The News-Sentinel 1959 - Fulton County Public Library

eceived her R.N. degree. She was a registered nurse at Lakeside for three years and later
practiced as a private nurse.
On Aug. 25, 1925, she married Mr. Hyslop in Akron. She lived in Chicago and Tulsa
before moving to Kenosha when her husband bought the Barden store.
Surviving are the parents of Akron; a sister, Mrs. Robert E. OSBORN, Ithaca, N.Y.; a
niece, Judy, and a nephew John. Final rites and burial were in Kenosha.
Minnie M. Emmons
Mrs. Minnie M. EMMONS, 79, a native of Talma, died at 5:30 a.m. Tuesday in the
Murphy hospital at Warsaw after being admitted the day before.
A resident of Warsaw for the last 39 years, Mrs. Emmons was born June 22, 1879 to John
and Mary (KESSLER) KESLER. On March 10, 1898, she was married in Rochester to Robert V.
EMMONS, who died on Sept. 29, 1954.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Arthur (Wilma) MOORE, Pierceton, and Mrs. Paul
(Erdean) VELSIEGEL, Phoenix, Ariz.; a son, Devon [EMMONS], Warsaw; eight grandchildren
and fifteen great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 12:30 p.m. CST Friday at the McHatton funeral home in Warsaw, with
the Rev. Louis ENGLE of Dutchtown, Ind., officiating. Burial will be in the Reichter cemetery at
Talma. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Thursday, February 26, 1959
Charity A. Hower
Mrs. Charity A. “Carrie” HOWER, 82, of Fulton, wife of Josiah HOWER, died at 10:15
p.m. Wednesday at her home after an illness of two months. Mrs. Hower left 102 survivors.
She was born Feb. 21, 1877, in Rochester township, the daughter of Austin and Susan
BROKAW REID. On Feb. 17, 1895, she was married in Rochester by the Rev. O. E. COOK to
Josiah Hower, who survives.
With the exception of an 18-year period during which she lived in Wisconsin, Mrs.
Hower spent the majority of her life in Fulton. She was a member of the Fulton Baptist church.
Surviving besides the husband, at home, are five daughters, Mrs. Art (Laverna)
THIBODEAU, Coleman, Wis., Mrs. Harry (Syble) STUMP, Danville, Ill.; Mrs. Charles (Ada)
CLAWSON, North Hollywood, Cal.; Mrs. Earl (Berniece) THOMPSON, Hiatsville, Md., and
Mrs. Merrill (Bertha) WALTZ, Fulton; two sons, William [HOWER[, Nadeau, Mich., and Ira
[HOWER], Los Angeles, Cal.; thirty-two grandchildren; sixty-one great-grandchildren; a sister,
Mrs. J. L. COX, Lewiston, Mont., and a half-brother, Milo MEDARY, Buffalo, N.Y.
The Rev. Franklin ARTHUR and the Rev. William KEITH will conduct funeral services
Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at the Fulton Baptist church. Burial will be in the Fulton cemetery. Friends
may call at the Ditmire funeral home, Fulton, after 7 p.m. today.
Mrs. Boyd Personett
Mrs. Hugh CLOUD, 500 West Fifth street, today received word of the death of her sisterin-law,
Mrs. Boyd PERSONETT, 77, Berrien Springs, Mich. Mrs. Personett died of heart trouble
in Memorial hospital, St. Joe, Mich., Wednesday morning. She had been ill the last few years and
in serious condition for about thee weeks.
Boyd PERSONETT is the brother of Mrs. Cloud and of the late Mrs. George WILSON,
Rochester. He had lived in the Rochester vicinity before moving to Michigan.