FAWBUSH, Helen Pearson
Source: The Fountain County Neighbor, January 10, 2001, pg A3
LAFAYETTE — Helen Margaret
(Pearson) Fawbush, 80, formerly of 502 S. 15th St., Lafayette, died at 9:22
p.m. Sunday, Jan. 7, 2001 in Country Care Nursing Center, Williamsport. She was
born May 20, 1920 in Davis Township, Fountain County, the daughter of Fern John
and Mable Lauretta Wagoner Pearson. She married James Fawbush in 1952 in
Montana. She was raised in Riverside and graduated from Attica High School in
1939. She moved to Lafayette in 1941 where she lived until going into the
nursing center in April 1996. She worked as a tester for Duncan Electric
(Siemens) for 31 years. She was a member of the former E.U.B. Church in
Riverside, Ladies Auxiliary of the Eagles Lodge #2596 of Attica, and a former
member of Women of the Moose of Attica. Survivors include: a sister, Louise
Buster, Attica; five nieces, Joyce Weaver, South Dakota, Donna Wolfe and Karen
Bracken, both of Attica, Linda Elmore and Robin King, both of Williamsport; a
nephew, Ron Chastain, Williamsport; 10 great-nieces and nephews; and 10
great-great-nieces and nephews. She was also preceded in death by three
sisters, Anna Marie and Lauretta Fern Pearson and Lucille Alene Chastain.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in Maus Funeral Home, Attica, with
the Rev. Harvey Lange officiating. Burial will be in Bethel Cemetery, Attica.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. tonight (Wednesday) with
Eagles memorial services being held at 7:45 p.m. Memorial contributions may be
made to Bethel Cemetery Association. –
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