EX-COUNTY COMMISSIONER FRANK McCALLY DIES.
Frank G. McCally, 65, former county commissioner, died at 5:30 o'clock Monday evening, December 25, at the LaGrange County hospital following a prolonged illness. The funeral was held Thursday afternoon at the Caton and Frurip Funeral Home with Rev. W.R. Kuhn, former pastor of the Bethel Church, now of Argos, Indiana, in charge. Burial took place at Greenwood Cemetery.
Mr. McCally was in reasonable health until 2 1/2 years ago when he was stricken with heart trouble and his condition became gradually worse.
Frank McCally was born on the old McCally homestead in Clay township November 5, 1885, the son of Almon and Ida May Goodrich McCally, pioneers of that region. He graduated from LaGrange High School in 1905 and taught school for 12 terms in Newbury and Clay townships.
• • On June 24, 1908, he married Hazel Bowen and they made their home on the farm where they lived throughout his life.
He was appointed county commissioner on the resignation of Frank Bevington in the early thirties and served for one term. He served several years as Clay township director of the Farmers Rescue Insurance Company. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge.
He is survived by the widow: one son, Clare McCally of Clay township; one daughter, Mrs. Elmer (Ruth) Glick of Shipshewana and five grandchildren; and uncle, Richard McCally of Goshen and a number of cousins.
Frank G. McCally, 65, former county commissioner, died at 5:30 o'clock Monday evening, December 25, at the LaGrange County hospital following a prolonged illness. The funeral was held Thursday afternoon at the Caton and Frurip Funeral Home with Rev. W.R. Kuhn, former pastor of the Bethel Church, now of Argos, Indiana, in charge. Burial took place at Greenwood Cemetery.
Mr. McCally was in reasonable health until 2 1/2 years ago when he was stricken with heart trouble and his condition became gradually worse.
Frank McCally was born on the old McCally homestead in Clay township November 5, 1885, the son of Almon and Ida May Goodrich McCally, pioneers of that region. He graduated from LaGrange High School in 1905 and taught school for 12 terms in Newbury and Clay townships.
• • On June 24, 1908, he married Hazel Bowen and they made their home on the farm where they lived throughout his life.
He was appointed county commissioner on the resignation of Frank Bevington in the early thirties and served for one term. He served several years as Clay township director of the Farmers Rescue Insurance Company. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge.
He is survived by the widow: one son, Clare McCally of Clay township; one daughter, Mrs. Elmer (Ruth) Glick of Shipshewana and five grandchildren; and uncle, Richard McCally of Goshen and a number of cousins.
EX-COUNTY COMMISSIONER FRANK McCALLY DIES.
Frank G. McCally, 65, former county commissioner, died at 5:30 o'clock Monday evening, December 25, at the LaGrange County hospital following a prolonged illness. The funeral was held Thursday afternoon at the Caton and Frurip Funeral Home with Rev. W.R. Kuhn, former pastor of the Bethel Church, now of Argos, Indiana, in charge. Burial took place at Greenwood Cemetery.
Mr. McCally was in reasonable health until 2 1/2 years ago when he was stricken with heart trouble and his condition became gradually worse.
Frank McCally was born on the old McCally homestead in Clay township November 5, 1885, the son of Almon and Ida May Goodrich McCally, pioneers of that region. He graduated from LaGrange High School in 1905 and taught school for 12 terms in Newbury and Clay townships.
• • On June 24, 1908, he married Hazel Bowen and they made their home on the farm where they lived throughout his life.
He was appointed county commissioner on the resignation of Frank Bevington in the early thirties and served for one term. He served several years as Clay township director of the Farmers Rescue Insurance Company. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge.
He is survived by the widow: one son, Clare McCally of Clay township; one daughter, Mrs. Elmer (Ruth) Glick of Shipshewana and five grandchildren; and uncle, Richard McCally of Goshen and a number of cousins.
Frank G. McCally, 65, former county commissioner, died at 5:30 o'clock Monday evening, December 25, at the LaGrange County hospital following a prolonged illness. The funeral was held Thursday afternoon at the Caton and Frurip Funeral Home with Rev. W.R. Kuhn, former pastor of the Bethel Church, now of Argos, Indiana, in charge. Burial took place at Greenwood Cemetery.
Mr. McCally was in reasonable health until 2 1/2 years ago when he was stricken with heart trouble and his condition became gradually worse.
Frank McCally was born on the old McCally homestead in Clay township November 5, 1885, the son of Almon and Ida May Goodrich McCally, pioneers of that region. He graduated from LaGrange High School in 1905 and taught school for 12 terms in Newbury and Clay townships.
• • On June 24, 1908, he married Hazel Bowen and they made their home on the farm where they lived throughout his life.
He was appointed county commissioner on the resignation of Frank Bevington in the early thirties and served for one term. He served several years as Clay township director of the Farmers Rescue Insurance Company. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge.
He is survived by the widow: one son, Clare McCally of Clay township; one daughter, Mrs. Elmer (Ruth) Glick of Shipshewana and five grandchildren; and uncle, Richard McCally of Goshen and a number of cousins.
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