Straughan - Sarah Harrison
Source: Waveland Independent Waveland, Montgomery County, Indiana April 20, 1917
Mrs. Sarah Josephine Straughan, widow of the late John W. Straughan died at the home of her daughter Mrs. Robert Y. Williams, on Thursday April 12. Funeral services at the home on Sunday monring were in charge of Rev. W.D> Headrick. Interment in Russellville Cemetery. Mrs. Straughan was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harrison and was born 83 years ago Feb 1, 1853 she married Dr. Straughan. Until 1910 they lived on a farm near Parkersburg where Dr. Straughan had one of the largest practices in this section. She was a worthy helpmate and leaves a record of good deeds and a host of friends. Dr. Straughan died in 1911 and since then she has made her home with Mrs. Williams. The other children are Robert Straughan of Parkersburg and Dr. Kent K. Straughan. Rhere are two sisters, Mrs. Rebecca Osborne of Ladoga and Mrs. Elizabeth Armstrong of Oklahoma City. Those from a distance present at the funeral : Mrs. H.A. Foster, Mr. and Mrs. Wal Foster, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Foster, Mrs. Sophia Quinley, Mr. and Mrs. harvey Goodbar, Mrs. R.A. Osborne, Ladoga; Mr. and Mrs. Jim Welsh, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Shannon, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Nichols, Mrs. Lucy Coshow, Parkersburg; Mr. and Mrs. James Brown, Daniel VanCleave, Joe VanCleave, New Market; George Todd and son Raymond, Browns Valley; Mr. and Mrs. Charley Coshow, Roachdale; Mr. and Mrs. Ford Scribner, Mrs. Eliza Scribner, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Long, Miss Nannie Kincaid, Mrs. Rebecca Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Will Goff, Russellville; Mr. and Mrs. John Dunlavey, Omer Dunlavey, Mrs. Emma Dodds, Greencastle; Dr. Ira Dunlavy, Mr. and Mrs. Aca Coshow, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Cook, Otis Dunlavy, Indianapolis; Harry Chenault, Fowler; Mrs. Donald Bilbo and children, Beatrice. - typed by kbz