Crawfordsville Journal Review 28 June 1951 -- Waynetown - Sim S. Booe, 51 of Chicago, Ill
a veteran of WWI died at 10:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Veterans hospital in Indianapolis.
He had been a patient there for 3 weeks. Mr. Booe was born near HIllsboro Sept 14, 1899,
the son of Steb and ELizabeth Pithoud Booe. He married Elsie M. Arnhart in Decatur, Ill
Sept 16, 1920. he was a farmer and member of the American Legion Post 188 at Hillsboro.
He is survived by his widow, Bessie M, a son Charles W. Booe, at home; his father, Steb
Booe of HIllsboro, 4 brothers, Theodore and Herbert of Urbanan, Ill; Hubert and Malcolm of
Chicago Ill; three sisters,(sic) Mrs. Marie Groves of BLoomington, Ill; Mrs. Elvira Bauer
Cooper of Decatur, Ind. (sic) Funeral services will be at the Grenard & Servies
Funeral Home in Waynetown Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Harney S. Burns will be
in charge .Burial will be in the Waynetown masonic Cemetery. Graveside rites will be
conducted at the Hillsboro American Legion post. Friends may call at the funeral home.