IKAMIRE, Lucinda Elma
Lucinda Elma 'Lucy' Ikamire
Source: I found these while going through some papers sent to me by Christine Ikamire Phillips, a second-cousin. Unfortunately the clippings were not accompanied by the name of the newspaper or the dates the obituaries were published. Kathy Scott kscott7@charter.net
Miss Ikamire Funeral Held This Afternoon
Well Known Greencastle Woman Passed Away at Home Saturday Evening
Ill only Two Days
Came to Greencastle from Putnamville; Was a Member of Presbyterian Church
Miss Lucinda Elma Ikamire, born near Putnamville October 2, 1864, died Saturday evening [13 Jan 1940] at the family home on south College Avenue in this city, from a diabetic trouble which had confined her to her bed only two days. She came to Greencastle with her sisters to reside in 1915 but had many friends here before that time, being known, even then as an expert needlewoman.
Miss Ikamire was the daughter of Riley and Mary Bickel Ikamire who moved to the vicinity of Putnamville in 1861, from Millersburg, Ohio. They became known in the neighborhood in which they lived as an exceedingly sturdy, dependable family. They were members of the Putnamville Presbyterian Church and those who moved to Greencastle transferred their membership to the Presbyterian Church of this city. Miss "Lucy," which was the more commonly known name of Miss Lucinda, became a member of that Putnamville Church in 1879 and united with the Church here 42 years ago.
Miss Ikamire attended the Coates College for young women at Terre Haute two years and the Danville Normal one year, with the intention of teaching, but she did not complete her preparatory work for that profession.
Surviving her are two sisters living in Greencastle, Miss Anna Allen Ikamire and Mrs. Catherine Duree. There are several surviving nieces and a nephew.
Service for Miss Ikamire were held at the residence at 2 o'clock MOnday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. V. L. Raphael, pastor of the Presbyterian church, and the interment was in the cemetery at Amo where the family purchased a burial lot at the time of the death of another sister, Mrs. Emma Neese, in 1893, whose home was in Amo.
Pall bearers were C. C. Gautier, Harry Lueteke, Dr. W. D. Edington, Henry Werneke, L. R. Chapin, and G. E. Black.