This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PITCHER GURNEY PALMER OLDS OLES WASHBURN Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DFC.2ACE/2045.1 Message Board Post: Here is the obituary from Elkhart, Indiana Elkhart Truth July 26, 1934 pg 2 ANSON W. PITCHER Anson W. Pitcher, 83, a resident of Elkhart the last 11 years, died at 11 o'clock this forenoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Minnie L. Gurney, 220 Potowatami drive. He had been bedfast five years. The burial will be at Plover, Wis., which was Mr. Pitcher's home practically all his life. He was born July 7, 1851, in Hinsdale, N.Y., the son of William and Marie (Palmer) Pitcher. His Marriage to Miss Carrie M. Olds of Plover took place July 31, 1872. She survives with two daughters, Mrs Gurney and Mrs. Lyle W. Washburn of Portland, Ore.; one son, Herman F. Pitcher of Stevens Point, Wis., nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Mr. Pitcher was a member of the Masonic lodge at Plover and the Knight Templar commandery at Stevens Point. In his days of activity he was employed as a statioary engineer.