Crawfordsville Journal Review 31-Dec-1962 10- Mrs. Oveta Bell Succumbs At 60 In Hillsboro Home- HILLSBORO- Mrs. Oveta Elmira Bell, 60, a resident of Hillsboro for 30 years, died at 4:30 a.m. Monday in her home. She had been bedfast since Dec. 1. She was born Sept. 8, 1902, in Kirkpatrick and her parents were Edward and Minnie Rivers Suiters. On April 19, 1924 she married Leslie Bell in Covington. She was a member of the Hillsboro Methodist Church and was a graduate of Waynetown High School and Indiana Normal in Danville. She taught at the Yountsville School. Survivors include her husband; two daughters, Mrs. Marjorie Harshbarger of Hillsboro and Mrs. Katie Jones of Wingate; two sons, Robert and Donnie of Hillsboro; two sisters, Mrs. Maurice Groom of Princeton, N. J., and Mrs. Clara Mae Grimes of Crawfordsville; two brothers, Floyd Suiters and Everett Suiters of Crawfordsville, and 15 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Hillsboro Methodist Church with Rev. Guy E. Tremaine assisted by Rev. Charles Sites. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. The body will lie in state for an hour at the church before the services. Friends may call at the family home. The Servies Funeral Home in Waynetown will be in charge of the arrangements. Source Unknown- Bell Funeral Rites Held At Hillsboro- HILLSBORO- Funeral services for Mrs. Ovetta Elmira Bell, who died at her home in Hillsboro on New Year’s Eve, were held at the Hillsboro Methodist Church Wednesday afternoon. The church service was preceded by a service held at the home for the family, conducted by Rev. Guy E. Tremain of Waynetown, who also officiated at the afternoon service, assisted by the local pastor, Rev. Charles Sites. Organ music was by Mrs. Mildred Jahnke. Serving as pallbearers were Tom Felix, Ben Mitman, Raymond Eitnier, Emery Gray, Karl Jahnke, Donald Harshbarger and Paul Balmer. The flower bearers were nieces and nephews of the deceased. They were Mr. and Mrs. Max Suiters, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Howden, Mr. and Mrs. Hershel Suiters, Mr. and Mrs. Errett Suiters, Mr. and Mrs. James Shaver, Mr. and Mrs. James Teague and Mr. and Mrs. Pete Deckard, assisted by members of the WWU Class of the Methodist Sunday School. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery, Hillsboro.