Heslar - Roy
Source: Waveland Independent newspaper, Waveland, Montgomery County, Indiana, Sept 29, 1939
Roy HESLAR died in the tuberculosis sanitarium near Rockville on Saturday. He had been a patient there for 15 months. Funeral services at Freedom Baptist Church on Monday were in charge of rev. john Servies. Mrs. Rossie Spencer sang, with Miss Wanetah Wiatt at the piano. The pallbearers were George Wilshire; Harry Wilshire; Carrol Moody; Carl Humphreys; Dewey Hazlett and Albert Heslar. The flowers were carried by Paul; Louis; Russell and Manson Sanford; Herbert Buck; Carl Edmiston Paul Sewell; John Mockbuagh; Red Carroll; Mike Matricia; Tommy Lamson; Zura Monroe and Jack Wolfe. BUrial in Freedom Cem. Roy Richard Heslar, youngest child of William and Maggie heslar was born Aug 23, 1909 on a farm near Waveland. He died Sept 23, 1939 at the age of 30 years and one month after a lingering illness of 18 months. He grew to manhood and received his education in and near Waveland and graduated from WHS in April 1927. He later attended Purdue. He was unite din marriage to Geneva MOODY Jan 24, 1930. They established their home in Crawfordsville and continued to live there until he was taken to the Rockville Sanitarium June 15, 1938 where he remained until his death. To this union were born two children, Shirley Ann age 8 and Tommy age 2. Early in life he became a member of the Freedom Baptist Church; this affiliation was his source of strength and comfort during his illness. He leaves to mourn his departure the wife and two children; his father and mother; two brothers, Chester Heslar and Guy Heslar of Waveland; 3 sisters, Mrs. Ralph Davis and Mrs. Lewis Harvey of Bluffton and Mrs. James Holmes of Logansport. While his life was short the memory of his presence will long linger with his loved ones, his relatives and friends. -- typed by kbz