Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 November 1941 — Page 17

Ex-Officer Dies

PHYSICIAN, DES

Former Health Bo Board Chief, Hospital Superintendent, Was 70.

Dr. Mavity J. Spencer. former president of the City Board of . Health, died last" ‘night after sev-

eel months illness at his home 3612 E. Washington St. was 70, : Dr. Spencer was a retired physi“cian and a former superintendent ..of a City Hospital. During the ad“ministration of Thomas Taggart as ~mayor he was president of the “Board of Health and was a member -- of: the Board of Works ih the. first| “administration of Samuel . Lewis.

“|died ‘last

SPEEDW/ Y BANK EXECUTIVE DIES

Member of First First Graduating Class at Ben Davis High School.

Byron D. Hockensniith, vice- pres Jdent of the Speedway State Bank, sht at his home, 4957 W. 15th St. He. was 67..and had

~|been ill for several months.

“Born near Clermont, Mr. Hockensmith was the son of Thomas and Sarah Hoover Hockensmith and attended Wayne Township schools. He was a member of the first class graduated from Ben Davis High

ELKH survivors:

BICKNELL— William Harvey Lynn, sn. ELBERFIELD—Phillip. Wagner, 70, ART—Samuel Jewis Coffman, Wife, Roset! daug arl | R. Smith; Daniel, Michael,

attie E. Sis: Mrs Mary M

ENGLISH—George ol} 85. Sur vivors: Wife, Mrs. Sally Crecelius; Au J ter, Mrs., Thomas Boyles; sons, ohn, | Clarence.

"ETNA GREEN—Isaac H. Williamson, 79. EVANSVILLE—Mrs. America Paterson, | Wi 89. Survivors: exe eu 3 daugh.

go a Ts 8s ro fo, Mrs, Mollie Dedaractte;

sti ght, ari. Henry °. Mrs, a Hickrod, 49. Survivors: Husband, iitiam R.; son, Jo ho 3:1 Louis Mueller Sr.; i

71. Tr, Mrs. aE brothers, |

65. Survivor:

son, Walker,

p 47. Je rVIve usta Meyer: sister, Mise Dora. Meyer; brothers, William, Carl.

M Carolin Weber, 77. Survivars: Dau Titers, Mrs R. H Oswald, M C. Iter, by ar A. Co: hs Ewa + sister, Mrs. William Nussmeier.

FL AT ROCK—Virgil C..Surpas, 49, Survivors: Wife, Della; brothers, J ntHony. Ben amin: Sisters, Mrs. Belle Kroon. ing. Mrs. We Mrs. Msties Preston.

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ters, Mrs. | Elme

ber, Mrs. Lula Bishop,

saat Mrs. Julia Wright, Mee, Martha

ASPER—Alan Burger. 2 Phan Mr. and Mrs. Al ARION—Winfi eld 8. i. Wife, ‘Harriett; sisters, Mrs, Sar

Sur vivors: 2% Bray” . Satay, 89. Sus. + ah Boner. 24k Miss essie Murray.

: PETERSBURG Jain Pox, 66. Surhters," Mrs. Edith Jenne, Mrs. itz, Mrs s. Edna Schotz; sons,

am. Lawrence Grubb, 67.

e; Beck. Mrs. - Newcome, 7 Sesion sons, Glenn,

John, ‘william; mother, Mis, “Emma Grubb! Fred| brothers, Sam ue! william sister, Mrs. D-.

. SHIPSHEWANNA—Andrew Chupp. 53, STENDAL--Willlam’ McCormick, 2. TIPTON—John: R. Nash, 69.

AS HINGION_Wijliam Holland, = 71. survivors:

Brother,’ Mike; sisters, Miss Mgrsates Holland, “aes. Cora - Kilfoil,

WAKARUSA—Mrs. Louisa Bixler, Sv Sons. ‘John L., Harvey; daughter, Mrs. Claude Nettrour. -

SUFFOCATES UNDER BOAT .

TERRE HAUTE; Nov. 28—(U. P). ~James Evans; four-year-old ‘sori of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Evans, suffocated last night under a boa:

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ss Aileen C. Martin, who oper-;

a a nursing home for babies, was to be buried this afternoon in Crown Hill following services at 3 o'clock in Moore & Birk: Funeral. Home. 3 Martin, who lived at 3538 N. Wi st., died Wednesday in Methodist ‘Hospital after ‘an illness of more than a month: She was

born in Richmond, Va. ‘and ‘had been a resident of Indianapolis 21

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Services Monday |

Sarah |

: MRS, SARAH RILEY, native of Hull, England, died yesterday at her home, 1632 Kelly St. She was 65 and had been ill six months, Mrs. Riley came to this cotintry in-1910 and lived in Kokomo until 15 years ago when she moved to Indianapolis. * She : was. the widow of Daniel Riley, who died five years ago and was & member of the St. Catherine's Catholic Church. : Surviving are a daughter, Mrs h A ; a son, Leo, and three grandchildren, Eugene Ri ley, William Riley and ‘Allen RiRiley, all of Indianapolis... Services will be at 8:30 a, m Monday at the home and at. 9 o'clock in St. Catherine's Church. Burial will be Cemetery.

in Holy Cross:

BY JUNIOR CHAMBER The Junior Chamber of Come merce’s weekly award of merit for outstanding community service was presented- to’ George J. Marott, Ine

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ing last night. The award was pree sented by Burton Canaday and ‘Royer K. Brown, of the Junior Chamber of Commerce's ‘Award Committee,

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School and later attended Indiana University. He spent several years on his father’s farm near this city before entering: he banking busi-

ness. He helped organize the Speedway bank and the New Augusta State Rank, and was a member of the board of directors of -both. He was _ a member of the Clermont Christian Church. The wife, Mrs. Clara Wells Hockensmith, is the only immediate survivor. . Funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Doyle Mullen of Lafayette at 2 p. m. tomorrow at the Flanner & Buchanan ' Mortuary. Burial will be in Crown Hill.

LEWIS HYMAN DEAD AFTER LONG ILLNESS

‘Lewis Hyman, editorial staff member of the Loganspert PharosTribune, died last night in Veteran’s

Hospital after two years illness. He was 47 ‘and entered the hospital Oct. 16. Mr. Hyman was courthouse reporter for the Pharos-Tribune for 15 years and was night editor for|, five years. He attended field artillery training ‘school - at Camp Taylor during the World War and before the war was. a teacher in Jasper and Cass Counties. ‘ - He was a graduate of the’ Indiana State Teachers’ College at.' Terre Haute and was a member. of ‘the American Légion and the Wheat-

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BOSTON, Now. 98 (U. -P.)—The | ‘Survivors are the wife, two daugh‘photographic memories of ‘two Bos-|ters, a sister and two brothers. ton detectives resulted in the arrest| Services will be at 2 p. m. Monday today of Albert. Werber, 37, .of|at the Wheatland Avenue Methodist Woonsocket, R. I., wanted in Berke-|Church. Burial will be in Logansley, Cal., in connection with a $3500 port. . swindle’ hargs. : ' Detectives Paul Crowley and John Advertisement Torbin, who had ‘arrested Werber| on a minor charge six years ago, saw him on ‘a downtown street to- S m a go ny day and recognized him despite the | , fact that he Had shaved off his| yon if par suffer | a agony mustache and undergone plastic C thoking, $aspin g, wheezing spells of surgery, . ©. first dose of Mendaco usually Werber was identified through thma spasms and loosens thick s ranglin fingerprints and a circular sent here | mucus, thus promoting freer breathin by California police in 1939.

Later he was police department surgeon. Born in Jefferson ‘County, Dr. -Spencer attended the University of Louisville and the old Indiana Central Medical College. He maintained | offices in his ‘home “until ill health forced-him to retire and all of his years as a ipeaciicing physician were spent in Indianapolis. He was. a member of the Second Presbyterian = Church, Englewood Lodge, F. & A. M.; Scottish Rite, Shrine and the Indianapolis Medical Society. Survivors: are his wife, Mrs. Bertha M. Spencer; a daughter, Mrs. Marjorie Rozelle, Anderson; and an adopted daughter, Mrs. Jean Fisher, Clarksburg.

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years.: She was a member of the Central Avenue Methodist Church. Surviving - are an adopted son, William G. Martin, two sisters, Mrs. |S Willidm C. Jones,: Richmond, Va,

in the backyard of his home. The boat had been propped.up to dry after being cleaned and the boy-ap=-| parently ‘dislodged the board which was Hiohuing it up.

! FOUNTAINTOWN—Mrs: Leura M. Ferris, 69. Survivors: Husband, F,; daughters, Mrs. Hazel MclIntrie, Ris. "Carmen HulSe; son, the Rev..E. ds sister, Mss. Nora Coston: brotuer, J ; FRANCISCO—Howard c. Manning, 58. Survivors: Mother, Ms, Sarah Manning;

Ernest Lee Heller ) SE : - and Miss Alice C. Martin, Lynchpure, Va., and two brothers, Landon . Martin, Charlottesville, Va., and Wellford Martin, New York. .

Ernest Lee Heller Was Well Known for Work in’ "Directing: Traffic, -

Ernest Lee Heller, for.20 years a traffic officer at downtown street corners, died early today at Methodist Hospital after several years of ill health. He was 46. . He was known by thousands of downtown workers and. businessmen who passed by his corner daily: For more fhan 10 years he direct-' ed traffic around the City Market and more recently he ‘worked at S. [Meridian and Pearl Sts. Born in ;Mooreshill, Ind., ‘Mr. Heller came to Indianapolis at the age of 17 and a few years later joined the: police Torce.. '- He retired Oct. 15, 1940, because of ill health and ‘went to, his .cottage at Hamlin Lake, near Ludington, Mich.,, where he and Mrs. Heller lived most of the time. Mr. Heller was widely known as a hunter. and fisherman and spent all of his days off on the river or in the fields with a. gun. He was a member of the Evergreen Masonic Lodge, the Corinthiari Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, Saraha- Grotto and the American Legion, . Surviving besides the wife, Mrs. Mabel Heller, are the father, George Heller, Indianapolis, and a brother, Andrew Heller.

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‘Mary I. Scoggan Dies in Hospital

* MRS. MARY I. SCOGGAN, a “resident of Indianapolis 26 years, “died yesterday at Methodist Hospital after a week’s illness. She “Mrs. Scoggan-lived at 432 Centennial St. She “was born in Bedford and was a member of. the Bedford Baptist Church. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Pearl Smither and Mrs. Maude Wray, both of Indianapolis; three sons, Charles and Lawrence of Indianapolis, and John of Amarillo, Tex.; 12 grandechil‘dren, and nine great-grandchil-' dren. - Services will be at 3 p. m. tomorrow in the ,Conkle Funeral: Home. ‘Burial will be in Floral Park Cemetery.

EMERGENCY TRAFFIC CONFERENCE CALLED

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