The Rochester Sentinel 1996 - Fulton County Public Library

F. Leroy Crippen
Sept. 11, 1921 - June 16, 1996
F. Leroy CRIPPEN, 74, 7746 S. Indiana 17, Kewanna, died at 11:30 a.m. Sunday at
Rochester Health Care Center.
Born in Cass County to D.K. and Marie CORNELL CRIPPEN, he married Vivian
APPLEGATE in Grass Creek on June 26, 1945. She survives. He was a dairy farmer, retiring in
1983, and also worked for the county Highway Department for 2 1/2 years. He was a member of
the Grass Creek United Methodist Church where he was a Sunday school superintendent and
teacher for over 30 years. He was also a member of the Good News Quartet, Rochester American
Legion No. 36, a former member of the Grass Creek and Fulton County Fire Department, Wayne
Township Trustee 1967-1970, Fulton County Commissioner 1973-1976, secretary of the Caston
Holding Corp., and former chairman of the Wabash Solid Waste District. He is a World War II
veteran of the U.S. Navy Seabees, serving on Guadalcanal from 1942-1945. He graduated from
Grass Creek High School in 1939 and attended Wabash College.
Preceding him in death were one son, Edward [CRIPPEN], and one brother, Leon
[CRIPPEN].
Surviving with his wife are two daughters, Shirley A. CRIPPEN, Grass Creek, and Jean
E. ROCK and her husband, Richard, Grass Creek; one brother, Charles CRIPPEN, Rochester; six
grandchildren, Art, Andy and Carrie CRIPPEN, and Tammy, Sandy and Kelly ROCK.
Services will be 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Grass Creek United Methodist Church with
Rev. Don REED officiating Burial and graveside military services will be at the Grass Creek
Cemetery. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at Harrison-Metzger Funeral Home, Kewanna
Chapel, and one hour prior to services at the church.
Expressions of sympathy may be made to Grass Creek United Methodist Church.
Tuesday, June 18, 1996
Wilma G. Holloway
Sept. 28, 1919 - June 17, 1996
Wilma G. HOLLOWAY, 76, Akron, died at 9:26 a.m. Monday at Woodlawn Hospital.
Born in Florida, she married Harold SCOTT Octoer 19, 1939. He died in November of
1984. She married Carlyle HOLLOWAY on April 15, 1989. He survives. She had worked at
Zimmers in Warsaw, and also was a homemaker. She was a member of the Akron Church of the
Brethren and its Women’s Fellowship.
Surviving with her husband are one daughter, Dorothy RING, Claypool; one son, George
SCOTT and his wife Jane, Mansfield, Ohio; three grandsons; one granddaughter; one stepdaughter,
Cindy KENNEDY, Orlando, Fla.; and one step-grandson.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron, with the Revs.
John MISHLER and Olden MITCHELL officiating. Burial will be at Oakwood Cemetery,
Warsaw, and visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday, at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the Heart or Cancer Fund and the Akron Church of the
Brethren.