The Rochester Sentinel 1970 - Fulton County Public Library

Thursday, June 4, 1970
Clifford Morris
Clifford “Red” MORRIS, 41, 223 West Third street, died Wednesday at 10 p.m. in South
Bend Memorial hospital. He had been ill three weeks.
Born Dec. 29, 1929, in Fulton county, he was the son of Dick and Susie DAVIS
MORRIS. A lifetime resident of the Rochester community, he was a member of the Bethlehem
Baptist church, Newcastle township. He had been employed by the Charles Fear and Sons
Implement company, Rochester.
Surviving are two daughters, Miss Vicki MORRIS and Miss Lisa MORRIS, both of
Rochester; his father, Dick MORRIS, R.R. 5, Rochester; three sisters, Mrs. Herbert (Frances)
BAKER, Bourbon, and Mrs. Bethel (Donna Jean) OLINGER and Mrs. George (Marilyn)
HALTERMAN, both of R.R. 1, Rochester; one brother, Joe MORRIS, Rochester, nieces and
nephews.
Final rites will be Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Foster & Good funeral home, with the Rev.
Junior BOSE officiating. Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. cemetery. Friends may call at
the funeral home after 2 p.m. Friday.
Lona Pontious
Final rites will be Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Haupert funeral home, Akron, for Mrs. Lona
PONTIOUS, 73, Huntington, who died Wednesday at 3:20 a.m. in Spooner, Wis.
The Rev. J. D. THOMASON will officiate. Burial will be in the Mount Hope cemetery,
Athens. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Friday.
Born Aug. 27, 1896, in Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of Herbert and Minnie
SHELLHAMER RIGGLE. Her marriage was to George PONTIOUS, who survives. She was a
member of the Huntington Church of God and the Ladies Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen and Engineers.
Surviving with the husband are four sons, Eugene PONTIOUS, Miami, Fla., Frank
PONTIOUS, Indianapolis, George PONTIOUS, Jr., California, and Stanley PONTIOUS, Gary;
one daughter, Patricia HUMMER; thirteen grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; two greatgrandchildren;
two sisters, Mrs. Marvin (Ola) BALLENGER, R.R. 2, Rochester, and Mrs. Charles
(Zelda) WHITE, R.R. 2, Akron, and two brothers, Arlo RIGGLE, Huntington, and George
RIGGLE, Houston, Texas.
Alfred D. Tossell
Alfred D. [TOSSELL], former Tippecanoe resident, died near midnight Tuesday in
Zepher Hills, Fla.
Final rites are pending in the Grossman funeral home, Argos.