Crawfordsville Journal Review 31-Dec-1962 10- Mrs. Oveta Bell Succumbs At 60 In Hillsboro
Home- HILLSBORO- Mrs. Oveta Elmira Bell, 60, a resident of Hillsboro for 30 years, died at
4:30 a.m. Monday in her home. She had been bedfast since Dec. 1. She was born Sept. 8,
1902, in Kirkpatrick and her parents were Edward and Minnie Rivers Suiters. On April 19,
1924 she married Leslie Bell in Covington. She was a member of the Hillsboro Methodist
Church and was a graduate of Waynetown High School and Indiana Normal in Danville. She
taught at the Yountsville School. Survivors include her husband; two daughters, Mrs.
Marjorie Harshbarger of Hillsboro and Mrs. Katie Jones of Wingate; two sons, Robert and
Donnie of Hillsboro; two sisters, Mrs. Maurice Groom of Princeton, N. J., and Mrs. Clara
Mae Grimes of Crawfordsville; two brothers, Floyd Suiters and Everett Suiters of
Crawfordsville, and 15 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in
the
Hillsboro Methodist Church with Rev. Guy E. Tremaine assisted by Rev. Charles Sites.
Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. The body will lie in state for an hour at the church
before the services. Friends may call at the family home. The Servies Funeral Home in
Waynetown will be in charge of the arrangements.
Source Unknown- Bell Funeral Rites Held At Hillsboro- HILLSBORO- Funeral services for Mrs.
Ovetta Elmira Bell, who died at her home in Hillsboro on New Year’s Eve, were held at the
Hillsboro Methodist Church Wednesday afternoon. The church service was preceded by a
service held at the home for the family, conducted by Rev. Guy E. Tremain of Waynetown,
who also officiated at the afternoon service, assisted by the local pastor, Rev. Charles
Sites. Organ music was by Mrs. Mildred Jahnke. Serving as pallbearers were Tom Felix, Ben
Mitman, Raymond Eitnier, Emery Gray, Karl Jahnke, Donald Harshbarger and Paul Balmer. The
flower bearers were nieces and nephews of the deceased. They were Mr. and Mrs. Max
Suiters, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Howden, Mr. and Mrs. Hershel Suiters, Mr. and Mrs. Errett
Suiters, Mr. and Mrs. James Shaver, Mr. and Mrs. James Teague and Mr. and Mrs. Pete
Deckard, assisted by members of the WWU Class of the Methodist Sunday School. Burial was
in Rose Hill Cemetery, Hillsboro.