Ulysses Grant Silvers, 75, of 322 North Mulberry St., proprietor of the Mecca Cigar Store, died at 4 a.m. Friday at Ball Hospital, following a brief illness.
Mr. Silvers was born in Jay County near Ridgeville. He had been engaged as a clothing merchant at Portland for 18 years, and came to Muncie 36 years ago. He was a charter and life-long member of the Portland K. of P. Lodge.
Surviving are the daughter, Mrs. Modjeska Ketterman, Muncie; a son, H. Rex Silvers, Toledo; a grandson, Sylvan Ketterman, and a great grandchild, Sylvan Rees Ketterman, both of Chicago; a brother, Sherman Silvers of Goshen; and two sisters, Mrs. Christina Neeley of Farmland, and Mrs. Viola Wise of Ridgeville.
The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Meeks Mortuary. Burial will be in Beech Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the residence after noon Saturday or at the mortuary an hour preceding the service.
Mr. Silvers was born in Jay County near Ridgeville. He had been engaged as a clothing merchant at Portland for 18 years, and came to Muncie 36 years ago. He was a charter and life-long member of the Portland K. of P. Lodge.
Surviving are the daughter, Mrs. Modjeska Ketterman, Muncie; a son, H. Rex Silvers, Toledo; a grandson, Sylvan Ketterman, and a great grandchild, Sylvan Rees Ketterman, both of Chicago; a brother, Sherman Silvers of Goshen; and two sisters, Mrs. Christina Neeley of Farmland, and Mrs. Viola Wise of Ridgeville.
The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Meeks Mortuary. Burial will be in Beech Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the residence after noon Saturday or at the mortuary an hour preceding the service.
Ulysses Grant Silvers, 75, of 322 North Mulberry St., proprietor of the Mecca Cigar Store, died at 4 a.m. Friday at Ball Hospital, following a brief illness.
Mr. Silvers was born in Jay County near Ridgeville. He had been engaged as a clothing merchant at Portland for 18 years, and came to Muncie 36 years ago. He was a charter and life-long member of the Portland K. of P. Lodge.
Surviving are the daughter, Mrs. Modjeska Ketterman, Muncie; a son, H. Rex Silvers, Toledo; a grandson, Sylvan Ketterman, and a great grandchild, Sylvan Rees Ketterman, both of Chicago; a brother, Sherman Silvers of Goshen; and two sisters, Mrs. Christina Neeley of Farmland, and Mrs. Viola Wise of Ridgeville.
The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Meeks Mortuary. Burial will be in Beech Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the residence after noon Saturday or at the mortuary an hour preceding the service.
Mr. Silvers was born in Jay County near Ridgeville. He had been engaged as a clothing merchant at Portland for 18 years, and came to Muncie 36 years ago. He was a charter and life-long member of the Portland K. of P. Lodge.
Surviving are the daughter, Mrs. Modjeska Ketterman, Muncie; a son, H. Rex Silvers, Toledo; a grandson, Sylvan Ketterman, and a great grandchild, Sylvan Rees Ketterman, both of Chicago; a brother, Sherman Silvers of Goshen; and two sisters, Mrs. Christina Neeley of Farmland, and Mrs. Viola Wise of Ridgeville.
The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Meeks Mortuary. Burial will be in Beech Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the residence after noon Saturday or at the mortuary an hour preceding the service.
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