Lydia Ellen Cunningham was the daughter of Marion and Daisy Edith Lang Cunningham. She was the 11th child of 12: Ethel Glee Pankey (Willie)
Arley Isaac
Henry Columbus
Fernie Gale Curts (Ray)
Viola Zettie Curts (Roy)
Wilbert Marion
Oscar Harl
Dola Lee
Charles Andrew
Sherman Edward
Lydia Ellen Crecelius (Clarence)
Cecil Oen.
On November 22, 1934, Lydia married Clarence Edward Crecelius, the son of Doctor Strouse and Minnie Iona Rainbolt Crecelius.
Clarence and Lydia had 7 children:
Donald Edward (Effie) (Donald 1935-)
Albert Ray (Bonnie, Nancy) (Albert 1938-)
Daisy Iona Rutherford (Paul) (Daisy 1940-)
Barbara Jean Rutherford (Kenneth) (Barb 1943-)
Leola Faye Nichols (Joe) (Leola 1945-)
Margaret Ellen Patterson (Ed)(Margie 1947-)
Virginia Louise Pate (Bob)(Ginny 1950-2013)
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Individual# : K Z J 3 - M R J
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Indiana Death Certificate# : 001014
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The Corydon Democrat
17 January 1996 Page# 8
Corydon, Indiana
Lydia Ellen Crecelius , 81 , Corydon, died at 11:37 PM last Wednesday in
the Harrison County Hospital..
She was a homemaker and a member of the Gethsemane Lutheran Church ..
Survivors include her husband, Clarence E. Crecelius ; two sons, Donald
Crecelius of Noblesville and Albert Crecelius of Corydon ; five daughters,
Daisy Rutherford and Virginia Pate, both of Corydon, Barbara
Rutherford of Argyle, Texas, Leola Nichols of New Salisbury and Margaret
Patterson of Grand Rapids, Michigan ; 21 grandchildren ; 25 great
grandchildren ; two step grandchildren and six step great grandchildren..
The funeral was Saturday in the Beanblossom – Cesar Funeral Home with
burial in the Heidelberg Cemetery .. Pastor Jerry Cantrell officiated …
Betty Monroe was the organist ….
Pallbearers were Jon Pate, Matthew and James Nichols, Edward Patterson Jr.
Gary Rutherford and Rick and Boyd Crecelius….
The family suggest memorial gifts to the American Lung Association or the
Gethsemane Lutheran Church …..
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