Crawfordsville Journal Review 30-Mar-1961 1: 6- Rites Tuesday For Murder Victim- MELLOTT- Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth Phelps will be conducted at 2 p.m. (EST) Tuesday at the Crumley Funeral Home at Hillsboro. Rev. Jack Eitlebuss, pastor of the Mellott Congregational Christian Church, will be in charge. Burial will be in the Wingate Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Monday afternoon and evening. Mrs. Phelps was found choked to death Tuesday morning in her home at Klamath Falls, Ore. Her husband, Arthur Arnold Phelps, has confessed her slaying, according to Oregon State Police. Mrs. Phelps was a former resident of this community.