The Mail-Journal, Volume 5, Number 39, Milford, Kosciusko County, 30 October 1968 — Page 3

OBITUARIES

Mrs. Rob't Kaiser Passed Away Tuesday A.M. Mrs. Robert (Helen Margaret’ Kaiser, 48, r 2 Milford, died at 6:15 a.m. Tuesday in the Elkhart General hospital. She was born to Mr. and Mrs. Oscar (Hulda Beer) Graff at Milford on January 7, 1920. She was a lifetime resident of Milford and a member of the Milford Apostolic Christian church. A 1938 graduate of Milford high school, she was united in marriage June 28, 1941, to Robert Kaiser, who survives. Surviving in addition to the husband and parents are one son, Steven, r 2 Milford; one daughter, Jean, Lafayette; four sisters, Mrs. Raymond (Mildred) Levy, Warsaw, Mrs. Eugene (Kathryn) Sauder, Elkhart, Mrs. Richard (Clara) Kaiser, r 2 Milford, and Mrs. Herbert (Phyllis) Hueni, Mishawaka. Two brothers, Raymond and Robert Graff, preceded her in death. Friends may call today (Wednesday) after 7 p.m. at the Mishler funeral home in Milford. Services will be held at the Milford Apostolic Christian church at 10:30 a.m. Friday with Rev. Verlin Stoller of Fort Wayne officiating. Interment will be in the Milford cemetery. Mrs. Herman Huey Mrs. Ruth Huey, 62, of Syracuse and Gulfport, Miss., died of complications following an illness of more than a year at 11:05 p.m. Saturday in the Elkhart hospital. She was born at Syracuse November 9, 1905, to Sidney and Emma (Pollock) Sloan. She was married November, 7, 1932, at Warsaw to Herman Huey, who survives. Formerly a waitress at Syracuse and Fort Wayne, Mrs. Huey made her winter home at Gulfport. In addition to her husband she is survived by three daughters,

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Mrs. Kenneth (Katheryn) Knisley and Mrs. Bradford (Rebecca) Jones, both of Syracuse, and Mrs. William (Wanda) Monk, Mendenhall, Miss.; one son, Philip Prough of Rowland Heights, Calif.; a stepson, Clarence Huey, Albion; and one sister, Miss Blanche Sloan, Syracuse. Services were held Tuesday at Syracuse. Rev. August Lundquist officiated and burial was in the Solomon Creek cemetery. jgg " I®!® ■I George Fisher Passed Away In Washington. D.C. George Fisher, a resident of r 2 Leesburg and well known in Kosciusko county, died in his sleep at 2 a.m. today (Wednesday) at the home of friends in Washington, D. C. Death was thought to be due to heart failure. He was is his mid-60s. Mr. and Mrs. DeFries left for Washington on Friday and attended the Southern CaliforniaMaryland football game on Saturday. Mr. Fisher was not in ill health. His body will be returned to

Leesburg. Final arrangements were not known at noon today. The deceased was well known as a former All-Star football player, a teacher and high school football coach and state legislator. A native of Jackson county in southern Indiana, he attended Indiana university where he was recognized as an outstanding football player. He and his brother, Walter, a retired Muncie high school football coach now in the real estate business, were AllStar football players. Mr. Fisher coached football in Warsaw for over 20 years and for a time coached the Warsaw Tigers basketball team. In 1956 he successfully ran for the state legislature on the I Republican ticket, and held the I office of legislator from Kosciusko county until 1966, a 10-year | span. When he retired as a teacher and coach he moved from Warsaw to r 2 Leesburg and became a representative for the Franklin Life Insurance company. The deceased was a member of the Leesburg Methodist church, the Masonic lodge and Shrine and Elks clubs. Surviving besides his wife, the former Miriam DeFries of Milford, are a son, Dr. Duke Fisher, a well known Oakland, Calif., physician, and a daughter, Mrs. Charles (Becky) Griffith of Evansville, Ind. Funeral details will appear in The Mail-Journal next week. Clarence R. Bitzer Rev. Clarence R. Bitzer, 71, a / retired minister of Oakwood \ Park, r 4 Syracuse, died at 9 a. in. Friday in the Elkhart hospital. Death was due to injuries sustained Thursday evening in an auto accident south of Elkhart. Rev. Bitzer, who was superintendent of Oakwood Park for eight years, was serving as supply minister at the Concord church near Dewart (Lake. A native of Huntington county, Rev. Bitzer was born May 12, 1897, to William and Hannah (Wiedenhoeft) Bitzer. He was a graduate of Huntington college,

Evangelical Theological seminary at Naperville, JU., and attended Manchester college. On April 12, 1917, he was married to Olive Fields who survives. Rev. Bitzer had served charges at Wapakoneta, Ohio, Avilla, Carmi, 111., Ligonier, and since his retirement has supplied at the Solomon Creek church near Syracuse. In addition to his widow he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Helen Sheets of Indianapolis; three sons, Clarence Bitzer, Merritt Island, Fla., Uoyd Bitzer, Madison, Wis., James Mark Bitzer, San Raphael, Calif.; two brothers, Homer and Chester Bitzer, both of Andrews; and 13 grandchildren. Funeral services were held Sunday in the Calvary United Methodist church at Syracuse. Rev. Paul Eppley and Rev. Kennard Robinson officiated. Burial was in the Riverside cemetery at Andrews. Donald O. Schaaf Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, in the Church of Our Heritage at Pomona, Calif., for Donald Owen Schaaf, 61, of 1522 Densmore St., Pomona, a native of Pierceton and a brother of Mrs. Carrie McFarren of Milford. Interment was in the Forest Lawn Covina Hills Memorial Park at Pomona. Mr. Schaaf died at 9:50 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18, in the Pomona Valley Community hospital. He was born August 27, 1907. Mr. Schaaf served in the army in World War II as a medical department non-commissioned officer, participating in the battles of Normandy, Northern France, the Rhineland and Central Europe. He received the Purple Heart and bronze star medals. Retiring in 1966 after 12 years as manager of the shoe department at Nash’s in Pomona Valley Center, Mr. Schaaf moved to California in 1954 from Fort Wayne where he was assistant manager of Fishman’s shoe department for 20 years. Surviving in addition to the sister mentioned are the widow, Angela Schaaf; a daughter, Mrs. Don Knickerbocker, Pomona; a son, John O. Schaaf, at home;

and four brothers, Wayne Schaaf, Warsaw, Merle Schaaf, Oswego, Clifton Schaaf, South Dakota, and Karl Schaaf, Yucaipa, Calif. Mrs. Walter Daugherty Mrs. Walter (Sarah S.) Daugherty, 59, r 1 Leesburg, died at the Murphy Medical Center on Thursday at 5:20 a.m. of complications. Mrs. Daugherty was admitted one week ago and had been in failing health for the past 10 years. A native of Hurley, Va., she was bom to Melvin and Rosie (Layne) Ashby on March 27, 1909. In 1925 she was married to Dewey Estep who preceded her in death in 1945. She was united in marriage to Mr. Daugherty, who survives, on April 3, 1947. Moving from Hurley, Va., she was a member of the Baptist church and a Leesburg resident for four years. Survivors in addition to her husband are five daughters, Mrs. Bascom (Pearl) Tester, Mrs. Jackie (Amy) Harmon, Mrs. Zeke (Jean) Puritt, Mrs. Roger (Bonita) Smith, all of Hurley, Va., Mrs. Harold (Kathy) Charles, Doran, Va.; three sons, Harold Estep, Elkton, Md., Sidney Estep, Phosnix, Ariz., Clifford Estep, Leesburg; three brothers, Chester, Jesse and Johnny Ashby, all of Grundy, Va.; two sisters, Mrs. Kennis (Jane) Matney, Panther, W. Va., and Mrs. Charles (Ada) Hurley of Hurley, Va. Services were conducted Saturday at a Virginia funeral home and burial was in the Estep cemetery at Hurley, Va. John G. Ritchings, Sr. John Gordon Ritchings, Sr., aged 60, died Thursday, Oct. 7, at Oscoda, Mich., of a coronary occlusion. A Masonic memorial service was held on Sunday evening with the funeral service on Monday morning at 10 a.m. Rev. Alfred W. Salisbury officiating. Burial was in Sunset Hills cemetery, Flint, Mich. Mr. Ritchings was born in England January 14, 1908, the son of William Henry and Florence Ainsworth Ritchings and had resided In Flint for 41 years. He leaves his widow, Beryl Pauline; one son, John G. Ritchings, Jr., of Flushing, Mich.; one daughter, Mrs. Gerald (Ruby Constance) Yarbrough of Bloomfield Hills, Mich.; two brothers, George Augustus Ritchings of England and Harold Leigh Ritchings of Grand Blanc, 1 Mich.; two sisters, Mrs. Charles (Florence Margaret) Smith of Tonawanda, N.Y:, and Mrs. Richard (Gladys Muriel) Sumner of Milford; and 11 grandchildren. Mr. Ritchings was a member of Fellowship lodge number 409 F. and A. M. and was one of the founders of the Flint Chapter SPEBSQSA. He was a designing engineer for 37 years with the Chevrolet manufacturing division of General Motors in Flint, Mich. Mrs. Warren Sayles Mrs. Ethyl June Sayles, 84, Goshen, mother of Mrs. William C. (Helen) Miller, Syracuse, died in Goshen hospital Thursday. She had been a patient in the hospital four days. She was a lifetime resident of Goshen. Mrs. Sayles was born at Goshen June 17, 1884, and her first husband was Ervin Whitehead, who died in 1913. She married Warren Savles in 1917 and he died in January of 1937. Mrs. Sayles was a member of the

Vote On November sth For Maurice Dorsey Your Republican Candidate For County Commissioner iWflgy?-' • 52 Years of age. • Dairy farmer for 30 years. • Member of Advisory J. Board in Turkey ( JBS* Creek Township. • Director and agent for farmers Mutual Relief Association. • Farm Bureau Member. ■ • Wife Doris, 3 married ■ children and 5 grandW children. Your Vote Will Be Appreciated (Paid Pol. Adv.)

SAMPLE COUNTY BALLOT

REPUBLICAN TICKET "■“■""I For Representative in Congress REP Third Congressional District __J WILLIAM W. ERWIN ■ , For Judge of the Circuit Court REP Fifty-Fourth Judicial Circuit GENE B. LEE For Joint State Senator "’““““I For the Counties of Kosciusko, REP LaGrange, Noble, Steuben (6th District) JOHN F. AUGSBURGER

VOTE FOR ANY THREE (3) FOR JOINT STATE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE COUNTIES OF Fulton, Huntington, Kosciusko, Wabash and Whitley (9th District)

REP ARTHUR P. COBLENTZ —J S. REP RALPH R. HEINE REP THAMES L. MAUZY “““1 For Clerk of the REP Circuit Court BESSIE I. HIMES For County Treasurer REP WILLIAM E. ELLIS For County Coroner REP ARTHUR L. MOSER For County Surveyor REP " CHARLES M. BROWER ■“““I For County Commissioner REP Northern District ___] MAURICE DORSEY ■"■“"“I For County Commissioner REP Middle District FREDRICK W. GILLIAM

First United Church of Christ at Goshen. Surviving are three sons, William Whitehead, Sarasota, Fla., Clinton Whitehead and Warren Sayles, Jr., both of Elkhart; three daughters, Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Devon (Evelyn) Hunsberger. Wakarusa, and Mrs. Virginia Cole. Goshen; 14 grandchildren; a”d 23 great - grandchildren. Funeral services were held Monday at Goshen. Rev. Thomas Murnhy, pastor of the First United Methodist church, Elkhart, officiated and burial was in the Oak Ridge cemetery. Syracuse Craft Club Makes Fur Headbands The Craft club of Syracuse met with Mrs. Herschel Leatherman on Monday evening and made fur headbands to match a coat or cape. Some of the women made

Wed., Oct. 30, 1968 — THE MAIL-JOURNAL

DEMOCRATIC TICKET ► 1 A ) M Iff 12 * For Representative in Congress DEM Third Congressional District b _____ For Joint State Senator For the Counties of Kosciusko, DEM LaGrange, Noble, Steuben ___| (6th District) RALPH H. NASH

DEM A. GARY NORDMANN 9 4 For County Commissioner DEM Northern District HERSCHEL R. ALBERT 1 For County Commissioner DEM Middle District STANLEY L. NICE

felt ornaments for Christmas tree decorations or for tie-ons for packages. Mrs. Leatherman served refreshments to the 14 members present at the close of the meeting. ftwn «h» Servlcoa Lt Kramer Is Stationed In California Lt. Thomas N. Kramer has been assigned to the U.S. air force satellite center at Sunnyvale, Calif., and will report there November 7 for duty. He will be trained to perform the duties of space systems analyst. Lt. Kramer graduated from high school in 1964 and from the U.S. air force academy in 1968. Faith in one’s self is the foundation of success.

ELECT... John F. Augsburger FOR State Senator FOR Kosciusko, Noble, LaGrange and Steuben Counties ■ I Offer My Experience In Government Education Business YOUR SUPPORT WILL BE APPRECIATED Paid for by John F. Augsburger

~»N EDUCATIq 5 MB m < NOV. 10-16,1968 TUE |J/SWoF A COLLECTIOM OF STONE TABLETS,COMPILED BY ANCIENT BABYLONIANS IN THE 2121 CENTURY, BC-, BECAME HISTORY'S EARLIEST-KNOWN LIBRARY.' THE LIBRARY AT ALEXANDRIA WAS THE MOST FAMOUS IN THE ANCIENT WORLD. FOUNDED IN THE 4-th CENTURY BC- BY THE OREEK RULER PTOLEMY I, AT ITS HEIGHT IT HAP ABOUT 500,000 MANUSCRIPTS.THE ENTIRE library was SCATTERED OR DESTROYED BY ORDER OF THEODOSIUS J THE GREAT IN 391 A D.

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