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Ingersoll - Leo

Leo Ingersoll

Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review 25-Sep-1963 p. 6 (thanks, Lena H for this one)

Waynetown- Leo Ingersoll, 86, died at 6:40 p.m. Tuesday at the Small Rest Home here. He had been seriously ill since June. He was born Aug. 26, 1877, at the Ingersoll homestead in Fountain County. Parents were Alonzo and Elmina LIvengood Ingersoll. He was married in 1898 to Ida Bowman at Covington. He was a member of Ingersoll Chapel Christian Church and was a farmer in Fountain County. For more than 25 years, he operated a service station in Waynetown, retiring six years ago because of ill health. Survivors include a daughter-in-law, Ruth H. Ingersoll, Crawfordsville; two granddaughters, Mrs. Esther I. Duke, Crawfordsville, and Mrs. Carolyn I. Wright of St. Louis, Mo.; five great-grandchildren, and a brother, Edwin Ingersoll of Crawfordsville. He was preceded in death by his wife in 1928 and by a son, Ray, in 1961. Private services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at the Servies Funeral Home, Rev. John A. Tremaine officiating. Burial in Waynetown Masonic Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Thursday.

Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review 27-Sep-1963 p 5

Waynetown - Private funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept 27, at the Servies Funeral Home for Leo Ingersoll, age 86 of Waynetown who died at 6 pm. Tuesday Sept 24 at the Small Rest Home. He had been seriously ill since June. The Rev. Guy E. Tremaine officiated. Burial was in Waynetown Masonic Cemetery. Born Aug 26, 1877 at the Ingersoll homestead in Fountain County, he was a son of Alonzo and Elmina Livengood Ingersoll. He was married in 1898 at Covington to Ida Bowman who preceded him in death in 1928. Mr. Ingersoll formerly farmed in Fountain County and later operated a service station in Waynetown for 25 years before retiring six years ago because of ill health. He was a member of Ingersoll Chapel Christian Church.


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