The Rochester Sentinel 1970 - Fulton County Public Library

Nelson Overmyer
Nelson OVERMYER, 62, of 10285 Harrison road, Osceola, a native of Richland
township, died Sunday at the Osteopathic hospital in South Bend, after a brief illness.
Mr. Overmyer had lived in Talma until he went to Osceola 17 7ears ago. He was born in
Richland township to Walter Lee and Gwendolyn LONG OVERMYER. He married Olenene
BRODT of Delphi July 27, 1949. Mr. Overmyer was retired from Bendix of Mishawaka and was
a veteran of World War II. He also was a member of the Rochester F&AM Lodge 79.
He is survived by his wife Olenene; two sons, Tom [OVERMYER] of Osceola, and Gene
[OVERMYER] of Los Angeles, Cal., and a daughter, Shirley OVERMYER of Las Vegas, Nev.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Warner funeral home in Osceola. The Rev.
Thomas FROST will officiate. Friends may call at the funeral home.
Wednesday, July 29, 1970
Pearl L. Gochenour
Mrs. Pearl L. GOCHENOUR, 66, R.R. 4, Rochester, died at the Pulaski county hospital
at Winamac, Tuesday at 9:15 p.m., following an illness of eight months. Mrs. Gochenour was
admitted Tuesday afternoon.
She was born in North Bend township, Starke county, to John and Lucinda CHANEY
BARLEY, November 11, 1903. She had lived in Rocheser since 1938, moving from North
Liberty May 5, 1920, she was married to Samuel RENSBERGER, who died May 2, 1958. In
1968 she married Herbert GOCHENOUR, who survives.
Also surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Wayne (Fern) HILAND, Edwardsburg, Mich.; four
sons, Roy RENSBERGER, R.R. 5, Rochester; Dean RENSBERGER, R.R. 4, Rochester; Herman
RENSBERGER, Plymouth, and Rowdy RENSBERGER, R.R. 2, Argos; nineteen grandchildren;
eleven great-grandchildren; two step-children, Mrs. Wesley Cholris CHEESMAN, R.R. 4,
Rochester, and Bill GOCHENOUR, of R.R. 6, Rochester; ten step-grandchildren, and eleven stepgreat-grandchildren.
Also surviving is a brother, Henry CHANEY of Ora.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday in the Foster & Good funeral home with the Rev. Curtis
SYLVESTER officiating. Burial will be in the Bass Lake cemetery at Bass Lake. Friends may
call after 1 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Thursday, July 30, 1970
William Becraft
William BECRAFT, Huntsville, Ill., died Wednesday evening in the Macomb, Ill.
hospital. He was the father of Ernest BECRAFT, Rochester resident. Final rites will be
conducted Friday afternoon in the Cookston funeral home in Augusta, Ill.