Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 January 1943 — Page 5

GAS DEALER DIES

Charles: W. Coles Colestock, 70, Will Be Buried There

-0n Wednesday.

Charles: Ww. Colestock, Marion county’ e station operator, died yesterday at his home in New Palestine. He was a lifelong resident of Hancock county and sud a member of the Methodist ch Mr, Colestock was aa M5 Salesiooy was 0, Jennie, two daughters, Mrs. Ardia Breece, New Palestine; and Mrs. Lee Whit-| ‘Ing, Indianapolis; a son, Carl, Englewood, Cal.; a sister, Mrs. Mary Erwin, Newark, O., and four brothers, James, of Greensburg, Clinton of Philadelphia, John of Rushville and Frank of Morristown. Funeral services will be at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Max Herrlich & Son funeral home at New Palestine. Burial will be in the New Palestine cemetery.

Warren Weaver

Services will be held at 2 p. m. tomorrow at the Jordan funeral home for Warren Weaver, former teamster, who died Friday at his home, 1015 N, Tuxedo st. He was 72. Burial will be at Washington Park

His Mrs, Olive Weaver; four a, Donald, Walter and

the United States Rubber Co. dent of local 2, -C, % 0.

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To Get Award at Local U. S. Rubber Plant.

Those making the award are (left

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Mrs. Lee Holseapple First

Mrs. Lee Holsapple, an employee

in the Indianapolis plant of the United States Rubber Co, is the first of a group of women workers

Frank U. Williams Frank U. Williams, a passenger engineer for the Pennsylvania railroad and former local resident, died Saturday at his home in Terre Haute after a year’s illness. - He and his wife, Mrs. Edith Williams, lived at 41 Jenny lane here. Funeral services were to be at 1:30 p. m. today at the home in Terre Haute, with burial in the Masonic cemetery. Besides his wife, he is survived by 8 daughter, Mrs. Gordon Stierwalt

to New York. She left yesterday.

attendance. are taken into consideration.

should be keen.

whisked away to a hair-dresser.

to be awarded an all-expense trip

The award, for women only, is for excellent workmanship, morale and Years of service also

And if subsequent monthly trips are to equal that planned for Mrs. Holsapple, competion for: the honor

Mrs. . Holsapple arrived in New York this morning, registered at the Waldorff-Astoria and then was

Later she will meet Herbert E.

Mrs. Lee Holsapple accepts the award of an all-expense tour fo New York from the local plant of

to right) Harry S. Rogers of the

WPB; J. E. Cady, factory manager; C. C. Brown, industrial relations manager, and William Jelf, presi-

% : Rites Are Held ’ For Mrs. O'Day SERVICES FOR Mrs. Mary O'Day were held at 9 a. m. today at Holy Cross Catholic church. Burial was at Holy cross. J Mrs. O'Day, who lived with a sister, Mrs, John Lipps, 326 N. Highland ave. died Saturday at St. Vincent's hospital, She‘ was 76. A native of Madison, Mrs. O'Day had lived here most of her life. She was a member of the Third Order of St. Francis and the Altar ‘society of Holy Cross Catholic church. : Survivors, in addition to the sister, are two nieces, Mrs. Helen Betz and Mrs. Florence Miller, and two nephews, Harry O'Brien and Herbert O’Brien, all of Indianapolis.

Dewey E. Mathews Services | for Dewey E. Mathews were to be held at 3 p. m. today at the Second ¥ree Methodist church, with burial in Memorial Park. An employee of the - Columbia club and a lifelong resident of In-

ASKREN RITES SET TOMORROW

Mrs. Elizabeth _ Askren ~ Worker in GOP and WCTU, Dies Here.

Services for Mrs. Elizabeth Ruark | Askren, Republican party and W. C. T. U. worker, who died Friday at her home, 21st st: and Shadeland ave, will be held at 1:30 p. m. tomorrow at Shirley Brothers Irving Hill chapel, 5377 E. Washington st. Mrs. Askren was 61 and the wife of John T. Askren, a leader in the Republican party in Warren township. Officiating at the rites will be the Rev. William Ellis, pastor of Old Bethel Methodist church. Burial will be at the Anderson cemetery. Active pallbearers i be the four Askren sons, John A, Richard W., Joseph I. and Lee r, and Earl Townsend and John Townsend.

| Garment Firm Heat, Mem-

ber of Shrine, Was mM Three Years.

the Superior Garment Manufactur-

|ing Co. with his wife, Mrs. Helen A. Hemphill, died yesterday at his!

home, 2036 N. Meridian st., -after

apolis: ;Edgil of Franklin, and Hershel of Shelbyville; three sisters, Mrs. Gladys Mueller and Mrs. Jessere Myers, both of Indianapolis and MrsaSadie Green, of Trafalgar, and his stepmother, Mrs. Stella Hemphill, of Indianapolis. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p. m. tomorrow at the, Flanner & Buchanan mortuary with burial at Franklin: i

neh

Eva Roberta Jones

for Mrs. Eva Roberta Jones be at 10:30 a. m. tomorrow at the Kregelo & Bailey funeral

Hill Mrs. Jones died Saturday morning at her home, 330 W. 43d st, after a short illness. She was 4, Born in Clermont, she was married to Dr. John T. Jones, a Methodist minister, and lived in the Hawaliar islands, Illinois and Tennessee before. coming to Indianapolis four years ago. : A. member of the Broadway Methodist church, she was active in church women’s organizations. She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Edgar M. Carson, 4918 Kenwood ave.

Ora E. Hemphill. whe sesssied

home, followed by. burial in Crown’

Mr. and Mrs. George N. Irwin, 420 S. Hamilton ave, have been informed by the navy that their son, George Edward Irwin (above), is missing in action.. Young Irwin is an electrician’s mate, second class and when his parents last heard from him, he was serving in the Pacific,

| SCHULMEYER RITES SET FOR TOMORROW

Funeral services for Miss Gertrude Schulmeyer will be at 10 a. m. tomorrow at the Flanner & Bu-

chanan mortuary. Dr. Frank S. C. Wicks will be in charge. Burial will be in Glen Haven. A lifelong resident of Indianapolis, Miss Schulmeyer died Saturday at her home, 5953 Crestview ave.. after a long illness. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Schulmeyer. : Survivors include three sisters, Laura and Eleanor and Mrs. Evert Rubush, all of Indianapolis; five brothers, Carl and John of Cincinnati, O.; Theodore of Fortville and Alvin and Norman of Indianapolis.

CHARLES STARK DIES AT AGE 60)

Funeral of Big Four Car Counting Worker: Set For Tomorrow.

A lifelong resident of Indianapolis, Charles A. Stark, died yesterday at his home, 4926 Broadway. He was 60. years old and had been il} a month. He had been employed for 15 years in the car counting department at the Big Four railroad. He was a member of the Meridian Heights Presbyterian church and Marion lodge 35, F. & A. M. Surviving are his wife, Iona; a son, Harold C. of Indianapolis; two brothers, George of Indianapolis and Joseph, Los Angeles, and two sisters, . Lena, Indianapolis, and Mrs. Rose Stewart, Los Angeles. Services will be at 10 a. m tomorrow at the Hisey and Titus mortuary with burial in Crown Hill.

Harry G. Overmier

Services for Harry G. Overmier were held at 10:30 a. m. today at the Conkle funeral home. Burial was in Floral Park. Mr. Overmier died Saturday morning at Methodist hospital aft-er-a short illness. He was 41 and lived at 1623 Alton ave. He was employed at Allison’s. Born in McDowell, Ill, he had lived here three years. He was a member of Capital City lodge, F. & A, M. Speedway post 198, American Legion, and the Christian church of Pontiac, Ill. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Zelma Overmier; two daughters, Donna Overmier and Janet -Overmier; a son, Vern Overmier of Pontiac; a sister, Mrs. William Huber of Mops ton, Ill, and four brothers, W Overmier of Berwyn, Ill.; Fred Overmier of Pontiac, Ill, and Charles

and John Overmier of Peoria, Ill.

john %. McCoy (Rites Are Se

Sérvices- for John ‘E to be held at 2 p. m. the Kirh ' mortuary with n

Mr. McC, 1523 E. 720 st. die turday ai St. Vincent's ;

71 and a lifelong re ident tof

Survivors are his wile, Mis. *Bessie S. MCoy; two sors, Harry A. McCoy o'! Van Nuys, (Jal, and Jack McCo' of Indian: polis; daughter, rs. Charles |3utze - Franklin, and a brother, Clinton McCoy of 1andianapolis.

MRS. K/TIE BRANDT, 75, DIES AT HON

Mrs. Katie Brandt, who had b ill several wi eks, died yesierday ab her home, )3 Massachu:etts av She had liver all her 75 yiars Mrs. Brand! was a mem}jer of Zion Evang:lical and Reformed church. Surviving her are (four sons, Walter, Fred, William anc Herman all of Indial apolis; a si:iter, Mis Emma Holtz Clermont; 4 grand children and two great-g randchil= dren. Services will be at 2 )). m. tos morrow at {ie Hamilton funeral home with tiie Rev. Frederick Daries, pasto: of the Zio ch officiating. Surial will be in Con cordia cemet:ry.

LOCAL GIR! GIR! IN NURSE? CO Miss Louite Ross, daighter Mrs. Lucy Ross, 2733 E. $3th st., assigned to tae station hospital at Camp Camplell, Ky. as a second lieutenant in the army nurse corps. She formerly was employsd as an m | industrial nurse at Lane Bryan Inc, She is © graduate of the Good Samaritan hcspital school of nurs

ing at Cincinnati, O.

of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; a son, Frank Williams of Baltimore, and a sister, Mrs.

Smith, president of the company, and other high officials in the home

dianapolis, Mr. Mathews died

Saturday at St. Vincent's hospital Officials to Attend

olis.

Harry M. Pearce of Indianap-

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office in Rockefeller Center. Tomorrow morning, at company expense, she will go on a shopping

she will appear on a radio program origihating in the city. She will begin her return home in the evening. Mrs. Holsapple has been with the company for eight years and at present is working on self-sealing airplane fuel cells. She has two children and lives at 1533 Leonard st.

WESSELMAN RITES 10 BE HELD TODAY

Services for Bernard J. Wesselman will be held at 2 p. m. today at St. John’s Lutheran church at Five Points, followed by burial in

- St. John's cemetery.

Mr. Wesselman, a retired postal clerk, died Saturday at St. Vincent's hospital after an illness of three years. He was 51 and lived at R. R. 5, Box 449. He was appointed to the railway mail service in 1913, coming to Indianapolis in 1821 with the Indianapolis transfer office. He was promoted to chief clerk in charge in 1934 and retired in 1939. He was secretary of the St. John’s church. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Ella Wesselman, and & son, Bernard C. Wesselman.

Mrs. Sophia Smith Funeral services for Mrs. Sophia Smith were to be held at 3 p. m. today at the Shirley Brothers Irving Hill chapel, with burial in Washington Park. A resident of Indianapolis 40 years, Mrs. Smith died Friday afternoon at her home, 258 8. Arlington ave., after a long illness. She was a member of the Irvington Church of Christ and was born in Johnson county. Survivors are her husband, Claude Smith; three daughters, Mrs. H. J. Rue of Sheffield, Pa., Mrs. Reba Buell and Miss Betty Smith of Indianapolis; five sons, John, Carl, Thomas, Russell and Charles Smith, all of Indianapolis; four sisters, Mrs. Cora Clarkson, Mrs. Margaret Herndon and Mrs. Ruth Lienhoop of Indianapolis, and Mrs. Jessie Burbank of Columbus; a brother, John Mar-

quart of New Albany, and six grandchildren. ;

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after a short illness. He was 44 and lived at 3663 Rockville rd. He was a member of the Second Free Methodist church. Survivors are ‘his wife, Anna; a son, Norman; a brother, Alfred of Peoria, Ill, and two sisters, Mrs. Laura Wills and Mrs. Bessie Lyles, both of Indianapolis.

Frederick W. Suhr

Services for Frederick William Suhr were to be held at 2 p. m. today at the Conkle funeral home, followed by burigl in Crown Hill An Indianapolis resident 63 years, Mr. Suhr died Saturday at his home, 2424 W. 16th st. He was 72 and a native of Cincinnati, O. He had been a carpenter at Kingan & Co. 25 years, retiring in 1938. - He was a member of Germania lodge, I. 0. O, F. Survivors are his wife, Elizabeth: a son, Albert; a foster daughter, Mrs. Ruth DeBruler; a sister, Mrs: Sophia Striggo, and a brother, Henry Suhr, all of Indianapolis,

Mrs. E. Showalter

Mrs. Elizabeth Showalter, 98 years old, died this morning at her home, 129 N. Sheffield ave., after an illness of two weeks. A resident of Indianapolis 35 years, Mrs. Showalter was born in Miami county and is believed to have been its oldest living native. She was a member of the Methodist church. Survivors include. two daughters, Mrs. Alice Miller of Topeka, Kas. and Mrs. Florence Richeson of Peru, and several grandchildren.

Mrs. Lena Taylor ‘Funeral services for Mrs. Lena Taylor were to be held at 1:30 p, m. today at the Shirley Brothers Irving a chapel, with burial in Crown

Mrs. Taylor, 5365 E. Washington st.,, died Thursday night after a long illness. She was 86 and had lived here nearly all her life.‘ She lived with a niece, Miss Julia Seytter. Survivors, in addition to Miss Seytter, are a granddaughter, Mrs Ruth Ferris Gudgeon of Mt. Dora, Fla, and a nephew, Carl G. Seytter of Indianapolis,

The honorary pallbearers will be county and city officials who worked with Mrs. Askren in the Republican party.

Judge Dan V. White, Judge Ralph E. Hamill, Judge Judson L. Stark, Judge Hezzie B. Pike, Judge Emsley

ard, Judge Mark W. Rhoads, Sherwood Blue, Otto W. Petit. A. Jack Tilson, Dr. Roy B. Storms, Frank P. Huse, William Bosson, William T. Ayres, Paul R. Brown, Charles W. Jewett, Henry E. Ostrom, Bernard Curry, Samuel Montgomerdy, Merrill Woods,’ Joseph Hillman, Stanton Montague, Paul Brewer, Featherstone, William J. Heim, Charles Koehler, Samuel -Campbell, Arthur Rennick, W.«O. Fuller and Harry N. White. Mrs. Askren was the daughter of Howard Ruark, who came here from Missouri, and Jane Springer Ruark. She was graduated from Manual Training high school. In addition to her husband and sons, Mrs. Askren is survived by a daughter, Mary; a sister, Mrs. Anna Mendel; a brother, Arthur Ruark, and a half-brother, James McConnell. All live in Indianapolis,

Mrs. Mary Young

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Young will be held at 10 a. m. tomorrow at the J. C. Wilson Chapel of the Chimes, with the Rev. Raymond Hoekstra officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park. Mrs. Young, the wife of William Young, 531 St. Paul st, died Saturday morning at St. Francis hos-

was 73. Born in Ohio, she came here in

auxiliary to the United Spanish War Veterans. Survivors, besides the husband, are a son, John Hartman of Thdianapolis; a daughter, Mrs. Laura Mier of Indianapolis; a sister, Mrs, Emma Hanby of Thornville, O.; two

Mrs. | brothers, John Goodin of Newark,

0., and ‘Leo Goodin of: Granville, O.; four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

ELWOOD—Mrs. John Snyder, 72. Survivors: . Husband; four daughters, Mrs.

of Frankton, Mrs. Reesa Hook of Elwood and Mrs. Dorothy, Brand of Anderson; three sons, James M. Snyder of Pontiac, Mich., S. Snyder of Fullerto Cal., ‘and John Snyder Jr. of Elwood.

EVANSVILLE Mrs. Myrtle Elisabeth s, 54. ‘Survivors: ‘Husband, Dayid C.; da RTS. Mrs. . Mrs, Fred Lea Leatherlan

Qsie St ounell, Henderson, a Strange, Beals, Ky.; Purcell, Beals; and a Bratcher, Baw.

Ky., brother, Jesse

NEW ALBANY-- k ‘Edwards, 68. Survivors: Sons, | Oiie E., with the army in Ireland, the army, Otis, New ov ‘Albany, an ma "Ezra, Shoals; two daughLanna Gra and Mrs. Mary Bhenand, both of New bany; two Garfleld of washington, Jud. Eile of our a Mrs. Jeanette Mystle Young" and Mrs. Shoals

i Frank Whisman of

Addie Jones of Muncie, Dorine Stansbury];

half-brother, ‘Ellis,

STATE DEATHS

Frank Whisman; Mrs. Grace Smith, Shelbyville. : Allen -M. Rhoades, 75. Survivors: Hoshang a daughter, Mrs. Elbert Gordon of Rush county, and a son, Floyd Rhoades of Noblesville, and four grandchildren. ard, 74. Survivors: Two sons,

mother,

Richmond: two daughters, Mrs. Ruth Devore of polis, Mrs. Kolde of Connersville; Leonard of Ogden; one le sister, Mrs. "Mattie

x Salliean of Knightsto

SEYMOUR. MN a Crabb, 57. - Survivors: Parents; and Mrs. Francis Grein; four ha. George L. Grein of Lake ‘Charles, La.; Charles N. Grein of Seymour; Edward = Grein, Seymour, and Francis C. Grein, pharmacist’s mate with the navy at San 0, Cal, and one sister, Mrs. Irvin on of Jeffersonville, a.

jets, Mrs. susie Brown of of Winnsbora, La.; easy and Miss Maggie Taulman, Seymour. tee et pet be ett.

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Frank ‘Taulman, 82. Survivors: Daugh- |.

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