The News-Sentinel 1959 - Fulton County Public Library

Friday, August 21, 1959
Hugh Wiseley
Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Harrison chapel at Kewanna for Hugh
WISELEY, 74, former Fulton county resident who died Wednesday morning at his home in Leon,
Ia.
The Rev. Charles W. COOK will officiate at the rites and burial will be in the Kewanna
I.O.O.F. cemetery. Friends may call after Saturday noon at the Harrison funeral home in
Kewanna.
Mr. Wiseley was born April 8, 1885, in Pulaski county and moved to Fulton county as a
young boy. He was the son of Charles and Mary CALVIN WISELEY. He was a member of the
Methodist church.
Surviving are three sons, Floyd and Carl [WISELEY], both of Decatur, Ia.; and John
[WISELEY], address unknown; five grandchildren; one brother, Clifford [WISELEY], Peru; four
and [sic] Mrs. Madge URBIN, both of Kewanna; Mrs. Gertrude LAMBORN, Plymouth and Mrs.
Marie MESSMAN, Rochester.
Saturday, August 22, 1959
Minnie Zehner
Mrs. Minnie ZEHNER, 79, died Friday at 1 p.m. in her home five miles northwest of
Argos.
Born Jan. 27, 1880, near Argos, she was the daughter of Henry and Caroline HUFF
SNYDER and had lived all her life in Marshall county. She was married Dec. 25, 1906, to Lester
ZEHNER, who survives. She was a member of the Methodist church.
Also surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Retha LONG, Mrs. Mary JACOBS and Mrs.
Elnora LACKEY, all of South Bend, and Mrs. Kenneth MYERS; two great-grandchildren and
three brothers, Russell SNYDER, Holtville, Cal.; Ben SNYDER, Argos, and Drew SNYDER,
Corpus Christi, Texas.
Funeral services will be Monday at 2 p.m. in the Umbaugh funeral home with the Rev.
Ernest TREBER of Dunkirk officiating. Burial will be in the Walnut Church of the Brethren
cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today.
Charles D. Edgington
Charles David EDGINGTON, 56, died at 8:30 a.m. today in Woodlawn hospital, shortly
after his admission there. He resided at 505 Madison street.
Mr. Edgington had been in failing health since suffering a stroke in March, 1957, but had
been working daily at Shultz Body Shop. He was preparing to go to work this morning when he
suffered a severe stroke at 7 o’clock.
Born April 15, 1903, in Manchester, O., he was the son of Nelson and Blanche
EDGINGTON. He had resided in this community since 1943, moving here from Manchester, O.
He was married Nov. 23, 1942, in Chicago and his wife, Mildred [EDGINGTON], survives.
Also surviving are two daughters, Linda Kay [EDGINGTON], at home, and Patricia
[EDGINGTON], Cincinnati; two sisters; one brother and nine grandchildren.
The Zimmerman Brothers funeral home is in charge of funeral arrangements, which are
incomplete.