FLOREY, Homer Quiggle
HOMER QUICGLE FLOREY
Source: Unknown - found in old scrapbook of obituaries
Waynetown - Homer Quigle Florey, 51, suffered a heart attack at 1 a.m. Thursday and died at 1:30 en route to Culver Hospital at Crawfordsville. He was born June 1, 1907, in Attica, a son of Clinton M. and Elsie May Smith Florey. He was married Oct. 12, 1929, to Elpha Stockdale of Indianapolis. They were married at Indianapolis. Mr. Florey was a member of the Waynetown Christian Church and American Legion. He operated a grocery business in Indianapolis at 1010 Virginia Ave., for several years before moving to Waynetown due to failing health. In 1949 he purchased a small farm near Waynetown and lived there four years. He purchased the Truman Stockdale Grocery and filling station, which he had operated the past five years. He was a World War II veteran serving 32 months, 22 of them overseas. Surviving are the widow; his mother, Mrs. Elsie Florey of Indianapolis; two brothers, Arthur of Tucson, Ariz., and Walter Florey of Indianapolis; two sisters, Mrs. Helen Hankins of Waynetown and Mrs. Mildred Bruhn of Indianapolis and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Cora Smith of Indianapolis. Funeral rites are set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Servies Funeral Home with Rev. Guy E. Tremaine officiating, assisted by Rev. Homer M. Cole. Burial will be in Waynetown Masonic Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Friday. - kbz
WAYNETOWN- Funeral services for Homer Q. Florey were conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Servies Funeral Home. Officiating ministers were Rev. Guy E. Tremaine and Rev. Homer M. Cole. Mrs. Nellie Snyder, organist, played “He’ll Understand” and “End of a Perfect Day.” Pallbearers were war buddies, Dr. William Sholty, of Lafayette; William Rouse of Owensboro, Ky., and Hubert Scott, Mary Sholty, Edith Foley, Etta Utterback, Bea Stockdale, Audrey McManomy, Dorothea Rusk, Clara Snyder, Edith Snyder, Florence Fouts, Joan Grenard, Earlene Snyder, Lola Thompson, Eileen Kenyon, Virginia Shubert, Opal Lewellen and Waneta West. Burial was in Waynetown Masonic Cemetery. Military rites were conducted by members of the Waynetown Legion Post with Tom Orick as chaplain; acting commander, William Blackford; color bearers, Pete Moore, Blye Moody, Ken Shoup and Phil Biddle. The flag used in the services was presented to Mrs. Florey by Mr. Orrick. Taps were sounded by Don Livingston and the echo by Dean Emmert.
Note: Homer died 1-3-1959 - kbz
Source: Lafayette Journal and Courier Fri 2 Jan 1959 p 2
Waynetown – Homer Quiggle Florey, 51, died at 1:30 a.m. Thursday of a heart attack while en route to Culver Hospital, Crawfordsville. A native of Attica, he married Elpha Stockdale in 1929 and they owned and operated a grocery store and service station here for five years. Prior to that time he was a grocer in Indianapolis and later farmed here. He was a veteran of WWII and member of the Waynetown Christian Church and American Legion Post 445. Surviving are the widow; his mother, Mrs. Elsie May Florey of Indianapolis; and two sisters, Mrs. Helen Hankins of Waynetown and Mrs. Mildred Bruhn of Indianapolis. - kbz
File Created: 25 March 2011 - kz