Once more the grim reaper with his sickle keen has come into our midst and removed from our community one of its aged pioneers.
On the evening of July 4th, 1940, just as the sun was slowly sinking beneath the horizon, the soul of Levi Parson stole from its frail tenement of clay and quietly winged its way into the Great Beyond.
Levi Andrew Parson, son of Joshua and Mary Elizabeth Parson, was the last surviving member of a family of eight children. He was born in Green township, Grant County, near the Antioch Church, on January 15, in the year 1856. Thus he had attained the age of 84 years, 5 months and 11 days.
He endured the privations and hardships of the early settlers ____ lived to see and enjoy man___ conveniences.
He was united in marriage to Amanda Jane Key on April 6, 1879. Thus they had lived and labored together for more than 61 years ___ ing many joys and sorrows ____. To this union were born seven children--five boys and two girls, five whom now survive; a son, Otto, and a daughter, Fern, having passed on.
They went to housekeeping near Herbst and have lived in both Howard and Grant counties. Mr. Parson was a farmer and he followed this occupation until about 13 years ago, when they came to their present home in Point Isabel.
In his declining years he had helped his companion to care for their garden, which contained not only vegetables but myraids of beautiful flowers of every hue and description, and he also occupied his spare time by doing handwork. Thus he had endeavored to earn and honest living for himself and his companion and even though his health had been very poor for some time he did not give up until only a few days ago.
He united with the Antioch Christian Church a number of years ago, where he is now a member.
He leaves to mourn his passing the widow, Amanda Jane; and five children: Mrs. Dessa Moore, Lafontaine; Glen, Jonesboro; John, Fairmount; Cecil, Converse; and Virgil, Greentown; also 21 grandchildren, several nephews and nieces, and many other neighbors and friends.
Father, for many years you have
stayed with us,
In this land of pain and tears,
We have trod life's path's together,
There'll be a vacant place at home
Where father used to be,
And our hearts will often long
His loving face to see.
But we humbly bow our heads
And say, "Thy will be done."
The funeral service was held Saturday morning at 10 o'clock, at the Antioch Christian Church, with burial in the Greentown I. O. O. F. cemetery.
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RITES TO BE HELD TODAY
FOR MRS. T. THOMPSON, 71
Funeral services for Mrs. T. J. Thompson, 71, former Marion resident, who died at her home in Roanoke, will be held at Huntington at 2 p.m. today.
Surviving are the husband; a daughter, Mrs. Arthur Trovinger, Huntington; a son, Paul Thompson, Roanoke; a sister, Mary Rees, Marion; two brothers, John Nesbitt, Herbst, and Will Nesbit, Detroit.
THOMAS GROSE DIES AT HOME
Veteran Marion Grocer, Church Elder,
Succumbs Following Stroke of Paralysis.
Thomas Jefferson Grose, 81, veteran Marion grocer and life resident of this community, died at 6 p.m. Thursday at his home, 2315 West Ninth street, as the result of a paralytic stroke he suffered a few days ago.
Mr. Grose operated groceries in West Marion and in South Marion for many years. In recent years he had engaged in fruit growing.
Mr. Grose was an elder and an active member of the Church of Christ.
Surviving are the widow, Minnie; two daughters, Mrs. Ethel Fankboner and Mrs. Elva Lines, both of Marion; a brother, Edward Grose, Converse; three sisters, Mrs. Doshia Slusser, Richland township, and Mrs. Altha Burdett and Mrs. Ollie Miller, both of Marion; two grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
The body was taken to 504 West Third street to remain pending arrangements for the funeral services.
GRANT COUNTY RESIDENT DIES
Mrs. Mary Ann Mauller, 89, Succumbs in Swayzee; Services Planned.
Mrs. Mary Ann Mauller, 98, died at 11 p. m. Thursday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Arthur Hoover, Swayzee.
Mrs. Mauller, a life resident of Grant County was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Henry Thrailkill.
Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Hoover at whose home she died; Mrs. J. C. Armfield, Mrs. Frank Smith and Mrs. Fred Berry, all of Marion; three sons, Walter Mauller and Howard Mauller, Marion and Cecil Mauller, Hartford City; a sister, Mrs. Eliza Echelbarger, Point Isabel; a brother, George Downing, Sims; 31 grandchildren, 34 great grandchildren, and four great great grandchildren.
The body will be returned to the home of the daughter from 805 South Adams street tonight. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Monday at the Ninth Street Methodist Church, and burial will be in the I. O. O. F. cemetery.
FUNERAL SCHEDULED FOR MRS. TOMLINSON
Funeral services for Mrs. Ina Cohee Tomlinson, 54, wife of Griffin Tomlinson, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Marion Gospel Tabernacle. Rev. Fred Turner, pastor, will conduct the rites. Burial will be at Fairmount.
The body will be taken from 710 West Third street to the home of a daughter, Mrs. Kellar Watson, 1316 Maple street, at noon today to remain until the time of the funeral. Mrs. Tomlinson died at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at her home, 1920 West Tenth street.
She is survived by the husband; one son, William Marple Cohee, Marion; a daughter, Mrs. Lucile Watson, Marion; an adopted son, Edmon Williams, Marion; three brothers, Ross Moore, Columbus, O.; Otto Moore, Swayzee, and Roy Moore, Wabash, and three grandchildren.
WILLIS H. LYNCH, RITES ARE SET
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at 814 S. Adams St., for Willis H. Lynch, 68, who died at 12:15 p.m. Friday at Marion General Hospital, where he had been a patient for two days. The Rev. Milo Bowsman, pastor of the George Street Wesleyan Methodist Church, will be in charge and burial will be in Grant Memorial Park.
Born near Sims, Mr. Lynch had spent his entire life here. In ill health for three years, he retired May 1, 1950 from the Midwest Paper and Envelope Co., because of his health. Mr. Lynch lived at 2908 S. Landess St.
Survivors include the widow, Lola; a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Rucker, Wabash; a son, John Lynch, Wabash; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Marcella Hockett, Marion, and Mrs. Phyllis Blair, Los Angeles, Calif.; a stepson, Charles Kilgore, Los Angeles; seven grandchildren and four sisters, Mrs. Hazel Adams and Mrs. Cecil Cox, Benton Harbor, Mich., Mrs. Flossie Fogle, Dunkirk, and Mrs. Emma Ball, Marion.
[In an article above Levi Andrew Parson's obit., although partly missing, was the following]
"...Melton, Max Marshall, Gilbert Babb and Harold Planck went swimming in Kilgore's gravel pit, near Rigdon, and Ronald lost his high school class ring, presumably in the pit. The ring bore the number '30 and the initials R. E. M.
The boys searched for the ring for over an hour but were unable to find it.
About a year ago Skeet Marshall was talking to Keith Frey, who worked at the gravel pit, and asked him if they had ever found the ring.
Today, an Elwood man, who also works at the pit, found a ring in a scoopful of gravel which had been taken out of the pit. The initials, R.E.M. and the number '30 were engraved on it. Keith Frey remembered the talk with Skeet and he told the Elwood man of the conversation. But Keith, not knowing Ronald, couldn't tell the Elwood man anything except the conversation with Skeet about the lost ring.
The finder said if the owner could prove the ring belonged to him, he could have it.
The ring, so Keith reports, is in very good condition after lying in the gravel pit nine years or more."
A capacity attendance was reported last night when pupils of the school presented a special musical program for the monthly meeting of the Lincoln Parent-Teachers' Association.
Second feature of the program was an address by Merle F. Mullin, president of the McCulloch Parent-Teachers' Association, who as head of an inquiry committee reported findings to date in a study of free and rental textbook systems.
Lincoln school pupils taking part in the musical presentation included the following: Announcer, Beverly Ferguson; cornet solo, Robert Hulley; piano solo, Betty Morris; vocal solo, James Small; guitar trio, Donna Hatton, Bennie Hoggatt and June Brown; vocal solo, Lorene Hornbeck; clarinet solo, Marjorie Mott; piano solo, Frederick Renn; reading, Ralph Ferguson, and piano solo, Wilma Pierce.
A pupils' chorus was composed of Patty Martin, Glen Warden, James Ford, Norman Scott, Ruth Bowling, Marjorie Mott, Bonnie Sheron, Donna Hatton, Betty Morris, Mary Lebert and June Brown.
