Shelby  County  Indiana
Obituaries

Ely

The  Shelby  Democrat
Thursday, January 31, 1935
Page 1   Column 2
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DIED  SUDDENLY  ON
WAY  TO  SANATORIUM
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Harry Ely, of New Palestine, Fatally
Stricken Near Glen Valley.
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          Stricken while enroute to Martinsville where he was to under go treatment,   Harry Ely,  55 years old, widely known resident of New Palestine, died suddenly at 6:30 o'clock in Marion county.  His death the result of uremic poisoning.
          Mr. Ely, an employe of the International Harvester Company for a long period of years, had been in ill health and his physician had advised treatment at a Martinsville sanatorium.  With his son-in-law,  Robert Snodgrass,  he had started Tuesday evening to Martinsville, and, as their auto approached Glen Valley, Mr. Ely complained of being short of breath and asked his son-in-law to stop the automobile.  As Mr. Ely stepped from the auto, he slumped to the ground, dead.
          He was a lifelong resident of New Palestine and leaves a daughter,  Mrs. Berthelda Snodgrass,  and his aged mother,  Mrs. Ida Ely,  both of New Palestine.
          Funeral services are to be held at 2:00 o'clock Friday afternoon from the mother's home with the  Rev. Vern Krause  officiating.  Burial will be at Memorial Park cemetery with Max Herrlich & Son, funeral directors, in charge.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

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