The Rochester Sentinel 1970 - Fulton County Public Library

William F. Oswalt
Final rites will be at 1 p.m. Friday in the Hathaway-Morrison funeral home in Columbus
for William F. OSWALT, Columbus, who died Wednesday at his residence.
Burial will be in the Garland Brook cemetery in Columbus. Friends may call at the
funeral home.
The family has requested that memorials other than flowers be in the form of
contributions to ALS, a branch of Multiple Sclerosis research.
Born in Wabash, he was the son of Dick and Mable COATE OSWALT. His marriage
was in 1935, in Rochester, to Meriam GRAEBER OSWALT, who survives.
Also surviving are one son, Phillip [OSWALT], of Indianapolis; one daughter, Mrs. John
M. KELLY, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; one sister; two brothers, and four grandchildren.
James R. Wells
James Raymond WELLS, 71, Macy, barber at Nyona Lake, died Wednesday at 10:20
a.m. in Woodlawn hospital. He had been ill two weeks.
Born Sept. 5, 1898, in Howard county, he was the son of Lafayette and Bertha
ATKINSON WELLS. His marriage was June 28, 1919, in Kokomo, to Mildred Marie
STILLWELL, who survives. He was the owner of Jim’s Barber Shop, Nyona Lake, and a former
employee of the Indiana Glass company, Dunkirk. A member of the Peru Barber Union he was
also a member of the Americn Flint Glass Workers Union, and the Christian church, Darough
Chapel, Darough.
Surviving with the wife are one daughter, Mrs. Walter (June) WHITE, Dunkirk; two
sons, Earl J. WELLS, Dunkirk, and Lowell WELLS, Gas City; six grandchildren; two greatgrandchildren;
two sisters, Mrs. Leona LOOKER, Franklin, and Mrs. Cecil DAILY, Kokomo.
Final rites will be Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Jones funeral home, Dunkirk. Rev. MOORE
will officiate. Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. cemetery, Dunkirk. Friends may call at the Country
Chapel, McCain funeral home, Denver, after 2 p.m. Friday and at the Jones funeral home,
Dunkirk, after 2 p.m. Saturday.
Osa Gearhart
Osa GEARHART, 80, Twelve Mile, died Wednesday at 11:50 a.m., in Memorial
hospital, Logansport.
Born Sept. 21, 1889, in Virginia, he was the son of John and Ida May WINGFIELD
GEARHART. His marriage was July 21, 1915, inToledo, Iowa, to Mary YANDA, who survives.
A retired farmer he had lived in the Twelve Mile area his entire life. he was a member of the
Eagles Lodge, Logansport.
Surviving with the wife are four children, Clyde GEARHART, Milwaukee, Wis, Lester
GEARHART, Tucson, Ariz., George GEARHART, Twelve Mile, and Mrs. Betty SPENCER,
Logansport; ten grandchildren; three great-granddaughters; two brothers, Bruce GEARHART,
Laughton, Mich., and Clarence GEARHART, Thurman, Iowa; and one sister, Mrs. William
HUNT, winamac.
Final rites will be Saturday at 2 p.m. in the McCain Funeral home at U.S. 31 and Ind. 16.
The Rev. Lynn SOUGHN will officiate. Burial will be in the Greenlawn cemetery, Mexico.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Friday.