The Rochester Sentinel 1970 - Fulton County Public Library

Melvin D. Ferguson
Melvin D. FERGUSON, 51, Argos, died Saturday at 9:25 a.m. in Robert Long hospital,
Indianapolis, following an illness of five months.
Born March 31, 1919, in Plymouth, he was the son of Charles and Fern NELLANS
FERGUSON. His marriage was March 1, 1941, in Argos, to Dorothy POWERS, who survives. A
farmer and former machinist at the Bourbon Orthopedic Equipment company, Bourbon, he was a
member of the Argos Congregational Christian church and the Maxinkuckee I.O.O.F. lodge
number 373.
Surviving with the wife are three sons, John, Jerry and James [FERGUSON], all at home
his father, Charles FERGUSON, Plymouth; three sisters, Mrs. Walter (Bernice) OTT, Cincinnati,
O., Mrs. Robert (Violet) HAM, Plymouth, and Mrs. Glendyn (Marjorie) ALBRIGHT, Argos, and
five brothers, Clifford, Donald and Floyd [FERGUSON], all of Plymouth, Robert [FERGUSON],
Niles, Mich., and Lloyd [FERGUSON], Racine, Wis. One sister and his mother preceded in
death.
Final rites will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Argos Congregational Christian church with
the Rev. Jacob WAECHTER officiating. Burial will be in the Argos Maple Grove cemetery.
Friends may call at the Grossman funeral home, Argos, until noon Tuesday and then at the church
one hour before services. The family requests that memorials other than flowers be made to the
Argos Congregational Christian church building fund.
Rudolph G. Boelter
Final rites will be Tuesday in the Born funeral home, Shawano, Wis., for Rudolph G.
BOELTER, 74, Shawana, who died Saturday in Woodlawn hospital following a heart attack.
Burial will be in the Lake Drive cemetery, Shawano.
The body has been taken from the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home here to the Born
funeral home.
Boelter, who had been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Ira BAKER, Rochester when he suffered the
heart attack, was born May 1, 1895, in Mayville, Wis. His marriage was June 25, 1919, in St.
Joseph, Mich., to Louise WILSON, who survives. A retired floor decorator, he was a member of
World War I Barracks 2179 and the American Legion, both of Shawana.
Surviving with the wife are two sons, Martin R. [BOELTER], Shawano, and William F
[BOELTER], Chicago; a daughter, Mrs. Kenneth EINREINER, Shawana; one brother, Arthur
[BOELTER], Chicago; one sister, Mrs. Allen BUCHANAN, Arkansas; five grandchildren, and
one great-grandchild.
Etta Hall
Final rites were held last Wednesday at Stanton, Ky., for Mrs. Etta HALL, 84, Stanton,
who died April 6 at St. Joseph’s hospital in Lexington, Ky., from the effects of a broken hip.
Mrs. Hall and her husband, the late T. C. HALL, resided on their farm west of the city
from 1939-46. Mr. Hall died Feb. 2, 1949. Mrs. Hall was a member of the Christian church.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Edwin LOCKRIDGE, Mt. Sterling, Ky., and Mrs.
Tom KNOX, Stanton; two sons, Kenneth HALL, Rochester, and Rex HALL, Clay City, Ky.; a
sister, Mrs. Sylvia MELTON, Rochester, and ten grandchildren.
Burial was in the Macphelah cemetery at Stanton.