The News-Sentinel 1959 - Fulton County Public Library

after the accident, but that the train had nothing to do with the mishap. State police and the
sheriff’s office were told by crewmen of train number 77 that they saw the car against the utility
pole as the train passed the site.
State troopers said all four tires of the Burns car were bald. The accident still is under
investigation.
Nell Louise Burns was born Jan. 26, 1958 in Woodlawn hospital. She is survived by the
parents; a sister, Judy [BURNS]; the paternal grandparents, Ivan Roy BURNS, Sr., Peru, and Mrs.
Guy [SPRAGUE], Leiters Ford, and the maternal grandmother, Mrs. Ruth LOWE, Warsaw.
Final rites will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in the Omega church southwest of Akron, with
the Rev. Ben POWELL officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Friends may call after 7 p.m. today at the Sheetz funeral home in Akron.
Ella Fowler
Mrs. Etta FOWLER, 84, a former Liberty township resident, died at 4 a.m. today in the
home of a daughter, Mrs. Hilda GASTINEAU, Miamisburg, O.
Mrs. Fowler moved to Logansport from Liberty township. Her husband, Jefferson
[FOWLER], died on Dec. 6, 1946.
Surviving besides Mrs. Gastineau are three other daughters, Mrs. Reba BRIGGS, Tucson,
Ariz.; Mrs. Hermia HAVENS, Long Beach, Cal., and Miss Mildred FOWLER; a son, Bernard
[FOWLER], Logansport; fifteen grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in the Ditmire funeral home at Fulton with the Rev.
Arthur S. TRUEX officiating. Burial will be in the Fulton cemetery. Friends may call at the
funeral home after 7 p.m. Thursday.
Amos Stingley
Amos STINGLEY, 84, who resided near Kewanna, died early today at his home. He had
been ill since June.
Born April 9, 1875, in Canton Berne, Switzerland, he came to America in 1881. His
marriage was to Lydia B. BLASSER, who survives.
Also surviving are one son, Fred [STINGLEY], Kewanna; two sisters, Mrs. Chloe
WASHBURN, Lakeville, and Mrs. Esther OVERMYER, Kewanna; six granddaughters; one
grandson and sixteen great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday in the Harrison chapel at Kewanna with
burial in the I.O.O.F. cemetery at Kewanna. Friends may call at the chapel after noon Thursday.
Thursday, September 10, 1959
Elizabeth Boldry
Mrs. Elizabeth BOLDRY, 71, who lived three miles east of Fulton, died suddenly at 6:30
a.m. today in the home of her daugher, Mrs. Louise BUZBEE, R.R. 1, Logansport. Although she
had been ill two years, death was unexpected.
Born in Livingston county, Ill., May 21, 1888, Mrs. Boldry was the daughter of William
H. and Rosetta MATHENY HANKS. She had lived near Fulton for the last 12 years, moving
there from the Twelve Mile community.
On Aug. 24, 1909, she was married to Floyd BOLDRY, who died Aug. 22, 1957. She
was a member of the Fulton Baptist church.
Surviving besides Mrs. Buzbee are a son, Ralph [BOLDRY], R.R. 2, Kewanna; two