Phillip H. Orth, 71, a farmer and a
long-long resident of Marrs township
died suddenly at
Death came to the representative of a prominent Posey county
family on the same farm near Gebhardt's Corner on the
old Mt. Vernon-Evansville state road where he was born and had spent his entire
life. Chronic heart disease extending over a period of several years was
fatal.
Mr. Orth was a member of Salem
Evangelical and Reformed Church and the funeral service will be conducted in
the church with burial following in the church cemetery. Time of the
services had not been set at the
The body is at the Short Funeral Home in
Two sons, Rudolph F. Orth, R. R. 13,
Evansville, and Ervin G. Orth, R. R. 1 Mt. Vernon,
and give grandchildren are the nearest surviving relatives.
Mrs. Orth wife of the late deceased and
before her marriage Emma Zehner, died several years ago.
Mr. Orth's parents were Conrad Orth
and Christina Abel Orth.
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Originally submitted by Betty Sellers