This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: KarinKing45 Surnames: Martz, Runyon, Fuhrman, Wittwer Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.adams/4324/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Decatur Daily Democrat Adams County, Indiana Monday, May 2, 1955 MRS. RACHEL MARTZ DIES EARLY SUNDAY Funeral Services Tuesday Afternoon Mrs. Rachel Martz, 89, a native of Adams County, died at 4:30 o'clock Sunday morning at the Haven Hubbard memorial home in New Carlisle, where she had resided since 1948. She had been in failing health since suffering a fractured hip in a fall in January. Mrs. Martz was a member of the Bethany Evangelical United Brethren church in this city. Surviving are a son, Roy Runyon of Decatur; a daughter, Mrs. Mabel Fuhrman of Syracuse; four stepsons, Coy Martz of Monroe, Thurman Martz of Dewey, Okla., Ira Martz of Avilla and Ferdinand Martz of Fort Wayne; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Bessie Wittwer of Vicksburg, Miss.; three grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Yager funeral home at Berne, the Rev. Benj. G. Thomas officiating, assisted by the Rev. Robert Schrock. Burial will be in the Alberson cemetery southwest of Linn Grove. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the services. 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.