The Rochester Sentinel 1970 - Fulton County Public Library

Wednesday, February 25, 1970
Clarence O. Poffenberger
Final rites will be Friday at 2 p.m. in the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home, Rochester,
for Clarence O. POFFENBERGER, 89, Rochester, who died Tuesday at 10:40 a.m. in Woodlawn
hospital.
The Rev. Jerry BOLINGER will officiate. Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F.
cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 1 p.m. Thursday.
Born April 26, 1880, in Rochester, he was the son of Sylvester and Delilah HARDING
POFFENBERGER. His last marriage was Oct. 17, 1917, in Rochester, to Sarah E. SWANGO,
who died in 1954. An interior decorator, he lived in the Rochester area all his life and attended the
Rochester First Assembly of God church.
Surviving are numerous grandchildren; four step-children, including Mrs. Edward
CARPENTER, Rochester; one sister, Mrs. Estella LOCKHART, South Bend, and nieces and
nephews. Two sons and one daughter preceded in death.
Minnie Elkins
Mrs. Minnie ELKINS, 85, South Bend, died Tuesday at 5:20 p.m., in Memorial hospital,
South Bend. She was a former resident of Argos. Funeral services are pending at the Grossman
funeral home, Argos.
Thursday, February 26, 1970
Minnie E. Elkins
Final rites will be Saturday at 1:30 p.m. in the Grossman funeral home, Argos, for Mrs.
Minnie E. ELKINS, 85, who died Tuesday at 5:20 p.m. in Memorial hospital, South Bend.
The Rev. Robert HANSEN will officiate. Burial will be in New Oak Hill cemetery,
Plymouth. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today.
Born Nov. 12, 1884, in Clinton, Tenn., she was the daughter of William and Mary
WILLIAMS FOSTER. Her marriage was in 1906, in Clinton, Tenn., to Charles R. ELKINS, who
died Nov. 27, 1946. A former resident of Argos, she had lived with her daughter, Mrs. Nellie
SCHOSKER, South Bend.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Nellie SCHOSKER, South Bend; two sons, Osborn
ELKINS, North Liberty, and Lee ELKINS, Kalamazoo, Mich.; fourteen grandchildren; twentyfive
great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Rosie HERREL and Mrs. Willie BAYLESS, both of
Clinton, Tenn., and two brothers, James FOSTER, Teegarden, Ind., and Ernest FOSTER, Buda,
Ill.
Ruth E. Shelton
Ruth E. SHELTON, 77, Warsaw, former Rochester school teacher, died Wednesday at
9:15 a.m. in Alfran nursing home, Warsaw. She had been ill ten years.
Born Feb.10, 1893, in Fulton county, she was the daughter of John and Mary KRAUSE
WHITTENBERGER. Her marriage was in 1924 to Fred C. SHELTON, who died Novemer 1965.
Moving from Cullowhee, N.C., she had lived in Warsaw four years. A retired school teacher, she
had taught in Rochester, Warsaw, Hobart, Manilla and Hendersonville, N.C She had attended the
University of Chicago, North Carolina’s Teachers college, and Miss Blaker’s college,
Indianapolis. She had attended the First United Methodist church, Warsaw.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Almon (Allee) GERARD, Warsaw, and Mrs. R. L.