6/25/1899 - 4/7/1957
Handwritten-Wed. April 10, 1957
Hines Funeral at
Portland Today
Services were held this afternoon at the Baird Funeral
Home in Portland for Ralph G. Hines, 57, Jay County State Representative
since 1957. Rev. Harold Anderson officiated and burial was in Green Park
Cemetery.
Rep. Hines died in his home late Sunday. Death was
unexpected and was attributed to a heart attack. Shortly before his death
Mr. Hines had completed work on an address scheduled to have been delivered
Tuesday noon at a luncheon of the Women’s Press Club of Indiana in
Indianapolis.
He was president of the Portland Theater-Realty
Company, owner of the Hines, Princess and Beacon Drive-in theater properties
in Portland.
Mr. Hines was a member of the Masonic, Elks, Moose and
Eagles Lodges, and the Zion Lutheran Church. He was prominent in both the
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Disabled American Veterans, holding offices in
each group.
Adams County, Indiana Historical Museum"1955
Mar-April 1958" Scrapbook
Image 96
Transcribed by Janice Vasilovski
Contributed by Karin King & Margie Roop Pearce
Buried in Green Park Cemetery