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Surname: Witte, Scharringhausen, Skibbe, Pratt, Maeger
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MRS. MABEL WITTE DIES EARLY TODAY
Mrs. Mabel Emma Witte, 77, 753 S. Second st., widow of Silver Witte, died
early today in Porter Memorial hospital; time of death was 1:30 a.m.
Services will be Friday, 2 p.m., at the Carl Edmonds Funeral home, where
friends may call after 2 p.m. Thursday. The Rev. Alfred Hardt will officiate,
and burial will be in Chesterton cemetery.
Mrs. Witte as born in Des Plaines, Ill., a daughter of Herman and Lily
(Maeger) Scharringhausen, and was married to Silver Witte Aug. 27, 1912,
in Trinidad, Colo.
Surviving are a son Everette of Chesterton; two daughters, Mrs. Edgar Skibbe
(Blanche) of Chesterton and Mrs. Clifford (Dorothy) Pratt of Porter; five
grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
County reference Porter County, Indiana.
(Transcribers note The above obituary is from an undated clipping. The
source is probably the November 18, 1970 Chesterton Tribune. Mrs. Mabel
Witte died November 18, 1970.)