The News-Sentinel 1937 - Fulton County Public Library

Parlors where funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Interment will be made in the Bunnell
Cemetery at Frankfort.
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Ann [FRIEND] BALL were held Sunday afternoon at the Akron
Church of God, with the Rev. Irwin FISHER, of Mexico officiating.
Mrs. Ball passed away Friday morning at her home northeast of Akron, after an illness of six months
duration. She was born in Miami county in the year of 1859. Mrs. Ball had been a resident of Henry
township for over 40 years, moving there from Deedsville, lnd. In the year of 1878 she was united in
marriage to John UTTER, who preceded her in death a number of years ago. She was united in wedlock to
Thomas BALL in 1891. The deceased was the daughter of John and Elizabeth FRIEND. Mrs. Ball was a
member of the Brethren Church of Mexico.
The survivors are her husband and a step-daughter, Mrs. Percy HELTZER of Silver Lake.
Tuesday, May 11, 1937
Samuel C. (Bunch) CALLAHAN, 33, well known farmer of the Grass Creek community, succumbed
Monday afternoon, four o’clock, at Woodlawn hospital, in this city. Death resulted from pneumonia
following a brief illness.
The deceased who was the son of Charles S. and Sarah J. CALLAHAN, was born at Milford, Ill., in
July 17th, 1903. He had been a resident of Fulton county for the past 23 years. On June 29th, 1936, he was
united in marriage to Miss Florence MYER, the ceremony being pronounced in Chicago. Mr. Callahan was
a member of the Bethel United Brethren church.
The survivors are his wife; mother, Mrs. Sarah CALLAHAN; a sister, Mrs. Harry RUSH, of
Manhattan, Ill.; two brothers, George CALLAHAN, of Grass Creek, and Russell CALLAHAN, of Milford,
Ill.
Short funeral services will be conducted in Kewanna, Wednesday morning. The body will then be
taken to Milford, Ill., where services will be held at the Williamson funeral home, Wednesday afternoon.
Rev. ALWOOD will officiate. Burial will be made in the Maple Grove cemetery at Milford, Ill.
Funeral services held Monday afternoon from the Church of God in Akron for the late Rev. Simson
KROFT, retired minister of the Evangelical Church, were largely attended. Burial was made in the Odd
Fellows Cemetery at Akron.
Rev. Kroft had served as a minister in the Indiana Annual Conference of the Evangelical Church for 37
years before retiring several years ago. Eighteen ministers attended the funeral services.
The last rites were unique in that the ministers who delivered the funearal oration and the six
pallbearers also ministers, all had been converted at services conducted by Rev. Kroft and later had entered
the ministry.
Rev. R. L. HALLEY, Culver, officiated at the last rites and also was one of the pallbearers. The other
pallbearers were Rev. Eugene KUNCE, Van Wert, Ohio; Rev. Charles MULLEN, South Bend; Rev. R. L.
HANDSCHU, Kokomo ; Rev. P. F. YOUNG, Porter and Rev. Arthur GIVENS, Akron. Rev. Kunce is a
minister of the Methodist Church, while the others are pastors in the Evangelical church.