PING, Irodel Thomas - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Irodel Thomas Ping, 56 year old Fountain County farmer, died in Culver Hospital at 7:05 p.m. Tuesday from injuries received Friday when he fell from his barn two miles east of Hillsboro.   Mr. Ping was painting the barn on his farm at the time of the accident. He was found unconscious by his wife, Pearl, who said a broken ladder was lying nearby.   Culver Hospital attendants said Mr. Ping never regained consciousness.   Born near Somerset, Ky. Dec. 25, 1892, he was the son of Thomas and Mollie Robbins Ping. He married Miss Pearl Langford at Rockville Oct. 8, 1920.   He was a member of the Hillsboro Christian Church and the Hillsboro American Legion Post. Mr. Ping was a veteran of World War I.   Surviving besides the widow are two sons, Thomas of Hillsboro and Raymond of Waynetown; four daughters, Mrs. Helen M. Everhardt and Mrs. Velma R. Curts of Indianapolis, Mrs. Mary K. Johnson of Hayes, Kansas, and Miss Bessie Ping, at home; his mother, Mrs. Mollie DeBord of Kentucky; and two half brothers, Louis DeBord and Su__ DeBord of Kentucky; and six grandchildren.  Funeral arrangements are incomplete. – S&E