The Shelbyville Republican
Wednesday, June 20, 1951
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COUNTY NATIVE DIES IN DETROIT
Mrs. Gladys Atherton, 53, Ill Several Months
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Mrs. Gladys Atherton, 53, native of
Sugar Creek township and sister of Roy Sandefur of Boggstown,
died yesterday at her home in Detroit, Mich., after an illness of several
months.
The body will be returned
here for burial in the Fairland cemetery. Funeral services will be held at
the Sterling Bros. Mortuary in Indianapolis Friday afternoon. Exact time
of the services will be announced later. Officiating will be Rev. L. O.
Richmond, of Shelbyville. Friends may call at the funeral home after noon
Thursday.
Mrs. Atherton was born in
Shelby county and lived in Sugar Creek township until she moved to Detroit about
30 years ago. Also surviving are the husband, Webb Atherton
of Detroit, and two other brothers, Oatis and Howard
Sandefur, both of Indianapolis.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming
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