The News-Sentinel 1932 Saturday, January 2, 1932 Mrs. Essie Bell BURNS, 43, died Thursday evening at 6:35 at her home five miles southwest of Akron, death being due to cancer. Mrs. Burns had been in ill health for two years, but her condition had only been regarded as serious the past five weeks. Essie Bell [NYE], daughter of Gilbert and Ida NYE, was born July 1, 1888, in Henry township and all of her life had been spent in that community. On Sept. 2, 1905, she was married to Oliver BURNS. Mrs. Burns was a member of the Omega United Brethren church, three miles southwest of Akron. Surviving are her husband, parents, one son, Verl [BURNS], at home; four daughters, Mrs. Florence BOWEN, Peru, Lamona [BURNS], Treva [BURNS] and Lena [BURNS], at home; one brother, Clifford NYE, of Akron; four sisters, Mrs. Myrtle DAVIS, Mrs. Lucretia KUHN, of Akron; Mrs. Mauna BONAR, Mt. Comfort, Ind.; and Carmen SPENCER, of Indianapolis, and one grandson. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 1:30 at the Methodist church in Akron. Rev. I. E. LONGENBAUGH, of Rochester, officiated and burial was made in the Akron I.O.O.F. cemetery. Monday, January 4, 1932 Everett Lowell [COPLEN], six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs Leroy COPLEN, who reside on the county line road north of this city, passed away at the McDowell hospital in Warsaw at one o’clock Monday morning Death followed an operation for glandular trouble. The child had been in a serious condition for the past two weeks. Everett Lowell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Coplen, was born on June 25th, 1925. He is survived by his parents, a brother, Carl [COPLEN], and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey COPLEN and Mr and Mrs Jess ROHRER. Funeral services in charge of Rev. WEAVER will be held Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock at the Brethren church, south of Argos. Burial will be made in the adjacent cemetery. Funeral services were held Sunday morning at nine o’clock at the St. Matthew’s Roman Catholic church in South Bend, for Patrick Edward WALSH, 52, former resident of Kewnnna, who died Friday night at his home, 1136 East Bowman Street, South Bend. Burial was made in Kewanna. The deceased was born in Kewanna January 29, 1878 and lived all his life in Kewanna, with the exception of the past four years, during which time the Walsh family had resided in South Bend. He was employed as an inspector at the Bendix Corporation. Survivors are his wife, formerly Mary FLANNIGAN, four children, Patricia [WALSH], John [WALSH], Corinne [WALSH] and Allen [WALSH] at home; a sister, Mrs. Margaret McDONOUGH, of Kewanna; two brothers, John J. WALSH, of Logansport, and William WALSH of Kewanna. The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. George SAYGERS, west of Argos, died a few hours after birth, Saturday night. Burial was made Sunday in the Poplar Grove cemetery. Tuesday, January 5, 1932 Harry HAMLETT has received word of the death of his daughter, Mrs. John S. MORRIS of Chicago, which occurred Monday evening. Death was due to pneumonia. Funeral services and burial will be in Chicago. Mrs. B. F. GRAHAM, a sister, will attend the funeral. Mr. and Mrs. Oren HENDRICKSON have been called to Rockford, Illinois by the death of her father, Rev. A. W. HAINES, 85, who died Tuesday morning at 3:30 following a week’s illess with paralysis Rev. Haines, a retired Mthodist minister, had often visited at the Hendrickson home and had many friends here. He is survived by five children. Funeral services for Mrs. Wilbur STOUT, aged 35, who lived on a farm three miles southwest of Silver Lake, were held at the United Brethren Church at Silver Lake yesterday. Mrs. Stout died Saturday night after a short illness caused by diabetes. Wednesday, January 6, 1932 Argos, Ind., Jan. 6 - Charles SWIHART, age 34, of Argos, was instantly killed Monday night when an Indiana railroad traction car struck his automobile which was stalled on the tracks at 38th and Dearborn streets in Indianapolis. His brother, Clifford SWIHART, and the latter’s wife told officers they were enroute to Noblesville. Clifford Swihart said he was driving the automobile He did not know that Dearborn street ended at 38th, he said, and the automobile skidded on to the tracks. They saw an interurban approaching, he said, and Charles attempted to drive the auto off the tracks while Mr and Mrs. Clifford Swihart pushed. The interurban struck the car killing Charles Swihart. Clifford and his wife, who live near Noblesville, were held for a coroner’s investigation. The three had left the home of the men’s parents, Mr and Mrs. John F. SWIHART, six miles east of Argos, after a holiday visit Charles Swihart was planning to return to Cleveland, O., where he was employed after leaving his brother and sister-in-law in Noblesville. The parents had not yet been informed of the accident late this morning. Two sisters, Mary [SWIHART] at home, and Mrs. Hazel SMITH, who lives with her husband on her father’s farm, and the brother also survive. The family was visited by tragedy earlier in the day when Everett Lowell COPLEN, age six, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy COPLEN and grandson of Mrs John Swihart’s brother died in McDonald hospital, Warsaw. The child had been ill three weeks of a throat infection and his condition took a turn for the worse when he developed hemorrhages. He died while enroute to the Warsaw hospital. Nrs. Rosannah OVERMEYER, 69, passed away at her farm home near the Burton church at 1:10 o’clock Wednesday afternoon. Death resulted from a complication of diseases after an illness of three month. The deceased had been a resident of Fulton county throughout her entire life and had a wide acquaintance of friends in the northwest section of the county. Rosannah [ZINK], daughter of Joseph and Emaline ZINK, was born on a farm in the South Germany neighborhood on April 19th, 1863. On April 4th, 1886, she was united in marriage to Frank L. OVERMEYER who preceded in death on Sept 7th, 1925. For a number of years.the deceased resided in the Richland Center community, later removing to a farm near the Burton church where she lived for the past 43 yers. Mrs. Overmeyer was a member of the Evangelical church. Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Carrie MOORE, and Mrs. Dennie HUDKINS, both of near Burton Two sons preceded her in death, Glen OVERMEYER, son, having passed away December 4th at his home in Indianapolis. Funeral services in charge of Rev. HANDSCHU of Bruce Lake will be held Friday afternoon one o’clock at the Burton Church. Burial will be made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery in Rochester. Mrs. Sam WILHOIT, of Akron, has received word of the death of her grandson, Robert Lee DEERING, six weeks old son of Mr. and Mrs. David DEERING, of Pulaski, Va. The child’s death was due to pneumonia. The body will be brought to Akron for burial. Mrs. Deering was formerly Miss Esther WILHOIT. Rochester friends of Mrs. Rufus B. FELTIN, nee Elizabeth PLATT, former teacher in the local high school, were appprised today of the death of her husbad which occurred at noon Monday, in Phoenix, Ariz. The following obituary appered in Tuesday’s issue of the South Bend Tribune: Rufus B. FELTEN, aged 37, since 1924 an instructor in mechanical drawing at Central Senior High School, died at noon Monday in Phoenix, Ariz., where he had gone with Mrs. Felton in October. He was forced by ill health to resign his duties here in September. Mr. Felten was born June 14, 1894 in Milwaukee, Wis. He was gaduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1923 and came to South Bend in November, 1924. He had taught in Milwaukee, Madison and Janesville, Wis., from 1918 to 1924. In June, 1929, he mrried Miss Elizabeth PLATT, instructor of English in the local school. He leaves two brothers, Clarence FELTEN, Detroit, Mich., and Hilbert FELTEN, Phoenix, and one sister, Mrs. Sidney FRENCH, of Franklin, Ind. Mr. Felten was swimming coach at the high school three years. Funeral services will take place in Milwaukee. Thursday, January 7, 1932 Edward A. EASH, 32, well known young farmer of the Tiosa community, died at 5 o’clock Tuesday morning at a hospital in Tucson, Ariz., death being due to a throat affliction. Mr. Eash had been in ill health since last February and had gone to Arizona seven weeks ago. He was accompanied on the Arizona trip by his wife. The deceased was born in Fulton county on Oct. 26, 1899, the son of Frank and Emma EASH, and all of his life had been spent in the Tiosa vicinity. On Jan. 19, 1922, he was married to Gertrude BARKMAN. Mr. Eash was a member of the I.O.O.F. lodge. Surviving are his wife and four children: Phyllis Rosemary [EASH], aged seven, Rachel Ann [EASH], five, Forrest [EASH], three and Carrol Jean [EASH], 16 months. The children are being cared for by their aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Edward EASH, near Tiosa. The body will arrive in Rochester Saturday afternoon at 1:32 and will be taken to the Eash home one mile south of Tiosa. Funeral arrangements will not be made until Mrs. Eash and the body of her husband arrive. Mrs. Chas. KILMER has received word that Mrs. Nancy CHANDLER had passed away Wednesday evening at the Emily Flinn Home at Marion, Ind.