The Mail-Journal, Volume 9, Number 20, Milford, Kosciusko County, 14 June 1972 — Page 3

OBITUARIES

Shubert J. Chrisman Shubert J. Chrisman, 61, Tippecanoe, father of Carl Chrisman of Leesburg, passed away at 11:20 a.m. Wednesday at his home. Mr. Chrisman had moved to Tippecanoe three and a half years ago from Thayer. He was a construction worker and pipe fitter. He was born November 15,1910 at Pittsburg, Kan., and was united in marriage to Margaret Smith in 1937 in Missouri. She survives. In addition to the widow and son he is survived by four other sons, Robert, Country Club Hills, 111., Gerald, Lincoln, Neb., Forrest, serving in Germany with the U.S. Army, Shubert, Jr., at hornet two daughters, Mrs. Dennis (Margaret) Dolan, Fort Knox. Ky.. and Edna, at home; five grandchildren; one brother, Bud, Topeka, Kan., two sisters. Mrs. Richard Sherwood and Mrs. r»®pi Wajsetf Lanterns Propane & Gasoline Yard Ornaments Bird Houses Dog Houses 1 Fishing Tackle Rods Reels Sacks Lures Tackle Boxes Line Coleman Coolers Riding Mowers Many other fine gifts for your favorite ‘‘pop’’. Clayton's Lawn & Garden Center North Edge North Webster on SR 13

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John Wheeler, both of Pittsburg, Kan. Funeral services were conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday at a Mentone funeral home. Interment was in the Mentone cemetery. Infant Scelzo An infant son was stillborn at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Goshen hospital. He was the grandson of Donald Wooten, Leesburg. Mr. and Mrs. Darrell (Karen Wooten) Scelzo, 314 East Jefferson St., Goshen, were the parents. Surviving with the parents and grandfather are a brother, Todd, three, a sister, Rhonda, two; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Frazier, Millersburg, Mrs. Mary Scelzo, Detroit and Ralph Scelzo, Mishawaka; one great-grandfather, Lee Mullet, Goshen; and a greatgrandmother from Peru. Funeral services were conducted at 10 a m. Friday in a Goshen funeral home with Rev. Harold Williams officiating Interment was in the South Union cemetery. Mrs. Nancy Welker Mrs. Nancy Rosetta Welker, 69, r 5 Goshen, mother of Samuel Welker of Milford, passed away at 9 p.m. Saturday at the Elkhart hospital. She had been a patient for a week and death was due to complications following surgery. Mrs Welker was born (Mi January 13,1903 in Elida, Ohio, to Andrew J. and Hanna J. (Hilyard) Stemen. She was united in marriage to Fred C. Welker on January 23. 1922 and he survives. Surviving with the husband and son are three other sons, Frank and Paul A., both of Elkhart and Fred C. Jr., Osceola; three daughters, Mrs Elizabeth Garn, Mishawaka. Mrs. Norman (Pearl) Davis, South Bend and Mrs. Fred (Evelyn) Young, Osceola; 41 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Daisy Marshall, Battle Creek, Mich., Mrs. Claude (Maggie) Murphy, Unfa, Ohio; one brother, Dwight of Lima, Ohio. Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at a Goshen funeral home with Rev. Bill Lincoln and Rev. Dale Harris off .ciating Interment was in the Prairie Street cemetery Miss Hazel Haney Miss Hazel Haney, 71, 111 South Third St., Elkhart, a native of Milford and a sister of Kenneth Haney of Milford and Loyal Haney of Leesburg, passed away (hie to natural causes. She was

found dead at her home Monday and she had been dead for some time. Miss Haney was born Sep- 1 tember 20, 1897. She was a 1 graduate nurse of Elkhart j hospital and had done private 1 nursing from 1925 until her 1 retirement in 1965. She was a member of the Island ( United Methodist church and the Elkhart Hospital Nurses Alumni | Association. < Surviving with the two brothers < are three other brothers. Fred D.. i Akron, Paul 8., Michigan City 1 and Forrest F., Mount Prospect, JU.; one sister, Mrs. Neva Far- < cus, Winamac. i Funeral services will be con- ] ducted at 2 p.m. today (Wednesday) at the Mishler funeral home in Milford. Burial will be in the Island cemetery, Milford. Noah S. Frye Noah S. Frye, 80, r 1 Nappanee, father o' Mrs. Ada Mae Miller, Milford, passed away at 5:05 a.m. Sunday at the Goshen hospital. Death was due to complications following a stroke. Mr. Frye was born July 23,1891 to Samuel and Lovina (Hershberger) Frye in LaGrange county. He was united in marriage to Elizabeth Glick on December 24, 1917 and she survives. Others surviving with the widow and daughter are a son, Harley of LaGrange; one other daughter, Mrs. Melvin (Mattie) Schmucker, r 1 Nappanee; 17 grandchildren; 14 greatgrandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Cassie Miller, Topeka; and two brothers, Harvey, Goshen and 1 Henry, Topeka. Funeral services \ ’re con- ( ducted at 9:30 an today (Wednesday) with Bish ) Amos Lehman, Herb Milk ' and Phineas Hochstetler officiating. Interment was in the Weldy cemetery. Mrs. Russell Smith Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday in the Ulrey funeral home, Ligonier, for Mrs. Esther L. Smith. 68. 317>* South Cavin, Ligonier. She died at 11:10 p.m. Monday at Goshen hospital < of a heart attack suffered four hours earlier at her home. Mrs. Smith was born at Peru on January 9, 1904 to Jacob and Freda (Petze) Thurwachter. She was united in marriage in Peru to Russell Smith on October 9, 1929 and the couple then located at Ligonier. She was associated with her husband in a men’s store and dry cleaning establishment at Ligonier until their retirement several years ago. Mrs. Smith was a member of Trinity Lutheran church. She is survived by a husband, one brother and three sisters. Friends may call at the Ulrey funeral home in Ligonier after 3 p.m. today (Wednesday). Services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday in the Ligonier funeral home with Rev. Charles Groth officiating. Interment will be in the Oak Park cemetery, Ligonier. Mrs. Cleitus Searfoss Funeral services were held Tuesday for Mrs Minnie T. Searfoss, 84, formerly of Ligonier, who died Sunday in the Rest Haven nursing home at Elkhart where she had resided B for the past four years A native of Ligonier, she was born there on October 10,1888 and her husband, Cleitus, preceded her in death in 1934. Survivors include cousins, all out of state. Burial was in Vidett cemetery. Goshen

Infant Boggs The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Boggs, 17 Henderson Dr., Warsaw, and granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Boggs of r 2 Leesburg, was stillborn at 5:39 a.m. Tuesday at the Murphy Medical Center. Others surviving with the parents and grandparents are one sister, Kristi Kaye, 5; and one brother, James Lamar, 2; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lackey, Silver Lake. Funeral services were con- , ducted at 2 p.m. today (Wednesday) with burial in the ' Leesburg cemetery. Hospital Notes Murphy Medical Center SUNDAY, JUNE 4 Emergency Room Charles Linder of r 2 Leesburg. MONDAY, JUNE 5 Admissions Mrs. Quadalupe Gonzales, box 33 Milford. Dale Hinesley of r 1 Leesburg. Emergency Room Mrs. Guadalupe Gonzales of Milford. Brad Robinson of Leesburg. TUESDAY, JUNE « Emergency Room Harry L. Jackson of North Webster. Gary Black of r 1 North Webster. THURSDAY. JUN® 8 Dismissals Mrs. Guadalupe Gonzales, box 33 Milford. FRIDAY, JUNE 9 Emergency Room Miss Vicki Holderread of Syracuse SATURDAY. JUNE 10 Dismissals Mrs. Larry Elliott and daughter of Leesburg. Dale Hinesley of r 1 Leesburg. Emergency Room Rusch Mauzy of Syracuse. Goshen General TUESDAY, JUNE 6 Admissions Willard W. Richardson, box 552 Milford. Dismissals Madonna Jill Beezley of Syracuse. Mrs. Gail Springer and son of r 1 Syracuse. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 7 Admissions Robert P. Topper, 209 Henry St., Milford. Alyce Bell of r 1 North Webster. Mary Lou Smith, 106 Medusa Court, Syracuse. Mrs. E. W. (Dorothy) Frauhiger of r 1 Syracuse. Gary L. Rookstool, 201 North Huntington St., Syracuse. Dismissals Dorothy S. Williams of Milford. Shirley A. Hackworth, 209 North West St., Milford. Mrs. James Brake and daughter, 119 West Portland St., Syracuse. . THURSDAY. JUNE 8 Admissions Joe Thornburg of Milford. Mrs. Stanely Scott of r 3 Syracuse. Dismissals Robert P. Topper. 209 Henry St., Milford. Jeane E. Johnson of r 2 Syracuse.

FRIDAY, JUNE 9 Admissions Ricardo Rangel, box 434 Milford. Dismissals Wayne Bucher, Jr., r 3 Syracuse. Lucy W. Miles of Syracuse. Mary Lou Smith, 106 Medusa Court, Syracuse. Mrs. Jessie K. Weingart, 507 South Harrison St., Syracuse. SATURDAY, JUNE 19 Dismissals Ricardo Rangel, box 434 Milford. / Louis E. Craig of r 3 Syracuse. \ Eva W. Penn of r 4 Syracuse. Gary Lynn Rookstool, 201 North Huntington St., Syracuse. SUNDAY. JUNE 11 Dismissals Joseph Leo Thornburg of Milford. MONDAY. JUNE 12 Admissions Connie J. Brookins bf Leesburg. Melba Rensberger of r 2 Milford. Dismissals Mrs. E. C. Bailey, Jr., and daughter, box 554 Milford. OTHER HOSPITAL NOTES Mrs. Dean Baker of Leesburg was dismissed from the Wabash County hospital Wabash, last week. Mrs. Louis Speicher of Milford went into the Goshen hospital on Tuesday where she underwent surgery Friday. John Humphrey, Dewart Lake, Milford, was transferred by ambulance to the Parkview Memorial hospital in Fort Wayne Sunday. He was transferred from the Goshen hospital. Bernice Baugher of Syracuse was admitted to the Whitley County hospital, Columbia City, this week. Stanley Miller of North Webster was dismissed from the Whitley County hospital this week. Margaret Billian of Leesburg was dismissed from the Whitley County hospital this week. Court News Marriage License The following couples have applied for marriage licenses at the office of county clerk Bessie I. Himes: Ronald Lee Shipley, 22, 553 South Garfield, Valparaiso, civil engineer and Cathleen Bryant, 23, of r 1 North Webster, school teacher. Raymond Harold Cumberland, Jr., 23, 203 South Market street, North Manchester, student and Nancy Jo Gunderlock, box 64, Milford, student. Keith Eugene Huff, 21, of r 3 Syracuse, professional musician and Katherine Marie Mato, 18, of r 1 North Webster, Thornburg Drug store. The following persons have applied for marriage licenses in the Elkhart county court house clerk’s office: Keith Allen Miller, 22. 16014 South Eighth St., Goshen, spray painter and Jane Ellen Murray, 22, r 1 Syracuse, teacher. Duane Alan Bluhm, 18, 119 Long Dr., Syracuse, factory employee and Beverly Jane Fry, 19, r 7 Goshen. Appropriation Os Real Estate State of Indiana and County of Kosciusko vs James Slapak and Audrey Slapak of r 2 Syracuse. . Action has been taken to acquire additional land to be used to enlarge the Tri-County Fish and Wildlife reservation for recreational purposes. State of Indiana and County of Kosciusko vs Harold D. Mock of r 2 Syracuse Action has been taken by the state and county to acquire land to be used to enlarge the Tri-County Fish and Wildlife reservation for recreational purposes Fined The following persons were assessed fines when appearing in Goshen city court on Monday: Douglas E. Ihnen, 18, r 3 Syracuse, was fined $29 for following too close. Dennis Jones, 21, r 4 Syracuse, paid sl3 for failure to have his vehicle inspected.

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Ik * w IT ■ v 5 I ’ll AUGSBURGER BREAK-IN — Police continue investigation into a break-in some time after midnight Friday night and 8 a.m. on Saturday at the Augsburger’s Food Palace, Syracuse, netting thieves $1,556.75, according to store manager Art Mabie, who discovered the break-in when opening the place of business Saturday Morning. Entry was gained by cutting a hole in the roof of the building located south of Syracuse and dropping into the storage area. The safe front in the office was ripped off and the money taken from the safe. The popular grocery recently announced staying open evenings until midnight for the summer season. State and county officers investigated.

The following persons were assessed fines and costs when they appeared before city judge Robert Burner recently: John Roberts. 20, of r 1 Leesburg, $53, six months suspended sentence to the Indiana State Farm and drivers license suspended for 60 days for driving under the influence. He was also fined S3O and given a six month suspended sentence to the Indiana State Farm for public intoxication. Fined Deral Manley, 24, box 505 Milford, was fined $25 for failure to have vehicle inspected when appearing before jp Milo Clase recently. Divorce s Filed Adam Pamer of Milford vs Connie L. Pamer, box 338, Milford. The couple was married May 1, 1971 and separated May 22, 1972. There were no children born of this marriage. The plaintiff seeks an absolute divorce and a fair and equitable settlement of property rights. Richard L. Sturgeon of r 1 Leesburg vs Alice Sturgeon of r 1 Milford. The couple was married April 15,1960 and separated April 12,1972. Plaintiff seeks custody of two minor children and an equitable share of the property acquired by the couple during the marriage. Margarita D. Stapleton vs John Eddie Stapleton of Leesburg. The couple was married September 30, 1966 and separated May 24, 1972. Plaintiff demands divorce, support of two minor children and division of property Complaint Filed Virginia L. Volz, 804 South Eighth St., Goshen, seeks a judgment of $2,000 in a complaint for damages against Jerry Vance who is doing business as Wawasee Construction Co. of Syracuse. The complaint was filed in the Elkhart circuit court on Monday. BIRTHS Sfi BAILEY, Rhonda Kay Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Bailey, Jr., box 554 Milford, are the parents of their fourth child, a daughter, Rhonda Kay, born Wednesday, June 7, at 11:41 am. at the Goshen hospital. Rhonda Kay tipped the scales at six pounds, two ounces and was 17 inches long. Rhonda Kay has one sister, Teresa, 8 and two brothers, Terry 6 and Michael. 4. Paternal great-grandmother is Mrs. Eli Bailey, Sledge, Miss.

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TOM. Angelynn Marie Mr. and Mrs. Garry J. Tom of r 2 Leesburg are the parents of their first child, a daughter, Angelynn Marie, bom Sunday, June 11, at the Goshen hospital. Angelynn Marie weighed seven pounds, five ounces and was 28 inches long. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Ernest R. Jensen of Wakarusa and paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Miller Tom of North Webster. ELLIOTT. Jody Kaye Mr. and Mrs. Larry Elliott, box 15 Leesburg, are the parents of a daughter, Jody Kaye, bom at 2:06a.m. Thursday. Juneß, at the Murphy Medical Center at Warsaw. Jody Kaye tipped the scales at seven pounds, 13 ounces and was 20 inches long. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bayne, 1818 East Market St., Warsaw, and paternal ; grandparents are Kenneth Elliott, Riverlawn Addition, Warsaw, and Mrs. Charlotte Meyers of South Bend. CARDS THANKS CARD OF THANKS We wish to extend sincere thanks to our friends, neighbors and relatives for their many words of comfort and acts of kindness during the recent bereavement of our dear mother, Mrs. Wayne Bucher Mrs. James Barnes Joy Neterer Mrs. Delbert Dippon

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