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John Wesley Hammerton

Birth
Logan County, Illinois, USA
Death
15 Apr 1956 (aged 86)
Westville, La Porte County, Indiana, USA
Burial
San Pierre, Starke County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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JOHN W. HAMMERTON
John Wesley Hammerton died of pneumonia Sunday at Beatty Memorial hospital in Westville. He had been ailing for the past six years. He was born April 5, 1870, in Illinois.
He had resided in the Valparaiso area for about eight years and for a time was employed at the Continental-Diamond Fibre division of the Budd Company, Inc. He also formerly farmed in the Tefft and Wheatfield area.
Surviving are the following daughters: Mrs. Ethel Nelson of Tefft; Mrs. Alice Stokke, San Pierre; and Mrs. Edith Shroyer of Napa, Calif.; also, nine grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. He also leaves one sister, Mrs. Lucille Witham of Parr, Ind.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday at the Tefft Methodist church with the Rev. Harold Wright in charge. Burial will be in the San Pierre cemetery.
Friends may call at the Todd Funeral home in DeMotte.

Obituary published in the Vidette-Messenger of Porter County (Valparaiso, IN), on Tuesday, April 17, 1956, pg. 6.
JOHN W. HAMMERTON
John Wesley Hammerton died of pneumonia Sunday at Beatty Memorial hospital in Westville. He had been ailing for the past six years. He was born April 5, 1870, in Illinois.
He had resided in the Valparaiso area for about eight years and for a time was employed at the Continental-Diamond Fibre division of the Budd Company, Inc. He also formerly farmed in the Tefft and Wheatfield area.
Surviving are the following daughters: Mrs. Ethel Nelson of Tefft; Mrs. Alice Stokke, San Pierre; and Mrs. Edith Shroyer of Napa, Calif.; also, nine grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. He also leaves one sister, Mrs. Lucille Witham of Parr, Ind.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday at the Tefft Methodist church with the Rev. Harold Wright in charge. Burial will be in the San Pierre cemetery.
Friends may call at the Todd Funeral home in DeMotte.

Obituary published in the Vidette-Messenger of Porter County (Valparaiso, IN), on Tuesday, April 17, 1956, pg. 6.


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  • Maintained by: Sherri
  • Originally Created by: Lin
  • Added: Sep 23, 2015
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152702613/john_wesley-hammerton: accessed ), memorial page for John Wesley Hammerton (5 Apr 1870–15 Apr 1956), Find a Grave Memorial ID 152702613, citing San Pierre Public Cemetery, San Pierre, Starke County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Sherri (contributor 47317779).