The News-Sentinel 1959 - Fulton County Public Library

Florence Ruth Ballenger
Mrs. Florence Ruth BALLENGER, 61, who had spent most of her life in Fulton county,
died Tuesday at 6:10 p.m. in Woodlawn hospital after a seven-month illness.
She was born Jan. 7, 1898, in Miami county, the daughter of George and Ollie TROUT
HARDING. She was married March 13, 1914, to William BALLENGER, who survives.
Also surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Kenneth STRATTON, R.R. 3, North Manchester,
with whom she made her home; and Mrs. Claude JONES, Kokomo; four grandchildren; one greatgrandson;
one sister, Mrs. LeRoy BUDD, Reynolds, and one brother, Roscoe HARDING, South
Bend.
Funeral services will be Friday at 2 p.m. in the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home with
the Rev. O. G. HAHN of Kokomo officiating. Burial will be in the Citizens cemetery here.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today.
Tressie Craig
Mrs. Tressie CRAIG, 93, former Akron resident, died at the Twin Oaks nursing home in
Kokomo Tuesday afternoon after a long illness. She had spent the last 50 years in Kokomo.
Born in Miami county, June 11, 1866, she was the daughter of Augusta and Frances
CARPENTER BRAUNELLER. She was married in 1885 to Thomas CRAIG, who died in 1930.
Mrs. Craig was a retired practical nurse.
Surviving are three sons, Victory and Dale [CRAIG], both of Kokomo, and Wilbur
[CRAIG], Rochester; one daughter, Mrs. Russell GUDD, Evansville; eighteen grandchildren;
thirty-eight great grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.
Last rites will be Friday at 2 p.m. in the Ellers chapel at Kokomo with the Rev. Roy
HELMS officiating. Burial will be in the Crown Point cemetery at Kokomo. Friends may call at
the chapel.
Thursday, July 30, 1959
Mary Squires
Funeral services will be Friday at 1 p.m. in the Foster & Good funeral home here for Mrs.
Mary SQUIRES, 82, 1513 Wallace avenue, who died at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the Rochester
nursing home. She had been ill for the past eight months and in the nursing home one month.
The Rev. F. R. FRENCH of the Assembly of God church will officiate at the services and
burial will be in the Citizens cemetery. Friends may call after 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Mrs. Squires, who resided with her son, Glenn [SQUIRES], was born in Rochester Aug.
13, 1876, the daughter of Alvin and Anna TALLEY. She was married to Reuben SQUIRES, who
died Oct. 2, 1947. Four sons also preceded her in death.
Surviving are another son, Arthur [SQUIRES], Logansport; three daughters, Ada
BLESSING, Kewanna; Mrs. Mabel CAMP, Little Rock, Ark., and Mrs. Gale HODSON, Elk
Grove, Cal., and five grandchildren.