McKELVEY, Ethel L. McGiffen
Source: "Obituaries - Year - 1960 Volume B" from the Covington Public Library. Year 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Ethel L. McKelvey of West Lafayette, Ind., were held at 2:30 p.m .Sunday at the Roemer Funeral Chapel in Attica.
Mrs. McKelvey, a former Newtown resident, died at noon Friday (April 7, 1961) at the home of a daughter, Mrs. P. H. Schmeidecke of West Lafayette. She had been ill for 3 ½ months.
Mrs. McKelvey was born in Ohio to John and Mary Virginia Schwuvtz McGiffen. She was married in 1905 to Jesse R. McKelvey who preceded her in death in 1937.
She was reared in Oxford, Ind., but spent the major part of her life in Newtown, where she was a member of the Methodist Church.
Survivors in addition to Mrs. Schmeidecke, include a son, Dallas of Newtown and two sisters, Mrs. Will McConnell of Oxford and Mrs. John Greenwood of Fowler. There are also three grandchildren. - jz