Shelby County Indiana
Obituaries
Fix
Obituaries
Fix
November 20, 2002
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Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Alan (Lorri Ann) Dagley; three grandchildren, Danielle Dagley, Alan Dagley Jr. and Robert Dagley; all Shelbyville. Preceded in death by one sister, Joann Beasley.
Salesman for National Cash Register for 12 years and a funeral director for Murphy’s Funeral Home from 1963 to 1987.
Member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus Council No. 822, Veterans of Foreign Wars No. 2695 and American Legion Post No. 70 (commander). Post service officer for American Legion and VFW.
Rev. John Fink officiating. Burial was in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, with military rites.
Murphy-Parks Funeral Service, 703 S. Harrison St.
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming
Monday, November 2, 1998
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Born Aug. 13, 1924, Indianapolis, d/o Anna D. (DePrez) Miller.
Married Lloyd E. Fix July 20, 1957, and he preceded her in death Oct. 28, 1998.
Longtime Shelby County resident and a Shelbyville High School graduate.
Budget analyst for the U.S. Army at Fort Benjamin Harrison for more that 39 years, retiring in 1983.
Professional beauty consultant for Mary Kay Cosmetics. Second runner-up in sales for the Sapphire Division of Mary Kay Cosmetics.
Elder of the First Christian church, a past worthy matron of Naamah Chapter No. 73 of the Order of the Eastern Star; a past Guardian of Bethel, No. 37, of the Order of Job's Daughter, all of Shelbyville. Member of the Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem, Shrine No. 6, Indianapolis; a member of the Central Indiana and Shelby County Aging Advisory Council; and a member of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees.
Survivors: brother, Bob Miller, Franklin; several cousins.
Carmony-Ewing Harrison Street Funeral Home, First Christian Church. Revs. James Horner and Robert Zimmer officiating.
Burial: Forest Hill Cemetery.
Contributions: Order of the Eastern Star, First Christian church, or Franklin United Methodist Community.
Contributed by Nancy Vance Glover
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming
Thursday, October 29, 1998
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Born April 1, 1922, in Shelby County, s/o Roscoe and Leona (Perry) Fix.
On July 20, 1957, married Marian F. (Miller) Fix, and she survives.
Employed with the Defense Supply Agency at Allison Gas Turbine Division of General Motors Corp., Indianapolis, for 30 years.
Served with the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II and served in the Air Force Reserve in Ohio.
1941 graduate of Shelbyville High School.
Member of the First Christian Church; Shelby Lodge No. 28, F. & A.M.; and Naamah Chapter No. 73, Order of the Eastern Star, all of Shelbyville; Murat Shrine and Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite N.M.J. Star Valley, Indianapolis, and Order of the White Shrine Jerusalem, Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of the U.S.A., National Association of Retired Federal Employees and a life member of the Air Force Association.
Survivors: wife; several cousins.
Murphy-Parks Funeral Service, Shelbyville. Masonic rites. Rev. James Horner officiating.
Burial: Forest Hill Cemetery.
Contributions: Alzheimer's Association.
Contributed by Nancy Vance Glover
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming
Tuesday, December 20, 1994
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Born Aug. 5, 1904, in Shelby County to Noah F. and Anna (Deal) Perry.
Married Dec. 30, 1920, in Louisville, Ky., to Roscoe D. Fix, who preceded her in death in May 1982.
Lived in Shelbyville and Shelby County most of her life.
Worked for: KCL Corp., Shelbyville; Frigidaire, Dayton, Ohio; H. P. Wasson, Indianapolis; Eli Lilly & Co., Greenfield.
Belonged to the First Christian Church and the Naamah Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star.
Survivors: a son, Lloyd Fix, Finly; brother, Vern Z. Perry, Lehigh Acres, Fla.
A brother and three sisters preceded her in death.
Carmony-Ewing Harrison Street Funeral Home with the Rev. William Horner officiating.
Burial: Forest Hill Cemetery.
Contributions: donor's favorite charity.
Contributed by Nancy Vance Glover
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming
Friday, May 14, 1982
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Resident of Shelbyville since 1975.
Retired in 1970 from the National Coaches Co., Knightstown, where he had resided 21 years.
Previously he had lived in New Carlisle, Ohio.
Member of the First Christian Church here.
Born in Shelby County Sept. 2, 1903, s/o Vorres and Margaret (Cherry) Fix.
On Dec. 30, 1920, married Leona Perry in Louisville, Ky.
Survivors: wife; 1 son, Lloyd Fix, Carrollton.
One brother, Lowell Fix, preceded in death.
Murphy Mortuary.
Burial: Forest Hill Cemetery.
Contributed by Nancy Vance Glover
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming
Tuesday, August 8, 1978
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Murphy Mortuary. The Rev. Robert Hampton will officiate.
Burial: Forest Hill Cemetery.
Born Sept. 19, 1900 in Shelbyville, d/o Mathias and Mary Ann (Lee) Young.
Married June 12, 1919 in Shelbyville Lowell C. Fix, who died Nov. 19, 1954.
Surviving: son, Jack Fix, Shelbyville; 2 sisters, Mrs. Eldo (Irene) Johnson, Shelbyville, and Mrs. Arthur (Evelyn) Hall, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; 3 grandchildren; and 1 great-grandson.
A son, Darrell, 3 brothers and 7 sisters preceded in death.
50 year member of the American Legion Auxiliary.
Belonged to the First Baptist Church and the Shelby County Salon, 8 & 40.
Contributed by Nancy Vance Glover
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming
Thursday, August 22, 1963
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MRS. FIX, 79
STRICKEN HERE
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Her husband was an insurance salesman here for many years. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Surviving with the daughter is a son, Paul Fix, of Corsicana, Texas.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming
Tuesday, September 16, 1958
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VOORES FIX SUCCUMBS
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County native, lived in Shelbyville until four years ago; Shelbyville address 1111 S. Miller.
Born in Shelby county, April 18, 1876, s/o James and Arabella (Carney) Fix
Retired farmer and had been employed at the Kennedy Car Liner and Bag Co.
Lived with son, Roscoe Fix, Knightstown, for the past four years.
Married Maggie L. Cherry September 7, 1898, in Shelby township; she preceded in death on May 10, 1957.
Survivors: son Roscoe, two grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, sister, Mrs. Leota Stephens, Shelbyville.
One son, Lowell, preceded in death.
Member of the Pleasant Grove Christian Church.
Murphy Mortuary in Shelbyville. Rev. Benjamin Allen will officiate.
Burial will be in Forest Hill cemetery.
Contributed by Nancy Vance Glover
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming
Friday, May 10, 1957
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MRS. FIX, 77, DIES AT SON'S
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Born February 1, 1880, d/o William and Ida (Andrews) Cherry.
Married Voories M. Fix took place September 7, 1898, and the resided here until moving to the son's home two years ago.
Surviving : husband, son, 2 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren, 1 sister, Mrs. Nellie Griffey of this city.
A son, Lowell Fix, died in 1954.
Member of the Pleasant Grove Christian Church.
Murphy Mortuary. Rev. Earl Sharp will officiate.
Interment: Forest Hill cemetery.
Contributed by Nancy Vance Glover
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming
(weekly paper)
Thursday, November 25, 1954
from the Daily of Saturday, November 20, 1954
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LOWELL C. FIX SUCCUMBS AT 54
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Prominent Shelby county farmer, World War I veteran and active sportsman.
Lifelong county resident.
Murphy Mortuary, unusual combination of American Legion Post 70 military rites, and graveside rites in charge of the local Eagles lodge, organizations of which he was a member.
Burial: Forest Hill cemetery, with Rev. Melvin Phillips officiating.
Failing health for the past couple of years, but death unexpected.
Born may 11, 1900, s/o Vorris and Maggie (Cherry) Fix.
Married Gertrude Young on June 12, 1919, also in Shelby county.
Survivors: parents; widow; son, Jack, a brother Roscoe, of Knightstown; 2 grandchildren, Deborah and Bradley.
Member of Old Union Methodist Church, 40 & 8 Voiture, and county Sportsmen's League, and formerly was an Eagles trustee and member of the Shelby County Fair Association.
Contributed by Nancy Vance Glover
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming
A Shelby County Newspaper
June 1951
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CLAUDE FIX, 74, EX-
LOCAL FUNERAL DIRECTOR,
DIES
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FORMER TRUSTEE ILL
FIVE YEARS; RITES
SET FOR SATURDAY
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Claude F Fix, 74, well - known local retired funeral director, died in his sleep this morning [June 7, 1951] about 5:30 at his home at 52 West Hendricks Street. Mr Fix, a lifelong resident of Shelby County, had been in ill health for about five years. He was first in the implement business in Boggstown and was a Sugar Creek Township trustee from 1905 - 1909. He was one of the founders and a former secretary of the Shelby County Trustees Association. Born in Jackson Township on April 24, 1877, he was the son of Stephen A and Melinda Doran Fix, and attended the Boggstown School. He was first married to Rhoda Beynon, who died in 1924. On July 15, 1925, he was married to Anna Mohr, who survives with two grandchildren, Mrs Jo Ann Beasley of Tacoma, Wa, and Robert Fix of Shelbyville; two great - grandchildren and a brother, Curtis Fix, of Shelbyville. A son, Rufus, by the first marriage, died in 1939. Mr Fix was a charter member of the local Kiwanis Club, a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Shelby Lodge #26, F and AM, Order of Eastern Star, Odd Fellows, Elks, Rebekahs, and Knights of Pythias. Funeral services will be held at the Frist Presbyterian Church at 2 PM Saturday with Dr L O Richmond and Reverend C M Hager officiating. Burial will be if Forest Hill Cemetery in charge of the Sleeth Funeral Home. Friends may call at the late home after 7:00 o'clock this evening. The casket will not be opened at the church.June 1951
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CLAUDE FIX, 74, EX-
LOCAL FUNERAL DIRECTOR,
DIES
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FORMER TRUSTEE ILL
FIVE YEARS; RITES
SET FOR SATURDAY
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Contributed by Marlena Linne
