The Rochester Sentinel 1970 - Fulton County Public Library

Monday, February 2, 1970
Wayne M. Blackburn
Wayne M. BLACKBURN, 54, Lapaz, died at his residence at 3:15 a.m. today following
an illness of seven years.
Born June 20, 1915, at Macy, he was married July 5, 1943, to Susan B. WEBB,
Rochester, who survives. He had lived in Lapaz for the past 11 years, moving from Nyona lake.
Surviving with the wife are one son, John [BLACKBURN], Lapaz, and two daughters,
Mrs. Cheryl CAMPBELL, Madison, and Deborah K. [BLACKBURN], at home.
Final rites will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Harden Memorial chapel, Lakeville.
Burial will be in the Plainview cemetery, Macy, at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Friends may call at the
chapel Tuesday from 2-4 p.m. and from 7-9 p.m.
Tuesday, February 3, 1970
Edith M. Cooley
Mrs. Edith Mae COOLEY, 73, Argos, died at 10:45 a.m. Monday at Parkview hospital,
Plymouth.
Born Oct. 4, 1896, Three Oaks, Mich., she was the daughter of George and Bertha
DEANE STANAGE. Her marriage was Oct. 13, 1913 in Three Oaks to Roscoe R. COOLEY,
who died in 1964. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ Pentecostal Faith, Rochester.
Surviving are six daughters, Mrs. Vera ELLIS, Mrs. Frank (Betty) HARDESTY and Mrs.
Patricia ZEIDER, all of Argos; and Mrs. Paul (Mary) PERKINS, Mrs. William (Donnabelle)
STEGMAN, Mrs. Joseph (Louewella) RIDDLE, all of Dallas; four sons, Harry and Raymond
[COOLEY], both of South Bend, George [COOLEY], Dallas, and David [COOLEY], Atlanta,
Ga.; twenty-nine grandchildren; twenty-six great-grandchildren; two brothers, Harold and Bert
[STANAGE], and one sister, Ethel [STANAGE], all of Three Oaks.
Final rites will be Thursday 2 p.m. at the Argos Church of Jesus Christ Pentecostal Faith
with Elder Robert JOHNSON officiating. Burial will be at the Lakeville cemetery. Friends may
call at the Grossman funeral home after 2 p.m. Wednesday, and until noon Thursday, and at the
church one hour before services.
Elma M. Crabill
Elma M. CRABILL, 78, died Monday at 9:20 a.m. at the Whitley County hospital,
Columbia City, following a stroke. She had been ill since Jan. 2.
Born Oct. 4, 1891, in Whitley county, she was the daughter of Joseph and Malissa
FAIRCHILD GRACE. Her marriage was to Albert CRABILL on Nov. 27, 1911, and in 1946
they moved to Churubusco. He died last Dec. 8.
Surviving are two sons, Calvin [CRABILL], Rochester, and Lyman [CRABILL],
Columbia City; three daughters, Mrs. Carl FULK, Churubusco; Mrs. Eddie HOPPES, Columbia
City, and Mrs. Waveland HOWE, New Haven, Ind. twenty-two grandchildren; nineteen greatgrandchildren;
one sister, Mrs. Bessie HART, Elida, O., and two brothers, Ralph GRACE , Fort
Wayne, and Verlin [GRACE], Columbia City.
Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Sheets funeral home, Churubusco.
Friends may call after 7 o’clock this evening.