Wife of Harry Edward Purkhiser Sr, married 17 Nov 1921 in Indiana.
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Funeral services for Ada Purkhiser of Shoals were held at the chapel of the Brosmer-Drabing Funeral Home in French Lick on Tuesday. She died July 19 at the Orange County Hospital. She was born Jun 13, 1904 in Orange County to Edward and Amanda America Hopper Moore and married Harry E. Purkhiser, Sr. He preceded her in death in 1988. Mrs. Purkhiser was a homemaker in Martin County and a member of the Powell Valley United Methodist Church.
She is survived by a daughter, Mildred Chestnut of West Baden: two sons, Harry Purkhiser, Jr. of West Baden and James Harold of Orleans: four sisters, Louisa Lynch and Betty Tomlinson both of French Lick, Mary Schulmeyer of Indianapolis and Ruth Allbright of Shoals; 15 grandchildren, 48 great-grandchildren and 32 great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents: husband; two stillborn daughters: and two sons, Virgil and Charles Purkhiser. Burial was in Anderson Cemetery. Submitted by Phyllis Bennett.
http://www.ingenweb.org/inorange/obituaries/obits9.htm
Wife of Harry Edward Purkhiser Sr, married 17 Nov 1921 in Indiana.
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Funeral services for Ada Purkhiser of Shoals were held at the chapel of the Brosmer-Drabing Funeral Home in French Lick on Tuesday. She died July 19 at the Orange County Hospital. She was born Jun 13, 1904 in Orange County to Edward and Amanda America Hopper Moore and married Harry E. Purkhiser, Sr. He preceded her in death in 1988. Mrs. Purkhiser was a homemaker in Martin County and a member of the Powell Valley United Methodist Church.
She is survived by a daughter, Mildred Chestnut of West Baden: two sons, Harry Purkhiser, Jr. of West Baden and James Harold of Orleans: four sisters, Louisa Lynch and Betty Tomlinson both of French Lick, Mary Schulmeyer of Indianapolis and Ruth Allbright of Shoals; 15 grandchildren, 48 great-grandchildren and 32 great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents: husband; two stillborn daughters: and two sons, Virgil and Charles Purkhiser. Burial was in Anderson Cemetery. Submitted by Phyllis Bennett.
http://www.ingenweb.org/inorange/obituaries/obits9.htm
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William Arthur Moore
1906–1982
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Raymond Elvis Moore
1909–1984
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Evelyn Esther Moore Barnett
1911–1993
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Dorothy C "Mom" Moore Sapp
1914–1986
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Louisa A. Moore Lynch
1916–2006
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Gayle Moore Jones
1920–1945
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Martha Ruth Moore Allbright
1922–2008
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Mayme Moore Roach
1924–1996
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Mary Louise Moore Flynn Schulmeyer
1926–2009
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Betty Frances Moore Tomlinson
1930–2011
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