Peru, Miami, Indiana, October 23, 1978. Logansport.
Pearl Sims, 98, Logansport, died yesterday, Oct. 23, 1978, at the Monticello Healthcare Center. She had been in ill health several years. A daughter, Mary Conner of Peru, is among the survivors.
She was born Jan. 26, 1880, and had lived on a farm in the Winamac community most of her life, moving to Monticello a few years ago. Her foster parents were Edward and Sadie Berkshire Holmes.
She married Napoleon "Pode" Sims on Aug. 31, 1900. He died in 1955. Mrs. Sims was a member of the Royal Center Christian Church.
Surviving with Mrs. Conner are four other daughters, Susie Braden, Winamac, Florence Polen, Lucerne, Ruby Bagshaw, Anderson and Eva Stull, Monticella; 26 grandchildren; 51 great-grandchildren, and several great-great-grandchildren. Three brothers, one sister and two foster sisters are deceased.
Services will be Thursday t 1:30 p.m. at the Miller-Voorhis Funeral Home in Monticello, with the Rev. Robert Ross officiating. Burial will be in Winamac Municipal Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday at the funeral home, 202 S. Illinois St.
Pearl Sims, 98, Logansport, died yesterday, Oct. 23, 1978, at the Monticello Healthcare Center. She had been in ill health several years. A daughter, Mary Conner of Peru, is among the survivors.
She was born Jan. 26, 1880, and had lived on a farm in the Winamac community most of her life, moving to Monticello a few years ago. Her foster parents were Edward and Sadie Berkshire Holmes.
She married Napoleon "Pode" Sims on Aug. 31, 1900. He died in 1955. Mrs. Sims was a member of the Royal Center Christian Church.
Surviving with Mrs. Conner are four other daughters, Susie Braden, Winamac, Florence Polen, Lucerne, Ruby Bagshaw, Anderson and Eva Stull, Monticella; 26 grandchildren; 51 great-grandchildren, and several great-great-grandchildren. Three brothers, one sister and two foster sisters are deceased.
Services will be Thursday t 1:30 p.m. at the Miller-Voorhis Funeral Home in Monticello, with the Rev. Robert Ross officiating. Burial will be in Winamac Municipal Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday at the funeral home, 202 S. Illinois St.
Peru, Miami, Indiana, October 23, 1978. Logansport.
Pearl Sims, 98, Logansport, died yesterday, Oct. 23, 1978, at the Monticello Healthcare Center. She had been in ill health several years. A daughter, Mary Conner of Peru, is among the survivors.
She was born Jan. 26, 1880, and had lived on a farm in the Winamac community most of her life, moving to Monticello a few years ago. Her foster parents were Edward and Sadie Berkshire Holmes.
She married Napoleon "Pode" Sims on Aug. 31, 1900. He died in 1955. Mrs. Sims was a member of the Royal Center Christian Church.
Surviving with Mrs. Conner are four other daughters, Susie Braden, Winamac, Florence Polen, Lucerne, Ruby Bagshaw, Anderson and Eva Stull, Monticella; 26 grandchildren; 51 great-grandchildren, and several great-great-grandchildren. Three brothers, one sister and two foster sisters are deceased.
Services will be Thursday t 1:30 p.m. at the Miller-Voorhis Funeral Home in Monticello, with the Rev. Robert Ross officiating. Burial will be in Winamac Municipal Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday at the funeral home, 202 S. Illinois St.
Pearl Sims, 98, Logansport, died yesterday, Oct. 23, 1978, at the Monticello Healthcare Center. She had been in ill health several years. A daughter, Mary Conner of Peru, is among the survivors.
She was born Jan. 26, 1880, and had lived on a farm in the Winamac community most of her life, moving to Monticello a few years ago. Her foster parents were Edward and Sadie Berkshire Holmes.
She married Napoleon "Pode" Sims on Aug. 31, 1900. He died in 1955. Mrs. Sims was a member of the Royal Center Christian Church.
Surviving with Mrs. Conner are four other daughters, Susie Braden, Winamac, Florence Polen, Lucerne, Ruby Bagshaw, Anderson and Eva Stull, Monticella; 26 grandchildren; 51 great-grandchildren, and several great-great-grandchildren. Three brothers, one sister and two foster sisters are deceased.
Services will be Thursday t 1:30 p.m. at the Miller-Voorhis Funeral Home in Monticello, with the Rev. Robert Ross officiating. Burial will be in Winamac Municipal Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday at the funeral home, 202 S. Illinois St.
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