The News-Sentinel 1952
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The News-Sentinel 1952 Wednesday, January 2, 1952 Manie E. Gerrich Mrs. Manie E. GERRICH, 65, died at Woodlawn hospital at 9 o’clock Tuesday evening following an illness of six months due to complications. She was born [Manie E. MILLER] in Hancock county, Indiana on Nov. 15, 1886, daughter of Oliver and Katherine MILLER, and the last of a family of ten children. In 1904, at a ceremony performed at Kentland, Ind., she became the bride of Willie GERRICH. She came to the Fulton community from Gilead in 1936, and has resided on a farm near the Cass-Fulton county line, about three miles southeast of Fulton, since that time. She was a member of the Christian church. Survivors include the husband; four sons, Earl [GERRICH], Peru; Walter [GERRICH], Jackson, Ga.; Harold and Donald [GERRICH], Rochester; two daughters, Mrs. Albert BRUBAKER of Laketon and Mrs. Harold GREENE, LaPorte; eighteen grandchildren; two great- grandchildren; two step-granddaughters. Services will be held at 2 p.m., Friday at the Fulton Baptist church with the Rev. Don McGUIRE officiating. Burial in Fulton cemetery. The body will be removed from the Ditmire funeral home to the residence Thursday morning where friends may call. Laura G. Dryon Last rites for Laura G. DRYON, 73, will be held at 1:30 o’clock Thursday at the Moyer- Haupert funeral home, Akron, with the Rev. Wilbert SULLIVAN officiating. Interment will be made in Laketon cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until the hour of the service. Born [Laura G. CREWS] in Grant county, Ind., Dec. 2, 1878, the daughter of Edgar and Elizabeth (GRESSMAN) CREWS, the deceased spent the major part of her life in the Disko community. She was a memer of the Christian church in Laketon. She passed away at her Disko residence on Monday night following a year’s illness of complications. Survivors include two daughters, Lulu and Martha [DRYON], at home; four sisters, Mrs. Edna MILLER, Astoria, Ohio; Mrs. Florence SMALL, Jonesboro, Ind.; Mrs. Josephine KLINE, Okemos, Mich.; Mrs. Emma GIFT, Long Beach, Calif.; and one brother, Walter CREWS, Logansport. Addie Mae Wallace Funeral services will be held on Friday afternoon at 2:00 for Mrs. Addie Mae WALLACE, 85, a lifelong resident of the Argos community, who passed away at eight o’clock this morning at a Peru Nursing home, after an eight-hear illness with complications. The daughter of Basil and Hanna BOWELL, she was born in Argos on July 21, 1866. On April 18, 1887, she was united in marriage with John WALLACE who preceded her in 1948. She was a member of the Argos Christian church. Surviving are three sons, Austin [WALLACE], Argos; Reuben [WALLACE], Placerville, Calif.; Levi [WALLACE], Mishawaka; six grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; a half-brother, James BOWELL, Rochester; and several nephews and nieces. Final rites will be held at the Grossman funeral home, Argos, with the Rev. Robert COOVERT in charge. Burial in Maple Grove cemetery, Argos. Friends may call at the funeral home until the hour of the funeral. Mrs. Alva Potts Mrs. Alva POTTS, of Rensselaer, mother of Mrs. Wade JARRETTE, of this city passed away Monday morning at the Battle Grounds, Ind. sanitarium where she had been a patient for the past several days. She had been critically ill for over a month. Mrs. Potts is survived by her husband, of Rensselaer, three sons and a daughter, Mrs. Letha JARRETTE, of this city. Mrs. Jarrette is with her father at Rensselaer. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Thursday, January 3, 1952 [no obits] Friday, January 4, 1952 Clement L. Hickle Funeral rites for Clement L. HICKLE, 79, whose death was reported in Benton Harbor, Mich., Dec. 30, were held in that city wih burial in Crystal Spring cemetery. The IOOF lodge at Benton Harbor was in charge. The deceased was born in Ross county, Ohio, the son of George and Mary (HINTON) HICKLE in 1872. He was the oldest of eight children born to this union. Although he lived in the Kewanna community for a number of years, he had resided in Michigan since 1924. He was a memb er of the Christian church and the IOOF lodge, Kewanna. Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Retha HICKLE; two sons, Elmer and George [HICKLE], Kewanna; one daughter, Mrs. Elsie AMWILER, Monticello; five grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. Also, two brothers, Raleigh P. [HICKLE] and John C. [HICKLE], Calgary, Alberta, Canada; three sisters, Mrs. Ora ROSS, Calgary; Mrs. Estella ROSS, Seattle, Wash.; Mrs. Etta RANS, Rochester; two half-sisters Ethel CAHILL of Calgary; Catherine McKINNEY of Seattle; and several nieces and nephews. Michael Zegafuse Francis ZEGAFUSE, Route 6, has been informed of the death of his brother, Michael [ZEGAFUSE], which occurred recently in his home city, Spokane, Wash., where funeral services were held. The deceased formerly resided in this county, and was well known in this community. Pvt. Jack Owen Walker Friends in Akron and vicinity were shocked to hear of the death of Jack WALKER in the Korean War. Jack lived on a farm in southeast part of Henry Township during his school years and he was graduated from Akron high school in the class of 1947. He died October 7, 1951 in the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital 8209 in Korea, at the age of 22 years, 8 months and 3 days, a victim of enemy small arms fire by which he was wounded September 30, 1951 while serving in the line of duty. He was previously wounded August 18 from which he had recovered. Jack Owen WALKER, Pvt. the 23rd Infantry, 2nd Division was the son of Howard and Mary WALKER, formerly of Akron, now living near French Lick. He was born at Valparaiso April 4, 1929. He was united in marriage to Shirley May ABEL of French Lick Dec. 30, 1950. He was indcted into the U. S. service January 10, 1951. A daughter, Shirley Diane [WALKER], was born September 30, 1951, the same day that the father received the wounds that proved fatal. The father died seven days later before word could reach him of the birth of his daughter. He leaves his wife and baby daughter, his mother and father, and one brother, Howe [WALKER]. His body was brought to the home of his parents near French Lick last week. Military services were held Saturday afternoon, December 29, at the American Legion Home in French Lick. Mrs. Nola KOTTERMAN of Macy, a sister of Mrs. Howard WALKER, spent last week in the Walker home in French Lick and attended the funeral services of her nephew. Saturday, January 5, 1952 [no obits] Monday, January 7, 1952 Cora Mullican Relatives and friends in Rochester have received word of the death, last Friday in California, of Mrs. Cora [HICKS] MULLICAN LANE, widow of the late Dr. [Lorenzo A.] MULLICAN, and mother of the famous LANE SISTERS, nationally known stars of pictures and opera. Funeral services were held today and burial was made in the Western state. Dr. Mullican was the brother of Charles MULLICAN and Ben MULLICAN of this city. Mrs. LANE is survived by her five daughters, all in California; two brothers, Earl HICKS, Kokomo, and Rev. George HICKS, a superannuated Christian minister, South Bend. When her five daughters, Leota, Martha, Lola, Rosemary and Priscilla [LANE] attained fame on state and in pictures, as The Lane Sisters, Mrs. Mullican had her name legally changed to Lane, as a matter of expediency. Lewis Kolbut Lewis KOLBUT, 78, a resident of Knox, died this morning at 12:10 at the Rochester Nursing Home where he had been a patient for the past two weeks. Death was attributed to pneumonia and complications, following a three month illness. Mr. Kolbut was a native of Russia. The survivors are the wife, of Knox, and several children. He was a member of the Catholic church in Knox, and farmer by occupation. The body was prepared for burial at the Zimmerman Bros. Funeral Home and then removed to the Pruseiki Funeral Home in Hammond. Jacob Hoffman Winamac, Ind., Jan.7. -- Jacob HOFFMAN, 79, of Buffalo, died of a heart attack Saturday evening at the Carneal hospital. He had been taken to the hospital earlier for a check-up. Born March 4, 1872 in Pulaski county, he was the son of Jacob and Kathryn (WILLIAMS) HOFFMAN. A retired farmer, he had lived his entire life in this county. He was a trustee of Beaver township for 10 years. Tuesday, January 8, 1952 Wilbur R. Cunningham Funeral rites for a one-time Fulton county resident will be held Wednesday in Logansport with burial to be made in the Rochester IOOF cemetery. Wilbur Raymond CUNNINGHAM, 42, whose home address was route two, Logansport, died early Sunday morning, in the Indiana State Village at New Castle, where he had been a patient for a number of years. The funeral will be held at the McCloskey-Hamilton Chapel in Logansport, Wednesday afternoon at 1:30, with the Rev. Fr. John CUNNINGHAM officiating. The deceased was born March 7, 1909, in Marshall county, the son of George and Elsie WAGONER CUNNINGHAM. The family lived in Rochester for several years. The survivors are the father; two sisters and two brothers, Mrs. Victor WILLY, R. 4, Logansport and Mrs. Darl STILWELL, R. 2, Royal Center; two brothers, Claude [CUNNINGHAM], R. 4, Logansport and Burgess [CUNNINGHAM], Lucerne. Wednesday, January 9, 1952 Florence Wiggam Word was received here today of the death of Mrs. Florence WIGGAM, of Indianapolis, which occurred in that city Monday morning, following a long illness. She was a sister of Mrs. William HINDEL, of this city, Mrs.