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Surnames: Oliver, Hocker, Strickler, Hildebrand, Workinger, Hamrick, Keller, Baker
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Decatur Daily Democrat, Decatur, Adams County, Indiana, Monday, April 8, 1991
Walter C. Oliver, 94, route 1, Monroe, died at 9:45 a.m. Sunday in U.S. Department of
Veterans' Affairs Medical Center, Fort Wayne.
He was born on February 13, 1897 in Monroe to Thomas B. and Mary A. Hocker Oliver and
married Pearl I. Strickler on March 16, 1920. She died on September 23, 1973. He was a
retired farmer and a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War I.
Surviving are a son, Franklin T. Oliver, route 1, Monroe; three daughters, Mrs. Carl
(Jean) Hildebrand, route 8, Decatur; Joan Workinger, 818 N. Third St.; Mrs. Paul (Janice)
Hamrick, route 2, Monroeville; two brothers, Greg Oliver, Wewahitchka, Florida, and John
Oliver, Auburn, California; two sisters, Francille G. Keller, Rockford, Ohio, and Lucille
Baker, Fort Wayne; 14 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. One son, Frederick
Oliver; three sisters; and one great-granddaughter are deceased.
Funeral services are at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Haggard and Armes Funeral Home, Rev. James
Hook officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, Bluffton, with military graveside
rites by American Legion Post 43, Decatur. Pallbears will be Rex Oliver, Jim Oliver,
Bill Crone, Terry Strahm, Mal Miesse, Dan Harman, Michael Reidenbach, and Brad Hamrick.
Visiting hours at the funeral home are 2-9 p.m. Tuesday.