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Palladium-Item from Richmond, Indiana • Page 7

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Palladium-Itemi
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Richmond, Indiana
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Deaths And Funerals The Palladium-Item, Richmond, Indiana, Friday, May 31, 1974 News Briefs And Personals Wednesday afternoon following a long illness at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jesse Pelfrey, 2011 Edgemont with whom she resided. She was a lifelong resident of Henry County and a member of the Kennard Brotherhood and Sisterhood. Her husband Leo, died in 1949. Survivors, in addition to her daughter, are two sons, Lloyd R.

Kern of New Castle, and Richard E. Kern of Richmond; one sister, Mrs. Ray Wright of New Castle; 11 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. Services for Mrs. Rahtz will be at 10 a.m.

Saturday at the Macer Funeral Home. Rev. R. E. Pavy will officiate.

Burial will be in South Mound Cemetery. Friends may call after 3 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Frank Flucawa NEW CASTLE Frank Flucawa, 91, 929 South Sixteenth died Wednesday in Henry County Memorial Hospital after an extended illness. A native of Japan, he came to the United States in 1905 as a newspaper correspondent In 1935, he moved here where he served as house man with the Macy Teetors and the Shapiros.

He also owned and operated a flower shop on South Memorial Drive. In 1955 he became a naturalized citizen. He was a graduate of Miji Guk Uin College and attended Wabash College. He was a member of the New Castle Friends Church. His wife, Grace, died several years ago.

Surviving are several nieces and nephews. Services for Mr. Flucawa will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Stanley Mortuary Chapel, with Rev. Ronald Allen officiating.

Burial will be in South Mound Cemetery. Friends may call at the Stanley'Mortuary from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday. Carolyn Thurston, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Robert Thurston, recently received a master's degree in speech and hearing therapy and guidance and counseling at Indiana University. She is a teacher in the Nashville, school system. Dennis C. Moran, son of Mr, and Mrs. Charles H.

Moran, R.R. 1, Richmond, is one of 167 students at Indiana Central College, Indianapolis, listed on the honor roll and dean's list for the second semester. The caretakers at Willow Grove Cemetery at Fountain City will be mowing the grass during the first week of June and ask that all flowers be removed from the mowing area. Broiled Walleyed Pike: Friday night special at Dinnie's Restaurant and Lounge, 3032 East Main St. (Adv.) Geraniums 4 for $1.

Roberts Greenhouse, 1233 NW 5th. (adv.) A program by the Dennis Junior High School Singers, under the direction of Edwin Eby, will be presented when the Kiwanis Club of Richmond meets Friday noon at the Holiday Inn. Lee Webb is chairman. Ada Chapter No. 21, Order of Eastern Star, will observe Esther Day Sunday by attending services at 10:45 a.m.

at the Mount Olive Baptist Church, Batteries, Earmolds, and Accessories for all hearing aids. Free Hearing Test. Sonotone Hearing, 8 North 10th, 962-7126 (Adv.) Parents Without Partners will have a general meeting at 8 p.m. Thursday at Earlham Heights Presbyterian Church, 1625 West Main St. A salad supper will be served from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Saturday at the Church of God, 1920 Chester Blvd. The public is invited. Knights of St. John weekly party, Friday, 7:15 p.m., 320 S. 5th Public invited.

(Adv.) The Sojourner Truth Federated Club will sponsor a program at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Bethel A.M.E. Church featuring Mrs. Thelma Hopkins or Evansville, state club chap-Iain, who will be the speaker. She will also sing.

The public is invited. Pre-pasted Vinyl. 1,580 rolls in stock. Sale $3.95 a roll, pre-trimmed, scrubbable, strippable. Sargent's, South 5th and Sts.

(Adv.) Carl Stiver, caretaker at Crown Hill Cemetery, requests all flowers and potted plants to be removed Friday so the grass can be mowed. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and the Order of Eastern Star. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Rinard Hitchcock of Richmond; one son, Warren VanTrees of Rushville; two sisters, Mrs. George Voight of Seattle, and Mrs.

Mable Bradley of Long Beach, four grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. Services for Mrs. Cooper will be at 4 p.m. Saturday at the Moster and Sons Mortuary. Rev.

Ron Naylor will officiate. Entombment will be in the East Hill Shrine Mausoleum. Friends may call at the Mortuary after 3 p.m. Friday. Mrs.

Marywood Lewis DAYTON. Ohio Mrs. Marywood (Hyatt) Lewis, 3236 Wonderview Drive, Dayton, died Wednesday. She was a retired Preble County schoolteacher and a member of the Fairview United Methodist Church in Dayton. There are no immediate survivors.

Graveside services for Mrs. Lewis will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Dayton Memorial Park Cemetery with Dr. Kenneth Krueger officiating. There will be no public calling.

Arrangements are being handled by Whitmer Brothers Funeral Home in Dayton. Mrs. Leo D. Rahtz NEW CASTLE Mrs. Cleo M.

Rahtz, 80, died END-OF-MONTH A (v Sears Mrs. Gilbert Tague RUSHVILLE Mrs. Mayme Tague, 88, of Rush-ville, died early Thursday morning at the Rush Memorial Hospital. She was a native of Laurel and was the widow of Gilbert Tague. Surviving are three sons, Max of Rushville, Neil of R.

R. 1, Glenwood, and Gilbert Jr. of Knightstown; three daughters, Mrs. Lowell Davison of R. R.

2, Laurel, Mrs. John Simpson of R. R. 2, Con-nersville, and Mrs. Tony Ogden of Rushville; 17 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.

Services for Mrs. Tague will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Moster and Sons Mortuary with Rev. Al Billingsley officiating. Entombment will be in the East Hill Shrine Mausoleum.

Friends may call at the mortuary after 3 p.m. Friday. Joseph F. Poos EATON, Ohio Joseph F. Poos, 56, R.

R. 4, died Wednesday night. Death was attributed to a heart attack. He was a Preble County farmer. He had served as city councilman and precinct committeeman of the Democratic party.

He was a member of the Church of the Visitation and also the Preble County Historical Society. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Jane Poos; two daughters, Mrs. Sue Ann Renner and Mrs. Virginia Lee Weiler, both of Eaton; one brother, Charles Poos, Indianapolis, one sister, Miss Helene Poos, Eaton; two grandchildren.

Services for Mr. Poos will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday in the Church of the Visitation with Rev. Edward Volker officiating. Burial will be in the Mound Hill Union Cemetery.

Rosary services will be at the Girton-Schmidt Memorial Home at 8:30 p.m. Friday. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday. Mrs.

Augusta Woolard Mitchener NEW CASTLE Mrs. Augusta Woolard Mitchener, 87, of R. R. 3, died Wednesday evening at the Henry County Memorial Hospital after an extended illness. She was a native of Britt, Iowa.

CLEAMC SALE Ladies' Fashions Junior Bazaar Children's Wear Men's Wear Shoe Department Many Oilier Items Sale Priced Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Hannah Huddles-ton of Dublin and Mrs. Charlotte Thompson of New Castle; one stepdaughter. Mrs. Wahneta Gebhart of New Castle; two sons, Her-bert A.

Woolard of R. R. 2, Hagerstown, and Raymond D. Woolard of R. R.

3, New Castle; one stepson, William Mitchener of Evansville; 12 grandchildren, several step-grandchildren, 26 greatgrandchildren; several step great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Bessie Skamser of Eau Claire, Wis. and Mrs. La-vina Chesley of Baraboo, nieces and nephews. Services for Mrs.

Mitchener will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Main and Frame Funeral with Rev. Larry McAdams officiating. Burial will be in the Brick Cemetery near Hagerstown. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4 to 6 and 7 to 9 p.m.

Friday. Mrs. Lena Creason Mrs. Lena Creason, 85, died Thursday evening at Marion General Hospital in Marion after an illness of three weeks. Mrs.

Creason had lived in Marion with her sister, Mrs. Amanda Ball, for the past 18 years. Survivors, in addition to her sister, include one son, W. H. "Bill" Creason of Richmond; two brothers, Ewalt Adair of Marion, and Wright Adair of Portland, four grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren.

Services for Mrs. Creason will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Diggs Funeral Service in Marion, with Rev. Terry Jones officiating. Burial will be in Earlham Cemetery.

Friends may call at the Diggs Funeral Service from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday. Local arrangements are being handled by Stegall-Berheide-Orr Funeral Home. Mrs. Walter E.

Cooper RUSHVILLE Mrs. Martha G. Cooper, 90, 1230 Park died late Thursday morning in the Rush Memorial Hospital after an extended illness. Her husband died in 1957. Mr.

and Mrs. Cooper owned and operated the Cooper Jewelry Store here, and Mrs. Cooper had been active in the store's management until four years ago. Robert L. Beard in Europe and returned to New York in 1951 as foreign director just before United Press took over Acme.

He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Beard and lived in what was known as the Whipple home at 319 West Maple St. here. A brother, Harry, was a businessman in Cambridge City for many years.

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