The Rochester Sentinel 1996 - Fulton County Public Library

Leone Abbott
April 18, 1912 - Dec. 31, 1995
Leone ABBOTT, 83, 229 W. Third St., died at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at Woodlawn Hospital.
She was born in Richland Township to Albert and Ethel NEWCOMB McGRIFF. She
was married to Harold C. ABBOTT, who died in 1973. She lived her entire life in Fulton and
Marshall counties. She owned and operated the former Abbott’s Grocery Store for 35 years. She
was a member of the Grace United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, Evergreen
Rebekah Lodge No. 57, and was a 60-year member of the Neighborly Club, all of Rochester.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Doris LEHMAN and Mrs. Jack (Jane) SUMMERS,
both of Rochester; one son, Donald and wife Lois ABBOTT, Rochester; five grandchildren, Shane
LEHMAN, Rocheter; Lanae ORBIK, Noblesville, Brian and Todd ABBOTT, both of Rochester;
and Kevin ABBOTT, Granger; four great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Charles (Mildred)
GOHEE, Culver. Preceding in death were one sister, Florence GIBBONS, 1995; and three
brothers, Orville, Roy and Ray [McGRIFF].
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Foster & Good Funeral Home, Rochester;
with the Revs. David C. HOGSETT and Jeffrey S. TAYLOR officiating. Burial will be in the
Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m today and from 9 a.m. through the
hour of service on Wednesday at the funeral home. The Evergeen Rebekah Lodge No. 57 will
conduct memorial services at 7 p.m. today in the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the
Heart Fund or a favorite charity.
Dwight G. Beard
April 5, 1916 - Dec. 29, 1995
Dwight G. BEARD, 79, 7741 W. Mitchell Drive, Phoenix, Ariz., died Friday in Arizona.
He was born to Lloyd and Ruth BEARD. He was a graduate of Purdue University, and
spent many years in the family business of Wild Cat Turkey Farm before starting to work for the
Farmers Home Administration in 1965. He was a county supervisor for 18 years in Indiana,
Nebraska and Arizona. He served as co-pilot of a B-24 Liberator bomber during World War II
and achieved the rank of Second Lieutenant.
Survvig are his wife, Sue BEARD; four sons, Charles A. BEARD, Jeffrey W ADAMS,
Mark T. BEARD, and Timothy Scott BEARD; two daughters, Julia A. HALSMER and Billie
GINTHER HOFMANN; grandchidren, Justin and Jessica GINTHER, Michael and Susan
HOFMANN, Lisa WATKINS, Kathy CARMICHAEL, Gregory, Peter, Paul and Joseph ADAMS,
Scott BEARD and Erica BEARD KNOX, Amanda, Marlena and Robyn HALSMER; Christopher,
Jeremy and Stephanie BEARD, and Shaun Wales BEARD, Jessica and Jeremiah CAMPBELL
BEARD; and great-grandchildren, Nicholas Rhyan ADAMS, Cody Allen KNOX, Bryan
WATKINS, and Charlie HOFMANN.
Services will be at 11 a.m Wednesday at Christ Presbyterian Church, Phoenix, Ariz.