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Mary Walton Drollinger
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Source: ?? Newspaper -- found in an old obituary scrapbook -- hand dated 12-22-1944
Mrs. Mary Drollinger, age 66, who lived on a farm south of Veedersburg, died Monday morning at a hospital in Frankfort, IN having gone there two weeks ago when she became seriously ill. Mrs. Drollinger was the wife of Bert Drollinger, who survives along with 3 daughters: Mrs. Patience Ayers, Frankfort; Mrs. Martha Parkerson, Ft Wayne; and Mrs. Madge Barker of Noblesville; two sons, Herschel Drollinger, Kingman and John Drollinger, who is with the US Navy. Also surviving are a sister Mrs. Lena Newnum, Crawfordsville; a brother, Patrick Walton, Kingman and a half-brother, Leonard Carnes of Catlin Ill. The body was taken tot he Fishero Funeral Home in Veedersburg. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. OW McGuaghey at Scott's Prarie Church at 1:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon wtih burial in Bonebrake Cemetery.
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Source: Kingman Star, December 1944
Mrs. Mary Drollinger aged 70, whose home was south of Veedersburg died at 11 o'clock Monday morning at the home of her daughter Mrs. Patience Dorsey, at Frankfort, Ind. She had been ill there several years. Surviving are the husband, Bert Drollinger and three daughters, Mrs Dorsey at whose home she died; Mrs. Martha Parkerson of Ft. Wayne and Mrs. Madge Blacker (sic - should be Barker) of Lawrenceville, Ind, and two sons, Herschel Drollinger of Kingman and John Drollinger with the U.S. Navy in the Pacific. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Scott's Prairie Christian Church, Rev. O.W. McGaughey of Veedersburg in charge. Burial will be in Bonebrake Cemetery.
This is from Vigo County, but is very interesting. If you have any family that lived in or near Vigo County you might find some records here. I've found some of my Montgomery County and Vermilion County, Ills. families listed here.
http://www.vigo.lib.in.us/subjects/genealogy
About ten years or so ago I stopped by an old house just outside of New Richmond in Montgomery County (thought it was the house where my great-grandfather grew up, turned out it wasn't). The lady pointed out a side door on the house with a pretty little porch and she told me that the owners had the door put in for the funeral of one of the people who lived there so they could have the wake in that room and people could see him through the door.
I think where the person was laid out probably depended a lot on the community they lived in. Smaller towns that either didn't have a funeral home (or one nearby) or where the funeral home wasn't large enough to accommodate many visitors probably had the funerals at the homes more often. I would guess it was more an issue of logistics than culture.
> Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 13:54:01 -0400
> From: Karen <karen.zach(a)sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: [InFounta] INFOUNTA Digest, Vol 5, Issue 48
> To: infounta(a)rootsweb.com
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> I noticed that too that Mary continued taking care of him -
> perhaps at
> first, it was the other way around :)
> We have lots of obits going through here as we have some
> SUPER typists -
> thanks, girls :) I'm not really sure when it quit --
> had one on the
> Montgomery page who was take from the home in one town, to
> another town
> to church and was buried back in the first town. That's a
> lot of moving
> even though they're only maybe 8-10 miles away.
> Imagine they were
> embalmed at the funeral home so they could have them at the
> home. I've
> always wondered where they put everyone at their homes
> because my
> grandparents in 1959 when my grandmother died could not
> have had but
> maybe 15 at her funeral and there was over 300.
> Anyone know the answer to Deb's question :)
>
Also added Martha Ballah HAYMAN's obituary
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Subject: [InFounta] Surname Registry & obits added tonight :) I've been atad
busy !! KZ
> http://ingenweb.org/infountain/research-help/registry/
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> Added Calhoun & Fugate to above registry
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> Added Hesler, Hybarger and several Thomas obituaries
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Just a note...
I really don't think that the custom of having a body at home has
ended. Like you, my Grandfather [died in 1954] was at home. They
cleared out the living room and that's where they put the casket. He
was taken back to the funeral home for the service though.
Every time I went into Grandma's house after that, I could see him
lying there in the living room. I hated that!
I have known of several since that time, so I think it is just what
you want...but I will find out.
Alice
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>I noticed that too that Mary continued taking care of him - perhaps at
> first, it was the other way around :)
> We have lots of obits going through here as we have some SUPER typists -
> thanks, girls :) I'm not really sure when it quit -- had one on the
> Montgomery page who was take from the home in one town, to another town
> to church and was buried back in the first town. That's a lot of moving
> even though they're only maybe 8-10 miles away. Imagine they were
> embalmed at the funeral home so they could have them at the home. I've
> always wondered where they put everyone at their homes because my
> grandparents in 1959 when my grandmother died could not have had but
> maybe 15 at her funeral and there was over 300. Anyone know the answer
> to Deb's question :)
>
> On 7/17/2010 11:24 AM, Debra Porter wrote:
>> I enjoyed reading these obits, thanks for posting them. I was attempting
>> to
>> research the US tradition of having the body at home *surprised to see it
>> in
>> 1936*, but couldn't find any info on when this practice stopped...I found
>> it
>> interesting that Isaac's body was removed from the funeral home and taken
>> to
>> his home. It's not something I have seen in my research in Portland
>> during
>> that timeframe. I also found it interesting that Mary continued to look
>> after Isaac's father for 14 years after Isaac passed away. That's
>> dedication!
>>
>> Deb in Portland, Oregon
>>
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I enjoyed reading these obits, thanks for posting them. I was attempting to
research the US tradition of having the body at home *surprised to see it in
1936*, but couldn't find any info on when this practice stopped...I found it
interesting that Isaac's body was removed from the funeral home and taken to
his home. It's not something I have seen in my research in Portland during
that timeframe. I also found it interesting that Mary continued to look
after Isaac's father for 14 years after Isaac passed away. That's
dedication!
Deb in Portland, Oregon
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1. Re: Claude Dotson obit (bdotson tctc.com)
CLAUDE W. DOTSON
Source - Found in an old book of obituaries hand dated - 9 June 1973
Covington - Claude W. Dotson, 77, of Covington, Ind. died unexpectedly at his home Saturday (June 9, 1973).
He was born June 1, 1896 in Harveysburg, Ind. the son of Rufus and Clora Mae Lindley Dotson. He married Pauline Hobson on Nov. 22, 1926. She preceded him in death on March 3, 1959.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Thomas (Helen) Dawson of Williamsport and Mrs. Homer (Janice) Schaffer of West Lafayette; three brothers, Fred of Lafayette, Wayne of Decatur and Harold of Attica, Ind; one sister, Mrs. Adah Smith of Danville; and four grandchildren. He had been a resident of Covington since 1960, before that he lived in the Marshfield area. He had been a livestock buyer since 1954. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Bodine and Shelby Funeral Home in Covington.