The News-Sentinel 1937 - Fulton County Public Library

known as the LOVATT farm west of this city. In 1919 they moved to their present home.
Mr. McKinney was a faithful member of the First Presbyterian church of this city and was an elder of
that organization. He lived the life of one who was following in the Master’s steps. On meeting a friend his
first inquiry was “Do you know Jesus.”
If the one questioned did not, Mr. McKinney started to quote passages of Scripture, trying to show him
the way. He was never downcast, always looking on the bright side of life and helping others to see all was
God’s way and He knew best.
The funeral services will be held at the home Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock.
Mrs. Susan [RITTENHOUSE] REED, aged 79, died at 6 p.m. Thursday at the home of her daughter
Mrs. Bertha DORSETT, 420 Ohio street, aftr a four months’ illness due to complications.
Mrs. Reed was born in Allen county, Indiana on December 3, 1857 and was the daughter of Elizah and
Nancy RITTENHOUSE. She had spent a greater portion of her life in Fulton county.
The deceased came to this city to reside from Clinton county eighteen years ago. Her husband was the
late Manuel REED. Mrs. Reed was a member of the Mt. Hope Methodist Protestant church.
Survivors are the daughter Mrs. DORSETT, ten grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. A
daughter Mrs. Joseph SNYDER also preceded her mother in death.
The funeral services will be held from the Foster Funeral Home at 2:30 o’clock Saturday afternoon
with the Rev. H. M. RIGGLE officiating. Burial will be made in the Citizen’s cemetery.
Mahlon ZEIMS, aged 77, a farmer of the Reiter neighborhood southwest of the city for the past
seventeen years died at his home one mile west of the Reiter schoolhouse at 10:15 o’clock Friday morning.
Death was due to pneumonia and followed an illness of three days.
The deceased was born near Bloomington, Ill., on September 14, 1859 and was the son of Adolph and
Marie ZEIMS. He moved to this county from Goodfield, Ill. He had followed the occupation of farming
during his entire lifetime. His wife preceded him in death. Mr. Zeims was a member of the Madison
Avenue Christian church.
Survivors are two daughters, Miss Mable ZEIMS at home and Mrs. E. F. FOSTER, Normal, Ill., two
brothers, Otto ZEIMS, Leroy, Ill., and Rudolph ZEIMS, South Bend and two sisters, Mrs. D. V.
SCHOENBECK and Mrs. G. M. ARMBURST of South Bend.
The funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday from the Foster funeral home in West Eighth street,
with Rev. Charles E. MILLS officiating. The body will be taken to the Stubblefield Mortuary at Normal,
Ill., where funeral rites will be held at 2 p.m. Monday. Burial will be made in the Danvers cemetery.
Saturday, February 6, 1937
The funeral services for the late Mahlon ZEIMS, who died at his farm home west of this city yesterday
will be held from the Foster Funeral Home on West Sixth street at 1 p.m. Sunday. The services will be
short so that those present may also attend the last rites for the late John McKINNEY, Sr., which will be
held from his farm home west of this city at 2 p.m. Rev. S. A. STEWART of LaPorte, former pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church here, will
officiate.