BROWn, Elmer

Source: Thanks to the Covington Public Library for sending their wonderful collection of obituaries to share with you here (especially Brenda) 1950 B p13 Hand dated 10 June 1955

Elmer Brown, 60, was found dead in a hayfield at his farm about two miles north of Hillsboro at 2:30 p.m. Friday. He was driving a tractor with a mower attached and was about a quarter of a mile from the house. He had stopped the tractor but had fallen to the ground. He had suffered previous heart attacks and Mrs. Brown had watched occasionally to see if he was allright. A grandson, making his home with them rode his bicycle to the hayfield to visit his grandfather and found him lying on the ground. He notified his grandmother and she investigated and found him dead. A local physician was called and also Charles Fishero Veedersburg, Fountain County coroner. Born Aug 25, 1894 in Delaware County, Ind he was the son of Andrew and Amy Swift Brown. In 1916 he married Ruth Wilson who survives. Also surviving are three sons: SL Brown, Durward Brown and Fred Brown all of Lafayette; two brothers, Clayton of Holyoke, Colo and Chloe of Broken Bowl, Neb; two sisters, Mrs. Roy Hartley of Noblesville and Mrs. Raymond Little of Alexandria and four grandchildren. Mr. Brown was a member of the Jackson Heights Methodist Church and had served in the US Army from 1910-1913. Funeral service was held from the Crumley Funeral Home in Hillsboro Sunday afternoon with the Rev. Guy Walters of Mellott officiating assisted by the Rev. Loren Hetrick pastor of the New Antioch Church of Mellott. Organ music was by Mrs. Ruth Ford, who also accompanied Mrs. Lucile Parnell who sang, When they Ring Those Golden You and Me. The pall bearers were Bert Sargent, Lankford Ingalsbe, Arista Simmons, Guy Younger, Tom Hightower and Carl Fauth who also served as flower bearers. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery, Hillsboro. – kbz