Circle Hill Cemetery; Angola, Steuben County, Indiana

Willard Wayne Purdy, 20, who lived at the Fort Wayne YMCA, died at 12:50 p.m. Sunday at the Lutheran Hospital from injuries received six weeks ago in an automobile accident five miles east of Huntington. He suffered head injuries and had been seriously ill for the past week. He was born in Huntington and had lived in Fort Wayne the past two months, being employed by the International Harvester Company. He was a member of the Methodist Church. Survivors include his parents, Mrs. Zelma Purdy, Fort Wayne, and William Purdy, Huntington; two sisters, Miss Phyllis, Huntington and Mrs. Felix A. Jenisch, Pittsfield, N. H., and a brother, Charles, with the Army in China. The body was removed to the Julian Schone Funeral Home. (cut off)

Fort Wayne Journal Gazette; Allen County, Indiana
Monday, April 2, 1945

Submitted by Jim Cox