The Rochester Sentinel 1970 - Fulton County Public Library

Ann Wagoner
Final rites will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday in the Foster & Good funeral home for
Miss Ann WAGONER, 50, Rochester, who died Tuesday morning. The Rev. C. J. MOWRER
will officiate. Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. cemetery here. Friends may call at the funeral home
after 9 a.m. Thursday.
Miss Wagoner’s body was found early Tuesday morning in a room in the Ghrist motel
here.
Deputy County Coroner Dr. Wayne KNOCHEL ordered an autopsy which was
performed Tuesday afternoon.
State Police Detective Donald SMITH said today the pathologist report submitted by Dr.
David ALSTOTT showed evidence of a foreign substance in the stomacvh of Miss Wagoner. The
report has been sent to the I.U. Medical Center in Indianapolis to determine the cause of death.
Smith said the report should be available within a week.
Sheriff Homer CARR, who investigatted with Smith, said there was no evidence of foul
play.
She was born March 26, 1920, in Rochester, the daughter of William and Hulda
ANDERSON WAGONER. She had resided the majority of her life here. She was a former
employee of the Rochester Taxi Cab companty and a former motorroute driver for The Rochester
Sentinel.
Surviving are one brother, Frank S. WAGONER, Ludington, Mich.; four nieces and one
nephew. Four brothers preceded in death.
Thursday, December 24, 1970
Alma Faye Easterday
Mrs. Alma Faye EASTERDAY, 67, R.R. 6, Rochester, died at 3:05 p.m. Wednesday in
Woodlawn hospital. She had been ill one year and serious since August.
Born Oct. 21, 1903, in Marshtown, she was the daughter of Nathan and Ada WALTERS
JULIAN. Her marriage was April 30, 1921, in Fulton, to Paul EASTERDAY, who survives. She
had spent her lifetime in the Fulton area and was a member of the Fulton United Methodist
church, Bide-A-Wee club and the Order of Eastern Star.
Also surviving are three sons, Walter L. and Howard D. [EASTERDAY], both of
Rochester, and Roy J. [EASTERDAY], Fulton; one daughter, Mrs. Kenneth (Elsie) GRAHAM,
Fulton; fourteen grandchildren; two great-gandchildren; one brother, Paul JULIAN, Angola; one
sister, Mrs. Charles (Mable) KETTLE, Auburn. One grandchild preceded in death.
Final rites will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in the Ditmire-Zimmerman funeral home in
Fulton. The Rev. Thomas BOWMAN will officiate. Burial will be in the Fulton cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Friday where the Eastern Star will conduct
memorial services at 7:30 p.m. Memorials other than flowers may be made to he Cancer Fund.