Potter - Zella Humphreys
ZELLA HUMPHREYS POTTER
Source: Obituary from a collection of Fauniel Hershbarger, a life-long Fountain County Indiana resident
Mrs. Zella Potter, Montgomery County native who would have been 71 next Monday, died about midnight Tuesday in Lakeview Hospital at Danville, Ill. She had resided near Rossville, Ill., since her marriage in 1917. Born June 16, 1898, near Elmdale, she was a daughter of Samuel and Sarah Griffin Humphreys. She was married to E. W. “Bud” Potter at Danville, Ill. Mrs. Potter was a graduate of the old Elmdale School and was a member of the United Methodist Church at Alvin, Ill. Surviving are two sons, Samuel and Glen of Alvin; a daughter, Mrs. Howard Seifert of Watseka, Ill.; five brothers, Wilbur Humphreys of Crawfordsville, Asa and Charles Humphreys of Hillsboro, Carl Humphreys of Waveland, and Frank Humphreys of California; a sister, Mrs. Harry A. Fruits of Rt. 4, Crawfordsville; 12 grandchildren, and nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, seven brothers and two sisters. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. CDT Saturday at the United Methodist Church at Alvin. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park at Danville, Ill. Friends may call at the Lanham Funeral Home at Potomac, Ill., after 2 p.m. Friday. – jlr