R. M. FAIRBANKS; 60, LONG A PUBLISHER -- Head of Indianapolis News, Radio Station WIBC Dead -- Son of Ex-Vice President, INDIANAPOLIS, July 26 -- Richard M. Fairbanks, president of The Indianapolis News Publishing Company and Radio Station WIBC, died at his home here today at the age of 60. He underwent a major operation in January and a few weeks ago suffered a relapse. . . .Born in Indianapolis on Oct. 8, 1883, Mr. Fairbanks was the son of Charles Warren Fairbanks and Cornelia Cole Fairbanks. . . .In 1911 he married Miss Louise Hibben of Indianapolis, who died in 1913. On Nov. 14, 1918, he married Miss Robertine Buchanan of Indianapolis. Besides his widow, he leaves two children, Richard Jr., by the first marriage, and Michael B. Fairbanks. Surviving also are two grandchildren, Anthony C. Fairbanks and Richard Fairbanks 3d; a sister, Mrs. Adelaide Fairbanks Causey; a brother, Robert C. Fairbanks of Los Angeles; a nephew, Charles W. Fairbanks of Redlands, Calif., and three nieces, Cornelia Fairbanks Vaillancourt of Pasadena, Calif., and Edith Visconti de Modrone and Cornelia Fairbanks Ericourt of Chicago.
R. M. FAIRBANKS; 60, LONG A PUBLISHER -- Head of Indianapolis News, Radio Station WIBC Dead -- Son of Ex-Vice President, INDIANAPOLIS, July 26 -- Richard M. Fairbanks, president of The Indianapolis News Publishing Company and Radio Station WIBC, died at his home here today at the age of 60. He underwent a major operation in January and a few weeks ago suffered a relapse. . . .Born in Indianapolis on Oct. 8, 1883, Mr. Fairbanks was the son of Charles Warren Fairbanks and Cornelia Cole Fairbanks. . . .In 1911 he married Miss Louise Hibben of Indianapolis, who died in 1913. On Nov. 14, 1918, he married Miss Robertine Buchanan of Indianapolis. Besides his widow, he leaves two children, Richard Jr., by the first marriage, and Michael B. Fairbanks. Surviving also are two grandchildren, Anthony C. Fairbanks and Richard Fairbanks 3d; a sister, Mrs. Adelaide Fairbanks Causey; a brother, Robert C. Fairbanks of Los Angeles; a nephew, Charles W. Fairbanks of Redlands, Calif., and three nieces, Cornelia Fairbanks Vaillancourt of Pasadena, Calif., and Edith Visconti de Modrone and Cornelia Fairbanks Ericourt of Chicago.
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