The News-Sentinel 1959 - Fulton County Public Library

Saturday, December 19, 1959
Pearl Pressnall
Mrs. Pearl PRESSNALL, 65, Beaver Dam Lake, died at 2:10 a.m. today at her home
after an illness of one year. She had spent all her life in the Akron and Beaver Dam communities.
Born July 27, 1894, in Gilead, she was reared by Mrs. Dora BRIGHT of Akron. In 1919,
she was married to Earl PRESSNALL. She was a member of the Akron Methodist church.
John Swartwood
Word has been received here of the death of John SWARTWOOD, 77, Sarasota, Fla.,
who spent his early life in Rochester.
He died last Tuesday. Funeral services and burial were in Sarasota Thursday.
Mr. Swartwood was a brother-in-law of Mrs. Joe BARNETT, 306 West Ninth street.
Among the survivors are two sons, Harold [SWARTWOOD], Cummings, Ga., and Howard
[SWARTWOOD], Aden, Ia.
Ruby Shively
Funeral services will be Monday at 2 p.m. in the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home for
Mrs. Ruby SHIVELY, 71, 917 Madison street who died at her home Friday afternoon at 1 o’clock
of a heart attack.
The Rev. Harry BAILEY of Indianapolis will officiate and burial will be in the Rochester
I.O.O.F. cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today.
Born in Muncie on Oct. 1, 1888, Mrs. Shively was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
MONTGOMERY. She was married at Rochester July 8, 1952, to Noah SHIVELY, who survives.
Mrs. Shively had resided in this city for the past 38 years, moving here from Detroit.
She was a member of the First Baptist church and the Jane Line class of that church, of
the Radio club and the Rebekah lodge.
Surviving, besides the husband, are one son, William “Casey” MORGAN, Rochester;
four granddaughters and one grandson. One son, Arthur [MORGAN], and three sisters preceded
her in death.
Monday, December 21, 1959
Ruby McClain
Funeral services were conducted this afternoon at the Farley funeral home in Indianapolis
for Mrs. Ruby FRED McCLAIN, Indianapolis, a former resident of the Kewanna and Fulton
communities.
Mrs. McClain, sister of Claude FRED of Fulton, died Saturday in Indianapolis.
Cassius Brown
Cassius BROWN, 77, formerly of Rochester, died this morning at the home of a
daughter, Mrs. Marie OSTHEIMER, with whom he lived in Lawrence, Mich.
Final rites will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Bubb funeral home, Mishawaka.
Among the survivors are a sister, Mrs. Ora CASTLE MOHLER, and a brother, Gene
BROWN, both of Rochester.