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Deaths of Prominent Howard County Persons – 1966

Source: Kokomo Tribune 31 Dec 1966, pg 28 & 32.

For most persons, the article also indicates his or her profession or other reason why the Tribune considered the person to be “generally known”, as well as deaths occurring out of town. For a photocopy of the article, contact the Howard County Genealogical Society.

January

2 – J.D. Foust, age 53

3 – Clyde R Hill , age 63

4 – Mrs. Janacra Finley, age 55

6 – Mrs. Metella Lawrence, age 92

7 – Michael Kammer [age not given]

11 – Everett L. Newton, age 49

12 – Col. Clifford L. Reprogle, age 35

12 – Mrs. Gretchen Perry, age 80

12 – Virgil (Oscar) Snyder, age 61

14 – William S. Carlston, age 84

15 – Rev. James A. Dupec, age 83

15 – Sister M. Brendan, age 77

19 – Dr. D.E. Lybrook, age 81

29 – Fred Davies, age 74

29 – Charles Passafume, age 58

30 – Fred R. Rakestraw, age 80

30 – John F. Artman, age 56

21 – Herbert Cuttriss, age 84

31 – Mrs. Edith Roberts [no age given]

February

4 – Ralph Walker [age not given]

11 – Rudolph Henger, age 77

11 – Rev. R.W. Stoakes, age 78

13 – Mrs. D.A. Williams, age 82

25 – Fred J. Payne, age 86

27 – Will J. Norton, age 84

March

4 – Robert K. Harvey, age 56

12 – Rex Garrison, age 73

14 – Marcus W. Lawton, age 66

21 – Harry Gray, age 87

23 – Charles R. Curlee, age 76

25 – Raymond A. Williams, age 69

28 – Charles A. Cecil, age 95

28 – Mrs. Ada Rees Smith, age 97

30 – Frank C. Carothers, age 70

31 – Dr. O. Floyd Nixon, age 80

April

3 – John F. Rayl, age 77

4 – Walter Neumann, age 83

7 – Mrs. Rhoda Gertrude Secord, age 78

9 – Nathaniel Booher, age 81

11 – Mrs. George (Miriam) Reno [no age given]

11 – Karl F. Reith, age 67

11 – Harvey C. Metz, age 86

15 – Charles L. Weidner, age 69

16 – Wesley Newton, age 76

16 – Willard E. Weller, age 89

21 – Mrs. Margaret Korby, age 88

21 – Kenneth Humphrey, age 80

21 – Mrs. Mary A. Timme, age 82

21 – Mrs. Lydia Hankemeier, age 87

22 – Miss Bernice McKinley, age 73

22 – Mrs. Margaret J. Maher, age 83

30 – Frank Carothers, age 70

May

7 – William I. Scott, age 85

9 – Dr. Paul W. Ferry, age 73

9 – Mrs. Elizabeth M. Schrader, age 82

9 – Mrs. Ambrose Warner, age 88

16 – Alonzo Warner, age 85

17 – Mrs. Vida Baker, age 93

20 – Harrison G. Dotterer, age 77

20 – John A. Pierce, age 39

21 – Albert N. Vance, age 61

21 – Laurence A Fee, age 67

21 – Albert Zeli, age 51

22 – Perm M. Shockley, age 86

27 – Mrs. Margaret Ayers, age 85

28 – Clarence Goodier, age 62

31 – Henry W. Bergman Jr., age 57

June

1 – Miss Loretta Colescott, age 73

6 – James E. Hickman, age 90

8 – Mrs. Georgia Lula Marlett, age 83

10 – John H. Jarvis, age 94

12 – William O. Smith, age 79

12 – Ralph I Fenn, age 60

15 – Mrs. Myrtle May Amos, age 90

16 – John Critchley, age 78

19 – Raymon Davis, age 37

20 – Ralph M. Nash, age 66

22 – Dennis L. Crume, age 86

24 – D.A. Williams, age 85

26 – Miss Lilith Farlow, age 79

29 – Isabel Sites, age 69

29 – Mrs. Minnie R. Powell, age 100

29 – Clarence E. Bagwell, age 75

30 – Mrs. Louise M. Conradt, age 60

July

1 – Ora E. Butz – age 83

2 – Clifford R. Williamson, age 65

3 – Raymond (Slim) Bowers, age 55

6 – William Fye, age 90

8 – Miss Louise Scheidt, age 84

10 – Max M. Pfeiffer, age 61

11 – George B. Craig, age 59

11 – James Foster, age 70

11 – Mrs. Alice Havens, age 74

19 – Pearl Miller, age 87

25 – Mrs. Nancy Bratton [age not given]

28 – Mrs. Anna F. Howard, age 88

28 – Mrs. Beulah Bowen, age 83

August

1 – James G. Funk, age 56

1 – Mrs. Nellie C. McCool, age 94

2 – Ernest Casscil, age 69

6 – Mrs. Giovanna Drago, age 71

9 – Mrs. Maude M. Jackson, age 78

11 – Berry W. Cooper III, age 12

14 – Mrs. E.E. LeVan, age 67

15 – John B. McAnich, age 87

18 – Ernest S. McCurdy, age 83

19 – Mrs. Maud Dermond, age 94

23 – Dr. Harry A. Kelsey, age 91

24 – Ollie K. Andrews, age 97

24 – Grant E. Allison, age 74

26 – Mrs. Grace D. Runyon, age 90

30 – George H. Davis, age 85

September

1 – Wilbur Randall, age 73

1 – Charles H. Fye, age 88

2 – George E. Tobias [age not given]

3 – Raymond L. Barnett – age 65

3 – Ralph Davenport, age 74

4 – T.H. Penn, age 77

8 – Herschel Station, age 69

12 – Robert H. Smith, age 61

14 – Mrs. Ellie Marie Payne, age 71

15 – Walter N. Dixon, age 74

15 – William G. Dotterer, age 87

16 – Cosmas J. Braun, age 72

28 – Mrs. Necy R. Hill, age 85

29 – Howard B. DeWees, age 73

29 – Albert C. Hostetler, age 86

29 – James Ernest Krall, age 77

October

1 – Charles H. Fye, age 88

3 – J. Edwin Martin, age 73

5 – Cory A Rich, age 86

8 – Mrs. Emma Seagrave, age 88

9 – Ralph Cross Sr., age 75

16 – William L. Wilkinson, age 55

18 – Joe A. Delo, age 61

19 – Mrs. Florence J. Toomey, age 81

20 – Clarence M. Aaron, age 80

21 – Mrs. Anna Gourley, age 90

22 – Wayne L. Seaver, age 63

24 – Mrs. Nina Irene Pittenger, age 82

23 – Paul F. Macke, age 55

25 – Clyde Sole, age 87

25 – Rev. W. Ralph Schmelzer, age 65

25 – George Ward Leach, age 72

27 – Frank F. Devore, age 79

27 – Ernest V. Finch, age 78

29 – Samuel L. Nagle, age 86

29 – Rev. Everell Nixon, age 82

November

3 – Miss Donna Jane World, age 24

5 – Mrs. Beulah Wilson, age 73

6 – Mrs. Nancy Wheeler, age 90

9 – Ned L. Amos, age 42

11 – Lewis A. Daily, age 90

12 – Earl Brandon Barnes, age 85

17 – Phillip C. Dermond, age 67

17 – Ward W. Currens, age 74

26 – Thomas F. Long, age 91

29 – Dana A. Scheid, age 71

December

7 – Paul E. Bell, age 76

12 – Rev. James B. Thornton, age 54

15 – William C. Farley, age 81

18 – Mrs. Matilda Lybrook, age 77

26 – Dr. H.M. Rhorer, age 75

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