Vigo County Obits. Obituary of Mahala Jane Smith Fields   Tueday, 30 March 1937   Funeral services for Mahala Jane Fields, 67 years old, who died at 10 o'clock Sunday morning at the residence on R. R. 2, Terre Haute, will be held at 3:30 o'clock Wednesday morning with continued services at 10 o'clock at the Methodist church in Youngstown.  Burial will be in the Smith cemetery.  Surviving her are three daughters, Mrs. Nettie Chatham, of R. R. 2; Mrs. Zada Collins, and Mrs. Stella Merritt, of Terre Haute, eight sons, Clarence, Elmer, Wayne, Gary, and Marshall, all of this city; Otto and George of Youngstown, and Ernie, of Paris, Ill.; two sisters, Mrs. Della Tryon and Mrs. Rosie Michaels, of Terre Haute; three brothers, Elmer, Emery and Clinton Smith, of Youngstown, and 37 grandchildren. ==================================================== Obituary of William Long   William Long, of Cory, 86 years old, died at the home of his son, Bert Long, Terre Haute, R. R. 1, Tuesday morning at 12:25 o'clock.  His wife preceded him in death eight years ago.  He long had been a resident of Clay county, near Cory, all of his life.  He is survived by two sons, Bert E. and Charles E., both of Terre Haute; four grandsons, seven granddaughters and two great-grand-daughters, three brothers, Albert, of Saline City; Charles, of Arkansas, and John, of Harmony, and by several nieces and nephews.  The body was brought to the Evans funeral home where short funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock with continued services at the Van Cleave chapel, near Cory, at 2:30 o'clock.  Burial will be in the cemetery adjoining the chapel. ==================================================== The 3-days-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Pruiett of West Terre Haute died yesterday of hemorrhage. ==================================================== Bertraf Goodman, the 1-week-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Goodman, 319 Swan street died yesterday of heart trouble. ==================================================== 24 February 1908   Mrs. Myrtle Fields, age 29, wife of Ezekiel Fields, died at her residence at Prairieton Monday morning at one o'clock of measles.  Her husband, five children and her mother survive.  Burial will occur Tuesday morning at 10:30 at Prairieton cemetery. ===================================================== Obituary of Effie Nuss Abel   Mrs. Effie Abel, age 22, wife of Frederick Abel, died at the home of her father, L. F. Nuss, 3141 North Thirteenth street, Tuesday morning of tuberculosis.  Her husband and one child survive her together with her father, mother, and five brothers.  Funeral arrangements have not been announced. ===================================================== Lightning Kills Man Returning from Dance   From Unknown newspaper, Vigo Co, IN, 4 July 1910   Search of Sons Results in Finding Body of Ezekiel Fields Near Fishing Camp   Stricken by lightning about 11 o'clock Saturday night and searched for by his family and neighbors, the body of Ezekiel Fields was found in a clump of weeks near the Deming fishing camp, three miles southwest of the city, at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon by his son, William Fields.  Coroner Leavitt was called and the remains were taken to Balls morgue, where it was prepared for burial.   Fields had attended a dance near the Deming place and was on his way home when he was struck by lightning while crossing a field.  He and his five sons have been living in a tent on the farm of F. G. Deming, the gardener, for whom they have been working for the past few months.  His wife died several years ago.   Fields was missed Sunday morning and as the hours passed and he did not put in an appearance at the tent the sons became uneasy and a search was started, with the result that his body was found by his son William. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Cindy McCachern (© 2001 Cindy McCachern)