The News-Sentinel 1937 - Fulton County Public Library

p.m. Friday with Rev. E. C. REIDENBACH in charge. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery.
The body will lie in state at the Foster Funeral Home after 5 o’clock Wednesday afternoon, where
friends may pay their respects until the hour of the funeral service.
Saturday, September 25, 1937
Mrs. Clara E. EHLINGER, passed away Saturday morning 8:10 o’clock at her home, 207 West 13th
street. Death resulted from diabetes. Mrs. Ehlinger had been in ill health for over three years, however her
condition did not become extremely critical until a week ago. The deceased who had been a resident of
Rochester for over a score of years had a wide acquaintance of friends in this community.
Mrs. Ehlinger, who was the daughter of George and Lidia (STALEY) RICHARDSON, was born on a
farm near Fulton, Ind., on Feb. 22, 1875. On March 18, 1896, she was united in marriage to Joseph
EHLINGER, the ceremony being solemnized at Macy, Ind. Mrs. Ehlinger was a member of the United
Brethren church.
The survivors are her husband, two daughters, Mrs. Ida CLINTON, of this city, Mrs. Pearl WILLARD,
of Elkhart; two sons, Lee [EHLINGER] and George [EHLINGER], both of this city; five grandchildren;
two brothers, Omer RICHARDSON, of this city; Elmer RICHARDSON, of Logansport, and a sister, Mrs.
Cora YOCUM, of Rochester.
Funeral services in charge of Rev. REIDENBACH, will be held Monday afternoon 2 o’clock at the
United Brethren church. Burial will be made in the Rochester I.O.O.F. cemetery. Friends may view the
body at the Ehlinger home after five o’clock Saturday.
Monday, September 27, 1937
Funeral and burial services were held in Akron Monday afternoon for Leon TULLIS, 22, formerly of
Akron, who was killed Friday afternoon in an auto accident, north of Portland, Ind. John J. DOREMUS, a
companion of Tullis’, also suffered serious injury.
Tullis and Doremus, residents of Three Rivers, were enroute to Washington, D.C. The former Akron
youth suffered a crushed skull and Doremus, a skull fracture.
Their automobile collided with a truck driven by John PARKER, Indianapolis, and owned by the
Midwestern Trucking Company. The car was traveling south and the truck north. The crash occurred
during a heavy rainstorm. Tullis was crushed beneath the steering wheel.
The deceased was born at Akron and was the son of Percy and Jessie (LANDIS) TULLIS who are the
only immediate survivors. Rev. D. L. SLAYBAUGH, pastor of the Akron Church of God was in charge of
the funeral services and interment was made in the Akron Odd Fellows cemetery.
Mrs. Elnora [MILLER] MOORE, aged 67, widow of John MOORE, who died last April, passed away
at her home in East Rochester Street, in Akron at 3 p.m. Sunday after a four months illness due to
carcinoma.
The deceased was born in Fulton county near Mt. Zion on June 12, 1867 and was the daughter of Clark
and Sarah MILLER. She was married on July 25, 1887.
Mrs. Moore lived on a farm southwest of Akron for many years, until 18 years ago when she took up
her residence in Akron. She was a member of the Church of God at Akron.
Survivors are a brother, Irvin MILLER, who resides near Macy and a sister, Mrs. Hattie BOWERS, of
near Athens.