The Mail-Journal, Volume 8, Number 30, Milford, Kosciusko County, 25 August 1971 — Page 3

OBITUARIES

Mrs. Dessie Sharp Mrs. Dessie Sharp, 88, Los Angeles, Calif., aunt of Burris Sharp of Milford, died Monday, Aug. 16, at Los Angeles. Mrs. Sharp, a former Milford resident, was bom in Indiana on July 1,1883 to Andrew and Bertha (Hayward) Davis. Her husband. Thomas, was co-founder of Sharp’s hardware stores He passed away March 21, 1940. Other survivors include one son. one daughter, one brother and one niece. Graveside services were conducted at 11 a.m., Thursday at Oakwood cemetery with Rev. Peter Eckert conducting the service \ A funeral home in Warsaw was in charge of arrangements-—__ Ida Ogle Ringler Ida Ogle Ringler. 81. a patient at the Beatty Memorial hospital in Westville died at 11:40 a m. August 21. She was bom in Scott township, Kosciusko county, or# January 10. 1890 to George and Celesta (Messimore) Elkins and had resided in this area most of her life. On March 10, 1909 she was married to Ernest Ogle In March of 1941 she married Franklin Ringler. Both preceded her in death. She was a memberjpf the North Webster Church of God where funeral services were held at 2 pm. Tuesday. Rev. Lewis Thomas officiated Burial was in the Solomon Creek cemetery Surviving are three sons, Herbert Ogle of Elkhart. Odis Ogle of Lakeville and George Ogle of South Bend; one daughter, Mrs. Chancey (Thelma) Smucker of Etna Green; three stepdaughters. Mrs James (Pauline) Losee of Syracuse and Mrs Stanley (Ruth) Hamman of North Webster; three step sons. Noble. Franklin and Donald Ringler, all of Syracuse; two sisters. Mrs Ira (Lilly) Miller of Mishawaka and Mrs. Rose Russell of California; 17 grandchildren and 28 greatgrandchildren

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John Carpenter John Carpenter, 80. Silver Lake, father of Mrs. Bruce (Fannie) May, Leesburg and Mrs. Tom (Josephine) Eaton of North W'ebster, died unexpectedly at 9:30 a m. Tuesday. Aug. 17. while walking from town to his home. Death was due to a heart attack. Mr. Carpenter was born January 30.1891, in Kentucky. He was the son of Leander and Josephine (Conley) Carpenter. He had been a resident of Silver Lake since 1937. He married the former June Minnix in 1911. She passed away in 1939. In 1944. he married the former Bertha Bartley. She survives. Other survivors besides the widow and two daughters include three other daughters. Mrs. Ralph (Flossie) Hannah. Leander. Ky.. Mrs Richard (Oga Lee) Smith, Wabash and Miss Bess Carpenter, Waukegan, Hl.; five sons. Homer, Fort Wayne. Hager. Wintrop Harbor, 111., Lacy. Paul and Carl-of Wabash; three sisters, two brothers; five stepchildren; and 22 grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 2 p m Thursday at a funeral home in Silver Lake. Rev. Aaron Stanley officiated Burial was in Lake view cemetery. Ernest D. Johnson Ernest D. Johnson. 64, of r 1 Warsaw, passed away at 9 p.m. Sunday in Hines Veteran hospital at Chicago, 11l , of complications following an eight month illness. Mr. Johnson was born on May 9. 1907 in Howard county and lived in the North Webster area for 14 years, moving there from Warren. The son of Willard and Sarah Elizabeth (Knowlton) Johnson, he was united in marriage on September 4. 1937 to the former Lucille Reece and she survives. He was a factory laborer wth Dytromcs at Leesburg, member of the Church of Christ at Converse. veteran of WWI, and member of American Legion

Post 253 at North Webster. In addition to the widow, survivors include one daughter, Joanne of Warsaw; one son, Richard, Fort Wayne; three grandchildren; one brother, Paul of Wabash; and five sisters, Mrs. Charles McCracken of Fresno. Calif., Mrs. Robert Young, Ashland. Ore., Mrs. Dorothy Kloetzly, Los Angeles, Calif., Mrs. Ruth Scott of Yakima, Wash., and Mrs. James Morrman, Converse. One sister and one brother preceded him in death. Funeral services were held at 2:30 today (Wednesday) at the funeral home in North Webster with Rev. John Weeks officiating. Burial was in North Webster cemetery. Mock addition. Robert E. Smythe Robert E. Smythe, 41, Leesburg, passed away Friday at 3 p.m. in Parkview hospital in Fort Wayne following an illness, of two weeks. Death was due to” complications. He was bom in Palestine on October 27.1929 to Harold A. and Josie Harod Smythe. On Novembers, 1966, he married the former Shelba Gunter in Warsaw. Mr. Smythe had lived in Leesburg for five years. He was a member of the Leesburg Brethren church and was a truck driver for A. M. Hodges ReadyMix of Warsaw. Surviving in addition to the widow are a daughter. Kayce Jo, of Muncie; a step-daughter, Tonya Linn of Leesburg; his modi er, Mrs. Josie Smythe of Mentone; four brothers, Harry and Harold, Jr., of Mentone, Walter of Palestine and Gene of Warsaw; and one sister, Mrs. Cedric Utter of Rochester. One brother preceded him in death. Services were held at a furneral home in Mentone on Sunday. Rev. Ralph Burns, pastor of the Leesburg Brethren church, officiated. Burial was in the Palestine cemetery. Mrs. Donald Whitmer, Sr. Services were held Saturday for Mrs. Lillian Egbert Whitmer, 77, of Goshen and Lake Wawasee. She was found dead Thursday at her Pickwick Park cottage near Syracuse by her daughter, Mrs. David B. (Eleanor) Eames of Lynchburg. Va., who was visiting her mother. Mrs Whitmer, a Goshen resident most of her life, was bom on October 12, 1893 Her husband Donald H. Whitmer to whom she was married on April 26.1916, preceded her in death on June 12. 1938 She was a member of Tri Kappa, the Library club and First Presbyterian church. Survivors in addition to the daughter are a son, Donald H. Whitmer, Jr., of South Bend; four grandchildren, one greatgrandchild; and one sister. Mrs. Arthur M. (Eleanor) Russell, Jr., South Bend. Burial was in Violett cemetery. Goshen.

Mrs. Jesse D. Metzger Funeral services were held Saturday for Mrs. Jesse D. Metzger of r 1 Goshen, mother of Jesse R. Metzger of Syracuse. She died on Wednesday at Goshen hospital where she had been a patient for nine days and in failing health for two weeks. Mrs. Metzger, 75, was bom near Topeka on November 20, 1895 and lived on r 1 Goshen for the past 47 years. Her husband. Jesse D. Metzger to whom she was married on January 21,1922, preceded her in death December 26, 1968. She is also survived by a son, Raymond Metzger of Elkhart; a stepson, Herbert Metzger of Goshen; three daughters, Mrs. Thomas (Edna) Stacy, Goshen, Mrs. Norman (Barbara) Harris of Elkhart, and Mrs. Rocco (Mary) Barbaro, r 3 Goshen; one brother, Charles Speicher of Goshen; two sisters, her twin, Mrs. Milton (Martha) Hall of Nappanee and Mrs Sherman (Adelia) Lantz, La Junta, Colo.; 11 grandchildren, nine stepgrandchildren and two greatgrandchildren Burial was in Oak Ridge cemetery’. Mrs. Mary L. Parcell Mrs. Mary L. Parcell, 52, r 1 Granger, stepdaughter of Mrs. Zelma Kern Ritter. Leesburg, died Monday at 5:25 am., in Elkhart hospital. She was born in Warsaw on January 3. 1919 and was employed at a hotel in Elkhart. Other survivors are three brothers and two sisters. Services were held Tuesday at a funeral home in Elkhart. Rev. George C. Pontius officiated. Burial was in Mount Pleasant cemetery, Warsaw. Earl Baker Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Harris Funeral home in Syracuse for Earl Baker, 76. of 137 West North street, Syracuse. He passed away Tuesday morning at Elkhart hospital and had been in failing health since June 22. Mr. Baker was born on February 22, 1895 at Milford, 111., to Clinton and Mary (Stump) Baker and lived in the Syracuse community most of his life. His * first wife, Elizabeth Ryman, preceded him in death and he later married Iva (Rarig) Reed, and she also preceded him in death. He was retired from the Liberty Coach company at Syracuse. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Keith (Beverly) Larson of Syracuse, two grandsons, Bryan and Randy; one stepdaughter, Shirley Fulton' of Rochester; 2 step-sons, Stanley Reed of New Paris and Floyd Reed of Bristol; several stepgrandchildren; one sister, Geneva Sheaks of Bourbon; and two brothers, Kenneth Baker of Goshen and Paul Baker, Huntington Park, Calif. Friends may call at the funeral home from noon today (Wednesday) until service time Thursday. Burial will be in Syracuse cemetery. Lynn Burke N Lynn Burke, 37, of Portland. Ore., son of Dr. and Mrs. Homer Burke, Waubee Lake, was killed last Wednesday evening in a motorcycle accident in Oregon. His seven-year-old son was riding with him and he was injured. Mr Burke leaves his widow and five children. No other details are available at this time. Parents should follow all traffic regulations and set a good example for their children, advises Purdue university extension safety specialist

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Hospital Notes TOM PRICKETT ENTERS HOSPITAL Thomas Prickett of 201 North Lake street, Syracuse, and owner of Tom Socks Sportswear in Wawasee Village, entered Goshen hospital last week and continues to undergo tests and observation. Mrs. Jack Himes, r 1 Leesburg, was dismissed last week from Murphy Medical Center. Larry Maish. Milford, was treated recently in the emergency room at Murphy Medical Center. Cecil Gulmire, Leesburg, was dismissed from Whitley County hospital last week. Rebecca A. Webb, r 1 Leesburg, was admitted the first of last week to Goshen hospital. She has since been released. Thomas Reynolds, Leesburg, has been dismissed from Whitley County hospital. Mrs. Jerry Carr, r 1 Leesburg, was dismissed from Murphy Medical Center the end of last week. Roy Eisenhour, r 1 Milford, was released Friday from Goshen hospital. Pedro Garza, Jr., two-week-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Pedro Garza, Sr., r 1 Milford, was treated in the emergency room recently at Murphy Medical Center. Jack Himes, Leesburg, was recently treated in the emergency room at Murphy Medical Center. Richard Kaiser. Milford, returned home last Tuesday from Mayo Clinic where he had undergone throat surgery. Daniel P Becker, r 2 Leesburg, was admitted the first of the week to Murphy Medical Center. Mrs. Richard Black. Leesburg, has been dismissed from Whitley County hospital. Mrs. John Troup. Milford, was admitted Monday to Goshen hospital. Mrs. Dennis Bjella of Syracuse has been dismissed from Goshen hospital following surgery. Mrs. Paul Carson of North Webster received treatment at Goshen hospital Saturday night and was released on Sunday. Keith Greider of North Webster has been dismissed from Wabash Coimty hospital. Mrs. Helen Overstreet of Syracuse was admitted to Goshen hospital Monday afternoon where she remains in serious condition following a stroke at her home. Mrs. Carrie E. Spry, 501 Front street, Syracuse, has been dismissed from Goshen hospital. Mrs. Lucy Fribley, North Webster, was released Monday from Goshen hospital. Miss Ethel Bowser of 207 West Washington street, Syracuse, was admitted last week to Goshen hospital. Mrs. Wallace Buffer of Syracuse entered Goshen hospital last week. Mrs. Ruth Steinke, North Webster, was dismissed last week from Goshen hospital. Mrs. Ruth B. Hamman, North Webster, has been dismissed from Goshen hospital. Mrs. Rosa Lee Pletcher, Syracuse, was released last week from Goshen hospital. Lorraine Steinke, r 1 North Webster, has been released from Goshen hospital. Mrs. Mary Elkins of r 1 Syracuse was dismissed last week from Goshen hospital. Harry Stark of North Webster entered Whitley County hospital last week. Mrs. Dorllas Kline of r 2 Syracuse was dismissed from Goshen hospital Friday. Nathan C. Insley of Syracuse entered Goshen hospital on

Sunday. Walter Baugher of North Webster entered Goshen hospital Sunday. Andrie Ledgerwood of r 3 Syracuse has been dismissed from Goshen hospital. Court News Marriage Licenses The following couple has applied for a marriage license in Elkhart county: John Jay Troxel, 32, Nappanee, metal worker, and Karen Sue Miller, 22, Milford, bartender. Divorce Filed Armininta Tackett has filed for divorce in Kosciusko court against Milton A. Tackett, Milford. They were married December 17,1949 and separated January 15, 1970. She seeks custody of four minor children. Cindy Lou McCarty, 4014 E. Chicago street, Syracuse, from John McCarty, Syracuse. The couple married on August 1,1970 and separated August 6, 1971. Fined Russell Ritter, 18, r 2 Syracuse, paid $47.25 and $45, respectively, in jp court at Warsaw on charges of illegal transportation of alcoholic beverages and illegal possession of alcoholic beverages. Pays Fine James M. Thornburg, 22, Syracuse paid a total of $52 when appearing in Warsaw city court last week, received a 60-day suspension of driver’s license, and 60-day suspended sentence at the Indiana state farm, on charges of driving while under the influence of intoxicating beverages. Marriage David Alvin Forsberg, 33, Winona Lake, school teacher, and Sharon Jean Combs, 28, r 2 Syracuse, unemployed; Clifford Cleo, 37, r 1 Syracuse, trailer employee, and Denna Jo Kunce, 28, r 1 Cromwell, clerical. Speeding Randall D. Graber, 17, r 3 Syracuse, was fined a total of $32.25 in Warsaw city court for speeding. Appears Crist I. Troyer, 61, r 2 Syracuse, appeared in Goshen city court Monday night and paid a total of $31.25 for speeding 64 miles per hour in a 40 mile zone in the 800 block of East Lincoln avenue, Goshen. License Suspended The following area residents have had their driver’s license suspended according to the latest report from the Bureau of Motor Vehicles in Indianapolis: Delores J. Barzano, 37, Milford, from April 12, 1971 to June 12, 1971, for drunk driving. Lynn A. Croy, 19, r 2 Milford, from June 3,1971 to September 3, 1971, for drunk driving. Bobby H. Ratliff, 29. of r 1 North Webster, from March 8, 1971 to May 8, 1971, for drunk driving. Unsafe Vehicle Dennis L. Hart, 19, r 1 Milford, was fined $25 recently by jp Milo Clase for. having an unsafe vehicle. Lake Speeding Dan Drook, 15, r 1 Leesburg, was recently fined S3O by jp Milo k Clase for speeding on a lake. Violation Joe Westendorf, 41, r 1 Leesburg, was fined S3O recently by jp Milo Clase for permitting an occupant to be on boat gunwale while boat was in motion. Booked David E. Hernandez, 25, Milford, was booked recently on charges of assault and battery and disorderly conduct. Theft Jesus G. Salazar, 19, Milford, was fined SSO and given a six months suspended sentence to the Indiana state farm by Judge Robot Burner recently. He was ordered to make restitution. Booked Gilbert M. Rico, 24, r 1 Milford, was booked over the week end at the county jail on a charge of

Public Auction Located % mile south of Syracuse on SR 13 next to Gas For Less station Friday, Aug. 27 7 p.m. TOYS - TOYS - TOYS Do your Christmas shopping early. Over $7,000 in toys of all kinds Come early —Look Around - Star Sales, Co. Greer Auction Division, Syracuse Auctioneer: CoL Leonard Greer Clerk: Shirley Greer

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public intoxication. Booked Miguel Gutierrez, 31, Milford, was booked at the county jail over the week end on a charge of having no operator’s license and failure to display a vehicle inspection sticker. BIRTHS mu McCLINTIC, Sherry Lynn Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McClintic of Santee, Calif., former Syracuse residents, are the parents of an eight pound and one-half ounce daughter, Sherry Lynn, bom on Wednesday. Aug. 18. at the EUon, Calif., hospital. She measured 21 inches in length, and has a brother. Robert Scott. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Robert McClintic of Syracuse and Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Scott of EUon, Calif., formerly of the Syracuse area. ELKINS daughter Mr. and Mrs. Harold J. Elkins of r 1 Syracuse are the parents of a daughter bom last week at Goshen hospital. REAGEN, Cindy Lynn Mr. and Mrs. Billy Reagen of r 3 Syracuse are the parents of an eight pound eight and one-half ounce daughter, Cindy Lynn, bom on Friday, Aug. 20, at Goshen hospital. Little Cindy Lynn has a brother Larry, age 12, and a brother, Randy. 11. JUDD son Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Judd, 325 East Main street, Warsaw, are the parents of a son born Saturday, Aug. 21, at 9:12 a.m. The infant weighed seven pounds, one ounce. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. James Watterson, Milford, and paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Judd, r 2 Albion. KONTER son Mr. and Mrs. Jerry M. Konter, 728 East Fort Wayne street, Warsaw are parents of a six pound, six and one half ounce son bom at 11:54 a.m. on Sunday, August 15 at Murphy Medical Center. Mrs. Konter is the former Terri Lemons of Warsaw and a former employee of Maple Leaf Farms. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. William Lemons, 728 East Fort Wayne street, Warsaw.

CARDS THANKS C ARD OF THANKS We want to thank all those who sent cards and best wishes. They were sincerely appreciated. Thanks again. Glen and Marilyn Wuthrich and family CARD OF THANKS I wish to thank all the friends, neighbors, and relatives for their acts of kindness during my recent stay in the hospital. Mrs. Samuel R. Lundy jßeSure Brain I J Is In Gear Before I Putting Mouth In

Saving Natural Resources Our country’s natural resources are doing a disappearing act. Virtually every lake and stream is polluted to some degree. It is an old story: everybody knows about it, yet the situation continues to get worse. My visits last week to the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and the Little Calumet River only underscore that we in Indiana have oyr share of this national problem The Little Calumet, like many rivers, can be described at best as a running sewer. The Indiana Dunes, scheduled to be a useful recreation area for 9 million, people, continue to erode. W»ia We in Indiana have been doing more than watching these disasters occur. Those who live in the watershed area of the Little Calumet have shown genuine concern about cleaning and salvaging the river. They are pressing their claims upon the federal government to have the Little Calumet named as a federal model river. Citizens in northern Indiana, along with their neighbors in Illinois, are working hard to “Save the Dunes.” None of these groups is ajone in its efforts. I havexirged that the Dunes area be examined by the experts and that the full measure of the erosion catastrophe at the Dunes be recognized. I have also asked that the land be declared a national disaster area and that steps be taken to stop the squandering of this great natural resource. In addition, I have proposed legislation designed to protect the remaining natural areas of the Dunes and to unify and expand the usable recreation area. In the case of the Little Calumet River, we in the federal government are quite willing and eager to help. Numerous grants and programs are available for cleaning up polluted rivers and for turning them into flood control - recreation - navigation projects. We must realize, however, that there is no magic in having a river declared a model river. . This, in itself, will not make the problems go away. Crying “erosion” will not keep the waves and wind * from seriously damaging the Dunes. In any of our efforts to solve the problems of our Indiana natural resources, the initiative and commitment must come from those who are most directly involved: that is, from the state and local jurisdictions and the local citizens. By commitment, I mean more than just civic enthusiasm. I mean such things as enforcing existing anti-pollution laws; more cooperation and coordination of effort on the part of all local jurisdictions involved; more concrete plans and proposals. Hoosiers can be proud of many of their efforts to date. Working together, we can do even more. Working together we can eliminate ugly blemishes which threaten the quality of our environment and turn them into resources which will benefit all who live in our State. Unemployment . Claims Decrease An 8,000 decrease in unemployment insurance claims last week brought the -total down to 47,140 from 55,187 the week before. The drop was evident in both initial and continued claims, according to John F. Coppes, director of the Indiana Employment Security Division. He said that fewer new layoffs occurred in the steel industry.

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