The Rochester Sentinel 1996 - Fulton County Public Library

Veva A. Donaldson
June 16, 1916 - Dec. 15, 1996
Veva Avis DONALDSON, 80, Peru, died at 8:10 p.m. Sunday at Timbercrest, North
Manchester.
Born in Macy to Leo F. and Leona DuBOIS AMBLER, she married John L.
DONALDSON on June 24, 1939 in North Manchester. He died May 27, 1996.
She graduated from Plymouth High School in 1933 and from Manchester College in
1935. She was a mother and a retired school teacher. She attended the Church of the Brethren,
Mexico.
She is survived by two daughters Suzanne McCLURE, North Mancheter, Nancy E.
McGUIRE, Mexico; two sons, David J. DONALDSON and Mark L. DONALDSON, both of
Peru; eleven grandchildren, four great-grandchildren; and a brother Leo E. AMBLER, Plymouth.
She was preceded in death by her husband and a sister JoAnn SHOEMAKER.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Church of the Brethren, Mexico, with the
Rev. Jeff GRAHAM officiating. Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery, Mexico. Visitation is
from 3 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the McClain Funeral Home, Denver.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Crestwood Dementia Wing, Timbercrest.
Succulla Rodgers
Succully RODGERS, 84, 600 Oakhill Ave., Plymouth, formerly of the Monterey area,
died at 4:45 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, at Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth.
The Bonine Funeral Home, Culver, is in charge of arrangements.
Francis E LaTurner
Francis E LaTURNER, 85, 426 South Michigan St., Argos, died at 12:45 a.m. today at
Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester.
Grossman Funeral Home, Argos, is in charge of arrangements.
Tuesday, December 17, 1996
Francis E LaTurner
May 2, 1911 - Dec. 16, 1996
Francis Eugene LaTURNER, 85, Argos died at 12:45 a.m. Monday at Woodlawn
Hospital, Rochester.
Born in Argos to William H. and Mary A. BEAM LaTURNER, he married J Margaret
REED on July 29, 1933 in Crown Point; she died May, 1974. He later married LaBerta
THORNBURG PATCH on Nov. 9, 1979; she survives.
He was an accountant and bookkeeper for the former Gates Chevrolet Auto Agency,
Argos, and had been employed by the Chevrolet Auto Agency, Dunkirk, in the same capacity. He
had also been employed by the former Studebaker Corporation, South Bend.
He graduated in 1929 from Argos High School as valedictorian. He served on the Argos
Library Board, Argos Community School Board, and was a member of the Argos Bible Church.
In addition to his wife he is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Paul (Karen S.) ALLISON,
Kokomo; one son Robert and wife Mary Helen LaTURNER, Lafayette; three step-daughters Jane
MECHLING, Argos, Marilyn FRY, Rochester, Diana PATCH, Holland, Mich; one step-son Keith
PATCH, Osteen, Fla., seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren, seven step-grandchidren;
four step-great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Dorothy STRINGFELLOW, Goshen. He was