LeMaster Photos

My cousin, Wanda (LeMaster) Louck, provided me with copies of some LeMaster family photos from her side of the family.

Clarence LeMaster, May LeMaster & Kenneth (1912)

(L-R) Wanda, Kenneth & Ferry May (Bickel) LeMaster

Sitting in chair: Mary Ann Bickel, mother of Ferry May (Bickel) LeMaster

Clarence & May (Bickel) LeMaster, Wedding photo (1911)

May & Clarence LeMaster

Kenneth & Louise (Dalrymple) LeMaster, 50th Wedding Anniversary

Advent Calendar : Christmas Shopping

How did your family handle Christmas Shopping? Did anyone finish early
or did anyone start on Christmas Eve?

I've never started Christmas shopping on Christmas Eve, but I've been close.  I seem to struggle sometimes on what to buy.  Every year I tell myself I will do better and buy early, but it never seems to work that way.  I don't do subtle very well, so if someone wants something, I need to know exactly what it is.

I've tried to put some 'sweat equity' into my shopping, and not just shop entirely online.  This year we've noticed that many stores do not have the inventory on hand, and are also out of stock online.  Not good if there is something you really want.

Mom contributed the following :

I do the majority of Christmas shopping and wrapping.   I start early sometimes as early as September or October.   I go with the girls on Black Friday mainly to get ideas.   I'm usually done a couple of weeks before Christmas but there's always a last minute gift or two to pick up.  I give a lot of baked goods, candies, and homemade jams and sewn items. When the kids were little we would buy all year long and hid the items in attic or garage.   We have a tradition of going out for breakfast on Christmas Eve and browse afterwards through the stores.   Sometimes we pick up silly little items for the granddaugters before heading back home to get ready for Christmas Eve get together.

Sunday's Obituary: Ord LeMaster (1906-1971)

Source: Ord W. LeMaster obituary, The Commercial-Review, Portland, Indiana, November 1, 1971

Ord W. LeMaster

Funeral services for Ord W. LeMaster, 65, 1107 W. Water St., Portland, will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Baird-Freeman Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Boggs officiating.  Burial will follow in Mt. Zion Cemetery.

LeMaster died Saturday afternoon at the Clinic Hospital in Bluffton after a brief illness.  He had been employed for the past 25 years at Delco Battery in Muncie.

Born Sept. 30, 1906 in Jay County, his parents were Cooper and Barbara (Wehrly) LeMaster.  He was married to Ruth Haley, who survives.

Surviving besides his wife are three sons, Paul of Portland; Ord Weldon, Alexandria and Victor at home; three daughters, Mrs. Donald (Idola) Coats, Selma; Mrs. Harold (Juanita) Steigerwalt, Portland and Miss Ruth LeMaster at home; five brothers, Stanley LeMaster, Akron, Ohio; Elvin LeMaster, Columbus, Ohio; Floyd LeMaster, Union City, Ohio; John and Gerald LeMaster, Salamonia; three sisters, Mrs. Orville (Freda) LaFollette, Akron, Ohio; Mrs. Thornton (Mary Olive) Taylor, Akron, Ohio and Mrs. Glen (Dorothy) Lock, Richmond and 13 grandchildren.

Friends may call at the funeral home.

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