6/25/1873 - 3/4/1939
Local Woman’s Brother Dies
S.B Journey, 66, Brother of Mrs.
Elmer Ludy, Dies
Stephen B. Journy, age 66 died suddenly
Saturday morning at 7:20 due to a cerebral
hemorrhage. His death occurred
at the home of a son, Alva Journey, five miles south of
Ft. Recovery,
whom he had been visiting for two weeks.
A retired farmer, he had
made his home the past several years with a daughter, Mrs.
Carl Ludy on
W. Third St. at Portland. He was born near Brice, Noble twp., the son of
Robert and Emily (Gillette) Journy.
In 1898 he was married to Iva
Shane felt who preceded him in death in 1914. Surviving
are two sons,
Alva, at whose home he died, and Charles, north of Union City; two
daughters, Janelle, wife of Carl Ludy, W. Third St., Portland, and Florence,
wife of
Arthur Wagner, Nappanee, Ind., and 27 grandchildren and one
great-grandson. One
brother, J.R. Journy, south of Portland, and three
sisters, Della, wife of Elmer Ludy, of
near Berne, Mrs. Susan Hutchens,
Portland, and Phoebe, wife of Dick Shawver, Pike
twp., also survive.
Preceding him in death were two daughters two grandchildren, three
brothers and two
sisters. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday
afternoon at 2:00 from the Antioch
church with Rev. J.O. Lewis
officiating. Burial will be made in the Antioch cemetery.
Adams County Historical Museum – 1939 Scrapbook Mon. Mar 6,
1939
Transcribed by Danielle Warmuth (Forwarded by Karin King) (I
changed the spelling from Journey to Journy since that is what the tombstone
shows)
Buried in Antioch Cemetery