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Spencer - William Park


Source: Tri-County News June 14, 1956

 
Word was received here this week of the sudden death of  William Parke SPENCER, a former Waveland resident who died Monday  June 11, 1956 in Kansas City, Missouri where he had lived the  past 11 years. Mr. Spencer was the son of Charles W. and Martha  Frances (Inge) Spencer and was born July 11, 1894 at Marshall,  Indiana. He was a graduate of Waveland HS in 1914 and attended  Ohio Northern University at Ada, Ohio where he was a member of  Sigma Pi Fraternity. After his service in WWI, he became a  partner with his father and brother in the hardware and lumber  business on Jan 1, 1919. On Oct 3, 1927 he and Miss Mae  Vandervoir of Terre Haute were married, making their home in  Waveland until 1937 when Parke accepted a position with Barker  Roofing Company locating in St. Joseph, Michigan. For the past 11  years they have lived in Kansas City, where Parke was plant  manager and salesman for the LR Fray Roofing Company. In November  1949, Parke and Robert Gillespie, a nephew purchased the Smith  & Duckworth Lumber Yard in Crawfordsville, selling his  interest in the business here to his brother. He was a member of  the Masonic Lodge of Waveland; Scottish Rite at Kansas City and  American Legion and attended the Congregational church at Kansas  City. Surviving are his wife, Mae Vandervoir Spencer, a son,  Charles; 3 sisters, Miss Bertha Spencer of Waveland; Mrs. Fern  Gillespie of Lebanon; Mrs. Vera Lingeman of Crawfordsville; one  brother, Lowell of Waveland and 5 nephews. Funeral services are  to be held today Thursday at the Machledt Funeral Home at 2:30  with burial in Roselawn Cemetery, Terre Haute. - transcribed by kbz
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