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Here is his obit:
Herman Cords, 56, of Francesville R. 1 died Thursday afternoon in St. Elizabeth hospital,
Lafayette, of injuries suffered in a fall Saturday Aug. 9. He was fatally injured when he
fell from a haymow while closing a window in his barn. He suffered a broken neck and
underwent surgery in the hospital.
He was married to May Young, Aug. 16, 1951. He was a member of St. James Evangelical and
Reformed church.
Surviving besides the widow are five children by a former marriage; three sons, Herbert,
living in Florida, Alvin, of California, and Donald, of Winamac, and two daughters, Mrs.
Frank Smith, of Hamlet, and Mrs. Albert Webb, of Winamac. Also his step-mother, Mrs.
Fredrick Cords, of Francesville; a brother, Henry, of Francesville; two sisters, Mrs. Mary
Huguet, of Francesville, and Miss Anna Cords, of Ann Arbor, Mich.; three half-brothers,
Ernest, of Medaryville, Fred, at home, and Albert, of Detroit; three step-sisters, Mrs.
Fred Schultz and Mrs. Margaret Kupke, both of Logansport, and Mrs. Emil Zarse, of
Lafayette, and a step-brother, Rev. Joseph Mann, of Illinois.
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