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    1. [InMontgo] Wayne Gentry obit
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    3. Crawfordsville Journal Review 18-Feb-1964 pg. 8:3- Wayne Gentry, 60, Dies In Hospital; Rites Wednesday- WAYNETOWN- Wayne Gentry, 60, died at 12:45 p.m. Monday in Community Hospital at Williamsport. He had been in failing health six months and seriously ill a week. Mr. Gentry served as a Montgomery County deputy sheriff for years. He was employed a number of years by Cleveland Bakery at Crawfordsville and later owned and operated a bakery at Wingate. He moved to this community in 1942 and operated a Shell service station here. After his retirement in 1955, he moved to a farm three miles northeast of Veedersburg. He was a member of the Baptist Church here. Born Nov. 9, 1903 near New Market, he was the son of George and Martha Reeves Gentry. He was a 1922 graduate of Crawfordsville High School and attended Wabash College. He was married Oct. 9, 1929 to Beatrice Quick. They were married at Wingate. Survivors include the widow; a son, James, a student at Indiana University and a teacher at Bloomington; two grandchildren, Jennifer and Jimmy Gentry, both of Bloomington; a sister, Mrs. Evah Strank of Crawfordsville, and a number of cousins. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Martha, who died in 1959. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Servies Funeral Home here with Rev. Gary Allbritten of Peru officiating. Interment will be in Oakland Cemetery north of Elmdale. Friends may pay their respects at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Tuesday.

    10/31/2010 08:55:03