Mrs. E.E. Bull Death Victim
Mrs. Elma E. Bull, 83, widow of the late George William Bull, and a resident of Moss Lake farm, in Liberty Township, Porter County, died at 10:55 p.m. Sunday in Porter Memorial Hospital where she had been a patient for the last eleven weeks following a fall in which she suffered a fractured hip.
The decedent was born in Porter County on September 21, 1860, a daughter of Stephen L. Skinner and Maryette (Willy) Skinner.
She was married on November 28, 1883, by Rev. Robert Beer of the Valparaiso Presbyterian church, to George W. Bull, who died on September 15, 1936.
Surviving are one son, John C. Bull of Tampa, Fla.; six daughter,: Mrs. Olive M. Esserman, of Chesterton; Mrs. Ruth Wohlenberg, of Chicago; Mrs. Mabel Brown, Mrs. Edith Wohlenberg and Mrs. Ethel Ruge, all of Valparaiso, and Mrs. Bertha Miller of Los Angeles, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Rebecca Bull of Columbus, Kansas, and Mrs. Ida Bull of San Diego, Calif; two brothers, George Skinner of Los Angeles, Calif., and Lyman Skinner of Grand Forks, N. D.; 29 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Nine grandsons are in the armed forces, five of them overseas.
A daughter, Mrs. Clara Lenburg, died on June 9, 1926; a brother, Charles Skinner, last February, and a sister, Mrs. Clara Brown, several years ago.
In her girlhood days she united with the Presbyterian Church of Valparaiso, during the pastorate of Rev. Robert Beer.
The body is at the LePell funeral home on Monroe street. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced tomorrow.
Source: The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; March 6, 1944; Volume 17, Page 1, Column 5.
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Set Thursday For Mrs. Bull Rites
Memorial services for Mrs. Elma E. Bull of Moss lake, north of Valparaiso, who died in Porter Memorial hospital Sunday, will be held at 1:30 p. m. Thursday at Trinity Lutheran church, Rev. A. R. Swasko officiating. Burial will be in Kimball cemetery.
Friends may call this evening after 7 o'clock at LePell funeral home on Monroe street. Then the body will be taken tomorrow morning to the Moss lake home where friends may call after 1 p. m. Wednesday.
Source: The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; March 7, 1944; Volume 17, Page 3, Column 3.
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Mrs. Elma Bull Is Buried Thursday
Memorial services for Mrs. Elma Bull, widow of the late George W. Bull of Liberty Township, were held at 1:30 p. m. Thursday at the Trinity Lutheran Church, Rev. Albert R. Swasko officiating. There was a large attendance of relatives and friends.
Pallbearers were Theodore Lenburg, Harold Lenburg, Leslie Esserman, Fred Esserman, Wallace Wohlenberg and Dick Ruge, all grandsons of the decedent. Burial was in Kimball Cemetery in Liberty Township.
Source: The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; March 7, 1944; Volume 17, Page 2, Column 8.
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APPRECIATION
We wish to thank the neighbors and friends for their kindness at the time of the death of Mrs. Elma E. Bull. We also wish to extend our thanks to Rev. Swasko, the singers, the organist, the hospital staff, those who sent floral offerings, and furnished cars at the time of the services.
The Family
Source: The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; March 7, 1944; Volume 17, Page 3, Column 3.
Mrs. Elma E. Bull, 83, widow of the late George William Bull, and a resident of Moss Lake farm, in Liberty Township, Porter County, died at 10:55 p.m. Sunday in Porter Memorial Hospital where she had been a patient for the last eleven weeks following a fall in which she suffered a fractured hip.
The decedent was born in Porter County on September 21, 1860, a daughter of Stephen L. Skinner and Maryette (Willy) Skinner.
She was married on November 28, 1883, by Rev. Robert Beer of the Valparaiso Presbyterian church, to George W. Bull, who died on September 15, 1936.
Surviving are one son, John C. Bull of Tampa, Fla.; six daughter,: Mrs. Olive M. Esserman, of Chesterton; Mrs. Ruth Wohlenberg, of Chicago; Mrs. Mabel Brown, Mrs. Edith Wohlenberg and Mrs. Ethel Ruge, all of Valparaiso, and Mrs. Bertha Miller of Los Angeles, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Rebecca Bull of Columbus, Kansas, and Mrs. Ida Bull of San Diego, Calif; two brothers, George Skinner of Los Angeles, Calif., and Lyman Skinner of Grand Forks, N. D.; 29 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Nine grandsons are in the armed forces, five of them overseas.
A daughter, Mrs. Clara Lenburg, died on June 9, 1926; a brother, Charles Skinner, last February, and a sister, Mrs. Clara Brown, several years ago.
In her girlhood days she united with the Presbyterian Church of Valparaiso, during the pastorate of Rev. Robert Beer.
The body is at the LePell funeral home on Monroe street. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced tomorrow.
Source: The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; March 6, 1944; Volume 17, Page 1, Column 5.
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Set Thursday For Mrs. Bull Rites
Memorial services for Mrs. Elma E. Bull of Moss lake, north of Valparaiso, who died in Porter Memorial hospital Sunday, will be held at 1:30 p. m. Thursday at Trinity Lutheran church, Rev. A. R. Swasko officiating. Burial will be in Kimball cemetery.
Friends may call this evening after 7 o'clock at LePell funeral home on Monroe street. Then the body will be taken tomorrow morning to the Moss lake home where friends may call after 1 p. m. Wednesday.
Source: The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; March 7, 1944; Volume 17, Page 3, Column 3.
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Mrs. Elma Bull Is Buried Thursday
Memorial services for Mrs. Elma Bull, widow of the late George W. Bull of Liberty Township, were held at 1:30 p. m. Thursday at the Trinity Lutheran Church, Rev. Albert R. Swasko officiating. There was a large attendance of relatives and friends.
Pallbearers were Theodore Lenburg, Harold Lenburg, Leslie Esserman, Fred Esserman, Wallace Wohlenberg and Dick Ruge, all grandsons of the decedent. Burial was in Kimball Cemetery in Liberty Township.
Source: The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; March 7, 1944; Volume 17, Page 2, Column 8.
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APPRECIATION
We wish to thank the neighbors and friends for their kindness at the time of the death of Mrs. Elma E. Bull. We also wish to extend our thanks to Rev. Swasko, the singers, the organist, the hospital staff, those who sent floral offerings, and furnished cars at the time of the services.
The Family
Source: The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; March 7, 1944; Volume 17, Page 3, Column 3.
Mrs. E.E. Bull Death Victim
Mrs. Elma E. Bull, 83, widow of the late George William Bull, and a resident of Moss Lake farm, in Liberty Township, Porter County, died at 10:55 p.m. Sunday in Porter Memorial Hospital where she had been a patient for the last eleven weeks following a fall in which she suffered a fractured hip.
The decedent was born in Porter County on September 21, 1860, a daughter of Stephen L. Skinner and Maryette (Willy) Skinner.
She was married on November 28, 1883, by Rev. Robert Beer of the Valparaiso Presbyterian church, to George W. Bull, who died on September 15, 1936.
Surviving are one son, John C. Bull of Tampa, Fla.; six daughter,: Mrs. Olive M. Esserman, of Chesterton; Mrs. Ruth Wohlenberg, of Chicago; Mrs. Mabel Brown, Mrs. Edith Wohlenberg and Mrs. Ethel Ruge, all of Valparaiso, and Mrs. Bertha Miller of Los Angeles, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Rebecca Bull of Columbus, Kansas, and Mrs. Ida Bull of San Diego, Calif; two brothers, George Skinner of Los Angeles, Calif., and Lyman Skinner of Grand Forks, N. D.; 29 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Nine grandsons are in the armed forces, five of them overseas.
A daughter, Mrs. Clara Lenburg, died on June 9, 1926; a brother, Charles Skinner, last February, and a sister, Mrs. Clara Brown, several years ago.
In her girlhood days she united with the Presbyterian Church of Valparaiso, during the pastorate of Rev. Robert Beer.
The body is at the LePell funeral home on Monroe street. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced tomorrow.
Source: The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; March 6, 1944; Volume 17, Page 1, Column 5.
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Set Thursday For Mrs. Bull Rites
Memorial services for Mrs. Elma E. Bull of Moss lake, north of Valparaiso, who died in Porter Memorial hospital Sunday, will be held at 1:30 p. m. Thursday at Trinity Lutheran church, Rev. A. R. Swasko officiating. Burial will be in Kimball cemetery.
Friends may call this evening after 7 o'clock at LePell funeral home on Monroe street. Then the body will be taken tomorrow morning to the Moss lake home where friends may call after 1 p. m. Wednesday.
Source: The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; March 7, 1944; Volume 17, Page 3, Column 3.
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Mrs. Elma Bull Is Buried Thursday
Memorial services for Mrs. Elma Bull, widow of the late George W. Bull of Liberty Township, were held at 1:30 p. m. Thursday at the Trinity Lutheran Church, Rev. Albert R. Swasko officiating. There was a large attendance of relatives and friends.
Pallbearers were Theodore Lenburg, Harold Lenburg, Leslie Esserman, Fred Esserman, Wallace Wohlenberg and Dick Ruge, all grandsons of the decedent. Burial was in Kimball Cemetery in Liberty Township.
Source: The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; March 7, 1944; Volume 17, Page 2, Column 8.
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APPRECIATION
We wish to thank the neighbors and friends for their kindness at the time of the death of Mrs. Elma E. Bull. We also wish to extend our thanks to Rev. Swasko, the singers, the organist, the hospital staff, those who sent floral offerings, and furnished cars at the time of the services.
The Family
Source: The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; March 7, 1944; Volume 17, Page 3, Column 3.
Mrs. Elma E. Bull, 83, widow of the late George William Bull, and a resident of Moss Lake farm, in Liberty Township, Porter County, died at 10:55 p.m. Sunday in Porter Memorial Hospital where she had been a patient for the last eleven weeks following a fall in which she suffered a fractured hip.
The decedent was born in Porter County on September 21, 1860, a daughter of Stephen L. Skinner and Maryette (Willy) Skinner.
She was married on November 28, 1883, by Rev. Robert Beer of the Valparaiso Presbyterian church, to George W. Bull, who died on September 15, 1936.
Surviving are one son, John C. Bull of Tampa, Fla.; six daughter,: Mrs. Olive M. Esserman, of Chesterton; Mrs. Ruth Wohlenberg, of Chicago; Mrs. Mabel Brown, Mrs. Edith Wohlenberg and Mrs. Ethel Ruge, all of Valparaiso, and Mrs. Bertha Miller of Los Angeles, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Rebecca Bull of Columbus, Kansas, and Mrs. Ida Bull of San Diego, Calif; two brothers, George Skinner of Los Angeles, Calif., and Lyman Skinner of Grand Forks, N. D.; 29 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Nine grandsons are in the armed forces, five of them overseas.
A daughter, Mrs. Clara Lenburg, died on June 9, 1926; a brother, Charles Skinner, last February, and a sister, Mrs. Clara Brown, several years ago.
In her girlhood days she united with the Presbyterian Church of Valparaiso, during the pastorate of Rev. Robert Beer.
The body is at the LePell funeral home on Monroe street. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced tomorrow.
Source: The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; March 6, 1944; Volume 17, Page 1, Column 5.
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Set Thursday For Mrs. Bull Rites
Memorial services for Mrs. Elma E. Bull of Moss lake, north of Valparaiso, who died in Porter Memorial hospital Sunday, will be held at 1:30 p. m. Thursday at Trinity Lutheran church, Rev. A. R. Swasko officiating. Burial will be in Kimball cemetery.
Friends may call this evening after 7 o'clock at LePell funeral home on Monroe street. Then the body will be taken tomorrow morning to the Moss lake home where friends may call after 1 p. m. Wednesday.
Source: The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; March 7, 1944; Volume 17, Page 3, Column 3.
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Mrs. Elma Bull Is Buried Thursday
Memorial services for Mrs. Elma Bull, widow of the late George W. Bull of Liberty Township, were held at 1:30 p. m. Thursday at the Trinity Lutheran Church, Rev. Albert R. Swasko officiating. There was a large attendance of relatives and friends.
Pallbearers were Theodore Lenburg, Harold Lenburg, Leslie Esserman, Fred Esserman, Wallace Wohlenberg and Dick Ruge, all grandsons of the decedent. Burial was in Kimball Cemetery in Liberty Township.
Source: The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; March 7, 1944; Volume 17, Page 2, Column 8.
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APPRECIATION
We wish to thank the neighbors and friends for their kindness at the time of the death of Mrs. Elma E. Bull. We also wish to extend our thanks to Rev. Swasko, the singers, the organist, the hospital staff, those who sent floral offerings, and furnished cars at the time of the services.
The Family
Source: The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; March 7, 1944; Volume 17, Page 3, Column 3.
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