Harry Suman, 81, of route 6, two miles south of Pleasant Mills, a retired farmer, died at 1:15 a.m. Sunday at the Adams county memorial hospital. He had been hospitalized three weeks and in failing health two months. Mr. Suman was a member of the Pleasant Mills United Methodist Church.
Born in Cincinnati, O., on March 17, 1892, he was the son of Otho and Prissila Brown-Suman, and was married on May 7 1911, to Bessie Drummond, who died on October 22, 1968.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Thurman (Dora) Rayl of route 6; Mrs. Richard (Ruth) Hurst of route 6; 10 sons, Lester, of route 4, Bluffton, Otho of Angola; John of Bluffton; harry Jr. of Findley, O.; Rev. Harold of Defiance, O.; Walter of Willshire, O.; Kenneth of Willshire, O.; Gordon of route 6; Rev. Floyd of Galesburg, Ill.; and Donald of route 5; one foster sister, Mrs. Mary Ross of Decatur; 49 grandchildren and 48 great-grandchildren. One son, Earl, one brother and one sister preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at the Zwick Funeral Home, with Rev. Robert E. James officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. tonight.
Decatur Daily Democrat
June 18, 1973
Harry Suman, 81, of route 6, two miles south of Pleasant Mills, a retired farmer, died at 1:15 a.m. Sunday at the Adams county memorial hospital. He had been hospitalized three weeks and in failing health two months. Mr. Suman was a member of the Pleasant Mills United Methodist Church.
Born in Cincinnati, O., on March 17, 1892, he was the son of Otho and Prissila Brown-Suman, and was married on May 7 1911, to Bessie Drummond, who died on October 22, 1968.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Thurman (Dora) Rayl of route 6; Mrs. Richard (Ruth) Hurst of route 6; 10 sons, Lester, of route 4, Bluffton, Otho of Angola; John of Bluffton; harry Jr. of Findley, O.; Rev. Harold of Defiance, O.; Walter of Willshire, O.; Kenneth of Willshire, O.; Gordon of route 6; Rev. Floyd of Galesburg, Ill.; and Donald of route 5; one foster sister, Mrs. Mary Ross of Decatur; 49 grandchildren and 48 great-grandchildren. One son, Earl, one brother and one sister preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at the Zwick Funeral Home, with Rev. Robert E. James officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. tonight.
Decatur Daily Democrat
June 18, 1973
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Dora Mae Suman Rayl
1912–2006
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Lester Wilber Suman
1913–1976
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Otho Ulyesses Suman
1915–1998
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John William Suman Sr
1917–1999
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PFC Earl Richard Suman
1920–1944
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Walter Clarence Suman
1922–1994
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Kenneth Lavere Suman
1923–2008
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Gordon C "Gordy" Suman
1925–2013
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Ruth P. Suman Hurst
1927–2016
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Rev Floyd Allen Suman
1928–2020
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Donald Lee Suman
1932–2017
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