6/16/1896 - 11/22/1955
Handwritten-Wed. Nov. 23, 1955
CLARENCE L. MACY DIES SUDDENLY
LAST EVENING
Native of Community, 59, Dies at Portland; Rites Friday
Clarence L. Macy, 59, a native of ?? died unexpectedly in his trailer
home in the Oakwood Trailer Court a mile north of Portland. Death occurred
shortly after he suffered a heart attack. Mr. Macy had been up and around as
usual yesterday and though not in the best of health, had not been sick.
Mr. Macy was a salesman and before accepting the position he managed a
trailer court at Redkey. He had lived in Portland for many years.
Mr.
Macy was born south?? of Berne June 16, 1896, the son of Adolphus and
Margaret Jack Macy. He was married to Modjeska Thornton, who survives.
Also surviving are two sons, Lawrence E. Macy, Muncie and Bruce E. Macy,
Fort Wayne; his mother, Mrs. Margaret Macy Wechter, Decatur; four
grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Eugene Wechter of Speed; a half-sister, Mrs.
C. A. Teeter, Geneva; a foster sister, Mrs. Thomas Rawley, Berne, and a
brother, Virgil Macy, Portland.
Mr. Macy was a veteran of World War I
and a member of the Portland American Legion Post.
The body is at the
Williamson Funeral Home in Portland, where friends may call after 6 p.m.
Wednesday. Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday in the funeral
home, the Rev. Lawrence Wertz officiating. Burial will be in Green Park
Cemetery, with the American Legion in charge of military rites.
Adams County, Indiana Historical Museum"1955 Mar-April 1958"
Scrapbook
Image 35
Transcribed by Janice Vasilovski
Buried in Green Park Cemetery