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Hesler - Elizabeth Ingersoll


Source: Crawfordsville Journal-Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana, Friday, 15-Feb-1963, pg. 8

Mrs. Elizabeth Augusta Hesler, 95, who spent the greater part of her life in this vicinity, died Wednesday night in a Presbyterian hospital at Albuquerque, N. M. She had made her home in that city with a daughter, Miss Velma Hesler, but had been in the hospital the last five years. A daughter of Paul and Christine Keeling Ingersoll, she was born June 11, 1867 in the Ingersoll Chapel neighborhood southeast of here. She married Walter Hesler, and they lived man years in the New Liberty neighborhood southwest of Hillsboro. He preceded her in death. Survivors include a son, Col. Algy Hesler of Bradenton, Fla.; two daughters, Mrs. Catherine Welch of Carbondale, Ill., and Velma of Albuquerque, and a brother, Joe Ingersoll of Indianapolis. A son and three daughters are deceased. Funeral services are announced for 2 p.m. Monday in the Crumley Funeral Home in Hillsboro with Rev. Ross Kirk officiating and burial in the Bonebrake Cemetery south of Veedersburg. Friends may call Sunday afternoon and evening at the funeral home. - kbz

Source: The Albuquerque Tribune 14 February, 1963 p 2

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at Strong-Thorne Chapel for Mrs. Elizabeth A. Hesler who died yesterday in a local hospital following a long illness. She was 94. Dr. Paul Bobb will officiate at the 10:30 a.m. service. Mrs. Hesler lived at 1013 Griegos NW and was a resident here 20 years. She was a member of the New Liberty Christian Church in Veedersburg, Ind. Survivors include a son, Col. A. E. Hesler of Bradenton, Fla.; two daughters, Miss Velma Hesler of Albuquerque, and Mrs. W. B. Welch of Davis, Calif.; five grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren. - kbz

Source: The Albuquerque Tribune 15 February 1963 p 2

The body of Mrs. Elizabeth A. Hesler was taken Friday afternoon to Hillsboro, Ind. for funeral services on Monday, with interment in the Bonebrake Cemetery, Veedersburg, Ind.; the Strong-Thorne Mortuary in charge.

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