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GRIMES, Ella

Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review Dec 17, 1958 (thanks to the Waynetown Masonic Cemetery obit database done by the awesome Proctors - Don & Peg)

Veedersburg - Mrs. Ella Mae Grimes, 85, died at 5 p.m. Sunday at Veedersburg after a long illness. She had been an invalid th epast six years However, cause of death was pneumonia. She was born Feb 25, 1873 in Bucyrus, Ohio a daughter of Abraham and Augusta Totelling Prince.  She married Bert Grimes in 1902 and moved to Veedersburg in 1930. Mrs. Grimes was a 70-year member of the Methodist Church.  Survivors include the husband, four sons Robert at home Leland of Veedersburg; Hollis of Lynn and Arthur Grimes of Cates; a daughter, Miss Augusta Grimes at home; two sisters, Mrs. Julia Shumaker of St. Cloud, Fla and Miss Myrtle Grimes of Martel, Ohio; two brothers, Robert and Charles Price both in Galion, Ohio and four grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Veedersburg Methodist Church with Rev. Hubert Neth officiating. Burial will be in Masonic Cemetery at Waynetown. Friends may pay their respects at J. Fred Parham Funeral Home. - kbz



Source: "Obituaries - Year - 1950 Volume B" from the Covington Public Library. December 1958

Mrs. Ella Grimes, 85, died Sunday at her home in Veedersburg.  Death was attributed to pneumonia.
She was a native of Bucyrus, Ohio, born there February 25, 1873, daughter of Abraham and August Hotelling Price.  She was married 56 years ago to Bert C. Grimes, who survives.
Also surviving are a daughter, Augusta, at home; four sons, Robert, at home, Leland of Veedersburg, Hollis of Lynn, Indiana and Arthur of Cates, Indiana; two sisters, Mrs. Julia Shumaker of St. Cloud, Florida and Mrs. Myrtle Grimes of Martell, Ohio; two brothers, Robert and Charles Price, both of Galion, Ohio, and four grandchildren.
Mrs. Grimes had resided in Veedersburg 38 years and had been a member of the Methodist Church 70 years.  Services were held at the Methodist Church at 1:30 Wednesday with the Rev. Hubert Neth officiating.  Burial was in the Waynetown Masonic Cemetery.  - jz



Source: "Obituaries - Year - 1950 Volume B" from the Covington Public Library. Year 1958

Ella May Price Grimes was born February 25, 1873 near Bucyrus, Ohio, the daughter of Abraham and Augusta Hotelling Price.  She was  received into the Methodist Church in her youth and was loyal to her church until her death.  At the time of her parting, December 14, 1958, she was a member of the Veedersburg Methodist Church.
Ella was married to Bert C. Grimes, August 3, 1903 in Ohio.  They came to live in Indiana where their six children were born: Augusta, Robert, Hollis, Willis, Leland and Arthur.  She devoted her life to the rearing of her family, teaching them the Christian principals by which she herself had lived.  She and Mr. Grimes celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary, August 3, 1958.
In June 1952, Ella suffered a broken hip in a fall.  She was confined to her home and for the past three years was bedfast.  She was patient  through all her suffering, always relying on her steadfast faith in God.
She was preceded in death by a son, Willls, in 1954; her parents, three sisters and five brothers.
She is survived by the husband; one daughter, Augusta Grimes of Veedersburg; four sons, Robert, Leland, and Arthur of Veedersburg
and Hollis of Lynn, Indiana; two sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Grimes of Martel, Ohio and Mrs. Lulu Shumaker of St. Cloud, Florida; two brothers, Robert and Charles Price both of Galion, Ohio; four grandchildren, Esther and John Grimes of Lynn, Indiana and Alan and Bobby Grimes of Crawfordsville, and a number of nieces and nephews.
Last rites were held at the Veedersburg Methodist Church, December 17, with the Rev. Hubert Neth, pastor of the church, officiating.  Miss  Wilda Bell at the organ.  Lloyd Ellis, Roy Nelson, Kelso Cartwright, Ernest Ludlow, Arthur Parham and Glenn Forkner served as pall bearers  and flower bearers.  Interment was made in the Waynetown Masonic Cemetery.

As an angel slowly floated
O'er a city's broad domain,
Gazed he on a patient sufferer
Lying on her couch of pain.

In his arms he gently raised her.
Soothing her dreary fears,
Whispering words of cheer and
comfort;
Wiped away all her tears.

Then he bore his burden upward
To Mansion of the Blest,
Where the faint and heavy hearted
Enter into blissful rest.

Faithful Wife and loving Mother,
Thou are done with earthly
strlfe,
Thou hast gained the Crown
Immortal,
Thou hast entered into Life.
 - jz
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