Parents: Aaron and Elizabeth Wharton
National Road Traveler
Cambridge City, Indiana
Thursday, August 21, 1947
J. Robert Wharton
J. Robert Wharton, familiar figure here, died Sunday morning. Mr. Wharton, a lifelong resident of this community, was 85 years old. He resided on East Main Street. Mr. Wharton was a former businessman of Cambridge City. He operated a tavern here before retiring from business a few years ago. Early in life he worked as a farm hand near Cambridge City. Wharton's grandfather came here from Virginia and homesteaded a farm south of Pennville, known as the Carl Kauffman farm. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. J.E. Bender, Miami Beach, Fla.; Mrs. W. L. Helmsing, Richmond; and Mrs. Florence Shirkey, Cambridge City; five grandchildren, one great-grandchild and one sister, Mrs. Daniel Boyer, Richmond. Funeral services are being held Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at the Howard & Son Funeral home. Rev. Glen L. Barger of the Lutheran church, East Germantown, officiates. Burial in the Lutheran cemetery, East Germantown.
National Road Traveler
Cambridge City, Indiana
Thursday, August 21, 1947
J. Robert Wharton
J. Robert Wharton, familiar figure here, died Sunday morning. Mr. Wharton, a lifelong resident of this community, was 85 years old. He resided on East Main Street. Mr. Wharton was a former businessman of Cambridge City. He operated a tavern here before retiring from business a few years ago. Early in life he worked as a farm hand near Cambridge City. Wharton's grandfather came here from Virginia and homesteaded a farm south of Pennville, known as the Carl Kauffman farm. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. J.E. Bender, Miami Beach, Fla.; Mrs. W. L. Helmsing, Richmond; and Mrs. Florence Shirkey, Cambridge City; five grandchildren, one great-grandchild and one sister, Mrs. Daniel Boyer, Richmond. Funeral services are being held Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at the Howard & Son Funeral home. Rev. Glen L. Barger of the Lutheran church, East Germantown, officiates. Burial in the Lutheran cemetery, East Germantown.
Parents: Aaron and Elizabeth Wharton
National Road Traveler
Cambridge City, Indiana
Thursday, August 21, 1947
J. Robert Wharton
J. Robert Wharton, familiar figure here, died Sunday morning. Mr. Wharton, a lifelong resident of this community, was 85 years old. He resided on East Main Street. Mr. Wharton was a former businessman of Cambridge City. He operated a tavern here before retiring from business a few years ago. Early in life he worked as a farm hand near Cambridge City. Wharton's grandfather came here from Virginia and homesteaded a farm south of Pennville, known as the Carl Kauffman farm. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. J.E. Bender, Miami Beach, Fla.; Mrs. W. L. Helmsing, Richmond; and Mrs. Florence Shirkey, Cambridge City; five grandchildren, one great-grandchild and one sister, Mrs. Daniel Boyer, Richmond. Funeral services are being held Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at the Howard & Son Funeral home. Rev. Glen L. Barger of the Lutheran church, East Germantown, officiates. Burial in the Lutheran cemetery, East Germantown.
National Road Traveler
Cambridge City, Indiana
Thursday, August 21, 1947
J. Robert Wharton
J. Robert Wharton, familiar figure here, died Sunday morning. Mr. Wharton, a lifelong resident of this community, was 85 years old. He resided on East Main Street. Mr. Wharton was a former businessman of Cambridge City. He operated a tavern here before retiring from business a few years ago. Early in life he worked as a farm hand near Cambridge City. Wharton's grandfather came here from Virginia and homesteaded a farm south of Pennville, known as the Carl Kauffman farm. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. J.E. Bender, Miami Beach, Fla.; Mrs. W. L. Helmsing, Richmond; and Mrs. Florence Shirkey, Cambridge City; five grandchildren, one great-grandchild and one sister, Mrs. Daniel Boyer, Richmond. Funeral services are being held Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at the Howard & Son Funeral home. Rev. Glen L. Barger of the Lutheran church, East Germantown, officiates. Burial in the Lutheran cemetery, East Germantown.
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