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Obituaries
Crystal Burgess
Crystal D. Burgess, 87, Albany, died Thursday afternoon at Ball Memorial Hospital, Muncie.
Born in Delaware County on June 30, 1920, she was the daughter of Arle and Alpha Gray.
A former resident of Dunkirk, she attended Dunkirk High School and was a supervisor at Indiana Glass Co., Dunkirk, where she worked for 32 years before her retirement. She was married to Minor Burgess in 1938. He is deceased.
An active Lady Lion in the Dunkirk Lions Club, she had attended the E.U.B. Church, now Calvary United Methodist Church, in Dunkirk.
Surviving are two daughters, Toni D. Sharp, Albany, and Gayle E. Jackson, Noblesville; a brother, Art Gray, Selma; three granddaughters; and eight great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 3 p.m. on Sunday at Meacham Funeral Service, Albany. Burial will be in Hill Crest Cemetery, Redkey.
Visitation will be from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Dunkirk Lions Club. Online condolences may be sent to www.MeachamFuneralService.com.
Ruth Matchett
Services for Ruth R. Matchett, 86, 842 Chestnut Circle, Greenville, Ohio, a former Fort Recovery resident, are Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Fort Recovery Church of the Nazarene, 401 E. Boundary St., Fort Recovery, with the Revs. Dennis Kelly and Verl Ballmer officiating. She died Wednesday at her home.
She was born Aug. 14, 1921, in Rossburg, Ohio, to Anderson and Myrtle (Pearson) Matchett.
She was a missionary nurse in Africa for 41 years, where she delivered more than 5,000 infants.
She graduated from Fort Recovery High School in 1940, attended Olivet College in Kankakee, Ill., and received her nursing training at Samaritan School of Nursing, Nampa, Idaho.
She was a member of Church of the Nazarene.
Survivors include her adopted son, Hudson, South Africa, and several nieces and nephews.
Calling hours are Sunday, from 1 to 5 p.m., and Tuesday, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the church.
Burial will be at Springhill Cemetery, Fort Recovery. Memorial contributions may be made to the church.
Brockman-Boeckman Funeral Home, Fort Recovery, is handling the arrangements.[[In-content Ad]]
Crystal D. Burgess, 87, Albany, died Thursday afternoon at Ball Memorial Hospital, Muncie.
Born in Delaware County on June 30, 1920, she was the daughter of Arle and Alpha Gray.
A former resident of Dunkirk, she attended Dunkirk High School and was a supervisor at Indiana Glass Co., Dunkirk, where she worked for 32 years before her retirement. She was married to Minor Burgess in 1938. He is deceased.
An active Lady Lion in the Dunkirk Lions Club, she had attended the E.U.B. Church, now Calvary United Methodist Church, in Dunkirk.
Surviving are two daughters, Toni D. Sharp, Albany, and Gayle E. Jackson, Noblesville; a brother, Art Gray, Selma; three granddaughters; and eight great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 3 p.m. on Sunday at Meacham Funeral Service, Albany. Burial will be in Hill Crest Cemetery, Redkey.
Visitation will be from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Dunkirk Lions Club. Online condolences may be sent to www.MeachamFuneralService.com.
Ruth Matchett
Services for Ruth R. Matchett, 86, 842 Chestnut Circle, Greenville, Ohio, a former Fort Recovery resident, are Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Fort Recovery Church of the Nazarene, 401 E. Boundary St., Fort Recovery, with the Revs. Dennis Kelly and Verl Ballmer officiating. She died Wednesday at her home.
She was born Aug. 14, 1921, in Rossburg, Ohio, to Anderson and Myrtle (Pearson) Matchett.
She was a missionary nurse in Africa for 41 years, where she delivered more than 5,000 infants.
She graduated from Fort Recovery High School in 1940, attended Olivet College in Kankakee, Ill., and received her nursing training at Samaritan School of Nursing, Nampa, Idaho.
She was a member of Church of the Nazarene.
Survivors include her adopted son, Hudson, South Africa, and several nieces and nephews.
Calling hours are Sunday, from 1 to 5 p.m., and Tuesday, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the church.
Burial will be at Springhill Cemetery, Fort Recovery. Memorial contributions may be made to the church.
Brockman-Boeckman Funeral Home, Fort Recovery, is handling the arrangements.[[In-content Ad]]
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