The Rochester Sentinel 1996 - Fulton County Public Library

Monday, April 15, 1996
Cora M. Denney
Jan. 16, 1911 - April 14, 1996
Cora Mae DENNEY, 85, 13349 Hickory Road, Argos, died at 12:35 a.m. Sunday at Saint
Joseph’s Hospital of Marshall County, Plymouth.
She was born in Wakarusa to Jackson and Nancy HARRELL YEAZEL. She married
Dale RUNYAN, and was later divorced. On Stpe. 20, 1935, in Warsaw, she married Joseph
DENNEY, who died on Oct. 18, 1971. She was a homemaker and lived most of her life in the
Argos community.
Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. James (Charmaine) HATFIELD, Loveland, Colo.;
Barbara STOUDER, Nappanee, Mrs. David (Sue) FERRIS, Osceola; and Lonna HENRY,
Plymouth; one son, Ronald and wife (Wanetta) DENNEY, Argos; ten grandchildren; ten greatgrandchildren;
one sister, Flossie DENNEY, Argos; and one brother, Irvin V YEAZEL,
Tippecanoe. Preceding in death were one daughter, Sylvia RUNYAN; one son, Jackie Lee
RUNYAN; two sisters, Fern LYONS and Joy YEAZEL; and one infant brother, Dale YEAZEL.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Grossman Funeral Home, Argos. Burial
will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Plymouth. Friends may call from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m Tuesday
and from 9 a.m. through the hour of services Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be
made to the Marshall County Heart Fund and the Arthritis Foundation.
Hershel L. Hewitt
March 10, 1918 - April 13, 1996
Hershel LeRoy “Roy” HEWITT, 78, West Noe St., Kimmell, died at 3:15 p.m. Saturday
at Parkview Memorial Hospital, Fort Wayne.
He was born in Ligonier to Lee and Leala Mae LOCKE HEWITT. On July 26, 1947, in
Fort Wayne, he married Lilia LaVern BURNS, who survives. He was a lifetime resident of Noble
County and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was a track supervisor for Chessie
System (formerly B&O Railroad) and was a secretary for his union local.
Surviving with his wife are three sons, Randy HEWITT, Kendallville, Hershel Leroy
“Junior” HEWITT Jr., Ligonier; and Mike HEWITT, Indianapolis; four daughters, Virgie
COOPER and Penny OWSLEY, both of Kimmell; Linda HEWITT, Rochester; and Karen
WEAVER, Goshen; fourteen grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; two brothers, Hubert
HEWITT, Texas and Jim HEWITT, Knapp Lake; and two sisters, Margaret WADE, Cromwell;
and Joan ROBBINS, Texas. Preceding in death were one daughter, Vickie [HEWITT]; one
brother, Norris [HEWITT]; and one sister, Mildred SHELEY.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Ulrey-Renner Funeral Home, Ligonier, with
Linda HEWITT officiating. Burial will be in the Sparta Cemetery, Kimmell. Memorials may be
made to the Boys Town.