Crawfordsville Journal Review 22-Jan-1963 6- Mrs. Retta Alston- Veedersburg- Mrs. Retta
Alston, age 75, a life resident of the Veedersburg community, died at 6:45 p.m. Monday,
Jan. 21, at the Alward Nursing Home in Attica. She had been a patient there since April
1961. Mrs. Alston was born Aug. 3, 1887 in Veedersburg, the daughter of Phillip and
Arminda Booe. She was married March 17, 1903, to Howard Alston, who preceded her in death
on July 21, 1961. She was a member of the Veedersburg EUB Church. Survivors include: one
son, Carl of Bay City, Mich.; one sister, Mrs. Irma Harper of Danville, and four
grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one daughter and one
son. Funeral services were held at 2 o’clock this afternoon, Jan. 23, at the Fishero
Funeral Home. The Rev. J. Samuel Pritchard officiated and burial was in Bonebrake
Cemetery, south of here.