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Surnames: ALEXANDER, ASHCRAFT, BRANSTETTER, CHAMBERLAIN, HARDESTY, HUGHES, HURD, LARROWE,
OVERMAN, WHITWORTH
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THE BLOOMFIELD NEWS, Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana, Thursday, August 14, 1975,Volume
100, Number 41, Page 4, Column 3, “Cora Ashcraft, 96, Dies At Bedford.” [Transcribed
August 31, 2004 from microfilm of the original newspaper on file in the Bloomfield-Eastern
Greene County Public Library.]
Mrs. Cora Alice CHAMBERLAIN ASHCRAFT, 96, a former resident of Bloomfield, died at 4:45
p.m. Wednesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Robert HURD, in Bedford.
Born September 14, 1878 in Koleen, she was the daughter of Joseph and Clara (HARDESTY)
WHITWORTH. She was a member of the Bloomfield United Methodist Church.
Surviving are three sons, Joseph W., of Michigan, Charles A., of California, and Chester
“Ted,” of Illinois; three daughters, Mrs. Lawrence (Clela) Florence LARROWE, of Maine,
Mrs. Frank (Lois) ALEXANDER, of Goshen, and Mrs. Robert (Maxine) HURD, of Bedford, with
whom she had made her home during the past eight years; 18 grandchildren, 40
great-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. William (Artie) OVERMAN, of Dugger; and three step
children, Mrs. Warren (Vollie) BRANSTETTER, of Sullivan, Mrs. Ward (Hallie) HUGHES, of
Louisiana, and Carter ASHCRAFT, of Ohio. One grandchild is movie actor, Richard
CHAMBERLAIN.
She was preceded in death by the husbands, William CHAMBERLAIN in 1951 and E. Kirby
ASHCRAFT in 1967, and two step children.
Memorial services will be conducted at the Bloomfield United Methodist Church, and a time
will be announced at a later date. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that
donations be made to the Bloomfield church.
The Ferguson—Lee Funeral Home in Bedford is in charge of arrangements.
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Link to the Obituary of her mother, Clara (HARDESTY) WHITWORTH [1856IN—1921IN]:
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Link to the Obituary of her 1st husband, William (OVERMAN) CHAMBERLAIN [1873IN—1951IN]:
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Link to the Obituary of her sister, Lacel (WHITWORTH) GROVE [1894IN—1922IN]:
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Link to the Obituary of her maternal grandmother, Jane (THOMPSON) HARDESTY
[1822PA—1899IN]:
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Link to the Obituary of her uncle, Henry HARDESTY [1857IN—1928CA]:
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