OBITUARY:
DEATH CLAIMS J. E. SPANGLER - Prominent Preble Township Farmer Dies at Local Hospital
J. E. Spangler, 65, well known Preble Township farmer and lifelong resident of Adams County, died at 1:30 am at the Adams County Memorial Hospital in Decatur, IN. Death was caused by heart trouble and complications.
The deceased was born in Root Township June 20, 1872, the son of Jacob and Margaret Baker Spangler. When but one year old, his parents moved to the farm in Preble Township where he lived until his death. He had been confined in the local hospital for three weeks. He was a member of the Mt. Pleasant M. E. church. Surviving, besides the widow, Ollie Abbott-Spangle, are two brothers, The Rev. C. W. Spangler of Bippus and the Rev. D. D. Spangler of Mishawaka; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Henschen of Kirland Township and Miss Eliza of Preble Township. Those who preceded him in death were: a first wife, Cora Sheets-Spangler; a second wife, Nettie Shackley-Spangler and a daughter by his second wife.
Funeral Services were held at the Mt. Pleasant M. E. church. The Rev. J. W. Reynolds officiated and S. E. Black Mortuary handled the burial.
OBITUARY:
DEATH CLAIMS J. E. SPANGLER - Prominent Preble Township Farmer Dies at Local Hospital
J. E. Spangler, 65, well known Preble Township farmer and lifelong resident of Adams County, died at 1:30 am at the Adams County Memorial Hospital in Decatur, IN. Death was caused by heart trouble and complications.
The deceased was born in Root Township June 20, 1872, the son of Jacob and Margaret Baker Spangler. When but one year old, his parents moved to the farm in Preble Township where he lived until his death. He had been confined in the local hospital for three weeks. He was a member of the Mt. Pleasant M. E. church. Surviving, besides the widow, Ollie Abbott-Spangle, are two brothers, The Rev. C. W. Spangler of Bippus and the Rev. D. D. Spangler of Mishawaka; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Henschen of Kirland Township and Miss Eliza of Preble Township. Those who preceded him in death were: a first wife, Cora Sheets-Spangler; a second wife, Nettie Shackley-Spangler and a daughter by his second wife.
Funeral Services were held at the Mt. Pleasant M. E. church. The Rev. J. W. Reynolds officiated and S. E. Black Mortuary handled the burial.
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