Jackson County Banner, Brownstown, Indiana, July 26, 1967
Funeral rites were held Sunday afternoon from the Voss Chapel in Seymour, for Francis J. Birge, 65, who for twenty years owned and operated the Birge Electric Company on South Chestnut Street in Seymour.
Mr. Birge, who had been in failing health for a number of years, died early Friday morning at the Schneck Memorial Hospital.
A native of St. Louis, Missouri, he was born July 12, 1902, a son of the late Ernest N. and Mary Nipher Birge. He was married in Iberia, Missouri May 26, 1926, to Wilma Pemberton, and they moved to Seymour in 1932 when Mr. Birge was named plant manager of the Seymour Manufacturing Company.
He left this position in 1943 to go into business for himself and operated the Birge Electric Company until 1963. Since then he had been maintenance electrician at Indiana University, Bloomington.
During the years he lived in Seymour Mr. Birge was identified prominently with the church, civic and fraternal groups. He was ordained an elder in the Seymour First Presbyterian Church, was a member of the Seymour Rotary Club and served for several years as secretary, was active in the Seymour B.P.O. Elks Lodge and worked tirelessly for the Boy Scout organization in Seymour.
Surviving with the widow are two sons, Jerry P. Birge of Virginia Beach, Birginia and Richard P. Birge of China Lake, California. A sister, Mrs. Harold Hobson, lives south of Vallonia and he leaves three brothers, Robert N. Birge, Roanoke, Virginia, Oliver A. Birge, Hessel, Michigan and Ernest N. Birge of Santa Monica, California.
The Rev. J. Carleton Riddick, pastor of Seymour First Presbyterian Church was in charge of the funeral rites. Burial was in Williams Cemetery, Iberia, Missouri
Funeral rites were held Sunday afternoon from the Voss Chapel in Seymour, for Francis J. Birge, 65, who for twenty years owned and operated the Birge Electric Company on South Chestnut Street in Seymour.
Mr. Birge, who had been in failing health for a number of years, died early Friday morning at the Schneck Memorial Hospital.
A native of St. Louis, Missouri, he was born July 12, 1902, a son of the late Ernest N. and Mary Nipher Birge. He was married in Iberia, Missouri May 26, 1926, to Wilma Pemberton, and they moved to Seymour in 1932 when Mr. Birge was named plant manager of the Seymour Manufacturing Company.
He left this position in 1943 to go into business for himself and operated the Birge Electric Company until 1963. Since then he had been maintenance electrician at Indiana University, Bloomington.
During the years he lived in Seymour Mr. Birge was identified prominently with the church, civic and fraternal groups. He was ordained an elder in the Seymour First Presbyterian Church, was a member of the Seymour Rotary Club and served for several years as secretary, was active in the Seymour B.P.O. Elks Lodge and worked tirelessly for the Boy Scout organization in Seymour.
Surviving with the widow are two sons, Jerry P. Birge of Virginia Beach, Birginia and Richard P. Birge of China Lake, California. A sister, Mrs. Harold Hobson, lives south of Vallonia and he leaves three brothers, Robert N. Birge, Roanoke, Virginia, Oliver A. Birge, Hessel, Michigan and Ernest N. Birge of Santa Monica, California.
The Rev. J. Carleton Riddick, pastor of Seymour First Presbyterian Church was in charge of the funeral rites. Burial was in Williams Cemetery, Iberia, Missouri
Jackson County Banner, Brownstown, Indiana, July 26, 1967
Funeral rites were held Sunday afternoon from the Voss Chapel in Seymour, for Francis J. Birge, 65, who for twenty years owned and operated the Birge Electric Company on South Chestnut Street in Seymour.
Mr. Birge, who had been in failing health for a number of years, died early Friday morning at the Schneck Memorial Hospital.
A native of St. Louis, Missouri, he was born July 12, 1902, a son of the late Ernest N. and Mary Nipher Birge. He was married in Iberia, Missouri May 26, 1926, to Wilma Pemberton, and they moved to Seymour in 1932 when Mr. Birge was named plant manager of the Seymour Manufacturing Company.
He left this position in 1943 to go into business for himself and operated the Birge Electric Company until 1963. Since then he had been maintenance electrician at Indiana University, Bloomington.
During the years he lived in Seymour Mr. Birge was identified prominently with the church, civic and fraternal groups. He was ordained an elder in the Seymour First Presbyterian Church, was a member of the Seymour Rotary Club and served for several years as secretary, was active in the Seymour B.P.O. Elks Lodge and worked tirelessly for the Boy Scout organization in Seymour.
Surviving with the widow are two sons, Jerry P. Birge of Virginia Beach, Birginia and Richard P. Birge of China Lake, California. A sister, Mrs. Harold Hobson, lives south of Vallonia and he leaves three brothers, Robert N. Birge, Roanoke, Virginia, Oliver A. Birge, Hessel, Michigan and Ernest N. Birge of Santa Monica, California.
The Rev. J. Carleton Riddick, pastor of Seymour First Presbyterian Church was in charge of the funeral rites. Burial was in Williams Cemetery, Iberia, Missouri
Funeral rites were held Sunday afternoon from the Voss Chapel in Seymour, for Francis J. Birge, 65, who for twenty years owned and operated the Birge Electric Company on South Chestnut Street in Seymour.
Mr. Birge, who had been in failing health for a number of years, died early Friday morning at the Schneck Memorial Hospital.
A native of St. Louis, Missouri, he was born July 12, 1902, a son of the late Ernest N. and Mary Nipher Birge. He was married in Iberia, Missouri May 26, 1926, to Wilma Pemberton, and they moved to Seymour in 1932 when Mr. Birge was named plant manager of the Seymour Manufacturing Company.
He left this position in 1943 to go into business for himself and operated the Birge Electric Company until 1963. Since then he had been maintenance electrician at Indiana University, Bloomington.
During the years he lived in Seymour Mr. Birge was identified prominently with the church, civic and fraternal groups. He was ordained an elder in the Seymour First Presbyterian Church, was a member of the Seymour Rotary Club and served for several years as secretary, was active in the Seymour B.P.O. Elks Lodge and worked tirelessly for the Boy Scout organization in Seymour.
Surviving with the widow are two sons, Jerry P. Birge of Virginia Beach, Birginia and Richard P. Birge of China Lake, California. A sister, Mrs. Harold Hobson, lives south of Vallonia and he leaves three brothers, Robert N. Birge, Roanoke, Virginia, Oliver A. Birge, Hessel, Michigan and Ernest N. Birge of Santa Monica, California.
The Rev. J. Carleton Riddick, pastor of Seymour First Presbyterian Church was in charge of the funeral rites. Burial was in Williams Cemetery, Iberia, Missouri
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