Crawfordsville
Journal Review 6-Nov-1962 3- Obie E. Hartley Of Veedersburg Dies At Age 81-
VEEDERSBURG- Obie E. Hartley, 81, retired farmer and former Fountain County
Highway Department employee, died Tuesday at 6:45 a.m., at the Rudisill Nursing
Home in Covington. Hartley was born Dec. 6, 1880, in Hillsboro. His parents
were William and Laura Davis Hartley. He was married to Elva Gritten, Dec. 25,
1901. Hartley and his wife moved into Veedersburg this summer, after living on
a farm in Fountain County for the past 20 years. They were also former
residents of Hoopston and Danville, Ill. Hartley was a member of the Methodist Church
of Veedersburg. Survivors include the widow; two daughters, Mrs. Ralph
Roderick, Lafayette and Mrs. Florence Strawser; Danville, Ill.; two
grandchildren; a great-grandchild, and a brother, Earl Hartley, Kingman.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Bodine & Shelby
Funeral Home. Rev. August Stork will officiate. Burial will be in the Mann’s
Chapel Cemetery, Rossville, Ill. Friends may call at the funeral home after
noon Wednesday.