Hi list!
I was wondering if the Joseph Balsbuagh mentioned below is any relation to Cora Ellen
Balsbaugh who married Elmer Franklin Berkheiser? All I have on her is that she died in
1962 and married Elmer March 11, 1908 in Miami County. Elmer and Cora had two children:
Joseph M. and Bernice.
Thanks!
Rick B
South Bend, IN
Joseph Balsbaugh, 89
Friday, March 18, 2005 12:20 AM EST
Joseph Balsbaugh, 89, Macy, passed away at 4 a.m. Thursday, March 17, 2005
at Century Villa Healthcare, Greentown.
He was born July 17, 1915 in Perrysburg to the Rev. Walter and Anna Miller
Balsbaugh. He graduated from Deedsville High School in 1932, and married
Arlene Mills on March 28, 1937.
Balsbaugh was a retired farmer and a member of the Mexico Church of the
Brethren, where he held various positions. He served on the South Central
Indiana governing board of the Church of the Brethren for several years, was
a trustee of Timbercrest Retirement Home, and a member of the holding
corporation of North Miami High School, the Miami County Sheriff's Merit
Board for 17 years and the Miami County Soil and Water Conservation
Directors, and helped organize Crop Walk for many years.
Survivors include five daughters, Delora Clapp and husband Lynn, Greentown,
Jo Ella Maugans and husband Conrad, Kokomo, Marquita Tilden and husband
Dennis, Macy, Janita Beall and husband David, Kokomo, and Crystal Jackson
and husband Gerry, Fort Wayne; 11 grandchildren, Julie Horne, Terry Clapp,
Lisa Driver, Stacy Maugans, Cary and Tim Middlekauff, Kristy Lynch, Jeff
Tilden, Doug and Evan Beall, and Rachelle Grismore; and nine
great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two sisters, Wilma Robins and Frances Wildman;
one brother, Ralph Balsbaugh; and his parents.
Memorial services will be held 2 p.m. Saturday at the Mexico Church of the
Brethren, 450 North, Miami County, followed by greeting of the family in the
church fellowship hall until 5 p.m. with the Rev. Todd Wenger and the Rev.
Don Ritchey officiating. Following his wishes, private burial will be in the
Greenlawn Cemetery, Mexico. Memorial contributions can be made to Church
World Service, with envelopes available at the church. Stout & Son Funeral
Home, Russiaville, handled the arrangements.