Howard County Indiana USGenWeb Project Obituaries

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Oscar BAIRD(? - 1943) [extract]

Name: Oscar BAIRD
Age: 84
Died: 2 May 1943 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lafayette IN; had been living with son in Yeoman, IN
Occupation: Teacher for 40 years; 3 terms in Pittsburg [Clinton Co]; also county superintendent.
Survivors: 5 children - Byron BAIRD, Merton BAIRD, Oscar BAIRD Jr., Mrs. Mamie BLINN, Mrs. Ella GILPIN; a sister Miss Martha BAIRD. His wife predeceased him [name not provided]. A grandson, Billy Byron BAIRD was aboard the battleship Arizona when it was sunk at Pearl Harbor.
Funeral Home: Grimm & Sons
Burial: Bunnell Cemetery [Clinton Co.]

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W.A. BANKS (1844-1908)

DEATH OF W. A. BANKS [submitter's comments in brackets]
W. A. BANKS died [Dec. 3, 1908] at his home in Converse Monday, after a prolonged illness. The deceased was 64 years of age. He had been a resident or Converse for about thirty five years, where for a long time he was engaged in the grocery and meat business ["wagonmaker" on 1870 Howard Co. census].

[BANKS, William A.: Obituary, unnamed Howard Co.IN newspaper, DECEMBER 1908]
Submitter: Victoria Cheney [submitter's comments in brackets]

DEATH OF WILLIAM BANKS -- Succumbs after Long Suffering, Member of G.A.R.
William A. BANKS a retired Converse business man died at his home here Monday night [Dec. 3, 1908] after confinement to his bed with severe suffering for the past six months. Funeral services conducted by Revs. J.E. Coffin and W.A. Settle were held at the M. E. church Wednesday.
Burial in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
GENEOLOGY [sic]
William A. BANKS was the son of Thomas W. BANKS and Hannah ERNIE BANKS. [Marr. & birth records of Graceham, Frederick Co.MD show a Thomas W. Banks married a "Hannah IRVIN."] In this family there are three sets of children. To the first wife of Thomas BANKS was born five children, William A. BANKS, Mrs. S.E. KINNEAR [Ella], Mrs. Mary V. WALTERS, and two children who died in infancy. Hannah E. BANKS departed this life in 1849.
Thomas BANKS second marriage was to Jane E. WOOD [should be WOODS]. To this union was born two children, a son who died in infancy and a daughter, Mrs. Harlem Kelsey [should be Mrs. HARLEN KELSAY, nee Matilda Jane "Jennie" BANKS], who resides three miles from Converse [Amboy, Miami Co.].
Thomas BANKS third marriage was to Margaret ARMSTRONG [later as widow Banks, she m2 James J. ANDERSON]. To this union was born five children, Mrs. A.V. DARBY [Mrs. Frank DARBY, nee Alice V. BANKS], James [M.] and Charles [F.] BANKS, two children having died in infancy. Of this third set of children all are gone except Mrs. A.V. DARBY.
William A. BANKS was born July 30, 1844 in Gettysburg, Maryland [this locale unknown; deed records show a Thomas W. Banks had farms in Carroll and Frederick Cos.MD].
He with his parents Thomas W. and Hannah BANKS moved overland from Maryland to Jerome, Ind., in the year 1848. His mother died in Jerome in 1849. The family then moved to Kokomo, Ind.
WAR RECORD
In March 1862 William A. BANKS enlisted in the war, in Company K. 60th Ind. [long list of where he served]. After Ft. Morgan was captured he turned his gun over to the government and was mustered out and came home March 1865.
He was married to Polly A. BABBS [her family below listed as "BABB"] July 6, 1879. [William's 1st wife was Lorena GOLDEN (div.). Polly Babbs' 1st husband was Mason A. CHENOWETH (div.); thus Grant Co.IN records show William Banks wed "Polly Chenoweth."]
For the past year he has been a great sufferer. Last September under the guidance of friends and the Pastor of the M. E. church he was led to Christ and was baptized by Rev. J.E. Coffin and received into full connection. His great lament was that he had waited so long ere he had given himself to the Lord. He died in the faith that God for Christs sake had pardoned his sins and received him into the great family of the redeemed. Age 64 years, 5 months, 4 days.
Among relatives attending the funeral of W. A. BANKS were [original obit lists them all in one paragraph, which was harder to read]

• - a sister Mrs. DICKEY, husband and son, of Logansport [?a sister of his wife?];
• - a sister Mrs. Ella KINNEAR, of Rushville;
• - Harlem Kelsey [should be HARLEN KELSAY] and wife of west of town [Amboy, Miami Co.] she being a sister of Mr. BANKS [she was half-sister: Matilda "Jennie" Banks Kelsay], and [their college-age children] Eunice and Paul Kelsey [should be Eunice KELSAY, Paul KELSAY], of Richmond;
• - the families of Will, James and George BABB, of Herbst, all brothers of Mrs. BANKS;
• - Mr. and Mrs. CLEPLER of Galveston;
• - Mrs. Lon [Alonzo A.] DUNCAN of Greentown [nee Mazie JONES, a dau. of Jennie Banks' 1st marr. to John E. JONES];
• - Mrs. Mort HIATT of Greentown;
• - Will JENNINGS of Kokomo;
• - James PATTERSON and wife, and Mrs. Frank GARR of Herbst;
• - Mrs. Lute HOWE of Indianapolis;
• - Mrs. Dell HAMBLEN of Swayzee.

Creston BARNES (? - 1942 ) [extract]

Name: Creston BARNES
Died: Saturday, 28 Nov 1942 in Hollywood, Calif.
Funeral Home: Rich mortuary
Burial: private [cemetery not noted]

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Thomas W. BARNETT (1896 - 1992) [extract]

Name: Thomas W. BARNETT
Age: 95
Died: 1:55 am Sunday, Jan 12, 1992 in Howard Community Hospital.
Born:3 May 1896 in Columbia KY,
Parents: Clem and Sally (PENDLETON) BENNETT.
Married: 17 Aug 1919, he married Zelpha Elnora WILSON, who died 9 Feb 1990.
Employment: retired farmer and self-employed contractor.
Military Service: veteran of World War I,
Civic Involvement: Life member of Disabled American Veterans Chapter 28 and a member of Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer.
Survivors: four sons: Virgil, Richard, Robert and Thomas BARNETT Jr., ; a sister, Mattie Cecil GOODMAN; 12 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and 4 great-great-grandchildren. A son, a daughter, three brothers and three sisters preceded him in death.
Services: Ellers Mortuary.
Burial: Sunset Memory Gardens.

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Marguerite AULT BARNGROVER (1904-1969)

Kokomo Tribune, page number unknown -- Sunday, Feb. 23, 1969

Mrs. Marguerite BARNGROVER, 64, wife of Robert BARNGROVER. Retired Kokomo High School teacher died on Feb 22 in St. Joseph Memorial Hospital. She had been a patient there for one month.
Born Oct. 7, 1904, Parents: Walter and Ethel (ROSS) AULT.
Married June 16, 1925 to Robert Barngrover, and he survives.
Member of: Main Street United Methodist Church, and the Women's Society, Faith Circle and Kings Son and Daughters Class there. Phi Beta Psi associate sorority, Eastern Star, Cheer Guild and had served on the board of directors to the YWCA.
Survivors: husband; mother; one daughter, Mrs. Bruce D. (Marilyn) MCINTOSH, New Albany; a sister, Mrs. Edwin (Helen) MAYNARD, Kokomo; two brothers, Harold AULT, Anderson, and Burnell AULT, Fort Wayne; several nieces and nephews.One son and one sister preceded her in death.

William S. BASSETT (c1925 - 1950) [extract]

Name: William S. BASSETT
Age: 25
Died: 1 September 1950 in Korea - missing in action late August
Parents: Ronald O. BASSETT [mother not named]
Military Service: Served as machinegunner in WWII and saw action in Europe; enlisted Jun 1943 and discharged Feb 1946; re-enlisted Mar 1947 - served in Alaska & transferred to Korea 1 Aug 1950.
Education: Graduated Kokomo High School 1943; attended Purdue University after first military discharge.
Survivors: parents; 3 sisters, Mary Norma BASSETT, Mrs. Maurice HENDRICKS, Mrs. H.L. PETERSON; one brother Charles R. BASSETT.

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Leo A. BEAIRD (1898-1942) [extract]

Kokomo Tribune - after 8 Dec 1942

Name: Leo A. BEAIRD
Age: 44
Died: 6:20 Tuesday [8 Dec 1942], at St. Joseph hospital; patient for 7 weeks and had major operation 2 weeks ago.
Born: 14 Mar 1898 in Missouri
Employment: mechanic for Shell American Petroleum Co. for 14 years
Survivors: widow, Mrs. Margaret BEAIRD, daughter Wilma Jean; two sisters Mrs. Roy SHOCKLEY and Mrs. Bertha HAMMAN. His parents and one sister are deceased.
Funeral Home: Rich - services at Cavalry Baptist
Burial: Memorial Park cemetery

Wilford M "Zeke" BEATTY (?-1968)

Name: Wilford M. (Zeke) BEATTY
Hometown: Tipton County,
Died: Wednesday [13 Nov 1968] in a hospital in Louisville Ky, where he had lived since the late 1910's.
Born: near Windfall,
Parents: Santford and Rose BEATTY.
Military Service: in France with the US Army during World War I and received the Purple Heart medal for wounds received in military action. He enlisted in Kokomo and before enlisting he was an employee of Stellite Works here.
Married Grace ARTL, in Louisville, who preceded him in death in 1960.
Survivors: two daughters, Mrs. Raymond SCHMIDT, Mrs. John FERRIELL.; 4 grandchildren; a great-grandchild; four brothers, George, Paul, Orville and Noah BEATTY; and two sisters, Mrs. Zelma WARD and Mrs. Gordon (Bonnie) TINSLEY.
Services: Russmonson Funeral Home at Louisville.
Burial: "there" [Louisville].

Ella BECHDOL (c1886 -1942) [extract]

Kokomo Tribune - 28 Dec 1942

Name: Miss Ella BECHDOL
Age: 56
Died: 10 o'clock Monday [27 Dec 1942] at St. Joseph Hospital, Logansport; resulting from a fall the week before in which her knee was broken (cause of death - pneumonia)
Survivors: Sister Mrs. Lulu BOWYER and brother Bertis BECHDOL.
Parents: Mr. and Mrs Nathan BECHDOL
Member of Methodist church
Funeral Home: Wolf in Walton
Burial: Walton cemetery

Wilbur W. BEECHY(1897-1951) [extract]

Name: Wilbur W. BEECHY
Age: 54,
Hometown: Galveston
Services: John Thomas funeral home in Galveston.
Died: 9 Mar 1951 in a Logansport hospital after a long illness.
Burial: Rochester cemetery.
Survivors: widow, Mrs. Margaret BEECHY; two sons Robert & James; daughter, Patricia; sister, Mrs. Charles E. RANEY; brother Sidney M. BEECHY.
Born: 27 Sep 1897 was the son of
Parents: Samuel and Lilly BEECHY. He was a
Military Service: veteran of World War I member of the Galveston post of the American Legion. Member of the St. John's church in Kokomo.

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Fred D. BELLAMY (1926 - 1971) [extract]

Name: Fred D. BELLAMY
Age: 64
Died: 15 Jan 1991 in Rancho Cordoba, CA
Born: 1 July 1926
Parents: George Thomas BELLAMY and Eula BROWDER
Married: Pam KIMURA 16 Nov 1959
Military Service: Retired ast master sergeant from the Air Force after 26 years of service.
Survivors: widow; 2 sons, Fredric BELLAMY Jr., Mark BELLAMY; two brothers Frank L. and George T. BELLAMY; 4 sisters, Ollie B. GRADY, T. Juanita WHITE, F. Ruth WILSON and Millie BELLAMY. Two brothers and two sisters preceded him in death.
His body was donated to the Sierra Regional Eye and Tissue Bank; a memorial service was held in Kokomo at the Second Missionary Baptist church

John BENGE (c1870-1945) [extract]

Name: John BENGE
Age: 75
Hometown: Michigantown
Died: 11:30 o'clock Friday night [15 Jun 1945], at the St. Joseph Hospital in Kokomo.
Survivors: daughter, Mrs. Geneva MORRISON. His wife died 11 Sep 1944.
Services: Lowery funeral home in Forest
Burial: Whiteman Cemetery.

Gilbert S. BESS(1896-1992) [extract]

Name: Gilbert S. BESS
Age: 96, 1029 S Cooper St.
Died: 11:09 am Wednesday 16 Sep 1992 in Howard Community Hospital.
Born: 12 May 1896 in Tipton County, a son of
Parents: Major Shelby and Ethel (PICKEREL) BESS.
Married: 25 Jun 1921, he married Hazel E. WRIGHT, who survives.
Civic Involvement: member of American Legion and attended Pilgrim Holiness Church.
Survivors: wife; sons Harold BESS, Jack BESS, and Adrian BESS ; three daughters, Donna PIERCE, Marilian DOLLENS, and Carolyn WILLIAM; 32 grandchildren and 38 great-grandchildren. A brother, three sisters and two grandchildren preceded him in death.
Services: Sunset Memory Gardens chapel; entombment in the mausoleum.
Funeral Home: Ellers Mortuary.

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Charles BISCHOFF (1895-1984) [extract]

Name: Charles BISCHOFF
Age: 88, formerly of 1809 W Carter St,
Hometown: Kokomo
Died: 2:40 pm Friday, 21 Sep 1984 in English Nursing Home here [Lebanon].
Born: 28 Oct 1895 in Albia, Ill, he was the son of
Parents: Andres and Rosa (PHUND) BISCHOFF.
Married: 14 Jul 1923, Ruth COOPRIDER, who survives.
Military Service: US Army veteran of World War
Employed: Continental Steel Corp; former owner of Midgett Cafe. He was a
Civic Involvement: member of American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Eagles Lodge.
Services: Sunset Memory Gardens chapel; entombment in mausoleum. Friends may call at
Funeral Home: Fenn Funeral Home

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Nellie LOVING BLAKEMORE (? - 1943 ) [extract]

Name: Nellie LOVING BLAKEMORE
Age: 51s
Died: 5:30 am Sunday 22 Aug 1942 at home (407 E Richmond0; in ill health for 3 years
Married: Roscoe BLAKEMORE
Born: 27 Apr 1891 in Paris, TN
Survivors: husband; adopted daughter Mrs. Homer ORTON; mother Mrs. Lugenyer LOVING; half-brother John BROWN.
Moved to Kokomo about 20 years previous; member of Wayman A.M.E. church
Funeral Home: Moore funeral home; funeral & burial held in Paris TN.

William E. "Jimmy" BLAND(c1899-1966) [extract]

Name: William E. (Jimmy) BLAND
Age: 67
Died: Waco Texas [no date given in obituary]; former resident of Kokomo who moved to Waco in 1937.
Born: Bunker Hill [no date given in obituary], he was the son of
Parents: Joseph BLAND and Mrs. Julia BLAND MAHRING, both deceased.
Survivors: widow, Mrs. Lizzie BELL BLAND; two daughters, Miss Debra Jane BLAND and Mrs. Matilda Jane LAWRENCE; a son, Wayne BLAND,; two sisters, Mrs. Sylvia BRANSDON and Mrs. Juanite MORROW; 9 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services and burial in Waco.

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Walter BOLINGER (1896-1984) [extract]

Name: Walter BOLINGER
Age: 88
Hometown: rural Russiaville
Funeral Home: Hoffman-Murray Funeral Home
Burial: Sunset Memory Gardens.
Died: 8:57 am Monday, 9 Apr 1984 at Sycamore Village Health Care Center, Kokomo.
Born: Ohio, 24 Feb 1896
Parents: Cornelius McClelland and Viola (BLOSE) BOLINGER.
Married: 25 Aug 1919, Ora V. SMITH, who died 21 May 1983.
Survivors: daughter, Stella May LONG ; a son, Rex BOLINGER; 7 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Clifford D. BOLINGER and Howard BOLINGER ; two sisters, Betty MAHER and Louise HUTCHISON. Two daughters, a great-grandchild, two brothers and four sisters are deceased.
Employment: retired farmer
Military Service: veteran of World War I and a member of West Point Christian Church.

Thomas William BORUFF (1942) [extract]

Kokomo Tribune -- after 12 Dec 1942

Name: Thomas William BORUFF
Age: 3 months
Died: 8:30 Saturday [12 Dec 1942] of bronchial pneumonia.
Parents: Roscue and Helen BORUFF
Services: Church of the Nazarene
Burial: Crown Point cemetery

Mrs. Elba Marie CUNNINGHAM BOURNE (1892-1918)

Mrs. Elba Marie BOURNE, daughter of John and Caroline CUNNINGHAM, was born at Peru, Ind., August 25, 1892 and departed this life December 19, 1918, aged 26 years, 3 months and 24 days.
On April 11, 1909 she was united in marriage to Norman BOURNE. Three children were born to this union: Mary, who preceeded her to the grave by eight years and Carl and Helen who survive.
Mrs. Bourne was converted and baptized together with her husband on December 15, 1910, just eight years ago last Sunday. They were received into full fellowship in North Street Baptist Church.
"Elba" as she was familiarly called was a dutiful daughter and loving wife and mother.
Her passing away will be greatly lamented by her husband and two children, father and mother, and three brothers, together with a host of other friends. It might well be said of her, " She hath done what she could".

Forest H "Frosty" BRASKETT (1895-1962) [extract]

Name: Forrest H. "Frosty" BRASKETT
Age: 67, 1210 S Buckeye St, d
Died: 1:30 pm Sunday [21 Oct 1962] at his home in Kokomo.
Born: 3 May 1895 in Anderson, the son of
Parents: William Franklin and Margaret Jane (PERKINS) BRASKETT.
Employment/Civic Involvement: Public Service Representative with the Public Service Company; member of the Grace Methodist Church, the Masonic Lodge, the Americal Legion Post # 6 and the 40 and 8. Veteran of WWI.
Married: 27 May 1926 to Jean WALKER
Survivors: wife and his mother; one son, Phillip BRASKETT; two grandchildren; two brothers, Robert M. BRASKETT, and Kenneth BRASKETT; several nieces and nephews.
Funeral Home: Fenn Funeral Home
Burial: Sunset Memory Gardens cemetery.

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Horace B. BREWSTER (1896-1991) [extract]

Name: Horace B. BREWSTER
Age: 95
Funeral Home: Ellers Mortuary.
Burial: Sunset Memory Gardens.
Died: 8:15 am Tuesday, 24 Dec 1991, Windsor Estates, Kokomo
Born: 25 Nov 1896 in Festus, Mo., a sone of
Parents: Eugene and Octavia (CLINTON) BREWSTER. In
Married: August 1922, Ruth M. SANDERS, who died in March 1976.
Survivors: son, Bill G. BREWSTER; a sister, Grace LOVELESS; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. A son, three brothers, four sisters and three grandchildren preceded him in death.
Army veteran of World War I; past member of the American Legion. Retired 1961 from the foundry of Stellite Corp.

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Mrs. Mary E. NAME FYE BRIGHT (c1863-1942)

MRS. MARY E. FYE- BRIGHT
Mrs. Mary E.(Name) Fye Bright,79, died at 6:45 o'clock Friday morning at 1041 Purdum Street. Her home for the past 48 years had been in Howard County, six and one-half miles northeast of Kokomo.

Mrs. Angie M. MCINTOSH BROADLICK (c-1942)

Kokomo Tribune - after 4 Dec 1942

Name: Angie M. BROADLICK
Age: 70
Died: 11:00 Thursday night [4 Dec 1942] at home - result of heart attack after several years of poor health.
Born: 7 Feb 1872 in Howard County.
Parents: John and Margaret MCINTOSH
Married: 27 Jul 1892 Harry BROADLICK at "the parental home"
Graduated Kokomo High School in 1891; member of Main Street Christian church; on board of YWCA
Survivors: husband; son Russell; 3 sisters, Mrs. K.W. KERN, Martha MCINTOSH and Grace MCINTOSH; brother D.A. MCINTOSH. A brother, John MCINTOSH, preceded her in death.
Burial: Crown Point.

Fred Lawrence BROWN (-1943) [extract]

Kokomo Tribune, after 12 Oct 1943

Name: Fred Lawrence BROWN
Age: 53
Died: 5:20 pm Tuesday, 12 Oct 1943 at Indianapolis Veterans' Hospital
Born: 5 Feb 1890 in Howard County
Parents: Jacob & Nancy Jane BROWN
Military service: WWI
Survivors: widow, Clara BROWN; sisters Mrs. Ruth SMITH, Mrs. Frances LOCKRIDGE; uncle Albert MILLER.
Funeral Home: Ellers mortuary
Burial: Albright cemetery

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Harry T. BROWN (1893-1978) [extract]

Harry T. BROWN - born 19 Dec 1893, New Albany [Indiana].
* Parents: George & Luthera BROWN -- Wife: Mattie BROADLEY (d. 1972)
* WWI Vet - Army, American Expeditionary Forces -- Retired from Kokomo Gas & Fuel Co (22 yrs)
* Surviving Children: Audrey COLYAR (Kokomo), Jessie MCNALLY (Kokomo), Mrs. Norman HUNT (Kokomo), Max BROWN (Kokomo), Harry W. BROWN (Akron OH).
* Surviving Siblings: George BROWN (Lakeland FL) & Dave BROWN (Kokomo), Lula FORSYTHE (Kokomo) & Birdie ELSON (Kokomo) Also 13 grandchildren & 10 great-grandchildren.
* Services: Ellers Mortuary -- Burial: Albright Cemetery.

Waldo BROWN (1893-1953) [extract]

Kokomo Tribune, Thursday, 24 Sep 1953

Name: Waldo BROWN
Age: 60,
Hometown: Greentown RR1, d
Died at 8 pm Wednesday [23 Sep 1953], at the Veterans' Hospital in Indianapolis. Veteran of World War I
Born 2 Jun 1893 Union Township [Howard County IN], the son of
Parents: Jonah and Christine BROWN. On
Married: 12 Sep 1922, Anita KRIBBS
Farmer and member of the Christian Science church in Kokomo.
Survivors: the widow & children: Mrs. June HILL, ; Miss Shirley BROWN, ; Theron BROWN & Sonya BROWN. A son, Mervin BROWN was killed in Korea on 4 Apr 1952. There are four grandchildren. A brother and sister are deceased.
Burial: Jerome Cemetery. The body will te taken from the
Funeral Home: Mast & Pickett

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Nelson Luther BURGAN (1879-1942) [extract]

Kokomo Tribune - after 16 Dec 1942

Name: Nelson Luther BURGAN
Age: 63
Died: 11:15 Wednesday [16 Dec 1942] at his home; of heart ailment suffered since February.
Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Albert BURGAN
Born: 2 Aug 1879 in Howard County.
Married: Clara GRIESEY of Kokomo 10 Jan 1942
Employment: Kokomo Opalescent Glass factory for more than 20 years
Survivors: wife and one brother, Otto C. BURGAN; one nephew and 2 nieces.
Funeral Home: Fague & Fenn - services at residence
Burial: Crown Point Cemetery

Melvin J. BURNS (1893-1976) [extract]

Melvin J. BURNS, born 30 Jun 1893, Middlefork, Clinton, Indiana; died 6 Dec 1976 Burlington, Clinton, Indiana.
* Parents: Thomas & Louise (THOMAS) BURNS.
* Spouse: Emma HOBSON, marred 6 Sep 1919 - she survives.
* WWI Veteran; retired from Continental Steel Corp. Member of Kokomo Eagles Lodge & Burlington United Methodist Church.
* Surviving Children: Charles BURNS Sr. of Flora; Clifford BURNS of Chino, CA; Edward BURNS of Indiana Orchard, MA; Paul BURNS of Flora; Mrs. William (Mary) HORN, Cobina CA; Mrs. Cleon (Betty) MILLER of Bringhurst; Mrs. Harold (Della) SMITH, Burlington. 20 grandchildren & 16 great-grandchildren. 1 daughter & 2 sons preceded him in death.
* Arrangements Pending: Stout Funeral Home, Russiaville.

Flossie SHIVELY BYRD

Peru, Tribune Thursday, September 4, 1969
Peru, Indiana
Flossie BYRD, 66, Bunker Hill, died at her home at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, following a short illness.
The decedent was born June 1, 1903, in Kokomo to Harvey and Mary (LANGLEY) SHIVELY, and married Claude BYRD May 27, 1949, in Kokomo.
Survivors include a son, Max PRICE, Bunker Hill; a sister, Mrs. Ella DEWEESE, Miami, three grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in the Peacock Funeral Home, Kokomo, with the Rev. J. McFarlene SMITH officiating.
Burial will be in the Albright Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home today before 9 p.m.