Lewellen - Bertha Louise
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review 5-Apr-1962 p, 10
Wingate - Mrs. Bertha Louise Lewellen, 50, wife of Paul Lewellen, died Wednesday in St. Elizabeth Hospital at Lafayette where she had been a patient since March 17. She had been in failing health the past year and had been a patient in St. Elizabeth Hospital several times. Born Nov. 8, 1911 near Odell, Mrs. Lewellen was the daughter of Earl and Eva Cripser Evans. She married Mr. Lewellen Oct. 16, 1943. For the past 11 years Mr. and Mrs. Lewellen and Mrs. Lewellen’s mother had lived at the family home, southeast of Wingate. Mrs. Lewellen was a member of the Eastern Star chapter at New Richmond. Surviving in addition to the husband and mother are four uncles, four aunts and several cousins. She was preceded in death by her father and a brother, Charles Evans. Fuenral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday in the Servies Funeral Home at Waynetown. Rev. John Servies will be the officiating minister. Burial will be at the Shobe Linden Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p .m. Thursday.
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review 10-Apr-1962 p. 8
Wingate - Funeral services for Mrs. Bertha Lewellen, who owned and operated a beauty shop here the past five years, were held at 2:30 Friday afternoon at Servies Funeral Home in Waynetown. Rev. John Servies of Crawfordsville was the officiating minister, and Rev. John Landon was organist. The requested number “Whispering Hope” was one of the selections played. Honorary pallbearers were Elmer Butz, William Sipes, Merle Wilhite, Lloyd Rhodes, Truman Allcar, Raymond Butz and William Butz. Acting pallbearers were James Fenters, Clare Meharry, Roy Meharry, Paul Fulwider, Richard Nesbit and Ralph Kunkle. Members of the New Richmond O.E.S. who carried flowers were Betty Leader, Ruby Lyon, Mabel Taylor, Pearl Banta, Mary Ellen Meharry, Peggy Fuffe, Joan Oppy, Mary Etta Perry, Delores Fruits, Vivian Spencer, Grace Snouwaert, Opal Miles and Nancy Matricia. Burial was in Shobe Cemetery, Linden.
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