The News-Sentinel 1959 - Fulton County Public Library

Knox.
The Rev. Fred CROWN of the Argos Baptist church will conduct funeral services at 2
p.m. Monday at the Grossman funeral home, Argos, where friends may call after 2 p.m. today.
Burial will be in the Maple Grove cemetry at Argos.
Edward D. Davis
Edward Donald “Don” DAVIS, 49, former Rochester resident and basketball star here,
died suddenly of coronary embolism at noon Friday in St. Margaret hospital, Hammond.
Mr. Davis was born Aug. 5, 1909, in Rochester, the son of Anson and Selma E. DOWNS
DAVIS. He graduated from Rochester high school in 1928, where he starred on the basketball
team his senior year.
He was married Jan. 1, 1929, in Winamac, to Bessie B. BAUGH, who survives. He
owned and operated Lawrence Lake lodge, Westfield, Wis., during the summer and was a taxi
driver in Hammond during the winter.
Mr. Davis, a veteran of World War II, was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at
Winamac and had served as commander of the VFW post there. He also was a past commander of
the second district VFW.
Surviving besides the widow are a brother, Everette [DAVIS]; two sisters, Mrs. O. C.
(Mary) HARTLE, Leiters Ford, and Mrs. Major (Lela) ZIMMERMAN, Rochester, and several
nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Monday by the Rev. Mayo SMITH of
Winamac, assisted by the Winamac VFW at the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home here. Friends
may call at the funeral home aftr 10 a.m. Sunday.
Monday, January 12, 1959
Mary Wideman
Mrs. Mary WIDEMAN, 91, lifelong resident of Akron and vicinity, died at 10:30 p.m.
Saturday at her home R.R. 1, Akron, after a seven-months’ illness.
She was born July 9, 1867, in Henry township, the daughter of John and Rebecca GANT
BARNES. Married three times, she was fisrt wed to Oliver GIBSON on July 1, 1881, in Akron.
John DICKERHOFF was her second husband, and in 1896, she was married to Alex
WIDEMAN, who preceded her in death in 1934.
Surviving are seven sons, Earl GIBSON, Rochester; Fred DICKERHOFF, Hudson Lake;
Gil WIDEMAN, Akron; Claude WIDEMAN, Ft. Wayne; Clayton WIDEMAN, Amboy, and
Homer and Ed WIDEMAN, both of Akron; three daughters, Mrs. Grace WILLIAMS, Rochester;
Mrs. Pete (Lula) RILEY, Akron, and Mrs. Alvert (Rhoda) LAUGHMAN, Roann; twenty-four
grandchildren; twenty-one great-grandchildren, and four great-great-grandchildren. Two children
preceded her in death. Mrs. Wideman was the last of nine children.
Funeral services will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Sheetz funeral home,
Akron, by the Rev. D. L. SLAYBAUGH, and burial will be in Nichols cemetery. Friends may
call at the funeral home.