Shelby County Indiana
Obituaries
House
Obituaries
House
The Shelbyville News
Monday, December 14, 1981
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Bertha F. House
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Mrs. Bertha F. House, 89, a Shelby County native, died at 3:15 a.m. today in the health center of the Methodist Home, Franklin She had been ill since Thursday.Monday, December 14, 1981
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Bertha F. House
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Born in Shelby County, Aug. 9, 1892, she was a daughter of David H. Tucker and Minnie (Ensminger) Tucker. She was married to Ralph R. House in 1913. He died Sept. 2, 1970.
Mrs. House was a charter member of the New Life United Methodist Church, Fairland. She was also a charter member of the Friday AFternoon Club. She is survived by two children, Mrs. Lee (Martha Jane) Hanner, Indianapolis, and Ray W. House, Salem.
Also surviving is a brother, Fred E. Tucker, Franklin. Another brother preceded in death. She had four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at Ewing Mortuary and burial will be in London Cemetery, with the Rev. Clara Mae Rippel officiating. Friends may call after 3 p.m. Tuesday at the mortuary.
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming
The Shelbyville News
Monday, March 6, 1967
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DEATH CLAIMS MRS. HOUSE
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Rites Wednesday For County Native, 88
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Services will be Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. at the Carmony
Funeral Home in Shelbyville for Mrs. Myrtle C. House, 88, who died Sunday at 7:00 p.m. in the Waldron Nursing
Home where she was a patient for five years. Mrs. House formerly lived here at 117 East Hendricks Street.
Rev. Ronald Felty will officiate and burial will be in Forest Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary
after 2:00 p.m. Tuesday.Monday, March 6, 1967
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DEATH CLAIMS MRS. HOUSE
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Rites Wednesday For County Native, 88
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Mrs. House was born in Shelby township May 13, 1878, the daughter of Frank P. and Mellie (Newton) Coyle. On June 27, 1934, she married Frank House who died November 13, 1959. She is survived by a step-son and a niece, Carl House, Carmichael, California and Mrs. Paul (Ruth) Raymond of Shelbyville. A brother and sister preceded in death. Mrs. House was a member of the First Presbyterian Church.
Contributed by Barb Huff for Carolyn Hoffman
The Shelbyville News
Friday, November 13, 1959
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FRANK HOUSE, 93, DIES HERE
Funeral Monday For Ex-City Mail Carrier
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Frank House, 93, retired city mail carrier
and a lifelong county resident, died this morning at 7:15 at his home at 117 East Hendricks street. He had
been in failing health for six years and seriously ill for two weeks.Friday, November 13, 1959
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FRANK HOUSE, 93, DIES HERE
Funeral Monday For Ex-City Mail Carrier
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Mr. House was born in London on May 24, 1866, a son of Abel and Matilda (Boles) House. He married Margaret McLane on January 4, 1911, and she died in 1926. On June 27, 1934, he was married to Myrtle Coyle, who survives at home.
Also surviving are a son, Carl House, of Carmichael, California, a brother, Fred House, of Orlando, Florida, a nephew, Herb House of Shelbyville, and five grandchildren.
He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and the Knights of Pythias Lodge, and had lived in Shelbyville since 1880. Mr. House retired from the Post Office Department after 28 years of service in 1932.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Carmony Funeral Home in Shelbyville. Burial will be in Forest Hill cemetery. Rev. Ronald Felty will officiate. Friends may call at the funeral home Saturday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 2 to 9 p.m.
Contributed by Barb Huff for Carolyn Hoffman
The Shelbyville Republican
Tuesday, January 5, 1926
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CRAWLED INTO FURNACE, DIES
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Mrs. Frank House Burned Fatally In Suicide Effort
Early Today "I Did It To Show What God Could Do"
She Is Quoted As Having Said During Interval of Consciousness
Believed To Have Had Period of Mental Derangement
Brought on By Religious Excitement
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BODY MASS OF BURNS FROM WAIST UP
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Mrs. Margaret House, age forty-eight, wife
of Frank House, city mail carrier, during a fit of mental derangement this morning, crawled into the
furnace of the basement of their home and received burns which caused her death about one o'clock this afternoon.Tuesday, January 5, 1926
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CRAWLED INTO FURNACE, DIES
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Mrs. Frank House Burned Fatally In Suicide Effort
Early Today "I Did It To Show What God Could Do"
She Is Quoted As Having Said During Interval of Consciousness
Believed To Have Had Period of Mental Derangement
Brought on By Religious Excitement
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BODY MASS OF BURNS FROM WAIST UP
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Mrs. House suffered terrible burns. The flesh on her hands, arms, face and chest had been cooked and charred. Her face was a mass of charred flesh, and her hair had been burned away. The muscles of the arms had been burned through, and pieces of flesh fell away from the bones when she was taken out of the fire. Mrs. House had inhaled the fire and gas from the furnace and was badly burned inwardly. Dr. W. W. Tindall was called to attend Mrs. House. He did all possible to relieve her pain, until death ended her suffering.
It was stated that Mrs. House had evidently become temporarily deranged over religious matters. Recently when a series of meetings were conducted at the city building by an evangelistic party, Mrs. House attended a number of them, and had much faith in the purported powers of the evangelistic party.
Mr. House said this morning that his wife awakened about five o'clock, arose from her bed, and left the room attired in her night clothing. He believed that she intended to go to the kitchen. Later he heard her singing and the sound of her voice in prayer. The sound of her voice ceased to be heard and Mr. House went to investigate.
He found his wife in the basement with the upper half of her body lying in the furnace. Indications were that she had first attempted to get into the furnace feet first, as the skin on her feet was blistered. She is then supposed to have thrown herself head first through the fuel door of the furnace into the bed of hot coals, which remained from the night before. Her body from the waist up was a mass of burned flesh.
Mr. House pulled his wife from the furnace, suffering severe burns on his hands and arms. He carried her to the upper floor, and then summoned neighbors and a physician. "I did it to show what God could do," Mrs. House is quoted as having said, during an interval of consciousness after she had been taken from the furnace. At another time, it was stated that Mrs. House had said that she did not "do it, that God did it."
Some of the neighbors of Mrs. House said today that they had not at any time noticed that she had acted or talked in a strange manner. Some said that they talked with her recently as Monday evening, and that they did not detect anything queer in her conversation. Others said that recently they had noted that she had stressed the subject of religion and healing through faith, and that her mind appeared to dwell on those subjects.
Mrs. House was well known in Shelbyville and in the county. The report of her act was a great shock to her many close friends, who were unable to believe the report for some time.
Besides the husband, she is survived by one son, Carl House; and three brothers, Thomas and Harry McLane, of Shelbyville, and Dunn McLane, of Schenectady, New York. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Ralph J. Edwards, who is in charge.
Ibid.
Wednesday, January 6, 1926
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PRIVATE SERVICE FOR MRS. HOUSE
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Burial Thursday For Woman Who Met Death
By Crawling In Furnace
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SAID SHE FELT NO PAIN
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Funeral services for
Mrs. Margaret House, wife of Frank House, who committed suicide Tuesday by crawling in a furnace at her home, 117 East Hendricks street, will
be private and will be held at the home at two-thirty o'clock Thursday afternoon. It is asked that flowers
be omitted. Rev. L. O. Richmond, pastor of the First Presbyterian church will officiate and interment will be in
Forest Hill in charge of Ralph J. Edwards.Wednesday, January 6, 1926
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PRIVATE SERVICE FOR MRS. HOUSE
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Burial Thursday For Woman Who Met Death
By Crawling In Furnace
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SAID SHE FELT NO PAIN
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Mrs. House was able to talk to members of her family after her husband had taken her from the furnace yesterday morning, and she lived until one o'clock Tuesday afternoon. When Mr. House took her from the fire he said she had been singing and praying. She asked him not to bring her back, that she was giving herself as a burnt sacrifice to God. Mrs. House also stated while she was talking to members of the family Tuesday morning that she felt no pain from the burns.
Contributed by Barb Huff for Carolyn Hoffman
The Shelby Democrat
Thursday April 10, 1884
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William House,
aged twenty-one years, died at his home near London Wednesday, April 2nd.
The funeral services were held at London at two o’clock Monday.Thursday April 10, 1884
Page 1 column 5
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Contributed by Barb Huff
The Shelby Democrat
Thursday, September 4, 1879
Page 3 col 4
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CRADLE - ALTAR - TOMB.
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Died.
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HOUSE - On the 31st day of August, 1879, in Moral township, Elizabeth, daughter of Geo. W. and Nancy S. House, aged 14 years.Thursday, September 4, 1879
Page 3 col 4
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CRADLE - ALTAR - TOMB.
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Died.
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Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming
