Charles D Fields, 75, lifelong resident of Elkhart county, died suddenly at 10 pm Saturday at his farm home, mile and a quarter east of Goshen. Death was caused by a heart
attack.
Fields had been in normal health and had visited the business district in Goshen Saturday afternoon.
He was born in Locke township, October 15, 1862, the son of Simon and Carolina Fields. He resided on his farm east of Goshen for the past 25 years.
His first wife, Clara A Lockwood Fields, died in 1895. A daughter, Bessie also preceded him in death in 1891.
Surviving are three children by his first wife, Elza and Chester Fields, both of Goshen, and Mrs Mabel McDowell of Wakarusa; his second wife, Ora May Kimble Lechlitner, to whom he was married in 1902; another son, Merle Fields of east of Goshen; a stepson, Austin Lechlitner of Elkhart; 14 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, friends and relatives meeting at the Field home at 1:30 pm with services at 2:30 pm from the North Union church, two and a half miles
southwest of Wakarusa. The Rev Levi Weldy of Wakarusa officiated. Burial in church cemetery.
Wakarusa Tribune
25 August 1938
attack.
Fields had been in normal health and had visited the business district in Goshen Saturday afternoon.
He was born in Locke township, October 15, 1862, the son of Simon and Carolina Fields. He resided on his farm east of Goshen for the past 25 years.
His first wife, Clara A Lockwood Fields, died in 1895. A daughter, Bessie also preceded him in death in 1891.
Surviving are three children by his first wife, Elza and Chester Fields, both of Goshen, and Mrs Mabel McDowell of Wakarusa; his second wife, Ora May Kimble Lechlitner, to whom he was married in 1902; another son, Merle Fields of east of Goshen; a stepson, Austin Lechlitner of Elkhart; 14 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, friends and relatives meeting at the Field home at 1:30 pm with services at 2:30 pm from the North Union church, two and a half miles
southwest of Wakarusa. The Rev Levi Weldy of Wakarusa officiated. Burial in church cemetery.
Wakarusa Tribune
25 August 1938
Charles D Fields, 75, lifelong resident of Elkhart county, died suddenly at 10 pm Saturday at his farm home, mile and a quarter east of Goshen. Death was caused by a heart
attack.
Fields had been in normal health and had visited the business district in Goshen Saturday afternoon.
He was born in Locke township, October 15, 1862, the son of Simon and Carolina Fields. He resided on his farm east of Goshen for the past 25 years.
His first wife, Clara A Lockwood Fields, died in 1895. A daughter, Bessie also preceded him in death in 1891.
Surviving are three children by his first wife, Elza and Chester Fields, both of Goshen, and Mrs Mabel McDowell of Wakarusa; his second wife, Ora May Kimble Lechlitner, to whom he was married in 1902; another son, Merle Fields of east of Goshen; a stepson, Austin Lechlitner of Elkhart; 14 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, friends and relatives meeting at the Field home at 1:30 pm with services at 2:30 pm from the North Union church, two and a half miles
southwest of Wakarusa. The Rev Levi Weldy of Wakarusa officiated. Burial in church cemetery.
Wakarusa Tribune
25 August 1938
attack.
Fields had been in normal health and had visited the business district in Goshen Saturday afternoon.
He was born in Locke township, October 15, 1862, the son of Simon and Carolina Fields. He resided on his farm east of Goshen for the past 25 years.
His first wife, Clara A Lockwood Fields, died in 1895. A daughter, Bessie also preceded him in death in 1891.
Surviving are three children by his first wife, Elza and Chester Fields, both of Goshen, and Mrs Mabel McDowell of Wakarusa; his second wife, Ora May Kimble Lechlitner, to whom he was married in 1902; another son, Merle Fields of east of Goshen; a stepson, Austin Lechlitner of Elkhart; 14 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, friends and relatives meeting at the Field home at 1:30 pm with services at 2:30 pm from the North Union church, two and a half miles
southwest of Wakarusa. The Rev Levi Weldy of Wakarusa officiated. Burial in church cemetery.
Wakarusa Tribune
25 August 1938
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