Charles Friend, 83, former Monmouth and Berne resident, and father of Royal Friend, 908 N. 3rd street, died at 9:55 a.m. Wednesday at the St. Joseph hospital, in Fort Wayne, where he had been hospitalized since Jan. 3 with a heart attack.
A native of Auburn, he was born May 1, 1879, the son of Amos and Jessie Stanburg Friend. He lived in Berne before moving to Fort Wayne. He lived at 528 E. McKinnie avenue. A retired farmer, he was employed at General Electric Co., and then, for 14 years at the Lincoln National Life Insurance Co. as a maintenance man.
He was a member of the Fort Wayne Gospel Temple.
Survivors, in addition to the son, include two daughters, Mrs. Harry Lee of Huntington; Mrs. Paul Goble of Columbia City; 12 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Ida Kaufman, Buffalo, N.Y.
Friends may call at the C. M. Sloan & Sons funeral home after 7 p.m. today.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in the funeral home, the Rev. Carl R. Bennett officiating. Burial will be in the Roselawn cemetery in Auburn.
(Thursday, 7 Mar 1963) (unknown publication)
Charles Friend, 83, former Monmouth and Berne resident, and father of Royal Friend, 908 N. 3rd street, died at 9:55 a.m. Wednesday at the St. Joseph hospital, in Fort Wayne, where he had been hospitalized since Jan. 3 with a heart attack.
A native of Auburn, he was born May 1, 1879, the son of Amos and Jessie Stanburg Friend. He lived in Berne before moving to Fort Wayne. He lived at 528 E. McKinnie avenue. A retired farmer, he was employed at General Electric Co., and then, for 14 years at the Lincoln National Life Insurance Co. as a maintenance man.
He was a member of the Fort Wayne Gospel Temple.
Survivors, in addition to the son, include two daughters, Mrs. Harry Lee of Huntington; Mrs. Paul Goble of Columbia City; 12 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Ida Kaufman, Buffalo, N.Y.
Friends may call at the C. M. Sloan & Sons funeral home after 7 p.m. today.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in the funeral home, the Rev. Carl R. Bennett officiating. Burial will be in the Roselawn cemetery in Auburn.
(Thursday, 7 Mar 1963) (unknown publication)
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