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The News-Sentinel 1948 The News-Sentinel 1948 Friday, January 2, 1948 J. Newton McQuern J. Newton McQUERN, 93, died in a Springfield, O., hospital on Wednesday, Dec. 31. For the past several years he has been living at the Pythian Home in Springfield. Mr. McQuersn suffered a fractured hip on Christmas morning and was immediately taken to the hospital. The deceased was born and reared in Rochster, but for a long number of years he engaged in the contracting busines in Canton, O. He retired from active business several yeas ago at which time entered the Pythian Home. Survivors are a grandson, James McQUERN, Canton, O.; a sister, Mrs. William ZELLER of Rochester and several nieces and nephews. He visited rlatives in Rochester every year and was enjoying exceptionally fair health up until his accident on Christmas Day. Funeral services were held today in Springfield and buriel will be made in a Navarre, O., cemetery, Saturday. William Elias Kinzie William Elias KINZIE, farmer residing in the Oak Grove neighborhood near Culver, passed away Wednesday evening at Woodlawn hospital. He had been in ill health a week. Mr. Kinzie was born at Silver Lake, Ind., on December 28, 1869, and had resided in the vicinity of Culver for practically all of his life. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Eva EBERLY, Lake City, Mich.; a niece and three nephews. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2. p.m. in the Ober church, with Rev. Ray STANTON of Knox officiating. Interment will be in the Burr Oak cemetery. The body lies in state at the Easterday funeral home, Culver. Saturday, January 3, 1948 Glen Cole Word has been received here of the death of Glen COLE, former resident, which occurred last Sunday at Hollywood, Fla. For a number of years he was superintendent of the plant of the Rochester Sentinel and later went to Plymouth. Recently he had been a printer in the composing room of the Indianapolis Star. He was born at Camden and the funeral services were held there Wednesday afternoon. He is survived by his wife, a daughter and one sister. Monday, January 5, 1948 Cecil LaBelle Cecil LaBELLE, cashier and director of gates, of Cole Bros. Circus, died suddenly today at his home in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Death came as the result of a heart attack according to a message received by Zack TERRELL, owner of the circus. The deceased is survived by a wife and two daughters. The funeral will be held Tuesday at the Fanning Funeral Home at Ft. Lauderdale. Mr. LaBelle was connected with the Cole Bros Circus since its founding and will be remembered by many local people. Tuesday, January 6, 1948 Lora Godwin Funeral services for Mrs. Lora GODWIN, former Akron resident who died Sunday at a daughter’s home in Whiting, will be conducted Wednesday afternoon in the Akron Methodist church. The Rev. R. A. FENSTERMACHER will preside and burial will be at South Whitley. Mrs. Godwin was the widow of the Rev. I. R. GODWIN, pastor of the Akron Methodist church for a number of years. After his retirement, the couple moved back to Akron where they lived until his death Nov. 21, 1942, when she went to live with her children. Survivors include five daughters, Mrs. M. L. MULLINS of Whiting, Mrs. Howard H. CHENOWETH of Lynn, Ind., Mrs. H. W. GREENWOOD of Perrysburg, O., Mrs. B. C. KURMAN of Beech Grove, Mo., and Mrs. Robert SEALORD of Bay Village, O.; three sons, Maj. J. E. GODWIN in the U. S. Army, John W. GODWIN of Richmond, and Wendell R. GODWIN of Hutchinson, Kans; and three sisters, Mrs. Joseph PINICLE of Amherst, Mass., Mrs. Alice LARKIN of River Rouge, Mich., and Mrs. Viola ZIMMERMAN of Pennsylvania. The services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. The lack of telephone facilities, damaged by the storm, prvented arrangements to have the body brought to Akron for any length of time prior to the service. Further obituary details will be in Wednesday’s issue of The News-Sentinel. Joseph Van Lue Funeral services for Joseph Van LUE, who died in the Mentone clinic Sunday night, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Walnut Brethren church. A well-known farmer in the Argos neighborhood, Mr. Van Lue was born in Argos and spent most of his life there. Surviving are his wife, the former Anna BRAGUNIER; a daughter, Mrs. Treva WEAVER, Akron; a son, William J. [Van LUE], at home; his father, Lee Van LUE, of near Tippecanoe; a sister, Mrs. Orren MILLER, near Tippecanoe; two brothers, Roy [Van LUE] of Lakeville, and Fred [Van LUE] of South Bend. Alfred R. Anderson Services for Alfred R. ANDERSON, 68, of Mishawaka, a former native of Rochester who died Monday afternoon, will be at 2 p.m. in the Bubb funeral home in South Bend with burial in St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park cemetry in South Bend. Married to the former Luella PATTEE of Rochester, Mr. Anderson was born in Fulton county Sept. 23, 1881, he was an employee of the South Bend Toy Manufacturing company and a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, No. 453. Survivors include the wife, five daughters, three sisters, one step-brother, sixteen grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Harold Maurice Bryant The body of Private First Class Harold Maurice BRYANT, age 19, who died in the service of his country in the battle of the bulge in Belgium, on Dec. 24, 1944, will arrive in Culver Tuesday, Jan. 13. An American Legion escort will accompany the body from the train at Hibbard, to the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley BRYANT, one mile south of the intersection of state road 17 and 110 and two miles east just west of the Mt. Hope church. Funeral services will be held at the Culver Evangelical United Brethren church at two o’clock Thursday afternoon, Jan. 15. The Rev. S. W. JOINER of Plymouth and the Rev. F. C. WACKNITZ of Culver will officiate. Burial will be in the Culver cemetery. Pfc. Bryant was born at Argos and attended school there and at Culver. He enlisted in the Army March 8, 1944 and received his training at Camp Blanding, Fla., and Camp Maxey, Tex., and was sent overseas in September, 1944, where he served with Company H, 393rd Infanry. Surviving are his parents; one sister, Mrs. Alice GARNER, Plymouth; three brothers, Henry [BRYANT] and Herberdean [BRYANT], both of LaPorte, and Hilton [BRYANT], at home. Floyd S. Campbell Funeral services were held at Edmonds Funeral Home at Chesterton, Ind., Sunday, for a former Fulton county resident, Floyd S. CAMPBELL, of Porter, Ind. Mr. Campbell was born near Lake, Bruce, Dec. 6, 1882, son of John Daniel and Ella (MILLER) CAMPBELL. Following the death of his father he came to Aubbeenaubbee township where he spent his early youth, reared in the Christopher CAMPBELL home, south of Leiters Ford. Upon completing his schooling here where he became a telegrapher. [sic] On Oct. 3, 1907, at the Fred MEISER farm home north of Leiters Ford, he was married to Miss Jessie MEISER, a school teacher, the Rev. WHITTAKER performed the ceremony. The couple celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary in 1947. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell became residents of Porter in 1918, and had received the gold key and chain from the Order of Railroad Telegraphers for 25 years continuous service and was due to retire Jan. 1, 1948. Mr. Campbell suffered a heart attack early in September and had been confined to his bed until his death on New Year’s morning, following an embolism and complications. Survivors are the widow; one son, Dr. Robert CAMPBELL and one daughter, Mrs. Jean KAEHLER, and six grandchildren all of Chesterton; one brother, Lester CAMPBELL, of Pontiac, Mich., and a half-brother, Perry WENTZEL of South Bend. The Rev. SOUTH, a neighbor at Porter and who resided at Leiters Ford in 1906-1907, officiated at the final rites. Burial was at the Chesterton cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh CAMPBELL, Mrs. Jesse WILLIAMS of Leiters Ford, John James and W. MEISER of Winamac, Mr. and Mrs. B. B. CAMPBELL, Dr. and Mrs. BEUDLER of Gary attended the services. Wednesday, January 7, 1948 Charles G. Horton Funeral services for Charles G. HORTON, 81, who died Tuesday evening at his home five miles south of Rochester, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Foster funeral home with the Rev. G. R. CRANE officiating. Burial will be in the IOOF cemetery. Mr. Hoton was ill five weeks. A native of Miami county, Mr. Horton was born Aug. 22, 1861, the son of Thomas H. and Harriett FENNIMORE HORTON. He married Emma HICKS June 6, 1886. She preceded him in death. Survivors are two sons and two daughters, Ray [HORTON], Rochester, Glen [HORTON], Sidell, Ill.; Mrs. E. MATHIAS, Rochester, Mrs. Phil MILLER, Rochester; nine grandchildren; one great-grandchild; one brother, Al HORTON, Macy; three half-sisters, Mrs. Mae FENTERS, Macy, Mrs. Myrtle BACON, Akron, Mrs. Lela ALSPACH, Rochester. The body was taken to the residence this afternoon from the Ditmir funeral home at Fulton. William Lester Wilson William Lester WILSON, 57, Plymouth, died at 9 a.m. today in Parkview hospital in Plymouth after being seriously injured in an automobile accident at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday five miles west of Donaldson on Road 30. Mr. Wilson is the son of Mrs. Belle WILSON, 225 East 14th street. Formerly employed in the Ross Book Store here, he was enroute to his home from a business trip in Michigan. A blinding showstorm caused his car to skid in the path of an oncoming truck.
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