Hosea Straughan Obit --------------------------------------------------------------------- April 20, 1954: Hosea Straughan Rites Saturday Ilness Fatal to Boone Native Funeral Services will be held Saturday at 2 PM in Myers Mortuary for Hosea Harrison Straughan, 702 West Peral Street, who died Thursday at Witham Hospital following a two month illness. He was 66 years old. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. Rev. Fred Wolff of Marion, former pastor of the Central Christian church will be the officiating minister. Mr. Straughan, a native and life resident of Boone County, was born March 21, 1888, the son of John M. and Margaret E. (Randel) Straughan. He was married March 10, 1907 in Lebanon to Jennie Pearl Clark, who survives. He moved to Lebanon in 1929 from a farm out in the county and had been watchman at the NYC Railroad crossing on South Lebanon street for the past 17 years. He was a member of the Stewart's Chapel Church. Surviving besides the widow are two sons, Ira L. Straughan of Owen, Wis. and John S. Straughan of this city; a daughter. Dorothea Proctor, Lebanon; one half-sister, Mrs. Catherine Sanders, city; 15 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. --------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. --------------------------------------------------------------------- File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Copyright 2001 Sandra Wire 13 Apr 2001 12:00 PM