Obituaries
These obituaries were extracted from newspapers or personal non-published obituaries.

TERMS USED IN THIS SECTION ARE NOT MEANT IN ANY WAY TO BE HURTFUL OR HARMFUL TO ANY PERSONS. READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.

WEAVER, Errol Daniel Shockey
Marion Chronicle Tribune (Grant Co., Indiana); Wednesday 3 March 1971; pg. 2 col. 5

ERROL WEAVER

            Errol Weaver, 65, 444 W. Delphi Road, was found dead at his home, where he lived alone, Tuesday afternoon. He had been under a doctor’s care and died from a heart attack.
            Mr. Weaver was retired from Fisher Body and was a painter.
            He was a member of the UAW and the Central Christian Church.
            Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Diggs Funeral Home, 504 W. Third St. with the Rev. John W. Campbell officiating. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery, Sweetser.
            Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today.

WEAVER, Etta M.
Marion Chronicle (Grant Co., Indiana); Thursday 8 March 1962; pg. 6 col. 2

MISS ETTA M. WEAVER

            Miss Etta M. Weaver, 75, died at 3 a.m. today at the home of her sister, Mrs. Elsie Guenin, LaFontaine, where she had been visiting four days.
            A native of Pleasant Township, she had lived in Marion for the last 14 years. Miss Weaver was a member of the Mount Olive Methodist Church.
            Surviving are three brothers, Glen, Washington Township, DeWitt and Dean, both of LaFontaine, and three sisters, Mrs. Guenin, Mrs. Russell Eller, Pleasant Township, and Mrs. Omer Brock, Fort Wayne.
            The body was taken to 504 W. Third St., where services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday with the Rev. Herman Surber, pastor of the Warsaw Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery.
            Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today.

Marion Leader-Tribune (Grant Co., Indiana); Friday 9 March 1962; pg. 10 col. 8

MISS ETTA M. WEAVER

            Miss Etta M. Weaver, 75, died at 3 a.m. Thursday at the home of her sister, Mrs. Elsie Guenin, LaFontaine, where she had been visiting four days.
            A native of Pleasant Township, she had lived in Marion for the last 14 years. Miss Weaver was a member of the Mount Olive Methodist Church.
            Surviving are three brothers, Glen, Washington Township, DeWitt and Dean, both of LaFontaine, and three sisters, Mrs. Guenin, Mrs. Russell Eller, Pleasant Township, and Mrs. Omer Brock, Fort Wayne.
            The body was taken to 504 W. Third St., where services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday with the Rev. Herman Surber, pastor of the Warsaw Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery.

WEAVER, Isabel (Stevens)
Marion Chronicle Tribune (Grant Co., Indiana); Sunday 12 September 1943; pg. 10

ILLNESS FATAL TO MRS. WEAVER

            Mrs. John Weaver, seventy-seven, wife of John Weaver, died at 2:30 a.m. Saturday at her home in Pleasant township.
            A member of the Mt. Olive Church, Mrs. Weaver had been married for 62 years. The body was taken to 504 West Third street and will be returned to the home today to remain until time for funeral services.
            Surviving besides the husband are three sons, Glen, DeWitt and Dean, all of Marion; four daughters, Miss Etta Weaver, Mrs. Elsie Guenin, LaFontaine; Mrs. Mary Eller, Wabash county, and Mrs. Bernice Broch, Fort Wayne; one brother, D.M. Stevens, Marion; 27 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.
            Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Mt. Olive Church, Rev. J.O. Campbell will officiate with burial at I.O.O.F. cemetery.

Marion Leader-Tribune (Grant Co., Indiana); Tuesday 14 September 1943

SET FUNERAL RITES TODAY FOR MRS. JOHN WEAVER

            Funeral services will be held at Mt. Olive Church at 2 p.m. today for Mrs. John Weaver, 77, who died Saturday at her home in Pleasant township. Rev. J.O. Campbell will be in charge and burial rites will be held in IOOF Cemetery. The body will remain at the residence until time for services.

WEAVER, John H.
Marion Chronicle Tribune (Grant Co., Indiana); Sunday 9 February 1947; pg. 1

J.H. WEAVER, COUNTY FARMER, DIES AT HOME

            John H. Weaver, 88, widely known Grant county farmer, died at 6:20 p.m., Saturday at his home in Pleasant township on the Weaver Stone Road near the Mt. Olive Church, following an illness of four weeks.
            Funeral services will be held at the Mt. Olive Church at 2 p.m. Tuesday with Rev. James Wilkins, pastor of the Sweetser Methodist Church, in charge. Burial will be in the IOOF cemetery. The body will be returned tonight from 504 Third street to the home.
            A farmer all his life, Mr. Weaver was born in Center township but moved 80 years ago to the farm where he resided until his death.
            Survivors include three sons, Glenn E., Washington township, DeWitt O., LaFontaine and Dean W., Pleasant township; four daughters, Miss Etta Weaver at home, Mrs. Elsie Guenin, LaFontaine, Mrs. Harry Eller, Pleasant township and Mrs. Bernice Brock, Fort Wayne; four sisters, Mrs. Mary Highley, Richland township, Mrs. Amanda Hillinger, Sweetser, Mrs. Christina Miller, Van Buren, and Mrs. Emma Lake, Marion; two brothers, George and Burr Weaver of Pleasant township; 27 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.

WEAVER, Orpha Irene (Lines) Bocock
Marion Chronicle Tribune (Grant Co., Indiana); Saturday 7 June 1969; pg. 2 col. 2

ORPHA WEAVER

            Mrs. Orpha I. Weaver, 59, a resident of one-half mile east of Sweetser, died at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Marion General Hospital. She was ill for seven days.
            Mrs. Weaver was a native of Marion and was a life resident of the Marion area. She was employed for 30 years at the Indianapolis Glove Co. plant in Marion. Mrs. Weaver was a member of the Central Christian Church.
            Survivors include her husband, Errol, and two brothers, Abner Lines, Marion, and John Lines, Muncie.
            Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Diggs Funeral Home, 504 W. Third St. The Rev. Oscar Jenkins will officiate. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today.

WEBB, Clara Belle (Downs)
The Kokomo Tribune; Monday 15 February 1932; pg. 1 col. 1

MRS. W.J. WEBB DIES AT HOME EARLY MONDAY—Granddaughter of David Foster, City’s Founder, Passed Away Suddenly—ENTIRE LIFE SPENT HERE—Home on Part of Grandfather’s Estate—Funeral on Wednesday Afternoon.

            Mrs. Clara Belle Webb, wife of William J. Webb and a granddaughter of David Foster, founder of Kokomo, passed away at 2:45 o’clock Monday morning at her home, 121 West Markland avenue. While she had been in ill health for the past few years, she had seemed as well as usual Sunday, going out to dinner and spending the evening with her family. About one o’clock Monday morning she roused the members of the household but their ministrations were unavailing and the end came as indicated, attributed to heart trouble.
            The funeral has been appointed for Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at the Main Street M.E. church of which Mrs. Webb had long been a member. Burial will be made in Crown Point cemetery.
            Surviving with the husband, to whom she was married November 25, 1891 are three children, Mary, Frances and David, all at home. She leaves also two aunts, Mrs. Amanda Welsh of this city and Mrs. W.H.H. Clark of Indianapolis and St. Petersburg, Fla., who are the last survivors of the David Foster family.
            Mrs. Webb was born in this city May 13, 1854, the daughter of Oliver and Maria Downs. Her mother dying while she was small, she was reared in the home of her grandfather by the two aunts who survive.
            All of her goodly, useful life has been spent in this city, and she took great pride in its growth from the village of her childhood to an industrial city. Her home was located on a part of the farm her grandfather claimed when he came to this vicinity to establish the Indian trading post which became Kokomo.
            Her life had been devoted to her home and family, to serving those she loved and in a fine spirit of neighborliness ministering to all about her. To those who are bereft she leaves memories of a gentle, helpful life.
            Mrs. Webb’s husband, William J. Webb, like herself, has been a lifelong resident of Kokomo and the two had known each other from early childhood. Mr. Webb has long been a public figure, through his connection, as a member of the board of public works, with two or three different city administrations. In the marriage of William J. Webb and Clara Belle Downs, two of the oldest Kokomo families were linked. It was a happy union through the four decades it existed, and to every old acquaintance, there will come a sense of sorrow in the knowledge that the tie has been severed by death.

WOOD, John
Marion Daily Chronicle (Grant Co., Indiana); Tuesday 16 June 1908; pg. 8 col. 2

AGED MAN FOUND DEAD—John Wood, Age 83, Stricken With Heart Trouble While Alone.

            John Wood, eighty three years of age, was found dead in his room at his country home, one mile south of Sweetser Monday evening about 4 o’clock. He was upright in a chair, he having been stricken with heart trouble and died suddenly. He is said to have gone to his room about 1 o’clock and is supposed to have died about the time he reached his room and had been dead about three hours when discovered by a niece, who was a guest at the house and went to his room to get her wraps.
            John Wood had lived on the farm near Sweetser for fifty eight years. He was a prosperous farmer, a true Christian and a good neighbor. His wife died nine years ago and since that time he has been making his home with a granddaughter, Mrs. William Morris, on the old homestead.
            He is survived by three daughters, eight grandchildren and nineteen great-grandchildren. The daughters are Mrs. William Achor of Gas City, Mrs. Robert Dooley of Kansas, and Mrs. Norman Cooper of Sweetser.
            No arrangements have been made for the funeral, although it has been decided that burial will be in the I.O.O.F. cemetery at Marion.

The Marion Leader (Grant Co., Indiana); Tuesday 16 June 1908; pg. 8 col. 5?

DEATH CALLS PIONEER

            John Wood, a pioneer resident of Grant county, died suddenly Monday afternoon at his home one mile south of Sweetser, while a number of his friends and relatives enjoyed a social session in the parlor and living rooms of the homestead. The aged man was found dead in a chair in his bedroom, having departed this life without any evidence of a struggle, being apparently in a peaceful sleep when discovered. A niece of the old man went upstairs about 4 o’clock Monday afternoon to secure her wraps. She glanced in the room and found the veteran sitting in the chair, his face exhibiting the pallor of death. Becoming alarmed she called him and when he made no answer she notified the relatives.
            The aged man had been missing from the family circle since 1 o’clock in the afternoon. Nothing was thought of the matter, however, as he was in the habit of resting after the noon meal. The relatives spent the afternoon downstairs, laughing and chatting as usual and it is believed the aged man had been dead some time when found. The coroner at Marion was notified and he viewed the remains.
            The deceased was a well-known and prosperous farmer, an octogenarian, and a Christian. He was born in Kentucky in 1825, coming to Grant county at an early age. He resided on the farm on which he died for more than fifty-eight years. Mrs. Wood died nine years ago and the aged gentleman has been making his home with his granddaughter, Mrs. William Morris, on the home place. He leaves three daughters—Mrs. William Achor of Gas City, Mrs. Robert Dooley of Kansas, and Mrs. Norman Cooper of Sweetser; eighteen grandchildren and nineteen great grandchildren. The arrangements for the funeral have not been completed at this time.

The Marion Leader (Grant Co., Indiana); Wednesday 17 June 1908; pg. 3 col. 3

WOODS FUNERAL—The funeral of the late John Woods will be held in the Christian church in Sweetser Friday morning at 10 o’clock. Interment will be made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery. Rev. James Briggs of this city will have charge of the services.

The Marion Leader (Grant Co., Indiana); Friday 19 June 1908; pg. 3 col. 2

IS BURIED—The funeral of John Wood, the pioneer resident of Grant county who died at his home near Sweetser, was held Friday morning at 10 o’clock from the Christian church at Sweetser. Interment was made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery. Mr. Wood was one of the best known and most highly respected citizens of the county and the funeral was largely attended.