Spruhan - Fred G.
Source: Waveland Independent
Waveland, Montgomery County, Indiana
May 4, 1944
May 4, 1944
Fred G. Spruhan, son of John and Joan BOHANNON Spruan (sic)
was born in Waveland, Oct 2, 1883; departed this life at his home
in Detroit, April 22, 1944. He graduated from the Waveland High
School in 1902 and received his degree in Civil Engineering from
Purdue in 1906. In 1908 he married Etta GALEY. To this union was
born one son, John Spruhan. In his capacity as a Civil Engineer
he was employed by B & O Railroad, the Seneca County, Ohio
Highway Department and at the time of his death, the Wayne Co.
Road Commission in Detroit. Surviving are the widow, son, one
brother, 3 sisters, an aunt. Funeral services were held at the
Harper & Mulligan Funeral Home with burial at White Chapel
Memorial Park, suburban Detroit.
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Source: Waveland Independent
Waveland, Montgomery County, Indiana
April 27, 1944
Waveland, Montgomery County, Indiana
April 27, 1944
Fred G. SPRUHN (sic) died at his home in Detroit, Michigan
Saturday morning. He had been in poor health for some time. Mr.
Spruhn was born here, the son of John and Joan Bohannon Spruhn
and was married to Etta GALEY of Russellville in 1908. He was a
member of the first class to be graduated form the Waveland High
School in the first class to be given diplomas here as an
accredited school. In 1907 he was graduated from Perdue
University as a civil engineer and subsequently spent most of his
life elsewhere. H e was a member of the Methodist Church and
Masonic Fraternity. There survives the wife and a son, John of
Detroit and three sisters, Mrs. Ben Garland of Rose California;
Mrs Madge Goodman, Sacramento, California; Mrs. Noel Moore,
Muncie, Ind; two brothers, Guy and Maynard an aunt, Miss Macie
Spruhn of Crawfordsville. Burial in Detroit on Tuesday.