The Homer Enterprise
Friday, December 7, 1956, page 1
Graveside rites were conducted in the G.A.R. Cemetery Saturday afternoon by the Rev. Wm. J. Edmunds for Charles E. Umbanhowar, 67, who passed away at his home in Indianapolis on Wednesday of last week. Funeral services were conducted in Indianapolis earlier Saturday. Mr. Umbanhowar was born in Homer, February 8, 1889 to James H. and Mary Elizabeth Hall Umbanhowar. He had been affiliated with the New York Central Railroad for the past 45 years, having retired from active duty on the road this past July. He has served for the past 26 years as general chairman of the grievance committee of Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, of which he was a member. He was also a past master of the Millersville Masonic Lodge, A.F. & A.M., a past patron of the Millersville O.E.S.; a member of the Forrest Park Methodist Church; the Indianapolis Consistory; Shrine; Moose; the Indiana Gun Club and the Okaboji Indians Gun Club. He is survived by his wife, the former Faith Silkwood, and an adopted daughter. Mrs. Vivian Warman, both of Indianapolis, as well as his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Umbanhowar, and his sister, Mrs. Ray Tate, both of Homer. (transcribed by Homer Historical Society)
The Homer Enterprise
Friday, December 7, 1956, page 1
Graveside rites were conducted in the G.A.R. Cemetery Saturday afternoon by the Rev. Wm. J. Edmunds for Charles E. Umbanhowar, 67, who passed away at his home in Indianapolis on Wednesday of last week. Funeral services were conducted in Indianapolis earlier Saturday. Mr. Umbanhowar was born in Homer, February 8, 1889 to James H. and Mary Elizabeth Hall Umbanhowar. He had been affiliated with the New York Central Railroad for the past 45 years, having retired from active duty on the road this past July. He has served for the past 26 years as general chairman of the grievance committee of Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, of which he was a member. He was also a past master of the Millersville Masonic Lodge, A.F. & A.M., a past patron of the Millersville O.E.S.; a member of the Forrest Park Methodist Church; the Indianapolis Consistory; Shrine; Moose; the Indiana Gun Club and the Okaboji Indians Gun Club. He is survived by his wife, the former Faith Silkwood, and an adopted daughter. Mrs. Vivian Warman, both of Indianapolis, as well as his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Umbanhowar, and his sister, Mrs. Ray Tate, both of Homer. (transcribed by Homer Historical Society)
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