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Jane Leiter

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Jane Leiter

Birth
Leiters Ford, Fulton County, Indiana, USA
Death
2 Jan 1944 (aged 81)
Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Leiters Ford, Fulton County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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The Rochester (Fulton County, Indiana) Sentinel, Monday January 3, 1944

Jane Leiter

Jane LEITER, 316 West Eighth street, this city, passed away 4:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Woodlawn hospital. Death resulted from heart trouble and complications. The deceased had been in failing health for the past three years. Miss Leiter, who had been a resident of Fulton county throughout her entire life, had a legion of friends throughout Rochester and the western sections of the county.

Jane, daughter of Jacob and Lydia LEITER, was born at the old Leiter homestead, Leiters Ford, Ind., on May 25th, 1862. Her parents were pioneer settlers of Leiters Ford, where Jacob Leiter operated a flour mill and elevator for a long number of years. Later, the family resided in Kewanna and then moved to Rochester. Miss Leiter was a member of Rochester Methodist church and was an active worker in the religious and social affairs of that organization. She was a member of the Rebekah lodge and the Victoria Reading Circle.

Survivors are: her sister, Mollie LEITER, of 316 West Eighth street, this city; three brothers, Ulysses LEITER and Levi LEITER, both of Rochester, and Ed LEITER, of Allentown, Pa.; a niece, Kathryn HUNNESHAGEN, of Detroit, Mich., who formerly made her home here with her aunts, and several other nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon, two o'clock at the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral home. Rev. Hugh McGLASSON, pastor of the Rochestr Methodist church will be in charge of the rites and interment will be made in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. The body lies in state at the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home where friends may call up until the hour of the services.
The Rochester (Fulton County, Indiana) Sentinel, Monday January 3, 1944

Jane Leiter

Jane LEITER, 316 West Eighth street, this city, passed away 4:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Woodlawn hospital. Death resulted from heart trouble and complications. The deceased had been in failing health for the past three years. Miss Leiter, who had been a resident of Fulton county throughout her entire life, had a legion of friends throughout Rochester and the western sections of the county.

Jane, daughter of Jacob and Lydia LEITER, was born at the old Leiter homestead, Leiters Ford, Ind., on May 25th, 1862. Her parents were pioneer settlers of Leiters Ford, where Jacob Leiter operated a flour mill and elevator for a long number of years. Later, the family resided in Kewanna and then moved to Rochester. Miss Leiter was a member of Rochester Methodist church and was an active worker in the religious and social affairs of that organization. She was a member of the Rebekah lodge and the Victoria Reading Circle.

Survivors are: her sister, Mollie LEITER, of 316 West Eighth street, this city; three brothers, Ulysses LEITER and Levi LEITER, both of Rochester, and Ed LEITER, of Allentown, Pa.; a niece, Kathryn HUNNESHAGEN, of Detroit, Mich., who formerly made her home here with her aunts, and several other nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon, two o'clock at the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral home. Rev. Hugh McGLASSON, pastor of the Rochestr Methodist church will be in charge of the rites and interment will be made in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. The body lies in state at the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home where friends may call up until the hour of the services.


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