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The Indianapolis Star from Indianapolis, Indiana • Page 20

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1948 THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR PAGE 20. cr, Illustrious Mother's Dying Wish Met: Mrs. Meriweth Mother Of Ten Children, Dies Son Will Rest Beside Her 'i hi-i limine Mrs. Ella B. Meriwether, 88 years old, an Indianapolis resi- dent 40 years and mother of a former' city councilman, Dr.

Lu-cian B. Meriwether, died yesterday In her home, 2257 North Capitol Avenue. Named "Mother of the Year" in February by Zeta Phi Beta, Negro national educational sorority, Mrs. Meriwether was recommended for that honor in the state and nation by former State Senator Robert Lee Brokenburr. She was the mother of 10 chil A mother's dying wish will be fulfilled when the body of Pvt.

Thomas C. Ahern is returned here for services and burial Saturday. His mother, Mrs. Margaret W. Ahern, who died six months after learning of his death, asked before her death that his body be returned from Italy and buried beside hers.

Saturday he will be placed by her side in Calvary Cemetery. Services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday ifi Speaks Finn Funeral Home and at 10 a.m. in St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church.

THE IMPORTANT OF YOUR, DRINK I IS CLUB SODAI As CEI I wj brinks use yQ I I III the .1 i mm that gives I 1. Hnoint Catfcoitofioa PW jj 1 3 Pclal oculnr II I II' I VA 4. Superior ftwillty I dren, six of whom hold masters' degrees. Mrs. Meriwether came to Indianapolis in 1908, after the death of her husband, James Meriwether, because she felt that her children could be better educated here.

She was born at Guthrie, and had been a teacher there. PVT. AHERN was wounded and captured by the Germans at Anzio and died in a German hospital in Mantova, Italy, July 20, 1944. After receiving word of his death in November, 1944, his mother failed in health and died May 6, 1945. When the Americans landed at Anzio.

Pvt. Ahern and four other MRS. ELLA B. MERIWETHER" Avenue Seventh Day Adventist Church. Burial will be in Crown Hill Cemetery.

CANADiVSDRY men volunteered to establish an observation post. Pvt. Ahern asked for' relief rs I nBV IF A MAKES YOU SI MB WATER. Worlit Most tfthr Cfok Uit Stuffy Couch I Reduce congestion. PVT.

T. C. AHKRN when the other four were killed and he was wounded. The outpost was leveled by the Germans and he was captured. Although he suffered more than 30 wounds, Pvt.

Ahern lived four months after his capture. SURVIVORS are his father, James C. Ahern, 5740 College Avenue, who served overseas in World War and two brothers, James D. Ahern; stationed in Germany in World War II with the Air Corps, and William J. Ahern, who served in the Navy in the Pacific.

Both brothers are attending Purdue University. open nose. nostrils. You Soothe sore throat, re- lieve cough. So pleas- 'sJZfgS ant tasting.

PENETRO COUGH SYRUP -if breathe easi- er right away. SINCE SHE could not get a teaching job in Indinnapolis, Mrs. Meriwether took up housework to support her family. One son, William, who was in college then, quit school so he could help her provide for the other children and keep them in school. Four of Mrs.

Meriwether's daughters became teachers, one daughter, Mrs. Maude M. Flack, is principal of School No. 56, and two sons became dentists. Mrs.

Meriwether also helped most of her grandchildren to enter college, and seven of them have been graduated. She was a member of the Capitol Avenue Seventh Day Advent-ist Church, Thurman W.C.T.U. and Phyllis Wheatley Y.W.CA. SURVIVORS include five daughters, Mrs. Estella Ballen-ger, Chicago Heights, Mrs.

Rosa Lee Roberts, Chicago; Mrs. Ola E. Roberts, New York City; Miss Sara L. Meriwether, Washington, D.C., and Mrs. Flack.

Two other sons, William R. Meriwether and Dr. Sirdantian D. PENETROSo54 RENT THAT SPARE ROOM WITH A STAR WANT AD Miss Anna Brady Miss Anna Josephine Brady, 59 years old, 1430 Marlowe Avenue, a native of Indianapolis, died yesterday in her home. A member of Holy Cross Catholic Church, Miss Brady attended St.

John's parochial school. Survivors include a brother, Pearce Brady, and two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Sherman and Mrs. Rosemary Catanzer, Indianapolis. Funeral services will be held at 8:30 a.m.

Saturday in Grin-steiner's Funeral Home and 9 a.m. in Holy Cross Church. Burial will be In Holy Cross Cemetery. to (Km 1 I I mm 9 'v 'Vi EVERY THURSDAY Mrs. Mary Trotter Funeral services for Mrs.

Mary Jane Trotter, 93 years old, who died Tuesday in the home or a daughter, Mrs. Maude Lantz, 715 Meriwether, Indianapolis, nine Livingston Avenue, will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow in Moore Mortuaries Colonial Chapel. Burial will be in grandchildren and one greatgrandchild also survive. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m Saturday in the Capitol L.J- AT DAVIS CLEANERS A AT DAVIS CLEANERS Floral Park 1 mm Cemetery.

Born on Your Ford will be farm in Webster County, Ken uys fflnsMn special tucky, Mrs. DOLLAR DAY I I SHOE I SPKUU 1 I 1 COMPOSITE 1 1 SOLES I MEN'S OR II I BOYS' If Ml 1 Each rlr AMY TOPCOAT, O'COAT OR LADIES1 C0ATsms PLUS any one of the following Trotter had just celebrated her 93d birthday last Saturday. She lived in Indianapolis 35 years and was a member of Merritt Place Methodist Church. Survivors include three other daughters, Mrs. Lucy E.

Polley, Mrs. Susie Wells and Mrs. Dorothy Hill, Indianapolis; a son, James Trotter, Indianapolis; 13 grandchildren and 27 Mrs. Robert Reynolds Funeral services for Mrs. V.

Florence Reynolds, 73 years old, North Vernon, who died Tuesday in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Dorothea Smith, 810 Olive Street, will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow in New Bethel United Brethren Church, Jennings County. Burial will be in Bear Creek Cemetery near there. Born on a farm in Hamilton County, Mrs.

Reynolds lived in North Vernon 34 years. She had lived with her daughter since becoming ill several months ago. She was a member of New Bethel United Brethren Church. Surviving, besides Mrs. Smith, are the husband, Robert L.

Reynolds, Indianapolis; a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Agnes Reynolds, Anderson, and a grandson. 360 W. WASH. ST.

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