Bunnell - Clara Switzer
Source: Crawfordsville Journal-Review 21 Oct 1950 p 7
Waynetown - Mrs. Clara Alberta Bunnell, 76, died Friday at 6 p.m. in her home here after an illness of 12 weeks. She was born Oct 9, 1874 in Waynetown the daughter of Milton and Mary Riley Switzer. On Sept 6, 1896, she married Jackson Bunnell in Waynetown; she was a member of Snyder's Chapel Church. Survivors include one son, Ernest, Lafayette; two daughters, Mrs. Carl Cooper Waynetown and Mrs. Helen Ruse, Dayton OH; one sister, Mrs. Mattie Wayman, LA; and one brother, JE Switzer, Bloomington. Three grandchildren survive. Funeral services will be Monday at 1:30 at Waynetown Methodist Church. Burial in Masonic Cemetery Waynetown. Friends may call at the Grenard & Servies FH in Waynetown. - kbz
Source: Lafayette Journal and Courier 21 Oct 1950 p 5
Waynetown Oct 21 – Mrs. Clara Alberta (Switzer) Bunnell, 76, widow of Jackson Bunnell, died in her home here at 6 p.m. Friday after an illness of three months. She was married in 1896 and her husband died in 1947. She belonged to Snyder’s EUB Church. Survivors are a son and two daughters, Ernest Bunnell, Lafayette, Mrs Carl Cooper, Waynetown, and Mrs. Helen Ruse, Dayton, Ohio with a sister, Mrs. Mattie Waymire, Los Angeles and a brother, JE Switzer, Bloomington. - kbz
Source: Fountain County 1950s obituaries (Covington Library collection) – hand dated Oct 1952 – thanks to Brenda
Mrs. Clara Alberta Bunnell, 76, widow of Jackson Bunnell, died last Friday at her home in Waynetown. She was a native of the Waynetown community, a daughter of Milton and a member of Snyder’s Chapel EUB Church. She is survived by a son, Ernest or Lafayette and two daughters, Mrs. Carl Cooper of Waynetown and Mrs. Helen Ruse of Dayton, Ohio. Services were held at 1:30 Monday in the Waynetown Methodist Church with burial in the Masonic cemetery. - kbz