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BOYCE DAWALT MITCHELL

Boyce Dawalt Mitchell, son of Mrs. Cora Dawalt Lucas, born at South Boston, Indiana on September 9, 1911 and departed this life after a few months illness at Washington County Memorial Hospital on Dec 2, 1954.

On January 19, 1933 he was united in marriage to Thelma Ritchison of Scottsburg, Indiana. To this union four children were born; Mrs. Bonnie Brown, Miss Phyllis Mitchell and Samuel Mitchel, all of Salem and Doris Faye who preceded him in death in infancy.

During his early childhood he attended Bunker Hill Christian Church and in his early teens he was baptized and united with the church.

For the past several years he has been a skilled mechanic at the Goodyear Engineering Plant at Charlestown where his ready kindness and friendship shall never be forgotten.

Besides his loving and devoted wife Thelma and mother he leaves to morn his untimely passing his step-father Reuben W. Lucas, two sisters; Mrs. Audrey Lucas Lottich of New Albany, Indiana, Mrs. Faye Lucas Welborn of Maxwell, Indiana and his brother Ivan Lucas of Salem. His father, Mr. Samuel Mitchell preceded him in death on December 4, 1912 and also two sisters, Catherine Irene and Mary Margaret.

Besides his wife, children, Mother and the son-in-law Daniel Brown, and other immediate relatives he leaves several nieces, nephews, cousins and a host of friends.

"I go to life and not to death;

From darkness to life's native sky;

I go from sickness and from pain

To health and immortality.

Let our farewell then, be tearless,

Since I bid farewell to tears;

Write this day of my departure

Festive in your coming years"

Funeral services were held Sunday at 2:00 P.M. at the Christian Church with Rev. William Odar and Rev. George W. Smith officiating and the Dawalt Funeral Home in charge. Burial in Crown Hill Cemetery.

OBITUARY - The Salem Leader or The Salem Democrat, Salem Indiana; March __, 1936:

Otis Barton Dawalt Dies Friday At Peru

Funeral rites for Otis Barton Dawalt, 27 years old, who died Friday at his home in Peru, Indiana, following many months of illness, were conducted Sunday morning from the Hammond-Jackson Funeral Home, by the Rev. Valorous Clear.

The body, accompanied by the father, Claud Dawalt, the only brother, Winfield Dawalt, Mr. And Mrs. Winfield Dawalt, Dr. Hubert Thomson, Mrs. Thompson and Mrs. R. L. Goddin, was brought here to the Dawalt-Etzlier Funeral Home, where a short service was conducted at ten o’clock Monday, by the Rev. A. L. Meredith, with burial in Crown Hill cemetery.

The mother, Mrs. Lillian Dennany Dawalt, was prostrated during her long vigil, and unable to accompany the body to Salem.

The youth bore his long illness with courage and fortitude. By means of many attributes worthy of admiration, the deceased won the friendship of all whose lives touched his.