SIMPSON, Guy M.
Source: 1960s Area Obituaries – thanks
to Covington Public Library – hand dated 1968
Veedersburg – Guy M. Simpson, age 78, a lifelong resident of the Veedersburg community died at 4:40 a.m. Thursday Oct 31 in Lake View Memorial Hospital in Danville, Ill. He was admitted to the hospital four days before his death and he had been in failing health for several months. Mr. Simpson operated a farm two miles north of Veedersburg before his retirement. He also had served as assessor of Van Buren Township for many years. He was born Aug 4, 1890, the son of William and Mary Minnick Simpson. He was married Oct 15, 1912 to Carrie Roberts who survives. He was a member of the Modern Woodmen and Fountain County Farm Bureau. Surviving in addition to his wife, are three daughters, Mrs. Mary Alice Lechner of Indianapolis; Mrs. Frances Clore of Cincinnati, and Mrs. Dorothy Keeling of the Marshall Islands, Pacific Trust Territory, Mrs. Keelings husband is serving with the Army there. Also surviving are two sons, William of Crawfordsville and Lowell of Kokomo and 9 grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Parham Funeral Home in Veedersburg. The Rev. Earl Carmichael officiated and burial was in the Osborne Prairie Cemetery, northeast of Covington. – kbz
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review 31 Oct 1968 p 4
VEEDERSBURG — Guy M. Simpson, lifelong resident of the Veedersburg community, died at 4:40 a.m. Thursday in Lake View Memorial Hospital at Danville. Mr. Simpson, 78, was admitted to the hospital four days before his death and had been in failing health for several months. He operated a farm two miles north of Veedersburg before his retirement and had also served as assessor of Van Buren Township for several years. The deceased was a member of the Modern Woodmen and the Fountain County Farm Bureau. Born on Aug. 4, 1890, he was the son of William and Mary Minnick Simpson. He was married to Carrie Roberts on Oct. 15, 1912. His wife survives. Other survivors include three daughters, Mary Alice Lechner of Indianapolis, Mrs. Frances Clore of Cincinnati and Dorothy Keeling of the Marshall Islands, Pacific Trust Territory. Mrs. Keeling's husband is serving with the Army there. Services are pending at the Parham Funeral Home. --typed by Walt W
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review 1 Nov 1968 p 9
VEEDERSBURG — Funeral services for Guy M. Simpson will be conducted at Parham Funeral Home here at 2 p.m. Saturday. Friends may call at the funeral home. Surviving are his wife; three daughters; two sons, William of Crawfordsville and Lowell of Kokomo, and nine grandchildren. --typed by Walt W
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review, October 31, 1968
VEEDERSBURG – Guy M. Simpson, age 78, a lifelong resident of the Veedersburg community, died at 4:40 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 31, in Lake View Memorial Hospital in Danville, Ill. He was admitted to the hospital four days before his death and he had been in failing health for several months. Mr. Simpson operated a farm two miles north of Veedersburg before his retirement. He also had served as assessor of Van Buren Township for many years. He was born Aug. 4, 1890, the son of William and Mary Minnick Simpson. He was married Oct. 15, 1912 to Carrie Roberts, who survives. He was a member of the Modern Woodmen and the Fountain County Farm Bureau. Surviving, in addition to his wife, are: three daughters, Mrs. Mary Alice Lechner of Indianapolis, Mrs. Frances Clore of Cincinnati, and Mrs. Dorothy Keeling of the Marshall Islands, Pacific Trust Territory. Mrs. Keeling’s husband is serving with the Army there. Also surviving are: two sons, William of Crawfordsville and Lowell of Kokomo, and nine grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Parham Funeral Home in Veedersburg. The Rev. Earl Carmichael officiated and burial was in the Osborne Prairie Cemetery, northeast of Covington. – jlr