The News-Sentinel 1959 - Fulton County Public Library

Surviving, besides the husband, are one son, Fred B. STROMINGER, with the U.S. Navy
at Albuaquerque, N.M.; one daughter, Mrs. Omer THORENCE, Rochester; one sister, Mrs.
George CLOSSEN, Benton Harbor, Mich.; two half-sisters, Miss Lucy WILHELM, North
Manchester, and Mrs. Amy CRAMER, Wabash, and two grandchildren.
Ralph Noyer
Dr. Ralph NOYER, 75, former dean of the graduate school at Ball State Teachers college
and a native of Rochester, died of a heart attack, Tuesday at 11:40 p.m. in his home in Muncie.
Born Dec. 1, 1883, in Rochester, he was the son of Lawson and Ella
WHITTENBERGER NOYER. He was married to Denise OLIVER, who survives.
He retired from the dean’s post at Ball State in 1952 after servng since 1927. Since that
time he has been on the staffs of Anderson and Oberlin colleges. A former teacher in Akron
school, he earled a B.S. degree from Indiana university; a master’s from Columbia university and
a doctorate from the University of Iowa.
He was a member of the Universalist church at Muncie and of the Rotary club.
Surviving, besides the wife, are one son, Robert [NOYER], Wayne, Pa.; one daughter,
Mrs. Robert Van DUYN, Bangkok, Thailand; five grandchildren and one brother, Don NOYER,
Akron.
Funeral services will be Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Tom Haupert funeral home at Akron,
with the Rev. D. L. SLAYBAUGH officiating. Burial will be in the Akron cemetery.
Saturday, November 28, 1959
Elva M. Nutt
Mrs. Elva M. NUTT, 79, 416 South West street, Argos, died at 6 a.m. today at the Landis
nursing home in Argos after a four-month illness.
Born Sept. 11, 1880, near Argos, she was the daughter of Joshua and Catherine BUNCH.
She had spent her lifetime in the Argos community. Her marriage was March 18, 1904, to Lewis
NUTT, who died in 1949.
Surviving are two sons, Kenneth [NUTT], Rochester, and Delbert [NUTT], R.R. 2,
Akron; four grandchildren; one sister, Katherine BUNCH, R.R. 1, Argos; and two brothers,
Clarence BUNCH, R.R. 1, Argos, and Joshua BUNCH, Hollywood, Cal.
Funeral rites will be Monday at 2 p.m. in the Grossman funeral home at Argos with the
Rev. Harry CLAYBAUGH officiating. Burial will be in the Reichter cemetery northeast of
Rochester. Friends may call after 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Edward Lee Mow
Edward Lee MOW, 40, died early this morning in his sleep at his home on R.R. 3,
Rochester, 5 1/2 miles northwest of the city. He had been ill for the past five years.
Born July 12, 1919, in Richland township, he was the son of Leo and Esther BURKETT
MOW. He was married Jan. 14, 1938, at Koontz Lake to Margaret Alice ZUMBAUGH, who
survives. Mr. Mow had spent his entire life in this community.
A member of the First Presbyterian church and the Manitou Moose lodge, he was
employed at Bendix Products in South Bend from 1942-58.
Surviving, besides the wife, are two daughters; Shannon Sue [MOW], 10, and Sheridan
Louise [MOW], 17, both at home; one son, Phillip Lee [MOW], a student at DePauw university;
his mother, Mrs. Esther MOW, R.R. 5, Rochester; one sister, Mrs. Roy (Helen) McGRIFF, R.R