MORBY
Wabash, Feb. 26 – 
John Thomas Morby, 85, died at the home of his daughter here last night after a long illness.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Frank Long, at whose home he died; a son, Coral Morby of Spokane, Wash.; three grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Hannah Morris of Farmington, Ill.
Funeral services will be held at the Bibler Funeral Home at 2 pm Tuesday with Rev. George Pontius, Pastor of the Progressive Brethren Church officiating. Burial will be in the Leesburg Cemetery.

Journal-Gazette, Fort Wayne, IN, February 27, 1940.