The Rochester Sentinel 1970 - Fulton County Public Library

Tuesday, September 22, 1970
Deborah Sue Tobey
Deborah Sue TOBEY, 14-year-old daughter of Robert and Shirley WAGONER TOBEY,
R.R. 1, Rochester, died at 11:45 p.m. Monday in the South Bend Osteopathic hospital where she
had been a patient since Friday. She had been ill four weeks. Death was attributed to myocarditis.
Born May 13, 1956, in Rochester, she had resided here her entire life. She was a member
of the freshman class of Rochester high school and a member of the Trinity United Methodist
church. She was a 4-H junior leader and a member of the 4-H Woodrow Peppers and the
Woodrow Sodbusters.
Surviving with her parents are one sister, Lee Ann TOBEY, at home; the maternal
grandmother, Mrs. Charles (Pearl) WAGONER, R.R. 1, Rochester; the paternal grandfather and
paternal step-grandmother, Mr. and Mrs. Howard TOBEY, R.R. 1, Rochestr; the paternal greatgrandmother,
Mrs. Lucy TOBEY, Rochester; eleven cousins; an aunt, Mrs. Ned (Jane)
HALTERMAN, R.R. 1, Rochester; two uncles, Tom TOBEY, Indianapolis, and Robert
WAGONER, R.R. 1, Rochester. The paternal grandmother and the maternal grandfather preceded
her in death.
Final rites will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in the Foster & Good funeral home. The Rev.
Vernon LALLEMENT will officiate. Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. cemetery here. Friends may
call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Wednesday. The family has requested that memorials other
than flowers be made to the Heart Fund.
Glen D. Cole
Glen D. COLE, 80, R.R. 1, Argos (three miles southwest of Tippecanoe) died at 8:45
p.m. Monday in the intensive care ward at Plymouth Parkview hospital following a car-train
accident at the Fir road crossing west of Tippecanoe about 5:30 p.m. Monday.
Mr. Cole’s car stalled on the Norfolk and Western tracks and was hit by the engine of a
freight train.
Mrs. [Fostie] SILL of Tippecanoe, a sister of Mr. Cole, was a passenger in the car. She
was able to get out of the vehicle before it was hit and was not injured.
The Marshall county coroner said Mr. Cole died of multiple injuries.
Born March 10, 1890 in Howard county near Kokomo, he was the son of John and Millie
WINTERROWD COLE. He had lived at Tippecanoe for 44 years, moving there from South
Bend, where he had owned a grocery store. He was married to Ervada JONES at Tippecanoe Feb.
28, 1912. She survives. Mr. Cole, a retired farmer, was a longtime member of the Tippecanoe
I.O.O.F. and also belonged to the Canton at Rochester and Eagles Lodge of Plymouth.
Surviving with the widow is a daughter, Miss Doris Dean COLE, South Bend; two
sisters, Mrs. [Fostie] (Nilas Glen) SILL, Tippecanoe, and Mrs. Lester (Dottie) ROHRER,
Mentone. A daughter, Dorothy [COLE], died in infancy.
Last rites will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Tippecanoe Community church with the Rev.
James GABHART officiating. Burial will be in the Walnut Brethren cemetery. The Tippecanoe
I.O.O.F. lodge will conduct ritualistic rites at the cemetery.
Friends may call at the Grossman funeral home in Argos after 1 p.m. Wednesday until 11
a.m. Thursday and at the church for one hour before services.