ETHEL SPURLOCK WOODCOX WENGER

Tuesday, May 28, 1957
The News-Sentinel

Mrs. Ethel SPURLOCK WENGER, 77, died at 4 p.m. Monday at the Miller nursing home here after a six-month illness. She resided at 109 Jefferson street.
Mrs. WENGER is survived by 130 descendants who include 11 children 45 grandchildren and 74 great-grandchildren.
She was born Oct. 15, 1879 in Kewanee, W. Va., the daughter of Thomas and Mary SPURLOCK. She had resided in this community almost her entire life.
Her first marriage was in 1898 to Eli WOODCOX who preceded her in death. She was married in 1942 to Samuel WENGER who also preceded her in death. Mrs. Wenger was a member of the Church of God.
Surviving are 11 children, Mrs. Susie Mae BINNINGER, stepdaughter, Arkansas; Mrs. Mertie PLETCHER, Argos; Marion WOODCOX, South Bend; Mrs. Bessie GOOD, LaPaz; Paul WOODCOX, South Bend; Mrs. Ida Belle STEININGER, Rochester; Miss Carrie WOODCOX, at home; Jonas WOODCOX, Arizona; Mrs. Berth GUARD, Bremen; Leonard WOODCOX, Rochester; two brothers, Calvin SPURLOCK, R.R. 4, Rochester; a sister, Carrie CRABILLL, Wabash; and several nieces. One daughter and two sons preceded her in death.
Funeral rites will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the Church of God with the Rev. Lloyd POWELL officiating. Burial will be in the Citizens cemetery here. Friends may call at the Foster and Good funeral home after 6 p.m. today. The body will lie in state at the church an hour before the funeral.