MORSE, Letha Pearl Troxel
Source: The obituary is from a collection by Fauniel Hershberger, saved the 1950's, 60's and 70's. She was a life long resident of Fountain County Indiana. The collection is now housed at Crawfordsville District Public Library.
Attica, Ind. (CNS) — Mrs. Letha Pearl Morse, 77, of Attica Route 3, a life resident of Fountain and Warren Counties, died at 10:30 p.m. yesterday (Aug. 4, 1967) at the Alward Nursing Home in Attica. She had been a patient there for the past two years. Born May 10, 1890, she was the daughter of William P. and Anna Hanley Troxel. She was married Dec. 1, 1908, at Riverside to Charles Morse who survives. He is a retired farmer. Other survivors include a son, Louis Wesley Morse of West Lebanon; three brothers, Sherman Troxel of Attica, William Troxel of Lafayette and Rubin Troxel of West Point; a sister, Mrs. Carl Hansen of Cloverdale; and two grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the DeSutter Funeral Home. The Rev. Edward Davis will officiate. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery at Williamsport. The body is at the funeral home. Friends will be received after 4 p.m. Sunday. --typed by Walt W