Crawfordsville Journal Review 1 Jan 1973 p 4 -- Alamo - Mrs. Rachel M. Fruits, 61, Rt 3,
Crawfordsville, a 40-year resident of the Alamo area, died at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday in
Culver Hospital at Crawfordsville where she had been a patient six days. Mrs. Fruits, a
housewife was a member of Alamo Christian Church and Ladies Aid; Alamo Order of Eastern
Star, Chapter 498 and was past president of the Ripley Township Extension Club. She was a
1930 graduate of Waynetown HS and attended McMurray College in Illinois. Born April 11,
1911, in Fountain County, she was a daughter of Deward and Ada Lowe Myers. On Oct 17,
1931, she married Lewis D. Fruits who survives. Also surviving are her mother of
Crawfordsville; three sons, Russell of new Richmond, James of Cleveland and Dennis of Lake
Holiday; three daughters, Mrs. Dianna Hutchison of Crawfordsville; Mrs. Verda May Mills of
Crawfordsville and Mrs. Dema Kay Delp of Marshall; a brother, Herman Myers of Hillsboro;
two nephews and 14 grandchildren. She was preceded in death by an infant twin sister,
Mary. Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in Servies-Thomas Funeral Home at
Waynetown with Rev. Hugh Dooley officiating. Burial in Waynetown Masonic Cemetery.