Mitchell - Donnell
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review 26 Apr 1951 p 3
West Lebanon --(CNS)— Funeral services for Donnell Mitchell, 38, farmer residing north of Newtown, will be at 2 p. m. Saturday at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Mitchell, two miles east of Newtown. The Rev. William R. Graham, retired Presbyterian minister of Lafayette, will officiate. Burial will be in the Newtown Cemetery with the nc?ffing & Robinson Funeral Home of Attica in charge. The body was taken to the parents residence Friday morning. Mr. Mitchell was found dead in his auto about three miles north of his home about 7 a. m. Thursday (Apr. 26, 1951). A hose had been attached to the exhaust pipe of the car and was extended into the vehicle. The motor of the auto was running when Mitchell's body was found. Fountain County Coroner Charles Fishero of Veedersburg conducted an inquiry and returned the verdict that death was caused by the exhaust fumes. Witnesses reported they had noted the car at the death scene about 6:30 p. m. Wednesday. Newtown---Funeral services for Donnell Mitchell will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Mitchell, two miles east of Newtown on State Road 55. Dr. W. R. Graham, of West Lafayette, retired minister of the Central Presbyterian church there, will be in charge of the service. Burial will be in the Newtown cemetery. --typed by Walt W
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Newtown---Funeral services for Donnell Isaac Mitchell, local farmer, were held Saturday afternoon at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Mitchell, two miles east of Newtown. Dr. W. R. Graham, retired pastor of the Central Presbyterian church in Lafayette, conducted the services. Burial was in the Newtown cemetery. Pall bearers were Hardy Gookins, Lee Galloway, J. H. Quigle, Encil Marlatt, Joe Weaver and Russell Switzer. Tribute bearers were Helen and John Kell, Nellie Royal, Shirley Coffman, LaVila Bryant, Pam Mitchell, David McKelvey, Philip Galloway, Danny Neal, Lowell Smith, Bill Robinson, Jimmy Robinson, Carl Bowles, Linn Quiggle, Jane Marlatt, Ann Mitchell, and Pat Pevler. Those attending the services from out of town were Mrs. Iva Smith, Mrs. Marguerite Hogstrum, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Smith, Enoch Leath and son, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Asher Booth, Mrs. Velma Allen, and Mrs. William Burns Of Attica, Frank Morin and son and daughter, Charles McCauley, Mrs. H. H. Henry, and Nancy Alfrey Pratt of Chicago, Mrs. Madge Carvey of Macy, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. McBride, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Towns of Bloomington, Mrs. Dean Bell and daughters of Williamsport, Mr. and Mrs. John Kerr of Danville, Ill., Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Sense, Dr. and Mrs. W. Graham and Mrs. Lavila Bryant of Lafayette, Mrs. Charles Balcom, Remington, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Russell of Morrocco, Mr. and Mrs, Charles McCauley, Mrs. James Thomas of Hillsboro, Miss Nancy Shultz, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hudson of Crawfordsville, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Weaver of Covington, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Meharry, Mr. and Mrs. James Lyons of New Richmond, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Goodrich, Mrs. Ann Hastings of Terre Haute, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pevler, Mrs. Wilbur Leath of Indianapolis.
Source: The obituary is from a collection by Fauniel Hershberger, saved the 1950's, 60's and 70's. She was a life long resident of Fountain County Indiana. The collection is now housed at Crawfordsville District Public Library.
Newtown—(CNS)--Donnell Mitchell, 38, a farmer residing a mile north of Newtown, was found dead in his car about 7 a. m. Thursday (Apr. 26, 1951) about three miles north of his home near the McKinney farm. A hose had been attached to the exhaust pipe of the auto and was extended into the auto. Kenneth Chester, residing northeast of Newtown, found Mitchell's body as he passed the latter's auto while enroute to work in Newtown. The motor of the vehicle was still running. Mitchell was a tenant on the H. S. Schultz farm. Fountain County Coroner Charles Fishero, Veedersburg, investigated and ruled the death premeditated suicide. He said he had consulted relatives and that there was no suspicion of malicious treatment or foul play. Mr. Mitchell was born May 13, 1912 in Danville, the son of Leslie and Beulah Hastings Mitchell of Newtown who survive. He was graduated from the Newtown High School in 1930 and attended the Utterback Business College in Danville. He was married 17 years ago to Sarah Schultz who survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Karen, three sons, Jack, Douglas and Rex, all at home, and two brothers, Daniel and William, both of Newtown. The body is at the Coffing & Robinson Funeral Home at Attica. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. --typed by Walt W