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Author: kzytv4
Surnames: STINCHFIELD, HERRICK, PALMER, FEHRMAN
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Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Indiana - Thursday, 2 Aug 1934, p2 [extract]
Melvin J. STINCHFIELD Sr.
Age: 79
Died: Wednesday afternoon [1 Aug 1934] at 3 o'clock at home of son in Fort Wayne,
Indiana
Born: 21 Dec 1855, East Corinth, Maine
Parents: D.L. [Daniel Lewis] and R.B. [Rapsima](HERRICK) STINCHFIELD.
Former auditor of Porter county and postmaster of Valparaiso; member of
Stinchfield-Fehrman furniture dealers and undertakers.
Survivors: 3 sons - Guy F. STINCHFIELD, Charles H. STINCHFIELD & Melvin F. STINCHFIELD
Jr; 2 daughters Miss Bess STINCHFIELD and Miss Caroline STINCHFIELD; 9 grandchildren and
one sister, Mrs. Lottie PALMER.
Services: C.H. STINCHFIELD funeral home
Burial: Graceland cemetery, Valparaiso, Indiana
NOTE: Melvin J. STINCHFIELD married Phoebe FEHRMAN (1857 - 1931) 23 May 1878 in Porter
County, Indiana
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