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LEIGHTY, Everett

Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review 31 Mar 1966 p 2

VEEDERSBURG — Everett Leighty, 76-year-old retired farmer, died early Wednesday morning in Veterans Hospital at Danville, Ill., where he had been a patient the past four years. He was born June 22, 1889, on a farm north of Veedersburg, a son of Samuel and Rose Plunkett Leighty. Mr. Leighty, who never married, was an army veteran of World War I. He had been a patient at the Soldiers Home at Lafayette before being transferred to Danville. Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Claude Stucker and two nephews and one niece. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday here at Fishero Funeral Home with Rev. Conley Rowland officiating. Burial will be in Union Cemetery near Veedersburg. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Thursday here at the funeral home.  -- typed by Walt W



Source: "Obituaries - Year - 1960 Volume B" from the Covington Public Library. Year 1966

Funeral services for Everett Leighty, 76-year-old retired farmer of the Veedersburg area, who died early Wednesday morning, March 30, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Danville, Ill., were held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Fishero Funeral Home in Veedersburg.  He had been hospitalized for the past four years.
Mr. Leightly was born June 22, 1889, on a farm south of Veedersburg, the son of Samuel and Rose Plunkett Leighty.  He was an army veteran of World War I and was never married.  He had been a patient at the Soldiers Home m Lafayette before being transferred to Danville.
Survivors include: one sister, Mrs. Claude Stucker of Attica Rt.; two nephews and one niece.
The Rev. Conley Rowland officiated and burial was in Union Cemetery, near Veedersburg,

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