Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 February 1942 — Page 8

a Managed Furnit re Store; | Resident of $. Side For 25 Y ars.

a Funeral services or John C © Rockstroh, for many years a furniture store manager and salesman, who died Saturday in the Methodist Hospital, will be. held at

2:30 p. m. tomorrow in the Hisey|}

& Titus Mortuary. Officiating will be the Rev. Ernest Piepenbrok, pastor of the St.John’s Evangelical Church, of which Mr. Rockstroh was a mempber. Burial will be in Washington Park. At the time of his | death, Mr. Rockstroh was a salesman for the Rhodes-Burford Furniture Co. He previously had managed the store,

as well’ as the Fountain Square,

Furniture Co. On South | Side 25 Years

Mr. Rockstroh had lived on the South Side more than 25 years.

For the past 20 years he had lived

at 308 E. Southern Ave. He wasq ‘a member of Prospect Masonic

‘Lodge. | He was born in South Bend in 1883, < Survivors are his wife, ‘Mabel; a daughter, Mrs. Ruth Sears, Ft. Wayne; three sisters, Mrs. Dora Miller, Mrs. Harry Brownbridge and ‘Mrs. Elmer Rowland, all of South Bend, and a brother, Louis, Elkhart,

Charles D. May

Charles Dudley. May, native of Logansport and a resident here for 11 years, died yesterday at his home, 3124 College Ave. He was 44. He employed as claim agent

| of the Pennsylvania Railroad for

23 years. He was a member of the | Osric Mills Watkins Post of the . American Legion and the Tipton Lodge, F. & A. of Lokansport. Survivors include jis wife, Margaret; two daughters, Carol and Martha, and a son, “Charles Dudley May Jr. . Services will be held ‘Wednesday at Logansport. F

Molly Berdel Newby - Funeral services and burial were ‘held yesterdey in Salem for Mrs. Molly Berdel Newby who died Friy in her Salem home. She was 61. A native of Indianapolis, she was ployed for many years by the harles Mayer & Co. She was a e Seventh, Presby-

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When the new day room of Headquarters Company, 151st Infantry Regiment at Camp Shelby opened the men of the company

gave a party. In order to contribute their share, six Indianapolis sergeants volunteered to do the K. P. duty.

Indianapolis sergeants in charge of pots and pans . . . (Around the sink from left to right) ‘Sergts. Hobart Croucher, Alfred McLand, David 8S. Taylor, Cha In the background (shirtless) Pvt. Edgar Sheets.

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The privates who ordinarily do the “dirty work” looked on and grinned. Pvt. Sheets, shown in the picture above, is from Columbus.

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OFFIGIAL DIES

Harold A. Wright With Company 18 Years as

Store Manager.

Harold A. Wright, Hook Drug Co., store manager for many years, died yesterday at the Dayton, O. Veterdans’ Hospital after a brief illness. Hc was 41. Mr. Wright managed stores here and in Frankfort and had been associated with the Hook company for 18 years. ; He was a member of the American Legion, Elks “Lodge and kiwanis Club at Frankfort. Survivors include his wife, Leoma; his mother, Mrs. Martha E; Wright, and a sister, Mrs. Mary ks of Indianapolis, and a brother, “Lawrence S. Wright of Lafayette, ) Services will be at the Clyde V,

m. Wednesday. Burial will be at

Crown Hill.

Mrs. Myrtle Gustin

Services were to be held today for Mrs. Myrtle Gustin at the Meyer & Abhdon Funeral Home with burial

|| in Washington Park Cemetery. , She

was 54. Mrs. Gustin: died Friday in St. Francis Hospital after a year’s illness. Born at Terre . Haute, she had lived here for 30 years and resided at 3612 E. Vermont St. She was a member of the Terre Haute United Brethren Church. Survivors are the husband, Arnold; four brthers, Frank and Bruce Myers of this city, Walter of Seattle, and Ray of Akron; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Ellis of Alton, Ill, and Mrs. Margaret Sey of Indianapolis; her father, Robert Myers of Terre Haute; a nephew, Robert Andrew, U. S. Navy, and five nieces.

BOY FOUND DROWNED TERRE HAUTE, Feb. 16 (U..P.. —Norman Stearn, 14, missing from his home here since Friday, was found dead yesterday in the Wabash River. The boy had left home, saying he was going to clear away

debris on a boat landing.

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Native Hoosier Is Dead at 93

MRS. MINNIE STARK died in her home at Madison Saturday after a five weeks’ illness. She was 93 and had lived in Madison most of her life. She was a member of St. Patrick’s Church in‘Madison and the Altar Society. Funeral services will be conducted at North Madison tomorrow at 9 a. m. Burial will be there. Survivors are three daughters, Mrs. Thomas Hill, Mrs. Richard Decker, and Mrs, Morris Gordon, all of this city; two sons, William and Charles of Madison; five grandchildren; five great-grand-children, and a sister, Mrs. Fanny Wolfanger of Indianapolis.

LONG ILLNESS FATAL TO CHARLES MALEY

J. A lifelong resident of Indianap-

olis, Charles ¥. Maley, died yesterday in St. Vincent’s Hospital after an illness of five years. Mr. Maley had operated a grocery at 243 N. State St. since:1920. He was a member of Holy Crass Catholic Church, the Holy Name Society, and the Knights of Columbus. Married to Addie Walters in 1900, the couple lived at the N. State St. address. Other survivors are a fostersson, Raymond J. Monahan; a sister,-Mrs. Charles Baur; a brother, idem, all of this city, and a nephew; the Rev. Francis Baur of Denver. 2 Z Funeral services will be held at 8:30 a. m. Wednesday in the home

land at 9 a. m. in Holy Cross Church.

Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.

Henry S. Moore

Funeral services for Henry 8S. Moore were to be held today in Buffalo. He died Saturday in his Buffalo home. Born in Crawfordsville, he lived in Indianapolis and was a salesman and broker. He is survived by his wife, Margaret; a daughter, Mrs. Nell Houfly, and a niece, Mrs. Margaret Moore Ochiltree of Indianapolis.

H. P. Comstock

Services were to be held today at Lebanon for H. P. Comstock, executive secretary of the Kansas City Advertising * Club, who died Friday. Burial will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery. He was born in Boone County. His wife; two sons, Henry and Charles, and two brothers, Leland and : Roscoe, both of Noblesville, survive,

Harlan P. Kern

The Rev. H. E. Pedigo officiated at the services of Harlan P. Kern today in the Jordan Funeral Home. Burial was in Washington Park Cemetery. Masonic services were conducted. at the chapel and at the cemetery. Mr. Kern, who was 49, died Friday at the Hines Veterans’ Administration ‘Hospital, Hines, Ill. He had been a salesman and a resident of this city for the past 26 years.

‘home here at 1418 N. Kealing St.

He was a member of the Broad Ripple Lodge 643, F. & A. M. Survivors are his wife, Mary; a son, Robert, both of this city; eight

and Harry of Bedford, and Leland, Frank, Curtis, Paul ‘and Herschel, all of this city, and a sister, Mrs. Ruth Cardinal of Indianapolis.

SET FUNERAL FOR VICTIM OF TRAIN

Services for Harry jured fatally Friday by a freight train at E. St. Clair St. and the Big Four railroad will be held tomorrow

be in St. Joseph's. Mr. Farrell, a restaurant worker, lived at 407 E. Ohio St. He was 50. | Survivors include two sisters, Miss Emma Farrell and Mrs, Nellie First,

f both of Cleveland, 0.

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Born in Bedford, he made his|§

brothers, Burrel of Chicago, Noble| fA

Farrell, in-|{

in St. Joseph’s Church. ‘Burial will}

ROSE E. SNIDER

IS DEAD AT 70

Wife of Retired Policeman Lived Here 35 Years;

Burial Tomorrow.

Mrs. Rose Etta Snider, wife of Chauncey, retired, Indianapolis policeman, died yesterday at her farm home near Morristown. She was 170. A resident of this city for 35 years, she was born in Morgan County. Her husband retired last November after 20 years of service. She was a member of the Women’s Auxiliary of the Indianapolis Policemen’s Association. Other survivors include a son, Charles Decham of this city, and two stepdaughters, Mrs. Mary O'Leary and Mrs. Katherine Stethem, both of New Yerk. Services will be conducted at 2 p. m, tomorrow at the Cure & Hensley Funeral Home in Martinsville, Burial will be in the Martinsville South Park Cemetery.

Mrs. May Pearson

Mrs. May Pearson was buried in Glen Haven Cemetery following services at 10:30 a. m. today in the Conkle Funeral Home. Mrs. Pearson, who was 56, died Friday in her home, 109 N. Sheffield Ave.

Born in Altoona, Pa., she had :

been a resident of this city for 20 years. She is survived by five children, three brothers, and three sisters.

ELLEN TRAINOR DIES; HERE FOR 40 YEARS

A resident of Indianapolis for 40 years, Miss Ellen Trainor died yesterday in her home, BY N. Pennsylvania St. ; Funeral services will be held at 9 a. m. tomorrow at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral. Burial will be in Charlestown. : There are no immediate survivors.

168 TIRES STOLEN AT

E. SIDE CHEVROLET

Serial numbers of 168 auto tires stolen from the East Side Chevrolet, Inc. 5436 E. Washington St., were sent today to other dealers with the request that police be notified if the tires are offered for sale. Theft of the [tires during the week-end was reported by Paul A. Kuhn, general manager of the firm, who valued the tires at $1680. Detective Sergt. Howard Sanders found that the basement room where the tires had been stored was entered after a hole had (been.cut through a wall board.

FORMER BREWER DIES

FT. WAYNE, Ind, Feb. 16 (U. P.).—Louis Alphonse Centlivre, 84, one-time president of the Centlivre Brewing Corp. and prominent in Ft. Wayne civic affairs, died yesterday at his home here. Fufieral services will be held Wednesday morning.

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ELLA GILLESPIE

DIES HERE AT 92

Native of Maryland Lived Here for 23 Years;

Burial Wednesday.

Mrs. Ella Mary Gillespie, who was 92, died yesterday in her home, 332

N. Emerson Ave, after an illness op

of seven months. A member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, she was; a native of Cecil County, Md., but had lived in. this city for 23 years. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday in the Moore & Kirk Mortuary with burial in Crown Hill. Survivors include two daughters, Ethel E. and Jeanette F. of this city; one son, Arthur, and three grandchildren, Isabelle L., William F., and James A., all of Marion.

INJURED MAN DIES 3

Joseph Richardson, 58, who was| Gipson;

found unconscious in his rooming

house three days after he was in-| jes,

jured, died today in City. Hospital. He had told police he had been injured by falling in a bathtub. He had suffered head and chest injuries and bruises on the legs.

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CANNELTON - Mrs. Mary Roberts, Sons, John, Joe, Tom: brother, Robert. CARBON-Mrs. Josephine - Marshall, 88. Survivors: Son. J. B.: daughter,

Grace Magshall. EVANS Mrs. Katherine Reitz, 8§ Survivors: . Frank, Carl, Thomas.

o. Survivors: wit Catzie, d Ed

Te Se Bors. Wilcox: ATs, Dossig

ht, 56. Survivors: ery Ss. Mrs. Maude ght. Mrs. Wi Te Me:

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FT, WAYNE—Mrs. Lovina Parker Survivors: Sons, Jose Charles, Easl: daughters, Mrs 'Ann na aniels. Mrs, Nina rs, Maurice a ve Weikert: sister, Mrs. Sarah Knight. = Ha Diehm. 82. Survivors: Sister, Mrs. Anba dram: brother. George. Kittie Blanchard, 76. Sarvivors: Dee Me rs, Welsh: jisters Mrs. J. L. Shoo A, Rh H Misses Ethel and her

a: Homs| Mrs. Lovis Husband,

Cooper Miller. 35. Survivors: and, Theron: son, Marvin; daugh-

MARION—Paul Aaron Gipson, 11 vivors: Parents. Mr. an rother, Beryl: Herbert Rigle, Lois and Phyl MT. VERNON-—Mrs. Edith ak JeljerSurvivors: Husband. Richard sons, Richard: Rovers, Gerald, Bernard: um, Mrs.

dauchters, Mrs E. Byn Harold M T'S. ‘Kenneth YWilltams.

NEW ALBANY-Dr. A. R. ise, 68. Survivors: Brothers, Ray, E.

HVILLE—Wilbur doi] 71. SurvivWife, Nellie; sons, Alfred, Russell;

Surd Mrs. Theodore Mrs.

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Mrs. | Funeral Home. t. (Concordia Cemetery.

te o EL "CITY--Joseph L. James, 82. Survivors: Wife, Jane; sons, Alfred, Arthur; sughiers, Mrs. Rose Rid ddle, Mrs. Hannah

: 1 | FORMER FOREMAN AT

KINGAN PLANT DEAD

Carl Angrick, a former foreman

by: (of Kingan & Co., died yesterday in

his home, 2509 S. New Jersey St. He was 71. ° A native of East Prussia, Mr.

Is Angrick came to this country 54 .|years ago and was a naturalized

» | citizen. ; Survivors are his wife, Emma; two sons, Ernest and Herman; two daughters, Mrs. Emma Kane of Indianapolis and Mifs. Anna Williams of Kokomo; a sister, Mrs. Anna Wickman of Indianapolis; six grandchildren, and eight great-grand-children. Services will be held at 2 p. m. tomorrow at the G. H. Herrmann Burial will be in

DROWNING RESCUE FAILS SOUTH BEND, Feb. 16 (U. P.).— Robert Wroblewaki, 17, was recovering from severe shock today, after his attempts to rescue his drowning companion had failed. Eugene Botzoll, 16, Central High School football player, drowned when he broke through the ice on a lagoon where he was skating Saturday.

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IS DEAD AT 59 Veteran Salesman Had Been Resident of City For 39 Years.

John H. Whited Sr., who died yesterday, will be buried at Crown Hil following 3 p. m. services tomorrow at tne John F. Reynolds Mortuary. Mr. Whited lived at 3305 Graceland Ave. He was 59, Born in Clay County, he had lived here for 39 years. Mr. Whited had been a salesman *here for the Grocers’ Supply Co., James 8. Kirk Co., Francis H. Liggett Co., and, for the last two years, the Ladoga Canning Co. He was a member of the Methodist Church. Survivors are his wife, Doris; a daughter, Mrs. Norman E. Schaffer

of Indianapolis; four brothers, Robert C., Roy E. and Thomas A. Whited, all of Indianapolis, and Harry E. Whited of Kokomo; one sister, Mrs. Leslie Thomas of Bowling Green, and several nieces

‘|and nephews.

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Total Paid to Policyholders and Beneficiaries in 1941 $8 1,795,719.40 paid to Policyholders oa PBeneliciaries sation n Assets i in 1941...

Mans Total Insurance BES oni dor Yep Assets Have aH Has In double the a of all United

26,045,262 43 43

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1939

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114,767,904

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Premiums due and deferred (secured by policy reserv

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1.076,200.97 825,733.56

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«ee -$28.511,374.77

December a1, 1941

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Claims reported but proofs not received {Reserve for taxes and miscellaneous . liabilities [Dividends apportioned to policyholders—not yet duwe....

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