This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MargieRoopPearce Surnames: Hirschy, Biberstein, Myers, Bertsch Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.adams/3182/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams Co, IN; 12 January 1984 Eli Hirschy, 65, route 4, Portland (Jay County), a retired farmer and a former assistant supervisor with the Adams County Highway Department, died at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Jay County Hospital, Portland. Mr. Hirschy worked for the highway department for 18 years. He was a member of the Monroe United Brethren Church. Born in Adams County on Sept. 21, 1918, he was the son of George and Ida Biberstein-Hirschy, and was married to Ruth Myers on Oct. 2, 1937; she survives. Also surviving are three sons, Dale L., Marion; Bill Edward, Berne; Dewain L., route 2 Portland; five grandchildren; four brothers, Noah, Roy and Sylvan, all of Monroe; Chester, Charlotte, N.C.; three sisters, Esther and Edna Hirschy, Monroe; Mrs. Oscar (Sylvia) Bertsch, Bluffton. One son, Eldon, died in 1949. Services will be held Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at the Downing Funeral Home, Geneva, where friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday. Rev. Stephen Boardman and Rev. Mike Brown will officiate at the services. Burial will be in the Ray Cemetery. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.