SHADE, Edith Carpenter
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review 19 Nov 1964 p 4
HILLSBORO — Mrs. Edith C. Shade, 86-year-old lifelong resident of Fountain County, died at 3 a.m. Thursday in Rudisill Nursing Home at Covington. She had been a patient there since last March. Mrs. Shade was a member of the United Christian Church and Book Lovers Club, both of Mellott. Born Nov. 29, 1877 near Hillsboro, she was a daughter of Hiram and Elizabeth DeAth Carpenter. She married Hiram Shade of Hillsboro, who died in 1939. Surviving are two sons, Homer W. of Rt. 3, Veedersburg and Theodore K. of Denver, Colo.; a brother, Daniel Carpenter of Winter Haven, Fla.; five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. The body was brought to Crumley-Williams Funeral Home here. Friends may pay their respects Friday afternoon and evening. Funeral services will be conducted at the funeral home at 2 p.m. Saturday with Rev. George Phelps of Newtown officiating. Interment will be in Rose Hill Cemetery here. --typed by Walt W
Source: "Obituaries - Year - 1960 Volume B" from the Covington Public Library. Year 1964
The Rev George W. Phelps of Newtown officiated at the funeral service for Mrs. Edith C. Shade held at the Crumley-Williams Funeral Home in Hillsboro Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Marjorie Linville of Mellott presided at the organ and pallbearers were Lee Shade, Jay Shade, Robert Shade, Harold
Shultz, Don Palin, Arthur Hazelgrove. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery, Hillsboro.
Mrs. Shade, 86, a life resident of Fountain County, died at the Rudisill Nursing Home in Covington at 3 a.m. Thursday, November 19, where she had been a patient since March.
She was born November 29, 1877, near Hillsboro, a daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth DeAth Carpenter and was married to Hiram Shade of Hillsboro. He preceded her in death in 1939.
She was a member of the United Christian Church of Mellott and of the Book Lovers Club of Mellott.
She is survived by two sons, Homer W. of Veedersburg R. 3, and Theodore K. of Denver, Colo. one brother; Daniel Carpenter of Winterhaven, Fla., 5 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren.