WAIT, Gus
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.
PERRYSVILLE, Ind. (CNS) — Gus Wait, 84, died at 11:42 p.m. Thursday (Jan. 3, 1974) at the Tall Trees Nursing Home. He had been ill 12 years and had been a patient there seven years. He also had formerly been a patient at the Danville Care Nursing Home for one year. Born May 14, 1889, in Danville, he was the son of Albert M. and Lucy Marble Wait. He was married Feb. 12, 1916, to Alice E. Davis, who died Nov. 13, 1972. Mr. Wait formerly resided in Omaha, Neb., and moved to Perrysville in 1936. He farmed in the area before retiring in 1954. Survivors include a son, Wayne D. and a daughter, Mrs. Irene Bland, both of Perrysville Route 1; a brother, Frank of Perrysville; two grandchildren, a great-grandchild, a nephew and two grand nieces. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Bodine & Shelby Funeral Home in Covington. The Rev. Grover Williams will officiate. Burial will be in Hicks Cemetery. Friends will be received after 2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. --typed by Walt W