OBITUARY FROM THE 1987 HERALD-REPUBLICAN, SCRAPBOOK COLLECTION OF MRS. RICHARD A. WHITE, CARNEGIE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF STEUBEN COUNTY, ANGOLA, INDIANA. LENA IRENE (VanPELT) VanZILE HUGHES HUGHES, 15 Jun 1900 - 12 Aug 1987 Lena Hughes, 87, Hudson, died Thursday in Cameron Memorial Hospital. She was born in Metz to James H. and Mary Luella Powers VanPelt. Surviving are her husband, Dale Hughes; two daughters, Mary Lou Noll, Kissimmee, Fla., and Evelyn Gearhart, Edon, Ohio; two sons, Oren VanZlle, Montpelier, Ohio, and Berton VanZile, Kalona, Iowa; one stepdaughter, Joyce Meyers, Fort Wayne; two stepsons, Dr. Wendell Hughes, Butler, and Dales Hughes Jr., Hudson; 22 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren; nine great-great- grandchildren; 11 stepgrandchildren; and 13 stepgreat- grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two sons, Edsel and Lorren VanZile. Services were held Monday at Klink Funeral Home, Angola, with the Rev. Reggie Reed officiating. Brial was in Powers Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Metz Church of Christ. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Lena Irene (VanPelt) VanZile Hughes Hughes, 15 Jun 1900 - 13 Aug 1987, married 1st, George Washington VanZile, 11 Apr 1900 - 22 Mar 1935. They are buried at Powers Cemetery, Steuben County, Indiana. Lena was the daughter of Luella (Powers) VanPelt, 06 Dec 1873 - no date of death, and John Henry VanPelt, born 14 Oct 1863, no date of death. George was the son of Orlie Lonzo VanZile and Sarah Lusina (Struble) VanZile. Lena married 2nd, Burl C. Hughes, 1887 - 1955, son of John Ellis Hughes, 31 Jan 1839 - 28 Mar 1893, and his 1st wife, Martha Ann (Meek) Hughes, 20 Jul 1844 - 16 Oct 1918. Burl's 1st wife was Dessie M. (Waite) Hughes, 1888 - 1943. Burl and Dessie are buried at Flint Cemetery, Steuben County, Indiana. John and Martha are buried at Trinity Cemetery, Steuben County, Indiana. Dessie was the daughter of Perry Waite, 1852 - 1915, and Lillian Rosella (Doudt) Waite, born in 1856, no date of death. Perry was the son of early pioneers, Horace Waite, 02 Apr 1814 - 20 Apr 1897, and Mary J. (Stayner) Waite, 23 Mar 1818 - 15 May 1867, daughter of pioneers John Stayner and Sarah (Huntsman) Stayner. The Waites and Stayners are buried at Jackson Prairie Cemetery, Steuben County, Indiana. Lena married 3rd, Dale Hughes Sr., 21 Aug 1899 - 21 Jan 1990, son of Albert Porter Hughes, 21 Aug 1880 - 20 Oct 1951, and Clara (Haskins) Hughes, 23 Dec 1880 - 05 Feb 1949. They are buried at O- HUD, Steuben County, Indiana. Burl Hughes and Albert Hughes were brothers. CHILDREN OF THE 1ST MARRIAGE: Edsel Warren VanZile, born 12 Apr 1921 in Richland Township, Steuben County, Indiana. Mary Lou (VanZile) Noll, born 02 Jul 1923 near Angola, Steuben County, Indiana. Evelyn Mae (VanZile) Gearhart, born 05 May 1925 in Pleasant Lake, Steuben County, Indiana. Oren/Orren VanZile (twin), born 26 Mar 1930 in Edon, Williams County, Ohio. Lorren Henry VanZile (twin), born 26 Mar 1930 in Edon, Williams County, Ohio. Died Dec 1980. Burton Eugene VanZile, born 08 Jul 1934 in Metz, Steuben County, Indiana. "Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990," by Audree Seibel Lewis, Vol. 1, page 934, Vol. 2, pages 1881, 1882. Powers Family History, pages 176, 177. Submitted by Mona Hilden-Beckwith e-mail: hilbeck123@att.net