Ivan Bailey

6/12/1909 - 10/2/1975

   Ivan Bailey, 66, a shoe repairman in Geneva for many years, died at 9:13 p.m. Thursday at the Adams County Memorial Hospital. He had been ill the past six months.

   He attended the Geneva Church of the Nazarene.

   He was born on June 12, 1909, in Bryant, the son of John and Estella Siberty-Bailey, and on June 30, 1951 married Teresa Flanagan in Bryant.

   Survivors include the wife, the mother; two daughters, Mrs. Fred (Patricia) Williams, Bluffton, and Mrs. Kenny (Diane) Fuller, Decatur; five sisters, Mrs. Sarah Markle, Mrs. Kenneth (Iva) Graves and Mrs. Florence Richard, all of Portland; Mrs. Betty Owen, Gas City; Mrs. Charles (Catherine) Mann, Decatur, and some grandchildren. His father and three brothers preceded in death.

   Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Geneva Church of the Nazarene, with Rev. David Whitteberry and Rev. Harold Moeller officiating. Burial will be in the Gravel Hill Cemetery, Bryant.

   Friends may call at the Downing Funeral Home, Geneva, after 4 p.m. Saturday and at the church one hour before the funeral service.

Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams County, Indiana
Friday, October 3, 1975
Contributed by Karin King

Buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery