The News-Sentinel 1959 - Fulton County Public Library

A resident of this community his entire life, Mr. Leiter was a retired salesman. He was a
member of the Grace Metodist church, Masonic lodge of Rochester and the Leiters Ford I.O.O.F.
lodge.
Suriving are one son, Albert C. LEITER, Gurnee, Ill.; two daughters, Miss Florence
LEITER, Cedar Rapids, Ia., and Mrs. Hazel BEMAN, Winnetka, Ill.; four grandchildren; two
great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs Mollie LEITER, Rocester, and two brothers, Levi [LEITER],
Rochester, and Edward [LEITER], Bethlehem, Pa.
Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home with
Dr. Claude YOUNG officiating, assisted by the Rochester Masonic order. Burial will be in the
Leiters Ford I.O.O.F. cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
Sylvia Iliff
Mrs. Sylvia ILIFF, 41, former Rochester resident, died at 10:12 a.m. Saturday at Dukes
hospital, Peru, after an illness of eight years. Mrs. Iliff had been a resident of Peru for the last
seven years.
She was born May 21, 1917, in Floyd county, Kentucky, the daughter of Erve and Alva
WRIGHT BRADLEY. Her first marriage was to Ralph WHORL and in 1941 she was married to
John ILFFF who died in 1957.
Surviving are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Erve BRADLEY, Rochester; two sons, John Ivan
ILIFF, Jr., and William BRADLEY, both of Rochester; three daughters, Alva May and Linda Sue
ILIFF, both of Rochester, and Mrs. James TURPEN, Peru; one grandchild, four brothers, Luther
BRADLEY, Harold BRADLEY and William BRADLEY, all of Rochester, and Henry
BRADLEY, Rensselaer; and three sisters, Mrs. Richard DAWSON and Mrs. Dorothy KRISHEL,
both of Rochester, and Mrs. Joseph SMITH, St. Joe.
The Rev. David ENGLAND will conduct funeral services at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the
Drake-Flowers funeral home, Peru, where friends may call. Burial will be at Mt. Hope cemetery,
Peru.
Tuesday, February 24, 1959
Retta Triplet
Mrs. Retta HACKER TRIPLET, 85, of Hibbard, died at 5 p.m. Monday at the Landis
nursing home, Argos, after an illness of one year. Mrs. Triplet was born Feb. 22, 1874, at Culver,
the daugher of Hamilton and Mary Jane DINSMORE HISSONG. She was first married to John
HACKER, who died in June, 1933. In November, 1946, she was married to Alton TRIPLET, who
survives. Mrs. Triplet spent the majority of her life in the Poplar Grove and Hibbard communities.
Surviving besides the widower, a step-son, Forest TRIPLET, R.R. 1, Culver; five stepdaughters,
Mrs. Clarence (Carrie) MYERS and Mrs. Nellie BICKLE, both of Plymouth; Mrs. Eva
HOUGHTON, Culver; Mrs. Sylvia BUSH, Claypool, and Mrs. Anna May CURTIS, Tucson,
Ariz.; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Lucy VOREIS, and a brother,
Lawrence HISSONG, Argos.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Poplar Grove Methodist
church by the Rev. W. Ray KUHN, Hebron, assisted by the Rev. E. J. PETERS, Argos. Burial
will be in the Poplar Grove cemetery.
Friends may call at the Grossman funeral home, Argos, from 7 p.m. today until noon
Thursday. The body will lie in state one hour prior to the funeral.