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Verlin Rhoades Veteran

Birth
Claypool, Kosciusko County, Indiana, USA
Death
4 Nov 1937 (aged 42)
Plymouth, Marshall County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Leiters Ford, Fulton County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Published in The Rochester News-Sentinel
Saturday, November 6, 1937

Verl[in] RHOADES, age 42, of Culver, died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds Thursday evening at the Parkview hospital, Plymouth, where he was taken Thursday afternoon.
Mr. Rhoades was a first class private in the United States army and was stationed at Culver Military Academy as an instructor. He was a World war veteran and served 13 months as orderly at the base hospital at Chillicothe, Ohio.
Surviving relatives are his widow, Constance RHOADES; three daughters, Pauline [RHOADES], Geraldine [RHOADES] and Catherine [RHOADES]; two sons, Walter [RHOADES] and Robert [RHOADES], and his father, Simion RHOADES, all of Culver; two sisters, Mrs. Jacob McCLINE of Warsaw, and Mrs. Horace EWALD of Culver; three brothers, Samuel [RHOADES], Russell [RHOADES] and Howard [RHOADES] of Fort Wayne.
Funeral services were held at the Easterday Chapel in Culver Saturday at 2 o'clock, with Rev. R. L. HALEY in charge. Burial will be made in the Leiters Ford cemetery.
Coroner L. W. VORE of Plymouth conducted an inquest into the case Friday.

SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1937
by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
Published in The Rochester News-Sentinel
Saturday, November 6, 1937

Verl[in] RHOADES, age 42, of Culver, died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds Thursday evening at the Parkview hospital, Plymouth, where he was taken Thursday afternoon.
Mr. Rhoades was a first class private in the United States army and was stationed at Culver Military Academy as an instructor. He was a World war veteran and served 13 months as orderly at the base hospital at Chillicothe, Ohio.
Surviving relatives are his widow, Constance RHOADES; three daughters, Pauline [RHOADES], Geraldine [RHOADES] and Catherine [RHOADES]; two sons, Walter [RHOADES] and Robert [RHOADES], and his father, Simion RHOADES, all of Culver; two sisters, Mrs. Jacob McCLINE of Warsaw, and Mrs. Horace EWALD of Culver; three brothers, Samuel [RHOADES], Russell [RHOADES] and Howard [RHOADES] of Fort Wayne.
Funeral services were held at the Easterday Chapel in Culver Saturday at 2 o'clock, with Rev. R. L. HALEY in charge. Burial will be made in the Leiters Ford cemetery.
Coroner L. W. VORE of Plymouth conducted an inquest into the case Friday.

SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1937
by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh


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  • Created by: April Gross
  • Added: Oct 27, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79400732/verlin-rhoades: accessed ), memorial page for Verlin Rhoades (19 Jun 1895–4 Nov 1937), Find a Grave Memorial ID 79400732, citing Leiters Ford IOOF Cemetery, Leiters Ford, Fulton County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by April Gross (contributor 47041501).