DAYTON M. ABBOTT JR., 71, of Fort Wayne died yesterday at home. The Fort Wayne native retired in 1984 from the blood distribution program of the American Red Cross after 25 years and was a member of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Surviving are sisters, Anne Miller and Mary Ream, both of Naples, Fla., and Jeanne Turner of Fort Pierce, Fla. Services are noon Saturday in the Cathedral, with burial in Catholic Cemetery. Calling follows the services in the family home at 1133 West Washington Boulevard. Arrangements are by Mungovan & Sons Memorial Chapel.
News-Sentinel, The (Fort Wayne, IN) - September 23, 1993
Contributed by Jim Cox

Eva Catherine Albers, a native of Germany, and for thirty-five years a resident of this city, died at five o'clock last evening after a prolonged illness. Her husband, who will be remembered by many of our people, died in 1875. The deceased was seventy-two years old. The funeral will take place from the German Reformed church Saturday afternoon at three o'clock. Friends may view the remains at any time tomorrow, Friday.
Decatur Democrat; Adams County, Indiana (a weekly newspaper); Thursday, March 27, 1902
Contributed by Karin King

Ezra H. Archbold, 1430 Jackson street, died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. W. K. Huffer, at Lima, O., yesterday afternoon at 3:18 o'clock. He left this city a short time ago to visit among relatives. Surviving are four sons, Chellis H. Archbold and John D., of this city; Morris J. Archbold, of Chicago, and Dayton V. Archbold, of Mackey, Idaho; one daughter, Mrs. Huffer, at whose home he died and 10 grandchildren. The body arrived in this city last night and was taken to the residence where funeral services will be held at a time to be announced later.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana, July 23, 1923
Collection: Ohio Deaths 1908-1953
Name: Ezra B. Archbold; Death date: 22 Jul 1923; Death place: Lima, Allen, Ohio; Birth date: 16 Dec 1852; Birth place: Adams Co, Ohio; Age at death: 71 years 7 months; Gender: Male; Marital status: Widowed; Race or color: Caucasian; Street address: 439 S. Woodlawn; Occupation: Retired Groceryman; Burial date: 25 Jul 1923; Burial place: Ft. Wayne, Ind; Father name: John B. Archbold b. IN; Mother name: Elizabeth Gibson b. VA
GSU film number: 1992387; Digital GS number: 4000587; Image number : 1313; Certificate number: fn 41742.

Deloris E. Arnett, 64, Allen County, a native of Linn Grove, died Saturday in Parkview Memorial Hospital, Fort Wayne. Among survivors are four daughters, two sons, her parents, and two brothers. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in E. Harper and Son Funeral Home, New Haven, with burial in Covington Memorial Gardens, Fort Wayne. Visiting hours are today until 4 p.m. and from 7-9 p.m.
Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams County, Indiana; Monday, March 27, 1995
Contributed by Karin King

Fred C. Baade, 87, died at 11:45 am Thursday at the Thieme Convalescent Home on the Miller Road. He was a lifelong resident of Fort Wayne and a member of St Paul's Lutheran Church. Surviving are three sons, Eric A, Fort Wayne, Paul W, Santa Barbara, Calif, and Carl H, Syracuse, NY; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. The body was taken to the Klaehn Funeral Home.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; October 19, 1951
Contributed by Jim Cox

Mabel Baade, 77, died Wednesday at Caylor-Nickel Medical Center, Bluffton. A native of Wells County, she was employed at Magnavox. Her husband, Christian J., died in 1961. Surviving are several cousins, names and addresses not available. Services at 10:30 am Saturday at Klaehn's South Anthony Chapel, 5700 S. Anthony Blvd., with calling there from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm today. Burial in Lindenwood Cemetery.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; February 22, 1985
Contributed by Jim Cox

Phyllis Ann or Phid Baade, 69, of Fort Wayne died Saturday in Lutheran Hospital.
The Fort Wayne native is survived by her husband, Richard W.; daughter, Jeanne Dietrich of Fort Wayne; sons, William of Fort Wayne and Frank of Angola; sister, Edith Groseclose of Fort Wayne; and three grandchildren. Services are 10 a.m. tomorrow in D.O. McComb & Sons Foster Park Funeral Home, 6301 Fairfield Ave., where calling is 7 to 9 p.m. today, and 9 to 10 a.m. tomorrow. Burial will be in Lindenwood Cemetery.
News-Sentinel, Allen County, Indiana; March 22, 1993
Contributed by Jim Cox

Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Monday for Robert H. Baade, 55, of 616 Walnut Street, who died at 7 am Friday at the Lutheran Hospital. He suffered a stroke at his home at 8 pm Thursday. He was a bookkeeper at the Security Cartage Company and a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, the Men's Club and the Men's Garden Club. Surviving are his wife, Stella; two daughters, Mrs. Arthur C. Swain and Mrs. Vale Smith, Fort Wayne; five grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. Ray J. Druhot, Fort Wayne. The Rev. E. A. Nerger will conduct services at the Rodenbeck-Pook Funeral Home and burial will be in Lindenwood Cemetery. Friends may call after 7 pm today.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; June 23, 1951, Page 2
Contributed by Jim Cox

WILLIAM BAADE PASSES AWAY - Death Of An Old Resident of Fort Wayne - He Was Nearly Seventy-Four Years of Age and One of the Oldest Members of St Paul's Church
William Baade, who for years conducted a trucking business in Fort Wayne and who was widely known throughout the city, died Sunday at his home, 733 East Jefferson street. He had been suffering for some time of the infirmities incident to one of his years. He was nearly seventy four years of age. Mr. Baade was a native of Germany. He was born at Windheim on March 9, 1830 and came to America when a young man. He soon located in America and engaged first in canal boating and later in teaming. He built up a large trucking business and prospered at the same time making a wide circle of acquaintances and forming friendships that never waned. He was a man of fine character, absolutely upright and of un-answering integrity. He retired from active business some years ago but retained his physical vigor until last spring when he began to fail in health. For some time past, he continued to grow weaker and at noon Sunday the end came quietly and peacefully. Mr. Baade was one of the oldest members of St Paul's Lutheran church and his life was that of a true Christian man. He took an active interest in church affairs and was one of the most prominent men in Lutheranism in this city. Last spring Mr. and Mrs. Baade celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. Mrs. Baade and the following children survive: Miss Elsie Baade, who lives at home; William C Baade, the well known book dealer and former councilman; Fred C Baade of the gas offices; the Rev MC Baade and a stepson, CF Benke. There are thirteen grandchildren and these brothers and sisters: Christian Baade, Mrs. Louise Tielker and Mrs. Mina Tielker.
Journal-Gazette,Allen County, Indiana; January 18, 1904
Contributed by Jim Cox

Services for Miss Eva Badger, 92, a resident of the Glenacres Convalescent Home, will be at 10 am Monday at the D.O. McComb & Sons Funeral Home, The Rev. Jack Wachenschwanz will officiate. Burial will be in Lindenwood Cemetery. Miss Badger, who was a retired employee of the Pollack Brothers Dress Co., was dead on arrival at Lutheran Hospital at 1:15 pm Friday. Surviving are a nephew, Donald Crane, Fairborn, Ohio, and three nieces, Mrs. Hazel Gingell, Dayton, Ohio, Mrs. Ruth Compton, Florida and Mrs. Edith Simons of Arizona. Miss Badger was a member of Parkview Church of Christ. Friends may call at the funeral home after 1 pm today.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; August 29, 1971
Contributed by Jim Cox

CALLED OVER THE RIVER OF DEATH IN EARLY LIFE
At 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon occurred the death of August Baer, a journeyman tailor, employed by Grimme & Son. The deceased was 32 years of age and lived at 40 Oak Street. The cause of death was pneumonia. He leaves a wife and four children.
Fort Wayne Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; October 27, 1895
Contributed by Jim Cox

Graveside services and burial were Thursday for Carole L. Baer, 41, of 252 E. Pontiac St. She died Monday in St. Joseph's Hospital. Surviving are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William C. Baer, New Haven; two brothers, John Porter, Fort Wayne and Stephen Baer in California; and two sisters, Diane Porter and Linda Dearing, both of Fort Wayne. Klaehn's Wayne Street Chapel handled arrangements. Burial was in Lindenwood Cemetery.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; April 28, 1978
Contributed by Jim Cox

Former Tipton Lutheran Pastor Died, at Ft. Wayne Friends in Tipton have been notified of the death Thursday morning of the Rev. C. W. Baer, age 61 years, pastor of the English Lutheran Church of the Redeemed at Ft. Wayne. Rev. Baer served as pastor of the local Lutheran church from 1905 to 1911 and leaves many friends here to regret his passing. He died in the Fort Wayne Lutheran Hospital after a short illness of heart trouble. Burial will be Sunday in Lindenwood Cemetery in Fort Wayne. Rev. Baer had been a minister for 36 years and served as chaplain during the First World War He had been at Fort Wayne the past 18 years. Survivors include his wife, Flora; a son, William Carl; a daughter, Mrs. Lester Ortlein, and three grandchildren.
Tipton Tribune, Tipton County, Indiana; May 31, 1941
Contributed by JC

The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Baer, of 331 West Butler Street, died Wednesday night, at the Hope-Methodist Hospital.
News-Sentinel, Allen County, Indiana; September 29, 1921
Contributed by Jim Cox

The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Baer, 2417 South Harrison Street, died at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the Lutheran Hospital. Surviving are the parents and two brothers, Junior and William.
News-Sentinel, Allen County, Indiana; April 19, 1926
Contributed by Jim Cox

Services Thursday for Mrs. Baer, 88
Mrs. Flora A. Baer, 88, of 1414 Northlawn Drive, died at 1:30 pm yesterday in Parkview Memorial Hospital where she had been a patient since October of 1966. She was a member of the Redeemer Lutheran Church and its Ladies Aid Society, Lutheran Women's Missionary League and Lutheran Clergy Wives. Her husband, the late Rev. C. William Baer, was pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church until 1941. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Lester Ortlieb and a son, William C. , both of Fort Wayne; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Services will be at 2 pm Thursday in Klaehn Funeral Home, the Rev. Mack Goeglein officiating. Burial will be in Lindenwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 pm today.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; June 26, 1968
Contributed by Jim Cox

Harriet F. Baer, 80, formerly of 2432 Inwood Drive, died at noon Thursday in Parkview Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Baer, a native of Wapakoneta, Ohio, had lived in Fort Wayne the past 43 years. She is survived by a daughter, Jenne Baer of Fort Wayne. Private services will be in Bohn Chapel of Lindenwood Cemetery. There will be no visitation. Arrangements are by D.O. McComb & Sons Lakeside Park Funeral Home.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; October 9, 1981
Contributed by Jim Cox

Helen, the five-month-old daughter of August J. Baer, died at 3:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon at her father's home. 808 Eliza Street. Death was due to pneumonia. Interment Tuesday at Lindenwood Cemetery.
News-Sentinel, Allen County, Indiana; April 3, 1911
Contributed by Jim Cox

Jenne Elizabeth Baer, 61, died Thursday at home. Born in Portland, she lived in Fort Wayne for 25 years. She retired in 1988 as a teacher for Fort Wayne Public Schools after 33 years. Surviving are a cousin, Paul Baer of Lima, Ohio; and an uncle, Homer Baer of Lima. No services. Arrangements by D.O. McComb & Sons Lakeside Park Funeral Home, 1140 Lake Ave.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; May 21, 1994
Contributed by Jim Cox

World War I Aviator
Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, he is noted for being the first flying ace in US Military aviation history. In February 1917, he joined the Lafayette Flying Corps France and was assigned to Spa80 Flying Squadron. By the time the US Army Air Service entered the war, he was a 1st Lieutenant when he transferred to the 103rd Pursuit Squadron. He scored his first air victory in March 11, 1918 and alone attacked a group of seven enemy pursuit planes, destroying one which crashed to the ground near the French lines northeast of Reims. By April 23, 1918, he scored his fifth victory to become the first American ace of the US Army Air Service. During a mission at Armentieres, on May 22, 1918, he scored his ninth victory but was then shot down and captured by the Germans. Taken prisoner by the Germans, he remained a POW until after the armistice ending the war. In February 1919, he returned to his hometown and received a hero's welcome. His post war service included a position as a test pilot for an aeronautical lab, inspector for the Department of Commerce, plus later he flew to South America and assisted in establishing an air mail service. He died at age 33 when his aircraft crash landed at Shanghai, China.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; December 9, 1930
Contributed by Jim Cox

Services at 2 pm Wednesday in D.O. McComb & Sons Funeral Home, the Rev. Donald Cashen officiating. Burial in Lindenwood Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 pm today at the funeral home where Masonic services will be at 7:30 pm.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; April 3, 1972
Contributed by Jim Cox

The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. August Baer, of No. 40 Oak Street, died Sunday afternoon of cholera infantum. Funeral this afternoon.
Fort Wayne Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; Tuesday, July 24, 1894
Contributed by Karin King

William C. Baer, 87, died Wednesday at Lutheran Hospital. Born in Tipton, he was a New Haven resident and an engineer and surveyor for 62 years. His first wife, Dorothy, preceded him in death. Surviving are his second wife, Mable; two daughters, Linda Dearing and Diane Porter, both of Fort Wayne, two sons, Stephen Baer of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., and John Porter of Fort Wayne; 10 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services at 10 am Saturday at Klaehn, Fahl, & Melton Funeral Home, Wayne Street Chapel, 420 W. Wayne Street Chapel, 420 W. Wayne St. Calling from 6 to 8 pm Friday. Burial in Lindenwood Cemetery. Memorials to Emmanuel Lutheran Church radio fund, to American Heart Association, to National Kidney Foundation or to St. Mary's Soup Kitchen.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; February 15, 1996
Contributed by Jim Cox

Mrs. Catherine Baerman, 71, died Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at her home, 1222 St. Mary's Avenue of apoplexy. She had been ill for several years. She was born in Fort Wayne and resided here all her life. Survivors are her husband, William Baerman; four children, Mrs. Louise Hibler, Mrs. Hulda Ehinger, Mrs. Catherine Karns and Carl Baerman, all of this city; one brother, Fred Wolf, this city. The deceased was a member of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. The body was taken to Klaehn & Sons Funeral Home. Funeral announcement will be made later.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; December 4, 1932
Contributed by Jim Cox

Mrs. Myrtle Irene Baeske, 65, of Route 2, Woodburn, died at 3:30 pm yesterday in Parkview Memorial Hospital where she had been a patient a few hours. Mrs. Baeske resided here 40 years. Surviving are five sons, Bernard, stationed with the navy in Memphis, Tennessee; Rod L., stationed with the Air Force in Labrador; Melvyn, stationed with the Air Force at Las Vegas, Nevada; Kenneth of Leo and Claude, Adrian, Michigan; three sisters, Mrs. Norris Maywhoor, Fort Wayne and Mrs. Harry Smith, Jackson, Michigan; and Mrs. Herman Caron, Highland Park, Michigan; 16 grandchildren and a great grandchild. The body is at the D.O. McComb & Sons Funeral Home where friends may call after 7 pm today and where services will be at 1 pm Tuesday with Rev. James C. Powell officiating. Burial will be in Lindenwood Cemetery.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; December 5, 1960
Contributed by Jim Cox

Paul A. Baeske, 64, former insurance agent of 3518 Felician Street died at 5:30 am yesterday in St. Joseph's Hospital, where he had been a patient one day. He was a native of Wisconsin and had lived in Northern Michigan before moving to Fort Wayne 25 years ago. Mr. Baeske was associated with the Fidelity Health and Accident Insurance Company. Surviving are the widow, Myrtle; five sons, Bernard with the U.S. Navy at Memphis, Tennessee, Rod L.,, with the U.S. Army at Labrador, Claude, Addison, Michigan, Kenneth B. with the U.S. Army at Fort Polk, Louisiana and Melvin D. with the U.S. Army at Okinawa; two daughters, Mrs. Minerva Smith, Jackson, Michigan and Mrs. Audra Maywhoor, Fort Wayne; four half-sisters, Miss Ida Flemming, Mrs. Martha Evans and Mrs. Gertrude Day, Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Freda Overholtz, Butler; one half-brother, Roy Flemming, tri-Lakes and 14 grandchildren. Friends may call at the D.O. McComb & Sons Funeral Home after 7 pm today. Services will be at 3 pm Tuesday in the funeral home, Dr. Gerald Jones officiating. Burial will be in Lindenwood Cemetery.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; April 7, 1957
Contributed by Jim Cox

Anderson, Ind., Dec 30 - The jail at Summitville, 16 miles north burned. Fred Barton, aged 24 of this city, arrested Wednesday night for drunkenness, was burned to death. The original of the fire is unknown.
South Bend Tribune, St. Joseph County, Indiana; Friday, 30 Dec 1898, p. 1
Contributed by Karen Zach

ROSE BAUSERMAN DIES AT HOSPITAL
Mrs. Rose Bauserman, 71, of 314 S. Waters street, Monroeville, died at 11:30 a.m. Sunday at Parkview memorial hospital in Fort Wayne, where she had been a patient five weeks. She was a native of Monroeville and a member of the Monroeville Methodist church. Her husband, Ira Bauserman, died June 9, 1964. Surviving are three sons, Kenneth Bauserman, trustee of Monroe township Allen county, David Bauserman of Fort Wayne, and James Bauserman of Harlan; one sister, Mrs. Pearl Cayot of Monroeville; two brothers, Oscar Fetters of Fort Wayne, and Russell Fetters of Montpelier, O., and four grandchildren. Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Marquart funeral home in Monroeville, with Rev. Russell Dawson officiating. Burial will be in Monroeville Memorial cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7:30 p.m. today. Preferred memorials are to the Allen county Cancer society.
Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams County, Indiana; Monday, November 27, 1967
Contributed by Karin King

Jeffersonville, Ind., Dec 30 - Lillard Bottorff, a wealthy young farmer residing near Charlestown sent a bucket of sausage to the family of his father-in-law, John Beggs. Beggs ate of it and suddenly became sick. The remainder was thrown out and a dog and cat devoured it, death following soon after. An investigation found a large quantity of strychnine in the meat. The sausage had been in a smokehouse at Bottorff's for several days and it is supposed the poison was placed in it then with the intention of poisoning the Bottorff family.
South Bend Tribune, St. Joseph County, Indiana; Friday, 30 Dec 1898, p. 1
Contributed by Karen Zach

BLEICH, Mrs. Bertha - Services at 9:30 a.m. Friday in the D.O. McComb & Sons Funeral Home, the Rev. Bernard Johnson officiating. Burial in Concordia Cemetery.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; December 22, 1955
Contributed by Karin King

Evansville, Ind., March 9 -- Aiken Boemle, 30 years old, shot by his wife, Hazel, 26, last Monday after he had upbraided her for drinking home brew, died in a hospital here today. Mrs. Boemle maintains that the shooting was accidental and that her husband was shot when he tried to take the gun away from her after she had threatened to kill herself.
Greencastle Herald, Putnam County, Indiana; 10 March 1931, p. 1
Contributed by Karen Zach

Mrs. Bertha M. Bohannan, 46, of Markle, Indiana, died Tuesday at the Wells Community Hospital. She was born July 8, 1924 at Deer River, Minnesota, a daughter of Ilmon and Dicie Rabjohn Curtis. Surviving are the mother, Markle; three sisters, Mrs. Reuben Heikkmen of Deer River, Mrs. Harmon Duce of Arkadelphia, Arkansas, and Mrs. Virgil Greeno of Markle, and two brothers, Jess Curtis of Stamps, Arkansas and Raymond Curtis of Little Rock, Arkansas. Services will be Thursday at the Funderburg Funeral Home; burial in the Markle Cemetery.
Bluffton News-Banner, Wells County, Indiana; October 13, 1970
Contributed by Jim Cox

Genevieve C. Brant, 82, Syracuse, formerly of Decatur and Fort Wayne, died Sunday in St. Anne Home. She was born in Warren on Dec. 18, 1901, the daughter of Martin and Sarah Nusbaumer-Dunlavy, and was married to Willard Brant, who formerly owned a Fort Agency; he died in 1980. She was a member of the St. Martin dePorres Catholic Church, Syracuse. Surviving is one brother, Gregory Dunlavy, Fort Wayne. Services will be held at 10:45 a.m. Thursday in Mungovan & Sons Memorial Chapel, Fort Wayne, and at 11 a.m. in St. Patrick's Church, Fort Wayne. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home where a rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Burial will be in the Catholic Cemetery.
Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams County, Indiana; Wednesday, February 1, 1984
Contributed by Karin King

Deaths- Brown, Jan 8th, 1886 - Mrs. HC Brown at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Mary Husher. Dr. Cissel preached the funeral sermon at College Avenue on Sunday and the remains were taken to Terre Haute the following day for burial. Mrs. Brown lacked but ten days of being 82 years old and had been almost helpless several years. The tender ministrations of her daughter during this time, contributed as far as human aid could to make the close of her life peaceful, comfortable and happy. She had been a member of the ME Church for 70 years.
Greencastle Banner, Putnam County, Indiana; 14 Jan 1886, p. 5
Contributed by Karen Zach

Funeral services for Mrs. Ida M. Burg, 71, of 3037 John Street, will be held Monday, 2 pm at Chalfant-Perry & Pook Funeral Home, Rev. Kenneth A. Hawkins will be in charge and burial will be in Lindenwood Cemetery. Mrs. Burg died of heart disease early Saturday morning at her home. She was a native of Fort Wayne. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Pearl Danchy; a son, E. B. Moore; a stepson, Vincent Westball; five grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Nancy Williams, all of Fort Wayne.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; April 7, 1940
Contributed by Jim Cox

Services for Mrs. Delores M. Cadena, 24, of 1433 S. Anthony Blvd., will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Mungovan & Sons South Chapel. Mrs. Cadena died at 1:30 a.m. yesterday at St. Vincent's Hospital, Indianapolis. Survivors include her husband, Juan; one son, Daniel, at home; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Max Morones, Fort Wayne; seven brothers, Max and William Morones, Dallas, Tex., Fred, David, Joseph, Ju- (cut off).
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; October 31, 1973
Contributed by Karin King

INJURIES PROVE FATAL
James Cairns, formerly of Fort Wayne, died Sunday at Butte, Mont., as the result of injuries received a week previously when a street car upon which he was riding was struck by a freight train upon a crossing in that city. Mr. Cairns was well known in Fort Wayne. He was formerly employed at the Ft. Wayne Electric Works, and five years ago went to Butte to take a position as chief electrician for the Anaconda Mining Company. Nine years ago he was united in marriage to Miss Grace Polhamus, of this city, who survives, with three children. Mrs. Cairns was in this city when her husband was injured, and left at once for his bedside. The young man's mother, Mrs. Dwight Plympton, resides at Andrews, and Mrs. W. J. Hess, of this city, is a sister. The remains will be brought to Fort Wayne for interment, arriving Thursday and will be taken to the home of A. Z. Polhamus, 1305 East Creighton Avenue, where funeral services will be held Friday afternoon.
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel, Allen County, Indiana; Wednesday, August 30, 1905
Contributed by Karin King

James D. Caldwell died Wednesday morning at his home in Cleveland. Death was the result of a severe attack of grip which developed into pneumonia and heart trouble. He was born in Pennsylvania sixty-seven years ago and in 1887 removed with his family to Fort Wayne where he engaged in the real estate business. After residing here a number of years, he removed to Cleveland. He leaves a wife and three children - Mrs. Sadie Haker and Mrs. Laura Merrick, of Cleveland, and David Caldwell of the Nickel Plate offices in this city. The remains will be brought to this city Friday, and will be taken to the home of the son on Creighton Avenue.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; Thursday, March 21, 1901
Contributed by Jim Cox

Arlynn D. Call, 83, died Sunday in Woodview Healthcare. The Fort Wayne native was a retired bookkeeper for Hutner's Paris and a member of First Christian Church. Surviving are a sister, Beatrice Call of Fort Wayne; a brother, Ralph M. Call of Decatur; nieces; and nephews. Services are 11 a.m. tomorrow in D.O. McComb & Sons Lakeside Park Funeral Home, 1140 Lake Ave., where calling is 10 to 11 a.m. tomorrow. Burial will be in Lindenwood Cemetery. Preferred memorials are gifts to the American Heart Association.
News-Sentinel, Allen County, Indiana, Tuesday, November 13, 1999
Contributed by Jim Cox

Beatrice V. Call, 79, died Thursday at Regency Place. Born in Fort Wayne, she was a homemaker. Surviving are a son, Edward A. of Fort Wayne; two daughters, Susan Sigrist of New York City and Amy Freshette of Naples, Fla.; a brother, Ralph Call of Bradenton, Fla.; and three grandchildren. Memorial services at 2 p.m. Monday at Klaehn, Fahl & Melton Funeral Home Wayne Street Chapel, 420 W. Wayne St. No calling. Memorials to Allen County Heart Association.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; Sunday, December 14, 1997
Contributed by Jim Cox

Elizabeth, the five-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Call, of 228 Gay Street, died yesterday afternoon of lung trouble. The funeral took place this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the house.
Fort Wayne News, Allen County, Indiana; Tuesday, September 14, 1897
Contributed by Jim Cox

Hettie Callahan, (colored), aged twenty-eight years died yesterday afternoon at 626 Wagner Street. The body was removed to the Peltier establishment and an effort is being made to locate relatives.
Fort Wayne News, Allen County, Indiana; Wednesday, December 3, 1913
Contributed by Jim Cox

Lamor Callahan (colored) died Tuesday morning at his home, 626 Wagner Street, of a complication of disease, following a long illness. He had undergone an operation recently, but failed to find relief. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Hattie Callahan. The deceased was born in South Carolina. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
Fort Wayne News, Allen County, Indiana; Tuesday, June 3, 1913
Contributed by Jim Cox

Bernice V. Calland, 76, of Fort Wayne died yesterday in St. Joseph Medical Center. The Fort Wayne native retired from Magnavox Government and Industrial Electronics after 37 years. Surviving are sisters, Laura E. Calland and Ella R. Sims, both of Fort Wayne. Services are 1 p.m. Friday in Union Baptist Church, where calling is noon to 1 p.m. Friday. Burial will be in Lindenwood Cemetery. Arrangements are by Micheaux Funeral Home.
News-Sentinel, Allen County, Indiana; Tuesday, February 20, 1996
Contributed by Jim Cox

Doris Calland, age 63 of Mackow Drive, died Tuesday in Mercy Hospital. She was the executive secretary for the Fredrick Douglas Community Center and the Indiana YMCA. Survivors include a son, Larry; sisters, Laura and Bernice Calland and Ella Sims; niece, Jean Childrey and nephew, Rev. James Craig. Visitation will be after 2 pm Friday at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church with family hour following from 6 - 8 pm. Final services will be Saturday at 1 pm at Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne.
Toledo Blade, Lucas County, Ohio; November 21, 1990
Contributed by Jim Cox

Bluffton, Jan. 30 - Mrs. Margaret Alice Campbell, 82, died at 8 o'clock this morning at the home of her son, William H. Campbell on West Lancaster Street, this city. She had been sick four months. She was born in Lebanon, Ind., a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Powell. She was the widow of Charles H. Campbell. She was a member of the Christian Church at Lebanon. Surviving are three sons, W. H. Campbell, this city; A. B. Campbell, Kansas and Jesse Campbell, Winfield, Kan.; and two sisters, Mrs. Clara Steward of Lebanon and Mrs. Mary Hixon, Boone County. Short funeral services will be held at the residence of the son at 3:30 Saturday afternoon and the funeral party will leave at 7 o'clock Sunday morning for Boone County, where services will be held at the Christian Liberty Church, eight miles northeast of Lebanon.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Allen County, Indiana; January 31, 1931
Contributed by Sharlene Bumgarner

Butler, January 23 - FINAL RITES ARE HELD FOR MRS. ALICE CARNAHAN, 87
Mrs. Alice Carnahan, age 87, a resident of Auburn for 15 years before she was admitted seven years ago to the Sheehy Convalescent Home in Butler, died at the home at 4 a.m. Friday. The widow of the late James C. Carnahan died from complications of age. The body was taken to the Dilgard & Cline Funeral Home in Auburn where final rites were held Sunday at 2 p.m. Rev Gene Stolte, pastor of the Pioneer parish at Helmer, officiating. Burial followed in the Cedar Chapel Cemetery, southwest of Auburn. Mrs. Carnahan was born Aug. 1, 1872 in Allen County. She lived in DeKalb County for the past 40 years. She was the daughter of the late Jacob Fredrickson and Anna Whitmore Fredrickson. In a ceremony performed March 15, 1894, she was married to Mr. Carnahan, who preceded her in death in 1939. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Walter Baker of Rt. 1, Butler; a son, Harold Carnahan of Hudson; eight grandchildren, and 13 great grandchildren. Two children, three brothers and a sister preceded her in death. Mrs. Carnahan resided at 408 North Jackson Street, Auburn, before she was admitted to the convalescent home.
Garrett Clipper, DeKalb County, Indiana; January 25, 1960
Contributed by S Bumgarner

MILTON CARNAHAN DIES AT HOME SOUTH OF AUBURN - Pleurisy and Pneumonia Proves Fatal to Well Known DeKalb County Farmer.
Milton Carnahan, a resident of DeKalb County for seventy-four years, died at his home six miles south of Auburn at 10:30 Friday night from pleurisy and pneumonia, following a short sickness. Mr. Carnahan had been ill only a week. He was exposed to the weather while attending a sale and had been bedfast ever since. The deceased was born in Ashland County, Ohio, September 19, 1847. He has resided within two and a half miles of the place of his death since coming to DeKalb county when a boy seven years of age. He was the last of his family. Mr. Carnahan was twice married. His second marriage, with Mrs. Nettie M. Groves, of Argus, took place December 8, 1910. Two children survive from the first marriage, Orange Carnahan residing on the parental farm on the Carnahan Hill on the Auburn-Fort Wayne road and Mrs. Clyde Miller of St. Johns. A son Omer, by the second marriage resides at home. Surviving beside the widow and children are two step-daughters, Mrs. Raymond Ballentine of Garrett and Mrs. Virl Groves of Fort Wayne; ten grandchildren and nineteen great grandchildren. The funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Cedar Chapel church in Butler Township, Rev. Edwin Dixon and Rev. N. E. Smith officiating. Burial will be made in Cedar Chapel Cemetery.
Garrett Clipper, DeKalb County, Indiana; February 25, 1929
Contributed by Sharlene Bumgarner

MRS. NETTIE CARNAHAN DEAD AT AGE OF 79 YEARS
Mrs. Nettie Maude Carnahan, 79, a resident of Butler township, DeKalb county, since 1911, died at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in Sacred Heart hospital at Garrett. She was admitted to the hospital eight days ago and her death was attributed to a complication of diseases. For the past eight months, she had been in failing health. The body was removed to the Dilgard & Cline funeral home in Auburn. Final rites will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home with the Rev. A. E. Burk, pastor of the Cedar Chapel Methodist church, officiating. Burial will be in the Cedar Chapel cemetery south of Auburn. Mrs. Carnahan was born March 22, 1876 at Rochester, Ind., daughter of the late Ed and Sophia Pontius. Her first marriage was to Frank Groves. They were married at Rochester. Mr. Groves died in 1905. In 1910, in a ceremony performed at Argos, Ind., she was married to Milton C. Carnahan. He died in 1929. For the past several years, she had resided with her son, Omer Carnahan, Rt. 2. Auburn. Mrs. Carnahan had lived in the Butler township community six miles southwest of Auburn for 44 years. She was a member of the Cedar Chapel Methodist church. Surviving besides the son, Omer, are another son, Virl Groves of Chicago; a daughter, Mrs. Velma Ballentine, Fort Wayne; a stepson, Orange Carnahan, Spencerville; one brother, William Pontius, Argos; a sister, Mrs. Ida Crabill, Rochester; and six grandchildren. Three brothers, Sam, Ira and Frank Pontius and a sister, Mrs. Clara Curtis, preceded her in death.
Garrett Clipper, DeKalb County, Indiana; August 4, 1955
Contributed by Sharlene Bumgarner

The body of Mrs. Mary E. Cairns, former resident here who died Monday morning at her home in Crestline, Ohio, will be buried Thursday in Lindenwood Cemetery. The body will arrive in this city Thursday at 10:15 am over the Pennsylvania Railroad and will be taken directly to the cemetery. Dr. Arthur J. Folsom will officiate at graveside services. Mrs. Cairns was the wife of Frank Cairns, former foreman in the Pennsylvania Railroad Shops here. The family had left Fort Wayne several years ago. J. C. Peltier & Son will be in charge of burial.
News-Sentinel, Allen County, Indiana, May 16, 1933, Page 10
Contributed by Jim Cox

Elver L. Cast, 72, of 419 S. Baldwin Street, died today at Clinic Hospital. He suffered a heart attack in the mechanical department of the News-Banner, where he was employed part-time since 1963. A native of Clinton County, he was born December 11, 1899, a son of John T. and Sarah Snodgrass Cast. His marriage at Noblesville, February 11, 1928, was to Annabelle Johnson, who survives. Surviving in addition to the wife are two sons, Bob and Jerry Cast, and one daughter, Mrs. Calvin Carlson, all of Sheridan; one brother, Elvin Cast of Frankfort; one sister, Mrs. Frances Mains of Anderson, 14 grandchildren, and 5 great-grandchildren. The body was taken to the Thoma Funeral Home, Bluffton.
Bluffton News-Banner, Wells County, Indiana; August 10, 1972
Contributed by Jim Cox

Q. R. Chaffee, 79, Towanda, Pa., dean of the Reppert Auction School in Decatur for 46 years and a stockholder and instructor at the school, died Saturday morning after suffering a heart attack at his home. He did not attend this year's summer session because of illness. It was the first session he had missed since being named dean of the school 46 years ago. Mr. Chaffee always attended both the three-week sessions in the summer and winter and was well-known to Decatur business leaders. The outgoing Mr. Chaffee's trademark was his always-present bowtie. He was a native of Pennsylvania. Survivors include his wife, Lola; a son, Ronald B. , Barnegat Light, N. J., an instructor and stockholder at the auction school; two daughters, Mrs. Harvey (Linda) Chernosky, Towanda, and Mrs. Julio (Mary) Panetta, Royersford, Pa.; five grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. He was a graduate of West Chester Normal School and attended Bucknell University and Susquehanna University. Services will be held at Maryott-Bowen Funeral Home, Towanda, at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Towanda. Memorials are to the Towanda First United Methodist Church, where he was a member, or the Wysox Fire Co.
Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams County, Indiana; Monday, August 5, 1985
Contributed by Karin King

Floyd B. Chilcote, 74, died at 9:40 a.m. Monday in Parkview Memorial Hospital. Mr. Chilcote, born in Ohio, retired in 1971 from General Electric Co. after 40 years. Surviving are his wife, Gladys; a son, Richard W. Sr. of Fort Wayne; two brothers, Roy of Decatur and Delvia of Fort Wayne; and three sisters, Ruth Hill, Grace McBride and Mable Jean Hammond, all of Decatur. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in D.O. McComb & Sons Lakeside Park Funeral Home. Friends may call from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, Huntertown. Preferred memorials are gifts to Calvary Temple.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; Tuesday, April 13, 1982
Contributed by Karin King

Hines, Ill., December - Morton Clemons Dies At Veterans Hospital. Morton Clemons, 28, whose wife has been living with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Diederich of three and a half miles northeast of Garrett, died Wednesday night of tuberculosis meningitis at Hines Veterans hospital, Hines, Ill. He had been ill two years and a patient in the hospital most of that time. He was a World war II veteran. The body probably will be taken to Youngstown, 0., for services and returned to Garrett for burial. Arrangements are incomplete. Mr. Clemons was born Dec. 29, 1922, at Youngstown. He and his wife were married in Garrett four years ago. They both attended Miami university at Oxford, 0., but he was unable to complete his schooling because of his health. Mrs. Clemons was graduated in January, 1950. Surviving besides the wife are two children, Christine, 2, and Samuel, aged 6 months; the father, Paul C. Clemons of Youngstown; two brothers, Lyle and Paul of Youngstown; and two half-brothers.
Garrett Clipper, DeKalb County, Indiana; December 27, 1951
Contributed by Sharlene Bumgarner

The funeral of the late Mrs. David H. Colerick, on Saturday afternoon, was very largely attended, showing in what high estimation the deceased was held. The remains looked exceedingly life like and natural, although death occurred early last Wednesday. Rev. C. C. Tate, of Trinity Church, conducted the services in a very impressive manner, at the family residence, No. 88 East Berry Street. The singing was very sweet, Miss Jessie Wathers displaying her fine voice to good advantage. The body was followed to Lindenwood Cemetery, the place of interment, by a very long procession.
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel, Allen County, Indiana; July 23, 1879
Contributed by Karin King

A young man named George Cooper, son of Ezekiel Cooper, a prominent citizen and farm residing seven miles from Columbus was found lying in the woods murdered Friday evening. His body and arms were full of bullet-holes and one hole in his head, his fingers broken and hands skinned up, as if a terrible struggle had occurred with the murderer. His overcoat was found near by as was a revolver and a large club on which was blood. He had been missing since Tuesday last. No clew (sic).
(Farther down the same page) -- The Cooper murder in Bartholomew County is still causing great excitement. The post mortem developed the fact that he had been shot many times, several times after death. He was undoubtedly hauled five miles to where he was found and everything about him arranged so as to indicate that he was killed there after a violent struggle. The toils are drawing closer around young Fix, who was arrested on Saturday and the general belief is that he is guilty. The club that lay near the body was found to have been cut from an old reaper tongue in the Fix barn lot, the other pieces and the chips hewn from it having been found there also an ax with nicks in it corresponding to marks on the club, Blood was also found on Fix's buggy. The inquiry has developed that Fix and Cooper were engaged in stealing clover-seed and a considerable portion was found stored in the Fix residence. The Coroner, Monday evening, rendered as his verdict that the deceased came to his death at the hands of Evan Fix who is now in jail. Great excitement prevails and a mob is feared.
Greencastle Banner, Putnam County, Indiana; 7 Jan 1886, p. 4
Contributed by Karen Zach

FORMER FORT WAYNE LADY PASSES AWAY - Mrs. Julia Ann Cothrell Dies At Indianapolis At Age of 83
Mrs. Julia Ann Cothrell, formerly of Fort Wayne and widow of Newell Cothrell, who was a business man of this city for many years, died Wednesday afternoon at her home in Indianapolis at the advanced age of 83 years. Mrs. Cothrell was born in Germany May 18, 1832, but came to this country and settled with her parents in Allen county when she was very young. Shortly after her marriage to Mr. Cothrell she moved to this city, where she resided until 1880, when her son, E. L. Cothrell, who at that time was circulation manager for the Fort Wayne Sentinel, accepted a position with the Kansas City Star and moved to that city, and took his mother with him. Mrs. Cothrell was very well known and her many friends and acquaintances will be grieved to learn of her death. She was a devoted member of the First Presbyterian church and attended services very regularly. The remains will be brought to this city Friday morning at 11:15 o'clock via the L. E. & W. railway and will be taken to the Peltier parlors. Funeral services Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the chapel at Lindenwood cemetery.
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel, Allen County, Indiana, August 25, 1915
Contributed by Karin King

ROBERT J. COULTER
Services for Robert J. Coulter, 57, of 1702 Rumsey Ave., will be at 9:30 a.m. Monday in D. O. McComb & Sons Funeral Home and at 10 a.m. in Queen of Angels Catholic Church, Msgr. William Faber officiating. Burial will be in Catholic Cemetery. Mr. Coulter died yesterday at Witmer Lake. He was the owner of Coulter's Garage at Witmer Lake but was a lifelong resident of Fort Wayne and a member of Queen of Angels Church. Surviving are his wife, Lottie; two sons, David, Wolcottville, and Michael, Fort Wayne; a daughter, Margaret, at home; two sisters, Mrs. Helen Moyer and Mrs. Gertrude Louthan, Fort Wayne; a brother, Frank, Fort Wayne; and two grandchildren. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today. Rosary services will be there at 7 p.m. Sunday.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; August 16, 1969
Contributed by Karin King

Chloe C. Cully, 79, of 1217 Lillie St., died at 7:40 a.m. yesterday at the Byron Health Center, where she had been a patient for six weeks. A native of Van Wert, Ohio, she had lived in Fort Wayne for 50 years. Surviving are two sons, Robert W. and Richard C., both of Fort Wayne. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at D.O. McComb & Sons Funeral Home with burial in Lindenwood Cemetery. Calling after 2 p.m. Friday.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; Friday, July 5, 1974
Contributed by Jim Cox

Madelon R. Cully, 67, Resident at Loon Lake Madelon R. Cully, 67, a resident at Loon Lake for three years, died at 3 am Sunday, November 16, 1986 at her residence. Mrs. Cully was born October 27, 1919 to John and Flossie Secrest Tracy. She retired in 1981 and was a legal secretary. Mrs. Cully was a member of the Calvary United Methodist Church in Fort Wayne and was regent of the Col. Alexander Macgruder Chapter of D.A.C. and regent of the Old Ridge Road D.A.R. She was a past state regent of the D.A.C. Surviving are her husband Robert; a sister, Marilyn Ambrose of Fort Wayne and a brother, Edgar M. Tracy of Lynn, Massachusetts. Friends may call today from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 pm at D.O. McComb & Sons Lakeside Park Funeral Home in Fort Wayne. Friends may call from 1 to 2 pm Tuesday at Calvary United Methodist Church in Fort Wayne where services will be at 2 pm. Burial will be at Lindenwood Cemetery. Memorials are to the donor's choice.
Columbia City Post & Mail, Whitley County, Indiana; Sunday, November 16, 1986
Contributed by Jim Cox

Robert W. Cully, 79, died Wednesday at Applewood Health Care & Rehabilitation Center. Born in Van Wert, he retired from Fruehauf Trailer Co. in 1983 after 33 years, and was a World War II Army veteran. Surviving is a brother, Richard of Fort Wayne. Services at 11 a.m. Saturday at Calvary United Methodist Church, 6301 Winchester Road. Calling from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at D.O. McComb & Sons Lakeside Park Funeral Home, 1140 Lake Ave., and an hour before services Saturday at the church. Burial in Lindenwood Cemetery. Memorials to VA Medical Center Patient Recreation Fund.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; Thursday, July 17, 1997, Page 3C
Contributed by Karin King

Richard L. Cuney, 62, of Fort Wayne died yesterday at home. The Fort Wayne native was the owner of Dominae Appetizers and a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Surviving are his wife, Mary; daughters, Elizabeth Myers of Columbia City, and Mary Miller, Cecilia Manning, Theresa Mock and Renee Cuney, all of Fort Wayne; sons, Richard J. of Grabill, David of New Haven, and Daniel, Donald, Dennis, Dana and Douglas, all of Fort Wayne; his parents, Cecelia and Lawrence A. Cuney of Fort Wayne; a sister, Bonnie Van Wey of Fort Wayne; a brother, Donald of Fort Wayne; and 23 grandchildren. Services are 11 a.m. tomorrow in the church, with burial in Lindenwood Cemetery.
News-Sentinel, Allen County, Indiana; October 24, 1991
Contributed by Jim Cox

MRS. DOVIE DeVAUX
Mrs. Dovie L. DeVaux, 59, New Haven, died at 2 a.m. Saturday at the Methodist Hospital, where she had been a patient for three days. She was a member of the New Haven Methodist Church. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Hattie Williams and Mrs. Clair Bailey, both of Michigan City, and Mrs. Mildred Brinneman, Bluffton; three sons, Earl DeVaux, at home, and Howard and Cortney Kilingbeck, both of Michigan City; a sister, Mrs. Hattie Bugh, Michigan City; 21 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Monday at the Harper & Son Funeral Home in New Haven. The Rev. Thurman B. Morris will officiate.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; September 30, 1945
Contributed by Karin King

Orene L. DeWeese, 87, formerly of 765 Parkview Dr., died at 8:31 p.m. Sunday in Woodcrest Nursing Home of Decatur, her residence since March of 1998. She was born on May 1, 1912 in Magley to Louis J. and Anna Scherry Kruetzman and married Earl W. DeWeese on May 14, 1949; he died on July 18, 1988. She was a homemaker who retired from Adams County Memorial Hospital after 12 years as a dietitian. She was also an employee of the former General Electric Co. plant in Decatur and a member of Zion United Church of Christ in Decatur. Surviving are two stepdaughters, Mrs. William (Alice) Naylor of Valparaiso and Mrs. Warren (Kathryn) Grover of Farmington, New Mexico; a stepson, William DeWeese of Ossian; 12 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren and ??. Three brothers and five sisters are deceased. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in Zwick and Jahn Funeral Home, Decatur, with burial in IOOF Cemetery, New Haven. Visiting hours are 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Wednesday. Preferred memorials are to the church or to the Family Hospice of Northeast Indiana in Berne.
Decatur Daily Democrat; Adams County, Indiana; Tuesday, November 30, 1999
Contributed by Karin King

Valparaiso, Ind., March 4 - The body of Arlene Draves, buried in a Reynolds grave three months ago, will be exhumed tomorrow morning to add its testimony to the evidence now before the Porter County jury which is trying Virgil Kirkland for his life. The exhumation ordered this afternoon by Judge Grant Crumpacker on a motion of the defense, unopposed by the state, brought proceedings in court to a sudden halt. Trial of the case will not be resumed before Thursday morning. Spectators at the hearing most of whom were unaware of the softly spoken arrangements being made with the judge for the exhumation broke into startled cries as Caroline Draves, sister of the dead girl heard the court's order. "Can they do that without consent?" she cried, then slumped to the floor in a faint. Several minutes were required to revive her. The exhumation will be made under direction of the White County coroner, with two doctors for the state and two for the defense present to conducted a new examination of the body.
Greencastle Herald, Putnam County, Indiana; 4 March 1931, p. 1
Note: In the 11th of March the Herald had an article telling of the conviction of Virgil Kirkland who had been a star football player and he and others forced Arlene Draves into intimacy - the jury recommended a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment.
Contributed by Karen Zach

James Elder, postmaster at Richmond, and editor of the Democrat, dropped dead from apoplexy Thursday. He had held the office of postmaster only a few weeks. He was an old resident of Richmond and was 60 years old.
Greencastle Banner, Putnam County, Indiana; 7 Jan 1886, p. 4
Contributed by Karen Zach

Lela Felver, 77, of Celina, O., sister of Verl Snyder of Decatur, died at 3:15 a.m. Saturday at the Celina Manor Nursing Home. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. this morning at the Bethany united Methodist Church, of which she was a member. The Rev. Paul W. Miller officiated. Burial was in the Kessler Cemetery. She was born June 22, 1906, near Rockford, a daughter of Benjamin and Merlie Rush-Snyder. On Sept. 1, 1927 she married Basil Felver; he preceeded her in death June 22, 1982. Survivors include two sons, Allen Felver of Rockford and (cut off)
Decatur Daily Democrat; Adams County, Indiana; Monday, July 18, 1983
Contributed by Karin King

Services for Jesse Finkhouse, 76, of 1609 Spy Run Ave., will be at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at the D. O. McComb & sons Funeral Home. Mr. Finkhouse died at 4:15 a.m. yesterday at Allen County Health Center. A native of Van Wert, Ohio, Mr. Fikhouse worked 30 years at Wolf & Dessauer as an interior decorator. Survivors include two sons, Richard E. and Ronald J., Fort Wayne; one daughter, Mrs. Carol Murphy, Fort Wayne; four sisters, Mrs. Mabel Houser, Huntertown; Mrs. Gulia Renier, Mrs. Arno Taylor and Mrs. Hazel Heeger, all (article cut off).
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana, October 31, 1973
Contributed by Karin King

Richard E. Finkhouse, 75, of Fort Wayne, a retired machinist, died Tuesday, June 1, 1999, at Parkview Hospital. The Van Wert, Ohio, native retired in 1985 from Magnavox Corp. after 37 years of service and was a member of American Legion Post 4. Surviving are his wife, Dolores; a son, Steven R. of Fort Wayne; daughters Linda L. Gordon of Kendallville, Cathy S. Mittendorf of Huntertown and Patti A. Fisher of Fort Wayne; a brother, James of Knoxville, Tenn.; a sister, Carole Murphy of Fort Wayne; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services are 11 a.m. Friday at D.O. McComb & Sons Pine Valley Park Funeral Home, 1320 E. Dupont Road, with calling from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial Park. Memorials are to the Shannon Fisher Fund c/o the family.
News-Sentinel, Allen County, Indiana; Wednesday, June 2, 1999
Contributed by Karin King

William Frazure, aged 70, of Albion, who died at the Grace Hospital here Saturday night following a short illness, was buried today in the Albion Cemetery, following services held at the home of a sister, Mrs. E. E. Prickett of Albion. Mr. Frazure was born in Albion and spent most of his life there. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Charles Bowman of Fort Wayne; a sister, Mrs. Prickett of Albion; a brother, George Frazure of Albion and two grandchildren.
News-Sentinel, Allen County, Indiana; July 20, 1931
Contributed by Sharlene Bumgarner

Garret, Ind., Sept. 14 - Helen M. Freeman, 64, of 103 South Peters Street, Apt. 1, died Wednesday at her home. Friends may call from 2-8 p.m. Friday at McKee-Miles Funeral Home. Graveside funeral services will be held Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at Christian Union Cemetery with Rev. Arthur Ferry officiating. Preferred memorials are to the family. Mrs. Freeman was born Oct. 19, 1931, in Michigan. Her parents were Samuel and Florence (Mitcham) Fuller. She was a housewife and had lived in Garrett for the past 30 years. Survivors include two daughters. Deborah K. Gibson of Garrett and Patricia Hardin of Kilgore, Tex.; five sons, John, Howard and Randy Freeman, all of Garrett, Dennis Freeman of Anderson and Charles Freeman of Angola; 15 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; and one sister, Angeline Beny of Minnesota. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Anna Sampson and Geraldine Johnson, and five brothers, Frank, Clifford, Walter, Perry and Russell Fuller.
Evening Star, DeKalb County, Indiana; December 29, 1995
Contributed by Sharlene Bumgarner

Mrs. Emile Fuchs, of 432 South Francis Street, died at 11:50 o'clock yesterday morning. She was born in Germany and was 28 years old. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon. Short services will be conducted at the house at 1:30 o'clock. Rev. M. Goffeney will deliver a sermon at Zion's Evangelical Church. The burial will be in the city cemetery.
South Bend Tribune, St. Joseph County, Indiana; Friday, 30 Dec 1898, p. 1
Contributed by Karen Zach

Maurice T. Fuhrman, 74, a resident of Huntington since 1931 and a native of Adams County, died at 1 p.m. Friday at the Huntington Memorial Hospital. He was a retired ticket clerk for the Penn Central Railroad. He was also a member of the East State Street Church of God in Huntington. Born in Adams County on Feb. 16, 1904, he was the son of Samuel and Drusilla Dutcher-Fuhrman, and was married on August 18, 1927 to Beulah White, who survives. Mr. Fuhrman was a former resident of Decatur. Surviving are two children, Ervin, Huntington; Mrs. John (Phyllis Deloris) McDaniel, Huntington; two sisters, Mrs. Rolland (Esther) Sprunger, Indianapolis; Mrs. Kenneth (Lois) Cobble, Knoxville,, Tenn.; five grandchildren and one great-grandson. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the East State Street Church of God, with Rev. Lewis Thomas officiating. Burial will be in the Pilgrims Rest Cemetery, Huntington. Friends may call at the Deal and Robbins Funeral Home, Huntington, after 7 p.m. today, and at the church after 1 p.m. Monday.
Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams County, Indiana; Saturday, March 4, 1978
Contributed by Karin King

Spencerville, Ind. - Funeral services were held at the late home at Spencerville Monday afternoon for Mrs. Belle Goldsmith, age 88. Mrs. Goldsmith passed away Saturday morning after an illness of two months. Rev. A. K. Mumma officiated at the funeral services and burial followed in the White City Cemetery at Spencerville. Born in Stark County, O., she had resided in Spencerville nearly 85 years. She was a member of the Lutheran church in that town. Survivors include two sons, John and Lloyd Goldsmith of near Spencerville; two daughters, Mrs. Alda Pervine of Spencerville, and Miss Pearl Goldsmith at home, and one grandchild.
Garrett Clipper, DeKalb County, Indiana; October 7, 1937
Contributed by Sharlene Bumgarner

Butler, Ind., Sept.19 - An 11-year resident of the Sheehy Nursing Home, Butler, Lizzie Goldsmith, 94, died there at 12 p.m. Sunday. A native of Hurshtown in Allen County, Mrs. Goldsmith had previously lived there miles west of Spencerville. She was born Nov. 13, 1880 to James and Kathryn McNabb. Married in 1909 to John Goldsmith, Mrs. Goldsmith is survived by one son, Merle, who resides at the DeKalb County Home. Six brothers and three sisters in addition to her husband preceded her in death. Funeral services were at 10 a.m. today at the Gerig Funeral Home. Rev. Carroll McNutt, pastor of the Indian Village Church of God, officiated. Burial was in White City Cemetery, Spencerville.
Evening Star, DeKalb County, IN; September 2, 1975
Contributed by Sharlene Bumgarner

JOHN D. GOLDSMITH LIVED TO THE AGE OF 81 YEARS
John D. Goldsmith, 81, died at this home three miles west of Spencerville Thursday, after a two-year illness from a heart ailment. Mr. Goldsmith was born in the immediate vicinity of the late home and had resided in DeKalb county all of his life. He was a retired farmer. The body was removed to the Walter funeral home in Spencerville where funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday. The Rev. Joseph Ferguson of near Auburn officiated at the services with burial in White City cemetery at Spencerville. He was born Dec. 26, 1875, the son of the late Nicholas and Belle Houk Goldsmith. Survivors include the widow, Lizzie McNabb Goldsmith; a son, Merle Duane Goldsmith, at home; a brother Lloyd Goldsmith of west of Spencerville, and two sisters, Miss Pearl Goldsmith and Mrs. Alda Pervine, both of 219 East Eighteenth street, Auburn.
Garrett Clipper, DeKalb County, Indiana; February 4, 1957
Contributed by Jim Cox

Spencerville, Ind. - Nicholas Goldsmith, a well-known Allen County resident, is dead at his home in Spencerville. Death was due to complications and followed an illness of several months. Mr. Goldsmith was born In Butler County, Ohio, in August, 1846, and came to Allen County at the age of sixteen years. After his marriage to Emma Bells Houk, he moved to DeKalb County on a farm two miles west of Spencerville, where they resided until two years ago. He is survived by the wife, two sons and two daughters. Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon from the Lutheran Church, of which he was a member. Rev. Heltzel officiated.
Fort Wayne Sentinel, Allen County, Indiana; October 31, 1912
Contributed by Sharlene Bumgarner

Mobile, Ala., Apr. - LeRoy Edison Grove, 84, of Mobile, Ala., formerly of Bloomington, a retired general claims agent for the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad, died at 7:55 p.m. Wednesday in a Mobile hospital. A graveside service will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Christian Union Cemetery, Garrett, Ind. The Rev. Ronald Bowman will officiate. Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday at McKee-Miles Funeral Home, Garrett. He was born at July 27, 1897, at Frederick, Md. Surviving are Mildred Kurth Grove, formerly of Bloomington; a daughter, Darlene Collett, Hendersonville, Tenn.; a brother, H. Dill Grove, Ohio; and two grandsons. He was a Mason for 60 years and was a member of the Christian Science faith. Memorials may be made to a charity of the donor's choice.
The Pantagraph, Bloomington-Normal, IL; April 30, 1982
Contributed by Sharlene Bumgarner

Paul Gudakunst, 43, son of Mrs. Myrtle Thurber of Fort Wayne, died Thursday in a boating accident. A resident of Adrian, Mich., he formerly resided in Fort Wayne. Also surviving are his wife, Ellen; two sons, Ronald, Adrian, and Ervin Paul, at home; two daughters, Gloria and Darlene, at home; two brothers, Harold, Toledo, and Ervin, Fort Wayne; three sisters, Mrs. Marcile Detweiler, Lincoln, Neb., and Mrs. Margaret Yerington and Miss Donna Gudakunst, Fort Wayne; two grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday in Everiss Funeral Home, Adrian.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; August 16, 1969
Contributed by Karin King

BUTLER - Services for Esther Hampel will be Thursday at 3 p.m. in Butler United Methodist Church. Rev. Russell Stevens of Hartford City, a former pastor at the church, will officiate. Burial will be in the Butler Cemetery. Mrs. Hampel, 82, of Walnut Street in Butler, died Monday at 7:20 p.m. in Wells County Community Hospital, Bluffton. She was a retired high school teacher, and a member of the Butler United Methodist Church, Forest Chapter No. 44 of the Order of Eastern Star, and Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority. She was born April 13, 1907 in Morenci, Mich. to the late Frank and Ethel (Kiger) Parer. She married Ferd V. Hampel, who preceded her in death in 1946. Surviving her are one son, Dr. Charles T. Hampel of Butler; one brother, Frank Parker of San Diego, Calif.; three grandchildren. Friends may call today from 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. in Johnson Funeral Home, Butler. Memorial donations may be given to the Eastside Area Community Foundation.
Auburn Evening Star, DeKalb County, Indiana; Wednesday, May 24, 1989
Contributed by Karin King

Ft. Wayne, Ind., Sept. 11-PLEASANT TWP. RESIDENT DIES George J. Herber, 73, Retired Farmer, Passed Away at Home on Smith Road, Yesterday. George J. Harber, 73, a retired farmer and life-long resident of Pleasant Township, died at 4:20 o'clock yesterday afternoon at his home on the Smith road. He had been seriously ill one week after a stroke. He had been ailing several years. Mr. Herber was born in Pleasant Township and lived there all his life. He was a member of St. Aloysius Catholic Church at Yoder. Surviving arc the widow, Christianna; four sons, Oscar, at home; Howard, Carl and Wilford, all of this city; a daughter, Mrs. Lucille Fox, city, and thirteen grandchildren. The body was taken to the Mungovan & Sons' funeral home and will be removed to the residence at 1 o'clock this afternoon. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 9 o'clock (CST) at the residence and at 9:30 o'clock at the St. Aloysius Catholic Church with Rev. Carl Schnitz officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Journal Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; September 11, 1936
Contributed by Sharlene Bumgarner

Mortuary Notes: Lewis Hinkle, aged 85 years, an old resident of Decatur County is dead in Greensburg, Ind.
South Bend Tribune, St. Joseph County, Indiana; Friday, 30 Dec 1898, p. 1
Contributed by Karen Zach

Miss Myrtle Hollopeter, 70, died of cerebral hemorrhage at 2 p.m. Saturday at the home of a niece, Mrs. Gladys Warner, Leo. She was a member of the Leo Methodist Church, The WSCS of the church and the GLC Club of Leo. Surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Stella Page, Mrs. Allie Metcalf and Mrs. Vernora Sible. Funeral services will be held at the Leo Methodist Church at 1:30 p.m. Monday, the Rev. Charles Clifton officiating. Burial will be in Leo Cemetery. The body will be removed from the Walters Funeral Home to the niece's residence this morning, where friends may call.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; September 30, 1945
Contributed by Karin King

Harry Holman, seventeen year old son of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Holman, former residents here, met death in a tragic manner Sunday afternoon. The sad affair occurred at Rochester, the present home of the Holmans, and was described as follows in Monday's Rochester Sentinel: "About 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, Harold Ruh, Lucius Mackey, Ray Shore, Raymond Dawson and Harry Holman went down the Erie tracks, a half mile west of the station to the little stream known as the Minnow ditch. They were there to catch some crawfish to use as specimens in their school studies and had stopped in the warm sunshine by the railroad track. Two freight trains were switching, one east bound, and the other west bound. As the east bound freight pulled slowly past the boys, going in on a side track one of them proposed that they ride up town. Lucius, Ray and Harry all started and ran and the two first named got on safely and Harry caught one of the side steps on the rear end of a box car, but as the lower step had been bent under the car, he missed a footing. He failed also in striking the step with his knee and his feet struck the ground, and one of them was caught by the car wheel. This caused him to lose his hold on the step, and he fell, his coat catching on the boxing of the wheel. He was then rolled over and over and dragged for a distance of nearly two hundred feet before any of his companions could get to him when Ray Shore came to the rescue and pulled the form of the young man from the wheels. Life was almost extinct and he died without speaking a word and after gasping but once." Harry is said to have been a most popular boy in Rochester and during his residence here he was a favorite among all who knew him. His parents who are now almost crazed with grief have the deepest sympathy of Decatur friends. The funeral services were held yesterday afternoon from the residence.
Decatur Democrat, Adams County, Indiana; Thursday, March 27, 1902
Contributed by Karin King

HUNTINGTON - Vaughn R. Hower, 63, died at 6 a.m. Wednesday at home. Surviving are his wife, Myra; four sons, George H., of Denver, Stephen D., of St. Louis, David M. and James B., both of Huntington; three daughters, Cynthia Claus, of Fort Wayne, Kathryn Runion and Carla Meyer, both of Huntington; his mother, Della, of Uniondale; two brothers, three sisters and eight grandchildren. Services at 10 a.m. Friday in St. Peter Lutheran Church. Calling from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 today in Deal & Robbins Funeral Home. Memorials to the church.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; May 7, 1987
Contributed by Karin King

Frances Schooley Hughes, 63, died Thursday afternoon at home in Palm Harbor, Fla. Formerly of Auburn, she retired as a music teacher and from Kodak in Atlanta. Surviving are four sons, William of Laredo, Texas, David of Lithonia, Ga., Michael and Alan, both of Atlanta; two daughters, Linda Hawkins of Palm Harbor and Laura Lyle of Tyler Springs, Ga.; four sisters, Betty Schooley and Jane Foley, both of Auburn, Anne Duff of Bloomington, and Mary Beers of Greensboro, N.C.; two brothers, James Schooley of Galthersburg, Md., and David Schooley of Hagertown, Md.; and five grandchildren. Services (cut off).
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; February 24, 1990
Contributed by Karin King

Bernadette M. Huguenard, 89, New Haven, mother of two area residents, died Tuesday in Parkview Memorial Hospital, Fort Wayne. Her husband, Clarence Huguenard, died in 1977. Surviving are seven sons, including Virgil Huguenard, Monroeville; nine daughters, including Delores Holle, Hoagland; two sisters; and two brothers. Funeral services will be Saturday at 9:45 a.m. in E. Harper and Son Funeral Home, New Haven, and 10:30 a.m. in St. Louis Catholic church, New Haven, with burial in the church cemetery. Visiting hours are 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. Friday.
Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams County, Indiana; Thursday, September 19, 1991
Contributed by Karin King

HUMPHREYS, David A. Jr., - Services at 1 p.m. today at C. M. Sloan & Sons Funeral Home, 1327 Wells St. Burial in Concordia Cemetery Gardens.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; May 7, 1987
Contributed by Karin King

Ft. Wayne, Ind., Apr. 15-Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Hutchinson, 79, of 2133 South Lafayette Street, who died at St. Joseph's Hospital at 3:15 am Friday, will be held at 9:30 am Monday at Mungovan & Sons Mortuary and at 10 am at St. Peter's Catholic Church, Rev. John A. Bapst will officiate and burial will be in Catholic Cemetery. Mrs. Hutchinson had been ill for about a year. She lived here all her life. Survivors include a brother, Joseph E. Loos, Sr.; a sister, Miss Mary Loos and a number of nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the funeral home at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; April 15, 1944
Contributed by Sharlene Bumgarner

DEAN E. JUMP, 68, died at 6:31 a.m. Wednesday at home. Born in Cecil, Ohio, he retired in 1979 from Rea Magnet Wire after 30 years. Surviving are his wife, Evelyn Arbutice; two daughters, Rose Garrison and Shirley Baysinger, both of Fort Wayne; two sisters, Jean Gaskill, of Syracuse, and Martha Esper, of Fort Wayne; one brother, James Walcutt, of Angola; and five grandchildren. Services at 1 p.m. Saturday in D.O. McComb & Sons Lakeside Park Funeral Home, 1140 Lake Ave., with calling from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday and a Masonic service at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Burial in Greenlawn Memorial Park. Memorials to the American Diabetes Association.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; May 7, 1987
Contributed by Karin King

Brazil, Ind., March 2 - Despondent because of his handicapped condition, Clyde King, age 42, Brazil, legless insurance salesman drove his automobile to a pond south of here, rolled down an embankment into the water and drowned. He removed his artificial legs in order to keep his body from floating but his body came to the top of the water and was soon recovered. Life was not extinct when King was removed from the water but he died soon afterward.
Greencastle Herald, Putnam County, Indiana; 3 March 1931, p. 1
Contributed by Karen Zach

Services for Mrs. Nellie Kreigh, 76, of 5117 Lower Huntington Road, will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in the Elzey Home For Funerals, Waynedale, the Rev. Rex E. Custer officiating. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial Park. Mrs. Kreigh died at 1:30 ? yesterday at St. Joseph's Hospital where she had been a patient one month. She was a member of the Waynedale Methodist Church. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Frank Pesetski and Miss Martha Kreigh, both of Fort Wayne; a son, Forest Kreigh of Avilla; a brother, Clifford Dennis and a sister, Mrs. Elfe?? Richardson, both of Fort Wayne and seven grandchildren. Friends may call at the funeral home after 1 p.m. Sunday.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; February 24, 1968
Contributed by Karin King

FORT WAYNE - Mary Kummer, 81, died Thursday. Services were today in Fort Wayne.
Evening Star, DeKalb County, Indiana; Monday, November 12, 1990
Contributed by Karin King

Peter Ladenberger, 74, a resident of Fort Wayne for the past 45 years, died at 7:30 o'clock last night at the residence, 719 Poplar street. Mr Landenberger was born in Germany, coming to America and Fort Wayne in 1881 and was employed as foreman at the Olds wagon works here for 25 years. Later he served the Wabash railroad company and last year was employed by the city of Fort Wayne, giving up that work last January 1. He was a member of Emmaus Lutheran church and the BUV. Surviving are his widow, Phillipina; one son, William Ladenberger of New Haven; one daughter, Mrs MG Miller of Columbia City, 11 grandchildren and one brother, residing in Germany. The body was removed to the Scheuman & son undertaking parlors and will be taken to the home later for funeral services.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; October 2, 1926
Contributed by Jim Cox

Funeral services for Jacob Leazier will be held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the residence, 1415 West Third Street. The W. R. C. will hold a flag service at 2 o'clock.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; Tuesday, December 30, 1913
Contributed by Karin King

LENOX, James H. - Services at 8:30 a.m. today in the Getz & Eikenberry Funeral Home and at 9 in St. Joseph's Catholic Church, the Rev. Stanley Manoski officiating. Burial in the Catholic Cemetery.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; December 22, 1955
Contributed by Karin King

Portland, April 25 - Funeral services for Charles W. Lyons, 35, will be conducted Saturday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock from the Baird Chapel in charge of Rev. Lura Milligan. Interment will be in Carmel Cemetery. Mr. Lyons died this afternoon at the Richmond Hospital of heart trouble. Surviving are the father, Henry Lyons of Portland; two sisters, Mrs. Henry Stephenson of Portland and Mrs. Charles Barr of Liber.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; April 26, 1940
Contributed by Jim Cox

John "Jack" Mann, 57, of Lima Road, died at 1:30 a.m. Saturday in the Fort Wayne Veterans Administration Hospital. Mr. Mann, a lifelong resident of Fort Wayne, retired in 1974 from General Electric Co., after 33 years of service. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He is survived by his wife, Violet; a sister, Marge Zimmerman of Angola; and four brothers, Lowell of Marshfield, Mich., Dick of Oxford, and Gene and Bill, both of Logansport. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in D.O. McComb & Sons Lakeside Park Funeral Home. Friends may call from 7 to 9 tonight and 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Covington Cemetery. Preferred memorials are gifts to Allen County Cancer Society.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; Sunday, April 26, 1981
Contributed by Karin King

Miss Emma Mayer died at Terre Haute Monday evening from a peculiar cause. Three months ago she discovered in a cistern the body of a Mrs. Robinson, who had drowned herself because of marital trouble. The shock to Miss Mayer was such that she gradually lost her previous good health and gradually wasted away and died.
Greencastle Banner, Putnam County, Indiana; 14 Jan 1886, p. 6
Contributed by Karen Zach

Mrs. Mary Meyer, aged 75 years, died Sunday evening at the home of her son, Frederick, in Adams township. The lady suffered an attack of paralysis some time ago, and has been practically helpless ever since. She had been long a resident of this county, and leaves four grown children to mourn her death as follows: Frederick and Mrs. Marhenke, of Adams township, and Mrs. Rodenbeck and C.A. Meyer, the architect, of this city. The funeral will occur Wednesday at 1:30 from the residence of Frederick Meyer, and at 2 o'clock from Rev Stock's German Lutheran church.
Fort Wayne Sentinel, Allen County, Indiana; March 6, 1899
Contributed by Jim Cox

Col. M. B. Miller, of Decatur, is dead. He was a prominent Indiana lawyer for many years, a gallant old soldier, and served as an inspector of pensions during Cleveland's two terms as president. Colonel Miller made his home in Winchester and Decatur, being the father of Mrs. L. G. Ellingham, whose husband is publisher of the Decatur Democrat. The remains were taken to Winchester for burial. .
Adams County, Indiana Genealogy Newsletter, Decatur Democrat, Adams County, Indiana - Winter 1903-1904
Contributed by Karin King

Mrs. Margaret Moddrell, 101 years old of Eminence, died Sunday at her home there. She had celebrated her birthday on Feb 24. Death was caused by senile exhaustion, aggravated by an injury suffered in a fall two weeks ago. Mrs. Moddrell had attributed her long life to moderation, activity and plenty of substantial food. She was born in Virginia, coming to Owen County, Indiana with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Snodgrass, in a covered wagon when she was 6 years old. Later the family moved to Putnam County. In 1850 she married Andrew J. Moddrell and 15 years later moved to Eminence where she has lived since. Mr. Moddrell died in 1905. Survivors are three children, Mrs. T. S. Arad and Miss Ellen Moddrell of Eminence and a son in Texas.
Greencastle Herald, Putnam County, Indiana; 9 March 1931, p. 1
Contributed by Karen Zach

MARY ALICE MOULTHROP
Mary Alice Timmins Moulthrop, 62, 2257 Center Ave., Base (sic) City, Mich., died there Friday. She was born May 2, 1908 in Elkhart. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick S. Timmins, founders of the Stationers Store in Elkhart. Surviving are her husband; her mother; one son, Guy T. Moulthrop; a daughter, Mrs. John Wheeler, and six grandchildren, all of Base (sic) City. Private services will be Tuesday in Base (sic) City. Karin King note: There is no Base City in Michigan, it should read Bay City and that is in Bay County, Michigan.
Elkhart Truth, Elkhart County, Indiana; May 25, 1970
Contributed by Karin King

Services for Joseph B. Neuhouser, 69, of R. R. 1, Leo, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in Leo Methodist Church, Rev. Richard Chriswell officiating. Burial will be in Leo Cemetery. Mr. Neuhouser died at 9:02 p.m. Wednesday in Parkview Memorial Hospital shortly after admittance. He was a retired farmer and was a member of Leo Methodist Church. Surviving are his wife, Esther; two daughters, Mrs. Harold Moore, Fort Wayne and Mrs. Richard Worman, R.R. 1 Leo; five sisters, Mary Schumaker, Waldron, Mich., Mrs. Enos Aeschliman, Wauseon, Ohio, Mrs. J. VanZile, Auburn, Mrs. George Schlatter, Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Ervin Short, Lorain, Ohio and six grandchildren. Baldinger & Walter Funeral Home, Spencerville, is in charge of the arrangements.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; November 25, 1966
Contributed by Karin King

Funeral services for Mrs. Jane R. Noble will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence, 2019 South Calhoun Street.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; Tuesday, December 30, 1913
Contributed by Karin King

POST OFFICE WORKER FOUND DEAD IN CAR
Mrs. Betty Perrine, 65, of 714 W. Wildwood Ave., was found dead in her car parked outside the Downtown Post Office at 3 p.m. yesterday. Death was caused by an apparent heart attack. She was a member of Faith Lutheran Church and was employed by the Post Office. Surviving are two sons, Alan and Paul F., Fort Wayne; six grandchildren; and several half-brothers and half-sisters. Services will be Monday in Klaehn Funeral Home, followed by burial in Lindenwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; August 16, 1969
Contributed by Karin King

Kenneth Wayne Pettie - Services at 11 a.m. Friday at Mount Calvary Baptist Church, 3506 Warsaw St., with calling from 6 to 8 p.m. today. Burial in Lindenwood Cemetery. Arrangements by Ellis Funeral Home, 1021 E. Lewis St.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; May 7, 1987
Contributed by Karin King

Mortuary Notes - Isaac Piersol, a wealthy resident of Danville, Ind. is dead at the age of 69. He was an elder in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
South Bend Tribune, St. Joseph County, Indiana; Friday, 30 Dec 1898, p. 1
Contributed by Karen Zach

Services will be at 9:30 a.m. Monday in D.O. McComb & Sons Lakeside Park Funeral Home and 10 a.m. in St. Jude's Catholic Church for Floyd S. Renier, 76. He died at 6:10 a.m. Saturday in Parkview Memorial Hospital. Mr. Renier, a native of Allen County, retired from Howard Sober, Inc., auto transporting after 25 years. He was a veteran of World War II. Surviving are his wife, Guleia; two daughters, Charlene L. Keefer and Norma Fischer, both of Fort Wayne; a brother, Bernard, also of Fort Wayne; and a sister, Mary Louise Holliday of Richmond. Friends may call from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Burial will be in Catholic Cemetery. Preferred memorials are gifts for Masses at the church or to the Allen County Cancer Society.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; Sunday, April 26, 1981
Contributed by Karin King

Mrs. S. J. Roop, a pioneer lady of this city died at her home on North Main Street last Wednesday, she had been in ill health for a long time. [Sarah Jane Johnson Roop - buried Green Mound Cemetery, Fort Recovery, Mercer County, Ohio]
St. Henry Advocate, Mercer County, Ohio; Saturday, July 27, 1907
Contributed by Karin King

Services for Erwin Schaper, 75, of 4822 Hessen Cassel Road will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in Martini Lutheran Church, the Rev. Timothy Sims officiating. Burial will be in Concordia Memorial Gardens. Mr. Schaper died at 8:40 p.m. Thursday in Parkview Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient more than a month. A retired farmer, he had also been employed as a custodian at Village Woods School for seven years until retiring in 1961. He was a member of the Martini Church. Surviving are his wife, Aldina H.; two daughters, Mrs. Donald Gallmeyer, Fort Wayne, and Mrs. (cut off).
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; August 16, 1969
Contributed by Karin King

SCHMIDT, Arthur H. - Services at 1:30 p.m. today in the Klaehn Funeral Home, Rev. Arno C. Scholz officiating. Burial in Concordia Cemetery Gardens.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; September 3, 1966
Contributed by Karin King

Motor Scooter Accident Fatal To Youth
Columbia City, Ind. (AP) - Lawrence Walter Scott, who was injured in a motor scooter accident Tuesday night, died Wednesday. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Scott of Columbia City.
The Courier Times, Henry County, Indiana; July 30, 1953
Contributed by Jim Cox

SEIFERT, Mrs. Bertha M. - Services at 2:30 p.m. in Roderbeck-Hockemeyer Funeral Home, Rev. Marion Pierson officiating. Burial in Greenlawn Memorial Park.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; November 25, 1966
Contributed by Karin King

The funeral of Hon. J. H. Service will take place Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the family residence, New Carlisle. Although not under Masonic auspices the services will not be private as mentioned in The Tribune yesterday, friends and acquaintances of the deceased being generally invited to attend.
South Bend Tribune, St. Joseph County, Indiana; Friday, 30 Dec 1898, p. 1
Contributed by Karen Zach

Clifford W. Shuler, 79, died at 12:56 a.m. Wednesday in Parkview Memorial Hospital. Born in Fort Wayne, he retired in 1970 from General Electric Co. after 30 years. Surviving are one daughter, Barbara McComb, of Fort Wayne; two sons, Gene and Paul, both of Fort Wayne; three brothers, Lawrence and Art of Fort Wayne and Bob of Chula vista, Calif.; one sister Irene Kelley, of Indianapolis; and seven grandchildren. Services at 10 a.m. Saturday in C.M. Sloan & Sons Funeral Home, 1327 Wells St., with calling from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 pm. Friday. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial Park. Memorials to Allen County Cancer Society.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; June 11, 1987
Contributed by Karin King

Mrs. Parintha Alice Shuler, 48, 2514 Ethel Ave., died at the Parkview Memorial Hospital today at 6:40 a.m. She had been a patient there for four weeks. Born in Fort Wayne, she has lived in the community all of her life. She was a member of the Trinity Methodist Church and had been employed at the Lincoln Life Insurance Co. Surviving are the husband, Clifford; two sons, Gene and Paul, both of Fort Wayne; a daughter, Mrs. Barbara Gillespie, Fort Wayne; two grandsons; the father Lester Hollopeter, Churubusco; and a brother, Charles Hollopeter, Fort Wayne; and five sisters, Mrs. Virginia Moss, Mrs. Marjorie Noll, Mrs. Dorothy Davis and Mrs. Lois Buelow, all of Fort Wayne and Mrs. Mary Troyer Churubusco; and a half sister Mrs. Betty Perrine, Fort Wayne. Friends may call at the C.M. Sloan & Sons funeral Home after 7 p.m. Thursday. Services will be Saturday 10 a.m. in the funeral home, the Rev. John Kirkpatrick officiating with burial in Greenlawn Memorial Park.
News-Sentinel, Allen County, Indiana; April 5, 1961
Contributed by Karin King

FORT WAYNE - Agnes E. Smith, 91, died Thursday. Services were Saturday in Fort Wayne.
Evening Star, DeKalb County, Indiana; Monday, November 12, 1990
Contributed by Karin King

SMITH, Arthur C. - Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the resident, 313 West Brackenridge Street with Rev. Leo Miller officiating. Interment will be in the Cedar Chapel Cemetery.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; November 26, 1936
Contributed by Karin King

Roscoe V. Smith, 64, of 5414 S. Hanna St., died at 8:40 p.m. yesterday at Lutheran Hospital where he had been a patient one day. He was born in Great Bend Kan., but lived in Fort Wayne most of his life. He was employed in the office of the Coca-Cola Bottling Works here for 35 years. He was a member of the Parkview Church of Christ and belonged to the Wayne Lodge, F&AM, and the Scottish Rite. He is survived by his wife Vonda; two daughter, Mrs. Beverly Cook and Mrs. Sally Rhoades, both of Fort Wayne; a son Jack V. Smith, Fort Wayne; two stepsons, Robert Chandler, Fort Wayne and Max Chandler, Lansing, Mich.; a step daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Grieser, Trenton, N.J.; a sister Mrs. Erma Beard, Garrett; 13 grandchildren, and two great-grandchild. The body was taken to D.O. McComb & Sons Funeral Home.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; September 3, 1966
Contributed by Jim Cox

Mrs. Emma M. Snouffer, 83, 3207 Dinnen Avenue, died at 3:05 p.m. Saturday at the Methodist Hospital, where she had been a patient for six days. She had been ill for several months. Born in Mifflin County, Pa., she lived in Fort Wayne for the past 15 years. She was a member of the Bellewood (Pa.) Methodist Church. Surviving are three sons, R. D., local attorney, Earl W., local contractor, M/Sgt Clair E., stationed at McClelland Field, Calif.; six daughters, Mrs. Bertha Hostler, Mrs. Ella Root, both of Bellewood, Pa., Mrs. Helen Minerd, Mansfield, O., Mrs. Ruth Bailey, Tyrone, Pa., and Mrs. Esther Marsh and Mrs. Marie Hirschey, both of Fort Wayne; a brother, William Rodgers, Philadelphia; 37 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Chalfant-Perry Funeral Home, the Rev. V. L. Clear officiating. Burial will be in Prairie Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; Sunday, September 30, 1945
Contributed by Karin King

Berne - Robina Spink, 91, died at 10:12 am Thursday at Swiss Village. Surviving are a daughter, Margaret Nyffeler of Bluffton and four grandchildren. Services at 11 am Saturday at Flanner & Buchanan Mortuary, Broad Ripple; calling 6 to 9 pm today and an hour before services Saturday. Local arrangements by Yager-Kirchhofer Funeral Home.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; December 18, 1987
Contributed by Jim Cox

Speck, Margaret, beloved wife of the late John, sister of Susan Bennett of Hammond, Ind., aunt of Bessie Heppner. Sunday, Aug. 12, late residence, 4465 Haines Rd., St. Petersburg, Fla., formerly of Nova, O. Friends may call at C. L. Kaufmann & Sons Funeral Home, 3305 W. 25 St., where services will be held Thursday, Aug. 16, at 2 p. m. Interment Riverside Cemetery.
Cleveland Press; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #157; Date: Aug 15, 1956
Contributed by Karin King

BETTY JOAN STARKEL, 69, of Fort Wayne died Friday in Parkview Memorial Hospital. The Wells County native was former owner of Corner Discount Store in Monroe for 10 years and personnel clerk for Wayne Candies Inc. for six years. She was a member of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church and widow of Walter E., who died last year. Surviving are a daughter, Sandra K. Stewart of Vincennes; her mother, Anna Hatfield of New Haven; sisters, Lillian Springer of Bluffton, Vivian Starkel of Sun City, Ariz., and Carolyn Dauscher of Fort Wayne; brothers, Edward J. Hatfield of Powell, Ohio, John Hatfield of Midwest, Okla., and Frank Hatfield of Ossian; and a grandchild. Private services were in Concordia Cemetery Gardens. Arrangements were by D.O. McComb & Sons Lakeside Park Funeral Home. Preferred memorials are gifts to the church.
News-Sentinel, The (Fort Wayne, IN) - June 14, 1993
Contributed by Jim Cox

Mary J. Tripoli, 82, died Tuesday at Lutheran Hospital. The Fostoria, Ohio, native lived in Fort Wayne most of her life and was a member of Foster Grandparents of Fort Wayne. Surviving are her daughters, Irene Jackson, Phyllis Langston, Virginia Lichtsinn, Mary Eberle and Judy Tripoli-LaPointe, all of Fort Wayne; a brother, Jim Montgomery of Henderson, Nev.; 27 grandchildren; 43 great- grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Services are 10 a.m. tomorrow at D.O. McComb & Sons Lakeside Park Funeral Home, 1140 Lake Ave., with burial in Eel River Cemetery. Calling is 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
News-Sentinel, Allen County, Indiana; January 24, 1991
Contributed by Jim Cox

Funeral services for Mrs. Bertha Warner, 65, who died of a heart ailment at her home on the Allen-DeKalb county line in Cedar Creek township at 8 a.m. yesterday, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Cedar Creek chapel church and interment will be in the church cemetery. The Walters funeral home of Spencerville will have charge of the services. Surviving are the husband, Allen Warner; two sons, Louis Warner of Chicago and Ford Warner of Auburn; a daughter, Mrs. Mary Surfus of Huntertown, and six grandchildren.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; November 26, 1936
Contributed by Karin King

Lewis Franklin Warner, 56, native of Cedar Creek Township but a resident of Chicago the past 35 years, died at 2 a.m. yesterday in the Veterans Hospital, Chicago. He was a machinist. Surviving are a brother, Ford R.R.2 Auburn, and a sister, Mrs. Mary Surfus, near Huntertown. Mr. Warner was a bachelor. The body is being sent to the Gerig Funeral Home at Auburn.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; December 22, 1955
Contributed by Karin King

WOMAN FROM HERE FOUND DEAD IN CAR ON COUNTRY ROAD
Mrs. Marjorie J. Wehrly, 41, of 2030 Dalewood Drive, was found dead in her car early yesterday near Butler. Dr. John Harvey, DeKalb County coroner, said blood tests indicated death was due to carbon monoxide poisoning. He placed the time of death between 2 and 3 a.m. yesterday. A DeKalb County resident noticed the car parked on a road leading to an abandoned farm about midnight Thursday. He noticed the car again about noon yesterday and found the woman dead. Born in Indianapolis, Mrs. Wehrly lived most of her life here and was a member of St. Charles Catholic Church and its Rosary Society. She also was a member of the Bishop Dwenger Mother's Club. Survivors include her husband, Ralph E.; two sons, Jack and Robert; four daughters, Linda, Sandra, Janet and Teresa, all at home. Services will be at 9:30 a.m. Monday at Mungovan & Sons Mortuary and 10 a.m. at St. Charles Church with the Rev. Edward I. Hession officiating. Burial will be in Catholic Cemetery. Rosary will be recited at 4 p.m. Sunday at the mortuary where friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today and 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday.
Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana; February 24, 1968
Contributed by John Cox

Tri-Lake was the scene of a death 8unday, when Arthur Wellbaum, who lives nine and one-half miles south, of Fort Wayne, was stricken with cramps while swimming. According to his friends, the young man was a good swimmer, so when he went under for the first time no attention was paid to him. When he came up and cried for help several swimmers rushed to his aid, but were unable to get the body. After repeated attempts to rescue him by diving, grappling hooks were secured and the body was located after it had been in the water for twenty-five minutes. Efforts at resuscitation failed. The body was brought to Fort Wayne. He was the son of Marshall M. Wellbaum, prominent farmer. Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning, at 10 o'clock, from the home In Pleasant township, and at 10:30 from the United Brethren church, at Five Points.
News-Sentinel, Allen County, Indiana; August 26, 1918
Contributed by Jim Cox

Mortuary Notes - Capt. C. P. Woodward of New Castle, Ind. is dead. He was in the Fifth Indiana during the Mexican War and in the 36th in the Civil War.
South Bend Tribune, St. Joseph County, Indiana; Friday, 30 Dec 1898, p. 1
Contributed by Karen Zach

Mrs. Adam Young died yesterday afternoon at three o'clock at her home in Rockcreek Township after a prolonged sickness with cancer. She was aged forty-six years and leaves a husband and three sons. The funeral services will be held at St. Paul's Church at two o'clock Thursday afternoon with Rev. H. A. Welker in charge of the services.
Bluffton Evening News, Bluffton, Wells Co, Indiana; Wednesday, Jan 1, 1902
Contributed by Jim Cox