FULTON COUNTY INDIANA

OBITUARIES

1936

The News-Sentinel

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The News-Sentinel

1936

Thursday, January 2, 1936

Alice Margaret [HARRISON] RANS, aged 80 years, three months and three days, passed away at her home in Grass Creek, Ind., on Monday afternoon. Death resulted from a complication of diseases following an illness of several months duration. Mrs. Rans, who was born in England had been a resident of the Grass Creek community since childhood and had a host of friends throughout that section of the county.
The deceased who was the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth HARRISON, was a member of the Grass Creek Adventist church. Her husband preceded in death a number of years ago.
The survivors are a son, Bert RANS, of Calgary, Canada; a daughter, Mrs. Reese ARLINS, of Lakota, N.D.; two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth NEWBY, of Logansport; Mrs. Agnes HENDRICKSON of Kewanna, and three brothers, William HARRISON, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Richard HARRISON, of Berrien Springs, Mich.; and James HARRISON, of Tacoma, Wash.
Funeral services will be held Friday morning at 10:30 at the Grass Creek United Brethren Church. Rev. Tom HOBARD, of Indianapolis, will officiate. Burial will be made in the Grass Creek cemetery.

Perry BENN, aged 88, a resident of the Athens community for over a quarter of a century, died last night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Otto MILLER in Bunker Hill. Death followed a stroke of paralysis which he suffered several weeks ago.
The deceased lived on a farm two and half miles north of Athens for many years. He went to make his home with his daughter four years ago.
Survivors are the three sons and three daughters, all of whom live in Logansport and Bunker Hill.
The funeral services will be held from the Saints Church at Athens at 1:30 p.m. Sunday with the Rev. H. M. RIGGLE in charge. Interment will be in the Mt. Hope cemetery at Athens.

Henry BATZ, aged 87, a life long resident of Fulton county, died this morning at the home of his son Isaac BATZ, who resides on a farm ten miles northeast of this city. Death followed an illness of several months.
The deceased was born on January 4, 1848, and was the son of Reuben and Ann (MOYER) BATZ. For many years he resided on a farm in Newcastle township. He retired twenty years ago.
Mr. Batz made his home in this city with his son during the time that Mr. Batz served as Fulton county treasurer. His wife Malinda BATZ, preceded him in death a number of years ago.
Survivors are the son and two grandchildren Carl BATZ and Miss Mildred BATZ, both of Chicago.
The funeral services will be held from the Talma Christian Church at 2 p.m. Saturday with the Rev. A. N. THOMAS, pastor of the Christian Church at Argos in charge. Burial will be made in the Reichter Cemetery.

Frank GRIEBEL, aged 75, died at his home on West Thirteenth Street at 7 o'clock Thursday morning. Death was due to double pneumonia. He had been ill since Thursday.
The deceased was born near Burlington, Wis., on February 24, 1861, the son of Philip and Adolphina GRIEBEL. He was a farmer and had lived in this city for the past eleven years. Little could be learned about his early life.
Survivors are the widow, and a son, Edward [GRIEBEL], who reside in this city. Mr. Griebel has several other children by a prior marriage who live in Burlington, Wis.
The body has been sent to Burlington, Wis., where funeral services will be held Friday morning.

Miss Ethel Joe MARTIN, aged 53, died at the home of her mother, Mrs. Sarah MARTIN in this city at 6 o'clock this morning. Death followed an illness of six months.
The deceased was born in Fulton county on February 22, 1883 the daughter of James P. and Sarah MARTIN. She was employed as a clerk in the office of the I.H.B.R.R. at Gibson for twenty-three years and was forced to retire six months ago because of ill health. She was a member of the Baptist Church.
Survivors are the mother, three borhters, Charles [MARTIN] and Cloyd [MARTIN] at home, and Floyd [MARTIN], Gainsville, Fla., and an aunt, Mrs. Minta HOLEMAN, of this city.
The funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday from the Val Zimmerman Funeral Apartment with the Rev. B. G. FIELD in charge. Interment will be in the Odd Fellows cemetery.

Peru, Ind., Jan. 2. -- Homer FENTERS, 56, former county sheriff, veteran of two wars and widely known Republican politician, died Tusday of a complication of abdominal ailments at the U. S. veterans hospital in Lafayette, where he had been undergoing treatment for several weeks. He had been in failing health for the past two years, but his death came as a distinct shock in Peru, as it was not generally realized that his condition was critical.
His wife, Maude FENTERS, whom he met and married in California while a soldier during the Spanish-American war, was with him when he died. Death came about 10 o'clock Tuesday morning. It was learned later that his condition had become critical about two weeks ago.
Born at Deedsville Oct. 5, 1879, Mr. Fenters resided in the Deedsville and Macy communities during his childhood and early manhood. Enlisting in 1898, when 19 years old, he served throughout the Spanish-American war, seeing much action and being once wounded.
Following the close of the war, Mr. Fenters returned with his wife to Miami county and purchased a farm near Macy. They resided there for some time, and then he purchased a livery stable at the corner of Second and Miami streets here, operating it until his election to the office of sheriff in 1918.
Serving two terms, from 1918 to 1921, the deceased established a record of strict law enforcement and conscientious adherence to duty.
Previous to his election he had enlisted for service in the World war, but got no further than Ft. Benjamin Harrison, near Indianapolis, whence he was given an honorable discharge because of an injury.
After completing his second term as sheriff Mr. Fenters entered the service of the Chesapeake & Ohio railway, serving as night ticket agent in the local passenger station for about seven years. Recently he had served as yard clerk until ill health forced his retirement.
His record as a soldier gained him membership in the United Spanish War Veterans, The American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He had served several times as commander of Edgar Ridenour Camp, U.S.W.V., and had held practically every office in the post. He was general chairman of a committee which last summer staged the state encampment of the Spanish-American veterans here.
His death is the third in the Fenters family within a short space of time, two brothers, Frank FENTERS, of Macy, and Clarence FENTERS, of Marion, having died within the past two years.
Survivors besides the widow are two brothers, Hugh FENTERS, of Macy, and Charles FENTERS, who is a guard in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga. The deceased had no children.
Funeral services for Mr. Fenters will be conducted from the First Christian Church at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon.
Macy Masonic lodge, of which the deceased was a member, will be in charge of the services, and the Rev. K. E. THORNE, pastor of the church, will deliver the sermon. Interment will be in Mt. Hope cemetery and burial services will be conducted by the Spanish-American War veteans, and members of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Friday, January 3, 1936

Sylvanus OVERMYER, aged 81, for many years a farmer in Richland township, died at 6 o'clock Friday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Effie ALTIDE, 217 William street, Plymouth. Death was due to a stroke of paralysis. The deceased had been in ill health for ten months and bedfast for eight months.
Mr. Overmyer was born in Ohio on October 3, 1854. His parents were Harrison and Fanny OVERMYER. When he was a young man he moved from Ohio to Richland township where he followed the occupation of farming. Later he resided in Argos and then in Plymouth. His wife, who was Mary SICKMAN, preceded him in death. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. ALTIDE and Mrs. Mary ANDERSON, Santa Monica, Calif., and a step-son, Raymond McMILLEN of Argos.
The body was taken to the Umbaugh Funeral Home in Argos where it will remain until 2 p.m. Sunday when it will be moved to the home of Mrs. Altide in Plymouth.
The funeral services will be held from the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Plymouth at 2 p.m. Monday, with the Rev. C. C. DECKER officiating. Burial will be made in the cemetery at Richand Center.

Bert DUDGEON today received a call from Mrs. Georgia PENFIELD, Dayton, Ohio, telling of the death of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Cary DUDGEON which occurred in Dayton at 1 o'clock this morning. The deceased formerly lived in this city. The funeral services will be held in Dayton Monday.

Charles WALKER, aged 67, a former resident of this city, died Tuesday in a hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, friends in this city have been advised. Death was due to heart trouble. The deceased was a brother-in-law of Mrs. Lucy KISTLER. The body will be returned here for burial.

Saturday, January 4, 1936

Friends in this city have received word of the death of George CASE, aged 57, which occurred at his home in Logansport Friday night after a long illness. Mr. Case was the custodian of the Elks lodge in Logansport for many years and at one time managed a dining room at a Lake Manitou hotel. Surviving are his wife and a daughter, Gertrude [CASE].

Monday, January 6, 1936

Funeral services for George Andrew BLACK, 69, of 407-1/2 South William St., South Bend, will be held Tuesday morning. Mr. Black, who died Friday afternoon following a two days illness of pneumonia, is a former resident of Rochester.
Mr. Black was born in Grant county, Ohio, April 15, 1866, and had lived in Rochester for a number of years. He moved to South Bend 13 years ago, where he had since made his residence. He was married in 1906 to Miss Viola MANUEL
He is survived by his widow, Viola BLACK, and two brothers, Frank BLACK, Kokomo, and Joseph BLACK, Marion, Ind.
Last rites will be held at 10 o'clock a.m. Tuesday at the Woolridge funeral home in South Bend, with Rev. Nelson PRYOR, pastor of the Oliver A. M. E. Zion church, officiating. Burial will be made at Rochester.

Mrs. Anna Stanton [INGRAM] KING, aged 72, died at her home at 1015 South Main street at 9:30 o'clock Sunday evening. Death was due to pneumonia and followed and followed an illness of one week's duration.
The deceased was born in Carthage, Kentucky on December 7, 1863 and was the daughter of William and Ruth INGRAM. She was married on October 18, 1887 in a ceremony which was performed at Roberts, Ill., to the late Joseph Vincent KING.
In 1903 the King family moved to Fulton county. They resided on farm at west edge of the city near the Tourist Park for a number of years. Mrs. King during her long residence in the city has been active in church and civic affairs.
Mrs. King was a member of the Grace Methodist Church, Eastern Star Lodge and the American Legion Auxiliary of this city. She was affiliated with several clubs in Rochester.
Survivors are five sons, Roy [KING], Los Angeles, Calif.; Milo [KING], Ft. Ticonderoga, N.Y.; Kenneth [KING], Bismarch, S. Dak.; Joseph [KING], Cass Lake, Minn., and Oris [KING], of Chicago; daughter, Mrs. Gladys PETRE, Chicago; step-son, Clyde C. KING, Mt. Vernon, Ill., and ten grandchildren.
The body was moved to the Foster Funeral Home on West Sixth street where it will remain until the hour of the funeral which had not been determined at the time the News-Sentinel went to press. Rev. T. L. STOVALL will be in charge of the services and interment will be in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Mrs. Emma GARDNER KURTZ, aged 73, died at her farm home two miles north of Leiters Ford at 3:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Death was due to heart trouble and followed an illness of fifteen months.
The deceased was born in Patterson, Ohio on September 16, 1862 and was the daughter of John and Elizabeth GARDNER. On March 14, 1888 in a ceremony which was performed in Patterson the deceased was married to Frank KURTZ.
Mr. and Mrs. Kurtz have been residents of Fulton county for about forty years, 31 of which was spent near Leiters Ford and the remaining nine years near Kewanna. Mrs. Kurtz was an active member of the Methodist church and the Cloverleaf chapter of the Rebekah lodge at Leiters Ford.
Survivors are the husband; son, Darl [KURTZ], Waukegan, Ill.; four daughters, Mrs. Rex BERNARD and Mrs. Everett PAUL, both of South Bend; Mrs. Clifford TOWEN, Mishawaka and Mrs. A. W. GOODWIN of this city; six brothers and sisters, Mrs. Hannah WILMOUTH, Detroit, Mich.; Mrs. Rose COLE Dunkirk, Ohio; Mrs. William WAXLER, Patterson, Ohio; John [KURTZ] and Ross [KURTZ], Pueblo, Colo., and George [KURTZ], Carey, Ohio, and a number of grandchildren.
The funeral services will be held from the Luckenbill Chapel in Leiters Ford at 2 p.m. Wednesday with the Rev. M. W. CRIDER, pastor of the Leiters Ford Methodist Church, officiating. Interment will be at Kewanna.

An automobile accident north of Mexico Friday night, while the occupants of one car, six youth from Wabash, were on their way to this city to witness the Rochester-Wabash high school basketball game, claimed two lives Sunday night, when Ralph MERLEY, aged 43, Lafayette, a former resident of Akron and William DICKSON, aged 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. DICKSON, Wabash, died in the Dukes Memorial Hospital in Peru.
Dickson was accompanied by five other Wabash youths, who escaped with minor injuries. Merley was south bound in Road 31, after visiting relatives in Akron, when a tire on his machine blew out, causing him to lose control of his auto, the car colliding with the one in which the Wabash youths were riding. Dickson died of a fractured skull and internal injuries. His father operates the two moving picture theatres in Wabash.
Mr. Merley died at 11:30 o'clock Sunday night in the Dukes Hospital at Peru. His death was due to concussion of the brain and internal injuries. He was an agent of the Prudential Insurance Company and resided at 613 Evergreen Street, Lafayette.
The deceased was born on a farm near Macy on January 15, 1892. His parents, William and Emma (MUSSELMAN) MERLEY moved to a farm near Akron when he was a small boy. He continued to reside there until ten years ago when he was moved to Lafayette by the Prudential Insurance Company for whom he had been working for five years.
Survivors are the widow, who was Miss Fawn HIRE of near Akron, and whom he married 18 years ago; a daughter, Erdine [MERLEY] and son, Gene [MERLEY], both at home; brother Samuel MERLEY, Akron; sister Mrs. Merle SHUMAN, Peru; and two half-sisters, Miss Dorothy MERLEY and Miss Mary Elizabeth MERLEY, both of Akron.
A short funeral service will be held in Lafayette Tuesday at 3 p.m. after which the body will be moved to the Home of the brother, Samuel Merley in Akron.
Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday from the Methodist Church in Akron with the Rev. S. J. STEPHENSON in charge. Interment will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery at Akron.

Jack LAWSON, 23, animal attendant at the local circus winter quarters died early Monday morning in Woodlawn Hospital from injuries received New Year's day when Sampson, 500-pound male lion attacked him while he was engaged in cleaning the cat's den.

Following the attack, the injured man was rushed to the hospital where it was discovered that he had suffered badly lacerated hands, arms and limbs. Anti-tetanus serum was administered and many stitches were used to close the wounds. Physicians in charge innovated a close check-up for signs of infection, but in spite of this "pasteurella" of lion fever developed.
Lawson entered the cage after other attendants had driven the big cat into the tunnel which connects the cage-blocks to the training arena where Clyde BEATTY was at the time forming his cats in the new animal act ensemble.
As Sampson, the lion which last winter was responsible for Beatty's broken ribs in an attack in the arena, left the cage and entered the chute, Lawson stepped into the cage. A trap door which holds the cats in the chute failed to work, and Sampson, becoming frightened wheeled and went bounding back into his den.
Lawson was able to fight the big cat off for a few minutes with the handle of his broom, but a piledriver blow by the cat broke the stick in his hands, and he went down beneath the tawny form of the cat.
The frightened screams of attendants brought Beatty from the arena, gun in hand. A few flashes from the pistol drove the infuriated beast from the victim, and Beatty, assisted by other cage attendants dragged him to safety.
Lawson, whose home is listed as Lock Springs, Missouri, came to the COLE BROS-CLYDE BEATTY circus last winter. He was on the animal training staff during the summer season, and left the employ of the circus when the season closed at Macon, Ga., November 6.
During the engagement at Flint, Mich., in November, where Beatty appeared for three days, Lawson applied again for a place on the staff. Since return of the animals to winter quarters here he has been retained as a cage-man. He was to have gone with Beatty on a vaudeville tour Jan. 16.
It is probable tha the body will be returned to Lock Springs for burial.

Funeral services for Mrs. Carrie Elizabeth DUDGEON, 74, a former resident of Rochester, were held Monday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Walter PENFIELD, 1250 Holly avenue of Dayton, Ohio. Rev. E. H. ROBERTS of the Dayton Methodist church officiated.
Mrs. Dudgeon passed away Friday evening at 5:30 p.m. at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Penfield, after a brief illness, however, she had been in failing health for the past several months. The deceased, who was born in Rochester and removed from this city to Dayton about 27 years ago. Her husband, Orton N. DUDGEON preceded in death a number of years ago. Mrs. Dudgeon was a member of the Grace Methodist church of this city and the Women's Benefit association, Review, No. 146, Macabees of the World. She had a wide acquaintance of friends throughout Rochester and Fulton county.
The survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Walter PENFIELD, of Dayton, Ohio; Mrs. Nina O. FULTON, of Detroit; two sons, Fred L. DUDGEON, of White Plains, N.Y.; Pat O. DUDGEON, of Seattle, Wash.; two sisters, Mrs. Ida EASTES, of Marion, Ind., Mrs. Mary REED, of Erie, Pa.; seven grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Mrs. Dudgeon was buried in the Memorial Park cemetery, at Dayton, Ohio.

Tuesday, January 7, 1936

The funeral services for the late Mrs. Anna KING who died at her home at 1015 South Main Street Sunday evening following an attack of pneumonia will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday from the Grace Methodist Church. Rev. T. L. STOVALL will officiate. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery.

Word has been received here of the death of Herman MEZO, three year old son of Mr. & Mrs. Ancil MEZO of Southern Illinois. The child is the nephew of Mrs. Gerald TRUITT, 325 Manitou avenue, this city. Mr. and Mrs. Truitt and daughter left Monday morning for Leopold, Indiana, where funeral services will be held.

The body of William BROOKSHIER, Jr., known professionally as Jack LAWSON, who died Monday from infection contracted following an attack by an infuriated lion at the COLE BROS-CLYDE BEATTY circus winterquarters on Jan. 1, was shipped today to Chillicothe, Mo., for burial.
A brother of Brookshier arrived here Monday evening and accompanied the remains to the Missouri city where funeral rites will be held Thursday afternoon.
Robert Nelson COOPER, four-year-old son of Harley and Essie COOPER, died at 4 o'clock Tuesday morning at the home of his parents one mile south of Rochester. Death was due to scarlet fever and followed an illness of two weeks.
The deceased was born near Rochester on August 13, 1931. Survivors are the parents; sister, Carol Jean [COOPER], aged 6, and three grandparents.
Private funeral services will be held from the Cooper home at 10:30 o'clock Wednesday morning with the Rev. B. G. FIELD in charge. Interment will be made in the cemetery at Richland Center.

The Delco Doings, a weekly paper published by the employees of the Delco plant at Dayton, Ohio, had the following comment to make on the death of the late Walter ROSS, former resident of this city, who died in a hospital at Dayton, Ohio several weeks ago. "Fighting to the last like the brave campaigner he has been throughout life, Walter Ross passed on to his eternal reward Friday, December 20. There were few if any harder working, more conscientious leaders of men and the loss of Walter will be keenly felt throughout the plant. Mr. Ross came to Delco Remy in 1923 and was transferred to Delco Products in the fall of 1927. Shortly after his transfer he was Assistant Chief Inspector for the position he held at the time of his death." A picture of Mr. Ross preceded the comment on his life.

Wednesday, January 8, 1936

John Anderson WRIGHT, aged 76, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ben VERNON, 912 South Jefferson street, at 4:15 p.m. Tuesday. Death was due to pneumonia and followed an illness of six weeks.
The deceased was born in Greenville, Tenn., on February 14, 1857. His parents were Richard and Mary WRIGHT. In a ceremony which was performed at Benham, Virginia on December 26, 1889 he was married to Eliza Rebecca SHELLY.
Mr. Wright was a farmer and lived near Eaton Ohio, for a number of years. Following the death of his wife ten years ago Mr. Wright spent a part of his time in this city with his daughter, Mrs. Vernon. He was a member of the Christian Church at Liberty, Ind., the Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias lodges.
Survivors are the daughter Mrs. VERNON, son Nelson WRIGHT, Fowler, Ind., and five grandchildren.
The funeral services will be held at Eaton, Ohio, at 2 p.m. Friday in charge of Rev. T. L. STOVALL, pastor of the Grace Methodist Church here. Interment will be made in the cemetery at Eaton.
Friends may view the body of Mr. Wright at the Vernon home Thursday afternoon and evening. The funeral cortege will leave Rochester for Eaton at 7 a.m. Friday.

Thursday, January 9, 1936

Holden J. RAVENCROFT, aged 32, died in the Robert Long Hospital in Indianapolis at 8 o'clock Thursday morning. Death was due to multiple neuritis and followed an illness of one year. He had been bedfast since July.
The deceased suffered an attack of influenza on New Year's Day, 1935 and the neuritis developed from this attack. Mr. Ravencroft had been a patient in the Billings Clinic, Chicago, Robert Long Hospital and the Woodlawn Hospital, but all efforts to check the disease proved unsuccessful.
Mr. Ravencroft was born in this city February 3, 1902. His parents were Ralph and Iona RAVENCROFT. The deceased was educated in the schools of Rochester and had a wide circle of friends in this city, who will deeply mourn his untimely demise.
The deceased at the time he was taken ill, was employed in the sales department of the Northern Indiana Public Service Company, at Michigan City. Prior to that time he was employed by the Northern Indiana Power Company and the Rochester News-Sentinel.
Mr. Ravencroft was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and the Knights of Pythias lodge of this city.
Survivors are the mother a brother, Edward RAVENCROFT, who resides in this city, a brother, John RAVENCROFT, of Chicago, and a number of aunts and uncles.
The funeral arrangements had not been completed at the time The News-Sentinel went to press.

Friday, January 10, 1936

Miles W. PERSCHBACHER, aged 64, for many years a prominent resident and farmer of Newcastle township, died at his home 412 West Fourth street, at 5 o'clock Friday morning. Death followed an illness of fifteen months due to a complication of diseases.
The deceased was a life long resident of Fulton county. He had lived on a farm near Tiosa all of his life until ill health forced him to retire from active duties several months ago.
Mr. Perschbacher was born on a farm in Newcastle township on July 6, 1871. His parents were George and Jane (WRIGHT) PERSCHBACHER. He was a member of the Lutheran Church.
Survivors are the widow; son Miles [PERSCHBACHER], Jr., of this city; daughter Mrs. Medrith STRIKER, Chattanooga, Tenn.; two grandchildren, and four sisters, Mrs. Anna KILER, Mrs. Alma SHOBE, Mrs. Nora HAIMBAUGH and Mrs. Wylie BONINE, all of this city.
The funeral services will be held from the First Presbyterian Church at 2 p.m. Sunday with Rev. W. J. SCHROER, pastor of the St. John's Lutheran Church officiating. Interment will be in the Perschbacher family lot in the Reichter Cemetery northeast of this city.

John SWICK, 87 years of age, of near Mentone, expired Wednesday morning at 7:30 o'clock at Woodlawn hospital. Death followed an operation for nernia one week ago.
Mr. Swick had resided all his life in the vicinity of Mentone and Beaver Dam.

Surviving are one son, David F SWICK, of Mentone; one foster-daughter, Mrs. Charles EMMONS, of Warsaw; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild; two sisters, Mrs. D. SHOEMAKER of Beaver Dam, and Mrs. Lucinda CUSHNER of Colo.
Funeral services were held from the John funeral home, Mentone, Friday afternoon at 1:30. Burial was made in the Mentone cemetery.

Saturday, January 11, 1936

Miss Betty Maxine REAM, aged 16, died at 5:10 o'clock Friday afternoon at her home 1230 South Jefferson street, from heart trouble. She had been ill since Thursday evening when she was stricken with a heart attack.
The deceased was born in this city on March 6, 1919 and had lived here her entire life-time. Her parents were Muriel and Ethel (COLLINS) REAM.
Miss Ream had attended the Columbia School building in this city for six years. She was a regular attendant of the Evangelical Church of this city.
Survivors are the parents; brother, George REAM at home; sister, Mrs. Harold BAILEY of this city, and three grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John REAM and Mrs. Effie COLLINS all of Rochester.
The funeral services will be held from the First Evangelical Church at 2:30 p.m. Sunday with the Rev. L. E. SMITH, pastor of the church in charge. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Mrs. Lydia WADE BRUCKER, aged 49, who was prominent in social, civic and religious affairs, died at her home three and one-half miles south of Monterey at 1:30 o'clock Saturday morning from pneumonia. She had been ill for the past nine days.
The deceased had lived in Pulaski county all of her life and was born on April 29, 1887 on a farm, one-half a mile from the one where she resided. Her parents were Frank and Clara WADE.
In 1908 she was married to Albert BRUCKER. Mr. Brucker is bedfast. He is chairman of the Monterey local of the Pure Milk Association and president of the district 17 of the P.M.A.
Mrs. Brucker was well known throughout the Monterey community. She was a school teacher for two years prior to her marriage. She was a member of the St. Ann's Catholic Church at Monterey and of the Rosary Society of the same church.
Survivors are the husband; four daughters, Evelyn [BRUCKER], Madeline [BRUCKER], Mary Jane [BRUCKER] and Alberta [BRUCKER], all at home; a son, Paul Franklin [BRUCKER], aged 2, step-mother, Mrs. Jane WADE, Winamac; two brothers, Oliver WADE, Andrews, and George WADE, Mansfield, Ohio, and a step-sister, Dr. Minnie WIESE, Los Angeles, Cal.
The funeral services will be held from the St. Ann's Catholic Church in Monterey at 9:30 o'clock Monday morning in charge of Rev. John SHALL. Interment will be in the Catholic Cemetery west of Monterey.

Funeral services for the late Holden RAVENCROFT, who died in the Robert Long Hospital in Indianapolis, Thursday morning, were held from the home of his brother Edward RAVENCROFT Saturday afternoon with the Rev. Harold TURPIN, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in charge. Burial was made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery. The services were largely attended. Mr. Ravencroft was a former employee of the News-Sentinel.

Monday, January 13, 1936

Lee POWNALL, aged 47, who resided on a farm two and a half miles southwest of Fulton, died at 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon in the Community Hospital in Paxton, Ill., from injuries suffered Thursday in a truck accident near Paxton, where the vehicle loaded with potatoes turned over and rolled down a five foot embankment.
The accident occurred when Charles GREEN aged 26, Fulton, driver of the truck lost control on the ice-covered pavement. Green and Pownall's son, Ray, escaped without injury. Mr. Pownall's left side was crushed. Death was due to pneumonia which developed after the left lung had been punctured by a fractured rib.
Mr. Pownall was a farmer and a livestock buyer. He had lived in Fulton county all of his life. He was born near Fulton on February 24, 1888. His parents were Vachael and Clara POWNALL. In a ceremony which was performed on May 3, 1908 in the Fletchers Lake Church, he was married to Miss Lulu CLINE. He was a member of the Olive Branch United Brethren Church.
Surviving are the widow, who was at the bedside when death came, three sons, Roy [POWNALL] and Ray [POWNALL] at home, and Don [POWNALL] of Fulton; a daughter, Helen [POWNALL]; his father, V. J. POWNALL, Fulton, and two sisters, Mrs. Mabel ROUCH of Rochester and Mrs. Ruth ROUCH of South Bend, and a granddaughter.
Funeral rites are to be held at the Fulton U.B. Church at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon and burial will be made in the Fulton cemetery. Rev. A. S. ALWOOD, pastor of the Olive Branch United Brethren Church circuit, will be in charge.

Mrs. Margaret PURA, aged 57, of Culver, who has a number of friends in this city, died yesterday in he Epworth Hospital in South Bend, after an illness of only a few hours. The husband, Julius [PURA], two sons in Los Angeles and four daughters at home survive. Mrs. Pura has resided in Culver for 24 years moving there from South Bend.

William J. BENNER, aged 93, justice of the peace at Argos for twenty-six years and for many years a prominent resident of Argos, died at 10 o'clock Sunday morning at his home on North Maple Street in Argos. Death was due to complications incident to old age and followed an illness of several years duration.
Mr. Benner was born in Manchester, Ohio, on July 8, 1842. He moved to Plymouth in 1860 and to Argos in 1867, since which time he has continued to reside there. In a ceremony which was performed in Plymouth on September 1867, Mr. Benner was married to Miss Fietta YARICK who preceded him in death in 1928.
Mr. Benner after he came from his birthplace in Ohio taught school for several years in West Township in Marshall county. After his marriage in 1867 Mr. and Mrs. Benner moved to Argos where both taught in the school there which was located in a grove now known as South First street.
Mr. Benner taught in the school at Argos for six years. He was elected justice of the peace at Argos on April 26, 1870 and continued to serve in that office for twenty-six years. Since the death of his wife in 1928, Mr Benner has resided alone in his home on North Maple street, where he has lived since 1870. Mr. Benner was a mason by trade. He was a member of the Masonic lodge at Argos.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Gilbert SHEELEY, Indianapolis, four sons, Wilbur [BENNER], Argos, Harry [BENNER], Chicago, Bert [BENNER], Mays, Ind., and Llorrie [BENNER], Minneapolis, Minn.

The funeral services will be held from the Grossman Chapel in Argos at 2 p.m. Tuesday with the Argos Masonic Lodge in charge. Burial will be made in the New Oak Hill Cemetery, Plymouth.

Tuesday, January 14, 1936

James ABRAMS, aged 75, died at the home of his niece, Mrs. Charles TOWNE, who resides on farm six miles south of Argos at 10:30 o'clock Monday morning. Death followed an illness of one week due to paralysis.
The deceased was born on a farm near Walnut, in Marshall county, on November 2, 1860. He was the last of eleven children. Mr. Abrams has spent his entire lifetime in Marshall county, where he followed the occupation of farming.
Mrs. Abrams died in 1928, since which time he has lived with his niece, Mrs. Towne, who is his only immediate survivor.
The funeral services will be held from the Grossman Chapel in Argos at 2 p.m. Wednesday with the Rev. A. M. THOMAS of Argos in charge. Interment will be made in the New Oak Hill Cemetery at Plymouth.
The body of Mr. Abrams will lie in state at the Grossman Chapel until the hour of the funeral. Friends may call at the chapel to view the remains.

Wednesday, January 15, 1936

The remains of the late Charles L. WALKER, who died in a Cleveland, Ohio hospital several weeks ago, were returned here today. A graveside service will be held at the Odd Fellows Cemetery at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon in charge of Rev. B. G. FIELD. The deceased was a former resident of this city. The widow and son, Dwight WALKER, survive. Mrs. Lucy KISTLER is a sister-in-law of the deceased.

Edward Manford RUSH, aged 59, prominent Fulton county farmer, died at his home five miles northeast of Rochester on the Talma road at 10:45 o'clock Wednesday morning. Death was due to carconoma and followed an illness of four months.
The deceased was a lifelong resident of Fulton county. He was born on a farm in Newcastle township on December 29, 1876. His parents were Thomas and Nancy RUSH. He was married January 14, 1898 in a ceremony which was performed in this city to Clara May EMMONS. Mr. Rush followed the occupation of farming during his entire lifetime.
Survivors are the widow, three sons, Harvey [RUSH] and Vern [RUSH] of Rochester, and Donald [RUSH] at home; three daughters, Mrs. Oliver BRYANT and Mrs. Ollie MYERS of Rochester and Mrs. Ruth ZOLMAN, Mentone; brother, Frank RUSH, Rochester and four sisters, Mrs. Minnie ANDREWS and Mrs. Lorie HOSIMER, both of Culver and Mrs. George WRIGHT and Mrs. Dorcey SMITH of this city.
The funeral arrangements had not been made at the time the News-Sentinel went to press.

James CUNNINGHAM, aged 84, for many years a resident of Ora, was buried yesterday afternoon at Bass Lake. Death occurred Saturday after a long illness.

Thursday, January 16, 1936

Thomas ELLSWORTH, aged 81, who was better known by his many friends as Tommy JEFFERSON, died at 11 o'clock this morning at the County Infirmary. Death was due to pneumonia and followed an illness of but two days.
The deceased was a well known character in this city for many years. Nine years ago he was taken to the county home when he became in such physical condition that he could not care for himself. For years he was the mascot of the old Citizens Band.
Little could be learned about the dead man's life today. He was born in Lafayette, but had resided here for a number of years. A brother and other relatives are thought to be residing in Lafayette.
The body was moved to the Val Zimmerman undertaking parlors where it was prepared for burial. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at the time The News-Sentinel went to press. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery.

Dr. Ira LECKRONE, aged 66, physician at Silver Lake for over forty years, died in the Woodlawn Hospital at 4:45 o'clock Wednesday afternoon from injuries suffered twenty-four hours previous when a Big Four freight train struck his car at a rural crossing two miles northeast of Silver Lake.
The physician, who had retired from active practice five months ago suffered a fracture of the skull and had to have a portion of the left arm amputated. The skull fracture caused death. Dr. Leckrone remained conscious for an hour afteer he was admitted to the hospital.
Dr. Leckrone was a native of the Silver Lake community and returned to that town to practice after completing the medical course at the Rush Medical College in Chicago.
The father took an active interest in the construction of a $50,000 addition to the Woodlawn Hospital which was completed recently. The hospital is owned by his son, Dr. Milton LECKRONE. Dr. Leckrone had spent much of his time in Rochester since his retirement and had planned to take up his residence here.
Dr. Leckrone had driven to his home in Silver Lake Tuesday afternoon after spending the day at the hospital here. He had changed his clothes and was driving to his farm east of Silver Lake when the fatal accident occurred. The visitility at the railroad crossing where the accident occurred, is limited. The physician's car was demolished and was carried down the track by the train several hundred feet.
Dr. Leckrone was the president of the Kosciusko County Medical Society. The organization was to hold a banquet in Warsaw on Tuesday night and it is believed that he was in a hurry to complete his work for the day in order to attend the meeting. Dr. Leckrone was elected president of the society on December 10, 1935.
Dr. Ira Leckrone for many years was one of the leading physicians of Kosciusko county. He enjoyed a large practice in Silver Lake, Claypool and vicinity. He first started to practice at Packerton but later moved to Silver Lake. For many years he owned a cottage at Winona Lake where he spent a portion of each summer.
The deceased was born on a farm in Wabash county, near Silver Lake on November 1, 1869. His parents were Emmanuel and Charlotte LECKRONE. He graduated from the Rush Medical College in 1896. In a ceremony which was performed at Silver Lake on October 29, 1896, Dr. Leckrone was married to Miss Aletha BALL.
Survivors are the widow; son, Dr. Milton LECKRONE; two granddaughters; three brothers, Asa LECKRONE, Warsaw, Ervin LECKRONE, Yellow Creek Lake and Frank LECKRONE, Deweybald, Mo., and four sisters, Mrs. Laura McGLENNEN and Mrs. Ida ALSPACH, Silver Lake, Mrs. Elsie BALL, Los Angeles, Cal., and Miss Minnie MILLER, Sidney.
The funeral services will be held from the United Brethren Church at Silver Lake at 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Rev. Kenneth McCOY will officiate. Burial will be made in the Silver Lake cemetery. The body will lie in state at the church from 10 a.m. Saturday until the hour of the funeral.

Friday, January 17, 1936

Mrs. Harley [Tessie McCARTER] BARKMAN, aged 51, died in the Woodlawn Hospital at 10:25 o'clock Thursday night. Death was due to heart trouble and followed an illness of two months. She was taken to the hospital Monday night for observation. Mrs. Barkman lived on a farm two and a half miles northeast of the city on Road 25.
The deceased was born on a farm northeast of this city on September 29, 1884. Her parents were William R. and Catherine McCARTER. She had resided in Fulton county all of her life. She was married to Harley BARKMAN on January 28, 1905 in a ceremony which was performed in this city. Mrs. Barkman was a member of the Evangelical Church.
Survivors are the husband; four children, Mrs. Leo LONG of this city; Helen [BARKMAN], Mable [BARKMAN] and Earl [BARKMAN], at home, and a brother, Frank McCARTER, who is vice-president of the First National Bank of this city.
The funeral services will be held from the Barkman home at 2 p.m. Sunday with the Rev. T. L. STOVALL in charge. Interment will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery.

Charles H. SEDAM, aged 81, a former resident of Liberty township, died at the home of his son, Ben Sedam, 1633 Michigan Avenue, Logansport, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday after a long illness. The son is a member of the police force in Logansport.
Mr. Sedam retired from farm work and moved to Logansport several years ago. He was a member of the Masonic lodge and the Metea Baptist church.
Surviving are the widow, Sarah E. SEDAM; three sons, Ora [SEDAM] of Kewanna, Ben [SEDAM], and Palmer [SEDAM], both of Logansport; three daughters, Mrs. Grace SMITH, 1227 Cummings street, Mrs. Mae POWNALL, 1200 Michigan avenue, Logansport, and Mrs. Flossie SMITH, Dayton Ohio; twenty-one grandchildren and twenty-two great-grandchildren.
Funeral rites are to be held at the Metea Baptist church at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon with Rev. R. E. VANCE of the Broadway U.B. church of Logansport in charge. Burial will be made in the Metea cemetery.

Ralph [William] FLORA, aged 32, who resided on a farm two miles northeast of Leiters Ford, died in the Woodlawn Hospital at 11 o'clock Thursday night. Death was due to pneumonia and followed an illness of two weeks, which started with the flu. The deceased was taken to the hospital for observation Wednesday.
Mr. Flora was a life long resident of Fulton county. He was born on a farm in Richland Township on March 23, 1903. His parents were Ira and Carrie FLORA. He was married to Miss Ruth BAKER in a ceremony which was performed at Plymouth on July 20, 1922. He was a farmer by occupation.
Survivors are the widow; seven children, Robert [FLORA], Harold [FLORA], Helen [FLORA], Josephine [FLORA], Betty Lou [FLORA], Eva [FLORA] and Treva [FLORA], all at home; mother; sister, Mrs. Ruth FLORA of this city and the grandmother, Mrs. Caroline FLORA.

The funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon from the Richland Center church. Burial will be made in the cemetery at Richland Center.

An infant son born to Mr. and Mrs. Howard SHIRK in a hospital at South Bend, Thursday, lived only a few hours. Mrs. Shirk was formerly Miss Georgia OVERMYER of this city.

Funeral services for the late Thomas ELLSWORTH, who died at the county infirmary yesterday after a short illness will be held at the graveside in the Odd Fellows Cemetery at 10 o'clock Saturday morning. The services will be in charge of Rev. TURPIN, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of which organization the deceased was a member. Officers were unable to contact any relatives of Mr. Ellsworth at Lafayette. The deceased who was better known as Tommy JEFFERSON, was a resident of this city for many years. He was the mascot of the Citizens Band for a long time.

Mrs. Maria A[NDERSON] TERRELL, aged 68, died at her farm home eight miles southwest of Rochester at 7:30 o'clock Friday morning. She had been ill but one week. Death was due to complications.
Mrs. Terrell was born in Ireland on June 8, 1866 and came to this county with her parents, Michael and Catherine ANDERSON when she was twelve years of age. The Anderson family settled on a farm near Hoopeston, Ill.
The deceased was married to James TERRELL in a ceremony which was performed in Hoopeston, Ill., on January 28, 1883. Mr. Terrell died eight years ago. The Terrell family have been residents of this county for twenty-five years. Mrs. Terrell was a member of the St. Ann's Roman Catholic Church at Kewanna.
Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Mae WHITE, Grass Creek and Mrs. Agnes RICHARDSON, Akron; three sons, William [TERRELL] and Michael [TERRELL], at home, and John [TERRELL], of near Rochester; two brothers, Michael [TERRELL], South Bend and James [TERRELL], of Hoopeston, Ill.; four sisters, Mrs. W. S. PENSINGER, South Bend; Mrs. Faye ROARK and Mrs. Nona FLANNAGAN, Hoopeston, and Mrs. Jesse HOOVER, Hammond, and three grandchildren.
The funeral will be held at 9:30 o'clock Monday morning from the St. Ann's Catholic Church in Kewanna with the Rev. J. W. SEEBARGER in charge. Burial will be made in the St. Ann's Catholic Cemetery at Grass Creek.

Monday, January 20, 1936

Miss Marion Delores SCOTT, aged 1 year, 11 months and 6 days died at the home of her parents, Francis and Mildred SCOTT, 405 Ohio street, at 5:45 p.m. Sunday. Death was due to pneumonia and followed a eleven days' illness.
The deceased was born on farm west of this city on February 12, 1934, and has lived here all of her life. Survivors are the parents, two brothers, Francis [SCOTT] and John [SCOTT], six half-brothers, George [SCOTT], Earl [SCOTT], William [SCOTT], Reed [SCOTT], Kenneth [SCOTT] and Wayne SCOTT and three sisters, Thelma [SCOTT], Betty [SCOTT] and Ethel [SCOTT].
The funeral arrangements are incomplete. The body will be taken to Ora for burial.

Lawson CAMBLIN, state game warden, was called to Morocco Sunday by the death of his father. The deceased had been in ill health for nearly a year.

Mrs. Harriett Ellen OVERMYER HUDKINS, aged 73, died at her home 1415 South Elm street, at 1:45 o'clock Sunday morning. Death was due to paralysis and followed an illness of two weeks.
The deceased was born on March 14, 1862 and was the daughter of Stephen and Katheryn OVERMYER. She had lived in Fulton county all of her life. Thirty-five years ago she moved to the Rochester community from Kewanna.
In a ceremony which was performed at Kewanna on June 8, 1882 the deceased was married to Doc HUDKINS. For many number of years Mr. and Mrs. Hudkins lived on farms west of this city. She was a member of the Baptist Church at Kewanna.
Survivors are the husband; three sons, Daniel [HUDKINS], William [HUDKINS] and Phon [HUDKINS] of this city; two daughters, Mrs. Flo MILLER, Rochester, and Mrs. Nellie GUESENGER, North Judson; brother, David OVERMYER, Niles, Mich.; two sisters, Mrs. Harry E. MOON, Crown Point and Mrs. Mary ABBOTT, Stevensville, Mich.; 12 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews. A brother, Jerome OVERMYER, preceded his sister in death.
The funeral services will be held from the First Baptist Church at 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, with the Rev. B. F. FIELD in charge. Interment will be in the Odd Fellows cemetery, here.

W. O. KILMER, of this city, received word Saturday that his uncle, George KILMER, died earlier that day at his home in Celina, Ohio. The deceased formerly lived in this city for a long number of years, where he followed the carpenter's trade. Mr. Kilmer was 87 years of age. Funeral and burial rites were held in Celina, today.

Tuesday, January 21, 1936

Nicholas C. HAMMES, 75, father of two Roman Catholic priests, five nuns and grandfather of a sixth nun, died Sunday of complications following a cold at his home three miles south of Monterey.
Mr. Hammes, a prominent member of St. Anne's Catholic Church at Monterey had become seriously ill Saturday although his health has been impaired by a previous illness. He had retired several years ago after serving for 21 years as United States mail carrier on a rural route out of Monterey.
The Rev. Theodore HAMMES, former pastor of the St. Matthew church in South Bend, later of the St. Joseph church in Goshen and now of St. Mary's at Union City, Ind., and the Rev. Joseph HAMMES, assistant pastor at St. Mary's Crown Point, Ind., are sons of Mr. Hammes. Daughters who have joined religious orders are Sister M. BENIGA, Victoria, Kans.; Sister M. HUBERTA, New York City; Sister M. NICOLA, North Fon du Lac, Wis.; and Sister M. THEODINE, Ellis, Kans., all of the St. Agnes Sisters, and Sister M. VIRGILIA, Milwaukee, Wis., of the Franciscian Sisters.
A granddaughter, Sister M. DOLORITA, also a member of the St. Agnes order.
Other surviving children are Peter HAMMES, Monterey; Mrs. A. C. MORING, Fort Wayne, Ind.; Edward HAMMES, Milwaukee, Wis., and Miss Rose HAMMES, at home.
Mr. Hammes was born July 12, 1861, in Branschied, Germany, and came to America when 19 years old. He went first to Chicago to work as a blacksmith and later moved to Kenosha, Wis. , where on October 5, 1882, he married Miss Mary SCHMITZ who survives him. A sister, Mrs. Otto SCHNUCK, Kenosha, Wis., also survives, as do 12 grandchildren.
After several years in Racine, Wis., their next home, Mr. and Mrs. Hammes moved to Chicago and then to Franklin township, Pulaski county, where they farmed. From there they moved to a farm near Monterey.
In 1932 Mr. and Mrs. Hammes celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with services at St. Ann's church in Monterey. In recognition of the family's unusual contribution to the church and convent, the services and reception at the Hammes home were attended by the Most Rev. John F. NOLL, bishop of Fort Wayne.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the St. Ann's church at Monterey, with burial in the Catholic cemetery east of Monterey. The Rev. John SCHALL, pastor, will officiate. The body will be at the residence until the time of the funeral.

George BURDGE, aged 27, Brookston, a former resident of Henry township, where his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer BURDGE now reside, was killed instantly at 2:38 p.m. Monday when a truck he was driving was struck by a Monon passenger train at a crossing near Brookston.
Since his graduation from the Akron High School in 1927 Mr. Burdge has worked for a farmer near Brookston, who also operated a truck in which he did custom hauling. It was while making a trip with the truck that Mr. Burdge met his death.
The deceased was born on a farm in White county near Monticello on June 24, 1908. When he was ten years of age his parents moved to a farm three and half miles southwest of Akron, where they now reside.
Survivors are the parents; brother, Harry BURDGE, Macy, and a sister, Miss Martha BURDGE at home. The Moyer ambulace went to Brookston Monday afternoon and returned the body to the home of the parents.
The funeral services will be held from the Methodist Church in Akron at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. They will be in charge of Rev. J. S. STEVENSON, who will be assisted by Rev. Daniel L. SLAYBAUGH. Interment will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery west of Akron.

Funeral services for Marion Delores [SCOTT], two year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Francis SCOTT, will be held from the home at 405 Ohio Street at 2 p.m. Wednesday with the Rev. Fred YEAZEL in charge. Burial will be made in the cemetery at Ora. The child died Sunday afternoon after an illness of eleven days due to pneumonia.

Friday, January 24, 1936

Miss Betty GILLILAND, aged 10, a student in the fifth grade at Columbia school building, died from a heart attack at 6:30 o'clock Friday morning at the home of her mother, Mrs. Russell CLINTON, 1212 South Main Street.
The child awakened shortly after 4 o'clock this morning and called her mother, stating that she had pains in the region of her heart. The child had never complained of heart trouble before. Mrs. Clinton rubbed Betty's side and the pain disappeared. Two hours later she was again stricken and died before medical aid arrived.
The deceased was born in this city on August 4, 1925. She has lived in Rochester her entire lifetime. Betty was a very bright student and carried away many academic honors. She was a member of the United Brethren Church.

Surviving are the mother; father, Geiger GILLILAND; two half-brothers, Russell CLINTON, Jr., and Richard GILLILAND; grandparents, Mrs. John INMAN and Mr. and Mrs. Joe EHLINGER and a number of aunts and uncles.
The funeral services will be held from the United Brethren Church at 2 p.m. Sunday with the Rev. Loren STINE officiating. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery.

Saturday, January 25, 1936

Thomas J. GRAY, aged 86, of 2265 North New Jersey Street, Indianapolis, died at the home of his foster-daughter, Mrs. Lenore HARPER, 928 Franklin Avenue, at 8:55 o'clock Friday evening. Death was due to injuries which the aged gentleman received in a fall one week ago.
Mr. Gray was walking along North Main Street when he slipped and fell on the icy pavement. The fall caused Mr. Gray to suffer three strokes of paralysis one of them yesterday. It is believed that his skull was fractured. At the time of the accident Mr. Gray was visiting in the home of his daughter. He came to this city three weeks ago.
The deceased was born in Toronto, Canada, on February 16, 1849. He was educated in the University of Toronto as a mechanical engineer. For many years he lived in Harvey, Ill., where he taught in a technical school. He invented a lock which is widely used on automobiles.
Mr. Gray had been a resident of Indianapolis for the past twenty-five years. His foster-daughter is a noted aviatrix. His wife who was Lillie McCARTNEY, died on February 4, 1935. Mr. Gray was a member of the Woodlawn Masonic Lodge of Chicago.
Survivors are the foster-daughter; brother John GRAY, Toronto, Can., and three grandchildren, Warren [HARPER], Richard [HARPER] and Sherill HARPER of this city.
The body will be taken to Indianapolis for burial. The hour of the service had not been determined at the time the News-Sentinel went to press. Interment will be made in the Gray family lot in Crown Hill cemetery.

Funeral services were held at Monterey Friday for William HALE, aged 77, who died at his farm home near Monterey Tuesday from pneumonia. Burial was made at Ora.

Monday, January 27, 1936

Winamac, Ind., Jan. 27. -- Her body frozen Mrs. Julia FORD, 74, was found dead at her home in Ora, north of here, Saturday by neighbors who investigated after failing to see smoke come from the chimney of the residence through the day.
Death is said to have been from a heart attack, according to Howard HITE, Starke county coroner, who investigated, and is believed to have taken place more than 24 hours previous to the time it was found.
Mrs. Ford who resided alone, was fully dressed and apparently had suffered the fatal attack as she walked across the room of her home. There was plenty of fuel, food and clothing within the house.
Funeral rites are to be held this afternoon at Ora with burial in the I.O.O.F. cemetery there.

John P. GEARHART, 75, well known farmer of Liberty township, succumbed Saturday evening at five o'clock at the home of his son, Ora [GEARHART], who resides thee miles southeast of Fulton. Death resulted from a complication of diseases following an illness of three weeks' duration.
John P., son of John and Betsy (FEEL) GEARHART, was born in Franklin county, Virginia on August 2nd, 1860. He had been a resident of Fulton county for the past 38 years. In the year of 1886 he was united in marriage to Ida WINGFIELD, the ceremony being pronounced in Virginia. The deceased was a member of the Perrysburg Methodist church. The survivors are three sons, Osa [GEARHART], of near Fulton; Bruce GEARHART, of Chicago; Clarance GEARHART, of Thurman, Iowa; two daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth BUTZBACH and Mrs. Myrtle CRIST, both of Benton Harbor, Mich., and eight grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at the Perrysburg church on Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock. Rev. Franklin ARTHUR of the Fulton Baptist church will officiate. Interment will be made in the Perrysburg cemetery.

Jay GUNDER, aged 75, died at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon at his home at 509 East Garro Street, Plymouth. Death was due to complications and followed an illness of two years. The deceased for many years resided on a farm near Argos.
Mr. Gunder was born in Ohio and came to Argos with his parents when he was ten years of age. He followed the occupation of farming until a few years ago when he retired. His wife was Axey BOGGS, whom he married August 3, 1882.
Survivors are the widow; four daughters, Mrs. Lottie PICKERL, Argos; Mrs. Florence BEARD and Mrs. Grace EISCH, both of Plymouth; and Mrs. Ludell JAGGERS, who resides in Florida and a son, Floyd GUNDER, of Plymouth.
The funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday aftrnoon from the residence in Plymouth with Rev. R. O. KIMBERLIN, pastor of the Argos Methodist Church in charge. Burial will be made in the Oak Hill cemetery at Plymouth.

Patrick HINES, aged 66, for many years a prominent farmer of Wayne township, died at his farm home four miles south of Kewanna at 5 o'clock Monday morning. Death was due to complications. The deceased had been bedfast for nearly four years.
Mr. Hines was born on the farm where he died on January 8, 1870. His parents, James and Margaret HINES were pioneer settlers of Wayne township, coming to this country from Ireland in the early fifties.
Mr. Hines had never married. In his early life he was a stock buyer but in his later years he devoted his time to farming. He was a member of the St. Ann's Catholic Church at Kewanna.
Survivors are five sisters, Mrs. Addie FRUSHOUR, Lucerne, Miss Margaret HINES at home, Sister Mary NOEMI, Jacksonville, Ill., Mrs. John GUWATMAN, Indianapolis and Mrs. Michael DOWNEY, Chicago, and two brothers, Michael HINES, Kewanna and Father Leo, South Bend, formerly James HINES, who is in charge of the Notre Dame University farm and agricultural station.
Funeral services will be held at 9:30 Thursday morning from the St. Ann's Catholic Church in Kewanna with Father Charles SEEBURGER officiating. Burial will be made in the St. Ann's cemetery in Kewanna.

Tuesday, January 28, 1936

Mrs. Aurora Maude [PETERS] MERANDA, 61, passed away at 4:10 o'clock Tuesday morning at her home on the southwest shore of Lake Manitou. Death resulted from pneumonia and complication of diseases. Mrs. Meranda had been in ill health for over six years. Her condition had been regarded as serious for the last few weeks.
Aurora Maude, daughter of John and Harriet PETERS, was born on a farm near Kokomo, Ind., on October 14th, 1874. In the year of 1921, Mr. and Mrs. Meranda took up their residency at Lake Manitou, where they have since resided. On September 8th, 1896, she was united in marriage to Offa W. MERANDA, the ceremony being pronounced at Kokomo. The deceased was a member of the Main Street Christian Church, of Kokomo.
The survivors are the husband, and a sister, Mrs. E. V. RICE, of Polo, Ill. There are several nieces and nephews. A sister and two brothers preceded in death.
Funeral services in charge of Rev John WALLENBURG, of the Rochester Christian Church, will be held at the Meranda home, Thursday afternoon, one o'clock. Interment will be made in the Crown Point cemetery at Kokomo. Mrs. Meranda before passing, requested that there be no floral offerings at the funeral services.

Rev. Arthur Eugene HUNTER, aged 49, pastor of the Wesleyan Methodist Church at Wabash, who is a former resident of Rochester and who will be better remembered by his friends here as "Buzz" HUNTER died in the Wabash County Hospital at Wabash, Monday afternoon. Death was due to gallstones. He had been in ill health for several years, but had been a patient in the hospital only one week.
The deceased was born in this city on August 20, 1886. His parents were Joseph and Effie HUNTER. His wife was Miss Martha NEWELL. For a number of years he was employed by Charles BAILEY as manager of his ice and coal business in this city.
During revival meetings which were being held in the Open Door Mission in East Ninth Street during the winter of 1911, Mr. Hunter was converted He then studied to enter the ministry. For several years he was in charge of the Mission and then was ordained a minister of the Wesleyan Methodist Church.
Rev. Hunter had filled pastorates for the church at Lewis Creek, Shelbyville, Bluffton and Wabash.
Survivors are the widow; son Paul [HUNTER], Bluffton; daughter, Mary [HUNTER], at home; brother Rex HUNTER, Rochester; two sisters, Mrs. Leona CLARK, North Manchester and Mrs. Beatrice SLAYBAUGH of this city and half-brother, Edward HUNTER, South Bend. A son, Arthur [HUNTER], died in 1911.
The funeral services will be held in Wabash Thursday morning after which the cortege will leave for this city where graveside services will be held in the Odd Fellows cemetery after the funeral party arrives in this city.

Mrs. Anna Marie BARBER, aged 75, who lived with her brother and sister, David [HARROLD] and Ella HARROLD on a farm one and a half miles east of Akron, died at 5:10 p.m. Monday. Death was due to pneumonia and complications and followed an illness of one week.
The deceased was born on March 17, 1860 in the house where she died. Her parents were Francis and Betsy HARROLD. She had resided near Akron all of her life except for a few years when she lived in Rochester. Her husband, Theron BARBER, died 19 years ago. She was a member of the Log Bethel Church of God near Akron.
Survivors are six daughters, Mrs. Effie HARPER, Athens, Mrs. Goldie PEARSON, Akron, Mrs. Alma SOMMERS, Peru, Mrs. Zella GREER, and Mrs. Eva BABCOCK, South Bend and Mrs. Addie HOLLOWAY, Rochester; two sons, Oscar [BARBER], Rochester and David [BARBER], Niles, Mich.; sister, Ella [HARROLD]; three brothers, David [HARROLD] Harlan [HARROLD] and Arthur [HARROLD], all of Akron; 14 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
The funeral services will be held from the First Church of God located at the corner of Walnut and South Maple Street in Akron at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday with the Rev. Daniel SLAYBAUGH in charge. Interment will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery at Akron.

May BRUGH, aged 73, for many years a resident of Aubbeenaubbee township, died at his home in Ober at midnight last night. Death followed a sickness of a year due to complications. Mr. Brugh was crippled in a runaway 18 years ago and had been in ill health since that time.
The deceased was born on a farm two miles east of Leiters Ford on February 22 1862, the son of Joseph and Linda BRUGH. His wife was Ellen BROUGH, who died 10 years ago. Mr. Brugh followed the occupation of farming during his entire lifetime except for a period when he was superintendent of the Starke county highway department. He moved to Starke county to reside 30 years ago.
Mrs. Brugh was a member of the Methodist Church and the Modern Woodmen's Lodge at Ober.
Survivors are the following brothers and sisters, George BRUGH, Rochester, Lillie BRUGH and Elmer BRUGH, Leiters Ford and Mrs. Laura BEERWERT and a number of nephews and nieces.
The body was moved to the Luckenbill Chapel at Leiters Ford where it was prepared for burial. It will lie in state until 2 p.m. Thursday, when the funeral services will be held from the chapel in charge of Rev. M. W. CRIDER of Leiters Ford. Burial will be made in the cemetery at Leiters Ford.
[NOTE: Albert M. BRUGH, Feb. 21, 1861 - Jan. 27, 1936; Sarah E. [BRUGH], his wife, Nov. 23, 1862 - Sep. 8, 1920 - bur Leiters Ford I.O.O.F. cem]

Funeral services were held at Culver this afternoon for John QUINN, aged 91, veteran of the Civil war, who died at his home in Culver Saturday. He had marched with Sherman to the Sea. Mr. Quinn for many years was a section foreman of the Pennsylvania railroad at Culver. A firing squad from the Culver American Legion Post and the only surviving Civil war veteran in Culver, Comrade John CROMLEY, escorted the remains to the grave, where they held military services.

Thursday, January 30, 1936

Morris SPEYBRECH, aged 9, son of Mr. and Mrs. August SPEYBRECH who reside on a farm two and a half miles west of Argos on Road 10, died in the Kelly Hospital, in Argos at 3:30 o'clock Thursday morning from spinal meningitis.
The lad was taken ill Monday morning while attending the Green township grade school, four miles west of Argos on Road 10. He was first moved to his parents' home and later to the hospital.
The deceased was born on October 11, 1926 at Mishawaka. He has resided near Argos since he was eight years of age. He was a member of the Catholic Church.
Survivors are the parents, brother, Cyril [SPEYBRECH], and four sisters, Clarice [SPEYBRECH], Martinea [SPEYBRECH], Rachael [SPEYBRECH] and Maurine [SPEYBRECH], all at home.
The funeral services will be held at 8:30 o'clock Saturday morning from the Catholic Church in Plymouth. Burial will be made in the Catholic sector of the New Oak Hill cemetery at Plymouth.

Thomas G. EWER, aged 92, for many years a resident of the Lake Nyona community, died at 4 p.m., Wednesday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Hannah GUYER, who resides near Twelve Mile. Death was due to complications and followed an illness of one year.
The deceased was born on a farm west of Macy, just across Road 31 in Fulton county on March 17, 1844. His parents were James and Hannah EWER. On March 6, 1870, he was married to Mary Elizabeth BURKETT of Wagoners Station. Mrs. Ewer died 18 years ago. Mr. Ewer followed the occupation of farming all of his life. He was an elder of the Macy Church of Christ for over fifty years.
Survivors are five daughters, Mrs. Hannah GUYER, and Mrs. Mina MUSSELMAN, Twelve Mile; Mrs. Charles ROSS and Mrs. Irma STRAUSS, Fulton, and Mrs. Jane RUNKLE, who resides on a farm west of Macy; four sons, T. J. EWER, South Bend; Benjamin [EWER] and William EWER, Fulton, and Mathew EWER, Macy; 24 grandchildren and 41 great-grandchildren.
The funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon from the Mud Creek Chapel, northwest of Macy on Road 31, with the Rev. Daniel SOMMERS of Indianapolis in charge. Interment will be made in the Chapel cemetery.
The Ewer family has requested that relatives and friends omit sending flowers.

Mrs. Elbert L[eroy] [Mary Elba LEFFEL] POWELL, aged 65, a former resident of Macy, died at her home on the north shore of Lake Manitou at 10:45 o'clock Thursday morning. Death was due to complications and followed an illness of several years. The deceased had been in a serious condition since Christmas.
Mrs. Powell was born on a farm near Macy on September 1, 1870. She was the daughter of William and Lucy LEFFEL. The deceased was married on August 21, 1898 in a ceremony which was performed at Denver by Rev. BAKER.
Mrs. Powell has been a resident of this community for the past six years. Her husband was the superintendent of the Fulton county public school system for several years. Mrs. Powell was a member of the Grace Methodist Church of this city.
Survivors are the husband; son, Ellis POWELL, Macy; two daughters, Mrs. Miriam ZARTMAN Macy, and Mrs. Mary WEST, Lagrange; three sisters and two brothers.
The funeral arrangements had not been completed at the time the News-Sentinel went to press.

Mrs. Harry BRUGH received word Thursday of the death of her sister, Mrs. Allen SMITH, aged 46, which occurred at her home in Seattle, Wash., Wednesday evening. The deceased is a former resident of this city. Survivors are the husband, son, parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. BARNES, all of Seattle; two brothers, William [BARNES] and Russell [BARNES], Seattle, and a sister, Mrs. BRUGH. Interment will be made in Seattle. Mrs. Brugh will be unable to attend the services because of sickness in her family.

Mrs. Norah SMITH, 65, passed away Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 at her home 520 West Michigan street, Wabash, Indiana. Death was attributed to gallstones. Mrs. Smith had been critically ill for the past two weeks. She had a wide acquaintance of friends throughout the eastern section of Fulton county.

The deceased who was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William R. WILLIAMS was born on a farm in Kosciusko county on December 27th, 1871. The major portion of her life was spent in the vicinity of Akron. She was united in marriage to Karry SMITH in the year of 1903. Mrs. Smith was a member of the Wesleyan Methodist Church at Wabash.
Survivors are the husband, two daughters, Mrs. Lelia STUBBLEFIELD, of Newcastle, Ind., and Maxine SMITH, also of Newcastle; a sister Mrs. Orlen PENY, of Akron and a brother, Arthur WILLIAMS, of Willard, Ohio.
Funeral services will be conducted Friday afternoon at two o'clock at the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Wabash, Ind. A minister of that denomination will officiate. Interment will be made in the Wabash cemetery.

Friday, January 31, 1936

Lawrence ELLINGER, aged 47, farmer living six miles southeast of Argos died at 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon from a stroke of apoplexy.
The deceased was born in Bourbon township, Marshall county, on July 15, 1888 and lived in Marshall county all of his life. He had lived near Argos for the past two years.
Mr. Ellinger followed the occupation of farming throughout his entire lifetime. He was the son of George and Leasyetta ELLINGER. Mr. Ellinger was married to Pearl BROCK on November 8, 1913.
Survivors are the widow; three sons Paul [ELLINGER], Kenneth [ELLINGER] and Wayne [ELLINGER], all at home; daughter, Mrs. Ruth CARL, Plymouth; five brothers, Albert [ELLINGER], South Bend; Steve [ELLINGER], Salt Lake City, Utah; Jess [ELLINGER] and Lewis [ELLINGER], Bourbon, and Amer [ELLINGER] of Marion; and two sisters, Mrs. Pearl HOADLEY, Columbus, Ohio and Miss Verna ELLINGER, Plymouth.
The funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday from the United Brethren Church at Bourbon, with the Rev. Merle DAVIS, pastor of the Jordan Church, near Argos, officiating. Burial will be made in the Pleasant Hill cemetery, near Bourbon.

Lewis Cass BALL, who resided with his sister, Miss Jennie BALL, on a farm one and one-quarter miles north of Akron died late today from injuries which he received in a fall several days ago. Mr. Ball had been in poor health for several years. He received his fall when he slipped on the ice while drawing water from a pump. The Ball family were pioneers of Henry township. The complete obituary will appear in The News-Sentinel Saturday.

Funeral services for Mrs. Elbert L[eroy] [Mary Elba LEFFEL] POWELL, who died at her home on the north shore of Lake Manitou Thursday morning, will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon from the Methodist Church in Macy. Rev. T. L. STOVALL, pastor of the Grace Methodist Church of this city will officiate assisted by Rev. E. E. LUTES of Macy. Burial will be made in the cemetery at Macy.

Saturday, February 1, 1936

Robert T. FARRAR, aged 15, a student of the Argos High School, died in the Kelly Hospital in Argos at 5:30 o'clock Friday afternoon from heart trouble. The youth had been in ill health for several years and bedfast for the past seven weeks.
The deceased made his home with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles YATES, Sr., who reside on a farm five miles southwest of Argos since the death several years ago of his parents, Virgil and Edna FARRAR. The parents died one year apart. Robert Farrar was born near Argos on February 3, 1920 and had lived in that community all of his life.
Survivors are the grandparents, two brothers, Harold [FARRAR], Indianapolis, and Charles [FARRAR] of Tyner, and sister, Evelyn Jane [FARRAR], who also made her home with their grandparents.
The funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Santa Ann Church southwest of Argos with the Rev. A. L. HERSCHBERGER in charge. Burial will be made in the Maple Grove cemetery northeast of Argos.

Lewis C. BALL, aged 87, a lifelong resident of Henry township, died at 12:15 o'clock Friday afternoon from injuries which he received on January 28, when he fell into a well pit at his farm home, one and one-quarter miles north of Akron.
Mr. Ball had forgotten that the boards over the well pit had been removed while the pump was being thawed. The aged man when he went to draw a pail of water from the pump fell into the well pit. He fractured several ribs on the cross boards in the pit. Pneumonia developed which caused death.
The deceased was born on December 12, 1848 on a farm near Akron. His parents were Henderson and Freeley BALL. He had lived his entire lifetime in Henry township where he followed the occupation of farming. He was a member of the United Brethren Church at Beaver Dam.
Survivors are three sisters, Miss Jennie BALL, who made her home with her brother, Mrs. Charity MOYER, Warsaw, and Mrs. Freeley SWICK, Aberdeen, Tex., two brothers Thomas BALL, Silver Lake, and Robert M. BALL, Indianapolis, and a number of nieces and nephews.
The funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday from the Ball home with the Rev. James CORNELIUS of the Warsaw United Brethren Church in charge, assisted by Rev. Daniel SLAYBAUGH of Akron. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery west of Akron.

Monday, February 3, 1936

Mrs. James CHARTERS and Mrs. Walter BEMENDERFER today received a telegram telling of the death of their cousin, Milton ZARTMAN, age 49, a former resident of Macy, which occurred in a hospital at Great Falls, Mont., early Monday morning.
The deceased was employed by the Great Northern railroad as their agent at Haver, Mont. He was taken ill several days ago and was moved to the railroad company's hospital at Great Falls for an operation.
Mr. Zartman was born at Mexico and had lived in Haver for the past 18 years. His parents were Noah and Ruhamic ZARTMAN. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Survivors are the widow, son, Charles [ZARTMAN] and two sisters, Cora [ZARTMAN], Haver, Mont. and Wanda [ZARTMAN], of Los Angeles, Cal.
The funeral arrangements are incomplete, but it is believed that burial will be made at Haver.

Dr. Russell MILLER, aged 29, prominent physician and surgeon of Akron, and a former resident of Rochester, died at 8 o'clock Monday morning in the Woodlawn Hospital from a streptoccoci infiction. The infection developed Thursday from a boil in the nose. Dr. Miller was moved to the hospital Friday morning and steadily grew worse, the disease spreading to all parts of the head and face. A specialist from Indianapolis was called here in consultation.
The deceased was born near this city on December 18, 1906. His parents were Clem R. and Rose MILLER. He was a graduate of the Rochester High School and from the Indiana University School of Medicine. He graduated from Indiana University in 1930 and took his year's internship in the Lucas County Hospital at Toledo, Ohio. While in high school and college Dr. Miller was a star in basketball and track.
In 1931, Dr. Miller opened an office in Burlington, Wisconsin, where he practiced for two years. He opened an office in Akron in 1933 and at the time of his death had acquired a very large practice. He was prominent in civic and social affairs at Akron and has a large circle of friends who will mourn his passing.
Dr. Miller was a member of the Grace Methodist Church of this city, Masonic, Knights of Pythias and Elks lodges and of the Delta Chi social fraternity and Phi Chi medical fraternity at Indiana university. He was affiliated with the Fulton county, state and national medical society.
Survivors are the widow, who was Miss Imogene BUFFORD, whom he married at her home in Indianapolis on December 8, 1982; the mother; two brothers, Dr. Virgil MILLER, South Bend, and Don MILLER of this city; sister, Mrs. Annabelle KENNEY, of Rochester, and a number of aunts and uncles.
The funeral services will be private because of the infectious nature of the disease from which Dr. Miller died.
The services will be held Wednesday afternoon with Rev. T. L. STOVALL, pastor of the Methodist Church, in charge. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery.

Tuesday, February 4, 1936

Ill for six months, Mrs. Indiana FLATTERY, 83, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William TOWNSLEY, near Metea, Monday. She was born near Lockpot and resided there all of her life until she went to make her home with her daughter a year ago. The daughter and a number of grandchildren survive.

Jesse E. ROUCH, agd 63, agent of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad at Kewanna, died Monday afternoon at his residence in Kewanna. Death was due to heart trouble and followed a brief illness.
Mr. Rouch was born on a farm near Fulton on December 28, 1872. His parents were William and Rebecca ROUCH. Mr. Rouch had been employed by the C. & O. railroad for the past 34 years.
The deceased was first employed by the railroad at their office in Kewanna. He later was transferred to Muncie and Anderson and three years ago was returned to Kewanna as agent. He was a member of the Methodist Church in Kewanna.
Surviving are his widow; a son, Everett [ROUCH], Detroit, Mich.; one granddaughter; two brothers, Bert [ROUCH], Fulton, and Verne [ROUCH], South Bend, and a sister, Mrs. Lillie BEAM, South Bend.
The body was prepared for burial at the Harrison funeral home and was taken to the residence today, where funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Rev. C. C. HAROLD will officiate, assisted by Rev. T. J. REEDER. Interment will be in I.O.O.F. cemetery, Kewanna.

Henry Asbury PENRY, aged 67, well known real estate and insurance agent of Akron, died in his apartment over the Week's Bakery in Akron, at 10:30 o'clock Monday night. Death was due to a heart attack.
Mr. Penry's death was unexpected as he has been in good health. Shortly after noon yesterday Mr. Penry became ill. At 6 p.m. his condition became critical and death came at 7:30 o'clock.
The deceased was born near Medaryville on November 20, 1868. His parents were Eli and Maretta PENRY. He had lived in Akron for the past 21 years moving there from Medaryville.
Mr. Penry operated a restaurant and bakery in Akron for a number of years. He sold his interest in the cafe and bakery 14 years ago, since which time he has devoted his attention to selling real estate and life insurance. He had a wide acquaintanceship in Fulton county. He was a member of the Methodist Church in Akron.
Mr. Penry was twice married. On December 12, 1893 in a ceremony which was performed at Star City, he was married to Miss Jennie AMBLER. She died in April, 1924. Two years ago he was married to Mrs. Anna RODGERS of this city.
Survivors are the widow; two daughters, Mrs. Charles MILLER of this city and Mrs. Charles RODKEY, Logansport; and three grandchildren. A son, Merl PENRY, died three years ago.
The funeral arrangements had not been completed at the time the News-Sentinel went to press.

Clement Leonard [SLONAKER], seven year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard SLONAKER, died at his home two miles south of the city on Road 25 at 1 o'clock Tuesday morning.
Death was due to pneumonia which followed an attack of scarlet fever. He was born on December 19, 1928 on a farm south of this city and has spent his entire lifetime in Fulton county.
Survivors are the parents, three sisters, Margaret [SLONAKER], Doris [SLONAKER] and Esther [SLONAKER] and a brother, Virgil [SLONAKER], all at home.
The funeral services will be held from the home at 2 p.m. Thursday. The services will be private. Burial will be made in the cemetery at Leiters Ford.

Wednesday, February 5, 1936

Kenneth R. OVERSTREET, circulation manager of the News-Sentinel, received word of the death of his aunt, Mrs. Lucinda KING, which occurred at her home in Pittsboro. Mr. Overstreet was unable to attend the services which were held yesterday in Pittsboro because of the impassable condition of the roads.

Funeral services for the late Henry PENRY, prominent real estate agent of Akron, who died Monday night from a heart attack will be held Thursday at 1:30 p.m. from the Methodist Church in Akron. The services will be in charge of Rev. J. F. STEPHENSON, pastor of the church. Interment will be in the Odd Fellows Cemetery, west of Akron.

Friday, February 7, 1936

H. W. SHERRARD, commander of the LeRoy Shelton American Legion Post today received notice of the death of the late George BRUCE, aged 37, which occurred at his home in Chicago, Thursday.
The cause of Mr. Bruce's death was not contained in the telegram. The deceased was a former resident of this city. His parents were George and Hattie BRUCE. He was an overseas veteran of the World war.
Mr. Bruce was employed in barber shop, in this city for a number of years and later was employed in Chicago as painter and carpenter. He was a member of the local Legion post.
The body is to be brought to this city for burial in the Odd Fellows cemetery Saturday afternoon. Graveside services will be held when the cortege arrives here from Chicago near 3 p.m.
The LeRoy Shelton Legion Post will furnish a firing squad and pallbearers.

Saturday, February 8, 1936

Mrs. Lee [Vera LOVE] REED, age 41, died at her home, 460 East Ninth street, at 8:30 o'clock Saturday morning. Death was due to heart trouble. She had been ill one week.
Vera, daughter of Bruce and Mary J. LOVE was born in Rochester on May 31, 1894. She had spent her entire lifetime in this city. She was a graduate of Rochester High School with the class of 1914. Mrs. Reed has a large circle of friends in this city who will mourn her death.
The deceased was married to Lee REED in a ceremony which was performed in this city on April 28, 1918. Mrs. Reed was a member of the Grace Methodist Church of this city of which organization she was an active member.
The survivors are the husband, three children, Mrs. Iona ZELLERS who resides on a farm near this city, Ted [REED] and Richard [REED] at home, a brother Roy LOVE, Pittsburgh, Pa., and a number of aunts and uncles.
The funeral services will be held from the home at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon with Rev. T. L. STOVALL in charge. Interment will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Monday, February 10, 1936

Theodore BERRY, aged 73, former resident of the Green Oak neighborhood, died in a hospital in Logansport Sunday morning. Death was due to bronchial pneumonia and followed an illness of ten days. Mr. Berry had been in ill health for the past ten days.
The deceased was a lifelong resident of Fulton county. He was born on a farm near Green Oak on October 27, 1862. His parents were William and Phoebe (MOORE) BERRY.
Survivors are three nephews, Orthal BERRY, Peru, Glen BERRY, Fulton and Ora MOORE, Rochester.
The body has been moved to the Val Zimmerman Funeral Apartment. The funeral arrangements are incomplete.

Mrs. Harvey [Mary KRAUSE] MEREDITH, aged 64, died at her home near the high school building in Akron at 12:10 o'clock Sunday night. Death was due to a stroke of paralysis which she suffered twelve weeks ago. The deceased had been in poor health for the past three years.

Mary, daughter of James and Sarah KRAUSE, was born near Ardmore, Oklahoma. She moved to Henry township with her parents 38 years ago. Twelve years ago she was married to Harvey MEREDITH. She was a member of the Akron Methodist Church and the Ladies Aid of that organization.
Survivors are the husband and four step-children, Mrs. Trelba FITTON and Mrs. Opal TELLIS, Beaver Dam, and Alonzo [MEREDITH] and Donald MEREDITH, both of Akron.
The funeral services will be held from the Ed Case Funeral Home in Akron at 2 p.m. Wednesday with Rev. J. F. STEPHENSON in charge, assisted by Rev. R. R. GODWIN of Akron. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery at Akron.

Andrew B. KESLER, 64, of Herbst, Ind., died at the home of his sister, Mrs. Warren ENTSMINGER on East Fourth street at 11 o'clock Sunday morning. Death followed an illness of two weeks due to heart trouble and dropsy.
The deceased was born on a farm near Talma on April 15, 1875. His parents were George and Sarah BATZ KESLER. Mr. Kesler operated a harness and shoe shop in Herbst for a number of years. He came to the home of his sister three weeks ago. Mr. Kesler was a member of the Christian Church at Amboy.
Survivors are the sister, Mrs. ENTSMINGER, and brother Harley KESLER of Rochester.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday from the Foster Funeral Home on West Sixth street with Rev. L. S. STINE officiating. Burial will be made in the Sycamore cemetery northeast of the city.

Charles J. WOOD, aged 56, of Mishawaka, a former resident of Kewanna, died in the St. Joseph Hospital in South Bend Sunday morning. Death was due to ulcers of the stomach and followed an illness of only three weeks.
The deceased was born in Hoopeston, Ill., and lived near Kewanna for ten years, where he followed the occupation of farming. Eighteen months ago he moved to Mishawaka to reside. In a ceremony which was performed at Hoopeston on December 31, 1902 he was married to Essie N. GIBBONS.
Survivors are six sons, Everett [WOOD], Hoopeston, James [WOOD], South Bend, Louis [WOOD], Dow [WOOD] and Edward [WOOD], Kewanna, and Hugh [WOOD] of Elgin Illinois; three daughters, Mrs. Charles LUDGATE, South Bend, Miss Helen WOOD, Elgin, Ill., and Miss Grace WOOD, Mishawaka; two brothers, Robert [WOOD], Royal Center and Benjamin [WOOD], Minneapolis and three sisters, Mrs. O. B. INSLEY, Fulton, Mrs. Wilbur LAFLEN and Miss Anna WOOD, Hoopeston.
The funeral services will be held in Hoopeston at 2 p.m. Tuesday with burial at Hoopeston.

Wendell Francis OVERMYER, aged 17, a student in the Culver high school, died at 3:45 a.m. Sunday at his parents' home on the east side of Lake Maxinkuckee. Death was due to pneumonia which followed an attack of the flu which he suffered one month ago.
Mr. Overmyer was twice operated on for abcesses of the lungs during his last illness. The deceased had been in ill health for several years.
Mr. Overmyer was born on the east side of Lake Maxinkuckee on December 24, 1918. His parents were Anson and Lettie OVERMYER. His father operates a general store at Maxinkuckee.
Survivors are the parents, brother, Earl Dean [OVERMYER] and sister, Welda Jane [OVERMYER], all at home. The deceased was the eldest child.

The funeral services will be held from the Maxinkuckee Church at 2 p.m. Tuesday with the Rev. James SCHMELZER of Elkhart in charge. Interment will be in the cemetery at Richland Center.

Funeral services were held Monday morning from the Val Zimmerman Funeral apartments for Geoffrey S. BALDWIN, aged 57, a former resident of Rochester who died in the St. Elizabeth Hospital in Danville, Ill., Friday afternoon. Death was due to pneumonia following an attack of the flu.
The deceased was the son of Oscar and Ella BALDWIN and was born in this city on July 5, 1879. He had been a policeman in Danville for a number of years. Prior to that time he was a guard at the Indiana State Prison at Michigan City.
Survivors are the parents, brother, John L. BALDWIN, Toledo, Ohio, and two sisters, Mrs. Fred RICHARDSON, Benton Harbor, Mich., and Mrs. Rachel HOFFMAN, Kokomo.
The services were in charge of Rev. H. M. RIGGLE, pastor of the Church of God. Interment was made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Tuesday, February 11, 1936

William R. FARRY, aged 91, Civil war veteran and a former resident of Rochester, died at his home in Indianapolis Monday. Mr. Farry for many years resided near Talma. He was a brother of the late Austin FARRY, well-known Newcastle township resident. Following is an obituary of Mr. Farry which was taken from an Indianapolis newspaper.
William R. Farry, age ninety-one, who served with the Union army throughout the Civil war and who was wounded Monday at his home, 1827 North Illinois street.
A resident of this city more than sixty-six years, Mr. Farry was widely known in the city and had been active in veterans' organizations.
He was born in Troy, O., and came to Indiana with his parents, who were pioneer settlers in Rochester. He enlisted in the Union army at Rochester. He received a bullet wound in the thigh in the war and carried the bullet in his body until his death.
Following the war, he came to Indianapolis and became paymaster of the old Sarbin Wheel Company. Later he was employed by the Indiana Bell Telephone Company.
He was a member of the Central M.E. church and the George H. Thomas Post, G.A.R.
One of his ancestors came to America from France with General Lafayette to assist the colonists fight for freedom.
In addition to the widow, Mrs. Alice FARRY, survivors are two brothers, the Rev. Theodore FARRY, Nevada, Mo., and Roland FARRY, Baltimore.

Wednesday, February 12, 1936

Nicholas A. SCHEUER, 66, retired Pulaski farmer and carpenter, died at his home in Monterey at 3 p.m. Tuesday following a seven weeks' illness of complications. He was a member of St. Ann's court, Catholic order of Foresters, and Holy Name society
He was born March 28, 1870, in Blakeslee, O., and June 2, 1903 married Miss Johanna Elizabeth PHILLIPSON, who survives.
Besides his widow he leaves a son, George [SCHEUER], South Bend, four brothers, Peter [SCHEUER] and Frank [SCHEUER] of Delong, Joseph [SCHEUER], Arkansas, and John [SCHEUER], Monterey; three sisters, Mrs Kate BAUMAN, Kewanna, Mrs. Margaret MASTER, Monterey, and Mrs. August WENTZEL, Nebraska.
Funeral services will be held at St. Ann's Catholic church, Monterey, at 9 a.m. Saturday with Rev. John SCHALL officiating. Interment will be in Monterey Catholic cemetery.

Thursday, February 13, 1936

Mrs. Elizabeth Ann SLUSSER, aged 85, a lifelong resident of Macy, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Alta HARTMAN, 162 East Third Street, Peru, at 4:30 o'clock Thursday morning.
Mrs. Slusser went to the home of her daughter in the fall to make her home during the winter months as her health had been impaired. Two weeks ago she slipped and fell and broke her right arm. The shock which resulted from the fall hastened the aged woman's death.
The deceased was born on a farm near Millark on July 16, 1850. She was married to Jesse SLUSSER 64 years ago. They lived on Piety Hill in Macy for many years. Three years ago, Mr. Slusser died since which time Mrs. Slusser has spent her time living with her children and at her home in Macy. She was a devout member of the Christian Church at Macy.
Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. HARTMAN and Mrs. Ethel KOCHENDERFER of Rochester, son, Ben SLUSSER, Macy; sister, Mrs. Ida BIGGS, Kokomo; nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
The funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday from the Christian Church in Macy with the Rev. E. E. LAUGHLIN in charge. Burial will be made in the Five Corners Cemetery near Macy.

Mrs. William BROWN, aged 59, died at her home 224 West Third street, at 2:15 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Death was due to complications. Mrs. Brown had been an invalid for several years. Survivors are the husband and a daughter, Mrs. Georgia HAVLICK. The obituary will appear in the News-Sentinel Friday.

Friday, February 14, 1936

Charles Edgar JACKSON, aged 79, died at 9 o'clock Thursday evening at the home of his brother, Mark JACKSON, who resides on a farm located one mile west of Richland Center. Death was due to complications and followed an illness of two years.
The deceased was born on a farm in Richland township on February 4, 1857 and was the son of Joseph and Sarah JACKSON. He has resided on farms in Richland township during his entire lifetime.
On September 12, 1883, Mr. Jackson was married to Isabelle KESSLER, who preceded him in death on March 4, 1932. A daughter, Olive [JACKSON], passed away in August 1902. Mr. Jackson was a member of the Methodist Church and Odd Fellows lodge at Richland Center.
Survivors are three brothers, Mark [JACKSON] and Newton [JACKSON] with whom he lived and Elmer [JACKSON], Logansport. In the Jackson family there were six brothers and sister.
The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday from the home of Howard WEIR, a nephew, who resides one and half miles southeast of Richland Center. Interment will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery in Rochester.

Winamac, Feb. 14. -- Mrs. Christ PETERS, 50, died suddenly Thursday evening at the home of her sister, Mrs. Nettie HOESEL. Mrs. Peters had been ill since Monday, but her condition had not been regarded as serious. Deceased resided southeast of Pulaski.

She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Merl PRETTYMAN of Greentown, one son, Clyde [PETERS], at home; five grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs. William TROUTMAN of Kewanna and Mrs. HOESEL.
Funeral services will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the Fry and Lange funeral home conducted by Rev. J. J. MEYERS. Burial will be made in the Reform cemetery near Bruce Lake.
Mrs. William [Nettie Mae OWENS] BROWN, aged 61, died at her home 224 West Third Street at 2:15 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Death came after a long illness due to complications. Mrs. Brown had been an invalid for several years.
Nettie Mae OWENS was born in Macy on January 25, 1875. Her parents were George and Alice (CUMMINGS) OWENS. Mr. Owens was a veteran of the Civil War.
The Owens family emigrated to Kansas when the deceased was a young girl. In 1885 the family returned to this city since which time they have resided here. There were four children in the Owens family, Mrs. Brown being the last surviving child.
On October 29, 1892 in a ceremony which was performed in this city the deceased was married to William BROWN. For a number of years, Mrs. Brown was the manager of the dry goods department of the Shore and Wilson store and through her connection with the store, made a wide circle of friends.
Mrs. Brown was a member of the Madison Avenue Christian Church, Pythian Sisters Lodge and the Past Chief's Club. In each organization she was an active member until illness prevented her.
Survivors are the husband; daughter, Mrs. Georgia HAVLICK, Rochester; and mother who made her home with her daughter and a number of cousins.
The funeral services will be held from the Madison Avenue Christian Church at 2 p.m. Sunday with the Rev. John WALLENBURG, pastor of the church in charge. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Saturday, February 15, 1936

David Adam KAMP, aged 69, real estate agent of South Bend and a former resident of Argos, died at his home in South Bend Thursday. Death was due to carcinoma and followed an illness of three years.
Mr. Kamp lived at Argos until twenty years ago. He followed the occupation of farming when a resident of Marshall county. Mr. Kamp was a member of the Church of God.
Survivors are two sons, Paul [KAMP] and Neil [KAMP] of South Bend and two daughters.
The funeral services will be held from the Argos Christian Church at 2:30 p.m. Sunday with Rev. A. M. THOMAS, pastor of the church, in charge. Burial will be made in Maple Grove Cemetery in Argos.

Monday, February 17, 1936

William MORRETT, aged 76, prominent Henry township farmer, died at his home three miles east of Akron at 7 o'clock Monday morning from injuries which he received last Wednesday when he slipped and fell on the icy ground.
In the accident Mr. Morrett suffered a fractured skull. This injury caused his death. At the time Mr. Morrett fell, he was returning to his home after going to the mail box.
The deceased was born in Cumberland county Pennsylvania on January 19, 1860. His parents were Samuel and Anna Elizabeth MORRETT. When he was sixteen years of age the family moved to Henry township since which time Mr. Morrett has resided there.
Mr. Morrett followed the occupation of farming all of his life. He was prominent in Republican party circles and served for eight years as trustee of Henry township. He was atcive in Farm Bureau circles.
Mr. Morrett was twice married. In 1883 he was married to Cora RADER who died in 1914 and in 1921 he was united in marriage to Mrs. Adeline FRAMPTON GARDNER, who survives.
Survivors other than the widow are three daughters, Mrs. Harvey STERLING, Peru; Mrs. Dale COOK and Mrs. William REILEY, Akron, brother, Clarence MORRETT, Silver Lake, and a sister, Mrs. Tressie BARRETT, Los Angeles, Cal.
The funeral arrangements had not been completed at the time The News-Sentinel went to press.

Franklin P. GEIGER, aged 63, died at the home of his brother, Charles GEIGER, three miles west of Gilead at 9 o'clock Saturday evening. Death followed a stroke of paralysis which he suffered Tuesday.
The deceased was born near Milford and was the son of Henry and Mary GEIGER. He was a truck driver and was employed in Indianapolis for many years. He has made his home with his brother for the past eight years.
Survivors are five brothers, James [GEIGER], Lakeville; Rev. Leroy GEIGER, Fort Wayne; Harvey [GEIGER], Hartford, Conn.; William [GEIGER] Silver Lake and Charles [GEIGER], Gilead; and two sisters, Mrs. Ed LANTZ and Mrs. Cora MEEK of Milford.
The funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Leesburg with Rev. Alvin ESHELMAN, Fort Wayne, officiating. Interment will be made at Leesburg.

Mrs. Flavilla CLIFTON, aged 80, for many years a resident of Argos, died at 3 o'clock Sunday morning at the home of her son, Thomas Clifton, in Plymouth. She had suffered two strokes of paralysis and had been bedfast for five months.
The deceased was born near Argos and lived there until twenty years ago, when her husband, John CLIFTON, succumbed. Since that time she has made her home with her son and her daughter, Mrs. Ida WADDELL of near Argos. She had been at her son's home since September. She was a member of the Methodist Church at Wolf Creek, west of Argos.
Survivors are the son, Thomas [CLIFTON], and two daughters, Mrs. WADDELL, Argos and Mrs. Della LAMBERT, Lansing, Mich.
The last rites will be conducted from the Plymouth United Brethren Church at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. Burial will be made in the Poplar Grove cemetery, five miles west of Argos on Road 10.

Calvin E. NOYER, aged 84, died at his home in Warsaw at 11:15 o'clock Monday morning, friends in Akron were notified today.
Mr. Noyer resided in and near Akron for over 60 years moving to Warsaw twenty years ago.
Survivors are the widow, who was Miss Charity BALL of Akron; daughter, Mrs. Nellie HUTTON, Ypsilanti, Mich.; son, Roll G. NOYER, Chicago; brother, Samuel C. NOYER, Chicago; and two nephews, Don NOYER, Akron and Dr. R. W. NOYER, dean of Ball State Teachers College, Muncie.
The funeral arrangements have not been completed. Burial probably will be made at Akron.

John Joseph HILL, aged 84, for many years a resident of this city, died at 10 o'clock Saturday night in the hospital at the Indiana Pythian Home in Lafayette. He had lived in the home for the past three years.
Death was due to hardening of the arteries and followed an illness of two years. Mr. Hill followed the occupation of a brick layer and cement mason here for many years and built many of the homes in this city, including that of Mrs. Henry A. BARNHART.
The deceased was born in Cass county on October 26, 1851 and was the son of Joseph and Mary HILL. When he was four years of age his parents moved to a farm in the Mud Creek neighborhood, southwest of this city. Since that time, Mr. Hill resided in Fulton county until he went to Lafayette.
Mr. Hill was a member of the Madison Avenue Christian Church and the Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias lodges. He was twice married, both wives preceding him in death. They were Eleanor McKEE, whom he married on May 21, 1876 and Mrs. Louise Ann BABCOCK on April 14, 1915.
Survivors are a son, Floyd HILL, Rochester; step-son, Charles C. BABCOCK, Indianapolis; two grandsons; sister, Mrs. William WILSON, Ora and brother, Edward HILL, Long Beach, Cal.
The funeral services will be held from the Val Zimmerman Funeral Apartment at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday with Rev. John WALLENBURG in charge. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery.

Tuesday, February 18, 1936

Esther Fern [SHIVELY], 10 months old daughter of Charles W. and Glenna (SUTTON) SHIVELY, passed away at the Shively home, one and a half miles south of Tiosa, Tuesday morning at 2:30 o'clock. Death resulted after a brief illness.
The survivors are her parents; a sister, Lena Ruth [SHIVELY]; three half-sisters, Nellia [SHIVELY], Sereta [SHIVELY], Willodean [SHIVELY]; a half-brother, Clyde SHIVELY; and her grandmother, Mrs. SUTTON.
Funeral services will be held at the Shively home Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. Rev. Ora LEMERT will officiate. Burial will be made in the Poplar Grove cemetery.

Word has been received here by relatives of the death of Mrs. Lydia MEREDITH, which occurred at her home in Leon, Kansas, several days ago. Mrs. Meredith was a pioneer resident of Fulton county. She was the last of the original HAIMBAUGH family and was 97 years old and left 97 descentants. Milo MEREDITH of Wabash is a son.

Harry Monroe KINDER, aged 64, for over forty years a photographer at Akron, died at his home in Akron at 10:10 o'clock Monday evening. Death was due to paralysis. He had suffered several strokes during the past six years, the last occurring Saturday.
The deceased was born near Macy on August 6, 1871 and was the son of John and Caroline KINDER. He had lived at Akron since he was a boy. Mr. Kinder was twice married. His first marriage was to Nora GRINDLE on March 17, 1895, who died in 1913. In 1916 he was married to Tressa OHM who survives.
Mr. Kinder was prominent in lodge and civic circles at Akron. He was a charter member of the Modern Woodmen of America and Royal Neighbors of America chapter of Akron. He had been honored by being named clerk of the Woodmens' chapter for 31 years. Mr. Kinder was the base drummer of the Akron Citizens Band for 30 years.
Survivors are the widow; two daughters, Mrs. Sarah EASH, Elkhart, and Jean [KINDER], at home; son Nerr KINDER, Akron, two brothers, George KINDER, Akron and William KINDER, Angola; sister Mrs. George EBEN, Alberta, Can., and three grandchildren.
The funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday from the Methodist church in Akron with the Rev. F. J. STEPHENSON, pastor of the church officiating. Interment will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery at Akron.

Funeral services for the late William MORRETT, former trustee of Henry township, who died at his home three miles east of Akron, Monday, will be held at 1:30 o'clock Thursday from the residence with the Rev. John McCAULEY of Roann officiating. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery at Akron.

Logansport, Ind., Feb. 18. -- Evidence submitted at the coroner's inquest Monday morning failed to establish the exact time that Elmer Glen KINZIE, 34, Twelve Mile man, met death beneath the wheels of a Wabash train last week. The dismembered body was found along the tracks east of the east city limits of Logansport Friday morning by members of a track crew enroute to work.
That the body had remained on the ground for sometime after the fatality was established by the fact that feet and hands were found to be frozen.
Charles T. HARVEY, 1221 North third street, personal friend of Kinzie, testified at the inquest that he believed he was the last acquaintance of the Twelve Mile man to see him alive. Harvey recalled seeing Kinzie walking along the Wabash railroad track, near Eighteenth street about 2 o'clock Thursday aftenoon. At that time there was an east bound Wabash freight train that had been "cut" at the crossing to permit traffic to use the street, Harvey pointed out. Kinzie was dressed then in the clothes found on his body, Harvey declared.
Details of the injuries, which were numerous, suffered by Kinzie were listed by Glen WISEMAN, of the Miller and Chase mortuary; and presented in typewritten form to the coroner at the time Mr. Wiseman testified at the inquest. The mortuary employee identified articles found in the clothing of the train victim.
Charles HARRELL, 823 Spear street, at whose home Kinzie retained a room, stated at the investigation that Kinzie had been at his room Tuesday and Wednesday. He also pointed out that a young man delivered a suit case to the Harrell home early Thursday evening stating that Glen Kinzie would call for it later in the evening. He did not call.
Others listed to give statements for the coroner were Courtney E. MURRAY, 901 Race street; George BEELER 500 Culbertson, John BECKLEY, 814 Wheatland avenue; Charles TYLER, 529 Barrett street, members of the section crew; Ben HARRIS, Wabash agent, and Vince CARSON, policeman.
Funeral rites for Kinzie were held Sunday afternoon at the Corinth church near Twelve Mile and burial was made in the adjoining cemetery.

Wednesday, February 19, 1936

Mrs. Lizzie Edna [HUNTER] REISH, aged 75, died at her home in Leiters Ford at 10:10 p.m. Monday. Death was due to pneumonia and followed an illness of one year. The deceased had been seriously ill five days.
Mrs. Reish was born on a farm in Cass county on July 2, 1860. Her parents were Leonard and Julia HUNTER. She has lived in Fulton county for the past sixty-three years.
The deceased was married to Calvin REISH on May 16, 1880 in a ceremony which was performed in Kewanna. He preceded his wife in death. Mrs. Reish was a member of the Methodist Church at Leiters Ford.
Survivors are five daughters, Mrs. Mabel MILLISER, Rochester; Mrs. Grace EVANS, Leiters Ford, Mrs. Muriel MAHLER, Napoleon, Ohio, Mrs. Florence PICKENS, Indianapolis and Mrs. Audria McCOY, Piqua, Ohio; two sons, Willis H. REISH, Kent, Ohio and Forrest E. REISH, Barberton, Ohio, sister, Mrs. George BRUGH, Rochester; 14 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
The funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. from the Methodist Church at Leiters Ford with the Rev. C. M. CRIDER, pastor of the church, officiating. Burial will be made in the cemetery at Leiters Ford.
The hour of the funeral services of Perry M. KINDER, Akron photographer, who died Tuesday has been changed from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Thursday. The services will be held in the Methodist Church at Akron with interment in the Akron Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Miss Elizabeth Ambrose THOMSON aged 72, died at her home, 134 East Fourth Street, at 4:30 o'clock Tuesday after an illness of six years due to dropsy.
The deceased was born in Peru on February 8, 1864 and was the daughter of Richard Murray and Amanda AMBROSE THOMSON. Sixty years ago the Thomson family moved to this city from Peru and have resided here since that time.
Miss Thomson learned the printing business in the Republican office in this city. Later she entered the advertising business with her brother and they traveled over the United States for many years where they published special editions for newspapers.
The Thomson family were pioneers of the United States, some of their descendants coming to this country from England in the seventeenth century. The deceased was the founder of the Manitou Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution of this city.
Miss Thomson with her sisters were among the first to see the possibilities of Lake Manitou as a summer resort. They plotted a subdivsion on the east side of the lake just to the north of White's Creek, which they called "Bessmore Park." The deceased was a member of the Mother Church of Christ Scientist in Boston, Mass.
Survivors are two sisters, Susan [THOMSON] and Jane [THOMSON], at home; brother, Claude THOMSON, Indianapolis; two nephews, Thomson LAWRENCE, Rochester and Hugh THOMSON, Indianapolis; and three nieces, Miss Grace THOMSON, Indianapolis; Mrs. Helen WILLIAMS, Jacksonville, Fla.; and Mrs. Mary WILSON, New York, N.Y.
The funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday from the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home, 11th and Jefferson streets, with the Rev. Harold TURPIN, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiating. Interment will be made in cemetery at Peru.

Carl WESTERLIND, 53, 173 West Madison Street, Chicago, a summer resdent of Lake Manitou, died at 6 o'clock Wednesday morning in the Mt. Sinai Hospital, Chicago, from pneumonia.
The deceased was taken to the hospital Monday evening. He had been ill for several weeks with influenza.
Mr. Westerlind was born in Oslo, Norway and was educated as an architect in the university of that city. He came to the United States when a young man and opened an architect's office in Chicago.
Mr. Westerlind designed and supervixed the construction of a number of buildings in Chicago. He has been a summer resident of Lake Manitou for the past fifteen years, where he lived in the "Tanglewood" cottage on the north shore of the lake. The deceased was a member of the Lutheran church.
Survivors are the widow, who was Mayme CHANDLER of Peru and whom he married twelve years ago; two daughters; son and step-son.
The funeral arrangements had not been completed at the time The News-Sentinel went to press.

Last rites for Mrs. Savilla CLIFTON, aged 86, former resident of Argos, who died at the home of her son in Plymouth, were held Tuesday afternoon from the Plymouth United Brethren Church. Interment was made in the Poplar Grove Cemetery, west of Argos. Mrs. Clifton was well known in this city. She had often visited her sisters, Mrs. Lida McCARTER and the late Mrs. Mary GOODRICH. A twin sister, Mrs. Louise ABBOTT, who resides in Missouri, also survives.

Funeral services for the late Calvin E. NOYER, aged 84, former Akron resident, who died at his home in Warsaw, Monday, will be held from the home at 1:30 p.m. Friday. Burial will be made at Akron.

Thursday, February 20, 1936

Mrs. Mary Belle [BAUGHMAN] BROWN, aged 41, died at her home in Kewanna at 5:40 o'clock Thursday morning from carcinoma. She had been in ill health for the past fifteen months.
The deceased was a life long resident of Fulton county. She was born on a farm four and a half miles west of Kewanna on November 10, 1894. Her parents were Lewis and Emma BAUGHMAN.
Mrs. Brown was a member of the Baptist Church of Kewanna of which organization she was an active member. She was married to Clayton BROWN on October 6, 1915.
Survivors are the husband; five daughters, Virginia [BROWN], Thelma [BROWN], Dorothy Mae [BROWN] and Mary Ann [BROWN, at home, and Emma [BROWN], of South Bend; four sons, Ernest [BROWN], Robert [BROWN], Richard [BROWN] and Forest [BROWN], all at home; father, who resides in Kewanna and a sister, Grace BAUGHMAN, who resides in South Bend.
The funeral arrangements were not completed at the time The News-Sentinel went to press.

Friday, February 21, 1936

Funeral services for the late Mrs. Clayton BROWN, who died at her home in Kewanna Thursday, will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon from the Kewanna Baptist Church. Rev. B. M. FRANKLIN will officiate. The body will lie in state at the Harrison Funeral Home in Kewanna.

Samuel McDONALD, aged 65, grocer, died at his home 112 East Walnut street, Argos, Thursday morning at 11 o'clock from complications. He had been ill for eight months and six days.
The deceased was born on April 25, 1870 and was the son of Robert and Mary Jane McDONALD. When a young boy his parents moved to Creighton, Neb., where he lived until thirty-one years ago.
At that time Mr. McDonald moved to Plymouth, where he operated a restaurant for six years. Twenty-five years ago he moved to Argos, where he opened a grocery store on East Walnut street, which he was operating at the time of his death. Mr. McDonald was married to Ella BARTHOLOMEW at Creighton, Neb., in 1892.
Survivors are the widow; daughter, Mrs. Earl COX, Plymouth; two sisters, Mrs. Charles ZUMBAUGH, Argos, and Mrs. Eliza CLOGGETTE, Creighton, Neb.; brother, John McDONALD, Argos, and two grandchildren.
The funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home with a minister of Plymouth officiating. Burial will be made in the Oak Hill Cemetery at Plymouth.

Royal Centre, Ind., Feb. 21. -- Apparently having suffered a heart attack after she had laid down to rest upon completing the task of sweeping snow from the walk about her home, Mrs. Emma DEBOO, 72, widow of John DEBOO, died at her residence near the local library sometime Tuesday.
Her frozen body, fully clothed, was found Wednesday morning after Mrs. Elizabeth HICKS, had reported that she had not seen the aged lady for twenty-four hours.
Dr. M. B. STEWART, coroner, who was summoned, estimated the time of death as shortly before noon Tuesday.
Throughout the winter, Mrs. Deboo had been visiting her neighbor, Mrs. Hicks, each afternoon. She failed to make her accustomed call Tuesday as Mrs. Hicks made her way to the Deboo cottage yesterday. She failed to arouse the occupant and noticed that no smoke came from the chimney. As she was returning to her home Mrs. Hicks called to R. W. JOHNSON, school principal. Mr. Johnson notified W. J. GOODRICH and the two, together with Jess SMITH, went to the Deboo cottage.
The men found the home cold, fires in both stoves were out and water in containers was frozen solid. Going to the bedroom they found the body, fully clothed and with covers drawn partly over it.
Dr. Donald IVEY was notified and he in turn called the coroner.
The Deboos operated a farm in the Crooked Creek Baptist Church community until sixteen years ago. Upon disposing of the farm they built the cottage in Royal Centre, in which to live. Mr. Deboo died December 30, 1921 and after that Mrs. Deboo lived alone.
Surviving Mrs. Deboo are three sisters, Mrs. Louise CALVERT of Ohio, Mrs. Martha GATCKI of Royal Centre, and a niece, Mrs. Edith MARCRUM, of Logansport.
The body was removed to the Harrison funeral home here where funeral rites are to be held. Burial will be made in the Crooked Creek Baptist cemetery.

Saturday, February 22, 1936

William P. PATTON, aged 65, died at 6 o'clock Saturday morning at the farm home of his daughter, Mrs. Ray WAGONER, eight miles southwest of Rochester. Death was due to complications and followed an illness of two months. For three weeks Mr. Patton was bedfast.
The deceased was a life long resident of Fulton county. He was born on a farm west of Rochester on March 26, 1871. His parents were Benjamin and Susan PATTON. In 1896 Mr. Patton was married to Pearl FEECE, who preceded him in death.
Mr. Patton followed the occupation of farming for many years. At one time he was employed at the Rochester Bridge Company. For several years he worked for the Erie railroad. For the past six years he has made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Wagoner.
Survivors are three daughters, Mrs. WAGONER, Mrs. Fred FOGLESONG, Lansing, Mich., and Mrs. Josephine BALDWIN, Chicago; a son Robert PATTON, Chicago, and five grandchildren.
The funeral services will be held from the home of Mrs. Wagoner at 2 p.m. Monday with Rev. Franklin ARTHUR, pastor of the Fulton Baptist Church in charge. Interment will be made in the Rochester Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Monday, February 24, 1936

Mrs. Harriett [MITCHELL] MINTER, aged 70, who was better known by her many friends as "Hattie" MINTER, died at her home at 716 North Madison street at 3:45 o'clock Saturday afternoon after a two years illness due to diabetes.
The deceased was the widow of the late Solome MINTER, who operated a shoe repair shop in this city for many years. She was married to Mr. Minter on March 16, 1880 in a ceremony which was performed in the home of her parents, William and Barbara (FOUTS) MITCHELL, who resided in the Sugar neighborhood southeast of the city.
Mrs. Minter was born near Gilead on June 18, 1865. She had resided in this city for fifty-one years, moving here from Macy. Mrs. Minter for a number of years operated a hotel and boarding house and through this business connection she acquired a large circle of friends in Indiana and many surrounding states.
Survivors are a son Harry MINTER of this city; brother George MITCHELL, Battle Creek, Mich.; two sisters, Mrs. Ed KEIM and Mrs. Rachael THOMPSON, Rochester; three grandchildren, Mrs. Hildreth PETERSON, Davenport, Iowa, Mrs. Moore TRASHER, Ancona, Ill., and Harry MINTER, Jr., Indianapolis, and three great-grandchildren.
The funeral rites will be held from the Minter home at 2 p.m., Tuesday with the Rev. W. J. SCHROER, pastor of the St. John's Lutheran Church in charge. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Tuesday, February 25, 1936

Samuel R. GREEN, well known resident of Fulton County, who resided for many years on a farm near Delong, passed away Monday morning following a heart attack while visiting at the home of his daughter, Mrs. D. M. SHAW, in Detroit, Mich. He had been ill one week.
Samuel R. Green, age 89, son of John and Nancy J. (MEEK) GREEN, was born in Jennings County, Indiana July 13, 1846. He was one of a large family all of whom preceded [him in death].
In 1872 he was united in marriage to Lydia SAYGER at Akron, and to this union were born six children, Mrs. Lottie STUART of Alabama City, Ala., Mrs. Louie CLEMANS of Buchanan, Mich., Mrs. Patty SHAW of Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Ida HEETER of Rochester, and Sidney GREEN of Chicago Heights, Ill. One daughter, Lelah [GREEN], preceded her father in death.
He is survived by the widow, the five children, and a large number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
The body of Mr. Green will arrive in Delong at 6:20 p.m. Tuesday after which it will be moved to the Luckenbill Chapel in Leiters Ford.
The funeral services will be held from the chapel at 2 p.m. Wednesday with the Rev. Loren STINE, pastor of the United Brethren Church of this city. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery at Leiters Ford.

Wednesday, February 26, 1936

Mrs. John [Amanda LEWIS] CARTER, aged 85, a resident of Fulton county for many years, died at 9:50 o'clock Wednesday morning at her farm home on R.R. 1 in the Mt. Zion neighborhood. Death was due to complications, and followed a two years illness.
The deceased was Amanda LEWIS, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ebenezer LEWIS and was born near Richmond, Va. She was married to John CARTER on April 25, 1889 at Fairmount, Ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Carter have lived in the Mt. Zion neighborhood for twenty-eight years, moving there from the Reiter community. The deceased was a member of the Mt. Zion Presbyterian Church.
Survivors are the husband and a number of nieces and nephews.
The funeral arrangements had not been completed at the time The News-Sentinel went to press.

Thursday, February 27, 1936

Mrs. Malina TROUTMAN, aged 79, widow of the late John TROUTMAN, died at 8 o'clock this morning at her home, 218 West Eighth Street, from a cerebral hemorrhage which she suffered 10 days ago. The deceased had been in ill health for the past two years.
Mrs. Troutman was prominent in church and civic circles in Rochester since her residence in this city. She was born in Loyalstock, Penn., on May 28, 1856, and was the daughter of David and Mary NEFF. Her parents with her six sisters and brother moved to this county when she was 16 years of age, settling on a farm west of this city near the Pendleton bridge.
The deceased had made her residence in Fulton county since that time. She was married to John E. TROUTMAN, for many years a justice of the peace of Rochester township, in 1874 in a ceremony which was performed in this city. Throughout her life, Mrs. Troutman was a devout member of the Evangelical Church. Her affiliation was with the Burton Church, west of this city.
Survivors are son, Earle TROUTMAN, Akron; daughter, Mrs. Alfred NEERMAN of this city and three grandchildren, Patricia Louise TROUTMAN, Akron, Mildred N. HAUMERSEN, Racine, Wis., and Mary Margaret KOTEN, Detroit, Mich., and three great-grandchildren.
The funeral arrangements had not been completed as The News-Sentinel went to press. The services will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon with burial in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Funeral services for Mrs. John CARTER, who died at her home in the Mt. Zion neighborhood at 9:30 o'clock Wednesday morning, will be held from the home at 2 p.m. Friday. Rev. T. L. STOVALL will be in charge, with burial in the Mt. Zion Cemetery.

Friday, February 28, 1936

Funeral services for the late Mrs. Malina TROUTMAN, who died at her home on West Eighth street Thursday morning will be held from the First Evangelical Church at 2 p.m. Saturday with the Rev. L. E. SMITH, pastor of the church officiating. Interment will be in the Odd Fellows cemetery. The body will lie in state at the church from 12:30 until 2 o'clock where friends may view it.

Saturday, February 29, 1936

Ill for six months Joseph BRUCKER, 8 [sic] died at 5 o'clock last night at the home of his sister-in-law, Mrs. John L. BURTON, near Winamac, where he had resided for eight years. He had spent most of his life near Pulaski. A daughter, Mrs. Rose HEDGES, who is seriously ill and four grandchildren survive.

John W. CLOWRY, 80, retired farmer and former resident of Fulton county, died at his home in Twelve Mile Friday afternoon following several months illness.
Survivors are the widow; two brothers, Lawrence [CLOWRY] of Remington, and Frank [CLOWRY] of Salem, Oregon; two sisters, Mrs. Nellie McMANUS of Oregon and Mrs. Elizabeth CHAPPEL of California.
The family asks that flowers be omitted.
Funeral rites are to be held at the St. Charles Catholic church, Peru, at 9 o'clock Monday morning with Rev. Paul WELSH in charge. Burial will be made at Remington, Ind.

Mrs. Elizabeth BRUGH, aged 79, widow of the late Wilson BRUGH, died at her home in Leiters Ford at 8:20 o'clock Saturday morning. Death followed an illness of six months due to complication.
The deceased was born in Steuben county on October 16, 1856 and was the daughter of Jonas and Magdalena MOUNTZ. She was married to Oscar BRUGH in a ceremony which was performed at Hudson, Ind., on March 28, 1877.
Forty-seven years ago Mr. and Mrs. Brugh moved to Leiters Ford where they opened a general store which is now operated by their son Oscar Brugh. Mrs. Brugh through her long connection with the store gained a wide number of friends. She was a member of the Methodist church at Leiters Ford.
Survivors are the son Oscar BRUGH, two brothers, Jacob MOUNTZ, Angola, and J. T. MOUNTZ, Hamlet, Ohio, and two sisters, Mrs. Jennie RENSBERGER, Metz, and Mrs. Hattie OBERLIN, Hudson.
The funeral services will be held Monday at 11 a.m. in the Brugh home in Leiters Ford with Rev. M. W. CRIDER officiating. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery at Leiters Ford.

Monday, March 2, 1936

Monterey, Ind., Mar. 2. -- Mrs Celia [ADDING] FAULSTICH, 30, wife of Raymond FAULSTICH of near here, died Saturday afternoon in Woodlawn hospital at Rochester and funeral services will be held from the residence Tuesday morning at 1:30 o'clock. Burial will be made in the Monterey cemetery.
Surviving with her husband are seven children, Dale [FAULSTICH], Arlis [FAULSTICH], Verne [FAULSTICH], Marjorie [FAULSTICH], Marie [FAULSTICH], Doris [FAULSTICH] and Roxie May [FAULSTICH] who is only two weeks old and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. ADDING of Linn.

Charles HILL, aged 57, for many years employed by the Nickel Plate railroad, died at the home of his sister, Mrs. Joseph RULE in Argos at 8:30 o'clock Saturday morning. Death followed an illness of one week due to heart trouble and complications.
The deceased was born near Hamlet on September 13, 1878 and was the son of Jacob and Harriett (LARIMORE) HILL. He had lived in Argos and Knox all of his life. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Argos. He was employed as a signal service repairman by the Nickel Plate railroad.
Survivors are two sisters, Mrs. RULE and Miss Mable HILL, South Bend and two brothers Gloyd HILL, Plymouth, and John HILL, Plainville, Wis.
The funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday from the Argos Methodist Church with Rev. R. O. KIMBERLIN in charge. Interment will be in the Crown Hill cemetery at Knox.
The Argos Masonic Lodge will have charge of the services at the graveside.

Tuesday, March 3, 1936

Mrs. Mary Emma [FRAIN] GRAFFIS, aged 82, who has been in failing health for several years died at the home of her son Earl Graffis in the Fairview neighborhood near Kewanna at 11:45 o'clock Monday night. Heart trouble and complications were given as the immediate cause of death.
Mrs. Graffis had lived in Fulton county practically her entire lifetime. She was born near Winamac on December 19, 1883 and was the daughter of John and Rebecca FRAIN. Her husband was the late George GRAFFIS. She was a member of the Church of Christ at Kewanna.
Survivors are two sons, Earl [GRAFFIS] and Thomas [GRAFFIS], Kewanna, daughter, Mrs. Bertha ROWE, Kewanna, daughter-in-law, Mrs. Minnie GRAFFIS, Grass Creek, sister, Mrs. Sarah WOOD, Terre Haute, 14 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
The funeral services will be held from the Church of Christ in Kewanna at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon, with Rev. Henry F. BULGER of Mishawaka in charge. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Kewanna.

Winamac, Ind., Mar. 3. -- Mrs. Harriett TRAVER, 80, blind for two years and seriously ill for several weeks, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ira KERSEY, here at 6 o'clock Monday morning.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. KERSEY and Mrs. Paul BEECHEY of Winamac, a son, Paul [TRAVER], of Akron, twenty-two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Methodist church with the Rev. C. C. JORDAN officiating. Burial will be made in Winamac cemetery.

Relatives in this city have received word of the death of Eugene NEWELL, aged 44, former resident of Akron, who died at his home in Hammond, Monday morning.
Mr. Newell for a number of years had been employed by the Standard Steel Mills in Hammond, and death was due to dust which had collected in his lungs from an emery wheel which he operated in the steel mill.
The deceased was the son of Mosy and Dora NEWELL and had resided in Hammond for 15 years.
Survivors are the widow and son both of Hammond, father, sister, Mrs. Dessie MEREDITH, Akron, and aunt, Miss Bertha PRILL of this city.

Funeral services are to be held in Hammond Wednesday with burial to be made there.

Wednesday, March 4, 1936

Marguerite [SWOPE], 8 year old daughter of George and Alice (LINEBRINK) SWOPE, passed away at the Swope home in Akron at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. Death was attributed to throat trouble following an illness of three weeks' duration.
The Swopes have been residents of Akron for a short time only, having moved to that city from the Log Bethel neighborhood. The survivors are the parents and a brother Jack [SWOPE], 5.
Funeral arrangements will be announced in Thursday's issue of The News-Sentinel.

Mrs. Alonzo [Susan MICKEY] COPLEN, aged 81, a resident of Newcastle township for many years died at her farm home eight miles northeast of the city at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning. Death followed an illness of several months due to heart trouble and complications.
The deceased was born on a farm near Yellow Creek Lake in Kosciusko county on December 2, 1854. Her parents, Daniel and Catherine MICKEY moved to a farm in Newcastle township when she was eleven years old, since which time Mrs. Coplen has resided in Fulton county. She was a member of the Sycamore Christian Church.
Susan Mickey was married to Alonzo COPLEN on December 11, 1875 in a ceremony which was performed in the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Coplen celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary in December.
At the wedding anniversary were among the other guests, brothers and sisters of Mr. and Mrs. Coplen. They have all been married for a great number of years.
The couples and years married were, Mr. and Mrs. Frank MICKEY, 55 years; Mr. and Mrs. Frank COPLEN, 55 years; Mr. and Mrs. Charles PETERSON, 51 years; Mr. and Mrs. James COPLEN, 51 years, and Mr. and Mrs. Wash BENTON, Tippecanoe, 48 years.
Survivors are the husband; five children, Mrs. Bruce MORRETT, and Mrs. Alta MYERS, Rochester; Leslie COPLEN, Burket; Mrs. Iva FLETCHER and Harvey COPLEN, Argos; brother, Frank MICKEY; two sisters, Mrs. Wash BENTON and Mrs. Charles PETERSON, 20 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.
The funeral arrangements had not been completed at the time The News-Sentinel went to press.

Thursday, March 5, 1936

Funeral services for Mrs. Alonzo COPLEN, 81, of Newcastle township will be held at the Mentone Christian church, Friday afternoon at two o'clock. Rev. ALEXANDER will officiate and interment will be made in the Sycamore cemetery.

Friday, March 6, 1936

Funeral services for the late Theodore BERRY, who died February 9 in a hospital in Logansport, will be held Sunday afternoon from the Mud Lake Chapel in the Green Oak neighborhood. Rev. H. M. RIGGLE will officiate. Burial will be made in the cemetery two miles south of Green Oak on Road 31. The body of Mr. Berry, who for many years resided on a farm near Green Oak, has been kept in a morgue here since the time of death.

Saturday, March 7, 1936

Mrs. Lewis MURRAY of Rochester received word of the death of two of her cousins. Albert DUTY passed away in Panama on February 22nd. The body was returned to New York on March 3rd. The other cousin John WHARTON died at Shelbyville, Ind., on March 4th. Mr. Wharton had several relatives in this community. Both of deceased were buried Saturday in the Shelbyville cemetery.

Mrs. Charlotte ENGLE, aged 47, a former resident of Akron, died at 1:30 o'clock Friday afternoon at her home in Richmond. Death followed a stroke of paralysis which she suffered one week ago.
The deceased was born near Gilead and resided there until twelve years ago when she moved to Richmond. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. Frank KESLING.
The funeral services will be held from the Moyer Funeral Home in Akron, Sunday afternoon. Burial will be made in the Gaerte Cemetery southeast of Akron.

Monday, March 9, 1936

Funeral services were held Monday afternoon in the home of Arch HARRIS in South Bend for Jones D. MASON, aged 38, former resident of Kewanna who died Saturday evening at his home in South Bend after a year's illness due to complications.
The services were in charge of Rev. H. F. BULGER, pastor of the Kewanna Christian Church of which religious organization the deceased was a member. Burial was made in South Bend.
Mr. Mason was born in Ohio and was a painter and interior decorator. His wife was Tura HARRIS of Kewanna. Mr. and Mrs. Mason resided with his wife's parents, Mr. and Mrs. James HARRIS on a farm near Kewanna for over a year. They moved to South Bend five months ago.
Survivors are the widow, parents, brother, Donald MASON, South Bend, and two sisters, Beulah [MASON] and Princess [MASON], who reside in Ohio as do the parents.

Mrs. Emma J. [VANDEGRIFT WHITTENBERGER] APT, 81, a pioneer resident of this city, passed away at her home 913 South Madison street at 3:45 Monday morning. Death resulted from a complication of diseases following an illness of two months' duration. The deceased had been a resident of this city since a child of five years of age, and had made a host of friends throughout the city and county.
Mrs. Apt, who was the daughter of Richard and Nancy VANDEGRIFT was born April 29th, 1854, on a farm in the Mt. Zion neighborhood, and removed to Rochester with her parents when but a child. On October 16, 1870 she was united in marriage to Lewis WHITTENBERGER. Mr. Whittenberger preceded in death in 1917. Her second husband, John B. APT, whom she married on October 5th, 1918, passed away a few years ago. Mrs. Apt was a member of the Presbyterian church and the Women's Relief Corps, of this city.
The survivors are two sons, Milton G. WHITTENBERGER, of Rochester; John F. WHITTENBERGER, of Arcadia, Calif., six grandchildren; two great-grandchilden; a brother Cory VANDEGRIFT, of near Rochester, and a sister, Mrs. Effie HAYWARD, of the Mt. Zion community.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Foster Funeral Home, Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. Rev. Harold G. TURPIN of the Presbyterian church will officiate. Interment will be made in the Mt. Zion cemetery.
The body which was taken to the Ditmire Funeral Home at Fulton for burial preparation will be returned to the Foster Funeral home Tuesday noon where it will lie in state until the hour of the funeral.

Tuesday, March 10, 1936

Mrs. Harriett ARTER MILLER, aged 81, passed away Monday afternoon at the home of her son, Charles L. Miller, five miles northwest of Rochester. Death resulted from a complication of diseases following an illness of several years' duration. The deceased however had only been confined to her bed since last Wednesday.
Harriett, daughter of Michael and Mary ARTER, was born in Stark county, Ohio, on February 28th, 1855. When still in her girlhood she removed to Fulton county with her parents where she has since resided. She was united in wedlock to Adam MILLER on January 30th, 1879. Mr. Miller preceded in death 18 years ago.
The survivors are the son, Charles L. MILLER; two daughters, Mrs. Ella KROFT, of near Mentone; Mrs. Minnie GOFF, of near Macy; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the Church of God in Akron. Rev. Daniel SLAYBAUGH will be in charge of the services. Interment will be made in the Nichols cemetery.

Mrs. Katherine M. TUCKER, aged 65, succumbed about 12:45 o'clock Sunday morning at the home of her son, Royce Tucker, of north of Mentone, following an illness of six weeks.
The deceased was born in Palestine on Dec. 15, 1970, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. HATFIELD. She had resided in the Palestine and Burket vicinity in Kosciusko county all during her lifetime.
Surviving are one son, Royce TUCKER, of north of Mentone; one sister, Mrs. Arden M. KLINE, of South Bend; one brother, Earl E. HATFIELD, of South Bend; and four grandchildren. Mrs. Hulda HATFIELD, of south of Burket, with whom she made her home for some time, is a sister-in-law.
The funeral services were held at the Burket U. B. Church Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial was made in the Palestine cemetery.

Wednesday, March 11, 1936

Funeral services for Mrs. Ida TOMBAUGH, who died at her home, southwest of Gilead, will be held Friday from the Gilead Enterprise church. Burial will be made in an adjoining cemetery.
Death was due to pneumonia. Mrs. Tombaugh was born September 5, 1874 and lived in the Gilead neighborhood throughout her entire life.
Her husband, John [TOMBAUGH], was killed several years ago in an auto accident.
Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Ruth KLINGERMAN, who made her home with Mrs. Tombaugh, and Mrs. Oliver SNYDER of Akron. Two grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services will be in charge of Rev. Alvah BARR and Rev. YEAGER.

Milwaukee police late this afternoon found Mrs. Alice CASEY, mother of Lester CASEY, at 1605 West Juneau Avenue, Milwaukee. A sister, Miss Eunice CASEY, is on her way to this city to claim her brother's body, which is being held in the Val Zimmerman Funeral Apartment.
Lester CASEY, aged 29, Milwaukee, Wis., died in the Woodlawn Hospital at 4 o'clock Wednesday morning from injuries which he received Saturday evening when he was struck by a tractor and trailer driven by Lewis KELLY, employee of a Logansport trucking company.
Dr. Dean STINSON, county coroner, stated that death was due to concussion of the brain and to a gas bacillus infection which developed in a wound on the right arm which Casey suffered when he was struck by Kelly's vehicle.
The accident occurred eight miles north of Rochester in Road 31. Kelly was south bound in Road 31 and Casey was hitch-hiking in the same direction. Kelly was not held by officers who made an investigation of the accident as Casey violated the Indiana state laws by walking with traffic and not against it.
Kelly told officers that he was blinded by the lights of an on-coming car and did not see Casey until he was upon him. Kelly stated he swerved his tractor to avoid striking Casey but that the trailer hit Casey throwing him into the ditch. Casey suffered internal injuries and fractures of the skull and clavicle.
Sheriff Boyd PETERSON and members of the Indiana State Police have been trying for the past three days to obtain some trace of Casey's relatives or friends. Milwaukee police resorted to the use of the radio in that city in an effort to obtain information about Casey but all efforts up until the time The News-Sentinel went to press were unsuccessful.
Casey it is thought was a traveling machinist. He had a Cutler-Hammer Employees Mutual Benefit Association policy in his clothing which was dated in Milwaukee on August 8, 1935. He also had another insurance policy in his clothing.
This was an individual certificate policy and was one written by the Equitable Life Assurance Society on May 26, 1930 through the A. O. Smith Corporation of Milwaukee. This policy was number 0184-10265. An additional rider of $100 was attached to the policy which was dated November 30, 1930.
Casey also had a marriage license on his person which was issued in Milwaukee on January 2, 1929. His bride was Edna SCHILLING, who at that time resided at 548 Reed street, Milwaukee. One of the witnesses was Otto ZASTROW, 2526-B North 15th street, Milwaukee. The justice who performed the ceremony was Carl HAMPEL.
Casey has a son named Donald Lester CASEY, who was born on August 8, 1929, a birth certificate which he had in his pocket disclosed. Casey also had $28.15 in money in a wallet and a Chicago and Milwaukee railroad ticket stamped on March 5.
It is believed that Casey has attended Berlin College in Wisconsin as he had a program for the home-coming at that college on October 26, 1935. Cassey kept a very minute account of all of his expenses in a book which was found in his pocket. The last entry in this book was February 21, 1936. In this book was also an itemized account of the expenses incident to the birth of his son.
Casey was 5 feet 10 inches tall, weight 170 pounds, light hair, gray eyes and was dressed in a blue mixed suit and black overcoat.

Albert Augustus (Gus) TATMAN, passed away at his home on East Rochester Street, Akron, Ind., Wednesday morning. The deceased had been in a srious condition since last Saturday evening from a complication of diseases. Mr. Tatman was well known throughout the eastern section of the county, where he followed the occupation of farming until advanced years forced his retirement.
Albert Augustus, son of Elijah and Elizabeth TATMAN, was born in Claremont county, Ohio on September 22, 1855. He removed with his parents to Wabash county, Indiana, when quite young and later settled on a farm in Henry township. On August 5th, 1880 he was united in wedlock to Mary E. DURNBAUGH, who preceded in death a number of years ago.
On June 7th, 1921 he was united in marriage to Mrs. Mary WATKINS, who survives. The deceased was a member of the Chili Baptist church.
The survivors are the widow; a son, Chester TATMAN, of Akron; a daughter, Mrs. Bertha ROBBINS, of Brockway, Mont.; and the following brothers and sisters: J. F. TATMAN, of Claire, Mich., M. R. TATMAN, of Oakdale, Calif.; Mrs. Josephine MEISER, of Dover, Mich., and Mrs. Dorothy ALLEN, of Dover, Mich. Seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild also survive.
Funeral arrangements have not yet been completed.

Burton died in the Cass County Hospital in Logansport at 2:40 o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
Edgar BURTON, 29, farmer living three miles southeast of Fulton near the Cass-Fulton county line, is in a critical condition in the Cass County Hospital in Logansport from wounds which he allegedly received Tuesday afternoon shortly after 3 o'clock when he was stabbed with a knife in the hands of his father-in-law, Joseph MUSSELMAN, aged 67, of Fulton. Musselman is being held in the Fulton county jail pending the outcome of Burton's injuries.
Musselman is alleged to have attacked his son-in-law when they quarreled over possession of hogs the younger man was loading onto a truck to be hauled to another farm he had just leased. Musselman is charged with assault and battery with intent to kill, preferred by Sheriff Boyd PETERSON. The case had been filed in the Fulton circuit court. High bond will be demanded by Prosecutor Dale POENIX.
Doctors in the Cass County Hospital have been waging a desperate fight to save Burton's life. They have succeeded in stopping the blood flow from a deep wound on the left side of the chest just above the heart. The flow of blood was checked through an autotransfusion and a second transfusion in which a pint of blood was supplied by Fred BURTON, a brother, who lives on a farm near Fulton. An autotransfusion is one in which a man's own blood is used for the transfusion and is very rarely resorted to.
The attack took place on the Mussselman farm of 200 acres and which has been tenanted for several years by Burton, who is the husband of Musselman's only daughter. It was witnessed by Earle MORRISON, employed by Burton and his two small daughters.
When Musselman appeared at the farm and saw that Burton was moving he is said to have put in a claim on the hogs and also stated that Burton owed him money. The men are said to have argued and Burton demanded that his father-in-law apologize for an alleged abusive term used some time ago.
Burton in a statement which he made to Prosecutor Dale POENIX last night in the hospital at Logansport and in the presence of witnesses related that Musselman while he was arguing with him took his pen knife from his pocket and while he (Burton) had his hands at his side, slashed him several times with the knife and then sunk the blade into his body. The left lung is believed to have been punctured.
Burton said that he grabbed the knife and with sheer strength broke the blade and in so duing cut his hand badly. Unfuriated at this turn of events, Musselman rushed toward his automobile which he had driven to the farm from Fulton shouting that he would kill Burton and drew an axe from the car and started to brandish it in the air.

Burton by this time had called his farm hand Morrison and both got into his car and drove away before Musselman was able to employ the axe. Morrison drove Burton to the office of Dr. Donald MILLER at Twelve Mile. Dr. Miller, who is the Cass county coroner, after an examination, ascertained the seriousness of Burton's wounds and ordered him moved to the Logansport hospital.
After the stabbing affray, Musselman drove to Logansport, but was met at the hospital by a brother, who told him to leave before trouble was caused. He then returned to the farm where he was met by Sheriff Boyd Peterson who brought him to the jail here.
Musselman who it is said is possessed of an uncontrollable temper at times, pleaded that he struck his son-in-law in self defense. This version, however, it is said is not substantiated by Morrison, who parted the two fighting men. An examination made of Musselman's body at the jail showed no marks of violence.
Musselman is quite wealthy. His is the owner of several farms in Liberty township and a house in Fulton. He lives with his wife in Fulton. He is to be closely questioned late today by Prosecutor Poenix, Sheriff Peterson and state police.
The incident Tuesday afternoon was the outgrowth of recent controversies between Musselman and his son-in-law, neighbors and friends say. The men have been known to quarrel over money matters in the past.
Prosecutor Poenix stated this afternoon that in event Burton should die, he would ask that the Fulton county grand jury be called. Musselman would be indicted for murder.
Reports from the hospital at Logansport late this afternoon were to the effect that Burton was in a critical condition and little hope was entertained for his recovery.

Mrs. Mary J. PHILLIPS, former resident of this city succumbed at her home in Chicago Wednesday morning, according to meager details received here today by friends. The deceased was the wife of the late John C. PHILLIPS, who at one time was Fulton county auditor.
The Phillips during their residence in Rochester resided in a house on the lot which is now occupied by the Brubaker garage. Mrs. Phillips is survived by two daughters and a son, Don [PHILLIPS].
The body will be brought to Rochester where funeral services will be conducted at the Val Zimmerman Funeral Home, Friday afternoon at two o'clock. Interment will be made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.

Thursday, March 12, 1936

Miss Edna CASEY, Milwaukee, came to this city today to claim the body of her husband Lester CASEY, who died in the Woodlawn hospital Wednesday from injuries which he received Saturday night when he was struck by a truck driven by Lewis KELLY, Logansport.
Mrs. Casey was accompanied here by Miss Eunice CASEY, a sister of the dead man and by a friend of the family, Thomas RAY, all of Milwaukee.
The Caseys stated that Lester Casey had been out of work for sometime and that when he received his injury he was seeking employment as a machinist.
Lester Casey left his home in Milwaukee on Thursday, March 5, his relatives stated. He had a ticket in his clothing showing that he had ridden on a Chicago and Northwestern train on that date to Chicago.
Casey received his fatal injuries when he was hitch hiking along Road 31 eight miles north of this city. Kelly said he did not see Casey because of the bright lights of an approaching car.

Casey at the time he was injured was walking with traffic which is a violation of the Indiana state motor laws. His death was caused by concussion of the brain.

Funeral services for the late Albert (Gus) TATMAN, who died at his home in Akron, Wednesday, will be held Friday morning at 10 o'clock from the Church of God at the corner of South and Walnut streets in Akron. Rev. Edgar HEDGES will be in charge assisted by Rev. J. S. STEPHENSON. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery west of Akron.

Friday, March 13, 1936

Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon from the Val Zimmerman Funeral Apartment for the late Mrs. Mary J. PHILLIPS, aged 82, former resident of this city, who died at her home in Chicago on March 11, after a six months' illness due to chronic nephritis.
The services were in charge of the Rev. B. G. FIELD, pastor of the First Baptist Church of this city. Burial was made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.
The deceased was the daughter of Peter and Leah APT and was born in Caledonia, Ohio on May 29, 1853. Mrs. Phillips resided in this city for 21 years moving here from Kewanna.
Her husband was the late John PHILLIPS who died in this city on October 31, 1902. Mr. Phillips served as auditor of Fulton county. Mrs. Phillips was a member of the Pythian Sisters, Rebeccas and Maccabees lodges.
Survivors are three sons, Jay P. PHILLIPS, D. M. PHILLIPS, Frankfort, Ky., and Frankie PHILLIPS, Chicago; three daughters, Mrs. Mabel CHURCH, New Orleans, La.; Mrs. Grace JONES, Orlando, Fla., and Mrs. Nell WHEELER, Cleveland, O.; 10 grandchildren and one great-grandson.

Joyce SHAW, six year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar SHAW, of Culver, died Wednesday night of injuries suffered when she ran into the side of a truck Tuesday afternoon while playing.
Death occurred in the office of a Culver physician where she was taken immediately after the accident by Fred WARNER, of Culver, driver of the WPA truck which hit her. She suffered a skull fracture, loss of blood and general shock. Three blood transfusions were given Tuesday night and Wednesday in an effort to save her life.
Witnesses to the accident, which occurred at Lake View street and Lake Shore drive, said the truck had come to a complete stop at the intersection and then turned to go east on Lake Shore drive.
The girl darted out into the street while looking back over her shoulder at a group of children, it was said, and ran into the side of the truck, striking the side of her face. She was thrown to the pavement.
A brother, Milton [SHAW], 15, died three years ago from a ruptured appendix. Surviving the child are her parents and two grandmothers, Mrs. Rebecca ROBINSON and Mrs. Elizabeth SHAW, Culver.

Saturday, March 14, 1936

Roy LOWMAN, aged 28, a former resident of this city, died at his home in Mishawaka at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon after a two day illness due to pneumonia.
The deceased was born in this city on November 13, 1907 and was the son of Perry and Ada LOWMAN. When he was ten years of age he moved to Mishawaka where he has since resided.
Mr. Lowman was employed as a bookkeeper at the Bendix plant in South Bend. He was married six years ago to Miss Margaret KNOBLOCK of South Bend. Mr. Lowman was a member of the Catholic Church.
Survivors are the widow, daughter, Mary Ann [LOWMAN]; parents; four sisters, Eva [BARNETT] and Treva BARNETT, Mentone, Colsen [LOWMAN] and Madeline LOWMAN; twin brother, Ray LOWMAN, all of Mishawaka, and grandmother, Mrs. Newt WALLACE of Richland Center.
The funeral arrangements had not been completed at the time The News-Sentinel went to press.

John R. BARR, 75, a pioneer citizen of Rochester and Fulton county, passed away at 6 o'clock Saturday morning, at his residence, 315 West 9th street, this city. News of his sudden demise came as a most severe shock to a host of his friends throughout this community. Death which was attributed to heart trouble came in the wake of an attack of influenza which Mr. Barr suffered three weeks ago. The deceased, however, had only been bedfast since Friday morning.
John Riley [BARR], son of George and Susan BARR was born on a farm in Franklin township, Kosciusko county, on December 4th, 1860. A son, Earl BARR, of near Akron, is at present residing on the old BARR homestead. In the year of 1882, he was united in marriage to Alphreta WIDEMAN, the ceremony being pronounced at the home of the bride, near Akron. Three children were born to this union. His wife preceded in death in the year of 1890. On May 22nd, 1893 Mr. Barr was united in wedlock with Mrs. Eldora RANNELLS, of Rochester, by the late Rev. J. T. ROTH, of the Presbyterian church.
During the earlier years of Mr. Barr's life he was engaged in the stockbuyer business in the eastern sections of the county. Mr. and Mrs. Barr took up their residency in Rochester 43 years ago, at which time he served a full term as Treasurer of Fulton county, being elected on the Democratic ticket. For a period of four or five years he operated a hardware business in this city, and for a like number of years he resided in Arkansas, where he was engaged in the lumber business.
Mr. Barr always took an active interest in the community's political, civil and social affairs and was widely known throughout this section of the state. He also had made a wide acquaintance of friends in California and Florida, where he and Mrs. Barr had spent several winter seasons. Mr. Barr retired from active business field several years ago and devoted his time to his family and in an occasional inspection of his farming interests in this locality.
The survivors are his wife; two sons Earl BARR, of near Akron, Guy R. BARR, of this city; a daughter, Mrs. Harry PAGE; a step-daughter, Mrs. A. L. DENISTON, both of this city, and eight grandchildren. A step-son, Robert RANNELLS, preceded in death a few years ago.
Funeral services will be held at the Barr home, Monday afternoon, two o'clock. Rev. Harold G. TURPIN of the Presbyterian church, will officiate. Interment will be made in the I.O.O.F cemetery.

Hosey Eugene MILLS, aged 56, prominent farmer died at his home in Deedsville at 7 o'clock Friday evening. Death was due to heart trouble and followed an illness of one week.
The deceased was born near Beaver Dam in Kosciusko county on March 25, 1865. His parents were William and Sarah (SECOR) MILLS. He had lived in Miami county 34 years and in Deedsville for twenty years.
Mr. Mills was prominent in Miami county political circles. He served three terms as county commissioner and three terms as assessor of Union township. The deceased operated a threshing outfit for a number of years.
The deceased was married to Sophia Louella FRIEND in a ceremony which was performed in Akron in 1891. Mr. Mills was a member of the Baptist Church at Perrysburg.
Survivors are the widow; two sons, Leroy [MILLS], Deedsville, and Russell [MILLS], Princeton; two daughters, Mrs. Lucille KNAUFF, Deedsville, and Mrs. Elizabeth BROWN, Huntingburg; five brothers; sister, and seven grandchildren.
The funeral services will be held from the Perrysburg Baptist Church at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon with the Rev. C. F. GOLDEN in charge. Burial will be made in the Greenlawn Cemetery, Mexico.

Monday, March 16, 1936

John I. FIELDS, aged 74, who resides on a farm seven miles west of this city in the Burton neighborhood died suddenly Saturday evening at 8 o'clock from a heart attack. He was visiting in the home of his nephew Edgar FIELDS at Michigantown, when he was stricken.
Mr. Fields had gone to the home of his nephew last Monday to spend a fortnight with him. The deceased had been in ill health for the past ten years but his death was entirely unexpected.
Mr. Fields was born in Shelbyville on September 8, 1861. His parents were George and Matilda FIELDS. He had resided in Fulton county for 29 years, moving here from Tipton county.
The deceased was married to Miss Emma NEWTON in a ceremony which was performed at Tipton in 1884. Two years ago the aged couple celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. Mr. Fields had followed the occupation of farming all of his life.
Survivors are the widow, six sons, Willard [FIELDS], Rochester, Chester [FIELDS], New Paris, Ohio, Veraldo [FIELDS], Huntington, Joshua [FIELDS] and Carl [FIELDS], South Bend, and Cecil [FIELDS], Kewanna; daughter, Mrs. Wayne McCARTY, Indianapolis; two brothers; two sisters; 20 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
The funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon from the Sharon Church ten miles west of Rochester with the Rev. C. C. HARROLD, Kewanna officiating. Burial will be made in the Moon Cemetery.
The six sons of the deceased will act as pallbearers for their father at his funeral services and bear his body to its grave.

The funeral services for the late Edgar BURTON, aged 29, farmer living southeast of Fulton, who died in the Cass County Hospital in Logansport, Wednesday from knife wounds allegedly inflicted by his father-in-law, Joseph MUSSELMAN, 68, Fulton, last Tuesday, were held from the United Brethren Church in Fulton, Saturday afternoon.
Over 1200 persons attended the services. They filled all of the available space in the church and the basement of the edifice and the overflow crowd stood in the church yard. Two state policemen were on duty to police the crowd and to keep an aisle open so that the family and pallbearers could pass. It was the largest funeral held in Fulton since that of the late John STANLEY, state policeman, who died of wounds he suffered while in the line of duty.
Mr. Burton was a member of the United Brethren Church at Fulton and was the teacher of the Boys Class and the leader of the Fulton Boy Scout Troop. The members of the class and scouts headed the funeral procession into the church.
The pallbearers were Raymond KIRK, Byron KENT, Ralph HELT, Elgy RENTSCHLER, Lloyd WERNER and Earl MORRISSEY, who was employed on the Burton farm and who was one of the witnesses to the slaying. Many beautiful floral tributes were sent by Mr. Burton's many friends.
Rev. J. W. LAKE, pastor of the Fulton church, read the scripture from the fourteenth chapter of St. John, 1 to 21 verses. He then lead in prayer. Rev. H. W. FRANKLIN, Decatur, former pastor of the Fulton church, gave the funeral oration, using as his text the sixty-eighth verse of the sixth chapter of St. John, whose subject is "Whom Shall We Go To."
The male quartette composed of Guy NELLANS, Don POWNALL, Clyde CHAMP and Carl NELLANS who were accompanied by Mrs. Guy NELLANS, rendered several vocal selections. Burial was made in the cemetery at the north edge of Fulton.
Joseph Musselman, father-in-law of Edgar Burton and his alleged slayer who is being held in the Fulton county jail, was denied permission to attend the funeral of his son-in-law, although he had requested that officers take him to the church. His wife did not attend the services.
In the meantime, the Fulton county grand jury which was convened Saturday morning by Judge Robert MILLER at the request of the Prosecutor Dale POENIX, started its deliberations. It was necessary for the jury commissioners to draw a sixth member of the jury after it was found that Albert McGRIFF, who was drawn as one of the regular panel, had moved to Marshall county to reside. Carl BIDDINGER was selected to fill this vacancy.
While it is not known what the grand jurors are investigating, it is believed they are conducting a probe into the death of Mr. Burton. Persons who were noticed to enter the grand jury room on the second floor of the courthouse, in the main, came from Fulton and the south part of Liberty township.
It is hardly possible that the grand jury will conclude its deliberations before Wednesday or Thursday. Musselman is being held in the county jail on charges of assault and battery with intent to kill, which were preferred by Sheriff Boyd PETERSON after the affray at the Burton farm, which it is said, had its inception over trouble about the division of hogs on the farm after Burton had notified his father-in-law that he was leaving his farm as a tenant.

George Russell WAGONER, aged 36, who resided on a farm five miles south of this city, died Sunday at 7 a.m. in the Woodlawn Hospital from pneumonia, which developed from an attack of influenza which he suffered two weeks ago.
The deceased was the son of Edward and Stella (FRY) WAGONER and was born on a farm south of this city on the Michigan Road on September 3, 1899. He has resided in Fulton county all of his life, where he followed the occupation of farming.
Survivors are the father; two brothers, Omar [WAGONER] and Melvin [WAGONER], both of this city; grandmother, Mrs. Matilda WAGONER, who resides on a farm northeast of Rochester; two nephews and two nieces. A brother, Robert WAGONER, preceded in death.
The funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon from the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home with the Rev. C. S. DAVISSON in charge. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.
The body was moved to the home of Melvin Wagoner, Monday morning, where it will remain until noon Tuesday, when it will be taken to the funeral home.

Mrs. Sylvia [METZGER] GILLESPIE, aged 39, wife of Van Tuyl GILLESPIE, who resides on a farm three and a half miles northeast of Kewanna, died at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the Carneal Hospital at Winamac.
Death was due to complications and followed an illness of two years, the last week of which was serious. Mrs. Gillespie had lived in the Kewanna community all of her life.
The deceased was the daughter of David and Melissa METZGER and was born in September 1896. She was a member of the Christian Church at Kewanna.
Surviving with the husband are three children, Frances [GILLESPIE], Norman [GILLESPIE] and Arvan [GILLESPIE], all at home and the father.
The funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon from the Kewanna Christian Church with Rev. H. F. BULGER, Mishawaka, in charge, assisted by Rev. Charles MILLS, Kewanna. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery at Kewanna.

Tuesday, March 17, 1936

Charles A. BOGGS, aged 73, farmer and for many years a horse buyer in Northern Indiana, died at his home, 202 North Maple Avenue, Argos, at 6:30 o'clock Monday morning. Death was due to pneumonia which followed an attack of influenza which he suffered one week ago. Mr. Boggs had been an invalid for three years.
The deceased was one of five children born to Joseph and Ann (COOK) BOGGS. He was born on a farm in Kosciusko county on September 6, 1862. He had lived in Marshall county practically his entire lifetime. Last September, Mr. and Mrs. Boggs who was Bertha J. MILLER, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary.
Surviving are the widow; three daughters, Mrs. Zena HESS and Miss Leita BOGGS, twin sisters of Argos, and Mrs. Helen WICKIZER, Monticello; sister, Mrs. Ella B. ASHCROFT, Lima, Ohio, and five grandchildren.
The funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon from the Boggs home in Argos with the Rev. R. O. KIMBERLIN in charge. Burial will be made in the Maple Grove Cemetery at Argos.

Mrs. Lucetta Jane [MAXON] HARRELL, aged 85, a pioneer resident of the Argos vicinity, died at her home one-half a mile northeast of Argos at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday morning. Death was due to complications and followed an illness of several years.
The deceased was born in Argos on April 6, 1850 and was the daughter of Oren and Sarah MAXON. She had lived in the Argos community all of her life. Her husband was Phillip Edward HARRELL, who died September 17, 1927.
Mr. and Mrs. Harrell were the parents of nine children, five of whom are living. The survivors are three sons, John J. HARRELL, J. O. HARRELL and George HARRELL, all of Argos, and two daughters, Mrs. Minnie SCHOFF, Dowagiac, Mich., and Mrs. Clara ROSEBAUM, of Plymouth.
The funeral services will be held from the Church of God (Advent) in Argos at 2:30 p.m. Friday with the Rev. John MAPLE in Charge. Burial will be made in the Maple Grove Cemetery at Argos.

Wednesday, March 18, 1936

Mrs. Mary MOON, aged 88, a lifelong resident of the Kewanna community, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Minnie HARDY in Kewanna at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning.
Mrs. Moon had had poor health during the past winter, but had been seriously ill only one week.

The deceased was born on a farm near Kewanna on November 19, 1847. Her husband, Henry MOON, died on March 1, 1914. Mrs. Moon had been a member of the Baptist Church at Kewanna for seventy years.
Survivors are the daughter, Mrs. HARDY; three sons, Charles MOON, Kewanna, Harry MOON, Crown Point, and William MOON, Plymouth; brother, John WARE, Huntington; nine grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
The funeral services are to be held Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the Baptist Church in Kewanna with the Rev. Blake M. FRANKLIN officiating. Burial will be made in the Shaffer Cemetery.

The body of Lester S. CASEY, who was fatally injured here on the night of March 7, was shipped to his home in Milwaukee, Wis., today for burial. Casey was injured when he was struck by a truck driven by Louis KELLY, an employee of a Logansport trucking line. Casey at the time of the accident was hitch-hiking on Road 31, seeking employment.

Thursday, March 19, 1936

Harvey L. GUISE, aged 50, a former resident of Kewanna, died at his home in Plymouth Wednesday afternoon. Death was caused by influenza of the brain and followed an illness of four weeks.
Mr. Guise had lived in Plymouth for the past sixteen years where he had operated a boarding house. He also was an agent for the People's Life Insurance Company of Frankfort.
The deceased was born on the Guise homestead on the north shore of Lake Bruce on March 17, 1886. His parents were Henry and Julia GUISE. He was married to Miss Esther WENTZEL twenty-six years ago. Mr. Guise was a member of the Presbyterian Church at Plymouth.
Survivors are the widow; daughter Bonnie Jean [GUISE]; three brothers Mark [GUISE] and Earl [GUISE], South Bend, and Perry [GUISE], Kewanna; and two sisters Mrs. Maude MOON, Lake Bruce and Mrs. Grace GARNER, Bruce Lake Station.
The funeral services will be held from the Plymouth Presbyterian Church at 2 p.m. Saturday. Burial will be made in a cemetery at Plymouth.

Saturday, March 21, 1936

Mrs. Margaret CALHOUN, aged 83, a former resident of Richland township, died in the Fulton County Home at 11:15 o'clock Friday night. Death was due to general senility and followed an illness of two years. The deceased had been blind for a number of years.
Mrs. Calhoun had lived in Fulton county all of her life. She had been an inmate of the County Home for the past seven years. Her husband John CALHOUN, died fifteen years ago.
Survivors are three sons, Chester [CALHOUN], Louis [CALHOUN] and Delbert [CALHOUN], all of whom live on farms in Richland township, and a sister, Mrs. Bertha VERMILLION of Culver.
The funeral arrangements had not been completed at the time The News-Sentinel went to press. Interment will be made in the cemetery at Richland Center.

Joseph F. POWNALL, aged 70, died at his farm home three miles southeast of Fulton at 1 o'clock Saturday morning. Death was due to paralysis and followed an illness of ten days.
The deceased was a life long resident of Liberty township where he followed the occupation of farming. He was born on a farm near Fulton on July 13, 1865. His parents were Jacob and Nancy POWNALL.
Mr. Pownall was twice married. His first wife was Miss Nellie ROUDEBUSH whom he married on December 18, 1890 and who died two years ago. On March 20, 1935 the deceased was married to Marietta BIGLER. Mr. Pownall was a member of the Bethlehem Presbyterian Church.
Survivors are the widow; two daughters, Mrs. Gertie CHAMP and Mrs. Grace SIMONS of Twelve Mile; sister, Mrs. A. M. SPARKS, Fulton; half-sister, Mrs. Mary MOORE, Peru and half-brother, James POWNALL, who died in North Dakota.
The funeral services are to be held from the Bethlehem Presbuterian Church at 2 p.m. Monday with the Rev. M. B. GRAHAM of Twelve Mile in charge. Burial will be made in the cemetery at Metea.

Monday, March 23, 1936

Mrs. Noah COVER, aged 64, died at her farm home southeast of Macy at 12:25 o'clock Monday morning. Death was due to complications which followed a stroke of paralysis which she suffered eight weeks ago.
Rachael LEFFEL daughter of William and Lucy LEFFEL, was born on a farm near Deedsville on October 6, 1871. She was married to Noah COVER in a ceremony which was performed at Denver on August 14, 1898. The deceased who was a member of the Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church had lived in the Macy, Denver and Deedsville communities all of her life.
Survivors are the husband; son, Edward [COVER], at home; daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth SHANBARGER, Ebenezer; two sisters, Mrs Ida GUISE, Denver, and Mrs. Sanny FINES, Hammond; two brothers, Philip LEFFEL, Evanston, Ill., and Irvin LEFFEL, Deedsville; and seven grandchildren. A sister, Mrs. E. L. POWELL, died at her home in this city several weeks ago.
The funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from the Ebenezer Methodist Church with the Rev. Alva BARR of Gilead officiating. Interment will be made in the cemetery adjacent to the church.

Mrs. Rose KILLEN, aged 82, for many years a resident of Rochester, died in the Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie at 8 o'clock Sunday evening. Death was due to injuries which she received in a fall five months ago while she was visiting in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Floyd Mattice in Indianapolis. In the fall, Mrs. Killen suffered fracture of a hip.
The deceased was born on a farm near Cicero, Ind., on September 25, 1853. She was married to the late Harry KILLEN in a ceremony which was performed in Noblesville in 1874. A few years after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Killen moved to this city where Mr. Killen engaged in the ice and coal business and also operated a grocery.
The Killen family home was at the corner of Madison and Tenth Streets. Mr. Killen passed away twenty-five years ago, since which time Mrs. Killen has been living with her children. The deceased was a devout member of the First Presbyterian Church of this city, having affiliated with the church when she came to Rochester to make her residence.
Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Floyd MATTICE and Mrs. Emma Louise WEDMORE, Muncie; a son, G. Byron KILLEN, Evanston, Ill.; six grandchildren, Miss Rose BOOTS, New York, Miss Ruth BOOTS, Baltimore, Md., Mrs. Mildred BOOTS YOUMAN, Colorado Springs, Colo., Miss Helen MATTICE, Indianapolis, Miss Betty Rose KILLEN, Evanston, Ill., and Kenneth WEDMORE, Muncie. A daughter, Kathryn [KILLEN] and son, Fred [KILLEN] preceded their mother in death.
Mrs. Killen requested that her body be cremated and the family will comply with the request. The ashes will be brought here and graveside services will be held in the Odd Fellows Cemetery at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning with Rev. Harold TURPIN, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church officiating.

Tuesday, March 24, 1936

Mrs. Henry [Emma EMMONS] ROBBINS, aged 63, died at the home of her son, Henry Robbins, Jr., in Argos at 11 a.m. Monday. Death was due to dropsy and followed an illness of two years.
The deceased was born on a farm near Fulton on August 5, 1872, and was the daughter of Jess and Susanna EMMONS. She had lived in the Argos community all of her life, except for a short time at LaPorte. She was a member of the Christian Church at Tiosa.
Survivors are the husband; son, Henry ROBBINS, [Jr.]; four brothers, Milo EMMONS, Mt. Morris, Mich; Frank [EMMONS] and Joseph EMMONS, Thompsonville, Mich., and Harry EMMONS, Argos; a sister, Mrs. Delbert LEVELL, Mentone, and two grandchildren.
The funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday from the Grossman Chapel in Argos with the Rev. A. M. THOMAS in charge. Burial will be made in the Maple Grove Cemetery at Argos.
The body of Mrs. Robbins has been moved to the Grossman Chapel where friends may view it until the hour of the funeral.

Wednesday, March 25, 1936

William GOLDING, aged 51, who resided in the Whippoorwill neighborhood, northwest of the city, died in the Veterans Hospital at Indianapolis at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon from injuries which he received while serving overseas in France during the World war.
Mr. Golding had been in ill health for sixteen years and seriously ill for four months. He had been a patient in government hospitals on a number of occasions.
Mr. Golding suffered his injury when with another member of his company they became detached from their unit, while serving in France. They were attempting to return to their company, when Golding in trying to jump a shell crater hole which was filled with mud, fell into the same.
Golding started to sink into the mud and before his companion and other soldiers could free him he had been pulled into the slime to his shoulders. The crush of the mud and the pulling which Golding had to endure in being freed permanently injured him internally.
The deceased was born in Howard county on April 22, 1884 and was the son of Thomas and Lizzie GOLDING. He moved to a farm in the Whippoorwill neighborhood one year ago from Miami county, where he had lived for 19 years.
Mr. Golding was married in Indianapolis on December 24, 1926 to Elsie Mabel WATSON. He was a member of the Olive Branch Church of God near Gilead. He had followed the occupation of farming all of his life.
Survivors are the widow; two sons, Gwendolyn [GOLDING], Detroit, and Clodis [GOLDING], Marion; four step-children, Herman Ellsworth [WATSON] and Paul WATSON, Roann, Frances [WATSON] and Ruth WATSON, at home; father and four sisters, Mrs. Willard McKINNEY and Mrs. Frank AGLE, Roann, Mrs. John KELLY, New London and Mrs. Bedford STROLL, Indianapolis.
The funeral arrangements had not been completed at the time the News-Sentinel went to press.
The funeral services will be held from the Olive Branch Church of God near Gilead, Friday afternoon with the Rev. Marion SHROYER of Columbia City officiating. Interment will be made in the cemetery adjoining the church.

Thursday, March 26, 1936

Mrs. Susanne [BROWN] STAHL, aged 78, died at her home near Millark in Rochester township southeast of the city at 10 o'clock Friday morning. Death was due to a stroke of paralysis which she suffered one week ago.
The deceased was born in Knox county, Ohio on September 26, 1857. Her parents were Alanason and Mary BROWN. On July 25, 1880 the deceased was married to James STAHL in Hillsdale county, Michigan.
Mr. and Mrs. Stahl came to Fulton county from Ohio forty-five years ago. They have resided on farms near Millark during their residence here. Mrs. Stahl was a member of the Macy Christian Church.
Survivors are the husband; four sons, John Edward [STAHL], Ora , David [STAHL] and James [STAHL], Hammond, and Joel [STAHL], Macy; two daughters, Mrs. Velma DAVIS, Detroit, Mich., and Mrs. Margaret BOWERS, Dyer; and a brother, R. W. BROWN, Dellemore, Ohio.
The funeral services will be held from the Macy Christian Church at 2 p.m. Sunday with the Rev. E. E. LAUGHLIN in charge. Burial will be made in the Plainview Cemetery west of Macy.

Friday, March 27, 1936

Mrs. Harry A. DILLON, aged 50, who resided on a farm five miles southwest of Argos, died in a hospital at Plymouth at 7 o'clock Friday morning. Death was due to pneumonia and followed an illness of ten days.
Edna Blanche PEEPLES was born on a farm near Lake Maxinkuckee on February 20, 1886. Her parents were George and Catherine PEEPLES. She has resided in the same community all of her life. She was married on January 1, 1907.
Survivors are the husband, an adopted daughter, Edna Pearl [DILLON], at home; son, Walter [DILLON], South Bend; sister, Mrs. Mary SPEYER, Culver; and a granddaughter.
The funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon from the church at Maxinkuckee with the Rev. R. O. KIMBERLIN of Argos officiating. Burial lwill be made in the Poplar Grove Cemetery.

Frederick LONG, aged 83, a resident of the Five Corners community, two and a half miles southwest of Macy, died at 12:10 o'clock Friday afternoon at his home after a two weeks illness due to complications and bronchial pneumonia. The deceased was the father of Mrs. James DARRAH of this city.
Mr. Long had resided near Macy for 58 years. He was born in Stark county, Ohio, on May 23, 1853. His parents were David and Lydia LONG.
The deceased came to the Macy community from Wabash county. He was married to Charlotte ABSHIRE at Wabash on March 3, 1874. Mr. Long was a member of the Church of the Brethren at Hoover.
Survivors are the widow; three sons, Thomas [LONG], at home; Alec [LONG], Miami; and William [LONG] of Kalamazoo, Mich.; six daughters, Mrs. Lydia DAINES and Mrs. Daisy RICHARDSON, Peru; Mrs. Susan MILLER, Macy; Mrs. Dora FEASTER, Mishawaka; Mrs. Lucy ELLIOTT, Kokomo; and Mrs. DARRAH; twenty grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
The funeral services will be held from the Long farm home at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Burial will be made in the Five Corner Cemetery.

Saturday, March 28, 1936

Mrs. Catherine [LONG] WASHINGTON, aged 81, died at her home on North Main Street Friday afternoon from injuries which she received when she tripped and fell eleven months ago. In the fall Mrs. Washington suffered a fracture of the hip and internal injuries.
The deceased was born in Seneca county, Ohio, on April 12, 1855. She was one of seven children born to John and Lavina LONG. Her parents came to this county 65 years ago since which time she has resided here. For many years Mrs. Washington lived on a farm north of the city on Road 31.
All of Mrs. Washington's immediate relatives are dead except a half-sister who resides in Oregon. A number of nieces and nephews survive. Her husband, Samuel WASHINGTON, died in 1908. She was a member of the Church of God.
Funeral services will be conducted by Dr. Herbert M. RIGGLE in the local Church of God at the corner of Third and Main Streets at 1:30 p.m. Sunday. Dr. Riggle will be assisted by Rev. Lloyd SMITH. Interment in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Tuesday, March 31, 1936

Homer L. HENDERSON aged 53, farmer of near Marshtown, fourteen miles southwest of Rochester, was instantly killed late Monday morning when he was caught under a giant sycamore tree he was felling on the Vera FRICK farm, two miles south of Lake Cicott in Cass county. Henderson's skull was fractured and his neck, left arm and leg broken.
The mishap occurred while Henderson with Marvin WHISTLER and Lester GEARHART of north of Twelve Mile, were engaged in felling trees on the Frick farm. It is presumed that the huge sycamore tree fell prematurely and caught Henderson before he had a chance to leap to safety, the trunk snapping and plunging down on the unfortunate woodman.
Whistler, Gearhart and Martin McKEE, who lives near Lake Cicott, saw the accident. They rushed to Henderson's aid but the man was dead. His body was horribly mashed.
Mrs. Frick, who was in a wagon nearby, upon seeing the accident rushed to Lake Cicott where she called Coroner M. B. STEWART of Logansport and an ambulance.
After a brief examination the body was taken to the McClosky Chapel in Logansport.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday from the M. E. church on Fletchers Lake with burial in the adjoining cemetery. Meanwhile the body will remain at the McCloskey mortuary where friends may call.
Survivors are two sisters, Mrs. Florence NICKELS of 519 Fifth Street, Logansport, Mrs. Della DEWENTER of Ohio; two brothers, Richard [HENDERSON] of Fletchers Lake, James [HENDERSON] of Illinois; four half-brothers, Harve [HENDERSON], 910 State Street, Logansport; William [HENDERSON] of Monticello; John [HENDERSON] of North Salem, and Albert [HENDERSON]; and a half-sister, Mrs. Odie LEWIS of Connersville.

Henderson, Gearhart and Whistler were employed by Jack STUBER of Twelve Mile. Stuber had a contract with the Chicago and Erie railroad to furnish ties and he had purchased the tract of timber on the Frick farm for that purpose. The three men had been working on the Frick farm for two weeks.
Henderson was well known in Fulton county. He was possessed of a splendid physique and his appearance belied his age. He is said to have been a capable workman.
Coroner Stewart will hold his public inquest into Henderson's death in the court house at Logansport Friday morning.

John S. HUSSEY, Civil war veteran and perhaps the oldest resident of Marshall county passed away at the Kelly hospital, in Argos, during the noon hour Monday. Mr. Hussey, who was 95 years of age, had been residing in the Morris hospital at Plymouth for the past two years due to failing health.
Early Saturday morning the aged man fell and suffered a leg fracture and he was taken to the Argos hospital where he failed to rally from the shock of the injury.
The Civil War veteran, who was the son of Seth and Julia HUSSEY, was born in New York state on August 19th, 1840. His parents and family removed from the eastern state to Plymouth in the year of 1842. In 1856, Mr. Hussey came to Argos where with the exception of the years he was enrolled in the conflict between the North and South and the past two years residency in Plymouth, he had resided throughout his entire life. His wife preceded in death in the year of 1925. For several years Mr. Hussey operated a restaurant in Argos.
Mr. Hussey was a member of the Argos Christian church and the Masonic Order, of Argos. The survivors are a daughter, Mrs. David JOHNSON, of Niles, Mich., and a grandson.
The funeral services will be conducted at the Argos Christian church, Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock with the Rev. A. M. THOMAS, officiating. The Masons will also administer their rites. The body may be viewed at the Grossman funeral home up until one p.m. Wednesday at which time it will be removed to the church where it will lie in state until the hour of the funeral. Interment will be made in the Buck cemetery near Argos.

Brookston, Ind., March 31. -- Funeral services will be held from the residence here this afternoon at 2 o'clock for Mrs. Harriett PRICE, 78, who died Saturday after an extended illness and burial will be made in Spring Vale cemetery, Lafayette. Rev. C. A. MITCHELL will officiate.
The deceased was born at Kewanna, the daughter of Capt. and Mrs. A. T. JACKSON and 57 years ago married W. F. MOORE. Following his death she married George PRICE in 1920. She had lived here for 16 years.
Surviving with her husband are three sons, O. J. MOORE of Brookston, Otto T. [MOORE] and Howard MOORE of Chicago; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; a brother, A. T. JACKSON, of Batavia, Ill.; and a sister, Mrs. Verda PARIS of Brooklyn, N.Y.

Wednesday, April 1, 1936

Attorney Daniel PERRY received word Tuesday of the death of his mother-in-law, Mrs. D. H. SHIELDS, aged 85, which occurred at her home in Cadiz, Ohio Monday.
Death was due to injuries which Mrs. Shields suffered in a fall last Year in which fall she suffered a fracture of the hip. She had been an invalid since her injury.
Mrs. Perry was at her mother's bedside when she passed away. Mrs. Perry has been caring for her mother practically the entire time since she was injured.

Mrs. Shields was well known in this city and had often visited her daughter. Her last visit to Rochester was two years ago. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church at Adena, Ohio.
Mrs. Perry and a son, Rev. R. J. SHIELDS, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Marshtown, Pa., are the only immediate survivors.
The funeral services were held today from the Adena Presbyterian Church with burial in the cemetery at Adena.

Carl F. STEGEMANN, aged 77, for many years a resident of this city, died at 10:45 o'clock Wednesday morning. Death was due to heart trouble and followed an illness of two years. For the past week the deceased had been in a serious condition.
Mr. Stegemann was born in Elman, Germany on December 10, 1856, and was one of eight children born to the marriage of Carl and Mary STEGEMANN. The deceased was the last survivor of his immediate family.
In a ceremony which was performed at Odessa, Germany on September 14, 1892, the deceased was married to Miss Augusta ROSE. Mr. and Mrs. Stegemann came to this country sailing from Stalburg, Germany in 1893.
Arriving in New york they went to the German consul's office and were informed that the late Charles BEEHLER, farmer of Richland township wanted a young German couple to work on his farm at Rochester, Indiana.
Through correspondence with the consul, Mr. Beehler employed Mr. and Mrs. Stegemann. For many years, Mr. Stegemann was a farmer, truck gardner and florist. Many of his flower plants have won national renown.
Survivors are the widow; two daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth CORNELL, Rochester, and Mrs. Harry HALL, South Bend; a son, Carl STEGEMANN, Jr., of this city, and five grandchildren.
The funeral arrangements had not been completed at the time The News-Sentinel went to press.

Miss Ella PICKENS, aged 67, died at her home in Argos Tuesday morning. Death was due to complications and followed an illness of several months.
The deceased was born in Argos on January 1, 1869 and was the daughter of Jacob and Sarah PICKENS. A half-sister, Mrs. Margaret WHITED, is the only immediate survivor.
The funeral services will be held from the Grossman Chapel in Argos at 10:30 o'clock Thursday morning with the Rev. A. N. THOMAS, pastor of the Argos Christian Church officiating.
Burial will be made in the Maple Grove Cemetery at Argos.

Charles Adam HINDEL, 63, died in the Kelly hospital in Argos at 6 o'clock Monday evening after an illness of six months. Mr. Hindel had lived in Marshall county all his life. He lived a mile and a quarter west of Inwood.
Besides his wife, Minnie [HINDEL], he is survived by two children, Gerald HINDEL of Inwood, and Lois HINDEL, at home. Two brothers, Lest [HINDEL] of South Bend, and Guy [HINDEL] of Wabash; a sister, Mrs. Nora ZUMBAUGH of Mishawaka, and seven grandchildren also survive.
Mr. Hindel was a member of the Woodmen of the World. The body was removed to the Danielson Funeral Home in Plymouth and later returned to the Hindel home Tuesday afternoon.
Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the M.E. Church at Inwood with burial in Oak Hill cemetery. Rev. HART will have charge of the services.
Lewis ZECHIEL, aged 89, well known resident of Culver, died at his home there Monday afternoon. He was a school teacher at Culver for a number of years. Survivors are four sons, a daughter, and three brothers. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon.

Thursday, April 2, 1936

Funeral services for Carl STEGEMANN, who died Wednesday morning at his home north of Rochester, will be held Friday afternoon, 2:30 p.m. Services will be conducted from the Stegeemann home with Rev. W. J. SCHROER in charge. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery.

Mrs. Laura SOWERS, aged 77, a pioneer resident of Miami county, died Thursday morning at her home near Macy, following a three months' illness. Death was due to complication.
Laura Rebecca POWELL was born near Pleasant Hill, June 11th, 1857, the daughter of William and Sarah POWELL. On March 16, 1876, she was united in marriage to John W. SOWERS.
Mr. and Mrs. Sowers lived the greater portion of their lives in and near the Macy community. Mrs. Sowers was a member of the United Brethren Church at Rochester.
Survivors are the husband; four sons, Leslie [SOWERS], Verl [SOWERS], Earl [SOWERS] and Ross [SOWERS], all of Macy; six grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Martha KING of Akron, and a brother, Oliver POWELL of Rochester. A sister, Mrs. Jane BEMENDERFER of Rochester, preceded in death.
Services will be conducted Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Macy Methodist Church with Rev. E. E. LUTES in charge. Burial will be made in Plainview cemetery near Macy.

An infant son, born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles BALDWIN, of Leiters Ford, passed away at Woodlawn hospital this city, a few hours after its birth. The baby had been named Charles [BALDWIN], Jr.
Funeral services for the infant were conducted Thursday afternoon at the Baldwin home near Leiters Ford. Mrs. Baldwin was formerly Miss Ruby HENDERSON, of Leiters Ford.

Friday, April 3, 1936

William E. SPOTTS, aghed 88, a former resident of Rochester, died at his home in Goshen, Thursday after a long illness.
Mr. Spotts was born in Fulton county, but had resided in Goshen for the past 45 years.
Survivors are the widow and three sons, Fred [SPOTTS] and Ray [SPOTTS] of Goshen and James [SPOTTS] of South Bend.
The funeral services will be held in Goshen Saturday afternoon with interment at Goshen.

Mrs. Isabelle A. [JEWELL] ADAMSON, aged 74, a pioneer resident of Rochester, passed away at 11:20 a.m. Thursday at 1112 South Elm street. Death resulted from a complication of diseases following an illness of two years' duration. Mrs. Adamson, who resided in this community for practically all of her life had made a host acquaintance of friends throughout the city and county.

Isabelle A., daughter of Robert S. and Lucetta JEWELL was born in Charlottsville, Indiana, on November 2nd, 1861 and when still quite young took up her residency in the vicinity of Rochester. In the year of 1883, she was united in wedlock to Homer L. ADAMSON. Her husband preceded in death a few years ago, from injuries suffered in an automobile accident. Mrs. Adamson was a member of the Rochester Evangelical church and was an active worker in that organization.
The survivors are four sons, Edgar A. [ADAMSON], of Rochester; Clarence [ADAMSON], of Plymouth, Mich.; Arthur [ADAMSON], of Detroit; Roy [ADAMSON], of Mentone; one daughter, Mrs. Emerson FELDER, of West Palm Beach, Florida; and a brother, Wilbur JEWELL, of Belvidere, Ill.
Funeral services will be conducted at the home of Edgar Adamson, 1218 Pontiac street, on Saturday afternoon at two o'clock. Rev. L. E. SMITH, of the Evangelical church will officiate. Interment will be made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.

Charles DANIELS, lifelong resident of Akron, succumbed Friday morning at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kelsey YEAGLEY, West Rochester street, in Akron. Stomach trouble, which Mr. Daniels had suffered for a period of two years brought about his death.
The deceased was quite well known throughout the eastern sections of the county and was an active worker in the Democratic party until ill health forced his retirement.
Charles, son of Daniel and Harriett (MILLER) DANIELS, was born on a farm near Akron on September 5th, 1872. He was a member of the Church of God, and the Knights of Pythias lodge. Up until his last illness he was employed on the Jack MORRIS stock farm, east of Akron. No immediate relatives other than several nephews and nieces survive.
Funeral arrangements had not been announced as this issue of The News-Sentinel went to press. The body lies in state at the Case funeral home, in Akron.

Mrs. Elliott [M.] [C. Frances McINTYRE] BAILEY, aged 35, died at 4:45 o'clock Thursday afternoon while visiting in the home of her sister Mrs. Gordon MILLER at the corner of Twelfth and Jefferson streets.
Death was due to a cerebral hemorrhage. Mrs. Bailey had been sick for the past eight weeks but was feeling much better yesterday and accepted a dinner invitation from her sister, Mrs. Miller. This was the first time she had left her home, since her recent illness.
The deceased was born in this city on May 31, 1900 and was the daughter of Daniel and Effie (RICHARDSON) McINTYRE. She lived in Rochester all of her life except for seven years when she resided in South Bend.
In a ceremony which was performed in Fort Wayne on September 17, 1922 the deceased was married to Elliott BAILEY. Mrs. Bailey graduated from Rochester High School in 1919. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Survivors are the husband; son Lear [BAILEY] at home; mother; two sisters, Mrs. MILLER and Miss Millicent McINTYRE, New York City; three brothers, Ernest McINTYRE, Los Angeles, Cal.; Lovell [McINTYRE] and Jesse McINTYRE of this city and a number of nieces and nephews.
Private funeral services will be held from the home of Mrs. Gordon Miller at 2 p.m. Saturday with the Rev. T. L. STOVALL officiating. Interment will be made in the Rochester Mausoleum.

Saturday, April 4, 1936

Funeral services for the late Charles DANIELS who died at Akron Friday morning will be held from the Church of God in Akron at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Rev. L. W. HEDGES will officiate and interment will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery at Akron. Mr. Daniels was a victim of stomach trouble. He was a school teacher at Akron for a number of years and served as postmaster of Akron for four years.
Monday, April 6, 1936

Mrs. William S. [Martha A. MILLER] WYNN, aged 62, a life long resident of Fulton county, died suddenly at her home in the Whippoorwill neighborhood northwest of this city at 10 o'clock Sunday night. Death was due to a cerebral hemorrhage.
The deceased was born on a farm northwest of this city on January 21, 1874 and was the daughter of William and Catherine (MEHLING) MILLER. She was a member of the Methodist Church at Richland Center.
Survivors are the husband; three sons, William WYNN, Argos and Charles [WYNN] and Robert Lee WYNN, Culver; three daughters, Mrs. Catherine E. PERSONETTE, Kenewich, Wash.; Mrs. Tad BUTLER, Rochester, and Miss Olive WYNN, at home; three sisters; brother and 19 grandchildren.
The funeral services will be held from the Richland Center Methodist Church at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery at Richland Center.

Tuesday, April 7, 1936

Mr. and Mrs. John HAGAN are in receipt of a letter from Lyman W. Goss, Garfield, Washington, telling of the demise of Isiah GOSS, a former citizen of this county, well remembered by many of the older residents. His passing was due to paralytic attacks, the third being fatal.
Isiah Goss, son of Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel GOSS, was born in Liberty township, April 27, 1854, passed to advanced life at his home in Garfield, Wash., March 29, 1936, aged 81 years, 11 months and 2 days.
The letter states that the deceased passed away in the confident consciousness of the Saviour's love and the blessing of life in that house not made with hands, the physical sleep that knows no awakening coming to him as that peace divine surpassing human understanding. The deceased left Fulton county for the great western expanse some thirty years ago, but returned on visits on two occasions. He was twice married, no data at hand for this writer, further than to state that each mate preceded him to the better world.
No children were left, but two sisters and three brothers survive, Mrs. John HAGAN, of Rochester and Mrs. Mollie BADER, of Basil, Ohio; John B. [GOSS] and Lyman W. GOSS, of Garfield, Wash., and Frank GOSS, Plymouth, Ind. There are many relatives and friends who sorrow because of his departure, both in his far western home and here in Fulton county.
Funeral services and interment occurred at Garfield, Wash.

Death Tuesday claimed the life of John W. SOWERS, aged 90, Civil war veteran, just five days after the death of his wife, Mrs. Laura SOWERS. Mr. Sowers resided on a farm one-half a mile west of Macy.
The deceased died from hypostatic pneumonia following an illness of three days. Mr. Sowers has been in ill health for several years. Death occurred at 1 a.m.

Mr. Sowers was born in Allen county, Ohio, on April 22, 1845, the son of Williard and Sarah SOWERS. When he was twelve years of age, his family moved to Macy, since which time he has resided in that community.
Mr. Sowers enlisted in the northern army in the Civil war. He was a private in Company K of 93rd Regiment of Indiana Volunteers. He enlisted on August 21, 1863 and was honorably discharged on March 23, 1864.
The deceased followed the occupation of farming. Mr. and Mrs. Sowers celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary on March 16, 1936. Mr. Sowers was a member of the United Brethren Church of this city and the G.A.R.
Survivors are four sons, Leslie [SOWERS], Earl [SOWERS], Verl [SOWERS] and Ross [SOWERS], all of Macy; brother, Peter SOWERS, Akron; and six grandchildren.
The funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Methodist Church in Macy with Rev. Noah McCOY of North Manchester officiating. Burial will be made in the Plainview Cemetery at Macy.
Friends have been requested by the family to please omit flowers.

Wednesday, April 8, 1936

Funeral services for the late Mrs. Mary JONES, who died at her home near Burket Monday night, will be held from the church at Palestine at 2 p.m. Thursday. Mrs. Jones had a number of friends in this city who have been advised of her death.

Charles GANSCH, 71, retired farmer, died at his home in Culver, Monday. For many years he lived on a farm near Delong. The deceased was born in Germany and came to America when 25 years of age. Funeral services are to be conducted Thursday at 1 p.m. from the Easterday Chapel in Culver, followed by burial in the Masonic cemetery at Culver.

Thursday, April 9, 1936

Rochester and Peru friends of Mrs. Richard [Elizabeth NORRIS] LANDGRAVE were stunned Wednesday afternoon, when the news of her sudden demise which occurred at 1:30 o'clock at Woodlawn hospital, became current. Her death resulted from an embolism which followed a gall bladder operation. Mrs. Landgrave had suffered severe and numerous attacks of gall bladder trouble for the past several weeks. The deceased had a legion of friends in Rochester, Peru and Chicago, all of whom deeply deplore her untimely death.
Elizabeth, daughter of Harry and Fern NORRIS, was born in Rochester, Ind., on July 21st, 1909. A few years of her childhood were spent with her parents during their residency in Peru and Logansport. Before she attained school age the family returned to this city, where Elizabeth resided until the completion of her high school education, in the class of 1927. Immediately following her graduation, she enrolled for nurses training in the St. Luke hospital of Chicago and graduated from that institution with high honors. On July 15, 1930 she was united in marriage to George Richard LANDGRAVE. The ceremony being pronounced in South Bend, Ind., where her husband was completing a course in the Notre Dame law school. Following the Landgraves residency in South Bend, they removed to Peru, Ind., where they resided at 15 West Spring street.
Mrs. Landgrave was a member of the Rochester Methodist church, the Tri Kappa Ssorority, of Peru, and the Miami County Nurses Association.
The survivors are, the husband; a daughter, Suzanne Lynn [LANDGRAVE], aged 2, of Peru; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry NORRIS; a grandmother, Mrs. A. E. COLLINS; an aunt and uncle, Mrs. Arthur E. WILE and Harry THALMAN and a cousin, Mrs. J. Murray McCARTY, all of this city.
The funeral services will be conducted at the Norris home, 914 Madison street, on Friday afternoon at two-thirty o'clock.
Rev. T. L. STOVALL, of the Methodist church will officiate. Interment will be made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.

Friday, April 10, 1936

Stephen A. KESLER, aged 83, who was better known by his many friends as Tony KESLER, died at 2:45 o'clock Friday morning at his home three miles southeast of Fulton. Death was due to heart trouble and followed an illness of two months.
The deceased was born in Franklin county, Virginia on December 11, 1852 and has resided near Fulton for the past 70 years where he followed the occupation of farming.
Mr. Kesler was the son of Daniel and Martha KESLER. He was a bachelor. Only nieces and cousins survive. All of his brothers and sisters preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be held from the Baptist Church at Metea at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Interment will be made in the Metea Cemetery.

Saturday, April 11, 1936

Daniel WILDERMUTH, age 88, well known and prominent farmer of Fulton county, passed away at eleven o'clock Friday night at his home five miles south of Athens. Mr. Wildermuth had been ill for the past six months, but his condition was regarded serious for the past three weeks. Death was due to hardening of the arteries.
Daniel, son of Soloman and Emma WILDERMUTH, was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, on November 15, 1847. When fourteen years of age he came with his parents, to Indiana, and they resided west of Rochester. He has lived near Athens for the past 29 years. In 1880 at Rochester, he was married to Miss Emma NESS, who survives. The deceased was a member of the Church of God at Akron.
Survivors are the widow; one son, Ray [WILDERMUTH], at home; two sisters, Mrs. Alice FREE of Logansport, and Mrs. Jennie MARTIN of Los Angeles, California; and one brother, Joseph WILDERMUTH of South Bend. Three grandchildren all survive. Mr. Wildermuth was one of eleven children.
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at two o'clock at the Church of God, in Akron, with Rev. Daniel SLAYBAUGH officiating. Burial will be held at the Odd Fellows cemetery.

Mrs. Harriett E. [MANNING] SANDERS, aged 74, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Orval ZIMMERMAN at 5 o'clock Friday afternoon. She had been in ill health for the past five years, due to heart trouble, and serious since Sunday.
The deceased was born at Gessie, Ind., on November 24, 1861. She was the daughter of Lawrence and Armilda (SWIHART) MANNING. She had lived in Fulton county for the past thirty-five years, coming here from Iowa.
Mrs. Sanders was a member of the Madison Avenue Christian Church. She was married to Will F. SANDERS at Fairmount, Ill., on August 6, 1884. Mr. Sanders preceded his wife in death on November 20, 1935.

Mrs. Sanders made all the arrangements for her funeral in a letter written in 1934, which she left to her immediate family and which was opened after her death. These requests are to be cvarried out by the family.
In her letter to her family as to her funeral, Mrs. Sanders named the pallbearers, gave the passages of scripture she wanted read, the songs to be rendered, asked the omission of flowers and that the funeral be private and only for the members of her own family and immediate friends.
Survivors are three daughters, Mrs. ZIMMERMAN, Mrs.Guy BRYANT and Mrs. Wayne COOK of near Akron; three sons, Delbert [SANDERS] and Marion [SANDERS] of Rochester, and Vern [SANDERS], Kewanna; two brothers, Grant MANNING, Rochester and Oscar MANNING, Aztec, N.M.; three sisters, Mrs. Lon BUSBY, Danville, Ill.; Miss Lillie MANNING, Denver, Colo., and Mrs. T. J. GAUMER, Rochester; 18 grandchildren, and four great grandchildren. Three sons preceded their mother in death.
The private funeral rites are to be held from the Val Zimmerman Parlors at 2 p.m. Monday with the Rev. Harold TURPIN officiating. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.

The out of town friends and relatives who attended the funeral services of Mrs. Richard LANDGRAVE, Friday afternoon, were:
Mrs. Robert TILLETT, Mrs. Hugh WAGNER, Mr. and Mrs. Harry BOHN, Mr. and Mrs. Howard GORDON, Mr. and Mrs. George B. FISHER, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph DOYLE, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur SCHEERER, Mr. and Mrs. Dick McELHENY, Miss Jane Mercedes LANDGRAVE, Mr. and Mrs. Dale LANDGRAVE, Mrs Carl KELLER, Miami County Nurses representative, Peru Tri Kappa representatives, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence VanGILDER, Mr. and Mrs. Russell FINSTER, Mr. and Mrs. Harve HAHN, Ammon DEWALD, Chet MELSON, Frank EVANS, Norman LUNDT, Jesse KUNKLE, Mr. and Mrs. Robert TEMPLE, Mr. and Mrs. Mac SENGER, Mr. and Mrs. John McCREARY, Mr. and Mrs. Ray RIGSLEY, Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth BURKE, Mr. and Mrs. Woldon HANSON, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd SARGENT, Basil SMITH, Mr. and Mrs. Frank WAITE, Mr. and Mrs. Lew MARBURGER, Judge TILLETT, Judge PHELPS, Mr. & Mrs. Ora HAINES, Mr. and Mrs. Harold MARBURGER, all of Peru; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. LATTENDRESSE, of Marion; Mrs. Ruth DONOVAN, Mrs. Olivene KUMLER REYNOLDS, Miss Elizabeth STEEL, Mr. and Mrs. Joe RYALL, Mrs. PHILLIPS, all of Chicago; and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer COOK, of South Bend.

Following an illness of nine months, Mrs. Effie [McCLANAHAN] ROSS, age 62 years, passed away at the home of her sister, Mrs. Tressie KESLER in Akron, Friday afternoon at 3:30. The deceased suffered from complications, following an operation more than a year ago.
Effie, daughter of Thomas and Harriett McCLANAHAN, was born May 10, 1873, in Kosciusko county. She was married in Rochester, on October 31, 1925 to William ROSS, who preceded her in death three years ago. She resided practically all of her life in this county, having come here when she was a small girl. She was a member of the Methodist Protestant Church at Lincoln, east of Akron.
She is survived by one sister, Mrs. KESLER of Akron; two nieces, Mrs. Russell ENGLE of Dyer, and Mrs. Walter HOFFMAN of Huntington; and two nephews, Adrian KESLER of Fort Wayne and Howard KESLER of Hammond.
Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 1:30 at the Akron Church of God with Rev. Daniel SLAYBAUGH in charge. Burial will be held at Tippecanoe.

Mrs. Clara Belle O'BLENNIS, 52, passed away Saturday morning at 7:30 a.m. at her home one mile west of the Grandview church, in Richland township. Death resulted from acute inflammation of the gall bladder following an illness of ten days duration. The deceased who had been a resident of Richland township throughout her entire life had a wide acquaintance of friends in the northern section of the county.
Mrs. O'Blennis, who was born on a farm in Richland township on May 19, 1883, was the daughter of Jacob and Angelina BRINEY. On August 2nd, 1900, she was united in wedlock to Luther KUHN, who preceded in death. Several years later she was married to John O'BLENNIS, who also succumbed in the year of 1913. Mrs. O'Blennis was a member of the Grandview Evangelical church. The survivors are three sons, Clarence KUHN, at home, Calvin KUHN of Rochester, Harlow KUHN, of Leiters Ford; a daughter, Mrs. Gladys JONES, of Flint, Mich.; five grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. Mary OVERMYER, of Rochester.
Funeral services in charge of Rev. HANEY will be conducted at the Grandview church Monday afternoon two o'clock. Interment will be made in the South Germany cemetery.

Charles A. HUMBARGER of Tippecanoe, passed away at the Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester, at 4:30 o'clock Friday morning, April 10. Death followed an illness of two months due to complications.
He was born May 16, 1864, at Columbia City, Ind., and was 71 years, 10 months and 24 days old.
Surviving are his wife, a son, Fred HUMBARGER; a daughter, Dorothy HECK of Tippecanoe; four grandsons; and a sister, Mrs. Minerva DAWSON.
He was a member of the M. P. church at Tippecanoe.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the M. P. church at Tippecanoe, Rev. BURGESS officiating.

Monday, April 13, 1936

James Monroe SNYDER, aged 83, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Fern STRUCKMAN, 196 North Main street at 6:20 o'clock Sunday evening. Death was due to a stroke of paralysis which he suffered three weeks ago. The deceased had been in ill health for the past three years.
Mr. Snyder was born in Fairfield County, Ohio on January 27, 1853 and was the son of Henry and Abigail SNYDER. He had lived in Rochester for the past thirty years where he followed the occupation of a farmer and gardner.
In a ceremony which was performed in Carroll county on July 9, 1876, Mr. Snyder was married to Viola PETERSON.
Survivors are the widow; three daughters Mrs. Manford HELVIE, Lenon, Michigan; Mrs. Fern STRUCKMAN and Mrs. Ray WHITE, Culver; sister, Mrs. Mary TAYLOR, Lancaster, Ohio; ten grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
The funeral services will be held from the Evangelical Church at 2 p.m. Wednesday with the Rev. Lloyd E. SMITH in charge. Burial will be made in the Citizens Cemetery.

Harrison MARTIN, aged 71, passed away Saturday evening at 9:30 o'clock, at his residence 416 East 10th street, this city. Death resulted from heart trouble following an illness of but a week's duration. The deceased had been a resident of Fulton county for over fifty years, most of which time he followed the occupation of farming.

Harrison, son of John and Derushia MARTIN was born in Hancock county, Indiana on September 5th, 1864. When still quite young he removed to Fulton county where he later took up farm work. On October 4th, 1887 he was united in wedlock to Rosetta WYNN, the ceremony being pronounced in this city. The deceased was a member of the Church of God. The survivors are the widow, at home; two brothers, George MARTIN, of Logansport; Frank MARTIN, of Akron; three sisters, Belle YOCUM and Minnie MIKELS, of Lake Cicott, Ind.; Mrs. Clara DISINGER, of near Logansport; a foster daughter, Bertha BROCKWAY, of South Bend; and several nieces and nephews. Three children preceded their father in death.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock at the Rochester Church of God. Rev. Herbert M. RIGGLE, pastor of the Church of God will have charge of the rites. Interment will be made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.

William C. BRIGHT, 63, well known lumber buyer, of Akron, succumbed at his home in that city, Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Mr. Bright suffered a stroke of paralysis three weeks ago and resultant complications brought about his demise. The Akron citizen, however, had been in ill health since 1929, in which year he suffered a hip fracture. The deceased had a wide acquaintance of friends throughout the entire county.
Mr. Bright, who was the son of John and Minerva BRIGHT was born on a farm east of Akron, on August 5th, 1872. He had been a resident of Henry Township for practically all of his life. On August 22, 1901, he was united in marriage to Melissa E. HOFFMAN, the wedlock ceremony being pronounced at Carrington, North Dakota. Mr. Bright was well known throughout this section of the state through his activities in the lumber and timber buying business. He also owned several saw mills. The deceased was a member of the Lincoln Methodist Protestant church.
The survivors are the widow; two sons, Keith [BRIGHT], of Akron, and Eugene [BRIGHT], of Rochester; his mother, Mrs. Minerva BRIGHT; and a sister, Miss Ethel BRIGHT, also of Akron.
Funeral services will be held at the Akron Methodist church, Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock. The Rev. Roy HELMS, of Frankfort, will officiate. Burial will be made in the Akron I.O.O.F. cemetery.

Mrs. George KESLER, aged 78, died at her home in the Whippoorwill neighborhood, northwest of the city, at 10:30 o'clock Sunday morning. Death was due to complications and followed an illness of several years duration.
The deceased was born in Ohio and was the daughter of Ludwig and Catherine MARSHALL. She had lived in Fulton county for seventy years. She was married to George KESLER in a ceremony which was performed in this city on February 19, 1894.
Survivors are the husband, and two daughters, Mrs. Dollie McGLEE and Mrs. Anna WEIR, both of whom live in the Richland Center neighborhood.
The funeral services will be held from the home at 2 p.m. Wednesday with the Rev. Harold HANEY of Nappanee in charge. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery at Richland Center.

Tuesday, April 14, 1936

Mrs. Marie [YOUNG] BAKER, 71, widow of the late Attorney M. A. BAKER, died at the home of her foster-daughter, Mrs. William BALDWIN, who resides in the Loyal neighborhood, west of the city at 9 o'clock Monday evening. Death was due to organic heart disease and followed an illness of one year.
The deceased was born in Cobleskill, N.Y., on December 29, 1864 and was the daughter of William and Orletta YOUNG. Mr. and Mrs. Baker came to this city in 1888, when Mr. Baker opened a law office here.
Mr. Baker died on December 1, 1922, Shortly after her husband's death, Mrs. Baker moved to Rock Island, Ill., where she was employed in the auditing department of a department store.
Mrs. Baker returned to this city in June 1934 to make her residence. The deceased during her lifetime was active in church, social and civic circles of Rochester. She was a member of the St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Plymouth.
Survivors are the foster-daughter, Mrs. BALDWIN, a foster-son, Glen BAKER, Rock Island, and a number of distant relatives, who reside in Cobleskill, N.Y.
The funeral services will be held from the Val Zimmerman Funeral Apartment at 2 p.m. Thursday with Rev. C. D. MADOX, rector of the St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Plymouth, officiating. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Wednesday, April 15, 1936

Mrs. William CLINKER, age 63, died in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Paul COX, who resides on a farm northwest of Akron at four o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Death was due to complications and followed an illness of ten years duration.
The deceased was born on a farm north of Silver Lake and was the daughter of Mahlom and Maria RICKEL. She was married to William CLINKER forty years ago and moved to Fulton county to reside thirty-four years ago.
The stork and death angel both paid a visit to the Cox home within a period of twenty-four hours. Monday afternoon, Mrs. Cox gave birth to twins a boy and a girl, both of whom are doing well.
Survivors of Mrs. Clinker are her husband; daughter, Mrs. COX; son, Ivan CLINKER, who resides in Akron and seven grandchildren.
The funeral services will be held from the United Brethren Church in Akron at 2 p.m. Thursday with the Rev. Daniel SLAYBAUGH in charge. Burial will be made in the Mt. Hope Cemetery, near Akron.

Thursday, April 16, 1936

Mrs. Dee I. [Ida F. SHERMAN] ULRICH, aged 45, died in the Woodlawn Hospital at 3:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. The deceased had been in ill health for several years and recently underwent an operation.
Mrs. Ulrich was a life long resident of Fulton county. She was born on May 22, 1890 and was the daughter of George and Matilda SHERMAN. She was married on September 28, 1911.
Mr. and Mrs. Ulrich lived on a farm, one mile northwest of the city. They previously had resided on a farm west of this city. Mrs. Ulrich was a member of the Rochester United Brethren Church.
Survivors are the husband; three daughters, Ruth [ULRICH], Pearl [ULRICH] and Velma [ULRICH], all at home; the father and two sisters, Mrs. Madie DAUGHERTY, Chalmers, and Mrs. Emma WILSON, Kewanna.
The funeral services will be held from the Rochester United Brethren Church at 2 p.m. Friday with the Rev. Loren STINE officiating. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery.

Ezra RING, age 79, passed away at his home, one and one-half miles west of Silver Lake at 5:30 Tuesday afternoon of heart failure, after two weeks' illness.
The deceased, a retired farmer, had resided on the farm at which he died for over half a century.
His wife preceded him in death four years ago. He is survived by three sons and a daughter, Mrs. Celia LINDSEY, Warsaw; Charles [RING], North Manchester; Ira [RING], Silver Lake, and Perry [RING], Warsaw. Also two half-brothers and 15 grandchildren survive.
The funeral was held at the Silver Lake United Brethren Church at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Rev. H. R. OHLE officiated, with interment in the Silver Lake cemetery.

Harvey F. LONG , aged 69, a prominent farmer of Henry township died at his home four miles southwest of Akron at 2:50 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Death was due to complications and followed an illness of two years. The deceased was in a serious condition for the past three months.
Mr. Long was a life long resident of Fulton county. He was born on November 25, 1866 on a farm near Akron. His parents were John and Hannah (SHAFER) LONG.
The deceased was twice married. His first marriage was to Mary RICEBARGER. To this union one child was born, the late Mrs. Alpha WALTERS, who died in 1918. His second marriage was to Laura CHESTNUT on January 15 1893. Mr. Long was a member of the Methodist Church at Akron.
Survivors are the widow; daughter Mrs. Ruth NYE, Akron; two sisters Mrs. Frank TEETER and Mrs. Noah BROWN, both of Akron and four grandchildren.
The funeral services will be held from the Akron Methodist Church at 2 p.m. Friday with the Rev. J. F. STEPHENSON in charge. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery west of Akron.

Friday, April 17, 1936

Warsaw, Ind., April 17. -- Ira SNOBARGER, 70, prominent retired business man of Silver Lake, near here, was killed Thursday when he lost control of his automobile as he was stricken with paralysis. The car crashed against a tree near his home.

Logansport, Ind., April 17. -- Mrs. Basil [Lela] BONNELL CASTLE, 33 years old, of 1917 East Broadway, died at 3:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon at St. Joseph's hospital where she underwent an emergency appendectomy April 10. She was Miss Lela BONNELL before her marriage which took place on April 5.
Surviving with the husband are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. BONNELL, of 1917 East Broaadway; and two brothers, Dr. Cecil BONNELL of 109 East Linden avenue and Donald BONNELL of 1531 Spear street.
Funeral services will be held at Chase and Miller chapel Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock with the Rev. J. DROVER Forward of the Baptist Temple officiating.
Mrs. Castle was a native of Star City, Ind., but spent practically her entire life in Logansport. Her marriage to Mr. Castle took place April 4. [sic]

Logansport, Ind., April 17. -- Seized with a heart attack, James J. GILL, 28 years old, father of two small children, died suddenly at his home in 710 Fourteenth street at 9:45 o'clock Thursday night. He came to Logansport three years ago from Grass Creek and had been employed on WPA work.
Surviving are his wife, Pearl SHANKS GILL, formerly of Lucerne, and the children, Marjorie [GILL], two years old and Charlotte [GILL], one. An orphan, Mr. Gill was reared by Mrs. Rose O'BRIEN of west of Grass Creek.
Coroner M. B. STEWART investigated.

Saturday, April 18, 1936

Horatio S. ROHRABAUGH, 69, prominent farmer south of Delphi, died of a heart attack at his home Friday morning at ten o'clock. The funeral services will be held at the Delphi Presbyterian Church Sunday afternoon at two o'clock. Burial will be made at Colburn. Mr. Rohrabaugh was an uncle of Mrs. Charles R. EILER of this city.

Mrs. Samuel PLANTZ, age 71, who resided in the Bruce Lake neighborhood, six miles northwest of Kewanna, died in the Carneal Hospital in Winamac, at 11:30 o'clock Friday morning. She had been in failing health for a year but her condition was not considered critical until two weeks ago.
The deceased was the daughter of John and Lydia MILLER. She was born on a farm near Kewanna on March 15, 1865 and had resided in the county of her birth her entire lifetime. Mrs. Plantz was a devout member of the Zion Methodist Protestant Church.
Surviving are the husband; two step-children Fred PLANTZ, Rochester, and Mrs. Edith WHITMER, South Bend, and a brother Jacob MILLER who resides on farm near Kewanna.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday from Zion Methodist Protestant church. Interment will be in Bruce Lake cemetery. The body is at Harrison funeral home, Kewanna, where friends may call.

Monday, April 20, 1936

Orville GINTHER, aged 47, died at 3:20 o'clock Monday morning in the Logansport State Hospital after an illness of several years duration.
The deceased was born on the Ginther homestead two and a half miles west of Leiters Ford on May 29, 1889. His parents were George and Clementine GINTHER.
Survivors are three brothers, Horace GINTHER, Logansport; Ray GINTHER, Mishawaka and Herman GINTHER, South Bend; a sister, Mrs. Margaret KROHMES, Chicago and numerous other relatives.
The funeral services will be held from the Luckenbill Chapel in Leiters Ford at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon with Rev. M. W. CRIDER officiating. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery, at Leiters Ford.

Mrs. Ida CRABILL received word Sunday evening of the death of her nephew, Dan BROWN, aged 55, which occurred at his home in Hammond at 7:30 p.m.
Death it is thought was due to a stroke of paralysis. Mr. Brown had been in ill health for the past two years following a stroke of paralysis which he suffered at that time.
Mr. Brown was a native of this city. He for many years, was the local agent for the Wells-Fargo Express Company.

The deceased was later transferred to Hammond by the Express Company. He became quite prominent in Republican party circles and was elected mayor of Hammond for two terms. While in Hammond, he was engaged in the real estate business.
Survivors are the widow and a son, Robert [BROWN], who reside in Hammond. The funeral arrangements had not been completed at the time The News-Sentinel went to press.

Bobby Lee [PURDUE], twenty-day-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry PURDUE, died at the home of his parents, 1015 South Elm Street at 5:10 o'clock Monday morning. Death was due to a hemorrhage. The child was born on March 30, 1936.
Survivors are the parents; four sisters, Audrey [PURDUE], Edna [PURDUE], Dannizetti [PURDUE] and Ethel Maxine [PURDUE], all at home and the grandparents who reside in Virginia.
The funeral services will be held from the Purdue residence at 2 p.m. Tuesday with Rev. Loren STINE, pastor of the United Brethren Church, in charge. Burial will be made in Rochester Citizens Cemetery.

Ed HARTMAN, aged 41, Detroit, Mich., a boss canvassman with the COLE BROTHERS-CLYDE BEATTY Circus, was instantly killed at 3:30 o'clock Sunday morning, when a truck which he was driving collided head-on with a touring car driven by Henry MARONEY, a farmer living near Fletchers Lake.
The accident occurred six miles north of Logansport in State Road 25 while Hartman, accompanied by Charles EASTWOOD, of this city, was southbound to Logansport and Maroney was northbound in the state road.
The truck in which Hartman and Eastwood were riding was one belonging to A. C. BRADLEY, who is Eastwood's employer and which was being used without the owner's consent. The truck was demolished.
Hartman received his fatal injuries when his head was crushed in the door of the cab of the truck, when the vehicle turned over into the ditch after the crash.
Maroney and Eastwood were thrown clear of the wreckage and indications were that Hartman was making a desperate attempt to leave the cab of the truck when it turned over.
The first motorist to reach the scene was Willard RAZER, Logansport, who was accompanied by Miss Dorothy THOMAS of this city. Razer summoned help from Fulton and Logansport.
Dr. M. B. STEWART, Logansport, Cass county coroner and Sheriff Dewey SCHMIDT of Logansport, drove to the scene of the fatal crash. By that time, passing motorists had taken Maroney and Eastwood to the Cass County Hospital in Logansport.
Maroney was practically scalped and is now confined to the hospital. Eastwood's injuries were of a minor nature. He is now being held in the Fulton county jail for investigation.
Hartman, according to circus employees, was not able to drive a truck. Eastwood who does not have a driver's license, states that Hartman was at the wheel of the truck at the time of the crash.
The body of Hartman was moved to the Val Zimmerman Apartment here, where it was prepared for burial. Death, according to Dr. Stewart was caused by a broken neck. Dr. Stewart has set no time for his public inquest.
Mr. Hartman has been employed by circuses for over twenty years. He was a veteran of the World War and served with a Michigan unit during that conflict.
His only immediate survivor is his mother, Mrs. Julia PHIDE, 1338 Warren Avenue, Garden City, Michigan, which is a suburb of Detroit. The body will be sent to Detroit for burial.

Friends in this city received word today of the death of Lewis ENSIGN which occurred at his home in Boise City, Idaho Sunday evening after an illness of three months due to heart trouble. The deceased was a brother of Frank ENSIGN, a former resident of Rochester, who lives in Boise City.

Mrs. Mary MILLER, aged 78, died at her home in Wayne township Sunday afternoon from bronchial pneumonia. She had been in ill health for several years, but had only been seriously ill for the past two weeks.
The deceased was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David RODGERS. She was born on a farm in Wayne township on July 8, 1857 and had lived in this county all of her life. Her husband is Jacob MILLER, whom she married on August 19, 1883.
Survivors are the husband; four sons, Clyde [MILLER], Charles [MILLER] and Earle MILLER, all of Kewanna and Harley MILLER, South Bend; a daughter, Mrs. Oma EMERSON, Fulton; brother, Lambert RODGERS, Dallas, Wis.,; two sisters, Mrs. Leda TONER, South Bend and Mrs. Lulu BUTLER, Akron; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
The funeral services will be held at 1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon from the Church of Christ in Kewanna with Rev. O. G. ALWOOD, of Fulton, officiating. Burial will be made in the Kewanna Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Mrs. Emma A. DENTON died at Logansport Saturday evening and her remains were conveyed to Rochester Sunday morning. Her childhood and early womanhood was spent in this city.
Emma A. McCARTER DENTON, third daughter of the late William and Susanna McCARTER was born August 30th, 1859. Four sisters preceded her to the higher life: Sarah M. HOBBS, Isabella A. LANE, Mary A. SMITH and Ella M. ROBERTS. She is survived by one brother, A. H. McCARTER of this city. After the marriage of the deceased to Geo. H. DENTON, who died several years ago, Mrs. Denton spent the major part of her life in Chicago and in California.
Funeral services will be held at the V. Zimmerman funeral parlor 3:00 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, Rev. TURPIN officiating. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery.

Mrs. Maude HOLDEN has received word of the death of Mrs. Jack WHITE, a former resident of Rochester, who passed away at her home in Miami, Florida last Friday. The funeral arrangements were not given in the letter.
Mrs. White and her husband, who were actors for many years, were members of the HOLDEN STOCK COMPANY and toured the country with the company.
For a number of years the Whites spent their summers in a cottage on the east side of the lake. They had many friends in this city.
Mr. White died in Miami several years ago.

Mrs. J. Howard [Eunice TRIMBLE] REED, aged 67, passed away Sunday evening, seven o'clock at her home, 6 miles northwest of Rochester. Death resulted from a complication of diseases following an illness of six weeks duration. Mrs. Reed had been a resident of Richland Township for all of her life and had a wide acquaintance of friends through both Fulton and Marshall counties.

Eunice, daughter of John and Lydie TRIMBLE, was born on a farm in Richland township, January 28th, 1869. On August 31, 1892 she was united in wedlock to J. Howard REED, the ceremony being pronounced in Rochester, Ind. Mrs. Reed was a member of the Rochester Presbyterian church.
The survivors are the husband; two sons, Robert [REED] and Joseph [REED], both at home; a grandson Robert [REED]; two brothers, Clinton TRIMBLE of Rochester, Jay TRIMBLE of Oakland, California, and a sister, Mrs. Martha EASH, of Muncie.
Funeral services will be held at the Reed home, Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock. Rev. Harold G. TURPIN, pastor of the Rochester Presbyterian church will officiate. Interment will be made in the Rochester I.O.O.F. cemetery.

James HOGAN, aged 93, died at his farm home in Wayne township, three and one-half miles northeast [sic] of Kewanna at 10:30 o'clock Sunday evening.
Death was due to complications incident to old age and followed an illness of several years. The deceased was born on a farm in Wayne township on March 12, 1843, and had spent his entire life-time there where he followed the occupation of farming.
His parents were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas HOGAN. The deceased had never married. He was a member of the St. Ann's Catholic Church at Kewanna.
The only immediate survivor is a brother Joseph HOGAN, who lives in the Avilla Catholic Home at Fort Wayne.
The funeral services will be held from the St. Ann's Catholic Church at Kewanna at 9 a.m. Wednesday with Father Charles SEEBARGER officiating at the mass. Interment will be made in the St. Ann's Cemetery, near Grass Creek.

Sylvester A. CARVEY, aged 68, noted musician and music teacher, died at his home in Macy at 11:15 o'clock, Monday morning. Death was due to a stroke of paralysis which he suffered Saturday. The deceased had been in ill health for three years.
Mr. Carvey lived in Macy all of his life. He was born there on September 8, 1870 and was the son of Peter and Margaret (KING) CARVEY. The deceased was a music teacher and in addition played the trumpet in the WILSON-CARPENTER Orchestra at Peru for many years. Through his connection with the Peru band Mr. Carvey had a wide acquaintanceship in northern Indiana.
The deceased was a member of the Christian Church at Macy. He was married on December 10, 1894 to Laura CLENDENNING of Macy, who preceded him in death on January 9, 1926. A son born to Mr. and Mrs. Carvey died in infancy.
A brother John CARVEY, Macy and a number of nieces and nephews survive.
The funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon from the Christian Church at Macy with the Rev. E. E. LAUGHLIN in charge. Burial will be made in the Plainview cemetery at Macy.

Tuesday, April 21, 1936

Charles E. ANDERSON, 66, for many years a resident of the Leiters Ford community, passed away at 11:40 Monday night at Woodlawn hospital, this city. Death was attributed to a complication of diseases following an illness of six weeks. For the past several years Mr. Anderson has resided at 720 South Michigan St., Plymouth, Ind., where he was engaged in the real estate and insurance business. The deceased had a host of friends in both Fulton and Marshall county.

Charles E., son of John and Mary E. (McELFRESH) ANDERSON, was born on a farm near Kewanna, Ind., October 12th, 1869. On September 13th, 1893 he was united in marriage to Elmira WALTERS, the ceremony being pronounced at Richland Center. When still a young man, Mr. Anderson removed to Leiters Ford, where he engaged in the shoe business and taught school for several years. In 1909 he removed to Plymouth where he took an active interest in the Civic and business affairs of that city. He served as Justice of the Peace of Plymouth for several years. The deceased was a member of the Plymouth Methodist church.
The survivors are his wife; and two sisters, Mrs. Ezra T. JONES and Mrs. C. B. SAUSERMAN, both of Rochester, Indiana.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Rochester Methodist church Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. H. V. DEALE, of Plymouth, and Rev. T. L. STOVALL, of this city will officiate. Burial will be made in the Rochester I.O.O.F. cemetery. The body will lie in state at the Foster funeral home 128 West 6th street until the hour of the funeral.

Henry Ford [PARMAN], eight-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex PARMAN, formerly of Argos, succumbed in the Fort Wayne State School, Monday evening. Death resulted from complications following an illness of over a year.
The boy was born in Argos in the year of 1928. His mother preceded in death. The survivors are the father, of Young America, Ind., and several brothers and sisters. The child's mother preceded in death.
Funeral services will be held at the Grossman funeral home at Argos, Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. Rev. R. O. KIMBERLIN will officiate. Interment will be made in the Sand Hill cemetery.

Dr. A. E. STINSON after holding his inquest into the death of Williard R. McKEE, aged 65, Fostoria, Ohio, traveling freight agent for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad held that his death had been caused either by an embolism of the heart or brain.
Mr. McKee died suddenly in his room in the Barrett Hotel at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon. McKee had just checked in at the hotel and had been taken to his room by William DeLANEY, proprietor. As Delaney went to adjust a valve on a radiator McKee collapsed.
Mr. McKee had been employed as a traveling freight agent for the B. & O. railroad for over forty-five years. He came to Rochester at least once in every two weeks. He had a number of friends in this city. Mr. McKee was a member of the St. Wendlin's Catholic Church at Fostoria, Ohio. Funeral services will be held from the Church of God at 9. a.m. Thursday.
Survivors are the widow and two daughters, Mrs. Howard BASS, Marion, Ohio and Miss Mary McKEE, of Cleveland, Ohio.
Mr. McKee had been in good health and his death was entirely unexpected. He had left his home in Fostoria Monday morning and went to Garret. From there he had been ordered to come to Rochester.
Mr. McKee had taken the Nickle Plate railroad to Argos, and then came to this city on an Indiana Motor Company bus. The body of Mr. McKee was taken to Fostoria this morning.

Wednesday, April 22, 1936

Mrs. Ellen E. [BARKMAN] EMMONS, aged 76, for many years a resident of Newcastle township died at 6:25 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the home of her son Loren Emmons, who resides on a farm five and one-half miles northeast of the city. Death was due to complications and followed an illness of six months.

The deceased was born on a farm in Newcastle township on January 22, 1860. Her parents were Isaac and Mary BARKMAN. She was married to Newton EMMONS who died in 1911. Mr. and Mrs. Emmons lived on a farm in Newcastle township during their married life.
Since the death of her husband, Mrs. Emmons has made her home with her two children and in Rochester. For a number of years she resided at the corner of Franklin Avenue and Fourteenth Street. Mrs. Emmons was a member of the Bethlemen Baptist Church.
Survivors are the son Loren EMMONS; daughter Mrs. Omar WAGONER, Plymouth; four brothers, George BARKMAN, Lon BARKMAN and Newton BARKMAN all of Rochester, and Henry BARKMAN, Mishawaka; sister, Mrs. Strauder DORAN, Mentone and several grandchildren. A son and daughter preceded their mother in death.
The funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon from the Bethlehem Baptist Church seven miles northeast of the city. Burial will be made in the Reichter Cemetery.

Mrs. Sarah PECONGE, aged 74, died at her home in Peru Monday evening, friends in this city have been advised. Death was due to pneumonia and followed a ten day illness. Albert PECONGE, Peru, a former resident of this city, is a son.

Harold CARR, aged 40, for many years a resident of Union township, died at the home of his aunt, Mrs. Fred SAUERS in Decatur, Ill., at 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
Death was due to heart trouble and other complications and followed an illness of several years. For the past year Mr. Carr had made his home with his aunt because of his physical condition.
The deceased, who was a bachelor, was born in Jasper, Missouri. He lived on a farm near Bruce Lake for seventeen years and for several years operated a restaurant in Kewanna. He was a member of the Odd Fellows and Gleaners lodges in Kewanna.
A brother Carl CARR, who resides on a farm near Bruce Lake, is the only immediate survivor. The funeral services will be held at Decatur at 2 p.m. Thursday. The body probably will be returned to Kewanna for burial.

Thursday, April 23, 1936

Friends in this city today received word of the death of Charles BAILEY, aged 75, which occurred in a hospital in South Bend Wednesday night. Mr. Bailey had been employed as a watchman in a South Bend factory for a number of years. He was a half brother of the late R. N. BERRIER.

Mrs. Ira SMITH, who resides on a farm near Lake Nyona has received word of the death of her granddaughter, Dorothy DAY, aged 4, which occurred in a hospital at Burlington, Iowa Wednesday.
The child died from a fracture of the skull which she received Monday afternoon when she accidentally fell from an upstairs window in her home.
Dorothy was the daughter of Newell and Beatrice DAY and was born in Burlington on September 25, 1931. She was a member of the Methodist church.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Day are former residents of Fulton county. Mr. Day is the owner of a life insurance agency in Burlington.
Survivors are the parents; three sisters Jean [DAY], Joyce [DAY] and Mary Alice [DAY]; twin brothers John Robert [DAY] and David Quindy [DAY] all at home.

The funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the Methodist church at Burlington. Burial will be made at Burlington.

Friday, April 24, 1936

Mrs. George BRUBAKER, of Peru, mother of Mrs. Lyon F. TERRY of Ridgewood, N.J., passed away early yesterday morning. Mrs. Terry reached here on the Erie early this morning.

Monday, April 27, 1936

Mrs. Abner [S.] [Margaret A. BARKER] ZABST, aged 67, died at her home in Fulton Saturday afternoon after an illness of four years due to anemia. She was a life long resident of Fulton county.
Mrs. Zabst was born on a farm in Wayne township on January 10, 1869. Her parents were Isaac and Mary Ann BARKER. She had resided in Fulton for 23 years. Mrs. Zabst was a member of the Fulton United Brethren Church. She was married on April 15, 1891.
Surviving are her husband; a son, Joseph [ZABST], Fulton; a daughter, Mrs. Joe CONDON, Portland, Ore.; five grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Harry MOGLE, near Kewanna, Mrs. Dora COLLINS, Mrs. Guy NELLANS and Mrs. George COOPER, all of near Fulton; and one brother, Edward BARKER, Fulton.
Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Monday, from Fulton U.B. church with Rev. J. W. LAKE officiating.

A stillborn son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Frederick PERSCHBACHER, Jr., Sunday evening. The child was buried today.

Following an illness of but three weeks duration, Miss Florence LEVI passed away Saturday afternoon, 4 o'clock at her home, 1017 South Pontiac Street, this city. Death was attributed to toxic poisoning. Miss Levi through her social and business activities in this community had made a host of friends throughout Rochester and Fulton county, all of whom were grieved to learn of her demise.
Florence, daughter of Maier and Bertha (HEILBRUN) LEVI, was born in Rochester, Ind., on December 1, 1889, in the same residence in which her death occurred. Miss Levi was a graduate of the Rochester High School. Shortly following graduation, Florence assisted in the management and operation of the LEVI DRY GOODS Store. During the World War, Miss Levi was employed in government service at Washington, D.C., until the Armistice was signed. Her duties at the nation's capital during the days of the war, were the aeronautical supply department. Upon her return to Rochester she resumed her duties at the Levi store. Miss Levi was a member of the Order of Eastern Star, of this city.
The survivors are her mother, Mrs. Bertha LEVI; a sister, Mrs. Clyde ENTSMINGER; and two nieces, Miriam [ENTSMINGER] and Yetta ENTSMINGER, all of this city. Her father, Maier LEVI preceded in death in the year of 1918.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon, two o'clock at the Levi home. Rabbi Albert SCHULMAN, of South Bend, Indiana, will officiate. Interment will be made in the Rochester I.O.O.F. cemetery.

Mrs. Margaret CHAMBERLAIN, aged 74, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Claude HARING, who resides one mile north of Argos at 8:30 o'clock Saturday night.
Death was due to pneumonia and followed an illness of three weeks. The deceased had been an invalid for nearly three years due to a stroke of paralysis which she suffered at that time.
Mrs. Chamberlain was born in DeKalb, Ill., on May 8, 1861 and lived there until last October when she came to Argos to make her home with her daughter.
Survivors are the daughter, Mrs. HARING; three sons, Andrew [CHAMBERLAIN], Emerson [CHAMBERLAIN] and Porter [CHAMBERLAIN], all of DeKalb, Ill., and a sister, Mrs. Jennie HAND, who also resides in DeKalb.
The body was taken to DeKalb, Ill., today where funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon with burial following in DeKalb.

Peru, Ind., April 27. -- The career of one of the oldest practicing physicians in Indiana ended Saturday night with the death of Dr. L. L. QUICK, 89, at his home in New Waverly. Death was caused by broncho-asthma. Funeral services will be conducted from the New Waverly Methodist church at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, followed by interment in I.O.O.F cemetery at New Waverly.
Dr. Quick also was a Civil war veteran, one of the few that remained in this section of the state. He was a member of the G.A.R. post at Logansport.
Until a few days ago, Dr. Quick had been active in the practice of his profession at his office, although he had not left the office to make calls for about four years. He had lived at New Waverly for 81 years.
Surviving is the widow, Nancy QUICK; and a brother, C. C. QUICK of Los Angeles. His two children preceded him in death, a daughter dying in infancy and a son dying in 1934. He was a brother of the late Dr. R. H. QUICK, Peru physician who died in 1929.
The deceased was a Mason.

Tuesday, April 28, 1936

Miss Carrie M. PALLY, age 50, passed away Monday morning at the Epworth Hospital in South Bend. The body was removed to South Whitley, Indiana, to the home of a nephew, Rev. EWART.
Miss Pally was formerly a resident of South Whitley. For the past twelve years, she had been an instructor in the South Bend schools.
Prior to this time she taught several years in the Argos Schools. The funeral services will be held at South Whitley, Wednesday afternoon.

Wednesday, April 29, 1936

Mrs. Dillie MOSS, aged 58, wife of John MOSS, died at her home, three miles southeast of Fulton at 1:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Death was due to carcinoma and followed an illness of six months.
The deceased was born in Miami county on October 18, 1877 and was the daughter of George and Catherine SCHWENK. She had lived in the Fulton and Twelve Mile communities all of her life. Mrs. Moss was married on December 26, 1893. She was a member of the Fulton Baptist Church and the Missionary Aid Society of that organization.
Surviving are the husband; a step-son, Clyde MOSS, of near Twelve Mile; three sisters, Mrs. Lillie RICHARDSON of Twelve Mile; Mrs. Hal MOHLER of Osawatomie, Kans., and Mrs. Maude BERGER of Gilead and two brothers, Ed SCHWENK of Twelve Mile and Fred SCHWENK of Haleyville, Okla.
Funeral services will be held from the Fulton Baptist church Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock with the Rev. Franklin ARTHUR officiating and burial will be made in the cemetery at Mexico.

Out of town relatives and friends who attended the funeral services of Miss Florence LEVI, Tuesday afternoon were Mr. and Mrs. Julius RICH, Nashville, Tenn.; Mr. and Mrs. Sam HEILBRUN and Mrs. Leon MEYER, Kansas City, Mo.; Mrs. Louis ROSENBERG, South Bend; Mr. and Mrs. Lee LAUER, Miss Bernice LAUER, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard LAUER, Mr. Mark LAUER, Mr. and Mrs. Mose LAUER, Plymouth; and Mr. and Mrs. Ruby GLICK, Indianapolis.

William E. MOHLER, aged 69, real estate and loan agent here for many years, who was better known by his many friends as Ed MOHLER, died in a hospital at Logansport Tuesday from injuries which he received in an automobile accident in November, 1932.
In this accident Mr. Mohler's car was struck by another machine at the crossroads near the Alfred ROBBINS farm four miles west of this city in the Burton Road. Mr. Mohler was thrown from his car by the impact of the collision. He struck his head on the ground when he was thrown from his automobile.
The deceased was born on a farm near Kewanna on September 25, 1866. His parents were William and Armena (TROUTMAN) MOHLER. He accepted employment when 18 years of age as a brakeman on the Pennsylvania railroad. While trying to couple cars at Hibbard shortly after starting to work for the Pennsylvania, Mr. Mohler lost his left arm.
Following this accident Mr. Mohler came to this city where he opened a real estate office. He also was the agent for a number of loan companies. He was prominent in social and civic activities in Rochester for a number of years. Mr. Mohler was married to Dondas WEST in a ceremony performed in this city February 28, 1916. The deceased was a member of the Evangelical Church and the Knights of Pythias lodge.
Survivors are the widow; daughter, Mrs. Robert KREMP, Plymouth; and two step-daughters Mrs. Paul YONOSKO, Detroit, Mich., and Mrs. Ray KASSINGER, Clinton, Iowa.
The funeral services will be held from the Mohler home at 521 East Ninth street at 2 p.m. Thursday. Rev. L. E. SMITH, pastor of the First Evangelical Church will be in charge. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.

New Waverly, Ind., April 29. -- New Waverly is without a physician. The two doctors who have administered to this town of 300 people for more than fifty years died within two days of each other.
The last to die was Dr. E. A. GRAVES, age seventy-nine, who had practiced in New Waverly fifty-two years. Death came in Harper Hospital, Detroit, following a long illness. He was a native of Cass county and a member of the New Waverly Methodist church. A daughter and two grandchildren survive. The funeral will be Friday at the residence and burial will be in Springdale cemetery.
The other physician was Dr. L. L. QUICK, age eighty-nine, who died here Saturday.

Thursday, April 30, 1936

John KREIGLE, aged 91, for over fifty years the street commissioner of Rochester, died at his apartment in the city building at 110-1/2 East Seventh Street, at 3 o'clock Thursday morning. Death was due to general senility and followed an illness of five years.
The deceased, who was known by his many friends as "Dutch John' KREIGLE, because of his strong German accent, was well known in this city and surrounding territory. He was born in Hanover, Germany on July 3, 1844, and was the son of Louis and Mary (REARST) KREIGLE.
Mr. Kreigle came to this country from Germany in the spring of 1862. He went to the home of an uncle, Louis KREIGLE in Napoleon Ohio, where he lived until the spring of 1866, when he started out to make his way in the new world.
Mr. Kreigle worked his way on Maumee and Wabash canal boats from Napoleon to Logansport. While there, he heard of Rochester and came to this city on a stage coach. He accepted employment in this city with Newton RANNELLS, proprietor of the CENTRAL Hotel.
The deceased worked for Mr. Rannells for a number of years. One event in his life that impressed Kreigle, occurred while he was an employee of Mr. Rannells. The two men went to New York City, where they attended the funeral services of General U. S. Grant in July, 1885.
Some fifty years ago, Mr. Kreigle accepted employment from the town board at that time, as street commissioner. He continued to serve in the same position through every town board and city council since that time, because of the faithful manner in which he performed his duties. He continued to serve until four years ago, when his physical condition became such that he could not perform such hard labor.
Mr. Kreigle was then named custodian of the city park, and was given a pension by the city and living quarters in the city building on East Seventh Street, where he continued to reside until the time of his death.
The deceased was three times married, each of his wives preceding him in death. He has no immediate relatives in America. He was a member of the Lutheran Church, having affiliated with that denomination in his birthplace.
The funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Val Zimmerman Funeral Apartment with the Rev. W. J. SCHROER, pastor of the St. John's Lutheran Church, officiating. Interment will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery in a lot which Mr. Kreigle purchased a number of years ago.
The city plans to honor Mr. Kreigle in death as they did in active life. Mayor James BABCOCK and the members of the city council, Russell PARKER, Ray MYERS, Gene COPLEN, Dean NEFF and Clarence HILL, will serve as pallbearers and all other city employees will attend the services in a body. This honor is being bestowed on Mr. Kreigle because he always spoke with pride of his long service as an employee of Rochester.

Roy D. RICHMOND, age 38, of this city, passed away Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock at the Veterans' hospital, Dayton, Ohio, where he was taken for treatment several months ago. Death resulted from pulmonary tuberculosis. He had been in ill health for the past four years with his condition becoming extremely grave during the past year.
Mr. Richmond, who was a veteran of the World War enlisted in the U. S. Field Artillery Division on April 16th, just five days after this country entered the World conflict. He received his training at Camp Sheridan. Of his 19 months in service, three months were spent overseas. Mr. Richmond landed in France on Sept. 23, 1918, and returned to the United States in December 22nd, 1918. He then returned to Camp Sheridan, Ohio, where he was honorably discharged on January 8th, 1919. At the time of his dismissal from service he was a Training Corporal of the 74th U. S. Field Artillery. The World War veteran's records disclose that Mr. Richmond was the third man to enlist from Fulton county.
Roy D., son of Charles and Lulu RICHMOND, was born at Talma, Ind., on January 12th, 1898, and when still quite a young lad removed to Rochester with his parents. He resided in this city for practically all of his life. Upon completing his school work he accepted a job as printer in the Sentinel press rooms and later was employed in a like capacity by the Plymouth Pilot and the Goshen Democrat. Roy or "Dutch," as he was familiarly known by his many friends, was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the V. W. F.
The survivors are his parents and a sister, Mrs. Ruth GREGORY, all of Rochester. A brother, Harry [RICHMOND], preceded in death a few years ago.
Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon, two o'clock at the Foster Funeral home, this city. Rev. John WALLENBURG, of the Christian Church will have charge of the services. Burial will be made in the Mentone cemetery.

Friday, May 1, 1936

Kenneth Henry MOORE, 22, formerly of near Athens, passed away Wednesday at 4:45 p.m. at the Ft. Benjamin Harrison hospital, Indianapolis. Mr. Moore's death was attributed to pneumonia and heart trouble. He had been seriously ill since April 26th.
Kenneth Henry, son of David and Ada (SHRIVER) MOORE, was born on a farm near Athens, December 11th, 1913. Practically all of his life was spent in the vicinity of Athens up until a year ago when he enlisted in the United States army and went to Fort Benjamin Harrison, where he was receividng his military training.
The survivors are his father, David MOORE, and two sisters, Mrs. Mary MOORE, of Mentone, and Mrs. DILLMAN, of near Rochester.
The body was taken to the Kline funeral home at Denver, Ind., where it will lie in state until the hour of the funeral.
The funeral services will be conducted at the Athens United Brethren Church, Saturday afternoon at two o'clock. Rev. C. F. GOLDEN, of Denver, will officiate. Burial will be made in the Mt. Hope cemetery near Athens.

Mrs. Arthur L. MILLER, aged 42, of 1303 Arkansas Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa., whose husband is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Archie MILLER of this city, died in the Oak Park Hospital, Chicago, Wednesday from complications following an operation for goitre relatives in Rochester have been informed.
Josephine Nellie FOX was born in Lafayette on June 18, 1894. She spent her childhood in that city. She was married to Arthur L. MILLER at the home of Rev. George A. HILL, Chicago, on April 16, 1916. Rev. Hill was a former pastor of the Rochester Presbyterian Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller have spent the major portion of their married life in Pittsburgh, where Mr. Miller is employed as an engineer. Mrs. Miller is a member of the Methodist Church at Lafayette, and the Alice Carry Rebekah Lodge and the Mt. Olive Circle of P. H. C. in Pittsburgh.
The body has been returned to Pittsburgh where funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon, after which the remains will be returned here.
Funeral services will be held from the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home at the corner of

Eleventh and Jefferson street at 2:30 o'clock, Sunday afternoon. Rev. Daniel S. PERRY will be in charge, assisted by Rev. Harold TURPIN. Interment will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Saturday, May 2, 1936

Mrs. Laura RICHMOND has been called to Hammond by the death of her nephew, Cliord WILHELM who died Friday afternoon in a hospital there from injuries which he received in an automobile accident several weeks ago.
Mrs. Richmond received word of the death of her nephew just a few minutes before the funeral service for her son Roy RICHMOND who died Tuesday in the Veterans Hospital in Dayton, Ohio.
Mrs. Richmond went to Hammond this morning. Mr. Wilhelm was well known in this city where he had visited relatives. Burial will be made at Hammond.

Mrs. Alice NEWCOMB, aged 88, for many years a resident of the Richland Center community, died at 10 o'clock Friday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Albert McGRIFF, who lives on the county line, eight miles north of the city on Road 31.
Death was due to complications and followed an illness of several years duration. Mrs. Newcomb was born in Whitley county March 9, 1848. Her husband was the late Harry NEWCOMB.
Survivors are six children, Willtard [NEWCOMB] and Dewitt [NEWCOMB], Argos; Mrs. Frank RANNELLS, Peru; Orlando [NEWCOMB], Mishawaka; Mrs. Charles SISSELL, Argos and Mrs. Albert McGRIFF; two brothers, Worthington SMITH, South Whitley and William SMITH, Huntington, and a sister, Mrs. Adah NEWCOMB, Kansas City.
The funeral services will be held at the Richland Center Methodist Church at 2 p.m. Sunday afternoon with the Rev. P. A. KIMBERLIN, pastor of the Argos Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be made in the cemetery at Richland Center.

Monday, May 4, 1936

Rochester friends, late Saturday received news of the death of a former prominent resident, Solomon ALLMAN, which occurred at his home in Long Beach, Calif., Friday. Death was attributed to complications inherent with his advanced years. Mr. Allman underwent a major operation last January and since that time he gradually became weaker.
Mr. Allman for a long number of years owned and operated the ALLMAN clothing store, and upon his retirement from active business interests here, he sold his business to the RACKET Clothing Co., which now operates in the same location. The deceased through his many acts of charity and jovial nature had acquired a legion of friends through Fulton and adjacent counties. For over a score of years on every St. Patrick's Day, Mr. Allman would distribute shamrocks to all of his acquaintances in this community. "Uncle Sol" as he was familiarly known, left Rochester in the year of 1918 and with his wife departed for California where they have since resided.
The deceased was born in Germany in November of 1852 and came to the United States with his parents when still in his youth. He came to Rochester when still a young man where he was united in marriage to Miss Alice KOCH. Mr. Allman operated his clothing business in this city for over two score of years. He was a member of the Masonic lodge, of the city.
The survivors are the widow of Long Beach, Cal.; a son Lester ALLMAN, of Columbus, Ohio; and a granddaughter Miss Joann ALLMAN, of Columbus, Ohio. Two brothers, Meier ALLMAN and Joe ALLMAN, and a sister Mrs. Adolph BICCARD, preceded in death.
No details relative to the funeral rites were received from the Allmans. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Allman, who visited relatives here a few weeks ago were at the bedside of Mr. Allman when he passed away.

Mrs. Clarence BREEN, aged 53, of 1105 South Elm Street, died in the Woodlawn Hospital at 5:15 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Death was due to complications. She had been in the hospital for observation.
The deceased was born in Scott county, Kentucky on March 30, 1883. Her parents were A. M. and Jane (LOUKARD) BRANSFORD. She was married November 12, 1899 at Rising Sun. Mrs. Breen has been a resident of Rochester for the past sixteen years, moving here from Tipton.
Survivors are the husband; father, who made his home with Mrs. Breen; three sisters, Mrs. Edna WOODARD and Mrs. Gertrude MOON, Indianapolis, and Mrs. Jessie RUPP, Washington, D.C.; and three brothers, Oscar BRANSFORD, Argos; Carl BRANSFORD, Fowlerton, and Lawrence BRANSFORD, Scottsville, Virginia. Five children preceded Mrs. Breen in death.
The funeral services will be held from the Breen residence at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning with the Rev. B. G. FIELD in charge. Interment will be made in the Rochester Mausoleum.

Benny [HARMON], five-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank HARMON, who reside in the east part of Akron, died in the Woodlawn Hospital at 9:30 o'clock Sunday evening from injuries which he received in an auto accident at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon, when he was struck by a car driven by Leon MERSHBERGER, aged 21, of Linn Grove.
Death was due to a fractured skull and internal injuries. The lad also received fractures of both arms and limbs. He was moved to an Akron undertaking parlor where the body was prepared for burial.
Benny was injured when he was returning from hunting mushrooms with his brother, Cecil [HARMON], aged seven. The accident occurred at a bridge near the Ed ARTER farm, one and a quarter miles north of Akron in Road 14. The two boys were walking south in the highway and Mershberger was driving north.
The lad without warning darted directly in front of the Mershberger car. The driver who was accompanied by his sister, Betty MERSHBERGER, Herman NUELSAHWANDER and Eloise AMSTUTZ, all of Linn Grove, stopped his car immediately.
Mershberger took the injured lad to the office of Dr. H. C. BOWERS in Akron, who after an examination ordered him moved to the Woodlawn Hospital here. Mershberger made a report of the accident to police, who after an investigation did not hold him. Mershberger and the members of his party were enroute home after attending the Evangelical Church conference here.
Benny Harmon has lived in Akron all of his life. His father is employed by the D. A. Pike Lumber Company. Survivors are the parents, eight brothers and three sisters. The funeral arrangements had not been completed at the time The News-Sentinel went to press.

Mrs. Marion MARTIN, aged 60, former resident of Akron, succumbed Saturday afternoon at Ijamsville, near Laketon Ind. Death resulted from a stroke of paralysis, which she suffered last Tuesday. Mrs. Martin, however, had been in ill health for the past three years, being afflicted with high blood pressure.

The deceased who was the daughter of Orlando and Richard LAUTZENHISER, was born at Wabash, Ind., on October 13th, 1875. She had been a resident of Ijamsville for seven years, moving there from Akron.
Mrs. Martin was a member of the Akron Christian Church and the Royal Neighbors Lodge, also of Akron.
The survivors are the husband; three daughters, Mrs. Orvan FLOOR, Mrs. Paul FLOOR, of Akron; Mrs. William KRAMER, of Plymouth and a son, Marion [MARTIN], Jr., at home.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon two o'clock at the Christian Church, near Laketon. Interment was made in the Alger cemetery, near Laketon.

Tuesday, May 5, 1936

Doris [YOUNG], year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon YOUNG, who reside on a farm one mile southwest of Akron, died at 11:30 o'clock Monday night from pneumonia after a week's illness.
The child was born on March 8, 1935. The parents and several brothers and sisters survive.
The funeral services will be held from the home at 1:30 o'clock Thursday, in charge of Rev. E. HEDGES, pastor of the Akron Church of God. Burial will be made in the Akron Odd Fellows cemetery.

Funeral services for Benny HARMON who died in the Woodlawn Hospital Sunday night from injuries which he received when struck by a car Sunday afternoon, will be held at 10 o'clock Friday morning from the Akron Church of God. Rev. Daniel SLAYBAUGH will officiate. Burial will be made in the Gaerte cemetery.

Miss Dora B. CORNWELL, aged 68, died at 12:30 o'clock Tuesday morning at the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer EYTCHESON, who reside one and one-half miles south of Fulton. Death followed an illness of six weeks due to complications.
Miss Cornwell was born on a farm in Cass county on May 20, 1867. She has resided in Cass and Fulton counties all of her life. She was a member of the Fulton United Brethren Church and the Missionary Society of that organization.
Survivors are her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth STUDEBAKER; step-father, Cornelius STUDEBAKER; sister, Mrs. Frank KRATHWOHL, Twelve Mile; brother, John CORNWELL, Lebanon, Ohio, and a number of nieces and nephews.
The funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday from the Fulton United Brethren Church with the Rev. J. W. LAKE officiating. Burial will be made in the Metea cemetery.

Louisville, Ky., May 5. -- Fort Knox officials Sunday night investigated a head-on collision which resulted in the fatal injury of Private Roy ROGERS, 23 years old, of Culver, Ind., member of the first cavalry, at Mudraugh hill underpass on the Dixie highway yesterday.
Rogers died en route to the fort hospital after his own motorcycle had collided with the automobile of George McINTYRE, 35, and family of Nashville, Tenn.
Town Marshal W. B. HAMMACK of West Point and Rogers were passing an automobile.

Wednesday, May 6, 1936

Mrs. Frank ALEXANDER was called to Marion Tuesday, because of the serious aeroplane accident, which later resulted in the death of her daughter, Miss Margaret CONNORS, aged 19. Miss Connors was injured at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning and died in the hospital at Marion at 4 p.m.
Miss Connors received her fatal injuries while taking flying instructions from Ed MARQUIS, aged 56, manager of the Marion flying field. Mr. Marquis, according to witnesses, was at the controls at the time the plane nose-dived to the earth from a heighth of 250 feet.
In the accident, Miss Connors suffered fractures of the skull, and limbs and her chest was crushed. She remained in a semi-conscious condition from the time she was injured until death claimed her life. Her mother was at her bedside when she passed away.
Miss Connors was well known in this city. She spent many summers at Lake Manitou. Miss Connors was injured in an automobile accident in Wyoming last summer in whch she and her sister were hurt.
The deceased was born at Marion on February 25, 1915. Her father is Billy CONNORS, owner of a chain of moving picture theaters. He is an experienced pilot and each year pilots his plane in the Indiana Air Tour.
Survivors are the parents; sister, Cleo [CONNORS] of Marion; two aunts and two uncles. The deceased was a member of the Catholic Church at Marion.
The funeral services will be held from the Catholic Church in Marion at 9 a.m. Thursday. Burial will be made at Marion.
Following is an account of the plane accident taken from an Indianapolis newspaper about the death of Miss Connors and Mr. Marquis:
Miss Margaret CONNORS, 19-year-old licensed pilot, and Ed MARQUIS, 56, manager of the Marion airport, were injured fatally at 10 o'clock yesterday morning, when the airplane in which they were flying, fell from 250 feet into a plowed field just west of the airport.
The new Aeronca two-place cabin ship, delivered Monday to the Marion Aviation Club, had dual controls and it is not known, who was flying.
Capt. Frank ESTILL of Indianapolis aeronautics instructor for the Department of Commerce, flew here, investigated the accident and said he would send his report to the Federal bureau. His information showed the ship was coming into the airport for a landing when it stalled at a height of about two hundred and fifty feet and crashed, but nothing about the wreckage indicated a structural fault prior to the accident, Capt. Estill said.
Marquis died instantly and Miss Connors, her face crushed almost beyond recognition, died six hours later in Marion General Hospital.
Marquis, an experienced pilot with a long log of flying hours, had been manager of the Marion airport since 1929. Surviving are the widow, who was at the airport when the tragedy occurred, the mother, Mrs. Logenia MARQUIS of Summitville; three sisters and two brothers.

Thursday, May 7, 1936

Funeral services were held this morning in Indianapolis followed by burial in Jonesboro for Horace M. NICODEMUS, aged 58, a former resident of this city. Mr. Nicodemus died Monday after an illness of 10 days. He was a salesman for the Samson Paper Company and was active in Masonic affairs. Survivors are the widow, daughter, father Isaac NICODEMUS, and a sister.

George MARKS passed away in the Woodlawn hospital, May 5, at 9:15 a.m. of cancer after an illness of three months. He was born in LaPorte County, Ind., June 18, 1857, the son of Charles and Barbara MARKS, and was 78 years 10 months and 17 days old. He had resided south of Tippecanoe about 55 years. He was united in marriage May 18, 1885 to Eliza TRIBBY, member of the Church of God.
There are four sons, George [MARKS], Jr., of Fort Wayne, William E. [MARKS] of Tippecanoe, Ernest [MARKS] of Fort Wayne and Walter [MARKS] of Fort Wayne. There are also four daughters, Elsie GOOD of Rochester, Bessie SHAFER of Tippecanoe, Sylvia [MARKS] of South Bend, Mary HORN of Warsaw. One brother, Wm. H. [MARKS] of Wanatah and two sisters, Julia LESER, and Fannie BAILEY, of Wanatah and 21 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held in the M.E. Church in Tippecanoe at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon, with Rev. H. M. RIGGLE of Rochester, officiating. Burial will be in Tippecanoe cemetery. Arrangements made by Paul Funeral Home of Bourbon.

Ross MOORE, 60, resident of Kewanna about twenty years ago but who returned from Florida in April, died in the home of his sister, Mrs. Walter BUNN, 421 North Ohio Street, Rochester, at noon Wednesday. He had been ill for a year.
Surviving are the widow, a son, Marvin [MOORE], of Custer, South Dakota, and the sister.
The body was taken to the Harrison funeral home in Kewanna, where it will remain until the hour of the funeral, which will be held at the Kewanna Baptist Church at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon with Rev. RIGGLE in charge.
Burial will be made in the Kewanna I.O.O.F. cemetery.

Friday, May 8, 1936

Mrs. Harriett HUNT McMILLIN died at 11:25 o'clock Thursday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Gordon GRAHAM, 328 Clay Street. Death was due to complications and followed an illness of three years.
The deceased had lived in this city for three years in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Graham. She came to this city from Lafayette, where she had resided for a number of years. Mrs. McMillin was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Survivors are three daughters, Mrs. Ruth HUNT CUTLER, Enasburg Falls, Vermont; Mrs. Miriam READ VEHLING, Glenn Rock, N.J.; and Mrs. Charlotte GRAHAM, of this city; step-son, C. K. McMILLIN, Bellingham, Wash.; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Short funeral services will be held from the Graham home at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in charge of Rev. Harold TURPIN, after which the body will be taken to the Rogers and Smith Funeral Home in Lafayette.
The final rites will be held from the funeral home in Lafayette at 2 p.m. Monday, with Dr. GRAHAM and Rev. TINDLEY, officiating. Interment will be in the Green Bush cemetery at Lafayette.

Logansport, Ind., May 8. -- Complications developing from injuries suffered April 11 when his car was struck by a Pennsylvania passenger train caused the death of John C. KLECKNER, 71, in Cass county hospital at 8:10 o'clock last night. His condition had been critical several days.

Kleckner became the third victim of a traffic accident in Cass county this year, Cyrus P. CHRISMAN and Edward HARTMAN having been fatally hurt in highway crashes during April.
The accident in which Mr. Kleckner was injured, happened at the Michigan avenue crossing of the South Bend line of the Pennsylvania railroad near Smith street. The aged man, who was caretaker at the Dr. Earl PALMER rural home north of the city, was enroute to the home alone in his car. As he approached the crossing he applied his brakes but slippery condition of the street, due to the rain that was falling at the time, caused his machine to slide on to the track where it stalled. The aged motorist was unable to leap to safety.
Surviving Mr. Kleckner are a daughter, Mrs. Harry MADER of Mishawake; a brother, Perl KLECKNER of this city; two sisters, Mrs. Arch McCONKEY of Rochester, and Mrs. Frank GRAY of Peru; four grandchildren, Mrs. Velma ALLEN, Logansport; Robert MADER of Battle Creek, Mich., and Jack [KLECKNER] and Lois KLECKNER of Rochester, and two great-grandchildren, Bobby [ALLEN] and Betty ALLEN of this city.
The Eagles lodge will conduct services at the McCloskey chapel at 7:30 o'clock Friday night.
Funeral rites are to be held at that chapel at 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon, Rev. W. C. HOLMES in charge. Burial will be made in Mt. Hope cemetery.
With the death of Mr. Kleckner the county coroner, Dr. M. B. STEWART, will open an investigation into the crash.

Saturday, May 9, 1936

Mrs. H. O. SHAFER, Friday afternoon, received a long distance telephone call from Germantown, Pa., telling of the death of Fred MUDGETT, which occurred in a hospital there at 12:30 p.m. Friday following an operation for appendicitis, one week ago.
The deceased was the husband of Mrs. Lois YOUNG, a former resident of Rochester and Wabash. Mr. Mudgett, was employed for a number of years by the Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Company in Wabash.
At the time of his death, Mr. Mudgett was connected with the Brown Instrument Company. He leaves a host of friends in this city. Mr. and Mrs. Mudgett spent the past winter in Florida.

Monday, May 11, 1936

Mrs. Amanda [LATSHAW] FLYNN, aged 72, passed away Sunday afternoon, 4:30 o'clock at her home 721 East 10th Street, this city. Death resulted from tuberculosis following an illness of several years duration. Mrs. Flynn had been bedfast since last December.
Amanda, daughter of George and Mary (DAUGHERTY) LATSHAW, was born in Fulton county on January 28th, 1864, in Aubbeenaubbee township. She removed to Rochester 49 years ago, where she has since resided. On August 8th, 1880, she was united in marriage to Leander FLYNN. The deceased was a member of the Wesleyn Methodist Church of Rochester.
The survivors are: a son, Leonard [FLYNN]; three daughters, Mrs. Emma SWANGO, Mrs. Ida LIGHTFOOT, Mrs. Retha SWEET and ten grandchildren, all of Rochester. The husband and four children, George [FLYNN], William [FLYNN], Ray [FLYNN] and Zella [FLYNN] preceded in death.
Funeral services in charge of Rev. Fred YEAZEL of the Home Mission church of this city, will be conducted Thursday afternoon, 2 o'clock at the Zimmerman Bros. funeral home. Interment will be made in the Rochester Citizens cemetery.

Mrs. Bert VanDIEN has been called to Plymouth, because of the death of her sister, Mrs. Harry COLE, who passed away Sunday evening, due to complications. Mrs. Cole was a former resident of this city. The funeral services will be held in Plymouth at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning.

Mrs. Margaret A. [MARTIN] SHELTON, aged 89, for many years a resident of the Mt. Olive neighborhood died at the home of her son, Maurice SHELTON in Indianapolis, Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. Death was due to complications and followed an illness of several weeks' duration.
The deceased was born in Hendricks county on January 5, 1845. Her parents were William and Sarah MARTIN. Her husband, James R. SHELTON, preceded in death. Mrs. Shelton was a member of the Rochester Methodist Church. She had made her home with her son Maurice Shelton for several years and at one time lived in Peru.
Survivors are the son; brother Alec MARTIN, who resides on a farm four miles northwest of Fulton; sister Mrs. Electa KERSEY, who resides with her brother and five grandchildren. Alec MARTIN and Mrs. KERSEY live with Arthur SHOWLEY.
The funeral services will be held from the Ditmire Funeral Home in Fulton at 2 p.m. Tuesday, with Rev. J. W. LAKE of Fulton officiating. Burial will be made in the cemetery at Mt. Olive.

Miss Margaret HINES, aged 77, who had taught in schools of Fulton county for 39 years prior to her retirement ten years ago, died at her home three miles southeast of Kewanna Saturday night, after an illness of four weeks due to complications.
Miss Hines was a graduate of the Indiana State Normal at Terre Haute and received her master's degree from Indiana University. During her career as a teacher, she taught in the schools at Lucerne, Kewanna, Grass Creek and Rochester. She was an instructor in the school at Grass Creek for twelve years.
The deceased was born on a farm in Wayne township on November 1, 1868 and lived in that community her entire lifetime. Her parents were James and Margaret HINES. Miss Hines was a member of the St. Ann's Catholic [church] at Grass Creek.
Surviving are the following brothers and sisters: Sister M. NOEMI, Jacksonville, Ill., Mrs. Addis FRUSHOUR, Lucerne, James HINES, professor at Notre Dame university, South Bend, Mrs. John QUATMAN, Indianapolis, Mike HINES, Kewanna, and Mrs. Michael DOWNEY, Chicago.
Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday from St. Ann's Catholic church, Kewanna, with Rev. C. A. SEEBERGER officiating. Interment will be in St. Ann's cemetery.

Peru, Ind., May 11. -- The will of Sylvester A. CARVEY, prominent Macy musician and instructor, who died march 20, last, has been filed for probate in Miami circuit court, leaving the bulk of the estate to a neighbor boy, Cecil POWELL, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn POWELL, of Macy. Mr. Carvey had been a close friend of the youth since he was a child.
Young Powell, a high school student, is bequeathed Mr. Carvey's home in Macy, together with his household goods and Pontiac automobile. The Citizens Bank of Macy is to be trustee of the property and personal goods until Powell reaches the age of 21. Meanwhile, the bank is to supply him with funds needed for the youth to acquire an education or for other necessities. The will provides that should young Powell die the property is to be given his parents.
Other bequests are a gold plated saxaphone to Lester CARVEY, an Ellington piano to Marjorie PETTY, while John Martin HATCH is to be given the HOOVER property and lot 25 in Williamson & Powell addition to Macy, and Glenn POWELL is given the SUTTON property in Macy.
Mr. Carvey also owned "Harmony cottage" at Lake Nyona and his will provides that it is to be sold and the proceeds divided equally among Myron [HATCH] and John Martin HATCH and Marjorie PETTY, children of his deceased sister, Nina [CARVEY] HATCH.
Oran F. MUSSELMAN is named executor of the will, which was written October 16, 1935, and was witnessed by Mrs. Florence ROBERTS and Mary E. BRIGGS.

Tuesday, May 12, 1936

Mrs. Ethel SNAPP today received word of the death of Miss Beulah HOLE, which occurred at her home in Ridgefarm, Ill, yesterday following an operation.
Miss Hole had been in ill health for several years and submitted to the operation several days ago. The operation was performed in a hospital at Ridgefarm.
Miss Hole was a teacher in the Rochester High School for five years. This was fifteen years ago. She was in charge of the Commercial Department.
Later Miss Hole taught in the Commercial Department of the Kokomo High School. She was a graduate of Earlham College.

Hugh M. TAYLOR, aged 19, died at 8:30 o'clock Monday evening at the home of his parents in the Burton neighborhood, four miles west of Rochester, from encephalitis.
The deceased became ill four days ago with an infection of the throat. This infection later changed to encephalitis.
Hugh Taylor was born in Miami county on October 28, 1916 and was the son of Benjamin and Maude TAYLOR. Nine years ago the family moved from Clark county to Fulton county to reside. The deceased attended Rochester High School until the spring of 1933. He was a Junior B at the time.
Survivors are the parents; brother, Kenneth [TAYLOR]; grandmother and nephew.
The funeral services are to be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon from the Burton Church.

Wednesday, May 13, 1936

Perry SYLVEUS, aged 77, died at his home, three miles northeast of Akron at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Death was due to paralysis and followed an illness of three weeks.
The deceased was born at Leesburg on August 3, 1858 and had lived in Fulton and Kosciusko counties all of his life where he had followed the occupation of farming. He was a member of the Franklin Church, northeast of Akron.
Survivors are two sons, Carl S. SILVEUS and Ernest SYLVEUS, both of near Akron and five grandchildren.
The funeral services are to be held from the Franklin Church at 1:30 o'clock Friday afternoon. Burial will be made at Lessburg, Indiana.

Mrs. Charles K. [Mary BRACKETT] PLANK, a pioneer resident of this city, passed away at Woodlawn hospital, Tuesday evening at six o'clock. Death was attributed to diabetes and complications. Mrs. Plank's condition became quite critical about a week ago at which time she was removed to Woodlawn. However, she had been in failing health for the past several years.
Mary, daughter of Dr. Charles and Margaret (WILSON) BRACKETT, was born March 4th, 1860 in Rochester and has resided in this city throughout her entire life. She was a graduate of the Rochester high school, the Deniston College, of Granville, Ohio, and the Chicago College of Music. During the earlier periods of her life her outstanding musical talents, both vocal and instrumental were most graciously extended in both religious and social activities in this community. Upon reaching womanhood, she united in wedlock with Charles K. PLANK, the ceremony being pronounced in the Brackett home on October 22nd, 1879.
Mrs. Plank became a member of the First Baptist church of this city when a girl of 16 years of age, and her entire life was devoted to the interests of this religious organization and her family. She also was a charter member of the D.A.R. and took active interest in this national patriotic organization until failing health forced her retirement. The deceased through her quiet and unassuming manner had made a legion of friends throughout this community.
The survivors are the husband; two daughters, Mrs. Charles PYLE, of this city; Mrs. Frank ENSIGN, of Boise City, Idaho; a son Don PLANK, Sr., of Rochester; a sister, Mrs. Frank BRYANT, of Rochester; five grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Plank home, 1021 South Main street, Thursday afternoon at two o'clock. Rev. B. G. FIELD, pastor of the Baptist church, will officiate. Interment will be made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.

Thursday, May 14 1936

Mrs. Delbert J. TAYLOR has received word of the death of her mother, Mrs. Emma RUSSELL, which occurred at Jackson, Minnesota the forepart of this week. Mrs. Taylor has just returned from spending several days there.

Saturday, May 16, 1936

George H. ADAMS, aged 82, retired farmer and veteran police officer of this city, died Saturday morning at the home of his foster son, Earle ADAMS, five miles north of this city following a heart attack.
The deceased had been in ill health for many years due to heart trouble, but his death was entirely unexpected. The death occurred at 5:15 o'clock.
The deceased was a life long resident of this community. He was born on a farm near this city on July 19, 1853. His parents were Norman and Eliza ADAMS. His wife was Mary AULT whom he married on December 29, 1875. Mrs. Adams preceded her husband in death.
Mr. Adams for a number of years lived on a farm north of this city along the Tippecanoe River. He plotted a piece of ground there as a camping site which is known under the name of Adams Landing and Adams High Banks.
Mr. Adams served as city marshal, deputy sheriff and court bailiff. For the past forty years he has served as constable in justice of peace courts here. At the time of his death he was employed by Justice William EWING.
The deceased was a member of the Baptist Church and the Knights of Pythias lodges of this city. He was a charter member of the Citizens Band of this city. He played the bass drum.
Survivors are the foster son, Earle ADAMS; two grandchildren, Miss Nadine ADAMS, Louisville, Ky., and Mrs. Ruth McGRIFF, Rochester, and a brother, Marshall ADAMS, Cope, Michigan. A son died in infancy.
The funeral services will be held from the residence of Earle Adams at 2 p.m. Monday with the Rev. B. G. FIELDS in charge. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Monday, May 18, 1936

Alonzo HAIMBAUGH, aged 75, prominent farmer of near Mentone, died in the Woodlawn Hospital at 11:30 o'clock Monday morning. Death was due to complications and followed an illness of one year.The deceased became seriously ill one week ago and was moved to the hospital at that time for observation.
Mr. Haimbaugh was born on a farm in Fulton county, but lived on a farm near Mentone for a number of years. His parents were Henry and Apolina HAIMBAUGH. Had he lived until February 25, 1937, Mr. Haimbaugh and Mrs. Haimbaugh who was Laura ARMY, would have celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. The deceased was an active member of the Baptist Church at Mentone.
Survivors are a son, Max HAIMBAUGH who lived on the same farm with his father, four grandchildren, a sister, Mrs. Ossie BLUE Indianapolis, and a brother, Obe HAIMBAUGH of Mentone. The late Jack HAIMBAUGH of this city was a brother of the deceased.
The funeral services will be held from the Baptist Church in Mentone at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon with the Rev. O. YAGER, pastor of the church officiating. Burial will be made in the cemetery at Mentone.

The badly decomposed body of Emory KOROS, aged 51, was found late Sunday afternoon in his modest six room home at the edge of a large huckleberry marsh, two and one-half miles northeast of Leiters Ford, by South Bend relatives of the victim. It is thought that Koros had been dead for ten days and that he was murdered. The farm is better known as the S. L. EDINGTON place.
The body was found by Margaret VanSLAGER, 2010 Kimble Avenue, South Bend, a niece of the dead man, and her husband Steve VanSLAGER, when they drove to the Koros home Sunday afternoon to visit their relative, who lived alone.
Mr. VanSlager knocked at the door and received no response. He noted a sickening effluvium as soon as he opened the door in the Koros home. Investigating the [odor] VanSlagers found the dead body of their relative lying on the floor of a second story bedroom.
Mr. VanSlager called Dr. Dean STINSON, county coroner, who with Sheriff Boyd PETERSON and Prosecutor Dale POENIX, drove to the Koros home, where they conducted an investigation.
The officers found that a terrible struggle had taken place in the room. Under the body of Koros was his .22 calibre rifle loaded, but which had not been fired. Over the floor of the room was scattered the box of shells of the same calibre as the rifle.
Blood about the room indicated that death had not been instant and that Koros had thrashed around following the firing of the fatal shot. The body was moved to the Lukenbill Mortuary in Leiters Ford, where Dr. Stinson conducted a postmortem.
The examination showed that Koros had died from a bullet which had entered his back below the left shoulder and had emerged through the chest. The bullet had clipped the heart. The bullet had been fired from a gun of much larger calibre than Koros's rifle, thus disputing the theory that he had committed suicide.
The three officers in their reconstruction of the crime believe that Koros was shot as he went to get something out of the closet in the bedroom of his home. His assailant then in an effort to cover up the crime by giving it the appearance of suicide placed Koros' rifle under his body. A number of good fingerprints were taken from the rifle.
John HORVATH, 1012 Kimble Avenue, South Bend, a nephew came to this city yesterday. Horvath operates a tavern in South Bend which was held-up several weeks ago by bandits who obtained a large amount of money. Horvath and Mrs. VanSlager were given permission to move the body to a South Bend undertaking parlor. The body of Koros was in such condition that it had to be placed in a rubber bag to be transported.
Koros was born in Hungary and had been in the United States for thirty-two years. He had resided in South Bend and bore the reputation of having accumulated considerable money. He was for a number of years the collector for "City Life" a Hungarian newspaper published in South Bend. He had worked in the Studebaker plant in South Bend in 1928 and 1929.
Authorities are seeking evidence to support any of three theories that he had been murdered -- that Koros fairly wealthy was shot in a robbery; that he was killed in revenge for some as yet obscure personal grudge or that he fought with some associates over some enterprise thought by officers to have been connected with the illicit liquor traffic. No money was found on Koros or in his home. A few letters written in Hungarian were on his person.
Koros was known as a heavy drinker. In his home Sheriff Peterson, Coroner Stinson and Prosecutor Dale Poenix found a number of empty liquor bottles and a fairly large amount of cracked corn. Reports that the farm had been used for production of illicit liquor were received by officers also it is stated. Search of the marsh about the Koros home was being made Monday in an effort by officers to find any clue that might lead to the solving of the mystery.
Koros came to the farm about one year ago to reside. It is said the farm, which contains 80 acres a large amount of which is covered by the huckleberry marsh was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. VanSLAGER. Koros associated little with his neighbors and seemed rather a man of mystery.
Koros, it is said frequently entertained parties of friends from South Bend, who were Hungarians. Another thing which puzzles officers is that a man who had been so prominently identified with business enterprises in South Bend, as had Koros, why he should come out to a little farm on an infrequently traveled road to reside.
Sheriff Peterson and Prosecutor Poenix went to South Bend today where they were to consult officers there about Koros in an effort to learn something of his past. They also planned to question Koros' friends thinking perhaps they could give them some light as to who might have slain the former South Bend Hungarian.
The place where Koros lived is not far from the farm where Mrs. Mary SINGER and her son Alonzo [SINGER] were murdered one year ago by Charles CLARK of Kokomo. During the past year local officers have had much work to do in connection with murders. The Robert FINKENBINER murder trial was one and the alleged murder of Edgar BURTON by his father-in-law Joseph MUSSELMAN, was another.

James HORNER, aged 80, a former resident of this city, died at his home in Chili Sunday evening after an illness of several weeks due to heart and kidney trouble. The deceased formerly lived in Rochester and was at one time employed by the Sowers Ice Cream Company. Funeral services are to be held in Chili Tuesday with burial there.

Tuesday, May 19, 1936

The slaying of Emory KOROS, aged 51, farmer living north of Leiters Ford whose body was found Sunday afternoon by his nephew Steve VanSLAGER of South Bend, is still shrouded in mystery. Death is believed to have occurred ten days prior to the time the body was found.
Services for the deceased were held in the Sacred Heart Cemetery in South Bend Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Because of the badly decomposed condition of the body, the St. Joseph county coroner, refused a permit for a church funeral service. A graveside service, attended by relatives was then held.
Sheriff Boyd PETERSON and Prosecutor Dale POENIX were in South Bend all of Monday in an effort to uncover some leads which might solve the mystery surrounding the death of Koros. The local law enforcement officers were assisted by South Bend city and county officers. A number of Koros' friends were interrogated.
No definite clues as to the slaying have been found and investigators see the possibility of one of three motives, robbery, revenge, or a liquor party aftermath. That the victim was robbed after being slain is evident for no money was found on his person.
Koros, a former collector for a Hungarian newspaper, published in South Bend, was reputed quite wealthy and was thought to have had much money hidden around his humble farm home. Relatives could not find any money when they searched the home after Koros' lifeless body had been found, thus giving credence to the theory that he had been murdered and then robbed.
Koros has lived near Leiters Ford for the past year. He was a bachelor and lived the life of a recluse. He associated little with his neighbors and frequently entertained parties of Hungarians from South Bend.
Mr. Koros was born in Hungary August 16, 1884 and settled in South Bend 32 years ago. He leaves a brother, Joseph KOROS in Hungary and two cousins, Mrs. Margaret VanSLAGER and Joseph HORVATH, both of South Bend.

Mrs. Ida E. [CLELAND] HOWELL, 78, a life-long resident of Kewanna, passed away at her home at 9:45 o'clock Monday evening. Her death was attributed to complications. Mrs. Howell's illness, however, had not been regarded as extremely grave until the past two or three days. The deceased had a wide acquaintance of friends throughout both Fulton and Pulaski counties.
Mrs. Ida E. Howell was born July 14th, 1857 in Kewanna, Indiana. She was the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. William T. CLELAND. On December 25th, 1877 she was united in marriage to Henry D. HOWELL. Mrs. Howell was a member of the Kewanna Methodist church and the Order of Eastern Star.
The survivors are the husband, two nieces, Mrs. Flo McNITT, and Mrs. Hugh COOK, of Oak Park, Ill.; and a nephew, John Oliver COOK, of Oak Park, Ill.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the Howell home. Rev. C. C. HARROLD will be in charge. Burial will be made in the Kewanna I.O.O.F. cemetery.

"In the measureless realm of time, how brief is our earthly stay," for it is written that a thousand years are but a day in eternity. The City of Rochester is today bereft of the temporal presence of an esteemed old citizen, whose daily walk in life was one of continuous honor and rectitude of character. It is this writer's province to proclaim this truth, since the subject of this brief eulogy lived next-door neighbor for a period of over forty-six years. That experience qualifies the statement of his exemplary citizenship beyond any question of doubt. Conviction is that our regret is counterparted by glorious advent to life celestiale, a thought to assuage family grief in the knowledge that his gain should be our glad admission of triumphant entry in that "house not made with hands."
Peter J. STINGLY, son of Frederick and Anna E. MADARY STINGLY, was born at Basil, Ohio, January 18, 1856, entered higher life at his home, 1222 Madison street, Rochester, Ind., 315 a.m. May 19, 1936, aged 80 years, 4 months and 1 day.
The deceased came to Fulton county with his parents and located in Liberty township, near Fulton, when he was a child of ten years. His boyhood comprised the duties and interests incident to farm life, and common school of pioneer days in Liberty township. He attended High School at Logansport and later took a course in business and penmanship in Hall's commercial school at Logansport, walking from home to school at intervals. It is a matter of interest that he taught his first term of school in Liberty township in his young manhood and continued as teacher for a number of years.
March 21, 1880, Peter J. STINGLY and Mary A. EIKELBERNER were united in marriage, at the home of the late Andrew OLIVER, near Mud Creek, road 25. To their union two daughters were born, Mrs. Guy A. FISH, South Bend and Mrs. Walter MASON, residing in the home. Two granddaughters, Mrs. Arthur WILSON and Elizabeth FISH, and one great-granddaughter, Joyce Ann WILSON of South Bend. No other near relative, except his wife and one nephew at Peru, survive.
Mr. Stingly was an honored and respected member of Fredonia Lodge No. 122, Knights of Pythias, thus continuing faithfully to the last.
For a number of years he was a member of Citizens' Band, until his length of years and business interests precluded his pleasure in that line.
About the year 1888 he was elected as Fulton County Surveyor on the Democratic ticket, which trust he filled with great credit to himself and satisfaction to the electorate. At a succeeding election he was succeeded by a Republican in a party "land slide," following his service of six years, after which he purchased the abstract business of the late Hugh M. [STEPHENSON] and Rome C. STEPHENSON, in which he prospered up to time of his demise. In all activities and contact with business and social life he was popularly known as an honored citizen, a gracious neighbor, loving husband and indulgent father, of whom no greater compliment can be voiced than to say he was a noble man.
Funeral rites will be conducted at the Stingly home at 2:30 o'clock, Thursday, Rev. T. J. STOVALL in charge. Interment at I.O.O.F. cemetery. Friends desiring to witness the remains are welcome to call at the home up to the hour of funeral ceremony.

Wednesday, May 20, 1936

William B. ROBBINS, aged 83, who was better known by his many friends as Bert ROBBINS, died in a hospital in Mishawaka at 6:15 o'clock Wednesday morning after several weeks illness due to carcinoma.
The deceased had been employed as mail carrier from the post office in Mishawaka for the past twenty-five years. He was born near this city on July 25, 1873 and was the son of Cyrus and Sarah ROBBINS.
Mr. Robbins for a number of years was a farmer near this city. His wife was Amelia LANGSDORF. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Survivors are the widow; daughter, Miss Bertha ROBBINS, at home; three brothers, Charles [ROBBINS] and Dee ROBBINS of this city and Roy ROBBINS, Clymers, and three sisters, Mrs. Dora PYLE and Mrs. Bert COLE of this city, and Mrs. Albert MARTINDALE, Peru.
The funeral arrangements had not been made at the time The News-Sentinel went to press.

James KITCHEN, aged 81, a former resident of Rochester township, died at his home in Atlantic, Iowa today after a short illness. For many years Mr. Kitchen resided on a farm south of this city. He was a member of the Methodist Church. The widow and son, Carl [KITCHEN], Carroll, Iowa, are the only immediate survivors. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford WILHOIT, Akron, left by motor today for Atlantic to attend the funeral.

Mrs. Alpha SNYDER passed away at the Woodlawn Hospital in Rochester at 6:15 p.m. Monday after an illness of one month with complications. She was the daughter of John and Ellen ROCKHILL, and was born in Tippecanoe township, April 6, 1862. She was 74 years, one month and 12 days old at the time of her death.
Mrs. Snyder lived in or near Tippecanoe her entire life. She took an active part in all church and social affairs and will be greatly missed by her many friends in the community in which she lived.
On Jan. 17, 1882, she was united in marriage to Leander B. SNYDER. To this union were born five children. Three of the children and the husband survive. They are Albert ILER, of Tippecanoe, John SNYDER of South Bend, and Ross SNYDER of Argos. She also leaves two brothers, Elmer ROCKHILL and Frank ROCKHILL of Tippecanoe.
She was a member of the M. P. church of Tippecanoe from where funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 p.m., with Rev. BURGESS, pastor of the church, officiating. Rev. HEITZ of Winona Lake will assist. Burial will be in the Tippecanoe cemetery.
The body was returned to the home in Tippecanoe yesterday from the Grossman Funeral Home, at Argos, where friends may call.

Thursday, May 21, 1936

The funeral services for the late Peter J. STINGLY, attorney and abstractor which were held from his residence at 1222 South Madison street this afternoon were largely attended. There were many beautiful floral tributes.
The rites were in charge of Rev. T. L. STOVALL, pastor of the Grace Methodist Church of which organization the deceased was a member. Interment was made in the Odd Fellows cemetery.
Mr. Stingly was the oldest active member of the Fulton County Bar Association. The Fulton circuit court adjourned this afternoon and Judge Robert MILLER and the members of the bar, attended the services in a body. Attorneys from a number of surrounding counties were also present.
The deceased was stricken with paralysis while working in his office last Friday morning. Death occurred on Tuesday morning as a result of this stroke of paralysis.
Mr. Stingly had been prominent in civic, church and social circles here for a number of years. He, in early life was a school teacher and later was elected county surveyor.

David ZEHNER, age 74 years, a member of one of the first pioneer families of Marshall county, died at one o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the Kelly Hospital in Argos after a stroke of paralysis two weeks ago last Sunday. He was born Oct. 26, 1861, and had spent his entire life on a farm in Green township, Marshall county, five miles west of Argos.
Surviving are eight children: Lloyd ZEHNER, south of Plymouth; Mrs. Effie EDMONS, of Mishawaka; Loring ZEHNER, Chicago; Earl ZEHNER, near Argos; Royal ZEHNER, on home place; Bly ZEHNER, of Chicago; Miss Beulah ZEHNER, of Mishawaka and Miss Zola ZEHNER, nurse in Healthwin Hospital, near South Bend.
Also surviving are one brother, Melvin ZEHNER, of Fort Wayne, and the following half-brothers and sisters: Clarence [ZEHNER], Lawrence [ZEHNER] and Adam ZEHNER, near Plymouth; Mrs. Mary RICHARD, Mrs. Bertha TRIBBY and Mrs. Daisy SPITLER, near Plymouth. His parents were David and Elizabeth ZEHNER.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in the Umbaugh Funeral Home in Argos in charge of Rev. A. M. THOMAS.
Burial will be in Old Oak Hill cemetery, Plymouth.

Friday, May 22, 1936

Miss Mary MILLER, aged 38, died at the home of her sister Mrs. Pete CAMPBELL at 4:30 o'clock Friday morning. Death was due to encephalitis and followed an illness which had its inception in October, 1935.
The deceased was born in Carroll county, on December 23, 1897, but came to Fulton county with her parents when quite young. Her parents were Edward and Anna (CRIPE) MILLER. She was a graduate of the Rochester high school and then completed a teacher's normal course in which she also took work in accounting.
Miss Miller taught in the grade schools of Fulton county for several years and then accepted a position in the St. Joseph Loan and Trust Company, South Bend, where she was employed in the stocks and bond department. She continued in her position in South Bend until her illness in October forced her to resign.
Miss Miller while a resident of South Bend was prominent in civic work. She was in charge of several charity drives in that city. Miss Miller was a member of the women's bowling team from South Bend, which represented that city in several national tournaments. She was a member of the Methodist Church at Burton.
Survivors are the mother and nine brothers and sisters. Miss Peggy MILLER, Mrs. Pete CAMPBELL and Robert MILLER of this city, Mrs. Priscilla ARENSMAN, Bellflower, Cal., Mrs. Mattie EDING, Camden, Jesse MILLER, Winfield, Kans., Howard MILLER, Lima, Ohio, Hansford MILLER, Keyport, N.J., and Dennis MILLER, Philadelphia, Pa. The father, sister Esther [MILLER], and brother Russell [MILLER] preceded in death.
The funeral arrangements had not been completed at the time The News-Sentinel went to press and will not be made until word from relatives at distant points has been received. The body was moved to the home of the mother Mrs. MILLER, 419 Fulton Avenue, this afternoon, where friends may view the remains.

Mrs. Minnie McLOCHLIN, aged 46, who resided on a farm one mile west of Kewanna, died at 10 o'clock Saturday morning in the St. Joseph Hospital in Logansport. Death followed an operation performed two weeks ago.
The deceased was born in Putnam county, Indiana on January 28, 1890 and had lived in the Kewanna community for twenty-five years, moving there from her birthplace, following her marriage to Leo McLOCHLIN on November 23, 1910. She was a member of the St. Ann's Catholic Church at Kewanna.

Survivors are the husband; two daughters, Mrs. Dale WHIPPLE, Star City, and Marie [McLOCHLIN], aged 10, at home; two sons, Harold McLOCHLIN, and Rogers McLOCHLIN, both of Kewanna, and two sisters, Mrs. John McLOCHLIN, Grass Creek and Mrs. Mae STAGG, who resides on a farm in Putnam county.
The funeral arrangements were incomplete at the time The News-Sentinel was published.

Miss Janet McINTIRE, aged 21, a senior in Purdue University, died at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Austin McINTIRE in Delong at 6:25 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Death was due to an embolism and followed an illness of four months.
The deceased was born in Fulton county on September 1, 1914. After her graduation from the Leiters Ford high school she matriculated in Purdue University where she was majoring in Home Economics.
Miss McIntire had completed her teacher's training course at Purdue in which institution she was an honor student. The deceased had kept up with her school work despite her illness and would have graduated with her class at Purdue in June. Miss McIntire was a member of the Methodist Church. She was an only child.
The funeral services will be held from the home in Delong at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon with Rev. M. W. CRIDER, pastor of the Leiters Ford Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be made in the cemetery at Leiters Ford.

Saturday, May 23, 1936

Mrs. E. A. [Emma E. SARBER] BLUE, 81, resident of Mentone died Thursday afternoon at 5:20 o'clock at her home. Mrs. Blue, who had been in failing health for several years, suffered a paralytic stroke Thursday morning.
The deceased was born September 1, 1854 in Palestine. She was formerly Emma E. Sarber, daughter of William and Keturah SARBER. She resided in Mentone practically all her life, where she was a member of the Baptist Church.
Surviving besides the husband are four children, Mrs. Charles BRUNER of Kewanee, Ill., Earl BLUE of Rockford, Ill., Charles BLUE of Elkhart, and Allen BLUE of Logansport; six grandchildren, and one half-brother, Orville SARBER of Mentone.
Funeral services were held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Mentone Baptist Church. Rev. R. Orville YEAGER, assisted by Rev. DEWITT and Rev. ALEXANDER, were in charge. Interment was made at Mentone.

Mrs. Charles HILAND, a former resident of this city, died Friday morning at her home in South Bend, friends in this city have been advised. The funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday from the Jones Funeral Home in South Bend.

Mrs. Margaret SHAW, aged 84, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Emma KLINE, 813 West Fourth street, at 6:30 o'clock Friday afternoon. Death was due to pneumonia and followed an illness of two weeks.
The deceased was born in Ohio on December 30, 1851 and had lived in Fulton county for forty years. For many years she resided on a farm near Leiters Ford. Her husband was the late John D. SHAW. Mrs. Shaw was a member of the Methodist Church at Delong.
Survivors are four sons Albert [SHAW], Lakeville, Lewis [SHAW], South Bend, William [SHAW], Culver and Emmerson [SHAW], Rochester; two daughters, Mrs. Edna LEWIS, Leiters Ford, and Mrs. KLINE of this city; twenty-six grandchildren and twenty-eight great- grandchildren.
The funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon from the home of Mrs. Kline on West Fourth street with Rev. Loren STINE officiating.

The last rites for Mrs. Leo McLOCHLIN who resided on a farm near Kewanna and who passed away in a hospital in Logansport Friday morning following an operation will be held from the St. Ann's Catholic Church at Kewanna at 9 o'clock Monday morning. The services will be in charge of Rev. Charles SEEBERGER. Interment will be in the St. Ann's Cemetery, south of Kewanna.

The funeral services for the late Miss Mary MILLER who died at the home of her sister, Mrs. Pete CAMPBELL early Friday morning, will be held from the United Brethren Church at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon. Rev. Elmer Ward COLE, pastor of the Christian Church of South Bend will officiate. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Tuesday, May 26, 1936

Mrs. Willard [Celia Catherine MORRISON] AULT, aged 66, died at her home two miles southeast of Twelve Mile at 8 o'clock Tuesday morning from heart disease. She had been in ill health for four weeks.
The deceased was born in Howard county near Russiaville on April 6, 1870 and was the daughter of Enoch and Sidney MORRISON. She had resided in Cass county for forty-five years.
The deceased was married to Willard AULT when she was twenty years of age. The ceremony was performed in Logansport. Mrs. Ault was a member of the Twelve Mile Christian Church.
Survivors are the husband; daughter, Mrs. Nine Marie FRUSHOUR, Logansport; grandson; mother, Mrs. MORRISON, Burlington; two sisters, Mrs. John McCUTCHEON, Indianapolis, and Mrs. B. F. HATFIELD, Converse; and two brothers, James MORRISON, Michigantown and William MORRISON, Burlington.
The funeral services are to be held from the home at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon with the Rev. Ray UPSON in charge. Burial will be made in the Mexico cemetery.

Wednesday, May 27, 1936

Loyd A. ROBESON, aged 42, a veteran of the World War, died at his home, 206 North Pontiac Street, early this morning, after he had suffered an acute heart attack. The deceased had suffered with angina pectoris for several years.
Mr. Robeson was born in Liberty, Ind., on March 4, 1893. His parents were Samuel and Mary (CULLEY) ROBESON. He had resided in this city for the past six years, moving here from his birthplace. Mr. Robeson was a painter.
The deceased served in the World War for two years as a cook at Camp Funston, Kans. He was a member of Company E, Troop 89, of the 110th Division. Mr. Robeson was a member of the Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias lodges.
The widow and a daughter, Ruby [ROBESON], aged 6, are the only immediate survivors.
The funeral arrangements have not been completed.

Thursday, May 28, 1936

Funeral services for the late Loyd ROBESON, who died at his home on North Pontiac Street Wednesday morning following a heart attack, will be held from the First Evangelical Church at 2 p.m. Friday. Rev. Lloyd E. SMITH, pastor of the church, will officiate. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery. The LeRoy Shelton Post of the American Legion will be in charge.

Friday, May 29, 1936

Among the out-of-town relatives and friends here for the funeral services for the late Janet McINTIRE, of Delong were:
Mrs. Emma ADAMS, Mrs. Clark BAILEY and daughter Colleen [BAILEY], Mrs. Mattie BARTH and daughter Frances Ellen [BARTH], Mrs. Eva RARRICK, Mrs. G. C. METZGER and family, Mr. and Mrs. George EICHER and family, Rev. and Mrs. H. L. ADAMS, South Bend, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis McINTIRE, Mrs. Florence WELCHER, Markle, Ind.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry McINTIRE, Miss Minnie HUFFMAN, Huntington, Ind., Mrs. Sadie SLAYBAUGH and son Edward [SLAYBAUGH], Akron, Miss Millicent SLAYBAUGH, Anderson, Ind., Mrs. D. R. ROBINSON and daughter Marie [ROBINSON], Converse, Mr. and Mrs. Lee ROBINSON, Mrs. Daisy CARR, Logansport.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd ROBINSON, Winamac, Ind., Mrs. Evelyn WOLFRAM, Walkerton, Mrs. Roy MEHARRY, New Richmond, Dr. Dorothy STRATTON, Dean of Women, Purdue University, and assistant, and following roommates and classmates of the university: Misses Elizabeth GILKEY, Chitra MEHARRY, Betty DUNCAN, Esther MITCHELL, Pearl [SHAW] and Margaret SHAW, Richard SHAW, Clarence RAFFERTY and Frank BUNNELL.
Rev. and Mrs. William McFADDEN, of Wesley Foundation, Lafayette, Mr. and Mrs. William SHANES, Argos, Mr. and Mrs. Elias SMITH, Mentone, Mrs. John SANDS, Silver Lake, Mr. H. N. BLAIR, Decatur, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. DIVILBLISS and son Thomas [DIVILBLISS], Gertrude [DAVIDSON] and Lucile DAVIDSON, Dayton, Ohio, Miss Lois HEETER, Mrs. E. C. LEININGER and son John [LEININGER], Chicago, and many others of Culver, Rochester, Monterey, Kewanna and Leiters Ford.
The floral tributes, many in number, were carried by twenty-five classmates of the local high school, Purdue Senior class of '36, and Sunday School class of Lafayette. Miss McIntire was a member of '36 class of Purdue, an honor student with A grades entirely, and president of her Sunday School class at Lafayette.

Monday, June 1, 1936

Mrs. Henry THOMPSON, aged 82, died at her home, 819 South Madison street, at 11:30 o'clock Monday morning. She had been sick for several years and seriously ill for two months.
The deceased was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania on May 8, 1854. She made the long trip to Indiana with her parents in a covered wagon when she was quite young.
The family settled in Warsaw where Mrs. Thompson resided until her marriage. She was a member of the Grace Methodist Episcopal Church of this city.
Survivors are two daughters, Miss Stella THOMPSON, of this city and Mrs. Ora NEWHOUSE, Argos; three sons W. I. THOMPSON, Jackson, Mich., Charles H. THOMPSON, Waterman, Ill, and Ancil THOMPSON, Cincinnati, Ohio and three grandchildren.

The funeral arrangements had not been made at the time The News-Sentinel went to press.

Relatives in Kewanna, Sunday afternoon, received word of the death of Bonnie Jean [MATHEWS], three year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry MATHEWS, 1911 Miami street, South Bend, who are former residents of Kewanna.
The child was killed when it was struck by an automobile driven by Miss Anna GOODMAN, South Bend. Miss Goodman was exonerated from all blame in the accident.
A married daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mathews who lives just across the street from her parents started to return to her home after visiting with her mother.
Unknown to the married daughter, her baby sister followed her. The older sister turned to warn Bonnie Jean to return home but too late to avoid her being struck by Miss Goodman's auto.
The baby is survived by her parents and three brothers and sisters. Burial will be made in South Bend.

Mrs. William L[awrence] [Maude BARR] NICHOLS, aged 59, died suddenly at 8 o'clock Friday evening following a heart attack. Death occurred at the home of her son Max Nichols, east of this city on rural route 2. Mrs. Nichols had been in ill health for the past three and half years.
Two years ago the Nichols' farm home, one and half miles north of Akron, burned to the ground and had just been rebuilt. Mr. and Mrs. Nichols, since their home burned, have been living with their children.
The deceased was a life-long resident of Fulton county. She was born on a farm in Newcastle township on April 2, 1877. Her parents were Oliver and Martha BARR. She was married on April 29, 1896 in a ceremony which was performed in this city.
Survivors are the husband, four sons Max [NICHOLS], Donn [NICHOLS] and Ernest [NICHOLS], who live near this city, and Omar DRUDGE, Mentone, two daughters, Miss Martha Louise NICHOLS, Chicago and Mrs. Edna DALTON, Warsaw, and six grandchildren. Two daughters, Violet Merrit [NICHOLS] and Alice C'Dale [NICHOLS] preceded their mother in death.
The funeral services were held Monday afternoon from the Church of God in Athens, with the Rev. D. L. SLAYBAUGH of Akron in charge. Burial was made in the Mt. Hope Cemetery, near Athens.

Tuesday, June 2, 1936

Herman F. SHUMAN, aged 71, concrete worker and laborer, died Monday evening at his home in this city after a long illness due to complications.
The deceased was born in Ohio on September 3, 1864 and had lived in this city all of his life except for a short period when he was a resident of Peru.
A son, Charles D. SHUMAN of this city is the only immediate survivor.
Private funeral services will be held from the Todd Funeral Parlors in Kewanna at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Burial will be made in the Citizens Cemetery west of this city.

Mrs. Michael BAUGHER, aged 70, died at her home in Argos at 2 p.m. Monday. Death was due to a stroke of paralysis which she suffered four weeks ago.
The deceased was born in Wayne county on November 10, 1865, but had lived in Marshall county since childhood. She had been a resident of Argos for over thirty-five years.
Mr. and Mrs. Baugher celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on October 2, 1932. They were married in a ceremony which was performed in Plymouth.
Survivors are the husband, a son, Grover BAUGHER, at home, and a daughter, Mrs. Alma McGRIFF of Argos.
The funeral services will be held from the Umbaugh Funeral Home in Argos at 2 p.m. Wednesday with the Rev. A. M. THOMAS officiating. Interment will be in the Maple Grove Cemetery at Argos.
The body has been moved to the Umbaugh Funeral Home, where friends may pay their respects until the hour of the funeral.

Mrs. J. F. DYSERT has been called to Van Wert, Ohio, because of the death of her mother, Mrs. Melinda PONTIOUS, aged 91. Death was due to complications incident to old age. Mrs. Pontious had often visited in this city. Funeral services and burial will occur at Van Wert.

Funeral services for the late Mrs. Henry THOMPSON who died at her home, 819 South Madison Street, Monday morning will be held from the home at 2 p.m. Wednesday with Rev. T. L. STOVALL in charge. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Wednesday, June 3, 1936

Calvin B. SPURLOCK, aged 92, died at 11 o'clock Tuesday night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. A. M. SMITH, who resides on a farm southeast of Kewanna. Death was due to complications incident to old age and followed an illness of two weeks.
The deceased was born in Hamlin, West Virginia on December 5, 1842. He had lived on farms in Fulton county for a number of years, and came to Indiana from his birthplace.
Mr. Spurlock has made his home with his daughter for the past six years. His wife, who was Annie GRASS, died nineteen years ago. Mr. Spurlock was a member of the Baptist church.
Survivors are two sons, John SPURLOCK, McGrath, Minn., and Walter SPURLOCK, Huntington, West Virginia, and two daughters, Mrs. C. W. MARSH, Athens, and Mrs. SMITH.
The funeral services will be held from the home of Mrs. Smith at 2 p.m. Thursday, with the Rev. Blake FRANKLIN in charge. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery at Kewanna.

Rochester friends received news of the death of Bernie LAUER, 55, which occurred at his home in St Louis, early today.
Mr. Lauer was a former resident of this city, where with his father and brother Isadore [LAUER], he was engaged in the clothing business for a number of years. During the Lauers' residency in Rochester, they owned the large brick home, corner of 10th and Jefferson street, which is now the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home. The brief message did not state what caused Mr. Lauer's demise.
Funeral services were to be held in St. Louis Friday afternoon. Several Rochester friends will attend the rites.

Mrs. Hannah Elizabeth JEFFERIES, aged 86, died at the home of her son Ancil Jefferies near Macy at 9:10 o'clock Wednesday morning. Death was due to complications incident to old age. The illness dated from January 10.
The deceased was born on a farm in Randolph county on May 23, 1850. Her parents were James and Martha (DUNLAP) THOMPSON. Mrs. Jefferies had lived in Fulton county for 65 years, and resided in Kosciusko county for two years.
In a ceremony which was performed in this city on October 2, 1870 the deceased was married to Jarvis JEFFERIES. Mrs. Jefferies has been a member of the Bethlehem Baptist Church for over fifty years.
Survivors are three sons, Ancil [JEFFERIES] and Terry [JEFFERIES] of near Macy and Frank JEFFERIES of South Bend; two daughters, [Mrs.] Clinton WALBURN, of this city, Mrs. Minnie WOODS, Lowell, and a sister, Mrs. Susie ROGERS, Oakland Cal. Two daughters preceded their mother in death.
A sister, Mrs. Lou WOODS, aged 88, died at her home in Lowell Monday after a long illness. Her funeral was held today.
Funeral services for Mrs. Jefferies will be held from the Bethlehem Baptist Church at 2 p.m. Friday with the Rev. C. S. DAVISSON in charge. Interment will be in the Sycamore cemetery.

Friday, June 5, 1936

Mrs. Maggie WARTANBE, aged 69, died at her home in Argos at 6 o'clock Friday morning following a sudden heart attack. Mrs. Wartanbe was stricken while she was preparing breakfast. Her death was entirely unexpected.
The deceased was born in Kentucky on April 19, 1867 and has lived in the Argos community for the past fifty years. She was married to Thomas WARTANBE on December 14, 1885 in a ceremony which was performed in Argos.
Survivors are the husband and six daughters, Mrs Etta GANT, Mrs. Carrie MIBICK and Miss Grace WARTANBE all of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Pearl GASKELL, Kokomo and Mrs. Nellie FRANCIS, Muncie. A son Orla [WARTANBE] died in 1911.
The body was moved to the Grossman Funeral Apartment in Argos where the Marshall county coroner held his inquest. The funeral arrangements had not been completed at the time The News-Sentinel went to press.

Saturday, June 6, 1936

Mrs. Emma [MILLER] ROYER, aged 74, died at her farm home four and one-half miles northeast of Akron at 3:30 o'clock Saturday morning. Death was due to lung trouble and followed an illness of two years.
The deceased was born in Stark county, Ohio and was the daughter of Peter and Elizabeth MILLER. Her parents moved to the Akron vicinity when she was a child and since which time she has resided there.
Fifty years ago the deceased was married to Samuel ROYER, who preceded his wife in death. Mrs. Royer was a member of the Bethel Church of God.
Survivors are two sons, Orville ROYER, Akron and Carl ROYER, Logansport; two daughters, Mrs. Eva OVERLY, Roann and Mrs. Edna MARTIN, Akron; two brothers, Sherman MILLER and Charles MILLER, Akron; two sisters, Mrs. Charles SMOKER, Akron and Mrs. William KING of this city; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

The funeral arrangements had not been completed at the time The News-Sentinel went to press.

Funeral services for the late Mrs. Thomas WARTANBE, who dropped dead Friday at her home in Argos, will be held from the Argos Methodist church at 3 p.m. Sunday with the Rev. R. O. KIMBERLIN in charge. Burial will be made in the Maple Grove cemetery at Argos.

Monday, June 8, 1936

Mrs. Tressa M. [RAGER] RADER, aged 52, died at 2:45 o'clock Saturday afternoon at her home on East Rochester Street at Akron. Death was due to complications and followed an illness of six months.
The deceased was born near Laketon on October 19, 1884 and was the daughter of George and Mary RAGER. She has lived in Akron since her marriage on November 4, 1902 to Charles RADER.
Survivors are the husband; three sons Ralph [RADER], Akron; Rex [RADER], Hobbs, N.M. and Gene [RADER], who is a student in Indiana University at Bloomington, and two grandchildren.
The funeral services will be held from the Church of God on West Central Street in Akron at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The services will be in charge of Rev. D. L. SLAYBAUGH. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery at Akron.

William H. ONETH, aged 66, died at his home 1301 East Thirteenth Street, Saturday afternoon. Death was due to complications and followed an illness of several months' duration.
The deceased was born in the South Germany neighborhood northwest of the city on March 12, 1870. He was the son of Adam and Sarah ONETH, who were pioneer residents of the county. The widow is the only survivor.
The funeral services will be held from the Val Zimmerman Funeral Apartment at 10 a.m. Tuesday with the Rev. Frank DAWSON in charge. Interment will be in the South Germany Cemetery.

Tuesday, June 9, 1936

Mrs. Alice [HOOVER] RAILSBACK, aged 80, died at her home in Argos at 4:15 o'clock Tuesday morning. Death was due to complications and followed an illness of two years.
The deceased was a life long resident of the Argos community. She was born near Argos on September 25, 1855 and was the daughter of Fred and Serena HOOVER. Her husband, Simon RAILSBACK preceded her in death.
Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Fred SLAYER, Argos, and a brother, Frank HOOVER of Schetek, Wisconsin.
The funeral services will be held from the home at 2 p.m. Thursday with Elder C. C. MAPLE of the Adventist Church officiating. Burial will be made in Maple Grove Cemetery northeast of Argos.

Richard PERSONETTE, aged 60, well known farmer of Henry township, died in the Woodlawn Hospital at 11:30 o'clock Tuesday morning. Death was due to complications and followed an illness of several months. He was brought to the hospital three weeks ago for observation.
The members of Mr. Personette's family were at his bedside when death came. For many years the deceased lived on a farm two miles north of Akron.
Survivors are the widow and two daughters, Mrs. Jack ADAMS and Mrs. Vernon KINDIG, both of Akron.
The family of the deceased could not be reached today to furnish data for an obituary. This will appear in The News-Sentinel tomorrow.

Wednesday, June 10, 1936

Funeral services for Mrs. Ada MOLLENCUPP, Kewanna, who died Tuesday morning at Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester, will be held Thursday afternoon at 1:30 from the Kewanna Church of Christ. Rev. Frank BULGER of Mishawaka will be in charge and burial will follow at Shaffer cemetery near Kewanna.
Mrs. Mollencupp, who was 42, had been ill for two weeks. Death was due to complications. She was born on July 14th, 1893, in Tennessee, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. COOK. Charles [MOLLENCUPP], the husband, preceded in death several years ago.
Survivors are the parents; five children, Wilbur [MOLLENCUPP], Edward [MOLLENCUPP], Elmer [MOLLENCUPP], Maryetta [MOLLENCUPP] and Bessie [MOLLENCUPP], all of Kewanna; five brothers, Eldridge [COOK], Royal Centre, Walt [COOK], Fulton, Ed E. [COOK], ---?---, Herman [COOK], South Bend, and Harry [COOK[, Niles, Mich., and three sisters, Mrs. Laura RYMER, Burem, Tenn.; Mrs. Bessie OLINGER, and Mrs. Grace PIERCE, Rochester.

Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon from the Church of God in Akron at the corner of West and Central streets for the late Richard PERSONETTE, aged 69, who died in the Woodlawn Hospital Tuesday at 11:22 a.m. from cancer of the bladder.
The services will be in charge of Rev. D. L. SLAYBAUGH of Akron. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery west of Akron.
The deceased was born on a farm near Sevastopool but has lived in Fulton county practically his entire lifetime during which he followed the occupation of farming. The Personette farm is located two and half miles northwest of Akron.
Mr. Personette was the son of Burris and Katherine PERSONETTE and had he lived until today June 10, he would have been seventy years of age. On April 1, 1892 he was married to Miss Salome ARTER. The deceased was a member of the United Brethren Church.
Survivors are the wodow; three daughters, Mrs. Ervin HARTMAN, Fulton, Mrs. Jack ADAMS and Mrs. Vernon KINDIG, Akron; sister, Mrs. George WHITTENBERGER, Akron; brother, Charles PERSONETTE, Mentone and eight grandchildren.

Ezra HUDKINS, 74, pioneer resident and farmer of Union township, died Tuesday evening at 6:30 at his home in Kewanna. Death was due to heart trouble.
Mr. Hudkins had been ill since December. He had been engaged in the occupation of farming up to that time when he moved to Kewanna.
Ezra Hudkins was the son of Richard and Elizabeth HUDKINS. On January 12, 1886 he was united in marriage to Minnie BAILEY of Leiters Ford. He was a member of the Baptist church and the Odd Fellows lodge.
Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Otto COOPER and Mrs. August MYERS, both of Mishawaka, Ind., one sister, Mrs. Frank BROWN, Kewanna and a half-sister Mrs. Jane CLEVELAND, Nappanee; one brother, Adrian HUDKINS of Plymouth; 18 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. A son preceded in death several years ago.
Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Baptist church in Kewanna. Rev. Blake M. FRANKLIN will be in charge. Burial will be made in the Moon cemetery, northeast of Bruce Lake.

Friends in this city received word today of the sudden death of Jack DRAPER, aged 60, traveling salesman for Madden-Copple, Ind., of Indianapolis, who died this morning at his home in Indianapolis from a cerebral hemorrhage.
Mr. Draper as a traveling salesman had visited Rochester for a number of years and was in this city last Thursday and Friday. While enroute to his home in Indianapolis, he suffered a slight stroke of paralysis. His wife was formerly Miss Anna BAILEY of this city. Survivors other than the widow are a son.
The funeral services are to be held in Indianapolis on Thursday followed by interment in that city.

Thursday, June 11, 1936

Mrs. Minnie [MURRAY] THOMAS, aged 65, wife of Richard M. THOMAS operator of a hardware store at Grass Creek, died at 9 o'clock Thursday morning in the Woodlawn Hospital. She had been in ill health for six months due to complications. Mrs. Thomas was brought to the hospital Wednesday evening for observation.
The deceased was born on a farm in Pleasant township, Cass county, on October 7, 1870. Her parents were Robert and Hanna MURRAY. Mrs. Thomas has lived in Wayne township for the past thirty-three years. She was a member of the United Brethren Church at Grass Creek.
Survivors are the husband; two daughters, Mrs. Lotus THRUSH of this city, and Miss Alice THOMAS at home; two sons, Robert THOMAS and Floyd THOMAS, both of Grass Creek; sister, Mrs. Alice KERNS, Lucerne; brother, Asa MURRAY, Grass Creek, and nine grandchildren.
The funeral arrangements had not been completed at the time The News-Sentinel went to press. The services however will take place sometime Saturday.

Friday, June 12, 1936

Funeral services for the late Mrs. Richard THOMAS of Grass Creek, who died Thursday, will be held from the United Brethren Church at Grass Creek at 2 p.m. Saturday. Burial will be made in the cemetery at Grass Creek.

Clarence E. RENBARGER, aged 58, prominent grocer of this city, passed away 3:30 a.m. Friday morning, at the Woodlawn Hospital. Although many of Mr. Renbarger's closest friends realized his condition was regarded as serious, the news of his demise came as a most severe shock throughout this community in general. The deceased underwent a major operation about ten days ago and pneumonia, which came in its wake resulted in his death.
While Mr. Renbarger had been a resident of this city but a little over two years he had acquired a legion of friends throughout Rochester and the entire county, both through his business dealings and his kindly homespun friendliness with all of his associates.

Clarence E., son of W. S. and Elizabeth RENBARGER, was born in Galien, Michigan, December 14th, 1877. On September 4th, 1901, he was united in marriage to Elda M. HAGLEY, the ceremony being pronounced in Galien. Mr. and Mrs. Renbarger removed to Rochester, Ind. from Michigan early in March of 1934, where since that time he has been engaged in the grocery business at 828 Main street. Mr. Renbarger was a member of the Presbyterian church and also a member of the Rochester Country Club.
The survivors are his wife; his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth RENBARGER and a brother William RENBARGER, both of Galien, Mich. One son, Russell RENBARGER, 17, preceded him in death in March of the year 1922.
Funeral services will be held at the Renbarger residence, 1031 South Pontiac street, Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock (Central Standard time). Rev. Harold G. TURPIN, of the Presbyterian church will have charge of the services. Interment will be made in the Galien, Mich. cemetery.

Saturday, June 13, 1936

Edward JOHNSON, aged 72, died at his home, 314 Fremont Street, Argos, at 1 o'clock Friday afternoon. Death was due to pneumonia.
Mr. Johnson had been in ill health for several months. Last Sunday he attended the morning service in the Argos Christian Church and was taken ill while in church and moved to his home. He never rallied from this attack.
The deceased was a life long resident of the Argos community and was born on a farm near Argos on August 9, 1863. He followed the occupation of farming throughout his lifetime.
The deceased was married to Miss Flora DAWSON on May 15, 1892 in a ceremony which was performed at Argos. Mr. Johnson was a member of the Argos Christian Church.
The survivors are the widow, three daughters, Mrs. Ersa GARVEY, Mrs. Hazel COOPER and Mrs. Dortha SHAFER, all of Argos; two brothers, Elick JOHNSON, Minneapolis, Minn., and James JOHNSON, Plymouth, and eight [grand]children. Two children preceded their father in death.
The funeral services will be held from the Argos Christian Church at 3 p.m. Sunday, with Rev. A. M. THOMAS in charge. Burial will be made in the Gilead Cemetery southwest of Argos.
The body was moved from the Grossman Chapel in Argos to the home this afternoon where friends may view the remains until the hour of the funeral.

Monday, June 15, 1936

Mrs. Harry [Glennie May BRICKEL] PAPPUS, aged 48, passed away Sunday evening at 10:30 o'clock at the St. Margaret Hospital, in Hammond, Ind. Death resulted from complications which followed a major operation. The deceased who had been a resident of Hammond since her marriage, had been in ill health for several years.
Glennie May, daughter of Lewis and Lucinda (CARTER) BRICKEL, was born in Rochester, Ind., on January 25th, 1888. On December 29th, 1919 she was united in wedlock to Harry PAPPUS, the ceremony being pronounced in this city by the Rev. Arthur STEWART. Mrs. Pappus was a member of the Rochester Baptist Church and the Woodman Circle.
The survivors are the husband, of 235 Detroit St., Hammond, Ind.; her mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. Sam WENGER, of Rochester; a sister Mrs. Fay RUSSELL, also of this city; three brothers, Oscar BRICKEL, of Los Angeles, Calif.; Omer BRICKEL, of Athens; Harry BRICKEL, of Anderson, Ind., and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon from the Sam Wenger residence, this city. Rev. B. G. FIELD, of the Rochester Baptist Church will officiate. Interment will be made in the Rochester I.O.O.F. cemetery.

William MOLLENHOUR, of Cape Girardeou, Mo., formerly of near Mentone, died Tuesday from injuries sustained when he was struck by an automobile, according to word received here. The victim was a brother of L. L. MOLLENHOUR, of Mentone, and A. T. MOLLENHOUR, of Valparaiso.

Alonzo MARTIN, aged 76, retired farmer, died at his home in Tiosa at 9 o'clock Monday morning. Death was due to heart trouble and followed an illness of one year.
The deceased was born in Marshall county on September 17, 1860 and was the son of Steven and Mary MARTIN. He has lived in Fulton county practically his entire lifetime where he has followed the occupation of farming.
Mr. Martin was a member of the Tiosa Christian Church. He was twice married. His first wife was Dorcas DANNON and his second Lydia CLARK. His first wife preceded him in death.
Survivors are the widow; four sons, Leo [MARTIN], Charles [MARTIN], James [MARTIN] and Earl [MARTIN], all of Argos; daughter, Ethel [MARTIN], who resides in Florida and a sister, Mrs. Elda COOPER, Argos.
The funeral arrangements were incomplete at the time The News-Sentinel was published.

Mrs. Mary Jessie [SPARKS] CALVIN, age 75, died at her home in Kewanna at 8 o'clock Monday morning from heart trouble. The aged lady was taken seriously ill Sunday morning.
The deceased was a life long resident of the Kewanna community. She was born on a farm near Kewanna on May 8, 1861. Her parents were Jerry and Margaret SPARKS.
Mrs. Calvin was prominent in civic and social affairs of Kewanna and Union township for a number of years. She was a member of the Methodist Church and the Eastern Star Lodge at Kewanna.
Her husband I. B. CALVIN preceded her in death twenty years ago. Survivors are a son Vere S. CALVIN of this city and a granddaughter, Jean CALVIN.
The funeral arrangements had not been made at the time The News-Sentinel went to press Monday.

Tuesday, June 16, 1936

Miss Hannah McCAUGHEY, aged 73, died at her home at 719 North Jefferson street at 6 o'clock Monday afternoon. Death was due to complications and followed an illness of three years duration.
The deceased was a life long resident of Fulton county. She was born on October 5, 1862 in Wayne township. Her parents wer David and Lavina McCAUGHEY.
Forty-three years ago the McCaughey family moved to this city to reside. For many years the deceased lived with her sister, Miss Martha McCAUGHEY.
Miss McCaughey was an active member of the First Presbyterian Church of this city and affiliated with that organization when she was a child.

Survivors are two sisters, Mrs. Margaret ELLIOTT of Kewanna, and Mrs. Martha McCAUGHEY of this city and a number of nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be held from the residence at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon with Rev. Harold TURPIN officiating. Burial will be made in the Fletcher's Lake cemetery.

Charles S. WOLF, aged 69, for many years a well known contractor of Logansport, died at 5 o'clock Tuesday morning at the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. MILLER, four miles northeast of Fulton.
Death was due to complications and followed an illness of five months. Mr. Wolf went to the Miller home five weeks ago in an effort to recuperate.
Mr. Wolf was the contractor on many buildings in northern Indiana. His firm was known as ERTLE and WOLF. This firm constructed a number of buildings in this city. Mr. Wolf was a member of the Broadway United Brethren Church and the Eagles Lodge of Logsnport.
Survivors are the widow, Mary A. WOLF; two brothers Jesse WOLF, Los Angeles, Cal., and Otto WOLF, Logansport; sister Mrs. Elizabeth GRADY, Chicago, and several nieces and nephews.
The funeral arrangements are incomplete.

James [COX], three-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl COX, who reside on a farm three miles northwest of Akron, was buried this afternoon at Akron, after services from the home in charge of Rev. Alva BARR of Gilead. The child died Sunday from bronchial pneumonia which followed an attack of whooping cough. The baby's twin brother is seriously ill with pneumonia which also followed the whooping cough. There is one other child in the Cox family.

Mrs. Albert SMAILES, aged 59, a former resident of this city died in her home in California, Ohio, early Tuesday morning. Death was due to heart trouble and followed an illness of three weeks' duration.
The deceased was born near Fletcher's Lake on February 15, 1877 and was the daughter of David and Margaret (McCAUGHEY) ELLIOTT. On November 12, 1910 she was married to Albert SMAILES.
Mrs. Smailes spent her entire lifetime in this vicinity except the last twelve years when she has resided in California, Ohio. She was an active member of the First Presbyterian Church of this city and of the Daughters of America Chapter at California, Ohio.
Survivors are the husband; her mother Mrs. Margaret ELLIOTT, Kewanna; two sisters, Mrs. Frances HENDRICKSON, Kewanna, and Mrs. Ruth JESSEN, Los Angeles, Cal.; two sisters-in-law, Mrs. Blanche ZIMMERMAN, Rochester, and Mrs. Gemella HILL, Chicago, and a number of nieces and nephews.
The body will be brought to this city for burial. The services probably will be held Thursday.
Mrs. Smailes was a niece of Miss Hannah McCAUGHEY who died at her home on North Jefferson Street this morning.

Funeral services for the late A. B. MARTIN who died at his home in Tiosa yesterday will be held from the Tiosa Brethren Church at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday with Rev. A. M. THOMAS of Argos officiating. Burial will be made in the cemetery at Argos.

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Jessie CALVIN who died at her home in Kewanna Monday were held Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock from the home in Kewanna. Rev. C. C. HARROLD was in charge. Burial was made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery at Kewanna.

Wednesday, June 17, 1936

Funeral services for the late Mrs. Albert SMAILES, former resident of this city, who died Tuesday morning in her home in Cincinnati, Ohio, will be held from the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home at 11:00 a.m. Thursday. The services will be in charge of Rev. Harold TURPIN, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of which organization the deceased was a member. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Mrs. Strauder DORAN, aged 68, well known resident of Mentone, died at her home this morning after a long illness due to heart trouble. Her husband is lying at the point of death.
Little could be learned today about Mrs. Doran as her family were at the bedside of Mr. Doran.
The deceased was born on a farm in Newcastle township where she resided for a number of years.
Her husband; son Howard [DORAN] and three brothers, George BARKMAN, Alonzo BARKMAN and Newton BARKMAN, of this city, survive.
The funeral arrangements had not been made at the time The News-Sentinel went to press.

Thursday, June 18, 1936

Funeral services for the late Mrs. Laura Jane DORAN, aged 67, wife of Strauder DORAN, who expired Wednesday morning at her farm home one mile west of Mentone, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday from the home. Mrs. Doran had been in failing health for several years.
The deceased was born August 22, 1868 on a farm in Newcastle township. Practically all her life, she resided in the Mentone vicinity. February 1, 1889, she married Herschel TEEL, who died in 1895. She married Strauder Doran on September 19, 1900. Mrs. Doran was a member of the Bethlehem Baptist church near Mentone.
Besides the husband, one son, Howard TEEL of Wabash; two grandchildren, Herschel TEEL and John Allen TEEL of near Mentone; and four brothers, I. W. BARKMAN, George BARKMAN and Alonzo BARKMAN, all of Rochester, and Henry BARKMAN of Mishawaka, survive. One son preceded Mrs. Doran in death several years ago.

Friday, June 19, 1936

Mrs. Hugh CLOUD received word yesterday of the death of her brother Edgar C. PERSONETT which occurred at his home in East Chicago Thursday following a short illness. The deceased was a former resident of this city and often visited his sister Mrs. Cloud and another sister Mrs. George WILSON of Grass Creek. The funeral services will be held Saturday in East Chicago and Mrs.Cloud and Mrs. Wilson will attend.

The following persons were here to attend the funeral Thursday afternoon for the late Miss Hannah McCAUGHEY, pioneer resident of this city who died at her home on North Jefferson street Tuesday morning from heart trouble.

Mrs. Harold ULRICK and Mrs. Violet ULRICK, Logansport; Mrs. Add THOMAS and two grandchildren, Mr. and Mrs. Harry WINN and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred ELLIOTT, Mr. and Mrs. Wiley WINN, Mrs. Ethel ELLIOTT, and Mrs. Rose HILL of Lucerne; Mrs. Wiley McCAUHEY and daughter of Cromwell, Mich.; Mrs. Walter WHITE and son Charles [WHITE] of Plymouth; Mrs. Sherman HIZER, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas HENDRICKSON and daughter, Mrs. Margaret ELLIOTT and Mrs. LOUGH, all of Grass Creek and Mr. and Mrs. Ruben HARRISON and Mr. and Mrs. Allman CROMPON all of Peru.

Peru, Ind., June 19. -- Death rode with lovers enroute to a Logansport theatre last night and today.; 17-year-old Joyce TORRENCE of Peru is dead from a skull fracture and her companion, Charles FISHER, 20, also of Peru, is in Dukes hospital suffering with painful injuries.
Joyce was killed almost instantly when she was thrown from the small car operated by Fisher after the machine struck a rough place in the pavement, the steering apparatus broke and the auto crashed into the curb.
Coroner A. S. NEWELL reported the girl sustained a basic skull fracture, broken left collar bone, compound fracture of the right arm, broken left hip and a severely bruised face and head.
Motorists placed the two young people in cars immediately after the accident, which was about 7:15 o'clock and rushed them to Dukes hospital. The young lady was pronounced dead when the auto reached the institution.
Joyce is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Omer TORRENCE, 502 North Broadway, Peru. Only a few moments before the crash the young couple left the Torrence home, stating that they were going to Logansport to attend a picture show.
When their car reached Holman street on West Main street, the accident happened.
The body of the young girl is at the Duke funeral home.
Surviving are the parents; a sister, Mrs. Dorothy CLIFFORD of Peru; a brother, Omer [TORRENCE], Jr., at home and her grandmother, Mrs. Ida WARNER of Rochester.
Scores of persons assembled at the scene of the crash soon after it happened.

Saturday, June 20, 1936

Joseph B. EDWARDS, age 67 years, better known as "Dubby," died at 10:45 Friday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard LOWE, where he had made his home for the past six years.
Mr. Edwards has been in ill health for five months and bedfast one week. He leaves no immediate relatives.
Funeral services will be held at 3 o'clock Sunday from the Presbyterian Church. Burial in the Citizen's cemetery.

Monday, June 22, 1936

Mrs. Margaret MULLIGAN, a former resident of this city, died at her home in South Bend Sunday afternoon after a long illness. A niece, Miss Pearl BARRETT, was at her bedside when death came.

Tuesday, June 23, 1936

Funeral services for the late Mrs. Margaret Ann MULLIGAN, aged 84, South Bend, a former resident of Rochester, will be held at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning from the Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church in South Bend. Rev. Philip BEAGHAN, C.S.C., pastor, will sing the solemn requiem mass and burial will be in the Riverview cemetery in South Bend.
Mrs. Mulligan died Sunday evening at her home in South Bend after an illness of 18 months which was complicated by a hip fracture on Christmas Day, 1935.
The deceased was born in Marshall county on August 27, 1851 and had resided in South Bend for the past 32 years, moving there from Rochester. Her husband, Patrick MULLIGAN died in 1910.
Survivors are two sons, Frank [MULLIGAN] and Edward MULLIGAN and daughter Miss Nellie MULLIGAN, all at home. Miss Pearl BARRETT is a niece of the deceased and was at her aunt's bedside when she passed away.

Mrs. Sarah ROWLAND, age 71 years, passed away at one o'clock this morning at the home of her son, William Rowland, 206 West South Street, in Argos. Death was due to heart trouble, from which she had suffered an attack two hours before her death.
Sarah DENNEY was born on February 3, 1865 at Atwood, Indiana. She has lived in Argos and the Argos community practically all of her life. On February 6, 1881 she was united in marriage to David ROWLAND, who preceded her in death. She was a member of the Christian Church in Argos.
Surviving are one son, William [ROWLAND]; one sister, Mrs. James CAYWOOD of Warsaw; and three brothers, Wesley DENNEY of Argos, Lloyd DENNEY of Claypool and William DENNEY of Denver, Colorado. She was preceded in death by her husband and three sons.
Funeral services will be held at the Argos Christian Church at 1:30 Thursday afternoon, and will be conducted by Rev. A. M. THOMAS, pastor of that church. Interment will be held in a cemetery three miles east of Silver Lake.

Wednesday, June 24, 1936

Mrs. Millie C. SWIHART, aged 57, wife of David SWIHART, former county commissioner died at her home eight miles northeast of Rochester at 4:15 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
Death was due to hardening of the nerves and followed an illness of eleven years. For the past three years Mrs. Swihart has been an invalid.
The deceased was a life long resident of Fulton county. She was born on March 10, 1879 and was the daughter of Wallace and Miranda DREW.
She was married to David Swihart in a ceremony which was performed at Tiosa on April 25, 1896. Mrs. Swihart was an active member of the Tiosa Brethren Church.
Survivors are the husband; son Melvin SWIHART, South Bend; two daughters, Beth [SWIHART] and Velma [SWIHART] at home and six grandchildren.
The funeral services will be held from the Tiosa Brethren Church at 2 p.m. Thursday with the Rev. O. C. LEMMERT in charge. Burial will be made in the Dunkard cemetery at Walnut.

Funeral services were held at Disko Saturday for Mrs. George BROOKS, aged 83, who died there on June 18. She had lived in the Disko community all of her life. Survivors are the husband who is a Civil War veteran, daughter and two step-sons.

Funeral services are to be held at the West Union Chuyrch southwest of Kewanna Thursday at 2 p.m. for Mrs. Leonard DUKES, 55, who died at her farm home southwest of Kewanna Monday night.
The services are to be in charge of Rev. C. V. BIGLER with interment in the Star City Cemetery. Mrs. Dukes died after a two year illness. The deceased was born in Pulaski county and spent her entire lifetime in Pulaski, Cass and Fulton counties.
She is survived by her husband, Leonard [DUKES], at home; two brothers, Charles SUTTON, of Royal Center, and Henry [SUTTON], of Rochester; a half-brother, Lewis SUTTON, of Star City; and a sister, Mrs. Ada CROOK, of Royal Centre.

Peru, Ind., June 24. -- William Clayton FARRAR, 76, veteran Peru attorney and justice of the peace, was found dead at his home, 110 East Street. Death was found by County Coroner A. S. NEWELL to have been due to heart disease and to have occurred probably either Sunday night or Monday morning.
Discovery of the body was made by Lester DUFF, 28, an employe of the Logansport Country club, where Mrs. Farrar is cateress. Duff had brought Mrs. Farrar to her home here for a brief visit with her husband. Preceding Mrs. Farrar into the house, Duff found the body lying on the floor near the front door.
Funeral services will be conducted from the chapel of the Fetter-Allen mortuary on East Third Street at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon. The Rev. R. N. TUNMER, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, will officiate and interment will be in Mt. Hope cemetery. The body may be viewed at the mortuary from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday and until the hour of the obsequies Thursday.
Resolutions of respect to the memory of Justice Farrar were passed at a special meeting of the Miami County Bar Association yesterday afternoon.
Plumbers who sought admission to Justice Farrar's office above the Zazley Meat Market yesterday to drain the heat lines first discovered his absence, but attached little significance to it. W. B. LOOMIS, a constable in the employ of Justice Farrar, said he did not go to the office yesterday.
The surviving widow, who formerly was cateress at the Rochester Country Club, had been living at the Logansport club this summer, returning to Peru every few days.
Surviving also are four children: Mrs. Virginia SWEET, wife of Harry SWEET, Kokomo business man; Josiah E. FARRAR and Clayton FARRAR, also of Kokomo, and Mrs. Emeline TEEPLE, of Atlanta, Ga.
Justice Farrar was the son of Col. Josiah FARRAR, prominent pioneer resident and Civil war veteran.

Thursday, June 25, 1936

Miss Mary E. DUBOIS, aged 80, pioneer resident of Fulton county, died at her farm home south of this city on Road 31 in the Green Oak neighborhood at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
Death was due to a stroke of paralysis which she suffered four years ago. Since that time Miss Dubois has been a semi-invalid.

The deceased was born in Fulton county on March 29, 1856. Her parents were Methusalem and Rachael (NEES) DUBOIS.
The Dubois family have been residents of Fulton county since 1837. Miss Dubois has resided in Fulton county all of her life, except for 13 years when the family lived in St. Clair county, Missouri.
Miss Dubois was one of nine children. She lived with four of her brothers for a number of years. Her only immediate survivor is a brother, Henry DUBOIS with whom she resided. A number of nieces and nephews also survive.
The funeral services will be held from the Horton Chapel south of this city at 2 p.m. Friday with the Rev. S. C. DAVISSON in charge. Burial will be made in the Horton Cemetery. Miss Dubois was a member of the Horton Chapel.

Friday, June 26, 1936

Mrs. Laura [STRASWIDER] JOHNSON, aged 75, died at her farm home one mile west of Tippecanoe at 6:45 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Death was due to a stroke of paralysis which she suffered at 10 o'clock yesterday morning.
The deceased was born in Fulton county on September 7, 1860 and was the daughter of Elias and Hanna STRASWIDER. She had lived in Kosciusko county during practically all of her lifetime.
On June 25, 1885 the deceased was married to Jay JOHNSON in a ceremony which was performed in Rochester. Mr. Johnson died on November 26, 1932.
Survivors are four children, Lester JOHNSON, Mrs. Cora MIKESELL and Mrs. Lillie COOPER, all of Tippecanoe, and William JOHNSON, who resided with his mother.
Funeral services are to be held from the Methodist Protestant Church in Tippecanoe at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, in charge of Rev. J. L. BURKETT. Burial will be made in the cemetery at Tippecanoe.

John RITTER, aged 70, a former resident of the Milark community, southeast of the city, died at his home in Dexter, Mich., at 11:15 o'clock Thursday morning from carcinoma of the bone. He had been ill for 18 months.
The deceased was born in Fulton county on December 26, 1865. He lived near Milark on a farm until twenty years ago when he moved to Dexter where he was employed by a railroad as a section foreman.
Mr. Ritter was twice married. His first marriage was to Belle ZARTMAN who died thirty years ago and the second was to Minnie STEPHEY. The deceased was a member of the Reform Church.
Survivors are the widow; two daughters, Mrs. Ed TRETZLER and Mrs. Ivan DAVIS, Dexter, Mich.; a son Forrest RITTER, Cleveland, Ohio; sister Mrs.Elizabeth STEININGER of this city; three brothers Harry [RITTER] and Verd RITTER, Cleveland, Ohio and Frank RITTER of Rochester and five grandchildren.
The funeral arrangements had not been completed at the time The News-Sentinel went to press. The body will be returned to Rochester and burial will be made in the Mt. Zion Cemetery.

Bryce THOMPSON, aged 27, farmer living two miles east of the city, died in the Woodlawn Hospital at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon. Death was due to peritonitis, which developed after an appendectomy performed Saturday. The appendix had burst before the operation. Mr. Thompson is survived by his widow and five children, all at home, parents, brother and sister. The obituary will be carried in The News-Sentinel Saturday.

Monroe MORRIS, aged 83, prominent resident and retired farmer of Akron, died at his home in Akron at 8 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Death was due to complications incident to old age and followed an illness of four years.
Mr. Morris was born in Columbus, Ohio, but came with his parents to Indiana, when he was quite young. For many years, Mr. Morris resided on a farm near Gilead, but retired from active labors 17 years ago, since which time he has lived in Akron.
The deceased was married to Miss Amanda WHITTENBERGER in a ceremony which was performed in Akron on November 6, 1879. Mr. Morris was an active member of the First Church of God in Akron.
Survivors are the widow, seven sons, five daughters, 23 grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and a sister who resides in Philadelphia, Pa. Jack MORRIS and Mrs. John KREIG, both of Akron, are children of the deceased.
The funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday from the First Church of God at the corner of South Maple and Walnut Streets in Akron. Interment will be made in the Akron Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Saturday, June 27, 1936

Funeral services for the late Robert Bryce THOMPSON, aged 28, who died in the Woodlawn Hospital at 1:15 o'clock Friday afternoon, will be held from the Rochester Baptist Church at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. Rev. B. G. FIELD will officiate and interment will be in the Richland Center Odd Fellows Cemetery. The body has been moved to the home of the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph THOMPSON, who reside on a farm south of this city.
The deceased was born on December 23, 1907 on a farm five miles south of this city. His parents were Joseph and Mary (OSBORN) THOMPSON. He had lived in Fulton county all of his life where he followed the occupation of farming. At the time of his death he was living on a farm five miles southeast of Rochester.
Mr. Thompson was well known as an athlete. For a number of years he was a member of the Woodrow Independents and Green Oak basketball teams. He played center on each of the quintettes. He was married October 10, 1929 in Canton, Ohio to Arlene MORRIS.
Survivors are the widow, five children, all at home, Juanita [THOMPSON], Roberta [THOMPSON], Mary Jo [THOMPSON], Carlene [THOMPSON] and Robert Joe [THOMPSON]; parents, three brothers, Lee [THOMPSON] and Kenneth [THOMPSON], both of this city and Kyle [THOMPSON], of Bakersfield, Cal.; two sisters, Mrs. Olive VanDUYNE, Santa Monica, Cal., and Mrs. Jackson BRUBAKER of Rochester and a number of uncles and aunts and nephews and nieces.

Funeral services for the late John RITTER, aged 70, former Milark neighborhood resident, who died at his home in Dexter, Mich., Thursday will be held from the Ora Foster Funeral Home in West Sixth Street at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. Burial will be made in the Mt. Zion Cemetery. The body will lie in state at the funeral home from Saturday evening until the hour of the funeral.

Mrs. Glen WALTHER, aged 46, who resides two miles south and three miles east of Silver Lake, succumbed Friday morning in the McDaniel hospital in Warsaw. Death was due to cancer of the bowels, for which Mrs. Walther underwent an operation last Monday.
The deceased was born Oct. 24, 1890, the daughter of William and Viola BUTTERBAUGH on the farm where she resided at the time of her death. She was married on Thanksgiving day in 1912 to Glen WALTHER.
Mrs. Walther was an active member of the First Brethren church in North Manchester. She was also the leader of the Lake Township Economics club for a number of years.
Survivors are the husband, Glen, four children, Louise [WALTHER], Maurice [WALTHER], Dorcas [WALTHER] and Max [WALTHER], all at home; her mother, Mrs. Viola BUTTERBAUGH, of near Silver Lake; a sister, Mrs. Hazel PERRY, of near Silver Lake, and a niece, Miss Eloise PERRY, of near Silver Lake.
The funeral services will be held on Sunday afternoon at the First Brethren Church in North Manchester. Rev. ROSSI, pastor of the church, will officiate. Interment will be made at the Pleasant Hill cemetery located two miles west of North Manchester.

Nina Faye ABBOTT, six months old daughter of Mrs. Bernice ABBOTT, died at 5:15 o'clock Saturday morning at her mother's home 1600 South College Avenue.
The child had been in ill health for the last six weeks, due to pneumonia which followed attacks of the measles and whooping cough.
The baby was born in this city on January 20, 1936. Its father, the late Thomas ABBOTT died last October. The child had been christened in the Evangelical Church.
Survivors are the mother, brother Deverl [ABBOTT], three sisters Charlotte [ABBOTT], Mary [ABBOTT] and Laura Lou [ABBOTT], three grandparents and a number of aunts and uncles.
The funeral services are to be held from the Evangelical Church at 10 o'clock Monday morning with Rev. L. E. SMITH officiating. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Monday, June 29, 1936

Mrs. Martha GINTHER, of this city, received word over the week end of the death of Mrs. John OTT, which occurred last Thursday at her home in Los Angeles, Calif. Death, the message stated was caused from complications which came in the wake of an attack of pneumonia. Mrs. Ott was buried in a Los Angeles cemetery, Saturday.
The Otts resided in Rochester over a score of years ago, Mr. Ott being one of the founders of the old Rochester Gas Plant. Mrs. Ott is survived by her husband, a son Harry OTT and a daughter, Mrs. Mildred VOGELSANG, all of Los Angeles.

John Dallas PONTIOUS, of Hammond, a former resident of this city succumbed at his home in that city Sunday evening. Mr. Pontious suffered a stroke of apoplexy last Friday evening which brought about his death.
Tully PONTIOUS, a brother of the deceased will attend the funeral which will be held in Hammond Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Pontious left Rochester about 40 years ago. His wife preceded him in death.

Tuesday, June 30, 1936

Mrs. Rhoda CAMPBELL, aged 70, for thirty-five years a resident of Leiters Ford, died at her home there at 7 o'clock Tuesday morning. She had been in ill health for three years due to complications and bedfast since April 8.
The deceased was born in the Sugar Grove neighborhood, southeast of Athens on March 12, 1866. Her parents were Alfred and Emily SHEETS. She was married forty-seven years ago to John CAMPBELL, who operated a store in Leiters Ford for a number of years. Mr. Campbell died January 14, 1935.
Mr. and Mrs. Campbell did not have any children. Mrs. Campbell was a member of the Methodist Church at Leiters Ford, the W. B. A. in Rochester and was a charter member of the Aubbeenaubbee Home Economics Club.
Survivors are a foster sister, Mrs. Ben NOFTSGER, Rochester and the following nephews and nieces, Maude SEMPER, Donald [SHEETS], Marie [SHEETS], Faye [SHEETS] and Jack SHEETS of Highland, Calif.
The funeral services will be held from the Methodist Church at Leiters Ford at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon with Rev. M. N. CRIDER, pastor of the church in charge. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery at Leiters Ford.

Mrs. Pearl [HULBERT] SCHROEDER, aged 29, of 510 Indiana Avenue, died in the Woodlawn Hospital at 6 o'clock Tuesday morning. Death was due to heart trouble and followed an illness of five months. The deceased was taken to the hospital several days ago for observation.
The deceased was born in Winamac on September 21, 1906 and was the daughter of Uriah and Margaret HULBERT. For a number of years Mrs. Schroeder lived on a farm near Bruce Lake.
After her marriage to John SCHROEDER on September 26, 1923 in a ceremony which was performed in this city the deceased came to Rochester to make her residence. She was a member of the First Church of God of Logansport.
Survivors are the husband, son Harley [SCHROEDER], four daughters, Ruth [SCHROEDER], Ellen [SCHROEDER], Florence [SCHROEDER] and Nancy [SCHROEDER], all at home, parents, three brothers, Lovell [HULBERT], Lake Bruce and Lester [HULBERT] and Louis [HULBERT] of Logansport and a sister, Mrs. Opal BUTTON, of Medaryville.
The funeral services will be held at the Pleasant Hill Evangelical Church near Bruce Lake at 2 p.m. Thursday. Rev. C. S. FISE will officiate. Burial will be made in the cemetery adjacent to the church.

Wednesday, July 1, 1936

George L. UMBAUGH, prominent farmer of Newcastle township passed away Tuesday afternoon at the home of his son, Charles Loy UMBAUGH, near Talma. Complications inherent with advanced years were attributed as the cause of Mr. Umbaugh's death. He had been in failing health for the past three years, however, his condition was not regarded as extremely grave until the last two weeks of his life. Mr. Umbaugh had a wide acquaintance of friends throughout the county.
George L. Umbaugh was born in Carroll County, Ohio, on May 16th, 1852. On September 28th, 1882, he was united in wedlock to Ollie Ann BERRYHILL by the Rev. C. H. SCKHART [sic] , the ceremony being pronounced in Lima, Ohio. In the year of 1866, the Umbaughs removed from Carroll county, Ohio to Newcastle township, Fulton county, where he followed the occupation of farming throughout his entire life. Mrs. Umbaugh preceded her husband in death on August 24th, 1927. Mr. Umbaugh was a member of the Rochester Lutheran Church.

The survivors are a son, Charles L. UMBAUGH, of near Talma, and two daughters, Mrs. Almeda DEAMER, of Rochester, and Mrs. Nora HAHN, of Hays, Kansas.
Funeral services in charge of Rev. William SCHROER, of the Rochester Lutheran Church will be conducted Thursday afternoon at two o'clock at the Talma Christian Church. Burial will be made in the Reichter cemetery.
A memorial wreath will be established in honor of Mr. Umbaugh. Those who wish to contribute towards it, please call the Rev. Schroer, 283-M.

George A. ROUGH, aged 78, a resident of Fulton county throughout his entire lifetime, died at his home here Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock. Death was due to general senility and followed an illness of four weeks.
The deceased was born on April 13, 1856 on a farm near Athens. His parents were Jacob and Anna ROUGH. He was married to Marietta HALDERMAN at Akron on August 28, 1880. Mrs. Rough died April 16, 1910.
Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Pearl BLUE, Evanston, Ill., and Mrs. James FUGATE of this city, four sons, Earle [ROUGH], Eugene [ROUGH] and Rex [ROUGH] of Rochester, and Arthur [ROUGH] of Los Angeles, Calif., and a sister, Mrs. Albert McKEE of this city. A son Vernon [ROUGH] preceded his father in death.
The funeral arrangements had not been completed at the time The News-Sentinel went to press because word had not been received from all of the children of the deceased. The services will be held sometime Friday morning.

In the list of relatives surviving the death of Mrs. Rhoda CAMPBELL, of Leiters Ford, the name of Mrs. Lowell OLIVER, a niece, of South Bend, was unintentionally omitted in the obituary report which appeared in a recent issue of The News-Sentinel.

Thursday, July 2, 1936

Funeral services for the late George ROUGH, who died Wednesday, will be held at 10 o'clock Friday morning from the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home with Rev. Jacob DEVRIES in charge. Burial will be made in the Mt. Hope Cemetery at Athens.

Monday, July 6, 1936

Mrs. Edna Nell (ANGLE) HATCH, aged 51, who resided on a farm west of Macy on Road 31, died in the Cass County Hospital in Logansport at 11 o'clock Friday night. Death was due to heart trouble. She had been in ill health one year and a patient in the hospital for eleven weeks.
The deceased was born in Miami county on May 22, 1885 and was the daughter of Frederic and Lavina MYERS. She was married to Lee HATCH two years ago.
Survivors are the husband, parents who reside in New Waverly, daughter Mrs. Doris CRUSH, Terre Haute, son Blaine ANGLE, New Waverly, three brothers, George MYERS, Indiana Harbor, Frank [MYERS] and Milton MYERS, Peru; two grandchildren, four step-grandchildren and one step-[great]-grandchild.
The body was moved to the Hatch home Saturday morning and Monday morning was taken to the home of the parents in New Waverly.
The funeral services were held Monday afternoon from the United Brethren Church at New Waverly with Rev. James KAUFFMAN, North Webster officiating, assisted by Rev. George SCHONBELMEYER of Macy. Burial was made in the Greenlawn cemetery at Mexico.

Charles BLACKWELL, aged 19, son of Richard and Georgia (OLIVER) BLACKWELL, of New Haven, Ind., was instantly killed Friday evening, July 3rd, when an auto in which he and a friend were riding hit a bridge and plunged into a creek. The young men were enroute to Fort Wayne at the time the tragedy occurred.
The friend who was riding with Blackwell stated their machine struck some loose gravel which caused it to skid into the bridge abutment. Young Blackwell, who is a student at the St. Joseph College, Rensselaer, is a grandson of Fred OLIVER, of this city. He is survived by his parents and seven brothers and sisters.
Funeral services it was stated will be held at the Blackwell home in New Haven, Thursday afternoon.

Mrs. Benjamin F. [Calista C. WAGONER] CARR, aged 76, died at her farm home three and one-half miles northeast of Rochester at 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Death was due to complications and followed an illness of several weeks. For two weeks the deceased was confined to her bed.
Mrs. Carr was born in Fulton county on March 21, 1860 and spent her entire lifetime here. Her parents were Solomon and Rebecca WAGONER. The deceased was married on March 18, 1879. She was a member of the Madison Avenue Christian Church of this city.
Survivors are the husband, five sons Fred [CARR] and Harley [CARR] of Rochester, Alonzo [CARR], Akron, Ray [CARR], Argos and Stanley [CARR], Montoursville, Pa., and a sister, Mrs. Tully PONTIOUS of this city. Mrs. Cleo DRUDGE, a granddaughter was reared by Mrs. Carr.
The funeral services were held from the Madison Avenue Christian Church at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon with Rev. John WALLENBERG, pastor of the church officiating. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Mrs. Kittie Mae BUSH HARTZ, aged 49, dropped dead at her home in Ora at 11 p.m. Sunday following a heart attack. The deceased had been in ill health for several years due to heart trouble.
Mrs. Hartz was born at Delong on March 25, 1887 and lived there until two months ago when her husband, Noble S. HARTZ, section foreman for the Erie railroad was transferred from Delong to Ora.
The deceased was the daughter of Emanuel and Barbara Ellen (BRUGH) BUSH. She was married to Mr. Hartz on April 4, 1916 in a ceremony which was performed in this city. Mrs. Hartz was a member of the Evangelical Church at Culver.
Survivors are the husband, two sons Everett MERHLING and Cloral HARTZ, Delong, four brothers, Charles BUSH, Culver, Enoch BUSH, Logansport, and Levi BUSH and Newton BUSH, South Bend, sister, Mrs. Flossie BUCK, Plymouth and three grandchildren.
The funeral services will be held from the Monterey Methodist Church at 2 p.m. Wednesday with the Rev. M. W. CRIDER officiating. Burial will be made in the cemetery at Monterey.

Tuesday, July 7, 1936

Winamac, Ind., July 7. -- Marshall CARPER, age seventy-eight, engaged in the drug business here nearly sixty years and senior vice-president of the First Union Bank and Trust Company, died at his home today of a heart disease. Mr. Carper was born at South Whitley. He was twice married and is survived by the widow, Rose Amelia SHILL CARPER, whom he married in 1932.

Mrs. Amanda DUDGEON, aged 64, died at her farm hone in Richland township three iles northwest of Richland Center at 1:20 o'clock Tuesday morning. Death was due to carcinoma and followed an illness of seven months.
The deceased has been a lifelong resident of Fulton county. She was born on a farm in Richland township on February 12, 1872 and was the daughter of Ezekial and Mary OVERMYER. She was married to James DUDGEON in a ceremony performed in this city on August 23, 1891. Mr. Dudgeon preceded his wife in death.
Survivors are two daughters Mrs. Clara MATHEWS and Mrs. Alpha MILLER of Rochester, two sons Arthur [DUDGEON] and Arley [DUDGEON] at home, two brothers Schuyler OVERMYER, Culver and Ambrose OVERMYER, Rochester, four sisters, Mrs. Carrie FLORA and Mrs. Emma BABCOCK, Rochester, Mrs. Mary REINHOLDT, Monterey and Mrs. Lucy BURNS of Surey, N.D., nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
The funeral services will be held from the Richland Center Church at 2 p.m. Thursday with Rev. Ora LEMERT in charge. Burial will be made in the cemetery at Richland Center.

Levi LEITER received word yesterday of the sudden death of Stewart KISHPAUGH, which occurred at his home in Waterbury, Conn. Mrs. Kishpapugh was formerly Miss Gladys LEITER, daughter of Levi Leiter. Funeral and burial services will be conducted at Waterbury, the brief message stated.

Wednesday, July 8, 1936

Dr. Melvin G. YOCUM, aged 70, well known physician of Mentone, died at his home there Tuesday evening at 10:00 o'clock after an illness which dated from 1930 with hardening of the arteries. Dr. Yocum had underwent several operations. He had been bedfast for the past four weeks.
The deceased was born on a farm near Yellow Creek Lake on December 15, 1865. His parents were Elnore and Amanda YOCUM. On August 30, 1888 he was married to Emma C. GRUBE in a ceremony which was performed at Warsaw.
Dr. Yocum attended the schools in Mentone and received his medical training in the Methodist College at Fort Wayne and the Eclectic College in Cincinnati, Ohio. He had practiced medicine in Mentone for forty-five years.
The deceased was prominent in medical circles and served as president of the Kosciusko County Medical Association and of the Tri-County Medical Society. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and Methodist Church at Mentone and had served on the school board at Mentone.
Survivors are the widow and a number of nieces and nephews.
The funeral services will be held from the Baptist Church in Mentone at 1:30 p.m. Friday with the Rev. E. E. DEWITT, pastor of the Mentone Methodist Church officiating. Interment will be made in the cemetery at Mentone.

Within scarcely over 24 hours following his demise, which occurred at his farm home in Aubbenaubbee township, three o'clock Tuesday afternoon, Henry H. MOON, 84, was laid to rest in the Moon cemetery late this afternoon. Mr. Moon's death was attributed to complication inherent with advanced years. The funeral rites which were followed to the letter of the decedent's request by his son Frank W. MOON, were similar to those of the early pioneer days.
Following the services which were held at the Sharon church, four neighbors of Mr. Moon carried his body which was laid in a home-made yellow pine casket to the adjacent Moon cemetery which was founded by the deceased's father in the year of 1851. There in the Moon family plot where lay his ancestors and deceased members of the Moon family, the casket was lowered into a home-made pine box, as relatives and friends paid their final tribute to one of the few remaining home-spun type of pioneers of Aubbeenaubbee township.
Through Mr. Moon's request a neighbor, Rev. William S. RAINEY, who several years ago retired from a Baptist pastorage in Kentucky, pronounced the funeral oration and reviewed the interesting life of this early pioneer. The outline of Rev. Rainey's sermon was most simple in its theme and bore out the expressions of a close friend and neighbor rather than that of the clergy.
Henry H. Moon, who succumbed on the farm on which he was born 84 years, 5 months and 22 days ago, was the son of William and Melinna (LEE) MOON. His early boyhood and youth was spent on the farm. For seven years he resided in Rochester where he followed the occupation of a painter. After this brief stay in this city he returned to the home place, which is situated about ten miles northwest of Rochester, where he has since resided.
In the year of 1877 he was united in wedlock to Catherine WENTZEL, the ceremony being performed at the home of the bride's parents by Rev. JONES, who at that time was minister of the Methodist church.
Mr. Moon was a staunch Democrat throughout his entire life served as trustee of Aubbeenaubbee township from 1909 to 1914 inclusive. He took an active interest in the affairs of his community and his political party, and his word and opinion on the affairs of his township were held in high regard by his neighbors and friends.
Mr. Moon's father who was one of the earlier settlers in the western sections of Fulton county passed away in the year of 1891 and his mother Melinna (LEE) MOON preceded in death in 1899. Other members of his immediate family who preceded him in death were, three infants, a brother George W. [MOON], who died in 1916, a sister Ellen LUNSFORD who passed away in 1917, Sidney R. MOON, of Rochester, who succumbed in 1933, Dewitt C. [MOON], succumbed in 1929, and Mrs. Mary Jane BRUCE, who succumbed in 1930. Henry H. Moon was the last member of the family of William and Melinna Moon.
The survivors are the widow, Catherine MOON, a daughter Bell MOON and a son Frank W. MOON. The latter had asssisted in the management of the Moon farm during his father's illness which extended over a period of several months. Frank W. Moon is well known in the Democratic circles through the old 13th and present 2nd Congressional District of Indiana, as he was twice a candidate for the nomination of congressman of these districts. He was defeated in primaries, however, on each of these occasions by Messrs. PERKINS and DURGAN.
The four pall bearers who bore the light weight pine casket to the grave were John JAMISON, Sr.; John JAMISON, Jr.; Ira BUTT and Leonard SHRIVER, all friends and neighbors of the deceased.
Although in following out the request of the aged man for a simple pioneer funeral the brevity of time did not permit news of the death becoming current through the columns of the press a large number of friends had gathered at the Moon home early Wednesday morning as the news of the passing had been telephoned throughout the community. Mr. Thomas HARRISON, undertaker of Kewanna, had charge of the funeral arrangements.
In an interview with Gilbert CORBETT, who supervised and assisted in building the pine casket he stated he did not receive the request of building the coffin until rather late Tuesday afternoon. He then drove into Leiters Ford, secured the yellow soft pine boards, and returned to his home immediately started the construction of the coffin. He was assisted in the carpentry work by Lamont GUYER, Ira BUTT, Simon HICKLE and W. M. LUNSFORD.
According to Mr. Corbett the casket was completed at 9:30 o'clock Wednesday morning. The interior of the casket which was trimmed in snow-white, long cloth was done by Mrs. Corbett, Mrs. Hickle and Mrs. W. M. Lunsford, all of whom were neighbors of the deceased pioneer.
Despite the limited time Mr. Corbett had in making the coffin the wood-work and designing presented a most trim appearance and carried through the lines of simplicity which were so desired by the one who was to take his eternal rest in it.
A photograph which was taken of the home-made casket just after it was completed in the Corbett barnlot, will appear in an early issue of The News-Sentinel.

John Richaard CARTER, aged 82, a farmer of the Mt. Zion neighborhood for the past thirty-seven years, died at his farm home at 1 o'clock Wednesday morning. Death was due to a stroke of paralysis which he suffered eight days ago.
The deceased was born in Pennsylvania on February 19, 1854 and he was the son of Ezekial and Cecilia CARTER. He has been a resident of Fulton county since 1899, when he moved here from Vermillion county, Illinois.
Mr. Carter was married to Amanda Jane LEWIS at Danville, Ill., on April 25, 1889. His wife preceded him in death on February 23. Since that time friends and neighbors have helped to care for the aged man. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church at Hoopeston, Ill.
Survivors are an adopted daughter, Mrs. C. R. NYE, New Carlisle, who was reared by the Carters since she was three years of age; sister, Mrs. Alice BURD, Danville, Ill.; brother, W. O. CARTER, Armstrong Ill.; and a number of nieces and nephews.
The funeral services will be held from the Carter home at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon with Rev. Harold TURPIN officiating. Burial will be made in the cemetery at Mt. Zion.

Henry Albert FELTY, aged 66, for many years a barber in this city, died at his home, 130 East Fifth Street at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday night from angina pectoris. He had been in ill health for the past three years.
Mr. Felty was born in Hancock county, Ohio on December 11, 1869 and came to Fulton county sixty-one years ago when his parents, Jonathan and Nancy FELTY came here to reside.
Mr. Felty had followed the occupation of a barber for the past forty years in this city. He had been the owner of a number of tonsorial parlors and at the time of his death was in partnership with his son, Maurice Felty, in the operation of a barber shop at 516 North Main Street.
In a ceremony which was performed in North Judson on November 21, 1891, Mr. Felty was married to Miss Indiana BRUGH. He was a member of the First Evangelical Church of this city.
Survivors are the widow; two daughters, Mrs. Ruth CHILCOTT and Mrs. Edna BAKER of this city; three sons, Jesse [FELTY], Chicago; Leo [FELTY], Belleville, Ill., and Maurice [FELTY] of Rochester; two sisters, Mrs. Polly MOORE, Leiters Ford, and Mrs. Fred STUBBS, Kewanna; a half-brother, Leroy GARMAN, Kewanna and twelve grandchildren. Two children, Fred FELTY and Mrs. Susan OVERMYER, preceded their father in death.
The funeral arrangements have not been completed, but probably will be held Friday morning.

Thursday, July 9, 1936

Mrs. Charles THOMAS, aged 55, died in the Parkview Hospital in Plymouth at 2:30 o'clock Thursday morning following a heart attack.
Mrs. Thomas who lived with her daughter, Mrs. Clara BURTHET on a farm four miles north of Argos on Road 31, has been a patient in the hospital for six weeks, due to a hip fracture, which she received in a fall.
The deceased has been a life long resident of the Argos community. She was the daughter of Allen and Hannah STEVENSON and was born in Argos on April 1, 1881.
In a ceremony which was performed in Argos in 1903 the deceased was married to Charles THOMAS. Mrs. Thomas was a member of the Argos Christian Church.
Survivors are the husband; two daughters, Mrs. BURTHET and Mrs. Harry MYERS, both of Argos; three brothers, Charles [STEVENSON] and Frank STEVENSON, Argos, and F. C. STEVENSON of Denver, Colo., and two grandchildren.
The body will be moved from the Umbaugh Funeral Home in Argos to the home of Mrs. Burthet this evening. The funeral arrangements had not been completed at the time The News-Sentinel went to press.

Mrs. Julia L. [KELLY] WILLIAMS, aged 69, died in a hospital at Logansport at 8:30 o'clock Wednesday evening from a stroke of paralysis which she suffered two months ago. The deceased had been in ill health for the past two months.
Mrs. Williams has resided in the Fulton and Kewanna communities all of her lifetime. She was born on a farm near Kewanna on September 16, 1866 and was the daughter of James and Jane KELLY.
The deceased was married to Allen H. WILLIAMS on September 21, 1882 and since that time has lived on a farm three miles northeast of Fulton. Mrs. Williams was a member of the United Brethren Church at Fulton.
Survivors are the husband; two daughters, Mrs. Ethel ELLIS, Rochester, and Mrs. Mary COLEMAN, Kalamazoo, Mich.; five sons, Willard [WILLIAMS], Fulton; Ray [WILLIAMS], Rochester; Clarence [WILLIAMS], Kalamazoo; Everett [WILLIAMS], Saginaw, Mich., and Herman [WILLIAMS], Peru; brother, Albert KELLY, who made his home with the Williams family and a number of grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
The funeral services will be held from the Fulton United Brethren Church at 2 p.m. Saturday with the Rev. J. W. LAKE in charge. Burial will be in the Fulton Cemetery.

Funeral services for Henry FELTY will be held at the Felty home, Friday morning at 10:30 o'clock with the Rev. L. E. SMITH of the Evangelical church officiating. The services will be private due to the serious illness of Mrs. Felty. Friends may view the body at the home up until the hour of the funeral. Burial will be made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.

Friday, July 10, 1936

Funeral services for the late Mrs. Charles THOMAS of Argos, who died yesterday in a hospital at Plymouth, will be held from the Argos Christian Church at 2:30 p.m. Saturday. Rev. A. M. THOMAS, pastor of the church, will officiate. Burial will be made in the Oak Hill Cemetery at Plymouth.

Mrs. Elizabeth [TRAPP] EASH, aged 87, died at the farm home of her son, Ed Eash, one-half a mile east of the Sand Hill Church, northwest of the city at 7:30 o'clock Thursday evening. Death followed an illness of one month due to complications.
The deceased had lived in Fulton county for fifty-five years. She came here from Missouri. Mrs. Eash was born in Jennings county on October 12, 1848. Her parents were John and Margaret TRAPP.
The deceased was married to the late John EASH in a ceremony which was performed in Jennings county on March 12, 1868. She was a member of the Sand Hill Methodist Church.
Survivors are the son, Ed EASH; brother, James TRAPP, Vernon, Ind.; two grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
The funeral services will be held from the residence of Ed Eash at 2 p.m. Sunday with the Rev. Ora LEMERT officiating. Burial will be made in the Rochester Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Monday, July 13, 1936

Mandy [PATTON], seven-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William PATTON, who reside on a farm three miles southeast of Akron, was instantly killed at 8:30 o'clock Sunday morning when struck by an automobile as she was running across the street in the business section of Akron.
The child was struck by an automobile driven by Mrs. Paul MILLS, 925 Parkview Avenue, Fort Wayne. Mrs. Mills told Sheriff Boyd PETERSON and State Policeman Estil BEMENDERFER that she swerved the car to avoid the child, but the right handle of the machine door hit the child in the ear tearing away the upper part of the skull.
The Patton family, consisting of the parents, three sisters, Roberta [PATTON], Jeanette [PATTON] and Pearl [PATTON], the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd MANS and two uncles, Mitchell [MANS] and Henry MANS, had gone to Akron so that Mr. Patton could buy a new car.
Their car was parked across the street from the Palace Garage and Patton had crossed the street to talk to a friend. The child jumped from the automobile and started after her father, ignoring shouts of warning from her grandmother.
Mrs. Mills told officers that she had come to a full stop at the intersection of Rochester and Mishawaka streets in Akron, which is a block east of the scene of the accident and that she was traveling about 25 miles per hour when the car struck the little girl.
Mr. Patton carried his daughter to the office of Dr. H. G. BOWERS in Akron who immediately ordered the child moved to an undertaking parlor. With Mrs. Mills, was her husband, who is an official of radio station WOWO at Fort Wayne, Attorney Giles PIERRE and Miss Vera MUELLER, al of Fort Wayne.
The Mills have a cottage at Beaver Dam Lake and were on their way to this city to attend services in the St. Joseph Catholic Church when the accident occurred. A picture of the car was taken by order of police.

Mrs. Ida May [BROWN SMITH] IZZARD, 73, a life-long resident of this city, passed away at 5:15 o'clock Sunday evening at her home, 117 West 10th Street. Death was attributed to complications which came in the wake of a stroke of paralysis which she suffered last February. Mrs. Izzard through her long years of residency in this city and her church and social activities had made a wide acquaintance of friends throughout Rochester and Fulton county.
Ida May, who was the daughter of Elias and Elizabeth BROWN, was born in Rochester on November 10th, 1857. In the year 1877, she was united in marriage to Charles H. SMITH. Her husband preceded her in death in the year of 1898. In 1904 she was married to Newton IZZARD, who passed away in 1924. Mrs. Izzard was a member of the Baptist Church and always took an active interest in the activities of that religious organization.
The survivors are a son, Guy SMITH, and two granddaughters, Misses Mary Jane [SMITH] and Marjorie SMITH, all of this city. A son, Lyman SMITH, preceded his mother in death on July 18th, 1934. An infant son also passed away at the age of six months.
The funeral services will be held at the home of the deceased, 117 W. 10th Street, Tuesday afternoon 2:30 o'clock. Rev. B. G. FIELD, pastor of the First Baptist Church of this city, will have charge of the services. The body will be laid to rest in the Rochester Mausoleum.

Winfield Scott SOWERS, 86, passed away at four o'clock a.m. Monday at his home 1317 Elm street, this city. The deceased, who succumbed to a complication of diseases had been in ill health for several years.
Mr. Sowers was well known thruout both Fulton and Miami counties, he being one of the pioneers in the ice cream and pop manufacturing business. For a long number of years he operated an ice cream factory in Peru. In the year of 1906 he removed to this city where he started and operated an ice cream factory for many years. While engaged in this business he also built a series of ice houses along the northwest shore of Lake Manitou and operated an ice business for several years.
In later years he retired from the ice manufacturing business and erected a large slaughter house at the rear of his residence where he did custom butchering and conducted a retail meat market. He engaged in this business until ill health forced his retirement and he leased his slaughtering house to other interests.
Winfield Scott, son of William and Mary SOWERS was born at Chili, Ind., on January 1st, 1850. In the year of 1894 he was united in marriage to Nettie DENISTON, the ceremony being pronounced at Chili, Ind. Mrs. Sowers preceded him in death several years ago. Soon after his marriage, Mr. Sowers removed to Peru, where he was engaged in the ice cream business. He and his family removed from Peru to this city thirty years ago.
The following children survive: William H. SOWERS, Mrs. Dora May CANN, Miss Narcissus SOWERS, all of this city; Miss Janette SOWERS, of Toledo, Ohio, and Miss Margaret SOWERS of Cincinnati, Ohio. Three grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services will be held at the Sowers home, Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock with Rev. Charles M. MANCHESTER officiating. Interment will be made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.

Lee HAY, a former resident of the Delong community, died at his home in Denver yesterday after a long illness. Mr. Hay at one time was an employee of the county. Survivors are the widow and daughter at home and a brother Mel HAY of Bakersfield, Cal.

Jacob BALL, aged 94, a retired Wabash railroad engineer, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Homer KISER in Akron at 11:05 o'clock Sunday morning. Death was due to general senility and followed an illness of two years. He had been bedfast for six weeks.
The deceased was born in Germany and came to this country when a young man. His parents were Jacob and Katherine BALL. He lived in Wabash, Ind., while he was employed by the  railroad for forty-five years.
Later Mr. Ball resided in East Chicago and he has made his home with his daughter for the past five years. He was a member of the Railroad Brotherhood.
The daughter and two sons who reside in Hammond survive.
Funeral services will be held from the Kiser home at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning with Rev. Daniel SLAYBAUGH in charge. Burial will be made at Wabash.

Stephen Jerome HARRIS, 72, succumbed at his home three and a half miles northwest of Kewanna at seven o'clock Monday morning. Death resulted from a heart attack, which attending physicians stated was superinduced by the intense heat. Mr. Harris, however, had been suffering from heart trouble for the past year, it was stated.
The deceased who was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen HARRIS was born on a farm near Kewanna on April 23rd, 1863. He had been a resident of that community throughout his entire life. On October 24th, 1884 he was united in marriage to Cora MYERS. Mr. Harris followed the occupation of farming until ill health forced his retirement. He was a member of the Kewanna Christian Church.
The survivors are the widow, five sons, Fred [HARRIS] of Brooke, Ind.; Harry [HARRIS] of Kewanna; George [HARRIS] of Logansport; Archie [HARRIS] of Mishawaka; Elmer [HARRIS] at home; six daughters, Mrs. Roy TROUTMAN of Kewanna; Mrs. Tura MASON of Mishawaka; Mrs. Henry LEASE of Kewanna; Mrs. J. M. STANLEY of Emmett, Idaho; Mrs. Hugh AKRE of Pickneyville, Ill., and Mrs. Claude CHAMBERLAIN of Wabash, and a half-brother, George HARRIS of Leiters Ford.
Funeral arrangements had not been completed as this issue of The News-Sentinel went to press.

Burns which he received on June 12 in the Peru Foundry proved fatal Sunday to Hugh HIVELY, aged 22, of Roann. Hively was injured when an oil heater exploded throwing hot oil over his body.

Richard MILLER, aged 20, a former resident of Macy, died at the home of his mother, Mrs. Winona MILLER in Los Angeles, Cal., at 4 p.m. Sunday from uremic poisoning after an illness of a few hours.
The deceased was born in Iowa on July 1, 1916 and his parents moved to Macy when he was two years. His parents were Sidney and Winona (SHAW] MILLER. In June 1935 the Millers moved to Los Angeles where the deceased was employed in a filling station.
Richard Miller was graduated with honors from the Macy high school in 1935. He was a member of the Christian Church at Macy.
Survivors are the mother, two brothers, Alfred MILLER, LaPorte and Robert MILLER, Los Angeles, uncle, Clayton [MILLER], Five Corners and three nephews.
The funeral arrangements have not been completed but it is probable that the body will be returned to Macy for burial.

Mrs. Charles KEPLER received word Saturday evening of the death of her nephew, Robert LEFFEL, aged 23, who died in a hospital in Gros Point, Mich., from injuries which he received Friday afternoon while swimming. In the accident Leffel hurt his back.
The deceased was born Leroy ROBERTS and was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Elmer LEFFEL of Denver, who are both deceased. A brother and sister survive. The body probably will be returned to Denver for burial.

Tuesday, July 14, 1936

Mrs. Catherine [WHITINGER] BUNCH, aged 88, died at her farm home in the Whippoorwill neighborhood five miles northwest of the city at 8:30 o'clock Monday evening. Death was caused by a stroke of paralysis which she suffered three weeks ago.
The deceased was a life long resident of Fulton county. She was born on January 5, 1848 and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James WHITINGER. For the past 56 years she has resided in the same house where she died.
Her husband Joshua BUNCH preceded her in death several years ago. Mrs. Bunch was a member of Lutheran Church.
Survivors are five children, Miss Catherine BUNCH, Tiosa, Mrs. James NUTT with whom she lived, Joshua BUNCH, Fort Wayne, Lawrence BUNCH, South Bend and Clarence BUCH at home.
The funeral services will be held from the home at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday with the Rev. A. M. THOMAS of Argos in charge. Burial will be made in the Reichter Cemetery.

Mrs. Forest [Annabelle R. AULT] CLYMER, aged 28, died at her home 215 North Jefferson street at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday after a three years' illness due to lung trouble. She had been bedfast for the past two years.
The deceased was born December 8, 1907 on a farm one mile west of Rochester and has spent her entire life-time in this vicinity. Her parents were Lon and Cora Mae (BOGGESS) AULT.
She was married to Forest Clymer in a ceremony which was performed in the Christian Church on November 19, 1924 by Rev. W. C. ASCHANHORT. Mrs. Clymer was a member of the Madison Avenue Christian Church.
Survivors are the husband, two daughters Flora Lee [CLYMER] and Bonnie Mae [CLYMER] at home, father, two sisters Mrs. Jeanette BECKER and Miss Alice Kathryn AULT both of this city, four nieces and grandfather William BOGGESS.
The funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday from the Rochester Christian Church with Rev. John WALLENBERG in charge. Burial will be made in the Citizens Cemetery.

Funeral rites for Stephen J. HARRIS, who died at his home near Kewanna Monday will be held from the Church of Christ in Kewanna at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon with Rev. H. F. BULGER in charge. Burial will be made in the Bruce Lake cemetery.

A heart attack superinduced by the terrific heat, suffered shortly after the noon hour Monday, resulted in the death of William H. BURN, 76, at his farm home six miles northwest of Rochester at 6 o'clock Tuesday morning. The news of Mr. Burn's sudden demise came as a severe shock to his many friends throughout this community. Although the deceased had been in failing health for the past several years, his condition had not been regarded as extremely critical by his physician, it was stated.
Mr. Burn, who came to this city from Chicago a little over ten years ago, was prominently known throughout the United States and Canada, as one of the leading manufacturers of dairy equipment. From the year 1901 ato 1911, Mr. Burn was one of the controlling heads of the firm of STURGIS & BURN Manufacturing Co., of Chicago. During his business career he organized two other large dairy manufacturing plants, in which he officiated in managerial duties of the organizations. These plants were situated in Detroit and Rochester, N.Y.

During his activities in these large industries, he was honored by being appointed president of the Manufacturers' Association of Illinois for several years. Through his long service in the nation's manufacturing interests, Mr. Burn was always in close business association with the leaders of the steel industries over the United States and his business acquaintances extended throughout all industrial centers of the United States and Canada.
William H., son of David and Helen (SCOTT) BURN, was born in Toronto, Canada, on March 19th, 1860. On his maternal lineage he was a direct descendant of Sir Walter SCOTT of England. After completing his education in Canada, Mr. Burn removed to Detroit, where he soon was engaged in the dairy products manufacturing business and in later years the growth of this business was extended into Rochester, N.Y. and Chicago, in both of which cities he resided for many years. In the year of 1893, Mr. Burn was united in marriage to Mary STOCKTON, the ceremony being pronounced at Ann Arbor, Michigan. His wife preceded him in death.
Later, Mr. Burn was united in wedlock to Mrs. Gladys GORDON, of this city. Mrs. Gordon for a number of years was employed by Mr. Burn, and it was through this business association that their friendship was formed. The deceased had been a resident of this community for the past ten years, much of which time was spent in Chicago, where he was a jobber for dairy equipment.
Mr. Burn was a member of the Episcopal Church, the Union League Club of Chicago, where he resided for a long number of years, and numerous business associations throughout Illinois and Chicago.
The survivors are the widow, Mrs. Gladys (GORDON) BURN, of near Rochester; two daughters, Mona [BURN] and Neenah BURN of Frankfort, Michigan, and a brother, Walter Scott BURN, of New York City. A relative, Alice MONTAGUE DOUGLAS SCOTT, who later became the wife of the Duke of Goucester, third son of the late King George, also is a survivor.
Funeral arrangements had not been completed as this issue of The News-Sentinel went to press.

Mrs. William WOOD has received word of the death of James CULLENS, a former resident of Rochester, who died in a hospital in New York City. The body was cremated yesterday. Mrs. Cullens was formerly Miss Nettie MARSH of Rochester.

Elizabeth EASH, daughter of John and Margaret TRAPP was born in Jennings Co., Indiana, Oct. 12, 1848. Departed this life July 9, 1936 at the age of 87 years, 8 months, 26 days. She being the third child in a family of eleven children. Only one of which survives, namely a brother, James [TRAPP] of Vernon, Indiana. The deceased was united in marriage to John EASH, March 12, 1868. To this union were born three sons, Will [EASH], Frank [EASH] and Edward [EASH], the latter the only survivor. Besides the brother and son two grandchildren, Edna [EASH] and Martha EASH and seven great-grandchildren survive.
The deceased always took an active part in all civic and community affairs, and especially her place of worship at the church she attended. Besides her immediate family she leaves a host of friends to mourn her demise.

Relatives today received word of the death of Mrs. Arthur HUTCHINSON, aged 52, which occurred at her home in Albion at 3 o'clock Tuesday morning from a heart attack, which was superinduced by the heat. The husband and several children survive. Porter HAIMBAUGH, Mrs. Walter BRUBAKER and Dr. Dow HAIMBAUGH are cousins of Mrs. Hutchinson.

Wednesday, July 15, 1936

John SLOOP, aged 84, an inmate of the Fulton County Infirmary, died at 5 o'clock Wednesday morning from a heart attack which followed a heat prostration.
Mr. Sloop has lived at the county home for the past four years. He for many years resided near Grass Creek, where he was a farmer.
As far as could be learned, Mr. Sloop has not a living relative.

Mrs. Anna Amelia RICHTER GLASS, a former resident of this city, died several days ago at the summer home of her sister, Mrs. Charles R. SMITH at Lake Wawasee.
Mrs. Glass had been in failing health for several years and had gone to the lake, hoping to be benefitted. The body was taken to Detroit, Michigan for burial.
The late C. E. GLASS who was the husband of the deceased was at one time the Chicago and Erie railroad agent in Rochester.

The funeral services of William H. BURN will be held at the farm home, two miles west of the Sand Hill Church, Thursday morning, 10 o'clock. Interment will be made in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery at Rochester.

Thursday, July 16, 1936

Mrs. Estella J. [LAMB] TRANBARGER, aged 61, died at 10:16 p.m. Wednesday in the Woodlawn Hospital following an operation for a gangerous appendix. She was taken ill last Sunday. Mrs. Tranbarger lived on a farm one mile west of Rochester.
The deceased was born in Hamilton county on May 22, 1875 and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John STOKELEY LAMB. She had resided in Fulton county for the past thirty-three years, moving here from Hamilton county in 1903.
In a ceremony which was performed in the Hazeldell Church at Noblesville on September 22, 1894 she was married to Doris W. TRANBARGER. She was a member of the Friends Church at Gary, and the Rochester Eastern Star lodge. Mrs. Tranbarger was prominent in Farm Bureau activities.
Survivors are the husband, son, Emmett TRANBARGER, Oak Park, Ill., daughter, Mrs. Edith COOPER, Mentone, sister, Mrs. Ann SHINOLT, Hilton, and grandson, Earl Ross ZIMMERMAN, Mentone.
The funeral services will be held from the First Baptist Church at 2 p.m. Saturday with Rev. B. G. FIELD and Rev. S. C. DAVISSON officiating. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.

S. A. GUY, aged 78, prominent resident in the Mentone community, succumbed about 10 o'clock Tuesday evening at his home two miles north of Mentone. His death was due to arterio schlerosis. He had been in failing health for the past several years.
The deceased was born and reared on the farm on which he passed away. He had been very active in civic and social activities of the Mentone community and was regarded as a man of the finest type. He is survived by his wife.
The funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon at the home. Rev. O. T. MARTIN, superintendent of the Warsaw district of the Methodist church, will officiate, assisted by Rev. E. E. DeWITT, pastor of the Mentone Methodist Church, of which the deceased was a member.

Charles Elmer COPLEN, aged 19, who resided on a farm four and one-half miles southeast of Akron, died at 10:15 o'clock Wednesday morning in the Woodlawn Hospital from peritonitis, which developed after his appendix burst four days ago.
The deceased was born on April 16, 1917 in Newcastle township. His parents were Lee and Cora (ZIMMERMAN) COPLEN. He had lived near Gilead since he was two years of age, and was an honor graduate of the Gilead High School.
Survivors are the parents; five brothers, Wayne [COPLEN], Paul [COPLEN], Bobby [COPLEN], Ralph [COPLEN] and Donald [COPLEN]; two sisters, June [COPLEN] and Ruth [COPLEN], all at home; and three grandparents.
The funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. from the United Brethren Church at Athens with the Rev. Alvah BARR of Gilead officiating, assisted by Rev. Daniel SLAYBAUGH, of Akron. Burial will be made in the Mt. Hope Cemetery at Athens.

Mrs. Diana [EIKENBERRY MURPHY] SHELLEY, aged 82, a resident of the Tiosa and Argos communities for many years, died at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Florence GABLE in Warsaw. Death was due to a stroke of paralysis which she suffered two years ago. She had made her home with her daughter for the past three years.
The deceased was born near Tiosa on June 29, 1854 and was the daughter of John and Jane EIKENBERRY. She was married to Luther MURPHY in 1874 who died in 1883 and in 1900 was married again to Abraham SHELLEY. She was a member of the Brethren Church at Tiosa.
Survivors are the husband; two daughters, Mrs. Lida UMBAUGH, Argos and Mrs. GABLE; son, Elbert MURPHY, Logansport; step-son, John SHELLEY, Chesterton; three step-daughters, Mrs. Lottie FLENER, Fremont, Mich.; Mrs. Rhoda SCHLOESKE, South Bend and Mrs. Mary BROWN, Centerville, Mich.; two sisters, Mrs. Rose MOON, Peru and Mrs. Emma MOON, Logansport, and two brothers, Dr. B. F. EIKENBERRY, Peru and William EIKENBERRY, Mexico.
The funeral will be held from the Brethren Church at Warsaw at 10 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be made in the Reichter Cemetery near Tiosa.

Relatives at Akron have received word of the death of Mrs. Lora Bell SEIFFERT, a former resident of the Akron community, who died at her home in Lebanon, Ohio, Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Seiffert for many years lived on a farm northeast of Akron. A daughter, Mrs. Frank HOFFMAN, who resides on a farm near Akron and a brother, Robert SMITH, also of Akron, survive.
The funeral services will be held from the Athens United Brethren church at 10:30 a.m. Friday with Rev. Daniel SLAYBAUGH of Akron officiating. Burial will be made in the Mt. Hope Cemetery at Athens.

Mrs. A. T. McKELVEY, Pittsburgh, Pa., who was here visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert VAWTER, was called to Pittsburgh Wednesday evening by the death of her mother-in-law, Mrs. Sarah McKELVEY.

Saturday, July 18, 1936

George Alexander GORDON, aged 18 years, passed away at 12:50 a.m. Saturday morning. The youth who was the invalid son of Mrs. Gladys (GORDON) BURN, who resides six miles northwest of this city had been seriously ill for the past four days from uremic poisoning.
George Alexander, son of Joseph E. and Gladys A. GORDON was born on a farm in Richland township, May 27th, 1918. Although suffering from a physical handicap which confined him in an invalid's chair, George always displayed a cheerful disposition and a most optimistic outlook on life. His utter disregard for his own frailties was an inspiration to all who knew him.
The survivors are his mother, Mrs. Gladys (Gordon) Burn, and his grandfather, David H. SMITH, of Culver, Ind. His father, Joseph E. Gordon, preceded him in death several years ago.
Funeral services will be held Monday morning, ten o'clock at the residence six miles northwest of this city. Rev. Daniel S. PERRY will officiate. Burial will be made in the Crown Hill cemetery, Indianapolis.

Monday, July 20, 1936

Columbia City, July 20. (UP) -- John FRANCE, chain grocery store manager here was killed last night when he dived into shallow water at Lake Wawasee. His neck was broken and his skull fractured.
John "Johnnie" France is well known to many Rochester residents as for several years he was manager of the M. & M. Variety Store in this city.
Mr. France was also a charter member of the Rochester Phi Delta Kappa fraternity. A number of Rochester people will attend the funeral services.

Rutherford G. KROFT, aged 58, former resident of Akron dropped dead Saturday morning at 10:20 o'clock at his lumber and coal yard in South Bend, after he had suffered a heart attack. The Kroft home is at 725 East Indiana Avenue, South Bend.
The deceased was born on a farm near Akron and was the son of Aaron and Jane KROFT. He had resided in South Bend for ten years, moving there from Chicago. Mr. Kroft had operated yards in Chicago and South Bend where he sold coal, lime, brick and lumber.
Thirty-three years ago in a ceremony which was performed in Akron Mr. Kroft was married to Miss Edith STEFFEY. He was a member of the Progressive Brethren Church and the Masonic lodge.
Survivors are the widow; son, Charles KROFT, South Bend; daughter, Mrs. Mary O'DONNELL, South Bend; sister, Mrs. Leota HOOVER, Wenatchee, Wash.; three brothers, Rev. Simeon KROFT, Logansport; Rev. Adolph KROFT, and Ulysses KROFT, both of Akron; aunt, Mrs. Mary FLOHR, Akron, and three grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Ed KEEBLER of this city are relatives of Mr. Kroft.
The funeral services are to be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday from the Brethren Church on South Mishawaka Street South Bend. Burial will be made in South Bend.

Tuesday, July 21, 1936

Charles Benjamin KEEL, aged 65, for forty-one years cashier and telegraph operator for the Nickle Plate railroad at the local depot, died at 4:30 o'clock Monday afternoon at his home 807 Monroe Street from uremic poisoning. The deceased had been in ill health for four years and seriously ill for one week.
Mr. Keel was born on a farm near Green Oak on May 7, 1871. His parents were John and Sarah Ann (COLLINS) KEEL. He had spent his entire life-time in Fulton county and moved to Rochester from the Green Oak community.
Mr. Keel was married to Miss Mary E. BACON on February 20, 1895 in ceremony which was performed in the Bacon home south of Green Oak. He was a member of the Grace Methodist Church, Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges. Mr. Keel had filled all of the chairs in the Rochester Masonic lodge.
Survivors are the widow; two sons Luther KEEL of this city and Carl KEEL of Fort Wayne; two sisters Estella [KEEL] and Bessie KEEL of Rochester; and two brothers Solomon [KEEL] and Omar KEEL, both of this city.
The funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday from the Grace Methodist Church with Rev. T. L. STOVALL officiating. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows [cemetery].
The Rochester Masonic Lodge will be in charge of the services.

Further details concerning the tragic death of John FRANCE, which occurred Sunday evening, were received today from Columbia City.
It was learned France and a friend, Robert ANDERSON, also of Columbia City, were visiting Sunday at the OSBORN cottage at Papakeschie lake, which is located southeast of Lake Wawasee. Sunday evening France walked out on the pier and evidently in a clowning act dove into the water, not knowing the depth of the lake at this point. He was not rendered unconscious in the dive and he immediately yelled, "get me out of here."
France died about thirty minutes after being removed from the water. He was conscious only a short time. Physicians who were summoned stated death resulted from a broken neck and a cerebral hemorrhage.
The funeral services will be held at the Luckenbill mortuary, Columbia City, at two o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Interment will be made in the South Park cemetery at Columbia City.

Wednesday, July 22, 1936

Relatives in Rochester have received word of the death by an automobkle accident of Carl KUEHNE, son of Mrs. Maude EHERENMAN KUEHNE, of South Bend, Ind. Mrs. Kuehne is a sister of Mrs. Sam ARTER, a former resident.
Funeral services will be held at the residence in South bend, on Friday. The services will begin at two o'clock daylight saving time, the message stated.

Charles Aaron VICKERY, aged 82, retired farmer died at his home in Akron at 8:15 o'clock Tuesday evening from injuries which he received in a fall one week ago in which he fractured the bones in a hip. The deceased had been in ill health for four years with complications incident to old age.
Mr. Vickery was born at Middletown in Henry county on July 1, 1854 and was the son of Pleasant and Caroline (NEWBY) VICKERY. He came to Fulton county in 1854. For twenty years he was a farmer in Kosciusko county. His wife was Miss Laura B. WHITTENBERGER whom he married on April 15, 1880 at Akron.
Survivors are the widow; son Earl VICKERY, Tampico, Ill.; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. A son Walter VICKERY preceded his father in death.
The funeral arrangements will not be completed until word is received from a grandson Kenneth VICKERY who lives in Chicago and who could not be located today.
The funeral however will be held from the Vickery home in charge of Rev. R. R. GODWIN. Interment will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery at Akron.

Mrs. Anna [CRIPE] MILLER, aged 71, died at her home 417 Fulton Avenue at 12:50 o'clock Wednesday morning. Death was due to complications and followed an illness of two months.
The deceased was born on a farm in Cass County near Young America on January 1, 1865. Her parents were Daniel and Anna (BAKER) CRIPE. She had lived in Rochester for the past thirty years.
In a ceremony which was performed at Young America on March 27, 1880 the deceased was married to the late Edward MILLER, who preceded her in death on January 16, 1929. Mrs. Miller was a member of the Church of the Brethren at Lower Deer Creek.
Survivors are four daughters, Mrs. Grace CAMPBELL and Miss Winifred MILLER of Rochester; Mrs. Martha EDGING, Camden and Mrs. Priscilla ARENSMAN, Bellflower, Cal.; five sons, Robert MILLER, Kokomo, Dennis MILLER, Philadelphia, Pa., Jesse MILLER, Winfield, Kans., Howard MILLER, Spencerville, Ohio and Hanford MILLER of Keysport, N.J.; brother, Daniel CRIPE, Buck Creek; two sisters, Mrs. Priscilla NEHER, Hamilton and Mrs Hannah ARLAN, Flora; twelve grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Three children preceded their mother in death. They were Mary [MILLER], Esther [MILLER] and Russell [MILLER]. Miss Mary Miller died on May 22, 1936.
The funeral arrangements had not been completed at the time The News-Sentinel went to press as word had not been received from all of the children who live at distant points.

Thursday, July 23, 1936

Funeral services for Mrs. Anna MILLER who died at her home in this city Wednesday morning will be held from the United Brethren Church at 10 a.m. Saturday. Rev. Otho WINGER of North Manchester College, will officiate, assisted by Rev. Loren STINE. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Friday, July 24, 1936

Miss Susan SKINNER, who has been the correspondent of The News-Sentinel at Macy for a number of years passed away at 2:15 o'clock Friday afternoon. Death occurred at her home and followed an illness dating from Tuesday caused by complications. Her mother Mrs. Frank SKINNER with whom she lived is the only immediate survivor. The obituary will be carried in The News-Sentinel Saturday.

Saturday, July 25, 1936

Friends in Macy and vicinity were greatly shocked Friday afternoon with the sudden demise of Miss Susan SKINNER, 34 year old daughter of Frank M. and Mary Kathryn SKINNER. Following an illness from which she has suffered since the fall of 1927, Miss Skinner was seriously ill since Tuesday, suffering from complications.
She was born on October 8, 1901 in Peru, Indiana. In 1904 she moved with her family to Macy, where she attended the Macy grade and high schools. She attended the South Bend Business College and was graduated from there in 1922, when she accepted a position with the Legal Loan Company in South Bend. In the fall of 1927 she returned to her home on account of ill health. Miss Skinner was a member of the Macy Methodist Church since the age of seven and was a faithful and untiring worker in her church. In face of the handicap of ill health she maintained a loving disposition and a cheerful outlook on life. In 1927 when her health failed, her father who was a relief man for Mooney Muller Drug Company of Indianapolis was called home to assist in her care. She had the best care that a loving mother and a father who devoted his entire life to her well-being could give. Miss Skinner served as correspondent in the Macy vicinity for The News-Sentinel, through which position she made many friends.
The deceased is survived by her parents with whom she resided, and a host of relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at two o'clock at the Macy M. E. Church, with Rev. ZECHIEL of Culver officiating. Interment will be made in the Plainview Cemetery, west of Macy.

Mexico, Ind., July 25. -- Suffering a heart attack, Donald MURPHY, of Peru, died at the wheel of his ice cream truck two and a half miles north of here on state road 31 Friday morning and the vehicle, out of control, left the road and overturned after ploughing through two board fences and crashing into a hug house on the Josiah MAUS farm.
Dr. A. S. NEWELL of Converse, Miami county coroner, reached the conclusion that Murphy was a victim of heart disease rather than the accident, as was at first presumed, after the examination of the body at the Cline morgue in Denver and a study of circumstances of the accident.
Murphy, son of Mrs. Nina MURPHY of 175 East Canal street, Peru, was enroute to Lake Nyona to deliver an order of ice cream when he died. He was seized with the attack about 8:30 o'clock. The truck traveled more than 300 feet after leaving the pavement before it upset and stopped. It was not extensively damaged. The vehicle is owned by the Rees Ice Cream company of Peru for which Murphy worked in the delivery service.

Monday, July 27, 1936

Funeral services were held Monday afternoon from the Church of Brethren in Mexico with Rev. Frank FISHER officiating for Mrs. Elizabeth MOHLER, aged 83, who died at the home of her daughter Mrs. Pearl CORNELL, near Fulton, at 11:15 o'clock Saturday night. Burial was made in the Greenlawn Cemetery at Mexico.
Mrs. Mohler died from complications which resulted from a fall which she suffered five months [ago] and in which fall she received a fractured hip.
Mrs. Mohler was a native of Fulton but had lived in Denver for the past thirty years. The body after death occurred was taken to the home of a daughter, Mrs. Bessie BIBLER in Peru.
Surviving with the two daughters are three other children, Charles MARTIN of Peru, Mrs. Cora FRIEND of Glennie, Mich., and Mrs. Steve MEDALAN of Cedar Rapids, Ia.; five step-children; 26 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren and a half-sister, Mrs. Elizabeth SPARKS, of Fulton.

Scott SHESLER, aged 50, a former resident of Akron died in a hospital in Indianapolis, Saturday evening from peritonitis which followed an operation for appendicitis.
The surgeon found that Shesler's appendix had burst before the operation was performed. The deceased had suffered with diabetes for a number of years which condition retarded his recovery from the operation.
Mr. Shesler was reared in Akron. He was a graduate of the Rochester College and was employed as an expert accountant by firms in Indianapolis. His father, Samuel SHESLER, for a number of years was the editor of the Akron News.
Survivors are the parents and four sisters, Mrs. A. ADAMS of this city; Mrs. O. M. MINTER, Akron; Mrs. Scott STINSON, Chicago and Miss Annie SHESLER, Indianapolis.
The funeral services will be held from the St. Joan of Arch Catholic Church on North College Avenue in Indianapolis at 8:30 o'clock Tuesday morning. Interment will be made in Indianapolis.

Word was received here over the week-end of the death of Edwin H. FITZGERALD, 70, former resident of this city, which occurred at his home in Seattle, Wash., on July 23.
He was the son of Mrs. Helen A. FITZGERALD, who passed away in this city several years ago. Mr. Fitzgerald is ssurvived by his widow, who was Mollie McCORKLE, of Kokomo.
Mr. Fitzgerald was an Indiana business and traveling man for many years, having owned a drug store in Goshen and, later having resided in New Albany while representing a wholesale drug house. In Washington he lived for some years in Spokane, prior to moving to Seattle, where he was manager of the Parke Davis & Co. interest until a few years ago when he retired.
He was a soldier of note in the Spanish-American war, serving as captain in Cuba and a major in the Philippines, where he took part in the capture of Aguinaldo, receiving special mention in official dispatches for bravery under fire.
Survivors besides the widow are a niece, Mrs. Miles L. MARSH, of Billings, Montana, and a nephew, Victor F. BARNETT, of Tulsa, Okla. The body was buried in a Seattle cemetery.

Tuesday, July 28, 1936

Marie Tressa PASQUALE, aged 4, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas PASQUALE of Logansport, was killed instantly Tuesday morning in an auto accident four miles south of Gilead. Death was due to a fracture of the skull.
The accident occurred as the car being driven by Pasquale was struck by one driven by Mrs. Charles MUSSELMAN of Chili. The view of Mrs. Musselman in coming out of a side road, was obstructed, and was given as the cause of the accident.
Neither party was detained by officers, although the county coroner and sheriff made in investigation.
The Pasquale family, accompanied by Mrs. Albert SELVIE of Logansport, were going to Roann at the time of the accident. None of the other members of the party were seriously injured.

The body was taken to Logansport where it will be prepared for burial.

Funeral services were held from the Methodist Church at Mentone this afternoon for Seth HENDERSON, aged 93, last member of the William RABER G.A.R. Post at Mentone. Burial was made in the cemetery at Mentone. Mr. Henderson passed away Sunday morning at the home of a daughter in Warsaw. He served with an Iowa volunteer regiment during the four years of the Civil War. Three sons and two daughters survive. John HENDERSON of this city is a son.

Ulysses DUKES, aged 74, died at 3:20 o'clock Tuesday morning at his farm home three and a half miles north of Kewanna. Death was due to complications and followed an illness dating from April 1, 1936.
Mr. Dukes was born in Pulaski county on December 9, 1861 and had followed the occupation of farming near Kewanna since he was twenty years of age. His parents were Andrew and Mary DUKES. His wife who was Rose ZOLMAN and whom he married on October 18, 1889, preceded him in death.
Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Goldie BOWERSOX of this city; three sons, Amos DUKES, Triumph, Minn.; Paul DUKES, Sioux City, Iowa, and Lawrence DUKES of Muskegon, Mich.
At the time the News-Sentinel went to press the funeral arrangements were being held until word has been received from all of the immediate family.

Word has been received here of the death of Isadore LAUER, 60, former resident of this city, who passed away at his home in Philadelphia, on Friday, July 24th. The cause of his demise was not given in the message sent to his Rochester friends.
The deceased is survived by his widow; a sister, Mrs. Bertha GREENWALD, of St. Louis and a brother, Dr. Aaron LAUER, of Whiting, Ind. A brother, Bernard LAUER, of St. Louis, preceded in death six weeks ago. The Lauers during their residency in this city, erected and resided in the large brick residence which is now occupied by the Zimmerman Bros. funeral home on South Jefferson street.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at one o'clock at the Methodist Church in this city for Mrs. Mary L. STOCKBERGER, former resident of this city. Mrs. Stockberger passed away Sunday night at the home of her son, John [STOCKBERGER], Jr., in Fort Wayne.
The services will be in charge of the Rev. Howard J. BROWN of the Kentucky Avenue M.E. Church in Fort Wayne, of which church Mrs. Stockberger was a member. Burial will be made at the Rochester I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Mrs. Stockberger is the widow of the late John J. STOCKBERGER, who formerly operated a grocery and meat market in this city for many years. The market was located in the building which is now occupied by the Walters Barber Shop. Mrs. Stockberger had many friends in this city.
Survivors are the son; two daughters, Mrs. Claude ANDREWS, Fort Wayne, and Mrs. J. W. KUHLMAN, Huntington, two sisters, Mrs. Oscar F. BALDWIN of this city and Mrs. Margaret GABRIEL, Logansport, and 10 grandchildren.

Mrs. Frank [Edna Marie BOGGESS] KERN, 34, of Kokomo, former resident of this city, died at 8:45 p.m. Monday in the Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. Death was due to tuberculosis and followed an illness of two years.
Mrs. Kern's death was entirely unexpected. She was accompanied to Indianapolis Monday morning by her husband and sister-in-law Miss Mae KERN, where she entered the hospital for observation.
Mr. Kern was told to return to the hospital Thursday where a report would be furnished him as to his wife's physical condition. Last evening Mrs. Kern took ill suddenly and passed away before any of her family could reach her bedside.
The deceased was born in this city on March 7, 1902. Her parents were Fred and Elma BOGGESS. On June 22, 1923 in a ceremony which was performed in this city she was married to Frank KERN. She was a resident of this city until six years ago when Mr. Kern was named agent of the Indiana Motor Bus Company at Kokomo, since which time she has resided in that city.
Survivors are the husband; two sons Ferd [KERN] and Jack [KERN]; mother of this city, and two brothers Everett BOGGESS, who lives with his mother and Donald BOGGESS, South Bend.
The funeral arrangements had not been completed at the time The News-Sentinel went to press. The body has been returned to the home of Mrs. Boggess on South Monroe Street, where it will line in state until the hour of the funeral.

Wednesday, July 29, 1936

Ill health was held responsible for the death of William Frank WAGONER, aged 78, well known resident of this city residing at 606 North Main Street, who committed suicide by hanging himself in a room of his home sometime during Tuesday night.
Wagoner's body was found by his uncle, William EWING at 7 o'clock Wednesday morning, when Mr. Ewing went to call on Wagoner as had been his daily custom. Mr. Ewing called Dr. Dean STINSON, coroner, and Sheriff Boyd PETERSON, who cut down the body.
Mr. Wagoner was better known by his many friends as Frank WAGONER. He had evidently planned his death with much precision. He placed a stick over a register in an upstairs bedroom. Around this stick and down through the register he dropped a rope which had been made by twisting wrapping cord.
Mr. Wagoner then placed the noose about his neck, stood on a chair and swung off. He could have saved his life had he so desired as the foot which touched the floor was trailing. Death was due to strangulation, Dr. Stinson held.
The deceased lived alone. He had been in ill health for the past five weeks at which time he suffered a sun stroke while cutting Canada thistles on his farm near this city.
Mrs. William EWING had taken Mr. Wagoner's supper to him last evening at 6 o'clock. She was the last person to see him alive. Wagoner at that time conversed with Mrs. Ewing about his financial affairs.
Mr. Wagoner had no financial worries as he was the owner of a large farm and $290 in money was found in a pocketbook which he had secreted in his bed. It is believed that he has other securities.
The deceased was a life long resident of Fulton county. He was born on a farm near Athens on July 1, 1858. His parents were James and Jennie WAGONER. His father was a Dunkard minister. He was married to Kate HARE. This marriage was dissolved by a divorce.
Mr. Wagoner, for a number of years was the night watchman at the Rochester Bridge Company. Since the closing of the plant, he had never had any regular employment. William Ewing is his only immediate survivor.

The funeral arrangements had not been completed at the time The News-Sentinel went to press.

Funeral services for Mrs. Frank KERN of Kokomo, former resident of this city who died in the Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis Monday night, will be held from the home of her mother Mrs. Alma BOGGESS at the corner of Thirteenth and Monroe Streets at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Rev. Daniel SLAYBAUGH of Akron will be in charge. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery.

Thursday, July 30, 1936

Plymouth, Ind., July 30. -- Condie PARKS, 78 years old, member of the first family to buy government land in Bourbon township of Marshall county, died last night after a long illness.
He was a prominent Bourbon banker thirty years and also was a member of the town and school boards, and head of the Bourbon Fair Association.
He made a hobby of agricultural experiments and his dahlias won many prizes in flower shows in the middle west. One daughter survives.

Dr. William F. KIRKENDALL, aged 84 who was a practicing dentist in Rochester for over fifty years, died at 6:25 o'clock Thursday morning at his home 1214 South Elm Street. The deceased had been in poor health for several years and seriously ill for one week at which time he suffered a stroke of paralysis.
The deceased who was better known by his many friends as Dr. Fred KIRKENDALL was born in Hocking county, Ohio on August 2, 1852. His parents were William Frederick and Mary (ILER) KIRKENDALL. With his parents he came to this city from his birthplace when quite young.
Dr. Kirkendall had resided in the house where he died for the past seventy years. On December 25, 1891 in a ceremony which was performed in Peru he was married to Sarah Ellen TILBERY.
Dr. Kirkendall studied dentistry in this city and then opened an office in the second story of a frame building owned by the Shore estate on ground which is now occupied by the Felts Brothers recreation parlor.
Dr. Kirkendall for many years was prominent in professional and civic circles in Rochester. The deceased retired from active practice in 1930.
Survivors are two sons Raymond J. KIRKENDALL, Cincinnati, Ohio and Hugh KIRKENDALL at home, two daughters, Mrs. Ruth CARLSON, Columbus, Ohio and Mrs. Kathryn FREE, Cleveland, Ohio, seven grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews. A son Ralph KIRKENDALL died in 1928.
The funeral arrangements had not been completed at the time The News-Sentinel went to press.

The final rites for the late William Frank WAGONER, who committed suicide at his home in North Main Street sometime Tuesday night by hanging himself, will be held from the Val Zimmerman Funeral Apartment at 2 p.m. Friday. Rev. VanVACTOR of Argos will officiate. Interment will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery.

Oscar GRIFFITH, aged 60, former Miami county resident and school teacher at Macy, died in the Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis Tuesday night. He was employed as an accountant by Kiger and Company. Funeral services will be held in Denver with burial at Chili.

Friday, July 31, 1936

The funeral services for Dr. W. Frederick KIRKENDALL will be held at his residence Saturday afternoon at two o'clock. Rev. John WALLENBERG of the Church of Christ, will officiate. Burial will be made in the Rochester Citizens cemetery.

Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Dessie FOUST, which occurred at her home in Mishawaka Thursday. Death was due to complications and followed a long illness.
Dessie Mae BYBEE was born on a farm near Tiosa on April 20, 1882. She was the daughter of Milton and Almeda BYBEE.
In a ceremony which was performed on July 4, 1906 she was married to Bruce FOUST of Mishawaka. She was a member of the Rebekah and Woodmen's Circle lodges.
Survivors are an adopted daughter Miss Leona FOUST. The deceased was a niece of Mrs. Jesse WOLFF and William BALL.
The funeral services will be held in Mishawaka Saturday at 507 West Grove Street.

Schuyler THOMPSON, aged 73, of Culver, a former resident of Argos for many years died in the Parkview Hospital in Plymouth Thursday morning. He had suffered with heart trouble for the past three years, but had been seriously ill only one week.
The deceased was born in Marshall county on April 11, 1863 and was one of five children born to Nathan and Nancy Jane THOMPSON. His wife Viola THOMPSON preceded him in death two years ago.
Surviving are two brothers, Isaac [THOMPSON] and Fred [THOMPSON] of Culver, sister Martha BERLIN of Minneapolis, Minn., and a number of nephews and nieces.
Funeral services will be held at Poplar Grove Church, Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with burial in the adjoining cemetery.
The body has been removed to the Grossman Mortuary in Argos where friends may call untl the hour of the funeral.

Monday, August 3, 1936

Injuries received Thursday night when the automobile driven by her husband, collided with another at a Warsaw street intersection, proved fatal at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon to Mrs. Harvey TUTTLE, aged 51 of Warsaw, a former resident of this city. Death which occurred in the McDonald Hospital in Warsaw, was caused by a fractured skull.
The Tuttle car collided with one driven by Mack JORDAN, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles JORDAN, Warsaw, who was driving a machine occupied by five other boys. Tuttle and the boys escaped with slight injuries.
Viola HAMLETT was born in this city and was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Harry HAMLETT. She was married to Mr. Tuttle thirty-one years ago and since that time has made her residence in Warsaw. The deceased has a wide circle of friends in this city. She was a member of the Methodist Church of Warsaw.
Survivors are the husband; two daughters, Mrs. Charles JEFFERIES, and Miss Norma TUTTLE of Warsaw; two sisters, Mrs. Bessie BURNS and Mrs. Edna GRAHAM, both of this city; two granddaughters and a number of nieces and nephews.
The funeral services will be held from the Warsaw Methodist Church Wednesday afternoon followed by interment in a cemetery in that city.

Tuesday, August 4, 1936

Floyd CONNER, aged 56, farmer residing east of Mexico, died Monday evening after an illness of several months duto to arthritis. Mr. Conner had a number of friends in this city.

Jacob SAYGER, aged 91, a resident of the Akron community for eighty-six years, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Marion FULTZ who resides on East Mishawaka Street, Akron at 3:30 o'clock Tuesday morning. Death was due to complications incident to old age and followed an illness of nine weeks.
The deceased was born in Rockingham county, Virginia on November 20, 1844 and was brought to the Akron community when he was five years of age by his parents Moses and Mary SAYGER. He was married to Miss Mary A. GAST in a ceremony performed at Akron on April 5 1865.
Mr. Sayger for many years was a farmer in Henry township but had retired several years ago since which time he made his home with relatives. He was making his home with his daughter Mrs. Fultz at the time of his demise.
Survivors are three daughters, Mrs. FULTZ and Mrs. Nettie BRIGHT, Akron and Mrs. Clara YOUNG, Mason, Mich., a son E. G. SAYGER, Hobart, nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
The funeral arrangements will not be completed until word has been received from relatives who live at distant points.

Mrs. Mary Jane SWIHART, aged 90, died at her home in East Rochester Street, Akron, at 5 o'clock Monday morning. Death was due to heart trouble and other complications. She had been in poor health during the winter and critically ill since July 28.
The deceased was born near Niles, Mich., on September 30, 1845 and moved to Akron with her parents, Charles and Rebecca SHOEMAKER when she was ten years of age. She was married on October 10, 1875 to Ananias SWIHART who preceded her in death. Mrs. Swihart was a member of the Church of the Brethren.
Survivors are four sons, Elias SWIHART, Elkhart, Alvia SWIHART, Tippecanoe and Frank [SWIHART] and Charles SWIHART, Akron; three brothers Joseph [SHOEMAKER] and Isaac SHOEMAKER, Akron, and Dan SHOEMAKER, Silver Lake; 28 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren. Two sisters and six brothers preceded Mrs. Swihart in death.
The funeral services will be held from the Church of God at the corner of Walnut and South Streets in Akron at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Rev. Hugh L. MILLER of North Manchester will officiate. Burial will be made in the Nichols Cemetery north of Akron.

Wednesday, August 5, 1936

Mrs. Geraldine [BALTER] CURTIS, aged 24, divorced wife of Warren CURTIS and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank BALTER, 401 West Boulevard, Peru died late Monday night in the Irene Byron Sanitarium near Fort Wayne.
Funeral services will be conducted from the chapel of the Costin Funeral Home on West Main Street in Peru at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon, followed by interment in Mt. Hope Cemetery at Peru.
Mrs. Curtis had been a patient in the sanitarium for the past eight months and was apparenty recovering. She visited in Peru two weeks ago. A hemorrhage of the lungs caused her death. The deceased was born in Wabash but had spent most of her life in Peru.
Surviving besides the parents are two sons, Warren Carroll CURTIS, Jr., and Bobby Lee CURTIS; two brothers, Monroe [BALTER] and Herschel BALTER of Peru, and four sisters, Miss Juanita BALTER, Mrs. Charles OWEN and Mrs. O. C. BURBANK, all of Peru, and Mrs. Dorsie HEYWOOD, of New York City. A brother, Larue BALTER, died in 1928 while stationed at a naval base in California.

Last rites for Jacob L. SAYGER, aged 91, pioneer resident of Akron, who died Tuesday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Marion FULTZ in Akron, will be held from the Fultz home at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Rev. J. F. STEPHENSON, pastor of the Methodist Church at Akron will officiate. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Akron.

Thursday, August 6, 1936

The end of a perfect day came to a highly respected Rochester citizen, last night, when Mrs. Henry A. REITER, attained the rubicon of life, after a long and eventful residence in this city.
She was a daughter of Samuel and Marie KEELY, born July 8, 1861, in a log cabin in Liberty township near Mud Creek and came to Rochester in early childhood, thus having witnessed the development of Rochester from primitive conditions. Mrs. Reiter had been in ill health for a long time, leading her home life in comparative quiet and humility; in humble mein with her neighbors and friends.
Mrs. Reiter was not a member of any religious denomination or fraternal organization, prefering to exemplify the teaching of the Man of Nazareth who had no church, and had no guide other than Luke XII-II. "Take no thought what ye shall answer, or what he shall say, for God will teach you in the same hour what he shall say."
In a ceremony rendered by Rev. A. E. GIFT, April 23, 1855, Henry A. REITER and Miss Helen V. (Nellie) KEELY were united in sacred bonds of matrimony. To their union two children were born, Samuel J. [REITER] and Miss Helen V. [REITER], who remains in the home. Other surviving relatives are one sister, Mrs. D. T. POWERS, Indianapolis, three grandchildren and one great-grandchild and her sorrowing husband.
Funeral services, private, will be held in the home on Pontiac street, 10:30 o'clock tomorrow morning. Rev. D. S. PERRY in charge, and at request of deceased no flowers. Interment at I.O.O.F. cemetery.

Miss Barbara Lou HATCH, aged 11, daughter of Roscoe and Mary (KINDIG) HATCH, who reside on a farm one and a half miles west of Macy, died at 3 o'clock Thursday morning in the Woodlawn Hospital. Death was due to complications and followed an illness of one year.
The deceased had been seriously ill for the past five weeks and was taken to the hospital three weeks ago for observation. She had spent her entire lifetime in and near Macy.
Miss Hatch was born on September 2, 1925 and attended the grade schol at Macy where she was an honor student.

Survivors are the parents; sister, Marilee [HATCH]; maternal grandmother, Mrs. Albert BASH and paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John HATCH.
The funeral arrangements have not been completed but they probably will be held Sunday afternoon from the Christian Church in Macy.k

Niles, Mich., Aug. 6. (UP) - Seven persons were killed in a head-on automobile collision on U. S. Highway No. 31, four miles from here early today.
The dead were: Herbert J. HIZER, St. Louis, Mo; Eugene NEWBY, St. Louis; Howard J. KELLY, St. Louis; Joe HILL, Niles, Mich.; Lorene VANETTA BARR, Mishawaka, Ind.; Roy WARNER, Culver, Ind., and Richard A. PETERSON, South Bend.
There were no witnesses to the accident but police believed from an examination of the two light coupes that the cars had met head-on while traveling at a high speed.

Friday, August 7, 1936

Stricken with a heart attack, while driving his auto in the Main street of Kewanna, Ira E. KILE, died a few seconds later as the machine crashed into a tree in front of the Harrison funeral home. The accident occurred at seven o'clock Thursday evening.
Fulton county Coroner, D. K. STINSON who was summoned to the scene conducted an autopsy at the Harrison funeral home. The coroner stated Mr. Kile was evidently the victim of heart disease rather than from minor injuries which he suffered in the crash.
The Kewanna man who was driving alone at the time was on his way to his home. Mrs. Marie HEMINGER, of Kewanna was a witness to the accident. She stated the Kile car was being driven at a low rate of speed at the time it left the highway and careened into a tree. Mrs. Heminger immediately summoned aid. Mr. Kile was still breathing at the time passersby reached the scene, however he succumbed before his body was removed from the car.
A post mortem examination of the body showed that Kile had sustained no critical injuries in the crash. It was stated that while Mr. Kile had complained of minor heart attacks on a few occasions during recent months his condition had not been regarded as extremely grave.
Ira Edwin [KILE], son of Philip and Elizabeth KILE was born February 15th, 1870, on a farm in Crawford county, Ohio. On December 26th, 1896 he was united in marriage to Bertha SHUMAKER, the ceremony being pronounced at Napoleon, Ohio. Thirteen years ago the Kiles removed from Napoleon to Kewanna, Ind., where they have since resided. The deceased was a member of the Kewanna Methodist church.
The survivors are the widow; a daughter, Mrs. F. R. FARISON, of Napoleon, Ohio, and a son Keister KILE, of Defiance, Ohio.
Brief services conducted by Rev. O. R. SIDES, will be held in the Kewanna Methodist church, Saturday morning at ten o'clock. The body will then be removed to Napoleon, Ohio where rites will be held Sunday afternoon at two o'clock. Interment will be made in the Forest Hill cemetery at Napoleon, Ohio.

Saturday, August 8, 1936

Peru, Ind., Aug 8. -- Urban S. MINTER, 69, 47 West Warren street, prominent resident of South Peru for many years, died at Woodlawn Hospital at Rochester at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon following an operation. The body was taken to the Fetter-Allen mortuary on East Third street. It was announced that funeral services probably would be held Sunday afternoon, followed by interment at Macy.
The deceased was the father of Miss Luella MINTER, principal of the South Peru school, and Miss Edith MINTER, a teacher in the Elkhart schools. Both were at his bedside when he died, as was a brother, Capt. O. I. MINTER of the United States Army.
Surviving also is another brother, P. O. MINTER of Cleveland. Mr. Minter's wife died a number of years ago.
He was a member of the Methodist church of Peru and the local lodge of Odd Fellows.

Tuesday, August 11, 1936

Mrs. Anita [BLACKETOR] WHEADON, wife of Volney WHEADON died at 5 o'clock this moning at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Seymour BLACKETOR four miles south of Rochester on Route 2. She was 25 years, one month, and 29 days old.
Mrs. Wheadon had been confined to her bed with lung trouble for a long time. She leaves to mourn her departure her husband, one son Wilbur [WHEADON], 5 years old, her parents and brothers and sisters.
On account of one brother residing in California, complete funeral arrangements have not been made at this writing as to place the time.
Rev. Herbert M. RIGGLE, pastor of the Church of God will officiate.

Warsaw, Ind., Aug 11. -- J. Fred BEYER, aged 85, one of the founders of Spring Fountain Park, now Winona Lake, and a leading Warsaw citizen for the past half-century, succumbed about 8 o'clock Sunday morning at his home at 1703 East Center street. Death followed an illness of about two and one-half years, which had kept him bedfast since the middle of December, 1935.
The deceased was born in Jensungen province, Hessen Castle, Germany, on Oct. 17, 1850. When a youth he learned the blacksmith trade, and at the age of nineteen came with his brother to America. In order to earn money for his transportation to the U.S.A. he worked twenty hours each day for some time.
Mr. Beyer first settled in Goshen, but in 1877 he came to Warsaw where he entered the butter, egg and poultry business. He was associated in the FREESE and BEYER PRODUCE COMPANY for many years, being instrumental in establishing the company as one of the largest in this section. The BEYER BROTHERS COMPANY operated successfully in this territory for many years.
For a number of years he served as a member of the Warsaw city council, during which time he distinguished himself with his fine spirit and leadership ability.
Mr. Beyer was the first postmaster at Winona, having been in charge of the Spring Fountain Park postoffice at Eagle Lake. It was through his efforts that the cranberry marshes around Eagle lake, now known as Winona Lake, were transformed into an amusement grounds. In 1896 the territory was sold to the Winona Institutions and Mr. Beyer was retained as superintendent of the grounds.
Mr. Beyer was vice-president of the Winona railroad company and it was during the period that he was actively connected with the railroad, that the Peru division was built. During the past number of years he had been engaged solely in the management of his numerous farms in the county acquired through his untiring efforts.
At the time of his death he was the owner of approximately 1600 acres of land in Kosciusko county. He was a member of the K. of P. lodge and the Elks lodge.
Surviving are his wife, Anna M. BEYER; one daughter, Mae E. BEYER, at home, two sons, Carl F. BEYER, of Warsaw, and Harold BEYER of Goodells, Mich.; two brothers, J. E. BEYER, of Winona Lake, and Rev. Albert BEYER of German Valley, Ill.; one half-sister, Mrs. Marie CARLSON, of Indianapolis; and four grandchildren.
The funeral services will be held at the Methodist church at 2:30 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon. Rev. F. K. DOUGHERTY, pastor of the church, will officiate. The body will lie in state at the church from 11 o'clock Wednesday morning until the hour for the services. Interment will be made on the Beyer farm at a spot adjoining the Oakwood cemetery.

A heart attack which he suffered shortly after retiring Monday evening claimed the life of Dr. George L. BROWER, aged 43, at 1:00 o'clock Tuesday morning. Death occurred at his home at 402 West Third Street.
The death of Dr. Brower was entirely unexpected and came as a distinct shock to his wide circle of friends in this city. He had attended a steak roast in the City Park Monday evening with Mrs. Brower and Mr. and Mrs. Hubert TAYLOR. He appeared in good health and watched the try outs for the 4-H club show and practiced archery. Dr. Brower became ill a short time after he had retired. Death was due to angina pectoris.
Dr. Brower was a life long resident of this city. He was born in the home where he died on January 6, 1893. His parents were Louis K. and Katie (ENGLISH) BROWER.
The deceased graduated from the Rochester High School in 1911 after which he took a course in the Northern College of Opothamology in Chicago. After graduation he was employed in the wholesale department of several Chicago optical supply houses.
Dr. Brower at the outbreak of the World War enlisted in the First Officer Training Camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison, near Indianapolis. He enlisted on May 17, 1917 and three months later was commissioned a second lieutenant.
After preliminary training at Camp Taylor and Camp Knox in Kentucky, Dr. Brower served overseas with Company E of 108th Infantry. He was a close friend of Attorney Arthur ROBINSON, Indianapolis, former United States senator from Indiana, who served with the same outfit. He was mustered out of service with a captain's commission on August 28, 1919.
Dr. Brower opened an office and practiced optometry in this city for the past fourteen years. He occupied offices with Dr. A. E. STINSON and Dr. Dean STINSON.
The deceased was prominent in religious, civic and social circles here. He was a vocal soloist and appeared in practically all home talent shows which were staged in this city. He was chairman of the Fulton County Red Cross Society for five years and at the time of his death was an official of the County Welfare Department.
Dr. Brower was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and for a number of years was a member of the choir of this church. He was a member of the Rochester Masonic Lodge. He was a past commander of the LeRoy Shelton American Legion Post and always active in that organization.
In a ceremony which was performed on August 26th, 1922, the deceased was married to Miss Pearl CHASE of Chicago. She survives, as does the mother, who made her home with her son; brother Harry BROWER of this city; two nephews and niece. Three brothers and a sister preceded Dr. Brower in death.
The funeral services will be held from the First Presbyterian Church at 10:30 o'clock Thursday morning with the Rev. Harold TURPIN, pastor of the church, officiating. Interment will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery.

Wednesday, August 12, 1936

McClellan LITTLE, aged 73, passed away Tuesday afternoon at the home of his brother Vince Little, near Grass Creek, Ind. Death resulted from complication and carcinoma. The deceased had been in a critical condition for the past six months.
Mr. Little who was born on July 15th, 1863 had been a resident of the Grass Creek community since the year of 1921. He had been married twice, both wives preceding him in death. His parents were John and Mary LITTLE.
The deceased is survived by four children, Mrs. James CAFFMAN, of South Bend; George LITTLE, of South Bend; Lester LITTLE of Cassopolis, Mich., and Chester LITTLE, of Illinois. Two brothers, Henen LITTLE, of Hot Springs, South Dakota and Vince LITTLE, of Grass Creek, also survive.
The funeral arrangements had not been announced as this issue of The News-Sentinel went to press.

Mrs. Samuel M. [Lydia J. TAYLOR DAVIS] HORN, aged 76, died at her farm home two miles east of the city in the Fort Wayne road at 4:30 o'clock Wednesday morning. Death followed an illness of three years due to lung trouble which had its inception in an attack of influenza.
The deceased was born in Pickaway county, Ohio on October 7, 1859. She has lived in Fulton county since she was seven years old when her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William TAYLOR moved here from Ohio.
Mrs. Horn was twice married. Her first husband Ira J. DAVIS was killed in a runaway. In a ceremony which was performed on April 20, 1920 she was married to Samuel HORN. Mrs. Horn was a member of the Yellow Creek Baptist Church.
Survivors are the husband, step-son Grover HORN, Hammond, step-daughter Mrs. Lee BECK who resides on a farm east of this city and three grandchildren.
The funeral services will be held from the Horn farm home at 1:30 p.m. Friday with Rev. D. S. PERRY officiating. Burial will be made in the cemetery at Mentone.

Funeral services for Mrs. Volney WHEADON who passed away at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Seymour BLACKETOR, south of this city, Tuesday morning, will be held from the Church of God at 2 p.m. Thursday. Rev. H. M. RIGGLE, pastor of the church will officiate and burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery. The death of Mrs. Wheadon marks the first in a family of nine children.

Thursday, August 13, 1936

William H. CLINKER, aged 64, died Wednesday evening at the home of his son, Ivan Clinker who resides on a farm four miles northwest of Akron. Death was due to a stroke of paralysis which he suffered at noon Wednesday.
The deceased was born on a farm near Silver Lake on March 14, 1872 and was the son of John and Mary CLINKER. He had lived on a farm near Akron for the past 35 years.
Mr. Clinker was married to Iona RICKLE on July 29, 1895. She died last fall when she suffered a heart attack due to excitement when her daughter Mrs. Paul Cox gave birth to twin daughters.
Survivors are, son, Ivan CLINKER; daughter, Mrs. Paul COX who resides on a farm near Akron; six grandchildren; brother, Norman CLINKER, Silver Lake; half-brother, Alvin CLINKER, Akron; half-sister, Mrs. Clarence SICKES, Silver Lake, and step-mother, Mrs. Isabelle CLINKER, Gilead.
The funeral services will be held from the Athens United Brethren Church at 2 p.m. Saturday with the Rev. D. L. SLAYBAUGH of Akron officiating. Burial will be made in the Mt. Hope cemetery at Athens.

The funeral services for the late Dr. George L. BROWER which were held from the First Presbyterian Church at 10:30 o'clock Thursday morning were largely attended. The last rites were in charge of Rev. Harold TURPIN, pastor of the church.
The auditorium of the church was filled to its capacity with friends of the deceased who wished to pay him their final tribute. Many beautiful floral offerings were sent by Dr. Brower's many friends.
The services were in keeping with Dr. Brower's request to his family that they be as simple as possible. The services at the graveside were in charge of the LeRoy Shelton American Legion Post of this city of which organization the deceased was a past commander.

Funeral services for the late McClellan LITTLE who died at the home of his brother, Vince LITTLE, near Grass Creek, Tuesday were held Thursday afternoon from the Todd Funeral Home in Kewanna. Rev. O. R. SIDES, pastor of the Kewanna Methodist Church officiated. Burial was made in the cemetery at Grass Creek.

Mrs. Rebecca McGASSEY, aged 80, died at the home of her son, George McGASSEY, one-half a mile south of Culver at 7:30 o'clock Thursday evening. Death was due to a stroke of paralysis which she suffered two years ago.
The deceased was born in Pennsylvania on March 22, 1856 and was the daughter of Thomas and Mary BASTLEWAIDE. She has resided in the Culver vicinity for the past forty years. Her husband Charles McGASSEY preceded her in death in 1927.
Mrs. McGassey was a member of the Eastern Star Lodge at Culver. The son George McGassey is the only immediate survivor.
The funeral services will be held from the son's home at 2 p.m. Sunday with burial in the Masonic Cemetery at Culver.
The body has been moved to the Umbaugh Funeral Home at Argos and will be returned to the son's home Saturday afternoon, where friends may call.

Albert W. BITTERS, aged 76, veteran published and editor of the Rochester Republican for many years died at his home, 1216 South Madison Street at 4 o'clock Friday morning, from a kidney infection. He had been in ill health for the past six months and unconscious for two days prior to his death.
Mr. Bitters' end was hastened by over-exertion while marching with members of the A. H. Skinner Spanish-American War Veterans Post of this city at the state convention of the organization at Vincennes in June. Largely through Mr. Bitters' efforts the 1937 encampment of the veterans was brought to this city.
The deceased was born in Peru on August 19, 1859 and was the son of Thomas Major and Marie BITTERS. He came to this city in 1873 when his father purchased the "Rochester Union Spy." This paper later became the Rochester Republican and in turn was merged with The News-Sentinel.
Mr. Bitters, according to his autobiography which is part of this obituary started his work in a newspaper office at the age of fifteen when he became the "devil" in his father's plant. Mr. Bitters was noted for the strength of his convictions in the penning of his editorials. He was an ardent Republican and staunch believer in prohibition. He twice served as postmaster of the Rochester postoffice.
Mr. Bitters was possessed of a keen mind as to dates. He could recall readily incidents of an early day. He was the publisher of a two volumes of biographies of residents of an earlier day in Rochester and Fulton county under the title of "Home Folks. Persons who own these volumes prize them highly as they give a clear picture of Fulton county since it was created in 1829 as a governmental unit.
Mr. Bitters was married to Miss Emma SHELTON and they celebrated their fifty-third wedding anniversary on April 10. Survivors are the widow, son Harry BITTERS of this city, daughter Mrs. Talmadge DILLON, Hyattsville, Md., sister Mrs. Marguerite MILLER of this city who was associated with her brother in the publishing of the Rochester Republican, two grandchildren, John Allen [DILLON] and Virginia Alice DILLON and a nephew Earle A. MILLER of this city.
The deceased was twice master of the Rochester Masonic Lodge and he made the tenets of that organization his creed. He was a regular attendant at all lodge meetings and either as master or in other ways he assisted in the raising of many young men of this vicinity to the degree of a Master Mason.
Mr. Bitters was a member of the Rochester Chapter No. 70 of the Order of Eastern Star and the Past Matrons and Past Patrons Association of said chapter. He also was an honorary member of the A. H. Skinner Spanish-American War Veterans Post and a member of the Indiana Republican Editorian Association.
An autobiography of the deceased publisher and citizen which was compiled for the 10th anniversary issue of The News-Sentinel of December fifth, 1934, is now republished as it not only presents exacting obituary data but also gives an insight into the inimitable writings of the ex-publisher.
"I was born at Peru,Indiana, in a little cottage within a stone throw of the Miami county court house, August 19, 1859, son of Thomas Major and Maria V. E. (ROSE) BITTERS. Father was a native of Hampton county, Penn., and Mother of Fairfield county, Ohio.
"October 9, 1973, Father bought the Rochester Union Spy, weekly newspaper, of William H. MATTINGLY, and on 13th of that month I commenced my trade of printing, at present date recording over sixty-one years from office "devil," stick and rule, press and type, to editorial pencil in 1905, seving the old Daily and Weekly Republican in that capacity until October, 1923, my sister, Mrs. Marguerite MILLER, associate editor, when the machinations of politics crucified the paper and actually buried its title. Providence has graced my way with health and strength, that it is my distinction to have experienced more than two-thirds of the entire newspaper history of Rochester, during my years of service at printing. From 1859 to 1934, it will be observed in the parlance of our popular American game, I am safe on third base, and trying to steal a point on Father Time to make a home run before I quit this mundane sphere.
"In 1880, temporarily out of a job, my penchant was toward the profession of medicine, and was accepted as a student in the office of the late Dr. Cornelius HECTOR. However, financial reverses prevented entry in Scudder Medical College, at Cincinnati, so I shed both my coat and aspiration and returned to first love, the art preservation. The printing office practically constitutes my university, college and public school education, for ne'er a day was spent in school since May, 1879, leaving sixth grade at age of between twelve and thirteen years, thus my training has been in the school of hard knocks, taught by abrasion against the rough spots of life.
"During 1888 I was employed as job printer in the Rochester Sentinel office, then located over Dawson's drug store, Uncle Tully BITTERS, editor. While there employed, April 10, 1883 Miss Emma E. SHETON and Albert W. BITTERS were united in marriage, our golden wedding celebrated last year. We have ten children, Harry S. BITTERS, at our home, and Mrs. Clarence A. DILLON, Washington, D.C. Their children, John Allen [DILLON] and Virginia Alyce DILLON, represent our hope and pride in our declining days.
"In November, 1921, I was appointed Postmaster, commissioned and assumed the post on January 1, 1922, serving out more than two commissions, the first bearing the signature of President Warren G. Harding, and the second by President Calvin Coolidge, covering nine years, three months, eleven days, retiring for Howard W. DuBOIS. Since leaving the postal service, my job has been working for Doolittle & Setmore, the most arduous task in all my active life.
"My affiliations are memberships in Rochester Lodge No. 79, F. & A. M., Rochester Chapter No. 70, Order Eastern Star, and Past Matrons' and Past Patrons' Association of same Chapter. Politically, I am a steadfast Republican of the Abraham Lincoln type, unafraid, nor ashamed to declare my lack of confidence in the "New Deal." Socially, I am proud of the many friends held near and dear, of all differing convictions, and feel that no enemies seek to do harm to me or mine. For these and every other blessing I am thankful to Almighty God, for peace and tranquility of our humble home, and respect of our neighbors, relatives and associates."
The exact date and time for the funeral arrangements had not been completed at the time The News-Sentinel went to press as word was being awaited from the daughter Mrs. Dillon. In all probability the services will be held from the Madison Avenue Christian Church Sunday afternoon with burial in the Odd Fellows Cemetery. At Mr. Bittersd' request the Rochester Masonic Lodge will be in charge.

ALBERT W. BITTERS
[editorial]

Early today, under laden skies, Albert W. BITTERS, prominent citizen and dean of the Fulton county newspaper guild, signed the journalistic "30" to a useful and interesting career. A career so fraught with trials, adversities and measures of success, that Albert W. Bitters during the past score or more of years was looked upon more as an institutional force than as an individual.
Mr. Bitters possessed that enviable and rare trait of garnering facts and data concerning local, state and world-wide affairs and assimilating and retaining an ever-growing store of knowledge which made his counsel of invaluable worth.
In his newspaper career, Mr. Bitters, the publisher, grounded his feet solidly in whatever cause he deemed just and his virile writings left no room for doubt or quibbling as to where the author stood on civic, political and religious issues. His pen was always an unerring force for the betterment of Rochester and Fulton county and although adversities, which were experienced in the publishing field in later years, finally terminated his beloved newspaper, The ROCHESTER REPUBLICAN, the services of Editor Bitters were constantly solicited by his successors. His brilliant and home-spun style of journalism was thoroughly appreciated and always revered by the people of this community.
A few years after Editor Bitters relinquished the helm of the old Republican newspaper, a belated reward in the form of an appointment to the postmastership of the City of Rochester was bestowed upon him by the Republican party. In his two-term regime in this important post, his duties as a government employee were carried through in a most efficient and courteous manner which brought highest commendations from government officials and townsfolk, alike.
In all of Albert Bitters' buriness, fraternal and social activities in a community where he spent over three score years, it is just to say he was a gentleman, a champion for all less fortunate than he and a public-spirited force which never faltered under greatest of pressure.
A man has been called, one whom will be sorely missed by the entire community. And thus,

Albert W. Bitters, may the "30" which we publishers affix to your earthly associations never signify and "ending" to our memoirs of your honorable, courageous true American-type citizenship.

Saturday, August 15, 1936

Ulysses Simpson Grant SPOHN, aged 72, who was better known by his many friends as Sidney SPOHN, died at his home, 1523 South Jefferson Street at 12:50 o'clock Saturday morning.
Death was due to lead poisoning, which Mr. Spohn contracted twelve years ago while following his occupation of a painter. The deceased had been bedfast for the past five weeks.
Mr. Spohn was born on a farm in the Burton neighborhood west of this city on December 2, 1863. His parents were the late Henry and Sussana (WALTERS) SPOHN.
The deceased had spent his entire lifetime in this community where he had followed the occupation of paper hanging and painter for the past 45 years.
In a ceremony which was performed in this city on February 22, 1899, Mr. Spohn was married to Rosey RAMEY. Mr. Spohn was a member of the Rochester United Brethren Church.
Survivors are the widow; three sons, Verne [SPOHN], Rochester, Fremont [SPOHN], Plymouth, and Frank [SPOHN] of Omaha, Neb.; three daughters, Gail [SPOHN], at home; Mrs. Marie ERB and Mrs. Pearl JENKINS, Omaha, Neb.; sister Mrs. Amanda WHITEMAN, South Bend and brother, Isiah SPOHN of this city. A daughter by a former marriage, Mrs. Fern TRANT, of Omaha, Neb., also survives. Another daughter, Fayette [SPOHN], preceded her father in death on July 23, 1922.
The funeral arrangements will not be completed until word has been received from all of the members of the immediate family of the deceased.

The funeral services for the late Albert BITTERS, former editor of the Rochester Republican, who died at his home at 1216 South Madison Street, early Friday morning, will be held from the Madison Avenue Christian Church at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon.
Rev. Lloyd SMITH, pastor of the First Evangelical Church will officiate. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery. The Rochester Masonic Lodge will at the request of Mr. Bitters, who was twice master of the lodge, have charge of the services. The Eastern Star Lodge members will attend in a body.
The members of the A. H. Skinner United Spanish-American War Veterans Post of this city will attend the services in a body. Mr. Bitters was an honorary member of the post. Mitchell BAKER, commander, has requested all U.S.A.W.V. soldiers to meet at the City Hall at 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon to attend the last rites for Mr. Bitters.

Monday, August 17, 1936

Funeral services for Sidney SPOHN will be conducted Tuesday afternoon, two o'clock at the United Brethren church, with Rev. Loren STINE officiating. Burial will be made in the Rochester Citizen's cemetery.
In the Spohn obituary which appeared in Saturday's issue of The News-Sentinel, the grandchildren was omitted. Mr. Spohn is survived by 18 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

The funeral services for the late Albert W. BITTERS for many years editor of the Rochester Republican were largely attended. They were held from the Madison Avenue Christian Church Sunday afternoon.
Rev. Lloyd SMITH, pastor of the First Evangelical Church officiated. Burial was made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery. Many beautiful floral tributes were sent by Mr. Bitters' friends.
The Rochester Masonic Lodge of which organization the deceased was twice master had charge of the services at the graveside. It was Mr. Bitters' request that the lodge be in charge.
Other organizations which attended in a body were the Rochester Chapter of the Eastern Star and the A. H. Skinner Post of the Spanish-American War Veterans. Mr. Bitters was a member of the Eastern Star and an honorary member of the service organization.
Following are some of the out-of-town people who attended the services. Mrs. Mollie ELKINS and son Max [ELKINS] and daughter Ethel FUNK, of Logansport; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence DILLON of Washington, D.C., Charles BITTERS, of Jackson, Mich.; Mrs. Rilla MEYER and Mrs. KELLISON, of Plymouth, Ind. and A. A. GAST, Akron.

IN MEMORY OF ALBERT W. BITTERS
by A. B. Green

Each day we live, life becomes more of a mystery. In the sudden passing of Brother Albert W. BITTERS from our midst, Rochester and community has lost a true friend. It will not be the same not to meet his smiling countenance and anjoy the hearty greeting of his hand clasp. It can be truthfully said he was a man of high ideals and sterling worth. While we have in every community some who are builders and others who would tear down the moral fabric of society, Albert W. Bitters never faltered in championing the cause he believed to be right .
No night was too dark or road too long that would prevent him rendering assistance to a friend in need. He was a Master Mason and exemplified its teachings in his daily life. He was also historian and an able advisor of the Order of the Eastern Star. When special public notices were needed, it was his pen that furnished the copy and always in a pleasing way.
It can be said he wrought faithfully the work placed upon the tressel board of life. To say he was without faults would be untrue, he was human, none are perfect, but he always tried to do his best. His death was untimely and his brethren mourn.
Now that life's toils are o'er, and his frail bark has touched the shore, we believe the Eastern Star has met the Western Sun, at the close of life's day with a race well run.

HE IS NOT DEAD
by Marguerite Miller

In the passing of my beloved brother, Albert W. BITTERS, many things come to me of his worthwhile life, some things so fine and beautiful he kept carefully hidden except to those who could understand.
I am deeply grateful for the many loving things said of him by his multitute of friends; of the flowers sent with expressions of respect and reverence; of the comforting sermon delivered over his earthly remains; for the songs and music that made the last hour seem less sad. But to me he left an unspoken and unwritten message of the place to which he was going.
It was not of a place far away, or one of mystery, but a place of home going, of such unparalleled beauty and supernal glory as only our Heavenly Father can prepare for His children when they grow tired of this life and want to go back home.

He often said "I am not afraid to die." And once he said "There will be but one question I will dread to answer: 'Albert how did you spend your time? Did you help others to know of the Life Beyond? Did you fear to talk of the Great Adventure all must take? Were you too busy with the trivial things to show some pilgrim the Way?'"
How well I can answer these questions, for he did tell many of the things he knew of the Life Beyond, but not until he was asked, not until he knew there was a burning desire in the mind of the one seeking truth, then he would say:
"Why there is nothing to fear, for death is but the natural sequence of this exursion of life. It is the taking off your old coat and putting on a new one to enter a room more cheerful - where life is a song. We are in the world now but our sight is too clouded to see its wonderous beauty, and our ears too dull to hear its music. But when the Death Angel calls we slip out of the body and become conscious of what we were not conscious of before, we are finer and have greater understanding."
So when this brother of mine closed his eyes in sleep, I know he awoke in that etheric world that Holmes has said "Has a Light never seen on land or sea," and where many called to him, "Good Morning, Albert."
It was a wonderful Home Going! What a reunion with those he had followed to the very door to the Beyond. What rare adventure is now his, to walk among the stars and see the operation of God's great workshop? What companionship with rare souls of literature and art, of invention and discovery. Ah! This is the day when his dreams have come true. Where has he gone? To the Golden City and who knows but tomorrow or the next day we too may journey on. Time goes so fast.
Do you remember what the Death Angel said in that wornderful story "Death Takes a Holiday?' He said, "Do not fear me, for when you know me I am beautiful and some day I will take you by the hand and lead you to the very gates of Paradise and what is Beyond is too wonderful for words."
Albert has gone through the gates and found that beauty. That is the message he sends as I write. So the peace that passes all understanding is now mine.

Tuesday, August 18, 1936

Harry WILSON has been called to Kentland because of the death of his mother Mrs. Margaret WILSON, aged 88, which occurred at her home in Kentland Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Wilson had been in ill health for several years but the immediate cause of her death was injuries which she suffered two months ago when she accidentally tripped and fell.
The deceased had a number of friends in this city and had often visited here with her son and the members of his family. Mrs. Wilson was a member of the Presbyterian Church at Kentland. Five sons and two daughters survive.
The funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon from the Presbyterian Church in Kentland. Burial will be made in the cemetery at Kentland.

Mrs. Alice KERNS, aged 78, died at her home near Lucerne at 11 o'clock Monday night. She had been in ill health for four years following a stroke of paralysis which she suffered at that time.
Twenty-seven years ago the deceased was married to Wilts KERNS. Survivors are the husband; a brother, A. J. MURRAY of Grass Creek. Mrs. Lotus THRUSH, a niece, was at her aunt's bedside when she passed away.
The funeral services will be held from the home at 10 o'clock Thursday morning. Burial will be made in the Mt. Hope cemetery at Logansport.

Wednesday, August 19, 1936

Mrs. Jean [JOHNSON] DAWSON, aged 60, died at 3 o'clock Wednesday morning in the Kelly Hospital at Argos from heart trouble and complications. She had been in poor health for two years and seriously ill for two weeks. The deceased was taken to the hospital last Friday for observation.
Mrs. Dawson lived on a farm one and a half miles northeast of Argos. She was married to John DAWSON in a ceremony which was performed in Rochester on February 3, 1893.
The deceased was born in Rochester on October 26, 1875 and was the daughter of Clinton and Clara JOHNSON. Mr. and Mrs. Dawson had lived on farms near Argos during their entire married life.
Survivors are the husband; two sons, Clinton DAWSON, South Bend and W. P. DAWSON, Plymouth; daughter, Mrs. Floyd HOWELL, Argos; two sisters, Mrs. Mary KAUFFMAN, Fortville, and Mrs. Bertha HOBERER, Richmond; brother, Alfred JOHNSON, Mellens, Tenn., and several grandchildren.
The funeral services will be held from the Dawson home at 10:30 o'clock Friday morning followed by burial in the New Oak Hill cemetery at Plymouth.
The body has been moved to the Grossman Funeral Parlor in Argos and will be returned to the Johnson home Thursday afternoon where friends may call.

Thursday, August 20, 1936

William WEST and Mrs. W. C. JURGENSMEYER have returned from Danville, Ill, where they were called by the death of their sister, Mrs. Cora MORGAN. Mr. West and Mrs. Jurgensmeyer were at their sister's bedside when she passed away in the St. Elizabeth Hospital last Sunday. Funeral services were held Tuesday.

Friday, August 21, 1936

Mrs. Elizabeth [BLACKETOR] MILLER, aged 81, lifelong resident of Fulton county, died in the Morris Hospital at Plymouth, at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Death was due to pneumonia and followed an illness of three days.
The deceased had been in ill health for the past two years following a stroke of paralysis which she suffered at that time.She had made her home in the Morris Hospital for the past six months.
Mrs. Miller was born on a farm in the Ebenezer neighborhood south of this city on October 19, 1854, and lived in the same vicinity all of her life. Her parents were Joshua and Susan BLACKETOR.
The deceased was the wife of the late Henry A. MILLER. He preceded his wife in death on February 23, 1912. Mrs. Miller was a devout member of the Baptist church, first affiliating with the Ebenezer church and later with the First Baptist church of this city.
Survivors are a son, O. M. (Mel) MILLER, Chicago; sister, Mrs. Sarah ROBBINS, of this city, and four grandchildren, Allen MILLER, Donald MILLER and James Albert MILLER, all of Chicago, and Miss Alida Rae MILLER, of Oklahoma City, Okla.
The funeral services will be held from the farm home of O. M. Miller, which is the site of the former Ebenezer Baptist church, at 2 p.m. Saturday with the Rev. C. S. DAVISSON in charge.

Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery.

Mrs. Grace Lillian [EVANS] PATTEE, aged 52, died at 2:15 o'clock Friday morning at the home of her sister, Mrs. Ethel Wachs, 117-1/2 Mishawaka Avenue, Mishawaka.
Mrs. Pattee had been in ill health for the past fifteen months due to heart trouble and other complications. Two months ago she went to Mishawaka to receive treatment from a doctor there.
The deceased was born on a farm near this city on February 11, 1884 and was the daughter of Marion and Lou Ellen EVANS. She had lived in or near Kewanna for a number of years.
In a ceremony which was performed in Kewanna on February 1, 1910 the deceased was married to David PATTEE. She was a member of the Baptist Church.
Survivors are the husband; three daughters, Mrs. Lois COHAGEN, South Bend, Ruth [PATTEE] and Vera [PATTEE] at home; three sons Herman [PATTEE], Maurice [PATTEE] and Roy [PATTEE] at home; and three sisters, Mrs. James DAGGETT and Mrs. Ethel WACHS, Mishawaka and Mrs. Charles HITTLE, Milwaukee, Wis.
The funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon from the Baptist Church in Kewanna with Rev. B. M. FRANKLIN officiating. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery at Kewanna.

Saturday, August 22, 1936

Mrs. Raymond FENSTERMACHER, aged 27, a resident of the Talma vicinity, died in the Woodlawn Hospital at 9 o'clock Friday evening. Death was due to intestinal flu.
The deceased had been in ill health for one month and was taken to the hospital one week ago for observation.
Mrs. Fenstermacher was born on a farm near Akron on August 11, 1909. Her parents were Everett and Retha CLEMANS, who died when she was nine years of age. The deceased was reared by Mr. and Mrs. Jack MORRIS of Akron. She was married to Raymond FENSTERMACHER on November 24, 1934.
Survivors are the husband; son, Frederick [FENSTERMACHER], five months of age; three brothers, James CLEMANS, Mentone; Doyle CLEMANS, Talma and George CLEMANS, Fort Wayne and two sisters, Mrs. William BLACKBURN, Mentone and Mrs. William BURNS, Akron.
The funeral services will be held from the Church of God at West and Central Streets in Akron at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Rev. D. L. SLAYBAUGH will be in charge. Burial will be made in the Mt. Hope Cemetery at Athens.

Jacob Lewis SMITH, aged 76, a life long resident of Henry township, died at his farm home four and half miles southeast of Akron at 6 o'clock Friday afternoon. Death was due to arterio sclerosis and followed an illness of six weeks.
The deceased was born on October 26, 1859 and was the son of Lewis and Mary SMITH. His wife was Lydia SEITLER. He had followed the occupation of farming during his entire lifetime. Mr. Smith was a member of the Emanuel Evangelical Church.
Survivors are the widow; daughter, Mrs. Lloyd HILEMAN, Akron; three brothers, Frank SMITH, Huntington, Charles [SMITH] and William SMITH, Akron; sister, Mrs. Mary SEITLER, Macy, and two grandsons.
The funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday from the Emanuel Evangelical Church with Rev. D. W. SPANGLER, Peru, in charge. Interment will be made in the Gaerte Cemetery southeast of Akron.

Relatives and friends in this city have been advised of the death of William L. SCHROEDER, aged 60, for many years a farmer in the Mt. Zion neighborhood.
Mr. Schroeder died in the Lutheran Sanitarium at Wheat Ridge, Colo. Friday night. He had been a patient in the sanitarium for several years.
The only immediate survivor is a daughter, Mrs. Roy KENNEDY of Standish, Michigan.
The body will be returned here for burial and the services probably will be held Tuesday afternoon.
A more detailed obituary of Mr. Schroeder will appear in The News-Sentinel Monday.

Tuesday, August 25, 1936

Funeral services for the late William SCHROEDER, who died Friday in the Lutheran Sanitarium at Wheat Ridge, Colorado will be held from the Val Zimmerman Funeral Apartment at 2 p.m. Thursday. Rev. A. H. GALLMEIER of Peru will officiate and burial will be made in the cemetery at Mt. Zion. Mr. Schroeder was a farmer in the Mt. Zion neighborhood for many years. He had been in ill health for the past five years.

Mrs. Martin [Anna V. WYNN] FLETCHER, aged 84, died at the home of her son Bert Fletcher in the Grandview neighborhood northwest of the city Monday afternoon. Death was due to a stroke of paralysis which she suffered at 9 o'clock Sunday evening.
The deceased was born in Hancock county but had spent nearly her entire life-time in Fulton county. Her parents were Eli and Mary WYNN. In a ceremony which was performed at Noblesville in 1872 she was married to Martin FLETCHER. Mrs. Fletcher had made her home with her son Bert for sometime. She was a member of the Christian Church.
Survivors are the husband; son Bert FLETCHER; daughter Mrs. John DREW, Hammond; foster son, William WYNN; two brothers Eli [WYNN] and Harrison WYNN; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
The funeral services will be held from the church at Richland Center at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon with the Rev. Philip HANEY officiating. Burial will be made in the cemetery at Richland Center.

Wednesday, August 26, 1936

Mrs. Mary RICHARDSON GOOD, aged 78, died at 4 o'clock Wednesday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Verl BRYANT, one and a half miles northeast of Rochester. Death was due to complications and followed an illness of eighteen months.
The deceased was born near Mexico on December 15, 1857 and was the daughter of Riley and Rebecca RICHARDSON. When she was five years of age, her parents came to Fulton county to reside and Mrs. Good has lived here since that time.
In a ceremony which was performed in the Good Homestead, northeast of the city the deceased was married to Willard GOOD. Mrs. Good was a member of the Church of God.
Survivors are the daughter, Mrs. BRYANT; two sons, John GOOD, Burlington, Mich., and Charles GOOD, Rochester; three brothers, Charles RICHARDSON and Riley RICHARDSON, Spokane, Wash.; and Lott RICHARDSON, Everett, Wash.; three sisters, Mrs. Charles SWARTZLANDER, Akron; Mrs. James SWANSON, Milwaukee, and Mrs. Alvin GOOD, Rochester; 23 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. The husband, son, Harvey GOOD, and a daughter, Mrs. Lucy KOCHENDERFER, preceded in death.
The funeral services will be held from the Church of God at 2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon with the Rev. Daniel SLAYBAUGH of Akron in charge. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery.

Henry L. COOK, 64, well known salesman who resides a mile south of Fulton on State Road 25 passed away at Woodlawn hospital, 6:30 o'clock Tuesday evening. Mr. Cook was stricken with colitis Sunday afternoon while he was returning from Chicago where he had been visiting his daughter, Mrs. Helen TRUE. He was brought to the Rochester hospital Tuesday morning for observation. The deceased had a wide acquaintance of friends throughout Fulton county where for a long number of years he represented the Watkins Products Co.
Mr. Cook was born in Fulton, Ind., on March 6, 1882, and had resided in that community throughout his entire life. His parents, George and Amanda COOK preceded him in death several years ago. On July 3rd, 1906 he was united in marriage to Pearl HENDRICKSON, the ceremony being pronounced in Fulton. Mr. Cook was a member of the Fulton United Brethren church, the Knights of Pythias and the Masonic fraternal corders of Fulton.
He is survived by his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Helen TRUE, of Chicago, and Geneva COOK, at home; a son Raymond COOK, of Fulton; four sisters, Mrs. John ZOOK, Mrs. Rose EYTCHESON, Mrs. Lalah FRAIN, all of South Bend, Mrs. Bertha ABBOTT, of Rochester; three brothers Ray [COOK] and Lee COOK of Detroit; Elmer COOK, of Indianapolis, and one grandchild.
The funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at two o'cock at the Fulton United Brethren church with the Reverends J. W. LAKE and Loren STINE officiating. Interment will be made in the Fulton cemetery.

Friday, August 28, 1936

Mrs. Mary SECOR COOK, aged 75, died at 5:30 o'clock Friday morning one hour and a half after she was stricken with a heart attack due in part to asthma. The death was entirely unexpected. The deceased resided at the corner of Franklin Avenue and Thirteenth Street.
Mrs. Cook was a life long resident of Fulton county. She was born east of this city and lived near Beaver Dam until one year ago when she moved to Rochester to reside. Her husband was the late W. A. COOK who died in May 1934. Mrs. Cook was a member of the Saints Church.
Survivors are a son Arthur COOK, Elkhart; two daughters, Mrs. Inez LIDGARD, Talma and Mrs. Lula CARR who resided with her mother; 14 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
The funeral services will be held from the Nichols Chapel northeast of this city at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. The services will be in charge of Rev. Daniel SLAYBAUGH of Akron. Burial will be made in the cemetery adjacent to the church.

Albert J. HOOVER, former resident of Akron, died at his home in Portland, Oregon on August 18, according to word received by relatives in Fulton county.
Mr. Hoover was born April 10, 1870 and was the second son of Joseph and Elvira HOOVER. In 1891 he married Sophia CUMMING, in a ceremony performed at Stanley, Wisconsin. After his marriage they moved from Akron to Rochester, where he was employed by BEYER BROS.
About 38 years ago they moved to Portland, Oregon, where they have lived ever since. Mr. Hoover's last trip to Akron was about two years ago.
He is survived by two brothers, Otto [HOOVER] of Elkhart and Charles [HOOVER] of Rochester; and one sister, Mrs. Irvin SWYGERT of Akron; one son, Eugene [HOOVER], and the widow. Another son, Howard [HOOVER], died in infancy. His father, mother, and one brother, Arthur [HOOVER], also preceded him in death.
Burial was made at Portland.

Mrs. Harry CASPER returned today from Columbus, Ohio, where she was called on the account of the death of her brother, Emory McKITRICK, aged 60, who died in a hospital in Columbus on August 18.
The deceased was a former resident of Rochester. Death was due to blood poisoning and followed an illness of six weeks. Mr. McKitrick operated a parking lot in Columbus.
Survivors are the widow, four children, three sisters and a brother.

Saturday, August 29, 1936

Mrs. Lorene MACY, 35, former resident of Macy, Ind., passed away at her home in Mexico, Ind., at 5:15 Saturday morning. Death resulted from a cerebral hemorrhage. Mrs. Macy had been in ill health for the past three months, it was stated.
Lorene, daughter of Arthur and Blanche (CRISPEN) DOUD was born on a farm near Macy, June 30, 1901. She was united in marriage to Lawrence Edgar MACY on September 26th, 1921, the ceremony being pronounced at Macy. The survivors are the husband; a daughter, Maxine [MACY], at home; her parents; three sisters, Mrs. Hilda WATSON of Peru; Mrs. Jeanette DALEY and Mrs. Marian SEWARD, both of Thornhope, Indiana.
The funeral services will be held Monday afternoon, two o'clock, at the Mexico Methodist Church. Rev. L. V. KING will have charge of the services. Burial will be made in the Greenlawn cemetery at Mexico.

Mrs. Sherman [Pearl McINTIRE] MILLER, 54, passed away at her home in Akron at 7:10 Friday evening. The deceased had been in ill health for the past two years, suffering from a cancer. Mrs. Miller had a wide acquaintance of friends in the eastern section of the county, where she had resided throughout her entire life.
The deceased who was the daughter of William and Margaret (WHITE) McINTIRE, was born on a farm east of Rochester, May 23rd, 1882. On October 13th, 1901, she was united in marriage to Sherman Lee MILLER. Mrs. Miller was a member of the Church of God of Akron and the Royal Neighbors Lodge, Camp No. 7667 of Akron.
The survivors are the husband; a daughter, Mrs. Aninia CLEMENS, of Macy; a grandson; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William McINTIRE, of near Akron; two sisters, Mrs. Lulu RITTER, of Tippecanoe; Mrs. Emaline LEHMAN, of Mentone; and two brothers, Harold McINTIRE, of Akron and Kelsey McINTIRE of Logansport.
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon, two o'clock at the Akron Church of God. The Reverends Chas. MANES, of Akron, and Herman HEDGES of Columbia City, Ind., will officiate. Interment will be made in the Akron I.O.O.F. cemetery.

Monday, August 31, 1936

Frankfort, Ind., Aug. 31. -- Mrs. Fae READ THOMPSON, 46, died at her home 52-1/2 West Clinton street, this city, at 3 o'clock Sunday morning following an illness of one year with carcinoma.
A daughter of the Rev. John W. READ and Hettie (DICKEY) READ, Mrs. Thompson was born in Idaville, White county, on July 11, 1890. On Nov. 14, 1911, she was married to Martin M. THOMPSON. Mrs. Thompson was a member of the Main St. Christian church at Kokomo and a member of the Pythian Sisters lodge of that city.
Surviving are the husband; a daughter, Juanita Allen [THOMPSON], at home; the mother, Mrs. J. W. READ, of Warsaw; three brothers, W. Ludd READ, of Salem Ore.; Glenn READ, of Long Beach, Calif.; J. Harold READ, of Rochester, Ind.; three sisters, Mrs. Glenn GASKILL, of Markle, Ind.; Mrs. Mary HAYWARD, of Warsaw and Miss Kathryn READ, of Salem, Oregon.
The body was removed to the Goodwin Brothers funeral home where friends may call until the hour of the funeral services which will be held in the Goodwin chapel Tuesday morning at 11:30 o'clock, with the Rev. Albert E. EWING officiating. Immediately after this short service the body will be taken to the Crooked Creek Christian church, 9 miles northwest of Logansport, where final services will be conducted by Rev. EWING. Interment will be in Crooked Creek cemetery.

Tuesday, September 1, 1936

Mrs. John HAGAN has received word of the death of her brother John V. GOSS which occurred at his home in Garfield, Washington on August 26. Mr. Goss was 84 years old and was reared in Fulton county. He left this county for the west sixty years ago.

Wednesday, September 2, 1936

Mrs. Anna Barbra [POWELL] JONES, well known resident of this city passed away at her cottage the "Perry Ann," Lake Manitou, on Tuesday afternoon, at 3:45 o'clock. Death was attributed to complications following an illness which started the first of the present year. Mrs. Jones who had resided in Rochester for a period of 50 years had a host of friends throughout this community.
Anna Barbra, daughter of John and Susan (MITCHELL) POWELL was born on a farm near Gilead, Ind., (Miami county) on March 28th, 1880. When a child of but six years of age she removed from Miami county to Rochester with her parents. On September 25th, 1898, at the home of Daniel Edward KIME, on north Main street this city she was united in marriage to Oliver Perry JONES, the ceremony being pronounced by the Rev. A. E. GIFT. Mrs. Jones was a member of the Rochester Church of God and the Women's Benefit Association.
The survivors are her husband, her mother and step-father Edward KIME; a brother Samuel POWELL, all of Rochester; three foster children, Martin FLAGG of Wharton, Texas, and Charles [FLAGG] and Mary FLAGG of this city.
The funeral services in charge of Rev. Herbert H. RIGGLE, will be held Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Rochester Church of God. Burial will be made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.

Thursday, September 3, 1936

Friends of the late Mrs. Perry JONES may view her body at her late home the "Perryann" cottage on the north shore of Lake Manitou until the hour of the funeral 2:30 p.m. Friday from the Church of God. Mrs. Jones died late Tuesday after a long illness.

Saturday, September 5, 1936

Mrs. Kate [LINDER] LUDEWIG, 71, passed away at 7:45 o'clock Friday evening at her home five miles southeast of Fulton. Mrs. Ludewig had been seriously ill for the past three weeks from a complication of diseases. She had been a resident of Liberty township for practically all of her life and she had a host of friends throughout that community.
Kate, daughter of Lawrence and Fanny LINDER was born in Jasper county, Ohio on Sept. 14, 1864. When but six years of age she removed with her parents from Ohio to Liberty township, where she has since resided. On March 21, 1903 she was united in wedlock to Sidney LUDEWIG. Mrs. Ludewig was a member of the Methodist church.
The survivors are the husband; a daughter Mrs. Ida BLACK, of near Fulton; two grandchildren; a brother John LINDER, of Fulton and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at two o'clock at the Ludewig home. Rev. YARIAN of Denver, Ind., will have charge of the services. Interment will be made in the Fulton cemetery.

Tuesday, September 8, 1936

Mrs. Amanda SCHOLL, 89, for many years a resident of Argos, passed away at her home, 205 New Bales avenue, South Bend, on Sunday morning at 6:15 o'clock. Death resulted from complications following an illness of several years' duration. Mrs. Scholl had resided in South Bend for a number of years, and had a wide acquaintance of friends both in Argos and South Bend.
The deceased was born in Canton, Ohio, on August 13th, 1847, and removed to Argos when still quite young. Her husband, Daniel SCHOLL, preceded her in death fourteen years ago. The survivors are two daughters, Blanche [SCHOLL] and Alice SCHOLL, at home; a son, Roy SCHOLL, of South Bend; a sister, Mrs. Rebecca SMITH, of Canton, Ohio; a grandson, Sanford BECKNER, of South Bend; and five grandchildren. A daughter, Mrs. Elsie BECKNER, passed away five years ago.
Funeral services were held at the Scholl home in South Bend Tuesday afternoon with the Reverends Miss Stanley SMITH and G. FORSYTHE officiating. Interment was made in the Maple Grove cemetery at Argos.

Orlando LAUTZENHIZER, aged 82, retired grocer of Akron, died at his home there at 9 o'clock Sunday night. Death was due to uremic poisoning and followed an illness of three weeks.
The deceased was born on a farm near North Manchester on December 8, 1852. His parents were J. K. and Charlotte LAUTZENHIZER. He lived on farms in Wabash county for a number of years and moved to Akron from Lincolnville twenty-five years ago after he had purchased a grocery in Akron.
Mr. Lautzenhizer was a member of the Christian Church at Akron. He was married three times, two of his wives Miss Rachael BROWN and Mrs. Laura BOGGS BAUM preceding him in death. His third wife was Mrs. Neva RAYMER.
Survivors are the widow; four children, Mrs. L. G. CRAFT, Wabash, Mrs. A. B. OSWALD, Lafayette, Morris LAUTZENHIZER, Urbana and Mrs. William LYNCH, Niles, Mich; three brothers Frank [LAUTZENHIZER], Portland, Oregon, Silas [LAUTZENHIZER], Frederick, Ohio and Joseph [LAUTZENHIZER], North Manchester; sister Mrs. Dan BROWN, Los Angeles, Cal., 34 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren.
The funeral services were held from the Lautzenhizer home in Akron Tuesday afternoon in charge of Rev. John ASHLEY of the Batchelor Creek Christian Church near Wabash and Rev. Daniel SLAYBAUGH of Akron. Interment was made in the Alger Cemetery near Ijamsville.

Mrs. Val ZIMMERMAN and Miss Tillie YOUNG have received word of the death of their cousin Barney YOUNG of Hammond, who was killed in an auto accident near Hammond Sunday. Mr. Young had a number of friends in this city. He was noted as a musician and was president of the Lake County Musician's Union and leader of the Hammond City Band.

Gerald HOGATT, aged 25, Terre Haute, a truck driver employed on State Road 25, died in the Woodlawn Hospital at 3:45 a.m. Monday, from pneumonia. He was ill one week.
The deceased was born near Terre Haute on November 10, 1910, and was the son of John and Mary HOGATT. He came here four months ago from Chicago to work on the state road.
Survivors are the parents and six brothers and sisters, all of whom live in Terre Haute.
The body was prepared for burial here and shipped to Terre Haute. Interment will be made in the cemetery at Hull, Ind.

Wednesday, September 9, 1936

Mrs. Joseph SHADEL, of Macy, early today received a brief message announcing that James [READ], 12, and Junior [READ], 14, sons of her sister, Mrs. Charles MARSH, of Danville, Ill., had been killed in a train accident in that city, Tuesday evening. They are the children of Rev. and Mrs. Charles READ, former resident of Macy. The telegram stated funeral services were to be held Friday afternoon at Danville.

Thursday, September 10, 1936

Sylvester HOGAN, aged 65, well known resident of Silver Lake, passed away Tuesday morning in the Woodlawn hospital.
Mr. Hogan had been ill with bladder trouble for some time and was taken to the hospital on Thursday for an operation.
The operation was delayed several times due to his condition and he passed away suddenly yesterday morning.
He is survived by his wife; three sons, Arthur [HOGAN], Orville [HOGAN] and Lester HOGAN; and one daughter, Eloise HOGAN, all of Silver Lake.
The funeral will be held on Thursday, with burial at the Stoney Point cemetery near Silver Lake.

Verne MILLER has received word of the death of his aunt Mrs. Jacob ALSPACH who died at her home in North Judson Wednesday afternoon.
The deceased was a former resident of Fulton county and has a large circle of friends in Henry township where she resided for several years.

The funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at the home in North Judson with burial in the Mt. Hope Cemetery at Athens.
The funeral cortege will pass thru Rochester about 3:30 p.m. Friday enroute to Athens.

Mrs. Ebbert [H.] [Mary E. CONRAD] ALBER, aged 66, died at 2:10 o'clock Thursday morning at her home one and a half miles south of Talma after a five-year illness due to complications.
The deceased was born on July 18, 1870, in Cass county and was the daughter of Stephen and Margaret CONRAD. She was married to Ebbert ALBER on March 16, 1891.
Mr. and Mrs. Alber have been residents of the Talma community for the past thirty years, moving there from the Fulton neighborhood. Mrs. Alber was a member of the Methodist church of Talma.
Survivors are the husband; eight children, Florence HIBBS, and Helen [ALBER] at home; Nowannah M. [ALBER] and John O. [ALBER], Tiosa; Frank F. [ALBER] and Herman [ALBER], Rochester; L. G. D. [ALBER], Mentone, and Thurle [ALBER], Talma; a brother, G. W. CONRAD, of Twelve Mile, and 13 grandchildren. A son, Stephen Wesley [ALBER], preceded his mother in death.
The funeral services will be held from the United Brethren church at Fulton at 2 p.m. Saturday, in charge of the Rev. L. E. SMITH. Interment will be made in the cemetery at Fletchers Lake.

Monday, September 14, 1936

Miller WHITTENBERGER, aged 78, died at his home in Athens at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Death was due to a stroke of paralysis which he suffered on Tuesday, September 8.
The deceased spent practically his entire lifetime in Henry township, except for a short period when he lived in Alabama. For many years he lived on a farm southwest of Akron but retired several years ago since which time he has resided in Athens. He was a member of the Christian Church at Akron.
Mr. Whittenberger was born in LaPorte on August 14, 1857. His parents were Reuben and Hettie MILLER WHITTENBERGER. He was twice married, his first wife who was Emma COLE died in 1918. Ten years ago he was married to Mrs. Iva MOORE.
Survivors are the widow; daughter Mrs. Clyde GRAHAM, Augusta, Ga.; son Orville WHITTENBERGER, Akron; two brothers Samuel [WHITTENBERGER] and George [WHITTENBERGER] of Akron, and two sisters Mrs. Charles HARTER and Mrs. Amanda MORRIS, both of Akron.
The funeral services will be held from the Whittenberger home in Akron at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon with the Rev. Daniel SLAYBAUGH of Akron officiating. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery at Akron.

Raymond MIKESELL, aged 44, trustee of Union Township, Marshall county, died at his home in Culver Saturday evening. Death was due to complications which followed an appendectomy eighteen months ago.
The deceased was born in Newcastle township, near the Bethlehem Church where he lived until 25 years ago when he moved to Culver. His parents were Nathaniel and Rachel MIKESELL.
Mr. Mikesell operated a butcher shop in Culver for a number of years prior to his election two years ago on the Republican ticket to the office of township trustee. The deceased was prominent in social, religious, civic and political circles at Culver.

Survivors are the widow; daughter; two brothers Howard [MIKESELL] and Claud [MIKESELL] of Culver and two uncles Enoch [MIKESELL] and George MIKESELL who reside on a farm near this city. Mrs. Clara CLEMANS and Miss Nellie BRYANT are cousins of the deceased.
The funeral services will be held at Culver at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Burial will be made in the cemetery at Culver.

Heart trouble and illness during the past year caused the death of William H. MYERS, late Sunday evening at his farm home three miles southwest of Argos. Myers was 70 years of age.
Mr. Myers was born near Argos on April 5, 1866 and resided in that community all of his life. In a Christmas Day ceremony in 1898 he was married to Cora WARNER.
He followed the occupation of farming and was a member of the Knights of Pythias.
Survivors are the wife; one daughter, Mrs. Esther WICKIZER of Argos; one son, Oliver [MYERS], at home; one brother, John MYERS, of Argos; two sisters, Mrs. ESSIG, of Argos and Mrs. Elizabeth BERRY, of Mishawaka.
Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock with burial following at the Maple Grove cemetery, Argos.

Tuesday, September 15, 1936

Charles Leslie THOMPSON, aged 63, died at his farm home, one and a half miles northeast of Monterey at 12:45 o'clock Monday afternoon. Death was due to heart trouble and followed an illness of two years.
The deceased was born in Coffeeville, Kans., on October 30, 1872 and was the son of John and Sarah THOMPSON. He had resided in the Monterey neighborhood for twelve years, moving there from Elwood. He was married to Minnie E. THOMPSON on July 10, 1900 and had followed the occupation of farming all of his life.
Survivors are the widow; four children, Charles [THOMPSON] and Virgil [THOMPSON], Monterey; Mrs. Gladys WARREN, Culver, and Marjorie [THOMPSON] at home; four brothers, Joseph [THOMPSON], John [THOMPSON], Fred [THOMPSON] and Everett [THOMPSON], Sheldon, Ill.; half-sister, Mrs. Nellie DEEMS, Great Falls, Montana, and three grandchildren.
The funeral services will be held from the Methodist Church in Monterey at 2 p.m. Wednesday with Rev. M. W. CRIDER of Leiters Ford officiating. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery at Monterey.

Friends in this city have received wword of the death of Edward COXSON, aged 40, of Trenton, N.J. Mr. Coxson resided in Kokomo for a number of years, where he was an official of the Great Western Pottery Company. He spent several summers at Lake Manitou. He was a World War veteran and is survived by his father.

Wabash, Ind., Oct 15. (UP) -- Pleading guilty to the murder of three members of Wabash county farm family, Harry SINGER, 26, was sentenced today to die in the electric chair at the state prison December 26th.
Sentence was pronounced by Judge Byron S. KENNEDY in Wabash circuit court.
Singer was indicted by the county grand jury yesterday on three murder counts, growing out of the shooting July 20th of Wesley CAUFMAN, his wife and their 12-year-old daughter Marjory [CAUFMAN].
"I still am not sorry I did it. I think I was justified in killing them, because they were so cruel to me," Singer said after sentence was pronounced.
Singer was employed as a farm hand by the Cauffmans when the triple slaying occurred. He killed his victims with a shot gun and buried their bodies in a barn.
Telling the neighbors the family had gone to their former farm home near Louisville, Kentucky for a vacation. The farm hand continued to live at the home.
He was arrested after trading Cauffman's auto for a new car. Subsequent investigation disclosed he had sold produce from the farm and prompted questioning on the murder theory.
Harry Singer, who had the death sentence passed on him in the Wabash county circuit court Tuesday morning, is a former resident of this city. He was on parole from the Indiana State Reformatory at the time he committed the brutal murder of the Caufman family on a farm three miles southeast of Disko.
The details of the murders were given in a confession, which Singer made to state police shortly after his arrest. His murder of the Caufman girl was said to have been one of the most cruel ones ever committed in the history of the State of Indiana. The Sunday prior to the Tuesday, when the murders were discovered, Singer spent the day in this city with friends.
Singer was sentenced in the Fulton circuit court to the reformatory for forgery and later he served a term for vehicle taking. He had been in trouble since he was a small boy. For many years he lived on a farm west of this city.
His mother, Mrs. Mary SINGER and brother, Alonzo [SINGER], were murdered in their farm home west of this city by Charles CLARK, Kokomo, who later committed suicide. Singer at that time was in the reformatory, serving time and was refused permission to attend his parents' funeral.

Thursday, September 17, 1936

Mrs. George [Margaret TOUHEY] BIGGS, age 33, died at her home, 1224 South Elm Street at 2:15 o'clock Thursday morning. Death was due to complications and followed an illness of three years.
The deceased was born in Bluffton on January 16, 1903. Her parents were Frank and Grace TOUHEY. She was married to George BIGGS in a ceremony performed in this city on October 3, 1931. She had resided in Rochester practically her entire lifetime.
Survivors are the husband,; son, Earl SCHRIMSHER; mother of Mrs. Grace SQUIRES; step-father, Ed SQUIRES; step-daughter, Dorothy [BIGGS]. A half-brother, Ralph E. SQUIRES preceded her in death.
The funeral services will be held from the home at 2:30 o'clock Sunday with Rev. John WALLENBURG pastor of the Madison Avenue Christian Church in charge. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Saturday, September 19, 1936

Miss Martha Lavinia McCAUGHEY, aged 81, a resident of this city for forty-three years died at 10 o'clock Saturday morning at her home 719 South Jefferson Street. Death was due to carcinoma and followed an illness of two years.
The deceased was born in Wayne township on February 21, 1855 and had spent her entire lifetime in this county. Her parents were David and Lavinia (EDGAR) McCAUGHEY.
The deceased lived with her sister Miss Hannah McCAUGHEY, who preceded her in death several months ago. Miss Martha McCaughey was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and was very active in that religious organization.
Survivors are a sister, Mrs. Margaret ELLIOTT, Kewanna, and a number of nieces and nephews.
The funeral services will be held from the home at 10 o'clock Monday morning with Rev. Harold TURPIN, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in charge. Burial will be made in the cemetery at Fletchers Lake.

Plymouth, Ind., Sept. 19. (UP) -- James SNYDER, 22, son of Vern SNYDER, fire chief of Bourbon, Ind., was killed at 2 a.m. today when a car driven by Don EVERLY, of near Bourbon, struck a bridge on U.S. highway 30 at the outskirts of Atwood.
Dick HUDKINS and Runt KINZIE, other occupants of the Everly machine escaped with minor injuries. The young men were enroute to their home after attending a social affair at Pierceton, when the accident occurred.

Monday, September 21, 1936

George WILSON, aged 87, prominent resident of Twelve Mile dropped dead in a cafe in Petoskey, Mich., Saturday while eating his lunch. Death was due to a heart attack. Mr. Wilson had gone to Petoskey to seek relief from the hay fever. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Twelve Mile. The widow, two sons and daughter survive. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon from the Brethren Church in Mexico. The Masonic lodge will have charge of the graveside service.

Berdough (Bert) HILKERT, aged 60, retired mail carrier of Lucerne, died Saturday night. Death followed a two year illness which forced his retirement from postal service. He was well known in the southwestern part of Fulton county. He was a member of the Lucerne Presbyterian Church from which church funeral services were held Monday afternoon. The survivors are widow, six daughters, son, brother and two sisters.

Tuesday, September 22, 1936

William H. HITTLE, 78, died at 4:30 o'clock Tuesday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Iva MURPHY, who resides eight miles southwest of Argos. Mr. Hittle had been in ill health for several years, however his condition did not become critical until about a week ago, at which time he was removed to his daughter's home.
The deceased was born in Green Township, Marshall County, Indiana, on August 11th, 1858, and had resided in the vicinity of Argos for all of his life. On December 15th, 1880 he was united in wedlock to Alice HENDRICKS. Fourteen children were born to this union, five of whom are living.
The survivors are the widow; two daughters, Mrs. Goldie PERSONETTE, Mrs. Iva MURPHY, of Argos; three sons, Lawrence [HITTLE] and Ralph HITTLE, of Argos, and Ernest [HITTLE] of Oklahoma City, Okla.
Funeral services in charge of Rev. BURGESS, of Tippecanoe, will be held Thursday afternoon at two o'clock at the home of Mrs. Iva Murphy. Burial will be made in the Jordan Baptist cemetery, southwest of Argos.

Mrs. Phoebe FISHER MAUS, 75, widow of Aaron MAUS and resident of the Twelve Mile community, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Fred BROWN in South Bend, Monday. She had been in failing health for some time.
Surviving are six daughters, Mrs. Fred TURNIPSEED, Mrs. Harry LANDGRAVE and Mrs. Herschel BRUBAKER of Mexico, Mrs. BROWN and Mrs. Maude TURNIPSEED of South Bend, and Mrs. Earl TRENT of Joliet, Ill.; two sisters, Mrs. Mary E. MAUS of Logansport and Mrs. Sarah BRUBAKER of Fulton and a brother, Israel FISHER of Michigan.
The body will be returned to the Church of the Brethren at Mexico at noon Wednesday where it may be viewed by friends. Funeral rites are to be held at the church at 2 o'clock that afternoon with burial in Greenlawn cemetery, Mexico.

Wednesday, September 23, 1936

Mrs. Catherine [DURKES] KENLEY, aged 68, of 1317 South Monroe Street, died in the Woodlawn Hospital at 1 o'clock Wednesday morning following a major operation performed several days ago. Mrs. Kenley had been in ill health for sometime.
The deceased was a lifelong resident of Fulton county. She was born on a farm west of this city on December 12, 1867 and was the daughter of Henry and Sarah DURKES, who came to this county from Germany.
In a ceremony which was performed in this city the deceased was married to John KENLEY who preceded his wife in death on September 9, 1899. Mrs. Kenley was a devout member of the First Evangelical Church of this city.
Survivors are a son, John KENLEY, Los Angeles, Cal.; daughter, Mrs. Mildred M. REAMES, Culver; sister, Mrs. Minnie GREGORY, of this city, and two brothers, Henry DURKES of Battle Creek, Mich., and Frank DURKES of Fulton.
The funeral arrangements will not be completed until word is received from the son.

Thursday, September 24, 1936

Funeral services for the late Mrs. Catherine KENLEY, aged 68, of 1317 South Monroe Street who died Wednesday morning will be held from the First Evangelical Church at 2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon with the Rev. L. E. SMITH pastor of the church officiating. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Mrs. Mary REITER has returned from Racine, Wis., where she attended the funeral of her father the late Edwin HUGHES, aged 83, who died Saturday following a stroke of paralysis which he had suffered four years previous. Mrs. Hughes preceded her husband in death by eight weeks.

Friday, September 25, 1936

Charles Roy HILL, aged 49, died at the home of his father-in-law, Daniel BRYANT, near Athens, at 7:30 o'clock Thursday night, from a stroke of apoplexy, which he suffered the day previous.
Mr. Hill came to the home of his parents-in-law one week ago after he had sold a barber shop in Indianapolis three weeks ago, which he had operated for a number of years. Mr. Hill was forced to give up his duties as a barber because of ill health.

The deceased was born in Shelby county, Indiana on December 6, 1886 and was the son of Martin and Ida ALLEN HILL. He had lived in Indianapolis and Shelbyville practically his entire lifetime.
The widow is the only immediate survivor.
The funeral services will be held from the Athens Church of God at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon with the Rev. Daniel SLAYBAUGH in charge. Burial will be made in the Mt. Hope cemetery at Athens.

Mrs. Oscar JOHNSON, aged 66, of Etna Green, succumbed about 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the Woodlawn hospital where she had been a patient for ten days. Death was due to anemia.
The deceased was a lifelong resident of Kosciusko county. She resided for a number of years south of Etna Green but during the past several years had made her home in Etna Green.
She was a member of the Methodist church, the Monday Reading club and the Thimble club, at Etna Green.
Her husband is the only surviving relative.

Saturday, September 26, 1936

Miss Della LEITER today received word of the death of Mrs. W. W. [Clara HICKMAN] MERCER, which occurred at her home in Seattle, Wash. yesterday. The deceased was Miss Leiter's cousin and a sister-in-law of Mrs. C. K. BITTERS, of this city. Her maiden name was Rachael HICKMAN, daughter of the late Clark HICKMAN of this city. The ashes of Mrs. Mercer's body will be returned to Rochester for burial in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.

The funeral service of Charles Roy HILL will be held in the Athens Church of God at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Dr. Herbert M. RIGGLE will have charge. Burial will be at Mt. Hope cemetery, Athens.

Monday, September 28, 1936

Ferd BYRER, 53, former resident of this city, passed away in the Epworth hospital, South Bend, Sunday morning as a result of injuries he received in the Studebaker plant in that city, Saturday morning.
Mr. Byrer, who had been employed as a millright by the Studebaker Corporation for the past ten years, was engaged in making a belt adjustment on one of the large drive pulleys in the plant when in some manner his clothing was caught between the belt and pulley and his body was badly mangled before the machinery could be stopped. The injured man was taken to the Epworth hospital where he succumbed Sunday morning.
While a resident of Rochester, Mr. Byrer was employed as a fieldman for BEYER BROS. Poultry and Produce firm and in this capacity he made a host of friends throughout Fulton and adjacent counties.
Mr. Byrer was born on a farm in Newcastle township on June 2nd, 1883. His parents were J. W. and Mary BYRER, of Talma. On March 31st, 1907 he was united in marriage to Orah GROVE, the ceremony being pronounced at the Grove home in Talma. The survivors are the widow; a daughter Mrs. Bedelia Belle BERRYMAN, of South Bend; a brother Charles BYRER, of Ft. Wayne; four sisters Miss Celia BYRER and Mrs. Cleo KALENBAKER, of Ft. Wayne and Mrs. Nancy WARREN and Mrs. Grace HOOVER of South Bend; and his father J. W. BYRER, of  Talma. His mother and a sister, Mrs. Ruth SHARPSHIRE preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be held at the Rochester Baptist church Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock and interment will be made in the Reichter cemetery, northeast of this city. The body will lie in state on Wednesday from 1 to 2 o'clock, at the church.

Philip A. BARNES, aged 75, of 501 East Gerald Street, Argos, died in the Parkview Hospital at Plymouth at 10:30 o'clock Sunday evening. Death was due to cancer of the bladder and followed an illness of one year, three weeks of which it was serious.
Mr. Barnes was born near Bourbon on February 11, 1861 but has lived in Argos practically his entire lifetime except five years when he resided in Indianapolis. For a number of years he was employed as a clerk in the Slater's Hardward Store in Argos.
The deceased was married to Dora WICKIZER in 1883. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes reared a niece Esther WICKIZER taking her into their home when she was three months of age. Mr. Barnes was a member of the Christian Church at Argos.
Survivors are the widow and niece Mrs. Esther DAVIES of Indianapolis.
The funeral services will be held from the Grossman Funeral Parlor in Argos at 2 p.m. Wednesday with the Rev. A. M. THOMAS pastor of the Argos Christian Church in charge. Burial will be made in Maple Grove Cemetery at Argos.
The body is now at the Grossman Funeral Home but will be taken to the Barnes' home Tuesday afternoon where friends may pay their respects until the hour of the funeral.

Mrs. Lucy SLICK, aged 78, died at 3 o'clock Sunday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harlan McKinsey in Kewanna. Death was due to complications and followed an illness of several years. For the past seven weeks Mrs. Slick had been bedfast.
The deceased was born on the GUISE homestead near Lake Bruce on August 3, 1858 and was the daughter of Benneville and Mary Ann GUISE. She had lived in the Kewanna vicinity all of her life. She was a member of the United Brethren Church at Prairie Grove.
In a ceremony which was performed in Kewanna on April 3, 1879 she was married to Byron E. SLICK who preceded his wife in death in 1916. Since July Mrs. Slick has been living in the home of her daughter, Mrs. McKinsey. Prior to that time for two years she had resided with her daughter, Mrs. Harold Carter in Dunkirk.
Survivors are six children, Milo SLICK, Walkerton; Leslie SLICK, Kewanna; Jay SLICK, Lomeda Park, Cal.; Mrs. Fred GRUBE and Mrs. Harlan McKINSEY, Kewanna and Mrs. Harold CARTER, Dunkirk; two brothers, George GUISE, Kewanna and Dan GUISE, Logansport and a sister, Mrs. Caroline SHONK, Rochester.
The funeral services will be held from the McKinsey home in Kewanna at 2 p.m. Tuesday with Rev. James ALLGOOD in charge, assisted by Rev. T. J. RIDER. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery at Kewanna.

Wednesday, September 30, 1936

Lloyd WIDEMAN, aged 29, died at his home in Wallace Avenue at 3:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon following an operation for appendicitis. He had been in ill health for the past five weeks.
The deceased was born in Akron on February 4, 1907 and was the son of Elliott and Mary WIDEMAN. He lived on a farm near Akron for several years and eight years ago moved to this city where he has been a laborer. He was married to Hazel WOLFE on July 10, 1928.

Survivors are the widow; four children, Frederick Eugene [WIDEMAN], Marjorie Imogene [WIDEMAN], Paul Dean [WIDEMAN] and Phillis Anita [WIDEMAN]; parents; two sisters, Mrs. Rhoda LAUGHMAN, Laketon and Mrs. Lulu RILEY, Akron; five brothers, Cleo [WIDEMAN] and Eddie [WIDEMAN], Akron; Claude [WIDEMAN], Peru; Homer [WIDEMAN], Laketon, and Clayton [WIDEMAN], Petersburg; half-sister, Mrs. Grace WILLIAMS, Akron and two half-brothers, Earl GIBSON, Rochester and Fred DICKERHOFF, Michigan City.
The funeral services will be held from the Church of God at 2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon with the Rev. Daniel SLAYBAUGH of Akron in charge. Burial will be made in the Citizens cemetery.

John G. BUCHANAN, aged 85, a retired farmer who formerly lived on a farm in Liberty township, died Tuesday morning at the home of his son, William BUCHANAN in Logansport. He had been in failing health since March. The son and granddaughter survive. Funeral services are to be held from the McCloskey Chapel in Logansport at 2 p.m. Thursday.

Mrs. Forrest S. [Flossie HARDIN] WILLOUGHBY, aged 52, former resident of this city, died at her home in New Orleans, La., Tuesday evening following a heart attack, relatives in this city were informed by telegram. The deceased had suffered with heart trouble for the past five years, but her death was entirely unexpected.
Mrs. Willoughby was born in Livonia, Ind., on May 10, 1884. Her parents were William and Mary Caroline HARDIN. Her parents moved to this city to reside when she was twenty years of age.
In a ceremony which was performed June 30, 1906, the deceased was married to Forrest WILLOUGHBY. They resided on a farm near Kewanna for a number of years. For the past four years Mr. Willoughby has been the traveling salesman for an electrical supply house and was stationed in Marion and Indianapolis prior to his transfer to New Orleans. Mrs. Willoughby was a member of the Presbyterian Church and the Eastern Star Lodge.
Survivors are the husband; son Paul WILLOUGHBY, Carmel; father of this city; sister Mrs. Levi MOORE, Rochester; two brothers Max HARDIN of this city and Herbert H. HARDIN, Toledo, and two grandchildren.
The funeral party will leave New Orleans Wednesday evening by rail for this city where interment will be made. The arrangements for the funeral service will be held until further word is received.

Thursday, October 1, 1936

Mrs. Agnes [DAY] REED, a life-long resident of Liberty township passed away at her home three miles west of Fulton at noon Wednesday. Death resulted from a complication of diseases following an illness of over two months' duration. Mrs. Reed had a wide acquaintance of friends in that section of the county.
Mrs. Reed who was the daughter of Marion and Nancy DAY was born on a farm in Liberty Township, on August 25th, 1860. She was united in marriage to Samuel K. REED on January 25th, 1877, the ceremony being pronounced in Fulton. The deceased was a member of the Olive Branch United Brethren Church.
The survivors are the husband; two sons, Calvin REED, of Culver; Sherman REED of near Fulton; two sisters, Mrs. Elmer BRITTON of Kokomo; Mrs. Gordon SWICK, of Bartlesville, Okla.; three brothers, Frank DAY of Winamac; Mart DAY of Plymouth; William DAY of Texas; 15 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
The funeral services will be held at the Fulton United Brethren Church, Saturday afternoon, two o'clock. The Rev. O. G. ALWOOD will officiate.

The funeral services for Mrs. Forrest WILLOUGHBY who died at her home in New Orleans, Tuesday night, after suffering a heart attack, will be held from the Foster Funeral Home in West Sixth Street at 2 p.m. Friday. Burial will be made in the Rochester Odd Fellows cemetery.

Friday, October 2, 1936

Medaryville, Ind., Oct. 2. -- Frank ROWE, 56-year-old prominent local hardware merchant, died suddenly at his home here Thursday afternoon of a heart attack.
Although Mr. Rowe had complained frequently in the past two months of not feeling well, his condition had never been regarded as serious and his death came as a great shock in this community.
He was born in Fulton county and lived for a time at Pulaski before coming here 32 years ago. Mr. Rowe and his son, Cecil, owned and operated the Rowe hardware store here.
Funeral services will be held Monday morning at 9 o'clock at St. Peter's Catholic church in Winamac with the Rev. J. J. BECKER officiating and burial will be made in the Catholic cemetery west of Winamac.
Surviving are his wife; five children, Cecil [ROWE], Harold [ROWE] and Mrs. Mary JOHNSON of Medaryville, Paul [ROWE] of Morocco and Orville [ROWE] of Hammond and a brother, Arthur [ROWE] of Hammond.

Saturday, October 3, 1936

Mrs. Belle MEREDITH, aged 68, died suddenly at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ferris Johnson who resides in the Burton neighborhood at 9 o'clock Saturday morning.
Death was due to a heart attack. Mrs. Meredith had been in ill health for several years due to heart trouble and high blood pressure.
Mrs. Meredith was a resident of Kenova, W. Va., and came here several weeks ago to spend the winter with her daughter Mrs. Johnson. She was born in Tennessee on October 27, 1867.
The deceased was married to Albert MEREDITH who preceded her in death. She had resided in Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia during her lifetime. She had lived in Kenova for the past 25 years. Mrs. Meredith was a member of the Pentecostal Church.
Survivors are seven children, Mrs. Ferris JOHNSON; Mrs. Willard D. CHURCH, Fort Wayne; Harrell MEREDITH, Lexington, Ky.; James MEREDITH, Cincinnati, Ohio; Charles [MEREDITH], Ed [MEREDITH] and Salli MEREDITH, Kenova, W. Va.
The funeral arrangements had not been completed at the time the News-Sentinel went to press. The body will be returned to Kenova, W. Va.

Mrs. Cynthia [BEIGH] HAMPLE, aged 62, died at 12:30 o'clock Saturday morning at her home in Argos from carcinoma. She had been in ill health for several years and seriously ill for the past six months.
The deceased was born in Claypool on May 28, 1874 and was the daughter of Nelson and Leah BEIGH. She was married to John HAMPLE seventeen years ago, and had resided in Argos for three years, moving there from Chicago. Mrs. Hample was a member of the United Brethren Church at Claypool.
Survivors are the husband and a brother Charles E. BEIGH of Argos.
A short funeral service will be held from the home in Argos at 12:30 o'clock Monday after which the cortege will go to Claypool where services will be held at 2 p.m. with Rev. Noah McCOY in charge. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery at Claypool.

Monday, October 5, 1936

Mrs. Anna [JACKSON] HOFFMAN, widow of the late Frank N. HOFFMAN, died Sunday, October 4th, at four p.m. in Warren, Indiana. Mrs. Hoffman was born at Fremont, Ohio on May 29th, 1858. She was the daughter of the late Charles and Catherine JACKSON.
Relatives surviving are a brother, Frank A. JACKSON of San Diego, California and several cousins. A sister, Alma [JACKSON], preceded her in death.
Mrs. Hoffman was interested in all literary work and in music. She received her music education in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Mrs. Hoffman was a charter member of the Grace Methodist Church of this city and also of the Foreign Missionary Society of that church. Her husband, Frank Hoffman, whom she married in 1884 preceded her in death on November 22, 1932.
The funeral services will be held from the Grace Methodist Church at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday with the Rev. T. L. STOVALL in charge. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Mrs. Effie [PENCE] CAVENDER, aged 75, died at her farm home near Argos at 6:20 o'clock Sunday evening after an illness of several years due to complications.
The deceased was born in Lynn county, Iowa on June 7, 1861 and was the daughter of Lawson and Marie PENCE. She has lived near Argos since 1873.
Survivors are the husband Jacob CAVENDER; sister Mrs. Milo GEORGE, Dover, Kansas and two brothers Isaac PENCE, Wyoming, and N. B. PENCE, Jewell, Kansas.
The funeral services will be held from the Cavender home at 2 p.m. Tuesday with Rev. George PENGILLY, Culver officiating. Burial will be made in the New Oak Cemetery at Plymouth.
The family requests that no floral offerings be sent.

Sandra Jean [HOOVER], 14-month-old daughter of Glen and Bessie (THOMPSON) HOOVER, passed away Saturday afternoon, three o'clock at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hoover, 1131 Monroe Street. The child had been ill from whooping cough and complications for the past five weeks.
Sandra Jean was born in Rochester on July 15th, 1935. The survivors are her parents; a brother, Denny Lee [HOOVER]; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl HOOVER, of Rochester; grandfather, Jess THOMPSON of Akron; great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. S. P. SOUERS, of Akron; Mrs. Kathryn LUDWIG, of South Bend; and Eugene WOLPERT, of Akron, and several aunts and uncles.
Funeral services in charge of Rev. Daniel SLAYBAUGH of Akron were conducted at the Rochester Christian Church Monday afternoon, two o'clock. Burial was made in the Akron I.O.O.F. cemetery.

Mrs. Sarah KROFT, aged 74, died at the home of her daughter Mrs. Clarence MOORE, who resides near Silver Lake, Sunday morning from injuries which she received last Tuesday when she fell after suffering a heart attack. She had been ill for several months.
The deceased was born on a farm four miles southeast of Akron and had lived in and near Akron until a few years ago. Her parents were George and Susan PRICE.
In a ceremony which was performed at Akron in 1888 she was married to Fletcher KROFT, who preceded his wife in death. She was a member of the Bethel Silver Creek church of the Brethren.
Surviving are three sons, Samuel [KROFT], Aaron [KROFT] and Ralferd KROFT, of Flint, Mich., three daughters, Mrs. Sarah HOPKINS and Mrs. Nellie YOUNG of Detroit, Mich., and Mrs. MOORE; a sister Mrs. John DICKERHOFF of Akron and a number of grandchildren.
The funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday from the Bethel Silver Creek Church of the Brethren, two and half miles east of Akron with Rev. Levi HILL officiating. Burial will be made in the cemetery adjoinging the church.

Mrs. Pearl MYERS, aged 56, died at her home in Kewanna Saturday night from a stroke of paralysis which she suffered earlier in the day. Mrs. Myers suffered the stroke while having a tooth extracted.
Mrs. Myers never regained consciousness. She had been in failing health for three years but her condition was such that she decided Saturday that she would submit to extraction of the tooth. She was removed to her home after becoming critically ill.
Mrs. Myers was born in Amo, Ind., and had lived in Kewanna for the past 25 years. Her husband is John F. MYERS who she married on January 18, 1920. Mrs. Myers was active in the First Baptist Church and the Rebekah lodge at Kewanna.
Surviving are the husband, J. F. MYERS; and three children by a former marriage, Neal WEST of South Bend, Charles WEST of California and Maxine WEST of Elliottsville, Ind.
The funeral rites were held from the home at 1:30 o'clock Monday afternoon with Rev. Blake M. FRANKLIN in charge. Burial was made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery at Kewanna.

Mrs. Della May [LACEY] DICE, 54, co-publisher of the Denver, Ind., Tribune, died at the Methodist hospital in Fort Wayne at 11:40 a.m. Sunday of injuries suffered in a railroad crossing accident in Swinny Park in Fort Wayne the night of May 31. Mrs. Dice, who suffered a fractured right leg and other injuries when an automobile driven by her husband, L. H. DICE, was struck by a G. R. & I. engine at the park crossing had been a patient at the hospital since the accident.
Mr. and Mrs. Dice were returning to their home after a Memorial day trip when the accident occurred. Driving slowly toward the crossing, the publisher said he was confused by numerous lights in the park and did not see the approaching engine and caboose. The car was struck broadside and demolished. Mr. Dice escaped with cuts and bruises.
Surviving are the husband; the mother, Mrs. Henrietta LACEY of Fort Wayne; four sisters, Mrs. Marie SLAUDING and Mrs. Pauline CONNETT of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Fay JOHNSTON of Hamilton, Ind., and Mrs. Ruth POTTS of Decatur, and a brother, Charles LACEY of Fort Wayne. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Denver.
The body will be ttaken to the home of the mother, 814 West DeWald street, Fort Wayne, at 4 p.m. today from the Chalfant-Perry & Pook funeral home in Fort Wayne and will be returned to the funeral home at 10 a.m. Tuesday, where it may be viewed by friends until services there at 2 p.m., with Rev. Wayne PAULEN officiating. Interment will be in Lindenwood cemetery at Fort Wayne.
Mrs. Dice had been associated with her husband in the publishing business at Denver since 1906.

Mrs. Robert [M.] [Rebecca ESTES] EWEN, aged 44, died at her farm home southwest of Rochester in the Antioch neighborhood at 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Death was due to complications and followed an illness of eight years.
The deceased was born in Estil county, Kentucky on December 4, 1891. Her parents were Cain and Julia ESTES. She was married on September 20, 1911 at Rosslyn, Kentucky.
Mr. and Mrs. Ewen have been residents of Fulton county for the past nine years moving here from Rosslyn. Mrs. Ewen was a member of the Christian Church at North Bend, Ky.
Survivors are the husband; four sons Howard [EWEN], Lindsey [EWEN], Lonnie [EWEN] and Prewit [EWEN], all at home; two sisters, Mrs. Alice EWEN and Mrs. Myrtle NAPLAER, and a brother Algin WEBB all of Kentucky.
The funeral services will be held from the First Baptist Church at 2 p.m. Tuesday with Rev. B. G. FIELD in charge. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Tuesday, October 6, 1936

Isaac M. HAINES, aged 88, a resident of Argos for many years, died at his home on West Walnut Street at 11:30 o'clock Monday night after an illness of two weeks due to complications incident to old age.
The deceased was born in Bunker Hill on July 23, 1848 and was the son of Isaac and Rachael HAINES. He moved to Argos from Bunker Hill where he followed the occupation of farming for a number of years.
Mr. Haines was twice married. His first wife, Mary E. HUGHES, whom he married on January 18, 1873, preceded him in death on Sept. 22, 1929. His second wife was Mary DEAMAY, whom he married at Argos on March 23, 1933.
Survivors are the widow and daughter, Mrs. Lela J. ADAIR of Frankfort. A son, Harry H. HAINES preceded his father in death.
The funeral services are to be held from the Grossman Funeral Parlors in Argos at 10 o'clock Thursday morning with the Rev. A. M. THOMAS postor of the Argos Christian Church officiating. Burial will be made in the Jordan cemetery, four miles southwest of Argos.

Wednesday, October 7, 1936

Miss Ella Jean HURST, a former resident of Wagoner's Station community, passed away Tuesday morning, 11 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. H. Andrews, 172 West Third Street, Peru, Ind. Mrs. Hurst had been in ill health for the past seven years, suffering from complications inherent with advanced years.
Mrs. Hurst, who was 83 years od, was born in Allen township, Miami county, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Addison HORTON. She was a member of the Macy Christian church. Her husband Ira HURST preceded her in death about 25 years ago.
The survivors are four children, Mrs. Bertha RANNELLS, of this city; Rev. James HURST and Mrs. Mary SHIELDS, of Huntington Beach, Calif.; and Mrs. E. H. ANDREWS, of Peru, and a brother Levi HORTON, of Macy.
Funeral services will be conducted in the Andrews home at Peru, Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. Burial will be made in the Plainview cemetery at Macy.

Thursday, October 8, 1936

The funeral services for John J. THOMAS, aged 15, son of Frank THOMAS of Grass Creek, was held this afternoon from the United Brethren Church in Grass Creek with the Rev. Floyd WILSON officiating. Burial was made in the Grass Creek cemetery.
John Thomas who was born at Grass Creek and attended the high school there, died at his home Tuesday after suffering a heart attack. The deceased had been under a doctor's care for sometime because of a heart ailment.
Surviving with the father are four brothers, Arnold [THOMAS] and David [THOMAS], at home, Joe [THOMAS] of Chicago, and Arthur [THOMAS] of Muncie, and four sisters, Dorothy [THOMAS], at home, Mrs. Willard PRITSCH, of Plymouth, Mrs. Charles TIMRAD of Wabash and Mrs. Bernice HAWKES of Ypsilanti, Mich.

Friday, October 9, 1936

William O. THOMAS, 79, formerly of Onward, Ind., passed away Thursday morning at the home of his son, Rev. A. M. THOMAS, of Argos. Death resulted from complications following an illness of 16 weeks' duration.
Mr. Thomas was born on November 4th, 1856 on a farm near Onward, Ind., and resided in that community for practically all of his life. He came to Argos about 18 weeks ago where he made his home with his son. He was the son of Maston and Elizabeth (HOWARD) THOMAS. The deceased was a member of the Onward Methodist Church. The survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Easie M. GRANT, of Tipton township; two sons, Omer M. [THOMAS] of Shelbyville, Ind.; A. M. THOMAS, of Argos; eight grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
Brief funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 12:30 at the Rev. Thomas home in Argos. The body will then be removed to Onward, and rites will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Saturday. Interment will be made in the Onward cemetery.

Winamac, Ind., Oct. 9. -- Marshall GRAVES, 84, for the past 50 years justice of the peace here, died Tuesday at the Cass County hospital in Logansport, where he had been under treatment. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Fry and Lang funeral home.
Mr. Graves, connected with the real estate and insurance business here, had been a resident of Pulaski county practically all his life.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Lilly McDONALD and Mrs. Jennie MILLER, both of Milwaukee, Wis., and four sons, Edward [GRAVES] of Michigan City; Clarence [GRAVES], Hammond; Kenneth [GRAVES], Milwaukee; and William [GRAVES], Winamac.

Saturday, October 10, 1936

Mrs. J. E. SMITH a former resident of the Talma community died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. B. F. ZOLMAN, in South Bend Friday, friends in this city have been informed. The funeral services are to be held in Talma but the arrangements are incomplete. It is probable that they will be held in the Christian Church at Talma Sunday afternoon.

Monday, October 12, 1936

Rochester friends of Mrs. Loretta OWENS BROWN, of Cleveland, Ohio, today received word of her death which occurred some time during Saturday night or early Sunday morning. The message stated Mrs. Brown was found dead in bed, Sunday, death presumably being caused by heart trouble. Mrs. Brown was born in Rochester on August 30th, 1869, and left this community about 30 years ago to make her home in Ohio.
The survivors are a sister, Mrs. Clara CARTER, of Cleveland; and two brothers, Robert OWENS, of Cleveland and Harry OWENS, of Macy, Ind.
The body will be removed to the Harry Owens home at Macy, Ind., from where funeral services will be conducted Tuesday afternoon at three o'clock. Burial will be made in the Macy cemetery.

Citizens of Rochester and the surrounding country were shocked when word was passed around that J. F. DYSERT had died, the end coming Saturday evening at near 6 o'clock, at his home on West Eighth street, after a somewhat busy day, for although he was not feeling as well as susual, he went about his daily affairs and at about 4:30 o'clock was at his place of business, the RACKET clothing store. The end came after all human help was exhausted and medical skill had failed to relieve his intense pain.
Joseph F. DYSERT, son of the lage George W. and Sarah Ellen (REEBUCK) DYSERT was born in Mercer county, Ohio, January 23, 1869. He grew up and was educated in the public schools of Rockford, Ohio, and in early manhood entered the clothing business with his father. In 1893 he was elected to the office of county clerk of Mercer county on the Independent ticket and served two terms. During this time he was united in marriage with Miss Laura A. PONTIUS, of Rockford, who until the hour of his death was his faithful companion and advisor in all of his subsequent business life.
In the latter part of February, 1907, Mr. and Mrs. Dysert became citizens of Rochester, he purchasing the GUTHRIE clothing store located at that time in the room now occupied by the Farmers & Merchants Bank and later moved to the present location in the Masonic building. Realizing his health was not up to standard, he called to his assistance two young men, Chas. PYLE and R. C. JOHNSON, who became partners in the store and relieved Mr. Dysert of much of his previous duties in that respect. But he could not be idle, the urge to do and to be was ever present, so he became the builder of what was then known as the K. G. theatre which is now occupied by KARN'S Coffee Shop and KARN'S Hotel. His business expansion did not stop there, he bought property in several different cities east and west, and acquired farm lands in Fulton county in which he took great interest. His latest venture was to remodel the Boston Store after a destructive fire laid that room and others in dire waste. Today the Boston Store is housed in a building that would be a credit to a much larger city and J. F. Dysert was the leading spirit who changed the map of Main street, in that section of the street, from that of a country town to the present metropolitan appearaance.
In everything he did for himself, he did something for Rochester that would add to its attractiveness and create a better impression on strangers visiting the city.
Few people really knew Mr. Dysert, for there was a side he never willingly displayed, a side that had to do with generosity and high ideals. There-although he had men constantly employed in one capacity or another, he never took advantage of the so-called depression, he hired them for their worth and paid them what they earned, always giving a little more than demanded. Few knew that during the World War a large-sized check went to the American boys fighting in Belgium. The writer of this article was told this as a profound secret, having stumbled on the truth in her capacity as a newspaper writer. Few know of other transactions of like character, for his right hand carefully guarded good deeds of the left. All was done in an unasuming way as part of the day's march.
There was a humorous side of the deceased that enjoyed a joke or a good yarn, and his ability as a character reader and imitator was almost uncanny. As for religion he claimed no other guide than a fervent desire to do right for the sake of right doing. Honest himself to the last penny, or moment of time, he demanded the same of others. Loyal in friendships, he appreciated the same loyalty from others. In fact his philosophy of life made him a four-square citizen, fearing neither the present nor the future, for out of the mass of life's mysteries, he wove for himself the fabric of idealism, of beauty as he saw it in a beautiful sunset, or the outworking of a plan that meant a better building or a finer place to work. In all of this he was silently conscious of Divinity in its highest manifestation in man and nature, in the good he found in living.
Politically, J. F. Dysert was an outspoken Republican, yet he sounded the depths of all political parties, and held fast to what he believed was fair and honest.
A good citizen has gone onward. He has left a monument of more than brick and stone, he has left with us a masonry of an active life that constructed but never wilfully destroyed; of one who asked no reward, expected no praise, wanted no eulogy. One who only asked to live to make the world more worthwhile, a better place for better men. His farewell here was "Good Night," his salutation There will be "Good Morning."
The survivors are Mrs. Dysert, a half-brother, O. W. DYSERT of Toledo, Ohio and two nieces also of Toledo.
A short service will be conducted Tuesday morning at nine o'clock at the house, Rev. STOVALL in charge, then the remains will be conveyed to Rockford, Ohio where the funeral proper will take place at 2 o'clock Eastern Standard time, with Rev. T. L. STOVALL officiating. Interment will be made in the Rockford cemetery. -- By Marguerite MILLER.

Friends in this city have received word of the death of Mrs. Glen CLUTE which occurred in Indianapolis Saturday afternoon. The cause of the death was not included in the word which was received here. Mrs. Clute spent several summers at Lake Manitou. Survivors are the husband, daughter, brother and sister. Funeral services will be held in Indianapolis Tuesday.

J. F. DYSERT
[editorial]

Rochester and community have suffered an irreparable loss through the sudden demise of one of its foremost citizens, Joseph F. DYSERT. "J.F." as the deceased was familiarly known to his legion of business associates and friends was a public spirited, progressive type of citizen who proceeded in his methodical-like manner, to do things, big things, for his community, and sought no fan-fare after having accomplished his varied tasks.
Mr. Dysert possessed the keenest of business acumen and constantly forged ahead with his plan for civic improvement in uncanny wisdom which yielded ideals into realism and his constructive program was not confined immediately to his home vicinity, but extended throughout numerous sections of the United States.
During his residency in Rochester, he kept in constant touch with all things pertaining to the city's welfare, and gave unstintingly to every worthy project, yet he abhored the giving of any publicity in this regard. He took a firm stand in political as well as civic affairs and his associates were never in doublt as to where he stood. In all his vast commercial activities, Mr. Dysert found time to enjoy the acquaintance of not only his business associates, and his neighbors, but with those in all walks of life. He was a friend to mankind, and thoroughly enjoyed contact with his fellow-man. Joseph F. Dysert and his work will long be remembered in this community.

Tuesday, October 13, 1936

Aubrey Dean [DAVIS], son of Roy and Geneva DAVIS, passed away at his home in Kewanna at one o'clock Tuesday morning following an illness of a year's duration. The youngster succumbed of heart trouble.
Aubrey Dean was born in Kewanna on February 9th, 1926. The survivors are his parents; two sisters, Mrs. Helen WOODCOX, of near Kewanna; Dorothy [DAVIS], at home; four brothers, Don [DAVIS], Robert [DAVIS], Charles [DAVIS] and Ray [DAVIS], at home; three grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed GOTTSCHALK and Mrs. Florence DAVIS, all of Kewanna. A sister, Trella [DAVIS], preceded in death two years ago.
Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at two o'clock at the Church of Christ, in Kewanna. Rev. Charles E. MILLS, of Rochester, will be in charge of the rites. Burial will be made in the Shaffer cemetery, near Kewanna.

Mrs. Nellie McELWEE, wife of Dr. R. J. McELWEE, former residents of this city, died Monday afternoon in her home, 3703 North Pennsylvania Street, Indianapolis, after an illness of more than a year.
The deceased was prominent in activities of the Tri Kappa Sorority and Alpha Eta Chapter of the Latreian Club and of the First Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis.
Dr. and Mrs. McElwee were residents of this city for five years. They left Rochester twelve years ago to make their home in Indianapolis, after Dr. McElwee had opened a dental parlor there. Mrs. McElwee was born in Peru, where she taught school for several years. Dr. and Mrs. McElwee spent a portion of the past summer in a cottage at Lake Manitou.
Survivors are the husband; daughter, Marilyn [McELWEE]; son, John [McELWEE]; mother, Mrs. Clara McGREW; and a sister, Mrs. E. S. WAYMIRE, all of Indianapolis and a brother, W. H. McGREW, Peru.
The funeral services will be held from the MeElwee home in Indianapolis at 2 p.m. Wednesday followed by burial in Crown Hill cemetery in Indianapolis. Friends may call at the home until the hour of the funeral.

A graveside service was held in the Hamlett cemetery northeast of Rochester Monday afternoon for Mrs. Louisa Elizabeth SMITH, aged 80, who died at her home in South Bend Friday afternoon after an illness of three weeks.
Mrs. Smith was a resident of the Talma community for a number of years and went to South Bend eight years ago. She was born in Greencastle, Ind., July 19, 1856. Her marriage to Julius E. SMITH took place Oct. 1, 1872 in Cumberland county, Ill. Mr. Smith preceded his wife in death.
Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Mina L. SMITH and Mrs. Edna O. CONRAD, Akron; Mary N. EMMITT, Kokomo, and Mrs. Grace M. ZOLMAN, South Bend; two sons, George M. SMITH, Wilmington, Calif., and Lowell E. SMITH, South Bend; two brothers, C. M. WOOLERY, Neoga, Ill., and A. L. WOOLERY, Champaign, Ill.

The funeral services for the late Joseph F. DYSERT, who died at his home in this city Saturday evening were largely attended. The services were held from the Dysert home in West Eighth street at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning.
The services were in charge of Rev. T. L. STOVALL, pastor of the Grace Methodist Church, assisted by Rev. R. H. CROWDER of Argos and Dr. C. E. DAVIS of Celina, Ohio a personal friend of the deceased.
Many beautiful floral tributes were sent by friends of the late Mr. Dysert. The Farmers and Merchants Bank was closed during the hour of the funeral as was the First National Bank. Mr. Dysert was a director of the first named banking institution.
The cortege left this city by motor for Rockford, Ohio, boyhood home of Mr. Dysert where the funeral services proper took place followed by interment in the cemetery at Rockford.

Friends in this city have received word of the death in an automobile accident near Pomona, Cal., Saturday of Mrs. John TULLIS of Indianaplis. Mr. Tullis is an entertainer and has appeared at Lake Manitou on several occasions. The body will be returned to Indianapolis for interment.

Wednesday, October 14, 1936

Page Yonker COPLEN, aged 28, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. COPLEN of Akron, passed away in the Woodlawn Hospital at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon following a severe illness of sixteen days due to sugar diabetes from which he had suffered for a number of years.
He was born December 20, 1909 on a farm in Newcastle township on which he resided at the time of his death. He graduated from the Rochester High School in 1929 and attended the Purdue University school of agriculture.
In a ceremony performed June 23, 1935 he was united in marriage to Geneva KLOPFENSTEIN, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William KLOPFENSTEIN of Culver. He was a member of the Bethlehem Baptist Church.
Besides his wife and nine-months-old daughter, Jana Lee [COPLEN], he leaves to mourn his parents; three brothers, Lee [COPLEN] of Macy; Gaston [COPLEN] and Richard [COPLEN] of Akron; and five sisters, Mrs. Russell GOOD, Argos; Mrs. Ivan CLINKER and Miss Doris COPLEN, Argos; Mrs. Richard WALDO of Indianapolis and Mrs. William IRELAN of Kokomo.
The funeral services will be held from the Athens United Brethren Church at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon with the Rev. A. E. BARR officiating. Burial will be made in the Mt. Hope cemetery at Athens.

Thursday, October 15, 1936

William Fred ALLISON, aged 77, a life long resident of Fulton county, died at 12:30 o'clock this morning at the home of his niece, Mrs. J. H. WELLS, Hammond. Death was due to pneumonia and followed an illness of one day.
Mr. Allison went to Hammond six weeks ago to visit his niece and became ill while there. He had been in poor health for several years.
The deceased was born on a farm near Rochester on September 11, 1859 and was the son of William and Katherine ALLISON. For many years he lived on a farm one mile east of Leiters Ford, where he was a laborer. Mr. Allison had never married.

The only survivors are nieces and nephews.
The body was returned to the Luckenbill Chapel at Leiters Ford today. Funeral services will be held from the chapel Saturday afternoon followed by interment in the Leiters Ford Odd Fellows cemetery.

John H. CLOUD, aged 69, died at 10 o'clock Wednesday night at his home, 314 Jay Street, after an eleven weeks illness due to heart trouble.
The deceased had lived in this city for 19 years and came here after residing on a farm near Akron for a number of years.
Mr. Cloud was born in Wabash on Septeember 1, 1867 and was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry CLOUD. He had followed the occupation of farming for many years.
The deceased was married to Miss Maggie OGDEN in a ceremony which was performed at Fulton, Indiana on December 24, 1893. He was a member of the United Brethren Church and the Odd Fellows Lodge.
Survivors are the widow; two children, Ruth [CLOUD] and Hugh CLOUD, of this city; two brothers, Robert [CLOUD], Peru, and Edward [CLOUD], Wabash; two sisters, Mrs. Salomia NOBLE, Louisville, Ind., and Mrs. Joseph BEATLEY, Kokomo, and three grandchildren.
The funeral services are to be held from the United Brethren Church at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon with the Rev. E. C. REIDENBACH in charge, assisted by Rev. B. H. CAIN. Burial will be made in the cemetery at Macy.

Friday, October 16, 1936

Zenith F. MOW, aged 64, passed away Thursday evening at 11 o'clock at his home on East Eighth street, this city. The deceased had been in ill health for the past 15 months suffering from paralysis. His condition became critical about three days ago. Mr. Mow had been a resident of Rochester throughout his entire life where he was employed as a laborer and also as a fisherman's guide at Lake Manitou. He had a wide acquaintance among the anglers in the northern section of Indiana.
Zenith, son of Adam and Lucy MOW was born in Rochester, Indiana on March 17th, 1872. On September 6, 1896 he was united in marriage to Laura E. MOORE, who preceded him in death. The survivors are two daughters Mrs. Leonard LOWE, and Mrs. Rex ROUCH, both of this city; six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; a brother Bert MOW and a sister Mrs. William LYNN, of California.
Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at two o'clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Leonard Lowe, East 4th street. Rev. Herbert M. RIGGLE will be in charge of the services. Interment will be made in the Citizen's cemetery.

R. B. HENDRICKSON today received word of the death of a relative Richard MORPHET which occurred at his home in Lucerne this morning.

Monday, October 19, 1936

Funeral services were conducted from the Methodist Church in Akron at 2'oclock Sunday afternoon for Allison Scott WHITTENBERGER, aged 83, life long and well known Akron and Henry township resident. The rites were in charge of Rev. J. F. STEPHENSON. Burial was made in Odd Fellows Cemetery at Akron.

Allison Scott Whittenberger, second son of Daniel and Fanny McCLOUD WHITTENBERGER was born at Akron, Indiana, December 15th, 1853; died at his home in Akron Thursday night, October 15th, 1936, having lived his entire life in Akron and vicinity.
He attended the village school, acquiring such education as the opportunities provided, as the years passed he assisted his father in farming and as carpenter.
On October 5th, 1876, he was united in marriage with Miss Indiana SLAYBAUGH who preceded in death April 6, 1931. Three children were born to this union, all living -- Mrs. Theodocia STOUT of Akron, John Otis [WHITTENBERGER], residing in the Lincoln community and Asa Daniel [WHITTENBERGER] of South Bend.
The years of greatest activity were spent on the farm near Akron, now occupied by John Otis [Whittenberger]. In 1917 he retired from farming, came to the late residence and assisted in the care of the aged father, Daniel WHITTENBERGER.
As a boy, Mr. Whittenberger was always interested in the advancement of religious interests. He became a member of the Akron M.E. church and was a regular attendant until failing health prevented.
Survivors other than the children are, Mrs. Laura B. VICKREY, sister, twelve grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and many friends.

Tuesday, October 20, 1936

Frank ANDRES, aged 63, died at his home in Angola Saturday night after an eight weeks' illness due to a kidney infection. Mr. Andres for a number of years lived on a farm south of this city in Road 31. He came here from Peru where he was telegraph operator. Mr. Andres has been operating a hotel in Angola at the time of his death. The widow, son, daughter and brother survive. Funeral services were held in Angola Tuesday afternoon with burial there.

Charles [REED] and Ellis REED have received word of the death of their nephew Arthur G. WALDELICH, aged 44, who died in the Culver City Hospital in Los Angeles Saturday after suffering a heart attack. Mr. Waldelich was a native of Lafayette and had been the principal of the Alexander high school in Los Angeles for the past two years. During the war he served as first lieutenant in France. The widow, two sons, daughter and parents survive.

Wednesday, October 21, 1936

Mrs. Frank GOULD, aged 61, died at her home 239 West Thirteenth Street at 12:25 o'clock Wednesday morning from the effects of a stroke of paralysis which she suffered in August.
Lena Maude SAUNDERS was born in Dowagiac, Mich., on September 12, 1875. Her parents were Frank and Philena (BOWLING) SAUNDERS.
Miss Saunders was the first white child born in Dowagiac, Mich. Mrs. Gould was a first cousin of Mrs. Woodrow WILSON, widow of the late president.
Mr. and Mrs. Gould came to this city from Chicago twenty-six years ago. She opened the first tea room ever conducted in Rochester in the room now occupied by the CLOUD Grocery.
Later Mrs. Gould operated a doll factory in Rochester. One of her creations a clown doll had a wide sale. For the past few years Mrs. Gould assisted her husband in the management of the GOULD Gardens. Mr. and Mrs. Gould recently celebrated their fortieth wedding anniversary.

Survivors are the husband, and three sisters, Miss Erna SAUNDERS, Dowagiac, Mrs. Fred SMITH, South Bend, and Mrs. Ora TOLE, Dayton, Ohio.
The funeral services will be held from the Val Zimmerman Funeral Apartments at 2 p.m. Friday in charge of Rev. E. C. REIDENBACH, pastor of the First United Brethren Church. Burial will be made in the Citizens Cemetery.

Thursday, October 22, 1936

Relatives and friends in this city have received word of the death of Mrs. Ernest KADER, which occurred in San Antonio, Texas, last Sunday.
Mrs. Kader had tuberculosis and had lived in San Antonio for the past three years. Mr. Kader operated a jewelry store in Rochester for several years.
The body of Mrs. Kader has been returned to the home of her mother Mrs. Sarah WILLIAMS, 225 West First street, Marion, where funeral services will be held Friday.

Charles C. REED, aged 73, who has operated a feed store in this city at 510 North Main Street for thirty-five years, died at his home 116 West Third Street at 12:15 o'clock Thursday morning. Death was due to lobar pneumonia. He had been ill since Monday.
The deceased was born at Buck Creek, Ind., on February 28, 1863. His parents were George W. and Ruth T. (QUAINTANCE) REED. In a ceremony which was performed at Buck Creek on October 2, 1888 he was married to Miss Katie THOMMEN.
Mr. and Mrs. Reed lived on a farm for a few years after their marriage and later came to Rochester to make their residence. Mr. Reed was a member of the Grace Methodist Church and the Eagles Lodge.
Survivors are the widow; two daughters Mrs. Cecil FRED and Mrs. Herman NEHER; son Alvin C. REED who is assistant fire chief of this city; two brothers Ellis [REED] of Rochester and Edward [REED] of Phoenix, Arizona; and two half-sisters, Mrs. Michael WALDLEICH of Los Angeles, Cal., and Mrs. George FISNATT of Lafayette and 11 grandchildren. Three children, George [REED], William [REED] and Lucile [REED] preceded their father in death.
The funeral services will be held from the residence at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in charge of Rev. T. L. STOVALL. Interment will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Due to the illness of Mrs. Reed the funeral services will be private. Friends may view Mr. Reed at the home prior to the hour of the funeral.

Peru, Ind., Oct. 22 -- Hurrying to attend the funeral of a relative, a young woman driver lost control of her automobile on a country road near Loree yesterday killing her uncle, Charles R. TEETER, 47, farmer, who resided near Silver Lake, and injuring four other persons.
The driver was Mrs. Mary JOHNSON, 28, of Kalamazoo, Mich. She was among those injured. The others were Mrs. Susan BEAVER, 66, of Elkhart, mother of Teeter and Mrs. Johnson. Mrs. Emma TEETER, 48, wife of the victim, and Miss Ruby TEETER, 18, their daughter. Miss Teeter sustained fractures of her shoulder and one arm, while her mother sustained a broken shoulder. The others suffered from bruises and shock. All were taken to Dukes Memorial hospital.
Teeter, who would not have been injured badly had he been able to extricate himself from the overturned car, died of suffocation because his head was pinned down in the mud of a ditch under the automobile.

On their way to funeral services for the Rev. D. A. C. TEETER, of Krannington, Pa., formerly of Loree, the five persons were almost an hour late. The funeral had been scheduled to start at 10 a.m., while the accident occurred about 11 a.m. The Rev. Teeter was an uncle of the man killed and of Mrs. Johnson and a brother-in-law of Mrs. Beaver.
The ill-fated car had reached a point only about a mile from the church where the funeral was in progress when the accident occurred. Mrs. Johnson was reported by County Coroner A. S. NEWELL, who investigated the case, to have been driving at a high rate of speed in an effort to reach the church before the services ended. The car went out of control when it struck fresh gravel, rolling down an embankment and coming to a stop in an upside-down position.
Scene of the accident was the Sam KAUFMAN farm, about one and one-quarter miles east of Loree.

Friday, October 23, 1936

William S. HENDERSON, aged 70, who was better known by his many friends here as Sherm HENDERSON, died at his home near Mishawaka at 11 o'clock Thursday night. Death was due to asthma from which lung ailment he had suffered for twenty years.
The deceased was born in Pickway County, Ohio on November 28, 1865 and was a son of the late James and Elizabeth (THOMAS) HENDERSON. Forty years ago the Henderson family moved to Indiana from Ohio.
Mr. Henderson was engaged in the real estate and insurance business in Rochester and other places in Indiana for a number of years. During the past five years he has been a clothing salesman.
Mr. Henerson was a member of the Methodist Church and the local lodge of Knights of Pythias.
Survivors are the widow; two sisters Mrs. H. E. TAYLOR, Toledo, Ohio and Mrs. Myrtle DRUMHILLER, Mishawaka and a brother Elmer HENDERSON of this city.
The funeral services will be held from a chapel in Mishawaka at 2 p.m. Sunday. The cortege will then come to this city where after a graveside service interment will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Saturday, October 24, 1936

David Douglas GINTHER, Jr., aged 15, died early today at the home of his parents, David D. and Celeste (SMITH) GINTHER in Aubbeenaubbee township. Death was due to pneumonia and followed an illness of ten days.
The deceased was born in Logansport on March 28, 1921. He had resided in Fulton county since he was three years of age.
Survivors are the parents, and two half-sisters, Mrs. Lucile BECK, Albion, and Mrs. Cleo LOGAN, Logansport.
Funeral services will be held from the Ginther farm home at 2:30 p.m. Monday afternoon. Rev. M. C. CRIDER will officiate. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery at Leiters Ford.

Monday, October 26, 1936

Peru, Ind., Oct 26. -- Mrs. Mary Edith BLADSOE MUGIVAN, circus magnate, died Saturday at the Methodist hospital at Indianapolis after suffering a heart attack. Mrs. Mugivan had been undergoing treatment at the hospital for the past two weeks.

The death of Mrs. Mugivan removed from Peru and community one of its most highly respected and benevolent citizens. Mrs. Mugivan had donated large sums to charitable enterprises and to hospitals and large contribution made possible the erection of St. Charles' Catholic school a few years ago.
Mr. Mugivan died eight years ago.
Funeral services will be held at St. Charles Catholic church Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock with the Rev. Paul A. WELCH officiating and burial will be made in the Peru Catholic cemetery.

Miss Della LEITER has received word that the ashes of the late Mrs. Racheal MERCER of Seattle, Wash., have been sent to this city for interment. The urn will arrive in this city tonight and it will be interred in the Odd Fellows Cemetery at 2 p.m. Tuesday. A short grave side service will be held. Mrs. Mercer is a former resident of this city and died in Seattle, Wash., earlier in the month.

Tuesday, October 27, 1936

Lewis KUBLEY, aged 69, farmer of near Talma, died at the Woodlawn hospital Monday morning, after an illness of eight weeks.
He is survived by six children: Mrs. D. E. SELLERS of Fort Wayne, John KUBLEY of Plymouth, Fred KUBLEY of Indianapolis, Mrs. Mary WEINZING of Indianapolis, Harold KUBLEY of Indianapolis and Herbert KUBLEY at home. His wife and three children preceded him in death.
The body was taken to the Johnson Funeral Home in Plymouth, and will remain there until the hour of the funeral which will be held in the Christian church in Talma, Indiana, Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. KENNEDY will officiate with burial in Reichter Cemetery.

Wednesday, October 28, 1936

William C. MILLER, aged 69, hardware dealer and prominent resident of Akron died in the Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis at 2:50 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Death was due to complications and followed an illness of one year.
The deceased was born on a farm in Liberty township on February 27, 1867. His parents were William J. and Joanna MILLER. He was married to Miss Ora KROFT in a ceremony which was performed on April 14, 1888.
Mr. Miller was prominent in Democratic party circles in Fulton county. When a young man he was honored by being appointed to fill out the unexpired term of his father who was trustee of Liberty township.
The appointment was made by the county commissioners following the death of Mr. Miller's father. Later Mr. Miller was elected auditor of Fulton county.
Mr. Miller, forty-two years ago, opened a hardware store in Akron which he continued to operate until the time of his death. He was very active in business, civic, religious, lodge and social affairs at Akron.
He had served as an officer of the Indiana State Hardware Dealers Association. Mr. Miller at the time of his death was the vice-president of the Exchange State Bank at Akron.
Mr. Miller was a member of the Methodist Church at Akron and of a number of masonic orders. He was a member of the Blue Lodge at Akron, Chapter in Rochester, commandery at Warsaw and Scottish Rite and Shrine in Fort Wayne.
Survivors are the widow; two daughters Mrs. Joanna OLMSTEAD, Bloomington and Mrs. Forrest HIGGINS, Akron; son William MILLER, who was associated with his father in the operation of the hardware store in Akron; brother Lee MILLER of this city and a granddaughter.
The funeral services will be held from the Methodist Church in Akron at 2 p.m. Friday with Rev. J. F. STEVENSON in charge. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery at Akron.
The body will lie in state in the Methodist Church in Akron from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Friday after which the casket will be sealed.

Thursday, October 29, 1936

Mr. and Mrs. Reuben BIGGS and daughter Martha [BIGGS] went to Knox today where they attended the funerals of the late Charles ROGERS and daughter Ethel [ROGERS]. The Rogers, who were relatives of Mrs. Biggs were killed in an auto accident Sunday night.

Mrs. Lulu CARR received word today of the death of Mrs. Lincoln SECOR which occurred at her home near Kendallville Wednesday. The funeral is to be held in Kendallville Friday morning. Mrs. Secor for a number of years resided on a farm near Akron.

Twelve Mile, Ind., Oct 29. -- Arthur KING, 65, farmer residing southeast of here, died late Tuesday after suffering a stroke of paralysis Monday night while dong his chores at his farm.
Mr. King had lived in the Twelve Mile community for the past forty years.
Surviving are the wife Clara [KING]; three sons, Virgil [KING] of near Fulton and Orval [KING] and Charles [KING] of Logansport; three daughters, Mrs. O. S. WARNER of Perrysburg; Mrs. Daniel DILLMAN of Cass county and Mrs. Burke WENTZ of Peru, and nine grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the Perrysburg Baptist church. Burial will be made in the Mexico cemetery.

Saturday, October 31, 1936

Mrs. Mary Ann [MARSH] BARKER, aged 80, a life long resident of Fulton county died at 2:30 o'clock Saturday morning at her home 408 North Jefferson Street, just a few hours after she had celebrated her birthday which occurred Friday. Death was due to an intestinal infection and followed an illness of two and half years. The deceased had been seriously ill for four days.
Mrs. Barker was born on a farm near Grass Creek on October 30, 1856. Her parents were James L. and Elizabeth (BEATTIE) MARSH. In a ceremony which was performed in the home of her parents near Marshtown on February 14, 1888 she was married to L. C. BARKER. Twenty-six years ago Mr. and Mrs. Barker moved to this city to reside.
The deceased was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary, the Moose Lodge Auxiliary and the Mt. Vernon Baptist Church near Marshtown.
Survivors are the husband; two sons Lee Oren [BARKER], Rochester and Robert Lorian [BARKER], New York City; three sisters, Mrs. Charles GOSS, Columbua City, Mrs. James CULLEN and Miss Emma MARSH, New York City; brother, R. B. MARSH, Brooklyn, N.Y. and five grandchildren.
The funeral services will be held from the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral Home at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon with Rev. B. G. FIELD in charge. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Monday, November 2, 1936

Charley Curtis KREISCHER, aged 52, tower man and telegraph operator at the tower in Delong for the past twenty-two years died Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock from a cerebral hemorrhage which he suffered Thursday morning while at work.
The tower in which Mr. Kreischer worked is at the crossing of the Chicago and Erie and the Pennsylvania railroads. He must have sensed that he was to be stricken as he had set all the switches thus preventing the wrecking of any train.
Mr. Kreischer was found by railroad men when they went to the tower to investigation. The cerebral hemorrhage had been accompanied by a stroke of paralysis which affected the major portion of his body.
The deceased was born in Van Wert, Ohio on February 4, 1884. His parents were Phillip and Emma KREISCHER. He had been employed by the Chicago and Erie railroad for 31 years. He was a member of the Order of Railway Telegraphers. His wife was Clara SHAFFER whom he married in Kentucky on October 26, 1905.
Survivors are the widow; nine children, Mrs. K. D. MERRILL, South Bend; Mrs. L. S. PORTER, Trego, Wis.; Mrs.W. P. BOTTORFF, Evangeline [KREISCHER], Elinor [KREISCHER], Clara [KREISCHER], Eugene [KREISCHER], Raymond [KREISCHER] and Charley [KREISCHER] all of Delong; three sisters, Mrs. Lulu BOLENBAUGH, Ohio City, Ohio; Mrs. Mable MONGER, Huntington, and Mrs. Etta VIAN, Jackson, Mich; three brothers, Orville [KREISCHER], Wooster, Ohio, John [KREISCHER] and Joe [KREISCHER], Gary, and seven grandchildren.
The funeral services will be held from the home in Delong at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Burial will be made in the family lot in the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Leiters Ford.

Tuesday, November 3, 1936

Mrs. Charles [H.] [Alice McDONALD] ZUMBAUGH, aged 75, died at her farm home five miles southeast of Argos at 5:30 o'clock Monday afternoon after an illness of several weeks due to pneumonia.
The deceased has been a life-long resident of Marshall county. She was born on Sept. 24, 1861, and was one of nine children. Her parents were Robert and Nancy Jane McDONALD. She was married on March 4, 1879.
Survivors are the husband; five sons, Irvin [ZUMBAUGH], Garrett; Ray [ZUMBAUGH] and Harry [ZUMBAUGH], Argos; Harley [ZUMBAUGH], Rochester and Donald [ZUMBAUGH] Bourbon; brother John McDONALD, Argos and sister Mrs. Eliza CLAGGETT, Creighton, Neb.
The funeral arrangements had not been completed at the time the News-Sentinel went to press.

Wednesday, November 4, 1936

Funeral services for Mrs. Charles ZUMBAUGH who died at her farm home five miles southeast of Argos late Monday afternoon will be held from the Christian Church in Argos at 2 p.m. Thursday with Rev. I. C. DAVISSON of Inwood officiating. Burial will be made in the Maple Grove Cemetery at Arogs.

Thursday, November 5, 1936

George FENSTERMAKER, aged 65, died suddenly at his home 505 North Madison street, at 4 o'clock this morning following a heart attack. The deceased had suffered with heart trouble for the past year but his death was entirely unexpected.
Mr. Fenstermaker had lived in Rochester his entire lifetime. He was born in this city on Oct. 18, 1871 and was the son of John and Sarah FENSTERMAKER. He was married to Emma D. PERRY on June 28, 1897. The deceased was employed in the BEYER BROTHERS and ARMOUR plants in this city for a number of years.
Survivors are wife; two sons, Albert [FENSTERMAKER] and Cecil [FENSTERMAKER] of this city; daughter Mrs. Elsie RANNELLS, Rochester; sister Mrs. Hannah SHOFF, South Whitley; two half-brothers, John [FENSTERMAKER], Mentone and Wilbert [FENSTERMAKER], Hammond, and six grandchildren. Two children preceded their father in death.
The funeral services will be held from the Church of God at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon with the Rev. H. R. RIGGLE and Rev. Thomas STOVALL in charge. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery.

Mrs. William WRIGHT has received word of the death of her son-in-law Dr. Walter E. COPPEDGE which occurred at his home in Alturas, Calif., at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. The telegram received here did not state the cause of Dr. Coppedge's death. He was the husband of Miss Ruth WRIGHT, a former resident of this city whom he married on Nov. 30, 1924. Survivors are the widow and a son and daughter by a prior marriage. Miss Faye WRIGHT left today for Alturas.

Mrs. Edward [Annabell DRISCOLL] SWANGO, aged 35, died at her home on the Monticello Road at midnight Wednesday night from complications. She had been ill for several years but her condition had been serious only one day.
The deceased was born in Fairland, Ind., on Sept. 3, 1901, and was the daughter of Andrew J. and Laura Bell DRISCOLL. She was married to Mr. Swango at Fairland on April 11, 1918. She had been a resident of this city for 18 years.
Survivors are the husband, two daughters, Dorothy Mae [SWANGO] and Edna Fae [SWANGO], a son Milo [SWANGO] at home, mother, six brothers and two sisters, all of whom reside in Shelbyville.
The funeral services will be held from the Church of God at 2 p.m. Saturday with Rev. H. R. RIGGLE officiating. Interment will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery.

Friday, November 6, 1936

Mrs. Charles LATTA, wife of a farmer living four miles south of Kewanna, awoke Thursday morning to find that her daughter and only child, Halen Margaret LATTA, age five weeks, cold in her crib. She had suffocated during the night when the bed clothing covered her face.
Dr. C. E. LINTON, of Medaryville, Pulaski county coroner, called to investigate the case, confirmed the findings. He said the child had been dead about four hours when found.
The grief-stricken mother said she had placed additional blankets on the infant when she retired shortly before midnight Wednesday night.
The Todd funeral home at Kewanna has taken charge of the body and services will be held either at the family home or at the funeral home here at one o'clock Saturday afternoon. Burial will probably be made at Burnettsville.
Surviving the child are its parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles LATTA; and three grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. ARION of Pulaski county; and Mrs. Cora LATTA.

Saturday, November 7, 1936

Thomas BECK, Sr., aged 71, of Tiosa, a retired farmer, died in the Woodlawn hospital at 5:30 o'clock Friday afternoon. Death was due to a tumor on the limb and followed a long illness. He had been bedfast for 21 weeks the last two of which were spent in the Woodlawn Hospital.
The deceased was born in Hancock county, Ohio, on October 15, 1865 and was the son of John and Amelia BECK. He came to this county when a young man where he followed the occupation of farming.
Mr. Beck was twice married, his first wife, Miss Naomi COOK, preceding him in death. His second wife was Anna R. COOPER whom he married on October 3, 1925. He was a member of the Sand Hill Methodist Church.
Survivors are the widow; step-son, Esta LARGE, Tiosa; brother John BECK, Tiosa; and three sisters, Mrs. Margaret MORLAND, Bourbon, Mrs. Mary E. TRUAX, Nappanee and Mrs. Augusta HISEY, Hammond.
The funeral services will be held from the Sand Hill Methodist Church at 2 p.m. Monday afternoon with the Rev. S. C. DAVISSON officiating. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery.

Plymouth, Ind., Nov. 7 (UP) -- Mrs. Olive BOGARDUS, and two sons William [BOGARDUS], 26, and Robert [BOGARDUS], 22, all of Culver, were instantly killed at 1 a.m. Saturday when the auto in which they were riding crashed into the side of a freight train, which was moving slowly along the grade crossing at Burr Oak station, six miles north of Culver.
Mrs. Bogardus and her sons were enroute to their home in Culver from South Bend, when the tragedy resulted. Witnesses who arrived at the scene shortly after the crash stated that death for the trio had been instantaneous. Their bodies were terribly mangled.
The survivors of Mrs. Bogardus are a son; one sister Dr. Edna HAYES, of Washington, D.C., and two brothers, Will HAYES, of Terre Haute, Ind., and Charles HAYES, of Culver.
Triple rites for the crash victims will be held Sunday afternoon at two o'clock at the Culver Grace Reform church.

Mrs. John McKINNEY, Jr., received a telegram Friday afternoon stating that Mrs. Peter THORTENSON, aged 60, a former resident of Fulton county had passed away at her home in Paxton, Ill., Friday morning. The Thortenson family resided on a farm southwest of Rochester for a number of years. Twelve years ago they returned to Paxton, Ill., which was their home to reside. Mrs. [THORTENSON] was a member of the Lutheran church.
Survivors are the husband; three sons, Julius [THORTENSON], Paxton, Carl [THORTENSON], Loda, Ill., and Albert [THORTENSON]; daughter, Mrs. Earl TOWNSEND who resides on a farm south of this city and a number of brothers and sisters.
The funeral services will be held at Paxton, Ill., at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Burial will be made at Paxton.

Attorney Frank H. TERRY received word Friday afternoon of the death of his only brother, Dr. Samuel P. TERRY, aged 75, which occurred at his home in Alameda, Cal., Thursday night. Dr. Terry had been an invalid for twenty years.
The deceased was born in Akron on May 15, 1861 and was the son of Samuel S. and Sarah TERRY. He was educated as a physician in the Indianapolis Medical School and after graduation practiced medicine in this city for a number of years, with offices over the Blue Drug Store.
Dr. Terry left this city in 1900 for Alameda, Cal., where he engaged in his profession for a number of years. He will be remembered by many of the older residents of Rochester and Fulton county.
Dr. Terry was a member of the Presbyterian church and all branches of the Masonic Order and a charter member of the Knights of Pythias and Eastern Star Lodges of this city.
Survivors are the widow, who was Miss Mayme WALKER of this city; two sons, Samuel W. TERRY, and Frederick TERRY, a daughter, Lillian TERRY, all of Alameda, Cal., and a brother Frank H. TERRY.
The funeral services were held in Alameda Saturday.

Tuesday, November 10, 1936

Harrison N. CAPPIS, aged 75, died at his home in Ora at 8 o'clock Monday morning from angina pectoris from which ailment he had suffered for four years.
The deceased was born in Pulaski county and had lived in Ora since 1912. His parents were Henry and Eliza CAPPIS. His wife was Laura CORBETT whom he married at Winamac 47 years ago.
Mr. Cappis moved to Ora from Hammond in 1912. He was the operator of a hardware store in Ora for a number of years. He was a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge.
Survivors are the widow; son Cecil CAPPIS, Ora; sister, Mrs. Dora LEBO, Star City and brother, Alfred CAPPIS, Dixon Nebraska.
The funeral services will be held from the Cappis home in Ora at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Burial will be made in the Reed cemetery near Winamac.

Wednesday, November 11, 1936

Wayne [SWICK], five year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Sherman SWICK, who reside on a farm three and a half miles northeast of Akron in Road 15 died Tuesday evening from injuries which he received at noon yesterday when he was struck by an automobile driven by Roy DODSON, Detroit, Michigan, a traveling salesman.
Death was due to fractures of the skull, jaw and limb. Kosciusko county officers and state police who made an investigation of the accident did not hold Dodson.
The lad had gone to the mailbox yesterday for his parents and darted directly into the path of Dodson's car. The Detroit man practically demolished his auto when he drove it into a fence to avoid striking the boy.
Wayne was born July 8, 1931 on the farm where he lived at the time of his death. He was a member of the Saints Church at Akron.
Survivors are the parents, several brothers and sisters.
The funeral services will be held from the Saints Church in Akron at 1:30 o'clock Thursday with the Rev. Daniel SLAYBAUGH in charge. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery west of Akron.

Charles K. KEPLER passed on to the higher life from Woodlawn hospital, at 5 o'clock this morning, where he had been a patient for the past two weeks. Death followed an operation for stomach trouble, which affliction he suffered for a long time.
Charles Kerchief KEPLER was born at Pleasant Hill, Fulton county, Dec. 12, 1869. He was the son of Martin V. KEPLER and Martha J. (HOOVER) KEPLER. On January 4, 1899, he was united in marriage with Hannah Belle YODER, who has remained his faithful companion until his demise.
In his early manhood Mr. Kepler devoted his time to farming until 1893, when he became postmaster at Lucetta, this county.
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In 1904 he became owner of the general merchandise store at Green Oak, and in 1907 joined with Charles ROBBINS and Guy MONTGOMERY in the R. K. M. garage, located where the Char-Bell theatre now stands. In 1923 the C. K. Kepler Auto Company was formed which occupies the entire floor of the building at 615 Main St.
The deceased was the second oldest Chevrolet dealer in the United States, receiving his first franchise in 1916, and therefore has left a record of automobile salesmanship worthy of mention.
Mr. Kepler was a member of the Methodist church at Green Oak and belonged to the Odd Fellows lodge for 30 years, making the precepts of that esteemed order the rule of his life.
As a member of the Kiwanis Club he was always found having a progressive mind with any plan that would mean the betterment of his home city or the advancement of his fellow man.
In the 20 years he was a business man he was recognized as a quiet, yet forceful gentleman, liked by his associates, neighbors and friends, at all times playing the game of life fair and unafraid.
Surviving are the widow; two brothers, James [KEPLER] and John [KEPLER], of Rochester; and one sister, Mrs. Rebeccah WOLFORD of Logansport.
The funeral services will take place at Grace Methodist church, Friday at 2:00 p.m., Rev. STOVALL officiating. Burial at Odd Fellows cemetery.

Thursday, November 12, 1936

Peru, Ind., Nov. 12. -- William W. LOCKWOOD, 59, for 35 years Y.M.C.A. secretary at Shanghai, China, died there today of a heart attack, according to word received here. He was the son of W. W. LOCKWOOD, who for many years was editor of the Peru Republican.
Mr. Lockwood is survived by the widow, the former Mary TOWN of Crawfordsville and three sons.

Funeral services were held at Roann Thursday afternoon for Mrs. Mary E. TURNER, aged 79, who was found dead in her bed Tuesday morning. Mrs. Turner lived alone. Death is believed to have been caused by a heart attack. Interment was made at Wabash.

Friday, November 13, 1936

Peru, Ind., Nov. 13. -- Mrs. Lizzie Augusta RETTIG, 71, of Peru and Amboy, died in Dukes Memorial hospital late last night of injuries suffered in an auto accident which occurred at 8:30 o'clock Wednesday morning on road 21, a mile north of New Santa Fe.
Mrs. Rettig suffered a fractured leg, a broken arm, fractured jaw and severe lacerations and due to her age, was unable to withstand the extreme shock of her critical injuries.
The accident occurred when Mr. Rettig's car sideswiped a stock truck driven by C. W. SNYDER, 67, who escaped uninjured. Mr. and Mrs. Rettig observed their golden wedding anniversary in March, 1935.
Funeral arrangements have not been made, pending word from a daughter, who lives in Washington state. Surviving besides the husband are two children, Mrs. Katherine HANSEMEIER of Seattle, Wash., and George P. RETTIG of Lafayette; three sisters, Mrs. Harriett P. CHARTERS, Miss Mary E. PORTER and Miss Aura K. PORTER, all of Peru; two brothers Charles PORTER of Fort Wayne and John R. PORTER of St. Louis, and eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Relatives in this city have received word of the death of Mrs. N. B. TRAVIS, aged 73, which occurred at her home in San Diego, Cal., several days ago. She will be remembered by older residents of this city as Effie BEEBER NELLANS.

Saturday, November 14, 1936

Funeral services for Anthony Wayne BURDGE, pioneer farmer resident of Fulton county, who died Friday afternoon at his home southeast of Rochester, will be held Monday afternoon. Death was due to complications adherent with old age.
Mr. Burdge was 84 years of age. He had resided in Fulton county his entire lifetime, having been born on Nov. 30, 1851, southwest of Kewanna in Union township. On Jan. 5, 1887, he was married to Martha MULLINS of Kewanna. His parents were Joseph and Mary BURDGE.
Mr. Burdge was a member of the United Brethren church of Rochester and the Odd Fellows lodge of Fulton.
Survivors are the widow; one daughter, Mrs. Earl WILSON at home; three sons, Elmer [BURDGE] of Akron, Roy [BURDGE] of Elkhart and Charles [BURDGE] of Glen Springs, Colo.
The services will be conducted from the farm home Monday at 2 o'clock. Rev. E. C. REIDENBAUGH will be in charge of the services with burial following at Bauman cemetery, east of Grass Creek.

James Henry FUGATE, 61, died Friday night at his home on Clayton street following an illness of six days. Death was due to a stroke of paralysis.
Mr. Fugate was born in Shelby County, Ind., March 29, 1875. At the age of 11 he moved with his parents, Jacob and Mary BROWN FUGATE to Rochester and has since resided here. On Feb. 21, 1900 he was united in marriage to May ROUCH. He was a laborer.

The wife, two sons, Orlie [FUGATE] at home, Lee [FUGATE] of Madison, Wis., two daughters, Cleo STETSON, of Rochester and Alma CRABILL of Rochester, two sisters, Ella TAYLOR and Sarah ABBOTT of Rochester, are the immediate survivors. A son, Adam Lawrence [FUGATE] preceded in death.
He was a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge.
Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 8:30 o'clock from the Rochester Church of God. Rev. Herbert M. RIGGLE and I.O.O.F. Lodge will be in charge of the services, with burial at I.O.O.F. cemetery following.

Harrison CAPPIS, age 70 years, hardware dealer of Ora, died at his home in Ora on Monday, a victim of Angina. Mr. Cappis has been a resident of Ora for twenty years and is survived by his wife and son, Cecil [CAPPIS], of Ora.
Funeral services were conducted at the home on Wednesday at 2 p.m. Interment was made in the Bross cemetery, east of Winamac.

Charles SWARTZLANDER, 63, farmer of Henry township, died shortly before noon today at his home near Athens. Death was due to complications. The obituary and date of funeral service, which are as yet incomplete, will be carried in Monday's News-Sentinel.

A funeral cortege for Alfred F. KNOWLES, 55, who passed away at his home in Pittsburgh, Pa., Friday, will leave the Zimmerman Bros. funeral home Sunday afternoon at 12:45 o'clock for the Moon cemetery, near Leiters Ford. Grave-side services will be conducted by Rev. T. L. STOVALL of the Methodist Church. Mr. Knowles, who had several relatives in this community, was the victim of a heart attack following a brief illness.
Mr. Knowles had been a resident of Pittsburgh for the past ten years, moving to that city from Cleveland, where he spent the major portion of his life. In the year of 1913, he was united in marriage to Grace O'DAFFER. He was an employee of the Jones & Laufman Steel Co., in Pittsburgh. The deceased was a member of the Masonic Order and the Methodist Church of Pittsburgh.
The survivors are two brothers, who reside in Birmingham, Ala.; and a sister, Mrs. Albert SIMMONS, of Deatsville, Ala.

Monday, November 16, 1936

Jackie Leroy [FENSTERMAKER], eight-months-old son of Albert and Anna FENSTERMAKER, passed away Saturday morning 11 o'clock at the Fenstermaker home in East Rochester. The infant was a victim of pneumonia. Jackie Leroy was born March 17, 1936.
The survivors are the parents; a brother James [FENSTERMAKER]; three sisters, Betty [FENSTERMAKER], Marjorie [FENSTERMAKER] and Georgia Ellen [FENSTERMAKER]; and his grandmother, Mrs. Emma FENSTERMAKER.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Church of God with Rev. Herbert RIGGLE officiating. Interment was made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.

Charles E. SWARTZLANDER, aged 63, farmer living four and a half miles northwest of Akron, died at his farm home at 9 o'clock Saturday morning after a year's illness due to complications.
The deceased was born near Akron and was the son of Phillip and Amanda SWARTZLANDER. His wife was Miss Sadie RICHARDSON. He had followed the occupation of farming throughout his lifetime. Mr. Swartzlander was a member of the Church of God.
Survivors are the widow; two daughters, Mrs. Allen BALLENGER who resides on a farm north of this city and Mrs. Robert UTTER of near Athens; brother, Frank SWARTZLANDER, Akron; and a sister, Mrs. Ada WOODS who lives on a farm southwest of Akron.
The funeral services will be held from the Rochester Church of God at 2 p.m. Tuesday with Rev. Daniel SLAYBAUGH of Akron officiating. Interment will be in the Rochester Odd Fellows cemetery.

Elbridge N. SHELT, for many years a resident of Akron, and the last survivor of the Henry twp Civil War Volunteers, passed away Saturday evening at 8:35 o'clock at the home of his daughter, in Indianapolis.
Funeral services for Mr. Shelt will be conducted Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock at the Akron Methodist church, with the Rev. J. F. STEPHENSON officiating.
Elbridge N., son of William and Mary McCLOUD SHELT was born in Summit County, Ohio, September 5th, 1845. He came to Fulton county in 1848 with his parents and the McCloud families, locating in the eastern part of Henry township near a lake. The lake at that time was without a name and the elder McCloud named it Summit, in honor of the Ohio county.
In a few years these settlers moved to New Ark, joining the pioneers in settlement welfare. Elbridge spent his boyhood in Akron, and enlisted in the U. S. service of the Civil War at Akron on November 25th, 1863, private of Captain John CORBIN's Co C, 128 Ind Volunteers Infantry, 3rd Brigade, 23rd Army Corps. He enrolled as a farmer and participated in thirteen battles, namely: Nashville, Tenn.; Atlanta, Ga.; Franklin, Tenn.; Dalton, Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, Lost Mountain, Brunt Hickory, Rough and Ready, Jonesboro, and Lovejoy, all in Georgia, and Columbia, Tenn. and Kenston, N.C. He was honorably discharged at Raleigh N.C. April 10, 1866. He returned to his home in Akron with a fine record of service of which his friends were proud.
Mr. Shelt then resumed farm life for several years. He married Catherine ONSTOTT, who died in 1885. Soon after the death of his companion he went to Elkhart where he was employed for several years. He then married Catherine WILEY and to this union two children were born: Mrs. William WOLF, of 2930 Ruckel St., Indianapolis, and William H. SHELT, of Clevaland, Ohio.
For a period of about a score of years Mr. Shelt was deputy at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Circle Place, retiring from that position at the age of 84 years. In March of 1932 he fractured his hip and fully recovered. He possessed a wonderful memory and was an authority on the pioneer days of Henry township. At the Akron Centennial he was an honored guest as he knew the town when it was under the name of New Ark. Mr. Shelt was a member of the Methodist Church having united in that faith many years ago.
Survivors other than the daughter and son are two sisters, Mrs. Emma BROWN, of Lafayette, formerly of Rochester; Mrs. Sara E. SHAFER, of Akron; two half-sisters, Mrs. Ella NOYER and Mrs. Ina BRUNDIGE of Akron.

Tuesday, November 17, 1936

Daniel Edward KIME, aged 75, who was better known by his many friends as Ed KIME, died at 12:30 o'clock Tuesday at his home at 288 Race Street. Death was due to complications and followed an illness of one year the last two weeks of which were serious.
The deceased was born at Larwell, Ind., on September 8, 1861. His parents were David and Mary Ann (GIEGER) KIME. Mr. Kime had been a resident of this city for fifty years moving here from Churubusco, Ind.
Mr. Kime was a retired farmer. He at one time operated a livery and feed barn in this city on East Fifth Street. He was married on December 14, 1892 to Susan POWELL. Mr. Kime was a member of the Church of God.
Survivors are the widow; step-son, Samuel POWELL, Rochester; grandson, Ronald POWELL of this city; sister Mrs. Rose GRUBB, Montpelier, Ohio; half-brother Arlie GILLILAND, of this city and a number of nieces and nephews. A step-daughter, Mrs. Anna JONES preceded in death on September 1, 1936.
The funeral services will be held from the Church of God at 2 p.m. Thursday with Rev. H. M. RIGGLE in charge. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery.

Among those from out of town who attended the funeral, Friday afternoon, of C. K. KEPLER were Mr. and Mrs. Mose KEPLER of LaPorte, Indiana, Mrs. Mont HOOVER, Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe MURPHY, and Mrs. Irvin SWIGART, all of Akron, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph KEPLER and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ben YODER, Allison BELL, Guy BAINEY, and Mr. and Mrs. Perry BOURMAN and daughter, Frieda [BOURMAN], all of Peru, Mr. and Mrs. Charles BRUCE of Kewanna, V. L. BARKER, Mrs. Pearl CORNELL and daughter, Mary [CORNELL], all of Fulton, Mr. DANEKE of South Bend, H. A. WARNER and H. A. RHINEMILLER of Indianapolis, Mr. and Mrs. John YODER, Mr. and Mrs. Jake DAWALT, Mr. and Mrs. Irvin DAWALT, and Mr. and Mrs. John DAWALT, all of Macy, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd YODER and son, Dale [YODER], of Denver, Indiana, Mr. and Mrs. Aaron BERGER of Gilead, L. O. GATES of Mishawaka, Mr. and Mrs. Otto GRABLE and Mr. and Mrs. Clifton SKINNER of Twelve Mile, Charles CHAFFUNT, Mrs. Gabe YODER and daughter, Josephine [YODER], Mrs. Ruth WOLFORD and son, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles WOLFORD, all of Logansport, and Mr. and Mrs. Ray HOOVER and son and E. W. BERGER, all of Indianapolis.

Wednesday, November 18, 1936

Harry WILSON, secretary of the Rochester Masonic Lodge, today received word of the death of Ernest HAYNES member of the local Masonic lodge, who died at his home in Milwaukee Tuesday night.
Mr. Haynes resided in this city for four years and was the local agent for the Home Life Insurance Cmpany. While here Mr. Haynes was very active in Masonic lodge and Presbyterian Church activities.
Mr. and Mrs. Haynes and three sons left this city ten years ago for Milwaukee after he was transferred there by the insurance company by whom he was employed. Funeral services for Mr. Haynes will be held Friday afternoon at 2 'clock in Milwaukee with burial there.

Thursday, November 19, 1936

After a serious illness of one year's duration, Wayne HELMICK, aged 50, World War veteran, died at his home in Lucerne Wednesday evening. He had lived in Lucerne during his entire lifetime. Survivors are the widow, two daughters, father Nathaniel HELMICK, Argos, two sisters and two brothers.

Friday, November 20, 1936

Mrs. Ruth MONAHAN, age 42, ill but three weeks, at one time a resident of Monterey, died at her home, 408 West Main street, Peru, Saturday evening. Born at Monterey, she was married to E. W. MONAHAN at Logansport, June 23, 1912 and three years later the family moved to Peru, where Mr. Monahan is a C. & O. machinist.
Surviving besides the husband are two daughters, Charlotte [MONAHAN] and Ruth Ellen [MONAHAN], at home, two sons, Pat [MONAHAN] at home and Edwin [MONAHAN] of Chicago, her father, John E. DECKER of Monterey, four sisters, Mrs. Adeline SCHERSCHEL of Flint, Mich., Mrs. Elizabeth DICKENS of Flint, Mich., Mrs. Engel BERGHILL of Oklahoma, and Mrs. Stella WENTZEL of Kewanna and three brothers, Charless DECKER of Delong, William DECKER of Monterey and A. N. DECKER of Peru.
Mrs. Monahan was a member of the St. Charles Catholic Church, the Rosary Sodality, Daughters of Isabella, and the American Legion Auxiliary.
Funeral services were held at the St. Charles Church in Peru on Tuesday at 9 a.m. with the Rev. Paul WELCH officiating. Burial was made at the St. Vincent Cemetery at Logansport.
Mrs. Monahan was well known at Monterey, having lived here as a young woman and through numerous visits here in later years.

Saturday, November 21, 1936

Rev. L. E. SMITH, pastor of the First Evangelical Church, received word Friday of the death of Rev. Samuel H. BAUMGARTNER, aged 76, a former pastor of the local church who died Thursday in a New Haven, Conn., hospital.
The Rev. Mr. Baumgartner was born in Vera Cruz, Ind., and was graduated from the Northwestern University and Seminary in Naperville, Ill. He entered the ministry in 1887 and in 1889 was assigned as pastor of the Rochester church.
Rev. Baumgartner retired from the ministry in 1928. He, during his long ministry, served as pastor of three Indianapolis Evangelical churches, and lived in that city 25 years. His last visit to Rochester was during the annual Indiana Conference of the Evangelical Church in May.
Following his retirement, he went to New Haven to live with his son, Hope Leroy BAUMGARTNER, professor of music in Yale University. The Rev. Mr. Baumgartner had served as district superintendent of the Indiana Conference of the Evangelical Church and also as its secretary many years.
Survivors are the son, H. L. BAUMGARTNER; a sister, Mrs. Samuel MOSIMAN of South Bend, and three grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon in Naperville. Burial was made in Naperville.

Monday, November 23, 1936

Eldon RANNIE, aged 70, a resident of the Argos community for a number of years died in the Logansport State Hospital Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Death was due to a heart attack.
The deceased was born in Canada on May 18, 1866, and followed the occupation of farming.
Survivors are the widow, who resides in South Bend; two sons Murray [RANNIE], Michigan City, and Howard [RANNIE], Ionia, Mich., and two daughters, Mrs. Bertha PIERCE, Michigan City, and Edith COX, South Bend.
The funeral services will be held from the Grossman Funeral Home in Argos at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon with Rev. R. H. CROWDER officiating. Interment will be made in the Maple Grove Cemetery at Argos.
The body will lie in state at the Grossman Funeral Home until the hour of the service.

Funeral services were held at 1 o'clock Monday afternoon from the Church of God at Akron for Benjamin Lewis HELVEY, aged 78, retired farmer, who died at 6 o'clock Saturday evening at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Jacob RUPE in Akron. Death was due to neuritis and followed an illness of one year.
The funeral services were in charge of Rev. Daniel SLAYBAUGH, pastor of the Akron Church of God. Burial was made in the Odd Fellows cemetery at Roann.
The deceased was born on a farm near North Manchester on February 17, 1858 and his parents were Robert and Isabelle HELVEY. He was married to Anna KNIFFLE on August 16, 1878. Mr. Helvey had been a resident of Akron for twenty years, moving there from Roann. He had been a member of the Church of God for forty years.
Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Omer FISHER, Denver and Mrs. RUPE, Akron; Ross [HELVEY], Gary; George [HELVEY], Ypsilanti, Mich., and Forrest [HELVEY], Detroit, Mich.; two half-brothers, Richard HELVEY, Logansport; Jesher [HELVEY], Urbanna; half-sister, Mrs. Gene FENWICK, Logansport; 13 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Benjamin McGRIFF, aged 54, died at his farm home six miles southwest of Argos at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Death was due to pneumonia which developed last Tuesday.
The deceased was born in Fulton county on March 28, 1882. His parents were Mr. and Mrs. John McGRIFF. He had followed the occupation of farming throughout his lifetime. His wife was Alta GARVER whom he married on April 6, 1908. He was a member of the Methodist Church at Richland Center.
Survivors are the widow; three daughters Mrs. Irene WALTERS, Rochester, Mrs. Lola McKEE, Argos, and Miss Jeanette McGRIFF at home; two brothers F. McGRIFF, Hammond and Albert McGRIFF, Rochester; two sisters, Mrs. Elsie SANDERS, Rochester and Mrs. Bertha TOWN, Argos, and four grandchildren, Lloyd [WALTERS] Kathryn [WALTERS] and Herschel WALTERS and Mary McKEE.
The funeral services will be held from the Methodist Church at Richland Center at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon with the Rev. H. L. ADAMS, South Bend in charge. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery at Richland Center.

Tuesday, November 24, 1936

William LINDLEY passed away on Tuesday morning in the Northern Indiana State Hospital at Logansport. As relatives were out of the city today, it was impossible to obtain information for an obituary. The same will be carried in The News-Sentinel Wednesday.

Wednesday, November 25, 1936

Miss Emma L. BURKETT, aged 18, died at the home of her mother, Mrs. Ray FLYNN, 320 North Madison Street, at 3:25 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Death was due to pneumonia and followed an illness which started last Friday.
The deceased was born in Ora, on October 19, 1918 and was the daughter of Marion BURKETT and Mrs. FLYNN. She has been a resident of this city for ten years, moving here from Ora. Miss Burkett was educated in the Rochester public schools and was a regular attendant at the Church of God.
Survivors are the father, who resides in Ora; mother; step-father; four sisters, Mrs. Edith WILLARD, Mrs. Effie CARR and Mrs. Edna GREEN of this city and Mrs. Dolla McKEE, Orlando, Fla.; two brothers, Cecil BURKETT, Bass Lake and Alfred BURKETT, Ora; step-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank FLYNN and several nieces and nephews.
The funeral services will be held from the Church of God at 10:30 o'clock Saturday morning with Rev. Mrs. Minnie Mae RIGGLE officiating. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery.

Edward MEYER, 58, a retired Liberty township farmer and resident of that community practically all of his life, died Tuesday afternoon at his home in Rochester where he had lived for the past few years. Death followed an illness of a year.
The deceased was born on a farm one and a half miles northeast of Fulton on December 29, 1876. His parents were Henry and Katherine MEYER. For many years Mr. Meyer was a farmer in Liberty township but for the past two years has been a painter in this city. He was a member of the Baptist Church at Fulton.
Surviving are his wife, Bertha [MEYER]; two sons, Lawrence [MEYER] of Fulton and Ralph [MEYER] of Fort Wayne; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry MEYER of northeast of Fulton; four brothers, Walter [MEYER] of Everett, Wash., Omer [MEYER] of Fort Wayne, Arthur [MEYER] of South Bend and Charles [MEYER] of Fulton and two sisters, Mrs. Minnie BALDWIN of Rochester and Mrs. Vern ZARTMAN of Fulton.
Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Fulton Baptist church with the Rev. Franklin ARTHUR officiating and burial will be made in the Fulton cemetery.
In the meantime the body will be at the residence in 1217 Franklin avenue, Rochester, where friends may call.

William E. LINDLEY, aged 57, died in the Logansport State Hospital Tuesday morning. Death was due to a celebral hemorrhage and followed an illness of one hour. The deceased had suffered with arterio sclerosis for three years, two of which he was hospitalized.
Mr. Lindley was born in Iowa on January 13, 1879 and was the son of Frank and Mary LINDLEY. He was a farmer and for many years lived on the GLAZE farm three miles north of the city in Road 31. He had been married several times and was a member of the Church of God.

Survivors are the widow; three children, Mary [LINDLEY], Margaret [LINDLEY] and Franklin [LINDLEY] at home; three step-children; brother Joseph LINDLEY, Anadarko, Okla., and two sisters, Mrs. Jennie SNYDER, Marshalltown, Iowa and Mrs. Addie SWAIN, Fort Waorth, Tex.
The funeral services will be held from the Church of God at the corner of Third and Main Streets at 1:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon with Rev. Daniel SLAYBAUGH of Akron officiating. Interment will take place in the Citizens Cemetery.
The body will lie in state at the home 420 West Eighth Street until the hour of the funeral.

Mrs. Edith MOORE, age 80, of Kewanna, died Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock following an illness of three weeks. Death was due to old age and complications.
Mrs. Moore died at the home of her daughter in Fulton, Mrs. Ralph EYTCHESON, where she has been visiting for several weeks. She was a lifelong resident of Union township, having been born on November 10 in Kewanna in 1856, and resided there ever since.
She was married twice, first to Harvey BRUCE and later to Mark MOORE. Both preceded in death.
Mrs. Moore was a devout member of the First Baptist church of Kewanna.
Survivors are the daughter, Mrs. EYTCHESON; son, Irvin BRUCE of Kewanna; son, Lloyd BRUCE of Battle Creek, Mich.
Services will be conducted Friday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from the Baptist church with Rev. B. M. FRANKLIN in charge. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery.

Mrs. John WALTERS has received word of the death of her sister, Mrs. Emeline NELLANS which occurred at her home in Elbing, Kansas on November 17.

Friday, November 27, 1936

George Francis SMITH, aged 63, died at his farm home five miles west of this city in Road 14 Thursday night. Death was due to complications which followed a stroke of paralysis which he suffered six years ago.
The deceased was born in Jasper county, March 21, 1873 and was the son of Patrick and Mary (MURPHY) SMITH. He followed the occupation of farming all of his lifetime until he suffered the stroke of paralysis. Mr. Smith was a member of the St. Joseph Catholic Church of this city.
Mr. Smith was married to Margaret HEIDENBLUT on April 11, 1898 at Wheatfield. To this union were born nine sons and four daughters, Louis [SMITH], John [SMITH], Herman [SMITH], Clarence [SMITH], Bernard [SMITH], Junior [SMITH] and Evelyn Rose [SMITH] at home; Mrs. Everett VANDERPOOL, Michigan City; Mrs. Harry SANDERS and Mrs. Ray M. LONG, both of Dowagiac, Mich., and eleven grandchildren.
The funeral services will be conducted from the St. Joseph Catholic Church at the corner of Main and Thirteenth streets at 9:30 o'clock Monday morning, in charge of Rev. Charles SEEBERGER of Kewanna. Burial will be made in the Crown Hill Cemetery at Knox.

Dale Herman [MURPHY], infant son of William and Irene MURPHY, died Thanksgiving Day. The parents reside on the Jesse McCLUNG farm in the Mt. Zion neighborhood. Burial was made today in the Mt. Zion cemetery.

Saturday, November 28, 1936

Mrs. John HAGAN, aged 80, died at her home at 1016 South Monroe street at 10:30 o'clock Friday night after an illness of three weeks due to complications.
The deceased had lived in this community for a number of years. She was a member of the First Brethren church of this city.
At the request of the immediate family, which consists of the husband, four sons and four daughters, the obituary will be published in The News-Sentinel Monday.
The funeral services will be held from the First United Brethren church at the corner of Pontiac and Sixth streets at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon followed by burial in the Odd Fellows cemetery.

Following an illness of but one week's duration, Mrs. Lydia Catherine [GREEN] MEYER, 83, a pioneer resident of Liberty township, passed away at midnight Friday evening at her home one mile northeast of Fulton. Death was attributed to hypostic-pneumonia. Mrs. Meyer had been a resident of Liberty township since a child of three years of age. She had a large acquaintance of friends throughout both Fulton and Cass counties.
Lydia Catherine, daughter of John and Mary GREEN was born in Dark county, Ohio on May 28th, 1853. On April 15, 1875, she was united in marriage to Henry MEYER. Mrs. Meyer was a member of the Fulton United Brethren church.
The survivors are the husband; four sons, Walter [MEYER], of Everett, Wash., Arthur [MEYER], of South Bend; Omer [MEYER], of Ft. Wayne; Charles [MEYER], of Fulton; two daughters, Mrs. Minnie BALDWIN, who resides at the Meyer home; Mrs. Vern ZARTMAN, of Fulton; 22 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren, and a brother Cornelius GREEN, of Wausaukee, Wis. Two sons preceded her in death.
Funeral services in charge of Rev. J. W. LAKE will be held at the Meyer home Monday afternoon at two o'clock. Burial will be made in the Fulton cemetery.

Monday, November 30, 1936

A shiny new rifle in the hands of its 13 year old owner brought sorrow into the home of the John STRAND family who reside on a farm fourteen miles west of this city near Monterey when Evelyn STRAND, aged nine, died in the Woodlawn Hospital at 6 o'clock Monday morning.
Evelyn was accidentaly shot by her brother Sunday afternoon shortly before four o'clock. The lad had secured the new rifle Saturday and Sunday afternoon he was shooting at various targets in the yard at his home.
Evelyn and her four sisters were playing within the house. There was a crash of broken glass and the girl fell to the floor writhing in pain. Her parents rushed to the side of the screaming child and soon learned that she had suffered an injury in the abdomen but at first did not realize what had happened.
An examination of the window to the room in which the Strand children were playing cleared the mystery as a hole through the glass bore evidence that it had been pierced by a bullet.
Dr. A. J. KELSEY of Monterey, was called and after an examination brought the injured Evelyn to the Woodlawn Hospital where an operation was performed immediately. It was found that the bullet had pierced the child's intestines in twenty places.
Lowell [STRAND], who with his parents and four sisters are the only immediate survivors of the dead girl, recalls having fired his gun at a target in the general direction of the Strand home but did not realize until attracted by the commotion within the house that the bullet had gone astray and struck his sister.

Charles N. HILEMAN, of near Disko, and his wife Emma [HILEMAN] were dead today, both deaths occurring within a day's time.
Double funeral services for husband and wife will be conducted Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Hileman died Saturday morning following an illness of several months due to intestinal trouble. On Sunday morning her husband, while attending to duties about the farm, was stricken with heart attack and died almost immediately. The previous death of his wife and subsequent grieving is believed to have hurried death.
Emma Hileman, who was 65 years of age was born in Ohio, the daughter of George and Elizabeth SNURE. Her husband, a life long resident in the Disko community, was born near Disko, the son of Adams and Lucinda HILEMAN. Emma Snure and Charles Hileman were united in marriage in January, 1892, at Disko.
To their union were born two sons, Lloyd [HILEMAN] and Carl [HILEMAN]. Lloyd Hileman is now a resident of Akron and Carl resides at Elkhart, Ind. Other survivors are three grandchildren.
Double rites will be conducted on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Methodist church at North Manchester, where both were devout members. Rev. Dale C. BEATTY will be in charge of the services. Burial will be made in Oak Lawn cemetery at North Manchester.

Mrs. Rosa (GOSS) HAGAN, wife of John HAGAN, departed this life from her home at 1016 South Monroe Street, at 10:30 Friday night. Death came peacefully as a release from ill health suffered for several years, the last three weeks being confined to her bed.
Rosa Goss was the daughter of Emanuel and Margaret GOSS. She was born in Liberty Township, Fulton County, January 23, 1856, and had [she] lived until January 1937 would have been 81 years of age.
She united in marriage with John Hagan on April 19, 1877 and was the mother of seven children. Sixty years ago she became a charter member of the Antioch United Brethren Church, and since then lived in harmony with the precepts and teaching of Christianity, the Golden Rule, being the law of her life.
For many years the Hagan family resided south of Rochester on the "HAGAN FARM." Here a large family was reared and sent into the world later as worthy citizens. Here too, many neighbors and friends crossed the Hagan threshold and partook of the warm hospitality extended to all. Sixteen years ago Mr. and Mrs. Hagan established a home in this city, and became known as "good neighbors" to all who knew them. The deceased was known for many kindly deeds and for her great love of flowers. These she divided with the living and sent them in loving remembrance of the dead.
She is survived by husband and eight children, who are: Chas. W. HAGAN, Montreal, Canada; Pearl [HAGAN] and Lloyd HAGEN, Detroit, Michigan; Mrs. Dan KLINE, Elkhart; Edward V. [HAGAN], Otis [HAGAN] and Mrs. Frank SAUSAMAN, Rochester; Mrs. F. L. TOMPKINS, Indianapolis; eight grandchildren and one great grandchild; two brothers, Lyman GOSS, Garfield, Washington; Frank GOSS, Plymouth; one sister, Mrs. Mary BADER, Basil, Ohio.
The funeral was held at the United Brethren Church, Monday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock. Rev. Noah McCOY of North Manchester was in charge, assisted by Rev. E. C. REIDENBACH. Burial was made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Tuesday, December 1, 1936

Funeral services for Evelyn STRAND, nine-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John STRAND of Monterey, who was killed accidentally Sunday by a bullet from a rife in the hands of her brother, will be held Wednesday at 12:45 from the Strand home.
Following brief rites at the home, regular services will take place at 2 o'clock from the Round Lake church near Knox. Burial will be made near Knox.

Friends in this city have received word that the late Ernest HAYNE, Milwaukee, Wis., a former resident of this city, died while undergoing an operation for gallstones on November 17. Mr. Hayne who was an executive of an insurance company was ill but a day.

Wednesday, December 2, 1936

Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon from the United Brethren Church at Silver Lake with Rev. Charles SHARP officiating for the late Clarence HILL, aged 58, who died in the Woodlawn Hospital Monday afternoon. Burial was made in the Silver Lake cemetery.
Mr. Hill had been the town marshal of Silver Lake for the past ten years and prior to that time had been a farmer. He was stricken with appendicitis on Thanksgiving Day and was operated on at the hospital here. Peritonitis which developed caused death.
The deceased was born near Silver Lake on Feb. 28, 1876. He had resided in the Silver Lake vicinity during his entire lifetime.
Surviving are the widow, Edith [HILL]; two sons, Rupert [HILL] and Gail HILL, and one daughter, Martha [HILL], all at home; his mother, Mrs. Alice HILL, of Silver Lake; two brothers, Alvin HILL, of Silver Lake, and Hugh HILL, of Niles, Mich.; and two sisters, Mrs. Willard HATFIELD of Claypool, and Mrs. Al BOUSE, of Argos.

Thursday, December 3, 1936

William HINDLE, deputy state fire marshal, has been called to Indianapolis because of the death of his brother Carl HINDLE, aged 53, who died after a two weeks illness.

They buried Evelyn STRAND yesterday as her classmates, boys and girls, of the fourth grade in the public school at Monterey, relatives and friends, wept at the lonely grave in a rural cemetery at the Round Oak Christian church Wednesday afternoon.
Evelyn, nine-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John STRAND, fell the victim of a rifle bullet Sunday in an accident that involved her 13-year-old brother, Lowell [STRAND], then a proud possessor of a .22-calibre rifle that brought sorrow into the modest farm home and the Monterey community.
Evelyn's books remain undistrubed in her desk and Lowell's rifle has been relegated to the closet probably never to be used again. Lowell struck his sister in the abdomen when shooting at a target near the Strand home. The bullet passed through a glass window and struck Evelyn while she was playing with her four sisters.
Evelyn passed away in Woodlawn hospital Monday morning. An operation disclosed that the bullet had pierced her intestines in 20 places. Mr. Strand has been supporting his family partially through work on WPA projects.

Warsaw, Dec. 3. -- Edward VARIER, 83, of near Bourbon, died suddenly of a heart attack while seated in a chair in the consultation room of Dr. J. C. BAUM, at the Warsaw clinic here. He had just entered the building when he felt the attack coming on. He sat down and later collapsed in a convulsion. Dr. Baum and Dr. G. W. ANGLIN administered an injection of adrenlin, but the patient failed to rally.
Varier had been suffering for two years with heart trouble and was making his first visit to the Warsaw clinic for treatment.

Friday, December 4, 1936

Rufus H. JORDAN, aged 78, Winona interurban agent at Akron for many years died at his home in East Rochester Street in Akron at 9:25 o'clock Thursday morning. Death was due to several strokes of paralysis which he suffered in the past three weeks.
The deceased was born at Plymouth on July 20, 1860 and was the son of Benona and Julia Ann JORDAN. He had lived in Akron for the past twenty years moving there from South Bend.
In a ceremony which was performed at Akron on April 12, 1932 by Rev. D. L. SLAYBAUGH he was married to Mrs. Eva WORTHINGTON. Mr. Jordan was a member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge.
Survivors are the widow; sister, Mrs. Ola ORR, Elkhart; brother Samuel JORDAN, Plymouth and several nieces and nephews.
The funeral services will be held from the Moyer Funeral Home in Akron at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in charge of Rev. J. F. STEPHENSON. Burial will be made in the Oak Hill cemetery at Plymouth.

Rev. William L. CLOUGH, aged 75, a retired minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, died at his home, 1412 South Main street, at 7 o'clock Friday morning after an illness of one week.
Death was due to pneumonia which developed after Rev. Clough had been stricken with erysipelas. The infection started in a small cut which the aged minister had received on a lobe f his nose.
The deceased was born in Ulster, Pa., on Oct. 25, 1861, and was the son of Zedek and Janet CLOUGH. His wife was Jennie L. PERKINS.
Rev. Clough was a devoted minister of the Methodist Episcopal church for 52 years. His first years in the ministry were spent in New York and Pennsylvania.
In 1905 he transferred to the North Dakota conference and served charges in that state until 1927 when he retired as an active minister in that conference.
From 1928 to 1930 he supplied the charge at Lakeville, Ind. After a brief residence in Plymouth he moved to Rochester for permanent residence and had lived here for five years.
During his residence in Rochester Rev. Clough gave willing of his time to any worthy cause. He was much beloved by the membership of the Grace Methodist church where he was an active worker. He was a man who was greatly respected in his home, church, fraternal circles and the community.
Rev. Clough was a member of the Masonic Lodge of Hamilton, N.D. and the Odd Fellows Lodge.
Survivors are the widow, three sons, two daughters, one brother and one sister.
The funeral will be held from the Grace Methodist Episcopal church at 2 p.m. Monday. Rev. T. L. STOVALL, pastor of the church will officiate, assisted by Rev. Claude YOUNG, Lafayette,|conference superintendent.

Douglas NISWONGER, aged 72, for several years a resident of Argos, passed away Thursday evening at his home, 1218 King street, South Bend. Death was attributed to heart trouble following an illness of two weeks duration. Mr. Niswonger had been a resident of South Bend for over 18 years, moving there from Argos, where he had a wide acquaintance of friends.
Douglas, son of Henry and Christina NISWONGER, was born on a farm in Marshall county, Feb. 2, 1864. In the year of 1887 he was united in marriage to Sarah BARLOW. The survivors are the widow, a son Orville [NISWONGER], of South Bend; two daughters, Mrs. Ethel BLAKELY, of South Bend; Mrs. Edith GASTIL, of Los Angeles, Calif., and a brother, David NISWONGER of Muncie, Ind.
Funeral services will be held at the Niswonger residence in South Bend Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment will be made in the Maple Grove cemetery at Argos.

Saturday, December 5, 1936

Pastor F. L. SHURTE, passed away at his residence, on the west shore of Lake Manitou at 12:30 p.m. today.
Rev. Shurte had been in ill health for the past several months. More details concerning his death and the funeral arrangements will appear in Monday's issue of The News-Sentinel.

Mrs. Lizzie HENDERSON, aged 76 years, succumbed at the County Infirmary shortly after the noon hour Saturday. She was the daughter of the late Michael HENRY, of this city.

Charles E. KING, 71, succumbed Friday evening, 10:30 o'clock, at his farm home two miles west of Mentone. Death resulted from a complication of diseases. Mr. King, however, had only been bedfast for five days. The deceased passed away at the farm on which he was born.
Charles E., son of Charles and Polly KING was born May 10, 1865. He was united in marriage to Ella SALER on June 8, 1898, the ceremony being pronounced at Lancaster, O. Mr. King followed the occupation of farming throughout his entire life and had many friends in both Fulton and Kosciusko counties. He was a member of the Mentone Baptist church.
The survivors are the widow; a daughter, Mrs. Clarice BAKER; a son Dewey KING; and six grandchildren, all of Mentone and a brother A. C. KING of Bourbon, Ind.
Funeral services will be held at the Mentone Baptist church, Monday afternoon at two o'clock. Burial will be made in the Mentone cemetery.

Nancy ROBBINS, seven-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William ROBBINS of Greensburg, Ind., died this morning. Death was due to scarlet fever, from which Nancy had been ill but a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Robbins and family have many friends here as they have often visited Mr. and Mrs. A. C. BRADLEY at the Colonial Hotel.

North Manchester, Dec. 5. -- Joseph A. BROWNE, 83, long and prominent resident of North Manchester, died at his home, 301 West Main street, Thursday morning at 5 o'clock after an illness of several years during which time he had gone nearly blind.
He was associated with his father-in-law the late Henry MILLS in a number of business enterprises, a brick mill and the Syracuse factory. He was sole owner of the Electric Light Plant which he later sold to the Northern Indiana Power Co. Fifteen years ago he retired from business life. He was a highly educated man and had a wide knowledge of Shakespeare.
The son of William and Sarah WAY BROWNE, he was born in Galena, Illinois, on September 1, 1853 and later moved to Iowa, where he was educated at Howe's Academy. He then moved to Huntington, coming to North Manchester from there.
On December 28, 1881, he was married to Miss Eleanora MILLS.
He is survived by his widow; three sons, Joseph BROWNE, Jr., of Ft. Wayne, Paul [BROWNE] and William Henry BROWNE of North Manchester.

Monday, December 7, 1936

Samuel David KAMP, aged 71, a life long resident of Argos, died Sunday afternoon at the home of his daughter Mrs. Edward MAHASSEY in Niles, Mich. Death was due to heart trouble and followed an illness of five years.
The deceased was born in Argos on August 25, 1865 and was the son of Henry and Malissa (CARPENTER) KAMP. He had lived in Argos all of his life where he was a day laborer. His last residence was on North Maple Avenue in Argos.
In a ceremony which was performed in Argos in 1890 the deceased was married to Margaret Elizabeth MAHASSEY. He was a member of the Christian Church at Argos.
Survivors are seven daughters, Mrs. Daniel STULTZ and Mrs.Walter SLAUSEN, Argos; Mrs. Frank GOLLIVAN and Mrs. Joe STIPPICH, Fort Wayne; Mrs. Howard GROGER, Toledo, Ohio; Mrs. Jay ESHELMAN, Rochester and Mrs. E. MAHASSEY, Niles, Mich.; two brothers Silas KAMP, Argos and Charles KAMP, Elkhart; sister, Mrs. Catherine BOWERS, Argos and 20 grandchildren.
The funeral arrangements have not been completed.

Mrs. Elizabeth HENDERSON, aged 76, a life long resident of this city, died at 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the Fulton County Home. Death was due to complications and followed an illness of several months, the last two days of which were serious.
The deceased was the daughter of the late Michael and Sabina HENRY. For many years she lived on South Elm street. Her husband, Al HENDERSON, is undergoing treatment in the State Hospital at Logansport. The husband is the only immediate survivor.
The funeral services were held from the Todd funeral chapel at Kewanna at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. Burial was made in the Citizens Cemetery at the west edge of Rochester.

Samuel L. SHURTE, aged 68, who has been the supply pastor of the Richland Center and Sand Hill Methodist Episcopal churches for the past four years died at his home on the south shore of Lake Manitou at 12:30 p.m. Saturday after an illness of two years due to carcinoma. The deceased was a patient in the Methodist Hospital at Indianapolis on several occasions during his last illness.
Mr. Shurte was born in Sherburnville, Illinois, on November 23, 1868. His parents were John and Marian SHURTE In a ceremony which was performed in Logansport, Ind., on December 28, 1897 he was married to Mary Edith SHURTE.
Mr. Shurte was active in Young Men's Christian Association work for a number of years. He began his Y.M.C.A. work in St. Louis, in 1906 as assistant secretary of a railroad branch there. Two years later he went to Hokie, Ark., to work on the Missouri and Pacific railroad.
Mr. Shurte remained there two years after which he was called to Peru, Ind., on the Wabash railroad remaining there two and half years after which he accepted a call to Childress, Tex., on the Fort Worth & Denver railroad. From there he was called on June 1, 1913 to the Brightwood branch of the Railroad Men's Y.M.C.A. where he remained for 17 years.
Six years ago Mr. Shurte came to this city to reside and was named supply pastor of the Richland Center and Sand Hill Methodist Episcopal churches where he had endeared himself to the peoples of both congregations and the entire community. He was also active in the work of the Grace Methodist Episcopal church in Rochester and was held in high esteem by the entire congragation.
Funeral services will be held in the Grace Methodist Episcopal Church here at 1:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon with Rev. T. L. STOVALL in charge assisted by Rev. Claude YOUNG, Lafayette, conference superintendent. Burial will be at Logansport.

Tuesday, December 8, 1936

Mrs. Anna ONSTOTT GAERTE, aged 72, passed away at the home of her son Esta Gaerte in Disko at 7 o'clock Monday evening. Death was due to a stroke of paralysis which she suffered two weeks ago.
The deceased had lived in the Disko community all of her life except for three years when she was a resident of Chicago. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. Andrew ONSTOTT.
In ceremony which was performed in this city she was married to the late Jacob GAERTE fifty-four years ago. Mrs. Gaerte was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Disko.
Survivors are the son Esta GAERTE, three granddaughters and one great-granddaughter.
The funeral services will be held from the Methodist Episcopal Church in North Manchester at 2 p.m. Thursday with Rev. Dale C. BEATTY officiating. Burial will be made in the Oak Lawn cemetery at North Manchester.

Funeral services for the late Samuel David KAMP, a resident of Argos for many years who died at the home of his daughter in Niles, Michigan Sunday afternoon, will be held from the Grossman Chapel in Argos at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Rev. A. M. THOMAS, pastor of the Argos Christian Church will officiate. Burial will be made in the Maple Grove Cemetery east of Argos.

Wednesday, December 9, 1936

Plymouth, Ind., Dec. 9. -- Lloyd O. KELLER, 48, farmer residing two miles south of Culver, was killed instantly here Tuesday afternoon when his automobile was struck by a Pennsylvania railroad train at Lake avenue crossing.
It was the second train fatality to occur here within the last 24 hours.
Keller was thrown from his car by the northbound passenger train and his body tossed 20 feet from the side of the tracks. His head and face were mangled, making it necessary to establish identity through cards on his person and in the automobile.
The machine, which was demolished, was knocked between the Pennsy and Nickel Plate tracks.
The crash occurred at 2:25 p.m. The train, No. 415, was a Logansport division train with a local crew in charge, and had left Logansport at 1:10 p.m. enroute to South Bend.
The first train accident here occurred late Monday night when the mangled body of a man, tentatively identified as Louis SOURES, 49, of Kansas City was found along the tracks of the Nickel Plate railroad.

Harry DANIELSON, Marshall county coroner, is attempting to locate relatives of Soures, who is believed to have been killed by either falling from the train as it passed through the city or failed to board the moving train.
Keller [who] is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter KELLER of Culver, is survived by the widow and a son, Norman [KELLER], 12. His body was taken to Culver to await burial preparation.

Friday, December 11, 1936

Relatives in Akron have received word of the death of Wm. WHITTENBERGER which occurred yesterday at his home in Birmingham, Mich. He was the son of Thomas and Huldah HERENDEEN WHITTENBERGER and was born in Peru but spent his boyhood in Akron. His relatives in Akron include a half-sister Lottie WHITTENBERGER and an aunt Mrs. Laura VICKERY.

Mrs. Orland KEPLER has been called to Terre Haute because of the death of her mother Mrs. John LLOYD who passed away at 4:30 o'clock Friday morning. She leaves her husband, two daughters, Mrs. O. E. RIGGLE, of Kankakee, Ill., and Mrs. KEPLER and three grandchildren. Funeral services are to be held in Terre Haute Sunday.

Saturday, December 12, 1936

Mrs. Eva M. [CALLAHAN] CLINE, 68, a life long resident of Cass county, passed away at her home four miles southwest of Fulton at five o'clock Saturday morning. Death resulted from cancer following an illness of three months duration. Mrs. Cline had a wide acquaintance of friends in Fulton county.
Eva M., daughter of James and Sarah CALLAHAN was born on a farm in Cass county, January 23rd, 1878. In the year of 1901 she was united in marriage to Charles CLINE. Mrs. Cline was a member of the Fulton United Brethren Church and the Ladies Aid Society of the U.B. church.
The survivors are the husband, a daughter, Mrs. Carl LEMON, of near Lucerne, two grandchildren and her father James CALLAHAN, who makes his home with the Clines. Her mother preceded her in death several years ago.
Funeral services will be held at the Fulton U.B. Church, Monday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. Rev. J. W. LAKE will have charge of the rites. Interment will be made in the Fulton cemetery.

Mrs. Albert EASTERDAY, aged 70, a former resident of the Whippoorwill neighborhood died Friday evening at her home near South Whitley. As the members of her immediate family were in South Whitley it was impossible to obtain an obituary. This will appear in The News-Sentinel Monday.

Marcus H. WRIGHT, aged 42, first sergeant in the United States army aviation corps who was stationed at a flying field near Detroit, Mich., and who is a former resident of this city, died in the Walter Reid government hospital in Washington, D.C., Friday afternoon.
Death was due to injuries to his spine which he received in an aeroplane accident in France during the World war when his plane was subjected to heavy fire by a German aviator whom he was engaging in a fight after the Hun had attempted to cross behind the American lines. The injury which caused Wright's death, did not evidence itself until two months ago.
At the outbreak of the World war Wright was an enlisted army man. He rose rapidly in the service and at the expiration of the war had won a captain's chevrons. After the war he was demoted to the rank of a first sergeant. He would have retired within a few years.
The deceased was born in this city and was educated in the Rochester public schools. His father, the late Jacob WRIGHT, was a veteran of the Civil war and it was he who urged his son to enlist in the army. He was a member of the Evangelical church and Masonic lodge.
Survivors are the widow, a daughter Dorothy [WRIGHT], and a half-sister, Mrs. Ed MOHLER of this city. Mrs. Mohler received word of her brother's death yesterday and has left for Belleville, Ill, home of Mrs. Wright, where funeral services will be held Monday afternoon.

Monday, December 14, 1936

Mrs. Susan Jane [CARRITHERS] FENIMORE, aged 73, a lifelong resident of Macy died in the Dukes Memorial hospital in Peru at 3:30 o'clock Sunday morning after a two weeks illness due to bronchial pneumonia.
The deceased was the daughter of John and Nancy (BOGGS) CARRITHERS and was born at Macy on July 16, 1863. She was married to William FENIMORE in April 1893. He died two years ago. Mrs. Fenimore was a member of the Christian church at Macy.
Survivors are a sister Mrs. Rosie CARL, 1415 East Second street Peru; and a brother George CARRITHERS, of Macy.
The funeral services will be held from the Christian church in Macy at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in charge of Rev. Harvey SCHODELMAYER. Burial will be made in the Plainview cemetery at Macy.

Joe KOCH, former resident of Macy died at his home in Hicksville, Ohio, last Thursday, friends in Macy have been informed. Death was due to heart trouble. Burial was made in Hicksville Saturday.

Rev. Albert L. BRANDENBURG, Methodist minister in Kewanna during the years of 1913 and 1914, died at his home in Covington Monday after a prolonged illness from a nervous breakdown. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon in Covington.

Mrs. Delila HARDING PERRY, aged 81, died at 2 o'clock Monday morning at the home of her daughter Mrs. Stella SHEETS, west of this city in the Burton neighborhood. Death was due to heart trouble and followed an illness of one year and six months.
The deceased was born in Preble county, Ohio and was the daughter of Joseph and Ellen VanKIRK HARDING. She had resided in Fulton county seventy years.
Mrs. Perry had been married twice, both husbands preceding her in death. Her first marriage was to Sylvester POFFENBARGER on October 23, 1887 and the second marriage was to Daniel PERRY on December 31, 1910. She had been a member of the Burton Methodist Church for 18 years and was also a member of the Gleaners lodge.
Survivors are the daughter, Mrs. SHEETS, son Clarence POFFENBARGER, of this city, two sisters, Mrs. Mattie TILDEN, Sheridan, Oregon and Mrs. Julia CLARK of this city, brother, Dr. George HARDING, Warsaw, seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
The funeral services will be held from the Luckenbill Chapel at Leiters Ford at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning with Rev. T. L. STOVALL officiating. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery at Leiters Ford.

Funeral services were held this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from the Grandview Evangelical Church for Mrs. Amanda Adeline [PLANTS] EASTERDAY, aged 76, who died at the home of her daughter Mrs. Nancy A. GUISE near Larwill Saturday morning.
Rev. Philip HANEY was in charge of the services. Burial was made in the cemetery at South Germany.
The deceased was born in Fulton county on July 10, 1860 and was the daughter of Henry and Nancy PLANTS. She had lived in Fulton county practically all of her life, most of which was spent in the Whippoorwill neighborhood.
The deceased was married to Abert L. EASTERDAY who preceded his wife in death. Mrs. Easterday was a member of the First Evangelical Church of this city.
Survivors are four daughters, Mrs. Eunice M. MILLER and Mrs. Mary E. ANDERSON, Rochester, Mrs. Irene WALTERS, South Bend, and Mrs. Nancy A. GUISE and five grandchildren.

Tuesday, December 15, 1936

Delbert L. SANDERS, aged 51, died at 7:20 o'clock Tuesday morning at his home one mile north of this city in Road 31 after an illness of eight weeks due to heart trouble and other complications.
The deceased was born in Sidell, Ill., on May 19, 1895 and was the son of William and Elizabeth SANDERS He had lived in this city for 35 years moving here from Iowa.
Mr. Sanders was married to Mabel KINSELEY on September 3, 1916. She preceded her husband in death. The deceased was a member of the Christian church and was a laborer. For a number of years he was employed in local cafes.
Survivors are a son, Harry SANDERS and daughter, Maurine SANDERS, both of St. Louis, Mo., three sisters, Mrs. Wayne COOK, Mrs. Guy BRYANT and Mrs. O. W. ZIMMERMAN of this city, two brothers Vern SANDERS, Kewanna, and Marion SANDERS of Rochester, three aunts and two uncles.
The funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday from the Foster Funeral Home in West Sixth street, with Rev. L. E. SMITH officiating. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery.

Mrs. Curry EYTCHESON, aged 68, died at her home 1014 South Elm Street at 8 o'clock Tuesday morning. Death was due to complications and followed an illness which dated from November 25.
The deceased was born near Talma on February 26, 1868. Her parents were William and Priscilla COPLEN. She was a member of the Christian Church at Talma.
Survivors are the husband, two foster sons Hudson STANSBURY and Jay RIDER, and three brothers, Charles COPLEN, Hudson COPLEN, Russiaville and Frank COPLEN, Talma.
The funeral services will be held from the Talma Christian church at 2 p.m. Thursday with burial in the Reichter cemetery.

Gideon C. ZEHNER, aged 76, a resident of Argos for many years, died in the Kelly Hospital in Argos at 12:30 o'clock Tuesday morning. Death was due to complications and followed an illness of several years.

Mr. Zehner was born in the Sligo neighborhood near Argos on May 27, 1859. His parents were John and Sarah ZEHNER. His wife, who died February 5, 1924 was Nancy A. COOK. Mr. and Mrs. Zehner were married at Argos on October 27, 1883.
Mr. Zehner was a resident of Argos for a number of years moving to that city from his parents' farm when a young man. He operated a transfer line and also the telephone exchange in Argos with his sister. In later years he lived on a farm near Argos.
Survivors are four sons Allery ZEHNER, Milwaukee, Wis.; Ray ZEHNER, Plymouth; Earl [ZEHNER] and Howard ZEHNER, Argos; two daughters, Mrs. Bennie RHUEBOTTOM, Wakarusa, and Mrs. Fay COOPER, Elkhart; two sisters, Mrs. Lottie SWEENEY, Indianapolis, and Mrs. Jennie HAND, Memphis and a brother Sherman ZEHNER, Hibbert, Oregon.
The funeral services will be held from the Umbaugh Funeral Home in Argos at 2 p.m. Thursday with Rev. A. M. THOMAS in charge. Burial will be made in the Maple Grove Cemetery at the east edge of Argos.

Wednesday, December 16, 1936

Amanda Adeline EASTERDAY, daughter of Samuel and Margaret PLANTS, was born July 10, 1860, and departed this life Dec. 12, 1936, at the age 76 years, 5 months and 2 days. She was united in marriage to Albert EASTERDAY Dec. 31, 1882, who preceded her to the Spirit world March 8, 1930. This union was blessed with 4 daughters, Mrs. Unice May MILLER, Mrs. Mary ANDERSON, of Rochester, Mrs. Nancy GUISE, of Lorwell, Ind., Mrs. Irene WALTERS, of South Bend, Ind., 5 grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. Isaac BARNES of Rochester, 2 brothers, John PLANTS of Claypool, Ind., Samuel PLANTS of Winamac, Ind., remain to mourn. She had been a member of the Evangelical church since a small girl. Funeral services were held in the Grandview Evangelical church. Burial in the South Germany cemetery. Rev. P. E. HANEY, officiating.

Thursday, December 17, 1936

Funeral services for Louis SOUERS, Kansas City, Mo., whose body was found in the Nickle Plate railroad yards at Argos several days ago were held on Tuesday afternoon.
All attempts to locate relatives or friends of the deceased was unsuccessful.
Mr. Souers' fingerprints were sent to Washington, D.C., and a description of him radioed from several Chicago stations.
As neither agency could offer any assistance the body was interred in Maple Grove cemetery after services at the Umbaugh funeral home.

Sylvester A. COLLINS, aged 75, prominent farmer of Union township for many years died at his home three and one-half miles east of Kewanna at 10:55 p.m. Wednesday night after an illness of four months due to complications.
The deceased was a life long resident of Fulton county. He was born on a farm near Kewanna on August 2, 1861. He was the owner of several gravel pits and furnished road building materials to the Fulton county highway department. He was a member of the Methodist church and Masonic lodge at Kewanna.
Survivors are the widow and three sons, Roscoe COLLINS, Churubuco; Dr. Cecil COLLINS, Warsaw and Clyde COLLINS, a farmer of near Kewanna.
The funeral services will be held from the home of the son Clyde Collins which is located one mile east of the farm home of the deceased at 2 p.m. Saturday. Rev. O. R. SIDES of Kewanna, will officiate with burial in the Kewanna Odd Fellows cemetery.

Friday, December 18, 1936

Star City, Ind., Dec. 18. -- Selecting his wife's birthday for the act, John F. BIRD, 76, ex-farmer and late garage employee, ended his life in the barn at the home of his son, Inman [BIRD], here Thursday afternoon by firing the charge of a shotgun into his heart.
The tragedy was discovered by the son when he returned to his home about 5 o'clock and found the body of his father crumpled in a chair in the building where the aged man's furniture was stored.
Dr. C. E. LINTON, Pulaski county coroner, was summoned and estimated that death had taken place approximately three hour previous.
For a number of years Mr. Bird operated a Pulaski county farm and later was a bookkeeper in a Binns garage at Winamac. His health failed a few years ago and since the death of his wife he has made his home with the son, Inman, here.
Mrs. Inman BIRD reported to the coroner that shortly before 2 o'clock she and her baby went for an automobile ride but that the aged man preferred to remain at home. She said before that hour Mr. Bird had been playing with the baby and appeared in excellent spirits.
Failing health and brooding over the death of his wife are believed to have lead to the tragedy.
Going to the barn where his furniture was in storage, Mr. Bird secured his favorite chair, placed it on the floor and seated himself within it. Indications are that he placed the loaded weapon between his knees with the muzzle of the gun against his chest and then used a small stick with which to push the trigger.
Fry and Lange of Winamac will hold funeral services for the deceased at their chapel in Winamac at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon. The Rev. J. J. MEYER, Winamac Presbyterian church will officiate and interment will be in Star City.
An inquest will be conducted by Dr. C. E. LISTON at Star City following the rites.

Mrs. Viola C. [GRUBE] CALHOUN, age 80, formerly of North Manchester, died Thursday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Wayne LITTLE at 525 Madison street. Death was due to complications.
Mrs. Calhoun came to this city three years ago and has made her residence with her daughter since that time. Before her death she had been ill two weeks.
Mrs. Calhoun was born June 20, 1856, at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Edwin C. and Lavina GRUBE. She was twice married, first to Van Hill SCOTT and later to David CALHOUN. Both preceded her in death.
She was a member of the Methodist church at North Manchester.
Survivors are three daughters, Mrs. Nora KISSINGER of Liberty Mills, Mrs. Susy MEYERS of Huntington and Mrs. Roxie LITTLE of Rochester, and 11 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted Sunday from the United Brethren church at Liberty Mills with Rev. Noah McCOY in charge. Burial will be made in Comstock cemetery, near Liberty Mills.
The body will remain at the Foster Funeral Home until Sunday noon, at which time it will be taken to Liberty Mills.

Mrs. George [Cynthia Jane SALES] MILLISER, aged 77, a life-long resident of Fulton county died at her farm home three miles west of Leiters Ford at 3 o'clock on Thursday afternoon. Death was due to complications and followed an illness of three years.
The deceased was Cynthia Jane Sales and was born near Leiters Ford. Her parents were John and Nancy SALES. She was married to George MILLISER in a ceremony which was performed at Leiters Ford. Mrs. Milliser was a member of the Sharon Methodist church.
Survivors are the husband, two sons, Jacob [MILLISER] and Stephen MILLISER who reside on farms near Leiters Ford, daughter Mrs. Alta BABCOCK, Culver, six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
The funeral services will be held from the Milliser farm home at 2 p.m. Saturday with Rev. M. W. CRIDER of Leiters Ford in charge. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery at Leiters Ford.

Saturday, December 19, 1936

Mrs. Hugh SPARKS died Wednesday night, Dec. 8, at her home in Kelowna, Canada, after an illness of two and one-half years. Interment was made in a cemetery in that place.
Mrs. Sparks was a daughter of the late Silas SMITH of Kewanna and was a sister of Mrs. Charles SHOWLEY, of Lake Bruce and Boyd SMITH of Kewanna and Henry A. SMITH of Logansport.
The deceased has resided in Canada for more than 20 years but yet has many friends in Kewanna who regreted to hear of her passing.

Friends in this city have received word from Mrs. Jessie MANDELCO that her mother, Mrs. Ann C. BROTHERS, aged 80, died at her home at Fincastle Friday evening. She had been in ill health for several months. Mrs. Brothers had visited in this city with her daughter on a number of occasions. She is survived by two daughters, a son and four grandchildren. The funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at Fincastle.

Monday, December 21, 1936

Jesse S. WENTZEL, aged 73, farmer of Union township, died at his farm home six miles northwest of Kewanna at 7 o'clock Monday morning. Death was due to complications and followed an illness of two years.
Mr. Wentzel had spent his entire lifetime on the farm where he resided. He was born on the farm February 4, 1863. In addition to his farm duties Mr. Wentzel was the agent for a farmer's fire insurance company. He was a member of the Old Reformed Church. Mrs. Wentzel died December 13, 1935.
Survivors are a son, Henry WENTZEL, Kewanna, three daughters, Mrs. Frank RICHARDSON and Mrs. Harold HUPP, South Bend, and Mrs. Paul WAGONER, Plymouth, 10 grandchildren and three step-grandchildren.
The funeral arrangements had not been completed at the time The News-Sentinel went to press.

Rev. Charles Sumner DAVISSON, aged 79, a minister of the Baptist church and who was the pastor of the Bethlehem church northeast of Rochester, died at his farm home two miles south of this city in Road 31, at 7:30 o'clock Monday morning. Death was due to pneumonia and followed an illness of one week.

The deceased was born at Reynolds, Ind., on Dec. 13, 1857, and was the son of David and Melvina DAVISSON. In a ceremony which was performed in Galveston on Jan. 1, 1881, Rev. Davisson was married to Miss Elizabeth EMRY.
Rev. Davisson was a graduate of Purdue University. He was ordained as a minister in the Miami Baptist Church Association on Dec. 28, 1890. He filled charges in the association in the following places: Galveston, Camden, Wolcott, Mexico, Chili, Miami, near Logansport and Bethlehem. During his ministry he also was in charge of the Baptist church at Victor, Colo.
On Sunday, Dec. 13, Rev. Davisson was 79 years old. He was ill a the time but wanted to fill the pulpit of the Bethlemen church on that occasion because it marked his birthday. That Sunday afternoon he had to take his bed. His temperature at the time was 102 degrees.
Rev. Davisson has been a resident of this community since 1918, at which time he moved here from Kokomo. In addition to his membership in the Baptist church the deceased was an active member of the Rochester Masonic lodge.
Survivors are the widow, son Owen DAVISSON, South Bend, daughter Mrs. Elsie WHITTAKER, Detroit, Mich., two grandchildren, Mrs. Dean STINSON, of this city and Miss Patricia DAVISSON, Indianapolis, two great-grandchildren, Dean [STINSON] and Barbara STINSON of this city, two brothers, A. C. DAVISSON, who resides on a farm near Athens and Prof. Schuyler C. DAVISSON, Bloomington, who is a dean of the mathematics department at Indiana University and a sister, Mrs. Lora D. GREESON Salt Lake City, Utah.
The funeral arrangements were not completed at the time The News-Sentinel went to press.

Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Foster Funeral Home for George William DUDGEON, aged 75, who died at the home of his daughter Mrs. Reuben CARR in Ohio street at 1:15 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Death was due to complications and followed an illness of one week.
The services were in charge of Rev. L. E. SMITH, pastor of the First Evangelical Church. Burial was made in the Rochester Odd Fellows Cemetery.
The deceased was born on a farm in Richland township on October 12, 1861. His parents were Harrison and Margaret WEIR DUDGEON. He had resided in Fulton county all of his life. For many years Mr. Dudgeon had been practically blind. He was a retired farmer.
In a ceremony which was performed in this city on April 12, 1890 the deceased was married to the late Harriett ZINK. Mr. Dudgeon was a member of the Methodist church.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. CARR and Mrs. Harvey MILLER, Plymouth, and a number of grandchildren. A son, Aubra [DUDGEON], preceded his father in death.

Edward (Dora) COLLINS, aged 71, farmer residing one mile north of Fulton on State Road 31 [sic], passed away Sunday evening at 4:30 o'clock. Death was attributed to a complication of diseases. Mr. Collins had been bedfast the greater portion of the time since last July. The deceased had a wide acquaintance of friends throughout both Fulton and Cass counties.
Edward, son of William and Liza COLLINS was born on a farm west of Rochester on March 17th, 1865. On March 17th, 1889 he was united in marriage to Ella BARKER. Mr. Collins followed the occupation of farming until ill health forced his retirement. The deceased was a member of the Fulton United Brethren church.
The survivors are the widow, three daughters, Mrs. Goldie MATHIAS, Mrs. Donna REESE, both of near Rochester; Mrs. Sylvia JEWEL, of near Fulton; a son, Orville [COLLINS], of Fulton; 14 grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Andrew OLIVER and Mrs. Candus DITMIRE, of Fulton, and two brothers, Robert COLLINS, of Peru and Newton COLLINS, of Fulton.
Funeral services will be held at the Fulton United Brethren church, Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock, with the Rev. J. W. LAKE officiating. The place of interment had not been decided upon as this issue of The News-Sentinel went to press.

Tuesday, December 22, 1936

The last rites for the late Rev. Charles S. DAVISSON, pastor of the Bethlehem Baptist Church northeast of the City will be held from the home two miles south of the city in Road 31 at 10:30 o'clock Wednesday morning.
Rev. B. G. FIELD, pastor of the First Baptist Church of this city will officiate. Burial will be made in the Davisson family lot in the cemetery at Galveston.
The Masonic lodge of Rochester will be in charge of the services in the Davisson home. Rev. Davisson had the honor of being the oldest active Baptist minister in the Logansport Association. At his death Rev. Davisson was 79 years of age.

Mrs. Lewis [Cora E. STUTSON] FOOR, aged 69, died at her home in Mentone Monday night at 8:15 o'clock after a long illness due to comlications.
The deceased was born in Fulton county and lived near Macy for a number of years. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. James STUTSON. Mrs. Foor was married in 1887.
Survivors are a son Ben FOOR of Plymouth and a sister who resides in this city.
The funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday from the home in Mentone. Burial will be made in the cemetery at Macy.

Funeral services for the late Jesse WENTZEL, who died at his farm home six miles northwest of Kewanna Monday morning will be held from the home at 10:30 o'clock Wednesday morning. Rev. Ralph D. WHEADON of Logansport will officiate. Burial will be made in the cemetery adjacent to the Reformed Church at Bruce Lake.

The oft expressed wish of Marcus H. WRIGHT, aged 39, staff sargeant in the United States Army, that he be buried in a National cemetery was respected by his family. His body was interred in the National cemetery, at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., on Tuesday, Dec. 15.
The same flag which was used when his father, the late Jacob WRIGHT, Civil War veteran of this city, was buried, was draped over his son's casket as it was carried to its final resting place by six enlisted men. Full military honors were accorded at the graveside.
Mr. Wright , who was a former resident of this city, died in the Walter Reed Veterans' Hospital on Thursday, Dec. 11. He had been in ill health for several years due to complications and confined in the hospital for six months.
Mr. Wright enlisted on April 13, 1917, and served until June 17, 1919, when he was honorably discharged. He served in the aviation corps during the World War but did not get to go overseas.
The deceased after a lapse of four years re-enlisted in the army on Nov. 25, 1923, and continued in the service until the time of his death.
Mr. Wright at the time of his death was a staff sargeant and had taken the examination for a warrant officer. He was a captain in the Organized reserves of the United States Army.
Survivors are the widow, formerly Exalee Bertha ADAMSON of Belleville, Ill, daughter, four brothers and one half-sister, Mrs. Nondas MOHLER, of this city.

Sylvester S. COLLINS, son of Ethan W. and Lucinda HALL COLLINS was born Aug. 1, 1861 at Kewanna, Ind., and departed this life Dec. 18, 1936, on the same farm of his birth. Aged 75 years, 4 months, and 15 days.
He lived his entire life in this community, and followed his occupation of farming.
He was united in marriage to Mary Luella BARGER Dec. 22, 1887. To this union five children were born, Clyde S. [COLLINS], of Kewanna, Ind.; Roscoe C. [COLLINS] of Churubusco, Ind.; Dr. Cecil R. [COLLINS] of Warsaw, Ind; Ethan W. [COLLINS] and Charles A. [COLLINS], both of whom died in infancy. He united with the Methodist Church, in the year of Rev. MAXWELL's pastorship.
He is survived by his widow, Mary Luella [COLLINS], of Kewanna, three sons, and sister, Drademma HOGAN of Kewanna, one foster daughter, Bessie PERSONETT CLOUD of Rochester, Ind.; two half-brothers Charles W. [COLLINS] of Kewanna, Ind.; Frank E. [COLLINS] of San Diego, California; seven grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and other relatives and friends to mourn his departure.

Wednesday, December 23, 1936

Betty Jean [WOOD], 12 year old daughter of Russel and Mable BECKER WOOD died in the Epworth Hospital in South Bend at 4 o'clock Sunday morning. Death was due to spinal meningitis. She took ill on Thursday and was removed to the hospital early Friday afternoon.
Betty Jean was a sixth grade pupil of the Center School south of South Bend.
Survivors are the parents, one sister Helen [WOOD] at home, and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles WOOD and Mr. and Mrs. Henry BECKER southeast of Rochester.
The body was interred in the South Lawn cemetery Monday morning at 10 o'clock. The Rev. SCHRODER officiated at the graveside.
Mr. and Mrs. Wood are former residents of this community, moving to South Bend 13 years ago.

James WARREN, 85, passed away Monday evening, 9:45 o'clock at the home of his son Harley Warren, 113 Pennsylvania Ave., South Bend, Ind. Death was attributed to heart trouble. He had been in a serious condition for the past few days.
Mr. Warren was born on a farm near Burket, Ind., Kosciusko county, on November 19th, 1851. In December of the year 1872 he was united in marriage to Malinda Jane EMMONS, who preceded him in death several years ago. The deceased had been a resident of South Bend for the past ten years moving there from Warsaw, Ind.
Seven children survive, Winnifred WARREN, of Talma; Jess WARREN and Mrs. Richard RAILSBACK, both of Argos; Mrs. Fannie CLARK, of Burket, Harley WARREN, of South Bend; Mrs. Bertha SENOR and Mrs. Lilly Dell COMPTON, all of South Bend.

Monday, December 28, 1936

Jacob VOREIS, aged 66, farmer residing three miles west of Argos, on State Road 10, succumbed at 11:30 o'clock Saturday morning from a complication of diseases. He had been in ill health for the past four months. Mr. Voreis had a wide acquaintance of friends throughout both Marshall and Fulton counties.
Jacob, son of Mr. and Mrs. William VOREIS was born on a farm in Green township, Marshall county on November 26th, 1870. When still a young man he was united in wedlock to Stella CASTLEMAN, who preceded him in death. In later years he was married to Della ELLINGER, who survives. He followed the occupation of farming and also served as trustee of Green township for a term of four years. The deceased was a member of the Argos Methodist church.
The survivors are the widow, a daughter, Miss Evaline [VOREIS], at home, five sons, Dale [VOREIS] and Guy [VOREIS] of Argos, Orville [VOREIS] and Donald [VOREIS], at home, James [VOREIS] of Chicago, and two brothers James [VOREIS] and Edwin VOREIS, of Argos.
Funeral services in charge of Rev. Albert VERMILLIAN, will be held at the Methodist church in Argos, on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The burial will be made in the Poplar Grove cemetery west of Argos.

Earl HETZNER, of the Burton neighborhood and George HETZNER of Chicago, returned to their respective homes this week end after attending the funeral of Frank HETZNER, 75, which was held in his home in Radnor, Ohio, last Thursday.
The deceased, who had been a resident of the Burton community for a long number of years passed away Monday evening December 21st, following a stroke of apoplexy. Mr. Hetzner was born on a farm near Peru, Ind., on May 21st, 1881 and when a young lad settled on a farm in the northwest section of Fulton county with his parents. Upon reaching manhood he was united in marriage to Maggie KLAHN, the ceremony being pronounced at Crestline, Ohio. For a number of years he followed the carpenter trade and assisted in the erection of several of the first world's fair buildings in Chicago. He removed from Burton to Radnor, Ohio approximately 25 years ago, relatives have stated.
The survivors are his widow, three sons, Carl [HETZNER] and Paul [HETZNER], of Radnor, Ohio; Arthur [HETZNER], who resides in Tennessee; two daughters, Alice [HETZNER] and Mildred HETZNER, of Indianapolis; three brothers, George HETZNER, Ben HETZNER, and Albert HETZNER, all of Chicago; a sister, Mrs. Clara BRESIEN, of Lansing, Mich. Earl Hetzner, of Burton, is a nephew of the deceased.
Mr. Hetzner was buried in the Radnor, Ohio, cemetery.

Miss Violet KAMP, 21, formerly of Akron, passed away at the Methodist hospital, Indianapolis, early today. Death resulted from a throat infection after an illness of two weeks' duration. Miss Kamp [was] a graduate from the Akron H. S. in the class of 1933. While attending school in that city, she made her home with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Clem HAMMOND.
Violet, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy KAMP was born in Henry township in the year of 1915. When but four years of age her mother preceded her in death and she was reared by Mrs. Ethel BARRETT, of Indianapolis and her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Hammond, of Akron. Following graduation from the Akron schools, Miss Kamp attended one year at the Urbana, Ohio college. At the time of her demise she was employed as a nursemaid by Mr. and Mrs. G. WAINSCOTT, Capitol Avenue, Indianapolis. The young lady was a member of the New Church, of Urbana, Ohio.
Survivors are her father, Leroy KAMP, who resides in Kansas, two brothers, Merle KAMP, of Piper City, Ill, and a brother who resides with his father in Kansas, and her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Clem Hammond, of Akron, Ind.
Funeral services will be held at the Akron Methodist Church, Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. Rev. J. F. STEPHENSON will officiate. Interment was made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery, west of Akron.

Tuesday, December 29, 1936

Mrs. Retta QUICK BAKER, aged 71 years, a life-long resident of this community, passed away at her farm home, two miles northeast of this city on the Ft. Wayne road at 10:15 o'clock Monday morning. Death was attributed to complications following an illness of several weeks duration. Her condition, however, had not been regarded as extremely critical until the past week.
Mrs. Baker, who was the daughter of Cyrus and Emily E. QUICK, was born at Columbia City, Ind., on July 14, 1865. On Nov. 3, 1887, she was united in marriage to William BAKER, the ceremony being pronounced at Rochester, Ind.
Surviving with the husband are one son, Alvah BAKER, of Iowa; a grandson, Dean BAKER, of South Bend, and a brother, O. M. QUICK, of near Fulton, Indiana.
Funeral services will be held at the Macy Christian church, Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. Rev. Harvey SCHONDELMEYER will officiate. Burial will be made in the Plainview cemetery west of Macy.

Thursday, December 31, 1936

Critically ill since Saturday night when he suffered a stroke of paralysis, Court L. MINER, 88-year-old building supply salesman, died at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday night at his home in Lucerne where he had lived for 56 years.
Surviving are his wife, Maggie E. [MINER]; four sons, Russel [MINER] of Cambridge City, Ind.; Roscoe [MINER], of Richmond, Ind.; Chester A. [MINER], of Logansport; and Charles G. [MINER], of Kokomo, Ind.; a daughter, Mrs. Doris M. HANSTRA of Bourbon, Ind., and 11 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Friday morning at 10 o'clock at the Lucerne Presbyterian church under the auspices of the Royal Center Masonic lodge with Rev. John C. HANSTRA of Rossville officiating, assisted by the pastor, Rev. William JACOBY. Burial will be made in Zion cemetery, east of Lucerne.
The deceased was born at Newton, Ohio, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John MINER and came to Lucerne with his parents when he was two years old.