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OBITUARY FOR BESSIE D MOUNTS COSBY - Mrs. Bessie D. Cosby, 98, who made her home with a
Neice, Mrs. Paul G. (Junieta) McClenahan , of 500 Parkridge Drive, West Lafayette,
Indiana, died 7:15 Wednesday at Home hospital. She had been a patient since Sunday. A
native of Rising Sun, she was reared in Tippecanoe County and lived for sometime in the
Stockwell area. She graduated from Clendenning Grade School. In 1904 at LaPorte, she was
married to Santford M. Cosby, who was a Dayton area farmer until his death in 1941. Mrs.
Cosby resided for many years in the home that her father built on the south fork branch of
Wildcat Creek over 80 years ago, recently moving to West Lafayette. Mrs. Cosby was a
member of the Methodist church. Surviving with the niece, are a sister, Mrs. Arthur
(Sylvia) Sanders, R1, Battle Ground, and one brother Robert, of Washington, Pa. Seven
Neice and nephews and a number of great-Neice and great-nephews survive. Burial at Salem
Cemetery.