Charles D. Terhune, 68, widely known former Muncie confectioner who in later years established the first drive-in root beer stands here, died at the Morgan-Nichols nursing home on East Main Street Thursday evening after a lingering illness.
Friends may call at the Meeks Mortuary after 4 p.m. Friday. Funeral services will be conducted in the mortuary chapel at 3 p.m. Saturday by Dr. Arthur W. McDavitt and burial will be made in Beech Grove Cemetery.
He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Betty Ruth McClellan, the wife of Dr. John McClellan, who is with the Army at San Antonio; two sons, Charles A., and Robert A., both of Muncie; nine grandchildren; and a siter, Miss Martha Terhune, and two brothers, Harry and Allen, all of Richmond. His wife, Sadie, died in December 1951.
Mr. Terhune was a native of Lawrenceburg, the son of Peter and Martha Terhune. His father was a railroad conductor and after the family moved to Richmond, the son came to Muncie and spent most of his adult life here. He was first employed as a mailer by The Muncie Star and after three years he accepted employment with Charles E. Hinckley, confectioner, 219 S. Walnut St., whose store he purchased in 1914. He established the firast motor truck delivery service in Muncie in connection with his wholesale and retail ice cream business and his confectionary. He sold the business in 1926 and went to Miami, Fla., where he remained for three years. When he returned to Muncie in 1929, he engaged in the root beer business with the city's first drive-in stand at Second and Walnut streets. Nine years later he purchased the confectionary and ice cream business operated by Emanuel Rosenthal on East Washington Street near Ohio Avenue. He retired on account of ill health four years ago. The Terhune family home was in the 300 block of East Adams Street.
Friends may call at the Meeks Mortuary after 4 p.m. Friday. Funeral services will be conducted in the mortuary chapel at 3 p.m. Saturday by Dr. Arthur W. McDavitt and burial will be made in Beech Grove Cemetery.
He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Betty Ruth McClellan, the wife of Dr. John McClellan, who is with the Army at San Antonio; two sons, Charles A., and Robert A., both of Muncie; nine grandchildren; and a siter, Miss Martha Terhune, and two brothers, Harry and Allen, all of Richmond. His wife, Sadie, died in December 1951.
Mr. Terhune was a native of Lawrenceburg, the son of Peter and Martha Terhune. His father was a railroad conductor and after the family moved to Richmond, the son came to Muncie and spent most of his adult life here. He was first employed as a mailer by The Muncie Star and after three years he accepted employment with Charles E. Hinckley, confectioner, 219 S. Walnut St., whose store he purchased in 1914. He established the firast motor truck delivery service in Muncie in connection with his wholesale and retail ice cream business and his confectionary. He sold the business in 1926 and went to Miami, Fla., where he remained for three years. When he returned to Muncie in 1929, he engaged in the root beer business with the city's first drive-in stand at Second and Walnut streets. Nine years later he purchased the confectionary and ice cream business operated by Emanuel Rosenthal on East Washington Street near Ohio Avenue. He retired on account of ill health four years ago. The Terhune family home was in the 300 block of East Adams Street.
Charles D. Terhune, 68, widely known former Muncie confectioner who in later years established the first drive-in root beer stands here, died at the Morgan-Nichols nursing home on East Main Street Thursday evening after a lingering illness.
Friends may call at the Meeks Mortuary after 4 p.m. Friday. Funeral services will be conducted in the mortuary chapel at 3 p.m. Saturday by Dr. Arthur W. McDavitt and burial will be made in Beech Grove Cemetery.
He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Betty Ruth McClellan, the wife of Dr. John McClellan, who is with the Army at San Antonio; two sons, Charles A., and Robert A., both of Muncie; nine grandchildren; and a siter, Miss Martha Terhune, and two brothers, Harry and Allen, all of Richmond. His wife, Sadie, died in December 1951.
Mr. Terhune was a native of Lawrenceburg, the son of Peter and Martha Terhune. His father was a railroad conductor and after the family moved to Richmond, the son came to Muncie and spent most of his adult life here. He was first employed as a mailer by The Muncie Star and after three years he accepted employment with Charles E. Hinckley, confectioner, 219 S. Walnut St., whose store he purchased in 1914. He established the firast motor truck delivery service in Muncie in connection with his wholesale and retail ice cream business and his confectionary. He sold the business in 1926 and went to Miami, Fla., where he remained for three years. When he returned to Muncie in 1929, he engaged in the root beer business with the city's first drive-in stand at Second and Walnut streets. Nine years later he purchased the confectionary and ice cream business operated by Emanuel Rosenthal on East Washington Street near Ohio Avenue. He retired on account of ill health four years ago. The Terhune family home was in the 300 block of East Adams Street.
Friends may call at the Meeks Mortuary after 4 p.m. Friday. Funeral services will be conducted in the mortuary chapel at 3 p.m. Saturday by Dr. Arthur W. McDavitt and burial will be made in Beech Grove Cemetery.
He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Betty Ruth McClellan, the wife of Dr. John McClellan, who is with the Army at San Antonio; two sons, Charles A., and Robert A., both of Muncie; nine grandchildren; and a siter, Miss Martha Terhune, and two brothers, Harry and Allen, all of Richmond. His wife, Sadie, died in December 1951.
Mr. Terhune was a native of Lawrenceburg, the son of Peter and Martha Terhune. His father was a railroad conductor and after the family moved to Richmond, the son came to Muncie and spent most of his adult life here. He was first employed as a mailer by The Muncie Star and after three years he accepted employment with Charles E. Hinckley, confectioner, 219 S. Walnut St., whose store he purchased in 1914. He established the firast motor truck delivery service in Muncie in connection with his wholesale and retail ice cream business and his confectionary. He sold the business in 1926 and went to Miami, Fla., where he remained for three years. When he returned to Muncie in 1929, he engaged in the root beer business with the city's first drive-in stand at Second and Walnut streets. Nine years later he purchased the confectionary and ice cream business operated by Emanuel Rosenthal on East Washington Street near Ohio Avenue. He retired on account of ill health four years ago. The Terhune family home was in the 300 block of East Adams Street.
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