WILMARTH, Delbert F. - 1975
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 in the Fountain County Section of Local History at Crawfordsville District Public Library.
Delbert F. Wilmarth, 69, of 408 S. Mill St. Veedersburg, died Tuesday (Dec. 9, 1975) at Lake View Memorial Hospital in Danville. Born March 15, 1906, in Iroquois, S.D., he was the son of Delbert and Zadie Wilmarth. On May 17, 1930, in South Bend, Ind., he married Ruth Crandall, who survives. Other survivors include a daughter, Mrs. David (Diana) Elmore of Indianapolis; two grandsons a brother, Donald of Kalamazoo, Mich.; and a sister, Mrs. Al (Margaret) Lunow of Mercedes, Cal. Mr. Wilmarth recently retired after having owned and operated the Wilmarth Ben Franklin Store in Veedersburg for about 25 years. He was a director of the Veedersburg State Bank, active in the Veedersburg Lions Club, American Legion Charles Forrest Post 288, and had served as a captain in the Army Air Force in World War II. Services at the Parham Funeral Home, with the Rev. Charles Wood officiating. Burial in Rockfield Cemetery. -– jlr