The News-Sentinel 1959 - Fulton County Public Library

Norabelle Robbins
Mrs. Samuel E. (Norabelle) CURTIS ROBBINS, 58, 331 Indiana avenue, died of a heart
attack while riding in a car on Ind. 14 1 1/2 miles east of Winamac at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. She had
been ill two years.
Born in Fulton county April 1, 1901, she had lived in Rochester and vicinity her entire
life. She was the daughter of Mahlon and Minnie Belle CURTIS.
On July 7, 1941, she was married in Rochester to Samuel E. ROBBINS, who survives.
Also surviving are a daughter, Wanda Louise [ROBBINS], at home; a son, DeVon
SHUMAN, Rochester; two granddaughters; a sister, Mrs. Myrtle HURD, Kewanna, and two
brothers, Ralph CURTIS, Rochester, and George CURTIS, Downey, Cal. A daughter, Eileen
SHUMAN, died in 1931.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home here with
the Rev. George CRANE officiating. Burial will be in the local I.O.O.F. cemetery. Friends may
call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today.
Ernest Kelch
Final rites were held last week for Ernest KELCH, 41, Des Moines, Ia., brother of Mrs.
Albertus Van DIEN, 704 Madison street, and Mrs. Donald POLK, 527 West Ninth street.
Mr. Kelch, who lived in the Rochester vicinity for about eight months some 17 years ago,
died suddenly in Methodist hospital at Des Moines on Sept. 11.
Tuesday, September 22, 1959
Mary E. Weaver
Funeral services for Miss Mary Elizabeth WEAVER, 84, formerly of Kewanna, will be
Wednesday at 9 a.m. in the St. Ann’s church at Kewanna with the Rev. Father FITZGERALD
officiating. Burial will be in the St. Joseph’s cemetery at Pulaski.
Miss Weaver died at St. Anthony’s hospital in Terre Haute Sunday morning. She
formerly was a housekeeper for the Rev. Father Edmund A. LEY in Kewanna.
Survivors are two half-sisters, Mrs. Leona ALLEN, Denver, Colo., and Mrs. Martha
PETERSON, Boise, Ida.
Born Nov. 15, 1874, in Pulaski, she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Levi WEAVER.
Friends may call at the Harrison funeral home in Kewanna, where the rosary will be
recited at 8 p.m. today.
Lee Mowe
Word has been received here of the death of Lee MOWE, New Orleans, who resided in
Rochester about 30 years ago. He was 72 years of age.
His parents were David and Viola EDINGER MOWE of Rochester.
Surviving are his wife, Lillian [MOWE]; one son, Lee [MOWE], Jr., and three
grandchildren.
He was a past patron of the Order of Eastern Star and also was affiliated with several
Masonic organizations. He also was a member of the Baptist church in New Orleans.