The Sentinel 2002 - Fulton County Public Library

Services are at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Akron United Methodist Church with Rev.
Stevan HAIFLICH officiating. Burial will be at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Athens. Friends may call
from 10 a.m. Wednesday until time of service at the church. Memorials may be made to Akron
United Methodist Church’s air conditioning fund. Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron, is in charge of
arrangements.
Arzerna N. Price
Arzerna N. PRICE, 86, formerly of Argos, died at 3:05 p.m. Monday at her residence at
Life Care Center, Rochester. Arrangements are pending at Grossman Funeral Home, Argos.
A. Wayne Bowser
April 1, 1924 – March 3, 2002
A. Wayne BOWSER, 77, 412 N. Tucker St., Mentone, died Sunday at Kosciusko
Community Hospital, Warsaw.
Born in Mentone to Edward and Opal MARQUESS BOWSER, he married Phyllis
LEMLER Dec. 30, 1945 in Mentone. She survives.
Mr. Bowser, a lifetime Mentone area resident, was co-owner of L & B Foods, Mentone,
was an Avon representative and worked at Mid-West Spring, Mentone. He was a member of First
Baptist Church, Mentone, where he was treasurer, usher and trustee, a member of Mentone Lions
Club, Mentone Masonic Lodge and Order of the Eastern Star. He was a U.S. Army veteran of
World War II.
Surviving with his wife, at home, are two daughters, Victoria SWIHART and husband
Charles, Rochester, Debra REED and husband Terry, Mentone; one son, Frederick [BOWSER]
and wife Lana, Akron; 10 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; one brother, David
[BOWSER] and wife Eileen, Mentone; four sisters, Margaret BRUNER, Elizabeth FLORY and
husband Marion, all of Warsaw, Phyllis ALBER, Rochester, Rebecca STAVEDAHL and husband
Larry, Mentone; mother-in-law, Lois LEMLER, Mentone.
Preceding in death were his parents and three brothers.
Services are at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church, Mentone, with Rev. Joe
OLSON officiating. Burial will be at Mentone Cemetery. Friends may call from 2-8 p.m.
Wednesday at King Memorial Home, Mentone. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church,
Mentone.
Carl H. Oatney
Carl H. OATNEY, 63, Wilmette, Ill., died Friday in Illinois. Graveside services will be at
noon Thursday at Culver Masonic Cemetery.
Wednesday, March 6, 2002
Elmer Baldwin
June 6, 1931 – March 4, 2002
Elmer BALDWIN, 70, Rochester, formerly of Leiters Ford, died at 4:40 a.m. Monday at
Woodlawn Hospital.
Born in Kewanna to Oliver Earnest and Alice Mae REAM BALDWIN, he married
Elizabeth Ann EVANS Dec. 22, 1951 in Niles, Mich. She survives.
Mr. Baldwin, a Vietnam veteran, retired from the U.S. Air Force, where he was an
aircraft structural repair specialist. He also worked for the National Aeronauitics and Space