WINNER, Charles - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

VEEDERSBURG — Charles A. Winner, 59, a rural mail carrier for the Veedersburg Post Office 32 years, died Saturday morning at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Danville, Ill., where he had been a patient four hours. He had been in failing health six years with a heart ailment. Born Nov. 17, 1895, at Ridge Farm, Ill., Mr. Winner was the son of George W. and Laura Hambleton Winner. He married Mildred Death Oct. 1, 1929. He was a member of the Veedersburg Methodist Church. A World War I veteran, Mr. Winner was a charter member of the Charles Forrest American Legion Post of Veedersburg. He also was a member of the Veedersburg Masonic Lodge and Order of Eastern Star and the Rural Mail Carriers Assn. Surviving are the widow and a brother, Walter Winner of Kokomo. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday at the family home, followed by burial at Rockfield Cemetery. Rev. Guy Walters will be the officiating minister. Friends may call at the family home. Masonic and military rites will be held at the graveside.   --typed by Walt W