The Rochester Sentinel 1996 - Fulton County Public Library

Margaret K. Wisley
Aug. 16, 1919 - May 15, 1996
Margaret K. WISLEY, 76, Rochester, died at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at St Vincent’s
Hospital in Indianapolis
She was born in Topeka, Kan., to William Russell and Hazel (KERCHOFF) WARWICK
She married Ernest “Bill” WISLEY Oct. 29, 1940. He survives in Lafayette.
A vice-president of Rochester’s First Federal Savings Bank, she retired after 18 years of
service.
She was a member of the St. Joseph Catholic Church; a former Welcome Wagon
representative; and was a member of Psi Iota Xi sorority.
Surviving are her husband; one daughter, Jayne HAGUE, Carmel; one son, Michael L.
and Mary [WISLEY], Naperville, Ill.; nine grandchildren; one brother, William and Alberta
WARWICK, Lafayette; several nieces and nephews.
Services are 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Catholic Church with the Rev. John ZAHN
officiating. Burial will be in St Boniface Cemetery, Lafayette. Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Friday at
Foster & Good Funeral Home in Rochester. There will be a prayer vigil at 8 p.m. Friday.
Memorials may be left to the Heart Fund.
Friday, May 17, 1996
John E. Ellsworth
Sept. 6, 1915 - May 17, 1996
John E. ELLSWORTH, 80, Mentone, died today at 12:16 a.m. at Mason Health Care
Center, Warsaw.
He was born in Mentone to Lott David and Sarah JOHNSON ELLSWORTH. He
married Martha REICHET in 1938. She survives. He was a lifetime resident of Mentone. He
worked as a machinist for Gatke in Warsaw. A World War II veteran, he belonged to the
American Legion.
Preceding him in death are two sisters, Betty FLORY and Marie WORKMAN; and one
grandson, Michael LEEPER.
Surviving with his wife are one daughter Cynthia LEEPER, Bremen; one granddaughter,
Monica LEEPER, Indianapolis; three sisters, Alice DANNER, Bourbon, Mary SARBER,
Warsaw, and Leota REINHOLTZ, Mishawaka.
Services will be at 2 p.m Sunday at King Memorial Home, Mentone, with the Revs. Greg
RITTENHOUSE and T.R. JONES officiating. Visitation is 5-8 p.m. on Saturday. Burial will be
at the Mentone Cemetery, Mentone.
Elizabeth A. Rayburn
Dec. 9, 1924 - May 15, 1996
Elizabeth Ann DeHAHN RAYBURN, 72, Lafayette, died Wednesday at Winona
Hospital, Indianapolis.
She was born in Lafayette to Rudolph and Irene DeHAHN. She married Robert Lee
RAYBURN in 1944. He survives.
She worked at Lafayette Life Insurance Comapny for many years.
Surviving with her husband are one son, David RAYBURN, Lafayette; two sisters, Mrs.
Cecil PLATT, Rochester; and Mrs. William HOLLERMAN, Rensselaer, formerly of Rochester.
Services will be at Saint Boniface Catholic Church, 9th Street, Lafayette, at 10 a.m.
Saturday. Visitation is 5-8 p.m. today. Burial will be at the Saint Boniface Cemetery, Lafayette.