The News-Sentinel 1959 - Fulton County Public Library

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Thursday, June 11, 1959
Friday, June 12, 1959
Hannah L. Felder
Mrs. Hannah L. FELDER, 63, Kewanna, died at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the Rochester
nursing home, where she had been a patient for the last year.
Born Dec. 20, 1895, in North Liberty, she was the daughter of Henry E. and Sarah
BATES EISENMENGER. On March 9, 1929, she was married in South Bend to Grant C.
FELDER. Mr. Felder, who owns two farms in the Kewanna area, has been living in Rensselaer
recently. Mrs. Felder was a member of the Kewanna Methodist church.
Surviving, besides the hsband, are a daughter, Mrs. Wayne WILLIAMS, Miamisburg, O.;
a son, Carroll [FELDER], Kewanna; a grandson, Timothy Wayne WILLIAMS, and a niece, Mrs.
George W. FELDER. A daughter died in infancy.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the Harrison chapel at Kewanna with the Rev.
Charles W. COOK officiating. Burial will be in the Moon cemetery. Friends may call at the
Harrison fneral home in Kewanna this evening.
Bessie Taylor
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at the Leiters Ford Methodist church for
Mrs. Bessie TAYLOR, 77, Chicago, widow of the late Norman G. TAYLOR. Mrs. Taylor died
Monday at her home in Chicago, where she had lived since 1905.
Born near Leiters Ford, she was the oldest daugher of Benjamin and Malinda SALES
STAHL, among the area’s pioneer residents.
Surviving are a daughter, Marjorie [TAYLOR], Harvey, Ill.; one granddaughter; one
brother, Vern STAHL, Huntington; one sister, Mrs. Carl HAY, Mexico, and several nieces. A
cousin, Kline SALES, died Friday. Burial was in the Leiters Ford I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Virginist Rentschler
Mrs. Clarence [Virginist) RENTSCHLER, 49, who resided a half-mile east of Fulton,
died this morning at 1 o’clock in Woodlawn hospital, where she had been a patient three weeks.
Death came after an 18-month illness.
Born Virginist CALLAWAY on July 8, 1909, in Liberty township, she was the daughter
of Howard P. and Lena MATHEWS CALLAWAY. She had spent her entire life in the Fulton
community. Her marriage was Jan. 19, 1929, near Fulton to Clarence RENTSCHLER, who
survives. Mrs. Rentschler was a member of the Fulton Baptist church, Order of Eastern Star and
the Daughters of the American Revolution. She long had been active in church and community
affairs.
Surviving, besides the husband, are four daughters, Mrs. Donald (Lettie Jane)
LEININGER, Fulton; Mrs. Oris (Mary) BAKER, R.R. 6, Rochester; Mrs. Richard (Janice)
EARLY, R.R. 6, Rochester, and Mrs. Robert (Joyce) POWLEN, R.R. 6, Rochester; eleven
grandchildren and one brother, Robert CALLAWAY, Mishawaka.
Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Fulton Baptist church with the Rev. E.
E. KEITH officiating. Burial will be in the Fulton cemetery. Friends may call at the Ditmire
funeral home in Fulton after 7:30 p.m. today.