The News-Sentinel 1959 - Fulton County Public Library

Wednesday, December 2, 1959
Eldon Perry
Word has been received here of the death in Tucson, Ariz., of Eldon PERRY, 39, brother
of Mrs. Loren MATTIX, 921 Park avenue, and nephew of Mrs. June HARTZLER, Rochester.
Mr. Perry, owner of an air conditioning business in Tucson, died unexpectedly of a heart
attack, Nov. 22. Services were conducted last Wednesday. He had lived in Warsaw efore moving
to Arizona.
Among the survivors are the widow and three children.
Thursday, December 3, 1959
Judd A. Curtis
Judd A. CURTIS, 87, a native of Akron who moved to Fort Myers, Fla., 12 years ago,
died at his home Wednesday evening after a six month illness.
Born April 7, 1872, he was the son of James and Dora DAVIS CURTIS and was a retired
farmer. Mrs. Curtis was a member of the Akron Methodist church and the K. of P. lodge.
Surviving are the widow, the former Minnie RILEY; a daughter, Mrs. Helen BABER,
Fort Myers; two grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; a sister, Eva SCOTT, Akron; a fosterdaughter,
Edna TOMLINSON, Great Falls, Mont.
Services are pending at the Tom Haupert funeral home in Akron.
John Speed
John SPEED, 82, former Rochester resident, died Wednesday at 6 p.m. in Dukes hospital
at Peru. He had been confined to the hospital since March with injuries suffered in an auto
accident.
Born in Crawfordsville on Aug. 24, 1877, he was the son of Robert and Jennie
FARRELL SPEED. His wife, the former Lillie HILBURN, preceded him in death. A stonemason
by trade, he was a member of the Crawfordsville Eagles lodge and the Trinity Episcopal church
there.
Requiem mass will be said at 9 a.m. Saturday in the Trinity Episcopal church at Peru.
Funeral services will be Saturday at 1 a.m. at the Brookman funeral home in Peru with the Rev.
James PARKER officiating. Local friends may call at the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home
here from 2-3 p.m. Saturday, following which burial will be made in the Rochester I.O.O.F.
cemetery.
Daisy Powell
Miss Daisy POWELL, 84, Macy, a lifetime resident of Miami county, died at 6:15 p.m.
Wednesday in Logansport after an illness of two months.
Born Dec. 31, 1874, she was the daughter of John H. and Laura A. SUTTON POWELL.
She ws a member of the Pleasant Hill Methodist church.
Surviving are three brothers, Ben [POWELL], R.R. 1, Akron; Daniel [POWELL], Macy,
and Wallace [POWELL], R.R. 1, Macy; and a sister, Miss Inez POWELL, Macy. Two brothers
and a sister preceded her in death.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Pleasant Hill Methodist church with the Rev.
Richard SUMNER officiating. Burial will be in the Mount Zion cemetery four miles northeast of
Macy. Friends may call at the Daniel Powell residence in Macy after 1 p.m. Friday and until
12:30 p.m. Saturday. The body will be at the church for one hour before services.