The News-Sentinel 1937 - Fulton County Public Library

Funeral services for Mr. Delehanty will be held in Milwaukee, Saturday morning, with burial in the
military cemetery there. He will be accorded full military honors.
Fred L. HALDEMAN, aged 52, who resides on a farm seven miles northeast of Rochester was found
dead in a field on his farm Wednesday afternoon by his wife when she went to call him to come to their
home. He was plowing for corn when he suffered the fatal heart attack.
Mr. Haldeman had been in ill health for the past year or since he suffered bad burns in a fire which
destroyed the garage at his farm home. He had been under treatment by a doctor for heart trouble but his
death was entirely unexpected.
The deceased was a life-long resident of Fulton county where he followed the occupation of farming.
He was born on a farm north of Akron on November 3, 1885. His parents were Henry and Sarah
HALDEMAN. His wife was Grace DRUDGE.
Survivors are the widow; two sons Kenneth [HALDEMAN] of Akron, and Darl [HALDEMAN] of
Rochester; mother, Mrs. Sarah HALDEMAN, Akron; two brothers, Vern [HALDEMAN] and Lloyd
[HALDEMAN], Akron, and three sisters, Mrs. Jack MORRIS, Mrs. Gail HARSH and Mrs. Ernest
HUNTER all of Akron.
The funeral services will be held from the Haldeman home at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon with Rev.
D. L. SLAYBAUGH of Akron officiating. Interment will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery west of
Akron.
John Edward DECKER, 78, whose wife, Mary HOESEL DECKER, passed away twelve years ago,
died Tuesday night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Stella WENTZEL near Monterey, after several
weeks’ illness.
Surviving are seven children: Mrs. WENTZEL, Charles [DECKER] of Delong; Mrs. Mary ENGEL of
Ohio; Elizabeth DECKER and Arthur DECKER of Peru; William [DECKER] of Monterey and Mrs.
Adeline SCHESHEL of Monterey; a brother and four sisters.
Funeral rites will be held at the St. Ann Catholic church at 9 a.m. Friday with burial in the nearby
cemetery.
Friday, May 14, 1937
Benjamin STEFFEY, aged 68, a former resident of the Mt. Zion neighborhood died at Albion Ind.,
Thursday at the home of his sister, Mrs. SHRULL. Death was due to a stroke of paralysis which he suffered
one year ago. He had been in Albion since January.
Mr. Steffey for a number of years worked in a railroad shop in Peru. His wife, Mrs. Bessie STEFFEY
died February 14, 1936. The deceased was a member of the Odd Fellows lodge at Peru.
Survivors are two children, step-son, and two brothers. Omar STEFFEY of this city is a cousin of the
deceased.
Funeral services were held from the Hammond Jackson chapel in Peru at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon
with Rev. V. L. CLEAR officiating. Interment was made in the Reyburn Cemetery at Peru.
Manderville O. ROGERS, 62, a farmer, living southwest of Mentone, died at 1:15 this morning at his
home following a two year illness.
Funeral services will be held from the home Sunday, May 16 at 2 o’clock. Burial will be made in
Sycamore cemetery.