The News-Sentinel 1959 - Fulton County Public Library

J. Hugh Wiseley
J. Hugh WISELEY, 75, who was born and reared in Kewanna, died at 7 a.m. today in
Leon, Ia., where he had lived for the last several years. He was the brother of Mrs. J. W.
MESSMAN, 226 West Third street.
Mr. Wiseley lived in Kewanna for about 27 years before moving to Tennessee and then
to town. Services and burial will be in Kewanna, but date, time and place have not been
determined yet.
Thursday, August 20, 1959
John F. Thompson
John F. THOMPSON, 77, R.R. 1, Akron, a lifelong resident of the Akron vicinity, died in
his home of a coronary occlusion at 4:20 p.m. Wednesday. He had been ill 10 months.
Born in Fulton county Aug. 16, 1882, he was the son of William and Laura BIGGS
THOMPSON and was a farmer by occupation. On March 11, 1905, he was married to Mamie
WOOLPERT, who survives.
Also surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Emma HUNTER, R.R. 1, Silver Lake, Mrs.
Helen HARTZLER, Disko and Mrs. Marjorie DAVIS, Mentone; four sons, Byron [THOMPSON],
R.R. 1, Akron, Ed [THOMPSON], Akron, Noman [THOMPSON], R.R. 1, Roann, and George
Richard [THOMPSON], Wakefield, Kan.; a brother, Jeff [THOMPSON], R.R. 1, Akron; a sister,
Mrs. Granville (Maude) HOLLOWAY, Rochester; twenty grandchildren and eighteen greatgrandchildren.
Four children preceded him in death.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Akron Church of God with the Revs. D. L.
SLAYBAUGH and Harold CONRAD officiating. Burial will be in the Akron cemetery.
Friends may call at the residence, one-half mile west of Akron, after 7 p.m. today and
until noon Saturday and at the church from 1-2 p.m. Saturday. The Tom Haupert funeral home in
Akron is in charge of services.
Inez Blum
Funeral services were conducted in LaGrance, Ill., Wednesday for Mrs. Inez HOOVER
BLUM, 73, LaGrange, daughter of the late A. E. and Ida HARTER HOOVER of Akron. The
mother was a sister of the late Andrew and Charles HARTER of Akron.
Three daughters, a son and several grandchildren survive Mrs. Blum.
Robert Joe Lewis
Robert Joe LEWIS, 24, 527 Ohio street, died at 3:30 a.m. today in Woodlawn hospital,
where he had been a patient for one week. Cause of death has not been determined yet.
Born in Rochester on Aug. 16, 1935, he had been a resident of this vicinity all his life. He
was the son of Raymond “Bid” and Eleanor WILLIAMS LEWIS. A laborer, Mr. Lewis was
married in Rochester in 1952 to Charlene NUELL and was a veteran of the U. S. Army.
Surviving are the wife and three children, Thomas Dale, Jacqueline and Kim Elaine
[LEWIS], all at home; the parents, of Rochester; the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee LEWIS,
Rochester, and Mrs. Sadie WILLIAMS, Ludington, Mich.; a brother, Donald [LEWIS], Rochester
and two sisters, Mrs. Betty GREEN and Mrs. Martha SCOTT, both of Rochester.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home with the
Rev. James A. SCHUMACHER officiating, assisted by the Rochester American Legion post.
Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today.