BACON, Charles F. - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Newton — Funeral services for Charles F. Bacon, age 79, who died, at 10 p.m. Wednesday, March 17, in Home Hospital in Lafayette, were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Crumley-Williams Funeral Home in Hillsboro. The Rev., Arthur Schenck, Newtown Methodist minister, officiated and burial was in Meharry Cemetery, three miles east of Newtown. Mr. Bacon, who has been a patient in the hospital two weeks, had been ill the past three and one-half months and he had undergone surgery in Robert Long Hospital, Indianapolis, in January. He was born June 29, 1885, in Zionsville, the son of Seith and Louie Miller Macon. He was brought to Newtown when a child of four. He was married Oct. 4, 1905 to Louella Martin, who survives. He was a retired farmer and insurance salesman. He was a member of the Methodist Church in Newtown and the Attica-Williamsport Rotary Club. Surviving, in addition to the wife, are: one daughter, Mrs. Ruth Lockmiller of Auburndale, Fla.; one son, Robert Bacon of Newtown; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Newtown, Ind. (CNS)--Services for Charles F. Bacon, 79, a retired farmer and insurance agent of this community, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Crumley-Williams Funeral Home in Hillsboro. The Rev. Arthur Schenck will officiate and burial will be in Meharry Cemetery east of Newtown. Friends may call tonight. Mr. Bacon died late Wednesday at the Home Hospital in Lafayette where he had been a patient two weeks. He had undergone surgery at Robert Long Hospital, Indianapolis, and had been ill 3 1/2 months. Born June 29, 1885 in Zionsville, he was the son of Seth and Louise Miller Bacon and came to Newtown as a child. He was married Oct. 4, 1905 to Louella Martin and she survives. He was a member of the Newtown Methodist Church and of the Attica-Williamsport Rotary Club. Surviving in addition to the widow are a daughter, Mrs. Ruth. Lockmiller of Auburndale, Fla.; a son, Robert of Newtown; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.