Crawfordsville Journal Review 21-Oct-1963 8:1- Harold McCann, Postmaster At Yeddo
Succumbs- YEDDO- Harold Edward McCann, Yeddo postmaster since 1947, was found dead at his
home here Saturday morning. Death was attributed to natural causes. He had been in failing
health 20 years but death was unexpected. He was 63. Mr. McCann was born April 6, 1900 in
Adams County, Ohio, son of Edward B. and Helen Marshall McCann. He was married in 1922 to
Grace Taylor, who died in 1961. He attended school at Gessie and Perrysville and lived in
the Covington area several years. He moved to this community in 1938 and had served
different terms as postmaster covering 20 years. Mr. McCann served in the U. S. Navy three
years and was a former member of Moose Lodge at Attica. Surviving are three sons, John E.
of Yeddo, William D. of Rt. 4, Veedersburg and Alvin of Bargersville; a daughter, Mrs.
Elizabeth Talbot of Barnsdall, Okla.; a brother, Elmer O. of Decatur, Ill.; and
three sisters, Mrs. Agnes Keller of Rt. 3, Covington, Mrs. Dorothy Allen of Rt. 3,
Veedersburg and Mrs. Wanda Mattern of Attica. He was preceded in death by his parents, a
brother and two sisters. The body was taken to Bodine & Shelby Funeral Home at
Covington where funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday with Rev. Lowell M.
Barnard officiating. Burial will be in Lower Mound Cemetery near Covington. Friends may
pay their respects at the funeral home.