The News-Sentinel 1959 - Fulton County Public Library

Mrs. Taylor was a member of the Akron Methodist church.
Surviving are three grandchildren, Mrs. Adrain (Mary) COPLEN, Warsaw; Mrs. Robert
(Betty) HOLLAR, Milford, and Robert TAYLOR, Warsaw; and eight great-grandchildren. A son,
Seth [TAYLOR], and two half-brothers preceded her in death.
Funeral rites will be Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Tom Haupert funeral home at Akron with
the Rev. Claude FAWNS officiating. Burial will be in the Akron cemetery. Friends may call at
the funeral home after 2 p.m. Wednesday.
Wilvin R. Long
Last rites will be Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Mentone Church of Christ for Wilvin R.
LONG, 65, lifetime Newcastle township resident, who died at 12:20 p.m. Monday of a cerebral
hemorrhage. Seriously ill for the past two days, he had been in poor health several years.
The Rev. Ralph BURROUS will officiate at the funeral and burial will be in the
Sycamore cemetery. Friends may call at the Johns fneral home in Mentone until 1 p.m. and after
that hour at the residence.
Mr. Long was born April 24, 1896, in Newcastle township, the son of Franklin and Sarah
LONG. He was married June 1, 1917, to Faye EMMONS, who survives. He was a charter
member of the Farm Bureau.
Surviving, besides the wife, are one son, Franklin [LONG], R.R. 2, Rochester; two
daughters, Mrs. Edwin (Louise) ROUTH, Anaheim, Cal., and Mrs. Lloyd (Joan)
HOLLOWPETER, Marion; four grandchildren and one half-brother, Dr. Embry ANDERSON,
Mentone.
Wednesday, July 29, 1959
Florence D. Fishburn
Mrs. Florence D. FISHBURN, 85, Argos, died at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Landis
nursing home at Argos of a heart attack.
Born June 29, 1874, in Marshall county, she was the daughter of Daniel and Julia
YEARICK GROSSMAN. She was married at Argos April 21, 1897, to Wade FISHBURN, who
died July 1, 1957.
Mrs. fishburn was a member of the Argos Methodist church.
Surviving are three sons, Donald, Dwight and Doyle [FISHBURN], all of Argos; one
daughter, Mrs. Joseph (Maurine) MURPHY, Plymouth, five grandchildren; eight greatgrandchildren;
two sisters, Mrs. Avis HALL, Santa Monica, Cal., and Mrs. Mary RICHEY,
Washington, D.C.; and two brothers, D. Ray GROSSMAN, Elkhart, and Ira GROSSMAN, Argos.
Last rites will be Friday at 2:30 p.m. in the Argos Methodist church with the Rev. E. J.
PETERS officiating, assisted by the Rev. Elwood ANDERSON. Burial will be in Oak Hill
cemetery at Plymouth. Friends may call after 7 p.m. today at the Grossman funeral home in Argos
until noon Friday, when the body will be taken to the church to lie in state.