The News-Sentinel 1959 - Fulton County Public Library

Rev. Henry F. Bulger
Funeral services and burial were conducted this afternoon at the Kewanna Church of
Christ for the Rev. Henry Floyd BULGER, 71, retired Christian church minister, who died
Saturday at 10 a.m. in his Kewanna home. Burial was in the Kewanna I.O.O.F. cemetery.
The Rev. Bulger had served in pulpits at Kewanna, Burnettsville, Francesville and
Medaryville.
Born June 29, 1888, in Davies county, he was the son of John and Mary DICKERSON
BULGER. He had lived in Kewanna since 1921 and was a member of the Kewanna Masonic and
Eastern Star lodges. He was married to the former Ruth WHARTON on July 14, 1930. She is the
only immediate survivor.
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Tuesday, July 7, 1959
Wednesday, July 8, 1959
Nannie E. Sparks
Mrs. Nannie Elizabeth SPARKS, 82, died Tuesday at 4 p.m. in her home in Kewanna.
She had served as postmistress for Kewanna from 1926 to 1933.
Born Dec. 12, 1876, in Kosciusko county, she was the daughter of John and Sarah
MILLER HARTMAN. Her husband, Charles SPARKS, died in 1926. Mrs. Sparks was a member
of the Methodist church and was a past matron of the Eastern Star.
Surviving are four children, Lee MOON, South Bend, Ersa ENYART, Kewanna, Mildred
TOMLINSON and Justin SPARKS, both of South Bend; twelve grandchildren; twenty greatgrandchildren,
and four great-great-grandchildren.
Last rites will be Friday at 2:30 p.m. in the Harrison funeral home at Royal Center with
the Rev. Charles COOK officiating. Burial will be in the Kewanna I.O.O.F. cemetery. Friends
may call at the funeral home after noon Thursday.
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Thursday, July 9, 1959 to Friday, July 10, 1959
Saturday, July 11, 1959
Daniel Biddinger
Daniel BIDDINGER, 83, Argos, died Friday morning at Parkview hospital in Plymouth
following a long illness.
Born in Fulton county Oct. 31, 1875, he was the son of Elias and Mary CARR
BIDDINGER. A Marshall county resident most of his life, he was married in 1898 to Minnie
UMBAUGH, who survives.
Mr. Biddinger has been employed by the Schlosser Brothers Creamery many years and
recently by the Ohio Oil company.
Also surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Ernest (Chloe) LEWIS, Argos; seven
grandchildren, and fifteen great-grandchildren. Another daughter, Mary GOHEEN, preceded him
in death.