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Following information contributed by: Truman Helt
Norman Zellmer 1914---1992
Lucille Zellmer 1918---2004
Leroy Ormsby 1898---1965
Mary Ormsby 1902---1971 A sister to mrs. albert Helt
Oscar Abele 10 Jan 1906--14 Sep 1991Parker, Charles 1861 - 1944
Parker, Esther - wife of Charles 1865 - 1920
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Obituaries
Cannon, Georgy H Death Date 8/16/1933 - George H. Cannon, age 75, Kingsbury, World War veteran, passed away at 11:30 a.m. yesterday at his home after an illness of two days. The son of Mr. and Mrs. William Cannon, he was born in Valparaiso on December 11, 1857, moving to Kingsbury 15 years ago from Kankakee, Illinois. He was married in 1886 to Mattie Flayhart. Mr. Cannon was a school teacher and newspaper editor before serving as a mechanic in Company L of the 129th U.S. Infantry. He was a member of the Kankakee Christian Church and of the Masonic Lodge of Kingsbury and the Odd Fellows of Michigan City. Surviving are two sisters. Mrs. Anna J. Trask and Mrs. Lillie M. Munger of Kingsbury, and four brothers, Charles and Frank Cannon of Kingsbury, John Cannon of Gary, and Richard Canon of Westville. Funeral services will be held at the Kingsbury Baptist Church tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock Standard time, the Rev. Wyman A. Hull officiating. The body may be viewed at the O. M. Haverstock chapel here until 1 p.m. tomorrow. Burial will be in Kingsbury Cemetery.
Obituary (from Wanda Witkowski)Cannon, James Charles - LaPorte County IN Obit Index, Cannon, James Charles 78, Newspaper date 2/29/40 - James Charles Cannon, 78, of Walkerton, rural route No. 2, died at the Holy Family hospital at 11 o'clock last night following an illness of two years. His wife Mary preceeded him in death by 11 days. Mr. Cannon was born in Porter County, near Valparaiso, April 23 1861 and had lived near Walkerton for 40 years. He was a retired farmer. Mr. Cannon belonged to the Methodist Church. Surviving are one son Chester, Rock Falls, Ill; four daughters, Mrs. Laurence Tarnow, Laporte ; Mrs. Frank DeWolfe, Laporte; Mrs. Victor Roose, Davenport, Ia; Mrs. Martuyle Perrigo, fish lake; two sisters Mrs. William Munger, Michigan City; Mrs. Anna Trask, Kingsbury; three brothers Richard and Frank Cannon both of Kingsbury; John Cannon, Gary; 26 grandchiildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the O. M. Haverstock chapel, the Rev. W. E. Clarke officiating. Burial will be in the Kingsbury Cemetery. The body may be viewed from tomorrow morning until time for the rites at the Haverstock Chapel.
Obituary (from Wanda Witkowski)Cannon, Mary - LaPorte County IN Obit Index, Cannon Mary Isabelle, Father Blair, Newspaper Date 2/19/40 - Mrs. Mary Isabelle Blair Cannon, age 74, Fish Lake, died Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of her daughter Mrs. Martuyle Perrigo, after an extended illness. She was born in Sullivan County, Missouri on Feb. 27, 1865, she was married to J. Charles Cannon, who survives. Mrs. Cannon was a member of the Baptist Church. Surviving in addition to her husband are four daughters, Mrs. Perrigo, Mrs. Victor Roose of Davenport, Ia, Mrs. Frank DeWolf and Mrs. Lawrence Tarnow both of LaPorte; one son Chester B. Cannon of Rock Falls, Ill, 28 grandchildren; three great grandchildren; four brothers John Blair of Plattsmouth, Nebraska; David Blair of Hossington, Kans; James Blair of Silver Creek, Nebraska, and Theodore Blair of Fullerton, Nebraska. Funeral services were held this afternoon at 1 o'clock at the Haverstock funeral home. The Rev. W. E. Clarke of Kingsbury officiated and burial was in the Kingsbury Cemetery.
Obituary (from Wanda Witkowski)
Gaw, John Edward - John Edward Gaw, 91, of Westville, died at 4:20 am today at Anderson sanitarium. He had been ill for seven months. Mr. Gaw was born in Starke county on July 30, 1876 to John and Christine (Menser) Gaw. He lived in LaPorte for three months, coming from Salem Heights, State Road 4. He was married in South Bend on Nov. 30, 1901 to Pearl Beam, who preceded him in death. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Wanda Shook, Westville; one son, William E. Gaw, LaPorte; one granddaughter and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one daughter, one sister, and one brother. Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Wednesday at the Haverstock Funeral home, the Rev. John Mull officiating. Burial will be in Kingsbury cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Tuesday noon and until time of services. Source: LaPorte Herald Argus, Mon, Apr 29, 1968 pg. 3. GAW, JOHN 7/30/1876 IN Apr.,1968 WESTVILLE / OTIS
Contributed by: Brenda Horton at BAnnHorton3@aol.comHuhnke, Christina & children - The La Porte Herald Argus April 5 1945 - Hanna Crash Kills Mother, 4 Children:
Father, Alfred Huhnke, and 4 Others Survive Auto Struck at Main Crossing by Pennsy Flyer;
Funeral Saturday One of La Porte county's worst railroad crossing tragedies yesterday afternoon at 5:10 in Hanna cost the lives of Mrs. Alfred Huhnke, 40, and four of her eight children.
Victims of an eastbound Pennsylvania railroad flyer at the main crossing in the town were: Mrs. Huhnke, 40; Rosalie May, 12; Ruth Ann, 10; LeRoy 8; Arlene Louis, 4. All resided on the Huhnke farm a mile and a half east of Hanna and a quarter of a mile north of U.S. Road 30.
The tragedy which wiped out half of the Huhnke family, the father and four older children surviving, increased the county's traffic toll to date in 1945 to 12 persons. Mrs. Huhnke and her children were driving to the Hanna post office for their mail when the accident happened, a trip they often made about the same time. They had come westward along U.S. Road 30 in their 1941 sedan and at the main crossing in Hanna Mrs. Huhnke turned south to cross the tracks to the post office. Strangely enough, there were no witnesses to the accident, according to Dr. H.A. Garner, Hanna physician and deputy coroner, who investigated. A number of persons heard the crash and came to the crossing to see what had happened. The Huhnke car when hit by the locomotive became wedged in the latter under the cylinder on the left side and the demolished auto was carried a half mile eastward before the train could be brought to a halt. According to Deputy Coroner Garner, Mrs. Huhnke and Arlena were thrown from the car and instantly killed. The body of the woman was found approximately 200 feet east of the crossing and that of the girl approximately 300 feet east of the crossing. The other three victims were in the wreckage and war carried along the track. Persons who reached the wreckage found LeRoy and Ruth Ann still alive. Dr. Garner took the girl in his car and hurried to the Holy Family hospital here, where she died at 6:15 last night. Clarence Smith placed LeRoy in his car, but the boy died before the hospital was reached, according to Dr. Garner. The main crossing in Hanna is protected by flasher lights, which were presumably working, according to the deputy coroner, although no one saw the accident. A watchman is also on duty daily until 4 p.m. At this crossing there have been a number of fatalities in recent years, it is reported. The mother, whose maiden name was Christina Burlingham, was born in La Porte county, June 25, 1904. On April 15, 1927 she was married to Alfred Huhnke. they lived for some years in Johnson township, near Walkerton. Mr. Huhnke was the winner of the county corn-husking championship several times.
Mrs. Huhnke was president of the W.S.C.S. of the Hanna Methodist church, was a member of the church, of the Hanna Grange and of the township Home Economics. club. Rosalie May was born in Johnson township, Feb 17, 1933. She was a member of the Hanna Methodist church and Sunday school and of the township 4-H club. Ruth Ann was born Dec. 2, 1934 in Johnson township. She belonged to the Sunday school and the 4-H club. LeRoy Raymond was born Jan. 2, 1937 at Hanna. He belonged to the Sunday school, as did Arlena Lois, born at Hanna, Aug. 19, 1940.
Surviving the victims are the father; one daughter, Helen Lu, 17; three sons, Kenneth, 16, LaMar, 14; Alfred, Jr., 14. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 1:30 at the Hanna Methodist church, the Rev. J.A. Gardner of Hamlet officiating. Burial will be in the Kingsbury cemetery with Kosanke Brothers of Union Mills in charge.
Ella Mae Laughlin - LaPORTE - Ella Mae Laughlin, 71, LaPorte, died at 7:46 p.m. Friday (May 7, 1999) at LaPorte Hospital. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Haverstock Funeral Home, LaPorte, with Pastor Charles Epperly officiating. Burial will be at Kingsbury Cemetery, Kingsbury. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday and until the service Tuesday at the funeral home. Mrs. Laughlin was born Aug. 27, 1927, in Kingsbury, to Earl F. and Eva Wheeler Rhoda. On June 30, 1946, in Kingsbury, she married Robert D. Laughlin, who survives. Other survivors include a son, Michael A. Laughlin, LaPorte; four sisters, Sylvia Anderson, LaPorte, Lillian Drey, Omaha, Neb., Hazel Holtz, Long Beach, Calif., and Dorothy Rambo, LaPorte; and two grandchildren. Mrs. Laughlin worked at Schafer's Laundry and Dry Cleaners until she retired in 1991. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of LaPorte.
Rambo, Mrs. Dorothy A. - Mrs. Dorothy A. Rambo, 86, of 1900 Andrew Ave., LaPorte, died Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2001, at 12:10 a.m. at Fountainvew Terrace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born April 13, 1915, in Kingsbury to Earl F. and Eva Ann (Wheeler)Rhoda, and had lived most of her life in the LaPorte area. Mrs. Rambo retired in 1978 as a teacher in LaPorte Community Schools after 40 years. She was a member of First Baptist Church of LaPorte and the Retired Teachers Association. On Aug. 13, 1936, in Logansport, Ind., she married Richard W. Rambo, who died June 9, 1997. Also preceding her in death were her parents and one sister, Ella Mae Laughlin. Surviving are one daughter, Margaret Bransford of LaPorte; one son, Charles of Appleton, Wis.; six grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and three sisters, Sylvia Anderson of LaPorte, Lillian Dray of Omaha, Neb., and Hazel Holtz of Long Beach, Calif. The funeral will be Friday at 11 a.m. at Haverstock Funeral Home with Rev. Douglas Ohime officiating. Friends may call Friday from 9 a.m. until the service. Burial will be in Kingsbury Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Parkinson's Disease Association, Alzheimer's Disease Association, or First Baptist Church of LaPorte. additional obits on this same individual
Dorothy Rambo LaPorte Herald-Argus 13 December 2001 Mrs. Dorothy A. Rambo, 86, of 1900 Andrew Ave., LaPorte, died Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2001, at 12:10 a.m. at Fountainvew Terrace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born April 13, 1915, in Kingsbury to Earl F. and Eva Ann (Wheeler)Rhoda, and had lived most of her life in the LaPorte area. Mrs. Rambo retired in 1978 as a teacher in LaPorte Community Schools after 40 years. She was a member of First Baptist Church of LaPorte and the Retired Teachers Association. On Aug. 13, 1936, in Logansport, Ind., she married Richard W. Rambo, who died June 9, 1997. Also preceding her in death were her parents and one sister, Ella Mae Laughlin. Surviving are one daughter, Margaret Bransford of LaPorte; one son, Charles of Appleton, Wis.; six grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and three sisters, Sylvia Anderson of LaPorte, Lillian Dray of Omaha, Neb., and Hazel Holtz of Long Beach, Calif. The funeral will be Friday at 11 a.m. at Haverstock Funeral Home with Rev. Douglas Ohime officiating. Friends may call Friday from 9 a.m. until the service. Burial will be in Kingsbury Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Parkinson's Disease Association, Alzheimer's Disease Association, or First Baptist Church of LaPorte.
Dorothy Rambo News-Dispatch 13 December 2001 LaPORTE - Dorothy A. Rambo, 86, LaPorte, died at 12:10 a.m. Wednesday (Dec. 12, 2001) at Fountainview Terrace, LaPorte. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Haverstock Funeral Home Inc., with the Rev. Douglas Ohime officiating. Burial will be in Kingsbury Cemetery, Kingsbury. Visitation is from 9 a.m. until the service Friday at the funeral home. She was born April 13, 1915, in Kingsbury, to Earl F. and Eva Ann (Wheeler) Rhoda. On Aug. 13, 1936, in Logansport, Ind., she married Richard W. Rambo, who died June 9, 1997. Survivors include one daughter, Margaret Bransford, LaPorte; one son, Charles Rambo, Appleton, Wis.; three sisters, Sylvia Anderson, LaPorte, Lillian Dray, Omaha, Neb., and Hazel Holtz, Long Beach, Calif.; six grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Also preceding Mrs. Rambo in death was one sister, Ella Mae Laughlin. Mrs. Rambo was a teacher for 40 years in the LaPorte Community Schools. She retired in 1978. She attended First Baptist Church of LaPorte. Mrs. Rambo was a member of the Retired Teacher's Association. Memorial contributions may be made to the Parkinson's Disease Association, Alzheimer's Disease Association, or the First Baptist Church of LaPorte.
Submitted by Jeffrey Holtz Jholtz2000@yahoo.com
Singleton family -My grandparents and mother are buried at Kingsbury. My grandfather was Marvin Singleton and his 2nd wife was Mary Almeda LOUDON (not London). My mother is buried in the family plot there but it is not marked. Her name was Barbara Almeda Singleton Burns. She died Sept 10 1980. also , my brother, David Loudon Burns died at birth in 1953 and he is buried at the foot of Mary's grave. Olive Stephenson, who is also buried there, is the daughter of Marvin and his 1st wife Sarah. My grandparents had a store in Waterford and my mother graduated from Elston in 1943. The Singleton family was in Laporte County, Marshall Co and St. Joe. They seemed to move around alot so I've never been able to confirm when they settled here. Mary Loudon's grandmother was Eliza Norton who in my records was reported to be the first buried in Norton Cemetery. Contributed by: Maureen Chism
William Zarr - Obituary LaPorte Herald-Argus, 2-23-1926 - William Zarr, 69, for several years a resident of Wellsboro, died at 2:30 yesterday afternoon in his home after an illness of long duration. Mr. Zarr was born in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, May 10, 1856, the son of John and Katherine Zarr.
On July 22, 1876 he was united in marriage with Isabella Heistand and to this union were born seven children, four of whom preceded Mr. Zarr in death, in infancy. For many years, Mr. Zarr farmed in Noble township but in late years he has been a resident of Wellsboro.
Survivors are the widow, two daughters, Mrs. Charles Smyers of Union Mills and Mrs. Frank Gemberling of LaPorte, on son Roy Zarr, a sister, and 10 grandchildren. The funeral services will be held from the home at 3 p. m. tomorrow, with interment in Kingsbury Cemetery. John Sweitzer is the undertaker in charge.
Obituary donated on March 30, 2002 by Ingrid Jackson - ingrid.jackson@oracle.com