Lane - George Howard
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review, July 12, 1976
COLFAX – George Howard Lane, 85, of Colfax, a retired farmer, died at 1:30 a.m. today in Witham Memorial Hospital at Lebanon. He had been ill a week. Mr. Lane has lived in the Colfax area most of his life. He was a former commander and a 50-year member of American Legion Post 439, a charter member of Frankfort 40 & 8, a former member of Frankfort Elks and a member of Colfax United Methodist Church. Born June 4, 1891, at Colfax, he was a son of Alfred and Mary Catherine Harlan Lane. He was married to Ruth Bernice Chrisman on Nov. 16, 1923. She died Nov. 29, 1971. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Clarence (Dorathy) Bailey of Crawfordsville; two sons, Jack of Fowler and Ralph of Frankfort; 10 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Services are scheduled at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Williams Funeral Home at Colfax with the Rev. John Stalions officiating. Burial will be in Plainview Cemetery at Colfax. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Tuesday. – jlr