The Rochester Sentinel 1970 - Fulton County Public Library

Friday, April 24, 1970
Hallie M. Bitterling
Hallie M. BITTERLING, 73, Kewanna, died today at 7:10 a.m. in Woodlawn hospital.
Born Sept. 20, 1896, in Pulaski county, she was the daughter of George and Capitola
CRAMER GUSS. Her marriage was Sept. 20, 1916, to George BITTERLING, who survives. She
was a member of the Lutheran church, Rochester.
Surviving with the husband are two daughters, Mrs. Violet WILSON, Winamac, and
Mrs. Elnora MALMGREN, Palos Heights, Ill.; two sons, Ralph BITTERLING, Kewanna, and
Dale BITTERLING, Urbana, Ill.; one sister, Mrs. Daisy REINHOLT, Winamac; seven
grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
Final rites will be Sunday at 3 p.m. in the Harrison Garden chapel, Kewanna. The Rev.
Darwin LAVENGOOD will officiate. Burial will be in Bruce Lake cemetery. Friends may call at
the funeral home after noon Saturday.
Laura E. Eagan
Laura A. EAGAN, 66, Rochester, died Thursday at 9:20 p.m. in St. Joseph hospital,
South Bend. She had been ill four months.
Born March 7, 1904, in Greenville, Ill., she was the daughter of Otto and Lydia
SCHOENEWEISS GEERKENS. Her marriage was June 5, 1924, in Decatur, Ill., to Lawson E.
EAGAN, who survives. Moving from Colfax, Ill, she had lived in Rochester 13 years. She was a
former employee of the Rochester News Aency and a member of the United Methodist church,
Cooksville, Ill.
Surviving with the husband are one son, Lauran E. EAGAN, Dallas, Texas; one
granddaughter, Karen [EAGAN], and one grandson, Rex [EAGAN], both of Dallas, and one
sister, Mrs. Kenneth (Eda) ANDERSON, Rochestr.
Final rites will be Sunday at 9 a.m. in the Foster & Good funeral home with the Rev.
Laurence I. SMITH officiating. Burial will be in Wiley cemetery, Colfax, where graveside
services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Saturday.
Saturday, April 25, 1970
Ervin H. Holcomb
Ervin H. HOLCOMB, 65, Leiters Ford, died Friday evening in Marshall county Parkview
hospital, Plymouth. he had been ill one year.
Born June 19, 1904, in Cass county, he was the son of Stephen and Nellie HOLCOMB.
His marriage was March 17, 1928, to Vesta May LOCKS, who survives. He was a former
employee of the Culber Military Academy and had lived in Leiters Ford for 15 years, moving
from Metea.
Surviving with the wife are seven sons, Walter W. [HOLCOMB[, at home; Harold R.
[HOLCOMB], Rochester; Oren W. [HOLCOMB], Winamac; Orville E. [HOLCOMB], Lowell;
Thomas K. [HOLCOMB], Griffith; Jerry L. [HOLCOMB, Plymouth, and Joe E. [HOLCOMB],
Deedsville; three daughters, Mrs. Sarah J. REED, Winamac; Mrs. Vivan M. MERSCH, Kewanna,
and Mrs. Joan RIGNEY, Rochester, and twenty-seven grandchildren.
Final rites are pending at the Fry and Lange funeral home, Winamac.