C.E. (Ed) Findling, age 73
prominent Tipton county farmer,
died at 3:30 o'clock Sunday aft-
ernoon at his farm some four
and one-half miles west of
Tipton where he was born and
had spent his entire life. Mr.
Findling had been bedfast most
of the time since he suffered a
heart attack last October 19, and
his heart condition, plus advancing
age, brought on his death.
Mr. Findling was born Dec. 21,
186S, the son of Valentine and
Margaret (Keiser) Findling and
he was the eldest of five children.
He was first married to Flora
M. Trautman, on Dec. 31, 1896 and
who died Nov. 15,
1921. One child. Mrs. Raymond
Leininger, survives this marriage.
His second marriage, May
14, 1924, was to Laura Messmore,
who died Dec. 5. 1938. A daughter,
Naomi Ruth, survives.
A brother, Arthur, of Tipton,
and a sister, Mrs. I.S. Vandevender,
of Goldsmith, and two grandchildren
also survive. A niece.
Miss Evelyn Messmore, music
supervisor in the Kokomo
schools, has made her home on
the Findling farm for the past
11 years.
The body was taken to the
Leatherman-Morris funeral home
and will be returned to the late
home this evening. Funeral services
will be held at 10 o'clock
Wednesday morning at the Kemp
Methodist church of which he
was a member. Burial will in Fairview cemetery.
C.E. (Ed) Findling, age 73
prominent Tipton county farmer,
died at 3:30 o'clock Sunday aft-
ernoon at his farm some four
and one-half miles west of
Tipton where he was born and
had spent his entire life. Mr.
Findling had been bedfast most
of the time since he suffered a
heart attack last October 19, and
his heart condition, plus advancing
age, brought on his death.
Mr. Findling was born Dec. 21,
186S, the son of Valentine and
Margaret (Keiser) Findling and
he was the eldest of five children.
He was first married to Flora
M. Trautman, on Dec. 31, 1896 and
who died Nov. 15,
1921. One child. Mrs. Raymond
Leininger, survives this marriage.
His second marriage, May
14, 1924, was to Laura Messmore,
who died Dec. 5. 1938. A daughter,
Naomi Ruth, survives.
A brother, Arthur, of Tipton,
and a sister, Mrs. I.S. Vandevender,
of Goldsmith, and two grandchildren
also survive. A niece.
Miss Evelyn Messmore, music
supervisor in the Kokomo
schools, has made her home on
the Findling farm for the past
11 years.
The body was taken to the
Leatherman-Morris funeral home
and will be returned to the late
home this evening. Funeral services
will be held at 10 o'clock
Wednesday morning at the Kemp
Methodist church of which he
was a member. Burial will in Fairview cemetery.
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