This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: KarinKing45 Surnames: Brandyberry, Barber, Reffey, Roe, Waddy Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.adams/4281/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Decatur Daily Democrat Adams County, Indiana Thursday, Dec. 20, 1951 RAY BRANDYBERRY IS TAKEN BY DEATH Long Illness Fatal at Home of Parents Raymond D. Brandyberry, 45, of 2821 Beaver Avenue, Fort Wayne, died at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brandyberry, 315 North Tenth street in this city. Death followed an illness of two years. He was born in Berne Oct. 5, 1906, a son of Frank and Ada Barber-Brandyberry. He attended the Decatur high school and lived here for a number of years. In recent years he had operated a grocery and meat market on Fairfield Avenue in Fort Wayne. He was married to Marie Reffey Dec. 31, 1930. Mr. Brandyberry was a member of the Royal Arch Masons and the Shrine at Terre Haute, the Knights Templar at Fort Wayne and the Allen county sheriff's reserve posse. Surviving in addition to his wife and parents are a daughter, Janice Roe, at home; four brothers, Gregg of Fort Wayne, Robert of Bluffton, and Chester and Randolph, both of Decatur; and three sisters, Miss Marcella Brandyberry, a major in the army nurses corps in France, Mrs. Gertrude Waddy of Mineral Wells, Tex., and Miss Florence Brandyberry of Decatur. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the Zwick funeral home, the Rev. Samuel Emerick officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7:30 o'clock this evening. 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.