VanLEAR, Nathan - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

COVINGTON --- Nathan Van Lear, 81, died at 8:25 a.m. Wednesday in the Rudisill Nursing Home here, where he had been a patient since June. He had been a resident here since 1961, but had lived most of his life in the Lodi community. He was a retired farmer and coal miner. He was born here Nov. 21, 1885, to Henry and Ella Goldbach VanLear. In 1906, he married Ada Belle Hinton. She died May 9, 1966. He also was preceded in death by a son and daughter. Survivors include three grandchildren, Clarence McClure of Veedersburg; Betty L. Everson, Covington; and Helen Killingsworth, Daily, W. Va.; 13 great-grandchildren, and a great-great-grandson. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. (EST) Friday at the Bodine and Shelby Funeral Home here with Rev. Glenn Ray officiating. Burial will be in Hicks Cemetery, Perrysville. Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday afternoon and evening.   -- typed by Walt W