The Mail-Journal, Volume 6, Number 29, Milford, Kosciusko County, 20 August 1969 — Page 7

OBITUARIES

Final Rites For Syracuse Grocer OrvalL Klink Orval L. Klink, 66, of r 4 Syracuse, owner of Klink’s Super Market, passed away at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 20, in his home. He had been in failing health for the past year and death was due to complications from carcinoma. A lifetime resident of the Syracuse community, Mr. Klink was born May 12, 1903, in Edon, Ohio, the son of Daniel and Katherine Klink. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Syracuse. In 1947 he was united in marriage to Berniece Dausman who survives. Surviving in addition to the widow are one son, Tom, at home; two daughters, Mrs. Jay (Susan) Brouwer of Syracuse and Mrs. John (Beverly) Lockwitz of South Bend; five grandchildren; and one sister, Phyllis Mock of Syracuse. Services were conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday in the funeral home at Syracuse by Rev. John A. Pettit. Interment was in the Syracuse cemetery. Mrs. John Syage Mrs.« John (Beulah) Syage, 58, Leesburg, owner and operator of the Hacienda restaurant, died at 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 20, in the Goshen hospital. She had been in failing health for two years. Mrs. Syage was born July 26, 1911, and was a member of the “Clunette United Methodist church. Surviving are her husband; a sister, Mrs ; Bertha Teter; and a brother, Robert Taylor, both of Indianapolis.

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Services were held at MooreKirk Irvington chapel in Indianapolis at 10 a.m. Saturday and interment was in the Anderson cemetery in Indianapolis. I O' Jv w IM fX J fig. Glen Kehr Glen Kehr, 69, of Goshen died at 10 p.m. Wednesday in the Goshen hospital. He had suffered a stroke in the home of his son, Raymond, at Syracuse at about noon Wednesday and was taken to the hospital. Mr. Kehr was born at Syracuse February 18, 1902 and had lived all his life in the Syracuse and Goshen areas. He married Hah V. Mock, who preceded him in death. On July 11, 1925, he married Alice Bennett, and she died July 10, 1969. Mr. Kehr retired a year ago from the Proof company. He was a member of the Eagles lodge. Survivors include four sons, Glen Jr., Goshen, Raymond, Syracuse, Richard, Millersburg, and Robert, serving with the U. S. army at Okinawa; two daughters, Mrs. Daniel (Helen) Showalter, New Paris, and Mrs. Rich-

ard (Kathryn) Renard, Goshen; 19 grandchildren; two greatgrandchildren; a brother, Amos, Goshen; two sisters, Mrs. Leonard (Doris) Stiver, and Mrs. Oley Haney, both of Goshen. Services were held Monday at Goshen. Rev. Bruce Mosier officiated and burial was in Oak Ridge cemetery. John B. Swain John B. Swain, 88, former Syracuse resident, died at Anderson on August 16. Funeral services and burial were at Anderson on August 19. Surviving is the wife, Nellie; a son, Harry Swain; a step-son, Quinton Fox: and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Marley E. Evans, Jr. Marley E. Evans, Jr., 53, r 3 Syracuse, died at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Goshen hospital of complications resulting from a stroke suffered Sunday. Mr. Evans was employed as a proof consultant by Olan Mills Corporation, Springfield, Ohio, and prior to that had owned and operated Marley’s Steak House on SR 13, south of Syracuse. He had resided at Syracuse for the past five years, moving from Muncie. Mr. Evans was born June 3, 1916, at Middletown, Ohio. He was married September 17, 1938, to Lenore Hetzler, who survives. Other survivors include his father, Marley Evans, Sr., Russellville, Ky.; a son, Marley Evans 111, Jackson, Mich.; two daughters, Mrs. Joe (Julie) Whitlock, Muncie, and Mrs. Ted (Jane) Hetzel, Carmel; nine grandchildren; and five sisters, Mrs. E. A. (Helen) Woodard, Minneapolis, Miss Pauline Evans, Cincinnati, Mrs. Thomas (Lois) Tiedt, New Smyrna, Fla., Mrs. Harold (Kathryn) Zentner, Madison, Wis., and Mrs. Ron (Violet) Watson, Seattle. Mr. Evans was a member of Masonic lodge 433 at Muncie, Scottish Rite Valley, Mizpah and Shrine club, Fort Wayne, and the Syracuse Lions club. Friends may call at the Harris funeral home after noon today (Wednesday). Services will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday. Rev. August Lundquist- will officiate and creamation will follow in Lindenwood cemetery in Fort Wayne. Masonic rites will be held at 8 p.m. tonight in the funeral home. James A. Snedaker James A. Snedaker, 51, Hollywood, Fla., brother of Mrs. Aletha Haggerty of Milford, died Monday of a heart attack. He was a former interior decorator in Elkhart and moved to Florida in 1954. He is survived by the widow, Elizabeth; his father, Frank, Harwood lake, Mich.; two daughters, Pamela and Christina, both at home; a stepson, Gary Peterson of Chicago; and one other sister, Mrs. Jerry

(Thelma) Powell of Elkhart. Mr. Snedaker was active in the Elkhart Jaycees and was the recipient of the Key Man Award while a resident of the area. Funeral services and interment will be in Hollywood, Fla. STAFFORD, Son Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stafford, r 1 Syracuse, are the parents of a son born August 19 in the Goshen hospital. SMITH, Son Mr. and Mrs. Roger S. Smith r 2 Syracuse are the parents of a son, born August 19 in the Goshen hospital. LANGE, Daughter Mr. and Mrs. Karl Lange, r 1 Syracuse, are the parents of a daughter, born August 18 in the Goshen hospital. TUSING, daughter Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tusing of r 2 Leesburg are the parents of a daughter born at 12:21 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 24, in the Murphy Medical Center. The baby girl tipped the scale at seven pounds, eight ounces. Her mother is the former Kay L. Heiman. The maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. James Heiman of r 4 Warsaw and paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Tusing of r 2 Leesburg. FRANK, KeUy Scott Mr. and Mrs. Terry Frank of Leesburg, are parents of their second son named Kelly Scott, born at 1:50 a.m. Monday, Aug. 18, in the Murphy Medical Center. Kelly Scott weighed in at eight pounds and was 20 1 4 inches in length. He has one brother, Tad Alan, who is 21 months old. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Bugher of Warsaw, and Mr. and Mrs. Steve Frank of LaPorte. Great-grand-parents are Mr. and Mrs. Edward Major of LaPorte and Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Turner of Andrews. ROOPS HONORED AT FAREWELL DINNER Rev. William Roop and family of the Bethel Church of the Brethren in Milford were honored at a farewell dinner during the noon hour on Sunday, Aug. 17. After the carry-in dinner Donn Kesler expressed the gratitude of the congregation for the years of service Rev. Roop and his wife Nancy and their children, Dianna, Cindy, and Larisa, gave the church. Appropriate gifts and a beautiful decorated cake were presented to the Roops to serve as a visual token of the church’s friendship. Rev. Roop responded for his family. The Roops have been serving the Bethel church for the past three years. It was Rev. Roop’s first pastorate. He preached his last sermon there on August 17. The family is moving to Canton, Ohio, today where he will serve the First Church of the Brethren. EBENEZER LADIES AID IN MEETING AT GRANGE HALL The Ebenezer Ladies Aid met August 21 in the Hex Grange hall. The president, Mrs. Roy Wilkinson, conducted the meeting. Devotions were given by Mrs. Harold Bitner. She used as her theme, “Take time for Friendship.” Mrs. Gladys Morris read a poem in memory of Mrs. Winston Gants. Following the business meeting refreshments were served by the hostesses, Mrs. Bitner, and Mrs. Merritt Lung, to 17 members and two guests, Mabel Forbes and Mrs. Court Slabaugh. A social hour followed.

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The Syracuse community sa\y the passing of one of its real business pioneers when Orval L. Klink was laid to rest on Saturday. For a long time he was associated with his father in a small uptown grocery and market, and in 1953, as an energetic young businessman, he was one of the first to see the trend toward outlying shopping centers. He was the first to buy land in what later became Wawasee Village, in order to build what was then considered a big market. We recall Orval staling he had difficulty borrowing money for the venture, with conservative bankers telling him, “Who is going to drive out into the country to buy groceries?” Events proved him eminently correct and the bankers woefully shortsighted. Orval Klink would be the very last to give himself credit for starting a shopping center whose rapid growth is still continuing. But we know he had a lot to do with it and with the growth of the entire Lakeland community as a result. * o * Wawasee Arts Foundation, known as WAF, closed its second and moderately successful season Saturday night with the play “A Man For All Seasons.” It was a marvelous production. Setting for the play was England during the period 1520 to 1535 and concerned itself with the effort of King Henry VIH to shed his wife Catherine and marry Ann Boleyn. The main role was that of Sir Thomas More, the Lord Chancellor who opposed the move and who as a result lost his head on the executioner’s block. King Henry VIII broke with Rome over the Pope’s refusal to allow the King to divorce Catherine, and as a result we have the new church — the Church of England—with Henry VHI as its head. A bit of history veil played out by a fine group of actors. We hope to see them here next season. ♦ « * Our good friend Bill Spurgeon sends us this note in the interest of accuracy: In the interest of historical accuracy, it ought to be pointed out that the picture of the steamdrawn train in last week’s M-J was not taken as the train “approached the Syracuse stations,” as the caption said, but at the B & O’s Wawasee, Ind., station, which was located just north of the site of the former Sargent Hotel. The building shown in the photograph was the B & O’s Wawasee Tower, which was razed in the late 20s or early 30s when the railroad installed more modern signals than those shown. The Wawasee station-moved to U. S. 33 near Benton when sold by the railroad in 1950—would be behind the photographer’s back in the picture in The M-J. The station was closed after the 1947 season, when the former Spink-Wa-wasee Hotel closed its doors as a summer resort. The station platforms were bulldozed out in the summer of 1950. One interesting note: I believe the photographer in this case may have been Vernon , Beckman of Syracuse, now owner with his wife of Turkey Creek Furniture Store, and a

member of the town board. e * « Watch for the Pickwick Lounge first annual Invitational golf tournament to be held at South Shore golf course on Sunday, Sept. 7. There will be beaucoupe prizes. 1 Invitations will go out this week, according to Ken Tracy of South Shore. m * * The Wawasee Village did real well (they said “exceptionally well”) at their Sidewalk Sale over the week end. In some areas it was difficult to get a parking space, and the parking areas of some merchants not in the sale were jammed full. The new 60 by 116 building on the B & O railroad siding will house the Lumber Division of Monarch Homes, Inc. Junior Coy will be in charge of the operation which is expected to handle $714 million of lumber per year. Coy will have about 10 employees under him. $ « $ Word is leaking out concerning two parties known in the Lakeland area who propose running for county offices in several years. ’ Betty (Mrs. Kenneth) Busselberg of Warsaw has told some friends she plans to run for the office of Kosciusko county auditor when Lawrence Butts has completed his second term. Butts, incidentally, is now in his first term, but Betty thinks he will seek a second term. She was first deputy in the auditor’s office under four auditors— Earl Himes, Thomas K. Warner, Noble C. Blocker and Lawrence Butts. She is now working in the office of Downs Realty in Warsaw. , The second is Melvin Troyer, now first deputy sheriff in Elkhart county, who has his eye on the sheriff’s race. Mel, former Goshen News photographer and half owner of the Troyer Camera Shop in Goshen, won’t commit himself on leaving the present sheriff Miller complete his second term of office. He may throw his hat in the ring in two years. * * * Two WHS administrators appear to have enjoyed their summer. Principal Henry Smith has turned up for school registration sessions with a heavy coat of tan, and assistant principal Donn Kesler appears to be several pounds lighter. Right? Or does it just look that way? * * * Julia Connolly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Connolly, is home from Shelbyville, Tenn., where she was maid of honor at the wedding of her Stevens college roommate Carol Landis , on Saturday. Carol Landis ... where have we heard that name "/.before? Sounds like the name of an old movie actress. MILFORD LOCALS Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Zimmerqaan and family of r 2 Milford have returned from a trip through the west. They visited with Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Zimmerman at Mont. Elmer Zimmerman is Virgil Zimmerman’s un>cle. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Sauder, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Sauder and daughter Pam, Pat and Bruce Sleeder of Roanoke, 111., spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Everett Price at their cottage at Waubee Lake. Mrs. Gary Culp of Elizabeth, N. J., is spending the week visiting with her mother, Mrs. Joe Sunthimer, of Milford. Mrs. Jerry Angel and children of Kokomo were guests of Mrs. Sunthimer on Monday and Tuesday. Mrs. Culp is the former Jennifer Sunthimer and would enjoy hearing from her friends while she is here. She plans to return home on Saturday.

Wed., Aug. 27, 1969—-THE MAIL-JOURNAL

"7® r * HOME FROM EUROPE — Victoria Little of Milford recently returned from Europe where she was studying with World Academy Schools for Foreign Study, taking a course in comparative European governments. She was among almost 3,000 World Academy students enrolled in European programs this summer. Her itinerary included Italy, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands, and England. She is shown above with Eudolph Holycross of Larwill.

Pomona Grange Elects Officers < The St-Mar-Kos Pomona Grange met Thursday evening, Aug. 21, at the Bremen grange hall with Ben Thompson, master, presiding. Ten officers responded to roll call. Chairmen of the women’s activities and legislature committees gave their reports, as did representatives from Menominee, New Tamarack, Waubee (Milford), and Bremen subordinate granges. A donation was given to the Jesses. Newsman fund and it was announced that past state master Frank Jump is in a critical condition in the Logansport hospital. Election of officers was held as follows: Otho BonDurant, master . . . New Tamarack Grange Ralph Pritch, overseer . . . Bremen Elsie Trader, lecturer . . . New Tamarack Glen Pinkerton, steward . . . Waubee (Milford) Arthur Heckerman, assistant steward . . . Bremen Vera Thompson, chaplain . . . Bremen Ora Trader, treasurer . . . New Tamarack Clara Beehler, secretary . . . New Tamarack Herman Miller, gatekeeper . . . Waubee Daisy Heyde, Ceres ... Waubee Irene Ronk, Pomona ... Menominee Thelma Ronk, Flora ... Me nominee Helen Heckerman, lady assistant steward . . . Bremen Mabelle BonDurant, pianist . . . New Tamarack Ben Thompson, three-year term on the executive committee. Installation of officers will be held at the next meeting September 18 with the Menominee Grange, at Plymouth. A potluck supper will be served at 6:30. Mrs. Herman Miller, lecturer, will be in charge of a garden flower exhibit. There will be two classes, mixed bouquet and a table centerpiece. Members of the Bremen grange served refreshments at the close of the meeting. It was announced that the Bre-

men grange will hold an open meeting for the public on September 8 at which time Dr. Otis Bowen will be the guest speaker. A potluck supper at 6.30 will also be featured. There will be a lecturers’ conference in Illinois September 19 and 20. Miss Linda Simon and Miss Sharon Gilbert, both of Syracuse, and Miss Joyce Halsey of Kimmell spent the week end in Michigan. Saturday afternoon was spent on Mackinac Island.

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