Shelby County Indiana
Obituaries
Apple
Obituaries
Apple
The Shelbyville Republican
Tuesday May 8, 1945
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GEORGE APPLE
LISTED MISSING
OVER GERMANY
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Fighter Pilot Is Reported
Lost on Mission on April 17,
Wife Notified
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Word that her husband, Second Lieut. George Alfred Apple, is listed as missing in action following a mission over Germany on April 17 has been received by Mrs. Rosella Newton Apple, of Waldron.Tuesday May 8, 1945
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GEORGE APPLE
LISTED MISSING
OVER GERMANY
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Fighter Pilot Is Reported
Lost on Mission on April 17,
Wife Notified
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No details were contained in the War Department telegram. Lieutenant Apple is the son of George W. Apple; trustee of Liberty township and Mrs. Apple, of near Waldron.
IN SERVICE SINCE 1943
The young man served as pilot of P-51 Mustang fighter plane. He entered service in February 1943, and received his commission at Marianna Field, Florida, in June, 1944. He went overseas in February of this year. His last letter to his family was dated April 16.
Lieutenant Apple was born in Liberty township on September 27, 1920, and graduated from the Waldron high school with the class of 1938. He and Mrs. Apple were married four years ago and they are the parents of a daughter, Joyce.
Contributed byBarb Huff
The Shelby Democrat
October 10, 1935
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MRS. APPLE DIED
AT DAUGHTER'S HOME
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Last Rites for Mrs. Caroline Apple,
Ninety-Three, to Be Held Sunday
Afternoon at Son's Home
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Mrs. Caroline Apple, for many yearsa resident of the St. Omer community, passed away at 5:00 o'clock Thursday evening at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. D. Allison, in Gardner, Ill. Mrs. Apple was ninety-three years old at the time of her passing which is deeply mourned by hundreds of friends. A year ago she suffered a stroke, and complicatoins resulted in her death.October 10, 1935
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MRS. APPLE DIED
AT DAUGHTER'S HOME
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Last Rites for Mrs. Caroline Apple,
Ninety-Three, to Be Held Sunday
Afternoon at Son's Home
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She was the daughter of Ezekial and Nancy Kelley. She was married to Solomon Apple, who preceded her in death in 1925. Survivors are the daughter at whose home death occurred; one son, Dan W. Apple, of St. Paul; ten grandchildren, and thirteen great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Apple was a member of the U.B. church at St. Omer. For the past five years she had made her home with the daughter in Gardner.
The body will arrive from Illinois at 2:00 o'clock Saturday afternoon and will be taken to the home of the son, Dan Apple, in St. Paul, where last rites will be held at 1:00 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Burial will be in the Mt. Garrison cemetery, Rush county.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming
Note from John Ballard:&bsp; The name is properly Mount Gherizim Cemetery, and my records show that she was the last person buried there. Her mother was Nancy Ballard Kelley, who appears among the Elijah Ballard descendants.
