DANIEL LEE SHERRETZ

 

April 18 1957

Daniel Lee Sherretz, 7 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Merle C. Sherretz, Blackford road, R. R. 2, Mt. Vernon, and a pupil in Farmersville school, died at 1:30 p.m. yesterday in Welborn Memorial Baptist Hospital in Evansville.  

 

The little boy had undergone surgery Tuesday for a cerebral tumor.  He was seriously ill for two weeks prior to his entrance of the hospital.

 

The body is at Weisinger Funeral Home where friends may call after 7 o'clock this evening.  Rev. Temas Taylor, pastor of Mt. Vernon General Baptist Church will conduct the funeral service at 2 p.m. Saturday at Weisinger chapel.  Burial will be in Bellefontaine cemetery.

 

Surviving in addition to the parents, are a 4 year old sister, Patricia Ann; a five-months-old brother, Allen Dale; the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Sheretz, Mt. Vernon and the maternal grandmother Mrs. Frances Bridges, Mt. Vernon.  

 

The mother of the deceased child is the former Lillian Bridges.

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Originally submitted by Betty Sellers