I found an obit for ORRA ELNORA SCOTT THURSTON in the Indianapolis Star
Friday March 10 2000
ORRA ELNORA SCOTT THURSTON,
93, Shelbyville, died March 9. She had
worked for Major T. Jester Department
Store, Shelbyville, and Hancock Memo-
rial Hospital,, Greenfield, retiring in
1976. She was a 50-year member of
Chapter 473 of the Order of the East-
ern Star and Mohawk (Ind.) United
Methodist Church. Memorial contribu-
tions may be made to a favorite charity.
Services and calling; none. Burial: For-
est Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville. She was
the widow of Paul O. Thurston. Survi-
ors: children Glynn T. Thurston, Sharon
K. Merritt; a brother; two sisters; seven
grandchildren; 10 great-granchildren; 11
great-great-grandchildren. Carmony-
Ewing Broadway Funeral Home, Shelby-
ville, is handling arrangements.
Shelbyville may have a better obit
Connie
Melinda has transcribed the guardianship papers of Alfred, Benjamin,
Laura and Jeremiah WICKER, minor heirs of Juvanda WICKER.
This is a somewhat typical situation, where the children were living
with their natural father, but a third party was the guardian for the
children. The guardianship had been set up by the courts because it was
assumed that their deceased mother, Juvanda, would heir some real estate
(unnamed source). When it became apparent that no real estate or
personal property was coming to the children, the guardian asked to be
dismissed.
I have never seen a stated reason for the natural parent not
becoming/accepting the guardianship of their own children. In most of
the cases, the children would live with the surviving parent even when
the parent was not the guardian. My guesses for this "third party"
guardian range from the parent not being able to read/write, parent
being too busy making a living, to the "in-laws" being afraid the parent
would unwisely allocate the money from "their side" of the family.
P