DIFFENDERFER, Katherine
Source: "Obituaries - Year - 1950 Volume B" from the Covington Public Library. 20 May 1960
Miss Katherine Diffenderfer, 101, a life resident of the Covington community, and former librarian at the Covington Public Library, died Tuesday morning at the Jackson Nursing Home in Rushville where she had been a patient for three years.
Born July 7, 1858, north of Covington, she was the daughter of Gotlieb and Mary Ann Rodgers Diffenderfer. She was the last of a family of ten children.
Survivors include three nieces, Mrs. Lula Schillinger of Milroy, Ind., Mrs. Minnie Lowe of Independence and Mrs. Ruth Snoddy
of Covington.
She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Services were held Thursday at the Bodine and Shelby Funeral Home with the Rev. Donald Wade officiating. Burial was in Bend
Cemetery north of Covington. - jz