The News-Sentinel 1959 - Fulton County Public Library

Also surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Margaret Ann HOLLENBACK, Kokomo, and
Miss Jeanette MATHIAS, Fort Wayne; one grandson; three brothers, Ed MATHIAS, R.R. 6,
Rochester; John MATHIAS, R.R. 2, Macy, and Clem MATHIAS, Logansport, and one sister,
Mrs. Arthur PERRY, Warrington, Fla.
Pearl Pressnall
Funeral services have been set for Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. in the Haupert funeral home at
Akron for Mrs. Pearl PRESSNALL, 83, Akron, who died at 2:15 p.m. Saturday in the Winchester
hospital after an extended illness.
The Rev. Claude FAWNS and the Rev. Maurice KESSLER will officiate at the rites and
burial will be in the Akron cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
Born Oct. 3, 1875, in Akron, Mrs. Pressnall was the daughter of William and Mary
FANATA KRIEGHBAUM. Her husband, William R. [PRESSNALL], preceded her in death.
Surviving are one son, Dever [PRESSNALL], Winchester, and three sisters, Mrs. Mabel
STARK, Akron; Mrs. Clio BRADWAY, Lafayette, and Mrs. Maude HOOVER, Elkhart.
Hubert Runkle
Funeral services have been set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Old German Baptist
church near Hoover for Hubert RUNKLE, Sr., 66, who died at 4:45 p.m. Friday while visiting
friends at Modesto, Cal.
Mr. Runkle resided on a farm northwest of Mexico.
The Rev. Glen METZGER will officiate at the rites and burial will be in Greenlawn
cemetry at Mexico. Friends may call at the home after 8 a.m. Wednesday.
Surviving are the widow; six sons, Charles and Joe [RUNKLE], both of Macy; Kenneth
[RUNKLE], Peru; D. M. [RUNKLE], Fort Wayne; Hubert [RUNKLE], Jr., Mexico; John
[RUNKLE], San Antonio, Texas; four daughters, Mrs. Herman CONRAD, R.R. 5, Logansport;
Mrs. Virginia BRADEN, R.R. 5, Peru; Mrs. Naomi FLORA, Mexico; Mrs. Norma PUGH, R.R.
4, Peru; twtnty-seven grandchildren; one great-grandchild, and one sister, Mrs. Otis LOSHER,
Logansport.
Charles Sheetz
Charles SHEETZ, 87, native of Rochester, died Thursday at the Los Angeles General
hospital after a two-year illness. He had resided in California the past 36 years.
Funeral services will be Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. in the Sheetz funeral home at Akron,
with the Rev. Maurice KESSLER officiating. Burial will be in the Palestine cemetery east of
Mentone. Friends may call at the funeral home after noon Tuesday.
Born June 24, 1872, at Rochester, he had resided north of Athens before going to
California, where he owned a chicken hatchery near Los Angeles. His parents were John and
Lavina AULT SHEETZ and his wife is the former Nancy JONES, who survives.
Also surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Charles (Mildred) HOYT, Los Angeles; one son,
Otis [SHEETZ], Boise, Idaho; two sisters, Mrs. Bertha DOUGLAS and Mrs. Anna STERLING,
both of Whiting, and several nieces and nephews.