SCOVILLE, FRANK
Frank Scoville, 81, who was born in Stafford
township, DeKalb county, and resided in that area all of his lifetime, died suddenly at his home at 6 a.m. Sunday.
Mr. Scoville is believed to have suffered a fatal stroke of paralysis. He
was found dead on the davenport of his home by a son-in-law, Robert Weaner, who with his wife, resided in the Scoville
home. Mr. Scoville had gotten up and had put some wood in a stove shortly before
his death. Mr. and Mrs. Weaner said they heard Mr. Scoville attending the stove
and when they went downstairs they found him dead. He had been in failing health
for the past couple of years and had undergone surgery on two occasions in that period.
However, he was able to be up and around and did some light work around the farm home on Saturday.
The body was removed to the Perkins & Reeb funeral home at Hicksville, O., where
funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Harvey A. Schondelmeyer of
Warren,
Ind., former pastor of the Newville Church of Christ will officiate at the services and
burial will follow in Riverside cemetery at Newville.
Mr. Scoville was born in Stafford
township on Aug. 24, 1880, and he was the son of Warren E. and Hattie Joslin Scoville.
He and Mary Kelley were united in marriage on March 5, 1905.
His wife preceded him in death on Sept. 19, 1960.
Mr. Scoville was a retired farmer.
Surviving in addition to the daughter are a son, Rodney Scoville of Rt. 1,
Butler; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
The Evening Star,
Auburn,
Indiana 23 APR, 1962