John Young Proffitt, 72, RFD 5 (near Long Lake), died in an area hospital at 12:57 a. m. today. He had lived 41 years in the Valparaiso vicinity.
Born Aug. 3, 1881, in Jonesburg, Mo., he was the son of John and Fan (Skinner) Proffitt. He married Nora Belle Schellinger on July 12, 1910. She died June 8, 1949, and two sons and a daughter also preceded him in death.
Surviving are six sons, John of Chicago, Elmer of Gary, Arthur, Harlan and Robert of Valparaiso, and Walter of Chesterton; two daughters, Mrs. Hazel Highlan and Mrs. Bertha Irwin of Valparaiso, 19 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2 p. m. Sunday in LePell Funeral home, where friends may call from 7 p. m. Saturday until services. Burial will be in Kimball cemetery, Liberty township.
Source: The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; July 9, 1954; Volume 28, Number 4, Page 6, Column 2.
John Young Proffitt, 72, RFD 5 (near Long Lake), died in an area hospital at 12:57 a. m. today. He had lived 41 years in the Valparaiso vicinity.
Born Aug. 3, 1881, in Jonesburg, Mo., he was the son of John and Fan (Skinner) Proffitt. He married Nora Belle Schellinger on July 12, 1910. She died June 8, 1949, and two sons and a daughter also preceded him in death.
Surviving are six sons, John of Chicago, Elmer of Gary, Arthur, Harlan and Robert of Valparaiso, and Walter of Chesterton; two daughters, Mrs. Hazel Highlan and Mrs. Bertha Irwin of Valparaiso, 19 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2 p. m. Sunday in LePell Funeral home, where friends may call from 7 p. m. Saturday until services. Burial will be in Kimball cemetery, Liberty township.
Source: The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; July 9, 1954; Volume 28, Number 4, Page 6, Column 2.
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William Louis Proffitt
1880–1947
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Ora Carson Proffitt
1884–1955
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Waldo Emerson Proffitt
1885–1958
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Minnie Maude Proffitt Neuberger
1888–1959
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Alice May Proffitt Warner
1890–1984
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Oscar Omer Proffitt
1892–1992
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Ethel Marie Proffitt Hinzpeter
1895–1960
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Emmitt Clayton Proffitt
1897–1975
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Grace L Proffitt Martin
1899–1964
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Charles McKindred Proffitt
1906–1942
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Elmer J. Proffitt
1913–1976
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Hazel Margaret Proffitt Highlan
1915–2001
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Bertha Elizabeth Proffitt Irwin
1917–1989
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Arthur Lawrence Proffitt
1920–1986
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Waldo Warren Proffitt
1923–1997
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Louis Daniel Proffitt
1924–1926
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Harlen R. Proffitt
1926–2004
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Robert Bernard Proffitt
1929–1990
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