HARDESTY, Louis
Source: Obituaries: 1950s B Collection – Covington Public Library – thanks so much (especially to Brenda) – hand dated 1955 p 61
Louis Hardesty, 76, former resident of Covington and vicinity died at 6:45 p.m. Saturday July 16, 1955 at his home in Woodlawn Park at Bourbonnais. He had been in ill health several years. He was a retired New York Central Railroad engineer with 37 years of service. Mr. Hardesty was born Sept 8, 1878 in Boone County, Ind son of John and Mary Ann Riley Hardesty. He married Ethel Clark May 28, 1929 and she survives. Also surviving are his stepmother, Mrs. Zella Hardesty of Covington; two daughters, Mrs. GL Jouvert of Oakland, Calif; Mrs. Dorothy Donohue of Chicago; six grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Nora Briner of Veedersburg, Mrs. Nellie Richardson of Covington Route 1. – kbz