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Author: MargieRoopPearce
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Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams County, Indiana; Wednesday, Feb. 20, 1963
FLORENCE SHEETS DIES EARLY TODAY
Miss Florence Sheets, 65, of 312 John Street, retired Decatur saleslady, died at 1
o'clock this morning at the Adams County Memorial Hospital following an extended
illness.
She was born in Adams County, Aug. 15, 1897, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Christopher
Sheets, and had never married. She was employed for many years as a saleslady at the
former C. A. Douglas Co. department store in this city.
Miss Sheets, a lifelong resident of the community, was a member of St. Mary's
Catholic Church, the Rosary society, the Women of the Moose, and the Eagles auxiliary.
Surviving are two brothers, Harold Sheets of Churubusco and True Sheets of Fort Wayne,
and several nieces and nephews. One brother, Donald, is deceased.
Funeral services will be held at 9:15 a.m. Friday at the St. Mary's Catholic
Church, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Simeon Schmitt officiating. Burial will be in the Catholic
Cemetery. Friends may call at the Gillig & Doan funeral home after 7 p.m. today until
time of the services. The rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Thursday.
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