Philip J. Jourdan, a prominent Marrs township farmer who had spent his entire lifetime on
the same farm which belonged to his parents prior to his ownership died at
Mr. Jourdan, who had been in poor health
for several years with a combined thyroid and heart condition, was fatally
stricken minutes after he arrived at a
The deceased resided in a home erected six years ago on Ind 62 seven miles east of
The body is at The Short Funeral Home where friends may call
beginning this evening . It will remain there
until
The body will lie in state at the church until Rev. Robert M. Dohn, pastor of Immanuel, conducts the funeral service at
Surviving are
the wife, nee Mary Espenlaub whose marriage to Mr. Jourdan took place Nov 11, 1917; the son, Edwin, R. R. 1,
Mt. Vernon; a daughter, Mrs. Glen Rowley, Evansville; four grandchildren; three
brothers, George and henry Jourdan,
Marrs township and William Jourdan,
Bedford and a sister, Mrs. Philip Schreiber, R. R. 2, Mt. Vernon. The
deceased's parents were Phillip Jourdan and Caroline Boberg Jourdan.
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Originally submitted by Betty Sellers