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PRIBBLE, Glen W.

Source: The obituary is from a collection of newspaper (paper names not recorded) obituaries saved, by Fauniel Hershberger, during the 1950's, 60's, 70's and 80's. She was a life long resident of Fountain County Indiana.  The collection is now housed at Crawfordsville District Public Library.

WILLIAMSPORT, Ind. (CNS) Glen W. Pribble, 83, of Williamsport Route 1, died at 12:55 a.m. today (Sept. 27, 1976) at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lafayette. He had been a patient a week. He had been ill since June. Born Oct. 10, 1892, in West Lebanon, he was the son of Lewis and Loura Jane Pribble. On Feb. 17, 1917, in Attica, he married Edith O. McIntosh, who survives. A life resident of Warren County, he had resided on Williamsport Route 1 for 40 years. He was a retired farmer and butcher. He was employed at the Wurtsbaugh Meat Market in Williamsport for many years. He was a World War I Army veteran. He had served two terms as a Warren County commissioner. A 50-year member of the American Legion Post 259 of Williamsport, he was a member of the Tab Christian Church and the Warren County Farm Bureau. Others survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Charles (Madge) Barnhart of Attica and Mrs. Marjorie Beckett of Williamsport Route 1; three sisters, Mrs. Gladys Kiser, Mrs. Ruena Kirts and Mrs. Eva Biggs; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two brothers and a sister. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Fisher Funeral Home in Williamsport, with the Rev. Grover Williams officiating. Burial will be in West Lebanon Cemetery. Visitation will be after 4 p.m. Tuesday.   --typed by Walt W
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