The Sentinel 2002 - Fulton County Public Library

Mothers Club, and received the Service Award from Culver Military Academy in 1969.
Dr. Parker and her husband helped obtain accreditation for Logansport Memorial
Hospital and helped establish the intensive care unit. She traveled for international medical
exchange programs. She enjoyed gardening, swimming, world travel and spending time in Culver.
Survivors include five children, Paul W. KILLIAN and wife Joelle, Washington, D.C.,
Clyde B. KILLIAN and wife Sharon, Greenwood, Francis W. PARKER III and wife Peggy, Van
Nuys, Calif., Patricia A. STRICKLAND and husband Ted, San Leanardo, Calif., and David John
PARKER and wife Lori, Logansport; eight grandchildren, Michael, Alanna, Paul D., Philip and
Eleanor KILLIAN, Lauren and Allison PARKER and Parker STRICKLAND; close friend and coworker,
Carol PURSCH.
Services are at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. James Lutheran Church, 430 Ninth St.,
Logansport, with Rev. Douglas MANKELL officiating. Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery,
Logansport. Friends may call from 6-8:30 p.m. Friday at Kroeger Funeral Home, 711 E. Market
St., Logansport, and from 9:45-10:45 a.m. Saturday at the church. Memorials may be made for
“Talking Books for the Blind, to the Robert Kraft Fund, in care of Indiana State Library for the
Blind, 140 N. Senate Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46204, or to the Cass County Family Y, 905 E.
Broadway, Logansport, IN 46947.
Mary “Jean” Swartz
Mary “Jean” SWARTZ, 77, North Manchester, formerly of Akron, died at 4:28 a.m.
today at Kindred Hospital, Indianapolis. Arrangements are pending at Hartzler Funeral Home,
Akron.
Wednesday, February 13, 2002
Helen E. Poor
Oct. 22, 1906 – Feb. 10, 2002
Helen E. POOR, 95, Plymouth, formerly of Argos, died at 5:45 p.m. Sunday at Pilgrim
Manor Nursing Home, Plymouth.
Born near Plymouth to Charles Edward and Hannah HILL KANARR, she married Floyd
E. POOR April 6, 1927 in Plymouth. He died July 20, 1984.
Mrs. Poor, a homemaker, came to Argos in 1975 from Cook Lake, and later returned to
Plymouth. She was a member of North Salem Church of God, Plymouth, and enjoyed gardening,
bird watching and euchre.
Survivors include six grandchildren, Suzie DeLONG and husband Terry, Pam
HOEFNER, Nancy WHITE, Billy SEARS, Jim SEARS, all of Anderson, and Doug JONES and
wife Lorraine, Noblesville; eight great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; one sister,
Ida Mae LOGAN, North Manchester; one son-in-law, Robert JONES, Noblesville; several nieces
and nephews.
Preceding in death with her husband were her parents, twin daughters, Mary SEARS on
Sept. 17, 1986, and Betty JONES on Aug. 5, 2000, two sisters, Ruby HILBERG and Fern
HOLDREAD, and one brother, Ray KNARR.
Services are at 2 p.m. Friday at Grossman Funeral Home, Argos, with Rev. Larry
STUTZMAN officiating. Burial will be at Oak Hill Cemetery, Plymouth. Friends may call from
noon Friday until time of service at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to North Salem
Church of God, Plymouth.