The News-Sentinel 1959 - Fulton County Public Library

Helen Biber
Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Kewanna Church of Christ for Mrs.
Helen BIBER, 43, R.R. 3, Rochester, who died Thursday at 8:30 p.m. after a month’s illness.
The Rev. Floyd SAXTON will officiate at the rites and burial will be in Moon cemetery.
Friends may call at the home of the brother, John HILFLICKER, Kewanna. The body will lie in
state at the church an hour before the services. The Foster & Good funeral home is in charge of
the rites.
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Saturday, September 5, 1959
Monday, September 7, 1959
Tuesday, September 8, 1959
E. E. Gerig
E. E. GERIG, 81, Akron, died at 7 p.m. Monday in Woodlawn hospital here from a heart
ailment. He had been ill the past five days.
Born July 22, 1878, in Allen county, he was the son of Joseph and Sarah BOWEN
GERIG. He was married to Matilda KOBB in 1897. She died in 1924. On Sept. 5, 1925, he
married Ethel UTTER, who survives. Mr. Gerig, a retired insurance agent, had resided in Akron
since 1927. He was a member of the Church of God, Gideon Society and a founder and director
Layman Church of God.
Also surviving are three daughters, Ersle M. HARTUNG, Anderson; Dora L.
BATDORF, Anderson; G. Clella NEFF, Columbus, O.; two sons, John J. GERIG, Akron; Chester
GERIG, Elwood; twenty-one grandchildren; twenty-five great-grandchildren; one step-son,
Howard M. UTTER, Akron; one step-daughter, E. Selina GERIG, Akron. One daughter and one
son prceded him in death.
Funeral rites will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in the Akron Church of God with the Rev. W.
Dale OLDHAM, Anderson, the Rev. Harold CONRAD and the Rev. D. L. SLAYBAUGH
officiating. Burial will be in the Woodlawn cemetry at Auburn, where graveside rites also will be
conducted.
Friends may call at the Tom Haupert funeral home in Akron after noon Wednesday until
11 a.m. Thursday, when the body will be taken to the church to lie in state from noon until 1
p.m.
Adam Stout
Adam STOUT, 56, Akron, died at 3:15 a.m. Monday at his home after a year’s illness.
Born July 8, 1903, at Akron, he had resided there his entire life. He was married in 1930
to Lavon SPEICHER, who survives. His parents were William D. and Theodocia
WHITTENBERGER STOUT.
Mr. Stout was a member of the Akron Methodist church, secretary of the Akron
Cemetery association and for 14 years he had worked for the State Highway Department. The
past 14 years he was employed at the Akron Postoffice.