Arthur W. Haggard Dies Last Evening
Arthur W. haggard, 72, of 121 W. Fleming Ave., Fort Wayne, a native of Monroe, and a veteran Fort Wayne post office employee, died at 8:30 p.m. Sunday at the Lutheran hospital in that city, where he had been a patient three weeks.
Mr. Haggard served as a substitute mail carrier at both the Monroe and Decatur post offices until 1919, when he moved to Fort Wayne and became a clerk at the post office in that city. He retired in 1960 as assistant superintendent of mails.
He was born at Monroe, a son of William Henry and Effie Mix-Haggard, and was married to Evelyn Schoonover at Lima, O., Oct. 2, 1924.
Mr. haggard was a member of the Simpson Methodist church, the Decatur Masonic lodge 571, Fort Wayne Scottish Rite, and American Legion Post 47. A veteran of World War 1, he served in the Army mail service.
Surviving in addition to his wife are two brothers, Enos Haggard of Indianapolis, and Harvey Haggard of Decatur route 2.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Elzey home for funerals at Waynedale, Dr. Evan H. Bergwall officiating. Burial will be in the funeral home after 7 p.m. today. The Decatur Masonic lodge will hold services at 8 p.m. Tuesday. ( Mon. Oct. 28, 1963 )
(From obit book at Berne Library, Berne, Indiana)
Arthur W. haggard, 72, of 121 W. Fleming Ave., Fort Wayne, a native of Monroe, and a veteran Fort Wayne post office employee, died at 8:30 p.m. Sunday at the Lutheran hospital in that city, where he had been a patient three weeks.
Mr. Haggard served as a substitute mail carrier at both the Monroe and Decatur post offices until 1919, when he moved to Fort Wayne and became a clerk at the post office in that city. He retired in 1960 as assistant superintendent of mails.
He was born at Monroe, a son of William Henry and Effie Mix-Haggard, and was married to Evelyn Schoonover at Lima, O., Oct. 2, 1924.
Mr. haggard was a member of the Simpson Methodist church, the Decatur Masonic lodge 571, Fort Wayne Scottish Rite, and American Legion Post 47. A veteran of World War 1, he served in the Army mail service.
Surviving in addition to his wife are two brothers, Enos Haggard of Indianapolis, and Harvey Haggard of Decatur route 2.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Elzey home for funerals at Waynedale, Dr. Evan H. Bergwall officiating. Burial will be in the funeral home after 7 p.m. today. The Decatur Masonic lodge will hold services at 8 p.m. Tuesday. ( Mon. Oct. 28, 1963 )
(From obit book at Berne Library, Berne, Indiana)
Arthur W. Haggard Dies Last Evening
Arthur W. haggard, 72, of 121 W. Fleming Ave., Fort Wayne, a native of Monroe, and a veteran Fort Wayne post office employee, died at 8:30 p.m. Sunday at the Lutheran hospital in that city, where he had been a patient three weeks.
Mr. Haggard served as a substitute mail carrier at both the Monroe and Decatur post offices until 1919, when he moved to Fort Wayne and became a clerk at the post office in that city. He retired in 1960 as assistant superintendent of mails.
He was born at Monroe, a son of William Henry and Effie Mix-Haggard, and was married to Evelyn Schoonover at Lima, O., Oct. 2, 1924.
Mr. haggard was a member of the Simpson Methodist church, the Decatur Masonic lodge 571, Fort Wayne Scottish Rite, and American Legion Post 47. A veteran of World War 1, he served in the Army mail service.
Surviving in addition to his wife are two brothers, Enos Haggard of Indianapolis, and Harvey Haggard of Decatur route 2.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Elzey home for funerals at Waynedale, Dr. Evan H. Bergwall officiating. Burial will be in the funeral home after 7 p.m. today. The Decatur Masonic lodge will hold services at 8 p.m. Tuesday. ( Mon. Oct. 28, 1963 )
(From obit book at Berne Library, Berne, Indiana)
Arthur W. haggard, 72, of 121 W. Fleming Ave., Fort Wayne, a native of Monroe, and a veteran Fort Wayne post office employee, died at 8:30 p.m. Sunday at the Lutheran hospital in that city, where he had been a patient three weeks.
Mr. Haggard served as a substitute mail carrier at both the Monroe and Decatur post offices until 1919, when he moved to Fort Wayne and became a clerk at the post office in that city. He retired in 1960 as assistant superintendent of mails.
He was born at Monroe, a son of William Henry and Effie Mix-Haggard, and was married to Evelyn Schoonover at Lima, O., Oct. 2, 1924.
Mr. haggard was a member of the Simpson Methodist church, the Decatur Masonic lodge 571, Fort Wayne Scottish Rite, and American Legion Post 47. A veteran of World War 1, he served in the Army mail service.
Surviving in addition to his wife are two brothers, Enos Haggard of Indianapolis, and Harvey Haggard of Decatur route 2.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Elzey home for funerals at Waynedale, Dr. Evan H. Bergwall officiating. Burial will be in the funeral home after 7 p.m. today. The Decatur Masonic lodge will hold services at 8 p.m. Tuesday. ( Mon. Oct. 28, 1963 )
(From obit book at Berne Library, Berne, Indiana)
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