Published in The Rochester Sentinel
Wednesday, November 5, 1997
Earnest O. Baxter
April 13, 1903-November 4, 1997
Rochester has lost a dear friend.
Ernest O. BAXTER, 94, died at 2:23 p.m. Tuesday.
During his four decades as owner of Baxter Drugs - now Webb's Family Pharmacy - he was known for his community leadership, volunterr work, philanthropy and courtly manner.
In addition to serving 16 years on the Woodlawn Hospital Board of Directors, Mr. Baxter campaigned tirelessly on behalf of downtown merchants. He teamed with the late Robert TRUITT and Howard WERTZBERGER to create 300 off-street parking spaces downtown, largely by dint of weekly visits to merchants to collect financial support. The 23-year effort resulted in the removal of 10 houses, one hotel and three warehouses and conversion of the space to parking lots.
On Nov. 18, 1994, Mr. Baxter, his son, Parke, and Parke's wife, Fran, gave the Northern Indiana Community Foundation $10,000 on behalf of Baxter Drugs. Mr. Baxter later gave $50,000 to Grace United Methodist Church via the foundation.
During church services, he was thanked for the gift and asked if he had anything to say. His response: "I don't think I did anything special. There are at least a dozen people in this room who could do the same thing." (One did, in the form of an anonymous $10,000 gift.)
When hardening of the arteries threatened his eyesight, Mr. Baxter resolved to get more exercise and began riding his bicycle to work from his Lake Manitou home. Over the next 18 years, he pedaled the five-mile round trip 200 times a year, during which time he did not change the prescription to his glasses.
Mr. Baxter graduated from Van Wert High School in 1922. He was the first member of his family to earn a high school diploma. He graduated from Northern Ohio University in 1926 and worked as a Registered Pharmacist for 55 years.
He worked at pharmacies in Van Wert, Detroit and Toledo before coming to Indiana. In 1935, while working 60-hour weeks for a Galveston druggist at a weekly salary of $17.50, he cobbled together $750 dollars worth of loans on his 1928 Chevrolet and his good name and bought a drug store in Walton.
He came to Rochester in 1941 in search of a larger market, and purchased the Blue Drug Store, 724 Main St. In 1953 he purchased the Coplen and Erdmann Drug Store, 800 Main St. He operated it for nine years before merging it with the old Blue operation. He worked at Baxter Drugs until his 1981 retirement.
Born April 13, 1903 in Van Wert County, Ohio, to Addie L. and Julie Annette BERRY BAXTER, he married Alice E. KREACHBAUM in Van Wert on Nov. 25, 1926. She preceded in death in 1976. He married Berniece MARTIN NEWHOUSE Nov. 4, 1980. She died in 1995.
He was an active member of Grace United Methodist, a past president and 50-year member of the Rochester Kiwanis Club, past president and 16-year member of the Woodlawn Hospital Board of Trustees, a 70-year Mason, and a 50-year member of the South Bend Scottish Rite. He belonged to the Mizpah Shrine of Fort Wayne, the Indana Pharmacists Association, and was a past president of the Fulton County United Way. He was a member of the Lake Manitou Association and the Rochester and Lake Manitou Chamber of Commerce, which presented him with its Distinguished Service Award in 1982.
He was Grand Marshal of the Round Barn Festival Parade in 1992.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Howard (Gloria Anne) GALLOP, Cornwall, Pa.; one son, Parke BAXTER, Rochester; four grandchildren, Mrs. Buddy (LeeAnn) POLLOCK, Rochester, Doug BAXTER, Durango, Colo., James W. GALLOP, St. Louis, Charles E. GALLOP, Myerstown, Pa.; seven great-grandchildren, Jared [GALLOP] and Andrew GALLOP, Kelly Joy [GALLOP] and Kimberly GALLOP, Chip POLLOCK and Chad [BAXTER] and Josh BAXTER. Three brothers and one sister preceded in death.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Grace United Methodist Church with the Revs. David HOGSETT and Jeff TAYLOR officiating. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Thursday at the Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Rochester, and at the church afterr 10 a.m Friday. Burial will be at the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Grace United Methodist Church Endowment Fund.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1997
by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
Wednesday, November 5, 1997
Earnest O. Baxter
April 13, 1903-November 4, 1997
Rochester has lost a dear friend.
Ernest O. BAXTER, 94, died at 2:23 p.m. Tuesday.
During his four decades as owner of Baxter Drugs - now Webb's Family Pharmacy - he was known for his community leadership, volunterr work, philanthropy and courtly manner.
In addition to serving 16 years on the Woodlawn Hospital Board of Directors, Mr. Baxter campaigned tirelessly on behalf of downtown merchants. He teamed with the late Robert TRUITT and Howard WERTZBERGER to create 300 off-street parking spaces downtown, largely by dint of weekly visits to merchants to collect financial support. The 23-year effort resulted in the removal of 10 houses, one hotel and three warehouses and conversion of the space to parking lots.
On Nov. 18, 1994, Mr. Baxter, his son, Parke, and Parke's wife, Fran, gave the Northern Indiana Community Foundation $10,000 on behalf of Baxter Drugs. Mr. Baxter later gave $50,000 to Grace United Methodist Church via the foundation.
During church services, he was thanked for the gift and asked if he had anything to say. His response: "I don't think I did anything special. There are at least a dozen people in this room who could do the same thing." (One did, in the form of an anonymous $10,000 gift.)
When hardening of the arteries threatened his eyesight, Mr. Baxter resolved to get more exercise and began riding his bicycle to work from his Lake Manitou home. Over the next 18 years, he pedaled the five-mile round trip 200 times a year, during which time he did not change the prescription to his glasses.
Mr. Baxter graduated from Van Wert High School in 1922. He was the first member of his family to earn a high school diploma. He graduated from Northern Ohio University in 1926 and worked as a Registered Pharmacist for 55 years.
He worked at pharmacies in Van Wert, Detroit and Toledo before coming to Indiana. In 1935, while working 60-hour weeks for a Galveston druggist at a weekly salary of $17.50, he cobbled together $750 dollars worth of loans on his 1928 Chevrolet and his good name and bought a drug store in Walton.
He came to Rochester in 1941 in search of a larger market, and purchased the Blue Drug Store, 724 Main St. In 1953 he purchased the Coplen and Erdmann Drug Store, 800 Main St. He operated it for nine years before merging it with the old Blue operation. He worked at Baxter Drugs until his 1981 retirement.
Born April 13, 1903 in Van Wert County, Ohio, to Addie L. and Julie Annette BERRY BAXTER, he married Alice E. KREACHBAUM in Van Wert on Nov. 25, 1926. She preceded in death in 1976. He married Berniece MARTIN NEWHOUSE Nov. 4, 1980. She died in 1995.
He was an active member of Grace United Methodist, a past president and 50-year member of the Rochester Kiwanis Club, past president and 16-year member of the Woodlawn Hospital Board of Trustees, a 70-year Mason, and a 50-year member of the South Bend Scottish Rite. He belonged to the Mizpah Shrine of Fort Wayne, the Indana Pharmacists Association, and was a past president of the Fulton County United Way. He was a member of the Lake Manitou Association and the Rochester and Lake Manitou Chamber of Commerce, which presented him with its Distinguished Service Award in 1982.
He was Grand Marshal of the Round Barn Festival Parade in 1992.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Howard (Gloria Anne) GALLOP, Cornwall, Pa.; one son, Parke BAXTER, Rochester; four grandchildren, Mrs. Buddy (LeeAnn) POLLOCK, Rochester, Doug BAXTER, Durango, Colo., James W. GALLOP, St. Louis, Charles E. GALLOP, Myerstown, Pa.; seven great-grandchildren, Jared [GALLOP] and Andrew GALLOP, Kelly Joy [GALLOP] and Kimberly GALLOP, Chip POLLOCK and Chad [BAXTER] and Josh BAXTER. Three brothers and one sister preceded in death.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Grace United Methodist Church with the Revs. David HOGSETT and Jeff TAYLOR officiating. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Thursday at the Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Rochester, and at the church afterr 10 a.m Friday. Burial will be at the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Grace United Methodist Church Endowment Fund.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1997
by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
Published in The Rochester Sentinel
Wednesday, November 5, 1997
Earnest O. Baxter
April 13, 1903-November 4, 1997
Rochester has lost a dear friend.
Ernest O. BAXTER, 94, died at 2:23 p.m. Tuesday.
During his four decades as owner of Baxter Drugs - now Webb's Family Pharmacy - he was known for his community leadership, volunterr work, philanthropy and courtly manner.
In addition to serving 16 years on the Woodlawn Hospital Board of Directors, Mr. Baxter campaigned tirelessly on behalf of downtown merchants. He teamed with the late Robert TRUITT and Howard WERTZBERGER to create 300 off-street parking spaces downtown, largely by dint of weekly visits to merchants to collect financial support. The 23-year effort resulted in the removal of 10 houses, one hotel and three warehouses and conversion of the space to parking lots.
On Nov. 18, 1994, Mr. Baxter, his son, Parke, and Parke's wife, Fran, gave the Northern Indiana Community Foundation $10,000 on behalf of Baxter Drugs. Mr. Baxter later gave $50,000 to Grace United Methodist Church via the foundation.
During church services, he was thanked for the gift and asked if he had anything to say. His response: "I don't think I did anything special. There are at least a dozen people in this room who could do the same thing." (One did, in the form of an anonymous $10,000 gift.)
When hardening of the arteries threatened his eyesight, Mr. Baxter resolved to get more exercise and began riding his bicycle to work from his Lake Manitou home. Over the next 18 years, he pedaled the five-mile round trip 200 times a year, during which time he did not change the prescription to his glasses.
Mr. Baxter graduated from Van Wert High School in 1922. He was the first member of his family to earn a high school diploma. He graduated from Northern Ohio University in 1926 and worked as a Registered Pharmacist for 55 years.
He worked at pharmacies in Van Wert, Detroit and Toledo before coming to Indiana. In 1935, while working 60-hour weeks for a Galveston druggist at a weekly salary of $17.50, he cobbled together $750 dollars worth of loans on his 1928 Chevrolet and his good name and bought a drug store in Walton.
He came to Rochester in 1941 in search of a larger market, and purchased the Blue Drug Store, 724 Main St. In 1953 he purchased the Coplen and Erdmann Drug Store, 800 Main St. He operated it for nine years before merging it with the old Blue operation. He worked at Baxter Drugs until his 1981 retirement.
Born April 13, 1903 in Van Wert County, Ohio, to Addie L. and Julie Annette BERRY BAXTER, he married Alice E. KREACHBAUM in Van Wert on Nov. 25, 1926. She preceded in death in 1976. He married Berniece MARTIN NEWHOUSE Nov. 4, 1980. She died in 1995.
He was an active member of Grace United Methodist, a past president and 50-year member of the Rochester Kiwanis Club, past president and 16-year member of the Woodlawn Hospital Board of Trustees, a 70-year Mason, and a 50-year member of the South Bend Scottish Rite. He belonged to the Mizpah Shrine of Fort Wayne, the Indana Pharmacists Association, and was a past president of the Fulton County United Way. He was a member of the Lake Manitou Association and the Rochester and Lake Manitou Chamber of Commerce, which presented him with its Distinguished Service Award in 1982.
He was Grand Marshal of the Round Barn Festival Parade in 1992.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Howard (Gloria Anne) GALLOP, Cornwall, Pa.; one son, Parke BAXTER, Rochester; four grandchildren, Mrs. Buddy (LeeAnn) POLLOCK, Rochester, Doug BAXTER, Durango, Colo., James W. GALLOP, St. Louis, Charles E. GALLOP, Myerstown, Pa.; seven great-grandchildren, Jared [GALLOP] and Andrew GALLOP, Kelly Joy [GALLOP] and Kimberly GALLOP, Chip POLLOCK and Chad [BAXTER] and Josh BAXTER. Three brothers and one sister preceded in death.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Grace United Methodist Church with the Revs. David HOGSETT and Jeff TAYLOR officiating. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Thursday at the Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Rochester, and at the church afterr 10 a.m Friday. Burial will be at the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Grace United Methodist Church Endowment Fund.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1997
by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
Wednesday, November 5, 1997
Earnest O. Baxter
April 13, 1903-November 4, 1997
Rochester has lost a dear friend.
Ernest O. BAXTER, 94, died at 2:23 p.m. Tuesday.
During his four decades as owner of Baxter Drugs - now Webb's Family Pharmacy - he was known for his community leadership, volunterr work, philanthropy and courtly manner.
In addition to serving 16 years on the Woodlawn Hospital Board of Directors, Mr. Baxter campaigned tirelessly on behalf of downtown merchants. He teamed with the late Robert TRUITT and Howard WERTZBERGER to create 300 off-street parking spaces downtown, largely by dint of weekly visits to merchants to collect financial support. The 23-year effort resulted in the removal of 10 houses, one hotel and three warehouses and conversion of the space to parking lots.
On Nov. 18, 1994, Mr. Baxter, his son, Parke, and Parke's wife, Fran, gave the Northern Indiana Community Foundation $10,000 on behalf of Baxter Drugs. Mr. Baxter later gave $50,000 to Grace United Methodist Church via the foundation.
During church services, he was thanked for the gift and asked if he had anything to say. His response: "I don't think I did anything special. There are at least a dozen people in this room who could do the same thing." (One did, in the form of an anonymous $10,000 gift.)
When hardening of the arteries threatened his eyesight, Mr. Baxter resolved to get more exercise and began riding his bicycle to work from his Lake Manitou home. Over the next 18 years, he pedaled the five-mile round trip 200 times a year, during which time he did not change the prescription to his glasses.
Mr. Baxter graduated from Van Wert High School in 1922. He was the first member of his family to earn a high school diploma. He graduated from Northern Ohio University in 1926 and worked as a Registered Pharmacist for 55 years.
He worked at pharmacies in Van Wert, Detroit and Toledo before coming to Indiana. In 1935, while working 60-hour weeks for a Galveston druggist at a weekly salary of $17.50, he cobbled together $750 dollars worth of loans on his 1928 Chevrolet and his good name and bought a drug store in Walton.
He came to Rochester in 1941 in search of a larger market, and purchased the Blue Drug Store, 724 Main St. In 1953 he purchased the Coplen and Erdmann Drug Store, 800 Main St. He operated it for nine years before merging it with the old Blue operation. He worked at Baxter Drugs until his 1981 retirement.
Born April 13, 1903 in Van Wert County, Ohio, to Addie L. and Julie Annette BERRY BAXTER, he married Alice E. KREACHBAUM in Van Wert on Nov. 25, 1926. She preceded in death in 1976. He married Berniece MARTIN NEWHOUSE Nov. 4, 1980. She died in 1995.
He was an active member of Grace United Methodist, a past president and 50-year member of the Rochester Kiwanis Club, past president and 16-year member of the Woodlawn Hospital Board of Trustees, a 70-year Mason, and a 50-year member of the South Bend Scottish Rite. He belonged to the Mizpah Shrine of Fort Wayne, the Indana Pharmacists Association, and was a past president of the Fulton County United Way. He was a member of the Lake Manitou Association and the Rochester and Lake Manitou Chamber of Commerce, which presented him with its Distinguished Service Award in 1982.
He was Grand Marshal of the Round Barn Festival Parade in 1992.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Howard (Gloria Anne) GALLOP, Cornwall, Pa.; one son, Parke BAXTER, Rochester; four grandchildren, Mrs. Buddy (LeeAnn) POLLOCK, Rochester, Doug BAXTER, Durango, Colo., James W. GALLOP, St. Louis, Charles E. GALLOP, Myerstown, Pa.; seven great-grandchildren, Jared [GALLOP] and Andrew GALLOP, Kelly Joy [GALLOP] and Kimberly GALLOP, Chip POLLOCK and Chad [BAXTER] and Josh BAXTER. Three brothers and one sister preceded in death.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Grace United Methodist Church with the Revs. David HOGSETT and Jeff TAYLOR officiating. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Thursday at the Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Rochester, and at the church afterr 10 a.m Friday. Burial will be at the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Grace United Methodist Church Endowment Fund.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1997
by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
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