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OBITUARY - The Salem, Indiana Leader or Democrat; after August 16, 1933

MISS TRESSIE D. ANDERSON

There is a reaper whose name is Death

And with his sickle keen

He reaps the bearded grain at a breath

And the flowers that grow between.

Tressie D. Anderson, daughter of I. L. and Amanda Kettrey Anderson, was born August 30, 1891, and departed this life August 16, 1933 aged 41 years, 11 months and 16 days.

She was taken to St. Joseph Infirmary Louisville for surgical treatment Wednesday morning and passed away at eight o’clock that evening.

Tressie was graduated from Salem High School with the class of 1912, and attended Hanover College and Central Normal College at Danville, from which she graduated. She began teaching in 1914 and has been one of Washington county’s successful teachers for fifteen years.

While she never married, she was always a lover of children and chose their guidance and instruction as her life’s work.

Early in life she united with the Church of Christ at Cross Roads, and lived a consistent Christian life to the end. She was loved by all who knew her and numbered her friends by the score.

Her father, mother, one brother and sister preceded her to the great beyond.

She leaves to mourn their loss one brother, Rodney G. of Salem, two sisters, Mrs. Gayle Williams of Remington, and Ruth Winslow of Salem, six nieces and five nephews, besides other relatives and a host of friends.

I cannot say and I will not say

That she is gone, she is just away.

OBITUARY - The Salem, Indiana Democrat; February 3, 1965

Former County Teacher Expires

Former teacher in Washington County Schools, Mrs. Ruth Anderson Winslow, 70, 214 Devonshire Drive, Kokomo, passed away Sunday, Jan. 31, at 2:20 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Kokomo.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday from Dawalt Chapel with Rev. Esten Martin officiating. Interment was made in Crown Hill Cemetery.

Mrs. Anderson was born near Salem May 4, 1894, the daughter of Isaac Lewis and Amanda Kettrey Anderson. A graduate of Central Normal College, Danville, she retired from teaching school in 1958 due to ill health. Besides teaching in Washington County schools she also taught at Scottsburg, Sellersburg and Jeffersonville Twp. in Clark County.

A member of the First Baptist Church, she also belonged to the Anna Rogers Clark Chapter, DAR. Since her retirement she had made her home with her daughter in Kokomo. She was married April 14, 1915 to Wiley Porter Winslow who preceded her in death May 9, 1960.

Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Imogene Winslow, Kokomo; a sister, Mrs. Walter (Gayle) Williams of Remington: a sister-in-law, Mrs. Madeline Anderson of Salem and several nieces and nephews.

She was also preceded in death by a brother and two sisters.

OBITUARY - The Salem, Indiana Leader, Wednesday, May 1, 1968:

Rosie Gorman Funeral Held Friday, April 26

Rosie B. Gorman of Route 4, Salem, passed away at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23 at her home. She was 84 years old, and a member of the Crossroads Church of Christ.

She was born February 16, 1884 in Washington County the daughter of William and Annis Floyd Anderson. She was married to Claude Gorman who died in March of 1922.

Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Mary Ponsford of Salem; two brothers, Everett Anderson and Glenn Anderson of Salem; three sisters, Mrs. Effie Spurgeon of Dana, Florida, Mrs. Estel Williams and Mrs. Hazel Walker of Salem; five grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at Hollis Funeral Home at 2:00 p.m. Friday, April 26, with Bro. Charley Jones officiating. Burial was in the Bunker Hill Cemetery.

OBITUARY - The Salem, Indiana Leader, February 23, 1950:

Little York Farmer Drowns In Spring …..

Omer Anderson Meets Tragic Death While Cleaning Out …..

Spring At Farm;

Omer Anderson, 63, prominent Little York farmer, met tragic death by drowning Monday afternoon. His body was found, head downward, in the spring near a stock tank on his farm by two neighbors summoned by Mrs. Anderson when her husband failed to return to the house at chore time.

Clarence Gross and Bert Thompson discovered the tragedy about 6:45 p.m. Monday evening. Mr. Anderson’s head and shoulders were submerged in the water and mud in the bottom of the spring.

Death probably occurred about 1 p.m. according to Coroner Frank Newkirk, who pronounced the cause as accidental suffocation and drowning.

Mr. Anderson had talked with Mr. Thompson Monday afternoon and said he thought he would clean out the spring which furnished water for his stock. The spring is in the bottom of a well-like opening, with a pipe loading from it to the stock tank.

He has apparently dipped most of the water and mud from the spring and was attempting to clean out the pipe with a piece of wire when he slipped into the mud and water at the bottom.

Mrs. Anderson began looking for her husband when he failed to return to the house towards evening. Seeing his horses she thought perhaps he had gone on into the fields until she noted the dog had returned to the house. Becoming alarmed she called her neighbors and Mr. Thompson and Mr. Gross went to the spring.

Mr. Anderson had resided in the Little York community for the past five years. Before that time he lived in the Hickory Grove community in Franklin Township. He was a lifelong resident of the county.

He was born August 9, 1886 to William F. and Malinda Floyd Anderson. He was married to Lula Tash, daughter of Benton and Elva Tash.

OBITUARY - The Salem, Indiana Leader, Wednesday, July 7, 1976; page 12, section 1:

Mrs. Effie Spurgeon

Mrs. Effie D. Spurgeon, age 86, a residence of Route 3, Salem, passed away at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, July 1 at the Washington County Memorial Hospital.

Mrs. Spurgeon was born October 14, 1889 in Washington County, the daughter of William P. and Annis Floyd Anderson. She was a member of the Salem Church of Christ. Her husbands, Clyde Terrell and Simon Spurgeon preceded her in death.

Survivors are a son Lendall Terrell, Salem; a daughter, Lalah Yarbrough, Salem; two brothers, Everett Anderson and Glenn Anderson, both of Salem; a sister, Mrs Hazel Walker, Salem; three grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were conducted at 2:p.m. Saturday at the Weathers Funeral Home by Bro. Ed Williams, Interment followed in Crown Hill Cemetery.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE

An Infare Dinner

A very pleasant day was spent last Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lebert Payne when their eldest son Kenneth O. Payne brought home his bride, Mrs. Estelle Anderson Payne. The bride and groom arrived just before the noon hour. The bride was beautifully attired in a white georgette dress. The groom wore a blue serge suit. A long table was spread in the yard, decorated with bouquets of ferns and June roses and covered to the utmost with all kinds of good eats.

Those present were Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Payne and Mrs. Stella Waisner and daughter Mildred of Howard Park, Eddie Motsinger and family, Manson Motsinger and family, Roscoe Mull and family, Ernest Motsinger and family, Ellis Motsinger and family, Lige Newlon and family, Raymond Motsinger and family, Roy Walker and family, Dempsey Motsinger and wife, Lebert Gorman and wife, Chas M. and Sarah Motsinger, Mrs. Mary E. Graves, Mrs. Jane VanMeter, Mrs. Anise Anderson, Mrs. Effie Terrell, Misses Hazel Anderson, Irene Wagoner, Lelah Terrell, Mr. Glen Anderson, Mr. Tony Markland, Mr. and Mrs. Lebert Payne and children Morris and Geneve.

They received many beautiful and useful presents.

OBITUARY - The Salem, Indiana Leader, November 13, 1974:

ESTELLA ANDERSON WILLIAMS

Estella Mae Anderson Williams, widow of Orville Williams, passed away Sunday morning, November 3, 1974 at the Washington County Memorial Hospital, after a long illness.

She was born February 8, 1901, daughter of William F. and Annis Floyd Anderson of Franklin Township, Washington County, Indiana. She attended the Hickory Grove school and became a member of the Church of Christ at Cross Roads, later transferring her membership to Salem.

During the war years she was a government employee at Charlestown.

On September 18, 1947 she was married to Orville Williams and lived at the farm home north of Salem until her husband’s death in 1964. At that time she established a home of her own in Salem until failing health caused her to reside with her sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Walker. For the past two years she was cared for at the Williams Convalescent Center, and given the devoted attention of her family.

She is survived by a daughter, Virginia Atkins, with her husband, Norman and two sons, Barry and Mark, of Lexington Ky.; two brothers, Everett Anderson and wife Sylvia, and Glenn Anderson and wife Helen, of Salem; and two sisters, Effie Spurgeon of Dania, Florida; and Hazel Walker and husband Walter of Salem; also many other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by two brothers and a sister.

Thou hast gone, O precious loved one,

O’er the dark and chilly tide;

In the house of many mansions,

With the blest thou dost abide.

We shall meet thee in the morning,

When all gloom has passed away;

Where good-bye is never spoken,

We’ll rejoice with thee for aye.

Funeral services were held at the Dawalt Funeral home on Tuesday, Nov. 5 at 2:00 P.M., conducted by Bro. Earl Mullins of the Highway Church at Pekin, with burial in the Olive Branch Cemetery, near her parents.

Pallbearers were Mark and Barry Adkins, Odessa Jackson, William Anderson, Max Anderson and Manson McKinley.

OBITUARY - The Salem, Indiana Leader; Dec. 31, 1953:

Funeral Rites Tuesday For J. N. Sturdevant

James N. Sturdevant, 88 year old farmer and breeder of Belgian horses, died at his home in the Conoway neighborhood Saturday, Dec. 26. He had been ill a week.

A lifelong resident of this county, he was born and lived in that neighborhood all his life. He was born January 31, 1865, the son of James Nelson and Catherine Lockenour Sturdevant. On April 16, 1883, he was married to Amanda Elizabeth Anderson. She died March 17, 1945.

Surviving are three sons, Ralph, Salem; Irvin, Campbellsburg, Rt. 2, and Earl, Bristol, Rt. 1; four daughters, Mrs. Kate Haun, Minooka, Ill.,; Miss Nora Sturdevant, Mrs. Geneva Mitney and Mrs. Lillian Hutchings, Greenfield, Ind.; 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Bunker Hill church with Rev. George W. Smith officiating and the Dawalt funeral home in charge of arrangements. Burial was in the church cemetery.

OBITUARY - Washington County, Indiana Press, July 24, 1968:

Earl Sturdevant, Native Of County, Dies In Rhode Island

Dr. Earl G. Sturdevant, 75, of Bristol, Rhode Island, died Sunday, July 21, at a Rhode Island hospital.

He was a native of Washington County, and was the son of the late James and Elizabeth Anderson Sturdevant.

He received his B.A. from Indiana University in 1915, and his M.A. from the same institution in 1916. In 1920 he received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Michigan.

From 1916 to 1917 he was a chemist for the Grassel Chemical Company. From 1917 until 1920 he was instructor of Chemistry at the University of Michigan, and from 1920 until 1923 he was Professor of Chemistry at Western University in Ontario, Canada. From 1923 until 1929 he was Development Engineer at Western Electric Company in Chicago, Research Chemist for U.S. Rubber Company from 1929 until 1931, and Technical Director of the Wire Division of U.S. Rubber Company in Rhode Island from 1931 until his retirement in 1958.

He was a fifty-year member of the American Chemists and a fifty-year member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers. He was also a member of the Tiller Masonic Lodge at Oak Park, Illinois.

Survivors include his widow; Adele Dunbar Sturdevant, two brothers, Ralph G. Sturdevant, Rt. 2, Salem, and Ervin L. Sturdevant of Rt. 1, Campbellsburg, and three sisters: Miss Nora Sturdevant, Mrs. Geneva Mitney, and Mrs. Grover Hutchings, all of Greenfield, Indiana. One son preceded him in death.

Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, July 25, at 11:00 a.m. in the Dawalt Chapel. Burial will be in Bunker Hill Cemetery in Washington County.

OBITUARY #2 – The Salem, Indiana Leader, July 24, 1968:

Earl Sturdevant, Former County Resident, Dies In Rhode Island

Funeral services are to be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday in the chapel of Dawalt Funeral Home, Salem, for Dr. Earl G. Sturdevant, a former resident of Washington County. The Rev. George Stites will officiate and burial will follow in Bunker Hill Cemetery.

Dr. Sturdevant, 75, died Sunday at a Rhode Island hospital. His home was located at Bristol, R.I.

The deceased was born at Salem February 22, 1893, a son of the late James and Elizabeth Anderson Sturdevant, and lived in the Bunker Hill community before moving from this county.

He received his B.A. degree from Indiana University in 1915 and his M.A. from I.U. in 1916. He was awarded his Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of Michigan in 1920.

Dr. Sturdevant served as a chemist for the Grassel Chemical Co. from 1916-17; was a chemistry instructor at the University of Michigan, 1917-20; a professor at Western University, Ontario, 1920-23; development engineer for Western Electric Co., Chicago, 1923-29, and a research chemist for United States Rubber from 1929 through 1931.

Dr. Sturdevant became technical director of the Wire Division of U.S. Rubber at Bristol in 1931, and served in that capacity until his retirement in 1958.

The deceased was a 50-year member of the American Chemical Society and the Institute of Electrical Engineers. He was a member of the Tillar Masonic Lodge, Oak Park, Illinois.

Survivors include his widow, Adele Dunbar Sturdevant; two brothers, Ralph G. Sturdevant, Salem Route 2, and Ervin L. Sturdevant, Campbellsburg Route 1, and three sisters, Geneva Mitney, Mrs. Grover Hutchings and Miss Nora Sturdevant, all of Greenfield, Indiana.

One son, Kenneth, died in 1958.