Charles V. Sursa, 57, the founder and president of the Industrial Trust and Savings Bank on East Adams street and vice-president of Kirkpatrick-Sursa, Inc., Insurance brokers with offices in the Johnson block, died unexpectedly of a heart seizure at 5 o'clock last evening at his home, 812 West North street. He was stricken ill on a business mission at Indianapolis Thursday afternoon and had been under the care of a physician since Friday morning. However, he was at his desk in the bank and the insurance office Saturday morning and again yesterday morning, before calling at his doctor's office at 11 o'clock.
Mr. Sursa is survived by his wife, Ethel; a son, Charles David Sursa; two sisters, Mrs. Frederick A. Pawley of New York City and Miss Bertha Sursa of Elizabeth, N.J.; a brother, Reuben Sursa of Colorado Springs; and his step-father, J. D. Hunsinger of Burley, Idaho. Funeral services will be conducted in the chapel of the Meeks Mortuary at 11 o'clock Thursday morning and burial will be made in Beech Grove Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the mortuary from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 o'clock Wednesday afternoon and evening.
The Industrial Trust and Savings Bank will be open for business today and Wednesday, Attorney Walter D. White said last night, but it will not open for business on Thursday until 1 o'clock in the afternoon. During his 31 years residence in Muncie, Mr. Sursa became one of the most prominent citizens in the city's business and social life. He was affiliated with the Muncie Baking Company and then he joined the Kirkpatrick agency in 1922 as a salesman. When the company was reorganized on January 1, 1926 as Kirkpatrick-Sursa, Inc., he became its secretary. Four years ago he succeeded Mrs. Kirkpatrick as its vice-president.
He was the founder, president and director of the Muncie Industrial Company in 1927 and when that organization was succeeded by the Industrial Trust and Savings Bank on September 6, 1949, he became its president and a director. He was founder, past president and director-at-large of the American Industrial Bankers Association and since 1935 he had been a director and member of the executive committee of the Old Republic Credit Life Insurance Company of Chicago. He was a past lieutenant governor and district trustee of the Kiwanis Club and had served as president, director and secretary of the Muncie Kiwanis. He was a past president and director of the Muncie Chamber of Commerce, and was its national councillor.
His memberships included the High Street Methodist Church, Reed Lodge 316, F. and A. M. at Evansville, his native home; Delaware Post 19, American Legion; Delaware Country Club, the Muncie Club, Muncie Lodge 245, B. P. O. E.; Indiana Society of Chicago, and the Columbia Club and Athenaeum Turners at Indianapolis. He was an associate member of the Fraternal Order of Police.
Mr. Sursa was born at Evansville on November 19, 1893, the son of Reuben Aaron and Ida May (Vaught) Sursa. After graduating from Evansville Central High School, he was employed in an Evansville bank. A few months before he joined the Army in World War I, he was married at Evansville to Ethel F. Schukraft on November 26, 1917. He attended officers' training school and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the field artillery. He was promoted in the field to first lieutenant and after the war was a member of the Reserve Officers Association until a few years ago when he resigned under pressure of his private business. After his discharge from military service, he returned to his position with the Evansville bank before he came to Muncie.
Muncie Star, Tuesday, May 1, 1951.
Funeral services for Charles V. Sursa, president of the Industrial Trust and Savings Bank who died suddenly Monday evening at his home, 812 West North street, will be conducted by the Rev. Arthur W. McDavitt and the Rev. Newman S. Jeffrey at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning in the chapel of the Meeks mortuary. Burial will be made in Beech Grove Cemetery. Friends will be received by the family at the mortuary this afternoon and evening from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 o'clock. Messages of condolences were received by the family yesterday from many business acquaintances of Mr. Sursa who resided in other cities. They did not know he was critically ill when they received the news of his death.
Mr. Sursa was stricken ill at Indianapolis Thursday afternoon and he had been under the care of his physician since Friday morning. However, apparently he did not regard himself as being seriously ill and he kept appointments at his bank and at the Kirkpatrick-Sursa, Inc., agency in the Johnson block Friday, Saturday and Monday morning. He was vice-president of the insurance agency. When he called at his doctor's office about 11 o'clock Monday morning for further consultation, he was advised to retire to his bed. Four hours later he suffered a relapse and at 5 o'clock he died. Coronary thrombosis was given yesterday as the cause of death.
Muncie Star, Wednesday, May 2, 1951.
A change was made last evening in the funeral arrangements for Charles V. Sursa, president of the Industrial Trust and Savings Bank and vice-president of Kirkpatrick-Sursa, Inc., insurance brokers, who died suddenly Monday evening at his home. The services will be conducted at the High Street Methodist Church, of which he was a member, at 11 o'clock this morning, instead of the chapel at Meeks mortuary, as originally planned. Rev. Newman S. Jeffrey, pastor of the church, and the Rev. Arthur W. McDavitt, pastor of St. John's Universalist Church, will be in charge. Burial will be made in Beech Grove Cemetery. (There follows a long list of active and honorary pallbearers.) The Industrial Trust and Savings Bank will be open for business today only from 1 to 3 o'clock. The Merchants National Bank, the Muncie Banking Company and the Merchants Trust Company will be closed to business from 11 to 11:30 o'clock in tribute to Mr. Sursa.
Muncie Star, Thursday, May 3, 1951.
Mr. Sursa is survived by his wife, Ethel; a son, Charles David Sursa; two sisters, Mrs. Frederick A. Pawley of New York City and Miss Bertha Sursa of Elizabeth, N.J.; a brother, Reuben Sursa of Colorado Springs; and his step-father, J. D. Hunsinger of Burley, Idaho. Funeral services will be conducted in the chapel of the Meeks Mortuary at 11 o'clock Thursday morning and burial will be made in Beech Grove Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the mortuary from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 o'clock Wednesday afternoon and evening.
The Industrial Trust and Savings Bank will be open for business today and Wednesday, Attorney Walter D. White said last night, but it will not open for business on Thursday until 1 o'clock in the afternoon. During his 31 years residence in Muncie, Mr. Sursa became one of the most prominent citizens in the city's business and social life. He was affiliated with the Muncie Baking Company and then he joined the Kirkpatrick agency in 1922 as a salesman. When the company was reorganized on January 1, 1926 as Kirkpatrick-Sursa, Inc., he became its secretary. Four years ago he succeeded Mrs. Kirkpatrick as its vice-president.
He was the founder, president and director of the Muncie Industrial Company in 1927 and when that organization was succeeded by the Industrial Trust and Savings Bank on September 6, 1949, he became its president and a director. He was founder, past president and director-at-large of the American Industrial Bankers Association and since 1935 he had been a director and member of the executive committee of the Old Republic Credit Life Insurance Company of Chicago. He was a past lieutenant governor and district trustee of the Kiwanis Club and had served as president, director and secretary of the Muncie Kiwanis. He was a past president and director of the Muncie Chamber of Commerce, and was its national councillor.
His memberships included the High Street Methodist Church, Reed Lodge 316, F. and A. M. at Evansville, his native home; Delaware Post 19, American Legion; Delaware Country Club, the Muncie Club, Muncie Lodge 245, B. P. O. E.; Indiana Society of Chicago, and the Columbia Club and Athenaeum Turners at Indianapolis. He was an associate member of the Fraternal Order of Police.
Mr. Sursa was born at Evansville on November 19, 1893, the son of Reuben Aaron and Ida May (Vaught) Sursa. After graduating from Evansville Central High School, he was employed in an Evansville bank. A few months before he joined the Army in World War I, he was married at Evansville to Ethel F. Schukraft on November 26, 1917. He attended officers' training school and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the field artillery. He was promoted in the field to first lieutenant and after the war was a member of the Reserve Officers Association until a few years ago when he resigned under pressure of his private business. After his discharge from military service, he returned to his position with the Evansville bank before he came to Muncie.
Muncie Star, Tuesday, May 1, 1951.
Funeral services for Charles V. Sursa, president of the Industrial Trust and Savings Bank who died suddenly Monday evening at his home, 812 West North street, will be conducted by the Rev. Arthur W. McDavitt and the Rev. Newman S. Jeffrey at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning in the chapel of the Meeks mortuary. Burial will be made in Beech Grove Cemetery. Friends will be received by the family at the mortuary this afternoon and evening from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 o'clock. Messages of condolences were received by the family yesterday from many business acquaintances of Mr. Sursa who resided in other cities. They did not know he was critically ill when they received the news of his death.
Mr. Sursa was stricken ill at Indianapolis Thursday afternoon and he had been under the care of his physician since Friday morning. However, apparently he did not regard himself as being seriously ill and he kept appointments at his bank and at the Kirkpatrick-Sursa, Inc., agency in the Johnson block Friday, Saturday and Monday morning. He was vice-president of the insurance agency. When he called at his doctor's office about 11 o'clock Monday morning for further consultation, he was advised to retire to his bed. Four hours later he suffered a relapse and at 5 o'clock he died. Coronary thrombosis was given yesterday as the cause of death.
Muncie Star, Wednesday, May 2, 1951.
A change was made last evening in the funeral arrangements for Charles V. Sursa, president of the Industrial Trust and Savings Bank and vice-president of Kirkpatrick-Sursa, Inc., insurance brokers, who died suddenly Monday evening at his home. The services will be conducted at the High Street Methodist Church, of which he was a member, at 11 o'clock this morning, instead of the chapel at Meeks mortuary, as originally planned. Rev. Newman S. Jeffrey, pastor of the church, and the Rev. Arthur W. McDavitt, pastor of St. John's Universalist Church, will be in charge. Burial will be made in Beech Grove Cemetery. (There follows a long list of active and honorary pallbearers.) The Industrial Trust and Savings Bank will be open for business today only from 1 to 3 o'clock. The Merchants National Bank, the Muncie Banking Company and the Merchants Trust Company will be closed to business from 11 to 11:30 o'clock in tribute to Mr. Sursa.
Muncie Star, Thursday, May 3, 1951.
Charles V. Sursa, 57, the founder and president of the Industrial Trust and Savings Bank on East Adams street and vice-president of Kirkpatrick-Sursa, Inc., Insurance brokers with offices in the Johnson block, died unexpectedly of a heart seizure at 5 o'clock last evening at his home, 812 West North street. He was stricken ill on a business mission at Indianapolis Thursday afternoon and had been under the care of a physician since Friday morning. However, he was at his desk in the bank and the insurance office Saturday morning and again yesterday morning, before calling at his doctor's office at 11 o'clock.
Mr. Sursa is survived by his wife, Ethel; a son, Charles David Sursa; two sisters, Mrs. Frederick A. Pawley of New York City and Miss Bertha Sursa of Elizabeth, N.J.; a brother, Reuben Sursa of Colorado Springs; and his step-father, J. D. Hunsinger of Burley, Idaho. Funeral services will be conducted in the chapel of the Meeks Mortuary at 11 o'clock Thursday morning and burial will be made in Beech Grove Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the mortuary from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 o'clock Wednesday afternoon and evening.
The Industrial Trust and Savings Bank will be open for business today and Wednesday, Attorney Walter D. White said last night, but it will not open for business on Thursday until 1 o'clock in the afternoon. During his 31 years residence in Muncie, Mr. Sursa became one of the most prominent citizens in the city's business and social life. He was affiliated with the Muncie Baking Company and then he joined the Kirkpatrick agency in 1922 as a salesman. When the company was reorganized on January 1, 1926 as Kirkpatrick-Sursa, Inc., he became its secretary. Four years ago he succeeded Mrs. Kirkpatrick as its vice-president.
He was the founder, president and director of the Muncie Industrial Company in 1927 and when that organization was succeeded by the Industrial Trust and Savings Bank on September 6, 1949, he became its president and a director. He was founder, past president and director-at-large of the American Industrial Bankers Association and since 1935 he had been a director and member of the executive committee of the Old Republic Credit Life Insurance Company of Chicago. He was a past lieutenant governor and district trustee of the Kiwanis Club and had served as president, director and secretary of the Muncie Kiwanis. He was a past president and director of the Muncie Chamber of Commerce, and was its national councillor.
His memberships included the High Street Methodist Church, Reed Lodge 316, F. and A. M. at Evansville, his native home; Delaware Post 19, American Legion; Delaware Country Club, the Muncie Club, Muncie Lodge 245, B. P. O. E.; Indiana Society of Chicago, and the Columbia Club and Athenaeum Turners at Indianapolis. He was an associate member of the Fraternal Order of Police.
Mr. Sursa was born at Evansville on November 19, 1893, the son of Reuben Aaron and Ida May (Vaught) Sursa. After graduating from Evansville Central High School, he was employed in an Evansville bank. A few months before he joined the Army in World War I, he was married at Evansville to Ethel F. Schukraft on November 26, 1917. He attended officers' training school and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the field artillery. He was promoted in the field to first lieutenant and after the war was a member of the Reserve Officers Association until a few years ago when he resigned under pressure of his private business. After his discharge from military service, he returned to his position with the Evansville bank before he came to Muncie.
Muncie Star, Tuesday, May 1, 1951.
Funeral services for Charles V. Sursa, president of the Industrial Trust and Savings Bank who died suddenly Monday evening at his home, 812 West North street, will be conducted by the Rev. Arthur W. McDavitt and the Rev. Newman S. Jeffrey at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning in the chapel of the Meeks mortuary. Burial will be made in Beech Grove Cemetery. Friends will be received by the family at the mortuary this afternoon and evening from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 o'clock. Messages of condolences were received by the family yesterday from many business acquaintances of Mr. Sursa who resided in other cities. They did not know he was critically ill when they received the news of his death.
Mr. Sursa was stricken ill at Indianapolis Thursday afternoon and he had been under the care of his physician since Friday morning. However, apparently he did not regard himself as being seriously ill and he kept appointments at his bank and at the Kirkpatrick-Sursa, Inc., agency in the Johnson block Friday, Saturday and Monday morning. He was vice-president of the insurance agency. When he called at his doctor's office about 11 o'clock Monday morning for further consultation, he was advised to retire to his bed. Four hours later he suffered a relapse and at 5 o'clock he died. Coronary thrombosis was given yesterday as the cause of death.
Muncie Star, Wednesday, May 2, 1951.
A change was made last evening in the funeral arrangements for Charles V. Sursa, president of the Industrial Trust and Savings Bank and vice-president of Kirkpatrick-Sursa, Inc., insurance brokers, who died suddenly Monday evening at his home. The services will be conducted at the High Street Methodist Church, of which he was a member, at 11 o'clock this morning, instead of the chapel at Meeks mortuary, as originally planned. Rev. Newman S. Jeffrey, pastor of the church, and the Rev. Arthur W. McDavitt, pastor of St. John's Universalist Church, will be in charge. Burial will be made in Beech Grove Cemetery. (There follows a long list of active and honorary pallbearers.) The Industrial Trust and Savings Bank will be open for business today only from 1 to 3 o'clock. The Merchants National Bank, the Muncie Banking Company and the Merchants Trust Company will be closed to business from 11 to 11:30 o'clock in tribute to Mr. Sursa.
Muncie Star, Thursday, May 3, 1951.
Mr. Sursa is survived by his wife, Ethel; a son, Charles David Sursa; two sisters, Mrs. Frederick A. Pawley of New York City and Miss Bertha Sursa of Elizabeth, N.J.; a brother, Reuben Sursa of Colorado Springs; and his step-father, J. D. Hunsinger of Burley, Idaho. Funeral services will be conducted in the chapel of the Meeks Mortuary at 11 o'clock Thursday morning and burial will be made in Beech Grove Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the mortuary from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 o'clock Wednesday afternoon and evening.
The Industrial Trust and Savings Bank will be open for business today and Wednesday, Attorney Walter D. White said last night, but it will not open for business on Thursday until 1 o'clock in the afternoon. During his 31 years residence in Muncie, Mr. Sursa became one of the most prominent citizens in the city's business and social life. He was affiliated with the Muncie Baking Company and then he joined the Kirkpatrick agency in 1922 as a salesman. When the company was reorganized on January 1, 1926 as Kirkpatrick-Sursa, Inc., he became its secretary. Four years ago he succeeded Mrs. Kirkpatrick as its vice-president.
He was the founder, president and director of the Muncie Industrial Company in 1927 and when that organization was succeeded by the Industrial Trust and Savings Bank on September 6, 1949, he became its president and a director. He was founder, past president and director-at-large of the American Industrial Bankers Association and since 1935 he had been a director and member of the executive committee of the Old Republic Credit Life Insurance Company of Chicago. He was a past lieutenant governor and district trustee of the Kiwanis Club and had served as president, director and secretary of the Muncie Kiwanis. He was a past president and director of the Muncie Chamber of Commerce, and was its national councillor.
His memberships included the High Street Methodist Church, Reed Lodge 316, F. and A. M. at Evansville, his native home; Delaware Post 19, American Legion; Delaware Country Club, the Muncie Club, Muncie Lodge 245, B. P. O. E.; Indiana Society of Chicago, and the Columbia Club and Athenaeum Turners at Indianapolis. He was an associate member of the Fraternal Order of Police.
Mr. Sursa was born at Evansville on November 19, 1893, the son of Reuben Aaron and Ida May (Vaught) Sursa. After graduating from Evansville Central High School, he was employed in an Evansville bank. A few months before he joined the Army in World War I, he was married at Evansville to Ethel F. Schukraft on November 26, 1917. He attended officers' training school and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the field artillery. He was promoted in the field to first lieutenant and after the war was a member of the Reserve Officers Association until a few years ago when he resigned under pressure of his private business. After his discharge from military service, he returned to his position with the Evansville bank before he came to Muncie.
Muncie Star, Tuesday, May 1, 1951.
Funeral services for Charles V. Sursa, president of the Industrial Trust and Savings Bank who died suddenly Monday evening at his home, 812 West North street, will be conducted by the Rev. Arthur W. McDavitt and the Rev. Newman S. Jeffrey at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning in the chapel of the Meeks mortuary. Burial will be made in Beech Grove Cemetery. Friends will be received by the family at the mortuary this afternoon and evening from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 o'clock. Messages of condolences were received by the family yesterday from many business acquaintances of Mr. Sursa who resided in other cities. They did not know he was critically ill when they received the news of his death.
Mr. Sursa was stricken ill at Indianapolis Thursday afternoon and he had been under the care of his physician since Friday morning. However, apparently he did not regard himself as being seriously ill and he kept appointments at his bank and at the Kirkpatrick-Sursa, Inc., agency in the Johnson block Friday, Saturday and Monday morning. He was vice-president of the insurance agency. When he called at his doctor's office about 11 o'clock Monday morning for further consultation, he was advised to retire to his bed. Four hours later he suffered a relapse and at 5 o'clock he died. Coronary thrombosis was given yesterday as the cause of death.
Muncie Star, Wednesday, May 2, 1951.
A change was made last evening in the funeral arrangements for Charles V. Sursa, president of the Industrial Trust and Savings Bank and vice-president of Kirkpatrick-Sursa, Inc., insurance brokers, who died suddenly Monday evening at his home. The services will be conducted at the High Street Methodist Church, of which he was a member, at 11 o'clock this morning, instead of the chapel at Meeks mortuary, as originally planned. Rev. Newman S. Jeffrey, pastor of the church, and the Rev. Arthur W. McDavitt, pastor of St. John's Universalist Church, will be in charge. Burial will be made in Beech Grove Cemetery. (There follows a long list of active and honorary pallbearers.) The Industrial Trust and Savings Bank will be open for business today only from 1 to 3 o'clock. The Merchants National Bank, the Muncie Banking Company and the Merchants Trust Company will be closed to business from 11 to 11:30 o'clock in tribute to Mr. Sursa.
Muncie Star, Thursday, May 3, 1951.
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