FULTON COUNTY INDIANA

 

OBITUARIES

 

1977

 

 

The Rochester Sentinel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Rochester Sentinel

 

1977

 

 

Monday, January 3, 1977

 

Vera Baird

                Mrs. Vera BAIRD, 72, 418 Ohio street, died at 11:03 p.m. Saturday in Woodlawn hospital after a three-month illness.

                She was born Nov. 26, 1904 in Miami county to Perry and Emma WARNER MINTER and had resided most of her life in Fulton county.  She was married in Rochester Jan. 19, 1927 to Albert Reed BAIR, who died Feb. 6, 1968.  She was a member of the North Royalton, O., United Methodist church.

                Surviving are three sons, Duane [BAIRD], Cleveland, O.; Gerald [BAIRD], Hartsgrove, O., and Terry [BAIRD], Athens; six daughters, Mrs. Ed (Evelyn) KINAS, Sebring, Fla.; Mrs. Peter (Norman) POPOVIC and Mrs. William (Geraldine) PETREE, both of South Bend; Mrs. Robert (Ardis) BAUGHMAN, Mishawaka; Mrs. Ed (Marjorie) CALDWELL, Denver, Ind., and Mrs. Robert (Judy) TEEL, Rochester; twenty-nine grandchildren; four step-grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; nine step-great-grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Ella BALENTINE, Marion, O.  Two brothers preceded in death.

                Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Ditmire-Zimmerman funeral home at Fulton with the Rev. Wayne JOHNSON officiating.  Burial will be in the Fulton cemetery.  Friends may call Tuesday from 2 to 9 p.m. and Wednesday until time of service.

 

Chester Engle

                Chester ENGLE, 69, R.R. 1, Kewanna (Bruce Lake Station), died at Pulaski County Memorial hospital at Winamac at 10:50 p.m. Saturday.

                He was born Jan. 8, 1907 in  Fulton county to James F. and Florence E. BRUCE ENGLE.  He was married to Elizabeth L. EMMANS DONATHAN on Jan. 20, 1929 in Pulaski county; she died March 1, 1962.  He was a retired self-employed carpenter.

                Surviving are two sons, Bill DONATHEN, R.R. 3, Kewanna, and Robert C. ENGLE, R.R. 1, Kewanna; two daughters, Mrs. Sally FOUST, Kewanna, and Miss Jo Ann ENGLE,   R.R. 1, Kewanna; three sisters, Mrs. Grace CALDWELL, Bunker Hill; Mrs. Stella LaVIOLETTE and Mrs. Frances HULBURT, both of Lake Bruce; two brothers, James [ENGLE], Monterey, and Cecil [ENGLE], R.R. 1, Kewanna; seven grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.  Preceding in death were several brothers and sisters and a great-grandson.

                Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the Harrison garden chapel at Kewanna with the Rev. Richard LOCHNER officiating.  Burial will be in the Fairview cemetery at Mishawaka.  Friends may call after 4 p.m. today.
Elmer L. Mitchell

                Elmer L. “E.L.” MITCHELL, 86, 401 East 14th street, a retired farmer and educator who was a pioneer in bringing electricity to rural Fulton county, died at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in Canterbury Manor nursing home.  He had been ill for three years.

                Mr. Mitchell was born Aug. 6, 1890 in Windfall to Grant and Renee THRAWL MITCHELL.  He was married in Tipton on June 24, 1928 to Mildred ROBERTS, who survives.  He was a member of Grace United Methodist church and the Tipton Masonic lodge.

                Mr. Mitchell was graduated from Indiana university with majors in law and education and was admitted to the Bar in Tipton county.  He was a teacher, principal and superintendent in Indiana public schools, including Greenwood and Trafalgar.

                Ending his career in public education, Mr. Mitchell moved his family to Rochester in 1931 to manage his farm.  He was chairman of the Fulton County REMC board of directors for 20 years and pioneered the develoment of muck soils in Indiana, developing with Purdue university high strains of hybrid corns.  He was a director of the Farmers and Merchants bank for many years.  He served on local, county, state and national committees in the interest of agriculture.

                Surviving with the wife are a son, Robert W. MITCHELL, Rochester; three daughters, Mrs. Marguerite FROST, Mundelein, Ill.; Mrs. H. L. (Carol) POPP Jr., Fort Wayne, and Mrs. William J. (Elaine) Van LUE, Maitland, Fla.; a sister, Mrs. S. H. (Helen) BREWER, Lakeland, Fla; a son-in-law, Fred L. LEMLER, Ann Arbor, Mich., and twelve grandchildren.  Two daughters preceded in death.

                Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home with the Rev. Fred G. KUEBLER officiating.  Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. cemetery.  Friends may call Tuesday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.  Memorial contributions may be made to the Heart Fund.

 

John Kaulinas

                John KAULINAS, 85, R.R. 1, Plymouth, died at 5:20 p.m. Sunday at Pilgrim Manor, Plymouth, following a four-year illness.

                Mr. Kaulinas was born Jan. 5, 1891 in Lithuania and came to the United States in 1907.  He married Anna GRYBAS Dec. 31, 1917, in Chicago; she died in 1955.  He was a retired farmer, a member of the Lithuanian Society of America and the Lithuanian men’s choir, Chicago.  He had attended Valparaiso university.

                Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Al (Violet) VAITIS, Chicago; one granddaughter, Mrs. Arthur (Joyce) BIKNERIS, R.R. 1, Plymouth, and four great-grandchildren.

                Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Grossman funeral home, Argos, with the Rev. Raymond OVIATT officiating.  Burial will be in the Poplar Grove cemetery, west of Argos.  Friends may call after 2 p.m. Tuesday.

 

James Philp

                Services for James PHILP will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the St. Joseph Catholic church, Rochester, not at the Sheetz funeral home.  Friends may call at the funeral home today from 2 to 9 p.m.  The Rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. today.  Military rites will be conducted at the graveside by the Rochester American Legion.
Esther M. Mow

                Mrs. Esther M. MOW, 80, 916 Monroe street, died at 11:30 p.m. Sunday at her home.  She had been ill for several years.

                Mrs. Mow was born Oct. 29, 1896, in Fulton county to William and Martha [DUDGEON] BURKETT.  She married Leo C. MOW April 20, 1918; he died in 1958.  She was a member of Grace United Methodist church.

                Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Roy (Helen) McGRIFF, Rochester; two sons, William [MOW], Rochesrter, and Robert [MOW], Angola; a brother, Walter BURKETT, Rochester; six grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.  A son, Edward [MOW], preceded in death.

                Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Foster & Good funeral home with the Rev. Fredrick G. KUEBLER officiating.  Burial will be in the Richland Center I.O.O.F. cemetery.  Friends may call Tuesday from 3 to 9 p.m. and Wednesday from 9 a.m. until time of service.

 

Ollie B. Towne

                Mrs. Ollie Blanch [TOWNE], 86, 255 Main street, died at 3:45 a.m. Saturday at her home.  She had been ill for seven months.

                Mrs. Towne was born Oct. 6, 1890, at Tiosa to William and Arsada BECK ROGERS.  She married Charles E. TOWNE March 12, 1910 at Fulton; he died in 1954.  She was a member of the former Sand Hill Methodist church.

                Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Ned (Mildred Marie) SMITH, R.R. 2, Akron, and Mrs. Murphy (Betty) ROSE, R.R. 5, Rochester; a son, Otis R. [TOWNE], R.R. 5, Rochester; a sister, Mrs. Otis (Ethel) NELLANS, R.R. 1, Argos; nine grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.  Four sisters and two grandchildren preceded in death.

                Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Foster & Good funeral home with the Rev. Terry SHUMAKER officiating.  Burial will be in the Richland Center I.O.O.F. cemetery.  Friends may call today until 9 p.m. and on Tuesday from 9 a.m. until time of service.

 

Tuesday, January 4, 1977

 

Ida Mae Kester

                Mrs. Ida Mae KESTER, 87, former Rochester resident, died at 1 a.m. Monday at her residence in Rayville, Mo.

                Mrs. Kester was born Dec. 25, 1889 in Coles county, Ill., to Edward and Mollie MULLEN WHITE and had lived in Rayville three years.  She married Amos C. KESTER in 1909 near Plymouth; he died in 1962.  They were the former owners of a taxi company and a coal company in Rochester.

                Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Norris (Thelma) WARREN, Rayville, Mo.; two brothers, Robert WHITE, Rochester nursing home, and Tippy WHITE, Oakland, Ill.; two grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.  A son preceded in death.

                Services will be Friday at 1 p.m. at the Foster & Good funeral home with the Rev. Donald MAUGHAN officiating.  Burial will be at the Oak Hill cemetery, Plymouth.  Friends may call Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Friday from 9 a.m. until services.
Wednesday, January 5, 1977

 

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Thursday, January 6, 1977

 

Everett Krueger

                Everett “Butch” KRUEGER, 56, R.R. 2, Culver, died at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday in his home of a heart seizure.

                He was born July 8, 1920 in Wanatah to Richard and Clara WERNER KRUEGER and had lived in the Culver area for the last 10 years.  He also had lived in the Rochester area.  He was a dairy farmer and a member of the Trinity Lutheran church in Culver.  He was married Nov. 30, 1940 in LaCrosse to Rosemary BIGLER, who survives.

                Also surviving are four sons, John [KRUEGER], Park Ridge, Ill.; James [KRUEGER], LaCrosse; Jeffrey [KRUEGER], Culver, and Joel [KRUEGER], Bloomington; a daughter, Mrs. Ralph (Joy) MOTTER, Grabill, Ind.; three brothers, Omar, LaVern and Ronald [KRUEGER], all of LaCrosse; three sisters, Mrs. Harold (Verda) LAWRENCE, Hanna; Mrs. Harry (Velma) ARTIST, Culver, and Mrs. Lynn (Vernie) KENNEDY, LaCrosse, and nine grandchildren.

                Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Trinity Lutheran church in Culver with the Rev. Roger L. SOMMER officiating.  Burial will be in the Culver Masonic cemetery.  Friends may call at the Bonine funeral home in Culver after 2 p.m. Friday and until noon on Saturday and at the church until time of service.  Memorial contributions may be made to the Trinity Lutheran church.

 

Friday, January 7, 1977

 

Vesta M. Keesecker Cole

                Mrs. Vesta M. (WHETSTONE) KEESECKER COLE, 87, R.R. 1, Claypool, died at 2:15 p.m. Thursday at the Miller Merry Manor nursing home, Warsaw.

                Mrs. Cole was born Dec. 27, 1889 at Mentone to Thomas and Mary JEFFERIES WHETSTONE and had lived in the area all her life.  Her first marriage was to Clifford KEESECKER; he preceded in death.  She married Harry COLE Sept. 3, 1938; he died in 1963.  She was a member of the Beaver Dam United Methodist church.

                Surviving are two brothers, Casel WHETSTONE, Mentone, and Thurl WHETSTONE, Iron River, Wis., and nieces and nephews.

                Services will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at the King memorial home, Mentone, with the Rev. Peter HANSTRA officiating.  Burial will be at the Mentone cemetery.  Friends may call Saturday after 2 p.m.
Saturday, January 8, 1977

 

Gretchen H. Stones

                Mrs. Gretchen H. STONES, 76, R.R. 1, Macy, died at 12:15 p.m. Friday at her residence.

                Mrs. Stones was born Jan. 16, 1900, in Grant county to Howard and Madge DRAPER SHAW.  She was a member of the Ebenezer United Methodist church.

                She is survived by a son, Howard “Bud” MEENEN, R.R. 1, Macy, five step-grandchildren and two step-great-grandchildren.

                Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday in the McCain funeral home, Denver, with the Rev. Lowell BURRUS officiating.  Burial will be in the Ebenezer cemetery.  Friends may call after 2 p.m. Sunday.

 

Monday, January 10, 1977

 

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Tuesday, January 11, 1977

 

Ruth Helms

                Mrs. Ruth HELMS, 80, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lois BOWERS, 1107 Franklin avenue, at 4:15 p.m. Monday after a six-month illness.

                Mrs. Helms was born July 30, 1896 in Burlington to Samuel A. and Anna B. SHOWALTER WINEGARDNER.  She married Ross B. HELMS Jan. 6, 1917 in Logansport; he died in 1967.  She was a member of the Twelve Mile Order of Eastern Star, the Adams Township Home Demonstration club and the Corinth Brethren church Women’s Missionary Society.

                Surviving are six daughters, Mrs. Lena Mae DILLMAN, Logansport; Mrs. Dorothy JACKSON, R.R. 5, Logansport; Mrs. Ann MORRETT, Rochester; Mrs. Mary GALLAHAN, Mexico; Mrs. Lois BOWERS, Rochester, and Mrs. Elsie STRASSER, Twelve Mile; four sons, John [HELMS], Twelve Mile; Hollis [HELMS], R.R. 5, Logansport; Larry Edward [HELMS], Logansport, and Thomas [HELMS], Galveston; three brothers, Fred WINEGARDNER, Flint, Mich.; Roy WINEGARDNER, Twelve Mile, and Samuel WINEGARDNER, Flint, Mich.; thirty-five grandchildren, and twenty-nine great-grandchildren.

                Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the McCain funeral home, Denver, with the Revs. Richard HALL and Teal YOUNCE officiating.  Burial will be in the Greenlawn cemetery, Mexico.  Friends may call after 3 p.m. Thursday.

 

Benjamin H. Wibel

                Benjamin H. WIBEL, 82, Twelve Mile, died at his home at 11:30 a.m. Monday.

                Mr. Wibel was born July 26, 1894 in Miami county to Thomas and Sarah JEFFERSON WIBEL.  He married Margaret E. GRIMES CORNELL May 14, 1930; she survives.

                Surviving with Mrs. Wibel are a daughter, Mrs. Lois GARVER, Peru; two sons, Harold [WIBEL], Bunker Hill, and Ronald [WIBEL], Chicago; two step-sons, Gordon CORNELL, Fort Wayne and Dean CORNELL, St. Joseph, Mich.; eight grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.

                Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the McCain funeral home, Denver, with the Rev. Paul TEMPLE officiating.  Burial will be in Westlawn cemetery, Denver.  Friends may call after 2 p.m. Wednesday.

 

Wednesday, January 12, 1977

 

[no obits]

 

Thursday, January 13, 1977

 

Margaret E. Anderson

                Mrs. Margaret E. ANDERSON, 74, Seattle, Wash., died at 8:05 p.m. Wednesday, at Woodlawn hospital where she had been a patient six days.  She had been in failing health two years.

                Mrs. Anderson was born March 16, 1902, in Chicago, Ill., to George and Charlotte HICK NEWBEGIN.

                Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Judith ZELLERS, Rochester, who Mrs. Anderson was visiting at the time of her death; a sister, Mrs.Robert (Kathryn) KENNARD, Kirkland, Wash.; a brother, George NEWBEGIN, Tacoma, Wash., and two granddaughters.  One sister preceded in death.

                Services will be Saturday at the Mountain View funeral home, Tacoma,Wash.  Foster & Goood funeral home will handle local arrangements.

 

Friday, January 14, 1977

 

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Saturday, January 15, 1977

 

Howard W. Swihart

                Howard W. SWIHART, 61, Tippecane, died at 10 a.m. Friday at his home following a lengthy illness.

                Mr. Swihart was born Jan. 16, 1915 in Kosciusko county to Alva and Osa BLUE SWIHART and had lived in Tippecanoe 45 years.  He had been employed at the Tippecanoe elevator.

                Surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Dorothy KINSEY, Tippecanoe; Mrs. Loretta RHODES, Bourbon, and Mrs. Helen CLARK, Bradenton, Fla.; two brothers, Chancey and Gordon SWIHART, and a half-brother, Ralph JEFFERIES, all of Tippecanoe.  A brother, Kenneth [SWIHART], preceded in death.

                Services will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Grossman funeral home, Argos, with the Rev. Buel MEADOWS officiating.  Burial will be at the Tippecanoe cemetery.  Friends may call at the funeral home.

 

Clell Lowmaster

                Clell LOWMASTER, 77, formerly of Akron, died at 2:15 p.m. Friday in a hospital at Baton Rouge, La.

                Services are tentatively set for Tuesday at the Sheetz funeral home in Akron.  Details will be available Monday.
Monday, January 17, 1977

 

Clell Lowmaster

                Clell “Skinny” LOWMASTER, 77, R.R. 1, Akron, died at 2:15 p.m. Friday at Baton Rouge, La.  He had been ill two weeks.

                Mr. Lowmaster was born May 3, 1898, in Defiance county, O., to Oliver C. and Mary LANDON LOWMASTER.  He had lived in Fulton county most of his life.  He married Elnora BOWERS at Rochester, Dec. 22, 1926; she died in 1972.  He was a retired farmer.

                Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. George (Anna Mae) SMITH, Baton Rouge, La., a sister, Eunice LOWMASTER, New Orleans, La., and three grandchildren.  A daughter, Donna Lee [LOWMASTER], two sisters and two brothers preceded in death.

                Services will be Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Sheetz funeral home, Akron, with the Rev. Claude FAWNS officiating.  Burial will be at the Mt. Hope cemetery, Athens.  Friends may call after 2 p.m. today and until the hour of services.

 

Mac C. Grable

                Mac Carson GRABLE, 79, Fulton, died at 5 a.m. Sunday at his residence.  He had been in failing health two years.

                Mr. Grable was born Dec. 31, 1897 in Cass county to John and Alice WHEATLEY GRABLE and had lived in Fulton 40 years, moving there from Twelve Mile.  He married Margaret Mae MOSS at Twelve Mile Jan.2, 1918; she survives.  He was a retired Standard Oil agent, a member of Fulton Masonic Lodge 665, the Fulton Baptist church and the Logansport York Rite.

                Surviving with Mrs. Grable are three sons, Lloyd L. GRABLE, Twelve Mile; Paul Eugene GRABLE, Kansas City, Mo., and Mac C. GRABLE Jr., Pendleton; a brother, Ora “Pat” GRABLE, Twelve Mile; nine grandchildren, and fourteen great-grandchildren.

                Services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Ditmire-Zimmerman funeral home in Fulton with the Rev. Franklin ARTHUR and the Rev. George HAPNER officiating.  Burial will be at the Ever-Rest cemetery east of Logansport.  Friends may call Tuesday from 3 to 9 p.m. and Wednesday until the hour of services.  Masonic rites will be conducted by the Fulton lodge at the funeral home at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

 

Eva Norris

                Mrs. Eva NORRIS, 81, R.R. 1, Culver, died at 3:30 a.m. Sunday at Parkview hospital, Plymouth, where she had been a patient two weeks.

                Mrs. Norris was born Feb. 18, 1895 at Amboy to Jesse and Ada ELLIOTT HINSHAW and had lived in Culver since 1903.  She married Everett M. NORRIS in 1917; he survives.  She was a member of the Poplar Grove United Methodist church.

                Surviving are a son, David F. NORRIS, Plymouth; a daughter, Mrs. James (Phyllis) SCHOONOVER, Speedway; ten grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.  A daughter, Joan THOMPSON, preceded in death.

                Services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Poplar Grove United Methodist church east of Culver on Ind. 10 with the Rev. Richard BENNETT officiating.  Burial will be at the Poplar Grove I.O.O.F. cemetery.  Friends may call at the Bonine funeral home, Culver, today after 2 p.m. and on Tuesday until noon and then at the church until the hour of services.
W. Loar Ferguson

                Graveside services for W. Loar FERGUSON, who died Friday in Lombard, Ill., will be Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Leiters Ford cemetery.  Mr. Ferguson was the husband of Lucile NAFE FERGUSON.

 

Tuesday, January 18, 1977

 

Louis D. Martin

                Louis D. MARTIN, 23, Plymouth, died Monday afternoon following an auto accident near Plymouth.

                Mr. Martin was born May 28, 1953 at Rochester to Everett R. and Bernice L. KING MARTIN and had lived in Plymouth 1 1/2 years moving there from Culver.  He married Karen J. LAYTON at Culver in 1972; she survives.  He was a 1972 gradate of Culver high school and was employed by Corl Corporation, Bremen.

                Surviving are two daughters, Jacqueline Jean and Heather [MARTIN]; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Everett MARTIN, R.R. 1, Culver; two brothers, Kerry and Dennis MARTIN, Culver; three sisters, Brenda MARTIN, Houston, Texas; Mrs. Rick (Nancy) JASINSKI, Plymouth, and Jennifer MARTIN, Culver; maternal grandmother, Mrs. Mildred KING, Newton, Texas, and paternal grandmother, Mrs. Chester MARTIN, R.R. 1, Culver.

                Services will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Bonine funeral home, Culver, with the Rev. Earl W. SHARP officiating.  Burial will be at the Culver Masonic cemetery.  Friends may call Wednesday after 2 p.m.

 

Donald E. Gerrick

                Donald E. GERRICK, 60, Cleveland, O., former Rochester resident, died Monday at his residence at 5 a.m.  He was the brother of Walter GERRICK, Rochester.

                Mr. Gerrick was born Feb. 9, 1916, in Newton county, Ind., to William and Manie GERRICK.  He resided in Rochester until 1955, when he moved to Cleveland.

                Surviving are his wife, Anne [GERRICK], of Cleveland; one daughter, Mrs. Sharon FERRACO, Chicago; two sons, Paul [GERRICK], of Cleveland, and Terry [GERRICK], Chicago; six grandchildren; three brothers, and two sisters.

                Services will be Thursday at 10 a.m. in the Zele funeral home, 452 East 152nd street, Cleveland, O.

 

Wednesday, January 19, 1977

 

Earl Adams

                Word has been received of the death of Mr. Earl ADAMS, 70, formerly of Rochester.  He died Saturday at Cincinnati, O., following an extended illness.

                Mr. Adams was a retired construction truck driver.

                Surviving are three daughters, two sons, a brother and nine grandchildren.

                Services were conducted Monday at the Jackman-Kercheval funeral home, Harrison, O.  Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Thursday, January 20, 1977

 

Michelle Reane Willyerd

                Michelle Reane WILLYERD, daughter of Edward and Rita MALOTT WILLYERD,   R.R. 2, Argos, was stillborn at 5:45 p.m. Wednesday at Parkview hospital in Plymouth.

                Surviving with the parents are three sisters, Terisa, Cynthia and Jeanne [WILLYERD], all at home; two brothers, Edward and Monte [WILLYERD], also at home; the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack RINGLE, Marion; the paternal grandfather, Woodrow WILLYERD, R.R. 2, Argos; the maternal great-grandmother, Mrs. Alta SMITH, Wabash; the paternal great-grandmother, Mrs. Vada SPENCER, Rutledge, Tenn.

                Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Grossman funeral home in Argos.  Burial will be in the Argos Maple Grove cemetery.

 

Friday, January 21, 1977

 

[no obits]

 

Saturday, January 22, 1977

 

Mollie M. Corbett

                Mrs. Mollie Marie CORBETT, 75, R.R. 4, Rochester, died at 3:50 a.m. Friday at Pulaski memorial hospital, Winamac, where she had bee a patient since Oct. 29.

                Mrs. Corbett was born Jan. 12, 1902 at Star City to William and Rose EMMERICH LUNSFORD.  She married Gilbert CORBETT in 1921; he died in 1954.  She was a member of the Leiters Ford United Methodist church and was a charter member of the New Idea home economics club.  She also was active in Red Cross work.

                Surviving are a son, Maurice CORBETT, Kewanna; a brother, Ray LUNSFORD, Logansport; a half-sisters, Mrs. Ruby HAWKINS, culver; five grandchildre, and nine great-grandchildren.

                Services will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Frain mortuary, Winamac, with the Rev. William McCLINTOCK officiating.  Burial will be at the [Moon] cemetery.  Friends may call today after 2 p.m.

 

Willis E. Jordan

                Willis E. JORDAN, 86, 1231 Monroe street, died at 6 a.m. today at the Veterans Administration hospital, Fort Wayne, where he had been a patient since Nov. 29.

                Arrangements are pending at the Foster & Good funeral home.
Monday, January 24, 1977

 

Willis E. Jordan

                Services for Willis E. JORDAN, 86, 1231 Monroe street, who died Saturday at the Veteran’s Administration hospital, Fort Wayne, will be Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Foster & Good funeral home with the Rev. Paul STEPHENSON and the Rev. F. G. KUEBLER officiating.  Burial will be in the Jackson cemetery near Sharpsville.  Graveside military rites will be conducted by LeRoy Shelton American legion Post 36.  Friends may call today from 2 to 9 p.m. and before services Tuesday.  Masonic rites will be conducted today at 7 p.m.

                Mr. Jordan was born April 22, 1890 at Sharpsville to Thomas and Maturity McGEE JORDAN.  His first marriage was to Rachel COLLIER in 1919 at Louisville, Ky.; she died in 1939.  He then married Bessie LEWIS in 1947; she survives.  He moved to Rochester in 1960 from Lafayette where he was employed as a machinist in the physics laboratory at Purdue university.  He was a veteran of World War I, a member of Grace United Methodist church, World War I Barracks 479, Masonic Lodge 79 and Order of Eastern Star Chapter 70, all of Rochester.

                Surviving with Mrs. Jordan are a daughter, Mrs. Robert (Alma) WATSON, Goldsmith; a son, Lyndall E. JORDAN, Kokomo; a brother, Elmer “Bud” JORDAN, Fort Wayne; eleven grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. A daughter, a grandson, two brothers and a sister preceded in death.

 

Clyde A. Bick Sr.

                Clyde Andrew BICK Sr., 91, 617 Jefferson street, died at 2:45 a.m. Sunday at the Canterbury Manor nursing home where he had been a patient three weeks.  He had been ill for one month.

                Mr. Bick was born Sept. 13, 1885 in Rochester to William and Hannah WHITE BICK and had lived in the Rochester area most of his life.  He married Mabel Elizabeth MYERS Nov. 24, 1906 at Rochester; she survives.  He was a retired farmer and trucking firm operator.

                Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Fred (Lola) EISENMAN, Rhinelander, Wis.; Mrs. Joe (Bernice) GEDEON, Warrensburg, N.Y., and Mrs. Kenneth (Alvada) ROOKSTOOL, R.R. 3, Rochester; three sons, Luroy BICK, West 11th street; Andrew “Jack” BICK, R.R. 1, Rochester, and Clyde BICK Jr., R.R. 3, Plymouth; eleven grandchildren, and fourteen great-grandchildren  A son, three grancchildren,  a sister, and a great-grandson preceded in death.

                Services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Foster & Good funeral home with the Rev. Morris HOWELL officiating.  Burial will be at the Athens cemetery.  Friends may call Tuesday from 3 to 9 p.m. and Wednesday until the hour of services.

 

Beatrice Day

                Mrs. Beatrice DAY, 90, Star City, died Friday at the Winamac nursing home.

                Mrs. Day was a life-long resident of the Star City community.  Her husband, Emmett DAY, died in 1958.

                Surviving are a son, Wayne DAY, Star City; two daughters, Mrs. Allen (Geneva) SHAFER, Twelve Mile, and Mrs. Carl (Jeannetta) SHAFER, Rochester.

                Services were to be today at 2 p.m. at the Frain mortuary, Winamac.
Tuesday, January 25, 1977

 

Elizabeth Woodcox

                Mrs. Elizabeth “Lizzie” WOODCOX, 94, formerly of 1212 College avenue, died at 5:20 p.m. Monday at Canterbury Manor nursing home where she had been a patient since 1969.

                Mrs. Woodcox was born May 6, 1882 in Fulton county to Mr. and Mrs. Silas MILLISER and also had lived in the Leiters Ford and Burton communities.  Her husband, Samuel WOODCOX, preceded in death.

                Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Nora OVERMYER, R.R. 1, Kewanna, and Mrs. Mabel BALL, R.R. 6, Rochester; ten grandchildren, and several great and great-great-grandchildren.  A daughter preceded in death.

                Services will be Thursday at 10 a.m. at the Foster & Good funeral home with the Rev. Kenneth OVERMYER officiating.  Burial will be at the Moon cemetery west of Rochester.  Friends may call Wednesday from 3:30 to 9 p.m. and on Thursday until services.

 

John Weber

                John WEBER, 79, a resident of the Turtle Creek nursing home, Kokomo, died at 9:30 p.m. Sunday at the nursing home after an extended illness.  He was a former resident of Rochester.

                Mr. Weber was born May 23, 1897, in Sourblocken, Germany, to Phillip and Maria BAKER WEBER.  He was married to Mary BRUBAKER Aug. 30, 1937; she survives.  He was a retired contractor.

                Surviving with Mrs. Weber are a daughter, Mrs. John (Hallie) STAGGS, Kokomo, and four grandchildren.

                Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Ellers mortuary, Kokomo, with the Rev. John ZAHN officiating.  Burial will be in the Crown Point cemetery, Kokomo.  Friends may call today between 2:30 and 4 p.m. and 6 and 9 p.m.

 

Wednesday, January 26, 1977

 

Austin J. Wallace

                Austin J. WALLACE, 83, R.R. 1, Argos, died unexpectedly at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at his home.

                He was born June 13, 1893 in Marshall county to John and Ada BOWEL WALLACE and was a lifetime resident of the Argos area.  He was married Aug. 24, 1913 in Plymouth to Mary J. STITLER, who died Nov. 3, 1969.  He was a retired farmer and a veteran of World War I.

                Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Duane (Viola) EVERLY and Mrs. Lewis (Ethel) GOCHENOUR, both of Bourbon; a son, James [WALLACE], Bremen; twelve grandchildren; five step-grandchildren; twenty-two great-grandchildren; two brothers, Lew WALLACE, Wyatt, and Clyde WALLACE, Placerville, Cal.  A son, Robert [WALLACE], and a daughter, Edna ULLERY, preceded in death.

                Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the Grossman funeral home at Argos with the Rev. Willis BOSSERMAN officiating.  Burial will be in New Oak Hill cemetery at Plymouth.  Friends may call Thursday after 2 p.m.
Granville L. Deaton

                Granville L. DEATON, 68, Albion, former Akron school principal, died at 6:15 a.m. Tuesday at Sebring, Fla.

                Mr. Deaton was born Jan. 30, 1908 at Deedsville to Rev. George W. and Edith LECKRONE DEATON.  He married Wauneta ANGEL in 1930; she survives.  He had taught at Sydney and North Webster, was principal at Laketon and Akron schools, superintendent of DeKalb County United School System, and superintendent of Central Noble Schools.  He was a member of the Albion Rotary, Phi Delta Kappa of Fort Wayne, president of the Noble County Retired Teachers association, a member of the board of directors of the Noble County Cancer Society, a member of the Retired Indiana High School Superintendents association and the American Association of School Administrators.

                Surviving with Mrs. Deaton are a son, George DEATON, Bourbon; a sister, Mrs. Homer (Lucille) GRAFIS; a brother, Donald W. DEATON, Decatur; two nephews, and three grandchildren.

                Services will be Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at the Asbury United Methodist church, Albion, with the Rev. Arthur MORRIS and the Rev. Kenneth FOULKE officiating.  Burial will be at Parks cemetery, Bourbon.  Friends may call Friday after 2 p.m. at the Brazzell funeral home, Albion, and at the church after noon Saturday.

 

Thursday, January 27, 1977

 

Max Graeber

                Max GRAEBER, 85, 15619 Beatrice avenue, Allen Park, Mich., died Jan. 5, it has been learned here.  He was a former Rochester resident.

                Mr. Graber was a brother of Harry GRABER.  Harry and his wife, Hertha [GRAEBER], operated the former Hertha’s Place on the west side of the 700 block of Madison avenue in Rochester.

 

Edith Fleegle

                Word has been received of the death Jan. 12 of Mrs. George (Edith) FLEEGLE, 263 Spring street, Ventura, Cal.  She had been ill for five years.

                Mr. and Mrs. Fleegle operated a restaurant and also a meat market years ago in Rochester.

 

Friday, January 28, 1977

 

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Saturday, January 29, 1977

 

Glenn E. Jones

                Glenn E. JONES, 89, We-Like-It mobile home court, Rochester, died unexpectedly at his residence at 8:30 p.m. Friday.

                Mr. Jones was born Oct. 4, 1887 at Kent, O.  His first marriage was to Louise BARFOOT.  His second marriage was to Dessie BOWERS in 1946 at Sharron, Neb.; she survives.  He was a retired cattle rancher in Wyoming prior to moving to Rochester in 1973.  He also had been a land-lease agent in western states for the Empire Oil company, had operated a dude ranch in DuBois, Wyo., and a trucking business in Casper, Wyo.

                Surviving are a son, Robert JONES, Temecula, Cal.; two step-daughters, Mrs. Mike (Betty) BECKER, Lake Manitou, and Mrs. Barbara RECORDS, Cardiff, Cal.; a sister, Mrs. Grace GRANT, Phoenix, Ariz.; a granddaughter, and five great-grandchildren.  A son, Kenneth JONES, died in 1976.

                Burial will be in Kimball, Neb., following cremation.  Zimmerman Brothers funeral home is in charge of local arrangements.

 

Monday, January 31, 1977

 

Robert C. Loper

                Robert Carlton LOPER, 67, R.R. 1, Rochester, died at 3:55 p.m. Sunday at Woodlawn hospital.  He had been in failing health since 1963.  Mr. Loper was born Jan. 5, 1910 at Sandersville, Miss., to Eugene Carlton and Mary GRANT LOPER and had lived here since 1969, moving from Koontz Lake.  He had also lived at Chesterton.  He married Mildred KING in 1931 at Gary; she survives.  He had been employed as a supervisor at U.S. Steel at Gary and then owned and operated a store at Koontz Lake.  He was a member of the Calumet F&AM 379, Past Masters club, the Scottish Rite of South Bend and the E.U.B. church, Porter.

                Surviving are three sons, Robert K. LOPER, R.R. 1, Lucerne; Richard LOPER, R.R. 1, Rochester, and William LOPER, R.R. 2, Rochester; a brother, Frank LOPER, Valley Station, Ky.; twelve grandchildren; three step-grandchildren, and two step-great-grandchildren.

                Services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Foster & Good funeral home with the Rev. James MARSHALL officiating.  Burial will be at the Rochester I.O.O.F. cemetery.  Friends may call from 7 to 9 o’clock tonight and until services Tuesday.  Masonic rites will be conducted tonight at 8 o’clock.

 

Sadie A. Shoemaker

                Sadie A. SHOEMAKER, 81, Denver, died at 4 a.m. Saturday at the home of her daughter.  Mrs. Shoemaker was born June 10, 1895 in Miami county to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew JONES.  She married Glen E. SHOEMAKER at Mexico in 1915; he died in 1962.  She was a member of the Perrysburg Baptist church.

                Surviving are three children, Mrs. Virginia McGUIRE, R.R. 1, Denver, Gene E. SHOEMAKER, Syracuse, and Jack F. SHOEMAKER, Grabill; a sister, Susie HAMMON, Peru, and a brother, Clarence JONES, Memphis, Tenn.; six grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.  A son, a daughter, a sister and a brother preceded in death.

                Services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the McCain funeral home, Denver, with the Rev. Ray PROBASCO and the Rev. Harvey DOUD officiating.  Burial will be at the Greenlawn cemetery, Mexico.  Friends may call after 2 p.m. today.

 

Charlotte M. Mathias

                Mrs. Charlotte M. MATHIAS, 77, R.R. 2, Macy, died Saturday at 9 a.m. at her home.

                Mrs. Mathias was born May 28, 1899 in Perry township of Miami county to John and Margaret CLELLAND DIELMAN and had lived near Macy all her life.  She married Russell MATHIAS in 1919; he died in 1959.  She was a member of the Pleasant Hill United Methodist church, the Perry Home Improvement club and the Pythian Sisters.

                Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Preston (Jeannette) PEEBLES, R.R. 5, Wabash, and Mrs. Glen (Margaret) HOLLENBACK, R.R. 2, Sharpesville, and three grandchildren.  Four brothers and three sisters preceded in death.

                Services will be Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Haupert funeral home, Akron, with the Rev. Richard HARTLERODE officiating.  Burial will be at the Akron cemetery.  Friends may call after 2 p.m. Tuesday and until the hour of services Wednesday.  Memorials other than flowers may be made to the Pleasant Hill United Methodist church.

 

Fawn T. Shull

                Fawn T. SHULL, 66, Mentone, died at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at her home.

                Mrs. Shull was born July 5, 1910 at Warsaw to James and Lesta DeFORD.  She had lived in Mentone 25 years, moving there from Etna Green.  She married Alva SHULL Feb. 28, 1945; he survives.

                Surviving are two sons, Richard GROSS, Key West, Fla., and John L. SHULL, Warsaw; two daughters, Mrs. Floyd (Shirley) NICODEMUS, Casa Grande, Ariz., and Mrs. Ralph (Sandy) WOZNICKI, South Bend; two brothers, Devoe DeFORD, Tampa, Fla.; two sisters, Mrs. Ernest (Glada) BUSENBURG, Elkhart, and Mrs. Lester (Gwen) SKINNER, Syracuse, and nine grandchildren.

                Services will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the King Memorial home, Mentone, with the Rev. Don POYSER officiating.  Burial will be at the Mentone cemetery.  Friends may call Tuesday after 2 p.m.

 

Mabel G. Igo

                Mabel G. IGO, 72, Mentone, died at 10:05 p.m. Saturday at the Parkview hospital, Plymouth.

                Mrs. Igo was born Nov. 26, 1904 in Fulton county to Delbert and Maude BALTZ BUSENBURG.  She had lived in Mentone since 1907, moving there from Elkhart.  She married Virgil IGO in 1931; he died in 1937.  In Ekhart she was employed by the CTS Corporation and was a member of the Grace Bible church.  She attended the Talma Bible church while living in Mentone.

                Surviving are two brothers, Ernest BUSENBURG, Elkhart, and Everett BUSENBURG, Mentone; three sisters, Mrs. Peter (Lena) BLUE, Mentone; Mrs. Henry (Opal) KUNCE, Elkhart, and Mrs. Lois PERKINS, Mentone.

                Services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Talma Bible church with the Rev. Ruel MEADOWS officiating.  Burial will be at the Nichols cemetery.  Friends may call Tuesday after   2 p.m. at the King memorial home, Mentone.
Edward L. Thompson

                Edward L. THOMPSON, 61, 606 South Bluff street, Monticello, died at 9 a.m. Saturday.  He was dead on arrival at White County Memorial hospital.  He had been ill several months.

                He was born Dec. 2, 1915 in Akron to John and Mamie WOOLPERT THOMPSON.  His second marriage was Sept. 19, 1969 to Dessie HUNT SPURLOCK, who survives.

                He was a member of the Akron Church of God and the Eagles lodge of Logansport.  He had lived in Monticello six years.  He also had lived in Akron and Logansport.  He was a carpenter.

                Services will be at the Miller-Voorhis funeral home in Monticello at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday with the Rev. Glen CAMPBELL officiating.  Friends may call today from 4 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.  Graveside rites will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Akron cemetery.

                Also surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Janet GEARHART, Corning, Ia.; two grandsons; several nieces and nephews; three brothers, Byron THOMPSON, Akron; Norman THOMPSON, Roann, and Richard THOMPSON, Silver Lake; two sisters, Mrs. Helen HARTZLER, Silver Lake, and Mrs. Marjorie DAVIS, Bluffton.  A son, two brothers and three sisters preceded in death.

 

Tuesday, February 1, 1977

 

James W. Reser

                Word has been received of the death of James W. “Bud” RESER, Levittown, Long Island, N.Y., Monday morning.  Mr. Reser was the brother of Charles W. RESER, 1300 Washington street.

                Services are pending at Tynelawn national cemetery, Long Island, N.Y.  Burial will be Thursday.

 

Wednesday, February 2, 1977

 

Pearl L. Bodey

                Mrs. Pearl L. BODEY, 87, Argos, died suddenly at her home Tuesday morning.

                Mrs. Bodey was born May 17, 1889 at Maxinkuckee to Charles and Ardella FLAGG LOWMAN and had lived in the Argos area all her life.  Her first marriage was to Raymond BODEY in 1941; he died in 1973.  She was a former clerk-treasurer of the town of Argos, serving two twems from 1948 to 1956.  She also had been an employee of Schoonover’s department store.  She was a member of the Argos United Methodist church, the United Methodist Women and was a Gold Star Mother of World War II.

                Surviving are a step-daughter, Mrs. Lloyd (Ruth) REED, Argos; a sister, Mrs. Lloyd (Pansie) DAY, Plymouth; four grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.  Two sons, John Charles MITCHELL and Robert L. MITCHELL, preceded in death.

                Services will be Friday at 1 p.m. at the Grossman funeral home, Argos, with the Rev. Robert HANSEN officiating.  Burial will be at the Argos Maple Grove cemetery.  Friends may call Thursday after 2 p.m.
Thomas Daniels

                Word has been received of the death of Thomas DANIELS, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Tuesday afternoon.  Mr. Daniels was a former resident of Rochester.

                He is survived by his wife, Jeannette [DANIELS], and four married children and their families.

                Services will be Saturday morning at Marshall, Mich.

 

Thursday, February 3, 1977

 

William W. Anderson

                William W. ANDERSON, 89, former Culver resident, died Wednesday a 1:15 p.m. in the Miller Merry Manor nursing home in Peru following an extended illness.

                He was born Sept. 4, 1887 at Georgetown, Ill.  A longtime resident of the Culver area, he had operated a boat livery on Lake Maxinkuckee.  He was retired from Culver Military Academy.  He was a member of the Culver American Legion Post and a veteran of World War 1.

                Surviving are one son, William F. ANDERSON, Guntersville, Ala., and two grandchildren.

                Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Bonine funeral home in Culver.  The Rev. Thomas FRENCH will officiate.  Burial will be in the Culver Masonic cemetery.  Friends may call at the funeral home from 7-8 p.m. Friday.

 

Lois A. Zumbaugh

                Mrs. Lois A. ZUMBAUGH, 82, Plymouth, died at 10 p.m. Wednesday at her home following a nine-month illness.

                Mrs. Zumbaugh was born Nov. 12, 1894 at Argos to Charles and Ella GRAHAM McWHORTER.  She married Harry ZUMBAUGH in 1914; he died in 1967.  She attended the First Baptist churches at Plymouth and Argos.

                Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Charles (Allelene) SALLEE, Plymouth; a son, Leonard ZUMBAUGH, Fort Wayne; a sister, Mrs. Karl LUTY, R.R. 1, Tippecanoe; six grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.

                Arrangements are pending at the Grossman funeral home, Argos.

 

Ruby Engle

                Mrs. Ruby ENGLE, 69, R.R. 2, Akron, died at 8:50 a.m. today at the Kosciusko community hospital where she had been a patient four weeks.

                Mrs. Engle was born July 3, 1907 at Leesburg to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel BOONE and had lived in Akron all her life.  She married Pierce ENGLE in 1952; he survives.  She was a member of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Rochester.

                Surviving are a brother, Alfred BOONE, Walnut; a sister, Mrs. Don (Violet) LYNCH, Warsaw, and five grandchildren.  A daughter preceded in death.

                Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Sheetz funeral home, Akron, with Speaker Davie WEINZ officiating.  Burial will be at Nichols cemetery.  Friends may call after 2 p.m. Saturday.
Friday, February 4, 1977

 

Donald L. Curry

                Donald L. CURRY, 40, R.R. 1, Argos, died at 8:25 a.m. Thursday at the Argos clinic.  Mr. Curry had been shoveling snow at his home, then became ill on his way to work and went to the clinic where he died of a massive coronary occlusion.

                Mr. Curry was born April 1, 1936 at LaCrosse to Clement and Venita SINK CURRY.  He married Nila HITZ in 1961; she survives.  He had been employed by Thermogas company for 22 years and for the past seven years was manager of the Plymouth plant and office.  He was a member of the Argos United Methodist church, a member and past president of the Argos Lions, member and director of the Plymouth Area Chamber of commerce and served two years in the Army.

                Surviving with Mrs. Curry are three children, Brenda, Julie and Michael [CURRY], all at home; the mother, Mrs. Clement Curry, LaPorte; five sisters, Mrs. Phyllis RANSOM, Phoenix, Ariz.; Mrs. Margaret BUNN, Churubusco; Mrs. Nancy GAKLE, Mrs. Roslyn COOLEY and Mrs. Marilyn NICHOLS, all of LaPorte; six brothers, George, Howard, Lloyd and Paul [CURRY], all of LaPorte; twin brother Donzal [CURRY], Alexandria, Va., and Ronald [CURRY], Fort Wayne.  Two sisters preceded in death.

                Services will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Argos United Methodist church with the Rev. Robert HANSEN officiating.  Burial will be at the Argos Maple Grove cemetery.  Friends may call at the Grossman funeral home, Argos, from 2 to 5 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday and at the church Sunday for one hour before services.

 

Dorothy E. Rodgers

                Mrs. Dorothy E. RODGERS, 72, 19861 Ruth avenue, South Bend, died at 7:10 p.m. Wednesday in South Bend St. Joseph hospital.

                She was born Dec. 18, 1904 in Fulton county and moved to South Bend from Rochester in 1925.  She was married Nov. 27, 1929 to John R. RODGERS, who survives.

                Also surviving are two nephews, Carl VEDDER, Fort Wayne, and Eugene VEDDER, Rochester; two nieces, Mrs. Helen RABER, Macy, and Mrs. Phyllis HINKLE, Logansport.

                Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Our Redeemer Lutheran church at South Bend with the Rev. Edmund A. PETERS officiating.  Burial will be in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Oceola.  Friends may call today from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. and Saturday until 11 a.m. at the Forest G. Hay and Sons funeral home, 1201 South Michigan street, South Bend.

 

Lois A. Zumbaugh

                Services for Mrs. Lois A. ZUMBAUGH, 82, who died at 10 p.m. Wednesday, will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Grossman funeral home, Argos, with the Rev. Raymond OVIATT officiating.  Burial will be in the Argos Maple Grove cemetery.  Friends may call after 2 p.m. today.
Ruby Engle

                Calling hours for Mrs. Ruby ENGLE, 69, R.R. 2, Akron, who died Friday, will be after 2 p.m. today and on Saturday until the hour of services, 1:30 p.m., at the Sheetz funeral home, Akron.  Also among the survivors are four great-grandchildren.

 

Thomas Daniels

                Funeral services for Thomas DANIELS, 63, who died Tuesday afternoon in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Court and Putman funeral home, Marshall, Mich.

 

Saturday, February 5, 1977

 

Jason Earnest Horn

                Jason Earnest HORN, six months, R.R. 2, Kewanna, died Friday at 6 a.m. at Riley hospital, Indianapolis.

                Jason was born July 30 at Logansport to Larry and Peggy WILHELM HORN.

                Surviving with the parents are two sisters, Betty and Beth [HORN], both at home; the paternal grandmother, Mrs. Earnest HORN, R.R. 2, Kewanna; the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth WILHELM, Logansport; the maternal great-grandparentsw, Mr. and Mrs. John REESER, Logansport, and uncles and aunts.

                Graveside services will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Metea cemetery with the Rev. Conrad BARNUM officiating.  Burial will be at the Metea cemetery.  Arrangements are being made by the Ditmire-Zimmerman funeral home, Fulton.

 

Monday, February 7, 1977

 

Lester B. Large

                Lester B. LARGE, 64, LaPorte, died Friday at 4:45 p.m. at his home following a sudden illness.

                Mr. Large was born Aug. 10, 1912, at Leiters Ford and had lived in LaPorte since 1943.  He was a retired employee of the Bastian Morley corporation, LaPorte.

                Surviving are his wife, Ethyl LARGE; two sons, Robert and James OVERMYER, both of LaPorte; a daughter, Mrs. Rae Ann CRUTCHFIELD, LaPorte; three brothers, Alfred [LARGE], Culver; Orville [LARGE], Monterey, and Delbert [LARGE], Rochester; three sisters, Mrs. Juanita HICKS, Fort Wayne; Mrs. Jane SHRIVER, Argos, and Mrs. Susan KUIPER, Kalamazoo, Mich.; eight grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.

                Services were to be today at 1 p.m. at the Haverstock funeral home, LaPorte, with the Rev. Gene FLICKINGER officiating.  Burial was to be in the Pine Lake cemetery.

 

Mrs. Charles Fields

                Interment rites for Mrs. Charles FIELDS, 91, who died Jan. 26 in Tipton, will be at      1 p.m. Tuesday at the Reichter cemetery.  Mrs. Fields was a former Fulton county resident.

                Among the survivors are two sons, Landis FIELDS and the Rev. Charles FIELDS, both of Tipton.

                The Zimmerman Brothers funeral home is in charge of local arrangements.
John R. Orintas

                John R. ORINTAS, 44, Waterbury, Conn., brother of Robert F. ORINTAS, a former resident of Rochester, died unexpectedly at his home at 4:30 p.m. Saturday.

                Mr. Orintas is survived by his wife, Barbara [ORINTAS]; one son, Mark [ORINTAS]; one daughter, Michele [ORINTAS]; the parents, Mr. and Mrs. John ORINTAS Sr., and the brother, Robert, all of Waterbury, Conn.

                Services will be Tuesday morning at the St. Joseph’s Church, Waterbury, Conn.

 

Tuesday, February 8, 1977

 

Bert Rickel

                William Bert RICKEL, 92, R.R. 1, Mentone, died Monday at 8 p.m. at the Murphy Medical Center in Warsaw.

                He was born March 1, 1884 near Beaver Dam to Reason and Sarah WARREN RICKEL and had lived most of his life in the Beaver Dam-Burket-Palestine areas.  He was married to Minnie D. LINN on Oct. 24, 1903; she preceded in death.  He was married to Mabel DORAN on Nov. 6, 1941; she survives.  He was a farmer and a carpenter and was a member of the Burket United Methodist church.

                Surviving with the wife are a son, Hugh [RICKEL], R.R. 1, Mentone; two daughters, Blanche BAIR, R.R. 5, Warsaw, and Mildred HARTMAN, Warsaw; eight grandchildren; seventeen great-grandchildren, and nine great-great-grandchildren.

                Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the King memorial home in Mentone with the Rev. Don POYSER officiating.  Burial will be in the Palestine cemetery.  Friends may call Wednesday after 2 p.m.

 

Wednesday, February 9, 1977

 

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Thursday, February 10, 1977

 

Cecil M. Dausman

                Mrs. Cecil M. DAUSMAN, 92, 1100 Washington street, died at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday at her home.  She had been in failing health for several months.

                Mrs. Dausman was born Sept. 4, 1884, in Kosciusko county to Joseph and Lucinda WHITEHEAD HANEY and had lived here four years moving from Arlinton Heights, Ill.  She married Bert E. DAUSMAN in 1901; he died in 1951           .

                Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Dorothy PIPPENGER, 1100 Washington street, Rochester; Mrs. Helen PERKINS, Lamberville, Mich., and Mrs. Trella STRAKA, Nappanee; a son, Raymond H. DAUSMAN, Harvey, Ill.; ten grandchildren, and thirty-two great-grandchildren.  A son preceded in death.

                Private services will be conducted Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Foster & Good funeral home with the Rev. Donald MAUGHAN officiating.  Burial will be at the Baintertown cemetery near New Paris.
Charles Patterson

                Word has been received of the death of Charles PATTERSON, brother-in-law of Mrs. James (Betty) GILLILAND, Rochester.  He died at St. Joseph hospital, Fort Wayne.

                Surviving is his wife, Nina HORTON PATTERSON.

                Arrangements are being handled by the Fenn funeral home, Kokomo.  Friends may call Friday.  Burial will be at Peru Saturday.

 

Friday, February 11, 1977

 

Louis Muller

                Mr. Louis MULLER, 73, R.R. 1, Rochester, died Wednesday at Jensen Beach, Fla.

                Mr. Muller was born Jan. 13, 1903 at Newark, N.J.  He married Laura McCUTHEAN Feb. 25, 1927.  He was graduated from Purdue university in engineering in 1926 and was employed as Chief Engineer for Linde Air Products, Indianapolis, until 1950.  In 1950 he took an early retirement and moved to Lake Manitou where he and his wife operated Manitou Gardens and Orchards.  He was a member of the Rochester Lions club and attended the Grace United Methodist church.

                Surviving with Mrs. Muller are a daughter, Mrs. Richard (Jean) WARD, R.R. 6, Crawfordsville; two grandchildren, Richard and Nancy WARD, and a brother, Wilbur MULLER, Coral Gables, Fla.

                Services will be Saturday at 4 p.m. at the Meyer funeral home, Evansville, with the Rev. Robert SHARP officiating.  Burial will be at the Bluegrass cemetery, near Evansville.  Friends may call from 6 to 10 p.m. today.

 

Richard H. Mills

                Richard H. MILLS, 62, R.R. 1, Lake Bruce, died at 12:57 a.m. Friday at the Pulaski memorial hospital.

                Mr. Mills was born Aug. 11, 1914, at Peru to Ben and Maude STINSON MILLS.  He married Mary SULLIVAN in 1936; she survives.  He worked for 10 years as a buyer and relocater for the Indiana department of natural resources and was the owner of the Kewanna garage for nine years.  He was a member of the Evergreen Masonic Lodge 713, Indianapolis, and the Lake Bruce association.

                Surviving with Mrs. Mills are two sons, Richard A. MILLS, Kokomo, and Bruce B. MILLS, Carmel; three sisters, Audrey BLUE, Mrs. Ruth KURZ, and Mrs. Bess SCHENKL, all of Lake Bruce; a brother, Carl [MILLS], Peru, and six grandchildren.  Five brothers preceded in death.

                Services will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Harrison garden chapel, Kewanna, with the Rev. Richard LOCHNER officiating.  Burial will be in the Kewanna I.O.O.F. cemetery where Masonic rites will be performed.  Friends may call Saturday after 2 p.m.
Saturday, February 12, 1977

 

Neva Kindig Studebaker

                Mrs. Neva (PERSONETT) KINDIG STUDEBAKER, 78, 1227 Wabash avenue, died Thursday morning at her home following a six-month illness.

                Mrs. Studebaker was born July 27, 1898, near Akron to Richard N. and Loma ARTER PERSONETT and had lived in Rochester 12 years, moving here from Akron.  Her first marriage was to Vernon A. KINDIG in 1921; he died in 1941.  She married Esta N. STUDEBAKER in 1958; he died in 1964.  She attended the Rochester church of God and was a member of the Senior Citizens club.

                Surviving are a son, Robert KINDIG, Elkhart; two daughters, Mrs. Dale (Helen) CHAPMAN, Mishawaka, and Mrs. Richard (Marglee) GREER, Rochester; three granddaughters, Sandra CHAPMAN, Mishawaka; Mrs. George (Jarris) STRICKLAND, Lima, O., and Beth Ann KINDIG, Elkhart; three grandsons, Dr. John KINDIG, Indianapolis; David CHAPMAN, Mishawaka, and Rick GREER, Rochester.  Two sisters preceded in death.

                Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Sheetz funeral home, Akron, with the Rev. C. J. MOWRER officiating.  Burial will be at the Akron cemetery.  Friends may call after 2 p.m. Sunday and until services Monday.

 

Penni Peltz

                Penni PELTZ, 14, R.R. 1, Argos, died suddenly at 3:10 Friday at her home.  She had been ill nine years with muscular dystrophy.

                Penni was born Aug. 31, 1962, at Argos to Richard and Leora WHEAT PELTZ, and had lived at Argos all her life.  She attended Argos community schools until two years ago.

                Surviving are her mother and three brothers, Steven and Mark [PELTZ], at home, and Brad [PELTZ], Argos.  Her father preceded in death.

                Services will be Monday at 1 p.m. at the Grossman funeral home, Argos, with Pastor David W. WEINZ officiating.  Burial will be at the Argos Maple Grove cemetery.  Friends may call after 2 p.m. Sunday.

 

Monday, February 14, 1977

 

Marie Rentschler

                Marie RENTSCHLER, 80, R.R. 6, Rochester, died at 1:20 a.m. Sunday at Canterbury Manor nursing home.  She had been ill for six months.

                Mrs. Rentschler was born Aug. 10, 1896, at Hoopston, Ill., to James and Kitturah RAY DICE and had lived in Fulton county most of her life.  She married Robert L. RENTSCHLER at Michigan City in 1916; he died in 1966.  She was a member of the Fulton Baptist Temple.

                Surviving are a son, Howard C. RENTSCHLER, R.R. 6, Rochester; two granddaughters, Mrs. Ben (Rhea) DILL, R.R. 6, Rochester, and Rene RENTSCHLER, R.R. 6, Rochester; a great-grandson, Terry LAWSON, R.R. 6, Rochester; a sister, Mrs. Isaac (Cecelia) LOWE, R.R. 1, Macy; a brother, Glen DICE, Fulton, and several nieces and nephews.  A brother preceded in death.

                Services will be Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Ditmire-Zimmerman funeral home, Fulton, with the Rev. Conrad BARNUM officiating.  Burial will be at the Fulton cemetery.  Friends may call today from 2 to 9 p.m.
Milton C. Deering

                Milton C. DEERING, 66, R.R. 2, Rochester, died Sunday at 8 p.m. at Woodlawn hospital where he was admitted Friday.  Death was attributed to pneumonia.

                Mr. Deering was born Dec. 24, 1909 in Morganfield, Ky., the son of Robert and Kate DEERING.  His marriage was to Ruth PHILLIPS Jan. 18, 1931.  She survives.

                Mr. Deering lived most of his life in the Carmel area, moving to Rochester in 1967.  He owned and operated a drycleaning business in Westfield until his retirement in 1969.  He was a musician and at one time was a member of the “Hoosier Hot Shots” musical group.  He was a member of the Rochester Elks lodge, Ancient Landmarks Order of the Masonic lodge and the Methodist church in Westfield.

                Surviving with his wife are four daughters, Mrs. Jack GARDNER, Westfield; Mrs. Will (Lana) WILSON, Westfield, Mrs. Nancy BOND, Tucson, Ariz., and Debbie DEERING, Indianapolis; nine sons, James. David and Ben [DEERING], all of Carmel, Robert and Jan [DEERING], both of Westfield, Milton [DEERING], Plymouth, Dick [DEERING], of Martinsville, John [DEERING], Indianapolis, and Matthew [DEERING], Muncie; twenty-three grandchildren; one great-grandchild; one sister, Mrs. Ruth LOVELACE, Carmel.

                Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Smith funeral home in Carmel.  Burial will be in the Carmel cemetery.  Friends may call at the funeral home.  Memorials other than flowers may be made to the Heart Fund.

 

Tuesday, February 15, 1977

 

[no obits]

 

Wednesday, February 16, 1977

 

Arnold M. Lake

                Arnold M. LAKE, 85, South Bend, died at 3:40 p.m. Tuesday at Memorial hospital, South Bend, two hours after being admitted.  He had been ill three months.

                Mr. Lake was born March 25, 1891, near Argos to Jasper and Laura PRICE LAKE and had lived in South Bend 50 years.  He married Lulu STEVENSON in 1915; she died in 1971.  He had retired as a carpenter for Hay-Weaver Construction and was a member of the First Brethren church, South Bend.  He built steam equipment as a hobby.

                Surviving are a son, Marquis LAKE, South Bend; a brother, William LAKE, R.R. 4, Plymouth; a sister, Mrs. Orley ZERBE, South Bend; six grandchildren and a great-grandson.

                Services will be Friday at 2 p.m. at the Grossman funeral home, Argos, with the Rev,  P. Keith BENNETT officiating.  Burial will be in the Poplar Grove cemetery west of Argos.  Friends may call Thursday after 2 p.m.
Kenneth L. Kreiger

                Kenneth L. KREIGER, 69, Argos, died at 10:15 p.m.Tuesday at the Community general hospital, Dade City, Fla., where he had been spending the winter.

                Mr. Kreiger was born June 9, 1907, in Pennsylvania.  He married Isobel STOLTZ in 1938; she survives.  He was a retired iron worker and a member of the Argos Congregational Christian church.

                Surviving with Mrs. Kreiger are a son, Quinn KREIGER, Mishawaka; a sister, Mrs. Reba SAEGEL, Dearfield, Penn., and three grandchildren.

                Services will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Grossman funeral home, Argos, with the Rev. Ralph WESTHAVER and the Rev. Frank VALERIANO officiating.  Burial will be in the Argos Maple Grove cemetery.  Friends may call Friday after 4 p.m.

 

Donald F. Boggess

                Donald F. BOGGESS, 1216 Franklin avenue, died at 7:50 a.m. today at Memorial hospital, South Bend.  Arrangements are pending at Foster & Good funeral home.

 

Thursday, February 17, 1977

 

Donald F. Boggess

                Services for Donald F. “Bus” BOGGESS, 72, 1216 Franklin avenue, who died Wednesday at Memorial hospital, South Bend, will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. at the Foster & Good funeral home with the Rev. Donald MAUGHAN officiating.  Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. cemetery.  The I.O.O.F. will conduct memorials ervices tonight at 7 o’clock.  Friends may call from 3 to 9 p.m. today and Friday from 9 a.m. until the hour of services.

                Mr. Boggess was born Nov. 11, 1904, at Rochester to Fred and Elma Dell CARTER BOGGESS and had lived here all his life.  He married Florence E. HUNTER in 1926; she survives.  He was retired from the Indiana State Highway Department, Plymouth division, and was a member of the I.O.O.F. lodge 47.

                Surviving with Mrs. Boggess are two nephews, Fred KERN, Upland, and Jack KERN, Kokomo.  A daughter, Mary Ann [BOGGESS], a sister and a brother preceded in death.

 

Estel C. Scott

                Estel C. SCOTT, 51, R.R. 1, Claypool, died at 2 a.m. today at the Kosciusko community hospital.

                Mr. Scott was born May 27, 1925 at Warsaw to Floyd E. and Esther M. ERVIN SCOTT and had lived in the Palestine area all his life.  He married Lula J. RAGON in 1946.  He was employed by the K. and H. Distributing Company, Warsaw, and was a member of the Warsaw VFW and a veteran of World War II.

                Surviving are his parents; three sons, Ronald E. and Donald L. [SCOTT], both of Palestine, and Thomas D. [SCOTT], LaPorte; a brother, James [SCOTT], Palestine, and six grandchildren.

                Services will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at the King memorial home, Mentone.  Burial will be in the Palestine cemetery.  Friends may call Friday after 2 p.m.
Friday, February 18, 1977

 

[no obits]

 

Saturday, February 19, 1977

 

Harry Funnell

                Harry FUNNELL, 71, 1031 East Ninth street, died this morning at his home.  He formerly lived in the Beaver Dam community.  Arrangements are pending at the Sheetz funeral home, Akron.

 

Monday, February 21, 1977

 

Harry Funnell

                Services for Harry E. FUNNELL, 71, 1031 East Ninth street, who died Saturday at his home, were to be conducted today at 1:30 p.m. at the Sheetz funeral home, Akron, with the Rev. Kenneth LEININGER officiating.  Burial was at the Akron cemetery.

                Mr. Funnell was born Sept. 9, 1905 in Henry township to Richard and Anna NICODEMUS FUNNELL and had lived in Rocheser four months.  He moved to Rochester from Mentone where he had lived 13 years.  He married Viola SWICK in 1928; she survives.  He was a retired punch press operator for the Oliver Corporation, South Bend.

                Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. John (Wanda Mae) FULTZ, South Bend, and Mrs. William (Ladonna) ENYEART, Loveland, O.; a son, G. Wayne FUNNELL, Fort Wayne; a half-brother, Cecil NICODEMUS, Rochester, and six grandchildren.  A half-brother preceded him in death.

 

Edward A. Kuehl

                Last rites were held this morning at the Allen funeral home in Bunker Hill for Edward A. KUEHL, 70, Star City, who died Friday at 4:50 p.m. in Pulaski Memorial hospital at Winamac.  He had been ill for a year.

                Mr. Kuehl’s first marriage was in 1930 to Mary SHEPLER, who died in 1970.  His second marriage was in 1971 to May BLINN HEATER, who survives, along with a son, Ronald KUEHL, Rochester; a stepson, Thomas BLINN, two grandchildren and two step-grandchildren.

                Burial was at Metzger cemetery in Miami county.

 

Tuesday, February 22, 1977

 

[no obits]
Wednesday, February 23, 1977

 

Frank T. Cumberland

                Frank T. CUMBERLAND, 61, R.R. 1, Claypool, died at 8:45 a.m. Tuesday at his farm in a farming accident.

                Mr. Cumberland was born Jan. 9, 1916 at Peru to Walter E. and Blanche HANSON CUMBERLAND and had lived in the Beaver Dam area most of his life.  He married Dorothy M. RING in 1941; she survives.  He was a member of the Beaver Dam United Methodist church, Associate Patron of the Order of Eastern Star, Mentone, a member of the Mentone Masonic Lodge, a member of the Scottish Rite, Fort Wayne, and a veteran of World War II.

                Surviving with Mrs. Cumberland are a daughter, Ruth Jean HINTON, Fort Wayne; seven brothers, Paul and Loren [CUMBERLAND], R.R. 1, Claypool; Walter G. [CUMBERLAND], Glendora, Calif.; Vernon and Eldon [CUMBERLAND0, Akron; Warren [CUMBERLAND, Bourbon, and George [CUMBERLAND], Warsaw; a sister, Mrs. Eldon (Mary) HORN, Warsaw, and two granddaughters.  Two sisters preceded in death.

                Services will be Friday at 2 p.m. at the Beaver Dam United Methodist church with the Rev. Don HOCHSTETTLER officiating.  Burial will be at the Mentone cemetery.  Masonic and O.E.S. services will be conducted at 8 p.m. Thursday at the King memorial home, Mentone.  Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday after 2 p.m.

 

Merrill M. King

                Merrill M. KING, 78, Peru, died at 11:40 p.m. Monday at his home.

                Mr. King was born Sept. 4, 1898 at Peru and had lived there all his life.  He was a semi-retired plant engineer for Hausske-Harlen Manufacturing of Peru and was a member of the Peru Brethren church, past state officer of the Gideon International, chaplain of the local Gideon camp, trustee for the Miami county historical society, board member of the Peru Civic Center, and a member of the Indiana district of Brethren churches.

                Surviving are his wife, Josephine [KING]; a daughter, Wanita THEOBALD, Camdenton, Mo.; a son, Ross KING, Schererville; ten grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

                Services will be Friday at 10:30 a.m. at the Flowers-Leedy funeral home, Peru, with the Rev. James MARSHALL officiating.  Burial will be at the Mt. Hope cemetery, Peru.  Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Thursday.

 

Eleanor D. Denny

                Mrs. Eleanor E. DENNY, 86, R.R. 1, Claypool, died at 6:06 p.m. Tuesday at the Prairie View nursing home, Warsaw.  She had been ill two years.

                Mrs. Denny was born Aug. 24, 1891 at Schenectady, N.Y., and had lived at Claypool for 20 years, moving there from Detroit.  She married Carter DENNY in 1935; he survives.  She was a member of the Burket United Methodist church.

                Surviving with Mr. Denny are two sisters.

                Services will be Friday at 10:30 a.m. at the Haupert funeral home, Akron, with the Rev. Don POYSER officiating.  Burial will be at the Akron cemetery.  Friends may call Thursday after 2 p.m. and until services Friday.
Minnie M. Williamson

                Mrs. Minnie M. WILLIAMSON, 93, Burket, died at 1:30 a.m. today at Miller’s Merry Manor nursing home, Warsaw, where she had been a patient two years.

                Mrs. Williamson was born Jan. 7, 1884 at Sevastapol to Lyman L. and Mary MORGAN MOLLENHOUR and had lived all but eight years at Burket.  She married Ernest B. WILLIAMSON in 1904; he preceded in death.  She was a member of the Burket United Methodist church.

                Surviving are a son, Porter B. [WILLIAMSON], Tucson, Ariz.; a brother, Harve MOLLENHOUR, Dunnelton, Fla.; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

                Services will be Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at the King Memorial home, Mentone.  Burial will be at the Palestine cemetery.  Friends may call after 2 p.m. Friday.

 

Thursday, February 24, 1977

 

Forrest Freese

                Forrest FREESE, 71, Leiters Ford, died at 4:30 a.m. today in St. Joseph hospital, South Bend, where he was a patient for 10 days.  He had been seriously ill for three weeks.

                He was born Dec. 15, 1905 in West Township of Marshall county to Israel and Emma SHEELY FREESE.  He had lived at Leiters Ford since 1949, moving there from West township.  He was a farmer and a charter member of the Fulton County Historical Society.

                Surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Howard (Mary) WALTZ, Argos, Miss Jennie FREESE, Leiters Ford, and Mrs. Donald (Edith) McCAN, Plymouth.  Five brothers preceded in death.

                Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Grossman funeral home in Argos with the Rev. Richard LEWKE officiating.  Burial will be in the McElrath cemetery southwest of Plymouth.  Friends may call Sunday after 2 p.m. and on Monday until time of service.

 

Herbert Steele

                Herbert STEELE, 82, Akron, died at 12:05 a.m. today at his home.  Arrangements are pending at the Sheetz funeral home, Akron.

 

Earl Besson

                Earl BESSON, 65, Mentone, died at 10 p.m. Wednesday at the Kosciusko Community hospital, Warsaw.

                Mr. Besson was born Jan. 21, 1912, at Mentone to Charles W. and Bertha SHILLING BESSON and had lived in the area most of his life.  His first marriage was to Leona M. LEININGER in 1937; she died in 1939.  He then married Lela JULIAN in 1942; she survives.  He was a member of the Mentone Church of Christ.

                Ssurviving with Mrs. Besson are a son, Keith [BESSON], Zambia, Africa; a daughter, Mrs. William (Linda) COCHRAN, Mentone; four brothers, Everett [BESSON], Mentone; Dale and John [BESSON], Warsaw, and Paul [BESSON], Sydney; a sister, Mrs. Charles (Thelma) EATON, Mentone, and four grandchildren.

                Services will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at the King memorial home, Mentone, with Brother Terry STOCKMAN officiating.  Burial will be in the Mentone cemetery.  Friends may call Friday after 2 p.m.
Friday, February 25, 1977

 

Donald D. Ross

                Donald Dewey ROSS, 79, 716 Fulton avenue, died at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Winona memorial hospital, Indianapolis, where he had been a patient 1 1/2 weeks.

                Mr. Ross was born Feb. 11, 1898 at Rochester to Albert and Sarah FENIMORE ROSS and had lived here all his life.  He married Reva J. PERRY in 1925 at St. Joseph, Mich.; she died in 1966.  He was a retired Auto mechanic, a 50-year member of the F&AM lodge 79, the Scottish Rite of South Bend and the Murat Shrine Temple of Indianapolis.

                Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Rosanna R. ILER, Carmel; two sons, Richard P. [ROSS], Lafayette, and John L. [ROSS], Indianapolis; a sister, Mrs. Lee (Zorah) [SHARPE], Rochester; nine grandchildren, and one great-grandson.  A sister preceded in death.

                Services will be Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Foster & Good funeral home with the Rev. Paul STEPHENSON officiating.  Burial will be at the Rochester I.O.O.F. cemetery.  Friends may call Saturday from 3 to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. until services.  Masonic services will be conducted Saturday at 7 p.m.

 

Herbert I. Steele

                Services for Herbert I. STEELE, 81, Akron, who died Thursday at his home, will be conducted Monday at 10:30 a.m. at the Siferd and Son funeral home, Lima, O., with the Rev. Nathan SMITH officiating.  Burial will be at the Memorial Park cemetery, Lima, O.

                Mr. Steele was born May 16, 1895, at Pleasant Mills to Ira and Olive WINANS STEELE and had lived in Akron five years, moving there from Rome City.  He married Mable STANDIFORD in 1932; she survives.  He was retired from the Pennsylvania railroad and had been the owner-operator of a garage and radiator shop in Saint Marys, O.

                Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Carl (Rosalind) HOLSINGER, Sturgis, Mich.; two sons, Paul E. [STEELE], Saint Marys, O., and Lowell R. [STEELE], Lima, O.; two step-daughters, Mrs. Lewis (Bess) SWALLOW, Lima, O., and Mrs. Kenneth (Wanda) GOODWIN, Toledo, O.; a step-son, Charles STANDIFORD, Akron; a sister, Mrs. Hope HOWARD, Kalamazoo, Mich.; fifteen grandchildren, and fourteen great-grandchildren.  A brother, a sister and a son preceded in death.

 

Delta M. Emmons

                Mrs. Delta M. EMMONS, 88, Canterbury nursing home, died Thursday at Woodlawn hospital following an extended illness.

                Mrs. Emmons was born Nov. 16, 1888, in Kosciusko county to Phillip R. and Florence NELSON BRYANT and had lived all her life in the Fulton=Kosciusko county area.  She married Glen EMMONS in 1914 at Rochester; he died in 1961.

                Surviving are a nephew, David L. BRYANT, Akron; two nieces, Jean ELLIS, Akron, and Betty LANDIS, Leesburg.  Two infant children, a brother and a sister preceded in death.

                Services will be Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at the Haupert funeral home, Akron, with the Rev. J. D. THOMASON officiating.  Burial will be at the Nichols cemetery.  Friends may call Friday after 7 p.m. and Saturday until the hour of services.
Forrest Freese

                Calling hours at the Grossman funeral home, Argos, for Forrest FREESE, who died Thursday, will be after 2 p.m. Saturday and until the hour of services Sunday.  This is a change from the hours listed in The Sentinel Thursday.

 

Eunice M. Coplen

                Mrs. Eunice COPLEN, 87, former Rochester resident, died Thursday in Novato, Cal.

                Survivors include a son, Herman COPLEN, and a daughter, Mrs. Paul (Kathleen) MARTINKOVIC, California.

                Arrengements are pending at the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home.

 

Saturday, February 26, 1977

 

Eunice M. Coplen

                Graveside rites for Eunice M. COPLEN, 86, Novato, Cal., a former Rochester resident who died Thursday at San Anselmo, Cal., will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the Rochester I.O.O.F. cemetery with the Rev. Donald MAUGHAN officiating.  Friends may call at the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home Sunday after 10:30 a.m.  The family will receive friends from 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday.

                Mrs. Coplen was born June 15, 1890, at Rochester to Martin L. and Cora Viola STAHL BARKMAN and moved from Rochester to California in 1962.  For many years she operated a tea room for special parties.  She was a member of the First Baptist church, Rochester.

                Surviving are a son, Herman COPLEN, Novato, Cal.; a daughter, Mrs. Paul (Kathleen) MARTINKOVAC, Lancaster, Cal.; five grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.  A son, Charles COPLEN, died in 1943.  Several relatives reside in the Rochester area.

 

Mildred C. Ireland

                Mildred C. IRELAND, 86, 1109 Pontiac street, died at 3 p.m. Friday at Woodlawn hospital.

                Mrs. Ireland was born July 16, 1890, in Cass county to Clement and Martha Ann FOX ANDERSON and had lived in Rochester 7 1/2 years, moving here from Richland township.  She married Marion IRELAND in 1943 at Reno, Nev.; he survives.  She was a member of the First Brethren church and the Vashti chapter of Eastern Star at Mexico.

                Surviving with Mr. Ireland are a son, Medford Kyle NEWMAN Jr., Hobart; a sister, Mrs. Mable A. SMITH, Mexico; seven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.  A son, Clement NEWMAN, preceded in death.

                Services will be Monday at 2 p.m. at the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home.  Burial will be at the Rochester I.O.O.F. cemetery.  Friends may call Sunday after 2 p.m.  Eastern Star services will be conducted at the funeral home Sunday at 7:30 p.m.
Archie J. Wills

                Archie J. WILLS, 78, R.R. 3, Kewanna, died Friday at 8:50 p.m. at his residence.  Death was unexpected.

                Born March 30, 1898, at Lebanon, he was the son of Otis and Louella WILLS.  His marriage was March 6, 1921, at Grass Creek, to Mabel JONES, who died in 1967.  Mr. Wills was a retired roller with the U.S. Steel corporation in Gary and had been engaged in farming since 1942.

                He was a member of the Grass Creek United Methodist church and of the Roosevelt Masonic lodge in Gary.

                Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. June UNDERWOOD, Valparaiso; a brother, Paul [WILLS], R.R. 2, Kewanna; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.  One brother and two sisters preceded in death.

                Rites will be Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Harrison Garden Chapel at Kewanna with the Rev. Raleigh WALKER officiating.  Masonic rites will be held at the chapel at 8 p.m. today.  Friends may call after 7 p.m. today.  Burial will be in Grass Creek cemetery.

 

Monday, February 28, 1977

 

Glendolyn Bailey

                Mrs. Glendolyn T. BAILEY, 91, died Sunday at 10:30 p.m. in Dukes Memorial hospital at Peru after an illness of two months.  She had resided the past several years at Merry Menor nursing home in Peru.

                Born Jan. 23, 1886, in Cass county, she had lived in Rochester until her marriage in 1909.  Her husband was the late Henry BAILEY, judge of the Miami circuit court in Peru.  Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. Frank HOWELL of Logansport, her foster parents Mr. and Mrs. Henry BARNHART of Rochester.

                She was a member of the First Presbyterian church in Peru, and of the American Legion Auxiliary of Peru.

                Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Robert (Jane) TILLETT, Osceola; one granddaughter, Mrs. Ronald (Linda) KANE, Fremont; one great-grandson, Kevin KANE, Fremont, and two foster brothers, Hugh BARNHART, Rochester, and Dean BARNHART, Goshen.

                A prayer service will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Eikenberry funeral home at Peru with the Rev. Richard WYLIE officiating.  Contributions other than flowers should be made to the Peru First Presbyterian church.

 

Albert Brugh

                Word has been received of the death of Albert BRUGH, 70, Battle Creek, Mich., former Fulton county resident.

                Mr. Brugh was a graduate of Leiters Ford high school and was employed by the Michigan National bank, Battle Creek, for 45 years.

                Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Louis (Donnabel) KLINE, and Mrs. Francis WALSH, both of Rochester, and a brother, Joe BRUGH, R.R. 4, Rochester.

                Services will be Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. at the Farley funeral home, Battle Creek, Mich.
Bernice E. Pontious

                Bernice E. PONTIOUS, 75, R.R. 2, Macy at Gilead, died at 12:30 a.m. today at Miller’s Merry Manor nursing home, Warsaw, following a two-month illness.

                Mrs. Pontious was born Aug. 3, 1901 at Rochester to William and Eva KLISE WINES and had lived at Gilead 46 years, moving there from Rochester.  She married Clair PONTIOUS in 1923; he died in 1960.  She was a member of the Gilead United Methodist church.

                Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Donald (Evelyn) WOOD, Gillett, Wisc., and Mrs. Donald (Sue) ROBERTSON, R.R. 1, Macy; a son, William [PONTIOUS], R.R. 2, Macy; two sisters, Mrs. Frances FOOR, St. Petersburg, Fla., and Mrs. Rex (Jean) PERRY, Brownsville, Ore.; eight grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

                Services will be Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at the Sheetz funeral home, Akron, with the Rev. Richard HARTLEROAD officiating.  Burial will be at the Rochester I.O.O.F. cemetery.  Friends may call after 2 p.m. Tuesday and until the hour of services Wednesday.

 

John W. Petrosky

                John W. PETROSKY, 76, Plymouth, died at 7:20 a.m. Sunday at the Pilgrim Manor nursing home, Plymouth, where he had been a patient six years.

                Mr. Petrosky was born Oct. 8, 1900, at Wessington Springs, S.D., and had lived in Plymouth 27 years, moving there from Akron.  He married Alice CAP at Tabor, S.D., in 1926; she preceded in death.  He was retired from Montgomery Ward and was a member of the Saint Michaels Catholic church, Plymouth.

                Surviving are a son, Rudy PETROSKY, Akron; two brothers, Ed [PETROSKY], Rapid City, S.D., and Lawrence [PETROSKY], Wessington Springs, S.D.; four sisters, Mrs. Rose KING, Aladdin, Wyo.; Mrs. Eleanor THOMAS, Belle Fourche, S.D.; Mrs. Sophia MADDEN, Rapid City, S.D., and Mrs. Ann EDWARDS, Elmore, Minn.; three grandchildren, and a great-grandson.  A brother preceded in death.

                Services will be Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the Sheetz funeral home, Akron, with Father Harold WELLER officiating.  Burial will be at the New Oak Hill cemetery, Plymouth.  Friends may call today after 4 p.m.  The Rosary will be recited tonight at 7 o’clock.

 

Cora A. Ewert

                Mrs. Cora A. EWERT, who observed her 100th birth anniversary last April 10, died this morning at 7:30 o’clock in Woodlawn hospital, where she had been a patient for one week.

                Mrs. Ewert was the mother of Mrs. Lisle (Ruth) KRIEGHBAUM of this city and had resided here the past six years.

                Born April 10, 1876, she was the daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth LANTIS FAHL. She was married to David Jacob EWERT, who died in 1950, and the couple spent most of their lives in Markle, Ind.

                Mrs. Ewert was a member of the Markle Church of the Brethren and of the WCTU.

                Also surviving are a son, Ross T. EWERT, Houston, Texas; five grandchildren; sixteen great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildre.

                Rites are set tentatively for 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Church of the Brethren in Markle, with burial in that city.  Friends may call at the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home here after       2 p.m. Tuesday.
Tuesday, March 1, 1977

 

D. Ward Polley

                D. Ward POLLEY, 45, 1029 Main street, died unexpectedly at noon Monday at his home.

                Mr. Polley was born June 20, 1931, at Plymouth to Edward and June FLETCHER POLLEY.  He had lived in Rochester all his life.  He married Donna J. JARRETTE Aug. 24, 1951, at Rochester; she survives.  He was the former distributor for Dean Foods, a member of the First United Presbyterian church, Elks and Moose lodges, and was a director of the Rochester Chamber of Commerce, and a member of the Rochester water works board of trustees.  He graduated in 1949 from Rochester high school.  He was currently employed by Damas Ford.

                Surviving with the wife and parents are three daughters, Mrs. Pat (Susan) BARNETT, Rochesrter, and Margot and Lee Ann [POLLEY], at home, and a brother, Larry POLLEY, Lafayette.

                Services will be Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home wih the Rev. David HEYWARD officiating.  Friends may call at the funeral home this afternoon and evening.  The family requests that memorials other than flowers be made to the First United Presbyterian church or the Fulton County Historical Society.

 

Evelyn E. Horn

                Evelyn Eileen HORN, 58, Attica, died at 6:30 Monday, at the Community hospital, Williamsport, where she had been a patient one day.

                Mrs. Horn was born at Attica Sept. 12, 1918, to George and Ruth CADWALDER YARBOROUGH.  She married Robert U. HORN at Attica in 1942; he survives.  She was a graduate of Attica high school and was a member of the Attica First United Methodist church.

                Surviving with the mother and husband are a son, Michael HORN, Rochester; two sisters, Miss Bertha YARBOROUGH, Attica, and Mrs. Flora Alice BEST, Kankakee, Ill., and a brother, Don YARBOROUGH, Goodland.

                Services will be Friday at 2 p.m. at the Dale Maus funeral home, Attica, with the Rev. Otis COLLIER and the Rev. Marvin JONES officiating.  Burial will be at the Riverside cemetery, Attica.  Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday.

 

Wednesday, March 2, 1977

 

Michael L. Wagoner

                Michael Lee WAGONER, son of Roger and Tonia MAWYER WAGONER, R.R. 1, Argos, was stillborn at 5:10 p.m. Tuesday at the Parkview hospital, Plymouth.

                Surviving with the parents are a sister, Cheri [WAGONER], at home; the maternal grandmother, Mrs. Teena MAWYER, South Bend; the paternal great-grandfather, Henry MIDDAUGH, R.R. 1, Argos, and the paternal great-grandmother, Mrs. Amos WAGONER, Leiters Ford.

                Graveside services will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Argos Maple Grove cemetery with the Rev. Ralph WESTAFER officiating.
Thursday, March 3, 1977

 

John M. Hinderlider

                Services were conducted Monday at the Frain funeral home in Winamac for John Martin HINDERLIDER, 94, former Winamac resident who died Friday.

                Mr. Hinderlider had resided in Indianapolis for the past 15 years.  He was the father of Mrs. Ruth BALDWIN, Rochester, and Raymond HINDERLIDER, Kewanna.

 

Friday, March 4, 1977

 

Howard F. Stoner

                Word has been received of the death of former Rochester resident Howard F. STONER, 66, Morrow Bay, Cal., Feb. 25.  Following cremation, military services were conducted at Arlington National cemetery, Washington, D.C., on March 2.

                Mr. Stoner was born Oct. 13, 1910 in Rochester to Norman R. and Mahala SEVERNS STONER.  He married Helen WITHERS at Groton, Conn., in 1936;  she survives.  He graduated from Rochester high school in 1928 and from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1932.  He received a master’s degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and retired from the U.S. Navy as a captain in the early 1960s.  He then taught at California State Polytechnic until 1974 when he retired.  He was a member of the Seafarers Masonic lodge.

                Surviving with the wife are two daughters, Mrs. Elsworth (Lorena) PLUMP, Jacksonville, Fla., and Susan STONER, Virginia Beach, Va.; a son, Howard [STONER] Jr., Las Vegas, Nev.; a sister, Mrs. Herold (Rosella) ROSS, Greencastle, and a brother, Robert STONER, Elgin, Ill.

 

Saturday, March 5, 1977

 

Velma V. Lease

                Mrs. Velma V. LEASE, 85, R.R. 2, Kewanna, died at 9:15 p.m. Friday at Woodlawn hospital.

                Mrs. Lease was born July 6, 1891, at Lake Bruce to Jerome and Cora MYERS HARRIS.  She married Henry LEASE at Winamac in 1919; he died in 1959.  She was a member of the Kewanna Church of Christ, the Grass Creek United Methodist Ladies Aid, Fulton Order of Eastern Star, a charter member of the Fulton County Choral club, the Wayne Progressive home economics club, and a 50-year member of the Kewanna Rebekah lodge.

                Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Joyce MARTIN, R.R.1, Rochester; a son, Harris [LEASE], R.R. 2, Kewanna; four step-sons, Harry [LEASE], Seattle, Wash.; Howard [LEASE], Tustin, Cal.; Herrold [LEASE], R.R. 1, Rocheter, and Homer [LEASE], Beaverton, Ore; three brothers, George HARRIS, Indianapolis; Art HARRIS, South Bend, and Elmer [HARRIS], Kewanna; three sisters, Mrs. Tura MASON, Mishawaka, Mrs. Amy AKER, Pinkneyville, Ill., and Mrs. Addie CHAMBERS, Logan, Ut.; eleven grandchildren, twenty-two great-grandchildren, and eleven great-great=grandchildren.  Two brothers and two sisters preceded in death.

                Services will be Monday at 1:30 p.m. at the Harrison garden chapel, Kewanna, with the Rev. Raleigh WALKER officiating.  Burial will be at the Grass Creek cemetery.  Friends may call after 2 p.m. Sunday.  Eastern Star services will be conducted Sunday at 7:30 p.m.
Monday, March 7, 1977

 

Don E. Smiley

                Don E. SMILEY, 57, lifetime Rochester resident, died Sunday at 7 a.m. at his residence west of Rochester on R.R. 6, of a massive coronary attack.  Mr. Smiley had sustained a previous heart seizure seven years ago but had recovered and his death was unexpected.

                Mr. Smiley currently was employed as clerk at the Fulton County Highway Department, was a member of the Rocheter township advisory board and a director of the Fulton County Round Barn Fstival, being owner of one of the county’s round barns.

                He was a graduate of Rochester high school, where he was a starring member of the 1937 Zebra basketball team that advanced to the Final Four of the state tournament.  He went on to graduate from Ventura (Cal.) junior college.

                In 1962, Mr. Smiley helped found National Appaloosa Pony Inc., national registry for that animal breed, and had gained national prominence for his breeding of Appaloosas.  He formerly operated the group’s national office here and edited its monthly magazine.  He was serving as a director of the breeding association at the time of his death.

                Mr. Smiley served with the Navy during World War II, seeing duty in the African campaign and in the invasion of the Philippine islands.  He was a member of St. John’s Lutheran church and was a volunteer umpire for the local youth baseball program.

                Born April 30, 1919, in this city, he was the son of Earl and Engrid HANSON SMILEY.  His marriage was in Rochester on Dec. 31, 1945, to Wilma I. WALTERS, who survives.

                Also surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Fred (Beth) WALDKOETTER, Dallas, Texas; one grandson, Aaron [WALDKOETTER]; his stepmother, Stelle SMILEY, this city; one sister, Mrs. Milo (Ruth) TULLIS, Wabash; four brothers, Ray and John [SMILEY], both of Rochester; Dale [SMILEY], Boston, Mass.; a twin brother, Dean [SMILEY], Terre Haute; a half-sister, Mrs. Larry (Terri) HOWDESHELL, Rochester; two step-sisters, Gladys SMILEY, Rochester, and Joyce TRUAX, Mosinee, Wisc.  Preceding in death were two brothers, George and Bob [SMILEY].

                Rites will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran church with Pastor Vernon KNIGHT officiating.  Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.  Friends may call at Zimmerman Brothers funeral home.  The family requests that memorials other than flowers be made to St. John’s Lutheran church or to the intensive coronary care unit at Woodlawn hospital.

 

Tuesday, Marcy 8, 1977

 

Alexandria Ninios

                Word has been received of the death of Mrs. Alexandria NINIOS, 61, South Bend, wife of Gust NINIOS, who was owner of the former Berghoff cafe, now a Trysting Place, at 1:30 p.m. Jan. 26 at her residence following an extended illness.

                Mrs. Ninios was born June 10, 1915, at Davenport, Ia., and had lived in South Bend since 1940, moving there from Rochester.  She married Gust Ninios in 1938; he survives.  She was a past president of the Daughters of Penelope, and a member of St. Andrew’s church and the Hearing and Speech association.

                Surviving with Mr. Ninios are two sons, James [NINIOS], South Bend, and Phillip [NINIOS], chicago; a sister, Mrs. Irene BORN, Denver, and a brother, William KAGIN, Toledo.

                Services were conducted at the St. Andrew’s Greek Orthodox church with the Rev. Constantine MATHEWS officiating.  Burial was in Southlawn cemetery, South Bend.
Gladys A. Alspach

                Mrs. Gladys Annabelle ALSPACH, 73, 308 Jefferson street, died at 12:30 a.m. today at Woodlawn hospital where she had been a patient one day.

                Mrs. Alspach was born Dec. 15, 1903, in Fulton county to Jesse and Harriett McCLURE SMITH and had lived in Rochester 10 years moving here from the Sturgis, Mich.-Mishawaka area where she had lived 40 years.  She married John “Jack” ALSPACH in 1922; he survives.

                Surviving with Mr. Alspach are a sister, Mrs. Lee (Irene) BECKER, Akron; a brother, Harold J. SMITH, Mishawaka; two nieces, Mrs. Larry (Donna) GEARHART, Fulton, and Mrs. David (Vicky) THORLA, South Bend; a nephew, David ALSPACH, Rochester; and seven great-nieces and nephews.  A sister preceded in death.

                Services will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Foster & Good funeral home with the Rev. Morris HOWELL officiating.  Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. cemetery.  Friends may call Wednesday from 3 to 9 p.m. and Thursday until services.  Memorials other than flowers may be made to the Fulton County Animal Shelter.

 

Wednesday, March 9, 1977

 

[no obits]

 

Thursday, March 10, 1977

 

Elmer Masterman

                Elmer MASTERMAN, 67, Argos, died unexpectedly at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Inverness hospital at Inverness, Fla.  Death was attributed to a heart attack.

                Mr. Masterman and his wife, Bernice, were vacationing at their winter home in Florida when he was stricken.  He was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.

                Mr. Masterman was born April 16, 1909 at Walkerton to Markus and Susie BARDEN MASTERMAN.  His first marriage was to Clara CULP.  She died in 1960.  His second marriage was to Bernice SANDERSON SHIVERS, who survives.

                A retired Argos businessman, he had owned and managed the Argos motel.  He had resided in the Argos community 30 years, moving from Polke township.  He was a member of the Argos United Methodist church and past-chairman of the board of trustees of the church.

                Surviving with the wife are four daughters, Mrs. Herman (Connie) TABOR, R.R. 5, Plymouth; Mrs. Alfred (Roxie) FENKNER, Kirkland, Wash.; Mrs. Joe (Barbara) YOCUM, Bremen; Mrs. Francis (Nancy) RYNEARSON, Columbus, O.; one step-daughter, Mrs. Gene (Sharon) GOOD, Kenton, O.; two step-sons, David SHIVERS, Argos; Michael MASTERMAN, ISU at Terre Haute; thee sisters, Mrs. Delta LONG and Mrs. Nell CULP, both of Walkerton; Mrs. Louella LAMBERT, North Liberty; two brothers, George MASTERMAN, South Bend, and Harry MASTERMAN, Walkerton.  One step-daughter Sheila KELLEY, preceded in death.

                Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Argos United Methodist church with the Rev. Robert HANSEN officiating.  Burial will be in the Argos Maple Grove cemetery.  Friends may call at the Grossman funeral home in Argos after 2 p.m. Saturday until noon Sunday and at the church one hour prior to services.  Memorials other than flowers may be made to the Argos United Methodist church.
Friday, March 11, 1977

 

Veronica V. Bonnell and

Joyce A. Campbell

                Two Cass county women were killed and three children injured shortly after 4:30 p.m. Thursday when their rented airplane struck a tree and crashed into a field one-half mile north of the Fulton county airport, east of Rochester.  The crash occurred as the plane was attempting to land.

                The single-engine, four-place Piper Warrior plane crashed into a cornfield owned by Charles RAUSCHKE, R.R. 2, Rochester.  The cause of the crash is undetermined.  Officials of the Federal Aviation Agency were investigating the scene today.

                Killed instantly was the pilot, Mrs. Veronica V. BONNELL, 34.  One of her passengers, Mrs. Joyce A. CAMPBELL, 30, died at 5:52 o’clock in the emergency room of Woodlawn hospital.  Both women died from massive head and internal injuries.

                Injured, but reported in satisfactory condition today in Woodlawn hospital, were Mrs. Campbell’s daughter, Tina [CAMPBELL], 12, Mrs. Bonnell’s daughter, Annette [BONNELL], 14, and Mrs. Bonnell’s son, Daren [BONNELL], 6.

                All five are from Royal Center, where Mrs. Campbell was a member of the town board.

                Both women were pinned in the wreckage when rescuers arrived while the children were standing away from the plane, police said.  Mrs. Campbell was freed and rushed to Woodlawn hospital with the children.

                Mrs. Bonnell, who was the American Party candidate for state senator from District 18 (including Fulton county) last November, was pinned beneath the engine.  Authorities were unable to free her until about 5 o’clock.

                A wrecker, operated by Max SHULTZ of Shutz’s Body Shop, was hooked to the front of the plane while a tractor deiven by Rauschke was hooked to the rear to free Mrs. Bonnell’s body.

                The children all suffered multiple lacerations, abrasions and contusions, police said.

                Authorities said the plane, owned by the Logansport Flying Service, left Logansport shortly after 4 o’clock.  It is believed the group was coming to Rochester for dinner.

                According to witnesses, the plane made its landing apprach from the west, but began to drift northward.  The plane did not gain enough altitude to clear a tree which stands 45 feet north of the ConRail railroad tracks and it crashed into the field 246 feet from the tree.

                Investigating the tragedy were members of the Indiana state police, assisted by the Fulton county police department, the Rochester police and fire departments and the Kewanna fire department.

                The bodies of the two women were taken from Zimmerman Brothers funeral home here to the Harrison funeral home in Kewanna.  An autopsy has been scheduled for Mrs. Bonnell.

                The last plane crash in Fulton county was Dec. 12, 1973, when two local men, Josief B. CARDONA and Robert R. BENECKI, were killed when their plane crashed east of the city.  In July, 1972, four Cincinnati natives were killed when their craft came down north of Kewanna.  In 1960, three men died when their plane crashed east of Rochester.
Margaret Neff

                Miss Margaret NEFF, 62, Argos librarian, died at 11:30 p.m. Thursday at her home.  She had been under a doctor’s care for a heart condition.

                Miss Neff was born April 30, 1912 at Argos to Victor and Myrtia COOKE NEFF and had lived in Argos all her life.  She graduated from Argos high school in 1930 and had been the Argos librarian 40 years.  She was a member of the Argos United Methodist church and the Association of Librarians of the State of Indiana.

                Surviving are a brother, Henry NEFF, South Bend, and several nieces and nephews.

                Services will be Sunday at 4 p.m. at the Grossman funeral home, Argos, with the Rev. Robert HANSEN officiating.  Burial will be in the Argos Maple Grove cemetery.  Friends may call after 2 p.m. Saturday.

 

Saturday, March 12, 1977 to Monday, March 14, 1977

 

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Tuesday, March 15, 1977

 

Ethel M. Smith Burrell

                Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Thursday at the Rochester I.O.O.F. cemetery for Mrs. Ethel Mae (LISTON) SMITH BURRELL, 89, El Paso, Texas, a former organist at Grace United Methodist church of Rochester.  Mrs. Burrell died at 5:10 p.m. Saturday in El Paso.

                The Rev. Paul STEPHENSON will officiate the cemetery rites.  Friends may call at the Allen funeral home in Bunker Hill Thursday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

                Mrs. Burrell was born April 30, 1889 in Miami county to James and Viola SHAFFER LISTON.  She had lived in Rochester for many years and her father had owned and operated Liston’s grocery store in part of the building that now houses the Cook Brothers Furniture store.

                She was married in 1905 to Edward SMITH, who died in 1944.  In 1949 she was married to Frank BURRELL, who died in 1963.  She was a member of the El Paso, Texas United Methodist church.  Mrs. Burrell moved to El Paso from Logansport nine years ago.

                Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Josephine FRASER, El Paso; a son, the Rev. H. Liston SMITH, Chaffee, Mo.; four grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.

 

Goldie P. Creek

                Goldie Pearl CREEK, 88, Fulton, died at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Canterbury nursing home.  She had been ill since December.

                Mrs. Creek was born Dec. 15, 1888, at Curtisville to James Franklin and Viola May GRIFFIN WATSON.  She had lived in Fulton eight years, moving there from Rochester.  She married Zepha Calmer CREEK in 1908; he died in 1964.  She was a restaurant employee and a member of the Nazarene church, Rochester.

                Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Daniel (Pauline) Van METER, Fulton; two grandchildren, Harold Van METER, Fostoria, O., and Mrs. Harvey (Mary Ellen) SLOAN, Clifton, Ariz., and five great-grandchildren.  A son, Gerald C. [CREEK], and two sisters preceded in death.

                Services will be Thursday at 1 p.m. at the Ditmire-Zimmerman funeral home, Fulton, with the Rev. Ira HOLT officiating.  Burial will be at Greenlawn cemetery, Mexico.  Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday.
Hazel M. Butterbaugh

                Mrs. Hazel M. BUTTERBAUGH, 80, Timbercrest Church of the Brethren home, North Manchester, died at 5:20 a.m. today at the Wabash county hospital.  She had been ill six weeks.

                Mrs. Butterbaugh was born March 26, 1896, in Kosciusko county to John Jr.. and Estella WARREN MILLER.  She married Ray H. BUTTERBAUGH in 1915; he died in 1974.  She was a member of the Old German Baptist church, North Manchester.

                Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Ralph (Edna Mae) SHEWMAN, Akron; Mrs. Ora (Eileen) BLOCHER, R.R. 2, North Manchester; Mrs. Keith (Cleo) WAGONER, R.R. 1, North Manchester, and Mrs. Eldon (Marianne) FRUITT, North Manchester; two sons, Leon BUTTERBAUGH, R.R. 2, North Manchester, and Bob BUTTERBAUGH, R.R. 1, North Manchester; fifteen grandchildren, and sixteen great-grandchildren; a sister, Miss Opal MILLER, Timbercrest Church of the Brethren home, North Manchester.

                Services will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Old German Baptist church, North Manchester, with Elder Dennis LANDIS officiating.  Burial will be at the Old German Baptist church cemetery.  Friends may call at the Bender funeral home, North Manchester, after 7 p.m. today.

 

Michael Austin Shidler

                Michael Austin SHIDLER, infant son of Jack and Victoria FAIR SHIDLER, Kewanna, died at 5 p.m. Monday at the Pulaski memorial hospital where he was born Sunday at 9 p.m.

                Surviving with the parents are a brother, Jack William [SHIDLER] Jr., at home; the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold “Jack” SHIDLER, Winamac the paternal grandmother, Mrs. Joyce SHIDLER, Winamac the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Austin FAIR, Lake Bruce; the maternal great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William BENSON, Bradenton, Fla., and aunts and uncles.  A sister preceded in death.

                Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Lake Bruce cemetery with the Rev. Keith SMITLEY officiating.  Harrison funeral home, Kewanna, is handling arrangements.

 

Fern Zink

                Mrs. Fern E. ZINK, 81, Miller’s Merry Manor nursing home, Plymouth, died at 12:20 p.m. Monday at the nursing home following a severe illness of six weeks.

                Mrs. Zink was born July 6, 1895 in Marshall county to Christopher and Martha Jane POWERS BENNETT.  She lived in Plymouth the past 20 years after moving from Argos where she was employed at Roy’s Dry Cleaners.

                Surviving are three sons, Audra [ZINK], R.R. 6, Plymouth; Francis [ZINK], R.R. 1, Culver, and Morris [ZINK], South Bend; six grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.

                Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Grossman funeral home, Argos, with the Rev. Raymond OVIAN officiating.  Burial will be in the New Oak Hill cemetery, Plymouth.  Friends may call from 7 to 9 o’clock tonight and until time of services Wednesday.

 

Wednesday, March 16, 1977

 

Billy J. Burkett

                Bill BURKETT, 41, R.R. 1, Akron, was killed today in a farm accident at his home.  Arrangements are pending at the Sheetz funeral home, Akron.
John W. Price

                John W. PRICE, 58, 315 East Sixth street, took his own life at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at his home.

                Mr. Price was born Aug. 12, 1918, in Fulton county to Guy and Rhoda O’CONNELL PRICE and had lived in Rochester all his life.  He married Ida E. FINGERLE in 1945 at Baltimore, Md.; she survives.  He was a self-employed carpenter and a veteran of World War II.

                Two brothers, Harold and Roy [PRICE], preceded in death.

                Graveside service will be conducted Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at the I.O.O.F. cemetery with the Rev. Morris HOWELL officiating.  Friends may call at the Foster & Good funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight, and Thursday from 9 a.m. until the hour of services.

 

Thursday, March 17, 1977

 

Billy J. Burkett

                Billy J. BURKETT, 35, R.R. 1, Akron, was killed Wednesday morning when a tractor he was driving overturned on top of him.  The accident occurred about 10:45 o’clock on Burkett’s farm on County Road 150 South, four-tenths of a mile east of County Road 700 East.

                Fulton County Coroner Junior D. GOOD said death was instant, due to a crushed chest.

                County police said Burkett was living in Kokomo but had returned to the farm Wednesday morning with a friend, Robert J. FREIDLINE of Kokomo, to do some work.

                Freidline, who called police after the accident, said Burkett was driving the tractor up his lane to the barn when he attempted to make a left turn and the tractor rolled over, pinning Burkett beneath it.  The tractor was equipped with a front-end loader at the time of the accident.

                Mr. Burkett was born April 23, 1941, in Fulton county to Norman and Helen MILLER BURKETT and had lived in the Akron area all his life.  He married Bonnie CONRAD at Richland Center in 1961; she survives.  He was a farmer and also employed at Chrysler corporation, Kokomo.  He was a member of the Converse Church of Christ, the Swayzee Masonic lodge and the Independent Order of Forresters.

                Surviving with Mrs. Burkett are two daughters, Brenda Jo  and Beth Ann [BURKETT], both at home; the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Norman BURKETT, Webster, Wis.; a sister, Mrs. Jim (Marsha) ROBBINS, Elmyra, N.Y.; three brothers, David [BURKETT], Talma; Tom [BURKETT], Webster, Wis., and Richard [BURKETT], Fort Wayne.

                Services will be Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at the Athens United Methodist church with the Rev. Wayne JOHNSON and the Rev. J. D. THOMASON officiating.  Burial will be at the Mt. Hope cemetery, Athens.  Friends may call at the Sheetz funeral home, Akron, from 4 to 9 p.m. Friday and the church for one hour prior to services.

 

Blanche Bramlett

                Blanche BRAMLETT, 76, Canterbury Manor nursing home, died at 1:40 a.m. today at the nursing home.  She had been ill three months.

                Miss Bramlett was born April 3, 1900, at El Dorado, Ill., to George R. and Eliza BURNETT BRAMLETT and had lived in Rochester since 1975, moving here from Wheaton, Ill.  She was a retired school teacher, a member of the Geneva Road Baptist church, El Dorado, Ill., the Retired Teachers Association, the McKinley club, attended the First Baptist church, Rochester, and was a member of the Rochester Baptist Ladies Guild.

                Surviving are two brothers, Harold BRAMLETT, Detroit, Mich., and Kenneth BRAMLETT, Lehigh Acres, Fla.; a sister, Mrs Harry (Pauline) WALLACE, Rochester; a niece

 and three nephews.

                Services will be at 4 p.m. Saturday (3 p.m. CST) at the Martin Chapel, El Dorado, Ill., with the Rev. William TOMBERLINE officiating.  Burial will be at the Wolf Creek cemetery, El Dorado, Ill.  Friends may call at the Foster & Good funeral home from 6 to 9 p.m. today, and at the Martin chapel from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, and until services Saturday.

 

Friday, March 18, 1977 to Saturday, March 19, 1977

 

[no obits]

 

Monday, March 21, 1977

 

Bonnie L. Secor

                Mrs. Bonnie L. SECOR, 83, Palestine, died at 12:25 p.m. Sunday at the Prairie View nursing home, Warsaw.  She had been ill for several years.

                Mrs. Secor was born April 11, 1893 in South Carolina to William and Josephine BLACKWELL and had lived at Palestine since 1939 when she married R. Henry SECOR; he died in 1976.

                Surviving are a son, Dale H. [SECOR], Warsaw; five daughters, Mrs. Charles (Marie) BAUGHER, Warsaw; Mrs. Howard (Eva) LANDIS, Rochester; Mrs. Melvin (Naomi) CAIN, Mentone; Mrs. Robert (Esther) GINDLE, Warsaw, and Mrs. Mary Belle SELLERS, Palestine; a brother, Floyd BLACKWELL, Palestine; twenty-three grandchildren; thirty-four great-grandchildren, and twelve great-great-grandchildren.

                Services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the King memorial home, Mentone, with the Rev. Don POYSER officiating.  Burial will be in the Palestine cemetery.  Friends may call Tuesday after 2 p.m.

 

Alida R. Miller

                Miss Alida Rae MILLER, daughter of the late O. M. MILLER of Rochester, died Wednesday at her home in Spokane, Wash.  Surviving are two brothers, Allen MILLER, Spokane, and Donald MILLER, Douglasville, Ga.  Funeral services and burial were in Spokane.

 

Tuesday, March 22, 1977

 

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Wednesday, March 23, 1977

 

Joe Ben Perez

                Joe Ben PEREZ, 44, 1516 Wallace avenue, a driver for the Metzger Trucking company of Silver Lake, was killed at 3:45 a.m. Tuesday when his empty cattle truck hit a bridge abutment on Interstate 80 at Mokena, Ill., near Joliet.

                Mokena firemen worked 45 minuts to free Perez’ body from the wreckage.  He was dead on arrival at the Silver Cross hospital in Joliet.

                Mr. Perez had lived in Rochester for 15 years, moving here from Salt Lake City, Utah.

                Born Feb. 7, 1933 in Mancose, Colo., he was the son of Joe and Sophia VIGIL PEREZ.  He was married Feb. 21, 1962 in Ogden, Utah to Martha M. WEIDNER, who survives.  He was a member of the Rochester First Assembly of God church.

                Surviving with the wife are two daughters at home, Crysta and Rhonda [PEREZ]; three sons, Daniel [PEREZ], at home; Sgt. Joseph PEREZ, with the U.S. Army in Germany, and Joseph Ross PEREZ, Wichita, Kan.; a grandson, Christopher Michael PEREZ, Fort Wayne; the mother, Mrs. Sophia FRENCH, Cortez, Colo; three sisters, Mrs. Ed (Margaret) PICKLES, Cortez, Colo., and Mrs. Fred (Rose) POWELL and Mrs. Ray (Stella) QUINTANA, both of Ogden; seven brothers, Fidel [PEREZ], of Layton, Utah; Joe Gilbert and James [PEREZ], both of Durango, Colo.; Richard [PEREZ], Concord, Cal.; G. Vincent [PEREZ], Tustin, Cal.; John [PEREZ], Palo Alto, Cal., and Paul [PEREZ], Tippecanoe.

                Rites are pending at the Foster & Good funeral home here.

 

Thursday, March 24, 1977

 

Joe Ben Perez

                Services for Joe Ben PEREZ, 44, 1516 Wallace avenue, who was killed Tuesday morning when his truck hit a bridge abutment at Mokena, Ill., will be Friday at 2 p.m. in the Foster & Good funeral home.  The Rev. Clifton WILKINS will officiate and burial will be in the Reichter cemetery.  Friends may call today from 3 to 9 p.m. and Friday from 9 a.m. until time of service.

 

Jesse L. Osborn

                Jesse L. OSBORN, 70, former Argos resident, died Wednesday at the Porter memorial hospital, Valparaiso, following an extended illness.

                Mr. Osborn was born Feb. 3, 1907, at Ober to Jesse and Ona COX  OSBORN and lived in Argos 30 years before moving to Valparaiso four years ago.  He married Mary BREDEHOFT at Knox in 1927; she survives.  He was the owner and operator of the North End garage at Argos until his retirement in 1973.

                Surviving with Mrs. Osborn are five daughters, Mrs. Manfred (Luella) NORRIS, Kouts; Mrs. Stephen (Ilene) MILLER, Plymouth; Mrs. Claude (Glenda) CONLEY, Medaryville; Miss Rosemary OSBORN, Valparaiso, and Mrs. Thomas (Alice) SCHEETZ, South Bend; two sons, Lowell [OSBORN], Lafayette, and Marvin [OSBORN], Plymouth; five sisters, Mrs. Ota SUTTON, Tiosa; Mrs. Alta HOLLOWAY, LaPorte; Mrs. Vera NEHER, Rolling Prairie; Mrs. Lucy STOCKBERGER, Rochester, and Mrs. Laura DOEDON, Greenwood; twenty-five grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.

                Services will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Bonine funeral home, Culver, with the Rev. Charles BROWNE officiating.  Burial will be at the Argos Maple Grove cemetery.  Friends may call Friday after 2 p.m.

 

Friday, March 25, 1977

 

Vera Rogers

                Miss Vera ROGERS, 1217 Jefferson street, died unexpectedly at about 11:45 a.m. today in Woodlawn hospital of a heart seizure.  Services are pending at Zimmerman Brothers funeral home.

 

Mabel C. Greer

                Mrs. Mabel C. GREER, 77, R.R. 6, Rochester, died at 2 a.m. today at Chase Manor, Logansport.  She had been ill since November.

                Mrs. Greer was born May 18, 1899 at Eureka, Ill., to Mahlon and Ida TROWBRIDGE ZIEMS and had lived here 57 years, moving from Goodfield, Ill.  She married Ellis GREER March 23, 1937, at Warsaw; he survives.  She was a member of the Manitou Garden club, Reiter community club and the First Christian church, Rochester.

                Surviving with Mr. Greer are several cousins.

                Services will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home with the Rev. Teal YOUNCE officiating.  Burial will be at the Kewanna I.O.O.F. cemetery.  Friends may call Saturday after 2 p.m.   Memorials other than flowers may be made to the Cancer Fund.

 

Gertrude M. Stahl

                Mrs. Gertrude M. STAHL, 80, R.R. 3, Macy, died at 10 p.m. Thursday at Canterbury nursing home where she had been a patient since November.

                Mrs. Stahl was born Sept. 10, 1896, at Macy to Albert and Ollie KINGERY SMITH and had lived at Macy all her life.  She married Joel R. STAHL at Peru in 1917; he died in 1975.  She was a member of the Macy Christian church.

                Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Abraham (Bertha Mae) HUFF, and Mrs. John (Opal Jean) PONTIUS, both of Macy; four sons, Richard and Raymond STAHL, both of Macy; Noble STAHL, LaPorte, and Wayne STAHL, Akron; four sisters, Mrs. Lola COLLINS, Tucson, Ariz.; Mrs. Orvil (Edith) CUMBERLAND, Hernanco, Fla.; Mrs. Fred (Lucy) SEE, Macy, and Mrs. Sarah CHAPIN, Rochester; twenty-six grandchildren; nineteen great-grandchildren and a brother, Harold SMITH, Hernando, Fla.  Three sisters and three brothers preceded in death.

                Services will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Foster & Good funeral home with the Rev. Chester WALTHER officiating.  Burial will be at the Plainview cemetery, Macy.  Friends may call Saturday from 3 to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. until services.

 

Saturday, March 26, 1977

 

Everett B. Messer

                Everett B. MESSER, 64, Delong, died at 4:30 a.m. today in Woodlawn hospital.

                The body will be removed from the Foster & Good funeral home to the Lane funeral home in Morehead, Ky., for services.
Vera Rogers

                Miss Vera ROGERS, 68, 1217 Jefferson street, died at 11:30 a.m. Friday at Woodlawn hospital shortly after admission of a coronary.

                Miss Rogers was born Oct. 8, 1908, near Akron to Walter and Cora GREGSON ROGERS and had lived in Fulton county all her life.  She was a former employee of Chamberlin Products, Akron, a member of the Hillcrest Baptist church and rcently was active with the Green Thumb Garden club and senior citizen volunteer work.

                Surviving are a brother, Harley ROGERS, Rochester; several nieces and nephews including Mrs. Clyde SPICE, Mrs. Joyce HARDACRE and Mrs. Ted FLOHR, all of Fulton county.

                Services will be Sunday at 3:30 p.m. at the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home with Pastor Don REITER officiating.  Burial will be in the Nichols cemetery near Akron.  Friends may call today after 2 p.m.

 

Goldia P. Bright

                Miss Goldia P. BRIGHT, 81, Rochester nursing home, died at 11:30 p.m. Friday at the nursing home.  She had been ill several years.

                Miss Bright was born Aut. 8, 1895, in Kosciusko county to Frank and Rachael ADAMSON BRIGHT and had lived in the Akron area all her life.  She had been employed by the Akron Exchange State bank for 36 years and was a member of the Akron United Methodist church.

                Surviving are several cousins.  The parents and a brother preceded in death.

                Services will be Monday at 10:30 a.m. at the Haupert funeral home, Akron, with the Rev. John MOORE officiating.  Burial will be in the Nichols cemetery.  Friends may call Sunday after 2:30 p.m. and Monday until the hour of services.

 

Monday, March 28, 1977

Lew B. Wallace

                Lew B. WALLACE, 74, R.R. 2, Bremen (Wyatt community), died at 11:55 p.m. Sunday at the Bremen Community hospital following a two-month illness.

                Mr. Wallace was born March 17, 1903, at Argos to John and Ada BOWEL WALLACE and had lived in the Bremen area 15 years, moving there from Mishawaka.  He married Mary APPLE in 1940; she survives.  He was a retired farmer.

                Surviving with Mrs. Wallace are a brother, Reuben Clyde WALLACE, Placerville, Cal., and nieces and nephews.  A brother, Austin WALLACE, preceded in death.

                Services will be Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Grossman funeral home, Argos, with the Rev. Robert HUENI officiating.  Burial will be in the Bremen cemetry.  Friends may call Tuesday after 2 p.m. and Wednesday until time of services.  Memorials may be made to the Bremen Community hospital or to the Cancer Fund.
Tuesday, March 29, 1977

 

D. Eldon Smith

                D. Eldon SMITH, 53, Kewanna, member of the Kewanna Town Board, died at 5:15 p.m. Monday at his home.

                Mr. Smith was born April 11, 1923, at South Bend to Don E. and Millie BAKER SMITH.  He married Joan STEVENS in 1949 at Knox; she survives.  He had been a plant supervisor for Universal Fire Apparatus of Logansport, was a member of the Church of Christ at Kewanna, the Kewanna Masonic lodge (of which he was a past secretary), the Kewanna library board and was a vetera of World War II.

                Surviving with Mrs. Smith are a daughter, Mrs. Gayle NEWTON, Indianapolis; a brother, Keith [SMITH], Kokomo, and two grandchildren. Two infant sons and a sister preceded in death.

                Services will be Thursday at 1:30 p.m. with the Rev. Ron PRILLIMAN officiating.  Burial will be in the Kewanna I.O.O.F. cemetery.  Friends may call Wednesday after 2 p.m.

 

Raymond Burke

                Raymond BURKE, 65, R.R. 1, Silver Lake, died at 9:30 a.m. Monday at his home.

                Mr. Burke was born May 11, 1911, at Riceville, Ky., to Jeff and Nancy HORN BURKE and had lived at Silver Lake 30 years, moving from Kentucky.  He married Leona HARMON in 1935; she survives.  He was retired from General Tire at Wabash, was a veteran of World War II and a member of the Gilead United Methodist church.

                Surviving with Mrs. Burke are two daughters, Mrs. Jack (Velma) BAUGHER, R.R. 7, Warsaw, and Mrs. Donald (Brenda) HOFFMAN, R.R. 1, Silver Lake; four sisters, Mrs. Edith KELLEY, Warsaw; Mrs. W. E. (Shirley) CONLEY, Allegan, Mich.; Mrs. Flossie PATRICK, Betsy Lane, Ky., and Gladys PRESTON, Syracuse, and a granddaughter.  A son, James [BURKE], and five brothers preceded in death.

                Services will be Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at the Sheetz funeral home, Akron, with the Rev. John MOORE officiating.  Burial will be in the Oakwood cemetery, Warsaw.  Friends may call after 2 p.m. Wednesday and until time of services Thursday.

 

Wednesday, March 30, 1977

 

Paul E. Raderstorf

                Paul E. RADERSTORF, 53, Kewanna, died at 7 a.m. Tuesday at his home.

                Mr. Raderstorf was born April 12, 1923, in Pulaski county to Riley and Rosella RADERSTORF.  He married Mary E. MOLLENCUPP EMMONS in 1955; she survives.  He was a laborer, a veteran of World War II and the Korean conflict, a member of the Catholic church and the Kewanna VFW.

                Surviving with Mrs. Raderstorf are a step-son, Gerald EMMONS, Kokomo; a step-daughter, Linda COLLINS, Rochester; two brothers, Robert [RADERSTORF], Winamac, and Donald [RADERSTORF], Logansport, and eight grandchildren.  A son and a daughter preceded in death.

                Services will be Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the Harrison garden chapel, Kewanna, with the Rev. Ron PRILLIMAN officiating.  Burial will be in the Kewanna I.O.O.F. cemetery.  Graveside military rites will be performed by the Kewanna VFW.
Thursday, March 31, 1977

 

Miriam J. Fletcher

                Miriam J. FLETCHER, 63, formerly of R.R. 1, Culver, died at her home in South Bend at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.  She had been under a doctor’s care.

                Mrs. Fletcher was born June 26, 1913, at Chicago to William and Amanda BLAKE.  She married Floyd “C.D.” FLETCHER in 1965; he died in 1975.  She was an active citizen band radio enthusiast and answered to the handle of “Green Thumb.”

                Surviving are two daughtrs, Mrs. Harold (Nancy) DITSCH, and Mrs. Judy COPPAGE, both of South Bend, and five grandchildren.

                Services will be Friday at 2 p.m. at the Grossman funeral home, Argos, with the Rev. Robert HANSEN officiating.  Burial will be in the Argos Maple Grove cemetery.  Friends may call today after 2 p.m. and until the hour of services Friday.

 

Friday, April 1, 1977

 

[no obits]

 

Saturday, April 2, 1977

 

Dale H. Bowyer

                A rural Akron man became Fulton county’s first traffic accident fatality of 1977 when he was killed in a collision of his pickup truck with a semi-rig at 3:42 a.m. today at U.S. 31 and Old 31 south of rochester.

                Dale H. BOWYER, 25, R.R. 1, Akron, was pronounced dead at the scene from a broken neck when his Datson pickup truck, which was crossing the southbound lane of U.S. 31, struck the semi-rig.

                County police said the Bowyer truck was southbound on Old U.S. 31 and had apparently stoped before crossing the northbound lane of U.S. 31.  BOWYER apparently did not see the semi-rig before pulling into the Southbound lane.

                The driver of the semi-rig, Robert L. CROSS, 47, New Albany, told police he was unable to avoid the collision.  The semi-rig is owned by Courier-Newsom Express of Lafayette.

                Damage was $1,200 to the pickup and $500 to the semi-rig.

                The fatality was the first at the intersection since the Rochester bypass ection of dual-laned U.S. 31 was opened on May 25, 1973.

                The last traffic fatality in Fulton county was last Oct. 28 when Rodney LEWIS, 16, R.R. 5, Rochester, died from injuries sustained in a two-car crash two days earlier.  Alan BLUE, 19, Mentone, also died from injuries sustained in that crash - on Ind. 25 at County Road 100 South.

                Mr. Bowyer was born July 1, 1951 at Logansport to William and Florien MAPES BOWYER.  He was married July 16, 1969 in Akron to Lana MORRIS; she survives.  He was employed at Allis-Chalmers in LaPorte and had served three years in the U.S. Army.  He had lived at R.R. 1, Akron for one year.

                Surviving with Mrs. Bowyer are a daughter, Laurie [BOWYER], and a son, Dale [BOWYER] Jr., both at home; the father, William B. BOWYER, Logansport; two sisters, Mrs. Maurice (Joann) COHAGAN, Kewanna, and Mrs. Janice GUSTOFSON, South Bend; four brothers, Wayne [BOWYER], in the U.S. Army in North Caroline; Tim [BOWYER], Kewanna, and Dan and Dave [BOWYER], both of Logansport.  Preceding in death were the mother and two brothers.

 

                Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Sheetz funeral home, Akron, with the Rev. Lowell BURRUS officiating.  Burial will be in the Akron cemetery.  Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Monday and until the time of services Tuesday.

 

Monday, April 4, 1977

 

Timothy P. Curran

                Timothy P. CURRAN, 16, R.R. 6, West Ninth street, died at 7:45 a.m. Sunday in South Bend Memorial hospital from injuries sustained when he fell from the hood of a moving car last Monday night.

                Curran never regained consciousness after he sustained severe head injuries in the fall from the hood of a car driven by Charles P. JOHNSON, 17, 1221 Jackson boulevard, at 9:36 o’clock at Monroe and 10th streets.

                The yourh’s death was the first on a Rochester street since four persons were killed Jan. 23, 1972, when their car was struck by an Erie-Lackawanna train at the Jefferson street crossing.

                Curran’s death increased the 1977 Fulton county traffic toll to two, two more than at this time last year.  Dale H. BOWYER, 25, R.R. 1, Akron, became the county’s first 1977 traffic victim last Saturday morning when he was killed in a collision of his pickup truck and a semi-rig at U.S. 31 and Old U.S. 31.

                Timothy P. Curran was born July 25, 1960 in South Bend to Michael and Marilyn JOHNSON CURRAN.  He had lived in Rochester for 12 years.  He was a junior at Rochester high school, a member of the Manitous singing group, the RHS choir and Tri Epsilon drama club.

                He is survived by his parents; a sister, Colleen Marie [CURRAN], and a brother, Kevin Michael [CURRAN], both at home; the maternal grandmother, Mrs. Paul JOHNSON, South Bend, and several aunts and uncles.

                Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Foster & Good funeral home with Father FITZGERALD of Notre Dame officiating.  Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. cemetery.  Friends may call between 2 and 9 p.m. today and until the time of services Tuesday.  The Rosary will be recited at 7:30 o’clock tonight at the funeral home.  Memorials other than flowers may be made to the Manitous singing group or the RHS concert choir.

 

Delbert Allen

                Delbert “Deb” ALLEN, 66, former Rochester area resident, died at 11:42 p.m. Friday at St. Vincent hospital, Indianapolis.  At the time of his death he was a residet of Kokomo.

                Mr. Allen was born at Washington, Feb. 12, 1911 and married Ruby HERRELL in 1932; she survives.  Before his retirement he was a foreman at Pittsburgh Plate Glass, Kokomo.

                Surviving with Mrs. Allen are a daughter, Mrs. Patricia WARRUM, Indianapolis; three grandchildren; three brothers, and five sisters.

                Services will be Tuesday at 1 p.m. at Eller’s chapel, Kokomo.  Burial will be in Sunset memory gardens, Kokomo.  Friends may call from 3 to 9 p.m. today.

 

Tuesday, April 5, 1977 to Wednesday, April 6, 1977

 

[no obits]
Thursday, April 7, 1977

 

Jenny H. Biggs

                Mrs. Jenny H. BIGGS, 85, Battle Ground, died at 11:20 a.m. Wednesday at the Americana Health Center, Lafayette.  She had been ill four months.

                Mrs. Biggs was born April 4, 1892, at Argos to Charles and Eva METHENY OLER and had moved to Battle Ground from Bremen in 1969.  She married Frank R. BIGGS at Sharpsville in 1943; he survives.  She was a member of the United Methodist church at Battle Ground and was a former member of the Bethel United Methodist church, Bremen.

                Surviving with Mr. Biggs are two sons, Devon [BIGGS], Lafayette, and Lamar [BIGGS], Battle Ground; a sister, Mrs. Edna SICKMILLER, Plymouth; five grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.

                Services will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Grossman funeral home, Argos, with the Rev. Paul ZIMMERMAN officiating.  Burial will be in the New Oak Hill cemetery, Plymouth.  Friends may call Friday after 2 p.m. and until the hour of services Saturday.

 

Dora E. Murphy

                Mrs. Dora E. MURPHY, 89, R.R. 2, Etna Green, died at 11:55 a.m. Wednesday in the Prairie View nursing home at Warsaw, where she had been a patient two weeks.

                She was born Feb. 2, 1888 in Richland township of Miami county to Franklin and Mary BERGER BERKHEISER.  She married Jan. 16, 1907 to James Oscar “Ott” MURPHY in Denver; he died in 1933.  She was employed at the McLoughlin garment factory in Peru and later the couple lived in Fort Wayne for 23 years before moving to Etna Green.  She was a member of the Fort Wayne First Baptist church.

                Surviving are two sons, Oren F. [MURPHY], R.R. 2, Etna Green, and James O. [MURPHY], Peru; two daughters, Alma R. MURPHY, R.R. 2, Etna Green, and Mrs. L. Faye LYNN, Bexley, O.; eleven grandchildren, and thirteen great-grandchildren.  A son, Ralph [MURPHY], of Angola, died in 1965.

                Services will be Saturday at 10 a.m. in the King memorial home at Mentone with the Rev. Phillip PHILLBROOK officiating.  Burial will be in the Chili cemetery.  Friends may call after 2 p.m. Friday.

 

Friday, April 8, 1977 to Saturday, April 9, 1977

 

[no obits]
Monday, April 11, 1977

 

Ernest Ervine

                Ernest IRVINE, 80, R.R. 2, Rochester, Lake Manitou, died at 3 p.m. Sunday at his home of a heart attack.  He had been ill several months.

                Mr. Irvine was born April 13, 1896, at Talma to Stephen Clinton and Sarah Catherine RICKEL IRVINE and had lived his entire life in Fulton county.  His first marriage was to Pearl Florence BIGGS in 1917; she died in 1956.  He married Helen WELLER TALBOTT in 1967; she survives.  He was retired from the Rochester Bridge Company and Rochester Metal products where he had been employed as a welder.

                Surviving with Mrs. Irvine are three daughters, Mrs. Lloyd (Florence) JEFFERIES, Mrs. Clarence (Mildred) WENTZEL, and Mrs. Benile (Merry) BERRY, all of Rochester; seven step-children, Kenneth TALBOTT, Elkhart; Ronald TALBOTT, Hinckley, O.; Gerald TALBOTT, Kewanna; James and Doyne TALBOTT, York, Penn.; Mrs. Eugene (Joan) RIFFLE, East Gary, and Mrs. Carl (Lois) MILLER, Rochester; three grandchildren, Edward and Ernest JEFFERIES, and William WENTZEL, all of Rochester; thirteen step-grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and five step-great-grandchildren.

                Services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home with the Rev. David HEYWARD officiating.  Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. cemetery.  Friends may call Tuesday after 2 p.m.

 

Tuesday, April 12, 1977 to Friday, April 15, 1977

 

[no obits]

 

Saturday, April 16, 1977

 

Bertha Clark

                Mrs. Bertha CLARK, 85, R.R. 5, Rochester, died shortly after 9 a.m. today at Woodlawn hospital.  Rites are pending at the Foster & Good funeral home.

 

Monday, April 18, 1977

 

Bertha Clark

                Mrs. Bertha CLARK, 85, R.R. 5, Rochester, died at 9:10 a.m. Saturday shortly after being admitted to Woodlawn hospital.

                Mrs. Clark was born Aug. 10, 1891, in Newcastle township to Ancil and Margaret McINTIRE BRYANT and had lived in the area most of her life.  She married Thomas M. CLARK in 1911; he died in 1932.

                Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. L. G. (Helen) ALBER, R.R. 5, Rochester, and Mrs. Maurice (Elizabeth) ROGERS, R.R. 2, Rochester; three grandsons, Sidney ALBER, William L. ROGERS and Rickey L. ROGERS, all of Rochester; four sisters, Mrs. Bessie CLARK, Warsaw; Mrs. Celia BIXLER, South  Bend; Mrs. Goldie O’CONNELL, Rochester, and Mrs. Eva LANDIS, Akron; nine great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandson.  Three sisters and three brothers preceded in death.

                Services were to be today at the Foster & Good funeral home with the Rev. Clifton E. WILKINS officiating.  Burial was to be in Mentone cemetery.

Raymond E. Knicker

                Raymond E. KNICKER, 65, R.R. 3, Kewanna, was killed Sunday near Gainesville, Fla., when a trailer his car was pulling began swaying violently, causing the trailer and car to flip.  Mrs. Knicker, who was also in the car, was injured, but the extent of her injuries are not known.

                Mr. Knicker was born Aug. 15, 1911, at Centralia, Ill., to William Frederich and Maude E. ARNOLD KNICKER.  He was a retired contract trucker for the Hammond times newspaper.

                Arrangements are pending at the Harrison funeral home, Kewanna.

 

Frank L. Briney

                Frank L. “Ben” BRINEY, 81, 802 1/2 Main street, died at 8 p.m. Sunday at Memorial hospital, South Bend.  He had been ill since April 6.

                Mr. Briney was born March 18, 1896, in Richland township to Samuel and Elvira MUDGE BRINEY and had lived in the area all his life.  He was a retired laborer.

                Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Emma SHIREMAN, and Mrs. Carrie HENDERSON, both of Rochester, and several nieces and nephews.  A sister and a brother preceded in death.

                Services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Foster & Good funeral home with the Rev. C. J. MOWRER officiating.  Burial will be in the Richland Center I.O.O.F. cemetery.  Friends may call Tuesday from 2 to 9 p.m. and Wednesday from 9 a.m. until services.

 

Harold G. Harvey

                Harold G. HARVEY, 80, Decatur, Ind., died Saturday at 9:30 p.m. in the Veterans hospital in Marion where he had been a patient 18 months.

                A conservation officer in Fulton county in the late 1930s and 40s, Mr. Harvey assisted in organizing conservation clubs in this area and in Harrison county.

                He was born Aug. 7, 1897 at Kirklin to James and Zora GREGG HARVEY.  His marriage was to Francile BERGER on April 9, 1921.  A veteran of World War I, he was a retired employee of the General Electric company at Decatur.

                Surviving are the wife; two daughters, Mrs. Dean (Dixie) ARVEN, Logansport, and Mrs. Jane LANDIS, Columbia City; two sons, Donald and Gary [HARVEY], both of Decatur.  Two sons and a brother preceded in death.

                Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Winteregg-Linn- Hagard funeral home in Decatur.  Burial will be in Decatur.

                               

Jessie E. Tullis

                Mrs. Jessie E. TULLIS, 90, Akron, died at 8:45 p.m. Sunday in the Prairie View nursing home at Warsaw.  She had been ill several years.

                She was born March 17, 1887 in Disko to Aaron and Elizabeth SHIPLEY LANDIS and had resided all her life in the Akron community.  She was married July 25, 1911 in Silver Lake to Percy V. TULLIS, who died in 1968.

                Surviving are nieces and nephews.  A son, Leon [TULLIS]; three sisters, and a brother preceded in death.

                Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Sheetz funeral home at Akron with the Rev. Fred LANHOLT officiating.  Burial will be in the Akron cemetery.  Friends may call after 2 p.m. Tuesday and until time of services on Wednesday.
Alice L. Haines      

                Miss Alice L. HAINES, 75, Mentone, died at 3:10 p.m. Saturday while driving her car along U.S. 31 in Tipton county.  She was returning home from visiting her brother in Noblesville when she became ill.  Her car went across the median and the other lanes of the dual-lane highway and off the road.  Miss Haines had been under a doctor’s care.

                She was born Sept. 24, 1901 in Newcastle township to John and Ida COX HAINES and had lived all her life in the Talma and Mentone areas.  She was a member of the Bethlehem Baptist church and had been Sunday School pianist for over 50 years.  She was a home care nurse and companion in recent years for elderly persons.

                Surviving are the brother, Herman L. HAINES, Noblesville, and nieces and nephews.  Two brothers and two sisters preceded in deth.

                Services will be Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the King memorial home at Mentone with the Rev. Junior BOSE officiating.  Burial will be in the Sycamore cemetery southwest of Mentone.  Friends may call at the funeral home this afternoon and evening.

 

Tuesday, April 19, 1977

 

[no obits]

 

Wednesday, April 20, 1977

 

Raymond A. Knicker

                Services for Raymond A. KNICKER, 65, R.R. 3, Kewanna, who was fatally injured in a traffic accident on U.S. 75 near Gainesville, Fla., will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Harrison garden chapel at Kewanna.  The Rev. Richard LOCHNER will officiate and burial will be in the Kewanna I.O.O.F. cemetery.  Friends may call after 2 p.m. Friday.

                Mr. Knicker died at 2 p.m. Sunday from injuries received at 10:30 a.m. that day when the trailer his car was pulling began to sway and caused both car and trailer to flip over.

                Born in Centralia, Ill., Aug. 15, 1911, he was the son of William Frederich and Maude ARNOLD KNICKER.  He was married Jan. 11, 1932 in Hammond to Nellie H. HIESTAND, who survives.  He was a retired contract trucker for The Hammond Times newspaper and was a member of the Manitou Moose lodge.

                Surviving with the wife are a daughter, Mrs. Betty HICKLE, R.R. 1, Kewanna; a son, Robert [KNICKER], of Highland; a brother, Arnold [KNICKER], Sepulvada, Cal.; six grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.  A son and a sister preceded in death.

 

Bessie Mae Bybee

                Bessie Mae BYBEE, 96, Mentone, died Tuesday at 6:15 p.m. in Kosciusko Community hospital, Warsaw, where she was a patient several days.  She had been in ill health about six months.  She was born Feb. 5, 1881 in Mentone to Ira B. and Lusina BAKER WERTENBERGER and had resided all her life in the Mentone area.  She was married March 14, 1901, to Addison BYBEE; he died Jan. 8, 1945.  She was a member of the Royal Neighbors of America and had been the Republican vice committeeman in Mentone from 1930 to 1960.  Surviving is a son, Sherman [BYBEE], Fort Wayne.  A brother and a sister preceded in death.

                Services will be Friday at 2 p.m. in the King memorial home at Mentone with the Rev. Don POYSER officiating.  Burial will be in the Mentone cemetery.  Friends may call after 2 p.m. Thursday.

Lewis C. Wandary

                Lewis Charles WANDARY, 91, R.R. 1, Winamac, died at Pulaski County Memorial hospital at 4 a.m. today.  He had been a patient since April 4 and had been in failing health for a month.

                He was born Sept. 22, 1885 in Kouts to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis WANDARY and had lived in Winamac for 53 years, moving there from Redkey.  He was married Aug. 10, 1907 in Kouts to Sylvia BEELE BERRIER, who died Oct. 1, 1943.  He was a retired foreman for the Pennsylvania railroad and a member of the St. Luke’s Lutheran church in Winamac.

                Surviving are six daughters, Mrs. Esther HAHNE, Rochester; Mrs. Clara HAHNE, Mesa, Ariz.; Mrs. Lauramay KOEBCKE, Kewanna; Mrs. Catherine ASH, Winamac; Miss Betty WANDARY, Kokomo, and Mrs. Louise THOMPSON, Slater, Ia.; twelve grandchildren; twenty-six great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; a brother, George WANDARY, Valparaiso, and four sisters, Mrs. Laura HAHNE, Storm Lake, Ia., and Mrs. Mary HORAK, Mrs. Martha FULFGIOF, and Mrs. Frances SHULTZ, all of Kouts.

                Services will be in St. Luke’s Lutheran church in Winamac Friday at 1 p.m. with the Rev. Richard MILES officiating.  Burial will be in the Lutheran cemetery at Kouts.  Friends may call at the Frain funeral home in Winamac after 1 p.m. Thursday and at the church after noon on Friday.

 

Thursday, April 21, 1977

 

Fred L. Strominger

                Fred L. STROMINGER, 75, R.R. 2, Rochester, died at his home Monday.  He lived alone on the east shore of Lake Manitou and his death was not discovered until Wednesday.

                He was born April 10, 1902 in Peru to Louis and Ernestine STROMINGER and had lived at Lake Manitou since 1948, moving there from Peru.  He was married in 1924 to Elnora BROOKS, who died in 1959.  On Feb. 23, 1961 he was married to Margaret GILLILAND, who died Aug. 27, 1976.  He was a carpenter and sign painter and was a member of Grace United Methodist church and the Rochester Rotary club.

                Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Omer (Peggy) TORRENCE, R.R. 5, Rochester; a son, Fred E. STROMINGER, Watertown, N.Y.; three grandchildren, Nick TORRENCE and Mrs. Carol PERDUE, both of Rochester, and Fred STROMINGER III, Watertown, N.Y.; two great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Margaret MARSHALL, Frankfort, and Mrs. Wayne (Ernestine) ECKERT, Pleasant Lake, Ind.; a brother, Albert [STROMINGER], Dayton, O.  A brother and a sister preceded in death.

                Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the Foster & Good funeral home with the Rev. Paul B. STEPHENSON officiating.  Burial will be in the Mount Hope cemetery in Peru.  Friends may call Friday from 3 to 9 p.m. and on Saturday until time of services.  Memorials other than flowers may be made to the Rotary nursing fund or the Manitou Training Center.
Paul D. Hall

                Paul D. HALL, 77, Argos, died at 7:42 p.m. Wednesday at Miller’s Merry Manor nursing home, Plymouth, where he had been a patient three weeks.  He had been ill seven years.

                Mr. Hall was born Sept. 3, 1899, at Sidney to Alva and Isabelle FREEMAN HALL and had lived in Argos since 1943, moving there from Wanatah.  He married Irma GEISELMAN at Knox in 1932; she survives.  He retired in 1965 from the Norfolk and Western railroad where he had worked as a telegrapher or 45 years.  He was a member of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers and the Transportation and Communications unions.

                Surviving with Mrs. Hall are two daughters, Mrs. Charles (Jeanette) KING, Bourbon, and Mrs. George (Nancy) ALLISS, Anaheim, Cal.; five grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

                Services will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Grossman funeral home, Argos, with the Rev. Wilbur WORKMAN, nephew of the deceased, officiating.  Burial will be in the New Oak Hill cemetery, Plymouth.  Friends may call from 2 until 4 p.m. and from 7 until 9 p.m. Friday.  Memorials may be made to the Cancer Association of Marshall county.

 

Friday, April 22, 1977

 

Gladys C. Brandt

                Mrs. Gladys C. BRANDT, 57, R.R. 2, Rochester (Lake Manitou), died at 1:55 a.m. Friday at Memorial hospital, South Bend, following an eight-month illness.

                Mrs. Brandt was born July 13, 1919, at Perrysburg to Charles R. and Ethel May RABER KNAUFF and had lived here most of her life.  She married Kenneth E. BRANDT at Tucson, Ariz., in 1943; he survives.  She had received a B.S. degree from Purdue university and an M.S. degree from Ball State university and was teaching at North Miami elementary school at the time of her death.  Prior to that time she had taught for 30 years in the Rochester and Carmel schools.  She was a member of the First United Presbyterian church, Tri Kappa sorority, Eastern Star 70, Delta Kappa Gamma, and organized the Rochester Welcome Wagon in 1952.

                Surviving with Mr. Brandt is a son, Kenn [BRANDT], Cincinnati; a brother, Marvin D. KNAUFF, North Manchester, and the father, of Perrysburg.

                Services will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home with the Rev. David HEYWARD and the Rev. Donald MAUGHAN officiating.  Burial will be in the Greenlawn cemetery, Mexico.  Friends may call after 2 p.m. Saturday.  Memorials may be made to the Cancer Society.

 

Zona E. Darr

                Mrs. Zona E. DARR, 92, R.R. 1, Mentone, died at 5:10 p.m. Thursday at the Ridgedale nursing home in South Bend.  She had been ill for several years.

                She was born March 24, 1885 in Springfield, Ill., to Jack and Katherine WAHLEY STANER and had rsided all her married life in the Mentone area.  She was married to Otis J. DARR on Aug. 17, 1903; he died in 1970.  She was a member of the Mentone First Baptist church.

                Surviving are a son, Harold [DARR], Paxton, Ill.; two daughters, Mrs. Kenneth (Marie) GEARHART and Mrs. Chester (Katherine) HESLER, both of South Bend; ten grandchildren; twenty-nine great-grandchildren, and eight great-great-grandchildren.

                Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in the King memorial home at Mentone with the Rev. Gordin CHITTY officiating.  Burial will be in the Mentone cemetery.  Friends may call after 2 p.m. Saturday.

Edith Kelley

                Mrs. Edith KELLEY, 80, Warsaw, died at 9:15 a.m. Thursday at Parkview hospital, Plymouth, where she had been a patient five days.  She had been ill three weeks.

                Mrs. Kelley was born Oct. 14, 1896, at Riceville, Ky., to Jeff and Nancy HORN BURKE and had lived in the Warsaw area since 1952, moving there from Kentucky.  She married Richard M. KELLEY in 1916; he died in 1944.  She was a member of the Baptist church, Ivyton, Ky.

                Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Lawson (Olga) STONE, Warsaw; Mrs. Ann BRANNUM, R.R. 1, Mentone; Mrs. Leonard (Louella) PETERS, Euclid, O., and Mrs. Richard (Janet) DEAFANBAUGH, Warsaw; a son Marvin [KELLEY], Warsaw; three sisters, Mrs. W. E. (Shirley) CONLEY, Allegon, Mich.; Mrs. Flossie PATRICK, Betsy Lane, Ky., and Mrs. Gladys PRESTON, Syracuse; eight grandchildren; eight-great-grandchildren, and four step-grandchildren.  Two daughters, three sons and six brothers preceded in death.

                Services will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Jones-Preston funeral home, Paintsville, Ky.  Burial will be in the Ivyton cemetery.  Friends may call today from 2 until 9 p.m. at the Sheetz funeral home, Akron, and Saturday from 2 until 9 p.m. at the Jones-Preston funeral home.

 

Marion J. Swartzell

                Marion J. SWARTZELL, 55, R.R. 1, Montrey, died at 2 a.m. Friday at his home following an extended illness.

                Mr. Swartzell was born Oct. 16, 1921, at Headlee to Clyde and Flora ABBOTT SWARTZELL and had lived in Monterey 45 years moving there from Royal Center.  He married Mary J. BENDER in 1946; she survives.  He was a member of Saint Anne’s Catholic church, Monterey, and the Holy Name Society, and was a veteran of World War II.  He had been a farmer and drove a school bus for 14 years.

                Surviving with Mrs. Swartzell are three daughers, Mrs. Larry (Delores) GALBREATH, Winamac, and Michelle and Mary [SWARTZELL], at home; five brothers, Ralph and Junior [SWARTZELL], both of Royal Center; Everett, Howard and James [SWARTZELL], all of Logansport; two grandsons.

                Services will be Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at Saint Anne’s Catholic church with the Rev. Paul WOHLWIND officiating.  Burial will be in Saint Peter’s cemetery, Winamac.  Graveside services will be conducted by the Monterey American Legion.  Friends may call at the Bonine funeral home, Culver, Sunday after 2 p.m. and Monday after 2 p.m.  The Rosary will be recited at the funeral home at 7:30 p.m. Monday.

 

Monday, April 25, 1977

 

Dianna Jean Geiger

                Dianna Jean GEIGER, daughter of Mary Lynn and Dennis GEIGER, R.R. 1, Culver, was stillborn at 6:56 a.m. today at Parkview hospital, Plymouth.

                Surviving with the parents are a sister, Leslie [GEIGER], at home; the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Loren HISSONG, Argos; the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Max GEIGER, Culver, and the maternal great-grandfather, Frank COWEN, R.R. 1, Argos.

                Graveside services will be conducted Wednesday at 11 a.m. with the Rev. C. Thomas FRENCH officiating.  Burial will be in the Poplar Grove cemetery.  Arrangements are being handled by Grossman funeral home, Argos.
Larry E. Pierce

                Larry E. PIERCE, 36, Flanders, N.J., died Saturday at 3:25 p.m. following surgery.  His father was a former Rochester resident.

                Mr. Pierce married Gayle BOXGN at Johnstown, Pa., in 1965; she survives.  He was president of Store-Cast of America, a member of the Masonic lodge, and had been a lance corporal in the Marine Corps.

                Surviving are his mother and step-father, Pearl and Otis SAYGER, South Bend; two children, Kimberly Lynn and Larry Glen [PIERCE], both at home; a sister, Judith McCOSLIN, Mishawaka, and a half-sister, Crystal SAYGER, South Bend.

                Services will be Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the Guysinger Colonial chapel, South Bend, with the Rev. Clyde STREETS officiating.  Burial will be in the Indian Creek cemetery.  Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.  Masonic services will be conducted at the funeral home Tuesday at 7 p.m.

 

Tuesday, April 26, 1977

 

Charles D. Delrymple

                Charles D. DELRYMPLE, 53, Burlington, died Monday at 4:20 p.m. in the St. Joseph hospital in Kokomo following an illness of one year.  Mr. Delrymple was the father of Bill DELRYMPLE of Rochester.

                Born Oct. 16, 1923 in Howard county, he was the son of John D. and Anna Susan ARRON DELRYMPLE.  A former resident of Burnettsville, he had resided in Burlington the past 13 years.  His marriage was Dec. 6, 1941 to Phyllis J. WILSON, who survives.  Mr. Delrymple was an employee of the Todd Hybrid Corn company of Burlington.  He was a member of the Burlington Faith Church of Christ.

                Surviving with the wife and son are four daughters, Vicki CLABORN and Mrs. Toni COLLINS, both of Burlington, and Debra and Tina [DELRYMPLE], both at home; another son, Randy [DELRYMPLE], at home; six grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Mary RORK, Kokomo; Mrs. Betty STAHL, Mellette, S.D., and Mrs. Norma Jean SHANKS, Lombard, Ill.  A son and a sister preceded in death.

                Services will be Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Neptune funeral home in Burlington.  Mr. Frankie PILLEY will officiate.  Burial will be in the Burlington cemetery.  Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Wednesday.

 

Wednesday, April 27, 1977

 

Barbara Fear

                Mrs. Barbara FEAR, 49, R.R. 1, Silver Lake, died at 1245 a.m. today at the Kosciusko Community hospital, Warsaw, where she had been a patient three days.

                Mrs. Fear was born Aug. 17, 1927, at Akron, O., to Brian and Lura MORRETT MAYALL and had lived at Silver Lake 25 years, moving there from Ohio.  She married Thomas FEAR at Angola in 1954; he survives.

                Surviving with Mr. Fear are a daughter, Mrs. Ronald (Donna) MATHIAS, Akron; a son, Donald E. SAILORS, Wabash, and five grandchildren.

                Services will be Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the Sheetz funeral home, Akron, with the Rev. J.D. THOMASON officiating.  Burial will be in the Akron cemetery.  Friends may call Thursday after 2 p.m. and Friday until services.

Edward J. Lloyd

                Edward J. LLOYD, 76, former Argos resident, died at 1:30 a.m. today in the Miller nursing home in Plymouth.  He had been ill 2 1/2 yers.

                Born Jan. 18, 1901 in Amboy, he was the son of J.N. and Lillian CRANFORD LLOYD.  His marriagte was June 28, 1923 in Kewanna to Dorothy TROUTMAN; she survives.  He was a retired rural mail carrier and a member of the Argos United Methodist church, where he had served as choir director 12 years.  He was a member of the Marshall County Rural Mail Carriers association.

                Surviving with the wife are one daughter, Mrs. Marsha Ann SINGS, Encino, Cal.; a son, Terry [LLOYD], of Cleveland, O.; six grandchildren; one brother, Dale [LLOYD], Monticello; one sister, Mrs. Pearl NORRIS, Sarasota, Fla.  One son preceded in death.

                Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the Grossman funeral home in Argos.  The Rev. Robert HANSEN will officiate.  Burial will be in the Kewanna I.O.O.F. cemetery.  Friends may call at the funeral home from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Friday and until the time of services on Saturday.  Memorials other than flowers may be made to the Heart Fund.

 

George F. Bassler

                George F. BASSLER, 75, R.R. 2, Kewanna, died at the University hospital in Indianapolis at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday.

                He was born June 27, 1901 in Cass county to Frederick and Bertha GANGWER BASSLER.  He was married to Helen H. CHERRY, Aug. 26, 1935 in Greensburg, Pa.; she survives.  He was a retired supervisor with the Davy Tree Expert company in Kent, O., with whom he had been employed for 35 years.  He was a member of the Royal Centre Masonic lodge.

                Surviving with the wife are two daughters, Mrs. Ann BECKER, Steger, Ill., and Mrs. Louise RATLEDGE, Maryville, Tenn.; two sisters, Mrs. Mary HORN, Kewanna, and Mrs. Bertha BECKHOLD, Mishawaka; a brother, Eddie [BASSLER], Macy, and three grandchildren.  A brother and two sisters preceded in death.

                Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday in the Harrison garden chapel in Kewanna with the Rev. Robert CAHOON officiating.  Burial will be i Metea Baptist church cemetery.  Friends may call Thursday from 2 to 4 and 6:3- to 8:30 p.m.  Contributions in Mr. Bassler’s memory will be accepted to the Cancer Society.

 

Thursday, April 28, 1977

 

Bessie Truitt

                Mrs. Bessie TRUITT, 93, Peru, died at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday at Miller’s Merry Manor nursing home, Peru, following an extended illness.

                Mrs. Truitt was born May 5, 1883, at Ijamsville, Wabash county, to Mr. and Mrs. David KARNS.  She married Charles TRUITT in 1906; he died in 1935.  She was a member of the Parkview United Methodist church, Peru.

                Surviving are two sons, Robert E. TRUITT, Rochester, and William E. TRUITT, Peru; nine grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.

                Services will be Friday at 10:30 a.m. at the Flowers-Leedy funeral home, Peru, with the Rev. J. Robert CLARK officiating.  Burial will be in the Laketon cemetery.  Friends may call today from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.
Orvan Floor

                Orvan FLOOR, 81, Akron, died at 12:45 p.m. Wednesday at the Kosciusko community hospital following an illness of ten years.

                Mr. Floor was born Jan. 12, 1896, at Disko to Ezra and Maggie FLICKINGER FLOOR and had lived in the Akron area all his life.  He married Vera MARTIN in 1916 at Akron; she died in 1959.  He was retired from True Temper and from Sonoco Paper Products and was a member of the Bible Way Apostolic church, Nappanee.

                Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Raymond (Phyllis) MUNSON, Warsaw; Mrs. Horace (Norma) BARR, Akron; Mrs. Donald (Cleo) HALL, Atwood; Mrs. Roger (Gladys) GAFF, Nappanee, and Mrs. Alonzo (Martha) HOWARD, South Bend; two sons, Junior and James [FLOOR], both of South Bend; five sisters, Mrs. Ina SIPPY, Meadville, Pa.; Mrs. Ora FRANTZ and Mrs. Edna BRANDENBURG, both of Silver Lake; Mrs. Beulah MABIE, Kokomo, and Mrs. Mae McKIBBIN, Warsaw; three brothers, Ralph and Dale [FLOOR], both of Silver Lake, and Leo [FLOOR], Phoenix, Ariz.; twenty-one grandchildren, and twenty-seven great-grandchildren.  Three daughters and a son preceded in death.

                Services will be Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at the Akron Church of God with the Rev. Jimmy WYANT and the Rev. J.D. THOMASON officiating.  Burial will be in the Akron cemetery.  Friends may call at the Sheetz funeral home, Akron, on Friday after 4 p.m. and on Saturday until noon.

 

Virginia Kay Stepnenson

                Virginia Kay STEPHENSON, 30, Winona Lake, died Wednesday evening at Fort Wayne.  She was a former resident of Macy.

                She was born Dec. 1, 1946, at Rochester to Willis and Audra NORMAN FOUTS and was a 1964 graduate of North Miami high school.  she was a member of the Macy United Methodist church and the Macy Order of Eastern Star.

                Surviving with her parents are a brother, Stanley FOUTS, Hazel Green,Wis., and the patrnal grandmother, Mrs. Albia (Beulah) ALKINS, R.R. 1, Macy.

                Services will be Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at the Haupert funeral home, Akron, with the Rev. James O’DELL officiating.  Burial will be at the Plainview cemetery, Macy.

 

Friday, April 29, 1977

 

Avaughn Murray

                Avaughn MURRAY, 56, Leiters Ford, died at 4:30 a.m. today at his home of an apparent coronary attack.

                Mr. Murray was born Feb. 17, 1921, near Leiters Ford to Ralph and Inez STUBBS MURRAY and had lived at Leiters Ford most of his life.  He married Barbara Jane WHEATLEY in 1941; she survives.  He was employed at Sealed Power corporation and was a volunteer fireman at Leiters Ford.

                Surviving with Mrs. Murray are a daughter, Mrs. Larry (LaVonda) BURNETT, R.R. 1, Argos; two sons, Thomas Lee MURRAY, Danville; two brothers, Arnold and Larry [MURRAY], both of Rochester, and four grandchildren.  One brother, Ron [MURRAY], preceded in death.

                Services will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Foster & Good funeral home with the Rev. Delbert RUBERG officiating.  Burial will be in the Leiters Ford I.O.O.F. cemetery.  Friends may call Saturday from 4 to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. until the hour of services.
Glenn R. Ginn

                Glenn R. GINN, 63, Monterey, died at 7:04 p.m. Thursday at Memorial hospital, Logansport.

                Mr. Ginn was born March 16, 1914, at Monticello to Guy and Stella DOUGLAS GINN.  He married Eba GINN in 1932.  He was employed as a salesman for Burgin Motors, Logansport, and was a member of the Sitka Baptist church near Monticello, and a 20-year member of the Logansport Eagles lodge.

                Surviving are a son, Douglas [GINN], Monterey; a daughter, Mrs. Patricia BRANDCASTLE, Rochester; six grandchildren, and a great-granddaughters.

                Services will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Sitka Baptist church with the Rev. Lynford ORR officiating.  Burial will be in the Riverview cemetery, Monticello.  Friends may call at the Harrison funeral home, Kewanna, after 3 p.m. Saturday and until 11 a.m. Sunday, and at the church from noon Sunday until the hour of services.

 

Alida Miller

                Graveside services for Alida Rae MILLER, 75, SPOKANE,Wash., former Rochester resident, who died March 16 at Sacrd Heart hospital, Spokane, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Rochester I.O.O.F. cemetery with the Rev. Paul STEPHENSON officiating.

                Miss Miller was born Aug. 19, 1901, at Tiosa to O.M. and Grace E. [POCOCK] MILLER and was a 1920 graduate of Rochester high school.  She received her B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of chicago and was retired from the Oklahoma City high schools where she had taught 40 years.  She was a member of the Oklahoma Education association and the national Retired Teachers association.

                Surviving are two brothers, Allen MILLER, Spokane, Wash., and Donald MILLER, Douglasville, Ga., and nieces and nephews.

                Local arrangements are being handled by Zimmerman Brothers funeral home.

 

Saturday, April 30, 1977

 

Charles D. Whittenberger

                Charles D. WHITTENBERGER, 68, R.R. 1, Akron, died at 7:30 a.m. today at Woodlawn hospital.

                Mr. Whittenberger was born Feb. 19, 1909, at Akron to Merrill and Ada THOMPSON WHITTENBERGER and had lived in the Akron area all his life.  He married Bernice SNYDER in 1937 at Rushville; she survives.  He was retired from the Chrysler casting plant at Kokomo and was a member of the Rochester Moose Lodge.

                Surviving with Mrs. Whittenberger are three sons, Robert [WHITTENBERGER], Mentor, O.; Paul [WHITTENBERGER], Waycross, Ga., and Charles [WHITTENBERGER], Mount Morris, Ill.; a brother, Estel [WHITTENBERGER], Waukegan, Ill.; three sisters, Mrs. Everett (Helen), Phoenix, Ariz. [sic]; Mrs. Howard (Joanna) MARTIN, Macy, and Mrs. Ivan (Georganna) KISSINGER, Pierceton, and six grandchildren.  A daughter preceded in death.

                Services will be Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. at the Sheetz funeral home, Akron, with the Rev. J.D. THOMASON officiating.  Burial will be in the Akron cemetery.  Friends may call after 2 p.m. Monday and until the hour of services Tuesday.

                [NOTE: Helen WHITTENBERGER m. Everett SWICK, Oct. 29, 1927, Jean C. & Wendell C. Tombaugh, Fulton County Indiana Marriages, 1836-1983.]
Monday, May 2, 1977

 

Ken Ford

                Word has been received of the death of Ken FORD in Florida.  He was a step-brother of Ancil BEALL of Rochester and a frequent visitor in Rochester before moving to Florida several years ago.

 

Charles O. Powers

                Charles O. POWERS, 69, R.R. 2, Rochester, died at 4:30 a.m. today in Woodlawn hospital where he was admitted Friday.  He was born Dec. 12, 1907, in Argos, to George and Phoebe MARSHMAN POWERS.  His marriage was Dec. 15, 1940 in Rochester to Maxine SMYTH.  She survives.  A retired contractor, he had resided in Rochester since 1940, moving from Argos.  He was a member of the Jordon Baptist church and the Manitou Moose lodge.  He held a Fellowship degree in the Moose organization.

                Surviving with his wife are one son, Charles E. POWERS, Rochester; two daughters, Mrs. Dale (Mary Nelle) GOOD, Columbia City, and Mrs. Kenton (Charlene) KROFT, Rochester; one brother, John POWERS, Plymouth; two sisters, Mrs. Lou Ellen ABAIR, Plymouth, and Mrs. Harold (Florence) PRICE, Rochester; seven grandchildren.

                Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home.  The Rev. Wayne JOHNSON will officiate.  Cremation will follow.  Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Wednesday.  Memorials other than flowers may be made to the Heart Fund.

 

Tuesday, May 3, 1977

 

Edith V. Lake

                Mrs. Edith V. LAKE, 86, R.R. 4, Plymouth, died at 2 p.m. Monday in the Kingston nursing home in Plymouth following a lengthy illness.

                She was born Jan. 11, 1891 in Richland Center to Jeremiah and Minerva SHOCK OVERMYER.  She was married March 11, 1911 to William G. LAKE, who survives.  She was a member of the Poplar Grove United Methodist church, the Maxinkuckee Rebekah lodge and was a past women’s leader of the Farm Bureau.

                Surviving with the husband are two daughters, Mrs. Paul (Lucille) ULLERY, Culver, and Mrs. Mel (Annabelle) HIBSCHMAN, Mishawaka; six grandsons; eleven great-grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Robert (Elnora) LESSING, R.R. 3, Rochester.

                Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Poplar Grove United Methodist church on Ind. 110 west of Argos with the Rev. Richard BENNETT officiating.  Burial will be in the church cemetery.  Friends may call at the Grossman funeral home in Argos after 2 p.m. Wednesday and until 11 a.m. Thursday, then at the church until one hour before services.  The Maxinkuckee Rebekah lodge will conduct twilight memorial services at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
George E. Wilson

                George Edward WILSON, 25, former Rochester resident, died unexpectedly Sunday at his home at South Bend.

                Mr. Wilson was born Aug. 14, 1951, at Rochester to George and Adella Mae FLOYD WILSON.

                Surviving with the parents are a daughter, Betsy [WILSON], at home, and the maternal grandmother, Mrs. Cloe FLOYD, Macy.

                Services will be Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the Budd funeral home, Mishawaka.  Friends may call today from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m.

 

Wednesday, May 4, 1977

 

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Thursday, May 5, 1977

 

Rev. Esther Hoffman

                The Rev. Miss Esther HOFFMAN, 65, Flora, died at Home hospital in Lafayette at 12:45 p.m. Wednesday.  She had been in ill health 18 months.

                She was born in Chicago July 4, 1911 to Dayton L. and Mable Esther STAMY HOFFMAN of Akron.  She was a member of the Flora First Christian church, a graduate of Butler university, an ordained minister in the Christian church (Disciples of Christ).  She was a former chaplain at the Indiana women’s prison, had taught in the Indianapolis public schools, had taught religious education in the Marion county schools and taught in the Piney Woods School for Girls in Mississippi.

                Surviving are two brothers, Devere “Pete” HOFFMAN, Flora, and the Rev. Donald HOFFMAN, Tillamook, Ore., and a sister, Mrs. Donna WHITE, Aurora, Col.

                Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Flora First Christian church with the Rev. Larry J. KUNTZ officiating.  Burial will be in the Maple Lawn cemetery in Flora.  Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Reinke funeral home in Flora.  Contributions may be made to the Carroll County Council of Churches.

 

Friday, May 6, 1977

 

Ada G. Miller

                Mrs. Ada G. MILLER, 83, Grass Creek, died at 2:20 a.m. today at Pulaski memorial hospital, Winamac.

                Mrs. Miller was born Jan. 13, 1894, in Jefferson township, Cass county, to George and Jennie CLARK GRAY.  She married Alfred MILLER in 1914 at Royal Center; he died in 1956.  She was a member of the Fletchers Lake United Methodist church, the Wayne township progressive home economics club, and the ladies aid of the United Methodist church.

                Surviving are a son, Ned MILLER, R.R. 3, Kewanna; two daughters, Mrs. Martha WRAY, R.R. 5, Kokomo, and Mrs. Norma Jean St. CLAIR, R.R. 2, Kewanna; twelve grandchildren and twenty-six great-grandchildren.  Two brothers and a sister preceded in death.

                Services will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Harrison garden chapel, Kewanna.  Burial will be at the Royal Center cemetery.  Friends may call Saturday after 4 p.m.
George Muehlhausen

                George MUEHLHAUSEN, 79, former mayor of Logansport, died Thursday at Chase Manor nursing home in Logansport.  He was the father of Mrs. Garland (Dorothy) MASTERSON of Rochester.

                Mr. Muehlhausen was founder of the Muehlhausen Spring company in Logansport, choosing that city as the location of his plant in 1927 after beginning the business in Chicago.  The company became associated with Standard Steel Spring company in 1940.  Mr. Muehlhausen retired as vice president of Rockwell Standard Corporation and as group manager of five plants in 1962.

                He was mayor of Logansport two terms beginning in 1948.  Also surviving are the wife, Jane [MUEHLHAUSEN]; another daughter, Mrs. Shirley WHEELER, Winter Haven, Fla.; three sons, George  [MUEHLHAUSEN], R.R. 2, Logansport; Michael  [MUEHLHAUSEN], R.R. 5, Logansport, and Pat [MUEHLHAUSEN], Glendale, Cal, and two brothers, Arthur  [MUEHLHAUSEN], Oakland, Ill., and Rudolph  [MUEHLHAUSEN], Burr Oak, Ill.

                Rites will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at McCloskey-Hamilton-Gundrum funeral home with burial at Mt. Hope cemetery.  Friends may call at the funeral home, where Elks memorial services will b e held at 7 p.m. today.

 

Saturday, May 7, 1977

 

James A. Butcher

                James Arthur BUTCHER, 63, R.R. 1, Rochester, died at 3:40 a.m. today at his residence.  he had been seriously ill since January.

                Mr. Butcher was born Sept. 1, 1913, at Kokomo to Clifford and Bessie RESLEY BUTCHER and had lived near Rochester 15 years, moving here from Kokomo.  He married Lucille Marie BROWN in 1943; she died in 1968.  He was a retired meat cutter at Wilt’s Food Center, a member of the Mexico Masonic lodge, Kokomo Fraternal Order of Eagles, American Legion Post 36, Rochester VFW, Kokomo Moose lodge and Eastern Star.

                Surviving are a son, James A. BUTCHER Jr., Kokomo; five daughters, Mrs. Alvis (Mary) COLE, Bald Knob, Ark.; Mrs. Charles (Lucille) DUNN, and Mrs. Ron (Martha) WINTERROWD, both of Rochester; Mrs. Albert (Barbara) BOWLIN, Kokomo, and Mrs. James (Shirley) MUTCHLER, Kewanna; three brothers, Clifford [BUTCHER], Rochester; Paul [BUTCHER], Kokomo, and Charles [BUTCHER], Tampa, Fla.; a sister, Mrs. Lloyd (Ida) MURPHY, Rochester; sixteen grandchildren; five great-grandchildren, and four step-grandchildren. A sister preceded in death.

                Services will be Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home with the Rev. Paul STEPHENSON officiating.  Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. cemetery.  Friends may call from 2 until 9 p.m. Monday.
Monday, May 9, 1977

 

John F. Large

                John F. LARGE, 75, died at 6 p.m. Sunday at St. Joseph hospital, South Bend.

                Mr. Large was born and reared in Liberty township and was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ad LARGE.

                Surviving with Mrs. Large are two sisters, Anna Belle CLASSEN, Kingsville, Texas, and Leana WILLIAMS, Corpus Christi, Texas; a brother, Keart LARGE,Corpus Christi, Texas; six grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.

                Services will be Wednesday at the Welsheimers funeral home, 521 North Williams street, South Bend.  Burial will be at the Highland cemetery, South Bend.

 

Raymond W. Reker

                Raymond William REKER, 69, R.R. 4, Rochester, former Fulton county conservation officer, died at 10:30 a.m. Sunday.  He had been seriously ill for a month and had been a patient at South Bend Memorial hospital for a month.

                Mr. Reker was born June 4, 1907 at Chicago to William and Margaret JOHNSON REKER and moved to the Leiters Ford area in 1950 from Chicago.  He married Dorothy O’CONNER in 1934; she survives.  He was Fulton county conservation officer from 1952 to 1970 and was retired from the Chicago police department, where he worked from 1933 to 1948 receiving three citations for bravery.  He was a member of the St. Joseph Catholic church, Manitou Moose lodge, an honorary member of the Fraternal Order of Police, a member of the Fulton County Coon Hunters association and a member of the Delong, Reiter, Fletcher’s Lake and Nyona Lake conservation clubs.

                Surviving with Mrs. Reker are three daughters, Mrs. Tom (Judith) CAMPBELL, Mishawaa; Mrs. Ron (Denise) REINHOLT, Leiters Ford, and Mrs. Dennis (Betty) ZINDA, Auburn, Cal.; a sister, Mrs. Gerald (Belle) GOGGIN, Chicago, and ten grandchildren.  A brother, Louis REKER, preceded in death.

                Services will be Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at the St. Joseph Catholic church with Father Harold WELLER officiating.  Friends may call at the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home Tuesday after 2 p.m.  Burial will be in the Leiters Ford I.O.O.F. cemetery.  Private Rosary services will be recited at 7:30 o’clock tonight.  Memorials may be made to the American Red Cross.

 

Walter H. Becker

                Walter H. “Mike” BECKER, 67, R.R. 2, Rochester, died at 9:30 a.m. today, shortly after being admitted to Woodlawn hospital.  He had been ill 16 months.

                Mr. Becker was born Oct. 10, 1909, at Bunker Hill to Henry and Linnie CLEMANS BECKER and had lived here all his life.  He married Betty HAMMER at Boulder, Colo., in 1955; she survives.  He was a retired mechanic from Studebaker’s and was a member of the Eagles lodge, Rochester.

                Surviving with Mrs. Becker are a son, Dale BECKER, Elwood; four step-children, Mrs. Fred (Cheryl) ROSE, Warsaw; Mrs. Stewart (Terry) MUTCHLER, Rochester; Larry HAMMER, Rochester, and Donald BEATTIE, Rochester; a brother, Lee [BECKER], Akron, and three grandchildren.

                Services will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home with the Rev. Junior BOSE officiating.  Friends may call Wednesday from 6 until 9 p.m.  Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. cemetery.  Memorials other than flowers may be made to the Heart Fund.

D. R. Gordon

                D. R. GORDON, 79, South Bend, died at 1:40 a.m. Sunday at St. Joseph hospital, South Bend, where he had been a patient six months.

                Mr. Gordon was born at McMinnville, Tenn., in 1898 and had lived at South Bend most of his life, moving there from Rochester.  He married Margaret LEITER DOWNS in 1915; she survives.  He was employed as a peppermint buyer for M. Brown and Son, Bremen, and was a member of the Elks lodge and the Northwest Mint Growers association of Washington.

                Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy GETSINGER, South Bend; two brothers, Charles GORDON and Jack GORDON, both of Rochester; a sister, Mrs. Eva HIATT, Rochester; two grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

                Services will be Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the Forrest G. Hay funeral home, 435 South Ironwood, South Bend, with the Rev. Carl LEMNA officiating.  Burial will be in the St. Joseph Valley memorial park, Granger.  Friends may call today from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m.  Memorials may be made to the St. Joseph Cancer Society or the River Park United Methodist church.

 

Tuesday, May 10, 1977

 

Russell Lee Shoemaker

                Russell Lee SHOEMAKER, six-month-old son of Jack and Karen MONTAGUE SHOEMAKER, R.R. 1, Akron, died at 5 a.m. today at his home.

                He was born Oct. 20, 1976 in Plymouth.

                Surviving with the parents are a sister, Anna Lynn, and a twin brother, Richard [SHOEMAKER], both at home; the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Winston MONTAGUE, Bourbon; the paternal grandfather, Russell SHOEMAKER, R.R. 1, Akron; the maternal grandmother, Mrs. Mable MONTAGUE, Deshler, O., and great-aunts and great-uncles.

                Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Sheetz funeral home at Akron with the Rev. James MARTIN officiating.  Burial will be in the Akron cemetery.  Friends may call after 7 p.m. today.

 

Adrienne Joanne Rucker

                Adrienne Joanne RUCKER, daughter of John and Joanna Lyn CASEY RUCKER, Rochester, was stillborn at 12:58 p.m. Monday at the Wabash county hospital.

                Surviving with the parents are the maternal grandmother, Mrs. Marjorie Joan CASEY, Athens; the maternal great-grandmothers, Mrs. Katherine MEDLEY, Logansport, and Mrs. Grace CASEY, Crawfordsville and aunts and uncles.  The paternal grandparents prceded in death.

                Graveside services will be Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at the Athens cemetery with the Rev. Wayne JOHNSON officiating.  Burial will be in the Athens cemetery.  Arrangements are being handled by Zimmerman Brothers funeral home.
Wednesday, May 11, 1977

 

Edith L. Beers

                Mrs. Edith Laura BEERS, 94, Tampa, Fla., died at 2 p.m. Monday in a Bradenton, Fla., convalescent home, where she had been a resident for three years.

                She was born Feb. 1, 1883 in Henry county, Mo., to John and Emma COCK WEBB and had lived in Tampa for 30 years, moving there from Nyona LAKE.  In 1914 she was married in Lafayette to Howard GRIGGS, who died in 1948.  Her second marriage was in 1949 to Arthur BEERS, who died in 1962.

                Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Martha GALBREATH, Homes Beach, Fla., and Mrs. Dora GRIMES, Tampa; five grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Ora BANSTETTER, Lafayette.  Four sisters and a brother preceded in death.

                Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday in the Foster & Good funeral home with the Rev. Paul STEPHENSON officiating.  Burial will be in the Macy Plainview cemetery.  Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Thursday and on Friday from 9 a.m. until time of service.

 

John H. Powers

                John H. POWERS, 61, R.R. 3, Plymouth, died at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday at the Veterans Administration hospital, Indianapolis, following open heart surgery Friday.  He had been ill since November.

                Mr. Powers was born Oct. 28, 1915, at Argos to George and Phoebe MARSHMAN POWERS and had lived at his Plymouth address for three years, moving there from Myers Lake.  He married Glea TREBER at South Bend in 1942; she survives.  He was employed as an outboard motor mechanic for the Culver marina and was a member of the Argos Masonic lodge and the James Lowell Corey Post of the Argos American Legion.

                Surviving with Mrs. Powers are two sisters, Mrs. Florence PRICE, Rochester, and Mrs. Luella ABAIR, Plymouth.

                Services will be Friday at 1 p.m. at the Grossman funeral home, Argos, with the Rev. Frank VALERIANO officiating.  Burial will be in the Argos Maple Grove cemetery.  Friends may call Thursday after 2 p.m.  The Argos American Legion will conduct full military honors at the cemetery.

 

Thursday, May 12, 1977

 

Joseph Eugene Witham

                Joseph Eugene WITHAM, two-day-old son of Arica WITHAM, R.R. 1, Mentone, died at 9:15 a.m. Wednesday in the Parkview hospital in Fort Wayne.

                He was born May 9 in the Kosciusko hospital in Warsaw.

                Surviving with his mother are the maternal grandparents, Sandra WITHAM, R.R. 1, Mentone, and Ned WITHAM, Mentone; the maternal great-grandparents, Sally ZIMMERMAN, Rochester; Lillian WITHAM, Atwood, and Robert ZIMMERMAN, Rochester.

                Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in the King Memorial home in Mentone.  The Rev. Glenn MITCHELL will officiate.  Burial will be in the Mentone cemetery.  Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today.
Friday, May 13, 1977

 

Harriet M. Corsaut

                Mrs. Harriet Mae CORSAUT, 85, 811 Madison street, died at 6:15 p.m. Thursday at Woodlawn hospital.

                Mrs. Corsaut was born Aug. 27, 1891, at Winamac to Lee and Sarah HEMINGER GRAVES.  She married Charles CORSAUT at Wabash in 1912; he died in 1954.  She had been a member of the Kewanna Baptist church for 50 years, a member of the Kewanna Mothers club and a charter member of the Woodlawn hospital auxiliary.

                Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Mary HARPER, Kewanna; a son, Delbert CORSAUT, Burbank, Cal.; nine grandchildren, and twelve great-grandchildren.  Two sons, two daughters, a brother and a sister preceded in death.

                Services will be Sunday at 1:30 p.m. at the Harrison garden chapel, Kewanna, with the Rev. Fred KRAMER officiating.  Burial will be in the Kewanna I.O.O.F. cemetery.  Friends may call Saturday after 2 p.m.

 

Richard M. Hodson

                Richard M. HODSON, 55, lifelong South Bend resident, died early this morning at his home.  Although he had been in failing health, death was unexpected.

                Born Aug. 17, 1921, in South Bend, he was the son of Milo and Florence WELD HODSON.  His marriage was to Jean HILBERT of South Bend.  She survives.

                Mr. Hodson was a graduate of South Bend Central high school, Indiana university and attended Harvard university.  He was a Navy veteran of World War II.  Long associated in the real estate business in South Bend, he was a founder of Time Realty there, was president of Whitcomb & Keller company and in recent years operated his own realty and appraisal firm.

                Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Jack (Margery) OVERMYER, Rochester, and Mrs. Ed. (Joanne) STUTEVILLE, Lake Bluff, Ill.; three children, Mrs. Hal (Nancy) WIDENER, Memphis, Tenn.; Miss Kris HODSON, Bloomington, and David [HODSON], Boston, Mass., and three grandchildren.

                Last rites are pending at the Welsheimer funeral home in South Bend.

 

Friday, May 13, 1977

 

Roy Clear

                Roy CLEAR, 80, Peru, died at 9 a.m. today at Dukes memorial hospital, Peru.  He had been ill five years.

                Mr. Clear was born Nov. 19, 1896, at Roann to Charles and Luella BUTCHER CLEAR, and lived most of his life in Fulton and Miami counties.  He married Gladys BRUGH in 1921; she survives.  He was a retird superintendent from the Nickel Plate railroad at Muncie and was a member of Masonic lodge 79, Rochester, the Scottish Rite, Fort Wayne, the American Legion, Peru, the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, and the Christian church.

                Surviving with Mrs. Clear is a niece, Mrs. Louise McALLISTER, Peru.

                Services will be Monday at 11 a.m. at the Flowers-Leedy funeral home, Peru, with the Rev. Don ESKEW officiating.  Burial will be in the Mount Hope cemetery, Peru.  Friends may call Sunday from 2 until 5 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m.
Saturday, May 14, 1977

 

Richard M. Hodson

                Memorial services for Richard M. HODSON, 55, South Bend, who died at his home Friday morning, will be at 11 a.m. Monday at First Presbyterian church in South Bend.  Cremation will follow.  Friends may call at the Hodson residence, 817 West North Shore boulevard, from 2-4 p.m. Sunday.  Among his survivors are a sister, Mrs. Jack (Margery) OVERMYER, Rochester.

 

Malinda J. Metzger

                Mrs. Malinda Jane METZGER, 74, R.R. 1, Kewanna, died at 6:30 a.m. Friday at Mesick, Mich. of an apparent coronary.  She had been ill one year.

                Mrs. Metzger was born April 15, 1903, in LaGrange county to Carlton and Dora FUNK SMITH and had lived at Kewanna 10 years, moving there from Kokomo.  She married Forrest E. METZGER in 1949; he survives.  She was a member of the United Methodist church, Kokomo, Order of Eastern Star, Kokomo, where she was a past Worthy Matron, the Good Neighbors Homemakers club, Kewanna, and the Women’s club, Winamac.

                Surviving with Mr. Metzger are several nieces and nephews.

                Services will be conducted Monday at 1 p.m. at the Foster & Good funeral home with the Rev. Richard A. LOCHNER officiating.  Burial will be in the Oak Ridge cemetery, Goshen.  Friends may call Sunday from 2 until 9 p.m. and Monday from 9 a.m. until the hour of services.

 

Monday, May 16, 1977

 

Marie E. Strong

                Mrs Marie Elizabeth STRONG, 79, R.R. 1, Lucerne, died at 9:50 .m. Saturday at Brazil in the home of her son, Dr. Everette CONRAD.  She had been ill for six months.

                Mrs. Strong was born Nov. 26, 1897, at Logansport to Charles and Elizabeth BASSLER HUBENTHAL and lived in Cass county all her life.  She married Hugh STRONG in 1956; he survives.  She was a former employee of Hildebrandt’s Fishing Tackle company and was a member of the Metea Baptist church and the Bethlehem township home economics club.

                Survving with Mr. Strong are three sons, Joe CONRAD, Gainesville, Fla.; Don CONRAD, R.R. 1, Lucerne, and Dr. Everette CONRAD, Brazil; a daughter, Mrs. Willard (Loretta) SWIGART, Logansport; four step-daughters, Mrs. Thane (Esther) EVEREST, Denver; Mrs. J. R. (Gladys) COFFING, Gilead; Mrs. Lowell (Opal) GRUMP, Denver, and Mrs. Robert (Thelma) BUTCHER, Roann; two step-sons, Lloyd STRONG, Twelve Mile, and Robert STRONG, Denver; two brothers, George HUBENTHAL and Walter HUBENTHAL, both R.R. 1, Lucerne, twenty-nine grandchildren, and fifty great-grandchildren.  A daughter, three brothers and a sister preceded in death.

                Services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Ditmire-Zimmerman funeral home, Fulton, with the Rv. Raymond SKELTON officiating.  Burial will be in the Metea cemetery.  Friends may call today after 3 p.m.
Elvin Holloway

                Elvin “Peck” HOLLOWAY, 82, R.R. 6, Rochester, died at 8 p.m. Saturday at Canterbury Manor nursing home where he had been a patient two weeks.

                Mr. Holloway was born Jan. 12, 1893, in Kosciusko county to George and Levina SHELLEY HOLLOWAY and had lived in this area most of his life.  He married Eva Ruth BECHTEL in 1914; she survives.  He was a farmer and a trucker.

                Surviving with Mrs. Holloway are two daughters, Mrs. Robert (Wanda) CHALK, and Mrs. Fred (Rosemary) McGLOTHIN, both of Rochester; six sons, Russell [HOLLOWAY], Logansport; Bernie, Walter, Howard, Lester and Marvin [HOLLOWAY], all of Rochester; a sister, Mrs. Harvey (Mae) COLEMAN, Rochester; a brother, Harry, [HOLLOWAY] South Bend; thirty-four grandchildren, and twenty-three great-grandchildren.  Four sisters and two brothers preceded in death.

                Services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Foster & Good funeral home with the Rev. Paul STEPHENSON officiating.  Burial will be in the Citizens cemetery.  Friends may call today from 2:30 until 9 p.m. and Tuesday from 9 a.m. until the hour of services.

 

Allison Haimbaugh Sr.

                Allison HAIMBAUGH Sr., 68, R.R. 1, Rochester, died at 4 a.m. Sunday at Woodlawn hospital where he was admitted Saturday.  He had been in ill health several months.

                Mr. Haimbaugh was born Dec. 31, 1908, to H. Porter and Clara Belle ALLISON HAIMBAUGH and had lived here all his life.  He married Dorothea J. MOORE at Peru in 1932; she died in 1971.  Mr. Haimbaugh was a farmer and a member of the First Baptist church.

                Surviving are a son, Allison HAIMBAUGH, Kewanna; a sister, Isabel SNYDER, Rochester, and three grandchildren.

                Services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home with the Rev. Donald MAUGHAN officiating.  Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. cemetery.  Friends may call this afternoon and evening.

 

French Hunter

                French HUNTER, 66, Sweetwater, Tenn., died at 6 p.m. Friday at his residence.

                Mr. Hunter was born Nov. 28, 1910 at Shelbey Anna, Ky., to Elzie and Belle DILES HUNTER and had lived at Sweetwater six years, moving there from Palatka, Fla.  He married Mary Lee COMPTON at Pikeville, Ky., in 1934; she survives.  He was a retired welder.

                Surviving with Mrs. Hunter are a son, Harvey Lee HUNTER, Northville, Mich.; the mother, Mrs. Belle GRANT, Rochester; a sister, Dorothy RUSSOW, Rochester; several grandchildren, and several nephews and nieces, including Mrs. Jack BEERY, Rochester.

                Services will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home with the Rev. Paul B. STEPHENSON officiating.  Burial will be at the Rochester I.O.O.F. cemetery.  Friends may call this afternoon and evening.
Helen Elick

                Helen P. ELICK, 81, Mentone, died at 12:30 p.m. Sunday in the Prairie View nursing home at Warsaw.

                She was born June 5, 1895 in Wells county, Ind., to Peter and Ida JOHNSTON BRICKLEY.  She was married to Lawrence ELICK on July 2, 1912 in Kingsland, Ind.; he died Dec. 30, 1969.  She was retired from the Frank Manufacturing company of Mentone.

                Surviving are a son, Don [ELICK], Warsaw; two daughters, Mrs. Ralph (Vadis) WARD, Traverse City, Mich., and Mrs. Freda SHOEMAKER, Logansport; three grandchildren, twelve great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.

                Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the King memorial home at Mentone with the Rev. Robert HECKMAN officiating.  Burial will be in the Mentone cemetery.  Friends may call this afternoon and evening.

 

Mary J. Germaine

                Mrs. Mary J. GERMAINE, 53, Leiters Ford, died Sunday at 6 a.m. at the Chase Center, Logansport.

                Mrs. Germaine was born Sept. 28, 1924 to Waldo and Ruth GRAHAM BARDSLEY.  She married James R. GERMAINE at Kewanna in 1956; he survives.  She was a civil service employee at Grissom Air Force Base.

                Surviving with Mr. Germaine are a son, James Gregory [GERMAIN], Leiters Ford, and a brother, Paul Joseph BARDSLEY, Riverside.

                No services or calling hours will be conducted.  The body is to be donated to the Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis.  Arrangements are being handled by the McCloskey-Hamilton-Gundrum funeral home, Logansport.  Memorials may be made to the Cancer Society.

 

Tuesday, May 17, 1977

 

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Wednesday, May 18, 1977

 

Thomas Fear

                Thomas FEAR, 47, R.R. 1, Silver Lake, was found burned to death this morning following a fire at his mobile home.

                Mr. Fear was born Feb. 16, 1930, in Kosciusko county to Homer and Goldie SUMPTER FEAR and had lived in the area all his life.  He married Barbara MAYALL at Angola in 1954; she died in April.  He was employed as a well driller and was a member of the Warsaw American Legion, the North Manchester Moose lodge and the Rochester FVW.  He served in the U.S. army from 1951 to 1953 in Germany.

                Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Goldie FEAR, Akron; a step-daughter, Mrs. Roland (Donna) MATHIAS, Akron; a stepson, Donald E. SAILORS, Wabash; two sisters, Mrs. Gladys EATON and Mrs. Wilma WARREN, both of Akron, and five step-grandchildren.  A brother preceded in death.

                Services will be Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the Sheetz funeral home, Akron, with the Rev. J.D. THOMASON officiating.  Burial will be in the Akron cemetery.  Friends may call Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m.
Thursday, May 19, 1977

 

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Friday, May 20, 1977

 

Mary E. Currens

                Mrs. Mary Edith CURRENS, 77, Argos, died at 5:20 p.m. Thursday at Pilgrim Manor nursing home in Plymouth following an illness of two years.

                Mrs. Currens was born Dec. 5, 1899, at Burr Oak to Beneville and Mary BEHMER OVERMYER and lived in Argos from 1935 until 1956, when she moved to Coldwater, Mich.  She returned to Argos in 1969.  She married Jerald CURRENS in 1918; he survives.  She was a member of the Whippoorwill Ladies Aid and the Argos Izaak Walton Auxiliary.  She and her husband operated a hardware and farm implement agency in Argos and she was retired from the Michigan State Home and Training School.

                Surviving with Mr. Currens are a daughter, Mrs. John (Gwendolyn) EGAR, Downers Grove, Ill.; a son, Robert CURRENS, South Bend; a sister, Mrs. Blanche CROMLEY, Warsaw; two brothers, Ora OVERMYER, Burr Oak, and Earl OVERMYER, Francesville, and seven grandchildren.

                Services will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Grossman funeral home, Argos, with the Rev. Frank VALERIANO officiating.  Burial will be in the Burr Oak cemetery.  Friends may call after 4 p.m. today.

 

Saturday, May 21, 1977

 

Robert R. Bitterling

                A rural Kewanna man became Fulton county’s third traffic accident victim of 1977 when he was killed in a one-car accident at 7:15 p.m. Friday on county Road 250 South, two miles west of County Road 1000 West.

                Robert R. BITTERLING, 29, R.R. 3, Kewanna, was pronounced dead on arrival at Pulaski County Memorial hospital from massive skull injuries suffered when his car struck a utility pole head-on and flipped over.

                County police said from tracks left in the grass along the road, it appears the auto, which was westbound on County Road 250 South, went off the north side of the road once and traveled 38 feet, came back onto the road, then left the road again and ran through a fence before striking the utility pole.  The auto flipped over and came to rest 50 feet from the pole.

                Police, who are still investigating the accident, said from all indications she car appears to have been traveling at an excessive speed.

                Robert R. BITTERLING was born June 20, 1947 in Winamac to Ralph and Helen CONN BITTERLING.  He was married August 3, 1968 in Kewanna to Connie LONG; she survives.

                Mr. Bitterling was a brakeman with the Norfolk and Western railroad.  He had been a barber for three years in Peoria, Ill.  He was a member of the Ora Gospel Chapel church and was a 1965 graduate of Kewanna high school.

                Surviving with the wife are a daughter, Carrie [BITTERLING], 5, and a son, Tony [BITTERLING], 4; the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph BITTERLING, Kewanna; a sister, Mrs. Lona HOOVER, Peru; two brothers, James [BITTERLING], Kewanna, and Alan [BITTERLING], Warsaw, and the paternal grandfather, George BITTERLING, Kewanna.

                Services will be Monday at 2 p.m. at the Frain funeral home in Winamac with Henry THOMPSON officiating.  Burial will be in the Bruce Lake cemetery.  Friends may call after noon Sunday.

 

Monday, May 23, 1977

 

Mary E. Ware

                Mrs. Mary E. WARE, 86, R.R. 2, Kewanna, died at 2 a.m. Saturday at Alleghany Memorial hospital, Sparta, N.C.

                Mrs. Ware was born Oct. 7, 1890, in Fulton county to James and Mary O’CONNOR WALSH and had lived in this area until February when she moved to North Carolina.  She married James M. WARE in 1920; he died in 1957.  She was a member of Saint Ann’s Catholic church, Kewanna.

                Surviving are a son, James H. WARE, Muncie; two daughters, Mrs. Mary DAWSON, Alexandria, Va.,, and Margaret ANGELL, Ukiah, Cal.; twelve grandchildren, and a great-granddaughter.  Two brothers and a sister preceded in death.

                At 10 a.m. Mass was to be said today at Saint Ann’s Catholic church, Kewanna, with Father Richard SMITH officiating.  Burial will be in St. Ann’s cemetery.  An 8 p.m. Rosary was recited Sunday.  Arrangements are being handled by the Harrison funeral home, Kewanna.

 

Whitten Reffett Sr.

                Whitten REFFETT, Sr., 80, Langley, Ky., died at 9:30 p.m. Saturday at McDowell hospital, McDowell, Ky.

                Mr. Reffett was born April 13, 1897 in Kentucky to John and Sarah REFFETT and lived in Rochester until 1968 when he moved to Langley.  His first marriage was in 1914 to Eva WRIGHT; she is deceased.  His second marriage was to Lucinda REFFETT in 1925; she died in 1966.  He married Ema TACKETT in 1968; she survives.

                Surviving with Mrs. Reffett are four daughters, Mrs. Ed (Jossie) PATTON, Leiters Ford; Mrs. Charles (Vada) QUACKENBUSH, Rochester; Mrs. Cletus (Lottie) POTTERMAN, Kokomo, and Mrs. Phil (Kelsa) CARR, Rochester; six sons, George and Henry REFFETT, both of Kentucky; the Rev. Jim REFFETT, Fulton; Whitten REFFETT Jr., Rochester, N.Y.; Paul REFFETT, Eva and Shanon REFFETT, LaPorte; several step-children; sixty-one grandchildren; several great-grandchildren, and a brother, Bill REFFETT, Hippo, Ky.

                Services will be Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the Foster & Good funeral home with the Rev. William KEITH officiating.  Burial will be in the Fulton cemetery.  Friends may call today from 2 until 9 p.m. and Tuesday from 9 a.m. until the hour of services.
Cecil T. Morrow

                Cecil T. MORROW, 79, Twelve Mile, died at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Brethren home, Flora.

                Mr. Morrow was born Feb. 16, 1898, in Cass county to Henry E. and Cora LEFFEL MORROW.  He married Gail DILLMAN in 1921; she survives.  He was a farmer and a member and deacon of the Corinth Brethren church, Twelve Mile.

                Surviving with Mrs. Morrow are two sons, William [MORROW], Falls Church, Va., and Raymond [MORROW], R.R. 5, Logansport; three daughters, Mrs. Maridean HINKLE, Marion; Mrs. Betty CONRAD, and Mrs. Lois THOMSON, both of R.R. 5, Logansport.  a son, a brother, and a sister preceded in death.

                Services will be conducted Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Corinth church with the Rev. Fred SNYDER and the Rev. G. Bright HANNA officiating.  Burial will be in the Corinth cemetery.  Friends may call at the McCain funeral home, Denver, from 7 until 9 p.m. today, and from 2 until 4 p.m. and 7 until 9 p.m. Tuesday.  There will be no viewing hours at the church.

 

Marion Ireland Sr.

                Marion IRELAND, Sr., 87, 1109 Pontiac street, died at 3:10 a.m. Saturday at Woodlawn hospital where he had been a patient since May 17.

                Mr. Ireland was born Jan. 18, 1890, at Disko to Frank and Ida WATSON IRELAND.  He married Mildred ANDERSON in 1943; she died in February.  He was the former superintendent of the Wabash sub-district of the Indiana State Highway Department and was a 50-year member of the North Manchester Masonic lodge and a 32nd degree Mason.

                Surviving are a son, Marion IRELAND, Jr.; Roann; five daughters, Mrs. Geraldine HILL, Akron; Mrs. Catherine TYLER, Fort Wayne; Mrs. Susan BECRAFT, Mrs. Helen KNOBLOCK, and Miss Ida IRELAND, all of Naples, Fla.; twenty grandchildren; thirty-five great-grandchildren, and four great-great-grandchildren.

                Services were to be conducted today at 1:30 p.m. at Zimmerman Brothers funeral home with the Rev. Claude FAWNS officiating.  Burial was to be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. cemetery.  The North Manchester Masonic lodge conducted memorial services at the funeral home Sunday.

 

Tuesday, May 24, 1977

 

William J. Graham, Sr.

                William J. GRAHAM, Sr., 74, Culver, died Monday evening at his home of a sudden illness.

                Mr. Graham was born April 12, 1903, at Manchester, Vt., to William H. and Melissa WADE GRAHAM and had lived in Culver since 1927.  He married Beatrice O’CALLAJHAN in 1929; she survives.  He was in active military service from 1941 through the Korean war and taught school at Culver, Fulton, Caston, West Lafayette and Medaryville before retiring.

                Surviving with Mrs. Graham are a son, William J. GRAHAM, Jr., Rockford, Ill.; a daughter, Mrs. Sally JOHNSON, Gladstone, Mich., and ten grandchildren.

                Services will be conducted Thursday at 4 p.m. at the Culver Military Academy memorial chapel with Chaplain William MARTIN officiating.  Burial will be in the Culver Masonic cemetery.   Friends may call at the Bonine funeral home, Culver, Wednesday after 2 p.m. and until noon Thursday.  Memorial contributions may be made to the Culver Academies scholarship funds.
Karl Pesak

                Karl PESAK, 61, R.R. 3, Rochester, died at 8:34 p.m. Monday of head injuries suffered when the pickup truck he was driving went off Old U.S. 31, one mile south of Argos, and struck a tree.

                Marshall county police said the pickup truck was southbound when it went off the east side of the road into a ditch and struck the tree.  Pesak is the fourth traffic fatality in Marshall county this year and the third in the past two weeks.

                Mr. Pesak was born March 1, 1916, in Czechoslovakia to Anthony and Beatrice PESAK and had lived in Rochester seven years, moving here from Plymouth.  Before moving to Plymouth he had lived in Chicago.  He married Marie KOCH in Germany in 1948; she survives.  He was employed as a chef at Schrader’s restaurant, Plymouth.  He was a member of the Rochester Seventh Day Adventist church and was a veteran of World War II in the Czechoslovakian army.

                Surviving with the wife and mother ar two daughters, Mrs. Donald (Maria) MANGUN, Plymouth, and Mrs. Robert (Marcella) HUTCHINGS, R.R. 3, Rochester; five sons, Andrew, Milton and Tony [PESAK], all at home; Carl PESAK, Jr., South Bend, and Robert PESAK, Plymouth; two sisters, Mrs. Toni SARE, Naples, italy, and Mrs. Beatrice PORKONY, Czechoslovakia, and eleven grandchildren.  The father and three brothers preceded in death.

                Services will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Foster & Good funeral home with Pastor David FISH officiating.  Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. cemetery.  Friends may call Wednesday from 3 until 9 p.m. and Thursday from 9 a.m. until time of services.

 

Joe W. Shelton

                Joe W. SHELTON, 68, Stilesville, a former resident of Rochester, died Monday morning in the I.U. Medical Center in Indianapolis.

                Mr. Shelton was born May 30, 1908, in Rochester to Jess and Bess WILLARD SHELTON.  He was married in 1950 to Ellen SNYDER; she survives.  He was a 1926 graduate of Rochester high school and attended Northwestern university’s school of business.  He was an executive in the Cadillac Motor division before retiring in 1965.  He was a member of the Rochester Masonic Lodge, the South Bend Murat Shrine, the Indianapolis Scottish Rite, the Indianapolis Sahara Grotto, the Shriner’s Gun club, the Columbia club and the Danville Phi Delts.  A veteran of World War II, he recently was honored as a Kentucky Colonel.  He and his wife were co-owners of Joe’s and Ellen’s restaurant in Stilesville.

                Surviving with the wife are two daughters, Mrs. Pamela CLARK, Lebanon, and Mrs. Cherry WRIGHT, Toledo, O.; one son, Joe [SHELTON], Jr., Butler, and nine grandchildren.  The late father operated a barber shop in Rochester for many years.

                Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Weaver funeral home in Coatesville.  Friends may call after 2 p.m. Wednesday.
Wednesday, May 25, 1977

 

Audrey Prater

                Mrs. Audrey PRATER, 54, R.R. 1, Silver Lake, died at 11:15 p.m. Tuesday at the Wabash county hospital where she had been a patient one week.  She had been ill six months.

                Mrs. Prater was born Aug. 14, 1922, at Prestonburg, Ky., to Melvin and Rosetta PRATER and had lived in Silver Lake since 1949, moving there from Kentucky.  She married Tom W. PRATER in 1948; he survives.  She was a member of the Silver Lake Pentacostal Church of God.

                Surviving with Mr. Prater are the mother, Rosetta [PRATER], Albion, Mich.; a son, William [PRATER], Jr., R.R. 1, Silver Lake; two brothers, Ollie PRATER and Ovie PRATER, both of Albion, Mich.; three sisters, Goldie PRATER, Peachie PRATER and Ethel PRATER, all of Albion, Mich.

                Services will be Friday at 10:30 a.m. at the Silver Lake Pentacostal Church of God with the Rev. Aaron STANLEY officiating.  Burial will be in the South Pleasant cemetery.  Friends may call at the Sheetz funeral home,Akron, after 2 p.m. Thursday and at the church one hour prior to services.

 

Lloyd L. Brockey

                Lloyd L. BROCKEY, 65, R.R. 3, Rochester, died suddenly today at the Parkview hospital, Plymouth, where he had been a patient two days.

                Mr. Brockey was born July 17, 1911, at Rochester to Benjamin and Hazel McDONALD BROCKEY.  He had lived at his current address since 1951, moving there from Marshall county.  He married Isabelle Mae LAMB in 1942.  He was a retired farmer and a member of the Santa Anna United Methodist church.

                Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Jack (Carol) KINNEY, Culver; a son, Ray [BROCKEY], Leiters Ford; two sisters, Mrs. Adrian (Opal) ARCHER, Cromwell, and Mrs. Marion (Eva Bell) SMITH, Mentone; two brothers, Ernest [BROCKEY], R.R. 3, Rochester, and Leonard [BROCKEY], R.R. 2, Rochester, and four grandchildren.

                Services will be Friday at 2 p.m. at the Grossman funeral home, Argos, with the Rev. Keith SMITLEY officiating.  Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. cemetery.  Friends may call after 2 p.m. Thursday.

 

Thursday, May 26, 1977

 

Lisa Sue McFarland

                Lisa Sue McFARLAND, two-year-old daughter of Lowell and Evelyn SWANGO McFARLAND, 1130 Jefferson street, died Wednesday at Riley hospital, Indianapolis.  She was born Dec. 24, 1974, at Rochester.

                Surviving with the parents are three sisters, Mrs. Jack (Sandra) CLARK, and Virginia and Jean Ann [McFARLAND], at home; two brothers, Arden and Lee [McFARLAND], both at home, and the maternal grandmother, Effie McFARLAND.

                Services will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home with the Rev. Clifton WILKINS officiating.  Friends may call Saturday after 2 p.m.  Burial will be in the Citizens cemetery, Rochester.
Mary Warnock

                Mrs. Mary McPHERRON WARNOCK, 79, a former resident of Converse, died Wednesday at Kalamazoo, Mich., where she had lived for the past seven years.

                Mrs. Warnock was born Nov. 29, 1897 to Thomas and Minnie McPHERRON.  She was a 1918 graduate of Richland Center high school.  She married Armen WARNOCK, who died in 1970.

                Surviving are two children, Virlin WARNOCK, Newark, N.J., and Mrs. Roberta PYKE, Portage, Mich.; three brothers, Harry [McPHERRON], Argos; Clarence [McPHERRON], Plymouth, and Edwin [McPHERRON], Bloomington, and a sister, Wilma [McPHERRON], Indianapolis.

                Services will be in Converse Saturday at 10 a.m.  Burial will be in the Converse cemetery.

 

Riley L. Parker

                Riley L. PARKER, 87, Burket, died Wednesday at 11:30 a.m.

                Mr. Parker was born Dec. 28, 1889, in Seward township, Kosciusko county, to Hiram and Rosa COX PARKER.  He was married to Lottie TAYLOR in 1913; she died in 1931.  His second marriage was to Zeta PARKER in 1942; she survives.  He was a member of the Burket United Methodist church, the Indiana Thrashers association and the Odd Fellows lodge, Claypool.

                Surviving with Mrs. Parker are a son, Marshall [PARKER], Warsaw; a brother, George [PARKER], Mentone, and a grandson, Thomas [PARKER], Logan, Utah.

                Services will be saturday at 10:30 a.m. at the King memorial home, Mentone, with the Rev. Don POYSER officiating.  Burial will be in the Graceland cemetery, Claypool.  Friends may call Friday after 2 p.m.

 

Friday, May 27, 1977 to Saturday, May 28, 1977

 

[no obits]

 

Monday, May 30, 1977

 

[no paper - holiday]

 

Tuesday, May 31, 1977

 

Regina C. Schroer

                Mrs. Regina Clara SCHROER, 73, 129 West Ninth street, died at 2:40 p.m. Monday in Woodlawn hospital.  She had been in failing health for five weeks.

                She was born Sept. 13, 1903 in Columbus to Mr. and Mrs. Louis SCHEIDT and had lived in Rochester since March, 1930, moving here from Cape Girardeau, Mo.  She was married June 24, 1926 in Columbus to the Rev. William J. SCHROER, who died Nov. 13, 1949.  She had been employed at the former Wile’s department store for 20 years and was a member of the St. John’s Lutheran church, where her husband was pastor from 1930-49.  She also was a member of the LWML and the Lutheranns of the church and was active in the AARP.

                Surviving are three sons, William F. [SCHROER], Rochester; Louis [SCHROER], Mishawaka, and Robert [SCHROER], Valparaiso; seven grandchildren - Deborah and Cynthia SCHROER, Rochester; William, Timothy, Liesl and Kate SCHROER, Mishawaka, and Stacey

and Scott [SCHROER], Valparaiso; two sisters, Mrs. Emma RITTMAN, Webster, Mo., and Mrs. Selma ANDERSON, Columbus; three brothers, the Rev. Arthur SCHEIDT, Cincinnati, O.; Paul SCHEIDT, Columbus, and Louis SCHEIDT, Manasguan, N.J.  A brother, Lawrence [SCHEIDT], preceded in death.

                Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the St. John’s Lutheran church with the Revs. Vernon KNIGHT, Paul SCHWAN and Delmar KREUGER officiating.  Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. cemetery.  Friends may call at the Foster & Good funeral home today from 4 to 9 p.m. and Tuesday from 9 a.m. to noon and then at the church for one hour before services.  Memorials other than flowers may be made to the St. John’s Lutheran church building fund.

 

Irma E. Walsh

                Irma E. WALSH, 85, R.R. Kewanna, died at 7:04 p.m. Saturday at Woodlawn hospital.

                Mrs. Walsh was born April 15, 1892, at Connersville to George P. and Hattie GALLAGHER STEVENS.  Her husband was Harry WALSH.  She was retired from the St. Joseph Valley bank, South Bend, and was a member of the Knox Christian church.

                Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Byron (Dora) HUDKINS, Lake Bruce, and a brother, Jack STEVENS, Phoenix, Ariz.  A daughter, two brothers and a sister preceded in death.

                Services were to be today at 10 a.m. at the Harrison garden chapel, Kewanna, with the Rev. Ron PRILLIMAN officiating.  Burial was in Oak Park cemetery, Knox.

 

Scott Woodcock

                Scott WOODCOCK, 77, R.R. 1, Argos, died at 1:15 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph hospital, South Bend, following a five-month illness.  Mr. Woodcock was born June 23, 1899, at Canton, Ill., to Thomas and Emma POLLITT WOODCOCK and had lived at Argos since 1943.  He married Pearl LOW in 1928 at LaPorte; she survives.  He was a retired farmer.

                Surviving with Mrs. Woodcock are three daughters, Mrs. Charles (Joan) DRAIM, South Bend; Mrs. Byron (Carol) SHERWOOD, Dayton, O., and Mrs. David (Ruth) FLENTGE, Carpentersville, Ill., and six grandchildren.

                Services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Grossman funeral home, Argos, with the Rev. Robert HANSEN officiating.  Burial will be in the Poplar Grove cemetery.  Friends may call after 2 p.m. today.  Memorials may be made to the Leukemia foundation.

 

John R. Zartman

                John R. ZARTMAN, 57, Peru, died at 1:33 p.m. Sunday at Dukes hospital, Peru, following an extended illness.

                Mr. Zartman was born Dec. 2, 1919, at Mexico to John W. and Marie FLENNER ZARTMAN; the mother survives.  He married Doris SMITH in 1942; she also survives.  He was a retired conductor for the C and O railroad, a veteran of World War II and a member of the Peru Eagles lodge, Moose lodge and VFW.

                Surviving with the wife and mother are two children, John R. ZARTMAN, Jr., Peru, and Patricia SONAFRANK, R.R. 1, Greentown; a brother, Glen Dean ZARTMAN, Fulton; three sisters, Carolyn YOUNG, Rochester; Mrs. Janet COPLEN, Argos, and Rosanna OVERMYER, Fulton, and two grandchildren.

                Services will be Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at the Flowers-Leedy funeral home, Peru, with the Rev. John MISHLER officiating.  Burial will be in the Greenlawn cemetery, Mexico.  Friends may call Wednesday after 2 p.m.  Memorials may be made to the Miami County Heart and Lung assocation.000000000.

 

Wednesday, June 1, 1977

 

[no obits]

 

Thursday, June 2, 1977

 

Richard L. Scott

                Richard L. SCOTT, 66, Elkhart, former Akron resident, died Wednesday at Methodist hospital, Indianapolis, following heart surgery.

                Mr. Scott was born Jan. 5, 1911 to Albert E. and Effie MATTOX SCOTT.  He married Nellie Van LUE at Akron in 1932; she survives.  He was the former owner of Scott’s drug store and Simonton Lake Drug company, both of Elkhart.

                Surviving with Mrs. Scott are a son, Andy L. [SCOTT], Bristol; two daughters, Mrs. Robert McELVANIE, Manhattan, Cal., and Mrs. Steve GANNER, Marion; six grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.

                Memorial services will be at a later date following cremation.  Burial will be in the Akron cemetery.  Memorials other than flowers may be made to the Heart Fund.  Arrangements are being handled by Sheetz funeral home, Akron.

 

Theodore A. Brown

                Theodore A. BROWN, 69, Kewanna, died at 7 a.m. today at Pulaski memorial hospital.

                Mr. Brown was born Oct. 6, 1907, in Pualsi county to Aaron and Sarah SCOTT BROWN.  He married Mary GRAY at Winamac in 1932; she survives.  He was a retired conductor for the Penn Central railroad and a member of the Kewanna I.O.O.F. lodge and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.

                Surviving with Mrs. Brown are two sons, Frederick [BROWN], Belpre, O., and Jerry [BROWN], R.R. 3, Kewanna; three daughters, Mrs. Evelyn PETERS, Kewanna; Mrs. Jeanine McKINZIE, Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Vivian SHULL, Wartsaw; five brothers, Russell [BROWN], North Platte, Neb.; Melvin [BROWN], Colorado Springs, Colo.; Earl [BROWN], South Bend; Harry and Paul [BROWN], Winamac; a sister, Mrs. Pearl HUDSON, South Bend, and thirteen great-grandchildren.

                Services are pending at Harrison garden chapel, Kewanna.

 

Friday, June 3, 1977

 

Nicholas G. Kring, Sr.

                Nicholas G. KRING, Sr., 61, R.R. 7, Plymouth, died at 7:25 a.m. today at his residence.

                He was born Aug. 26 Nappanee to Clarence and Emma HOLDERMAN KRING.  His marriage was Sept. 16, 1936 at Argos to Evadeen DYGERT.  She survives.  Mr. Kring had resided in the Plymouth area two years, moving from Argos.  He had been an employee of the Argos postofficer 28 years, having retired with a disability.  He was a member of the Argos Congregational Christian church, the Marshall County Civil Defense unit and the Pathfinders Campers association.

                Surviving with his wife are a daughter, Mrs. Vernon (Margo) KETCHAM, Grovertown; a son, Nicholas KRING, Jr., South Bend; ten grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Maurice (Carrie) CURTIS, Culver, and a brother, Floyd KRING, R.R. 1, Plymouth.

                Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Argos Congregational Christian church.  The

Rev. Frank VALERIANO will officiate.  Burial will be in the New Oak Hill cemetery at Plymouth.  Friends may call at the Grossman funeral home in Argos after 2 p.m. Saturday until 11 a.m. Sunday and at the church for one hour b efore services.  The family requests that memorials other than flowers b e made to the critical care unit of Parkview hospital in Plymouth.

 

Theodore Brown

                Services for Theodore A. BROWN, 69, Kewanna, who died at 7 a.m. Thursday in Pulaski county Memorial hospital at Winamac, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Harrison Garden Chapel at Kewanna.

                The Rev. Richard LOCHNER will officiate and burial will be in the Kewanna I.O.O.F. cemetery.

                Friends may call after 2 p.m. today at the funeral home, where the Kewanna I.O.O.F. will conduct memorial services at 8 p.m. today.

                Among the survivors are thirteen grandchildren, rathern than thirteen great-grandchildren as incorrectly reported Thursday.

 

Henry M. Croco

                Henry Martin CROCO, 54, Fort Wayne, former resident of Argos, died unexpectedly at 11 p.m. Thursday at his residence.  Arrangements are pending at the Grossman funeral home inArgos.

 

Saturday, June 4, 1977

 

Henry M. Croco

                Services for Henry Martin CROCO, 54, Fort Wayne, a former Argos resident who died at his home at 10:55 p.m. Thursday, will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the Grossman funeral home at Argos.  Burial will be in the Argos Maple Grove cemetery.  Friends may call after 2 p.m. Sunday.

                Mr. Croco had been seriously ill for a year with a heart condition but his death was unexpected.

                He was born Dec. 17, 1922 in Argos to Andrew and Irene HODGES CROCO.  He was a 1941 graduate of Argos high school, attended the University of New Mexico and the South Bend College of Commerce.

                He had lived in Fort Wayne for 30 years, moving there from South Bend, and was an employee of the Acme Duplicating company of Fort Wayne.  He was a veteran of World War II, a member of the First Wayne Street United Methodist church in Fort Wayne and was an award-winning performer in Fort Wayne Civic and Arena theatres.  He was honored Wednesday evening at an awards dinner for outstanding contributions to Fort Wayne theatre activities.

                Surviving is a sister, Mrs. Lura Mae POORE, Argos.
Monday, June 6, 1977

 

James Engle Jr.

                A rural Kewanna man died at 12:30 a.m. Sunday when his motorcycle went off a Pualski county road and struck a fence.

                Killed was Janes ENGLE Jr., 36, R.R. 1, Kewanna.  Death was caused by a broken neck.  Police said Engle’s motorcycle was northbound on Pulaski County Road 660 East at County Road 700 North when due to high speeds, it failed to make a sharp curve.  The motorcucle went off the road and traveled 216 feet along a shallow ditch before striking a fence 10 feet from the road.

                James ENGLE Jr. was born Sept. 9, 1940 in Fulton to James F. and Eula ENGLE.  He was married in 1969 in Culver to Rita F. LUTZ; she survives.  He was a crane operator for the Plymouth Tube company, Winamac.  A veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, he was a member of the Kewanna VFW and of the UAW at Winamac.

                Surviving with the wife are two sons, Jimmy and Kenneth [ENGLE], and two daughters, Kathy and Karen [ENGLE], all at home and the parents, Mr. and Mrs. James ENGLE Sr., Monterey.

                Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Harrison funeral home, Kewanna with the Rev. Keith SMITLEY officiating.  Burial will be in the Pleasant Hill cemetery near Lake Bruce.  Friends may call after 4 p.m. today.

 

Alden J. Horn

                Alden J. HORN, 76, 1215 Rochester boulevard, died at 12:45 a.m. Sunday in Woodlawn hospital, where he had been admitted several hours earlier.  He had been in failing health for nine months.

                Mr. Horn was born Dec. 12, 1900 in Marshall county to Emmanuel and Laura LAIRD HORN.  He lived in Rochester since 1954, coming here from Mendota, Ill.  He married Gertrude BROCK on Dec. 5, 1925 in Bourbon; she surviv es.  He retired from farming in 1974 and was a member of the United Methodist church, Mendota.

                Surviving with Mrs. Horn is a daughter, Mrs. Melvin (Wilma) STANBERGER, R.R. t, Rochester; a son, Arnold HORN, R.R. 5, Rochester, and five grandchildren, Kathleen, Charles and Steven STAMBERGER, Cristy and Beth Ann HORN, all of R.R. 5, Rochester.  The parents, a daughter, a son, three sisters and two brothers preceded in death.

                Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Foster & Good funeral home with the Rev. Delbert RUBERG officiating.  Burial will be at Tippecanoe cemetery, Tippecanoe.  Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. until time of service Tuesday.

 

Frank DeLong

                Frank DeLONG, 69, Akron, died at 7:30 a.m. Sunday at his home of a heart attack.

                Mr. DeLong was born Dec. 23, 1907 in Marida, Neb., to Josh and Sadie NASH DeLONG.  He was married Nov. 1, 1964 in Wabash to Dorothy COONS HALL; she survives.  He moved to Akron from Athens in 1975.  He was a retired farmer.

                Surviving with the wife are five sons; Fred DeLONG, Edward HALL and Howard HALL, all of Wabash; Leonard DeLONG, Oakland, Cal., and Jack DeLONG, Fort Wayne; four daughters, Mrs. Jim (Susie) THRUSH, Wabash; Mrs. John (Judith) COURTNEY, Rochester; Mrs. Marvin (Linda) RUFF, Sanger, Cal., and Mrs.William (Carol) SMITH, Akron; two sisters, Mrs. Lena BARR, Denver, Colo., and Mrs. Mary MILLS, St. Frencesville, Ill.; twenty-six grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.  Preceding in death were one daughter and two brothers.

                Graveside services and burial will b e at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Mount Hope cemetery., [Athens] with the Rev. J.D. THOMASON officiating.  Friends may call at the Sheetz funeral home, Akron, from 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.

 

Blanche A. Ailer

                Blanche A. AILER, 75, R.R. 2, Rochester, died at 9:30 p.m. Sunday at Miller’s Merry Manor nursing home, Warsaw.  She had been ill for one year.

                Mrs. Ailer was born July 14, 1901 near Bruce Lake to Harrison and Sarah ROGERS WYNN.  She was married Feb. 26, 1919 to Russell W. AILER; he died in 1969.  She had worked in a bakery in South Bend during World War II and she was a member of the Tiosa Brethren church.

                She is survived by four daughters; Mrs. Harold (Velma) HORN, Mentone; Mrs. Maurice (Thelma) PETERSON, R.R. 2, Rochester, Mrs. Robert (Phyllis) SWANSON, Atwood, and Donna Jo AILER, South Bend; a sister, Mrs. Vern OVERMYER, Fulton; nine grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.

                Services will be Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at the King memorial home, Mentone, with the Rev. John C. SHULTZ officiating.  Burial will be in the Reichter cemetery near Talma.  Friends may call after 2 p.m. Tuesday.

 

Naomi M. VanMeter

                Mrs. Naomi M. VanMETER, 56, R.R. 3, Rochester, died at 5:10 a.m. today.  She was dead on arrival of an apparent heart attack at Calloway hospital in Fulton, Mo.

                Mrs. VanMeter was born on Aug. 20, 1920 in Bates county, Mo., to Elmer and Rosie FENNEALD SUTTON.  She married Walter VanMETER on Sept. 7, 1940 in Young America; he survives.

                Surviving with the husband are four sons, Larry [VanMETER], Rochester; Dean [VanMETER], Kewanna; Dudley [VanMETER], Argos, and Tab [VanMETER], at home; a daughter, Peggy [VanMETER], at home; four sisters, Mrs. Mabel NEIDER, Rich Hill, Mo.; Mrs. Effie EPPERSON, Butler, Mo.; Mrs. Laura Fay KERN, Rochester, and Mrs. Ruby [THOMPSON], Rochester; three brothers, Virgil, Gene and Murell SUTTON, all of Rochester, and eight grandchildren.

                Arrangements are pending at the Foster & Good funeral home.

 

James W. Clark

                James W. CLARK, 70, Fort Wayne, died at 1:30 a.m. Sunday at his home.

                Mr. Clark was born Oct. 27, 1906 to James and Pauline VANDERPOOL CLARK in Birmingham, Ala.  He lived in Fort Wayne for five months, moving there from Rochester.  He married Myrtle DAUGHERTY on Nov. 18, 1939 in Rochester; she survives.  He retired from Rochester Metal Products in 1967.

                Surviving with the wife are a son, James W. CLARK Jr., Fort Wayne; a daughter, Mrs. Paula DYLE, Fort Wayne; a sister, Mrs. Grace DELOY, Richmond; a brother, Raymond [CLARK], Richmond, and eight grandchildren.  He was preceded in death by a daughter and a son.

                Services will b e at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Foster & Good funeral home.  Burial will be in Citizens cemetery.  Friends may call Tuesday from 4 to 9 p.m. and Wednesday until the time of service.
Tuesday, June 7, 1977

 

Claude C. Butler

                Claude C. BUTLER, 74, 1314 Monroe street, died at 7:20 p.m. Monday at V.A. hospital, Fort Wayne.  He had been ill for several weeks.

                Mr. Butler was born Nov. 26, 1902 to Barney and Clarisa LARGE BUTLER in Miami county.  He married Delia Virginia PARMAN, who died in 1950.  A former employee of the Arlington hotel and Times theatre, he was a member of Senior Citizens and AARP.  He was a lifelong resident of Rochester.

                Surviving are two sons, Edward PARMAN, Sturgis, Mich., and Terry PARMAN, Mishawaka; four grandchildren; two brothers, Ted [BUTLER], Rochester, and Jess [BUTLER], Marion; a sister, Mrs. Benjamin (Belle) WROBLESKI, South Bend, and a brother-in-law, Joe PARMAN, Fulton.

                Services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home.  The Rev. Ira HOLT will officiate.  Burial will be in the Rochester Citizens cemetery.  Friends may call after 10 a.m. Wednesday until the hour of service.

 

Naomi M. VanMeter

                Services for Mrs. Naomi M. VanMETER, Rochester, who died Monday, will be Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at the Foster & Good funeral home.  The Rev. Alva WARD will officiate.  Burial will be at the Leiters Ford I.O.O.F. cemetery.  Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and from 9 a.m. until the time of the service Thursday.

                In the list of Mrs. VanMeter’s survivors Monday, two of the survivors were misidentified.  It is Mrs. Ruby THOMPSON rather than Mrs. Ruby TOWNSEND and Mrs. Lora Fay KERN rather than Mrs. Laura Fay KERN.

 

Icie Taylor

                Mrs. Icie TAYLOR, 84, a former resident of Menton, died at 5:10 p.m. Monday at Pilgrim Manor, Plymouth, where she had lived for four years.

                Mrs. Taylor, one of 12 children, was born March 26, 1883 near Mentone to Omer and Minnie BLACK IGO.  She married Marion TAYLOR on Nov. 27, 1913 in Mentone; he died in 1930.  She operated a country store for many years in Sevastopol, and since 1957 lived with her daughter, Mrs. John (Wanda) LOWRY, Plymouth, and did domestic work.  She was a member of the former Universal Church of Mentone and Sevastopol.

                Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. John (Wanda) LOWRY and Mrs. Raymond (Roberta) SICKMILLER, both of Plymouth; three sons, Arden [TAYLOR], Chicato; Norman [TAYLOR], Pelos Berdes, Cal., and Keith [TAYLOR], Chel Aista, Cal.; thirteen grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Floyd (Fro) TUCKER, Mentone; Mrs. Elmer (Othelo) HUFFMAN, Claypool; Mrs. Roy (Nellie) WALTERS, Akron, and Mrs. Arthur (Lillian) ANGLIN, Clunette, Ind., a brother, Lewis “Buss” IGO, Enid, Okla.  Two children preceded in death.

                Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Harrison Center church near Mentone.  The Rev. Robert GRAY will officiate.  Burial will be at Harrison Ceneter cemetery.  Friends may call at the Grossman funeral home, Argos, from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and at the church from 11 a.m. until the time of the service Thursday.
Hazel M. Smith

                Mrs. Hazel M. SMITH, 75, Akron, died at 11:20 a.m. Tuesday at the Pilgrim Manor nursing home in Plymouth.  She had been ill for five years and critically ill for two weeks.

                Mrs. Smith was born June 22, 1901 to William L. and Margaret LOUDERMILK SUTTON in Wells county.  She was a resident of Fulton county for 50 years, coming here from Wells county.  She married Sam C. SMITH on Sept. 5, 1927 in Crown Point; he survives.  She was a member of the Brethren church in Salem.

                Surviving with the husband are three daughters, Mrs. James A. (Betty) LITTLE; Mrs. Roy (Violet) FISHER, and Mrs. Earl (Alice) GAERTE, all of Rochester; two sons, Richard L. [SMITH], Rochester, and Allen R. [SMITH], Akron; ten grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. John (Sylvia) LEWIS, Culver, and Mrs. Paul (Nina) EILER, Rochester, and four brothers, the Rev. Omer SUTTON, Fort Wayne; Leo SUTTON, Tippecanoe; Forrest SUTTON, Rochester, and Irvin SUTTON, Akron.  Two sisters and a brother preceded in death.

                Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Sheetz funeral home in Akron with the Rev. Claude FAWNS officiating.  Burial will be in the Burr Oak cemetery, Culver.  Friends may call after 2 p.m. Thursday until the hour of service Friday.

 

Thursday, June 9, 1977 to Friday, June 10, 1977

 

[no obits]

 

Saturday, June 11, 1977

 

Howard Tyree

                Howard TYREE, 65, Four Seasons Mobile Homes Estates, died at 12:10 p.m. Friday at his residence.  He had been in failing health for the past two years.

                Mr. Tyree was born Oct. 6, 1911 to James and Hattie BARRETT TYREE in Carthage, Tenn.  He married Laura Ellen MIKEL on Dec. 13 1951, in New Castle; she survives.  He lived in Rochester since 1952 moving here from New Castle, and was a retired superintendent of Burton Plumbing and Heating, Rochester.  He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, and was a member of Hillcrest Baptist church.

                Surviving with the wife are a step-daughter, Mrs. Vella Maee (Billie) RATLIFF, Spiceland, Ind.; a step-son, Louis MIKEL, Jr., New Castle; three grandchildren, three great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Gertie HAMLET and Mrs. Harold (Alien) LAW, both of Gordonsville, Tenn., and three brothers, Cordell [TYREE], Mount Julet, Tenn.; Burford [TYREE], New Castle, and Raymond [TYREE], Gordonsville, Tenn.  One sister and two brothers preceded him in death.

                Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the Foster & Good funeral home.  The Rev. Don REITER will officiate.  Burial will be at the I.O.O.F. cemetery, Rochester.  Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Sunday and on Monday until the hour of the service.
Nellie B. South

                Mrs. Nellie B. SOUTH, 85, Bloomington, died at 7:15 p.m. Friday at the Pilgrim Manor nursing home, Plymouth, where she had been a patient for five months.  She had been seriously ill for two months.

                Mrs. South was born July 19, 1891 to Silas and Mary LAWRENCE THOMPSON in Monroe county.  She married William E. SOUTH in January, 1917 at Indianapolis; he died in 1957.  She was a lifetime resident of Bloomington except the early years of her married life which she spent in Indianapolis.  Mrs. South was a member of the first class of nurses’ training at Riley hospital, Indianapolis, and worked for Bloomington area physicians.

                Surviving are a son, James O. “Jerry” SOUTH, Argos; a daughter, Mrs. Carolyn HEMINGWAY, Milton, Fla.; seven grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Frances McNEELY, Ellettsville, and two brothers, Lawrence THOMPSON, Ellettsville, and Marshall THOMPSON, Royal Oak, Mich.

                Services will be at the Greene and Harrell funeral home, Bloomington, at 10 a.m. Monday.  The Rev. Vernon KNIGHT will officiate.  Burial will be at Crown Hill cemetery, Indianapolis.  Friends may call at the Greene and Harrell funeral home from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday.  The Grossman funeral home, Argos, is handling the local arrangements.

 

Monday, June 13, 1977

 

[no obits]

 

Tuesday, June 14, 1977

 

Gaythel E. Kotterman

                Mrs. Gaythel Evelyn KOTTERMAN, 66, of near Macy, died at her home at 4 a.m. today.

                She was born in Jefferson township of Miami county July 11, 1911 to George E. and Mable STOWMAN MUSSELMAN.  She was married Oct. 19, 1929 in Chili to Boyd KOTTERMAN, who survives.

                She had lived all her life in the Macy area and at one time had been employed at Hart Schaffner & Marx in Rochester.  She was a member of the Denver Baptist church.

                Also surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Russell (Joyce) CONE, Mountain Iron, Minn.; Mrs. Garth (Mary Kathryn) HAINES, Denver, and Mrs. Herbert (Virginia) BEATTIE, Fort Wayne; a brother, Gaylord [MUSSELMAN], Denver; a sister, Mrs. Harold (Charlene) SHOWALTER, Wabash, and seven grandchildren.  A brother preceded in death.

                Services will be at the McCain funeral home, Ind. 16 and U.S. 31, at 2 p.m. Friday with the Rev. Albert McDONALD officiating.  Burial will be in Westlawn cemetery at Denver.  Friends may call after 2 p.m. Thursday.

 

Harold Duff

                Harold DUFF, 63, R.R. 1, died at 7:30 a.m. today in a hospital in Big Rapids, Mich., where he had been a patient since Saturday.  Mr. Duff had been vacationing in the area.

                Funeral arrangements are pending at the Foster & Good funeral home.
Irene F. Bolley

                Mrs. Irene F. BOLLEY, 68, Akron, died at 11:30 a.m. Monday at her home of a coronary attack.

                Mrs. Bolley was born March 11, 1909 in Akron to Chester and Winnie SMITH SHAMP.  She was married in 1934 to Joe BOLLEY; he died in 1976.  She was a member of the St. Anne’s Episcopal church, Mesa, Ariz.

                She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Freida IGO, Warsaw, and Mrs. Ray (Iris) SMITH, Mentone; her step-father, George McMILLAN, Akron, and a niece and a nephew.

                Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Haupert funeral home, Akron, with Father Gregory SIMS officiating.  Burial will be in the Akron cemetery.  Friends may call tonight.

 

Nellie Anderson

                Mrs. Nellie ANDERSON, 94, formerly of 1212 East Donald street, South Bend, died at 5:30 p.m. Sunday at the Cardinal nursing home, South Bend following an extended illness.

                Mrs. Anderson was born in Fulton county on April 7, 1883 to Henry and Martha SHADEL.  She moved to South Bend from Delong in 1916.  She married Charles ANDERSON on May 15, 1904; he died in 1940.

                Surviving are a daughter, Miss Marjorie ANDERSON, South Bend, and a brother, Guy A. SHADEL, Leiters Ford.  A son preceded in death.

                Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Welsheimer funeral home, South Bend.  Burial will be at St. Joseph Valley memorial park, South Bend.  Friends may call today from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.

 

Wednesday, June 15, 1977

 

Harold Duff

                Harold DUFF, 63, R.R. 1, Rochester, died at 7:25 a.m. Tuesday at the Mecosta county general hospital, Big Rapids, Mich., of a massive cerebral hemorrhage.

                Mr. Duff was born Oct. 22, 1913 to Joseph T. and Golda CARR DUFF in North Manchester.  He married Doris D. DILLMAN on Aug. 1, 1936; she died Jan. 5, 1971.  An area resident most of his life, he was a retired farmer.  He was a member of the Fulton Baptist church, I.O.O.F. Lodge No. 47, and Encampment No. 24.

                Surviving are a son, Steven R. [DUFF], R.R. 1, Rochester; three grandsons, Steven, Keith, and Shane DUFF; two sisters, Mrs. Elmer (Evelyn) HOLLOWAY, Warsaw, and Mrs. Frank (Marie) KRIPE, R.R. 6, Rochester; two brothers, George [DUFF], Warsaw, and Richard [DUFF], Plymouth, Mich., and several nieces and nephews.

                Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Foster & Good funeral home with the Rev. Conrad BARNUM officiating.  Burial will be at the Rochester I.O.O.F. cemetery.  Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Thursday and on Friday from 9 a.m. until the hour of the service.  The I.O.O.F. lodge will conduct memorial services at 8:30 p.m. Thursday.
Marx A. Dawald

                Marx Arden DAWALD, 51, Akron, died at 12:01 a.m. today at the Wabash county hospital in Wabash.

                He was born Feb. 12, 1926 in Roann to George and Floy GRAY DAWALD Sr., who survive.  He was a farmer and real estate broker with Dawald Real Estate and Insurance, Peru.  He lived most of his life in the Roann community and was a member of the Roann American Legion, the Roann masonic lodge and the Fort Wayne Scottish Rite.  He was a veteran of World War II.

                Surviving ar the parents of Mexico, a sister, Mrs. Don LOWE, Twelve Mile, and two brothers, George [DAWALD] Jr., Roann, and Richard [DAWALD], Rochester.

                Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Grandstaff funeral home, Roann.  The Rev. Lowell BURRUS will officiate.  Burial will be at the ]Tombaugh] Enterprise cemetery, Miami county.  Friends may call after 7 p.m. Friday.

 

David Leroy Cooley

                David Leroy COOLEY, 44, Michigan City, died unexpectedly at 12:30 a.m. Wednesday at Michigan City.

                Mr. Cooley was born Dec. 14, 1932 to Roscoe and Edith COOLEY in Inwood.  He was a member of the Sons of God church in Dallas, Texas.

                Surviving are five sisters, Mrs. Betty HARDESTY and Mrs. Patricia ZEIDER, Argos; Mrs. Donna STEGMAN and Mrs. Luella RIDDLE, Dallas, Texas, and Mrs. Mary LEE, Tyler, Texas.  Three brothers and three sisters preceded in death.

                Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Grossman funeral home, Argos.  Burial will be at Jordan cemetery, Argos.  Frienda may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday.

 

Friday, June 17, 1977

 

Erma B. Claybaugh

                Mrs. Erma B. CLAYBAUGH, 71, Plymouth, died following a lengthy illness at 1:35 p.m. Thursday at Memorial hospital, South Bend.

                Mrs. Claybaugh was born July 15, 1905 to Harvey and Bessie MIDDLETON COPLEN in Fulton county.  She married Hayward CLAYBAUGH on Oct. 12, 1924 in Argos; he survives.  She was a Plymouth resident for seven years, moving there from Argos.

                Surviving with the husband are a daughter, Mrs. John (Irene) FORBES, South Bend; a son, Harold [CLAYBAUGH], Peru; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren, and three brothers, LeRoy COPLEN, Plymouth, Nile COPLEN, South Bend, and Walter COPLEN, Argos.

                Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Grossman funeral home, Argos.  The Rev. Frank ZINK will officiate.  Burial will be at the Argos Maple Grove cemetery.  Friends may call from 2 to 5 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. today.

                Memorials may be made to the donor’s favorite charity.
Saturday, June 18, 1977

 

William C. Miller

                William C. MILLER, 96, a former Grandview community resident, died at about 7 p.m. Friday at Parkview hospital, Plymouth, where he had been a patient for two weeks.  He had been in failing health for two months.

                Mr. Miller was born Feb. 28, 1881, to William and Catherine MEHLING MILLER in Richland township.  He married Eunice M. EASTERDAY on Dec. 24, 1903, in Fulton county; she died July 6, 1961.  A retired farmer, Mr. Miller lived most of his life in the Grandview community except winters which he spent in Florida with his son and daughter.  He had lived the past two months with his daughter in South Bend.  He was a member of the Whippoorwill Community church and was a member of the Richland Center I.O.O.F. Lodge for many years.

                Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Rex (Thelma) RICHARDS, Lake Como, Fla.; Mrs. Leroy (Opal) GRAVES, South Bend, and Mrs. Orville (Ruth) ZENTZ, Argos; a son, Albert D. [MILLER], Fort Myers, Fla.; three grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.  His wife and four sisters preceded in death.

                Services are tentatively set for 2 p.m. Monday at the Foster & Good funeral home.  Burial will be at the South Germany cemetery.  Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Sunday and Monday through the hour of the service.

 

Monday, June 20, 1977

 

Ella DeMont

                Mrs. Ella DeMONT, 93, Argos, died at 5:55 a.m. Sunday at her home.  She had been seriously ill for two years following a hip fracture.

                Mrs. DeMont was born July 4, 1883 to Frank and Martha BUSBY BOGGS in Marshall county.  She was married to W. E. DeMONT on Oct. 6, 1903 at her home.  A lifetime resident of Marshall county, she was a member of the former Argos Church of God, past president of the Argos Monday club, an honorary member of the Argos Progress club, a member of the Past Presidents club of Marshall county and a member-at-large of the DAR.  Surviving are a daughter, Miss Florence DeMONT, and a foster-son, Joe GINGERICH, both at home.

                Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Grossman funeral home, Argos.  The Rev. Robert HANSEN will officiate.  Burial will be at the Oak Hill cemetery, Plymouth.  Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.

 

C. E. Hendee

                C. E. “Earl” HENDEE, 85, Royal Center, died at 1:10 a.m. Saturday at the Fulton House Chase Center, Logansport.  Mr. Hendee was born Oct. 14, 1891 to Oliver and Susan CONN HENDEE in Cass county.  He married Elsie MURRAY in Logansport; she died in 1964.  He married Mildred EWING in 1967 in Muncie; she died in 1971.  A retired Fulton county farmer, he was a member of the United Methodist church.

                Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Dorothea KING, Royal Center, formerly of Orchard, Colo., and Mrs. Mary Alice GOODNER, Fulton; three grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren, and a great-great-grandson.  Two brothers and two sisters preceded in death.

                Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Harrison garden chapel, Royal Center with The Rev. John WORTINGER officiating.  Burial will be at the Royal Center cemetery.  Friends may call after 2 p.m. today.

Tuesday, June 21, 1977

 

Cecil K. Davis

                Cecil K. DAVIS, 61, R.R. 4, Rochester, died at 3:30 a.m. today at Parkview hospital, Plymouth, where he had been a patient since Saturday evening.  He had been in failing health for about 10 years.

                Mr. Davis was born Feb. 18, 1916 to Bert and Ocie DAVIS near Leiters Ford.  He married Mildred A. RITENOUR on July 24, 1937, in Williamsport, Ind.; she survives.  He lived his entire life in Leiters Ford and was a retired heavy equipment operator.  He was a member of the Mount Hope United Methodist church and a former member of the Leiters Ford I.O.O.F. lodge.

                Surviving with the wife are three daughters, Mrs. William (Rebecca) BRIGHT, Syracuse; Mrs. Paul (Betty Jane) WIDMAN, R.R. 4, Rochester, and Mrs. Joe (Patty Lynn) SEE, Deedsville; two sons, William [DAVIS], Rochester, and Richard [DAVIS], Leiters Ford; eleven grandchildren; the step-mother, Mrs. Hulda TABER DAVIS, Culver; three sisters, Mrs. Ed (Eva) LEBO, Leiters Ford; Mrs. Howard (Donna) COLEMAN, Phoenix, Ariz., and Mrs. Don (Ruth) AUTREY, LaPorte; a brother, Dale DAVIS, Phoenix, Ariz., and nieces and nephews.

                Services are tentatively set for 2 p.m. Thursday at the Foster & Good funeral home with the Rev. Norris KING officiating.  Burial will be at the I.O.O.F. cemetery at Leiters Ford.  Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and on Thursday until time of services.

 

Everett Gibbons

                Everett GIBBONS, 72, R.R. 1, Culver, died at 9:20 p.m. Monday at Parkview hospital in Plymouth where he had been a patient for 10 days.  He had been ill since March.

                Mr. Gibbons was born Sept. 2, 1904 in Marshall county to Frank and Lilly WILSON GIBBONS.  He was married June 14, 1931 to Florence McGRIFF; she survives.  He was a retired farmer and was a member of the Santa Anna United Methodist church and Maxinkuckee I.O.O.F. Lodge 373.

                Surviving with the wife are a daughter, Mrs. Carl (Linda) LOWRY, R.R. 1, Argos; two sons, Merle [GIBBONS], Plymouth, and Max [GIBBONS], R.R. 1, Argos; a sister, Miss Clara GIBBONS, R.R. 3, Rochester; two brothers, L. J. [GIBBONS], Argos, and Francis [GIBBONS], R.R. 3, Rochester; five grandchildren, and four step-grandchildren.

                Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Grossman funeral home, Argos, with the Rev. Keith SMITLEY officiating.  Burial will be in the Poplar Grove cemetery, west of Argos.  Friends may call after 2 p.m. Wednesday.  The Maxinkuckee I.O.O.F. lodge will conduct a memorial service at 8 p.m. Wednesday.  Memorials, other than flowers, can be made to the Santa Anna United Methodist church or to the critical care unit of Plymouth Parkview hospital.
Linda Sue White

                Mrs. Linda Sue WHITE, 29, 10015 Nottawa Trail, Fort Wayne, died at 10 p.m. Monday in Northwestern university hospital at Chicago following neuro-surgery.  Ill for one week, she was taken to the hospital Friday.

                She was born Nov. 24, 1947 in Columbia City to Donald R. and Evelyn KEESEY MILLER, formerly of Akron.  She was married Feb. 1, 1969 to David W. WHITE, who survives.  She had been a secretary at the Magnavox company in Fort Wayne for eight years and was a member of the United Methodist church and the Eastern Star at Columbia City.  She was a 1966 graduate of Columbia City high school and had attended Ball State university.

                Surviving with the husband are two daughters, Kara Marie [WHITE], 3, and Julie Ann [WHITE], seven months, both at home; the parents, R.R. 3, Columbia City, and two brothers, Edward MILLER, Walnut, Cal., and Daniel MILLER, Fort Wayne.

                Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Smith funeral home in Columbia City with the Rev. James CAMPBELL officiating.  Burial will be in the Oak Hill cemetery at Plymouth.  Friends may call after 2 p.m. Thursday.

 

Wednesday, June 22, 1977

 

William F. Riley

                William F. RILEY, 81, Silver Lake, died at 11:55 a.m. Tuesday at his home of a coronary attack.

                Mr. Riley was born March 29, 1896 to Theodore and Minnie HIBSCHMAN RILEY in Kosciusko county.  He married Elizabeth MORRETT in 1919; she survives.  He was a lifetime resident of the Akron and Silver Lake areas.  A retired farmer, he was a member of the Silver Creek Church of God.

                Surviving with the wife are a daughter, Mrs. Lee (Margel) PARKER, Warsaw; two grandchildren, Stephen PARKER, North Manchester, and Mrs. Suzann SCHULTZ, San Clemente, Cal., and two great-granddaughters.  A daughter preceded in death.

                Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Haupert funeral home, Akron.  The Rev. Hubert MILLER and the Rev. Fred LANDOLT will officiate.  Burial will be at the Akron cemetery.  Friends may call after 2 p.m. Thursday.

 

Thursday, June 23, 1977

 

Roscoe Fultz

                Roscoe FULTZ, 93, died at 8 p.m. Wednesday in his home at R.R. 2, Royal Center.

                He was born in Cass county Dec. 23, 1883 to Melanchthon L. and Sarah FUNK FULTZ.  He was a retired farmer and carpenter.  His first marriage was March 5, 1913 to Blanche BROWN, who died Nov. 1, 1950.  He was married to Florence GRIFFIN on July 11, 1953; she survives.

                Surviving with the wife are three sons, Robert [FULTZ], R.R. 3, Kewanna, and Clyde E. and Rudolph [FULTZ], both of Logansport; seven grandchildren; one great-grandchild.  Two sons preceded in death.

                Services will be at the Kroeger funeral home, seventh and Market streets, Logansport, at 1:30 p.m. Saturday with the Rev. Howard WESTERN officiating.  Burial will be in the Royal Center cemetery.  Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday.
Jeffrey M. Barnett

                Jeffrey Marc BARNETT, 19, Warsaw, son of Dr. Walter BARNETT, Rochester, and Ethyl SHANEYFELT BARNETT, Warsaw, died at about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday from injuries sustained in an accident.

                He was killed when his motorcycle was struck by a car attempting to pass him on old U.S. 30, one mile west of Warsaw.  Investigators said Barnett apparently tried to make a left turn as the car was going around him.

                Jeffrey Marc Barnett was born Sept. 22, 1957 in Decatur, Ill.  He was employed by Wireflex Inc., and was a member of the Fellowship Baptist church, Warsaw.  He was a 1975 graduate of Warsaw high school and attended Grace college, Winona Lake, for a year.

                Surviving with the parents are a sister, Debra [BARNETT], at home, and the grandparents, Mrs. Cecelia BARNETT, Decatur, Ill.; Mr. Shirley SHANEYFELT, Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Beatrice DINGMAN, Fort Wayne.

                Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Fellowship Baptist church, Warsaw, with the Rev. Allin R. FLINT officiating.  Friends may call at the Titus funeral home, Warsaw, after   2 p.m. Friday and on Saturday from 9 a.m. until noon and at the church from noon until the time of the service.

 

Friday, June 24, 1977

 

Edward M. Davis

                Edward M. DAVIS, 68, died Wednesday morning at a hospital in Berkeley, Cal.  He was the husband of the former Crystal TIPTON, Rochester.

                Services will be in Linden, Cal.

 

Teddy Schmidt

                Teddy SCHMIDT, two-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Van SCHMIDT, Bloomington, Ill., died Wednesday.  Mrs. Schmidt is the former Susan KOMM, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed KOMM of Normal, Ill., formerly of Rochester.

 

Saturday, June 25, 1977