The Rochester Sentinel 1970 - Fulton County Public Library

Allen Ballenger
Allen BALLENGER, 75, R.R. 3, Rochester, died at 7:10 p.m. Saturday in Woodlawn
hospital where he had been admitted Saturday afternoon. He had been ill two days.
Born Oct. 28, 1894, near Akron, he had lived his entire life in this area. His marriage
was to Minnie P. SWARTZLANDER, in 1912. She survives. Mr. Ballenger was a retired farmer
and truck line operator. He was a member of the Eagles lodge in Rochester.
Also surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Gerald (Bonnie) BEATTIE, R.R. 3, Rochester; a
son, Devane [BALLENGER], Mishawaka; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; a sister,
Mrs. Sara BOLDMAN, Grovertown.
Final rites will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Foster & Good funeral home. The Rev. V.
L. GARNER will officiate. Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. cemetery here. Friends may call at the
funeral home.
Edna Smith
Final rites will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Kewanna Baptist church for Mrs. Edna
SMITH, 79, Kewanna, who died at 7 p.m. Friday in St. John’s hospital, Santa Monica, Cal.
The Rev. Otis STONE will officiate. Burial will be in the Bruce Lake cemetery. Friends
may call at the Harrison funeral home in Kewanna.
She was born Aug. 18, 1890, in Indiana, and had lived most of her life in Kewanna. Her
first marriage was to Roy ZELLERS. He died in 1938. Her second marriage was to Guy SMITH,
who survives.
Also surviving are a son, Wilmer ZELLERS, Long Beach, Cal.; two step-sons, Donald
SMITH, Cambridge, Wis., and Cloyd SMITH, Pacific Palisades, Cal.; one step-daughter, Mrs.
Dorothy GINDELBERGER, Osceola; a brother, Lewis McKEE, Royal Center; one sister, Mrs.
Nita GILLESPIE, Kewanna; twenty-one grandchildren, and fourteen great-grandchildren.
Norma Jean McKee
Private graveside services will be conducted Tuesday in the Akron cemetery for Mrs.
Norma Jean McKEE, R.R. 1, Marion, former Akron resident, who was killed at 7:50 a.m.
Saturday in an automobile crash north of Marion.
The Rev. Claude FAWNS will officiate. The Haupert funeral home in Akron is in charge
of arrangements. There will be no visitation hours.
Born Jan. 11, 1939, in Kosciusko county, she was the daughter of William and Edna
LANDIS SICKS. Her marriage was in 1958, to Duaine McKEE, who survives.
Also surviving are four daughters, Carrie, Debra, Donna, and Tina [McKEE], all at home;
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William SICKS, R.R. 1, Hartford City; the paternal grandfather,
Clarence SICKS, R.R. 1, Silver Lake; one brother, Gary [SICKS], and one sister, Elizabeth
[SICKS], both of Hartford City.
Tuesday, January 20, 1970 to Thursday, January 22, 1970
[no obits]