Bessie Gladys (Pyle) Tullis - Peters

2/17/1891 - 1/9/1973

Mother of Monroe resident dies today

Mrs. Bessie Gladys Peters, 81, of Portland, mother of Gerald Tullis of Monroe, died at 10:30 a.m. this morning at the Portland nursing home after an extended illness. She was formerly employed at the Jay county hospital.

She was born in Jay county on Feb. 17, 1891, the daughter of G.S. and Mary Kraner-Pyle. She was married to Harve Tullis in March of 1910 and he died in May of 1932. She later married George Peters in December of 1953 and he preceded her in death in May of 1959.

Surviving are one son, Gerald Tullis of Monroe; one daughter, Mrs. Mary I. Murnan of Jacksonville, Fla.; one brother, Wilmer Pyle of Geneva; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Funeral services will be held Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the Williamson & Spencer funeral home, Portland, with Rev. Donald Wilks officiating. Burial will be in the Gravel Hill cemetery, located west of Bryant. Friends may call at the funeral home after 1 p.m. Thursday.

Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams County, Indiana; Tuesday, Jan. 9, 1973
Contributed by Janice Vasilovski

Buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery