WALLACE, Grover Cleveland
Source: Hillsboro Times abt 2 January 1949
Grover Cleaveland Wallace, 63, postmaster at Cates for the past 15 years, died at Culver Hospital at 4:45 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. He had been in declining health the past few weeks. The son of Samuel H. Wallace and Rueanna Hibbs Wallace, Mr. Wallace was born near Cates, in Fountain County, Feb 22, 1885. He was married to Miss Rasetta Foster.
Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Velvie Lamson and Mrs. Freed Myers both of Crawfordsville, Mrs. Thelma Nixon of Kingman and Mrs. Betty Abernathy of Covington; three sisters, Mrs. Dora SHell of Veedersburg; Mrs. Artie Crowder of Waveland and Mrs. Katie Thompson of Dover; a brother, J. Sherman Wallace of Cates and six grandchildren.
Mr. Wallace was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Yeddo and the Methodist Church in Boswell.
Grover Cleaveland Wallace, 63, postmaster at Cates for the past 15 years, died at Culver Hospital at 4:45 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. He had been in declining health the past few weeks. The son of Samuel H. Wallace and Rueanna Hibbs Wallace, Mr. Wallace was born near Cates, in Fountain County, Feb 22, 1885. He was married to Miss Rasetta Foster.
Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Velvie Lamson and Mrs. Freed Myers both of Crawfordsville, Mrs. Thelma Nixon of Kingman and Mrs. Betty Abernathy of Covington; three sisters, Mrs. Dora SHell of Veedersburg; Mrs. Artie Crowder of Waveland and Mrs. Katie Thompson of Dover; a brother, J. Sherman Wallace of Cates and six grandchildren.
Mr. Wallace was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Yeddo and the Methodist Church in Boswell.
Note: Died 28 December 1948
Source: Kingman Star, Friday, January 7, 1949
Grover Cleveland Wallace, 63, Cates postmaster and businessman, died at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday at Culver Hospital, Crawfordsville. He had been in failing health several years.
Mr. Wallace was born Feb. 23, 1885 in Fountain County, son of Samuel and Rue Ann Hibbs Wallace. He was married Oct. 18, 1913, to Rose Foster, who survives. He was a member of the Yeddo Masonic Lodge 23 years and a member of the Boswell Methodist Church. He operated a grocery and dry goods store in Cates.
Other survivors include a brother, Sherman, of Cates and three sisters, Mrs. Dora Shell, Veedersburg, Mrs. Ardy Crowder, Waveland, Ind. and Mrs. Katie Thompson, Dover, Ind. There are six grandchildren. – thanks to S&E