The Rochester Sentinel 1996 - Fulton County Public Library

Lena Meents
Dec. 31, 1901 - June 16, 1996
Lena MEENTS, 94, Elkhart, died at 5:50 p.m. Sunday at Valley View Health Care Center
where she had lived for the past six years.
Born in Watseka, Ill., to Henry Louis MEYER and Meta DEGNER, she married John D.
MEENTS o Dec. 6, 1927 in Woodworth, Ill. He preceded her in death on December 27, 1971 in
Twelve Mile. She was a homemaker.
Preceding her in death with her husband were one brother and three sisters.
Surviving are two daughters, Rosalie MABBITT, Urbana, Ill. and Henrietta RICE,
Elkhart; one son, Terry L. MEENTS, Scottsburg; eight grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren;
and three great-great-grandchidren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at McClain Funeral Home, Twelve Mile, with Rev.
Rodney SCHULER officiating. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Iroquois
Memorial Park, Watseka, Ill. Burial will be at Iroquois Memorial Park, Watseka, Ill., and
visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the Walley-Mills-Zimmerman Funeral Home,
Elkhart.
Memorials may be made to the United Cancer Services of Elkhart County or the
American Heart Association.
Wednesday, June 19, 1996
Alta C. Best
Dec. 17, 1900 - June 18, 1996
Alta C. BEST, 95, Plymouth, died at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at her residence.
Born in Miami County to J.D. and Nellie MAZE WINTERROWD, she married Charles
Gaylord BEST Dec. 5, 1923 in Tippecanoe. He died o Dec. 23, 1980. She was a homemaker and
helped her husbad on the farm. She was a member of the Shiloh Wesleyan Church where she
taught Sunday School for many years, and was also a member of the Women’s Missionary
Society.
Preceding her in death were one sister, Elma FANNING; and one brother, George
WINTERROWD.
Surviving are two daughters, Catherine BERGER and Marjorie BEST, both of Plymouth;
one granddaughter, Donna TYLER, Plymouth; one grandson, Charles BERGER, Plymouth; five
great-grandchildren; two sisters, Della SCHROME, Bremen, and Wauneta ELLIOTT, Plymouth;
and two brothers, Wayne and Max WINTERROWD, both of Rochester.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Johnson-Danielson Funeral Home, Plymouth
with Rev. Larry WILSON and Rev. Don GRANDLINARD officiating. Burial will be at
Tippecanoe Cemetery, Tippecanoe. Friends may call from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m Thursday at the
funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the Plymouth Home Health Care Services or Shiloh
Wesleyan Church.