10/9/1893 - 3/1/1961
FUNERAL SUNDAY FOR SISTER OF LOCAL MAN
MRS. BERNICE MACKLIN
CRAMPTON OF DETROIT DIES
Mrs. Bernice Macklin Crampton of Detroit, a
sister to Paul Macklin of this city, died unexpectedly early Wednesday
morning, March 1.
Death occurred at the home of her son, Keith
Crampton, where she was staying with her grandchildren while the parents
were on a vacation in Arizona. Last evening at eleven o’clock, the
vacationing son and daughter-in-law, presumed on their way home, had not
been located to notify them of Mrs. Crampton’s death.
The body will
be brought to the Baird Funeral Home in Portland for funeral services which
had been planned for Saturday but have been postponed till 1:00 p.m. Sunday,
hoping that the son can be notified.
Survivors include the son and
also a daughter, Mrs. Tessibel Chase, both of Detroit, three grandchildren,
two brothers, Rev. Egbert Macklin of New York City and Paul Macklin of Berne
and a sister, Mrs. Beatrice Lee at Bryant. [buried Gravel Hill Cemetery,
Jackson Township, Jay County, Indiana]
Adams County (IN) Historical Museum
1951Jan-Aug1962
Scrapbook, image 16
Handwritten-Fri. March 3, 1961
Transcribed by Janice Vasilovski
Buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery