Christmas Tree - 2024

 

Christmas Tree, 2024

Our Christmas Tree - December 2024 - photo taken in mid-December.

M4A2 Tank Manual - Ralph LeMaster

Was contacted by someone who found this blog and had a copy of a M4A2 Tank Manual that was written on by Ralph LeMaster and he wondered if it was the same family I had written about.

It appears that from the scribbles, that this manual was used by Ralph Vernon LeMaster (1922-2011) who was wife was Donnabell Fields and did serve in the U.S. Army.  Ralph would have been my 1st cousin once removed, a son of Chesley Franklin and Clara (Burkey) LeMaster.

    

Obituary : Peter W. Decker (1947) Crawfordsville, Indiana

Recently obtained the obituary of Peter Wilbur Decker from the Crawfordsville District Public Library.  Peter was the husband of Pansy Gilliland, sister of my great-grandmother, June.  Peter died November 1, 1947 in Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana.

Peter W. Decker Expires in City

Peter W. Decker, a resident of Montgomery county for the past 26 years and an employee of the Crawfordsville Seed Company for the last three years, died suddenly at 3:45 o'clock Saturday afternoon at his residence 702 Mill street.  His death was attributed to a heart attack.

Son of William R., and Amanda Rollins Decker, the deceased was born March 13, 1889 at Beaver Dam, Ind.  He married Pansy Gilliland at Bloomington, Ind., Dec. 11, 1912.  Mr. Decker was a member of the Freedom Baptist church.

Surviving in addition to the widow and mother, the latter who resides at Browns Valley, are two sons, Wilbur R. and Robert Jean, both of Crawfordsville; one daughter, Mrs. Wandalee Purcell of Gulfport, Miss.; four brothers, Bert of Browns Valley; Alva and Bill of Louisville, Ky., and Delpherd of Fountain City, Ind. and four sisters, Mrs. James Burkett of Culver, Ind., Mrs. Leona Cowden, Mrs. Ernest Patton and Mrs. Fred Hurst, all of Bloomington.

Funeral services will be conducted at the Freedom Baptist church at 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in charge of Rev. H.W. Steen.  Friends may pay their respects at the Decker residence until 11o'clock Tuesday morning.

Source : "Peter W. Decker," obituary, Journal-Review, 3 November 1947, page 4, column 7.