Birthdate incorrectly recorded as 1/22/1914
(according to his mother, the attending physician who attended the at-home birth was reported to be inebriated!) - birthdate 2/2/1914
Born in Columbus, Indiana but moved to Greensburg as a young boy and lettered on the Greensburg Pirate H.S. baseball team in 1932. Visited his Canfield grandparents near Aurora and helped pull out carpets from flooded homes to earn $$$ and swore he'd never live any where near water. Helped replace railroad ties on track from Indianapolis to Cincinnati.
Clyde Pruden was a conductor on the L&N and his run was from Knoxville to Cincinnati. Rollie Creaser was a brakeman on the NYC with a run from Indianapolis to Cincinnati. Both ate at the same cafe near Union terminal in Cincinnati and became friends. Pruden, in true southern style, said to Creaser "I'll get you passes to come visit" and Rollie & son Marion took him up on the offer. That's how Bess Pruden and Marion Creaser met and subsequently eloped 7/3/1935 the next year and were married in Clinton, Anderson Co, Tennessee.
Many various jobs were held during those early depression years. Around 1940 Walter (as he was known to those at work) had his first full-time job as a machinist at Reeves Pulley Company in Columbus, Indiana. He retired in 1975 after 35 years.
Always hard of hearing, in the late 40s a tumor was found in his "good" ear and his mastoid operation robbed him of whatever hearing he had. He didn't like to wear a hearing aid and became quite adept at lip reading. He often would chuckle at things on TV (like sporting events) because he could see what they were saying on the sidelines!
At work he was usually one of the ones to pull pranks on the others, like greasing the handles of lunch pails or giving his boss a piggy bank to keep his overtime pay in (supervisors received no overtime pay).
You could always tell where someone knew him from depending on which name they used. At work he was Walter, but most family and friends knew him by Marion. Or Uncle Marion as he was known by young and old alike.
He wrote poetry. He was noted for his "fall off the bone" steamed fried chicken. He steamed chicken long before Colonel Sanders came along.
*****
Walter Marion Creaser, 80, 1708 Ben Crenshaw Way, Austin, Texas, died Friday, March 18, 1994 in Austin.
Born Feb. 2, 1914 in Columbus, Ind., he was the son of Rolla Edwin and Emma Canfield Creaser, and had lived most of his life in Decatur County. On 1935, he married Bess Pruden in Clinton, Tenn., and she preceded him in death in January of 1993. He was a member of the Burney Baptist Church, a 50-year member of the Milford Masonic Lodge 94, and a retired machinist from Reeves Pulley Company, a Divison of Reliance Electric Company of Columbus.
He is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Richard (Donna) Harwood, Austin, Texas; one grandson; one granddaughter; one nephew; one niece. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Beverly Creaser; one brother and one sister.
There will be a memorial service and final interment at Milford Cemetery at a later date. Memorials may be made to the Burney Baptist Church or to the donor's choice of charities.
--Greensburg Daily News, Greensburg, Ind
--Tuesday, March 22, 1994
--page 2, column 5-6
*****
A memorial service will be conducted Saturday, May 7 at 11 a.m. at the Burney Baptist Church, Burney, Ind., for Walter Marion Creaser, who died March 18 in Austin, Texas.
The complete obituary for Creaser appeared in the March 22 edition of the Greensburg Daily News.
The Rev. Dr. Henry Hawkins and the Rev. Rand Hooten will officiate.
Memorial donations may be made to the Burney Baptist Church or the charity of the donor's choice.
--Greensburg Daily News, Greensburg, Ind
--Monday, May 2, 1994
--page 2, column 5-6
(according to his mother, the attending physician who attended the at-home birth was reported to be inebriated!) - birthdate 2/2/1914
Born in Columbus, Indiana but moved to Greensburg as a young boy and lettered on the Greensburg Pirate H.S. baseball team in 1932. Visited his Canfield grandparents near Aurora and helped pull out carpets from flooded homes to earn $$$ and swore he'd never live any where near water. Helped replace railroad ties on track from Indianapolis to Cincinnati.
Clyde Pruden was a conductor on the L&N and his run was from Knoxville to Cincinnati. Rollie Creaser was a brakeman on the NYC with a run from Indianapolis to Cincinnati. Both ate at the same cafe near Union terminal in Cincinnati and became friends. Pruden, in true southern style, said to Creaser "I'll get you passes to come visit" and Rollie & son Marion took him up on the offer. That's how Bess Pruden and Marion Creaser met and subsequently eloped 7/3/1935 the next year and were married in Clinton, Anderson Co, Tennessee.
Many various jobs were held during those early depression years. Around 1940 Walter (as he was known to those at work) had his first full-time job as a machinist at Reeves Pulley Company in Columbus, Indiana. He retired in 1975 after 35 years.
Always hard of hearing, in the late 40s a tumor was found in his "good" ear and his mastoid operation robbed him of whatever hearing he had. He didn't like to wear a hearing aid and became quite adept at lip reading. He often would chuckle at things on TV (like sporting events) because he could see what they were saying on the sidelines!
At work he was usually one of the ones to pull pranks on the others, like greasing the handles of lunch pails or giving his boss a piggy bank to keep his overtime pay in (supervisors received no overtime pay).
You could always tell where someone knew him from depending on which name they used. At work he was Walter, but most family and friends knew him by Marion. Or Uncle Marion as he was known by young and old alike.
He wrote poetry. He was noted for his "fall off the bone" steamed fried chicken. He steamed chicken long before Colonel Sanders came along.
*****
Walter Marion Creaser, 80, 1708 Ben Crenshaw Way, Austin, Texas, died Friday, March 18, 1994 in Austin.
Born Feb. 2, 1914 in Columbus, Ind., he was the son of Rolla Edwin and Emma Canfield Creaser, and had lived most of his life in Decatur County. On 1935, he married Bess Pruden in Clinton, Tenn., and she preceded him in death in January of 1993. He was a member of the Burney Baptist Church, a 50-year member of the Milford Masonic Lodge 94, and a retired machinist from Reeves Pulley Company, a Divison of Reliance Electric Company of Columbus.
He is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Richard (Donna) Harwood, Austin, Texas; one grandson; one granddaughter; one nephew; one niece. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Beverly Creaser; one brother and one sister.
There will be a memorial service and final interment at Milford Cemetery at a later date. Memorials may be made to the Burney Baptist Church or to the donor's choice of charities.
--Greensburg Daily News, Greensburg, Ind
--Tuesday, March 22, 1994
--page 2, column 5-6
*****
A memorial service will be conducted Saturday, May 7 at 11 a.m. at the Burney Baptist Church, Burney, Ind., for Walter Marion Creaser, who died March 18 in Austin, Texas.
The complete obituary for Creaser appeared in the March 22 edition of the Greensburg Daily News.
The Rev. Dr. Henry Hawkins and the Rev. Rand Hooten will officiate.
Memorial donations may be made to the Burney Baptist Church or the charity of the donor's choice.
--Greensburg Daily News, Greensburg, Ind
--Monday, May 2, 1994
--page 2, column 5-6
Birthdate incorrectly recorded as 1/22/1914
(according to his mother, the attending physician who attended the at-home birth was reported to be inebriated!) - birthdate 2/2/1914
Born in Columbus, Indiana but moved to Greensburg as a young boy and lettered on the Greensburg Pirate H.S. baseball team in 1932. Visited his Canfield grandparents near Aurora and helped pull out carpets from flooded homes to earn $$$ and swore he'd never live any where near water. Helped replace railroad ties on track from Indianapolis to Cincinnati.
Clyde Pruden was a conductor on the L&N and his run was from Knoxville to Cincinnati. Rollie Creaser was a brakeman on the NYC with a run from Indianapolis to Cincinnati. Both ate at the same cafe near Union terminal in Cincinnati and became friends. Pruden, in true southern style, said to Creaser "I'll get you passes to come visit" and Rollie & son Marion took him up on the offer. That's how Bess Pruden and Marion Creaser met and subsequently eloped 7/3/1935 the next year and were married in Clinton, Anderson Co, Tennessee.
Many various jobs were held during those early depression years. Around 1940 Walter (as he was known to those at work) had his first full-time job as a machinist at Reeves Pulley Company in Columbus, Indiana. He retired in 1975 after 35 years.
Always hard of hearing, in the late 40s a tumor was found in his "good" ear and his mastoid operation robbed him of whatever hearing he had. He didn't like to wear a hearing aid and became quite adept at lip reading. He often would chuckle at things on TV (like sporting events) because he could see what they were saying on the sidelines!
At work he was usually one of the ones to pull pranks on the others, like greasing the handles of lunch pails or giving his boss a piggy bank to keep his overtime pay in (supervisors received no overtime pay).
You could always tell where someone knew him from depending on which name they used. At work he was Walter, but most family and friends knew him by Marion. Or Uncle Marion as he was known by young and old alike.
He wrote poetry. He was noted for his "fall off the bone" steamed fried chicken. He steamed chicken long before Colonel Sanders came along.
*****
Walter Marion Creaser, 80, 1708 Ben Crenshaw Way, Austin, Texas, died Friday, March 18, 1994 in Austin.
Born Feb. 2, 1914 in Columbus, Ind., he was the son of Rolla Edwin and Emma Canfield Creaser, and had lived most of his life in Decatur County. On 1935, he married Bess Pruden in Clinton, Tenn., and she preceded him in death in January of 1993. He was a member of the Burney Baptist Church, a 50-year member of the Milford Masonic Lodge 94, and a retired machinist from Reeves Pulley Company, a Divison of Reliance Electric Company of Columbus.
He is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Richard (Donna) Harwood, Austin, Texas; one grandson; one granddaughter; one nephew; one niece. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Beverly Creaser; one brother and one sister.
There will be a memorial service and final interment at Milford Cemetery at a later date. Memorials may be made to the Burney Baptist Church or to the donor's choice of charities.
--Greensburg Daily News, Greensburg, Ind
--Tuesday, March 22, 1994
--page 2, column 5-6
*****
A memorial service will be conducted Saturday, May 7 at 11 a.m. at the Burney Baptist Church, Burney, Ind., for Walter Marion Creaser, who died March 18 in Austin, Texas.
The complete obituary for Creaser appeared in the March 22 edition of the Greensburg Daily News.
The Rev. Dr. Henry Hawkins and the Rev. Rand Hooten will officiate.
Memorial donations may be made to the Burney Baptist Church or the charity of the donor's choice.
--Greensburg Daily News, Greensburg, Ind
--Monday, May 2, 1994
--page 2, column 5-6
(according to his mother, the attending physician who attended the at-home birth was reported to be inebriated!) - birthdate 2/2/1914
Born in Columbus, Indiana but moved to Greensburg as a young boy and lettered on the Greensburg Pirate H.S. baseball team in 1932. Visited his Canfield grandparents near Aurora and helped pull out carpets from flooded homes to earn $$$ and swore he'd never live any where near water. Helped replace railroad ties on track from Indianapolis to Cincinnati.
Clyde Pruden was a conductor on the L&N and his run was from Knoxville to Cincinnati. Rollie Creaser was a brakeman on the NYC with a run from Indianapolis to Cincinnati. Both ate at the same cafe near Union terminal in Cincinnati and became friends. Pruden, in true southern style, said to Creaser "I'll get you passes to come visit" and Rollie & son Marion took him up on the offer. That's how Bess Pruden and Marion Creaser met and subsequently eloped 7/3/1935 the next year and were married in Clinton, Anderson Co, Tennessee.
Many various jobs were held during those early depression years. Around 1940 Walter (as he was known to those at work) had his first full-time job as a machinist at Reeves Pulley Company in Columbus, Indiana. He retired in 1975 after 35 years.
Always hard of hearing, in the late 40s a tumor was found in his "good" ear and his mastoid operation robbed him of whatever hearing he had. He didn't like to wear a hearing aid and became quite adept at lip reading. He often would chuckle at things on TV (like sporting events) because he could see what they were saying on the sidelines!
At work he was usually one of the ones to pull pranks on the others, like greasing the handles of lunch pails or giving his boss a piggy bank to keep his overtime pay in (supervisors received no overtime pay).
You could always tell where someone knew him from depending on which name they used. At work he was Walter, but most family and friends knew him by Marion. Or Uncle Marion as he was known by young and old alike.
He wrote poetry. He was noted for his "fall off the bone" steamed fried chicken. He steamed chicken long before Colonel Sanders came along.
*****
Walter Marion Creaser, 80, 1708 Ben Crenshaw Way, Austin, Texas, died Friday, March 18, 1994 in Austin.
Born Feb. 2, 1914 in Columbus, Ind., he was the son of Rolla Edwin and Emma Canfield Creaser, and had lived most of his life in Decatur County. On 1935, he married Bess Pruden in Clinton, Tenn., and she preceded him in death in January of 1993. He was a member of the Burney Baptist Church, a 50-year member of the Milford Masonic Lodge 94, and a retired machinist from Reeves Pulley Company, a Divison of Reliance Electric Company of Columbus.
He is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Richard (Donna) Harwood, Austin, Texas; one grandson; one granddaughter; one nephew; one niece. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Beverly Creaser; one brother and one sister.
There will be a memorial service and final interment at Milford Cemetery at a later date. Memorials may be made to the Burney Baptist Church or to the donor's choice of charities.
--Greensburg Daily News, Greensburg, Ind
--Tuesday, March 22, 1994
--page 2, column 5-6
*****
A memorial service will be conducted Saturday, May 7 at 11 a.m. at the Burney Baptist Church, Burney, Ind., for Walter Marion Creaser, who died March 18 in Austin, Texas.
The complete obituary for Creaser appeared in the March 22 edition of the Greensburg Daily News.
The Rev. Dr. Henry Hawkins and the Rev. Rand Hooten will officiate.
Memorial donations may be made to the Burney Baptist Church or the charity of the donor's choice.
--Greensburg Daily News, Greensburg, Ind
--Monday, May 2, 1994
--page 2, column 5-6
