
Wednesday morning at 6' o'clock Mrs Sophronia Draim wife of Henry Draim, Jr., who lives at the corner of third and Hickman, died of the immediate effects of dropsy. She was gently placed in her coffin, and the time of the funeral fixed at 10 o'clock Thursday
The funeral however was postponed, because there seemed to be no evidence that she was dead but merely in a trance. She was examined by Dr. Beaver, who attended on her, and no symptoms of moisture could be determined on glass held at her mouth and nose. The flesh of her arm baked under a hot iron like dead flesh, instead of blistering like live flesh, but yet her joints were quite flexible, her nostrils refused to remain closed and her fingers and neck were not purple as in real death.
Late Thursday evening Dr. Beaver examined the body again and pronounced her dead. Her general appearance in the coffin was that of one dead.
She was advanced in gestation, and this may have caused her relaxed condition. She was thought to have and internal cancerous trouble which was supposed to have been caused by a pin she swallowed when young.
Ten minutes before she died she called for her husband but, she was unable to speak to him. She was conscious up to within a few minutes of her death. It is said that some internal eruption occurred before she died, and oozed slightly from her mouth and nose.
All things considered, it cannot be said that she passed into a trance. Sophronia died Nov 6, 1889
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Obituary of Mildred E.
Hansen Hammerlund Peoria Journal Star,
May 21, 1993, Page: C10
Mildred Hammerlund
Mildred E. Hammerlund, 74, of 8327 N.
Knoxville died at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 20, 1993, at her home.
Born July 27, 1918, in Knox, Ind., to Frans
Christian and Pearl May Davis Hansen, she married Charles "Buzz"
Hammerlund on Feb. 3, 1940, in Knox. He died Oct. 30, 1972, in Knox. One brother
also preceded her in death.
Surviving are one son, Charles Gilbert
"Gil" of James Island, S. C.; two daughters, Mrs. Roger (Patricia Ann)
Toland of Peoria and Mrs. David (Beverly Jean) Hewlett of Tallahassee, Fla.; one
brother, Floyd Hansen of Florenceville, Texas; two sisters, Mrs. George (Anna)
Folkers, Clara Barr and Lois Varro, all of Knox; and nine grandchildren.
She worked for several loan companies
in Kokomo, Ind., and then worked at Pat and Bev's Sweet Shop in Lake of the
Woods in Dunlap and Chillicothe. She was a clerk in the accounts payable
department at Bergner's department store, retiring in 1981. She was a member of
Grace Presbyterian Church, where she served on the wedding and funeral
committees and helped in the studio with Grace Television. She also was a member
of the FTF Sunday school and Chapel Bible classes.
Services will be at 6 p.m. Saturday at
her church. The Rev. David H. Forbes will officiate. Visitation will be two
hours before services at the church.
Additional services will be at 1 p.m. Monday
at Round Lake Church in Knox. The Rev. Don Franklin will officiate. Burial will
be in Round Lake Cemetery. Arrangements are by Wilton Mortuary in Peoria.
Memorials may be made to Methodist
Medical Center Foundation Hospice Program, 221 NE Glen Oak Ave., Peoria, Ill.
61636.
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Vincennes
Sun-Commercial (IN) - July 18, 2005
Deceased Name: Kenneth M. Waggoner II: Vincennes man dies in Saturday accident
Staff report
A Vincennes man was killed Saturday in a two-vehicle accident on U.S. 41 just
north of the Ind. 61 overpass in the construction site zone, according to a Knox
County Sheriff's Department release.
Shortly before 3 a.m. Saturday Kenneth M. Waggoner II, 29, 17 Benjamin Lane, was
driving a white car southbound on U.S. 41 when he lost control, crossed the
center line and struck a pickup truck traveling northbound in the opposite lane,
according to the Knox County Sheriff's Dept.
Jonathon Moore, 25, Vincennes, was a passenger in the car and was taken along
with Waggoner first to Good Samaritan Hospital and then to Deaconess Hospital in
Evansville due to critical injuries.
Waggoner was pronounced dead at 7:58 a.m. by the Vanderburgh County coroner.
Moore's status is not currently known
Luke Anderson, Oaktown, the driver of the pickup, was treated at the scene for
injuries and released.
The accident is still under investigation and further details will be released
at a later time, according to a release.
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WASHINGTON - Earl Edward (Curly) Seals, 76, 413 W. New Albany Street, Vincennes,
died at 3:10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 23, 2002, at his home.
Born Sept. 3, 1926, in Knox County, he was the son of Noah Edward and Artie
Seals.
He married Darlene Kay Kortea on Feb. 16, 1996.
He attended Lincoln High School and was employed at Steeple Jack. He was a
member of Jesus Name Apostolic Church in Bicknell and served in the United
States Army during World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Darlene Kay Seals; a daughter, Carla Ann Boyd,
Allendale; a son, David Edward Seals, Vincennes; step-children, Terrance Allen,
Washington; Kay Godfrey, Washington; and Debbie Perkins, Washington; Dennis
Perkins, Washington; and Lisa Fields, Washington; four sisters, Edna Seals,
Vincennes; Harriet Pittman, Indianapolis; Sarah O'Connor, Vincennes; and Jean
Neighbors, Vincennes; and one brother, Noah Seals, Vincennes.
The funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Ed Lee Mortuary by Rev.
Donald Chambers and burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Ed Lee Mortuary.
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Vincennes residents Leroy Bud
Reitmeyer and Marlena Stein along with Stein's two oldest grandchildren were
killed Sunday night in a plane crash near near Albany, Ga.
According to Georgia State Police, Reitmeyer's single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza
went down in the Worth County countryside, northeast of Albany in rural
southwest Georgia, about 4:30 p.m. EDT. The wreckage was strewn across a
five-mile area.
The plane was heading back from Florida and was scheduled to land at the
Lawrenceville-Vincennes Airport.
Stein is a well-known nurse practitioner who ran the Community Family Health
Center on N. Seventh St. The grandchildren were both in their mid to late teens.
Though their names had not yet been released, the two were the children of
Stein's son, Toby Church, and lived in Indianapolis.
A number of "good-size thunderstorms" rolled across the southern part
of the state, south of Macon, Sunday afternoon and evening, said Sgt. Greg
Mercier, with the Georgia State Patrol's aviation division. The crash was still
being investigated by state police and the National Transportation Safety Board.
The bodies were taken to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab in
Moultrie, Ga.
According to a report from the Associated Press, Reitmeyer radioed a
Jacksonville, Fla. airport and said he was having problems. That was the last
anyone heard from the plane before it went down.
Mid-American Air Center manager Kurtis Schwartz was notified of the tragedy at
10:45 p.m. (CT) Sunday, and was told the plane crashed somewhere in rural
Georgia.
"The state police called and told me the plane belonging to Bud Reitmeyer
had gone down and all four passengers were lost," said Schwartz of the man
who served on the board governing the Mid-American Air Center since 1972.
"Bud was dedicated to aviation and he brought his engineering skills and
expertise in developing plans at the airport and he will be sadly missed."
Owner of CLR Construction, Reitmeyer was also an accomplished pilot, and
dedicated to aviation, said Rabb Emison, former city attorney for Vincennes.
"Bud's was a case of a man who learned his business and succeeded in
it," Emison said. "His long service on the board shows his dedication
to public service, and his nature was careful. He wouldn't have been hot-dogging
in the air."
Reitmeyer served the longest on the board of the Bi-State Authority longer than
any other, said chairman Frank Buttermore. "He was loaded with what they
call common sense, and when we had problems, he came up with an answer,"
Buttermore said. "The crash had to be a failure on the aircraft because if
there had been anyway for him to overcome it he would have done it. He was
considered a pretty safe pilot."
Engaged to Reitmeyer, Stein was also known for her dedication to the community
and her patients.
"She was very dedicated and we went to nurses training together," said
Cheryl Buss, a fellow nurse practitioner. "She definitely loved what she
does, and she took a lot of patients who had no insurance or money to pay."
Funeral arrangements for all four are being handled by Goodwin Funeral Home,
Sixth and Broadway streets in Vincennes.
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Beulah Louise Carson, 69,
Vincennes, died at 1:36 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 13, 2002, at Good Samaritan Hospital
Extended Care.
Born Jan. 2, 1933, in Decker, she was the daughter of James Otis and Evelyn
Florence (Greemore) Durham.
She attended the No. 2 School that was near Vincennes. She had been employed by
Good Samaritan Hospital for 17 years before she retired in 1989. She then worked
at the White Kitchen Restaurant for one year, then owned and operated her own
restaurant in Freelandville for one year. Then she and her husband moved to Vero
Beach, Fla., for retirement.
Survivors include her husband, Roy Thomas Carson, whom she married April 8,
1973; three sons, Robert Phillips of Bicknell, Gerald Lee Phillips and David
Phillips, both of Vero Beach; three daughters, Sharon Carson of Bicknell, Sandra
Devine and Shari Broderhausen, both of Vincennes; Two stepsons, Harry Wagoner
and Ricky Engle, both of Bicknell; two stepdaughters, Lori Frye of Vincennes and
Lisa Engle of Terre Haute; two sisters, Charotte Thornhill of Muncie, Catherine
Buatman of Manilla, Ark.; three brothers, Paul Edward Durham, Cecial Leon
Durham, and Johnny Durham Hall; 25 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.
Two sisters and six brothers are deceased.
The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at Gardner-Brockman Funeral Home,
with burial in Fairview Cemetery.
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Bill G. Moore, 58, Robinson,
died at 7:43 p.m. Thursday at Crawford Memorial Hospital, after the van he was
driving collided head-on with a pickup truck on Ill. 33 about a mile west of
Robinson.
According to Illinois State Police, the accident occurred at 3:20 p.m. as
Moore's van was eastbound on Ill. 33. A pickup truck driven by Warren J. Snow,
49, Oblong, was westbound on Ill. 33. Moore's van crossed the center line and
struck Snow's pickup truck head-on in the westbound lane.
Both Moore and Snow were taken to Crawford Memorial Hospital for treatment,
where Snow remained today.
Police said Moore was not wearing a seat belt. Snow was wearing his.
Police continue to investigate the accident.
Born in Vincennes, Moore returned to Knox County after his discharge from the
U.S. Army, where he was a military policeman stationed in Germany. He worked as
a Vincennes Police officer, later moving to Crawford County, Ill., where he was
an officer with the Robinson Police Department and a deputy for the Crawford
County Sheriff's Department. He had last worked in the powder room at Fair-Rite
Corp., before becoming disabled and retiring.
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The search for a missing
Vincennes woman ended Tuesday when her body was recovered in flood water near
North Fork Creek, a rural area where her submerged car was found earlier in the
day. The suspected cause of death is drowning.
The body of Lois C. Green, 64, 501 Hart St., was recovered by Jasper County
rescue workers at 1:15 p.m. Tuesday, according to Sheriff Ed Francis.
Authorities had to search on foot in waist-high water after a search by
helicopter failed.
Green's vehicle was apparently swept off the road by flooded creek water. Her
car was spotted around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, submerged in water near Jasper County
Road 2000 N, near the Jasper/Crawford county line. It was unoccupied when
searched by authorities from Crawford and Jasper counties.
Green was reported missing by her son, Andrew Green, around 6:30 p.m. Monday,
according to the Vincennes Police Department. She was on her way to Casey, Ill.
and was suspected missing when she did not arrive.
Authorities say Green was employed as a courier for Union Planters Bank and
delivered paperwork for payrolls to businesses in Vincennes, Robinson and Casey.
She was on her way to Casey from Robinson when she was overtaken by the water,
according to Crawford County police.
It is unknown why Green was traveling on county roads.
She was pronounced dead Tuesday by Jasper County Coroner Jason Myers. An autopsy
was scheduled today in Evansville.
The search for Green was conducted throughout the day by the Jasper County
Sheriff's Department, Jasper County Emergency Services Disaster Assistance, Yale
Fire Department, Prairie Licking Fire Department, Crawford County Rescue,
Crawford County Sheriff's Department, the Air Evac Helicopter and volunteers.
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A Vincennes man died Tuesday after
suffering a heart attack while changing the oil on his car.
Vincennes firefighters and Emergency Medical Service personnel responded to an
emergency medical call at 10:27 a.m. Tuesday, at the home of Raymond Paul
Cummins, 64, 1422 Prairie St.
Cummins wife, Billie, called the fire department when she noticed Cummins, who
was changing the oil on the couple's car, was not moving or responding, said
Fire Chief Mike Siewers. EMS technicians found Cummins had suffered from a heart
attack while under the vehicle. They unsuccessfully administered CPR, Siewers
said.
Authorities initially feared the car had fallen on Cummins but found the vehicle
still elevated by a jack when they arrived on the scene.
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Funeral services for Ida
"Billie" Weichert were held Monday at American Lutheran Church in
Melvin, Iowa. Weichert died on Oct. 11, 2002.
Born on July 25, 1921 in Vincennes, she was the daughter of Alois W. Sanneman
and Bessie Sanneman.
She was a member of the American Lutheran Church and the American Legion
Auxiliary.
Survivors include two daughters, Linda Sue Gonnerman of Liberty, Mo., and
Patricia Joan Rubio of San Antonio, Texas; one son, Thomas E. Weichert of
Melvin, Iowa; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
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Annie Ledbetter, 85, Vincennes, died at 7 p.m. Sunday, July 10, 2005, at Bridge Pointe Health Campus in Vincennes
Born in Blountstown, Fla., July 1,
1920, to John and Betty Johnson, Annie graduated from Blountstown High School in
1937 and moved to Panama City where she attended business college and worked as
a bookkeeper for several years. She married Oral Ledbetter, her husband of 50
years, in Muskegon, Mich., on March 16, 1946. They managed movie theaters in
Michigan and Illinois until 1948, when they moved to Monon. Here, they owned and
managed the local Monon theatre. While in Monon, Annie was an active member of
First Baptist Church and sang in the church choir. She was a volunteer in the
county mental health association and served on local election boards. They moved
to Tallahassee, Fla., in 1974, where Annie was active in The Bradfordville
Baptist Church.
In 1985, she and her husband moved to Vincennes where Annie became an active
member of Ridgecrest Baptist Church. She loved nature and the outdoors and spoke
often of "God's beauty being all around us." She was of an extremely
devout faith and was very proud of her Southern heritage. She enjoyed singing,
playing piano, cooking, gardening, and homemaking. She loved her family
unconditionally as a wife, mother and grandmother. She will be remembered for
the strong values that she lived by and the love that she gave to all.
Annie's husband, Oral, preceded her in death on Oct. 25, 1996. Her brothers and
sisters have all preceded her in death.
Annie is survived by her son, Scott Ledbetter of Vincennes; her daughter-in-law,
Mary Ledbetter of Vincennes; and granddaughters, Lisa Ledbetter of Vincennes and
Julia Dodson of Melbourne, Fla.
The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Christian Home Freewill Baptist Church
in Blountstown. Burial will follow in the Nettle Ridge Cemetery in Blountstown.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Goodwin Family Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions may be made to: Christian Home Freewill Baptist Church,
19244 SE Fla. 69, Blountstown, FL 32424, Ridgecrest Baptist Church in Vincennes
or the John James Audubon Society Dept. W, 700 Broadway, New York, NY 10003.
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ROSALEETA 'KATIE' MURPHY
Rosaleeta "Katie" Murphy, 53, 918 Oak St., died at 5:08 p.m. Saturday,
July 9, 2005, at Good Samaritan Hospital.
Born Jan. 3, 1952, in Knox County, she was the daughter of Stella Jenivee
(Willis) and Charles Norman Catt.
Katie was a member of St. John Lutheran Church. She loved spending time with her
grandchildren and her children. She also enjoyed sewing and playing Yahtzee.
Survivors include her husband, Ronald Murphy Sr. of Vincennes, whom she married
Oct. 26, 1968; three daughters and their spouses, Stephanie Barekman and her
husband, Charlie of Vincennes, Tracy McGavic and her fiancee, Bill Kays of
Vincennes, and Laurie and Nick Durham of Vincennes; two sons, Ronald Murphy Jr.
and his wife, Crystal of Lawrenceville, Ill., and Donald Murphy of Vincennes;
five brothers, Delbert William Catt of Vincennes, Chuck Catt of Vincennes, Jeff
Catt of Washington, Wayne Catt of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Bruce Catt of
Brazil; five sisters, May Thompson of Vincennes, Priscilla Wissel of Monroe
City, Vickie Ellerman of Vincennes, Teresa Arthur of Washington and Betty Lucas
of Emmit, Idaho; and 10 grandchildren, Kyle, Curt and Charles Barekman, Tiffany
Danielle McGavic, Tyler James and Tanner Keith McGavic, Garrett, Hannah and Evan
Murphy and Levi Durham.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
The funeral will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. John Lutheran Church
by the Rev. Ron Maxwell. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Goodwin Family Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to St. John Lutheran Church.
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Thomas Wayne Cooper, 79, 5349 N.
Old U.S. 41, Vincennes, died at 3:05 p.m. Tuesday, July 31, 2007, at Good
Samaritan Hospital.
He was born June 21, 1928, in Vincennes, the son of Thomas and Marie (Allen)
Cooper.
Tom retired in 1991 from Vincennes Welding where he was part owner with his
brothers. He graduated from Lincoln High School. Tom loved the outdoors. He
enjoyed watching the birds and other wildlife. He took pride in keeping the home
place neat and spotless. He was happiest when he was on his John Deere mowers.
He did a lot of wood working. Through the years he enjoyed fishing trips with
his brothers and friends. He had a special place in his heart for his
grandchildren. He was a loving husband and father.
Tom was a member of First Baptist Church, Vincennes Masonic Lodge, Harmony
Society, American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was a veteran of the
United States Navy where he served in the Korean War.
Survivors include his wife Dorothy "Dottie" (Davis) Cooper of
Vincennes, whom he married May 2, 1952; daughters, Kim Dognaux and her husband,
Jeff, of Indianapolis, Karen Goodman and her husband, Mark, of Vincennes, and
Kathy Southwood and her husband, Rob, of Vincennes; grandsons, Ryan Dognaux and
Seth Dognaux; granddaughters, Lauren Goodman, Chloe Goodman, Shelby Goodman,
Hannah Southwood and Heidi Southwood; sisters, LuElla Black of Monroe City,
Idella Pipher and her husband, Ralph, of Vincennes, Nancy Schaeffer of
Vincennes, Helen Twitty of Roswell, Ga., Kitty Keller and her husband, John, of
Vincennes and Ginger Wollerman of Vincennes; and brothers, Robert Cooper and his
wife, Ethel, of Vincennes and Larry Cooper and his wife, Ann, of Vincennes.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Thomas and Marie (Allen) Cooper; and a
grandson, Collin Raymond Goodman.
The funeral will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Goodwin Funeral Home, 524
Broadway St., with the Revs. Mike Julian and Scott Rasico officiating. Burial
will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Rosemary (Malone) Miley, 77,
Vincennes, passed away at 8 p.m. Friday, May 12, 2006, at her residence.
She was born Oct. 30, 1928, to Roscoe and Ethel (Moore) Malone in Wabash County,
Ill.
Rosemary was a homemaker and a member of the First Nazarene Church in Vincennes.
She enjoyed crosstitch and reading.
She was a wonderful mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother and loved to be
around her family.
Survivors include her husband, John K. Miley of Vincennes; four sons, Charles
Pemberton and his friend Evelyn Burch of Ferndale, Wash., Jerry Pemberton and
his wife Marylin of Bicknell, Richard Pemberton and his friend Cheryl of Pueblo,
Texas, Darrell Pemberton and his wife Ten of Vincennes; a niece, Lilly Brookhart,
whom Rosemary considered a sister, of Lawrenceville, Ill.; eight grandchildren;
11 great-grandchildren; one step daughter, Virginia Kassinger of Vincennes; and
one step son, Dale Miley and his wife Norma of Vincennes.
Rosemary was preceded in death by her first husband, Charles Pemberton; her
parents; two sisters; and five brothers.
Funeral service is at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Goodwin Funeral Home, 524 Broadway
St. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday. Burial is at the St.
Francisville Cemetery in St. Francisville, Ill.
Memorials may be made to the Good Samaritan Hospice.
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DONNA SUE YOUNG
Donna Sue Young, 69, passed away at 4:35 p.m. Thursday, May 11, 2006, at Good
Samaritan Hospital.
She was born Feb. 28, 1937, to Herman and Beaulah (Hawkins) Smith in Vincennes.
Donna worked for Sodexho Services at Vincennes University for 26 years. She was
a member of the Free Methodist Church and it's Apostles Sunday School class. She
loved her church and her family.
Survivors include three daughters, Cindi (Steffey) Gilmore and her husband
Clayton on Monroe City; Terri Steffey Avra and her husband Mark of Vincennes,
Gena Steffey Little and her husband Mark of Vincennes; two sisters, June
Wheatley of Princeton and Shirley Ryan of Vincennes; one brother, Herman Dale
Smith of Vincennes; eight grandchildren, Mischelle Adams, Jennifer Kennedy, Amy
Avra, Zachary Gilmore and his wife Jennifer, Ian Gilmore, Andrew Anson, Tessa
Little, and Brayden Little; and three great-grandchildren, Joseph Frey, McKenzie
and Kylee Adams
Donna was preceded in death by one brother, Billy Smith; one sister, Barbara
Pyle; and her parents.
Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Goodwin Funeral Home, 524
Broadway. Visitation is from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday. Burial will be at Memorial Park
Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the Apostles Sunday School class.
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TEITELBAUM, SARAH
Sarah Teitelbaum, age 32y, 8m, 15d, wife of Samuel Tietelbaum died on April 2 of heart disease. The family came here last October from Vincennes, Ind. Burial was in the Jewish Cemetery. (Garden City Irrigator, April 17, 1884) Submitted by Peggy Thompson
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Miss Ethel Grace Melton Dies at Home Here After Illness
Death came to Miss Ethel Grace Melton, 54, one of Modesto's most widely known school teachers, at 5:30 a. m. Sunday after an Illness of six weeks. Unconscious for four days, she succumbed to cirrhosis of the liver at her home, 102 Sycamore avenue. Her death followed a general breakdown, precipitated, it is believed, by her many activities during her life 'here. Several days ago U became apparent that she would not live and she was surrounded by close relatives when she died. Long In Modesto Miss Melton had lived in Modesto fourteen years, during which time she was head of the English department at Modesto high school and Modesto College. She had been connected with the college since its organization several years ago. In addition to her classroom activities, she had conducted lecture classes and had taken post graduate work at the University of California during her vacation periods for the past five years. Organizer of Club A Shakespeare scholar, she organized the Shakespeare club of Modesto and was its past president. She also was an active worker In the University Women's club and the Major Hugh Moss chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Born at Bruceville, Indiana, on October 8, 1873, Miss Melton was graduated from Ottawa University, Kansas, and was principal of the grammar school of that city before coming to Modesto. Surviving her arc: Mrs. Martha X Mellon, her mother, Riverside, Calif.; C. W. Melton, Redlands, and A. E. Melton Oxnard, brothers: Mrs. Jane Mellon, Laramie, Wyoming; Mrs. Leslie A. Ferris, Riverside; Mrs. H. U. Foote, Helena, Montana, sisters, and Miss Emma Grace Melton, a niece, with whom she- had lived here. Funeral Wednesday Funeral services will he held Wednesday at 2:30 from the Presbyterian church, of which Miss Melton was a member. Rev. Marcus McCIure will conduct the services. Interment will be In the Modesto cemetery. The body is at the George Sovern funeral home.Modesto News-Herald Oct 18, 1927
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Walter C. Barr Rites Saturday Starting At 2 Heart Attack Costs Life Of Local Business Man Final services for Walter C. Barr, 77, of 110 Roselawn Drive, will be at two o'clock Saturday at the McCloskey-Hamilton funeral home. The Reverend Kenneth Brady will officiate and burial will be in Mt. Hope cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home and ritualistic services by the Elks will be there tonight at 7:30. The president of the Logansport Paint and Wallpaper Company died of a heart ailment at 12:35 a.m. Thursday at Memorial hospital. Stricken Wednesday at his" home, he had been admitted to the hospital then. A resident of this city since 1932, he established his business at 311 Fourth street, moving, in 1945 to 322 E. Broadway. Before coming here he was cashier for five years at a Jasonville bank and was an accountant for several coal mining companies in Jasonville. He was a member of the Ninth Street Christian church, Tipton Lodge No. 33, F. and A.M., the Scottish Rite, Indianapolis; the Elks lodge. An honorary member of the Rotary club he was president of it in 1935. Born in Bruceville, Indiana, Sept. 23, 1880, he was the son of William V. and Rebecca Willis Barr. Survivors are his wife, Nellie M.; two sons and two daughters: Robert, route 5, associated in the business with him; Winston H., Hollywood, Florida; Mrs. Paul Morton, 3034 Crescent Drive; Mrs. George Shaver, Peru, 111.; 12 grandchildren. Two sisters also survive: Mrs. Loren Ragsdale of Braden, Florida and Mrs. Milton Dugger of Bicknell. He was preceded in death by one brother and one sister. Logansport Press Jan 24, 1958
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Richard Arnett BAYOU VISTA — Richard "Dick" Arnett, 58, of Bayou Vista, Texas died Tuesday, September 29,1992 at St. Luke's Hospital in Houston, Texas. Service will be 2:00 p.m. Friday at the Chapel of James Crowder Funeral Home in La Marque with Rev. Terry Gibson officiating. Burial to follow at La Marque City Cemetery in La Marque, Texas. Visitation will be 6:00 p.m. Thursday at James Crowder Funeral Home in La Marque. Born November 22,1933 in Vincennes, Indiana, Mr. Arnett was Street Superintendent for the City of La Marque since 1983, resided in Bayou Vista for seven years, formerly of Bruceville, Indiana, a member of Bruceville Christian Church, veteran of Korean War, U. S. Air Force, a member of Mainland Elks Lodge 2141, Bayou Vista Recreation Club and Amoco Bowling League. Survivors include his wife, Madeline Amett of Bayou Vista, Texas; mother, Lillian Arnett of Bayou Vista; two daughters, Sherri Warren Fox of Myrtle Beach, S. Carolina and Rosanne Heflin of Chicago, Illinois; son, Tony Arnett of Warren, Texas; three grandchildren, Laurie, David and Kyle and numerous nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Ivan Langford, Carlton Getty, John West, John Willis, Jim Monroe, Nathan Epperson. Memorials may be sent to Texas Heart Institute Foundation, 6655 Travis, Suite 300, Houston, Texas 77030-1330. James Crowder Funeral Home Galveston Daily News Oct 1, 1992
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Lillian Arnett WOODVILLE, TX — Lillian Arnett, 86, died Monday at Baptist Hospital of Beaumont, Texas. Funeral Services will be Thursday, February 2nd at 10 A.M. at McClure Funeral Home in Bruceville, Indiana. Burial will follow in Bruceville Cemetery in Bruceville, Indiana. Visitation will be Wednesday evening at the Funeral Home in Indiana. Local arrangements are by Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home, Beaumont, Texas. A native of Knox County, Indiana, she has lived in Bayou Vista, Texas for the past four and one-half years. She is retired from retail sales in the department store industry. Survivors are her two daughters- in-law Madeline Arnett of Woodville, Texas, and Marita Arnett of Boynton Beach, FL; seven grandchildren; and eleven great grandchildren. Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home, Beaumont, TX Galveston Daily News Jan. 31, 1995