Former Resident Dies in Gary
Isaac J. DeHaven, Member of Prominent Local Family is Brought Here for Burial
Isaac J. DeHaven, for many years a well-known resident of this community,
died suddenly at his home in Gary on Wednesday evening, February 24th of
heart disease. He was past 87 years old and was a member of one of the prominent
families of Troy Township [Fountain County, Indiana]. He was a brother of
Abner, Arthur, and Mann DeHaven of this city and was the fifth of a family of
twelve children, born to Jacob DeHaven and Susan Osborn DeHaven, on the old
homestead east of Covington.
Jack DeHaven, as he was familiarly known by his many friends, was a man of
genial disposition and a fine stalwart Hoosier in ever sense of the word.
Although he had made his residence away from Covington for a number of years, he
always called this his home and never failed to get back to cast his vote for
the democratic party.
He is survived by two sons, Bert and Carl, and one daughter, Mrs. Laura
Smith of Gary, with whom he made his last home. His remains were brought to
Covington and taken to the home of his nephew, A. M. DeHaven and the funeral
services were held on Saturday afternoon at the Baptist church officiated by the
Masonic Lodge of this city, of which he had been a member for a number of
years.