QUIRK, Blanche Katherine Harvey
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review 13 Nov 1964 p 12
NEWTOWN -- Mrs. Blanche Quirk, 67, wife of Gerald Quirk, a former Newtown resident, died Thursday at Ottawa, Canada, fallowing a week's illness. She had lived in Ottawa 25 years and was a member of the United Church of Canada. The body will be brought to Newtown for burial. It will lie in state at the Presbyterian Church in Newtown Sunday from noon until 3 p.m. at which time it will be taken to the Newtown Cemetery for graveside services in charge of Rev. Peter Hemstra. ---typed by Walt W
Source: The obituary is from a collection of newspaper (paper names not recorded) obituaries saved, by Fauniel Hershberger, during the 1950's, 60's, 70's and 80's. She was a life long resident of Fountain County Indiana. The collection is now housed at Crawfordsville District Public Library.
NEWTOWN — Graveside funeral rites for Mrs. Blanche Quirk, age 67, wife of a former Newtown resident and sister-in-law of H. Griffith Quirk, Fountain County Auditor, who died Thursday, Nov. 12, in Ottawa, Canada, were held at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Newtown Cemetery. The Rev. Peter Hemstra officiated. The Crumley-Williams Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Mrs. Quirk, who had been a resident of Canada the past 25 years had been ill only one week. She was a member of the United Church of Canada. She is survived by her husband, Gerald G. Quirk. Funeral services were held at Ottawa on Friday after which the body was taken to the Newtown Presbyterian Church where it remained until 3 p.m. Sunday. ---typed by Walt W