The Rochester Sentinel 1970 - Fulton County Public Library

Ethel Myers
Mrs. Ethel MYERS, 84, R.R. 1, Argos, died at 1 a.m. today in the TLC nursing home at
Argos.
Born Dec. 2, 1886 near Poplar Grove church west of Argos, she was the daughter of
Isaac and Bertha WICKIZER THOMPSON. She had lived several years in the LaPorte area and
the remainder of her life in Plymouth and Argos. Her first marriage was in 1907 to Jay BOYCE,
who died in 1922. Her second marriage was May 8, 1944 to Lawrence MYERS, who survives.
She was a member of the Argos Christian church.
Surviving with the husband are two daughters, Mrs. Robert LOWRY, Argos, and Mrs.
Jesse ROBINSON, Warsaw; ten grandchildren; seventeen great-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs.
George DUFF, Plymouth, and a brother, Alva THOMPSON, R.R. 1, Argos.
Last rites will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Grossman funeral home in Argos with the Rev.
Jacob WAECHTER officiating. Burial will be in the Argos Maple Grove cemetery. Friends may
call after 4 p.m. Sunday.
Monday, December 28, 1970
I. Merle Blacketor
I. Merle BLACKETOR, 63, 531 East 14th street, died at 6:25 a.m. Sunday in Woodlawn
hospital. He had been ill one month.
Born March 17, 1907, in Rochester, he was the son of Seymour and Anna Elizabeth
WOLF BLACKETOR. His marriage was April 24, 1934, in Rochester, to May STEININGER.
She preceded in death March 5, 1967. Mr. Blacketor was a lifetime resident of Rochester and
retired from operating the B&L Milling company in Mexico. He was a member of the First
Baptist church in Rochester and the Eagles lodge here.
Surviving are two brothers, Otto H. BLACKETOR, Detroit, Mich., and Hugh
BLACKETOR, Medford, O.; four sisters, Mrs. Glen (Deloris) McGREW, Fulton; Miss Ethel
BLACKETOR, Rochester; Mrs. Paul (Bonnie) DAVIS, Aurora, Ill., and Mrs. Cecil (Bernice)
RHODES, Athens; one aunt, Miss Esther WOLF, Rochester. Ond son, Raymond
[BLACKETOR], preceded in death in 1935.
Final rites will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home. The Rev.
Donald LAMBERT will officiate. Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. cemetery. Friends may
call at the funeral home.
Tuesday, December 29, 1970
Richard E. Elliott
Funeral services were Monday for Richard E. ELLIOTT, 72, Logansport, who died
Saturday. He was born near Fletchers Lake in Fulton county to Alfred and Emma ANDERSON
ELLIOTT. He was a cousin of Mrs. Hugh McMAHAN of Rochester. The wife, the former
Lucille EWERS of Logansport, and a daughter, Mrs. Merle RUTLEDGE of New Richmond, Ind.,
are among the survivors.