Published in The Rochester Sentinel
Tuesday, June 15, 1971
Keith Cessna
Gerald Keith CESSNA, 61, Elkhart, a native of Rochester, died at 8 p.m. Monday in South Bend Memorial hospital after an illness of several months.
He was a former employee of Banner Homes and the Elkhart Moulding company in Elkhart, where he had resided the last 30 years.
Born Nov. 13, 1909 to Lemuel and Hattie MYERS CESSNA, he moved to Elkhart from Rochester. He was married Dec. 14, 1945 in Logansport to Ona LONG who survives. He was a veteran of World War II.
Surviving with the wife are two sons, Duane and Gary [CESSNA], both of Elkhart; three sisters, Mrs. Fred (Minnie) ALEXANDER, Rochester; Mrs. Kenneth (Alma) DAVIS, Newport Beach, Cal., and Mrs. John (Doris) MORTIMORE, Moore Haven, Fla.; three brothers, John and Otto CESSNA of Rochester and Dale CESSNA of St. Paul, Minn., and nieces and nephews.
Final rites will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home with the Rev. Donald LAMBERT officiating. Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Wednesday.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1971
by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
Tuesday, June 15, 1971
Keith Cessna
Gerald Keith CESSNA, 61, Elkhart, a native of Rochester, died at 8 p.m. Monday in South Bend Memorial hospital after an illness of several months.
He was a former employee of Banner Homes and the Elkhart Moulding company in Elkhart, where he had resided the last 30 years.
Born Nov. 13, 1909 to Lemuel and Hattie MYERS CESSNA, he moved to Elkhart from Rochester. He was married Dec. 14, 1945 in Logansport to Ona LONG who survives. He was a veteran of World War II.
Surviving with the wife are two sons, Duane and Gary [CESSNA], both of Elkhart; three sisters, Mrs. Fred (Minnie) ALEXANDER, Rochester; Mrs. Kenneth (Alma) DAVIS, Newport Beach, Cal., and Mrs. John (Doris) MORTIMORE, Moore Haven, Fla.; three brothers, John and Otto CESSNA of Rochester and Dale CESSNA of St. Paul, Minn., and nieces and nephews.
Final rites will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home with the Rev. Donald LAMBERT officiating. Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Wednesday.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1971
by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
Published in The Rochester Sentinel
Tuesday, June 15, 1971
Keith Cessna
Gerald Keith CESSNA, 61, Elkhart, a native of Rochester, died at 8 p.m. Monday in South Bend Memorial hospital after an illness of several months.
He was a former employee of Banner Homes and the Elkhart Moulding company in Elkhart, where he had resided the last 30 years.
Born Nov. 13, 1909 to Lemuel and Hattie MYERS CESSNA, he moved to Elkhart from Rochester. He was married Dec. 14, 1945 in Logansport to Ona LONG who survives. He was a veteran of World War II.
Surviving with the wife are two sons, Duane and Gary [CESSNA], both of Elkhart; three sisters, Mrs. Fred (Minnie) ALEXANDER, Rochester; Mrs. Kenneth (Alma) DAVIS, Newport Beach, Cal., and Mrs. John (Doris) MORTIMORE, Moore Haven, Fla.; three brothers, John and Otto CESSNA of Rochester and Dale CESSNA of St. Paul, Minn., and nieces and nephews.
Final rites will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home with the Rev. Donald LAMBERT officiating. Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Wednesday.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1971
by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
Tuesday, June 15, 1971
Keith Cessna
Gerald Keith CESSNA, 61, Elkhart, a native of Rochester, died at 8 p.m. Monday in South Bend Memorial hospital after an illness of several months.
He was a former employee of Banner Homes and the Elkhart Moulding company in Elkhart, where he had resided the last 30 years.
Born Nov. 13, 1909 to Lemuel and Hattie MYERS CESSNA, he moved to Elkhart from Rochester. He was married Dec. 14, 1945 in Logansport to Ona LONG who survives. He was a veteran of World War II.
Surviving with the wife are two sons, Duane and Gary [CESSNA], both of Elkhart; three sisters, Mrs. Fred (Minnie) ALEXANDER, Rochester; Mrs. Kenneth (Alma) DAVIS, Newport Beach, Cal., and Mrs. John (Doris) MORTIMORE, Moore Haven, Fla.; three brothers, John and Otto CESSNA of Rochester and Dale CESSNA of St. Paul, Minn., and nieces and nephews.
Final rites will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home with the Rev. Donald LAMBERT officiating. Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Wednesday.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1971
by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
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