(Handwritten date: Wednesday, November 3, 1943)
FORMER ADAMS COUNTY COMMISSIONER DIES
Grant Owens Dies At County Hospital
Grant G. Owens, 71, prominent Adams county farmer and former county commissioner, died Tuesday evening at 4:50 o'clock at the Adams county memorial hospital, following an illness of eight weeks. He had been confined in the hospital for the past 15 days.
The deceased was born in Benton county, the son of George and Abigail Sargent-Owens, on January 7, 1872, and had resided in Washington township for the past 37 years.
He was married to Gertrude Campbell on February 7, 1897. She survives. From 1918 to 1922 Mr. Owens served on the county board of commissioners and was a member of the board at the time the local hospital was constructed. He was a director of the Adams county farm bureau. While he attended Valparaiso university, and was qualified as a teacher, he never followed the profession. He was a member of the First Methodist church.
Surviving, besides the widow, are four children: Russell and Forest of Decatur, Harold of Monmouth and Mrs. Harry Michaels of Monroe; two sisters, Mrs. Emma Coats and Mrs. Lottie Dietrick, both of Lafayette; a half-sister, Mrs. Margaret Watkins of Constantine, Mich.; seven grandchildren. Two brothers and two sisters are deceased.
Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 1:45 o'clock at the residence, three miles south and two miles west of Decatur, and 2 o'clock at the church, with Rev. E. J. Arthur officiating, assisted by Rev. M. O. Lester. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery.
The body will be removed from the Zwick funeral home to the residence this evening and may be viewed there after 7 o'clock tonight until time for the services.
FORMER ADAMS COUNTY COMMISSIONER DIES
Grant Owens Dies At County Hospital
Grant G. Owens, 71, prominent Adams county farmer and former county commissioner, died Tuesday evening at 4:50 o'clock at the Adams county memorial hospital, following an illness of eight weeks. He had been confined in the hospital for the past 15 days.
The deceased was born in Benton county, the son of George and Abigail Sargent-Owens, on January 7, 1872, and had resided in Washington township for the past 37 years.
He was married to Gertrude Campbell on February 7, 1897. She survives. From 1918 to 1922 Mr. Owens served on the county board of commissioners and was a member of the board at the time the local hospital was constructed. He was a director of the Adams county farm bureau. While he attended Valparaiso university, and was qualified as a teacher, he never followed the profession. He was a member of the First Methodist church.
Surviving, besides the widow, are four children: Russell and Forest of Decatur, Harold of Monmouth and Mrs. Harry Michaels of Monroe; two sisters, Mrs. Emma Coats and Mrs. Lottie Dietrick, both of Lafayette; a half-sister, Mrs. Margaret Watkins of Constantine, Mich.; seven grandchildren. Two brothers and two sisters are deceased.
Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 1:45 o'clock at the residence, three miles south and two miles west of Decatur, and 2 o'clock at the church, with Rev. E. J. Arthur officiating, assisted by Rev. M. O. Lester. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery.
The body will be removed from the Zwick funeral home to the residence this evening and may be viewed there after 7 o'clock tonight until time for the services.
(Handwritten date: Wednesday, November 3, 1943)
FORMER ADAMS COUNTY COMMISSIONER DIES
Grant Owens Dies At County Hospital
Grant G. Owens, 71, prominent Adams county farmer and former county commissioner, died Tuesday evening at 4:50 o'clock at the Adams county memorial hospital, following an illness of eight weeks. He had been confined in the hospital for the past 15 days.
The deceased was born in Benton county, the son of George and Abigail Sargent-Owens, on January 7, 1872, and had resided in Washington township for the past 37 years.
He was married to Gertrude Campbell on February 7, 1897. She survives. From 1918 to 1922 Mr. Owens served on the county board of commissioners and was a member of the board at the time the local hospital was constructed. He was a director of the Adams county farm bureau. While he attended Valparaiso university, and was qualified as a teacher, he never followed the profession. He was a member of the First Methodist church.
Surviving, besides the widow, are four children: Russell and Forest of Decatur, Harold of Monmouth and Mrs. Harry Michaels of Monroe; two sisters, Mrs. Emma Coats and Mrs. Lottie Dietrick, both of Lafayette; a half-sister, Mrs. Margaret Watkins of Constantine, Mich.; seven grandchildren. Two brothers and two sisters are deceased.
Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 1:45 o'clock at the residence, three miles south and two miles west of Decatur, and 2 o'clock at the church, with Rev. E. J. Arthur officiating, assisted by Rev. M. O. Lester. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery.
The body will be removed from the Zwick funeral home to the residence this evening and may be viewed there after 7 o'clock tonight until time for the services.
FORMER ADAMS COUNTY COMMISSIONER DIES
Grant Owens Dies At County Hospital
Grant G. Owens, 71, prominent Adams county farmer and former county commissioner, died Tuesday evening at 4:50 o'clock at the Adams county memorial hospital, following an illness of eight weeks. He had been confined in the hospital for the past 15 days.
The deceased was born in Benton county, the son of George and Abigail Sargent-Owens, on January 7, 1872, and had resided in Washington township for the past 37 years.
He was married to Gertrude Campbell on February 7, 1897. She survives. From 1918 to 1922 Mr. Owens served on the county board of commissioners and was a member of the board at the time the local hospital was constructed. He was a director of the Adams county farm bureau. While he attended Valparaiso university, and was qualified as a teacher, he never followed the profession. He was a member of the First Methodist church.
Surviving, besides the widow, are four children: Russell and Forest of Decatur, Harold of Monmouth and Mrs. Harry Michaels of Monroe; two sisters, Mrs. Emma Coats and Mrs. Lottie Dietrick, both of Lafayette; a half-sister, Mrs. Margaret Watkins of Constantine, Mich.; seven grandchildren. Two brothers and two sisters are deceased.
Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 1:45 o'clock at the residence, three miles south and two miles west of Decatur, and 2 o'clock at the church, with Rev. E. J. Arthur officiating, assisted by Rev. M. O. Lester. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery.
The body will be removed from the Zwick funeral home to the residence this evening and may be viewed there after 7 o'clock tonight until time for the services.
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