The Rochester Sentinel 1996 - Fulton County Public Library

Wednesday, August 21, 1996
June L. Carpenter
June 6, 1903 - Aug. 19, 1996
June L. CARPENTER, 93, formerly of Peru, died at 10:40 p.m. Monday at Regency
Place, Lafayette.
Born in Fulton County to William and Phinetta CRAGAN ROBINSON, she married Seth
C. CARPENTER in Converse on June 23, 1928. He died October 10, 1978.
She was a graduate of Leiters Ford High School and Manchester College. She was an
elementary teacher for more thn 38 years and taught second grade at Ridgeview School from 1954
until her retirement in 1965. She was a 50-year member of the Main Street United Methodist
Church of Peru, Peru Garden Club, Daughters of the Grand Army of the Republic, Anacreon
Literary Club, Miami County Retired Teachers Association, Indiana Retired Teachers Association,
and National Retired Teachers Association.
She is survived by a son, Dr. Phillip CARPENTER, West Lafayette; three grandchildren,
Edward CARPENTER and Matthew CARPENTER, West Lafayette, and Margaret SMITH,
Indianapolis; two great-grandchildren, Zechariah CARPENTER ad Philip SMITH.
In additon to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents, three sisters and five
brothers.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Eikenberry-Eddy Funeral Home, Peru. Burial
wlll be at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Peru.
Visitation s from 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made through the Eikenberry-Eddy Funeral Home to the
Peru Public Library.
Albert R. Girton
March 29, 1940 - Aug. 20, 1996
Albert R GIRTON, 56, Route 2, Winamac, died at 10:23 a.m. at Pulaski Memorial
Hospital, Winamac.
Born in Winamac to Samuel F. and Katherine SWAIM GIRTON, he was formerly from
Griffith, but had lived most of his life in the Wiamac area.
He was a truck driver and merchanic. He was a member of the Eagles Lodge 2580 in
Winamac.
He is survived by two daughters, Cindy ELLIOTT, Culver, and Lisa GIRTON, Dallas,
Texas; one son, Thomas GIRTON, Monterey; and five grandchildren. He is also surived by his
step-mother, Vera GIRT, Phoenix, Ariz.; two sisters, Donna TAYLOR, Highland, Diane
BODNAR, Pretty Prairie, Kan., and two brothers, Melvin GIRTON, Cedar Lake, and John Russell
BELLINGER, Peoria, Ariz. He was preceded in death by his parents.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Fiday at the Frain Mortuary, Wiamac. Visitation will be Friday
from 11 a.m. until the time of service.