The Lebanon Reporter
December 13, 1954
Walter Rader Rites Today
Illness Fatal to Lebanon Resident
Burial in the Ladoga cemetery followed last rites this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Russell and Hitch funeral home for Walter B. Rader, 84, who died Saturday at the Suddarth Nursing Home in Indianapolis. Rev. Wilber Sharp was the officiating minister.
A native of Boone county, Mr. Rader made his home at 522 West Washington street before entering the nursing home. He had been in poor health one year and seriously ill the past five months.
He was the son of Hiram and Elizabeth (Knox) Rader, born August 21, 1870, and was the last of a family of nine children. He was married 63 years ago to Lillie Rodgers, who died in 1909.
Mr. Rader had resided in Boone county his entire life and was a painter and decorator by trade.
He is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Harvy Dean, Mt. Henry, Ill., Mrs. Ola Walton of Lebanon, Mrs. Love Harshbarger, Ladoga, and Mrs. Cora Brown of Indianapolis; two sons, Hubert R. of LaPorte and Samuel P. Rader of Crawfordsville; 17 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. A daughter is deceased.
The Lebanon Reporter
December 13, 1954
Walter Rader Rites Today
Illness Fatal to Lebanon Resident
Burial in the Ladoga cemetery followed last rites this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Russell and Hitch funeral home for Walter B. Rader, 84, who died Saturday at the Suddarth Nursing Home in Indianapolis. Rev. Wilber Sharp was the officiating minister.
A native of Boone county, Mr. Rader made his home at 522 West Washington street before entering the nursing home. He had been in poor health one year and seriously ill the past five months.
He was the son of Hiram and Elizabeth (Knox) Rader, born August 21, 1870, and was the last of a family of nine children. He was married 63 years ago to Lillie Rodgers, who died in 1909.
Mr. Rader had resided in Boone county his entire life and was a painter and decorator by trade.
He is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Harvy Dean, Mt. Henry, Ill., Mrs. Ola Walton of Lebanon, Mrs. Love Harshbarger, Ladoga, and Mrs. Cora Brown of Indianapolis; two sons, Hubert R. of LaPorte and Samuel P. Rader of Crawfordsville; 17 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. A daughter is deceased.
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