1877 - 7/26/1961
Handwritten-Fri. July 28, 1961
PORTLAND WOMAN DIES IN MICHIGAN
ACCIDENT
MRS. ETTA E. SHEFFER, 84, LOSES LIFE IN AUTO CRASH
Portland, July 28—Mrs. Etta E. Sheffer, 84, 610 N. Pleasant St., Portland,
was killed instantly at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday at Waterford, Mich. She was hit
by an automobile while walking across U.S. 10.
Reports received here
said that she was crossing the street to visit with a neighbor of Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Mullen. She was visiting in the Mullen home.
Mrs. Sheffer
was the widow of Henry R. Sheffer, who died April 7, 1942. She was born in
Madison Twp. The Sheffers lived in Madison for many years. She was the
daughter of Adam and Sarah Ellen (Moore) Burr. On March 6, 1898, she was
married. She was the last of her family as three brothers and five sisters
preceded her in death.
Survivors include three daughters, three sons,
18 grandchildren and 34 great-grandchildren.
[buried Salamonia
Cemetery, Salamonia, Jay County, Indiana]
Adams County
(IN) Historical Museum
1951Jan-Aug1962 Scrapbook, image 28
Transcribed by Janice Vasilovski
Fowarded by Margie Roop Pearce
Buried in Salamonia Cemetery