WITSMAN, Caleb P. - 1969
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.
CATLIN – Caleb P. Witsman, 79, of Catlin, died at 9 a.m. Saturday (Oct. 4, 1969) at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Danville where he had been a patient since January. Born Jan. 20, 1890, at Silverwood, Ind., he was the son of Noah and Mary Hibbs Witsman. A Cates, Ind., resident most of his life, he had made his home in Catlin with his sister, Mrs. Lola Keller, for the past 18 years. Mr. Witsman was a retired employe of the Nickel Plate Railroad. He had served in the infantry in France during World War I. He was a member of the Catlin Church of Christ and its Christian Men Builder Class, and had belonged to the Modern Woodmen of America at Cates. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Keller and Mrs. Maud Crowder of Veedersburg Route 2. He was preceded in death by a brother. Services will be at 3 p.m. (EDT) at the Bodine and Shelby Funeral Home in Covington, Ind., with the Rev. Dennis Fulton officiating. Friends may call Sunday afternoon and evening at the funeral home. -– jlr