Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 December 1941 — Page 8

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RITES ARRANGED FOR A. B. THARP

Pioneer Irvington Resident Headed School Board Prior to Annexation.

Funeral services for A. B. Tharp, 87-year-old pioneer resident of Irvington and president of the school board there before the community was annexed by Indianapolis, were to be held at 3 p. m. today in the Flanner & Buchanan \ Burial was to be in Crown Hill.

The Rev. C. H. Winders will conduct the services. He will be assisted by the Rev. E. Robert Andry, pastor of the Downey Avenue Christian Church. Mr. Tharp died Saturday in the home of his daughter, Mrs. William T. Johnson, 5902 Pleasant Run Blvd. He was a member of the Downey Avenue Church and served many years on the church board of deacons. After serving as clerk of the board, he was named clerk emeritus for life. Mr. Tharp was manager of the old F. P. Smith & Co. until 1915. He was employed by the Fletcher Trust Co. from 1918 to 1933, when he retired. He was a member of the Society of Indiana Pioneers and the Sons of the American Revolution. Born in Stilesville, he was married to Miss Mary Green in Brownsburg before coming to Indianapolis in the early 1880s. Besides his daughter, he is survived by two sons, Harold B. and Wallace D. Tharp, both of Indianapolis; a step-

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Mrs. Ethelyn U. Washburn, wife of H. Mitchell Washburn, engineer for the Prest-O-Lite Co. Ine, died today at Methodist Hos-

pital, : Mrs. Washburn had been a resident here since November, 1040, coming here from Boston, Mass. She was a member of the Woman's Department Club, Daughters of the American Revolution and the Meridian Heights Presbyterian Church. Her home was at 4522 Guilford Ave. Besides her husband, she is survived by three daughters, Patricia, Cynthia and Ethelyn; her parents, Charles B. and Eva Moore Urann of Westwood, Mass., and a brother, Robert, also of Westwood. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a. m. tomorrow in the Flanner & Buchanan Mortuary, with the Rev. Sidney Blair Harry officiating. Burial will be at Westwood.

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RITES SET FOR PHILIP 6. KERZ

Son of Department Store Founder Headed Local Grocers.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a. m. tomorrow in the Flanner & Buchanan Mortuary for Philip George Kersz, former president of the Indianapolis Retail Grocers’ Association and a son of the founder of the Nick Kerz Department Store, 3518 College Ave. Burial will be in Crown Hill Mr. Kerz died Saturday in his home, 3368 Washington Blvd, of a heart attack. He had been in failing health for a year. A lifelong resident of Indianapolis, Mr. Kerz had been associated with the department store many years and owned and operated the Liberty Market on E. Washington St. from 1917 to 1925. He was 64. He was a member of the Athenaeum, the Maennerchor, the Indianapolis Athletic Club, Hoosier Athletic Club, Kiwanis Club and the Chamber of Commerce. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Belle Kerz; a daughter, Mrs. Virginia Hill; six sisters, Katie, Sadie, Tillie, Lilly and Elvira Kerz, and Mrs. Paul Ulrich: two grandsons, Frederick Turner Hill Jr. and Nick Kerz Hill; a niece, Mrs. Harry G. Jones, and a nephew, Robert Paul Ulrich, all of Indianapolis.

Paul‘ Lagemann

Services for Paul Lagemann Sr. 6472 College Ave, will be held at 1:30 p. m. tomorrow at the G. H. Herrmann Funeral Home. Burial will be in Concordia Cemetery, He died Saturday. Mr. Lagemann, a native of Germany, was 70 and a resident of the city 45 years. He was employed at the Community Market as a baker. He was a member of the Emmaus Lutheran Church and the Bakers Benefit Society. : . Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Margaret Mitchell and Mrs. Lucy Worth: a son, Paul Lagemann Jr, and two grandchildren, all of this city.

Mrs. Lizzie A. Fortner

Seivices for Mrs. Lizzie A. Fortner, 3123 Forest Manor Ave, will be held at 2 p. m. tomorrow at the Brightwood Free Methodist Church. Burial will be in Memorial Park

cemetery. A native of Georgetown, Ill, Mrs. Fortner had lived in Indianapolis 25 of her 78 years. She died Saturday at Methodist Hospital after an extended illness. Survivors include five sons, Thomas Chandler of Detroit and Louis Chandler, Everett Chandler, Omer Fortner and O. Eugene Fortner, all of this city; two daughters, Mrs. Edward Mvadows and Mrs. Robert Harritt of Indianapolis, and a brother, Fernando Cook of Danville, Ill.

Mrs. Louella McKinney

Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 1:30 p. m. at the Goodwin Funeral Home in Frankfort for Mrs. Louella Moore MeKinney, mother of Dr. R. M. McKinney and

olis. Mrs. McKinney, who was 70, was the widow of Oscar McKinney, erly of Clarks Hill. Survivors beside the two sons are a brother, I. S. Moore of Lebanon and a granddaughter, Patricia Jean MeKinney of Indianapolis. Mrs. McKinney died Saturday at the Shady Rest Nursing Home, She will be buried in Oak Hill Cemetery at Kirklin.

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He was graduated from Cathedral High School and the Indiana University Law School. Survivors are his sister, Sister Marie Denise of the Sisters of Providence, a teacher at Ft. Wayne, and seven brothers, John, Patrick, Michael, Brian and Joseph, all of Indianapolis, and Pvt. Thomas J. Sullivan of Camp Wolters, Tex.

Sylvester 0. Sparks

Sylvester O. Sparks, a SpanishAmerican War veteran, died yesterday at his home, 1129 N. Alabama St. . Mr. Sparks was 89 and had been

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MONDAY, DEC. 22, 1941

G. O. Brackmeier, Retired, Is Dead

GEORGE O. BRACKMEIER, an employee of the National Biscuit Co. 36 years ago, died Saturday in his home, 214 N. Noble St. He was 83. Fuheral services will be held at 2 p. m. tomorrow in the Grinsteiner Funeral Home with burial in Crown Hill. Mr. Brackmeier, born in Hope, Ind, had been a resident here since he was 14, He was a mems ber of Pokagan Tribe, Improved Order of Red Men. He retired in 1030. Survivors are his wife, Cordelia; a daughter, Mrs. Edmond Kircheval; two sisters, Mrs. William Werbe of Martinsville and Mrs. Rickey Grind of Los Angeles; seven nephews and two nieces.

EX-RESIDENT OF CITY DIES HERE

Mrs. Florence Arrick Was Visiting When Stricken; Native of State.

Mrs. Florence Miller Arrick, daughter of a U. 8S. Attorney General under President Benjamin Harrison, died yesterday of a heart attack at the Spink Arms Hotel. Mrs. Arrick was a resident of Dedham, Mass, and was visiting friends and relatives here. Born in Ft. Wayne, she came to Indianapolis when a girl and was married to Clifford Arrick, former telephone company executive here. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Lucy Walker, Dedham; a sister, Mrs. ‘Augustine M. Hopper, Tenafly, N. J! two grandchildren, James R. and Richard A. Walker, both of Dedham; a niece, Miss Laura O. Miller, of the Indianapolis News staff, and a nephew, Sidney 8. Miller, attorney here. Services will be at 2 p. m. tomorrow in the Kregelo & Bailey Fu. neral Home, 2233 N. Meridian St. Cremation will follow.

Edward J. Santo

Edward J. Santo, retired grocer, will be buried in Crown Hill today following services at 2 p. m. at the Krieger eral Home. He was 78. Mr. Santo died Saturday at his home, 2261 College Ave. after an illness of two months, He was a member of the Zion Evangelical Church and Liederkranz. Surviving are the wife, Mrs. Frances Santo, and three cousins, Mrs. Barbara Merkt and Mrs. Dora Ayres, both of Indianapolis, and

HELEN KIMMICH, NURSE, IS DEAD

Graduate of St. Vincent's; Native of Bluffton; Rites Tomorrow. .

Mrs. Helen Elizabeth Kimmich, 5936 Oak Ave. died Saturday in St. Vincent's Hospital. She was 23. Funeral services will be held at 1 p. m. tomorrow in the Moore & Kirk Irvington Mortuary. Burial will be in Memorial Park.

A resident of Indianapolis since 1036, Mrs. Kimmich was graduated from St. Vincent's Hospital School of Nursing in September, 1930. She was married to Ronald T. Kimmich

a year ago. Born in Bluffton, she attended the public schools there. She was a member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church. Besides her husband, she is survived by an: infant son, Ronald T. Kimmich Jr.; her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Fred Lash of Bluffton; five brothers, Robert, Harold, Frederick, Richard and Roger Lash, and two sisters, Margaret and Barbara Lash, all of Bluffton.

Evangeline Hoffman

Mrs. Evangeline Hoffman, a resident of Marion County all her life, died yesterday at the home of her

in Ben Davis.

Mrs. Hoffman was 83 and was born near West Newton. Besides her son, two grandchildren survive. Funeral services will be at 2 p. m. tomorrow at Bridgeport Methodist Church. Burial will be at at West Newton.

MISS TEACHOUT OF CITY SCHOOLS DIES

A teacher in the Indianapolis public schools many years, Miss Margaret R. Teachout died yesterday at Methodist Hospital. Miss Teachout, whose home was at 3540 N. Meridian St, was teacher in the School 27 junior high. She had been a member of the school staff 25 years and also had taught at Schools 60, 6, 2 and 27. She was a native of Big Rapids, Mich, and a graduate of Northwestern University. Surviving are two brothers, Carl, Lansing, Mich, and Stewart, Big Rapids, Mich. ‘ Funeral services will be at 2:30 p. m. tomorrow in Hisey & Titus Mortuary. Burial will be at Big

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