The Independent-News, Volume 92, Number 8, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 28 July 1966 — Page 5

□——— — — □ DEATHS □ Q Mrs. Cora (Ross) Killian Mrs. Cora (Ross) Killian, 84, of Rural Route 1, Walkerton, died at 5 a.m. Tuesday in her home. She was born in Liberty Township, St. Joseph County, June 18, 1882. She married Dayton Ross in 1900, who died in 1954. She later was married to Lloyd Killian, who survives with two sons, Gerald of Lakeville; and Millard of North Liberty; one daughter, Mrs. Merh (Mabel, Zehner of Walkerton; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Neva Klinedinst, Walkerton; 16 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; one brother, Rev. Edward Stump of South Bend; one sister, Mrs Nora Baughman of North Liberty; one brother, Raymond Stump, preceded her in death. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday (today) in the Pine Creek Church of the Brethren of which she was a member. Rev. John McCormick, pastor, will officiate and burial will be in Fair Cemetery, northwest of LaPaz. Friends may call at the Johnson Funeral home in Plymouth, until noon Thursday, when the body will be taken to the church to lie in state from 1 p.m. until time of services. f - Mrs. Laura Bates Mrs. Laura Batea, 76, of Teegarden, died early Sunday at the Osteopathic Hospital, South Bend. She was born July 15, 1890 in Bloomington, Ind. She was married July 1, 1935 to Calvin Bates in Michigan City, who survives. Also surviving are a step-son, Wayne Bates, of Teegarden, and one daughter, Mrs. Margaret Klink, Mishawaka; four grandchildren and five great-grand-children. Services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Nusbaum Funeral Home, Walkerton.

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Rev. P. E. Young officiated with burial in Porter Cemetery, Liberty Township. Harry (Jack) Lutz Saylor Harry (Jack) Lutz Saylor, 83, R. R. 1. Hamlet, died at 9:07 a.m. kri day in the Starke Memorial hospital, Knox. He had been in failing health the past two years. He was born in Lancaster, Pa., October' 13. 1882 and came to Hamlet 30 years ago from Walkerton. He was a retired farmer. He was mar r ied July 14. 1927 in LaPorte to Edna Coil who survives. He attended the Davis Wesleyan Methodist church. Surviving with the widow are one son, Eurrat of Grovertown; five daughters. Mrs. Evelyn Tibbs of Knox; Mrs. Lois Burnham of Wanatah: Mrs. Alida Gouker of North Liberty; Mrs. Amelia Myers of North Judson; and Miss Vialetta Saylor at home; one brother, J. Saylor, and one sister, Mrs. Kate Zimmerman, both of Harrisburg, Pa.; 24 grandchildren; twelve greatgrandchildren. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Rannells Funeral Home. Hamlet, with Rev. Francis Ott and Rev. R. J. Otis of the Davis Wesleyan Church officiating. Burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery, Walkerton. Merie Lauer Word was received of the passing of a former resident of Walkerton and Koontz Lake, Merle Lauer, of 816 Delaware St., Fort Wayne, on June 30, following a heart attack. Funeral services were held Saturday, July 1, from Fort Wayne, with burial in the Cedar Chapel Cemetery north of Fort Wayne. Mr. Lauer was employed at the Kingsbury Ordnance Plant during World War II and resided at Koontz Lake. During the Korean conflict, Mrs. Lauer was

employed at Kingsbury Ordnance. Mr. Lauer, age 66, at thr time of his death, was a driver counselor for the North American Van Lines, out of Fort Wayne. Following his work at the Kingsbury Ordnance Plant, Mr. Lauer was connected with the Dallas-Mavis Forwarding Co. of South Bend as dispatcher before his transfer to the position in Fort Wayne about nine years ago. Mr. Lauer leave. hi- wife, Gladys, of the Fort Wax ne address. Mrs. C. Emmet Eller Mrs. C. Emmet Eiler, 59, of 506 W. Edgar Ave., Mishawaka, died at 5:30 a.m. Friday in the home of her son. Robert M. Filer, in Speedway, Ind. She had been ill for six months. Mrs. Eiler was born near Argos Sept. 15. 1906, and came to Mishawaka in 1963 from Walkerton. As Lena Marjorie Rohrer, she married C. Emmet Eiler. Oct. 18. 1924, in Cassopolis. Mrs. Eiler had, before her illness, been a substitute school teacher in the South Bend School Corp. Surviving are her husband; one daughter, Mrs. William Bilyeu, of Southfield. Mich.; two sons. Robert, of Speedway, and Dr. Donald M. Eiler, of Indianapolis; eight grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Sharron Bierly, of Rocky Ford, Colo., and three brothers. Rev. F. C. Rohrer, of Okeechobee, Fla.; Dr. Perry Rohrer, of Downers Grove, 111., and Charles C. Rohrer of Elkhart, Ind. Mrs. Eiler was a member of First Methodist Church and the Homebuilders Sunday School Class of that church. She was a member of the Beta associate chapter of Tri Kappa Sorority and was the organizer and served as president of the Walkerton Tri Kappa sorority. Services were held at 1:30 p.m.

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Monday in the First Methodist Church, Mishawaka, with Rev. W. Wayne ater, pastor, and Dr. Ray PanoanecKer, president of Bethel ( liege, officiating.

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