The News-Sentinel 1954 - Fulton County Public Library

Evangelical U.B. church with the Rev. Fremont WILMERT officiating. Burial will be in the Odd
Fellows cemetery. Friends may call at the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home. The members of
the Family Circle class of the Trinity EUB Church will serve as pallbearers.
Emma Fields
Mrs. Emma (NEWTON) FIELDS, 87, former resident of the Burton neighborhood, west
of Rochester, died at 5:45 a.m. today at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. L. McCARTY,
Whiteland, Ind. She had been in failing health for the past six years and critically ill for three
weeks.
Mrs. Fields was born Dec. 9, 1865, in Shelby county, to William and Amilla NEWTON.
She was married to John I. FIELDS on Sept. 9, 1883. He preceded her in death in 1936. The
family moved to Fulton county in 1907 where Mr. Fields engaged in farming. She attended the
Burton Methodist church and was active in the affairs of that community.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. W. L. McCARTY, Whiteland; four sons, F. V.
FIELDS, Huntington; J. F. FIELDS, Culver; Cecil FIELDS, Kewanna; Leonard FIELDS, Los
Angeles, Cal., and a brother. Twenty-three grandchildre and twenty-eight great-grandchildren
also survive. Three daughters, three sons and two sisters preceded in death.
The body was removed from the Harrison funeral home Kewanna to the home of her son,
Cecil Fields, south of Kewanna. Funeral services are incomplete.
Charles W. Shively
Charles W. SHIVELY, 76, died at 1:30 a.m. Sunday at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Fred HUBBARD, 117 West Second street, this city. He had been seriously ill for three weeks.
Mr. Shively, who had been a resident of Rochester for the past several years, came here from
Tiosa.
He was born May 27, 1877, in Kosciusko county to William and Mary (HEETER)
SHIVELY. His first marriage was to Emma BUMBARGER, who died in 1919. In 1922 he was
wed to Glenna SUTTON. She preceded him in death four weeks ago. Mr. Shively was a member
of the Tiosa Brethren church.
Survivors are four daughters, Mrs. Nina HUBBARD; Mrs. Nella MIKESELL, Mrs.
Sereda DOLL, both of Culver; Mrs. Willodean BECK, Rochester; one son, Clyde SHIVELY,
Culver; one sister, Viola SHIVELY, Akron; three brothers, Everett, Noah and Martin [SHIVELY],
all of Rochester; ten grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Final rites will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Foster funeral home. Rev. Gilbert MAUS
will officiate and burial will be in the Poplar Grove cemetery west of Argos. Friends may call at
the funeral home.
Clarence L. Keebler
Clarence L. KEEBLER, 67, 418 Pontiac street, this city, died at 8:30 a.m. Sunday in the
Veterans Hospital, Fort Wayne. He had been seriously ill for the past 18 months. Practically all
of his life had been spent in Fulton county.
He was born July 3, 1886, at Montoursville, Penn. His parents were John and Mary
(MOON) KEEBLER. Clarence was a member of the American Legion and the Moose Lodge of
Rochester. Prior to his last illness he was employed as a clerk at the Felts Cigar Store.
Survivors are a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth FELIX, Rochester; two brothers, C. I. KEEBLER,
Miami, Fla., and Edgar G. KEEBLER, this city.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Foster funeral home. Rev.