Agnes Medsker Ball, former prominent resident of Muncie and widow of William H. Ball, died last night at her home in Indianapolis.Her husband, who was the son of William C. Ball, one of the five Ball brothers, served at one time as a consultant at the Washington bureau of the Central Intelligence Agency and represented President Dwight Eisenhower at a centennial celebration in Africa. He died in 1960.
Mrs. Ball was born in Muncie, the daughter of Chauncey and Leora Bowles Medsker and lived here until moving to Indianapolis in 1950.
Mrs. Ball raised, trained, and showed American standard bred horses at Orchard Lawn Farm, now Orchard Lawn Addition, from about 1935-1945. She also raised and showed championship minature poodles and for three consecutive years owned the championship miniature poodle in America.
In her early years she was active in music circles, an interest that continued throughout her life. She was once a member of Muncie Matinee Musicale, and she and her husband sponsored a number of musical and arts events at Ball State while living here. She was formerly active in philanthropies including the Indianapolis Symphony, Indianapolis Opera Company, Indianapolis Museum of Art and Indiana Music School at Bloomington. In addition, Mrs. Ball was a member of Second Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis, Alpha Chapter of Psi Iota Xi, D.A.R., Colonial Dames, Columbia Club and Poodle Club of American.
Services will be at 3 p.m. tomorrow in Meeks Mortuary, with the Rev. Ronald Naylor, pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Muncie, officiating. Entombment will follow in the family mausoleum in Beech Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary an hour before services.
Mrs. Ball was born in Muncie, the daughter of Chauncey and Leora Bowles Medsker and lived here until moving to Indianapolis in 1950.
Mrs. Ball raised, trained, and showed American standard bred horses at Orchard Lawn Farm, now Orchard Lawn Addition, from about 1935-1945. She also raised and showed championship minature poodles and for three consecutive years owned the championship miniature poodle in America.
In her early years she was active in music circles, an interest that continued throughout her life. She was once a member of Muncie Matinee Musicale, and she and her husband sponsored a number of musical and arts events at Ball State while living here. She was formerly active in philanthropies including the Indianapolis Symphony, Indianapolis Opera Company, Indianapolis Museum of Art and Indiana Music School at Bloomington. In addition, Mrs. Ball was a member of Second Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis, Alpha Chapter of Psi Iota Xi, D.A.R., Colonial Dames, Columbia Club and Poodle Club of American.
Services will be at 3 p.m. tomorrow in Meeks Mortuary, with the Rev. Ronald Naylor, pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Muncie, officiating. Entombment will follow in the family mausoleum in Beech Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary an hour before services.
Agnes Medsker Ball, former prominent resident of Muncie and widow of William H. Ball, died last night at her home in Indianapolis.Her husband, who was the son of William C. Ball, one of the five Ball brothers, served at one time as a consultant at the Washington bureau of the Central Intelligence Agency and represented President Dwight Eisenhower at a centennial celebration in Africa. He died in 1960.
Mrs. Ball was born in Muncie, the daughter of Chauncey and Leora Bowles Medsker and lived here until moving to Indianapolis in 1950.
Mrs. Ball raised, trained, and showed American standard bred horses at Orchard Lawn Farm, now Orchard Lawn Addition, from about 1935-1945. She also raised and showed championship minature poodles and for three consecutive years owned the championship miniature poodle in America.
In her early years she was active in music circles, an interest that continued throughout her life. She was once a member of Muncie Matinee Musicale, and she and her husband sponsored a number of musical and arts events at Ball State while living here. She was formerly active in philanthropies including the Indianapolis Symphony, Indianapolis Opera Company, Indianapolis Museum of Art and Indiana Music School at Bloomington. In addition, Mrs. Ball was a member of Second Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis, Alpha Chapter of Psi Iota Xi, D.A.R., Colonial Dames, Columbia Club and Poodle Club of American.
Services will be at 3 p.m. tomorrow in Meeks Mortuary, with the Rev. Ronald Naylor, pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Muncie, officiating. Entombment will follow in the family mausoleum in Beech Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary an hour before services.
Mrs. Ball was born in Muncie, the daughter of Chauncey and Leora Bowles Medsker and lived here until moving to Indianapolis in 1950.
Mrs. Ball raised, trained, and showed American standard bred horses at Orchard Lawn Farm, now Orchard Lawn Addition, from about 1935-1945. She also raised and showed championship minature poodles and for three consecutive years owned the championship miniature poodle in America.
In her early years she was active in music circles, an interest that continued throughout her life. She was once a member of Muncie Matinee Musicale, and she and her husband sponsored a number of musical and arts events at Ball State while living here. She was formerly active in philanthropies including the Indianapolis Symphony, Indianapolis Opera Company, Indianapolis Museum of Art and Indiana Music School at Bloomington. In addition, Mrs. Ball was a member of Second Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis, Alpha Chapter of Psi Iota Xi, D.A.R., Colonial Dames, Columbia Club and Poodle Club of American.
Services will be at 3 p.m. tomorrow in Meeks Mortuary, with the Rev. Ronald Naylor, pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Muncie, officiating. Entombment will follow in the family mausoleum in Beech Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary an hour before services.
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