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Martha G. Barth Ogden
September 1, 1904 - July 14, 2001
Martha G. Barth Ogden, 96, of 17421 18th Road, died at 6:15 p.m. Saturday, July 14, 2001, in Culver, Indiana. Mrs. Ogden was born September 1, 1904, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the daughter of William J. Barth, Sr. and Marie Catharinas. She was a graduate of Fort Wayne Art School and attended the Snow Froelich School of Industrial Art in New York, the Chicago School of Art Education and the University of Chicago. From 1924 – 1927, Mrs. Ogden was the art supervisor in Albert Lea, Minnesota. She was an art teacher in South Bend from 1927 – 1930, and then taught in Fort Wayne Junior High School.
On June 18, 1936, in Chicago, she married George R. Ogden, who died in 1950. Surviving are one son, George R. Ogden, of Knox, Indiana, one daughter, Martha Ogden Arnold, of Boulder, Colorado, and three grandsons. Three sisters and a brother preceded her in death.
Mrs. Ogden had lived in Culver since 1948. For seven years she taught art in area schools until retiring in 1970. She was a world traveler and an avid bird watcher. She was a member of the Culver City Federated Club and the Associate Tri Kappa.
There will be no visitation or services. Mrs. Ogden had requested cremation.Contributions may be made to the Culver Union Township Public Library or the Audubon Society.
Marie D. Palumbo
June 19, 1906 - August 16, 2001
Marie D. Palumbo, 95, who made her home with her daughter and son-in-law, Rosemarie and Walter Wozniak at 10181 Quince Rd., Plymouth, for the past seven years, having lived in Chicago for 88 years, has died.
Marie died of natural causes in Miller’s Merry Manor at 1:15 a.m. on Thursday, August 16, 2001.
She was born the daughter of Vito and Della Stolfa Altier in Chicago, Ill., on June 19, 1906. She attended Chicago schools.
On Nov. 12, 1933, in Chicago, Marie and William J. Palumbo were married. William died on August 10, 1958.
A homemaker, Marie loved to cook. She crocheted beautiful handiwork and enjoyed playing bridge and solitaire. She had favorite soap operas she liked to watch.
Marie is survived by her daughter Rosemarie and son-in-law, Walter Wozniak, Plymouth, and by a son, William J. and Sue Palumbo, Denver, Colorado, and a daughter-in-law, Sara Palumbo, Scottsdale, Ariz.
Called ‘Grammie’ by her seven grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren, she was devoted to them all. They, and many loving nieces and nephews survive as well.
Marie was preceded in death by her spouse and by a son, Robert Joseph Palumbo and three brothers: Daniel, Charles and Joseph Altier. A sister, Lucille Lungo, has died also.
Visitation with the family to celebrate the life of their beloved mother and grandmother will be from 3 to 7 p.m. on Sunday, August 19, 2001, in the Johnson-Danielson Funeral Home, 1100 N. Michigan St., Plymouth.
A prayer service will be held at 7 p.m. in the funeral home.
The Mass of Christian Burial for Marie will be at 9 a.m. on Monday, August 20, 2001, in St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church of which she was a member. Father Tony Gillespie of St. Michael’s will officiate.
Also at 1 p.m. on Monday, August 20, a dedication service presided by Darragh Connelly of Ireland will be held in the Queen of Heaven Mausoleum Chapel, 1400 S. Wolf Rd., Hillside, Ill. Entombment will follow in the mausoleum.
Memorial gifts in Marie’s memory may be made to the Foundation for Epilepsy or to a charity of the donor’s choice.
James H. Phillips
February 5, 1953 - August 15, 2001
James H. “Jim” Phillips, 124 Shalley Drive, Plymouth, died in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth, at 6:31 a.m. on Wednesday, August 15, 2001. Jim had been a Plymouth resident for the last 20 years coming from Anderson, Ind. He was 48 years old.
Born in Seymour, Ind., on Feb. 5, 1953, he was the son of James and Bertha Day Phillips. He graduated from Anderson High School and later attended classes in order to receive his real estate license.
On July 26, 1986, in the Pretty Lake Trinity United Methodist Church, Jim and Sharon M. Rowe were married.
He worked as an insurance adjuster for a number of years and was also self-employed in construction for many years.
Jim liked to hunt and fish and was a member of the Elks’ Lodge in Plymouth.
He is survived by his wife, Sharon, Plymouth, and by two sons and two daughters.
His sons, both in Plymouth, are Justin Phillips, 12, and Joshua Phillips, 8 years old.
His daughters both live in Anderson, Ind. They are: Jamie Newte and her daughter, Jaylynn, and Ginger Phillips.
Jim’s mother, Bertha Phillips and two sisters, Judy and Frank Presley and Debbie and Billy Mahoney, all of Anderson, also survive, together with a third sister, Terry Kyle of Moorehaven, Fla. and his mother and father-in-law, Gene and Patty Rowe of Argos, Ind.
He was preceded in death by his father.
Visitation with the family will be on Friday, August 17, 2001, from 4 to 8 p.m. in the Johnson-Danielson Funeral Home, 1100 N. Michigan St., Plymouth, Indiana.
Funeral services on Saturday, August 18, 2001, will be at 10:30 a.m. in the funeral home. Rev. Les Kephart, pastor of the Plymouth Wesleyan Church where Jim attended church, will officiate.
Burial will be in New Oakhill Cemetery, Plymouth.
Memorial gifts may be made to a charity of the donor's choice.
Henry W. Price
January 31, 1910 - June 28, 2001
Henry W. Price, 91, died of natural causes at twelve noon on Thursday, June 28, 2001, in Miller’s Merry Manor where he had lived for nearly the past 2 years. Prior to moving to Miller’s he resided at Garden Courts Downtown and Shady Rest.
Henry was always proud that he and his family had started successful businesses and created some special landmarks in the Plymouth area.
He said in an interview in 1996, “ I have enjoyed every minute of it (life).
Born on January 31, 1910, in Tippecanoe, Henry, one of six children, was the son of Edward and Daisy Woodfill Price. The family moved to Plymouth when Henry was four-years-old. He graduated from Plymouth High School with the class of 1928.
Henry out-lived three wives. His first wife was Viola Peters Price who he married in Plymouth in 1931. Viola died on Nov. 16, 1989. He and Esther Tyler Price were wed in Michigan in 1971; Esther died in 1993 and, in 1996, Henry and Lenore Weybright Price were married. Lenore preceded him in death on October 30, 1998.
His first job was picking strawberries for a penny and a-half a quart. He said “ I could earn 15 cents by noon,” thereby attesting to his strong work principles.
As a youngster of 10, Henry would harness three large horses and help with the plowing of a neighbor farmer’s fields. A young adult, he worked at Schlosser Brothers, candling eggs and cutting ice from Dixon Lake in the winter.
Still in his teens, Henry started in what was to be his lifelong career. The grocery business. He first worked at the A&P in Plymouth and then in the meat department at Glaubs G&G.
He was twenty years old when he was made manager of a Kroger store in South Whitley, Ind. where he worked for 15 years. When Krogers opened on Water Street in Plymouth, Henry Price was named the manager. He would be most remembered for the combination grocery store and restaurant located next to the Centennial Park at Michigan and Klinger Streets known as Henry’s Serv-U, which Henry operated for 35 years. During the early days of the Blueberry Festival, he remembers having 1,000 customers in one day.
He also raised cows for processing at the Prices Abattoirs.
He will be recalled as a hard-working, easy-going man who enjoyed selling things. He’d say “ my father taught me a valuable lesson about earning money to pay for whatever you need.”
After his retirement in 1971, his son, Don turned the grocery store into Price’s Village Valet Cleaners.
A Euchre player, he enjoyed playing cards and watching TV, especially Cubs games and other sports.
For 17 years, he was a winter resident of Plant City, Fla. and was a Charter member of the Plymouth Lions Club.
Henry is survived by his two sons, Robert A. and Merry Price and Donald R. and Beverly Price, all of Plymouth, and five grandchildren. The grandchildren are: Karen L. and Gary Gilbert, Rochester, N.Y., David A. Price, Wichita Kansas, Angela L. and Doug Michalak, Matthews, N.C., Diane M. Price and Christina L. Price, both of Tampa, Florida.
Two great-grandchildren, Ashley Michalak and Joseph Gilbert and several step-children and families also survive.
Henry was preceded in death by two brothers: Ray and Floyd Price, an infant sister, Edna, and three grown sisters: Fern Prokop, Leona Fish and Lucille Lemler.
Visitation with the family will be from noon to 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 30, 2001, in the Johnson-Danielson Funeral Home, 1100 N. Michigan St., Plymouth.
Funeral services in the funeral home will follow the visitation at 2 p.m. The Rev. Maurice Grindle, pastor of the Trinity United Methodist Church of which Henry was a member, will conduct the services.
Interment will be in the Memorial Gardens of New Oakhill Cemetery.
Memorial gifts in Henry’s name may be made to the Trinity church Elevator Fund.
John B. Reeder Sr.
August 9, 1916 - May 19, 2001
John B. Reeder Sr., 84, died, after an extended illness, at 2:45 a.m. on Saturday, May 19, 2001, in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, South Bend. He had made his family’s home at 801 S. Michigan St., Plymouth.
John was born on August 9, 1916, in Florence, Alabama, the son of Dr. & Mrs. F. B. Reeder. He graduated from Florence State Teachers College, now the University of North Alabama.
He was thought of by his friends as the epitome of a perfect Southern gentleman; he was kind, thoughtful and soft-spoken.
He first joined Montgomery Ward at Huntsville, Ala., then serving at Blytheville, Ark., thus beginning a forty-five year period of service with Wards, interrupted only by World War II.
He was married on March 28, 1936, in Iuka, Miss., to Kathleen K. Kinnibrugh, the couple were devoted to one another for over sixty-five years.
After three years in the United States Navy, serving in the Pacific Theater, he returned to Wards in Paris, Ill., then later to Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and Nashville, Tenn., followed by Bluffton, Marion and Greencastle Indiana stores.
After coming to Plymouth in 1956, he requested that no more moves be made. He appreciated the high quality of the schools and other important considerations of life in Plymouth. A highly respected and competent executive, his wishes were honored. He managed the local store for seventeen years until it was closed.
John was then transferred to the Grand Rapids, Mich. facility and the Ludington, Mich. store which he managed until he took early retirement in 1979. He and Kathleen then returned to Plymouth, their chosen home.
During his life in Plymouth, John was a member of the Kiwanis Club, the Plymouth Kilwinning Masonic Lodge #149, the Scottish Rite Consistory and the Toastmaster’s Club. A member of the First United Methodist Church, he served as a volunteer treasurer for sixteen years.
He was an avid reader and interested in the growth of the Plymouth Public Library. The Young Adult Room, a first for Plymouth, will be in the new section of the library and will be named the John B. Reeder Family Young Adult Room.
Susie Reinholt, director of the library said “ we are so grateful. It is so amazing to me,” she said,“ that the family, in the middle of this very difficult time, thought so much of the community that they wanted to give us all a gift.”
In presenting the gift, John’s last statement was that the family wanted to publicly express their appreciation of the quality of life that they have enjoyed in Plymouth.
John is survived by his spouse and their two children, a daughter, Ann R. Powell, Indianapolis, Ind., and a son, John B. Reeder, Jr., of Bryan, Texas.
Three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren survive as well.
His parents and a brother preceded John in death.
Friends may visit with the family on Tuesday, May 22, 2001, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Johnson-Danielson Funeral Home, 1100 N. Michigan St., Plymouth, and on Wednesday, May 23, 2001, from 10 to 11 a.m. in the First United Methodist Church, 400 N. Michigan St., Plymouth.
Funeral services, conducted by the Rev. Larry Houseman, pastor of the church, will be held at 11 a.m. following visitation in the church.
A burial service will be held at the Maple Hill Cemetery
in Huntsville, Alabama at 3 p.m. Friday, May 25, 2001 with Rev. John Johnston officiating. The Spry Funeral Home, 2411 Memorial Parkway NW, Huntsville, Alabama is in charge of local arrangements.
Preferred memorials in the memory of John Reeder may be made to the First United Methodist Church or to a charity of the donor’s choice.
