Fruits - Rhoda Shafer
RHODA SHAFER FRUITS
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review Dec 27, 1938 p 8
Waynetown Dec 26 - Mrs. Rhoda Fruits, 74, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. George Cruea, southeast of here on the Yountsville Road at 10 o'clock Monday morning following a serious illness of 3 weeks duration with heart trouble. Born in Ripley Twp, near Alamo, Feb 28, 1864, Mrs. Fruits was the daughter of David and Mary J. Cedars Shaffer. On Feb 16, 1888 she was married to George K. Fruits who expired on Oct 12, 1919. She spent all of her life in Montgomery and Fountain Counties. She was a member of the UB Church. Surviving in addition to the daughter at whose home she died are two daughters, Mrs. Wilbur Smith of Indianapolis; Mrs. Iola Berryman, Oak Hill, Mo; two sons, Omer Fruits, Rockville, and Walter Fruits, Danville, Ill; 3 sisters, Mrs. Ella Nixon, Waynetown; Mrs. Sarah Waggoner, Montezuma; and Mrs. Florence Ruffer, Hornersville, Mo; two brothers, Howard Shaffer, Covington and Wallace Shaffer, Veedersburg; 11 grandchildren and 3 greats. Funeral services will be held Wed afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at Waynetown Baptist Church with Rev. JC Overman in charge; burial in Waynetown Masonic Cemetery. - kbz