The Rochester Sentinel 1996 - Fulton County Public Library

Dorothy M. Oatess
Jan. 17, 1914 - Oct. 6, 1996
Dorothy M. OATESS, 82, Indianapolis, died at 5 a.m. Sunday at the Eagle Valley health
Care Center, Indianapolis, where she made her home.
Born in Rantoul, Ill. to Emmett and Bertha HOKE PUFAHL, she married Russell
OATESS on April 29,1934 at Royal Center; he died Sept. 18, 1969. A 1931 graduate of Royal
Center High School she was a retired sales person for the Singer Sewing Machine having worked
in Crawfordsville, Lafayette and Indianapolis. She was a member of the Chapel Rock Christian
Church, Indianapolis, and the Rochester Order of Eastern Star 70, Rochester.
She is survived by two sons, William E. OATESS and Donald E. OATESS, both of
Indianapolis, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. She is also survived by two sisters,
Vivian KNARR, Joliet, Ill., Leota BLESSING, Windfall, and a brother, Arthur PUFAHL, Royal
Center. She was preceded in death by a daughter; a granddaughter; five brothers and six sisters.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Harrison-Metzger Royal Center Funeral
Chapel with the Rev. E. Dean DICKINSON officiatig. Burial will be in the Royal Center
Cemetery. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m Tuesday and after 9 a.m. Wednesday until the time of
services. The Order of Eastern Star will hold a memorial service at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Chapel Rock Christian Church, Indianapolis.
Helen A. Meyer
Feb. 21, 1920 - Oct. 6, 1996
Helen Anne MEYER, 76, formerly of Mentone, died at 9:23 a.m. Sunday tn St. Luke
Hospital, Florence, Ky.
Born in Bon Aqua, Tenn. to Russell and Clara A. PLUMMER CHAPMAN, she married
H. Dean MEYER on Oct. 8, 1942 in Farmington, Mich.; he died Aug. 28, 1993. A registered
nurse she worked for Wymond B. WILSON, M.D., Mentone, for 27 years. She was a member of
the Beaver Dam United Methodist Church.
She is survived by a son, Dennis MEYER, Florence, Ky., three gradchildren and two
great-grandchildren. She is also survived vby a brother, Ralph CHAPMAN, North Manchester.
She was preceded in death by a daugher Linda MEYER in 1965.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the King Memorial Home, Mentone, with the
Rev. Stanley COLE officiating. Burial will be at the Mentone Cemetery. Friends may call from
4-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.