DISMORE, Francis Elmo
Source: "Obituaries - Year - 1950 Volume B" from the Covington Public Library. 9 September 1960
Francis Elmo Dismore, 49, of Veedersburg, a plumber, died unexpectedly while at work at noon Friday (Sept. 2, 1960) on a building at the Purdue campus in Lafayette.
According to the latest information, a cause of death has not yet been determined by the Tippecanoe County Coroner's office. Death was at first attributed to electrical shock, and later to a coronary thrombosis. The results from a post mortem may require from three to six weeks.
Born at Salem, Ind., May 11, 1911, he was a son of Lewis and Rena Nixon Dismore. He was married to Minnie Hopkins in 1931 and had since lived in Veedersburg.
Surviving are his wife, his father, residing in Salem; two sons, Carl Wayne and Lee Roy both of Veedersburg; a daughter, Mrs. Ida Mae Hershberger of Veedersburg; a sister, Mrs. Marjorie Mears of Claremont; three brothers, Glenn and Jess of Scottsburg and Marvin of Lafayette, and two grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his mother and a brother.
He was a Navy veteran of World War II. He was a member of the Sterling Christian Church, Veedersburg Masonic Lodge 491, American Legion of Veedersburg and Low 12 Club of Wallace.
Services were held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Sterling Christian Church, the Rev. Jack Miller Officiating. Burial was in Waynetown
Masonic Cemetery. - jz