The Mail-Journal, Volume 5, Number 40, Milford, Kosciusko County, 6 November 1968 — Page 6

THE MAIL-JOURNAL—Wed., Nov. 6, 1968

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139 Pints Collected In Dual Bloodmobile Visit Friday

Representatives of the Kosciusko county Red Cross blood bank report a total of 139 pints collected during the dual visit of the bloodmobile at Milford and Syracuse last Friday. This was only two pints short of the 141 goal. The next visit of the bloodmobile to this county will be December 30 when it will be in Warsaw. A visit will be made to North Webster sometime in March. Receiving gallon pins during the visit were Lynn Morrow and Mrs. W. A. Jones, Jr., both of Syracuse; Mrs. Arnold Doll and Mrs. George Haab, both of r 2 Milford; and Mrs. Robert Hammon of North Webster. Larry L. Burnett of r 1 Argos and Mrs. Berniece Dwyer of Milford received pins for being two gallon donors. A total of 91 persons presented themselves at Milford with 80 pints being collected. At Syracuse 61 presented themselves and donated 59 pints. At Milford Mrs. Lee Pattison, chairman of volunteers, assisted with both visits. She was assisted at Milford by Mrs. Herbert Baumgartner as chairman of the day and Mrs. Donald Cecil, co-chairman. Hospital volunteers were Mrs. Ray Ferverda, Mrs. Glenn Deeter, Mrs. Howard Horn and Mrs. Ralph Disher. Those who work-

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ed as office volunteers were Mrs. Arthur Baker, Mrs. Irwin Chapel, Mrs. Robert Rumfelt, Mrs. Harry Dale Doty, Mrs. Darrell Orn, Mrs. Robert Hurd and Mrs. Joe Ostendorf. Nurses assisting ■were Mrs. John Chinworth, Mrs. Dean Dowty, Mrs. Ed Washier, Mrs. Kendall Taft and Mrs. Hobart Creighton. Mrs. Paul Schermerhorn was in charge of food service with Mrs. Cloice Clay, Mrs. Charles Barringer, Mrs. Jesse Miller, Mrs. Arlo Beiswanger, Mrs. Ron Baumgartner, Mrs. Ray Bray, Mrs. Mervin Mishler, Mrs. Doral McFarren and Mrs. Clayton Hollar assisting. Transportation service was furnished by Mrs. Harry Gawthrop and Mrs. William Orr was the nurses’ aide on duty. The doctors present were Dr. Floyd Rhienheimer and Dr. G. W. Statler. Dan Levernier, Arthur Baumgartner and Marion Deeter helped with the set-up and dismantling of the equipment. Mrs. Glenn Treesh was the recruiter in charge. At Syracuse Mrs. Jack Clark and Mrs. Vernon Beckman served as chairmen of the day at Syracuse. Mrs. Todd McClure, Mrs. Jerry Johnson, Mrs. John Kroh, Mrs. Paul Eppley, Syracuse; and Mrs. Wiliam Cox, Warsaw; were nurses who volunteered their services. Dr. Jack Clark, Dr. Robert

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Craig and Dr. William Myers provided the physician coverage for the visit. Other volunteers serving thruout the day were Mrs. Carl Penn, Mrs. Frank Bates, Mrs. Lee Walls, Mrs. Jay Peffley, Mrs. Ben Fowler, Mrs. Lee Schrumpf, all of Syracuse; Mrs. Ralph Brubaker, Leesburg; Mrs. James Athens, North Webster; and Mrs. Norman Clay, Mrs. Morton Buffer, Mrs. Freeland Phillips and Mrs. Robert Hall, all of Warsaw. Assisting with setting up and dismantling the unit were Jerry Wright, Bill Rush, Ed Caskey, Lewis Firestone, Larry Weaver, Raymond Kehr, Bob Radcliff, Jim Mench, Rodger Radcliff, Eric Coburn, Lloyd Disher, Dave Clark, Charles F. Kroh and Steve Schrumpf. Patty Disher was in charge of posters and Charles F. Kroh in charge of arrangements. SYRACUSE LOCALS Troy Patrick Bomman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Bomman of Syracuse, celebrated his birthday Sunday evening at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Kline of Syracuse. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Treadway of Syracuse and Mr. and Mrs. Victor Feschenko and son spent Saturday at Chicago attending the International Food Festival.

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OBITUARIES

I R. E. Slabaugh Dies Sunday Death claimed Roman E. Slabaugh, 59, r 1 Milford, Sunday at 5:25 p.m. Mr. Slabaugh suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and died three hours after being admitted to the Goshen hospital. He had resided in the Milford community for the past 30 years and was a well known area businessman. Mr. Slabaugh was president of the firm of Beer and Slabaugh Construction Corporation at Nappanee since 1958. He was a former owner and operator of the Milford Milling Company, a member of the Milford volunteer fire department and the North Main Street Mennonite church at Nappanee. The deceased was bom in Kokomo on October 6, 1909, to Mose and Martha (Yoder) Slabaugh. He married Sarah Gerber September 18, 1932. Surviving with the widow are the step-mother, Mrs. Anna Slabaugh, Danville, Mich.; a son, Larry Slabaugh of 'Milford; four daughters, Mrs. Donald (Delores) Boyd of Hollywood, Fla., Mrs. Roger (Shirley) Graff and Mrs. Ronald (Gloria) Baumgartner, both of Milford, and Mrs. John (Patricia) Yeater of Nappanee; eight grandchildren; four brothers, Jacob of Goshen, Daniel and Joseph of Ann Arbor, Mich., and Henry of Millington, Mich.; two sisters, Mrs. Jonas Miller of Dundee, Ohio, and Mrs. David Harrer of Danville, Mich. One brother preceded him in death. Services were held this morning (Wednesday) at 10:30 in the North Main Street Mennonite church in Nappanee with Rev. Norman Ly A deker and Rev. Homer North officiating. Burial was in the Milford cemetery.

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George Fisher Services were held on Saturday morning in a Warsaw funeral home for former Warsaw coach and Kosciusko county state repres ntative George Fisher. “Coach” Fisher died in his sleep Tuesday night, Oct. 29, at Cape Charles, Va., at the age of 67. He and Mrs. Fisher had attended the Southern California-Maryland football game on Saturday. Although in failing health for several years death was unexpected. A retired coach and legislator, he owned and operated a farm in Plain township and had an insurance agency in his home. He was a native of Jackson county and attended Indiana university. He and his brothers, Walter and Scott, were known as the “Fisher Coaching Brothers”. He is survived by his widow, the former Miriam DeFries of Milford; one son, Duke Fisher of Oakland, Calif., a physician; and a daughter, Mrs. diaries (Rebecca) Griffith of Evansville; a grandson, David, son of Dr. and Mrs. Duke Fisher. A brother, Walter, and a sister, Wilma Brown, reside in Muncie. Scott Fisher preceded him in death. Thomas Marshall Leer Thomas Marshall Leer, 54, r 4 Syracuse, died at 5 a.m. Friday in his home. Death was attributed to an apparent heart attack. A native of Middlebury, Mr. Leer was born July 26, 1914, to Hiram and Macy (Yoder) Leer. He was married to the former Evelyn Manges December 24, 1934. Mr. Leer was production manager for Vitreous Steel Company of Nappanee for 32 years. He was a resident of Syracuse the past six years, moving from Nappanee. He was a member of Saint Andrew’s United Methodist church of Syracuse and the Cabana Yacht club. Surviving with his widow are three daughters, Mrs. David (Luanne) Ydder, Bristol, Mrs. Michael (Patricia) Price, Elkhart, and Mrs. Jerry (Deborah) Kirkdorfer, Fort Wayne; four brothers, Clayton, Middlebury, Ira, LaGrange, and Stanley and Richard, both of Elkhart; three sisters, Mrs. Claude (Ruth) Johnson, Nappanee, and Mrs. Richard (Mabel) Mey-

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ers and Mrs. Paul (Frances) Bollman, both of Elkhart; six grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Services were held Sunday in Saint Andrew’s United Methodist church at Syracuse. Rev. August Lundquist and Rev. Noble Bowman officiated and burial was in the Syracuse cemetery. Mrs. Katherine Murchie Mrs. Katherine Murchie, 82, former Warsaw resident and moth-er-in-law of Mrs. Robert L. (Helen) Murchie of Leesburg who survives, died Monday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m. of complications. She was a resident of the Peabody Memorial Home at North Manchester for the past three and one half years and had been ill for one month. Also surviving is a granddaughter, Mrs. Donald (Janet) Tyler of Warsaw. Mrs. Murchie was preceded in death by a son, Robert L. Murchie. Services were held at 10:30 a.m. Friday in the Peabody Memorial chapel and burial was in the Blossom Hill cemetery at Concord, N. H. Russell W. Weiss Russell W. Weiss, 55, Elkhart, brother of Mrs. Forrest Metz of Leesburg, died Saturday of a heart attack. Survivors include two sons, one daughter, eight grandchildren, two brothers and four sisters. Services for Mr. Weiss were held Tuesday in an Elkhart funeral home and burial was in the Rice cemetery. Mrs. Benjamin Herr Services were held in Columbia City Tuesday, Oct. 29, for Mrs. Ada Herr, mother of Mrs. Francis (Verna) Keener of North Webster. Rev. Howard Rees officiated) at the service and burial was in Christian Chapel cemetery at Merriam. Mrs. Herr, 89, died in Whitley County hospital October 26 following an illness of more than two years. She was born September 10, 1879, to Daniel and Maggie (Good) Trimmer at Decatur, Hl. She was united in marriage to Benjamin Herr October 18, 1901, who preceded her in death in 1955. The Herrs moved to Columbia City in 1930. Other survivors include a son, o ßenjamin of Columbia City; six other daughters, Mrs. Margaret Merriman, Mrs. Vem (Stella) Sheckler, Mrs. Alfred (Vivian)

Cramer, Mrs. Gerald Shaw, all of, the Columbia City area, and Mrs. Jerome (Fern) Heidenrich of Fort Myers, Fla.; 22 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; two brothers; and three sisters. Jonas Stutzman Jonas Stutzman, 66, father of Vernon Stutzman of Milford, died Monday evening at Byron Center, Mich. A resident of Goshen for 35 years, until he moved to Byron Center last summer, Mr. Stutzman was born in Brown county and was formerly employed at Duke Mobile Homes in Bristol. Surviving with the above mentioned son are the widow, Amanda; five sons; six daughters; 34 grandchildren; and two sisters. Services will be held Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the Cook funeral home in Byron Center and interment will be in the Winchester cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday. Virgil R. Kistler Virgil R. Kistler, 62, of Cromwell died at 6:15 a.m. Monday in the Clinic hospital at Bluffton where he had been a patient for 10 days. Death was due to cancer and followed an illness of six months. He was bom June 17, 1906, in Noble county to John and Armintha (Lemon) Kistler. On March 20, 1926, he was married at Auburn to Anna Priest who survives. An employee of the Goshen Rubber company, Mr. Kistler was a member of the Ligonier Eagles Lodge and the Moose

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Lodge at Goshen. Survivors in addition to his widow include three sons, Lawrence Kistler of Syracuse, Gerald and Arthur, both of Goshen; three daughters, Mrs. Frances Becker, Mrs. Sanda Sue Farris, both of South Bend, Mrs. Darlene Alvord, Battle Creek, Mich.; two brothers, Harry Kistler, Tekonsa, Mich., Vern Kistler, Ligonier; one sister, Mrs. Joe (Edna) Hutsell, Cromwell; 15 grandchildren and one great - grandchild. Funeral services were held today (Wednesday) at Ligonier. Rev. Don Cutts officiated and burial was in the Thorn cemetery near Etna. Harley Buyerl Chiddister Harley Buyerl Chiddister, 69, 714 Main street, Ligonier, died in LaGrange County hospital at 5:30 a.m. Tuesday after an illness of seven months. He had been a resident of the Ligonier community for the past 20 years. He was born June 21, 1899, in LaGrange county. Survivors include his wife, the former Madge Cobbum; two sons, Leland and Robert, and a daughter, Mrs. Max Zimmerman, all of Ligonier. Also surviving are ten grandchildren and one greatgrandchild. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday in the Ulrey-Sedgwick funeral home with Rev. W. E. Workman of the Ligonier Centenary United Methodist church officiating. Burial will be in Brown cemetery. Whatever comes from the heart carries the heat and color of its birthplace — O.W. Holmes