Howard County Indiana USGenWeb Project Obituaries

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Laura Jane ADAMS (1868 - 1943) [extract]

Kokomo Tribune - after 13 Oct 1943 [Kokomo Tribune Obituary Book 1943 - page 175]

Name: Laura Jane [maiden name not listed] ADAMS
Age: 75
Died: 10:45 pm, Monday 13 Oct 1943 at St. Joseph hospital; had been living with son, George W. ADAMS for 4 years.
Born: 16 Mar 1868 in Madison Co., near Anderson - spent most of live in that area.
Survivors: son, George W. ADAMS; 2 sisters Mrs. Amy DAVIS and Mrs. Mary DOVEY; 6 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.
Funeral Home: Ellers mortuary
Burial: Bucco cemetery, near Anderson.

Anna B ALEXANDER ( 1858-1877)

A Very Sad Death
A cast of gloom came over the entire community last Tuesday evening when the death of Miss Anna B. ALEXANDER was announced. It occurred at 9 o'clock. The deceased was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John C. ALEXANDER and was ill only two weeks. The fatal disease was typhoid fever.
Previous to her last illness, the deceased had always been in robust health. Indeed, Miss Anna was the picture of perfect health. She was in her nineteenth year and was a bright, industrious intelligent girl, beloved by all who knew her, and her circle of acquaintances was quite large. She was a member of the Christian Church for some time past, having united at a time when Miss Flora HINTON, Josie GEORGE, Lizzie KING, Ada GARRIGUS and other young ladies also joined.
The funeral occurred from the Christian Church on Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. The services were conducted by Elder C.M. ROBERTSON, assisted by Rev. A. S. WOOD. A large number of carriages followed the remains to the place of burial in Crown Point Cemetery. The high esteem in which the deceased was held by many acquaintances was shown in the sad expression on the face of every one who attended the funeral.
One of our brightest young ladies is gone. But her life was a beautiful model in that she was a devoted christian of amiable disposition, her face always wearing a smile which gave good cheer to those about her. Anna has left us, but she has gone to that happy , peaceful abode where there is no more sorrow or parting. May her friends all meet her there.

Grant E ALLISON (1892-1966)

Name: Grant E ALLISON
Born: 29 Mar 1892 - near Delphi
Parents: Charles A. ALLISON & Carrie KERLIN
Married: 5 Jun 1912 - Beryl DAVIS (survivor)
Died: 24 Aug 1966 - Russiaville IN of a heart attack.
No children listed - spouse only survivor?
World War I Veteran. member of Russiaville Masonic Lodge & Scottish Rite Valley of Indianaplois; insurance agent for Hartford Insurance Co
Burial: Russiaville Cemetery

Mrs. James ALLISON (c 1824 - 1904)

Page Header: News of the Gas Belt and Vicinity
AGED WOMAN AND GIRL OVERCOME BY GAS FUMES (Were found Prostrate by Daughter and the Elder Lady May Not Recover (Bu star Special Service)
Greentown, Ind., Dec 1.- Mrs. James ALLISON, 80 years old, and Miss Hazel PHARES, 17, a student of the Greentown high school, were found at the home of the former, in northwest Greentown, last evening, unconscious from inhaling gas. The discovery was made by Mrs. J.W. PHARES, daughter of Mrs. ALLISON, who called to pay her mother an afternoon visit.
Mrs. PHARES, upon entering the sitting room, found her mother prostrate across the sofa, and in the adjoining bed room was her daughter. Miss PHARES, unconscious, and with her head in a wash bowl. Physicians were called and after many hours of ceaseless work, Miss PHARES was restored to consciousness, with a possibility of recovery. Her grandmother remains unconscious, and the chances of recovery are in doubt. The gas escaped from a stove.

Maude AMMERMAN BAKER ALLEY(1896 - 1943) [extract]

Kokomo Tribune - 18 Oct 1943

Name: Maude AMMERMAN BAKER ALLEY
Age: 47
Died: 16 Oct 1943 at Dukes Memorial Hospital, Peru IN
Born: 9 May 1896 in Kokomo
Parents: Charles & Georgia AMMERMAN
Married: Merle ALLEY
Survivors: husband; daughter Martha Ann ALLEY; 3 daughters by former marriage, Mrs. Pauline YARD, Mrs. Florabelle TITUS and Mrs. Violet TITUS; sisters Mrs T.H. GUNNELL and Mrs. Claude GUNNELL; 12 grandchildren; stepsister Mrs. Frank S. BELL.
Burial: Crown Point cemetery

Clarence "Hap" F. ALTHERR(1895-1981) [extract]

Name: Clarence "Hap" F. ALTHERR
Age: 85
Born: Marion, Ohio, 7 Dec 1895
Parents: Frank and Alice (ADAMS) ALTHERR.
Married: Jun 30, 1917 to Verna JONES
Died: at home at 4 am Tuesday 3 Feb 1981.
Services: Ellers Mortuary .
Burial: Sunset Memory Gardens Cemetery.
Survivors: wife. daughter, Dorothy BERRY; two sons, Robert ALTHERR & Jack ALTHERR; a sister, Gertrude BIERCE; and 9 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
A sister preceded him in death.
Employed: 1938 - retirement in 1962 as a tool and die maker at Chrysler Corp.
Military Service: US Army during World War I

Biographical Sketch

John David AMOS (1942) [extract]

Kokomo Tribune - 25 December 1942

Name: John David AMOS
Age: died at birth
Died: Saturday [before 25 Dec 1942], at Dukes Memorial Hospital, Peru
Parents: Clyde and Anna ROEDEL AMOS
Services: graveside at Lutheran cemetery.
Funeral Home: Allen

Marshall L. ANDREWS (1894-1981) [extract]

Name: Marshall L. ANDREWS
Age: 86
Died: 3 am Sunday, May 17, 1981 in Oak Grove Nursing Home, Deshler, Ohio
Born 17 Nov 1894 in Hemlock [Indiana]
Parents: Ollie ANDREWS and Okie MURPHY ANDREWS.
Married: 28 Apr 1923 to Violet DAVIS, who died 27 Dec 1980.
Employed: Continental Steel Corp; maintenance department of the Center Township School Corp., Civic Involvement: Charter member of the Kokomo Church of Christ and was a member of the Napthali Masonic Lodge at Center.
Military Service: army in World War I.
Survivors: son, James L. ANDREWS, ; daughter, Marilyn RUNYON; eight grandchildren, three great-grandchildren; a brother, Dallas ANDREWS ; and two sisters, Thelma BATEY and Nellie CLIFTON.. One son preceded him in death.
Services: Kokomo Church of Christ
Burial: Albright Cemetery. Friends may call at the
Visitation: Fenn Funeral Home

Biographical Sketch

Eliza Frances ANGLE (1862-1942) [extract]

Kokomo Tribune - 4 December 1942

Name: Eliza Frances ANGLE
Age: 80
Hometown: New Waverly community
Died: 4 Dec 1942, at home
Born: 4 May 1862, Franklin Co. VA
Married: J.P. ANGLE in Virginia 62 years ago
Member of Old Order German Baptist Brethren church for 65 years.
Services: Mexico Church of the Brethren; burial in Greenlawn Cemetery in Mexico, IN
Funeral Home: Hammond-Eikenberry
Survivors: husband, J.P. ANGLE; three children, Mrs. John E. SMITH, Mrs. Hattie E. BOONE and Joe ANGLE; sisters Mrs. Sarah FLORA, Lulu FISHER, Mrs. Cora BARNHART, Mrs. Ida EIKENBERRY, Mrs. J.H. FISHER, Mrs. Julia MEATHAWK, Mrs. Dora SPRADLING; 13 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren.

Henry C. APPLEGATE 1856-1835

Henry C. APPLEGATE died at his home in Greentown, Indiana, January 12, 1935, just 25 days after the death of his wife Ida Belle OSBORN.
Henry was born on July 5, 1856 in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Peter Vorhees APPLEGATE and Mary Ann HUGGINS.He spent most of his youth in Windfall, Tipton County, Indiana.
Henry married Ida Belle OSBORN on February 2, 1881 in Howard County, Indiana. He is survived by 2 children; Ethel Fern APPLEGATE, wife of Forrest Bovey AULT, and Carl M. APPLEGATE, husband of Daisy CLARK. Two other children predeceased him; Dollie Wannett APPLEGATE, wife of Walter G. LODGE, and Kent APPLEGATE.
Henry is buried in the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Greentown, Indiana.

Ida Belle Osborn APPLEGATE (1863-1934)

Ida Belle OSBORN died December 18, 1934, at her home in Greentown, Indiana. She was born in Howard County, Indiana, on December 13, 1863, to William OSOBORN and Margaret TIMMONS.
Her father died Oct 3, 1864 from dysentery which he contracted while serving in the 118th Indiana Volunteers. Her mother passed away in 1868 and Ida was raised by her paternal grandmother Hannah M. LINDLEY, wife of Jesse OSBORN.
Ida married Henry C. APPLEGATE February 2, 1881, in Howard County.
She is survived by 2 children; Ethel Fern APPLEGATE wife of Forrest Bovey AULT, and Carl M. APPLEGATE husband of Daisy CLARK. 2 other children predeceased her; Dollie Wannett APPLEGATE, who died in 1914, and was the wife of Walter G. LODGE, and Kent APPLEGATE, who died in 1910.
Ida is buried in the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Greentown, Indiana

Dr. Ellis G. ARMSTRONG (?-1898)

Submitter: Linda Chan

Kokomo Dispatch, 26 Nov 1898

Dr. Ellis G. ARMSTRONG, a prominent physician of Flora, dropped dead while standing by the bedside of a patient.

James W. ATKINSON (1841-1918)

James W. ATKINSON, Veteran of the Civil War Passes to Reward Sunday.
James W. ATKINSON, aged 77 years died Sunday morning at 7:15 o'clock at his late home 1235 East Sycamore Street. The funeral will be held Tuesday morning from the Baptist Church at Oakford. The services will be in charge of the Masonic Lodge and G. A. R. of which the deceased was a member and the sermon will be delivered by the Rev. Omar McCoy. The burial will be in Albright Cemetery.
The deceased became a member of the U. B. Church at Clark's Hill in 1878 and transfered his membership to the Oakford Church of which he was an active member as long as his health permitted.
Mr. ATKINSON was born in Bloomington, Ind. October 26, 1841. He married Mary Jane FREEMAN, September 4, 1862.
Eight children were born to the union, two of whom with the mother preceded the deceased to the great beyond. Those surviving are: Mrs. W. B. MALICOAT of Frankfort; Mrs. W. E. DAVIDSON, Mrs. James BROWN and Mrs. Lafe WELLS of Kokomo, Mrs. Jesse RANDOLPH and Mr. John ATKINSON of Oakford.
A sister, Mrs Gabrille WAGNER of Burlington, Kansas also survives. There are left twenty-six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren."

From newspaper "Kokomo (Ind) Dispatch", Dec. 17, 1918, p. 1
JAMES W. ATKINSON, 77, VETERAN, PASSES AWAY
James W. ATKINSON, aged 77 years, a Civil War veteran, died last Sunday morning at 7:15 o'clock at his home, 1535 East Sycamore Street. Funeral services will be conducted this morning at the Baptist Church at Oakford by Rev. Omar McCoy. Burial will be in the Albright Cemetery.
Mr. ATKINSON was born in Bloomington, Ind. October 26, 1841. He was married to Mary Jane FREEMAN September 4, 1862.
Eight children were born to this union, six of whom survive as follows: Mrs. W. P. MALICOAT of Frankfort; Mrs. W. E. DAVIDSON, Mrs. James BROWN and Mrs. Lafe WELLS of Kokomo; Mrs. Jesse RANDOLPH and John ATKINSON of Oakford. A sister, Mrs. Gabrilla WAGNER of Burlington, Kansas, also survives."