11/27/18922 - 8/11/1949
Handwritten-Fri. Aug. 12, 1949
FATHER OF MRS. JEFF ZUERCHER
DIES
FUNERAL SATURDAY FOR EDGAR E. AYRES, 56, OF REDKEY
Redkey, Aug. 12.—Edgar E. Ayres, 56, manager of the Cline-Wilt Lumber
Company at Portland, died at his home here Thursday morning following an
extended illness.
Survivors include the widow, Adda; three
daughters, Mrs. Jeff (Elsie) Zuercher of Berne, Mrs. Frank (Rosemary) Hollis
of Redkey and Mrs. Charlie (Patricia) Balle of Redkey; three sons, Cary C.
of Whiting, Donald of Portland and David of Bloomington; three brothers, J.
E. Ayres, Lake Wales, Fla., Paul, Dunkirk, and Leroy, Redkey and three
sisters, Miss Blanche Ayres, Redkey; Mrs. Homer McDaniel, Dunkirk, and Mrs.
G. E. Bradley, Fort Wayne and 10 grandchildren.
In addition to being
manager of the Cline-Wilt Lumber Company for the past 2 years, he was vice
president of the Ayres Lumber Company of Redkey and Dunkirk. He was a member
of the Ridgeville Doric Lodge of Masons and the Randolph County Chapter of
Royal Arch Masons.
Private funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the
home, with burial in the Redkey Cemetery. The services are private because
of the polio situation in the Redkey community.
(Hillcrest Cem.,
Redkey, Jay County, Indiana)
Adams County (IN)
Historical Museum
1949 June-Oct Scrapbook, image 51
Transcribed
by Janice Vasilovski
Contributed by Margie Roop Pearce
Buried in Hillcrest Cemetery