OBITUARY FROM THE 1982 HERALD-REPUBLICAN, ANGOLA, INDIANA.  
SCRAPBOOK COLLECTION OF MRS. RICHARD A. WHITE.  CARNEGIE 
PUBLIC LIBRARY OF STEUBEN COUNTY, ANGOLA, INDIANA.

WILFORD FAIR, 04 Jul 1916 - 14 Feb 1982

   Former LaGrange resident, Wilford "Willie" Fair, 65, of 
Route 2, Howe, died Sunday in Chokaloskee, Fla., while 
vacationing there.
   He was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Fair on July 4, 1916 in 
Orland.  On Dec. 30, 1979, he married Ruth Homsher who 
survives.
   Mr. Fair, a veteran of World War II, had moved from 
LaGrange to Howe, two years ago.  He had been a LaGrange 
Volunteer Fireman for many years and was a member of the 
American Legion Post 215 in LaGrange.
   Surviving are his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Charles 
(Vicki) Myers of Syracuse and Mrs. Butch (Peggy) Lounsury of 
LaGrange; two sons, Bob Fair of Bristol and Jerry Fair of La 
Grange; and 10 grandchildren.
   Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, at the 
Carney-Frost Funeral Home, LaGrange, with the Rev. Ronald 
Drake of the LaGrange Church of God officiating.
   Burial will be in Flint Cemetery.
   Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 to 9 p.m. 
Thursday.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

   Wilford Fair, 04 Jul 1916 - 14 Feb 1982, married Ruth 
Myrtle (McCullen) Smith Fair, 18 May 1906 - 09 Jan 1967, who 
married 1st, Ned Alvard Ssmith, 1900 - 1936.  She married 2nd  
Ellis Fair, no other information.  Wilford is buried at Flint 
Cemetery, Steuben County, Indiana.  Ruth and Ned are buried 
at Greenlawn Cemetery, Orland, Steuben County, Indiana.
   Wilford was the son of Ellis and Grace (Hassinger) Fair.

"Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990," by Audree 
Seibel Lewis, Vol. 1, page 593; Vol. 2, page 1695.
Submitted by Mona Hilden-Beckwith
e-mail:  hilbeck123@att.net