The News-Sentinel 1959 - Fulton County Public Library

Bertha Burns
Mrs. Bertha E. BURNS, 66, Akron, died this morning at 1 o’clock in Woodlawn hospital,
where she had been a patient two weeks.
Born in Iowa June 6, 1892, she was the daughter of Ryan and Jane CLEMANS
DeLaMATER. She was married Feb. 15, 1952, at Akron to Seldon BURNS, who survives. Mrs.
Burns came to Akron from Spooner, Wis., seven years ago.
Also surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Herbert LINDEMAN, Endirlen, N.D.; one son,
Roy FOLSCHOW, Minneapolis; six grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Mae LAGER, Spooner, Wis.,
and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the Sheetz fneral home at Akron with the
Rev. D. L. SLAYBAUGH officiating. Burial will be in the Pine Lake cemetery at LaPorte.
Friends may call at the funeral home after noon Tuesday.
Emma Sanders
Mrs. Emma SANDERS, 74, died Saturday in the Westlake hospital at Melrose Park, Ill.
Final rites were held today at Logansport, her former home, and burial was in the Davis cemetery.
Among the survivors are six daughters, including Mrs. Josephine VANATA, R.R. 2,
Kewanna, and Mrs. Vera BRUCE, R.R. 2, Kewanna; one son; twenty-three grandchildren and
twenty-three great-grandchildren.
Tuesday, February 3, 1959
Florence M. Craig
Mrs. Florence Marie CRAIG, 62, died at 9:14 a.m. today at her home, 225 West Ninth
street. She had been in ill health the past 11 years.
Born Feb. 27, 1896, in Rochester, she was married May 23, 1917, here to Merle Miller
CRAIG. Her parents were Albert H. and Sarah Elizabeth FENIMORE ROSS; she had spent her
lifetime in this community.
Mrs. Craig was a member of the Grace Methodist church and of the Rebekah and Eastern
Star lodges and World War II Mothers.
Surviving are the husband, meter patrolman for the city police department; one daughter,
Mrs. Paul (Maxine) SCHALLER, Indianapolis; one son, Arthur Ross CRAIG, Akron; two
grandchildren, Craig B. and Paula Adele SCHALLER, Indianapolis; two sisters, Mrs. Lee (Zora)
SHARPE, Rochester, and Mrs. Clarence (Mildred) CULP, Fulton; one brother, Donald E. ROSS,
Rochester, and numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral rites will be Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home with
Dr. Claude YOUNG officiating, assisted by the Evergeeen Rebekah lodge. Burial will be in the
I.O.O.F. cemetery here. The Eastern Star will give their service at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the
funeral home, where friends may call after 7 p.m. today.