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Emma G. <I>Crafton</I> East

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Emma G. Crafton East

Birth
Death
21 Aug 1937 (aged 63–64)
Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Clear Creek, Monroe County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Bloomington Daily Telephone 08/21/1937

Mrs. Emma G. East, aged 64, died at 5 o'clock this morning at her home at 1004 west 7th street from heart disease. Funeral services are to be held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Clear Creek church with burial at Clear Creek.

She is survived by her father, David Crafton of this county, two brothers, Paul and William C. Crafton of Monroe county; a neice {sic] Mrs. Dorothy Dillen of Kentucky; and a nephew, David Cook of Tennessee.

Rev. Frank Messersmith will have charge of the funeral services. Pallbearers will be William S. Curry, Glenn B. Curry, Clarence Isom, Logan Crafton, Ed Kaser and D. E. Andrews. Flower bearers are to be Nora Goen, Ethel Christy and Mellis Minnick.

The deceased will lie in state at the Day Mortuary until the hour of the funeral.


Bloomington Daily Telephone 08/23/1937

Funeral services for Mrs. Emma G. East, aged 64, who died Saturday morning at her home, 1004 west 7th street, from heart disease, were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the Clear Creek church in charge of the Rev. Frank Messersmith. Burial was at Clear Creek.

Mrs. East was the niece of John Crafton, a local stone quarry operator, who lost his life when the Titanic sank in 1912. His widow, Mrs. Sarah Jane Crafton, died on March 30 of this year.

Pallbearers were William S. Curry, Glenn B. Curry, Clarence Isom, Logan Grafton, Ed Kaser and D. E. Andrews. Flower bearers included Nora Goen, Ethel Isom, Helen Christy and Mellie Minnick.

Out-of-town people here for the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Crafton and son, and harry Crafton, of Indianapolis, and Mr. and Mrs. Pete Minnick and Charles Lucas of Elymira, Ohio.
Bloomington Daily Telephone 08/21/1937

Mrs. Emma G. East, aged 64, died at 5 o'clock this morning at her home at 1004 west 7th street from heart disease. Funeral services are to be held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Clear Creek church with burial at Clear Creek.

She is survived by her father, David Crafton of this county, two brothers, Paul and William C. Crafton of Monroe county; a neice {sic] Mrs. Dorothy Dillen of Kentucky; and a nephew, David Cook of Tennessee.

Rev. Frank Messersmith will have charge of the funeral services. Pallbearers will be William S. Curry, Glenn B. Curry, Clarence Isom, Logan Crafton, Ed Kaser and D. E. Andrews. Flower bearers are to be Nora Goen, Ethel Christy and Mellis Minnick.

The deceased will lie in state at the Day Mortuary until the hour of the funeral.


Bloomington Daily Telephone 08/23/1937

Funeral services for Mrs. Emma G. East, aged 64, who died Saturday morning at her home, 1004 west 7th street, from heart disease, were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the Clear Creek church in charge of the Rev. Frank Messersmith. Burial was at Clear Creek.

Mrs. East was the niece of John Crafton, a local stone quarry operator, who lost his life when the Titanic sank in 1912. His widow, Mrs. Sarah Jane Crafton, died on March 30 of this year.

Pallbearers were William S. Curry, Glenn B. Curry, Clarence Isom, Logan Grafton, Ed Kaser and D. E. Andrews. Flower bearers included Nora Goen, Ethel Isom, Helen Christy and Mellie Minnick.

Out-of-town people here for the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Crafton and son, and harry Crafton, of Indianapolis, and Mr. and Mrs. Pete Minnick and Charles Lucas of Elymira, Ohio.


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  • Maintained by: Oda Pearl
  • Originally Created by: Jim Bohn
  • Added: Jun 26, 2014
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131946768/emma_g-east: accessed ), memorial page for Emma G. Crafton East (1873–21 Aug 1937), Find a Grave Memorial ID 131946768, citing Clear Creek Cemetery, Clear Creek, Monroe County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Oda Pearl (contributor 49288084).