Patrons Club and the
Democart Men’s Club. He had been a
member of the Fulton County Selective Service Boad, the Fulton County Election
Board, the Farmers Union and the 4-H Fair Board. He was manager of the Farm Bureau Co-op for 15 years before
retiring.
Surviving
with the wife are two sons, Edwin B. NEWCOMB, Rochester, and Karl E. NEWCOMB,
Haubstadt; ten grandchildren, Mrs. William (Laura A.) TITUS, Scott NEWCOMB and
Mrs. Lincoln (Cathleen) LUKENS, all of Rochester; James and Timothy NEWCOMB,
Haubstadt; Howard NEWCOMB, Kankakee, Ill.; Jean Ann NEWCOMB, Cincinnati, Ohio;
Kent NEWCOMB, Parma, Ohio, and Tom HOOPER and Mrs. James (Julia) LEHARD, both
of Fort Branch, and four great-grandchildren, Jennifer and Micah LUKENS and
Ryan and Mark TITUS, all of Rochester.
Preceding in death were three brothers, Carl [NEWCOMB], in 1971, Leonard
[NEWCOMB], in 1925 and Floyd [NEWCOMB] in 1900, and a sister, Mrs. Paul (Betty)
MYERS.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in the First Baptist Church, Rochester, with the Rev.
Donald MAUGHAN officiating, assisted by the Rev. Teal YOUNCE. Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F.
Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 8
p.m. Sunday at the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Rochester. Eastern Star services will be at 7:30 p.m. Sunday
followed by Masonic rites. Memorials
may be made to the “Roof” committee of the First Baptist Church.
Saturday, February 27, 1988
[no obits]
Monday, February 29, 1988
Robert Blubaugh
Alcohol
was a major factor in a one-car accident that killed one 18-year-old and
injured another, Kosciusko County authorities said.
Robert
BLUBAUGH of the town of Bourbon died Sunday after being thrown from a car being pursued by police, authorities said.
Police
attemptd to stop a vehicle driven by Troy HOLLAR of Etne Green about 3
a.m.. The high-speed chase ensued,
during which the vehicle left the road on Old U.S. 30 near the Etna Green city
limits and struck a metal pole, authorities said.
Hollar
and Bluebauch, a passenger, were thrown from the vehicle, and Blubaugh died on
the scene. Hollar was hospitalized with
internal injuries at Kosciusko Community Hospital.
Kenneth LeRoy Shafer
Kenneth
LeRoy SHAFER, 75, of 126 E. Oakside, South Bend, died unexpectedly at 8:40 a.m.
Sunday in St. Joseph’s Medical Centr,
South Bend. He had been in ill
health for three months.
He
was born Sept. 9, 1912 in Macy to Lewis and Meryl LAMBERT SHAFER. He moved to South Bend 18 years ago from
near Bourbon. He was married May 16,
1934 to Ruth BOGANWRIGHT, who died in 1968.
He was married Sept. 5, 1970 in Tippecanoe to Anna GRIMM, who
survives. He was a member of the
Community Baptist Church at South Bend, and was retired from the Bendix Corp.,
South Bend.
Surviving
with the wife are a daughter, Mrs. Myron (Rasalee) OVERMYER, Tippecanoe; a son,
Harold “Red” SHAFER, Tippecanoe; two step-sons, Daniel GRIMM, Rochester, and
Terry GRIMM, Argos; eight grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; six
great-grandchildren; three sisters, Martha HOPKINS, Plymouth; Jesse HAMILTON,
Syracuse, and Catherine SPANGLE, Laketon, and two brothers, William [SHAFER],
Marshalltown, Iowa, and Glen [SHAFER], Greenforest, Ark.
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the King Memorial Home, Mentone, with Dr. Vaughn
SPRUNGER officiating. Burial will be in
the Tippecanoe Cemetery. Friends may
call after 2 p.m. Tuesday. Memorials
may be made to the Community Baptist Church or the Heart Fund.
Dennis L. Zeider
Dennis
L. ZEIDER, 32, of 11600 Nansemond Dr., Louisville, Ky., formerly of Fulton
County, was killed instantly at 3:45 p.m. Saturday in an industrial accident
while working for Bryant Equipment Co., Inc., Louisville.
He
was born July 27, 1955 in Tempe, Ariz., to Robert E. and Mary Ellen MARKLEY
ZEIDER. He moved to Louisville six
months ago from Cullman, Ala. He was
married Jan. 11, 1975 in Fulton to Barbara A. BRYANT, who surives. He was a member of the U.S. Air force
Reserves, a former employee of Sealed Power Corp., and a graduate of Caston
High School.
Surviving
with the wife are two sons, Mathew and Jason [ZEIDER]; three brothers, Steve,
Chuck and Frank [ZEIDER], all of Logansport; three sisters, Mrs. Deb BRIDGE
(his twin), Mrs. Dan (Chris) HIPSHER and Sue ZEIDER, all of Logansport; his
parents, Logansport; the paternal grandmother, Mrs. Olieva HUPP, Logansport,
and aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.
Services
will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Fulton,
with the Rev. George HAPNER officiating.
Burial will be in the Fulton Cemetery.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and from 9 a.m. until services
Wednesday.
Marguerite Keys
Mrs.
Marguerite (HOLMES) KEYS, 85, formerly of 219 E. Ninth St., died at 12:40 p.m. Saturday in Canterbury
Manor Nursing Home where she had lived since 1985.
She
was born May 4, 1902 in Wabash County.
She was married Oct. 16, 1940 to William P. KEYS, who died Oct. 19,
1967. She had been a telephone operator
for 26 years, was a member of the First Baptist Chuch, the Epsilon Gamma Class
of the church and the Rochester Eastern Star, and was a former member of the
American Legion Auxiliary.
Surviving
are a step-daughter, Mrs. John (Lawana) BIRD, Pittsfield, Mich., and two
nieces, Betty JONES, Mooresville, and Katheryn SAITTA, Wichita Falls,
Texas. A niece, Beverly DICKINSON,
LaPorte, preceded in death.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. Donald MAUGHAN officiating.
Burial will be in the Rocheter I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m.
Tuesday. Memorials may be made to the
First Baptist Church.
Stella Von Fultz
Stella
Von FULTZ, 77, of 1306 Hill St., died at 9:29 a.m. Sunday in Woodlawn Hospital
after a three-week illness.
She
was born March 25, 1910 in Rochester to Charles ands Mayme DOWNS BAILEY and had
lived all her life in Rochester. She
was married Sept. 3, 1932 in Madison to Roy D. FULTZ, who died in 1971. She was a member of the First Christian
Church, Kappa Delta Phi Sorority, American Legion Auxiliary, Rochester Women’s
Club, Democrat Women’s Club, McKinley Club, Onawa Club and RSVP.
Surviving
are two daughters, Mrs. Harriet A. JAMESON and Mrs. Caroline STEPHEN, both of
Rochester; four grandchildren, Mary E. JAMESON, Willow Grove, Pa.; Charles D.
JAMESON, Rochester Sally STEPHEN, Indianapolis, and Rachel STEPHEN,
Rochester. Preceding in death were a
granddaugher and a sister.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in 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 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 Heart Fund or the Manitou Training
Centers.
Henry C. Skidmore
Former
Fulton County treasurer Henry Clay “Hank” SKIDMORE, 79, of 318 W. 12th St.,
died at 3:10 p.m. Sunday in Woodlawn Hospital, where he had been a patient for
one week.
He
was born May 18, 1908 in Rosslyn, Ky., to Albert and Carrie EWEN SKIDMORE. He moved here 67 years ago from Stanton,
Ky. He was married Aug. 21, 1938 in
Rochester to Ruth PLETCHER, who survives.
For a number of years, he and his brother Forrest [SKIDMORE] owned and
operated the Phillips 66 service station on Main Street a half-block south of
Ninth Street. Mr. Skidmore was Fulton
County treasurer for eight years, Rochester Township trustee for eight years,
and had served on the Rochester Schol Board.
He was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, and for over 50 years
had been a member of the Rochester I.O.O.F. Lodge. He, his brothers and his father played on the former Rochester
Merchants baseball team for a number of years.
Surviving
with the wife are two sons, Tom [SKIDMORE], Indianaolis, and Steve [SKIDMORE], Rochester;
five grandchildren, Chris, Anne and Pat SKIDMORE, Indianapolis, and Emily and
Kacie SKIDMORE, Rochester; his step-mother, Mrs. Ferol SKIDMORE, Peabody Home,
North Manchester; a sister, Mrs. Max (Norine) BAILEY, Milton, Fla., and nieces
and nephews. Preceding in death were
his parents and three brothers, Forrest, Vic and Bill SKIDMORE].
Services
will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. Russ WILBUR officiating.
Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8
p.m. Tuesday, and on Wednesday an hour before services. Memorials may be made to Grace United
Methodist Church.
Marie B. Plotner
Marie
B. PLOTNER, 84, Royal Center, died at the Pulaski Health Care Center Nursing
Home in Winamac at 3:40 a.m. today.
She
was born Dec. 25, 1902 in Star City to George H. and Estella KELLY BREW. She was married in Monticello June 20, 1921
to Charley S. PLOTNER, who died Dec. 27, 1967.
She was a retired assembly line operator for RBM in Logansport and a
member of he VFW Auxiliary in Winamac.
Surviving
are three daughters, Phae SNAVLEY and Helen ROGERS, both Rt. 1, Idaville, and
Joyce A. FREELS, Rt. 6, Rochester a son, Dick [PLOTNER], Royal Center; eighteen
grandchildren, and thirty great-grandchildren.
Preceding in death were three sons, a daughter, two brothers and two
sisters.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Harrison, Metzger Funeral Home, Royal
Center with the Rev. Steve LAUE officiating.
Burial will be in the Star Ciy I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Tuesday and
after 8 a.m. Wednesday. VFW Auxiliary
memorial services will be at 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Tuesday, March 1, 1988
Lester King
Lester
KING, 89, formerly of Rochester, died Sunday morning at Tucson, Ariz.
He
was married to Nellie WINEGARDNER, who died in January, 1987.
Surviving
are a son, Richard KING, Tucson; four grandchildren, and two
great-grandchildren. A son and two
brothers, Howard KING, Rochester, and Herald KING, Ft. Wayne, preceded in
death.
Barbara A. Hartman
Barbara
Ann HARTMAN, 68, Pierceton, died at 6 p.m. Monday in the Columbia City
Community Care Center.
She
was born Sept. 27, 1919 in Plymouth to Sam and Edna SWITZER BAKER. She lived in Pierceton most of her
life. She was married April 4, 1938 to
Gerald H. HARTMAN, who survives. She
was a member of the United Methodist Church, Pierceton, and the Pierceton
Eastern Star.
Surviving
with her husband are three sons, Jerry and William HARTMAN, both of Pierceton,
and Timothy HARTMAN, Monroe, Mich.; a daughter, Leah Ann HARTMAN, New York
City; five grandchildren; two sisters, Mary RINEHART, Bloomington, and Nancy
SAYGER, Rochester, and a brother, Bill BAKER, Plymouth. A daughter, Barbara Jill [HARTMAN], preceded
in death.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the McHatton-Sadler Funeral Home, Pierceton, with
the Rev. Don POYSER officiating. Burial
wil be in the Hillcrest Cemetery, Pierceton.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday. The Eastern Star will conduct services at 8
p.m. Wednesday.
Wednesday, March 2, 1988
Gerald W. Wolff
Gerald
Wayne WOLFF, 64, of 423 W. Third St., died at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Woodlawn
Hospital.
He
was born Sept. 25, 1923 in Delta, Ohio, to Owen D. and Bertha May WOLFF. He moved here from California 20 years
ago. He was married Sept. 22, 1984 in
Rochester to Betty Lou SHAMBARGER, who survives. He retired in 1985 from Torx Products, Rochester. A World War II U.S. Army veteran serving in
the European Theater, he was a member of the Rochester American Legion Post and
the Rochester Eagles Lodge.
Surviving
with the wife are a daughter, Mrs. Steve (Mary) KITTLE, Grover Hill, Ohio; two
sons, Robert WOLFF, New Bavaria, Ohio, and David WOLFF, Defiance, Ohio; seven
grandchildren; a step-daughter, Mrs. Ron (Judy) SWEANY, Rochester; a step-son,
Steve SHAMBARGER, Rochester three step-grandchildren, and two brothers, Donald
WOLFF, Defiance, and Carl WOLFF, Phoenix, Ariz. A brother and a sister preceded in death.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Friday in 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 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8
p.m. Thursday and from 9 a.m. until services Friday. The American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars will conduct
graveside rites.
Lester King
Services
for Lester KING, 89, Tucson, Ariz., formerly of Rochester, were to be today in
the Eastlawn Cemetery, Tucson.
He
died at 8:10 a.m. Feb. 28 in Tucson.
He
was born Feb. 22, 1899.
Incorrect
information was given to The Sentinel on Tuesday concerning Mr. King’s
survivors. Surviving are a son, Richard
L. KING, Tucson; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and two brothers,
Howard KING, Rochester, and Harold KING, Ft. Wayne. A son, Charles KING, preceded in death.
Edna M. Bryan
Edna
M. BRYAN, 88, United Methodist Home, Warren, died there at 1 p.m. Tuesday.
She
was born in Miami County and was a former resident of Culver. She was married to Arthur BRYAN, who died in
September 1953. A retired employee of
the Culver Military Academy, she was a member of the Culver United Methodist
Church.
Surviving
are a brother, Wallace D. MORRIS, and a sister, Mrs. Geneva CASTLEMAN, both of
Rochester.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in the United Methodist Home chapel, Warren. Burial will be in the Culver Masonic
Cemetery, Culver. Friends may call
after 1 p.m. Thursday at the United Methodist Home Chapel. The Butler Funeral Home, Warren, is handling
arrangements.
Marjorie E. Mulholland
Marjorie
E. MULHOLLAND, 70, Beverly Hills, Calif., died at 5:14 a.m. Tuesday in Los
Angeles.
She
was born Nov. 21, 1917 in Vancouver, British Columbia, to George G. and
Isabella WILSON CHAPMAN. She lived most
of her life in California. She was a
retired executive secretary for the Beverly Hills Friars Club.
Surviving
are a son, Steve MULHOLLAND, Rochester; four grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs.
Jean GRIZWOLD, Vancouver, and Mrs. Muriel DIXON, Nanaimo, British Columbia, and
a brother, George CHAPMAN, Vancouver. A
sister preceded in death.
Arrangements
are pending at Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Rochester.
Lela N. Elliott
Lela
N. ELLIOTT, 85, Miller’s Merry Manor Nursing Home, Plymouth, formerly of Argos,
died at 11:48 p.m. Tuesday in Woodlawn Hospital.
Arrangements
are pending at the Grossman Funeral Home in Argos.
Mary Shoemaker
Mary
SHOEMAKER, died Tuesday at Woodlaw Hospital.
Arrangements
are pending at the Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Kewanna.
Thursday, March 3, 1988
Edna M. Bryan
Graveside
services for Edna M. BRYAN, 88, will be at 1 p.m. Friday in the Culver Masonic
Cemetery, Culver.
Mrs.
Bryan died at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the United Methodist Home in Warren, where she
resided.
Funeral
services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in the United Methodist Home chapel. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Thursday at
the chapel. The Butler Funeral Home,
Warren, is handling arrangements.
James Hubeny Jr.
James
HUBENY Jr., 74, Kewanna, died at 10:45 a.m. Wednesday in his home.
He
was born Feb. 2, 1914 in North Judson to James and Catherine PETERS HUBENY
Sr. He was married to Catherine STARR
April 14, 1936 in Kewanna; she survives.
He was a retired mechanic for the former Kewanna Implement Co., and a
member of the St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Kewanna, the Logansport Moose Lodge
and the Kewanna Fire Department.
Surviving
with the wife are two daughters, Dorothy MILLER, Culver, and Martha KURZ, Kewanna;
seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren, and two brothers, Robert HUBENY,
Kewanna, and Charles HUBENY, Dunwoody, Ga.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the St. Ann’s Catholic Church, Kewanna, with the
Father Cornelius J. KELLY officiating.
Burial will be in the St. Peters Cemetery, Winamac. Friends may call after 6 p.m. Friday in the
Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Kewanna, where the Rosary will be said at 8 p.m.
Friday. Memorials may be made to the
American Cancer Society.
Hershel E. McGowen
Hershel
E. McGOWEN, 74, of 306 S. Franklin St., Mentone, was dead on arrival at
Kosciusko Community Hospital at 2:03 p.m. Wednesday.
He
was born Jan. 7, 1914 in Etna Green to Bert ad Bessie SILVEUS McGOWEN. He lived most of his life in the Menone and
Etna Green areas. He was a farmer,
carpenter and plasterer. He was married
Jan. 29, 1938 in North Manchester to Neola BASH, who survives.
Surviving
with the wife are a daughter, Mrs. David (Dorene) ROMINE, Mentone; a son,
Melvin MILLER, Nuremberg, West Germany; two grandchildren; five
great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Devon (Belva) HIBSCHMAN, Buchanan,
Mich.; Mrs. Charles (Mabel) MILLER, Rochester, and Mrs. Allen (Beatrice)
PIERSON, Elkhart, and two brothers, Dale and Donald [McGOWEN], both of Mentone. A sister preceded in death.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the King Memorial Home, Mentone, with the Rev.
Lester TAYLOR officiating. Burial will
be in the Harrison Center Cemetery, northeast of Mentone. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Friday.
Lela N. Elliott
Lela
N. ELLIOTT, 85, formerly of 501 First St., Argos, died at 11:48 p.m. in
Woodlawn Hospital.
She
was born March 28, 1902 in Geneva to Charley and Emma MANN. She lived most of her life in the Argos
area. She was married Sept. 18, 1917 in
Berne to Ernest ELLIOTT, who died in 1985.
She was a member of the Argos United Methodist Church and the Argos
American Legion Ladies Auxiliary and was a member and past president of the
Izaak Walton League Auxiliary.
Surviving
are a daughter, Mrs. Bud (Helen) BOSWELL, Argos; two sons, Merrill ELLIOTT,
Plymouth, and Charles ELLIOTT, Tippecanoe; ten grandchildren; sixteen
great-grandchildren; five great-great- grandchildren; two sisters, Florence
NEVRIL, Geneva, and Dorothy DEBACOY, Ridgeville, and a brother, Harvey MANN,
Ellenton, Fla. A son Kenneth [ELLIOTT]
preceded in death.
Graveside
services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Maple Grove Cemetery, Argos, with
the Rev. Jack RHOADES officiating.
There will be no visitation.
Memorials may be made to the Marshall County Heart Fund. Grossman Funeral Home, Argos, is handling
the arrangements.
Emma Winter Gregory
Emma
WINTER GREGORY, 85, Kewanna, died at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at her home.
She
was born Nov. 4, 1902 in Winamac to Anthony and Mary ELMERICK SHORTER. She had lived in Pulaski County most of her
life. She was married in 1923 to Daniel
WINTER, who died Aug. 1, 1938. She was
married Nov. 18, 1947 to Alvin GREGORY, who died Sept. 28, 1967. She was a member of the St. Ann’s Catholic
Church, Kewanna.
Surviving
are four daghters, Sister Clarise WINTER, Kokomo; Madeline MARTIN, Logansport;
Catherine NUFER, Winamac, and Agnes SIEMENS, Medaryville; two sons, Daniel
WINTER, Galveston, and Frank WINTER, Lansing, Ill.; sixteen grandchildren; nine
great-grandchildren, and two sisters, Katheryn FENTERS, Winamac, and Anna
ZEHNER, Monterey. A sister and three brothers preceded in death. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in the
St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Winamac, with the Revs. Cornelius J. KELLY and
Albert REED officiating. Burial will be
in the church cemetery. Friends may
call from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the Frain Mortuary, Winamac,
where the Rosary will be said at 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
Mary L. Shoemaker
Services
for Mary L. SHOEMAKER, 68, Kewanna, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in he St. Ann’s
Catholic Church, Kewanna, with the Father Cornelius J. KELLY officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call after 3 p.m. Friday at the
Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Kewanna, where the Rosary will be said at 7:30
p.m. Friday.
Mrs.
Shoemaker died at 5:37 p.m. Tuesday in Woodlawn Hospital.
She
was born Nov. 11, 1919 in Wabash to Clyde and Ethel WINBIGLER SMITH. She was married March 17, 1946 in Kokomo to
Frank A. SHOEMAKER, who survives. She
was a retired inspector for RBM, Logansport, and a member of the St. Ann’s
Catholic Church and the Kewanna VFW Ladies Auxiliary.
Surviving
with her husband are a daughter, Mrs. Sharon R. HERSHMAN, Rochester; a son,
Jack SHOEMAKER, Star City; a
step-daughter, Mrs. Marceline RASMUSSEN, Peru; her mother, Ethel HALL, Marion;
two sisters, Dorothy [SMITH], Florida, and Marilyn BRUBAKER, Marion, and eight
brothers, Robert and Forrest SMITH, Wabash; Garl SMITH, Ohio; Junior SMITH,
California; George SMITH, Marion; James SMITH, Florida; Richard SMITH,
Evansville, and John SMITH, Marion. A
brother and a sister preceded in death.
Friday, March 4, 1988
Lula F. Latta
Lula
Faye LATTA, 87, Fountain View Place Nursing Home, Porgtage, formerly of
Kewanna, died at 10:20 a.m. Thursday at the home. She was born July 6, 1908 in
White County to William D. and Martha J. SHIRRAR ARION. She was married Dec. 1, 1928 in White County
to Charles V. LATTA, who died Jan. l21, 1946.
Surviving
are five sons, William V. LATTA, Valparaiso; Mitchell LATTA, Burnettsville;
Floyd LATTA, Gary; Earl LATTA, Rochester, and Melvin LATTA, Logansport; three
daughters, Mrs. Velda ARTIST, Rochester; Mrs. Mable STOEWER, LaPorte, and Mrs.
Wanda ROGERS, Gary; thirty-three grandchildren, and 52
great-grandchildren. A son, a daughter
a granddaughter, two great-grandsons and a sister preceded in death.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Kewanna, with
the Rev. David Paul FRETTINGER officiating.
Burial will be in the Pro Cemetery near Headlee in Pulaski County. Friends may call after 5 p.m. Saturday and
from 9 a.m. until services Sunday.
Robert F. Fultz
Robert
F. FULTZ, 71, Rt. 2, Kewanna, died at 11 p.m. Thursday in St. Joseph Hospital,
Kokomo.
He
was born Sept. 26, 1916 in Cass County to Roscoe R. and Blanch S. BROWN
FULTZ. He was married Feb. 28, 1943 in
Pulaski County to Dorothy M. CUNNINGHAM, who survives. A retired farmer, he had worked 30 years at
the Fulton County ASCS as a field representative. He was a member of the Grass Creek United Methodfist Church.
Surviving
with the wife are a daughter, Shirley J. FULTZ, Rt. 2, Kewanna, and a brother,
Clyde E. FULTZ, Logansport. Three
brothers preceded in death.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in the Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Royal
Center. Burial will be in the Grass
Creek Cemetery. Friends may call after
4 p.m. Sunday and from 8 a.m. until services Monday.
Saturday, March 5, 1988
Lula F. Latta
Services
for Lula F. LATTA, formerly of Kewanna, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in the
Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Kewanna, with the Rev. David Paul FRETTINGER
officiating. Burial will be in the Pro
Cemetery near Headlee in Pulaski County.
Friends may call after 5 p.m. Saturday and from 9 a.m. until services
Sunday.
Mrs.
Latta, Fountain View Place Nursing Home, Portage, died at 10:20 a.m. Thursday
in the home.
Information
provided The Sentinel for Mrs. Latta has been corrcted. She was 79.
Among the survivors is a daughter, Mrs. Cletus (Velda) ARTIST.
Monday, March 7, 1988
John E. Collins
John
E. COLLINS, 54, Logansport, died at 10:40 p.m. Saturday in the Chase
Convalescent Center, Logansport.
He
was born Aug. 6, 1933 in Mt. Vernon, Ill., to William H. and Zelma L. BERNARD
COLLINS. He was a 1951 graduate of
Rochester High School.
Surviving
ae three sons, Timothy, Shawn and Kerry COLLINS, all of St. Louis, Mo.; two
daughters, Marny BOPP and Megan COLLINS, both of St. Louis; two grandchildren;
two sisters, Phyllis M. ESHELMAN, Logansport, and Diane SHEW, Belleville,
Mich., and a brother, William H. COLLINS, Indianapolis.
Services
will be private. Burial will be in the
Plainview Cemetery, Macy. Friends may
call from 7 to 9 o’clock tonight in the McCloskey-Hamilton-Gundrum Funeral
Home, Logansport.
Joseph H. Vinson
Joseph
H. VINSON, 75, Rt. 3, Peru, died at 1:25 a.m. Suday in Dukes Memorial Hospital,
Peru.
He
was born Aug. 12, 1912 in Peru to Albert and Olga KEMPS VINSON. He was married June 10, 1950 in Rich Valley
to Beulah M. REED TOWNSEND, who survives.
He was a retired farmer.
Surviving
wih the wife are a son, Norman Jay VINSON, Cecil, Ohio; two step-sons, Conrad
E. TOWNSEND, Logansport, and Wallace W. TOWNSEND, Twelve Mile; twelve
grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; two sisters, Imogene LESLEY and
Marjorie GOTHARD, both of Peru, and three brothers, Roy VINSON, Hartford City;
Francis VINSON, Red Key, and Omer Dale VINSON, Wabash. A grandson preceded in death.
Services
will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the McCain Funeral Home, Denver, with the
Revs. David CORRELL and Stephen HOUSER officiating. Burial will be in the Ever-Rest Memorial Park, Logansport. Friends may call from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9
p.m. Tuesday.
Tuesday, March 8, 1988
Raymond C. Gentry
Raymond
C. GENTRY, 86, Rt. 4, Winamac (Beardstown), died at 1 a.m. Sunday at Community
Hospital, Indianapolis.
He
was born May 11, 1901 in Starke County to John and Minnie GENTRY. He was a truck driver and had worked at
Studebaker in South Bend for a number of years. He was married Jan. 26, 1944 in St. Joseph, Mich., to Susan
HUMES, who survives.
Also
surviving are a step-daughter, Virginia WARREN, South Bend; a step-son, Ralph
HARDING, Winamac; eight grandchildren including Mrs. Jerry GRUBE and Mrs. Pearl
GILBERT, both of Rochester; eighteen great-grandchildren, and two brothers,
Milo and Cleo [GENTRY], both of South Bend.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. EST Wednesday in the Braman and Son Memorial Chapel in Knox,
with the Rev. Vernon HIMES officiating.
Burial will be in the Eagle Creek Cemetery at Knox. Friends may call after 4 p.m. EST today.
Wednesday, March 9, 1988
Alma A. Pressel
Alma
A. PRESSEL, 85, Rt. 1, Macy, died at 1:20 a.m. Tuesday in the Rochester Nursing
Home.
She
was born Nov. 9, 1902 in Muncie to Thomas and Lilly GABLE HILTON. She moved to Macy from Indianapolis in
1982. She was married Oct. 30, 1923, to
Dewey PRESSEL, who died Oct. 26, 1984.
She was retired from Campbell Circular Advertising. She was a member of the Southeastern Union
Community Church in Indianapolis.
Surviving
are two sons, Donald PRESSEL, Macy, and Paul PRESSEL, Indianapolis; a daughter,
Mrs. Frank (Laverne) WEDERZAK, Indianapolis; a sister, Beatrice STETTLER,
Muncie; eleven grandcildren, and twenty-two great-grandchildren. A son and three grandchildren preceeed in
death.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Colonial Hill Baptist Church of Indianapolis,
where friends may call for an hour before services. Burial will be in the Union Chapel Cemetery, Indianapolis. Titus Funeral Home, Warsaw, is handling
arrangements.
Beulah F. Sommers
Beulah
F. SOMMERS, 70, Waterhaven Apartments, died at 12:15 a.m. today at Woodlawn
Hospital following a six-month illness.
She
was born Nov. 14, 1917 in Indianapolis to Paul and Alta RUDY LOCKRIDGE. She moved from Greentown to Rochester in
1951. She was married July 29, 1939 in
Plymouth to Daniel A. SOMMERS, who died June 30, 1984. A former operator for the Rochester
Telephone Co., she was a member and past noble grand of the Rochester Rebekah
Lodge, a lifetime member of the Logansport Eagles Auxiliary and a member of the
Trinity United Methodist Church, Rochester Eastern Star, Mt. Zion Club and
Green Oak Home Economics Club.
Surviving
are a son, H. Dale SOMMERS, Rochester; eight grandchildren; four
great-grandsons; a sister, Mrs. William (Barbara Joan) SKILES, Winter Haven,
Fla., and two brothers, William ROSE, Streator, Ill., and Wayne ROSE, St.
Petrsburg, Fla. Preceding in death were
a son, Donald [SOMMERS], in 1986; two great-grandchildren, and two brothers.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Friday in the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. Donald BOWMAN officiating.
Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Rochester. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8
p.m. Thursday and from 9 a.m. until services Friday. The Rochester Rebekah Lodge will conduct memorial services at 7
p.m. at the funeral home.
E. Marcelle Henderson
E.
Marcelle HENDERSON, 77, Four Seasons Mobile Home Estates, died at 8 a.m. today
in the Rochester Nursing Home. She was
born July 6, 1910 in Wabash to George and Johannah BREMBECK SCHLEMMER. She moved from Fort Wayne to Rochester in
1956. She was married Dec. 25, 1938 in
Wabash to Loy A. HENDERSON, who died May 19, 1969. A former music supervisor and teacher in the Wabash Schools, she
was a graduate of Manchester College and the Serwood School of Music,
Chicago. She was a member of the First
Presbyterian Church, the Rochester Eastern Star and the Rochester Women’s Club.
Surviving
are a sister, Mrs. Joan FENIMORE, Port Orange, Fla.; a niece, and a
nephew. A brother, Dr. George H.
SCHLEMMER, preceded in death.
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester, with
the Rev. John RAMSEY officiating.
Burial will be in the Greenlawn Memorial Park, Fort Wayne, Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m.
Thursday. The Rochester Eastern Star
will conduct memorial services at 7:30 p.m. at the funeral home.
Rebabell Conley
Rebabell
CONLEY, 55, of 1109 Park St., died at 12:20 p.m. Tuesday in her residence
following an eight-month illness. She was born Oct. 21, 1932 in Rochester to
Willie L. and Leona GOOD SWANGO. She
lived here all her lie. She was married
Dec. 2, 1948 in Rochester to Oddis CONLEY, who survives.
Also
surviving are three sons, Dennis, Tom and Jim [CONLEY], all of Rochester; a
daugher, Mrs. David (Linda D.) RUDD, Rochester; twelve grandchildren; a
great-grancson a step-son, Larry EHLINGER, Rochester; the mother, of Rochester;
two brothers, Melvin Earl SWANGO, Rochester, and Charles SWANGO, Plymouth;
nieces, and nephews. A brother, Arthur
[SWANGO], the father and a daughter preceded in death.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. Brian TAMMANY officiating.
Burial will be in the Rochester Citizens Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. today and
from 10 a.m. until services Thursday.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Thursday, March 10, 1988
Zora A. Wilson
Zora
A. WILSON, 91, Kewanna, died at 12:05 p.m. Wednesday in Canterbury Manor
Nursing Home.
She
was born March 23, 1896 in Fulton County to Thomas F. and Alfretta BEERY
NEFF. She was married Feb. 3, 1917 in
Kewanna to Hugh H. WILSON, who died Dec. 23, 1974. She was a member of the Kewanna United Methodist Church, the
Kewanna-Union Township Library Board and the Mother’s Club. She was a 1913 graduate of Kewanna High
School.
Suriving
are three sons, Robert WILSON, Bremen; Arthur WILSON, Kewanna, and Gene WILSON,
Indianapolis; five grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren. and a brother,
Clyde NEFF, Rochester. A brother and a
sister preceded in death.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in the Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Kewanna,
with the Rev. Dennis INGLE officiating.
Burial will be in the Kewanna I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call after 5 p.m. today and from
8 a.m. until services Friday. Memorials
may be made to the Kewanna United Methodist Church.
Friday, March 11, 1988
Edward S. Fisher
Edward
S. FISHER, 65, Rt. 1, Macy, died at 12:20 a.m. Wednesday in St. Joseph Medical
Center, South Bend.
He
was born Sept. 22, 1922 in Stilesville to Arley and Gertrude FLOYD FISHER. He moved from Indianapolis to Macy four
years ago. He was married to Thelma
STERLING FISHER, who survives. He
retired five years ago as a fine grinder for the Standard Die Co.,
Indianapolis, where he was employed 15 years.
He was a Navy veteran of World War II and a lifetime member of the
Manitou VFW.
Surviving
with the wife are two sons, Paul Edward FISHER, Spencer, and Craig FISHER, in
the U.S. Navy; fifteen grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two step-sons,
Donald MABRY and Robert MABRY; three step-daughters, Pat JOHNSON, Judy PITZER
and Linda ADAMS; his mother, of Greencastle; five brothers, Ivan FISHER,
Anderson; Don FISHER, San Francisco, Calif.; Fred FISHER, Bringhurst; Roy
FISHER, Coatesville, and Jim FISHER, Greensburg; two sisters, Edith SMITH,
Greencastle, and Clara SPENCER, Rt. 1, Macy, and nieces and nephews.
Services
will be at 3 p.m. Saturday in the Wilson-St. Pierre Chapel of the Chimes, 1234
Prospect St., Indianapolis. Burial will
be in the New Crown Cemetery, Indianapolis.
Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. today.
Carroll S. Sparks
Carroll
S. SPARKS, 84, Royal Center, died at 9:10 p.m. Thursday in Logansport Memorial
Hospital.
He
was born May 5, 1903 in Jamestown, Ind., to J.B. and Dolly SPERRY SPARKS. He was married June 30, 1928 in Logansport
to Hazel PORTER, who survives. A 1925
Purdue University graduate, he formerly taught and coached at Royal
Center-Pioneer High School. He was a
member of the Jamestown Christian Church, the Royal Center Masonic Lodge and
the Cass County Retired Teachers Association.
Surviving
with the wife are a daughter, Phyllis NACKE, Columbus, Ohio; a son, Richard
SPARKS, Michigan City; four grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. A sister preceded in death.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Royal Center,
with the Rev. Mike ANDERSON officiating.
Burial will be in the Royal Center Cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Saturday and from 9 a.m. until
services Sunday. Masonic rites will be
at 7 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Saturday, March 12, 1988
John S. Hudkins
John
S. HUDKINS, 58, 401 N. Plum St., Plymouth, died at 1 a.m. Friday in Woodlawn
Hospital.
He
was born Sept. 21, 1929 in LaPorte to Byron and Dora STEVENS HUDKINS. He was married April 24, 1971 to Zelma
FLECK, who survives. He was a repair
man for Northern Indiana Public Service Co.
He was a member of the Plymouth Moose Lodge, the Plymouth Eagles, the
American Legion, the Marine Corps League, the Plymouth Kilwinning Lodge, and a
lifetime member of the Kewanna VFW.
Surviving
with the wife are two daughters, Connie HUDKINS and Sue BUSCHMAN, both of
Culver; a son, John P. HUDKINS, Bremen; a step-daughter, Delores HAMILTON,
Valparaiso; six grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; a brother, Hugh
HUDKINS, Kewanna, and his mother, Kewanna.
An infant son prceded in death.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the VanGilder Funeral Home, Plymouth. Burial will be in the New Oakhill Cemetery,
Plymouth. Military graveside rites will
be conducted. Friends may call from 7
to 9 p.m. Saturday and from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p..m. Sunday. The Plymouth Moose Lodge will conduct
services at 8 p.m. Sunday. Memorials
may vbe made to the Donor’s favorite charity.
Monday, March 14, 1988
Clara I. Rankin
Clara
I. RANKIN, 76, of 1519 Jefferson St., died at 11:30 a.m. Saturday in Woodlawn
Hospital after being ill for several weeks.
She
was born July 7, 1911 in Camden, N.J., to August and Katherine FALLSTICK
LISS. She moved from Haddon Heights,
N.J., to Rochester 18 years ago. She
was married Nov. 9, 1940 in Camden to Charles T. RANKIN, who died Sept. 30,
1958. She was a member of St. John’s
Lutheran Church, Rochester.
Surviving
are a daughter, Kathleen RANKIN, Rochester; two brothers, John W. LISS, Elmer,
N.J., and Lawrence H. LISS, West Berlin, N.J., and two sisters, Mrs. Jacob
(Edna) GREAR, Cherry Hill, J.J., and Mrs. Sigurd (Florence) MONSEN,
Collingswood, N.J..
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in St. John’s Lutheran Church with the Rev. James
W. KREFT officiating. Burial will be in
the Deedsville Cemetery. Friends may
call from 2 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Rochester,
and from 9:30 a.m. until services Tuesday at the church. Memorials may be made to the St. John’s
Lutheran Church.
Claude H. Harrell
Claude
H. HARRELL, 73, Fulton, died at 4:45 p.m. Sunday at his home. He had been in failing health for several
years.
He
was born July 7, 1914 in Sullivan County to David John and Minnie HANES
HARRELL. He moved from Indianapolis to
Fulton County in 1971. He was married
in 1955 in Indianapolis to Dorothy WILLIAMS, who survives. A retired salesman, he served with the U.S.
Navy in World War II and was a member of the Manitou VFW.
Surviving
with the wife are three sons, David J. HARRELL, California; Richard HARRELL,
Connersville, and Ronald HARRELL, Fulton, and five grandchildren. A brother preceded in death.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Fulton,
with Bishop Harry JONES officiating.
Burial will be in the Fulton Cemetery.
Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and from 9 a.m. until services
Wednesday. Military rites will be
conducted by the VFW and American Legion.
Helen L. Hughes
Helen
L. HUGHES, 73, Redwood Road, Plymouth, died at 9:30 p.m. Saturday in Pilgrim
Manor Nursing Home, Plymouth.
She
was born Jan. 16, 1915 in Argos to Walter and Ethel PERSONETT HUGHES. She lived most of her life in the Plymouth
community.
Surviving
are a sister, Mrs. Don (Mary) BOTTORFF, Plymouth; two brothers, James HUGHES,
Plymouth, and Roy HUGHES, Argos; nieces, and nephews.
Services
will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Grossman Funeral Home, Argos, with the Rev.
Jack RHOADES officiating. Burial will
be in the New Oakhill Cemetery, Plymouth.
Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Edgar C. Diveley
Edgar
Charles DIVELEY, 82, Converse, formerly of Grass Creek, died at 12:55 p.m.
Sunday in Logansport Memorial Hospital.
He
was born Feb. 21, 1906 in Grass Creek to William and Martha HIZER DIVELEY. He was married May 11, 1925 in St. Joseph,
Mich., to Josephine MYERS, who survives.
He was a retired farmer.
Surviving
with the wife are two sons, Frank William DIVELEY, Rt. 6, Rochester, and
William Edgar DIVELEY, Converse; two daughters, Mary June DEMPSEY, Royal
Center, and Carolyn COX, Mooresville; ten grandchildren; fifteen
great-grandchildren; a brother, George DIVELEY, Great Falls, Mont., and a
sister, Violet SIMPSON, West Palm Beach, Fla.
Two granddaughters, two sisters and two brothers preceded in death.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the McCain Funeral Home, Denver, with the Rev.
Daniel PANGRATZ officiating. Burial
will be in the Grass Creek Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.
Rev. Warren Wagner and
Christine Wagner
The
Rev. and Mrs. Warren WAGNER, Carrollton, Ky., were killed about 8:20 p.m.
Friday while walking across a highway.
The
Wagners, who have relatives in Fulton County, were struck by a pick-up truck on
Highway 227 south of Carrollton.
Joint
funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Carrolllton First
Apostolic Church. Burial will be in the
Moffett Cemetery, Milton, Ky. Friends
may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Graham-Dunn Funeral Home, Carrollton.
The
Rev. Warren WAGNER, 83, of 311 Main St., Carrollton, Ky., was born June 4, 1904
in Bedford to James and Mabel FIELDS WAGNER.
He was married Jan. 16, 1982 to Christine PYLES. He was a retired minister and a member of
the Carrollton First Apostolic Church.
Surviving
are four sons, Warren F. WAGNER, Westerville, Ohio; W. Glenn WAGNER, Glendale,
Ariz., and Jeff and Von WAGNER, both of Phoenix, Ariz.; a daughter, Mrs.
Delenia SCOTT, Belleview, Fla.; thirteen grandchildren; two
great-grandchildren, and three sisters, Letha WAGNER and Goldie COYLE, both of
Belleview, Fla., and Pearl KENDALL.
Christine
WAGNER, 74, of 311 Main St., Carrollton, Ky., was born Oct. 22, 1913 in Trimble
County, Ky., to Marvin and Lena COLBERT PYLES. She was married Jan. 16, 1982 to Warren WAGNER. She was a member of the Carrollton First
Apostolic Church.
Surviving
are a daughter, Mrs. Donna LOPEZ, Greenville; four grandchildren, and a
great-grandchild.
Tuesday, March 15, 1988
Treva M. McCord
Treva
M. McCORD, 77, Rt. 1, Macy, died at 3 a.m. Monday in her home.
She
was born Sept. 8, 1910 in Malinta, Ohio, to Leo and Margart STEVENS LATTA. She was married Oct. 20, 1934 in Malinta to
James R. McCORD, who survives. She was
a member of the Macy United Methodist Church, the Macy Eastern Star and the
Allen Township Home Economics Club, was president of the Macy Mother’s Club and
was a past matron of the Swayzee Eastern Star.
Surviving
are a son, Xen Lee McCORD, and three grandchildren, Jason, Jeremy and Angela
McCORD, all of Rigdon, and the step-mother, Nellie LATTA, Napoleon, Ohio. A half-brother, Walace LATTA, preceded in
death.
Services
will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the McCain Funeral Home, Denver, with the Rev.
Katherine LEHMAN officiating. Burial
will be in the Thrailkill Cemetery, Swayzee.
Friends may call from 3 to 9 p.m. Wednesday. The Eastern Star will conduct services at 8 p.m. Wednesday.
Wednesday, March 16, 1988 to Thursday, March
17, 1988
[no obits]
Friday, March 18, 1988
Charles W. Meiser
Charles
W. MEISER, 99, Rochester Nursing Home, formerly of Rt. 2, Rochester, died at
12:40 a.m. today in Woodlawn Hospital.
He
was born May 8, 1988 in Jasper County to Frederick and Elizabeth PRECHTEL
MEISER. He moved fom Leiters Ford to
southeast of Rochester in 1915. He was
married April 8, 1911 in Richland Center to Etta May OVERMYER, who died Sept.
9, 1967. A retired farmer and school
teacher, he taught school at the former Deadman’s College School west of
Richland Center. He was a member of the
former Green Oak Church where he taught Sunday School for many years and was a
former member of the board of direcrtors for the Leiters Ford State Bank.
Surviving
are two sons, Dr. Rolland O. MEISER, Michigan City, and Norman E. MEISER,
Rochester; five grandchildren, William MEISER, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.; Susan
BROOKS, Michigan City; Beth GROTE, Beaverton, Ore.; David MEISER, Greenwood,
and Michael MEISER, Monticello, and nine great-grandchildren. Three sisters, Florence GINTHER, Nellie MAY
and Jessie CAMPBELL, preceded in death.
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Monday in the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester, with
the Rev. Brice CASEY officiating.
Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Rochester. Friends may call from 3 to 5 p.m. and 6 to 8
p.m. Sunday and from 9 a.m. until services Monday. Memorials may be made to charity.
Paul Hoge
Word
has been received of the death this week of Paul HOGE, 3540 S. 125 W.,
Danville, formerly of Rochester.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the Weaver Funeral Home, Danville.
Saturday, March 19, 1988
[no obits]
Monday, March 21, 1988
Eugene R. Branning
Eugene
R. BRANNING, 67, New York City, died at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Fort Myers Beach,
Fla.
He
was born Dec. 4, 1920 in Fort Wayne to Ernest and Ruth RITTENHOUSE
BRANNING. A retired architect for
William Tabler and Associates, New York City, he was a veteran of World War II.
Surviving
are two nephews, Tom BRANNING, Evanston, Ill., and Phillip BRANNING, Babylon,
N.Y.; a niece, Mrs. Harold (Susan) McFARLAND, Sarasota, Fla., and aunts and
uncles, including Mary Margaret LEININGER of Akron. A brother, Robert BRANNING, preceded in death.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Akron United Methodist Church with the
Revs. Harold LEININGER and Merlyn COX officiating. Burial will be in the Akron Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Hartzler Funeral
Home, Akron. Memorials may be made to
the American Cancer Society.
Willadean Rager
Willadean
RAGER, 73, Rt. 2, Akron, died at 1:05 a.m. today at her home.
Arrangements
are pending at the Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron.
Fred A. Barnes
Word
has been received of the death of Fred A. BARNES, 75, of 102 S. Market St.,
North Manchester, formerly of the Akron area.
He died at 11 a.m. March 12 in Fort Wayne Parkview Hospital.
He
wasa born Dec. 25, 1912 in Dowagiac, Mich., to Albert and Ethel PHILLIPS
BARNES. He was married Aug. 31, 1940 to
Betty WADE, who survives. A past member of the North Manchester Rotary Club, he
owned and operated the Barnes Shoe store in North Manchester for 25 years.
Surviving
with the wife are two daughters, Mrs. Victor (Cheryl) PARRETT and Bonnie
FAIRCHILD, both of Wabash, and six sisters, Mrs. Kathryn LUMM, Wabash; Mrs.
Charles (Lenora) EATON and Mrs. Harry (Margaret) WATKINS, both of Warsaw; Mrs.
Deloris GRAICHEN, North Manchester, and Mrs. Arvada JONES and Mrs. Ronald
(Jenette) FENIMORE, both of Akron.
Services
were at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the DeLaughter Mortuary, North Manchester, and burial
was in the Akron Cemetery.
Tuesday, March 22, 1988
Mildred C. Johnson
Mildred
C. JOHNSON, 90, formerly of Leiters Ford, died at 10:45 p.m. Saturday at the
Villa Maria Convalescent Hospital, Santa Maria Calif. She had been in failing health the past five years.
She
was born March 26, 1897 in Waukegan, Ill., to William and Cora CROSBY
LAMSON. She had lived in the Leiters
Ford area from 1941 until moving to California in 1980. She was married Oct. 12, 1941 in Waukegan to
Harry L. JOHNSON, who died Nov. 28, 1967.
A Gray Lady at Woodlawn Hospital for 26 years, she was active in Red
Cross work and was a member of the Leiters Ford United Methodist Church, the
Maxinkuckee Rebekah Lodge, the Eastern Star and the Leiters Ford Senior
Citizens.
Surviving
are a daughter, Mrs. Virginia KINKADE of Sisters, Ore.; a son, Willard BOWERS,
Sherman Oaks, Calif.; five grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. A son, Kenneth BOWERS, and a step-daughter,
Frances Jane JOHNSON, preceded in death.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the Leiters Ford United Methodist Church with the
Revs. Norris KING and Michael HAYDEN officiating. Burial will be in the Leiters Ford I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Thursday and
from 9 a.m. until noon on Friday at the Bonine Funeral Home, Culver, and an
hour before services at the church.
Memorials may be made to the Leiters Ford United Methodist Church.
Willadean Rager
Services
fo Willadean RAGER, 73, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Akron Church of God
with the Revs. James MALBONE and Terry CANFIELD officiating. Burial will be in the Akron Cemetery.
Friends
may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron, and an
hour before services Thursday at the church.
Memorials may be made to the Manitou Training Center.
Mrs.
Rager, Rt. 2, Akron, died at 1:05 a.m. Monday at her home. She had been in failing health for six
months.
She
was born Oct. 2, 1914 in Wabash County to Earl and Hattie SCHMALZRIED
SCOTT. She was married Oct. 2, 1934 in
South Vienna, Ohio, to Kendal RAGER, who survives. She was a member of the Akron Church of God and its Women’s
Guild.
Surviving
with the husband are two sons, Jerry RAGER, Fort Wayne, and Julian RAGER, at
home; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren, and a sister, Berniece
WEAVER, Wabash. A daughter, Linda
THOMPSON, preceded in death.
Destiny Ann Duff
Graveside
services were at 11 a.m. today in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery for Destiny
Ann DUFF, who was stillborn at 2:15 p.m. Thursday in South Bend Memorial
Hospital.
The
Rev. Donald PETERS officiated the services, which were arranged by the Foster
& Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Destiny
was the daughter of Keith A. and Kimberly Sue ODEN DUFF, Rt. 5, Rochester
(Tiosa).
Surviving
with the parents are a brother, Daniel D. DUFF, at home, the maternal grandparents,
Fred and Sarah ODEN, and the paternal grandparents, Steven and Donna DUFF, all
of Rochester; the maternal great-grandmothers, Alma E. BAUGH, Purdon, Texas,
and Mary E. ODEN, Rochester; the paternal great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Merle HARPER, Rochester; the maternal great-great-grandmother, Matilda CAPPIS,
Rochester Nursing Home, and the paternal great-great-grandmother, Mrs. Mildred
HARPER, Canterbury Manor Nursing Home, Rochester.
Wednesday, March 23, 1988
Charles A. Fiedler
Charles
A. FIEDLER, 87, Carlyle Nursing Home, South Bend, formerly of Rochester, died
at 12:20 p.m. Tuesday in the nursing home.
He
was born Feb. 10, 1901 in Lucerne to Daniel and Martha POWELL FIEDLER. He was married Nov. 25, 1925 in Winamac to
Gladys LEE, who died in 1980. A retired
farmer, he was a member of the Zion Methodist Church.
Surviving
are two daughters, Judy REID, South Bend, and Mary LOSCH, Lake in the Hills,
Ill.; six grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.
Services
will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday in the Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Kewanna. Burial will be in the Zion Cemetery,
Lucerne. Friends may call from 4 to 8
p.m. Thursday and from 8 a.m. until services Friday. Memorials may be made to the Cancer Society.
Arthur E. Collins Jr.
Arthur
E. COLLINS Jr., 36, Rt. 1, Box 116-B, Etna Green, died at 10:16 a.m. Tuesday as
a result of an accident in Zimmers Parking Lot in Boggs Industrial Park,
Warsaw.
He
was born Feb. 24, 1952 in San Antonio, Texas to Arthur E. and Lorraine URBAN
COLLINS Sr. He lived in the Bourbon and
Etna Green area for nearly all of his life.
He was married March 22, 1974 to Janet RUSH, formerly of Macy, who
survives. He was employed by Bambi’s Roofing
Inc., Atwood. A 1970 graduate of Triton
High School, he was a member of the Bourbon Masonic Lodge and the South Bend
Scottish Rite.
Surviving
with the wife are a daughter, Erica [COLLINS], at home; a son, Bryan [COLLINS],
at home; his mother, Bourbon; four sisters, Alice RICHARDS, Springfield, Mass.;
Kathy ROHR, Etna Green, and Nancy WOOD and Lynn COLLINS, both of Bourbon, and
seven brothers, Harry [COLLINS], Torrington, Conn.; Arthur [COLLINS], Bath,
Maine; Leroy [COLLINS], Springfield, Mass.; Ken “Bambi” [COLLINS], Warsaw, and
Gary, Ted and Terry [COLLINS], all of Bourbon.
A brother, Harry [COLLINS], and a sister, Linda [COLLINS], preceded in
death.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the Deaton Funeral Home, Bourbon, with the Rev.
Alvin SHIPPLETT officiating. Burial
will be in the Stoney Point Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Thursday and until services on
Friday. Masonic rites will be conducted
at 8 p.m. Thursday.
Chester J. Shriver
Chester
J. SHRIVER, 91, Rt. 1, Akron, died at 11:40 p.m. Tuesday at his home. He had been ill about three months.
He
was born Jan. 5, 1897 in Akron to Elias and Minerva SHRIVER. He lived all of his life in the Akron
area. He was married to Louise
DeLQUGHTER, who died in 1930. He was
married Jan. 3, 1932 in Wabash to Esther SWEARES, who survives. He retired from farming in 1976.
Surviving
with the wife are six daughters, Mrs. George (Mary Jane) KOTTERMAN and Mrs.
Virginia DAVIS, both of Rochester; Mrs. Beulah I. ENGLE, Silver Lake; Mrs. John
(Lauretta) SUMMERS, Kissimmee, Fla., Mrs. William (Barbara) COPPOCK, Wabash,
and Mrs. Terry (Cheryl) SMITH, Akron; four sons, Harry D. SHRIVER, Syracuse;
Jack J. SHRIVER, Silver Lake; Milo R. SHRIVER, Akron, and James D. SHRIVER, San
Antonio, Texas, and sixty=five grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by five sons, Bill,
Melvin, Gene, John and Wesley [SHRIVER], a grandchild, Chet KOTTERMAN, four
sisters, Ellie HARTMAN, Faye GORDON, Ida HARTMAN and Rose PURITT and four
brothers, Willis, John, Clarence and Jessie [SHRIVER].
Services
will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Akron, with
the Rev. Lowell BURRIS officiating.
Burial will be in the Akron Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 9
a.m. until services Friday.
Lawrence N. Winter Sr.
Lawrence
Norbert “Jack” WINTER Sr., 64, Logansport, died at 6:58 p.m. Tuesday at St.
Elizabeth Hospital in Lafayette, where he had been a patient for one week.
Formerly
of Rochester, he was born Nov. 4, 1923 in Plaski County to Joseph “Peck” and
Alice G. MALIA WINTER. He married Mary
A. TOWNE, who preceded him in death on Dec. 21, 1966. He married Florence M. KOONS on Sept. 19, 1969. She survives.
He
was a retired janitor for the City of Logansport, a U.S. Army veteran of WWII
and a member of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Surviving
with the wife are thee sons, Lawrence [WINTER] Jr., Royal Center, Jerry
[WINTER], Plymouth, and Danny R. [WINTER], Rochester; a daughter, Sharon K.
PETERS, Rochester; three brothers, James [WINTER], Winamac, Ralph “Red”
[WINTER], Monticello, and Clarence [WINTER], Lansing, Ill. twelve
grandchildren; one great-grandchild, and nieces and nehews. He was preceded in death by a daughter and
two sisters.
Funeral
services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the Kroeger Funeral Home, Logansport,
with the Rev. Charles KLINE officiating.
Burial with military honors will follow in the Rochester I.O.O.F.
Cemetery. Friends may call from3 to 9
p.m. Thursday at the Kroeger Funeral Home.
Myrtle M. Leininger
Myrtle
M. LEININGER, 99, Rt. 1, Fulton County Road 800 W., Culver, died at 9:45 p.m.
Tuesday in Millers Merry Manor Nursing Home, Culver.
Arrangements
are pending at the Bonine Funeral Home, Culver.
Thomas L. Dresch
Thomas
L. DRESCH, 80, 1818 S. Union St., Kokomo, died at 7:28 a.m. Sunday in the
Howard Community Hospital, Kokomo.
He
was born Nov. 16, 1907 in Tiffon, Ohio.
He was married Dec. 24, 1949 to Donna Maxine ORR, who survives. He had owned and operated the former
Dresch’s Billiard Hall and was a retired plumber and steam fitter. He was the past president of Union Local
330.
Surviving
with the wife are a brother, Bob DRESCH, North Port, Fla.; nieces and
nephews. A sister and two brothers
preceded in death.
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in Eller’s Chapel, Kokomo, with the Rev. William
ALLISON officiating. Burial will be in
the Crown Point Cemetery, Kokomo.
Friends may call today from 5 to 8 p.m.
Thursday, March 24, 1988
Myrtle M. Leininger
Services
for Myrtle M. LEININGER, 99, will be at 2 p.m. Saurday in the Mt. Hope United
Methodist Church with the Revs. Gene JANIK and Mark DAY officiating. Burial will be in the Leiters Ford I.O.O.F.
Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m.
Friday and until noon Saurday at he Bonine Funeral Home, Culver, and until
services Saurday at the church.
Memorials may be made to the Mr. Hope United Methodist Church.
Mrs.
Leininger, Rt. 1, Fulton County Road 800 W., Culver, died at 9:45 p.m. Tuesday
at Miller’s Merry Manor Nursing Home, Culver.
She
was born Oct. 10, 1888 near Culver to Isaac and Anna BATZ EDGINGTON. She lived in the area until 1909 moving to
Chicago, where she lived until returning to this area in 1964. She was married Oct. 14, 1914 at Culver to
Elmer C. LEININGER, M.D., who died in 1955.
She retired from nursing at Henrotin Hospital, Chicago, in 1964, and was
a member of the Mt. Hope United Methodist Chuch.
Surviving
are a daughter, Mrs. Eleanor HOPPLE, Culver; two sons, John LEININGER,
Brownsburg, and William LEININGER, Psospect Heights, Ill., and four
grandchildren. A son, Elmer LEININGER
Jr., three sisters and two brothers preceded in death.
Friday, March 25, 1988
Emery A. Davis
Emery
A. DAVIS, 84, of 19900 State Road 117, Culver, died at 2:45 a.m. today at the
Lake Shore Clinic, Culver, following a heart seizure.
Arrangements
are pending at the Bonine Funeral Home, Culver.
Saturday, March 26, 1988
Patrick D. Covington
Patrick
Dairl COVINGTON, 18, of 422 W. Center St., Warsaw, formerly of Rt. 6,
Rochester, died at 1:45 p.m. Friday at his home. John SADLER, Kosciusko County Deputy coroner, attriburted the
death to carbon monoxide poisoning.
He
was born May 1, 1969 in Tacoma, Wash., to Jerry and Joanne BORDER
COVINGTON. He lived most of his life in
the Rochester area, moving to the Warsaw area five months ago. Employed by the Zimmer Corporation, Warsaw,
he formerly attended Rochester High School and was a member of the Fulton
County Chapter of the ABATE motorcycle club.
Surviving
are his mother, Joanne LOPER, Cromwell; his father, Jerry COVINGTON, 1215
Jefferson St.; a sister, Melissa [COVINGTON], and a brother, Michael
[COVINGTON], both at home with the father; the maternal grandmother, Flora
RUDASKI, Chicago; the maternal grandfather, Dairl BORDER, Rochester, and the
paternal grandmother, Clara COVINGTON, Rochester. The paternal grandfather, Hubert COVINGTON, died in 1974.
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Monday in the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester, with
the Rev. Russ WILBUR officiating.
Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 7 p.m. Sunday
and from 9 a.m. until services Monday.
Richard B. Manwaring
Richard
B. MANWARING, 66, Warsaw, died at 5:40 a.m. Friday at Fort Wayne Parkview
Hospital.
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Monday in the Mentone United Methodist Church with the Rev.
Lester TAYLOR officiating. Burial will
be in the Mentone Cemetery. Friends may
call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today and from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the
King Memorial Home, Mentone.
Emery A. Davis
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Monday in the Bonine Funeral Home, Culver, for Emery A.
DAVIS, 84, Culver, who died Friday morning.
The Rev. Mark DAY will officiate and burial will be in the Leiters Ford
I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call
from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday.
Memorials may be made to the Wesley United Methodist Church.
Monday, March 28, 1988
June Duncan
Services
for June DUNCAN of Ashley were to be at 2 p.m. today in Waterloo. She died Thursday in the Lutheran Hospital,
Fort Wayne.
Surviving
are two sons, Larry [DUNCAN], Rocheser, and Lynn [DUNCAN], Memphis, Tenn.; a
daughter, Sharon [DUNCAN], California, and four grandchildren, Christopher,
Jenny and Matt DUNCAN, Rochester, and Todd [DUNCAN], California.
Ryan Lee Musselman
Ryan
Lee MUSSELMAN, 21, Mexico, died at 5:19 p.m. Saturday in Dukes Memorial
Hospital, Peru, following a motorcycle-car accident in Peru.
He
was born April 17, 1966 in Peru to Robert Lee and Della D. ECKELBARGER
MUSSELMAN. A 1984 graduate of North
Miami High School, he was employed by Conner’s Saw Mil, Walton, and was a
member of St. John’s Lutheran Church, Peru.
Surviving
are the mother and step-father, Della and Roger SKEEN, Crawfordsville, the
step-mother, Dorothy MUSSELMAN, Mexico; three brothers and a sister, Rod
MUSSELMAN, Macy; Derek MUSSEMAN, Mexico, and Matthew and Amy SKEEN,
Crawfordsville, and the grandparents, Raymond and Nine MUSSELMAN, Peru; Ovid
and Ruby ECHELBARGER, Peru, and Lorraine EISBRENNER, Mexico.
Services
will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the McCain Funeral Home, Denver, with the Rev.
Don RITCHEY officiating. Burial will be
in the Greenlawn Cemetery, Mexico.
Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.
Milton W. Hartoin
Milton
W. “Mel” HARTOIN, 70, Rt. 1, Macy, died at 4:30 p.m. Friday in Woodlawn
Hospital.
He
was born May 11, 1917 in Cincinnati, Ohio, to William and Laura HOLLEY
HARTOIN. He was married to Kathleen
ZIMMERMAN, who preceded in death. He
was married June 18, 1966 in Logansport to Evelyn WILSON, who survives. A U.S. Army veteran of World War II, he was
retired from the Indiana Green Thumb, was a clerk for the Fulton County Senior
Citizens and was chairman of the Fulton County Red Cross Chapter.
Surviving
with the wife are three sons, Thomas W., Andrew Gilbert and Steven L.
[HARTMAN], all of Logansport; four step-sons, Richard BAKER, Larry BAKER and
Terry BAKER, all of Logansport, and Donald BAKER, Louisville, Ky.; a
step-daughter, Sue SMITH, Logansport; his mother, Fort Thomas, Ky.; twelve
grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; a great-granddaughter, and two
brothers, Leonard DUESING and Ed DUESING, both of Fort Thomas, Ky.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Fisher Funeral Chapel, Logansport, with the
Rev. Art MALONEY officiating. Burial
will be in the Tisgah Cemetery, where military rites will be conducted. Friends may call from 1 to 9 p.m. today.
Emery A. Davis
Emery
A. DAVIS, 84, of 19900 State Road 117, Culver, who died Friday morning in the
Lake Shore Clinic at Culver, was a native of Fulton County.
He
was born Sept. 9, 1903 to Levi and Nancy COWEN DAVIS. He moved to South Bend in 1925 and lived there until 1965 when he
moved to Culver. He was a retired real
estate broker and a member of Wesley United Methodist Church of Culver, the St.
Joseph Masonic Lodge and the Scottish Rite Valley of South Bend. He was married June 20, 1925 in Plymouth to
Gladys M. FREESE, who survives.
Also
surviving are two daughters, Marcella J. WILLIAMS and Patricia A. WELCOME, both
of South Bend; a son, John DAVIS, Merrifield, Minn.; twelve grandchildren;
eleven great-grandchildren, and a brother, Norman DAVIS, Argos. Two brothers preceded in death.
Services
were to be at 11 a.m. today in the Bonine Funeral Home, Culver.
Richard B. Manwaring
Services
for Richard B. MANWARING, 66, Warsaw, were to be at 1 p.m. today in the Mentone
United Methodist Church with the Rev. Lester TAYLOR officiating. Burial was to be in the Mentone Cemetery.
Mr. Manwaring died at 5:40 a.m. Friday at Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne. He was born Feb. 5, 1922 in Rochester to
Frank P. and Ersie LATIMER MANWARING.
He lived all his life in the Mentone and Warsaw areas. He was married Feb. 14, 1948 to Bess A.
NAPIER, who died Dec. 1, 1971. He was
married April 10, 1976 to Betty S. DUNCAN, who survives. A World War II veteran of he U.S. Air Force
and a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve, he held the
Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal.
He was a member of the Caterpillar Club. He was president of Manwaring Leghorn Farms and the Midwest
Poultry Services, and was a past president of the State Poultry Association and
rcipient of its Golden Egg award in 1986.
He was a member of the Mentone United Methodist Church, Mentone Masonic
Lodge, Fort Wayne Scottish Rite, Mizpah Temple, Warsaw Elks Lodge and the
Tippecanoe Country Club. He was a
director of the Farmers State Bank of Mentone.
Surviving
with the wife are a daughter, Mrs. Daniel (Kim) BARAJAS, Normal, Ill.; a son,
Daniel R. [MANWARING], North Manchester; a step-daughter, Mrs. Kenneth (Dana)
GARRETT, Noblesville; two step-sons, Larry DUNCAN, Indianapolis, and John
DUNCAN, Noblesville; five grandchildren, and four step-grandchildren.
Mary M.
Griffis
Mary
M. GRIFFIS, 73, Mentone, died at 9 a.m. Sunday at her home.
She
was born March 21, 1915 near Summit Chapel in Marshall County to George and
Jennie COAR FORD. She lived all her
life in the Mentone area. She was
married Sept. 11, 1935 in Plymouth to Gilbert E. GRIFFIS, who survives. She was a member of the Mentone United
Methodist Church, the Mothers of World War II, the Mentone Fireman’s Auxiliary,
and the Mentone Home Economics Club.
Surviving
with the wife are a daughter, Mrs. Larry (Betty) BOGGS, Warsaw; two sons, Bill
GRIFFIS, Burket, and Bob GRIFFIS, Bourbon; seven grandchildren; eight
great-grandchildren; a brother, Ernest FORD, Plymouth, and a sister, Mrs. Judah
(Dorothy) TROWBRIDGE, Bourbon.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the King Memorial Home, Mentone, with the Rev.
Lester TAYLOR officiating. Burial will
be in the Mentone Cemetry. Friends may
call after 4 p.m. Tuesday. Memorials
may be made to the Kosciusko County Hospice.
Raymond L. Constant
Raymond
Lee CONSTAN, 72, formerly of Leesburg, died at 9:45 a.m. Saturday at the Mason
Health Care Center, Warsaw.
He
was born Dec. 23, 1915 in Kentucky to Harrison and Emma CAROLL CONSTANT. He moved to the Leesburg area in 1983 from
Fort Wayne. A World War II veteran with
he U.S. Army, he was last employed as a nurseryman at the Green Leaf Nursery,
Warsaw.
Surviving
are four daughters, Mrs. Jerry (Emma) McCULLOUGH, Killelen, Texas; Mrs. David
(Rosa) HATFIELD, mentone; Mrs. Charles (Loretta) CATT, Cloverdale, and Ruth
CONSTANT, Indianapolis; a son, Tommy CONSTANT, Indianapolis; twelve
grandchildren; five great-grandchildren, and three sisters, Mrs. Ordell (Vonie)
SANDERS, Brownsville, Ky.; Mrs. Rurick, (Della) RAY, Smiths Grove, Ky., and
Mrs. Sue HENDERSON, Fort Wayne. A
brother and two sisters preceded in death. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday
in the King Memorial Home, Mentone, with the Rev. Dean McFADDEN
officiating. Burial be in the Mentone
Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m.
Monday.
Tuesday, March 29, 1988
[no obits]
Wednesday, March 30, 1988
Anita Mae Lukander
Navy
Airman Anita Mae CARTER LUKANDER, 22, Atlantic Beach, Fla., died about March 18
in Jacksonville, Fla.
She
was born Oct. 21, 1965 in Peru to Thomas D. and Opal HURT CARTER Sr. She was married May 9, 1987 to Petty Officer
2nd Class William E. LUKANDER, who survives.
She was stationed at the Mayport Naval Air Station. She was a 1984 graduate of North Miami High
School and Upper Wabash Vocational School.
Surviving
with the husband are her parents, of Peru; a brother, Thomas D. CARTER Jr.,
Peru; a sister, Barbara J. FITZPATRICK, Chili; the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Andrew HURT, Rt. 2, Peru; two nieces, and a nephew.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Flowers-Leedy Funeral Home, Peru, with the
Rev. John CAMPBELL officiating. Burial
will be in the Chili Cemetry. Friends
may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday.
Cleo J. Wideman
Cleo
Joe WIDEMAN, 90, formerly of Akron, died at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Canterbury Manor
Nursing Home.
He
was born July 8, 1897 in Akron to John Alexander and Mary BARNES WIDEMAN. He had lived in Akron most of his life. He was married in March 1921 in Akron to
Sarah Marie SHRIVER, who died in April 1966.
He was married in June 1968 in Kendallville to Dorothy ROWLISON, who
died in December 1987. Retired from
masonry work, he was a member of the Akron Church of God where he had served on
the board of directors.
Surviving
are a daughter, Mrs. Earl (Ardella) FREDENBURG, Riviera, Ariz.; two sons,
Harold WIDEMAN, Akron, and Willis WIDEMAN, Macy; three step-sons, Worthy
ROWLISON, Greenville, Tenn.; Kenneth ROWLISON, Kendallville, and Gene ROWLISON,
Edfgerton, Ohio; a step-daughter, Lois HOCH, Edgerton, Ohio; five
grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren, and step-great-grandchildren, and three
brothers, Homer and Ed WIDEMAN, both of Akron, and Clayton WIDEMAN, Amboy. A son, Leroy WIDEMAN, four brothers and
three sisters preceded in death.
Services
will be at 10 a.m. Friday in the Akron Church of God with the Rev. James
MALBONE officiating. Burial wil be in
the Nichols Cemetery, north of Akron.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday in the
Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron, and an hour before services at the church. Memorials may be made to the Akron Church of
God Memorial fund.
Thursday, March 31, 1988
Francis B. Jones
Francis
B. JONES, 71, Macy, died at 6:30 a.m. today in St. Joseph Medical Center, South
Bend.
He
was born July 31, 1916 in Wabash County to Oliver and Georgie EKLBERGER JONES and
had lived most of his life in he Macy area.
He was married Marcy 14, 1942 in Peru to Katheryn MANG, who
survives. He retird from Sealed Power
after 32 years’ service. He was a
member of the Macy Masonic Lodge, Fort Wayne Scottish Rite, Macy Eastern Star
and the Macy United Methodist Church.
Surviving
with the wife are two daughters, Mrs. Larry (Lana) KUHN, Denver, and Mrs. Bill
(Jane) SPRAGUE, Sterling, Colo.; two sons, Mark [JONES], Rochester, and Kent
[JONES], Macy; ten grandchildren; the father, of Macy, and a brother, Berne O.
JONES, Akron. The mother and a brother
preceded in death.
Arrangements
are pending at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Friday, April 1, 1988
Francis B. Jones
Services
for Francis B. “Shorty” JONES, 71, Macy, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in the
Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
The
Rev. Katharine LEHMAN will officiate.
Burial will be in the Macy Plainview Cemetery. Friends may call from 3 to 9 p.m. today, and on Saturday for an
hour before services. Masonic serices
will be at 8 o’clock tonight at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Macy United Methodist Church or the
Cancer Fund.
The
funeral home made two corrections in spellings from Thursday’s obituary for
Mrs. Jones. His mother was Georgie
ECKELBARGER. His wife, who survives, is
the former Kathryn MANG.
Mr.
Jones died at 6:30 a.m. Thursday in St. Joseph Medical Center, South Bend.
Saturday, April 2, 1988
[no obits]
Monday, April 4, 1988
Wallace Morris
Wallace
“Dick” MORRIS, 86, of 1312 Rochester Blvd., died at 10:50 p.m. Sunday in
Woodlawn Hospital where he had been a patient for three weeks.
He
was born Sept. 8, 1901 in Miami County to George and Cora Allie WILLIS
MORRIS. He was married July 21, 1925 to
Susie DAVIS, who died Dec. 11, 1969. He
was married April 11, 1974 to Grace STINGLEY, who survives. He was a retired farmer.
Surviving
with the wife are two daughters, Mrs. Bethel (Donna Jean) OLINGER, Rochester, and
Mrs. George (Marilyn) HALTERMAN, Rochester; a son, Joe MORRIS, Rochester; five
step-daughters, Opal KISSINGER, Logansport; Pat GREER, Talma; Alice WEBB,
Mentone; Mary Katherine BARDEN, Mishawaka, and Thelma COOK, Columbia City;
thirteen grandchildren; eighteen great-grandchildren; several
step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Vernon
(Geneva) CASTLEMAN, Rochester. A
daughter, a son, a sister and three brothers preceded in death.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Foster & Good Funeral Home,
Rochester. Burial wil be in the
Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends
may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and from 9 a.m. until services Wednesday.
Tuesday, April 5, 1988
Marion W. Beecher
Marion
W. BEECHER, 71, Rt. 1, Royal Center, died at 6 a.m. today at his home.
He
was born Sept. 10, 1916 in Fulton to Clinton E. and Grace H. CONDON
BEECHER. He was married Dec. 25, 1937
in LaCrosse to Esther BICKETT, who survives.
A Boone Township, Cass County farmer and purebred Angus breeder, he
attended Purdue University for one year.
He was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church and was a Cass
County 4-H supporter.
Surviving
with the wife are a daughter, Connie PHILLIPS, Rt. 2, Royal Center; two sons,
Kip BEECHER, Grover City, Calif., and Jim BEECHER, Rt. 1, Royal Center; seven
grandchildren; a great-granddaughter; three brothers, Everett [BEECHER],
Wanatah; Carr [BEECHER], Denver, and Harold LARKIN, Rt. 2, Rochester; four
sisters, Elaine SHAFER, Rt. 2, Royal Center; Maxine JOHNSON and Harriet MORRIS,
both of Logansport, and Jean GRABLE, Twelve Mile. A brother preceded in death.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in the Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Royal
Center, with the Rev. Steve LAUE officiating.
Burial will be in the Royal Center Cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Wednesday and from 8 a.m. Thursday
until services.
Wednesday, April 6, 1988
[no obits]
Thursday, April 7, 1988
William H. Landes
William
Howard LANDES, 85, Chili, died at 5 p.m. Wednesday at Miller’s Merry Manor
Nursing Home, Peru.
Born
March 20, 1903 in Richland Township, Miami County to Lewis Allen and Elnora DAY
LANDES, he was married May 13, 1922 inDenver to Alice E. STONER, who died July
25, 1957. He was married July 1, 1961
in Carmel to Mildred A. STONER, who survives.
A retired carpenter, he served on the Duke Memorial Hospital board of
trustees for 17 years and the Chili Cemetery board for many years. He was a member of the Chili United
Methodist Church.
Surviving
with the wife are a son, Forrest E. LANDES, Auburn; a step-son, Merrill F.
STONER, Peru; four grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; two
step-grandchildren, and four step-great-grandchildren. A son, Lewis Watson LANDES, two brothers,
Elza and Roy LANDES, and a sister, Iona McHENRY, preceded in death.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the McCain Funeral Home, Denver, with the Rev.
Richard BENNETT officiating. Burial
will be in the Chili Cemetery. Friends
may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday.
Mary M. Biggs
Mary
M. BIGGS, 66, of 5107 W. Fourth St., South Bend, died at 10:30 p.m. Wednesday
in South Bend Memorial Hospital.
She
was born Oct. 19, 1921 in Dowagiac, Mich., to Alex and Dora MOROZOWSKI. She was married July 8, 1942 in Rochesrter
to Dale BIGGS, who survives. She was
retired from Wheelhorse Corp., South Bend.
Surviving
with the husband are a daughter, Marcia De LEE, South Bend; two sons, Rick
[BIGGS], South Bend, and Darryl [BIGGS], North Liberty; six grandchildren; two
sisters, Caroline KASPER and Helene DZIUBINSKI, both of South Bend; four
brothers, Peter MOROZOWSKI and Joseph HOLOBYN, both of South Bend; Sam
MOROZOWSKI, High Point, N.C., and Henry MOROZOWSKI, Chicago.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the St. Joseph Funeral Home, St. Joseph, with
the Rev. Kenneth MENDENHALL officiating.
Burial will be in the St. Joseph Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday.
Richard S. Brown
Richard
S. BROWN, 87, Twelve Mile, died Wednesday afternoon at his home.
Services
are pending at the McCain Funeral Home, Denver.
Violet G. Smith
Violet
G. SMITH, 83, Rt. 2, Kewanna, died at 1:13 p.m. Wednesday in the Rochester
Nursing Home.
Services
are pending at the Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Kewanna.
Leoma M. Anderson
Leoma
M. ANDERSON, 88, of 518 W. Ninth St., died at 2:40 a.m. today in Woodlawn
Hospital.
She
was born Oct. 22, 1899 near Delong to David and Clara KALEY HEMINGER. She lived most of her life in Fulton
County. She was married Oct. 11, 1919
in St. Joseph, Mich., to Max ANDERSON, who died Aug. 28, 1971. She attended the Christian Church, Kewanna.
Surviving
are four daughters, Mrs. Harold (Betty) MILLER, Mentone; Mrs. Phyllis BECRAFT,
Rochester; Mrs. Allen (Marilyn Sue) GRUBE, Kokomo, and Mrs. Paul (Ruth Ann)
REUTER, Yellow Creek Lake; two sons, Donald ANDERSON, Dayton, Ohio, and Robert
ANDERSON, Anderson; twelve grandchildren; sixteen great-grandchildren, and a
sister, Mrs. Sylvia SMITH, lafayette.
Four sisters and a brother preceded in death.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the Foster & Good Funeral Home,
Rochester, with the Rev. Olin J. CORBITT officiating. Burial will be in the Leiters Ford I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8
p.m. Friday and for an hour before services Saturday.
Friday, April 8, 1988
Richard S. Brown
Services
for Richard Samuel BROWN, 87, Twelve Mile, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in the
McCain Funeral Home, Denver, with the Rev. Pat TOBIN officiating. Burial will be in the Mt. Carmel Cemetery,
Twelve Mile. Friends may call from 4 to
8 p.m. Saturday.
Mr.
Brown died at 1 p.m. Wednesday in his home.
He
was born Sept. 26, 1900 in Bethlehem Township, Cass County, to George and
Elizabeth THOMPSON BROWN. He was
married June 22, 1921 in Twelve Mile to Effie C. SWANSON, who died Jan. 16,
1984. A retired boilermaker for the
Penn Central Railroad, he was a member of Twelve Mile United Methodist Church
and the Twelve Mile Masonic Lodge.
Surviving
are three sons, Robert L. [BROWN], Hyde Park, N.Y.; Richard A. [BROWN],
Valparaiso, and Jerry A. [BROWN], Lucerne; seven grandchildren; two
great-grandchildren; a sister, Catherine HIBNER, Bremen, and two brothers,
Harry BROWN, Henderson, N.C., and William BROWN, Twelve Mile. Two sons, including Carl E. BROWN, preceded
in death.
Violet G. Smith
Services
for Violet G. SMITH, 83, will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Harrison-Metzger
Funeral Home, Kewanna, with the Rev. Dennis INGLE officiating. Burial will be in the Kewanna I.O.O.F.
Cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p.m.
today and from 8 a.m. until services Saturday.
Memorials may be made to the Heart Fund.
Mrs.
Smith, Rt. 2, Kewanna, died at 1:13 p.m. Wednesday in the Rochester Nursing
Home.
She
was born Feb. 11, 1905 in Marshtown to Roy O. and Anna ANSON NUTT. She was married June 14, 1925 in Kewanna to
Chester D. SMITH, who died Oct. 24, 1983.
She was a member of the Kewanna United Methodist Church and the Kewanna
Home Economics Club.
Surviving
are a daughter, Annetta M. BESSE, Kewanna; a son, Kenneth D. SMITH, Kewanna,
and a brother, Harold NUTT, Lincoln, Ill.
A son preceded in death.
Eva L. Kleine
Eva
Lucille KLEINE, 84, formerly of 1114 E. Calvert St., South Bend, died at 1:20
p.m. Thursday in the Cardinal Health Care Center, South Bend.
She
was born April 12, 1903 in Argos to William and Lucy THOMAS HARMON. She moved from Burlington, Wis., to South
Bend in 1951. She was married Nov. 26,
1922 in Woodstock, Ill., to Theodore A. KLEINE, who died Oct. 20, 1981.
There
are no survivors.
Services
will be at 3 p.m. Saturday in he Forrest G. Hay Ironwood Chapel, South Bend,
with the Rev. Jack RHOADES officiating.
Burial will be in the Maple Grove Cemetery, Argos. Friends may call for two hours before
service at the chapel. The Grossman
Funeral Home, Argos, is handling arrangements.
Saturday, April 9, 1988
Finettie Rudd
Finettie
RUDD, 61, Rt. 2, Box 210, Rochester, died at 7:10 p.m. Friday at her home. She had been in failing health since
November.
She
was born Sept. 11, 1926 in Foracer, Ky., to John Bailey and Dora CRAFT
HOWARD. She moved here from Kentucky in
1952. She was married July 28, 1945 in
Salyersville, Ky. to Hurndon RUDD, who survives. A member of the Calvary Baptist Church, Knox, she worked for
Robertson Transformer, Rochester, and had worked for 19 years at Chamberlin’s
Products, Akron.
Surviving
with the husband are four daughters, Mrs. Keith (Marcella) BOYD, Karen CLARK
and Mrs. Daryl (Debbie) POWELL, all of Rochester, and Kathy ROGERS, Athens;
four sons, Robert [RUDD], Anderson; Jack and David [RUDD], both of Rochester,
and Bernard [RUDD], Macy; seventeen grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. James
(Thelma) RUDD and Mrs. John (Eileen) DAVIS, both of Rochester, and Mrs. Dale
(Betty) MILLER, Akron; three brothers, Carl HOWARD, Macy, and Paul and Harold
HOWARD, both of Rochester; nieces, and nephews. A daughter, Daisy [RUDD], and a brother, Junior BAILEY, preceded
in death.
Services
will be a 1 p.m. Monday in the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester. Burial will be in the Athens Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Sunday and
from 9 a.m. until services Monday. Memorials may be made to the Fulton County
Cancer Society.
Lillie L. Graham
Lillie
L. GRAHAM, 77, Rural Route 3, Peru, died at 12:30 a.m. Friday at Miller’s Merry
Manor Nursing Home, Peru.
Born
Jan. 5, 1911 in Perrysburg, to Verl and Belle CHAPIN ZARTMAN, she was married
Aug. 20, 1931 to Kenneth GRAHAM, who preceded in death. A homemaker, she is survived by four sons,
Kenneth [GRAHAM] Jr., Fulton, Thomas [GRAHAM], Marion, Willard [GRAHAM], Macy,
and Larry Joe [GRAHAM], Denver; one daughter, Bonnie HILLMAN, Kokomo; two
sisters, Lucille SMITH, Mishawaka, and Annona PACKARD, Peru; fourteen
grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Services
will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the Flowers and Leedy Funeral Home, Peru with the
Rev. Don RITCHEY officiating. Burial
will be at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Peru.
Friends may call from 2 p.m. until 8 p.m. Sunday at the Funeral
Home. Memorials may be made to the
Manitou Training Center.
Douglas A. Ferrell
Douglas
A. FERRELL, 22, Rt. 7, Rochester, died aout 11 a.m. Friday at his home. The death is under investigation by the
Fulton County Coroner’s office.
He
was born March 17, 1966 in Plymouth to Howard and Sandra MOLLENCUPP FERRELL
Jr. He was a lifetime resident of
Rochester. A 1985 graduate of Rochester
High School, he was the owner and operator of Jo-By’s Pizza, an emergency
medical technician in Elkhart and active in the Boy Scouts.
Surviving
are the mother and step-father, Mr. and Mrs. James D. MATHIAS Sr., Rochester; a
brother, Jeffrey A. FERRELL, Rochester maternal grandmother, Mary POLLOCK,
Mishawaka; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George MOLLENCUPP, Rochester;
paternal grandmother, Rosebud FERRELL, Argos; paternal great-grandmother, Edna
ANDERSON, Rochester; aunts, uncles, and cousins. His father preceded in death in 1966.
Services
will be at 3 p.m. Monday in the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m.
Sunday. Memorials may be made to the
Boy Scouts. Burial arranements are
pending.
Monday, April 11, 1988
Raymond H. Braden
Raymond
H. BRADEN, 71, Rt. 4, Rochester (Leiters Ford), died at 12:30 a.m. Sunday at his
home. He had been in failing health for
six months.
He
was born Sept. 6, 1916 in Miami County to David and Nora CARRUTHERS
BRADEN. He moved from Miami County to
this area 27 years ago. He was married
April 4, 1943 in Kokomo to E. Cathern BAYLESS, who died Aug. 6, 1986. A retired farmer, he was a member of the
Macy Christian Church.
Surviving
are two daughters, Mrs. Ronald (Kay) LAHMAN, Panama City, Fla., and Mrs. Gerald
(Carolyn) JOHNSON, Rt. 3, Rochester; a son, Ralph Lewis BRADEN, Rt. 3,
Rochester; ten grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Leo
(Vera) HIVELY, Scottsdale, Ariz.; a brother, Lawrence BRADEN, Peru; nieces, and
nephews. A sister, Pauline HENSELL,
died in 1987.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. Michael HAYDEN officiating.
Burial will be in the Greenlawn Cemetery, Mexico. Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. today and
one hour before services Tuesday. Memorials
may be made to the Fulton County Cancer Society.
Douglas A. Ferrell
Inadvertently
omitted by the funeral home from the list of survivors on the obituary of
Douglas A. FERRELL in Saturday’s paper were a step-sister, Rose OCHESKEY,
Rochester, and three step-brothers, James G. MATHIAS Jr. and Tink MATHIAS, both
of Rochester, and Melvin MATHIAS of Texas.
A brother, Todd Allen FERRELL, died in 1964.
Mr.
Ferrell, 22, Rt. 7, Rochester, died at 11 a.m. Friday at his home. Services were to be at 3 p.m. today at the
Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Lyle M. Reed
Lyle
Myron REED, 82, Rt. 4, Rochester, died at 11:58 a.m. Saturday in Woodlawn
Hospital. He had been in failing health
for four months.
He
was born June 28, 1905 in Indianapolis to John Delbert and Bertha AMOS
REED. He moved here from Greencastle in
1934. He was married Aug. 30, 1930 in
Winamac to Hazel CLARK, who survives.
He was retired from the former federal fish hatcheries in Rochester and
the former Stewart’s Bakery, Rochester.
Surviving
with the wife are two daughters, Mrs. Noel (Virginia) LEWIS, Montpelier, and
Mrs. D.S. (Bonnie) MORRISON, Indianapolis; a son, John REED, Rt. 4, Rochester;
nine grandchildren; a great-grandchild; four sisters; two brothers; nieces, and
nephews. A son, Russell [REED], died in
1968.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. John ANDREWS officiating.
Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Rochester. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8
p.m. today and from 9 a.m. until services Tuesday. Memorials may be made to the Manitou Training Center or the
United Ministries of Fulton County.
Edna M. Morrison
Edna
M. MORRISON, 82, formerly of Tippecanoe and Culver, died at 11:32 p.m. Saturday
in Miller’s Merry Manor Nursing Home, Plymouth, where she had lived the past 2
1/2 years.
She
was born July 7, 1905 in Winamac to Gust and Mary OVERMYER REINHOLD. She was married Nov. 28, 1935 at Bruce Lake
to Glen MORRISON, who died June 30, 1975.
She was a member of the Pretty Lake Trinity United Methodist Church near
Plymouth.
Surviving
are three sons, Ralph G. [MORRISON], Sarasota, Fla.; Raymond G. [MORRISON],
Culver, and Harold A. [MORRISON], Plymouth; fourteen grandchildren; nineteen
great-grandchildren, and a great-great-granddaughter. Preceding in death were an infant daugher, a 10-year-old son, two
brothers and two sisters.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Pretty Lake Trinity United Methodist Church
with the Rev. Steven CONGER officiating.
Burial will be in the New Oakhill Cemetery, Plymouth. Friends may call at the Grosssman Funeral
Home, Argos, from 4 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, and at the church Wednesday for an hour
before services. Memorials may be made
to the church.
Laura M. Foerg
Laura
M. FOERG, 91, of 720 N. Monticello St., Winamac, died at 1:22 a.m. Saturday in
Woodlawn Hospital. She had been in
failing health for several years.
She
was born Sept. 3, 1896 in Pulaski County to Fredrick and Etta May HILTON
CRIST. She was married Feb. 18, 1919 in
Pulaski to Andrew FOERG, who died July 5, 1975. She was a memer of St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Winamac, and its
Christian Mothers group.
Surviving
are a daugher, Imogene HARTLE, Macy; a son, Eugene FOERG, Winamac; sixteen
grandchildren; twenty-nine great-grandchildren; four step-great-grandchildren;
a great-great-grandchild, and two brothers, Raymond and Murl CRIST, both of
Star City. Two sons, a daughter, five
brothers, two sisters, a grandson and a great-granddaughter preceded in death.
Services
were to be at 10 a.m. today at St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Winamac, with the
Rev. Albert REED officiating. Burial
was to be in St. Peter’s Cemetery, Winamac.
The Rosary was recited at 7:30 p.m. Sunday with a prayer service
conducted by the Christian Mothers.
Arrangements were handled by the Frain Mortuary, Winamac.
George W. Tigler
George
W. TIGLER, 79, Rt. 1, Denver, died at 7:41 p.m. Saturday at Dukes Memorial
Hospital.
He
was born Oct. 30, 1908 in Jasper County to August F. and Rose E. BRANDENBURG
TIGLER. He was married Oct. 31, 1931 in
Monticello to Alma M. WINEGARDNER, who survives.
Surviving
with the wife are two sons, Billy Dean and Jerry Lynn [TIGLER], both of Denver;
five grandchildren; a great-granddaughter; a brother, August TIGLER,
Rensselaer; three sisters, Mae CULP and Mary BURTON, both of Rensselaer, and
Florence TIEDE, Francesville. A brother
preceded in death.
He
was retired from Carruso’s Produce Co., Peru (1971), and from farming.
Services
will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the McCain Funeral Home, Denver, with the
Rev. Gerald KREH officiating. Burial
will be in the Westlawn Cemetery, Denver.
Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.
Floyd B. Hendry
Floyd
B. HENDRY, 79, of 103 E. Second St., North Manchester, died at 6:30 p.m. Friday
at his home.
He
was born Aug. 26, 1908 in Winamac to Horace G. and Catherine GLASS HENDRY. He was married May 23, 1948 in Walkerton to
Lelah L. ULLERY, who survives. He was
retired from Hayes Trucking Co., Peru, and was a member of the West Manchester
Church of the Brethren.
‘ Surviving
with the wife are three sons, David R. HENDRY, North Manchester; Don E. HENDRY,
Andrews, and Arnold D. HENDRY, Fort Wayne; three daughers, Mrs. Robert
(LaVerne) SONAFRANK, Somerset; Delores YOUNG, Mishawaka, and Mrs. George
(Carol) WILSON, Peru; eleven grandchildren; nineteen great-grandchildren, and
three sisters, Mrs. Bertha WALL, Fort Wayne; Mrs. Jennie BOZARTH, Roann, and
Mrs. Isadore (Lucille) PODELL, Winamac.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Bender Funeral Home, 205 W. Main St., North
Manchester, with the Rev. Opal NEES officiating. Burial will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, North Manchester. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9
p.m. today. Memorials may be made to
the Wabash County Heart Association.
Herbert B. Whiteman
Herbert
B. WHITEMAN, 78, Rt. 1, Kewanna, died at 11:45 p.m. Sunday at his home. Arrangements are pending at the Frain
Mortuary, Winamac.
Tuesday, April 12, 1988
Herbert B. Whiteman
Services
for Herbert B. WHITEMAN, 78, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Frain Mortuary
Winamac, with the Rev. Dennis INGLE officiating. Burial will be in the McKinnley Memorial Gardens Cemetery,
Winamac.
Friends
may call from 3 to 9 p.m. today and after 8 a.m. Wednesday. Memorials may be made to the Kewanna United
Methodist Church.
Mr.
Whiteman, Rt. 1, Kewanna, died at 11:45 p.m. Sunday at his home. He had been in failing health for several
months.
He
was born Aug. 2, 1909 in Boone County to Lawrence and Maude HAWKINS
WHITEMAN. He moved from Pulaski County
to Fulton County in 1950. He was
married Aug. 10, 1939 in Plymouth to Helen M. BUDD, who survives. A retired farmer, he had worked for the
former Studebaker Corp., South Bend. He
was a member of the Kewanna United Methodist Church and the National Farmers
Organization and was a former member of the Carpenters Union.
Surviving
with the wife are three daughters, Karen Sue RICE, Indianapolis; Sherri LETT,
Kewanna, and Cindy Jo PARKER, Martinsville; two sons, Kenton Lee WHITEMAN and
Kevin Herbert WHITEMAN, both of Kewanna; twelve grandchildren; five
great-grandchildren, and a sister, Anna Lee STEVENS, South Bend. Five grandsons, three brothers and three
sisters preceded in death.
Wednesday, April 13, 1988
Rodney L. Ulmer
Services
for Rodney L. ULMER, 25, of 4104 15th Road, Bourbon, who was killed in a
traffic accident Tuesday, will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Deaton Funeral
Home, Bourbon.
The
Rev. Douglas FRITZEL will officiate, and burial will be in the Etna Green
Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 9
p.m. Thursday and before services Friday.
Mr.
Ulmer, alone in his car, died at 6:30 a.m. in a two-car head-on collision on
Cedar Road in Marshall County.
He
was born Oct. 26, 1962 in Plymouth to Jerry and Donna KEEL ULMER. He was a lifetime resident of the Bourbon
area. He worked for Ascots Enterprises,
Nappanee. A veteran of the U.S. Air
Force, he was a member of the National Physique Committee and of Olympic
Fitness Center, Rochester, and was active in body building.
Surviving
are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry ULMER, Bourbon; a sister, Mrs. Edward (Kim)
HICKMAN, Goshen; a brother, Jerry Leon ULMER, Tippecanoe, and the paternal
grandmother, Mrs. Matilda LEMLER, Bourbon.
Zenthon E. Tilden
Zenthon
E. TILDEN, 75, Peru, died at 1 a.m. Tuesday at his home.
He
was born Feb. 18, 1913 in Deedsville to Herman and Trestie LANDIS TILDEN. He was a retired tool and die maker for the
former Studebaker Corp., South Bend.
Surviving
are a sister, Mary F. WRIGHT, Rochester, and two brothers, Russell TILDEN,
Akron, and Henry TILDEN, Macy.
Graveside
services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Ebenezer Cemetery in Miami County
with the Rev. George McCARTY officiating.
Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Flowers-Leedy Funeral
Home, Peru.
Thursday, April 14, 1988 to Saturday, April 16,
1988
[no obits]
Monday, April 18, 1988
Alpha L. Quick
Alpha
Louise QUICK, 93, 215 Pontiac St., died at 5 p.m. Sunday at Woodlawn Hospital.
Survivors
include Joseph QUICK, Rochester.
Services
are pending at the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Rochester.
Tuesday, April 19, 1988
Alpha L. Quick
Services
for Alpha [Louise] KENNEDY QUICK, 93, will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the
Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Rochester, with the Rev. Russell WILBUR
officiating. Burial will be in the
Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends
may call from 11 a.m. until services on Wednesday. Memorials may be made to a favorite charity.
Mrs.
Quick, 215 Pontiac St., died at 5 p.m. Sunday at Woodlawn Hospital.
She
was born May 22, 1894 in Larwill to the Rev. Edward and Iona GODWIN
KENNEDY. She moved here from Lafayette
20 years ago. Retired from the Painters
and Decorators Union of Lafayette, she was a member of the Lafayette Eastern
Star.
Surviving
are a daughter, Mrs. Carl (Martha) EHRENHARDT, Terre Haute; two sons, Joseph
QUICK, Rochester, and Byron “Barney” QUICK, Kokomo; nine grandchildren, and
fourteen great-grandchildren.
Cletus B. Owen
Cletus
Bernice OWEN, 89, of 1107 Jackson Blvd., died at 1:45 p.m. Monday at the Mason
Health Care Center, Warsaw.
She
was born Feb. 5, 1899 in Rochester to Hiram and Mary HORN NEFF. She lived all of her life in this
community. She was married Dec. 23,
1922 in Peru to W. Henry OWEN, who died Jan.11, 1984. She was a member of the Riverside Community Church.
Surviving
are nieces, nephews and cousins. A
sister, Florence WEIMER, preceded in death.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in the Foster & Good Funeral Home,
Rochester, with the Rev. Rodney RUBERG officiating. Burial will be in the Mt. Hope Cemetery, Peru. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Wednesday.
Wednesday, April 20, 1988
Alvin O. Berg
Alvin
O. BERG, 82, formerly of 3120 17B Road, Tippecanoe, died at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday
at Pilgrim Manor Nursing Home, Plymouth.
He
was born July 12, 1905 in Glenwood, Minn., to Albert and Olina LARSON
BERG. He moved from Chicago to this
area in 1944. He was a watchmaker.
Surviving
are two sisters, Mrs. Myrtle KELLER, Leamington, Ontario, Canada, and Mrs. Elma
WORSHAM, Tippecanoe; nieces, and nephews.
A sister preceded in death.
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Grossman Funeral Home, Argos, with the Rev.
Lloyd HOWARD officiating. Burial will
be in the New Oakhill Cemetery, Plymouth.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday and from 10
a.m. until services Saturday.
Clara E. Snyder Bearss
Clara
E. SNYDER BEARSS, 84, Mexico, died at 6:20 p.m. Tuesday at Dukes Memorial
Hospital, Peru.
She
was born Jan. 1, 1904 in Miami County to Joseph Edward and Lily Maude WILKINSON
FINCHER. She was married June 19, 1926
in Peru to Earl SNYDER, who died Oct. 26, 1960. She was married Nov. 11, 1982 in Mexico to George BEARSS, who
died April 10, 1987. She was a member
of the Mexico United Methodist Church, the Mexico Jolly Timers, the Retired
Teachers Association and, for more than 50 years, the United Methodist
Women. A graduate of Evansville
College, she taught elementary school at Grass Creek, Peru and Mexico, retiring
in 1973.
Surviving
are a son, David Earl SNYDER, Peru; three daughers, Anita BURROUS, Peru;
Viginia LANGSTON, Longwood, Fla., and Vivien CLARK, Littleton, Colo.; two
step-sons, Wendell BEARSS, Rochester, and Gresham BEARSS, Berne; two
step-daughters, Frances SMITH, Logansport, and Janis GARCIA, Pueblo, Mex.;
eleven gandchildren; six great-grandchildren; fifteen step-grandchildren;
step-great-grandchildren; a brother, J. Edgar FINCHER, Macy, and three sisters,
Mabel STALLER, Mexico; Harriet RAAB, Osceola, and Mildred MURPHY, Sebring,
Fla. A sister, Nellie McMINN STICKEL,
and two brothers, Howard and John FINCHER, preceded in death.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the Mexico United Methodist Church with the Revs.
Phil LUTZ and Jay NICKLESS officiating.
Burial will be in the Greenlawn Cemetery, Mexico. Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Thursday
at the McCain Funeral Home, Denver, and one hour before services Friday at the
church. Memorials may be made to the
Mexico United Methodist Church Memorial Fund or the Mexico Senior Citizens
Center.
Thursday, April 21, 1988
Ferol K. Skidmore
Ferol
K. SKIDMORE, 90, formerly of 1426 Franklin Ave., died at 3:18 a.m. today in the
Wabash County Hospital. She had resided
in the Peabody Retirement Home, North Manchester, since December 1987.
Arrangements
are pending at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Betty J. Dugan
Betty
Joan DUGAN, 56, Rt. 6 (West Eighth St.), Rochester; died at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday
in Woodlawn Hospital. She had been in
failing health for three years.
She
was born Feb. 22, 1932 in Pierce City, Mo., to William and Sylvia SCHULTZ
BARNETT. She had lived in Akron and
Kokomo before moving to Rochester in 1976.
She was married Aug. 6, 1954 in Fort Myers, Fla., to Robert Lee DUGAN,
who survives. A registered nurse, she
graduated from St. John’s Hospital School of Nursing in Council Bluffs, Iowa,
with high honors. She was formerly
employed at Resurrection Hospital, Chicago, and St. Joseph Hospital,
Kokomo. Later she was director of
nursing at Canterbury Manor Nursing Home.
Surviving
with the husband are two daughters, Mrs. Brad (Dena) LAHMAN and Mrs. Matthew
(Debra) LEASE, both of Rochester; three sons, Russell DUGAN and Donald W.
DUGAN, both of Rochester, and Richard DUGAN, Santee, Calif.; twelve
grandchildren; her mother, Mrs. Sylvia MESSLEY, Pierce City, Mo.; a sister,
Mrs. Elmo (Mary) BALDWIN, Springfield, Mo.; nieces, and nephews. Her father and a sister, Margaret GOLF,
preceded in death.
Services
will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. Jim MINEAR officiating.
Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Rochester. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 9
p.m. Friday and from 10 a.m. until services Saturday. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association.
Friday, April 22, 1988
Ferol K. Skidmore
Services
for Ferol K. SKIDMORE, 90, formerly of 1426 Fanklin Ave., will be at 10 a.m. Saurday in the Foster &
Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
The
Revs. Wayne JOHNSON and Doris LUTRULL will officiate. Burial will be in the Akron Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. today and an
hour before services Saturay. Memorials
may be made to charity.
Mrs.
Skidmore died at 3:20 a.m. Thursday in the Wabash County Hospital. She had lived at the Peabody Retirement
Home, North Manchester, since December 1987.
She
was born June 26, 1897 in Akron to Jacob J. and Emma Jane GRINDLE KING. She lived in the Laketon area for 16 years,
then at Lake Manitou and in Rochester for many years. She was married Dec. 8, 1930 in Chicago to James L. SMITH, who
died March 15, 1948. She was married
June 17, 1950 in Rochester to Albert SKIDMORE, who died Sept. 3, 1965. A rgistred nurse, she was a graduate of the
former City Hospital, now Wishard Hospital, Indianapolis. She did school and public health nursing,
was a hospital administrator in Brazil and Libertyville, Ill., and during World
War II was at Passivant Hospital, Chicago.
In 1950 she joined the staff of Drs. A.E. and Dean K. STINSON in
Rochester. She also had done private
duty nursing at Canterbury Manor Nursing Home here. She was a member of the Athens United Methodist Church, the
former Famous Akron Jonah Club and had been active in the Fulton County
Republican Women’s Club.
Surviving
are a step-daughter, Mrs. Max (Norene) BAILEY, Milton, Fla.; step-grandchildren;
step-great-grandchildren; three nieces, Mrs. Lee (Ruth) BRUBAKER, North
Manchester; Mrs. George (Alice) GRIMM, Jacksonville, Fla., and Mrs. Ann McGEE,
Indianapolis, and two nephews, Alton BROWN, Pierceton, and Roscoe BROWN,
Seaside, Calif. Preceding in death were
three sisters, Fay MEREDITH in 1962, Grace STINSON in 1968 and Lola BROWN in
1973 four step-sons, Forrest, Victor, William and Henry SKIDMORE, and two
nephews, Dr. Dean K. STINSON and Robert BROWN.
Charles E. Dunham
Charles
E. DUNHAM, 77, of 321 South St., Winamac, died at 12:20 a.m. Thursday at he
Pulaski Health Care Center.
He
was born April 2, 1911 in Erie, Ill., to William G. and Georgia A. JONES
DUNHAM. He lived in the Winamac area
for 25 years. He was a retired laborer.
Surviving
are a daughter, Loretta REBER, Gainesville, Fla.; a son, Lorraine Devon DUNHAM,
Argos; seven grandchildre, and six great-grandchildren. A sister preceded in death.
Graveside
services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Winamac Cemetery with the Rev. Larsene
HALL officiating. There will be no
visitation. Frain Mortuary is handling
the arrangements.
Saturday, April 23, 1988
[no obits]
Monday, April 25, 1988
Steven C. Smith
A
Rochester man died and three others were injured Sunday in an early morning accident
southeast of Lake Manitou. Dead is
Steven C. SMITH, 25, Rt. 5, Rochester.
He was pronounced dead at the scene of skull, neck and internal
injuries. He was thrown from the bed of
a pickup truck drive by Jeffery J. MOONEY, 23, Rt. 7, Rochester, state police
said.
Authorities
said Mooney - now listed in serious condition at South Bend Memorial Hospital
with a fractured neck - was driving the truck southeast toward Millark from the
inersection of County Roads 500 East and 250 South early Sunday. The truck swerved, crossed the road, struck
an earth embankment, and landed upside down in the road.
Smith
and passenger Larry HELT, 26, of Rt. 1, Claypool, were thrown from the
truck. Mooney and passenger Fred CARR,
36, Rt. 2, Rochester, were inside the cab.
Smith was found on the road, county police said.
Authorities
were not able to pinpoint the time oif the accident, which was discovered by a
newspaper delivery driver and reported by a neighbor shortly after 5 a.m. Police initially belived Smith was the only
person in the truck. The other three
men had left on foot.
County
police said Carr was found at his home, near the wreck. Police said Helt was found when he stopped
at a residence on Bessmore Park Road near County Road 500 East, well over a
mile northwest. Police found Mooney
walking by the White Creek public landing on Bessmore Park Road, an additional
mile or more north.
Helt
suffered scrapes to his back and arms, Carr sufferd facial cuts. Both have been released from Woodlawn
Hospital. Mooney, transferred from
Woodlawn Hospital to South Bend, was cited with driving while intoxicated. Fulton County Prosecutor Rick Brown said he
has not yet decided whether he will file other charges.
Steven
C. SMITH was born Sept. 28, 1962 in Pensacola, Fla., to L. Dean and Wanda J.
FARBER SMITH. He moved here from
Charleston S.C. 10 years ago. He
attended Tippecanoe Valley High School.
Surviving are his parents, Rt. 5, Rochester; two sisters, Mrs. Robin L.
SMITH, Reseda, Calif., and Julie A. SMITH, at home; a brother, Michael D.
SMITH, Charleston, S.C.; aunts; Uncles, and cousins.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. Brian TAMMANY officiating.
Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday
and from 9 a.m. until services Wednesday.
William J. Kurz
William
J. KURZ, 73, of 520 W. Ninth St., died at 3:25 a.m. today in Logansport
Memorial Hospital. He had suffered a
heart attack early this year.
Mr.
Kurz was the City Council’s Republican appointee to the Rochester School Board,
having begun a four-year term on July 1, 1985.
He
was born March 8, 1915 in Chicago to Wilhelm and Barbara DUY KURZ. He was married Stpt. 23, 1939 in Chicago to
Dorothy “Dottie” ERDMAN, who survives.
Mr.
Kurz was an accountant from 1937 to 1956.
He moved to Rochester from Muskegon, Mich., to become manager of the
Sealed Power plant, a position he held until 1963. He owned and operated Kurz Tractor Sales in Rochestr from 1962 to
1967, and he was a field examiner for the state Board of Accounts from 1967 to
1980. He was a member of the Rochester
Kiwanis Club and formerly was active in the Little League program.
Surviving
with the wife are a daughter, Mrs. Richard (Barbara) CRALL, Rochester; a son,
Keith W. KURZ, Rochester, N.Y.; four grandchildren, and a brother, Edward
[KURZ], Denver, Colo. A son, Kirk
[KURZ], preceded in death.
Services
will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home,
Rochester. Burial will be in the
Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends
may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and from 9 a.m. until services
Thursday. Memorials may be made to the
RHS Manitous or the Bill Kurz Memorial Scholarship Fund.
John Hood
John
HOOD, 63, Chicago, died April 16 at his home.
He
was born Oct. 24, 1924 in Mexico to Clinton Bond and Hazel A. MARTIN HOOD. He was a retired chef.
Surviving
are a sister, Anita SILKWORTH, Lapeer, Mich.; two brothers, Gerald F. HOOD,
Chicago, and Billy L. HOOD, Los Angeles, Calif.; nieces, and nephews. A sister, Patricia HARRIS, and a brother,
Bobby HOOD, preceded in death.
Private
funeral services were at 1 p.m. Friday with the Rev. Don RITCHEY
officiating. Burial was in the
Greenlawn Cemetery, Mexico. Arrangements
were handled by the McCain Funeral Home, Denver.
Dallas M. Tracy
Dallas
M. TRACY, 94, Mason Health Care Center, Warsaw, died at 3:08 p.m. Friday in
Kosciusko Community Hospital.
He
was born Dec. 10, 1893 in Gilead to Ulysses S. and Mary BEAMENDORFER
TRACY. He had lived in the Akron and
Silver Lake areas. He was married May
27, 1916 to Sarah THOMPSON, who died in 1972.
A retired farmer, he was a member of the Beaver Dam United Methodist
Church.
Surviving
are a daughter, Mrs. Lavina NELSON, Warsaw; a son, Robert TRACY, Tucson, Ariz.;
eight grandchildren; six great-grandchildren, and a sister, Marie BURNS, Akron.
Services
were to be at 10:30 a.m. today in the King Memorial Chapel, Mentone. Burial was to be in the Akron Cemetery.
Dale W. Marks,
E. Maxine Marks and
Larry A. Turley
Three
Tippecanoe residents were killed Friday afternoon in an accident at U.S. 30 and
Indiana 205 near Columbia City.
Dale
W. MARKS, 67; his wife E. Maxine MARKS, 63, and their pastor, Larry A. TURLEY,
41, died when their car was hit from the rear by a semi-rig.
State
police said the car was in the westbound lane of U.S. 30, behind another car,
and both were waiting for a signal light when the semi-rig hit the Tippecanoe
cor, then the other car.
Dale
W. Marks
Dale
W. MARKS was born Oct. 25, 1920 in Fort Wayne to William E. and Jennie HARMON
MARKS. He had lived in Tippecanoe for
50 years. He was married Sept. 26, 1942
in Atwood to E. Maxine Marks. A farmer,
he also had driven a truck for Moormans Feed for 25 years and had been a Triton
School bus driver for the past 10 years.
He was a member of the Gideons Society and the Tippecanoe Community
Church, where he was a deacon and a Sunday School teacher.
Surviving
are a son, Doug MARKS, Plymouth; two grandchildren, and a brother, R. Gene
MARKS, Fort Wayne.
Services
were to be at 1 p.m. today in the Tippecanoe Community Church with the Rev.
James GABHART officiating. Burial was
to be in the Tippecanoe Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the Cancer Fund or the church. Arrangements were handled by the King
Memorial Home, Mentone.
E.
Maxine Marks
E.
Maxine MARKS was born Sept. 13, 1924 in Claypool to Tony and Opal RODOCKER
HOOVER. She was married Sept. 26, 1942
in Atwood to Dale W. MARKS. A Triton
High School cook, she was a member of the Tippecanoe Community Church.
Surviving
are a son, Doug MARKS, Plymouth; two grandchildren; her parents, Tony and Opal
HOOVER, Tippecanoe, and a sister, Mrs. Emery (Phyllis) ROWLAND, Claypool.
Services
were to e in combination with those of her husband.
Larry
A. Turley
Pastor
Larry A. TURLEY was born July 10, 1946 in Cabin Creek, W. Va., to Frazier and
Fredia DAVIS TURLEY. He was married
Dec. 5, 1966 in Charlotte, Mich., to Patricia BRACY, who survives. Minister of the Tippecanoe Community Church,
he was a graduate of the Grand Rapids School of Bible and Music and attended
Grace Seminary, Winona Lake.
Surviving
with the wife are three sons, Alan [TURLEY], with the U.S. Army in Koirea, and
Adam and Aaron [TURLEY], both at home, and three brothers, John TURLEY, San
Marcos, Calif.; Bill [TURLEY], Fremont, Ohio, and David [TURLEY], Hastings,
Mich.
Services
will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Tippecanoe Community Church with the Rev.
Arnold BRACY officiating. Burial will
be in the West Carmel Cemetery, Charlotte, Mich. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. today at the King Memorial
Home, Mentone.
Ned D. Hart
Ned
Donald HART, 81, formerly of 717 Pontiac St., died at 5:20 a.m. Sunday in
Canterbury Manor Nursing Home.
He
was born June 23, 1906 in Fulton to Daniel and Martha WYLLE HART. He lived most of his life in Fulton and St.
Joseph counties. He was married Oct.
17, 1931 in Michigan City to Wilnetta “Billie” SHORE, who died May 19,
1985. He owned the former Shore and
Hart Grocery on North Main St. and was retired from the Indiana State Egg
Board. He was a member of the First
Presbyterian Church and was a member and past master of the Rochester Masonic
Lodge. A basketball referee for many
years, he was a starting member of the 1925 Rochester High School basketall
team that won the semi-state tournament.
Surviving
are a daughtter, Mrs. Greshem (Ann) LOUGH, Culver, and two grandsons, Michael
[LOUGH], Indianapolis, and Matthew [LOUGH], Culver. Two brothers and three sisters preceded in death.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home,
Rochester, with the Rev. John C. RAMSEY officiating. Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. today and
for an hour before services on Tuesday.
Masonic services will be at 8 o’clock tonight. Memorials may be made to the Presbyterian Church or the
Alzheimers Association.
Clara Lamberti
Clara
LAMBERTI, 78, 1420 Main St., died at 11:55 p.m. Sunday at South Bend Memorial Hospital.
She
was born April 3, 1910 in Vienna, Austria, to Irvin and Clara LIEBECK
FRIEDEWALD. She had lived in this
country since 1929. She was maried May
1, 1929 in Boston, Mass., to Willie LAMBERTI,
who died Sept. 12, 1987. She was
a former performer for the Great Gretona High Wire Act in the Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey Circus. Also, she and
her husband had been part of a dance and vaudeville team performing at the
Black Hawk Theater in Chicago. She was
a member of the Catholic Church and the Rochester Eagles Ladies Auxiliary.
Surviving
are a daughter, Lorena LAMBERTI, Monticello; a son, Martin Cooper LAMBERTI,
Cologne, Germany, and five grandchildren.
Services
will be a 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with Father Kenneth BOHLINGER officiating.
Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday
and for an hour before serices Wednesday.
Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association.
Harold S. Young
Harold
S. YOUNG, 83, of 1520 Main St., died this morning at Woodlawn Hospital. Arrangements are pending at the Zimmerman
Brothers Funeral Home, Rochester.
Maurice S. Rogers
Maurice
S. ROGERS, 76, Rt. 2, Rochester, died at 5:16 p.m. Saturday in the Woodlawn
Hospital emergency room.
He
was born March 9, 1912 in Newcastle Township to Manderville and Myrtle BUGBY
ROGERS. He was married Oct. 3, 1936 in
Rochester to Elizabeth CLARK, who survives.
A former dealer for Minneapolis Moline Farm Machinery, he was a farmer
and machinist and did general welding and repair. He attended the First Baptist Church, Mentone.
Surviving
with the wife are two sons, William L. and Rickey [ROGERS], both of Rochester;
seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren, and a brother, Bernard [ROGERS],
Sturgis, Mich. A son, Michael Dee
ROGERS; a brother, Lester [ROGERS], and two sisters, Georgia SMITH and Berneice
GIBSON, preceded in death.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the King Memorial Home, Mentone, with the Rev.
Ken MARKEN officiating. Burial will be
in the Sycamore Cemetery. Friends may
call after 2 p.m. Tuesday.
Tuesday, April 26, 1988
Harold S. Young
Services
for Harold S. YOUNG, 83, will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Zimmerman Brothers
Funeral Home, Rochester.
Officiating
will be the Rev. Donald BOWMAN. Burial
will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Tueday and from 9 a.m. until services
Wednesday. Memorials may be made to the
Heart Fund. Mr. Young, 1520
Main St., died at 10:45 a.m. Monday in Woodlawn Hospital. He had been seriously ill for a month.
He
was born April 6, 1905 in Grant County to John E. and Zadie D. STURGEON
YOUNG. He moved here from Culver 45
years ago. He was married May 8, 1942
in Peru to Madelyn SMITH, who survives.
A retired warehouse manager for Culver Military Academy, he was a member
of the Rochester I.O.O.F. Lodge.
Surviving
with the wife are a sister, Mary G. YOUNG, Plymouth; a niece, and nephews. Two brothers preceded in death.
Wednesday, April 27, 1988 to Friday, April 29,
1988
[no obits]
Saturday, April 30, 1988
Carl J. Evans
Carl
Jacob EVANS, 61, Rt. 2, Kewanna, died at 7:50 p.m. Friday in Dukes Memorial
Hospital at Peru.
He
was born in Kewanna Jan. 29, 1927 to Jacob and Mae CLARK EVANS. He was married to Patsy SIXBEY May 21, 1944
in Kewanna; she survives. A 1944
graduate of Kewanna High School, he was a retired salesman for Moorman’s Feed
and was a farmer. He was a member of
the Rochester Elks Lodge, Manitou Moose Lodge, Logansport Eagles Lodge and the
Kewanna Lions Club and was a board member of the Fulton County Diabetes
Association.
Surviving
with the wife are two daughters, Vicki HARDIN, Danville, and Sherri BOWYER, Raleigh,
N.C.; a brother, Charles EVANS Sr., Kewanna; a grandson, and two
granddaughters.
Services
will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Kewanna,
with the Rev. Dennis ENGLE officiating.
Burial will be in the Kewanna I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Monday,
and on Tuesday before services.
Memorials may be made to the Diabetes Association or the Cancer Fund.
Monday, May 2, 1988
Hazel E. Sutton
Hazel
E. SUTTON, 73, Rt. 6, Rochester (Fulton area), died at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at
her home. She had been in failing
health for a year.
She
was born April 6, 1915 in White County to Ernest and Clarissa BUTTON
CLICK. She had lived most of her life
in Fulton County. She was married Nov.
2, 1932 in Star City to George “Pete” SUTTON, who died July 8, 1985. Retired from RBM at Logansport in 1977, she
was a member of the Mt. Olive Club, Fletchers Lake United Methodist Church and
The Ladies Aid of the church.
Surviving
are three daughters, Mrs. Neil (Nina) KRISHER, Anderson; Mrs. Dewey (Jane)
REAMES, Burlington, and Mrs. Tom (Shirley) FELDA, Lancaster, Ohio; two sons,
Jim SUTTON, Rt. 6, Rochester, and Butch SUTTON, Fulton; fourteen grandchildren;
eleven great-grandchildren, and three brothers, Don, Earl and Robert CLICK, all
of Denver. Three sisters, Helen CLICK,
Mrs. Martha AULT and Mrs. Mary RAMSEY, and three brothers, Wayne, Russ and Max
CLICK, preceded in death.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Fulton,
with the Rev. Ed OWENS officiating.
Burial will be in the Fulton Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. today. Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association.
Carla Norman
Carla
NORMAN, 40, Rt. 1, Akron, died at 9 a.m. today in Fort Wayne Lutheran Hospital.
Arrangements
are pending at the Hartzler Funeral Home in Akron.
Margaret E. Feller
Margaret
E. FELLER, 76, Rt. 1, Macy, died at 1 p.m. Saturday in Canterbury Manor Nursing
Home, Rochester.
She
was born March 5, 1912 in Marion to Joel and Amy CARPENTER WILSON. She was married Feb. 20, 1935 in Lebanon to
Ralph Z. FELLER, who survives.
Surviving
with the husband are two sons, Ralph Z. FELLER Jr., Prairieville, La., and
Ronald FELLER, Rt. 1, Amboy; a daughter, Mrs. Tim (Susan) BRYANT, Rochester;
seven grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; two brothers, Frank WILSON,
Port Charlotte, Fla., and Joseph WILSON, Bradenton, Fla., and two sisters, Mrs.
Marvin McCLOUD, Center Point, and Mrs. Ned RICHTER, Indianapolis.
Services
will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Laird Funeral Home, Amboy. Burial will be in the Park Lawn Cemetery,
near Amboy. Friends may call from 3 to
8 p.m. today.
George V. Herr
George
V. HERR, 80, Rt. 1, Tippecanoe, formerly of Kokomo, died at 9:35 p.m. Sunday at
Windsor Estates Nursing Home, Kokomo.
He
was born Feb. 22, 1908 in Monticello to Henry and Mary HERR. He was married March 30, 1929 to Mildred Mae
SMITH, who survives. He retired in 1974
from Cabot Corp., Kokomo. He was a
member of the Howard Masonic Lodge and Quarter Century Club through Union
Carbide.
Surviving
with the wife are a son, Leonard HERR, Kokomo; three grandchildren; two
brothers, Ralph and Jake HERR, both of Kokomo, and a sister, Anna WYSONG,
Kokomo. A son, a sister and a brother
preceded in death.
Services
will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Ellers Chapel, Kokomo, with the Dr. David
GRIFFIN officiating. Burial will be in
the Sunset Memory Gardens, Kokomo.
Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Ellers Mortuary. Memorials may be made to the Howard County
Cancer Society.
Irene Zartman
Irene
ZARTMAN, 81, Twelve Mile, died at 5:40 p.m. Friday at Memorial Hospital,
Logansport.
She
was born Aug. 30, 1906 in Twelve Mile to William and Edith May BLACK
JONES. She was married Feb. 14, 1935 to
George ZARTMAN, who died Feb. 28, 1979.
She was a member of the Mexico First Brethren Church and the Fulton
Chapter of Eastern Star.
Surviving
are a son, David B. ZARTMAN, Twelve Mile; three grandchildren; three great-grandchildren,
and a brother, William G. JONES, Marion.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the McCain Funeral Home, Denver, with the Rev. Don
RITCHEY officiating. Burial will be in
the Greenlawn Cemetery, Mexico. Friends
may call from 2 to 8 p.m. today. The
Eastern Star will conduct services at 7:30 p.m. today.
Martha H. Smith
Martha
Helen SMITH, 90, Peru, died at 6:30 a.m. Sunday at Miller’s Merry Manor Nursing
Home, Peru.
She
was born July 7, 1897 in Mexico to Charles E. and Carrie KLINE McGUIRE. She was married to William P. SMITH, who
died March 18, 1966.
Surviving
are a daughter, Loretta Annabelle DALE, Aurora, Ill.; a grandson, Bruce {DALE],
Detroit, Mich.; two great-grandchidren, Joel and Stacey DALE, both of Detroit;
a half-brother, Bill McGUIRE, Mexico, and three half-sisters, Henrietta
CARPENTER and Betty LANDES, both of Peru, and Peggy BOLINGER, Wheaton,
Ill. Two sisters and five brothers
preceded in death.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the McCain Funeral Home, Denver, with Rev.
William SHEWMAN officiating. Burial
will be in the Greenlawn Cemetery, Mexico.
Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.
Forest H. Ritter
Forest
H. RITTER, 91, College Square Apartments (18th Street), died at 5 p.m. Saturday
at his home.
He
was born June 26, 1896 in Miami County to John and Belle ZARTMAN RITTER. He was married in 1926 to Julia SATAVA, who
died in 1969. He was a retired farmer,
an Army veteran of World War I, and a member of the Macy Christian Church.
Surviving
are a daughter, Mrs. John (Ruth) GORDON, Fort Wayne; two sons, Robert [RITTER],
Rochester, and Harold [RITTER], Arlington, Texas; six grandchildren; four
great-grandchildren, and a half-sister, Edith DAVIS, Michigan. A sister preceded in death.
Services
will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Macy Christian Church with Pastor David WELSH
officiating. Burial will be in the
Fairview Cemetery, Servia. Friends may
call from 8:30 a.m. until services at
the church. Hartzler Funeral Home,
Akron, is handling arrangements.
Carmen L. Alderfer
Carmen
Louise ALDERFER, 66, of 6536 19th Road, Argos, died at 6:35 a.m. Sunday at her
home. She had been in failing health
for a year.
She
was born Nov. 20, 1921 in Marshall County to Russell and Lucy COPLEN GOOD. She lived most of her life in the Argos
community. She was married Jan. 24,
1941 near Argos to Herman L. ALDERFER, who survives. A beautician for several years, she was a member of the Walnut
Church of the Brethren.
Surviving
with the husband are a daughter, Mrs. Dale (Joy) HALL, Argos; three sons,
Russell Lee and David H. ALDERFER, both of Argos, and Larry ALDERFER, Tipton;
eleven grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Ray (Joan) FREED, Plymouth, and a brother,
Wendell GOOD, Argos.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Walnut Church of the Brethren with the
Revs. Gary EDWARDS and Robert RICE officiating. Burial will be in the Richland Center I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at
the Grossman Funeral Home, Argos, and for an hour before services Wednesday at
the church. Memorials may be made to
the American Cancer Association.
Norman W. Ringer
Norman
W. RINGER, 61, Culver, died at 9:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Medical Center,
South Bend. He had been in failing
health for a year.
He
was born Oct. 26, 1926 in Plymouth to Ira and Clara CLEVENGER RINGER. He was married Oct. 23, 1949 in Plymouth to
JoAnn C. ZUMBAUGH, who survives. He was
a farmer and for the past eight years had been associated with his son, Robert
[RINGER], in an excavating business. He
was a member of the First Baptist Church of Argos, the Maxinkuckee I.O.O.F.
Lodge, the board of directors of the Marshall County REMC, and was active in
the Northern Indiana Power of the Past.
Surviving
with the wife are two daughters, Kathy BENNETT, Plymouth, and Linda RINGER,
Star City; three sons, Stephen and Robert [RINGER], both of Plymouth, and James
[RINGER], Culver; thirteen grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Ruth KLINE, Fort
Myers, Fla. A sister, Bernice [RINGER],
preceded in death.
Services
will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the First Baptist Church, Argos, with the Rev.
Robert C. SIEGRIST officiating. Burial
will be in the New Oakhill Cemetery, Plymouth.
Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. today at the Grossman Funeral Home,
Argos, and for an hour before services Tuesday at the church. The Maxinkuckee I.O.O.F. Lodge will conduct
services at 8 p.m. today. Memorials may be made to the Northern
Indiana Power of the Past.
Tuesday, May 3, 1988
Carla E. Norman
Services
for Carla E. NORMAN, 40, Rt. 1, Akron, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Akron
Church of God.
Officiating
will be Pastors James MALBONE and Terry CANFIELD. Burial will be in the Akron Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Hartzler
Funeral Home, Akron, and for an hour before services at the church.
Mrs.
Norman died at 9 a.m. Monday at Fort Wayne Lutheran Hospital. She had been in failing health for five
months.
She
was born Aug. 4, 1947 in Miami County to Claude and Opal HOFFMAN. She was married Aug. 10, 1985 at the Akron
Church of God to Richard D. NORMAN, who survives. She had done secretarial work at the Hartzler Trucking Co.,
Akron. She was a member of the Akron
Church of God and its Marionettes and the Perry Do-Rites Home Extnsion Club.
Surviving
with the husband are two sons, Chad and Troy [NORMAN], at home; four sisters,
Helen THIEME, Fort Wayne; Mary STEELE, New Paris; Lynda BUTCHER, Roann, and
Jennifer HOAGLAND, Sidney, and four brothers, Bill HOFFMAN, Huntington, Bob HOFFMAN,
Laketon, Terry HOFFMAN, Macy, and David HOFFMAN, Roann. A sister, Deloris GLASSFORD, and a brother,
James [HOFFMAN], preceded in death.
Wednesday, May 4, 1988
Randal D. Landrum
[Randal]
DeWayne LANDRUM, 26, of 21 Walnut St., Macy, died at 8:20 a.m. today at a
hospital in Savannah, Ill., following an industrial accident at 6:30 a.m.
today.
Employed
by the E.D.D. Communications Co., Allentown, Pa., he was the son of Mary Lou
LANDRUM of Macy.
Arrangements
are pending at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Ruth Brown Alspach
Ruth
BROWN ALSPACH, 95, a resident of the Rochester Nursing Home for the past 12
years, died at 1:40 p.m. Tuesday at Woodlawn Hospital.
She
was born Dec. 27, 1891 in Fulton County to John and Mary WALTERS
SHOULDERS. She lived most of her life
in the Rochester community. She was
married Feb. 14, 1909 in Rochester to Charles BROWN, who died in 1920. She was married Dec. 31, 1921 in Rochester
to Alfred ALSPACH, who died in 1957.
She was a member of the Westside Apostolic Church.
Surviving
are a son, Herbert BROWN, Marion, Iowa; five granddaughters; thirteen
great-grandchildren, and seven great-great-grandchildren. Two sons, Charles ALSPACH and Arthur BROWN,
preceded in death.
Services
will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester with
the Rev. Paul CECRLE officiating.
Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday
and for an hour before services Friday.
LeRoy Pontious
LeRoy
PONTIOUS, 71, died Monday in Mansfield, Ohio.
He
was married to the former Claretta WOLF, who survives. His wife, formerly of Rochester, is the
daughter of David and Nancy WOLF. Her
sister, Bertha COOK, and a niece, Genevere SEE, live in Rochester.
Surviving
wih the wife are a son, Bill PONTIOUS, Mansfield, and a daughter, Marjorie
[PONTIOUS], of Mansfield.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in the Finefrock Funeral Home, Mansfield.
Thursday, May 5, 1988
Mary J. Smith
Mary
J. SMITH, 55, Rt. 2, Macy (Perrysburg), died at 1:20 p.m. Tuesday at Dukes
Memorial Hospital, Peru. She was born
July 21, 1932 in Brentwood, N.Y., to Peter E. and Ella Eliza PERRY FOSTER. She was married Dec. 15, 1955 in Maryland to
Charles W. SMITH, who died July 18, 1986.
She was employed by United Technologies of Peru.
Surviving
are two daughters, Jeanne KNAUFF and Barbara SMITH, both of Perrysburg; three
sons, Donald [SMITH], Barstow, Calif. Charles [SMITH], Wabash, and Richard
[SMITH], Perrysburg; six grandchildren, and five brothers, Danny, Morris, Dick,
Roger and Teddy FOSTER, all of New York.
Seven brothers preceded in death.
Friends
may call from 1 to 2 p.m. Friday at the McCain Funeral Home, Denver. Services will follow at the Greenlawn Cemetery,
Mexico, with the Rev. John CAMPBELL officiating.
Randal D. Landrum
Services
for Randal DeWayne LANDRUM, 26, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Foster &
Good Funeral Home, Rochester.
Officiating
will be the Revs. David SMITH and David WELSH.
Burial will be in the Plainview Cemetery, Macy. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 9
p.m. Friday and from 9 a.m. until
services Saturday.
Mr.
Landrum, 21 Walnut St., Macy, died at 8:20 a.m. Wednesday in Savannah, Ill.,
following an industrial accident at 6:30 a.m.
He
was born July 10, 1961 in Kankakee, Ill., to Charles and Mary Lou KLAHN
LANDRUM. He was employed by E.D.D.
Communications, Allentown, Pa. A 1979
graduate of Tri-Point High School, Culom, Ill., he had served six years in the
National Guard.
Surviving
are two sons, Jeremy and Jason LANDRUM, Xenia, Ohio; the mother, Mary Lou
LANDRUM, Macy; a sister, Cheryl LANDRUM, Macy; maternal grandfather, Walter
KLAHN, Kouts; aunts, uncles, and cousins.
His father, Charles, died in 1984.
Friday, May 6, 1988
Charles E. Anderson
Charles
E. ANDERSON, 73, of 18 W. Main St., Glenwood, Ill., died at 8:15 a.m. Thursday
in his summer home at Lake Bruce.
He
was born Feb. 1, 1915 in Chicago Heights, Ill., to Charles and Lelah McLAIN
ANDERSON. He was married May 31, 1941
in Marietta, Ohio to Frances BORTRAM, who survives. He was a retired custodian with Brookwood School in Glenwood.
Surviving
with the wife are two daughters, Charlene FLAMINI, Schaumburg, Ill., and Judith
REYNOLDS, Chicago Heights; two sons, James [ANDERSON], Schaumburg, and Charles
A. [ANDERSON], Steger, Ill.; four grandchildren; a brother, Harry [ANDERSON],
Arizona, and five sisters, Alice OLAH, Arizona; Mary Jane MATHIAS, Joliet,
Ill.; Lelah MANGUNO, Florida; Mabel DIONNE, South Chicago Heights, and Margaret
THUNHORST, Crete, Ill. Two brothers
preceded in death.
Services
will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home,
Kewanna. Burial will be in the Pleasant
Hill Cemetery, Lake Bruce. Friends may
call after 4 p.m. Friday and after 8 a.m. Saturday.
Odessa F. Fowler
Odessa
Fae FOWLER, formerly of Logansport, died at noon Thursday at the home of her
daughter in Jacksonville, Fla.
Arrangements
are pending at the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Fulton.
Saturday, May 7, 1988
Odessa F. Fowler
Odessa
Fae FOWLER, 80, died at noon Thursday in Jacksonville, Fla. A former Logansport resident, she moved to
Jacksonville in 1982 to live with her daughter.
She
was born Aug. 6, 1907 in Cass County to James and Dora McCLAIN BRADLEY. She was married Nov. 2, 1930 in Muncie to
Bernard FOWLER; he died Sept. 22, 1964.
She was retired from Logansport State Hospital and a member of the
Logansport VFW Women’s Auxiliary.
Survivors
include a daughter, Mrs. William (Carolyn) CARROLL, Jacksonville; four sons,
Burl, Carl and Glen [FOWLER], Logansport, and Morris L. [FOWLER], Salt Lake
City, Utah; eleven grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. A sister and a brother preceded in death.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Fulton, with
the Rev. Edward OWENS officiating.
Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Monday and after 9 a.m.
Tuesday. Burial will be in the Fulton
Cemetery.
Monday, May 9, 1988
Lawrence W. Garland Sr.
Lawrence
W. GARLAND Sr., 71, Rt. 7, Rochester (Ewing Road), formerly of Valparaiso, died
at 1:35 p.m. Friday at Woodlawn Hospital.
He
was born June 2, 1916 in Logansport to William and Gladys HUMES GARLAND. He was married Nov. 10, 1945 in Plymouth to
Mertie M. ACKERS, who died Jan. 17, 1974.
He was married Nov. 23, 1980 in Rochester to Eva Dee HATFIELD, who
survives. A World War II veteran, he
retired Feb. 28, 1975 after 38 years as a crane operator for U.S. Steel, Gary
Works. He was a member of the United
Steel Workers Union.
Surviving
with the wife are five daughters, Kathy CRUM and Jeanne LUCAS, both of
Valparaiso; Terri MURRAY, Texas; Janet McMUNN, Portage, and Patricia GARLAND,
Chesterton; five sons, Lawrence [GARLAND] Jr., Dennis and Jay GARLAND, all of
Valparaiso; Ronald GARLAND, Hobart, and James GARLAND, Portage; three
step-sons, Curt and Lon HATFIELD, Knox, and Kenneth HATFIELD, Rockfort, Ill.;
twenty-one grandchildren; a great-grandchild; five sisters, Avis and Iris (last
names and addresses unknown), Virginia BERNERO, Plymouth; Wilagene GORTNER,
Florida, and Vera May (last name unknown), California, and two brothers, Victor
GARLAND, Knox, and Kenneth GARLAND, Tippecanoe.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Price-Clark Funeral Home, Knox, with Kenneth
WHILES officiating. Burial will be in
the Fletcher Cemetery, Knox. Friends
may call from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to
9 p.m. today.
Mabel O. Wagoner
Mabel
O. WAGONER, 90, formerly of the Reiter community and Rochester, died at 8:10 p.m. Sunday in the Peabody Retirement
Home, North Manchester, where she had lived the past three years.
She
was born Dec. 4, 1898 in Fulton County to William and Pearl FEECE PATTON. She lived on Jefferson Street from 1973 to
1985. She was married April 18, 1925 in
Rochester to Raymond E. WAGONER, who died Dec. 19, 1972. She was a member of the Reiter Community
Club.
Surviving
are a ssiter, Mrs. Josephine EBERT, San Diego, Calif.; nieces; nephews;
great-nieces, and great-nephews. A
sister, Marquise FOGLESONG, and two brothers, Robert and Harrison PATTON,
preceded in death.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. Donald PETERS officiating.
Burial wil be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today and
from 9 a.m. until services Tuesday. Memorials
may be made to the Manitou Training Center or the Peabody Retirement Home.
Tuesday, May 10, 1988
Gerald E. Damas
Gerald
E. “Sharkey” DAMAS, 57, of 526 Pontiac St., died at 12:16 p.m. Monday shortly
after admission to Woodlawn Hospital.
He had been in failing health for several years.
He
was born June 29, 1930 in Rochester to John and Edna Faye DAVIS DAMAS. He had lived his entire life in
Rochester. He was married July 28, 1956
in Rochester to Linda LOUDERBACK, who survives. He was the co-owner of Rochester Ford-Mercury-Lincoln. A U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Korean
War, he was a member of the VFW, American Legion, Elks Lodge, Moose Lodge,
Masonic Lodge (32nd Degree Mason) and the Manitou Shrine Club and a past
director for the Rochester Chamber of Commerce.
Surviving
with the wife are a son, Seth L. V. DAMAS, Rochester; two daughters, Mrs.
Douglas (Dru Ann) JOHNSON, Rochester, and Mrs. Brian (Ty Lynn) RICE, Peru; two
grandchildren, Zannie and Amanda, and his parents, John and Edna DAMAS. Two sisters preceded in death.
Services
will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. Russell WILBUR officiating.
Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday
and from 10 a.m. until services Thursday.
Memorials may be made to the American Lung or Heart Association.
Belle G. Stanley
Belle
G. STANLEY, 84, Rt. 1, Kewanna, died at 8:57 a.m. Monday at her home.
She
was born Jan. 1, 1904 in San Francisco, Calif., to Charles and Frances WATRON
HOWARD. She was married Jan. 1, 1943 in
Arizona to Andrew D. STANLEY, who died March 21, 1985. She was a retired buyer for Bullock’s Co.,
of Los Angeles, Calif. She was a member
of the Jehovah’s Witnesses Church, Rochester.
Surviving
are a son, Leland J. RICE, Corning, Calif.; two step-sons, Jim STANLEY, South
Bend, and Jack STANLEY, Winamac; a step-daughter, Jane GODFROY, Mexico; three
grandchildren; eight step-grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; eight
step-great-grandchildre, and two step-great-great-grandchildren. A sister preceded in death.
The
body will be cremated. There will be no
visitation or funeral services. A
memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s
Witnesses, Rochester. Memorials may be
made to the Guide Dogs for the Blind, Box 1200, San Rafael, Calif., 94902. Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Kewanna, is
handling the arrangements.
Harold D. Clemons
Harold
Dean CLEMONS, 55, Rt. 1, Akron, died at 2:30 p.m. Monday shortly after
admission to Woodlawn Hospital. He had
been in failing health for several years.
He
was born March 31, 1933 in Peru to Haskell and Vola MAYNARD CLEMONS. He lived most of his life in the Akron
community, moving from Peru. He was
married July 3, 1958 in Mexico to Madonna TUCKER, who survives. A U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War, he
was a retired employee of the former Peabody Seaing Co., North Manchester. He was a member of the Full Gospel House of
Prayer, Akron.
Surviving
are three daughters, Mrs. Richard (Donna) CARR, Akron; Mrs. Karry (Brenda)
SMITH, Rochester, and Karla CLEMONS, at home; a son, Ernest CLEMONS, at home;
nine grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. David (Emma) SONAFRANK, Peru, and Mrs.
Lacy (Helen) CARPENTER, Roann; two brothers, the Rev. Joseph CLEMONS, Silver
Lake, and Robert “Carl” CLEMONS, Akron, and nieces and nephews. A brother, Howard [CLEMONS], died in Decemer
1987.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Akron, with
the Rev. Joseph CLEMONS officiating.
Burial will be in the Gaerte Cemetery near Akron. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8
p.m. Wednesday and from 9 a.m. until services Thursday. Memorials may be made to the American Heart
Association.
Ella P. Bixler
Ella
Pearl BIXLER, 79, of 928 Franklin Ave., died at 11 p.m. Monday at Woodlawn
Hospital.
She
was born March 12, 1909 in Tab, Ind., to John B. and Ruby JEWELL WALLACE. She moved from Hobart to Rochester in
1965. She was married April 4, 1932 in
Maysville, Ky., to O.A. BIXLER, who died Feb. 6, 1983. She was a retired registered nurse.
Surviving
are a daughter, Jacquie BIXLER, Rochester; three sisters, Mrs. Marjorie HARMON,
Mrs. Phil (Betty) RECTOR and Mrs. Roy (Ann) LEDBETTER, all of Xenia, Ohio. An infant daughter, Margaret Ellen [BIXLER],
preceded in death.
Services
will be at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at the Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. Russ WILBUR officiating.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and for an hour before
services Thursday.
Charles M. Fisher
Charles
M. FISHER, 85, Mentone, died at 11:45 p.m. Monday at his home. He was born Dec. 29, 1902 in Tippecanoe to
V.B. and Myrtle FISHER. He moved from
Tippecanoe to Mentone 14 years ago. He
was married May 15, 1925 in Warsaw to Donnis C. SMITH, who survives. He was a retired farmer and a 50-year member
of the Tippecanoe I.O.O.F. Lodge.
Surviving
with the wife are three daughters, Mrs. Marjorie BUSWELL, Walkerton; Mrs. James
(Lena) COPLEN, Tippecanoe, and Mrs. Robert (Dorothy) TOWN, Bluffton, Ohio;
twelve grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. Irene BOGENWRIGHT,
Fort Wayne, and Mrs. George (Annabelle) RICHARDSON, Rochester. A grandson, Douglas COPLEN; two brothers,
and three sisters preceded in death.
Services
will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in the Grossman Funeral Home, Argos. Burial will be in the Tippecanoe
Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4
p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and from 10 a.m. until services Thursday.
Wednesday, May 11, 1988
Helen J. Hunt
Helen
June HUNT, 73, Rt. 2, Macy, died at 6:48 p.m. Tuesday at Dukes Memorial
Hospital, Peru.
She
was born June 1, 1914 in Jefferson Township, Miami County to Ezra and Nellie
BALSBAUGH MUSSELMAN. She was married
March 12, 1935 at her mother’s home near Mexico to Marvin F. HUNT, who
survives. She retired from Hart
Schaffner & Marx in 1976. She was a
member of the Mexico Church of the Brethren.
Surviving
with the husband are a daughter, Mary Donna GRAHAM, Macy; two sons, Jim HUNT,
Indianapolis, and Paul HUNT, Plymouth; four grandchildren; a step-grandson, and
a brother, State Rep. Raymond MUSSELMAN, Peru.
A grandson, Todd HUNT, and a sister, Mildred MUSSELMAN, preceded in
death.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the McCain Funeral Home, Denver, with the Rev.
Don RITCHEY officiating. Burial will be
in the Greenlawn Cemetery, Mexico.
Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Friday.
Thursday, May 12, 1988
Harold C. Fry
Harold
C. FRY, 83, South Bend, died at 4 a.m. Wednesday in South Bend Memorial
Hospital.
He
was born March 10, 1905 in Fulton County to Arthur and Vernie HORTON FRY. He was married June 24, 1930 in Kokomo to
Lelia SWIHART, who survives. He was a
tool designer for Dodge Manufacturing, Mishawaka, retiring in 1967. He was a member of the South Bend First
Baptist Church, the Portage Masonic Lodge, the South Bend Scottish Rite, the Orak
Shrine Temple and the South Bend Shrine Club and was a former director of the
Izaak Walton League. Surviving with the
wife are a sister, Mrs. Dwight (Esther) PATTERSON, Warsaw; and a brother, Loren
FRY, Fulton.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Welsheimer Funeral Home, 521 N. William St.,
South Bend, with the Rev. Kennard WILSON officiating. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. in the Citizens Cemetery, Fulton. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9
p.m. Friday. Memorials may be made to
the South Bend First Baptist Church.
Cecil H. Malott
Cecil
Herbert MALOTT, 82, Deedsville, died at 9:08 p.m. Wednesday at Dukes Memorial
Hospital, Peru.
He
was born Aug. 27, 1905 in Pulaski County to Albert and Hattie LOWERY
MALOTT. He was married Sept. 22, 1926
in Monticello to Alice May WINEGARDNER, who died Nov. 4, 1983. Retired from the Honeywell Corporation,
Wabash, he was a member of Peru Missionary Church.
Surviving
are three daughters, Joyce CONFER, Peru; Shirley PUGH, Denver, and Alma Jean
BAKER, Deedsville; three brothers, Sam and Dick MALOTT, Denver, and Terry
MALOTT, Macy; twenty-one grandchildren; twenty-five great-grandchildren; a
great-great-grandson; a sister, Mae BULLINGTON, Hobart, and two brothers,
Raymond and Ora MALOTT, both of Fort Wayne.
A granddaughter, two great-granddaughters, four sisters and five
brothers preceded in death.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the McCain Funeral Home, Denver, with the Rev.
Gerald KREH officiating. Burial will be
in the Westlawn Cemetery, Denver.
Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Saturday.
Kenneth Crull Sr.
Kenneth
CRULL Sr., 74, Rt. 1, Kewanna, died at 12:07 p.m. Wednesday at Lake of the
Ozarks General Hospital, Osage Beach, Mo.
He
was born March 22, 1914 in Champaign, Ill., to James and Viola GEAR CRULL. He was married Jan. 20, 1934 in Monticello
to Lucille MILLS, who survives. He was
a mechanic for Urbin Auto Co., Kewanna.
Surviving
with the wife are two sons, Willard CRULL, Macks Creek, Mo., and Kenneth CRULL Jr.,
Monticello; a daughter, Frieda Mae CRULL, Kewanna; a step-mother, Beulah CRULL,
Monticello; six grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Kewanna, with
the Rev. Dennis INGLE officiating.
Burial will be in the Bruce Lake Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday
and 9 a.m. until services Sunday.
Friday, May 13, 1988 to Saturday, May 14, 1988
[no obits]
Monday, May 16, 1988
Dorothea J. Mullins
Dorothea
June MULLINS, 58, Denver, died at 8:52 a.m. Saturday at Dukes Memorial
Hospital, Peru. She was born June 21,
1929 in Miami County to Roy Earl and Dessie ZIMMERMAN KEIM. She was married March 16, 1949 at the home
of the late C.F. GOLDEN near Denver to Roy Earl MULLINS, who survives. A member of the Deedsville United Methodist
Church, she was employed by the Sherrill Corp., Mexico.
Surviving
with the husband are a daughter, Chris L. FEWELL, Peru; a sister, Lois SHADEL,
Macy, and three brothers, Robert KEIM, Denver; Lemoine KEIM, Syracuse, and
Ronald KEIM, Roann.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the McCain Funeral Home, Denver, with the Rev.
Norris KING officiating. Burial will be
in the Greenlawn Cemetery, Mexico.
Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. today.
Grace Y. Barrett
Grace
Y. BARRETT, 93, of 117 E. Seventh St., died at 3:46 p.m. Saturday at Woodlawn
Hospital.
She
was born May 16, 1895 in Rochester to R.P. and Estella MITCHELL TRUE. She had lived all her life in
Rochester. She was married Sept. 17,
1922 in Fort Wayne to John Abner BARRETT, who died Oct. 13, 1981. She was a former society editor of The
Rochester Sentinel and was a charter member of Kappa Kappa Kappa Sorority.
Surviving
are a daughter, Mrs. Larry (Peggy Lou) YANKOWITZ, Pembroke Pines, Fla.; six
grandchildren, Paige LONG, Fairfax, Va.; Baron Jon YANKOWITZ, Miami, Fla. Joy
BASHER, Manassa, Va.; Thea Jayne BONGIOVANNI, Davey, Fla., and Lory Anne ROMANO
and Mark Lawrence YANKOWITZ, both of
Pembroke Pines, and three graat-grandchildren, Victor, Andrea and Lauren
BASHER.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. Russell WILBUR officiating.
Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 9 a.m. until services
Tuesday. Memorials may be made to
charity.
Maxine Musselman
Maxine
MUSSELMAN, 71, Denver, died at 6 a.m. Sunday at Dukes Memorial Hospital, Peru.
She
was born Feb. 25, 1917 in Denver to Dr. George W. and Jessie V. SKINNER MUSSELMAN. In 1972 she retired from the admissions
department of University Hospital, IU Medical Center. She was a graduate of Shortridge High School, Indianapolis, and
Berkeley College, Berkeley, Calif. She
was a member of the Denver United Methodist Church and a former member and past
matron of the Gilead Eastern Star.
Surviving
are a nephew, Dr. Donald G. MUSSELMAN, Denver, and a great-niece, Sara
MUSSELMAN, Denver. A brother, Dr.
Donald A. MUSSELMAN, preceded in death.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the McCain Funeral Home, Denver, with Dr. Gary
HOUSTON officiating. Burial will be in
the Westlawn Cemetery, Denver. Friends
may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today.
Tuesday, May 17, 1988
Vera H. Butt
Vera
H. BUTT, 85, of 520 Central St., Akron, died at 6:35 a.m. today at her home.
She
was born Nov. 24, 1902 in Lester, Iowa to William and Iva BENNETT
HARRISON. She was married June 12, 1924
in Chili to Earl E. BUTT, who died Oct. 25, 1969. She was a retired school teacher. She was a member of the Eastern Star, My Stars, the Summit Club,
the Akron Womens Club, the Akron Nutrition Site and the Beaver Dam United
Methodist Church and its Ladies Aid.
Surviving
are a daughter, Mrs. Dean (Janet) BAMMERLIN, Roann; two sons, M. Keith BUTT,
Fort Wayne, and Lyle BUTT, Akron; six grandchildren; a sister, Etha HASS, Mtn.
Home, Ark., and two brothers, Merritt HARRISON, Tucson, Ariz., and Earl
HARRISON, Alexandria.
Services
will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron, with the Rev.
Robert JARBOE officiating. Burial will
be in the Akron Cemetery. Friends may
call from 2 to 9 p.m. Wednesday.
Wednesday, May 18, 1988
Helen K. Nichols
Helen
K. NICHOLS, 78, of 915 Clover St., Rochester, died at 10:15 p.m. Tuesday at
South B end Memorial Hospital.
She
was born March 11, 1910 near Athens to Loyd and Tempie MOORE BRYANT. She lived all of her life in this area. She was married Jan. 14, 1929 in Detroit,
Mich., to Ernest NICHOLS, who died Jan. 12, 1963. She was a member of the First Church of God, Rochester.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Don (Janice M.) DUZENBERY, Bonita Springs, Fla.; a son, Jack L. [NICHOLS], Newark, Ohio; nine grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. C.J. (Relna) MOWRER, Scherrerville, and