8/12/1920 - 3/9/1972
Two Portland men die in fire
Two Portland men,
John Frank Barr, 71, and Francis J. Fowler, 51, were pronounced dead at the
scene in a fire which engulfed the Barr home I Portland early Thursday
morning.
R.E. Schenck, Jay county coroner, listed the cause of death of both
men as smoke inhalation and super-heated air.
Barr, a World War I
veteran was a retired employee of Sheller-Globe Corp. at Portland, and was a
member of Portland American Legion post, Disabled American Veterans and the
Eagles lodge.
Surviving are a sister, Miss Carrie Barr of Richmond; four
nieces and one nephew.
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Fowler had been employed at
Nussbaum Novelty Co. in Berne. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Myrtle Fowler
of Portland; one brother and four sisters.
Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at the Baird-Freeman
funeral home in Portland, with the Fowler rites at 1 p.m. and the Barr rites
at 3 p.m.
Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams County, Indiana; Friday,
March 10, 1972
Contributed by Janice Vasilovski
Buried in Salamonia Cemetery