The News-Sentinel 1959 - Fulton County Public Library

R. Elmer Cook
R. Elmer COOK, 72, retired Nickel Plate railroad telegrapher, died at 10:30 p.m.
Wednesday at his home six and one-half miles northeast of the city on R.R. 5. Mr. Cook had had
asthma and a heart ailment for the last four years, but his death was sudden.
He was born March 23, 1887, in Litchfield, Ill., the son of Isaac and Effie BALEY
COOK. On Aug. 25, 1909, in Cumberland, Md., he was married to Zola LANDIS, who survives.
In 1919 the Cooks came to Rochester from Farmers City, Ill. Mr. Cook was a member of
the Tiosa Brethren church.
Surviving besides the widow, at home, are two daughters, Mrs. Edward (Ruth)
HINDERER, Royal Oak, Mich., and Mrs. Wallace (Marguerite) SPERRY, Culver; two sons,
Willard [COOK], Peru, and Dale G. [COOK], Toledo; thirteen grandchildren, and two greatgrandchildren.
The parents and one granddaughter preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Foster & Good funeral home, with the
Rev. Wayne SWIHART, formerly pastor of the Tiosa Brethren church, in charge. Burial will be
in the Reichter cemetery in Newcastle township.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today.
Clem O’Blenis
Final rites for Clem H. O’BLENIS, 66, will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Foster & Good
funeral home here with the Rev. Kenneth FOULKE officiating. Burial will be in the I.O.O.F.
cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today.
Mr. O’Blenis died at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the Veterans hospital in Marion, where he had
been a patient the past 35 years. He had been seriously ill the past week.
Born May 22, 1892, in Richland township, he was the son of William and Rosealva
HASSENPLUG O’BLENIS. He was a member of the Grandview E.U.B. church and the Leroy
Shelton American Legion Post 36 of Rochester. He was a veteran of World War I.
Surviving are a brother, Ray O’BLENIS, 512 West Ninth street; a niece, Mrs. Floyd
(Alvena) MOLLENCUPP, Kewanna; one nephew, William O’BLENIS, Rochester. His parents
and three brothers preceded him in death.
Friday, April 24, 1959
Jennie Clayburn
Miss Jennie Elnora CLAYBURN, 87, died this morning at 9:15 o’clock in the Miller
nursing home here, where she had been a patient since Tuesday. She resided at 1328 Monroe
street and had been in ill health since November.
Born April 28, 1871, at North Manchester, Miss Clayburn was the daughter of William
W. and Elizabeth STAVER CLAYBURN. She came to Rochester in 1928 from a farm six miles
west of Rochester.
Miss Clayburn attended the First Christian church.
She is survived by three brothers, Otto and Fred [CLAYBURN], at home, and Edward
[CLAYBURN], Rochester, and several nieces and nephews. She was the oldest of nine children.
Funeral rites will be Sunday at 2 p.m. DST at the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home
with the Rev. C. A. UNDERWOOD officiating. Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. cemetery here.
Friends may call at the funeral home after noon Saturday.